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* [[Biker Babe]]: Fiona in Zero History.
* [[Biker Babe]]: Fiona in Zero History.
* [[Cluster F Bomb]] -- Heidi Hyde, one of Hollis Henry's old bandmates, always speaks this way.
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]] -- Heidi Hyde, one of Hollis Henry's old bandmates, always speaks this way.
* [[Cool Plane]]: Bigend owns an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekranoplan Ekranoplan] - specifically, an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-90_Orlyonok A-90 Orlyonok]
* [[Cool Plane]]: Bigend owns an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekranoplan Ekranoplan] - specifically, an [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A-90_Orlyonok A-90 Orlyonok]
* [[Driving Question]] -- For ''Pattern Recognition'', what is the pattern behind some mysterious Internet videos? For ''Spook Country'', what are the spooks trying to find in the country and how do the characters' storylines relate? For ''Zero History'', what is the secret behind Gabriel Hounds clothing?
* [[Driving Question]] -- For ''Pattern Recognition'', what is the pattern behind some mysterious Internet videos? For ''Spook Country'', what are the spooks trying to find in the country and how do the characters' storylines relate? For ''Zero History'', what is the secret behind Gabriel Hounds clothing?
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* [[Fail O'Suckyname]] - Cayce says in ''Pattern Recognition'' that if Bigend knew how silly people could find his last name to be, he would be even more obnoxious.
* [[Fail O'Suckyname]] - Cayce says in ''Pattern Recognition'' that if Bigend knew how silly people could find his last name to be, he would be even more obnoxious.
* [[Intrepid Reporter]] -- The cool-hunters, Cayce Pollard and Hollis Henry.
* [[Intrepid Reporter]] -- The cool-hunters, Cayce Pollard and Hollis Henry.
* [[It Is Pronounced Tro-PAY]] - Inverted by Bigend, as explained by Milgrim in ''Zero History'':
* [[It Is Pronounced "Tro-PAY"]] - Inverted by Bigend, as explained by Milgrim in ''Zero History'':
{{quote| "The French pronunciation would be 'Bayh-jhan', I think. But he seems to favor the other."}}
{{quote| "The French pronunciation would be 'Bayh-jhan', I think. But he seems to favor the other."}}
* [[Maybe Magic Maybe Mundane]]: there are hints in ''Spook Country'' that Tito's Santeria gods are genuinely supernatural. They are carefully kept ambiguous.
* [[Maybe Magic, Maybe Mundane]]: there are hints in ''Spook Country'' that Tito's Santeria gods are genuinely supernatural. They are carefully kept ambiguous.
* [[McGuffin]] -- while the footage from Pattern Recognition was used by Bigend in his marketing schemes and he uses Bobby Chombo from Spook Country to {{spoiler|predict market order flow}}, he does virtually nothing with Gabriel Hounds secret brand and is not really disappointed {{spoiler|that he doesn't learn about its origins before it goes public}}.
* [[McGuffin]] -- while the footage from Pattern Recognition was used by Bigend in his marketing schemes and he uses Bobby Chombo from Spook Country to {{spoiler|predict market order flow}}, he does virtually nothing with Gabriel Hounds secret brand and is not really disappointed {{spoiler|that he doesn't learn about its origins before it goes public}}.
** Additionally, [[MacGuffin Escort Mission|Tito's mission]] in Spook Country involved delivering data the most secure way possible: by physically transporting the data. That he uses iPods for this makes [[Rule of Cool]], given the recognition iPods where getting when Spook Country was published, and [[Awesome Yet Practical]], since very few security guards wonder why a kid has an iPod.
** Additionally, [[MacGuffin Escort Mission|Tito's mission]] in Spook Country involved delivering data the most secure way possible: by physically transporting the data. That he uses iPods for this makes [[Rule of Cool]], given the recognition iPods where getting when Spook Country was published, and [[Awesome Yet Practical]], since very few security guards wonder why a kid has an iPod.
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* [[Shown Their Work]]: The fandom parts of ''Pattern Recognition'' are eerily well-researched.
* [[Shown Their Work]]: The fandom parts of ''Pattern Recognition'' are eerily well-researched.
** ''Zero History'' includes discussion of very specific fashion terminology, regarding cuts, colors, types of fabric, etc.
** ''Zero History'' includes discussion of very specific fashion terminology, regarding cuts, colors, types of fabric, etc.
* [[Sliding Scale of Anti Heroes]] -- Milgrim is a Type 1, while Bigend is in the area of a 3 or 4.
* [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes]] -- Milgrim is a Type 1, while Bigend is in the area of a 3 or 4.
* [[This Loser Is You]] -- In ''Spook Country'', Milgrim represents the average American when it comes to the stuff that the post-9/11 government did.
* [[This Loser Is You]] -- In ''Spook Country'', Milgrim represents the average American when it comes to the stuff that the post-9/11 government did.
* [[Title Drop]]: In ''Zero History'', Defence Criminal Investigative Service agent Winnie Tung Whittaker is telling Milgrim how little of a trail he has left over the years: "Zero history as far as Choice Point is concerned. Means you haven't even had a credit card for ten years."
* [[Title Drop]]: In ''Zero History'', Defence Criminal Investigative Service agent Winnie Tung Whittaker is telling Milgrim how little of a trail he has left over the years: "Zero history as far as Choice Point is concerned. Means you haven't even had a credit card for ten years."
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