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* [[Downer Ending]]: {{spoiler|Alex breaks Hal's heart at the end of Happy Valley,}} however, {{spoiler|this is subverted with an [[Earn Your Happy Ending]] at the end of Scruffy's Revenge, after both Hal and Alex have become reformed-insane killers under the influence of Scruffy.}}
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: {{spoiler|MRV while attempting to recruit Hal.}}
* [[Evil Incarnate]]: Scruffy. See Also: [[Sealed Evil in
* [[Gosh Dang It to Heck]]: Penny and Simon.
* [[Hero
* [[Jerkass Hero]]: Arguably Hal.
* [[Killed Off for Real]]: {{spoiler|Every major villain dies by the last act of Scruffy's Revenge. Penny's Mom, MRV, OBB, and Dr. Salamander are all quite dead, with only Penny's Mom not dying at the hands of Alex and Scruffy. Scruffy's fate, however, is unknown.}}
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* [[Mood Whiplash]]: Constantly.
* [[Moral Guardian]]: Penny's Mom in spades.
* [[Put
* [[Useful Notes/Mormonism|Mormonism]]: Sort of. The book is more about Utah than it is about Mormonism, but the two naturally go hand-in-hand. Both {{spoiler|Simon and Scruffy}} invoke {{spoiler|Nephi's killing of Laban}} to justify murder, but {{spoiler|Hal points out that this argument is invalid unless God commands you to kill.}}
* [[Literary Allusion Title]]
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** Scruffy's Revenge
*** Act Seven: [[Sherlock Holmes|A Study In Scarlet]]
*** Act Eight: [[Watchmen (
*** Act Nine: [[Final Fantasy IX|I Want To Be Your Canary]]
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: {{spoiler|Max.}}
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