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** Nicely done with {{spoiler|hats being the key to their powers: while running after David, Richardson loses his and can't open a door he himself just locked}}.
* [[God]]: Implied to be the identity of The Chairman. Or [[Our Gods Are Greater|some type of god, at least.]]
* [[Humans Are Bastardsthe Real Monsters]]: According to Thompson, the first time the Bureau tried a hands-off approach, "you gave us the Dark Ages for five hundred years"; the second time resulted in [[World War I]], [[World War II]] and the Cuban missile crisis. They seem to overlook all the good things that occurred during the Dark Ages, and all the bad things that occurred under their watch between the [[Middle Ages]] and [[World War I]].
** Or hell, all the bad things happening ''right now''.
{{quote|'''David Norris:''' So you handle the important things. Well the last time I checked, the world's a pretty screwed up place.
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* [[Magical Negro]]: Harry Mitchell, the Adjuster who decides to help David.
* [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]: Elise is made of this trope. They meet {{spoiler|in the men's washroom when she is hiding from security from having crashed a wedding, drops his phone into his coffee on purpose, and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|is a dancer.]]}}
* [[The Masquerade]]: Apparently, very few people have been told about the existence of the Bureau, and Richardson threatens to erase David's mind (''all of it''--memories—memories, personality, emotions, everything) if he tells anyone.
{{quote|'''Richardson:''' You've just seen behind a curtain you weren't even supposed to know ''existed.''}}
* [[Meaningful Name]]:
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