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* [[Fail O'Suckyname]]: Zits? Zits? Also, Helda, lampshaded by Zits

* [[Four Is Death]]: Zits' fourth leap is...into the body of a pilot who [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|unwittingly helps an Islamic terrorist learn how to crash planes]]. [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|And he's cheating on his wife.]]

* [[Fun ~~With~~ Acronyms]]: IRON and HAMMER. HAMMER doesn't actually mean anything, but IRON means Indigenous Rights Now!

* [[Fun with Acronyms]]: IRON and HAMMER. HAMMER doesn't actually mean anything, but IRON means Indigenous Rights Now!

* [[Gainax Ending]]: In-universe with the Ghost Dance. The ending itself has one as well.

* [[Going Commando]]: "Okay, I now know Indian boys didn't wear anything under their loincloths."

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* [[Malcolm Xerox]]: Justice

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Possessed by righteous indignation and a desire for vengaence? What is Zits' real name? {{spoiler|[[Archangel Michael|Michael]]}}

* [[Naked On Arrival]]: An old Indian killer likes to sleep naked, so when he wakes up, yeah.

* [[Naked on Arrival]]: An old Indian killer likes to sleep naked, so when he wakes up, yeah.

* [[A Nazi By Any Other Name]]: The story of IRON and HAMMER is reminiscent of the story of Pine Ridge in [[The Seventies]].

* [[A Nazi by Any Other Name]]: The story of IRON and HAMMER is reminiscent of the story of Pine Ridge in [[The Seventies]].

* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: The FBI agents, the Cavalry soldiers.

* [[Shotacon]]: Zits got molested by several of his foster dads. This is the only homosexual example in Alexie's work, and [[The Unfair Sex|the only time the boy hasn't been eager]].

* [[Shout Out]]: The Nannapush Reservation is a reference to Louise Erdrich's character Lulu Nanapush.

* [[Shout-Out]]: The Nannapush Reservation is a reference to Louise Erdrich's character Lulu Nanapush.

* [[Steven Ulysses Perhero]]: Justice.

* [[Unwitting Instigator of Doom]]: The whole Ethiopian Islamic terrorist story makes the man Zits possesses one.