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* [[Don't Make Me Take My Belt Off]]: Played with when Roger Stone talks the twins after Hazel and Buster are rescued. He seems to be threatening them with it for their screwup, but then notes that they're too old for it to do any good, and they're going to have to live with the consequences of their actions like adults, instead of just being punished and getting over it.
* [[Expospeak Gag]]: Hazel tries to pull this along with a big helping of [[Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness]] to explain to Captain Vandenberg why they got a flat cat for Buster, trying to satisfy his need to see the intelligent Martian natives. The boy sees right through it.
{{quote|'''Hazel''': The situation has multifarious ramifications not immediately apparent to the unassisted optic. This immature zygote holds it as the ultimate desideratum to consort with the dominate aborigine of the trifurcate variety. Through a judicious use of benign mendacity, [the flat cat] performs as a surrogate in spirit if not in letter.<ref>"It's a trick. The kid wanted to see a native Martian, we got him a Martian pet and hopefully it will distract him."</ref> Do you dig me, boy?
'''Captain Vandenbergh''': I think so. Perhaps it's just as well. They are certainly engaging little pets—though I wouldn't have one in any ship of mine. They—
'''Buster''': -she means that I want to see a Martian with legs. I still do. Do you know one?
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