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** A mix of type 1 and 3 from {{spoiler|1=[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20101020 Higgs to Zola]}}.
** [[Little No]] meets [[This Is Gonna Suck]] meets [[Oh Crap]] when [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110218 Castle Heterodyne decides to put out a fire.]
* [[Living Battery]]: Agatha drinks water from the Dyne and is super-charged as a temporary power source.
* [[Living Crashpad]]: Jägers are ''[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20060512 polite]'' about this.
* [[Living Labyrinth]]: Castle Heterodyne
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* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: There really are a lot of regular characters in this comic, to the point where it can get difficult to keep track of everyone.
* [[Long-Haired Pretty Boy]]: Maxim, the beautiful male ''Jägermonster.'' See the [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20081121 Cinderella] breather episode, where Maxim is supposed to be one of the "ugly" stepsisters, but it doesn't quite turn out as planned. Also counts as a [[Badass Long Hair]].
* [[Look Behind You!]]: [[Action Survivor|Von Zinzer]]: "Uh... [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100118 hey, check it out]." -- though in this case not only does the target look, but there's actually something to see.
* [[Loophole Abuse]]: Not a weapon. That's a ''[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20080606 chair]''!
* [[Losing Your Head]]: {{spoiler|Tinka}} Also [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100818 here], with {{spoiler|Castle Heterodyne}} in the body of a mechanical Muse. Also an example of [[Arc Words]].
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** Mamma Gkika
** Although we haven't seen this happen yet, the Heterodynes to the Jägers.
** Dr. Sun ''is'' a doctor. As well as a Spark.
** We also have [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110124 this] exchange:
{{quote|'''Gil:''' Let me take a look at that.
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* [[Midair Repair]]
** Gilgamesh and Agatha while testing Gil's flying, or rather ''falling'', machine. Of course because they're sparks, it starts to become midair redesigning the device before Zoing points out to Agatha that they are still falling.
** Tarvek is forced to do the same thing... while tied up to a Spark fighting with a mad Jäger on board. He finally makes the machine fly ''inches'' from the ground.
* [[Milky White Eyes]]: Geisterdamen and possibly other geistercreatures.
* [[Mini-Mecha]]: Agatha's Dingbots, particularly Dingbot Prime.
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* [[Mook Horror Show]]: [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20041103 The flashback of Zeetha wiping out a whole pirate ship] sure looks like this in a couple panels.
* [[Moral Myopia]]: A lot of people other than Klaus and the heroes fall into this. Such as Merlot, who blames Agatha for the fact that he killed a few dozen people and got punished for it.
* [[More Hero Than Thou]]: Tarvek and Gil [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20091111 have a brief exchange] about who gets to be this.
* [[More Than Meets the Eye]]: A few different characters.
** Agatha kicks the story off with this.
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* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Basically the [[Fatal Flaw]] of every Spark in the world. Entering "[[The Madness Place]]" grants them incredibly powerful focus, but it makes them entirely oblivious to the potentially disastrous results of their creations.
** Specifically, Aaronev Sturmvoraus and his dying daughter, though certainly said by others in this world.
* [[My Instincts Are Showing]]: Krosp I, Emperor of All Cats -- basically, a cat with human-level intelligence, speech, thumbs, and the ability to walk erect... he'd like to claim that his "cat-instincts" have no hold over him, but Agatha rather enjoys proving otherwise using a piece of string.
* [[Myth Arc]]: One of the best webcomic examples. The foreshadowing starts with the [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20021111 fourth strip] of the first chapter, with hints about the phenomenon scattered over many, many volumes -- and a full explanation has still not been given.
* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]]: Practically half the cast.
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* [[Naughty Tentacles]]
** "Impertinent mechanical squid!"
** Aaaaaand now there's [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110325 this scene.] Do note how Agatha seems [[Does This Remind You of Anything?|positively delighted in the panel.]]
* [[Necessarily Evil]]: Any Spark who wants to be a good guy sometimes has to turn into a raging madboy just to keep the million separate interests from coming apart. Klaus, Gilgamesh, and Agatha have all found this out.
* [[Neck Lift]]
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** Not to mention Othar Trygvassen, Gentleman Adventurer; he's been tossed out of two airships on-screen, within the same chapter. Gil doesn't even consider the possibility that he died, having seen him come back from the same or worse so many times.
** Gil is also [[Genre Savvy]] enough to find it suspicious {{spoiler|his father's}} body [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120120 is never found.] {{spoiler|Between what the readers were told before and Boris's comments that the Baron ordered his son to be immediately named head of the empire should he be suspected dead, it's indeed almost certain his death is a ruse.}}
* [[Never Bring a Knife to
{{quote|'''Zola:''' Bringing a knife to a gun fight doesn't seem very smart, now does it?
'''Agatha:''' Well, I suppose it isn't that much worse than bringing a gun to a clank fight. }}
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* [[Not Helping Your Case]]: Tarvek denies having any part in the plan to usurp the Wulfenbachs by installing a fake Heterodyne -- ''his'' plan was orders of magnitude better!
* [[Nothing Is Scarier]]: "But I see nothing!" [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20050706 "Don't say that like it's a good thing!"]
* [[Not in the Face]]: Played with.
{{quote|'''Castle Heterodyne:''' No! Not in the facing!}}
* [[Not So Different]]
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** Tarvek and Violetta; despite the family power structure having set them up so that he's the brains and she's his (deftly-applied) muscle, it transpires that Tarvek [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110425 can pull smoke knight moves even on Violetta], and Violetta [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110907 has a talent for intrigue and projecting how power dynamics could be brought to play out] that can outdo Tarvek's own.
* [[Not So Harmless]]: {{spoiler|1=[http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20100623 Zola]}}
* [[Not That Kind of Doctor]]: Actually, most Sparks ''are''. The only reason Agatha isn't is because [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20110124 they wouldn't let her take the tests].
* [[The Nudifier]]: The Wacky Weave Destabiliser. (Un)Fortunately Zeetha wears special underwear.
* [[Number One Dime]]: Hats, to the Jägers.
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* [[Old Master]]: Dr. Sun, quite capable of singlehandedly disassembling any number of clanks -- and who ''taught'' Klaus and Gil quite a lot about martial arts.
* [[Ominous Floating Castle]] (Type 3): ''Castle Wulfenbach'' certainly qualifies.
* [[Ominous Pipe Organ]]: At one point a flipped-out Agatha directs a small army of clanks (including [[Transforming Mecha]] and [[Discworld|Luggage]]) with a [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20061229 high-falutin] [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20070117 calliope.] Doubles as a visual [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]. And perhaps a literal version of [[Autobots Rock Out]].
* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]: While all Heterodynes were maniacs, some weren't picky about who to kill, as evidenced by [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20111130 this exchange]:
{{quote|"Two minutes and she hasn't killed''''' anyone'''''!"
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