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[[Girl Genius/Tropes A-E|Tropes A-E]] | [[Girl Genius/Tropes F-J|Tropes F-J]] | [[Girl Genius/Tropes K-O|Tropes K-O]] | '''Tropes P-T''' | [[Girl Genius/Tropes U-Z|Tropes U-Z]]
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==P==
* [[Pardon My Klingon]]: When Klaus meets Zeetha.
* [[Parental Hypocrisy]]: The moment when Gilgamesh [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030314 jumps in to play corrida] with what amounts to a small locomotive with legs and arms, giving his father time to analyze its structure. [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030324 Klaus roars] at him for taking an unnecessary risk, but Jägermonsters eagerly express approval when they see a [[Badass]] performance, so right at the next page a Jäger sergeant quietly tells Gil that Klaus himself "doz crazy schtupid sctoff like dot all de time." Of course, as they both are mad scientists with [[Chronic Hero Syndrome|chronic anti-hero syndrome]], it wasn't likely to be the craziest for either.
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** Lucrezia seems well aware of the [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100728 possibilities] inherent in her {{spoiler|mind control devices.}}
** Back on Sparks in general, Sparks, especially in places like Mechanisburg, can practically take over someone's mind with their '''voice''' and not a lot else (strong-willed humans can resist it, but some people are just "natural minions".) Easy access to minions, the uses of the control voice, and the "tools" a Spark can make....
** Martellus' labs have multiple potential uses.
{{quote|'''Agatha:''' (frantically straining against her restraints in an attempt to strangle Martellus)
'''Martellus:''' (sarcastically) 'Oh Martellus, why does every laboratory you design have so many ''shackles''?' I swear, people ask the stupidest questions.}}
* [[Power Trio]]: Maxim, Oggie, and Dimo, [[Fan Nickname|colloquially known as]] "[[Warhammer 40,000|Da Boyz]]".
* [[Primal Scene]]: Possibly parodied in the novelization, where we learn that the young Agatha was deeply traumatized when she walked in on her adoptive parents recharging each other with generators.
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* [[Punctuated Pounding]]: [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110117 Tarvek to Zola.] Not explicit, but he's just ''got'' to be timing his punches to his exclamation points.
* [[Punny Name]]: Doubling as [[Bilingual Bonus]]. Dr. Beetle's first name, "Tarsus", is the insect equivalent of the foot. Not a particularly meaningful pun, but it's there.
==R==
* [[Rage Against the Author]]: In [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090817 this filler strip], Agatha can't be convinced that Phil and Kaja Foglio have legitimately earned the Hugo Award, suspecting some mind control at work.
{{quote|'''Phil Foglio:''' Maybe we just ''won''.}}
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** {{spoiler|Airman Higgs}} is normally [[The Stoic|calm and unflappable]], even when everything is going to hell. But {{spoiler|stab his [[Battle Couple|kinda-maybe love interest]] in the stomach}} and, well, [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20101018 things might get ugly].
** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070117 Agatha], after {{spoiler|Lars}} dies.
** Don't let Tarvek even ''think'' that his cousin Violetta is dead, or [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20190211 something like this is going to happen].
* [[Rodents of Unusual Size]]: The Sturmhalten guides' description of "normal" sewer rats. There are also giant bunnies in one of the side-stories.
* [[Romanticism Versus Enlightenment]]: A theme of the series is finding the balance between the two. With the Knights of Jove and Baron Wulfenbach representing the extreme sides of those movements.
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** When the Foglios have something to show you, they'll show you with an "Elegant and finely crafted link".
** People are generally more likely to recognize Gilgamesh for his [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120113 authority] or [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20081110 power] when he wears his "[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120604 mighty] nize ''[[Nice Hat|hat]]''".
* [[Schizo-Tech]]: And how. Telegraph, radio, telephone? Nope. Motor cars? Unheard of. Heavier-than-air aircraft? Two prototypes. Strong AI, lasers and [[Back from the Dead|resurrection]] are perfectly possible, though.▼
==S==
▲* [[Schizo-Tech]]: And how. Telegraph, radio, telephone? Nope. Motor cars?
* [[Schmuck Bait]]: The tantalizingly labelled [[Big Red Button|buttons]] in the last panel of [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100324 this strip.]
* [[Science Hero]]: Damn near everyone.
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* [[Self-Deprecation]]: Phil Foglio's [[Author Avatar]] shows up at a hospital telling stories to sick kids... because they end up so bored that they easily fall asleep without the need for medication.
* [[Self-Destruct Mechanism]]: {{spoiler|Lucrezia}}'s secret lab has one, and she activates it. The cancellation of self-destruct is double subverted.
** Queen Albia has generously provided a lavishly-equipped undersea laboratory dome for the Sparks of her College of Mysteries. It's self-contained and has every feature you could possibly want!
{{quote|'''Agatha:''' The whole [dome]? Impressive. Is that to help concentrate resources and encourage interdisciplinary communication?
'''Lord Womble:''' Oh yes, of course. But mostly it's so that if you Sparks come up with something insanely dangerous, we can blow the dome and get you all at once.}}
** At the end of the arc the self-destruct ''is'' activated. The trope is subverted in that our heroes learn the hard way that escaping the dome "just in time" means you're still within the blast radius when the countdown ends. What you ''want'' to do is escape at least a minute ''before'' just in time.
* [[Seen It All]]: Hanging around Sparks for too long gets you this way. For example, this is Violetta's only reaction to realizing that Agatha's escape plan involves a swan-shaped sleigh hooked to a mechanical reindeer with concealed machine guns, and with the entire assembly intended to be airlifted to safety by flying robot pigs.
{{quote|'''Violetta:''' You know what? ''Fine''. Viva la weird. Let's go!
'''Agatha:''' And if that doesn't work, I've got-
'''Violetta:''' Beyond caring now! Let's ''go!''}}
** Or the reactions of those around when Agatha is maniacally rushing off towards a laboratory specifically devoted to producing "Abominations of Science".
{{quote|'''Lord Womble:''' And ''that'' is my cue to get well away from here. Jolly good luck to the rest of you!
'''Oggie:''' (wearily) Tenk hyu. Ve is ''used'' to it.}}
* [[Sensitive Guy and Manly Man]]: Tarvek & Gil to a degree.
* [[Seppuku]]: Expected of Jägers who break the Oath -- but only if [[Not Cheating Unless You Get Caught|they get caught]].
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* [[Shutting Up Now]]: Two-part example involving Agatha and Moloch, in [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20091116 this strip].
* [["Shut Up" Kiss]]: [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110817 here].
* [[Side Bet]]: Volume 21, [https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20210426 page 118]:
{{quote|'''Tarvek''': Message from England. ''Martellus'' has ''slipped his leash.''
'''Gil''': ''Already? Blue Fire!''
'''Tarvek''': You know what ''that'' means --
'''Gil''': ''Yes,'' yes! ''You win the bet!''}}
* [[Sigil Spam]]
** The Wulfenbach family signs ''everything,'' from their airships to their war machines to the smallest mechanical parts of Castle Wulfenbach.
** The trilobite symbol of the Heterodynes is pretty much ubiquitous in Mechanicsburg.
** It's the same with the Sturmvoraus family symbol in Sturmhalten.
* [[Signature Colors]]:
** Tarvek usually wears dark red and white.
** Bang wears bright red ([[Bring My Red Jacket|presumably to not look bad with blood]], except in this case not her blood) and white.
** Martellus has [https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20121031 at least one] light golden piece on him, sometimes clothed [https://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200603 almost entirely in such hues].
** Albia usually wears white, except her gardening suit (this may also serve to underscore the "unofficial" status of that audience).
** Princess Neena may be in her pajamas, fancy dress for a theme ball or in pants, blouse, corset and jacket when going about her daily business… but the cloth is always slightly greenish blue, and accessories (if any) are bright golden.
* [[Signed Up for the Dental]]: The lapinohemoths in the [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090622 Weasel Queen filler].
* [[Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids]]
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'''{{spoiler|Lucrezia!Anevka}}:''' Do you want him to show up?!
'''{{spoiler|Lucrezia!Zola}}:''' Ooh... So sorry, dear. I can't think what came over me! }}
** Even Gil gets into the act.
{{quote|'''Gil:''' (walking down a hallway in Castle Wulfenbach and ranting) I've obviously made some miscalculation. But until I ''know'' what it is I'm missing, well... [Agatha] could be ''anywhere!''. I mean, theoretically, she could be hiding ''right behind this door!''.
(Gil and Bang look at each other for a wordless beat, then Gil turns and yanks open the closet door.)
'''Bang:''' This girl is ''so'' messing with your head.}}
* [[The Speechless]]: Punch ("Adam"). An early construct of the Heterodyne Brothers, he was unable to speak. {{spoiler|Until Gil extensively repaired both Punch and Judy, granting Punch speech.}}
* [[Spit Take]]
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{{quote|We wish to extend our most sincere congratulations to Mr. Munroe! This is a heartfelt approbation! It is in '''no''' way '''any''' kind of attempt to lull him into a false sense of security -- as he jauntily strides about what he believes to be the '''oh-so-solid ground of your placid surface world!''' <ref>Mr. Wright is holding a digging spade as he says this about "solid ground."</ref>}}
* [[Synchronization]]: Gil and Tarvek, thanks to the Si Vales Valeo procedure.
==T==
* [[Take a Number]]: Part of the [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110307 psychological torture room]. "The torturer is now serving victim number 03." In a subversion, the distributor is out of numbers... Othar doesn't take it well.
* [[Take a Third Option]]: Try an incredibly risky procedure with only stuff made for killing someone or take him to another hospital, which may or may not have the requisite stuff anyway? [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20090814 Alternatively...]
** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200501 Did your attempt to bluff through an embarassing accident backfire] and now you face the dilemna of either disobeying a royal command or showing up looking like an idiot? Why not hire the most skilled confectioner in town [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200520 to create a much better-looking version of 'candy hair'] instead?
* [[Take Our Word for It]]: The titillating plot of ''The Socket Wench of Prague''.
* [[Take Over the World]]: Baron Wulfenbach has already taken over the world -- or at least the bulk of Europe, where the story is set -- by the time the story starts, and ''he never wanted to''. There's a conspiracy that seems to be trying to do this for themselves, using {{spoiler|Tarvek}} as figurehead.
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** Parodied in the ''Cinderella'' omake, in which Agatha "showed them, showed them all."
** Later, Agatha inspected herself in a small mirror which read on the back "You Will Show Them All."
** And one of [[The Merch|the shirts]] [https://web.archive.org/web/20130405171223/http://www.offworlddesigns.com/p-505-fools-i-will-destroy-you-ladies-cut-t-shirt.aspx available] says "FOOLS! I will destroy you all! Ask me how!"
* [[They Look Like Us Now]]: The "stealth" revenants, only now being discovered.
* [[This Is Gonna Suck]]: Often -- [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110218 like this].
* [[This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself]]: ...[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110727 or not].
** Not that it doesn't [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110812 end up happening that way, anyway].
* [[Threesome Subtext]]: Agatha×Gil×Tarvek, ever so much, culminating in [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110610 this] exchange:
{{quote|'''Tarvek:''' '''''--loyal vassal?!'''''
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* [[Through His Stomach]]: Snaug, on Moloch.
* [[Throw a Barrel At It]]: Although it isn't technically "thrown", [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070103 this] is proof that even a Barrel can be [[Axe Crazy]].
* [[Title Drop]]: It only took eighteen years (real time) to [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20200624 get one in the main story line.]
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]
** "Hello clank, are you a flowerpot?"
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* [[Twisted Echo Cut]]: If the Mistress were here, ''[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20051021 she'd say]''... She really could.
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