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** Zola's ship would qualify, but as [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080804 this] handy comic showing them both demonstrates, the Baron's ship is tough competition.
** Zola's ship would qualify, but as [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080804 this] handy comic showing them both demonstrates, the Baron's ship is tough competition.
* [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]]: Mamma Gkika wants you to remember that [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110518 it's bad to hit women or to wake her up too early in the morning.]
* [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]]: Mamma Gkika wants you to remember that [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110518 it's bad to hit women or to wake her up too early in the morning.]
* [[Covert Pervert]]: Zeetha [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080418 could have told him he wasn't wearing pants earlier].
* [[Crapsack World]]: The world is dominated by people and things who'd fit right in with ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' Orks, and the only thing keeping them mostly in check is anti-villain dictator Klaus, who is quite willing to level cities in order to achieve such. His territory is described as containing a lot of empty space despite being central Europe, is littered with forgotten but highly-lethal Spark inventions, and walled-in cities are the closest one comes to safe. The Other systematically leveled much of Europe not long before that, {{spoiler|and currently has free reign of Sturmhalten, a large army, and has mind-controlled Klaus}}. Outside Europe, things aren't much better, with northern nations having a tax on fire. The greatest folk heroes are missing, and the second greatest folk hero is a serial killer.
* [[Crapsack World]]: The world is dominated by people and things who'd fit right in with ''[[Warhammer 40,000]]'' Orks, and the only thing keeping them mostly in check is anti-villain dictator Klaus, who is quite willing to level cities in order to achieve such. His territory is described as containing a lot of empty space despite being central Europe, is littered with forgotten but highly-lethal Spark inventions, and walled-in cities are the closest one comes to safe. The Other systematically leveled much of Europe not long before that, {{spoiler|and currently has free reign of Sturmhalten, a large army, and has mind-controlled Klaus}}. Outside Europe, things aren't much better, with northern nations having a tax on fire. The greatest folk heroes are missing, and the second greatest folk hero is a serial killer.
{{quote|'''[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date{{=}}20110204 Rudolf Selnikov]:''' The depressing thing? ''Twisted and ruthless'' as you people are, throwing in with ''you'' is a step ''up''.}}
{{quote|'''[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date{{=}}20110204 Rudolf Selnikov]:''' The depressing thing? ''Twisted and ruthless'' as you people are, throwing in with ''you'' is a step ''up''.}}
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