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The last of the short stories, "Cobra Trap", is a [[Distant Finale]], which some fans have announced their intention never to read. |
The last of the short stories, "Cobra Trap", is a [[Distant Finale]], which some fans have announced their intention never to read. |
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=== This series provides examples of: === |
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* [[Action Dress Rip]]: Modesty's skirts are designed to tear away, leaving her legs free for action. |
* [[Action Dress Rip]]: Modesty's skirts are designed to tear away, leaving her legs free for action. |
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* [[Moral Dissonance]]: Lampshaded in the short story "I Had a Date with Lady Janet" when Willie (narrating the story in first person) defends accusations of Modesty being a cold-blooded killer. |
* [[Moral Dissonance]]: Lampshaded in the short story "I Had a Date with Lady Janet" when Willie (narrating the story in first person) defends accusations of Modesty being a cold-blooded killer. |
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* [[More Expendable Than You]]: Whenever a caper requires Modesty to put her life on the line, Willie asks if he can't do it instead. |
* [[More Expendable Than You]]: Whenever a caper requires Modesty to put her life on the line, Willie asks if he can't do it instead. |
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* [[Murder Inc]]: Salamander Four, amongst others |
* [[Murder, Inc.]]: Salamander Four, amongst others |
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* [[Mythology Gag]]: In "Cobra Trap", a character remarks how great Modesty looks for her age, a [[Lampshade Hanging]] on her lack of apparent aging in the decades the comic strip had been running. |
* [[Mythology Gag]]: In "Cobra Trap", a character remarks how great Modesty looks for her age, a [[Lampshade Hanging]] on her lack of apparent aging in the decades the comic strip had been running. |
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* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: |
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: |
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