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* [[Adaptational Villainy]]: In addition to the celebrities who are secretly Reptoids who plan to conquer the world and (might) prey on humans, there is Buzz Aldrin (who murdered Neil Armstrong and became a cult leader) and the Flat Earth Society (who are an actual terrorist group).
* [[Aesop Amnesia]]: Parodied in the Season 2 election episode; Brett has a panic attack when all his efforts to {{spoiler|sabotage his own political campaign have backfired}} and either his family will disown him or Rand will be mad at him. Reagan suggests they do Ghost Protocol with Brett, that his fake his death to make everyone happy and reveal the ruse after his brother is elected Senator. ROBOTUS rolls his eyes and reminds Reagan that she did Ghost Protocol before, and it went horribly. Plus, isn't it recycling a scheme? Reagan retorts no time to ponder the recycling because they're out of ideas on how to save Brett from lifetime anxiety and further familial trauma. {{spoiler|Sure enough, the ruse doesn't go well with Brett's fanbase of conspiracy theorists.}} ▼
* [[An Aesop]]: Reagan's arc with Ron has this in season one, part two: sometimes no matter what you do, your relationship is going to spiral out of control and it's not completely your fault. {{spoiler|She puts in 110 percent effort to make him feel welcome at Cognito Inc. via a Halloween party, and convince him that he won't have to wipe memories ever again. It's partly because of that effort that the party backfires. Reagan's attempts to help Brett get along with Ron causes all the guests to become infected with a friendship virus [[Love Potion]]; the only way to stop it is for Ron to wipe his potential coworkers' memories. Tamiko then hits the nail in the coffin when, while walking away from Rand, she tells Ron that everyone who works at Cognito, Inc. goes insane and he shouldn't work here. While Ron knows that it was never Reagan's intention to traumatize him, he says he needs some time to think about their jobs and their future.}}
▲* [[Aesop Amnesia]]: Parodied in the Season 2 election episode; Brett has a panic attack when all his efforts to {{spoiler|sabotage his own political campaign have backfired}} and either his family will disown him or Rand will be mad at him. Reagan suggests they do Ghost Protocol with Brett, that his fake his death to make everyone happy and reveal the ruse after his brother is elected Senator. ROBOTUS rolls his eyes and reminds Reagan that she did Ghost Protocol before, and it went horribly. Plus, isn't it recycling a scheme? Reagan retorts no time to ponder the recycling because they're out of ideas on how to save Brett from lifetime anxiety and further familial trauma. {{spoiler|Sure enough, the ruse doesn't go well with Brett's fanbase of conspiracy theorists.}}
* [[The Alcoholic]]:
** Rand has been drinking so much that he regularly gets organs from the cloning department at Cognito, Inc. Episode 2 features him blackmailing J.R. to get more livers. Reagan does ask [[Stating the Simple Solution| why not cut back on drinking]].
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* [[Ancient Conspiracy]]: Cognito works for a cabal of secretive folks who claim to have ruled the world from the shadows since, as they put it "the dawn of time". This isn't as easy as it used to be, so they founded Cognito to act as intermediaries.
** And the season 2 premiere shows Cognito is one of six such cabals, the others being the Reptoids, the Atlanteans, the Catholic Church, the Juggalos ("for some reason") and Cognito's rivals, [[The Illuminati]]. ''All'' of them are just as stupid as the governments everyone knows about.
* [[Averse Adept]]: The episode where Rand makes Brett run for senator against his brother shows that Brett is a great politician. The only problem? Brett's parents ordered him to drop out of the race or they'd disown him. So Brett tries to sabotage himself with the classic political scandals, only for dumb luck and his naturally nice personality to elevate his accomplishments. {{spoiler|He talks with a hooker about how dangerous sex work is when planning to get caught in bed with her, and accidentally legalizes unionization efforts for sex work. An attempt to get photographed snorting cocaine with a Canadian drug lord causes him to kill the drug lord with a [[Sneeze of Doom]], leading to Mounties congratulating him for a sting operation and he negotiates a water deal while high off his ass.}} Reagan herself is astonished that Brett can't be damage his public image if he tried, until he reveals {{spoiler|a lifelong dream to become a puppeteer}}.
* [[Bad Boss]]:
** J.R. downplays this; he has never been known to murder his employees (at least not onscreen), but he does a lot of other things that make him detestable. For example, he gives Brett the job of making a ceremonial toast at a gala because he was the only one who did not physically or sexually assault anyone at the meeting where it is announced [[Fridge Horror| (JR was ''part'' of said meeting)]], pleads with the Reptoids not to cut their funding as he “has mistresses to feed”, tries to provoke a kraken into wrecking his yacht (while passengers are on it) so he can collect on insurance, and possibly worst of all, steals the entire employee pension fund, and then buys a [[Supervillain Lair]] to act as a tax haven. In an episode where Reagan is happy because of J.R. promotion (because that means he's leaving) and feels like celebrating, he offers to "erase" someone for "funsies" by sending him to the Shadow Prison. {{spoiler|For a while, he gets what’s coming to him in the season 1 finale [[Karma Houdini Warranty| where the "cloak guys" send ''him'' there]], although he somehow escapes later, turning into Rand's lickspittle.}}
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