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==== This book provides examples of the following tropes: ==== |
==== This book provides examples of the following tropes: ==== |
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* [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]]: Under New York City. The sewers even have their own ecosystem. |
* [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]]: Under New York City. The sewers even have their own ecosystem. |
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* {{spoiler|[[A.I. Is a Crapshoot]]: G. A. S. and the Eye of Africa.}} |
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* [[Best Is Average, Better Is Best]]: When two employees of Gant have to decide which is the best kind of toothpaste. One of them finds this trope is the solution, which is correct. |
* [[Best Is Average, Better Is Best]]: When two employees of Gant have to decide which is the best kind of toothpaste. One of them finds this trope is the solution, which is correct. |
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* [[Big Applesauce]]: A great deal of the book takes place in New York. |
* [[Big Applesauce]]: A great deal of the book takes place in New York. |
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* [[Shell-Shocked Veteran]]: Maxwell and Troubadour Penzias. Both are rather insane, in different ways. |
* [[Shell-Shocked Veteran]]: Maxwell and Troubadour Penzias. Both are rather insane, in different ways. |
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* [[Take That]]: ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]'' is acerbically dissected by Joan. |
* [[Take That]]: ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]'' is acerbically dissected by Joan. |
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* [[Tiny Guy, Huge Girl]]: Harry Gant's mother is a tall, husky construction forewoman, while his father is a short, rather frail history buff. |
* [[Tiny Guy, Huge Girl]]: Harry Gant's mother is a tall, husky construction forewoman, while his father is a short, rather frail history buff. |
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* [[War Is Hell]]: A recurring theme. Several characters are insane [[Shell-Shocked Veteran|Shell Shocked Veterans]], and Kite stopped viewing war as an adventure when the actual killing began. |
* [[War Is Hell]]: A recurring theme. Several characters are insane [[Shell-Shocked Veteran|Shell Shocked Veterans]], and Kite stopped viewing war as an adventure when the actual killing began. |
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* [[Why Am I Ticking?]]: A subplot involves {{spoiler|a [[Acceptable Targets|greedy capitalist]]}} who has been fitted with an explosive collar. It will go off in twenty-four hours, killing him, unless he manages to {{spoiler|[[Ironic Hell|earn $1000 by begging in Grand Central, and feed all the bills through a shredder attached to the collar]]. Naturally, people are [[It Got Worse|less likely to give him money when they see what he's doing with it]]...}} |
* [[Why Am I Ticking?]]: A subplot involves {{spoiler|a [[Acceptable Targets|greedy capitalist]]}} who has been fitted with an explosive collar. It will go off in twenty-four hours, killing him, unless he manages to {{spoiler|[[Ironic Hell|earn $1000 by begging in Grand Central, and feed all the bills through a shredder attached to the collar]]. Naturally, people are [[It Got Worse|less likely to give him money when they see what he's doing with it]]...}} |
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