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Jim, who isn't fond of the alternative (and who doesn't like a good lobotomy?), decides to accept the offer, and thus becomes one of the operatives, given various assignments to track down and neutralize dangerous criminals at various locations across the galaxy. His first assignment is to neutralize a [[Femme Fatale]] serial killer who {{spoiler|later becomes his wife and gives him twin baby boys}}. Oh, and also, he's about as infuriating to his boss as, well, any rather unconventional main character has ever been to [[Da Chief]].
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* [[Absent Aliens]]: Right up until one book introduces them by force. Most of them are slimy [[Starfish Aliens]].
* [[Anti
* [[Anvil On Head]]: The opening of ''The Stainless Steel Rat'' features diGriz dropping a safe on a policeman who's come to arrest him. (It's not until he's sure he has your attention that he bothers to mention that it's a ''robot'' policeman, and so well-armoured that the safe is not going to do it any serious harm.)
* [[Back Alley Doctor]]. Jim goes to a Back Alley Doctor to have whole body alteration surgery in ''The Stainless Steel Rat''. Now that's dedication to the art of disguise!
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* [[Corrupt Church]]: ''The Stainless Steel Rat Goes to Hell''
* [[Days of Future Past]]
* [[Esperanto, the Universal Language|Esperanto]] is the [[Common Tongue|official trade language]], and actually used properly here and there in the books. A [[Author Appeal|favorite subject]] of [[Harry Harrison]], along with ethical atheism.
* [[Faking the Dead]]
* [[Femme Fatale]]: Angelina in the first novel; in later ones (after her [[Heel Face Turn]]), more of a [[Dark Action Girl]].
* [[
* [[Future Imperfect]]
* [[Get Into Jail Free]]: At both ends of his career.
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* [[We Will Use Manual Labor in The Future]]. Particularly odd are the scenes of manual labour performed by advanced humanoid robots.
* [[Zeerust]]: The first novel was written in 1961.
* [[Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?]]: Averted in the first book when Jim tracks down Angelina only to find she's been [[The Hunter Becomes the Hunted|lying in wait for him all along]]. Angelina just gives an [[Evil Laugh]] and shoots Jim four times in the chest and once in the head without even trying to find out who he is. He survives and tracks her down a second time. Angelina again sees through his disguise, but doesn't kill him because she's hoping he'll realise they're [[Not So Different]].
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