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* [http://www.masterpaynemagic.com/ Master Payne] is a real person, who has several personas and performs amusing magic tricks.
* Dolokov's name may or may not be a reference to the [[Manipulative Bastard]] and [[Karma Houdini]] of ''[[War and Peace]]''.
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** Van Rijn, master Spark, artisan, the creator of the Muses. The full name of the famous painter Rembrandt was "Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn".
** The circus cook, when his calming pie works
* [[Bleached Underpants]]: A variant, in that prior to ''Girl Genius'', Phil Foglio was the author and artist of the ''[[XXXenophile]]'' series of pornographic comics, and unlike many artists with a similar background makes no attempt to hide it. However, before ''[[XXXenophile]]'', he was already well known for ''[[What's New with Phil and Dixie]]'' for ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' magazine, and ''[[Buck Godot: Zap Gun for Hire]]'', and did book covers and illustrations (most memorably, for Robert Asprin's ''[[Myth Adventures]]'' series), as well as the classic ''Con Reports'' and a trio of excellent, funny updates of old '60s humor comics for [[The DCU|DC Comics]] at about the same time as ''[[XXXenophile]]''.<br />A lot of ''Girl Genius'' is made up of brilliant little ideas that Foglio didn't use in his pornographic work. The Jägers' speech pattern and dental work? From ''[[XXXenophile]]'': "A Beautiful Tail" and "My Favorite Oitling". Zeetha's jewelry, with the little faces that mimic whatever her current facial expression is? From ''[[XXXenophile]]'': "Blue Opal".
* [[Fan Nickname]]: "The Sneaky Gate," loading a comic page by its date-determined URL, often several updates before its official release. Despite most webcartoonists' less-than-positive attitude toward this trick, often openly referenced on fan communities - although this is invariable from the copy on studiofoglio.net, not the main page.
* [[Trope Namer]]
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