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{{quote|"The park was deserted except for a member of MI9 trying to recruit someone who, to their later mutual embarrassment, would turn out to be also a member of MI9."}}
* [[Foil]]: Crowley and Aziraphale, Shadwell and Tracey, Newton and Anathema, etc. See [[Geodesic Cast]], below.
* [[Footnote Fever]]: For backstory, digressions, gags, set-ups for [[Brick Joke|Brick Jokes]]s...
* [[Friendly Enemy]]: See the [[Odd Couple]] entry.
* [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampire|Friendly Neighborhood Demon]]: Crowley.
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* [[How Do You Like Them Apples?]]: Eden is mentioned. Do the math.
* [[Humanoid Abomination]]: The Horsemen approach this as Armageddon draws near. Their human forms are described as "ill-fitting" and their human-like personalities start to fade as their basic programming as bringers of destruction becomes dominant. {{spoiler|Something similar nearly happens to Adam.}} Only Death is unaffected - Death never changes, after all.
* [[Humans Are Bastardsthe Real Monsters]]: Crowley is both confused and amazed at how humans are so much better at his job.
* [[Humans Are Flawed]]: "It may help to understand human affairs to be clear that most of the great triumphs and tragedies of history are caused, not by people being fundamentally good or fundamentally bad, but by people being fundamentally people."
* [[Humans Are Special]]: Crowley is equally confused and amazed at how humans are so much better at ''Aziraphale's'' job.
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* [[Psychic Powers]]: Anathema.
* [[Psychoactive Powers]]: Do not upset the Antichrist.
* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: Crowley. Sort of. Interestingly, his counterpart Aziraphale is a Punch Clock Angel -- notAngel—not exactly a hero, but has the job of inspiring small amounts of goodness in the same way that Crowley causes small amounts of evil. They even take turns doing each others' jobs once in a while and mostly try to thwart each other on a one-to-one basis so neither side really gets the upper hand.
* [[Queer People Are Funny]]: the running gag is that the lead duo are [[Mistaken for Gay]].
* [[Read the Fine Print]]
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* [[Screw Destiny]]: The entire book is about breaking away from destiny and people's expectations of you, and finding your own path. At the end, {{spoiler|Newton Pulsifer even convinces Anathema Device not to live her life trying to interpret prophecies left to her by a distant ancestor}}. Also, {{spoiler|the Anti-Christ averts Armageddon.}} However, {{spoiler|Agnes may have seen it all coming.}}
** Hilarious that the plot to [[Screw Destiny]] is actually orchestrated by God, and everything might just as His [[Magic Franchise Word|ineffable]] plan intended; even the angels and devils really have no idea.
{{quote|''God does not play dice with the universe. He plays an ineffable game of His own devising, which might be compared, from the perspective of the other players ,<ref>i.e. everybody</ref>, to be involved in an obscure and complex version of poker in a pitch-dark room, with blank cards, for infinite stakes, with a Dealer who won't tell you rules and '''smiles all the time'''.''}}
* [[Short Title Long Elaborate Subtitle]]
* [[Shout-Out]]: Many, many of them, ranging from [[Edgar Allan Poe]] to [[Dirty Harry]].
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