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* [[Affectionate Parody]]: Every plot element from old-school, black and white, noir private eye films are lovingly re-created and mocked.
* [[After the End]]: World War III came and went, leaving behind radiation and a completely shot ozone layer. Due to the latter, governments have enacted a "time reversal": regular business hours are during the night while most people sleep during the day. It's much healthier that way.
* [[All There in the Manual]]: The first game, Mean Streets, is near-impossible without the leads first outlined in the manual.
* [[Ancient Conspiracy]]: The Brotherhood in ''Under A Killing Moon''.
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{{quote|'''Mac''': ''You seem to have a habit of forgetting that I'm a cop. And right now I'm a tired, pissed-off cop.''}}
* [[Duel to the Death]]: Tex vs. {{spoiler|NSA Agent Dag Horton posing as}} The Black Arrow Killer
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: As the series goes on, Tex becomes increasingly snarky, to the point that in ''Tesla Effect'', he has about twice as much snark as normal dialogue.
** Then again, Tex is far more stressed than usual in ''Tesla Effect'', having lost seven years of his memory and finding out he apparently became a total bastard in that time.
* [[Dialogue Tree]]: In Martian Memorandum, only [[Trial and Error Gameplay|one path]] in the whole tree is useful. Don't worry, you get [[Welcome to Corneria|multiple tries]].
* [[Dismantled MacGuffin]]: ''The Pandora Directive.''
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* [[Driven to Suicide]]: The fate of Carl Linsky, though as with most of Tex's cases, there's more to it than it seems.
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Allegedly there's no longer any discrimination against races. Genetic discrimination against mutants has taken its place, however, and is a recurring theme throughout the series.
* [[Film Noir]]: Increasingly parodied as the series goes on.
* [[Flying Car]]: All over the place. Tex has a really cool one.
* [[Fun with Acronyms]]: NSA now stands for National '''Surveillance''' Agency.
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