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** "As early as the 21st century spammers were already less popular than defense attorneys, door-to-door fragrance salesmen, and the French. By the late 31st century they were held in the same regard as pedophiles and telemarketers."
* [[Arc Fatigue]]: As always, very subjective.
* [[Archive Binge]]:
** Never missed a day. Not even when [[Stuff Blowing Up|the server the comic was hosted on]] '''''exploded'''''.
* [[Complete Monster]]: Kathryn calls {{spoiler|Max Haluska}} one. Given that this is coming from a [[Femme Fatale]] who stands out even among a cast full of [[Heroic Sociopath|Heroic Sociopaths]], [[Even Evil Has Standards|it says something]].
** And considering his latest ploy is to {{spoiler|set off an AI's annie plant}} that may very well {{spoiler|kill all of Haven hive, just because he was arrested for several crimes he admitted to committing, and with no actual gain intended...}} Well, there's not really much doubt anymore.
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* [[Protagonist Title Fallacy]]: Schlock is a major character, but if any one Tough is the star of the show it's Captain Tagon.
* [[The Scrappy]]: Tayler used to get emails calling for Para Ventura's death on a regular basis. She hasn't had much [[Character Development]] since then.
** The fact that she {{spoiler|
* [[Tear Jerker]]: [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2010-12-12 The deaths of the microbes] here is strangely sad. Their utter incomprehension of their imminent demise...though obviously the googly eyes are mere poetic license.
** [http://www.schlockmercenary.com/2010-12-09 "Nope. Not done crying."]
* [[Villain Decay]]: The Partnership Collective went from manipulating planetary governments to nothing more than comic relief once the Toughs got the contract on them. The fact that the Gatekeepers stopped using them as proxies probably didn't help.
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: The UNS military do some horrific things, and quite a few of them are at least as sociopathic as Schlock but without being [[Heroic Sociopath|heroic]] or [[Comedic Sociopathy|humorous]] about it. Some, though, still seem to be trying to work for a greater good. Ruthless Admiral Emm tells a subordinate to "Take solace in the fact that you've saved more lives than you've lost."
* [[The Woobie]]: Mister Aliss, and Tailor is quickly earning this title for himself too.
** Although Tailor has become a lot more [[Badass]], especially when he teamed up with General Tagon. Para Ventura may count though: she seems to be the only character who gets distressed by killing.
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