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* [[Tempting Fate]]: "Don't test my patience, {{spoiler|KABOOM}}!". [[Obstructive Bureaucrat|He should have seen it coming, though.]]
* [[Theme Naming]]: Most of the Syndicate agents are codenamed [[Colorful Theme Naming|based on colors]], such as Hei (black), Bai (white), Yin (silver), Huang (yellow), and Amber. MI6 agents are named after [[Temporal Theme Naming|months and days]], such as November 11, April, July, and February.
* [[They Would Cut You Up]]: There are references to PANDORA practicing human experimentation on Contractors. In fact, it's mentioned that initially, various countries did this, until a U.N. treaty intervened. You might think that the U.N. would stop this, but instead, all they did was demand that countries would share their research. The [[Lack of Empathy|sociopaths]] aren't [[Humans Are
* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]: The third episode has a Caucasian assassin paired with a black Contractor and the two are a good fit for the trope and definitely call to mind [[Pulp Fiction]]. More sympathetically, Bertha and her partner have philosophical discussions establishing them as [[Punch Clock Villain]]s, in between trying to kill Hei.
* [[Those Two Guys]]: Kirihara's subordinates, Saito and Kano. Also [[Plucky Comic Relief]] Kurosawa and Kiko.
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