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* [[Achievements in Ignorance]]: [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1800/fc01705.htm "My stories are much more convincing when I have no idea of what's impossible."]

* [[Air Vent Passageway]]: Subverted.

* [[AI Is a Crapshoot]]: Even when the details of an artificial mind are carefully planned, there are ''always'' unexpected results. Or [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01613.htm obviously necessary] feature [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01618.htm requests.] [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01624.htm Overdue,] actually.

* [[A.I. Is a Crapshoot]]: Even when the details of an artificial mind are carefully planned, there are ''always'' unexpected results. Or [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01613.htm obviously necessary] feature [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01618.htm requests.] [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01624.htm Overdue,] actually.

** [[Loophole Abuse]]: All the time.

{{quote|'''Florence''': [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1600/fc01504.htm The mayor gave me a direct order to stay here, she never said I couldn't build a fusion test reactor on the premises.] }}

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* [[Furry Webcomic]]

* [[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!]'''

* [[Hollywood Global Warming]]: [[Take That|Take]] ''[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff600/fv00526.htm that,]'' and '''[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1300/fc01263.htm that!]'''

* [[The Golden Rule]]: Florence [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff600/fv00546.htm points out] a common mistake. Also, [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff800/fv00731.htm here].

* [[Gone Swimming, Clothes Stolen]]: In a variation on the "getting wet while naked" theme, in the first [[Shower Scene|gratuitous shower scene]] [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff300/fv00205.htm a raccoon swipes Florence's towel while she's washing.]

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** The robot religious meeting features robots from just about every TV series or film with robots, including [[Forbidden Planet|Robbie]], a [[Battlestar Galactica|Cylon]], [[Astro Boy (manga)|Astro Boy]], a [[Red Dwarf|Skutter]] and [[Doctor Who|K9]].

** To the [[The Mote in God's Eye|Motie]] idiom, "on the gripping hand," [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff600/fv00568.htm meaning a third, dominant option].

** A robot [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2100/fc02019.htm playing chess] in the set-up war arc, unlike others, has the name painted on its back: [[~~War Games~~|Joshua]]. See also a quote on the next page.

** A robot [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2100/fc02019.htm playing chess] in the set-up war arc, unlike others, has the name painted on its back: [[WarGames|Joshua]]. See also a quote on the next page.

** [[Peanuts|"I've been kissed by a dog! I have dog germs!]] [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2100/fc02044.htm Get hot water! Get some disinfectant! Get some iodine!"]

** "[[wikipedia:John Gillespie Magee, Jr.#High Flight|Oh! I have slipped the surly]] [http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff900/fv00883.htm bail bondsmen of Earth...]"