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* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: A wholly unexpected role for venomous spiders.

* [[Calling the Old Man Out]]: Fat Charlie does this to Mrs. Higgler.

* [[Cliché Storm]]: Any attempt to converse with Grahame Coats results in this; he seems to think an abundance of well-worn un-witticisms make him seem far smarter than even a single original thought ever could. When he {{spoiler|takes Rosie and her mother hostage}}, it even describes how delighted he is to have whole new vistas of clichés open to him that he never would have gotten to pull out otherwise.

* [[Closet Sublet]]: When Spider comes to visit, he stays in Fat Charlie's closet. Kind of. The closet door actually opens up into a ridiculously big room somewhere tropical.

* [[Continuity Nod]]: Spider takes his coffee "dark as night and sweet as sin," just like the Slavic deities in [[American Gods]].

* [[The Coroner Doth Protest Too Much]]: The fate of the former dictator of the Caribbean island where the second half of the novel is set. After ruling with an iron fist for decades, he died by "falling out of bed". His fall was apparently hard enough to break a number of bones, and he didn't survive despite all of his bodyguards being in his room during this time, who did everything they could to "help" him.

* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Grahame Coats

* [[Compelling Voice]]: Spider's even works on computers, though it's apparently more a matter of ''lies'' than ''orders''.

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* [[Fourth Date Marriage]]: {{spoiler|Two of them. In a strange way it kind of fits with the text because, well, they're gods.}}

* [[Fruit of the Loon]]: A lime becomes a ''very'' important plot element.

* [[Giant Spider]]: A rare, rare friendly example.

* [[Hell-Bent for Leather]]: Spider is almost always seen in a black and scarlet leather jacket.

* [[Hijacked by Jesus]]: Anansi really liked stealing other peoples' fables and myths, or at least claiming they were based on his antics.

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* [[Lighter and Softer]]: Compared to ''[[American Gods]]'', this is almost pure comedy. It's as good, though.

* [[Little Bit Beastly]]

** The gods of the animal pantheon all have characteristics of the animals they're based on, such as tails, whiskers -- and extra nipples.

** Anansi himself is either this or a [[Funny Animal]], whichever he needs. It's all in how you tell the story.

* [[Magical Camera]]: Early in the book, Spider passes into a photograph to travel to the location it shows. He later mentions he can go to any location he's seen, including by picture.

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* [[No Name Given]]: Is Rosie's mother ever referred to as anything other than Rosie's mother or Mrs. Noah? (Her name is Eutheria Noah, but it's only mentioned once, and it states that no one ever used her name but her husband, and he's dead now.)

* [[Not-So-Harmless Villain]]: Graham Coats {{spoiler|killing Maeve Livingstone}}. He goes downhill from there.

* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: right up to the point when Fat Charlie {{spoiler|[[Took a Level In Badass|figures out his powers]]. From the next sentence, the narration and the other characters just call him 'Charlie'.}}

* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: right up to the point when Fat Charlie {{spoiler|[[Took a Level in Badass|figures out his powers]]. From the next sentence, the narration and the other characters just call him 'Charlie'.}}

* [[Performance Anxiety]]: Charles Nancy has it so bad, he passes out when he gets up on stage to perform earlier in the novel.

* [[Physical God]]: Mr. Nancy, Spider and the rest of the animal pantheon. {{spoiler|Fat Charlie too, eventually.}}

* [[Race Lift]]: Averted; executives wanted to recast the leads as white for the film, despite the fact that most are black, and African heritage is something of a plot point for the eponymous brothers. Gaiman shut 'em down.

* [[Rascally Rabbit]]: It is mentioned that some trickster rabbit stories were initially Anansi's.

{{quote|The story of the Tar-Baby, the one they tell about Bre'r Rabbit? That was Anansi's story first. Some people thinks he was a rabbit. But that's their mistake. He wasn't a rabbit. He was a spider. }}

* [[Ravens and Crows]]: The Bird Woman, one of ''many'' people who are still upset at Anansi's antics.

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* [[Twin Threesome Fantasy]]: Grahame Coats has one of these about Maeve Livingston and her hypothetical identical naked twin sister, Maeve II.

* [[Undignified Death]]: It doesn't succeed, but at one point the Bird Woman tries to kill Spider with a flock of flamingos.

** Anansi too. Heart attack on stage while singing karaoke, falling over and ripping the tube-top off of a blonde tourist from Michigan in the fall?

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: {{spoiler|Grahame Coats has a slow and subtle one starting with him killing Maeve, allowing Tiger to step in. Characters note later how he appears to have lost it.}}

* [[The Yardies]]: Referenced after Fat Charlie is arrested, as he notes that his neighbors now believe he is one of these.

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