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* [[Big Applesauce]]: The stories from "Anarchy Waltz" onwards reveal that the Statue of Liberty is an interdimensional weak point following Omega's escape from/absorption of the shadow dimension he was banished to in Trilogy Press's more serious (but less tangible) "Trilogy" series. Weasel reveals that [[Author Appeal|he just likes writing dramatic scenes at Liberty Island]].

* [[Big Bad]]: At any given point in time, Hitler, Hitzer, Omega, {{spoiler|Asmodeus}} or any combination of the above.

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Weasel. "Well, you made sure to cover all your bases, but you forgot about one thing. I get shafted. A lot."

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Phoenix and Bryllin.

* [[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]].}}

* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]: The heroes betray each other at the drop of a hat; they keep a list of 'turncoatings', with Inferno in the lead at 29.

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

* [[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.}}

* [[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'':

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

* [[Telepathy]] and [[Mind Over Matter]]: Just some of the many powers possessed by Truthkeeper.

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