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The first in the ''[[Complete World Knowledge]]'' trilogy, followed by ''[[More Information Than You Require]]'' and ''[[That Is All]]''.
{{tropelist|''The Areas of My Expertise'' provides examples of, and parodies, the following tropes:}}
* [[Alien Geometries]]: One house with a 666 phone number is described as having no right angles.
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* [[Attack of the Killer Whatever]]: [[Discussed Trope|Discussed]].
* [[Beware of Hitch-Hiking Ghosts]]
* [[Brian Blessed]]:{{context|reason=Is this a trope?}} In the BBC adaptation, in the role of "Old John Hodgman, After He Accidentally Becomes British".
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: "Idiosyncrasies of the Great Detectives", parodying:
** [[Lord Peter Wimsey]]
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* [[Pirate]]: Blackbeard pops up, briefly. There is also said to be [http://www.venganza.org/ a Utopian community that hopes to improve humanity through acting like stereotypical pirates].
* [[Planet of Steves]]: The ringtail cats, who, by a curious coincidence, are all named John McCain.
* [[The Roaring Twenties]]{{context}}
* [[Running Gag]]: [[Our Werewolves Are Different|The different varieties of werewolf]], [[A Date with Rosie Palms|masturbation]], eels, zeppelins, cheese, [[Hair Tropes|haircuts/facial hair]], distrust for people who use pseudonyms, Henry David Thoreau, giant Brazilian monkeys, Alexander Graham Bell, Yale University, crabs and lobsters (although the term "lobster" originally referred to a type of sea otter), the non-existence of Chicago, getting either [[Intoxication Ensues|"very high or very autistic"]], common flammable gels, Percoset, and, of course, the hoboes.
* [[Shout-Out]]: "The Amazing Duo of [[They Might Be Giants|Flansburgh]] and Goldwasser", Bruce Campbell, "[[Elf Quest|Skywise the Sexual Elf"]].
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* [[Word Salad Title]]: The whole title.
* [[You Can Panic Now]]: One minor character is afraid that terrorists will attack the Mall of America.
{{examples|Hodgman also gives us The Fifty-Five Dramatic Situations:}}
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