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{{quote|'''Pol:''' Pull me in, you red-headed moron!
{{quote|'''Pol:''' Pull me in, you red-headed moron!
'''Cas:''' Don't call me "red-headed!" }}
'''Cas:''' Don't call me "red-headed!" }}
* [[The Medic]]: Dr. Edith Stone, M.D. (Roger's wife), is a classic example of this. Easy-going on everything else, she is ''draconian'' on enforcing proper medical procedure and the Hippocratic Oath. At one point she politely but firmly ignores her husband's objections when she volunteers to transfer to a ship {{spoiler|that is suffering from a viral plague that has already killed their ship's surgeon.}}
* [[Most Writers Are Writers]]: As is a common theme in Heinlein's work, Hazel and Roger both have careers as fiction writers.
* [[Most Writers Are Writers]]: As is a common theme in Heinlein's work, Hazel and Roger both have careers as fiction writers.
* [[Noodle Incident]]: After Cas and Pol are arrested on Mars for tax evasion, their father notes that at least it wasn't for experimenting with atomics inside city limits.
* [[Noodle Incident]]: After Cas and Pol are arrested on Mars for tax evasion, their father notes that at least it wasn't for experimenting with atomics inside city limits.
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* [[Twin Banter]]: Cas and Pol are masters of this.
* [[Twin Banter]]: Cas and Pol are masters of this.
* [[Twin Switch]]: Pulled by the twins when Pollux attended the same math class in school twice. Castor paid the price later when he had to catch up on his studies.
* [[Twin Switch]]: Pulled by the twins when Pollux attended the same math class in school twice. Castor paid the price later when he had to catch up on his studies.
* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: Edith Stone skirts this. Outwardly she's the quiet, solid center of family with seemingly no strong opinions and who seems to have given up on her career as a doctor when she married. On the other hand Cas and Pol note that no family argument is decided until she weighs in, and she politely but firmly ignores her husband Roger's objections when she volunteers to transfer to a ship {{spoiler|that is suffering from a viral plague that has already killed their ship's surgeon.}}
* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: Edith Stone skirts this. Outwardly she's the quiet, solid center of family with seemingly no strong opinions and who seems to have given up on her career as a doctor when she married. On the other hand Cas and Pol note that no family argument is decided until she weighs in, and that she has ''never'' failed to get her own way in the end.
* [[You Are Grounded]]: Roger Stone confines Cas and Pol to quarters after {{spoiler|they almost kill Hazel and Buster by not logging a malfunction in the family rocket scooter.}} In typical fashion they break it to save the day.
* [[You Are Grounded]]: Roger Stone confines Cas and Pol to quarters after {{spoiler|they almost kill Hazel and Buster by not logging a malfunction in the family rocket scooter.}} In typical fashion they break it to save the day.


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