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* [[Arc Words]]:
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** Joey's line "I take my orders from Overmann!" is an example of this, about a third into the game. {{spoiler|Oddly enough, it turns out to be the truth}}.
* [[Author Filibuster]]: Given the weighty subject matter they pretty much managed to avoid preaching a message about the evils of technology.
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* [[Badass Longcoat]]: Rob's stylish silver, gray and black garment. Handy for concealing a crowbar, amongst other things.
* [[Batman Gambit]]: The plans laid out to foil Rob in his goal to uncover the mysteries of the city. He played right into {{spoiler|LINC's}} hands and didn't even realize it.
* [[Black and Gray Morality]]: Rob versus everyone in Union City.
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** {{spoiler|But given Lamb's negligence leading to Anita's death, and the file saying that he may be received his promotion through dubious means, the retribution may be minor compared to what he's guilty for}}.
* [[Body Horror]]: Revealed in one of the game's closing scenes.
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* [[Just Eat Gilligan]]: At several points, there would seem to be easier options to leaving the city but you can't take them. Thanks to good writing, this isn't jarring and probably not even things you'll notice if you're playing for the first time.
* [[Karmic Death]]: What happens to Reich seems only fair, given his disregard for human life.
* [[Kleptomaniac Hero]]: Thankfully this doesn't mean you end up carrying around a bunch of junk. There are very few [[Red Herring|red herrings]], and best of all there is some [[Lampshade Hanging]] on Rob being a thief, most notably what happens when Foreman Potts searches him after rummaging around in a store room. If anything, this is one the few games where this is a [[Justified Trope]] via [[Fridge Brilliance]]. Robert's [[Backstory]] involves growing up in The Gap, where scavenging junk and improvising what you need from whatever comes to hand is a fact of tribal life. Hence, his collecting various knick-knacks and using them to [[MacGyvering|MacGyver up]] solutions to his problems is simply what he's used to.
* [[Love Interests]]: Anita: in an interesting subversion, she helps him escape his plight as much as he helps her achieve her goals. Sadly, it doesn't end well.
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|Dad, way transhuman long ago, and recently made somewhat transhuman son meet as enemies in an ultra urban setting. Unlike ''[[Star Wars]]'', there don't seem to be any lightsabers in the game nor a protagonist stealing everything of use on the Death Star, but there are great similarities between ''[[Star Wars]]'' and ''Beneath a Steel Sky''}}.
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