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A fourth entry, ''The Graduation Ball'', was [[What Could Have Been|planned but never published]].
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* [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]]: Sorcerer University has a large and complex sewer system beneath it in ''201'', which Ernie must use for rapid and/or secretive transit. The tunnels are large enough for an elevephant to walk through without issue. Unlike a lot of video game examples of this trope, though, [[Squick|Ernie doesn't get the luxury of walking on nice clean ledges and pipes]]. The smell in some areas is said to be more than Ernie can bear, and occasionally, [[Up to Eleven|even more than a bear could bear]].
* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]: Ernie continues to be stuck on Lola throughout the series, despite her [[Jerkass|insufferable personality]] and [[Gold Digger|greedy disposition]]. It gets harder to swallow after Ernie meets plenty of other women who aren't nearly as self-centered, but that's love for you. Whether this would've been resolved in ''401''--with either Ernie becoming wealthy or Lola [[Character Development|dropping]] her [[Gold Digger]] tendencies--is unknown.
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* [[Cool Board]]: The magical surfboard in ''101'' which Ernie uses to travel between islands.
* [[Copy Protection]]: Various kinds were used throughout the series, including inputting information from included registration forms, and maps that were required for navigation in certain areas. The most inspired method was in ''201'', which included a set of sheet music you needed to [[Magic Music|play the moodhorn]] properly.
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* [[Double Standard Rape (Female on Male)]]: The women at the Island of the Amazons will assault Ernie whenever they get their hands on him, to the point where they draw swords if he refuses due to increasing exhaustion. This will end up [[Out with a Bang|killing Ernie]] if he can't escape the island in time. This, of course, is played for laughs. Considering the irreverent tone of the game, though, the trope isn't particularly offensive in this instance.
* [[Dude, Where's My Respect?]]: Ernie's reward each time he saves the University (or perhaps even the world) from certain doom? A trophy with his name misspelled on it.
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