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** [[The Windy City]]: Hodgman claims Chicago is only a myth.

* [[The Great Depression]]: What You Did Not Know About Hoboes.

* [[Homage]]:

** The mountains of Colorado (state nickname: [[The Lord of the Rings|The Dwarrowdelf]]) are described as "large and fairly [[The Lord of the Rings|Balrog]]-free".

|| '''Man/Woman v. Man/Woman''' || '''Man/Woman v. Nature''' || '''Man/Woman v. Society''' || '''Man/Woman v. Him-/Herself''' || '''Man/Woman v. Cyborgs''' ||

|| Boy vs. Girl || Mountains thwart progress || [[The Drifter|A stranger]] comes to town || Triumph over ennui || [[Terminator|Threat of cyborgs from the future]] ||

|| [[Umineko no Naku Koro Ni|Magicians v. Detectives]] || [[Attack of the Killer Whatever|All animals attack all humans]] || [[The New Rock and Roll|Society persecutes inventor of revolutionary fabric or vehicle]] || [[Betty and Veronica|Hero must choose between excellent sexual partner and stable companion]] || [[Steampunk|Return of Civil War-era cyborgs that are powered by steam]] ||

|| [[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]] ||

|| [[Les Misérables|Pursuit throughout life]] by [[Inspector Javert|a French constable whose determination exceeds his reason]] || [[Convection Schmonvection|Volcanoes come to town]] || [[Torches and Pitchforks|Hero is chased by townspeople bearing torches]] || [[Divide and Conquer|Hero wonders if closest friend is actually his archenemy, then lives in fear]] || [[I Know You Are in There Somewhere Fight|Man seeks control of his own cybernetic brain]] ||

|| [[Country Mouse]] v. [[City Mouse]] || One partially blinded by bear seeks [[Revenge]] || [[Stylistic Self Parody|Person living in two-dimensional world]] encourages [[Conspicuous CG|embrace of third dimension]] [[Flatland|and is shunned]] || [[The Grotesque|A horrible physical deformity is overcome]], only to be revealed that [[All Just a Dream|it is all in the protagonist's imagination]] || [[Only Sane Man|Only the hero can see the cyborgs]] who [[Conspiracy Kitchen Sink|secretly run our government and media]] ||

|| [[Foe Yay|Rivals in business become partners in bed]] || [[Failure Is the Only Option|The ocean arrives to put an end to well-laid plans]] || True talent [[Straw Critic|overlooked]] in favour of kiss-asses || [[Enemy Within|Struggle to overcome]] the effects of [[Brainwashed|brainwashing/hypnosis]] || Young, handsome [[Cybernetics Eat Your Soul|cyborg Army officer kills his own family]], [[You Can Panic Now|blames hippies]] ||

|| Former lovers who are [[Adventurer Archaeologist|archeologists]] seek same [[Public Domain Artifact|ancient curio]] || [[The Determinator|Petty jealousy inspires tireless pursuit]] of [[Moby Dick|whale]] || [[Cloning Blues|New numbering system for clones proves problematic for non-clones]] || [[All Just a Dream|Everything turns out to be a dream]] || Man creates cyborg who wishes [[Become a Real Boy|to become a real boy]] ||

 

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