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* [[Expy]]: Many Expys from Vox News to the aforementioned [[Cosmic Horror|Dream Thing]]. Many of these expys are [[War On Straw|Strawmen]], especially under the authorship of Will Murray and Jim Mullaney.

* [[Fantastic Fighting Style]]: Sinanju, based in and named after the village of the same name.

* [[Highly-Visible Ninja]]: Largely averted. When Remo and Chiun stalk, they usually just wear dark loose-fitting clothing and apply blacking to their faces. When actual ninja show up in the books, they're usually in civilian garb, although once or twice, they're seen on night missions in "black linen".

* [[I Know Kung Faux]]: Sinanju

* [[Instant Seduction]]: One of the skills learned by Remo through Sinanju

* [[Jewish Mother]]: ''Chiun''.

** And, should CURE ever disband, Smith via suicide pill and Remo via Chiun. Presumably, death wouldn't improve Chiun's ability to keep a secret.

* [[Long Running Book Series]]: Hundreds of books...

* [[Morning Sickness]]: In 032 - Killer Chromosones, villain {{spoiler|Sheila Feinberg}} knows she's successfully been impregnated after she starts throwing up her food. Seven days after beginning attempts at conception. {{spoiler|She's later shown to be completely wrong with the nausea being the result of her body rejecting her modifications}}.

* [[Mr. Alt Disney]]: Briefly recurring villain Uncle Sam Beasley.

* [[The Obi-Wan]]: Chiun again.

* [[Old Master]]: Chiun.

* [[Our Werewolves Are Different]]: Book #131.

* [[Parody Names]]: Series does this often. Also frequently [[No Celebrities Were Harmed]].

* [[Please Shoot the Messenger]]: If CURE disbands, Remo will be the one delivering his own kill-order to Chiun.

* [[Professional Killer]]: Remo and Chiun. The House of Sinanju is a line of assassins dating back to ancient times. There are a number of other "houses" of assassins that Remo and Chiun encounter, generally influenced in the distance past by training by a master of Sinanju. Said houses are almost always destroyed by the end of the book.

** Somewhat subverted, in that while it's great for his partner, Remo's sex life has become mechanical and boring.

*** Especially since Remo has yet to find a woman frigid enough to not become a sex-crazed monster at step twenty. Out of thirty-seven. One should probably presume that executing all thirty-seven steps in sequence will resuscitate a coma victim.

* [[The Spymaster]]: Dr. Smith, and later Mark Howard.

* [[Strawman Political]]: in ''every'' flavor. No one is safe!