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* [[Cloning Blues]]: Averted. Brianna is a fusion of Brittany and Gina, magically brought to life by a curse, and Charlotte was a bio-engineered "harpy" created as a disposable weapon by a villain. Both have been treated as full characters in their own right from their very first appearances.
** Brianna still had concerns about this for a long time, though. Charlotte [[The Ditz|...not so much]].
* [[The Commies Made Me Do It]]: Crush; although somewhat justifiable, she notably refused a [["Get Out of Jail Free" Card]] and chose to do the time for the crimes she committed, proving she did have moral fiber.
* [[Creepy Twins]]: Montara; they are also [[Half-Identical Twins]].
* [[Cute Machines]]: The Peebos
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** Lately, however, a good portion of those storylines have begun to be tied together to the [[Myth Arc]]. (See below.)
* [[Lawyer-Friendly Cameo]]
* [[Leeroy Jenkins]]: [[Crowning Moment of Funny|Team Noob]], ridiculously over-armed leprechauns with no idea where they are, what they are doing, what their mission is, how to operate their equipment, or how to not blow themselves up in 5 seconds, but using binoculars and bazookas backwards hasn't slowed down their enthusiasm yet. The ''GD Tangent'' [[Web Comic]] has a similar setup as the [[Trope Namer]], with a [[Shout
* [[Leprechaun|Leprechauns]]: <small>WITH TANKS AND [[Mobile Suit Human|MECHA]]!!</small>
* [[Load-Bearing Boss]]: Invoked after Julia's fight with Serpentus{{spoiler|, in which she uses magic-proof Dwarven chains to tie him to the room in such a way that ten tons of rock will fall on him if he isn't untangled very, very carefully}}.
* [[Lions and Tigers And Humans, Oh My!]]: Mostly whenever the story takes place on Jade, as many anthropomorphic characters co-exist with other humans or humanoid species in that dimension. On Earth, they usually work under a [[The Masquerade|masquerade]], save for a few special places around the globe.
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: …and loads. There's a tie-in comic with one-to-three page write-ups on the characters that have appeared in the series. There have been ''23'' issues published so far (though only the first 17 are on the characters; the rest focus on locations). The first 17 issues of this Guide to the GD Universe have now been collected into [[Doorstopper|a two-inch-thick tome]].
** [[Cast Herd]]: The characters tend to come in sub-groups—the Edge Guard, Lord Talon and minions, Agency Zero—who can hold down arcs or even mini-series by themselves.
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* [[Lovable Sex Maniac]]: Britanny (until her marriage), and Gina. Ironically, the latter used to be a [[Geek|Geeky]] [[Shrinking Violet]], until her [[The Ladette|more outgoing]] sister Britanny had enough of her reclusive attitude and, to make a long story short, broke her out of her box. The result? Gina became "boy-crazy" ''[[Up to Eleven|by "boy-crazy extraordinaire" Britanny's personal standards]]''. The latter doesn't know whether or not she should regret "helping" her sister.
{{quote| '''Britanny:''' '''You've gotta be joking!!!''' You're '''gorgeous'''! Look at you! Look at '''''these'''''! <{{smallcaps|[[Skinship Grope|HOIST]]}}><br />
'''Gina''': '''Eek!''' (Narrating): "I remember thinking: 'Jinkies! [[Big Breasts, Big Deal|Where did]] ''[[Big Breasts, Big Deal|those]]'' [[Big Breasts, Big Deal|come from]]'?"<br />
'''Britanny:''' Do you know how many gals would '''kill''' for [[Buxom Is Better|a nice, firm set]] like '''yours'''??? What man wouldn't fall all over himself just to get to '''talk''' to you? From now on, when you think of guys, think of broad, masculine chests...! ''(Gina looks "bewildered")'' Strong, handsome buns!! Hard, rugged muscles...! ''(A small smile graces Gina's lips)''And all of the warm, yummy things you can do with them...! ''(Gina's face breaks into a full-blown, "Uh-oh"-worthy [[Cheshire Cat Grin]].)''<br />
'''Brianna (narrating):''' I remember a sharp change in Gina's attitude toward men that moment. (And her being '''boy-crazy''' ever since.) }}
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* [[Sarcastic Clapping]]: During her trip with Gina to explore Dreadwing's mymior (treasure trove, re: knowledge, spells, etc.), Brianna plays it straight and lampshades Fauntleroy's sarcastic clapping at the same time.
* [[Sassy Black Woman]]: Penny; Britanny's voiced like this in the "Time Raft" OVA.
* [[Self
* [[Shared Universe]]: (''Gold Digger'' has characters cross over to and from Ben Dunn's ''[[Ninja High School]]'' frequently, even resulting in several [[Crisis Crossover|Crisis Crossovers]].
* [[Shout
** In fact, the shout-outs have become so common, numerous, and a close to the source material that some critics feel it's led to a bit of [[Seasonal Rot]], that the homages have come a little too close to crossing the line into just yanking whatever he likes from other canon and using it directly. (Example: Gina basically just builds herself an exact copy of the Lagann, complete with similar abilities to hijack whatever it attaches to.)
*** It wouldn't be so bad if these things were just done as gags all the time, but often they're ''plot relevant'' in working just like the original reference material. Gina's [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Lagann]] knockoff's ability to, well, act just like the Lagann is extremely important in the storyline. Same with the [[Transformers|Matrix of Leadership]] [[Expy]] the Edge Guard have (which was transferred in a [[Whole-Plot Reference|whole scene reference]] right down to the use of "'Til all are one") (Granted, the Matrix analogue contained a planetoid-sized spaceship in its own pocket dimension, so it didn't function ''quite'' the same. Still, Fred ''does'' love to riff blatantly on ''[[Transformers the Movie]]''.)
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* [[Time Skip]]: Between issues #100 and #101 of the color series.
* [[Time Travel]]: Recurs throughout the series.
* [[Tiny Guy, Huge Girl]]: Strypp isn't exactly tiny, being muscular and standing close to six feet tall. However, his were-cheetah wife, Britanny, prefers her hybrid form, which towers over him at 7' tall and weighs in at some 300 pounds.
* [[Troperrific]]: One can argue that all of ''Gold Digger'' is Fred Perry's parody/homage to comics, novels, RPGs, video games, tropes, cliches and genres of all stripes.
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Britanny loves tuna. Charlotte the harpy, meanwhile, is obsessed with peanuts and pretzels; if enough are available, she'll [[Big Eater|stuff her face]] almost to the point of killing herself.
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