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* [[All That Glitters]]: The group find some [[Crate Expectations|sealed crates]] and J.D. starts going into [[Gun Porn|excessive detail]] over what exotic weapons might be in them. Everyone (except J.D.) bursts out laughing when the crates turn out to be full of thousands of plastic zippers.

* [[Alternate History]]: Premier Gorbachev dies in a plane crash in 1993, and a bloody civil war in the USSR presages the elevation of a hardline Soviet government, though it is another faction ''within'' this group that starts the war, alarmed over the decline of the Soviet Union and other events such as a civil war in South Africa, the assassination of Fidel Castro, and an active Strategic Defense Initiative.

* [[Angst? What Angst?]] ([[In Universe]]): When [[Action Girl]] Hunaker gets killed, Ryan says it's "like losing my [[Handguns|blaster]]", telling Krysty he [[Anyone Can Die|can't afford to feel anything more]].

* [[Angst? What Angst?]] ([[In-Universe]]): When [[Action Girl]] Hunaker gets killed, Ryan says it's "like losing my [[Handguns|blaster]]", telling Krysty he [[Anyone Can Die|can't afford to feel anything more]].

* [[Annoying Arrows]]: Very handily averted (though not in the [[Film of the Book]], where Krysty Wroth yanks a crossbow bolt out of her shoulder).

* [[Antimatter]]: Implosion bombs use Anti-Matter in some fashion.{{spoiler|They are used to kill the Cerebus fog defense.}}

* [[Anyone Can Die]]

* [[Apocalypse How]]: Between a Type 1 and Type 2. While modern civilization is pretty much obliterated as we know it, there are enough remnants such as vehicles, weapons, ammo, books and other items that they have not completely lost it all. There is even widespread organization and recovery on a scale sufficient enough to fuel small cities and large towns.

* [[Base On Wheels]]: The Trader uses a converted military command vehicle as base and living area while on the move.

* [[Base on Wheels]]: The Trader uses a converted military command vehicle as base and living area while on the move.

* [[BFG]]: M-60s, .50 caliber machine guns and auto-cannons, to name a few.

* [[Bigger Is Better in Bed]]: Doc Tanner's sometime [[No Social Skills|girlfriend]], Lori, runs off and has an affair with a local [[All Girls Want Bad Boys|bad boy]]. She then returns to the group, complaining that his big dick came with a small brain. Ryan dryly remarks that he "hears that's often the way".

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* [[Double Tap]]: Sometimes you really need to make sure something is dead. This applies especially to mutants because their internal anatomy is not always the same as humans.

* [[Emergency Weapon]]: People who work for the Trader have enough hidden odds and ends to make a door breaching charge. They conceal plastic explosives, wires, detonators and a signal detonator in their clothing shoes, seams, and gear.

* [[The End of the World As We Know It]]: Modern civilization is gone; see [[Apocalypse How]] entry above.

* [[The End of the World as We Know It]]: Modern civilization is gone; see [[Apocalypse How]] entry above.

* [[Eye Scream]]: One of the nicer things that can possibly happen to your eyes is getting them put out.

* [[Film of the Book]]: [[Sci Fi Channel]] did a fairly decent adaptation of ''Homeward Bound'', where Ryan Cawdor returns to the barony from which he was outlawed. Be prepared however for [[Narm|Narmish]] acting, [[Color Wash|too much]] [[Red Sky, Take Warning|red tint]], no Doc Tanner or Lori Quint, ex-porn star Traci Lords as a [[Lady Macbeth]]-style baroness, and a complete absence of giant mutant monsters.

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* [[Handguns]]: Everyone seems to carry them for one reason or another.

* [[Human Sacrifice]]: A popular practice with various cults.

* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|Kelber (Strasser's chief torturer) dies in this manner when he accidentally swallows a carnivorous insect he'd been planning to forcefeed to his prisoners.}} Not to mention {{spoiler|Baron Zeal, who previously burned one of Trader's men alive with his special torture chamber of doom, eventually tries escaping imminent explosion and being the victim of [[Gorn|a violent and goretastic explosion]], jumps in same torture pit; however, the torture pit eventually winds up in a crater, burning alive as the door was wedged shut, giving Zeal the irony treatment of burning alive for weeks. Not to mention he also [[Dead Guy On Display|kept the heads of his torture victims in his pricate study]].}}

* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|Kelber (Strasser's chief torturer) dies in this manner when he accidentally swallows a carnivorous insect he'd been planning to forcefeed to his prisoners.}} Not to mention {{spoiler|Baron Zeal, who previously burned one of Trader's men alive with his special torture chamber of doom, eventually tries escaping imminent explosion and being the victim of [[Gorn|a violent and goretastic explosion]], jumps in same torture pit; however, the torture pit eventually winds up in a crater, burning alive as the door was wedged shut, giving Zeal the irony treatment of burning alive for weeks. Not to mention he also [[Dead Guy on Display|kept the heads of his torture victims in his pricate study]].}}

* [[Hope Sprouts Eternal]]: Seen in the first novel, and used as a continuing theme in book covers and the [[Riding Into the Sunset]] ending for the [[Sci Fi Channel]] adaptation.

* [[Hostile Weather]]: Acid rain will literally strip you to the bone and vicious fog kills you with a tornado/vortex.

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* [[Not Quite Dead]]: {{spoiler|The Trader is dying of radiation poisoning in the first novel, and walks off into the woods when the pain becomes too much. He meets up with Ryan again in ''Trader: Redux''.}}

* [[Poisoned Weapons]]: Ryan mentions there are some marshland mutant groups who poison their weapons.

* [[Putting On the Reich]]: The Sec forces of Mocsin. They were the patently [[Obviously Evil]] black uniform-wearing bad guys.

* [[Putting on the Reich]]: The Sec forces of Mocsin. They were the patently [[Obviously Evil]] black uniform-wearing bad guys.

* [[Prehensile Hair]]: Krysty Wroth has bright red hair that moves according to her mood, wrapping tightly around her head when she is in danger.

* [[Psychic Powers]]: Some mutes have these -- [[Spider Sense|Sensors]], [[Seer|precogs]]; Krysty has powerful [[Mind Over Matter|telekinetic abilities]].

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** '''Ryan Cawdor:''' [[The Leader]], [[Eyepatch of Power]], [[The Gunslinger]].

** '''Krysty Wroth:''' Ryan's [[Love Interest]], a beautiful [[Green Eyed Red Head|Green Eyed]] [[Fiery Redhead]] [[Action Girl]]. Also a [[Cute Monster Girl]] as she has mute powers but none of the physical deformities except [[Prehensile Hair]].

** '''John Barrymore Dix''' (a.k.a. '''J.B.''' or [[Walking Armory|The Armourer]]): [[Gadgeteer Genius]] (weapons specialist), [[The Stoic]], [[Nice Hat]], ([[The Short Guy ~~With~~ Glasses]] in the [[Film of the Book]]).

** '''John Barrymore Dix''' (a.k.a. '''J.B.''' or [[Walking Armory|The Armourer]]): [[Gadgeteer Genius]] (weapons specialist), [[The Stoic]], [[Nice Hat]], ([[The Short Guy with Glasses]] in the [[Film of the Book]]).

** '''Dr. Theophilus Algernon Tanner (a.k.a. Doc):''' [[Mad Scientist]], [[Heroic BSOD]], [[Ugly Guy Hot Girlfriend]] (with [[Cloudcuckoolander|Lori Quint]]) {{spoiler|[[Fish Out of Temporal Water]]}}.

** '''Jak Lauren:''' [[Heroic Albino]] (a [[Mutant]] in the film), [[Knife Nut]], [[Child Soldier]], [[Scarily Competent Tracker]].