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{{quote|'''DuPree:''' I heard there was a ''hat!''

'''Gil:''' You're ''delusional''. }}

* [[Lingerie Scene]]: The creators admit the work contains "lots of running around in Victorian underwear". Most of the time, Agatha is the offender.

* [[Literary Agent Hypothesis]]: The entire comic is postulated as a course on the life of Agatha Heterodyne, as taught by the Professors Foglio at Transylvania Polygnostic University ("Know enough to be afraid.") They stick mostly to the truth -- though this very admittance means that it's possible that, in the "real" universe where this story takes place, not every woman has large breasts.<br />That is, the first print collection, "Agatha Heterodyne & The Beetleburg Clank", and the original printed comics, are presented as an unauthorized but accurate record published by TPU, Phil Foglio having witnessed Agatha's "Battle Circus" himself; later, he is indeed in town when the Battle Circus episode occurs. However, Phil Foglio is also shown telling the tale as fiction in the street right on page one. (An alternative tryout sketch released online seems to have Agatha herself telling the story to her grandchildren.) Maybe that's after he was accidentally sent back in time or something. But also, in the "radio play" episodes of the webcomic, Studio Foglio are repeatedly shown escaping as they perform the last seconds of the episode just as the real and angry Agatha Heterodyne and her friends are about to catch them and stop the show.

* [[Little No]]

{{quote|'''Zola:''' Avoid any floorstone marked in ''white.'' It is a trap that will kill you. Do not stand under any part of the ceiling marked in ''white.'' It is a trap that will kill you. ''Duck'' under any opening taller than ''one meter.'' It is a trap that will kill you. Do not touch ''any'' metal surface. It is a trap that will kill you.}}

* [[Malicious Slander]]

* [[The Man They Couldn't Hang]]: Well, The Jägers They Couldn't Hang, but otherwise Da Boyz. [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050513 Definitely Da Boyz.]

* [[Marriage to a God]]: The original Heterodyne was supposedly married to a local battle goddess.

* [[Master Apprentice Chain]]: Gilgamesh is taught by Klaus himself (among the others), and we know some of people who taught the baron himself.

{{quote|'''[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date{{=}}20110204 Dr. Sun]:''' He does his teachers ''proud''.}}

* [[Maximum Fun Chamber]]: Castle Heterodyne contains several; in fact, most of the castle counts.

* [[McNinja]]: Introduced with the followers of the Way of Smoke.

* [[Mugging the Monster]]: In Mechanisburg, [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120413 one surviving hostile Spark] [[Too Dumb to Live|seems to think that]] [[Badass Bystander|Axel Higgs]] and [[Action Girl|Zeetha, daughter of Chump]] will make good ''innocent hostages.'' Keep in mind that this is the guy who absolutely ''destroyed'' a [[Psycho Serum|Moveit #11]]-enhanced Zola earlier, while Zeetha wiped out a pirate fleet and fortress by herself.

* [[Mummies At the Dinner Table]]: Anevka, to a degree.

* [[Must Have Caffeine]]: Vanamonde von Mekkhan spends all his time in a coffee shop in Mechanicsburg, and certainly does enjoy his coffee. He has even written a textbook on coffee preparation (under a pseudonym): ''[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070528 Bean There, Done That]''.

* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Basically the [[Fatal Flaw]] of every Spark in the world. Entering "[[The Madness Place]]" grants them incredibly powerful focus, but it makes them entirely oblivious to the potentially disastrous results of their creations.