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* [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]]: Nick. Whilst Tim faints at the slight of blood and is constantly caught at the scenes of murders holding incriminating evidence (typically the murder weapon), he solves every single case. |
* [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]]: Nick. Whilst Tim faints at the slight of blood and is constantly caught at the scenes of murders holding incriminating evidence (typically the murder weapon), he solves every single case. |
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* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: Many times, even the titles of the books. |
* [[Incredibly Lame Pun]]: Many times, even the titles of the books. |
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* [[Last-Name Basis]]: Snape and Boyle; in the former's case it turns out that his first name is [[Embarrassing First Name|Freddie]]. |
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* [[Odd Name Out]]: The first six books' titles are all parodies of crime novels and movies such as ''[[The Maltese Falcon (Film)|The Maltese Falcon]]'' and ''[[North By Northwest]]''. The last book's title is taken from ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Literature)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]''. |
* [[Odd Name Out]]: The first six books' titles are all parodies of crime novels and movies such as ''[[The Maltese Falcon (Film)|The Maltese Falcon]]'' and ''[[North By Northwest]]''. The last book's title is taken from ''[[How the Grinch Stole Christmas (Literature)|How the Grinch Stole Christmas]]''. |
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* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Inverted in that Nick chose to abandon his parents when they emigrated to Australia. |
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Inverted in that Nick chose to abandon his parents when they emigrated to Australia. |
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