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** Elan's mentor, a dashing sky pirate who helps him literally [[Took a Level in Badass|take a level in badass]] also displays Genre Savviness -- hoping never to meet Elan again, lest he become [[The Obi-Wan]].
** While <s>sleep</s> trance-deprived, Vaarsuvius displayed a blend of cynicism and genre-savviness by {{spoiler|killing someone (Kubota) just because Elan is holding him prisoner, and V knows that Elan only takes major villains prisoner, and rationalizing it by explaining how the trial would have been a tedious 20- or 30-episode affair which would interfere with the bigger picture.}}
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*** Which is in its own way a bit of brilliance; by first showing that V knows just how foolish such a thing is and then setting him up to do it anyway it becomes a very clear [[Moral Event Horizon]]. {{spoiler|"Welcome to the deep end of the alignment pool."}}
** Whilst all the characters are [[Genre Savvy]] to some extent, Elan is clearly more Savvy than the rest of them; unfortunately, his status as [[Cloudcuckoolander]] means that the others are only inclined to dismiss his concerns in their moments of [[Genre Blindness]], only to learn too late that they really should have paid attention. Eerily, he can come off as a [[Genius Ditz]] these days.
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* All of the main characters of ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' are highly Genre Savvy, though normally only after they fall into one of the traps of the genre at the time. Best shown in [http://www.sluggy.com/daily.php?date=990812 this strip].
** [http://www.sluggy.com/comics/archives/daily/971019 And this one].
** There was also a genre savvy ''bear''. She brought her cub along when robbing campsites to provoke in humans the reaction "If you do anything and the bear senses her cub is in danger, [[Mama Bear|she'll kill us to defend it]]! And it will be our fault!" And when she found herself faced with a small rabbit that was completely unimpressed by her ferocious roar, she gave the heck up immediately [[Killer Rabbit|rather than take a beating she should have been lucky to escape with her life]]. {{spoiler|It turns out she's a he, too, just taking advantage
* Gordito in the fourth episode of ''[[The Adventures of Dr. McNinja]]''.
{{quote|'''Ben Franklin:''' But the excitement does get to you! I suppose this lifestyle isn't so bad.
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