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* [[Creator Cameo]]: Straub was in attendance at SDCC when the Fuseli accidentally timewarped to 2007, seen [http://starslip.com/2007/08/02/starslip-number-577/ here].
* [[Creator Cameo]]: Straub was in attendance at SDCC when the Fuseli accidentally timewarped to 2007, seen [http://starslip.com/2007/08/02/starslip-number-577/ here].
* [[Death Is Cheap]]: For Quine, the cost of death is just the raw materials used by his cloning vat. And clothes. And pain.
* [[Death Is Cheap]]: For Quine, the cost of death is just the raw materials used by his cloning vat. And clothes. And pain.
* [[Drinking On Duty]]: Cutter, in [http://starslip.com/2005/09/06/starslip-number-78/ this strip], among others. In fact, there is nary a moment when Cutter isn't drinking on duty.
* [[Drinking on Duty]]: Cutter, in [http://starslip.com/2005/09/06/starslip-number-78/ this strip], among others. In fact, there is nary a moment when Cutter isn't drinking on duty.
** Sure there is. Even Cutter has to sleep sometimes.
** Sure there is. Even Cutter has to sleep sometimes.
* [[Eldritch Location]]: The Fuseli, if you can believe it. During one arc exhibits start going missing, then turning up in other places badly mangled. It eventually turns out that, due to some bizarre and arcane technical specifications and factory defaults, the bulkheads of rooms connected to the outer hull actually ''move'' slowly, and the missing exhibits are simply being scraped off the walls as they pass.
* [[Eldritch Location]]: The Fuseli, if you can believe it. During one arc exhibits start going missing, then turning up in other places badly mangled. It eventually turns out that, due to some bizarre and arcane technical specifications and factory defaults, the bulkheads of rooms connected to the outer hull actually ''move'' slowly, and the missing exhibits are simply being scraped off the walls as they pass.
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* [[Mad Artist]]: Xxxyyy (more below).
* [[Mad Artist]]: Xxxyyy (more below).
* [[Meaningful Name]]: A ''quine,'' in programming terms, is a program that can reproduce itself.
* [[Meaningful Name]]: A ''quine,'' in programming terms, is a program that can reproduce itself.
** Memnon may also be an example, named after a great king and warrior in ''[[The Iliad (Literature)|The Iliad]].'' Whether this is an ironic [[Non-Indicative Name]] or [[Foreshadowing]] is still up in the air.
** Memnon may also be an example, named after a great king and warrior in ''[[The Iliad]].'' Whether this is an ironic [[Non-Indicative Name]] or [[Foreshadowing]] is still up in the air.
** And Cutter Edgewise is a pretty deft hand with a [[Laser Blade|laser cutlass.]]
** And Cutter Edgewise is a pretty deft hand with a [[Laser Blade|laser cutlass.]]
* [[Metamorphosis Monster]]: The Jinxlets are adorable little bug creatures that gain nourishment from cuddling. When fed Royal Jelly, however, they turn into terrifying berserker engines of destruction.
* [[Metamorphosis Monster]]: The Jinxlets are adorable little bug creatures that gain nourishment from cuddling. When fed Royal Jelly, however, they turn into terrifying berserker engines of destruction.
* [[Myth Arc]]: Memnon's secret quest to find a way back to Jovia drives a lot of key plot and character development, and gives us many of the strip's more dramatic moments, but can sometimes be easy to lose sight of amongst all the shorter, more contained story arcs and gags.
* [[Myth Arc]]: Memnon's secret quest to find a way back to Jovia drives a lot of key plot and character development, and gives us many of the strip's more dramatic moments, but can sometimes be easy to lose sight of amongst all the shorter, more contained story arcs and gags.
* [[Naked On Revival]]: Quine, over and over again.
* [[Naked on Revival]]: Quine, over and over again.
* [[Noodle Implements]]:
* [[Noodle Implements]]:
{{quote| '''[http://starslip.com/2006/11/22/starslip-number-394/ Aldus Vanderbeam]''': I also learned I wasn't good at talking to nude models, art professors, the dean of the art department, and campus police. You will never hear that story.<br />
{{quote| '''[http://starslip.com/2006/11/22/starslip-number-394/ Aldus Vanderbeam]''': I also learned I wasn't good at talking to nude models, art professors, the dean of the art department, and campus police. You will never hear that story.<br />
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