The Laundry Series: Difference between revisions

** As noted in ''Jennifer Morgue'', he did not believe in God, but he ''did'' believe in Hell.

* [[Narrative Profanity Filter]]: gleefully subverted on one occasion.

* [[No Such Thing as HR]]: Averted. [[Pointy-Haired Boss|They're not]] [[Obstructive Bureaucrat|particularly helpful]], though.

** This trope is [[Playing with a Trope|played with]]. HR is often the ''cause'' of the problems that in [[Real Life]] they'd be expected to solve. This is partly just because of [[Rule of Funny]], partly because of the spy setting, partly because no one chose to be there and so they may take it out on each other, also partly because of the [[Ultimate Job Security]] - they can't lose their job until they screw up big enough to get killed.

* [[Revealing Coverup]]: Averted. The Laundry only uses assassination as an absolute last resort for this very reason. They find it much more useful to recruit people who find out instead. This also doubles as punishment, since the job tends to force people to retire early.

* [[Role Playing Game Terms]]: in ''The Fuller Memorandum'', Bob has just gotten his PDA fried and needs to pick up a new one. He just happens to stumble upon the <s>Jesusphone</s> iPhone sitting pretty in a display case. [[Crowning Moment of Funny|In Mo's words:]]

* [[Running Gag]]: Whenever Bob gets annoyed at the Laundry's bureaucratic excesses, he brings up the regular ''paperclip audits''. {{spoiler|Then they crop up again in the middle of ''The Fuller Memorandum'' and it turns out there's a very good reason for them: a [[Chekhov's Gun]] set up 5 stories ago. Whew.}}

* [[Sarcastic Confession]]: the Blofeldian supervillain of ''The Jennifer Morgue'' jokingly claims that his plans for world domination are all for [[Right-Hand-Cat|Fluffy]]'s sake. {{spoiler|"Fluffy" is the vessel for the mind of the ancient [[Eldritch Abomination]] that he plans on resurrecting.}}