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* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: The modern-day guards that accidentally free Dream are paid grunts. One even theorizes that he is a Dracula, a vampire. When he is free, he simply knocks them out before going to avenge himself on Alex.
* [[Race Lift]]: Death usually takes the form of a Caucasian woman in the comics; here she appears as African-American. Also true for many minor characters, including Rosemary (Caucasian to African-American, episode 4), Grace and Kelly (both Caucasian to African-American, episode 5) and "Dog Soup" (Asian to African-American, episode 9).
* [[Rebellious Prisoner]]:
** Dream himself refuses to cave into Roderick Burgess's demands to give him his son back, or Alex's later pleas to not hurt him or his lover if they free him. He remains silent, determined to wait them out until an opportunity to escape appears.
** Unlike in the source material, where Calliope was a [[Broken Bird]] after decades in captivity, this Calliope remains willful despite {{spoiler|Erasmus Fry and later Richard Madoc raping her for ideas to finish their books}}. She tells Richard outright that muses reward worshippers, and don't respond to bribes of flowers or perfume when he attempts that. When the Fates tell her that only Dream can free her, and Dream is in captivity she figures out Plan B: play [[The Long Game]] by waiting until Dream gets free a few years later and sending a [[Distress Call]] to him. Richard sees her writing Morpheus on a piece of paper and says the name aloud before burning it, not knowing that saying Morpheus summons him, and so does the smoke from his chimney. When Dream comes to help Calliope, he says he will if she lets him, and not because they used to be married but because Richard hurt her. Calliope specifies she doesn't want Richard hurt, just persuaded to free her because technically he broke no pre-established law and he has to free her of his volition. {{spoiler|Dream curses Richard with an abundance of ideas, when Richard refuses to release Calliope, saying he needs her inspiration, until he agrees to release the muse}}. When Richard feels the onset of the curse and confronts Calliope, asking what that strange man in a nightmare did to him, she gives a defiant smile before revealing he met ''The King of Dreams'' and the father of her son Orpheus. She said she didn't want Richard hurt, and technically Dream does not hurt him. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN4phCOfm88 View the scene in its gloriousness].
* [[Refuge in Audacity]]: What is one way to get the Corinthian's attention? Copycat his kills. Corinthian tracks down the copycats and asks why he shouldn't murder them in turn. They [[Squee]] and reveal they are big fans of him, explaining they run a "collectors" convention. Would he like to be the guest of honor? Corinthian accepts, amused by their audacity.
* [[Replacement Goldfish]]: Subverted. Because Jessamy died trying to save him, Dream is not into taking a new raven with him on Earth. Matthew acknowledges that he's not Jessamy, whoever she was, but he knows humans better than Dream does. Dream eventually concedes when Matthew refuses to leave his side.
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