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** [[Nero Wolfe]]
** [[Miss Marple]]
** [[
** [[Kid Detective|Kid Detectives]] in general
* [[Call a Rabbit
* [[The Con]]
** One of which involves impersonating a [[Ninja]], and requires, as part of the con, the summoning of [[Mons]].
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* [[Creepy Child]]: The Virtuous Child, Child Prodigies.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: "You know what?" I say. "Fuck you."
* [[Exactly What It Says
* [[Flanderization]]: [[The Several States|Our 51 United States]].
** [[The Big Easy]]
** [[Down
** [[Everything Is Big in Texas]]
** [[Hollywood New England]]
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* [[Planet of Steves]]: The ringtail cats, who, by a curious coincidence, are all named John McCain.
* [[The Roaring Twenties]]
* [[Running Gag]]: [[Our Werewolves Are Different|The different varieties of werewolf]], [[A Date
* [[Shout-Out]]: "The Amazing Duo of [[They Might Be Giants|Flansburgh]] and Goldwasser", Bruce Campbell, "[[Elf Quest|Skywise the Sexual Elf"]].
* [[Shown Their Work]]: Ironically enough.
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| [[Older and Wiser|Cop]] v. Rookie || [[Turned Against Their Masters|Zoo animals attack zookeepers]] || A town springs up magically around a stranger || [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?|Success thwarted by phobia]] || [[Robot War|Threat of present-day cyborgs]]
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| [[Umineko no Naku Koro
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| [[Save Our Students|Teacher v. Unruly class; both learn lessons]] || [[Do Not Touch the Funnel Cloud|Hunted by tornadoes]] || Self-satisfied loner flouts irrational laws, reveals [[Strawman Political|absurdity of society]], congratulates self || [[Amnesiac Dissonance|Past life reasserts itself]] || [[Enemy Within|Cyborg fights the man within]]
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| Evil cousins thwart romance || [[Big Friendly Dog|Saint Bernards]] come first as rescuers, [[The Mole|then reveal themselves as enemies]] || [[Star-Crossed Lovers|Shark loves Jet]] (also can be [[Interspecies Romance|Man v. Nature]] or [[Crack Pairing|Nature v. Technology]]) || [[Helping Hands|Body part is severed, gains mind of its own: Watch out]] || [[Turned Against Their Masters|Cyborg servants turn on master]]
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| Professional debunker v. Popular spoon-bending psychic || [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent|Snakes lie in wait]] || Child [[Raised
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[[Category:The Great Depression]]
[[Category:The Areas of My Expertise]]
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