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* [[Another Dimension]]: A whole plethora of them, more than any individual can visit in one lifetime.

* [[Arbitrary Skepticism]]: Played for laughs. Magic? Fine. Demons? Fine. Dragons? Fine. Interdimensional travel? Fine. Blue gremlins? NO WAY!

* [[Author Filibuster]]: Asprin and (evidently) Nye both have the bad habit of dropping into lecture mode.

* [[Author Existence Failure]]: Possibly averted, more books were planned to be written by Nye after Asprin's death, but as of spring 2012 nothing has yet come of this.

* [[Explosive Breeder]]: There is a [[Running Gag]] in one of Foglio's comic adaptations involving small dragons that [http://www.airshipentertainment.com/growfcomic.php?date=20070204 reproduce on contact with water] (The Myth Adventures sequence can be read starting [http://www.airshipentertainment.com/mythcomic.php?date=20101002 HERE]) One of them happens to get into a market stall demonstrating umbrellas, and after that they keep showing up everywhere, until at the end of the scene the original owners are forced to round them all up.

* [[Expy]]: In ''Something M.Y.T.H. Inc.'', parodies of Robin Hood and his Merry Men, Zorro, and the Fellowship of the Ring all make trouble for Possiltum. In the latter case, their expy status is deliberately self-engineered ("We need a dwarf!").

* [[Fairy Godmother]]: A fairy godfather for [[The Mafia]].

* [[Fake Ultimate Hero]]: Aahz builds up Skeeve as one of these, although Skeeve becomes a genuinely talented magician.

* [[Lost Him in A Card Game]]: {{spoiler|Subverted. This was deliberately done on the orders of the "child" in question so as to infiltrate the hero's household.}}

* [[The Magic Poker Equation]]: Justified in ''Little Myth Marker'', as Skeeve has no skill or knowledge of the game in question, betting everything on the first hand without even looking at the cards. By reducing the game to what amounts to a coin flip, he renders skill irrelevant.

* [[Master Apprentice Chain]]: Garkin & Aahz > Skeeve > Massha

* [[Mildly Military]]: The Possiltum military is under funded and underfed, so it's justified that they're insubordinate and incompetent.

* [[Naive Newcomer]]: Skeeve.

* [[No One Gets Left Behind]]: The villain reaction is elaborated upon by Guido and Nunzio in ''M.Y.T.H. Inc. in Action'' - aside from the benefits of a live prisoner, wounding a soldier takes three out of the action - one man down, one to carry him, and one to report back to his superiors.

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: The entire race of Trolls embrace this trope, apparently having found it difficult to get work if they spoke as eloquently as they do among themselves. {{spoiler|Also true of dragons, who aren't even considered sentient. What fools these mortals be...}}

* [[Older Than They Look]]: {{spoiler|Markie}}

* [[Virgin Power]]: Embarrassingly, Skeeve is the only one in the group that does not elicit a negative reaction from a <s>stolen</s> borrowed war unicorn.

** Considering he almost killed himself by attending too many drunken parties at one point, that's quite a feat.

*** The again, it seems to put up with Aahz too, who almost certainly has, so it may just be very well-trained.

* [[Vocal Dissonance]]: Nunzio's a big man described with a tiny voice.

* [[We Sell Everything]]: The Deva Bazaar... which, by the way, consists of the ''entire planet''.

* [[Weak but Skilled]]: As a magic-user, Skeeve only knows a handful of basic spells. Nevertheless, he's able to use these ([[Guile Hero|along with copious amounts of cunning, negotiation, and B.S.]]) to get the reputation of a sorcerous demi-god.

 

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