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"Like the Mars Diamond is a type. It's just that all the others aren't flawless and weigh 32 pounds."}}

** The [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] in ''Patriots'' is when the [[Expy]] of Benedict Arnold is tricked into running into a room ... and falling into a '''deep''' pit toilet. After he's fished out of the liquid crap, a recording of all this will be used to blackmail him into not betraying the main characters (something so embarrassing would kill his chances of seeking political office).

There was a loud plop. A brown geyser spouted above the floor and sank back.}}

* ''[[The Books Of The Elements]]'': [[Roman Empire|Ancient Rome]] [[Recycled in Space|With Magic]]! Except that the name "Rome" is replaced with "Carce," a nod to ''[[The Worm Ouroboros]]''. Other place, ethnic, and in some cases personal names remain the same; so for instance, [[Gaius Julius Caesar]] was a great '''Carcean''' general who defeated the Gauls and became dictator.