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* [[Secret Identity Identity]]: When {{spoiler|Bonforte dies}}, Smythe must choose between his own identity, and the greater good.
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: Smythe, especially early on in the novel. He's entirely convinced that he's one of the finest names in theater, and his lack of recognition is mostly a case of rotten luck. At the end of the novel, when he looks back at how he was before the events of the novel took place, he can't believe the bloated sense of self worth he used to have.
** Zig-zagged in that Smythe is shown throughout the novels to be an unbelievably talented actor, in addition to being a highly talented make-up artist. Prior references are also that he's a skilled stuntman, juggler, and sleight-of-hand expert. Its honestly puzzling as to how he could ''fail'' to have a successful career. Either his agent was horribly inept, he was that talentless at selling himself, or his luck bordered on [[Diabolus Ex Machina]].
* [[Snowball Lie]]: The basis of the entire novel.
* [[Spotting the Thread]]: Smythe spends weeks studying Bonforte's files on everyone around him to make the masquerade work. He notices that the file on the emperor is nearly empty, and assumes that they don't have much contact... until he meets the emperor, and gets found out, because the point of the files is to help Bonforte remember things about people ''less'' politically important than he is. He's caught when he dutifully plays with the emperor's toy trains instead of teasing him about them.
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