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** ''All'' sparks [[Chewing the Scenery|chew scenery]] when in [[The Madness Place]]. ''Othar Tryggvassen, [[Gentleman Adventurer|GENTLEMAN ADVENTURER]]'' is like that ''all the time''.
** Jägers get in on the hamminess when there's no Spark around. And when a Spark is going nuts ''and'' there's an excited Jäger in the room, the ensuing [[Ham to Ham Combat]] can knock down walls.
* [[Laser
{{quote| '''Civilian man:''' And what about the one giving orders?<br />
'''Civilian woman:''' ''(holding a rolling pin)'' Oh, ''him'' we treat with respect. }}
* [[Leave Behind a Pistol]]: Gil gives Moloch von Zinzer a [[Cyanide Pill|poison pill]] upon his departure to Castle Heterodyne, underestimating the degree of von Zinzer's [[Action Survivor]] skills and [[Genre Savvy]].
* [[Leave the Two Lovebirds Alone]]: With a somewhat unexpected pair of lovebirds in [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100906 this strip].
* [[Leitmotif]] / [[Theme Music Power
* [[Leonine Contract]]
* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: The Unstoppable Airman Higgs is, [[Department of Redundancy Department|in fact,]] [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|unstoppable.]]
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** Agatha awakening to her mad science is what starts and drives the entire story forward, and raises the question [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EomvxZF6Tto ...or will her newfound mad science DESTROY THEM ALL!]
* [[Mad Scientist Laboratory]]: Several, most notably those belonging to Baron Wulfenbach and Prince Aaronev. And all of the ones in Castle Heterodyne.
* [[Mad
** Lucrezia Mongfish is officially referred to as "The Villain's Beautiful Daughter" in the stories told about Agatha's parents. Agatha herself is arguably one, and she's already run into at least two Mad Scientist's ''Handsome Sons''.
** Dr. Mongfish had at least two other daughters besides Lucrezia; Serpentina (Theo's mother), and Demonica ( {{spoiler|Zola's mom}}).
** Othar Tryggvassen ([[Gentleman Adventurer|Gentleman]] [[
** And most offspring of mad scientists are mad scientists themselves.
* [[Magitek]]: "Any sufficiently analyzed magic is indistinguishable from science!"
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** The town of Mechanicsburg is integrated with the mechanical Castle Heterodyne.
** Bangladesh DuPree. ''Bang duPrey''. Or ''Du-praved''.
** Heterodyne: The principle of periodic functions upon which theremins and radio modulation rely. Possibly related to the [[Theme Music Power
** Portentius Reichenbach's [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Portentous]] Operatic Masterpiece: [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080204 The Storm King].
* [[Mechanical Evolution]]: Inverted; Agatha tends to compulsively construct little Clanks termed "dingbots". These dingbots can then go on to construct more dingbots, but dingbots are only so bright, so each successive generation gets less and less advanced, and less bright, and by the third or fourth generation the dingbots produced are nonfunctional.
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* [[Mushroom Samba]]: The Circus pumps out a hallucinogenic gas during their escape from Sturmhaven, shout "The Heterodynes are back!" and we get this little [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070129 gem.]
* [[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.
** Specifically, Aaronev Sturmvoraus and his dying daughter, though certainly said by others in this world.
* [[My Instincts Are Showing]]: Krosp I, Emperor of All Cats -- basically, a cat with human-level intelligence, speech, thumbs, and the ability to walk erect... he'd like to claim that his "cat-instincts" have no hold over him, but Agatha rather enjoys proving otherwise using a piece of string.
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* [[Naughty Tentacles]]
** "Impertinent mechanical squid!"
** Aaaaaand now there's [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110325 this scene.] Do note how Agatha seems [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|positively delighted in the panel.]]
* [[Necessarily Evil]]: Any Spark who wants to be a good guy sometimes has to turn into a raging madboy just to keep the million separate interests from coming apart. Klaus, Gilgamesh, and Agatha have all found this out.
* [[Neck Lift]]
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** And [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110713 later], "It's harder to break things with a knife."
* [[Nice Hat]]: Only a man whose bowler has granted fantasy adventurers super-powers could create a culture like the Jägers, [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070209 whose attitude to this trope is close to a religion]. [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080514 Case in point.] A worthy hat must be claimed in battle against a mighty foe who [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100521 happens to have the same size head as you]. Demonstration with [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100614 Maxim's hat, replaced]. And it is a ''dem'' nice hat ([http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100614 better than the former, at least]).
* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]
** Agatha activates her own "Lion" device to prevent the Castle A.I. from stopping her from intentionally dying. This permanently destroys the A.I. and lots of other systems. All over the city. Subverted because she found a part of the Castle A.I.. After hooking the A.I. back into the castle, it thanks her for the EMP blast since it destroyed the rogue programs, making it easier to control those parts of the castle. She still has to fix everything, though.
** Lampshaded by Violetta [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110214 on this page] when she discovers that {{spoiler|Gil and Tarvek have somehow missed the poison that was on the hairpin that Zola jabbed Agatha with}}.
** Dr Sun takes down the Baron's escape klank -- ''by himself'' -- and enforces Klaus's bed rest in order to stop him killing himself from the strain. Awesome -- {{spoiler|''until'' we learn that, in keeping Klaus in the hospital, Sun's unwittingly exposed him to Anevka!Lucrezia, which is more or less what Klaus feared. Oops.}}
* [[
** Zeetha [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20081205 in the second panel].
** Lucrezia [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100219 in the first panel].
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** The novelizations have a lot of these, usually referring to some strange thing that some Spark had built or what said Spark attempted to do with said strange invention.
* [[No One Could Survive That]]: Othar. Being thrown out of an airship and surviving is among the ''least'' of his feats. From the radio play:
{{quote| '''Othar:''' ''Ha!'' It'll take ''more'' than [[Distressed Dude|being tied to a]] [[Stuff Blowing Up|lit keg of explosives]] [[Hollywood Acid|and tossed into a pit of acid]] filled with [[Genetic Engineering Is the New Nuke|mutant]], [[Required Secondary Powers|acid-resistant]] [[Shark Pool|flying pirahnas]] armed with [[Kill It With Fire|flame-throwers]] [[Sword and Gun|and]] [[An Axe to Grind|battle axes]] while [[Poisonous Person|venomous]], [[Mecha Mook|mechanical]], [[Macross Missile Massacre|missile-launching]] [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|Morris dancers]] armed with [[Freeze Ray|liquid nitrogen harpoon guns are overhead]]; [[Horse of a Different Color|riding]] [[Big Creepy Crawlies|giant]], [[
'''[[Jerkass Woobie|Fer]][[Ms. Fanservice|reti]][[Half
'''Othar:''' [[This Is Gonna Suck|Er... not a whole lot more, I'll admit.]] }}
* [[The Nose Knows]]: Jägermonsters; Krosp
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