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Not to be confused with ''Momo'', the English translation of ''La Vie Devant Soi'' by Romain Gary. |
Not to be confused with ''Momo'', the English translation of ''La Vie Devant Soi'' by Romain Gary. |
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=== This book provides examples of: === |
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* [[Armor-Piercing Question]]: {{spoiler|"Doesn't anybody love you?"}} causes Agent BLW/553/c to crack. |
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* [[Bad Future]]: While Momo sleeps, the Grey Men change the world into a place where nobody has time, with rampant construction and fast food diners, where children's games rely on computers instead of imagination, and where the public only admires idols which could be easily destroyed. |
* [[Bad Future]]: While Momo sleeps, the Grey Men change the world into a place where nobody has time, with rampant construction and fast food diners, where children's games rely on computers instead of imagination, and where the public only admires idols which could be easily destroyed. |
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* [[Bald of Evil]]: The grey men |
* [[Bald of Evil]]: The grey men |
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* [[Good Smoking Evil Smoking]]: In this case, definitely evil. |
* [[Good Smoking, Evil Smoking]]: In this case, definitely evil. |
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* [[Everyone Calls Him Barkeep|Everyone calls him Beppo Roadsweeper]]. |
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"|Everyone calls him Beppo Roadsweeper]]. |
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** Even when a policeman asks him if Roadsweeper is his surname or his job, he replies "Both". |
** Even when a policeman asks him if Roadsweeper is his surname or his job, he replies "Both". |
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* [[Framing Device]]: The story of ''Momo'' was supposedly told to the author by a stranger on a train. |
* [[Framing Device]]: The story of ''Momo'' was supposedly told to the author by a stranger on a train. |
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* [[Impossible Thief]]: More accurately ''Impossible Con Men''. |
* [[Impossible Thief]]: More accurately ''Impossible Con Men''. |
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* [[Long Title]]: The original German subtitle translates to "The strange story of the time-thieves and of the child who returned the stolen time to the people/humans.". |
* [[Long Title]]: The original German subtitle translates to "The strange story of the time-thieves and of the child who returned the stolen time to the people/humans.". |
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* [[Mathematician's Answer]]: ''"As far as I can remember... I've always been around."'' |
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* [[Meaningful Name]]: Master Secundus Minutius Hora. |
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Master Secundus Minutius Hora. |
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* [[Mind Screw]]: The entire thing! |
* [[Mind Screw]]: The entire thing! |
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