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* [[Crapsack World]]: No electricity. No food. No ''sewage systems.'' Aliens trying to kill you. And you Bliss at age 18.
* [[Crapsack World]]: No electricity. No food. No ''sewage systems.'' Aliens trying to kill you. And you Bliss at age 18.
* [[Deconstruction]]: Of [[The Power of Love]], though most players try to immediately [[Reconstruction|reconstruct]] the trope. And succeed.
* [[Deconstruction]]: Of [[The Power of Love]], though most players try to immediately [[Reconstruction|reconstruct]] the trope. And succeed.
* [[Deus Sex Machina]]: In the form of [[Level Up At Intimacy 5]] and [[More Friends More Benefits]].
* [[Deus Sex Machina]]: In the form of [[Level Up At Intimacy 5]] and [[More Friends, More Benefits]].
* [[The End of the World as We Know It]]: The Bliss, which has knocked out all adults before the start of the game.
* [[The End of the World as We Know It]]: The Bliss, which has knocked out all adults before the start of the game.
* [[Failure Knight]]: You can safely assume you are not your Anchor's first love. Or even their first pilot.
* [[Failure Knight]]: You can safely assume you are not your Anchor's first love. Or even their first pilot.
* [[Fun with Acronyms]]: Alien Numina Inversion Machine shortens to ANIMa. ...Sure, Ben. Sure.
* [[Fun with Acronyms]]: Alien Numina Inversion Machine shortens to ANIMa. ...Sure, Ben. Sure.
* [[GMPC]]: Required in the form of the Authority Figure. In fact, if any other player has a character who becomes the Authority Figure, that player must become the new GM!
* [[GMPC]]: Required in the form of the Authority Figure. In fact, if any other player has a character who becomes the Authority Figure, that player must become the new GM!
* [[Handsome Lech]]: As of the beginning of the one-shot, Keenan Caine has snagged all of the girls (judging by their Intimacy scores). Depending on what names and genders you assign to the Anchors, [[Gay Option|he's also snagged a couple of the guys.]]
* [[Handsome Lech]]: As of the beginning of the one-shot, Keenan Caine has snagged all of the girls (judging by their Intimacy scores). Depending on what names and genders you assign to the Anchors, [[Gay Option|he's also snagged a couple of the guys.]]
* [[How Do I Shot Web?]]: The ANIMa was created six years after roughly "'''Right Now'''". The war began in earnest after another year of deadly trial and error. And it's still very hard to control an ANIMa without [[The Power of Love|the guidance of an Anchor.]]
* [[How Do I Shot Web?]]: The ANIMa was created six years after roughly "'''Right Now'''". The war began in earnest after another year of deadly trial and error. And it's still very hard to control an ANIMa without [[The Power of Love|the guidance of an Anchor.]]
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: the probable result of getting to [[108]] Bliss in the Endgame.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: the probable result of getting to [[108]] Bliss in the Endgame.
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* [[Lotus Eater Machine]]: The Bliss itself could potentially be one, depending on interpretation.
* [[Lotus Eater Machine]]: The Bliss itself could potentially be one, depending on interpretation.
* [[Love Triangle]]: In the continuing examples and the one-shot. [[Triang Relations]] Type 4: Josh is A, Sarah B, and Keenan C. Happens a lot in actual play, too, sometimes to the point of a --
* [[Love Triangle]]: In the continuing examples and the one-shot. [[Triang Relations]] Type 4: Josh is A, Sarah B, and Keenan C. Happens a lot in actual play, too, sometimes to the point of a --
* [[Love Dodecahedron]]: If your Pilot doesn't have one, [[More Friends More Benefits|they're seriously underpowered.]]
* [[Love Dodecahedron]]: If your Pilot doesn't have one, [[More Friends, More Benefits|they're seriously underpowered.]]
* [[Mission Control]]: the Anchors. In game, the Anchor's player acts as [[Mission Control]] and describes the terrain in combat.
* [[Mission Control]]: the Anchors. In game, the Anchor's player acts as [[Mission Control]] and describes the terrain in combat.
* [[More Friends More Benefits]]: Former [[Trope Namer]]. The path to [[More Dakka]] in this game is wrapping your Pilot in a [[Love Dodecahedron]] of ludicrous proportions.
* [[More Friends, More Benefits]]: Former [[Trope Namer]]. The path to [[More Dakka]] in this game is wrapping your Pilot in a [[Love Dodecahedron]] of ludicrous proportions.
* [[Moe Couplet]]: Sara and Josh. [[Memetic Mutation|Their love is so innocent.]] This in a relentlessly [[Grimdark]] game.
* [[Moe Couplet]]: Sara and Josh. [[Memetic Mutation|Their love is so innocent.]] This in a relentlessly [[Grimdark]] game.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: The Bliss in general -- and Josh Preston's father, the Authority Figure of [[La Résistance]] in the continuing examples, who ''didn't look for him'' after the Bliss hit in particular.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: The Bliss in general -- and Josh Preston's father, the Authority Figure of [[La Résistance]] in the continuing examples, who ''didn't look for him'' after the Bliss hit in particular.
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