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[[File:CodeNameHunter_Cover_09_1711.jpg|frame|Code Name: Hunter - Cover of Issue 9]]
{{quote|''"Diplomacy is hard. Mixing diplomacy with magic is harder."''|The [[Tagline]] }}
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The Royal Center for Special Investigations has the difficult task of protecting Britain from loose magic. There's only one problem: England doesn't have any powerful, trained mages.
As of 2021, ''{{PAGENAME}}'' is in reruns; you can read it [http://www.codenamehunter.com here.] Rated PG-13 for mild violence, language, adult themes and trigger happy redheads. ▼
▲Rated PG-13 for mild violence, language, adult themes and trigger happy redheads.
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* [[Action Girl]]: Ruby, AKA Agent Gypsy.
* [[Art Evolution]]: Extremely subtle, but the changes are there.
** Mostly related to the late-2008 change in how the pages are drawn and colored.
* [[Badass Longcoat]]: [[Averted Trope|Averted]] by [http://www.codenamehunter.com/archive/2011/12/26 this]{{Dead link}} reporter.
* [[Character Development]]: Slow, but, it's there.
* [[The Chick]]: Sissy Simmons, to the point that she drags Gypsy off, kicking and screaming, on a shopping expedition.
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** In the no-longer cannom flashback arcs, she has sent 2 of her superiors to the hospital. One of them has been permanently relegated to desk work due to injuries she caused.
* [[The Fair Folk]]: The Fey are characterised as being rather dangerous to mere mortals. Making use of a Fey gate is generally viewed as suicidal.
* [[Full Name Ultimatum]]: [https://web.archive.org/web/20100822052203/http://www.rcsitravel.net/archive/2008/08/15 Hunter to Gypsy]:
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'''Gypsy''': "Oh! I ''know'' you did not just use me full name." }}
* [[Functional Magic]]: It disrupts most complex modern tech.
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* [[Government Agency of Fiction]]: Royal Center for Special Investigations.
* [[He-Man Woman Hater]]: Reruns of the original comics suggest that Hunter was a severe gynophobe - to the point where his unwillingness to work with female agents almost cost him his job. Now he's merely severely shy around any non-Gypsy female. (This has since been redacted for the current story. The original run is [[Orwellian Retcon|no longer consider canon]].)
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20101002123040/http://www.rcsitravel.net/archive/2010/07/19 In a recent storyline], we have a [[Horny Devils|succubus]] asking Ruby if Max is gay. She says she's found his [[Porn Stash|stash of lad's mags]] and reassures her that he's just shy.
* [[Horny Devils]]: The above mentioned Mercy Macenzie's idea of Mr. Right is every man alive, as well as a few females.
* [[Humble Pie]]: Looks like Gadel got one [[Pie in the Face|in the face]] ([http://www.codenamehunter.com/archive/2011/03/21 last panel]{{Dead link}}).
* [[Les Yay]]: Lady Gadel, her girlfriend Winnifred, Agent Doodle AKA Loretta Evans.
* [[The Magic Comes Back]]: Magic in England was sealed centuries ago by a king paranoid of a mage rebellion, the seal was broken when a bomb was dropped on it during WWII.
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* [[Mysterious Past]]: We are only slowly learning bits and pieces about the pasts of some agents.
* [[No Periods, Period]]: [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]] {{spoiler|Gypsy is seen [http://www.codenamehunter.com/archive/2011/12/19 suffering] from "PMS" just before the [[The Fair Folk|Fey]] treaty signing.}}
* [[Open Mouth, Insert Foot]]: Gypsy inserts both feet knee deep upon arriving at the [https://web.archive.org/web/20110808140143/http://www.codenamehunter.com/archive/2011/05/16 commander's office].
* [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]: Only hounds are susceptible to lycanthropy, during full moons they become ravenous beasts capable of infecting hundreds in one night. Ruby's uncle Ishmael was lucky to get away with just a damaged eye, {{spoiler|as all infected agents are "put down".}}
* [[Royal We]]: During her pre-treaty night [http://www.codenamehunter.com/archive/comic/2012/01/16 speech] to RSCI Moraine switches from saying "I" to ''we'' in order to emphasize how important formality is this night.
* [[Scenery Censor]]: How do you think they maintained a PG-13 rating through [http://www.codenamehunter.com/archive/2006/12/18 The Streak]{{Dead link}}?
* [[Shout-Out]]: Several notable instances.
** British cartoon ''[[Danger Mouse]]''.
** Two separate Shouts to Amber Williams' ''[[Dan and Mab's Furry Adventures]]''.
** One Shout to Scudder Kiddwell's White Pony from the [https://web.archive.org/web/20131111221623/http://www.whiteponyproductions.com/comicstrips/ctc/present.htm Cross Time Cafe]. The same reference points indirectly toward [[Freefall]]'s Florence Ambrose.
** A [https://web.archive.org/web/20100704040858/http://www.rcsitravel.net/archive/2008/10/29 shout] to Yzma's original [[Evil Plan]] from ''[[The Emperor's New Groove|The Emperors New Groove]]''.
* [[Something That Begins With Boring]]: After their [http://www.codenamehunter.com/archive/2008/04/16 boat sinks]{{Dead link}}, Ruby tries to play this game with Max while [https://web.archive.org/web/20100704034159/http://www.rcsitravel.net/archive/2008/05/02 swimming to shore].
* [[Tyke Bomb]]: Prince Matthew Mousira.
** In Queen Moraine's own words: "My grandson is a magical time bomb. No. Everything is not fine."
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