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* [[Ship Sinking]]: Allllll the time. Occasionally cause for a [[Heroic BSOD]].

* [[Ship Tease]]: Spreading rumors about characters dating each other. Prevalant in many characters' high school arcs and among the Celebrity class.

* [[Shout-Out]]: [[Commie Land]] was referenced as an "Evil Empire" after [[Star Wars]].

** The Chernobyl power plant has a "Zone of Exclusion," after ''[[Roadside Picnic]]''.

* [[Toilet Humour]]: One of the first styles of humor many players encounter as well as being the [http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKUA14785120080731 oldest known type of comedy.]

* [[Too Awesome to Use]]: Money, especially amongst the upper classes.

** [[Fridge Brilliance|So]] ''[[Fridge Brilliance|that's]]'' [[Fridge Brilliance|what]] [[Archy and Mehitabel|archy meant in "archy declares war"]].

* [[Tragic Hero]]: Many characters suffer from their flaws or choices. Whether it's drug or alcohol addictions, anger management issues, pride, greed, ambition...

** YMMV, but [[Charlie Sheen]] seems to be the only one winning.

* [[Upper Class Twit]]: [[Paris Hilton]] is a notable example.

* [[Useless Useful Spell]]: Nukes. Everyone is so afraid of automatic counterattacks for using just one that they remain stuck in the inventory.

** Also, since they tend make the area they nuke [[Death World|unlivable]], not to mention that counterattacks could [[Apocalypse How|end all life on the planet]] makes them even ''[[Beyond the Impossible|more]]'' useless.

== W ==

* [[Wacky Wayside Tribe]]: You'll run across more than a few of these during the game, although they'll seem more important at the time than they really turn out to be.

** SAT tests for English PCs.

** Adolescence.

* [[What Measure Is a Non-Cute?]]: Cultural example: In most European countries rats are considered to be pests and unclean. In India there is a 600-year-old temple of clean rats, with every generation free of disease, that are friendly with people. Anthropomorphic faced animal vs. non-anthropomorphic/fuzzy animal example: Pandas have billions of dollars spent on their survival and they don't contribute greatly as a species, while other very important insects and other critically endangered species are ignored massively in comparison, even though it will actually cause big problems to see them go.

* [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]]: Many humans' attitudes towards animals, though generally less so with animals frequently kept as pets.

* [[What the Fu Are You Doing?]]: Some players have a rather inflated view of their own "martial arts skills." Some end up featured in [[YouTube]] videos where they manage to nunchuk themselves in the [[Groin Attack|groin]] or the face, or otherwise end up looking like jackasses.

* [[Who Would Be Stupid Enough...?]]: You bet your ass someone would. (It's rumored that while the series population is continually growing, [[Conservation of Competence|the sum of their total intelligence remains fixed]].)

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