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'''Phoenix:''' Still...<br />

'''Inferno:''' Listen here, bitch boy. While you're screwing around playing n00by McGee, the rest of us are pulling triple duty, so get your ass back out there and progress the friggin' plot! }}

* [[Eleventh Hour Superpower]]: The Omega Blade after it's given back to Weasel by Slash Hazard.

* [[Eleventh-Hour Superpower]]: The Omega Blade after it's given back to Weasel by Slash Hazard.

* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]]: Oneshot villain Truthkeeper from the first episode was loved by fans, despite never appearing again. The authors once outlined a spinoff story explaining how the lack of any heroes other than the core cast was due to Truthkeeper and oft-mentioned but never seen villain Crimson King murdering them all; sadly, the story was never fully written.

* [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin]]: The little preview bar for "[[Scooby Doo|Scooby-]][[Dragonball Z|Buu]]" is dead serious about Cell not being the killer. {{spoiler|He's just addicted to Human's Soul brand Frozen Pizzas, named for their [[Human Resources|most prominent ingredient]].}}

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* [[Heroic Sociopath]]: All the heroes, given certain values for "heroic".

* [[Hitler's Time Travel Exemption Act]]: Trying to prevent Hitler from gaining a magical artifact stolen from [[Dragonball Z]] results in him gaining said artifact. Another attempt to steal the artifact results in him using it.

* [[I Knew It]]: Phoenix forcing the Ninja to scramble for code names and settling on "John Doe" results in a nigh-prophetic guess at the cancellation of [[John Doe|the Fox series of the same name]] (bear in mind "RFU Gear Solid 2" was written in late 2002/early 2003, in the early days of Fox's Chronic New Series Rescheduling Syndrome).

* [[I Knew It!]]: Phoenix forcing the Ninja to scramble for code names and settling on "John Doe" results in a nigh-prophetic guess at the cancellation of [[John Doe|the Fox series of the same name]] (bear in mind "RFU Gear Solid 2" was written in late 2002/early 2003, in the early days of Fox's Chronic New Series Rescheduling Syndrome).

{{quote| '''Weasel's Annotation:''' Did I call that one or what? Fuck Fox.}}

* [[Limited Wardrobe]]: Lampshaded in "What, Like the Back Seat of a Volkswagen?" and [[Call Back|called back]] in "[[Metal Gear|RFU Gear Solid 2]]":

{{quote| ''"You've worn the same t-shirt everyday since 1994. And you spent the last year in a shadow dimension where time flows differently, so technically, you've been wearing the same shirt for several hundred years now. And, well, it smells."''}}

* [[Mind Screw]]: As if the AI Colonel Codec scene in ''[[Metal Gear]] Solid 2'' could get any <s>worse</s> more hilarious, "RFU Gear Solid 2" extends it with a smattering of previous RFU quotes, increasingly in(s)ane [[Shout Out|Shout Outs]], and a [[Zeta Gundam]] reference in Al Bhed.

* [[Mind Screw]]: As if the AI Colonel Codec scene in ''[[Metal Gear]] Solid 2'' could get any <s>worse</s> more hilarious, "RFU Gear Solid 2" extends it with a smattering of previous RFU quotes, increasingly in(s)ane [[Shout-Out|Shout Outs]], and a [[Zeta Gundam]] reference in Al Bhed.

* [[Mooks]]: Often Nazis or vampires. Preferably [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|Vampire or Robot Nazis]] because at least they aren't all "Strudel Strudel Volkswagen."

* [[Murder Is the Best Solution]]: Not that the heroes can be bothered to think of plans that don't involve murder.

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* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: Perhaps the only real point the series has.

* [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]]: In "Little Continuity Busters", a series of hiccups in the timestream forced our heroes to travel through history, ensuring that certain events happened, and making a few extra stops along the way.

* [[Shout Out]]: All over the place, mostly to comic book series, cancelled FOX shows, and ancient [[Game FAQs]] users and memes. Sometimes, they ''blend'':

* [[Shout-Out]]: All over the place, mostly to comic book series, cancelled FOX shows, and ancient [[Game FAQs]] users and memes. Sometimes, they ''blend'':

{{quote| '''[[Deadpool]], taking on [[Friday the 13th (Film)|Jason]] in "Little Continuity Busters":''' [[Chars Counterattack|THE 'POOL GUNDAM'S NOT JUST FOR SHOW!]]}}

* [[Stupid Jetpack Hitler]]: Stupid Hitler fused with Dragonball Z's Frieza forming an eternally respawning Hitzer!

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* [[Unexpected Genre Change]]: The first story after "When Worlds Collide... More So" is Inferno, Phoenix, and Bryllin running tryouts to {{spoiler|fill the spot now vacated by Weasel}}, offered in the form of a reality show.

* [[Villain Decay]]: Lampshaded by Hitzer near the end of When Worlds Collide: "I haven't showed up in eight episodes. I thought the audience might have forgotten about me. I thought you'd replaced me. I mean, you haven't killed me in a while..."

* [[Who Shot JFK]]: During "Little Continuity Busters", our heroes rent rifles and sniping perches in Dallas just before Kennedy arrives.

* [[Who Shot JFK?]]: During "Little Continuity Busters", our heroes rent rifles and sniping perches in Dallas just before Kennedy arrives.