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* In [[Dune]], there are a few different characters with special abilities. There are the Navigators, who can see in four dimensions. There are Mentats, essentially human computers. There are also the Bene Gesserits, magical witches that have the commanding Voice. And then there's Paul Atreides, the Kwisatz Haderach. This Troper's nickname for him is Paul "multiclasses-in-everything" Atreides, because he is essentially ALL OF THESE! The only person worse than him is his son, who even jumps species to get the extra skills he didn't already inherit from his father. |
* In [[Dune]], there are a few different characters with special abilities. There are the Navigators, who can see in four dimensions. There are Mentats, essentially human computers. There are also the Bene Gesserits, magical witches that have the commanding Voice. And then there's Paul Atreides, the Kwisatz Haderach. This Troper's nickname for him is Paul "multiclasses-in-everything" Atreides, because he is essentially ALL OF THESE! The only person worse than him is his son, who even jumps species to get the extra skills he didn't already inherit from his father. |
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* Sean Cullen's ''Hamish X'' series is about a [[Ridiculously Human Robot|robot]] [[Parental Abandonment|orphan]] with [[Eyes of Gold]] who wants to [[Become a Real Boy]] and [[Turned Against Their Masters|Turn Against His Masters]]. It contains a [[Zeppelins from Another World|zeppelin]], [[Inherently Funny Words|cheese]], cheese pirates, a [[Lost World]] that is [[Beneath the Earth]] in Switzerland and populated entirely by orphans, ninja orphans, a [[Hive Mind]] of robot raccoons named George, [[Bedouin Rescue Service|Bedouins]], a mammoth, [[Everything's Better with Monkeys|giant snow monkeys]], and an evil [[The Virus|assimilating]] robot [[The Men in Black|MIB]] from the [[Uncanny Valley]] with [[Fluffy the Terrible|candy-related names]]. And yet, when a minor character is seen reading a comic called ''Vampire Cat Robot'', the narrator makes fun of him for it. |
* Sean Cullen's ''Hamish X'' series is about a [[Ridiculously Human Robot|robot]] [[Parental Abandonment|orphan]] with [[Eyes of Gold]] who wants to [[Become a Real Boy]] and [[Turned Against Their Masters|Turn Against His Masters]]. It contains a [[Zeppelins from Another World|zeppelin]], [[Inherently Funny Words|cheese]], cheese pirates, a [[Lost World]] that is [[Beneath the Earth]] in Switzerland and populated entirely by orphans, ninja orphans, a [[Hive Mind]] of robot raccoons named George, [[Bedouin Rescue Service|Bedouins]], a mammoth, [[Everything's Better with Monkeys|giant snow monkeys]], and an evil [[The Virus|assimilating]] robot [[The Men in Black|MIB]] from the [[Uncanny Valley]] with [[Fluffy the Terrible|candy-related names]]. And yet, when a minor character is seen reading a comic called ''Vampire Cat Robot'', the narrator makes fun of him for it. |
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* In Thomas Pynchon's ''Mason & Dixon'', a French chef named Armand Allegre is pursued by an [[Implacable Man|Implacable]], [[Invisible]], [[Clingy Jealous Girl|Clingy, Jealous]], [[Killer Rabbit|Killer]] [[Punk Punk|ClockPunk]] robot [[Morally-Ambiguous Ducktorate|duck]][[Looney Tunes|with a speech impediment]] [[Road Apples|and a fully functional digestive system]] [[Do Androids Dream?|who wants him to find her]] [[Opposite |
* In Thomas Pynchon's ''Mason & Dixon'', a French chef named Armand Allegre is pursued by an [[Implacable Man|Implacable]], [[Invisible]], [[Clingy Jealous Girl|Clingy, Jealous]], [[Killer Rabbit|Killer]] [[Punk Punk|ClockPunk]] robot [[Morally-Ambiguous Ducktorate|duck]][[Looney Tunes|with a speech impediment]] [[Road Apples|and a fully functional digestive system]] [[Do Androids Dream?|who wants him to find her]] [[Opposite Gender Clone|Currently Genderless Beta-Copy]] or else she will take [[Revenge]] for all the ducks he has cooked. |
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** There's also the overarching story about a depressed widower astronomer and a womanizing, land-surveying Quaker studying the orbit of Venus while snarking all over Dutch people and then measuring borders [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|IN AMERICA]] while discussing dragons. And that bit is true. Less true are the [[Funny Animal|talking dog]] who knows everything, the Chinese fung shui master who is afraid of turning into a Spaniard, the [[Church Militant|rabbi secret agents]] trying to track down rogue golems, golems built by Jesus, the Swedish conspiracy, the Spanish Inquisition's involvement, the ghost, and some witches. And it's all written in [[Antiquated Linguistics]]. |
** There's also the overarching story about a depressed widower astronomer and a womanizing, land-surveying Quaker studying the orbit of Venus while snarking all over Dutch people and then measuring borders [[Yu-Gi-Oh!: The Abridged Series|IN AMERICA]] while discussing dragons. And that bit is true. Less true are the [[Funny Animal|talking dog]] who knows everything, the Chinese fung shui master who is afraid of turning into a Spaniard, the [[Church Militant|rabbi secret agents]] trying to track down rogue golems, golems built by Jesus, the Swedish conspiracy, the Spanish Inquisition's involvement, the ghost, and some witches. And it's all written in [[Antiquated Linguistics]]. |
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* Another Pynchon novel, ''Vineland'', involves hippies, [[The Mafia]], [[The Men in Black]], ninjas, and a possible ''[[Kaiju]]'' attack. |
* Another Pynchon novel, ''Vineland'', involves hippies, [[The Mafia]], [[The Men in Black]], ninjas, and a possible ''[[Kaiju]]'' attack. |
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