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* [[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.
* [[Shout-Out]]: Loads of them.
** The wiki has a [
** And [https://girlgenius.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Shoutouts_at_Grandmother%27s_Costume_Party another page] just to list shoot-outs in Princess Terebithia's masquerade marty.
*** [[Freefall/Characters|Sam Starfall]], or at least someone costumed as Sam, [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20161216 is at
** ''[[Buck Godot: Zap Gun for Hire]]'' - The very first page contains The Winslow. [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20131211 The plushie Winslow]. [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20141205 Another] encounter with The Winslow. [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070228 Poiled Slurgs]. [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20081031 Buck Godot T-shirt].
** Baba Yaga and "[[Annie Hall|we need the eggs]]".
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** Gil's valet shares a last name with the employer of [[Jeeves and Wooster (novel)|the most famous gentleman's gentleman in fiction.]]
** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110228 If one looks closely], it appears that [[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja|Doctor McNinja]] has an office in the hospital at Mechanicsburg. Which... explains a lot.
*** [[Doc Rat|Benjamin Rat]] appears in that same panel - and "Dr. Rothfuss" obviously goes by [[The Kingkiller Chronicle|Patrick]]. (The Wise Man's Fear was published three days after that comic.)
** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070611 Is that] [[Stargate SG-1|Teal'c?]]▼
** A poster at the Science Fair [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20081210 here]: "Planet Earth: A [[Scary Go Round]] we live on."
** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110502 Klaus] [[Firefly|can kill you with the power of his mind.]]
▲** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070611 Is that] [[Stargate SG-1|Teal'c?]]
** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20111017 Sir] [[MediEvil (1998 video game)|Dan]]?
** [[Nodwick|Nod]], the big-nosed [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20051019 caretaker].
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** T'Otheron, Dragon King of Mars may be [[Cosmic Horror|the Void Dragon]] (on Mars) from ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]''.
** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20071217 X the destroyer] - possibly to [http://www.superdickery.com/the-teen-titans-arent-very-bright/ this]? After all, ''[[Teen Titans]]'' seem to visit a large bullseye on the ground without any obvious reason to do so.
▲** [[Freefall/Characters|Sam Starfall]], or at least someone costumed as Sam, [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20161216 is at a costume party thrown by the matriarch of one of the major politicking groups]. Clinking glasses with [[Hellboy]]. And we seem to have found [[Carmen Sandiego]]. Also attending the party are [[Teen Titans|Cyborg]] and [[Yu-Gi-Oh (anime)|the Pharoah]].
** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20131014 The buck stopped here].
** "{{smallcaps|[[Aladdin (Disney film)|Who dares disturb]] the destiny of the Heterodynes?!}}" [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20150810]
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* 21: The Hopefully Unnecessary Glossary
** '''To Break Through'''—to reach the point where it is obvious from one’s work or behavior that one has the Spark. Some say that the Spark does not exist in potential, and that Breaking Through is that point
** '''Clanks'''—robots, autonomous mechanical devices, usually, but not necessarily, somewhat anthropoid.
** '''Constructs'''—usually organic creations, Frankenstein-type monsters, etc.
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