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** They do have two different genders, but show extreme sexual dimorphism: the males are mindless beetles, whereas the females are sentient and are largely humanoid.

* [[Orifice Invasion]]: The slake-moths.

* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]] - Yagharek, though a more articulate and melancholy version of the trope.

* [[Pyrrhic Victory]]: {{spoiler|Isaac has saved New Crobuzon, defeated the Slake Moths, proved his crisis engine will work (and more importantly, kept it out of the hands of the [[Corrupt Government]] & the [[Mecha Mooks]]), and hardest of all, ''survived''. On the other hand, Lin is lobotomized, Yagharek is revealed as a rapist, Isaac refuses to help Yagharek, and the Constructs are headed for destruction. Not to mention Isaac and Derkhan have to flee New Crobuzon with the lobotomized Lin in tow, as the government is understandably not interested in giving them credit for having saved the city and has left them at the top of the Most Wanted list.}}

* [[Schmuck Bait]]: The Torque, at least to scientist-dabblers. Isaac spends some time explaining, with graphic illustrations (mostly left to the reader's imagination), exactly why messing with it is a really bad idea.

* [[Secret Police]]

** The professional adventurers are described as "grave-robbers" and only in it for "gold and experience."

* [[Stout Strength]]: Strangely inverted-Isaac vomits after [[Le Parkour|enough rooftop-hopping]] and gets winded after climbing up a flight of stairs, but he is very capable of punching Lucky Gazid across a room.

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