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** [[Brick Joke|In 2011 they decided to shut down the mind control device and resign from the category.]]

* [[Randomly Gifted]]: Sparks run in families but also develop among normal people.

* [[Randomly-Gifted]]: Sparks run in families but also develop among normal people.

* [[Real Is Brown]]: The first volume. Not so much "brown is real" as "the world is dull when your mind is damped down". For anyone who's reading the archives, going from [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030509 the last page of volume one] to [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20030512 the first page of the next] is quite jarring.

* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: For a guy who conquered a continent, Klaus is surprisingly open to other people's ideas. Sure, he's still the final authority, but at least he'll hear you out.

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'''DuPree:''' [World's Best Boss trophy]! }}

** The Dingbots as well, particularly in their [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20091002 internal] [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20091005 war] in [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20091009 Castle] [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20091012 Heterodyne].

* [[Red Eyes Take Warning]]

* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]

** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050404 The Monster Horse]

** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070912 Ferretina, the Weasel Queen]

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* [[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.

* [[Royal Blood]]

* [[Royally Screwed Up]]: Tarvek's '''entire family'''.

* [[Royally Screwed-Up]]: Tarvek's '''entire family'''.

* [[Running Gag]]

** Othar yelling "Foul!" everytime someone drops him from high up.

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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.

* [[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.

* [[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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* [[Sharing a Body]]: {{spoiler|Agatha and Lucrezia}} have had the antagonistic version of this relationship since the latter's mind was transferred into the former. It was supposed to be a [[Grand Theft Me]], as mentioned above, but it wasn't totally successful.

* [[Shipper On Deck]]

** Moloch (and practically everyone else) ships Agatha×Gil; Violetta ships Agatha×Tarvek (cue [[Ship to Ship Combat]]).

** Moloch (and practically everyone else) ships Agatha×Gil; Violetta ships Agatha×Tarvek (cue [[Ship-to-Ship Combat]]).

** Then there are Zeetha, "[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080423 Jäger girls]", [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080310 Jägers], ''[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20081112 the crowd]''...

** Castle Heterodyne appears to ship 'em both. Really, it ships Agatha×Anything with [[I Want Grandkids|a viable set of male reproductive organs]], though it prefers guys who are strong, violent, and sparky.

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* [[Shoot the Dog]]: Tarvek disabling and deactivating {{spoiler|Anevka's clank}}. Wooster nearly does this to Klaus but is interrupted.

* [[Shoulders of Doom]]: [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080512 Zeetha approves.]

* [[Shout Out]]: Loads of them.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Loads of them.

** The very first page contains [[Buck Godot: Zap Gun for Hire (Comic Book)|The Winslow]].

** The wiki has a [http://girlgenius.wikia.com/wiki/Shoutouts_to_other_webcomics whole list] of the ones to other [[Web Comics]]. [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070319 In Mechanicsburg, there are signs] advertising for [[Wapsi Square (Webcomic)|"exotic Wapsi Square"]], [[Gunnerkrigg Court (Webcomic)|an inn called Gunnerkrigg Court]], [[Something Positive (Webcomic)|Professor Milholland's "Something Positive" tonic]], [[Dominic Deegan|a certain Dominic Deegan ("Sees all, tells all")]] and [[The Devils Panties (Webcomic)|"The Devil's Panties" lingerie]], among others...

** Moxana is a shout out to both [~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/Moxon%27s_Master~~ Moxon's Master] and [~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/The_Turk~~ The Turk].

** Moxana is a shout out to both [[wikipedia:Moxonchr(27)s Master|Moxon's Master]] and [[wikipedia:The Turk|The Turk]].

** Castle Heterodyne is equipped with [[Saturday Night Live (TV)|Happy Fun Balls.]]

** Don't forget [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070112 this strip,] where several soldiers are attacked by a toothed trunk on legs with the words [[Discworld (Literature)|"The Amazing Pratchett"]] written on it.

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** [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20111017 Sir] [[Medievil (Video Game)|Dan]]?

** [[Nodwick (Webcomic)|Nod]], the big-nosed [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20051019 caretaker].

** A [[Genius Bonus|very obscure]] one: "''[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070119 I'm a genius!]'' Ha! Take ''that,'' [~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/Jean_Anthelme_Brillat~~-Savarin Brillat-Savarin!]"

** A [[Genius Bonus|very obscure]] one: "''[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070119 I'm a genius!]'' Ha! Take ''that,'' [[wikipedia:Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin|Brillat-Savarin!]]"

** When Zeetha and Agatha [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120425 check out armors], some of them look [[Warhammer 40000 (Tabletop Game)|kind of]] [[Galactus|familiar]]...

{{quote| '''Zeetha:''' [[Metroid (Video Game)|What about this?]]

'''Agatha:''' No way -- [[Samus Is a Girl|can't even tell you're a girl.]] }}

** In the novelization, when Rivet shows Agatha her collection of tools, Agatha finds a [[Doctor Who ~~(TV)~~|sonic screwdriver]].

** In the novelization, when Rivet shows Agatha her collection of tools, Agatha finds a [[Doctor Who|sonic screwdriver]].

* [[Shovel Strike]]: [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070907 Zeetha can do.]

{{quote| '''Lapinemoth:''' A ''shovel?'' Ah! What can you do with a--

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* [[Show Some Leg]]: [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20040524 Here], though apparently subverted on the next page.

* [[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].

* [["Shut Up" Kiss]]: [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110817 here].

* [[Sigil Spam]]

** The Wulfenbach family signs ''everything,'' from their airships to their war machines to the smallest mechanical parts of Castle Wulfenbach.

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* [[Star-Crossed Lovers]]: Violetta is of the opinion that Gil and Agatha's romance has a huge chance of [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110907 going down in flames.] Tarvek realizes [[Oh Crap|she may have a point.]]

* [[Steampunk]]: Everywhere. The authors prefer to call it "gaslamp fantasy" though, because of the presence of Frankenstein-esque constructs, giant slugs that produce zombie-making wasps, resurrection procedures, death rays, and time travel. Also "calming pies".

* [[Stop Helping Me]]

* [[Stop Helping Me!]]

** Gil as his friends "creatively" explain his plans and motivations to the people of Mechanicsburg, as seen in the fourth panel [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20081112 here], almost word-for-word.

** And Agatha to Moloch, as seen in the last panel [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20091116 here].

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** The one exception thus far may be Dolokhov's beating a Jäger until he talked.

* [[Too Much Information]]: Tea cozy... [[Noodle Implements|only one spoon]]...

* [[Torture First Ask Questions Later]]: Oh, Bang.

* [[Torture First, Ask Questions Later]]: Oh, Bang.

{{quote| '''DuPree:''' ''(zaps Abner)'' Now, are you going to ''cooperate'', or...

'''Payne:''' What do you ''want?!''

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{{quote| '''Gil:''' ''I'm'' the prince! I'm all tortured and driven by love!

'''Tarvek:''' ''Feh. I'm'' the misunderstood one with the mysterious agenda. ''Muy sexy.'' }}

* [[Truth in Television]]: Moxana is based upon the [~~http://en.~~wikipedia~~.org/wiki/The_Turk~~ Mechanical Turk], an eighteen-century chess-playing automaton. The Turk was a hoax, operated by someone inside it, but {{spoiler|Moxana is a real version.}}

* [[Truth in Television]]: Moxana is based upon the [[wikipedia:The Turk|Mechanical Turk]], an eighteen-century chess-playing automaton. The Turk was a hoax, operated by someone inside it, but {{spoiler|Moxana is a real version.}}

* [[Truth Serum]]: The old Prince Sturmvoraus may have given Agatha a [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20051109 bit] [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20051111 too] [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20051114 much]

* [[Turned Against Their Masters]]: This happens every once in a while with Sparks' creations. The Sparks then inevitably order them to stand down, which [[Hilarity Ensues|ends as expected]].