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* [[Blitz Evacuees]]: One of them {{spoiler|turns out to be Wobbler's grandfather.}}
* [[Blitz Evacuees]]: One of them {{spoiler|turns out to be Wobbler's grandfather.}}
* [[Butterfly of Doom]]: Both played straight and subverted.
* [[Butterfly of Doom]]: Both played straight and subverted.
* [[Canon Welding]]: The shop from ''[[Truckers (Literature)|Truckers]]'' has been relocated to Blackbury.
* [[Canon Welding]]: The shop from ''[[Nomes Trilogy|Truckers]]'' has been relocated to Blackbury.
* [[Changed My Jumper]]: Perhaps it would have been a better idea to keep it on.
* [[Changed My Jumper]]: Perhaps it would have been a better idea to keep it on.
* [[The Chosen One]]: Johnny. Pretty much by the process of elimination.
* [[The Chosen One]]: Johnny. Pretty much by the process of elimination.
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* [[Defensive Failure]]: That's what the Gunnery officer ''thought'' would happen.
* [[Defensive Failure]]: That's what the Gunnery officer ''thought'' would happen.
* [[The Determinator]]: Kirsty, because anyone calling her [[Plucky Girl|plucky]] would live to regret it.
* [[The Determinator]]: Kirsty, because anyone calling her [[Plucky Girl|plucky]] would live to regret it.
* [[Due to The Dead]]
* [[Due to the Dead]]
* [[Easy Evangelism]]: Averted. Here is Johnny trying to teach Kirsty about nonviolent approaches:
* [[Easy Evangelism]]: Averted. Here is Johnny trying to teach Kirsty about nonviolent approaches:
{{quote| '''Kirsty''': Do you know, there was an African tribe once whose nearest word for 'enemy' was 'a friend we haven't met yet'?<br />
{{quote| '''Kirsty''': Do you know, there was an African tribe once whose nearest word for 'enemy' was 'a friend we haven't met yet'?<br />
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* [[The Game Come to Life]]: The plot of ''Only You Can Save Mankind''.
* [[The Game Come to Life]]: The plot of ''Only You Can Save Mankind''.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: [[Conversational Troping|Continual references to movies]] make it clear the kids have some idea of what to expect.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: [[Conversational Troping|Continual references to movies]] make it clear the kids have some idea of what to expect.
* [[Get Back to The Future]]: Wobbler gets stranded in the forties by a [[Grandfather Paradox]] which the rest of the kids then have to repair.
* [[Get Back to the Future]]: Wobbler gets stranded in the forties by a [[Grandfather Paradox]] which the rest of the kids then have to repair.
* [[Ghost Amnesia]]: The living need to remember. The dead need to forget.
* [[Ghost Amnesia]]: The living need to remember. The dead need to forget.
* [[Homeless Pigeon Person]]: Mrs. Tachyon and Guilty
* [[Homeless Pigeon Person]]: Mrs. Tachyon and Guilty
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* [[Insufferable Genius]]: Kirsty.
* [[Insufferable Genius]]: Kirsty.
* [[Inventor of the Mundane]]: {{spoiler|Wobbler}} is left in the past, unable to return to his time due to a paradox. While taking [[The Slow Path]], he uses his knowledge of the present to "invent" fast food restaurants.
* [[Inventor of the Mundane]]: {{spoiler|Wobbler}} is left in the past, unable to return to his time due to a paradox. While taking [[The Slow Path]], he uses his knowledge of the present to "invent" fast food restaurants.
* [[It's for A Book]]: The universal "out" for getting grownups to let you do things: "I'm doing a project on it."
* [[It's for a Book]]: The universal "out" for getting grownups to let you do things: "I'm doing a project on it."
* [[I Wish It Were Real]]: Nobody made any wishes, but the aliens still gained some semblance of reality.
* [[I Wish It Were Real]]: Nobody made any wishes, but the aliens still gained some semblance of reality.
* [[Jive Turkey]]: Yo-less gets his nickname because he ''isn't'' one, and never says "yo".
* [[Jive Turkey]]: Yo-less gets his nickname because he ''isn't'' one, and never says "yo".
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* [[Our Ghosts Are Different]]: And resent the term.
* [[Our Ghosts Are Different]]: And resent the term.
* [[Old School Dogfighting]]: Though the spaceships in ''Only You Can Save Mankind'' have a few missiles, most of the work has to be done by guns.
* [[Old School Dogfighting]]: Though the spaceships in ''Only You Can Save Mankind'' have a few missiles, most of the work has to be done by guns.
* [[Only Known By Their Nickname]]: Bigmac, Wobbler, and Yo-less. Though we do eventually find out Wobbler and Bigmac's names.
* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: Bigmac, Wobbler, and Yo-less. Though we do eventually find out Wobbler and Bigmac's names.
* [[Or Was It a Dream?]]: It seems Johnny's adventures are taking place in between his own imagination and the real world. Although Kirsty and her {{spoiler|pickled onion}} point towards the latter.
* [[Or Was It a Dream?]]: It seems Johnny's adventures are taking place in between his own imagination and the real world. Although Kirsty and her {{spoiler|pickled onion}} point towards the latter.
** [[Word of God]] [http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/johnny-and-the-bomb.html sums it up]: "Is what happens in the books real? Yes. Does it all happen in Johnny's head? Yes."
** [[Word of God]] [http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/johnny-and-the-bomb.html sums it up]: "Is what happens in the books real? Yes. Does it all happen in Johnny's head? Yes."
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* [[Punny Name]]: [http://blog.debiles-grinsen.de/?p=39 William Stickers].
* [[Punny Name]]: [http://blog.debiles-grinsen.de/?p=39 William Stickers].
* [[Reality Warper]]: Johnny when in a state of extreme stress.
* [[Reality Warper]]: Johnny when in a state of extreme stress.
* [[Resigned to The Call]]: Johnny. As contrasted with Kirsty, who tends to [[Jumped At the Call|Jump At The Call]].
* [[Resigned to the Call]]: Johnny. As contrasted with Kirsty, who tends to [[Jumped At the Call|Jump At The Call]].
* [[Ripped from the Headlines]]: The plot of ''Johnny and the Dead'' comes straight from a contemporary scandal when Westminster Council sold three cemetaries for 5p each.
* [[Ripped from the Headlines]]: The plot of ''Johnny and the Dead'' comes straight from a contemporary scandal when Westminster Council sold three cemetaries for 5p each.
* [[Schrodinger's Butterfly]]: At one point in ''Only You Can Save Mankind'', Johnny briefly becomes uncertain whether he's a boy who's having recurring dreams about being a space pilot or a space pilot who's having recurring dreams about being a boy.
* [[Schrodinger's Butterfly]]: At one point in ''Only You Can Save Mankind'', Johnny briefly becomes uncertain whether he's a boy who's having recurring dreams about being a space pilot or a space pilot who's having recurring dreams about being a boy.
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* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: The Captain trying to talk about Earth food. "Pressed wheat extractions treated with sucrose" indeed. {{spoiler|Breakfast cereal.}}
* [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]]: The Captain trying to talk about Earth food. "Pressed wheat extractions treated with sucrose" indeed. {{spoiler|Breakfast cereal.}}
* [[Shout-Out]]: Quite a few: [http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/only-you-can-save-mankind.html\], [http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/johnny-and-the-dead.html\], [http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/johnny-and-the-bomb.html\].
* [[Shout-Out]]: Quite a few: [http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/only-you-can-save-mankind.html\], [http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/johnny-and-the-dead.html\], [http://www.lspace.org/books/apf/johnny-and-the-bomb.html\].
** Sergeant Comely is very well known for having locked himself with his own handcuff and being part of the Blackbury [[Discworld (Literature)/Lords and Ladies|Morris men]].
** Sergeant Comely is very well known for having locked himself with his own handcuff and being part of the Blackbury [[Discworld/Lords and Ladies|Morris men]].
** Mrs. Tachyon would like you to know [[Discworld (Literature)/Feet of Clay|MILLENNIUM HAND AND SHRIMP!]]
** Mrs. Tachyon would like you to know [[Discworld/Feet of Clay|MILLENNIUM HAND AND SHRIMP!]]
* [[Shrouded in Myth]]
* [[Shrouded in Myth]]
* [[Smart Guy]]: Kirsty. Yo-less sometimes fills in.
* [[Smart Guy]]: Kirsty. Yo-less sometimes fills in.
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** [[The Time Traveller's Dilemma]]: A brief concern soon forgotten.
** [[The Time Traveller's Dilemma]]: A brief concern soon forgotten.
** [[Time Travel Tense Trouble]]
** [[Time Travel Tense Trouble]]
** [[Time Travel for Fun And Profit]]: {{spoiler|Wobbler opens a fast-food restaurant after being trapped in the past.}} Also whenever someone gives Mrs Tachyon a coin, she goes to whatever date is printed on it to spend it, getting the maximum value for money, e.g. if a 10p given in the '90s is dated 1961, it can be spent as 2 shillings or 24pence in 1961.
** [[Time Travel for Fun and Profit]]: {{spoiler|Wobbler opens a fast-food restaurant after being trapped in the past.}} Also whenever someone gives Mrs Tachyon a coin, she goes to whatever date is printed on it to spend it, getting the maximum value for money, e.g. if a 10p given in the '90s is dated 1961, it can be spent as 2 shillings or 24pence in 1961.
** [[Unstuck in Time]]: Mrs. Tachyon's mind.
** [[Unstuck in Time]]: Mrs. Tachyon's mind.
* [[Token Girl]]: Kirsty absolutely refuses to fit this trope, instead referring to the others as "four token boys".
* [[Token Girl]]: Kirsty absolutely refuses to fit this trope, instead referring to the others as "four token boys".
* [[Two D Space]]: Lampshaded when Kirsty ''doesn't'' fly like this.
* [[2-D Space]]: Lampshaded when Kirsty ''doesn't'' fly like this.
* [[Urban Fantasy]].
* [[Urban Fantasy]].
* [[Van in Black]]: One chases Johnny and Kirsty.
* [[Van in Black]]: One chases Johnny and Kirsty.
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* [[Win to Exit]]: More accurately, "Exit To Win". The 'Border' that the Screewee must cross is revealed to be {{spoiler|a giant screen with the words "GAME OVER" on it.}}
* [[Win to Exit]]: More accurately, "Exit To Win". The 'Border' that the Screewee must cross is revealed to be {{spoiler|a giant screen with the words "GAME OVER" on it.}}
* [[With Due Respect]]
* [[With Due Respect]]
* [[You Go Girl]]: Kirsty.
* [[You Go, Girl!]]: Kirsty.
* [[You Fail Nuclear Physics Forever]]: Yo-less and his "fridge molecules". The former trope name is pretty much Kirsty's reaction to this.
* [[You Fail Nuclear Physics Forever]]: Yo-less and his "fridge molecules". The former trope name is pretty much Kirsty's reaction to this.
* [[Your Mind Makes It Real]]: averted.
* [[Your Mind Makes It Real]]: averted.
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