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* [[Mad Scientist]]: The entire Daffodil family--exceptfamily—except William Daffodil.

* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: Possibly Nigel Arcanum, {{spoiler|a quadriplegic burn victim who scares off a would-be assassin with a dimmer switch and a speech comparing an attempt on his life to a mistake as epic as a Greek Tragedy.}} Also responsible for several [[Batman Gambit|Batman Gambits]]--withs—with the last one smacking of [[Gambit Roulette]].

* [[Engineer Exploited For Evil]]: William Daffodil, who is terrified of his family's proclivities for mad science--andscience—and has instead dedicated himself to the far safer pursuit of 'mad mathematics'.

* [[Writers Cannot Do Math]]: Driven home several times by a variety of impossibilities, although the author seems aware of this shortfall (William Daffodil's various feats of 'reckless mathematics' include such tidbits as dividing by zero, dividing zero by zero, and then subtracting by cat and multiplying by dog--justdog—just for kicks). Perhaps ''most'' evident in the notion of Probability Engines--enginesEngines—engines capable of calculating mathematics so complex that they can predict the future. Which, by the way the novel explains them, is very bunk.

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