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** Sam, dealing with [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1600/fc01594.htm bureaucracy.]
** Numerous robots, including [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff600/fv00556.htm Tangent.]
* [[Deadly Upgrade]]: {{spoiler|[[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Gardener In The Dark]]}} is a patch designed to
* [[Deface of the Moon]]: April Fools, 2003 has Sam hack into the planet's [[Terraforming]] computer and sculpt the moon to resemble him.
* [[Deliberate Values Dissonance]]: A major source of humour is how Florence and Sam misinterpret each other.
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* [[Even the Rats Won't Touch It]]:
** [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff300/fv00222.htm Survival of the Fittest, baby!]
** Also, [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1100/fv01019.htm Even The Prison Won't Take Him.] [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2500/fc02422.htm The Warden breaks down.]
*** Prison ''roombas'' want to [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3000/fc02910.htm throw him out].
* [[Every Car Is a Pinto]]: [[Discussed Trope|Mentioned]] and [[Defied Trope]] in [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff600/fv00541.htm this strip.]
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* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Artificial Lifeforms, both genetically engineered and robotic, are legally slaves to the corporation that made them. [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|The corporations thus treat them as such.]] However, [[Rousseau Was Right|the populace at large generally have the attitude of "If it's talking to me, it's a person."]]
{{quote|'''Mr. Kornada:''' [[Just a Machine|A.I.s have numbers, not names]].
'''Receptionist (thinking):''' [[Donut Mess with a Cop|When they bring in donuts]], they [[Androids Are People, Too|
* [[Faster-Than-Light Travel]]: The Dangerous And Very Expensive drive is only used for very important people and cargoes, though it's also the only means of sending messages to another system anytime fast. Large payloads like colony ships have to be sent slower than light.
* [[Fatal Family Photo]]: Played more for laughs in [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1100/fv01061.htm this strip.] In this case, however, the victim isn't dead.
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** There's also, although not expanded in the comic itself, the DAVE drive, the [[Faster-Than-Light Travel|FTL drive]] used to get between star systems. Short for '''D'''angerous '''A'''nd '''V'''ery '''E'''xpensive drive.
* [[Furry Webcomic]]
* [[Fusion Dance]]: Police Chief [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2400/fv02363.htm gets up].
* [[Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke]]
* [[Global Warming]]: [[Take That|Take]] ''[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff600/fv00526.htm that,]'' and '''[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1300/fc01263.htm that!]'''
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** [[Zig Zagged]] heavily. Some people treat the [[A Is]] and Florence as just slaves. Many others treat them, and her in particular as people.
** A PG-friendly version of the trope is used by Florence, [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff100/fv00072.htm here,] when discussing [[wikipedia:Green Run|intentional releases of radioactive iodine by the government,]] from the [[wikipedia:Hanford Site|Hanford Site nuclear weapons facility.]]
* [[I Cannot Self-Terminate]]:
** [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1900/fc01833.htm This robot] really wishes it could. Not that it hasn't a good reason. The JarJarBot is an example of the exception to an inversion created by the addition of a single character. The JarJarBot, of course, is more than willing to self-terminate.
* [[Ignore the Disability]]: Just after admonishing Tangent about making dog references around Florence, Niomi [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff600/fv00560.htm promptly sticks her foot solidly in her mouth.]
* [[I Have This Friend]]
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* [[Impractically Fancy Outfit]]: [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2000/fc01922.htm Lampshaded.]
* [[I Need a Freaking Drink]]: Winston Thurmad suspects he'll need one due to [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2000/fc01970.htm an upcoming discussion with Dvorak and Qwerty].
** Dvorak tend to have such effect on any sentient entities. And [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2500/fc02417.htm came up with a solution for robots].
* [[Instant Home Delivery]]: [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff600/fv00547.htm "It is possible things are slower around here than I thought."] ([[Justified Trope]] in [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff600/fv00548.htm the next strip.])
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Florence/Winston.
* [[In the Future We Still Have Roombas]]: There are many robots fulfilling this role, some of which are fully sapient (disk shaped janitor crew in the prison), but they are proud of their role. Also, weird variations (such as carnivorous waffle irons), and in one strip during a segment with many fictional and [[Real Life]] robots being background cameos an actual Roomba is shown.
* [[I Take Offense to That Last One]]: Being a carnivore, Florence prefers [[Squick|blood]] in her coffee. [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff200/fv00128.htm "We've got non-dairy creamer."]
* [[It's a Long Story]]
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** Sam cheerfully chides an Ecosystems Unlimited employee who offers up a illogical circular argument against Florence's personhood.
* [[Just in Time]]: "[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1900/fc01866.htm Oh, heck no.] [[Subverted Trope|You missed them by hours.]]"
* [[Klatchian Coffee]]: "[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2400/fv02367.htm E+]" Mr. Raibert drank late at night was given a colorful description by Max Post.
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2600/fc02586.htm With a lampshade, no less]
* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: The memory blocking drug used on Florence, which prevented the conversion of short-term memory to long-term storage for 18 hours.
* [[The Last Man Heard a Knock]]: Parodied - Mr. Raibert [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2700/fc02637.htm had such a good dream]. Understandable, seeing how he inflicted on himself very intense 50 hours work week when there ''wasn't'' a large scale emergency, and now he can barely catch a few hours of sleep.
* [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]]: [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff500/fv00431.htm Florence] here and yes [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff500/fv00432.htm it jump cuts].
* [[Let Me Get This Straight...]]:
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* [[Naked Apron]]: The gold "dress" Abby made for Florence is effectively a wraparound apron [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1600/fc01520.htm with a big bow in the back] that was added to [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1500/fc01412.htm a somewhat minimalistic swimsuit.]
* [[Needle in a Stack of Needles]]: [[Invoked]] in [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1500/fc01426.htm this strip.] Also, [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01669.htm spamming] the security with 2001 heroic crickets to mask his own alert and mess with it with impunity.
* [[Nepotism]]: Inverted, in that Mr. Kornada was put into that position by his nephew (not blood related). Of course, the guy knows well that his uncle is an idiot, but temporarily gave him a job [[Obstructive Bureaucrat|"to do nothing"]] on purpose, to keep the chair occupied by someone who usually has no initiative, and screamed the moment he was informed Mr. Kornada did ''something'' not yet identified. "How can a person [[Beyond the Impossible|mess up a job to do nothing]]?"
* [[Never Live It Down]]: [[In-Universe]], Edge and Blunt are universally distrusted subsequent to their spree of robot kidnappings.
* [[Nice Job Fixing It, Villain]]: According to [[Word of God|the author on the Nice forum]], if Mr. Kornada hadn't interfered with Florence's [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2000/fc01960.htm scheduled meeting with Mr. Raibert], she would have been present to hear [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2100/fc02093.htm Mr. Raibert ordering the release of Gardener in the Dark to be delayed,] and thus have no need to take further action, while not knowing of [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2100/fc02094.htm Kornada's plan to violate the order] to have it released anyway.
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* [[Paranoia Gambit]]: If Sam has a reputation anyway, it can [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff400/fv00396.htm do his work for him] just as well as an actual plan. [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1800/fc01747.htm Under a variety of circumstances.]
{{quote|'''Sam:''' Being honest is more fun than I thought. }}
* [[Percussive Maintenance]]: "Oh dear. You're one of ''those'' people."
* [[Pie in the Face]]: [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1800/fc01753.htm The only thing more dangerous than a French ninja is a French ninja with a pie.] It's also a [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1800/fc01769.htm
* [[Plug N Play Technology]]: Dr. Bowman's design is applicable to both uplifted animals and robots, given that it's a general mechanism for increasing the complexity of a neural network, and robot brains are based on human brains. ([http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1500/fc01422.htm 1422])
* [[Political Correctness Gone Mad]]: [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1100/fv01044.htm Yes], and sometimes [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1200/fv01101.htm hopelessly.]
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* [[Punny Name]]: Rants Freely.
* [[Puppy Dog Eyes]]: [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1400/fc01339.htm There are some limitations,] though.
** Also, for the pizza run.
{{quote|'''Dr. Mer''': Ms. Ambrose. Direct order. Puppy dog eyes now. End order. }}
* [[Quote Bin]]
* [[Race Against the Clock]]:
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* [[Rescue Romance]]: Florence and Winston.
* [[Reference Overdosed]]
* [[Reports of My Death Were Greatly Exaggerated]]: Clippy actually belongs to Mr. Ishiguro, the Chief Financial Officer of the EU branch on Jean. As such, it contains a lot of confidential financial information, including "off the books" records. When the owner was away, Mr. Kornada told him
* [[Restraining Bolt]]:
** Most AIs, including Florence, are designed with these. Though it's [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1500/fc01453.htm not that heavy.] And tends to be [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1500/fc01455.htm a bit] [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1600/fc01582.htm flexible.]
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* [[Techno Babble]]/[[Layman's Terms]]: [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff300/fv00215.htm Florence,] fairly regularly.
* [[Tempting Fate]]: [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01654.htm 1654], [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff400/fv00348.htm 348]
* [[Terraforming]]: On Jean, in progress.
* [[This Is No Time to Panic]]: "If you had panicked earlier, you wouldn't have to panic now!"
* [["Three Laws"-Compliant]]: [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff500/fv00459.htm Partially.] But [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff400/fv00312.htm sometimes] even this [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff400/fv00338.htm hurts.] And there are some... [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1200/fv01193.htm inherent] [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1300/fc01281.htm problems.] And [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1600/fc01515.htm the second law can be easily overridden by the first.] ''Freefall'' raises a lot of interesting ideas about the Three Laws by making all three main characters nonhuman sentients on a world full of human-made robots, meaning that they cannot order robots around, and robots can let them die or even hurt them willingly, putting them on equal footing.
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** Given the use of [["Three Laws"-Compliant|Three Laws Compliance]] in-story, [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1600/fc01584.htm the literal question comes up in-story as well.]
** These tend to turn into CMoAs and CMoHs for Sam, as seen [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1600/fc01589.htm here].
* [[White Void Room]]: The shielded room. Clippy also mistook it for "afterlife" upon activation.
* [[Who Wants to Live Forever?]]: Referenced when robots outlive their owner, but not actually relevant since robots aren't actually immortal. Their neural nets are rated for about eighty years.
* [[Worthless Yellow Rocks]]: Diamonds are the natural buildup of loose carbon on fusion engines. Sam muses on how he could make a fortune if space travel were cheap, [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1300/fv01252.htm here,] by taking advantage of this trope.
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