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** Played painfully straight by various bad-guy headquarters, most especially the complexes under the Spencer mansion and the Umbrella building during the ''Resident Evil'' segment. [[Lampshaded]] and mocked by both O'Neill ''and'' Alex.
** Played painfully straight by various bad-guy headquarters, most especially the complexes under the Spencer mansion and the Umbrella building during the ''Resident Evil'' segment. [[Lampshaded]] and mocked by both O'Neill ''and'' Alex.
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: The Collective's attitude to "homo inferior" -- basically anyone not a super of some variety, no matter how minor.
* [[Fantastic Racism]]: The Collective's attitude to "homo inferior" -- basically anyone not a super of some variety, no matter how minor.
** Flung right back by those who want to tar all {{spoiler|Orphans}} as automatically evil.
* [[Foreshadowing]]: {{spoiler|[[The Iron Giant|"You stay. I go. No following."]]}}
* [[Foreshadowing]]: {{spoiler|[[The Iron Giant|"You stay. I go. No following."]]}}
* [[Free-Range Children]]: Eliza Thornberry; upon hearing about her, Willow Rosenberg muses that the Thornberrys make her usually-absent parents look like micromanagers.
* [[Free-Range Children]]: Eliza Thornberry; upon hearing about her, Willow Rosenberg muses that the elder Thornberrys make her usually-absent parents look like micromanagers.
* [[Funny Background Event]]: Also Funny Off-Screen Events -- almost all are [[Chekhov's Gun]]s waiting to be fired.
* [[Funny Background Event]]: Also Funny Off-Screen Events -- almost all are [[Chekhov's Gun]]s waiting to be fired.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Jack O'Neill, often hilariously so. Alex, too, to a lesser degree at first, but she rapidly catches up with him.
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Jack O'Neill, often hilariously so. Alex, too, to a lesser degree at first, but she rapidly catches up with him.
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** Hearing about this, Alex wonders how other superstrong people, specifically Azure Crush, manage to have sex with their partners without hurting them.
** Hearing about this, Alex wonders how other superstrong people, specifically Azure Crush, manage to have sex with their partners without hurting them.
* [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]]
* [[Massive Multiplayer Crossover]]
* [[May-December Romance]]: Jack O'Neill and Willow Rosenberg.
* [[Meta Origin]]: Hypothesized at one point by Alex's father, who suspects the existence of a master "powers on/off" gene that not everyone possesses, along with other genes that influence the powers a person might gain; if they have the master gene, and are exposed to the right kind of biochemical or other agent, they gain powers.
* [[Meta Origin]]: Hypothesized at one point by Alex's father, who suspects the existence of a master "powers on/off" gene that not everyone possesses, along with other genes that influence the powers a person might gain; if they have the master gene, and are exposed to the right kind of biochemical or other agent, they gain powers.
** On a different level, a large number of superhumans and monsters directly owe their existence to [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Dr. Margaret Walsh]] and/or her research.
** On a different level, a large number of superhumans and monsters directly owe their existence to [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer|Dr. Margaret Walsh]] and/or her research.
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* [[The Mole]]: Both subverted and played straight.
* [[The Mole]]: Both subverted and played straight.
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: The aftermath of the Carrie White incident is the first instance of this we see in the story, but is nothing compared to what happens after {{spoiler|Shar makes a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] to stop a [[Grey Goo]] disaster.}}
* [[Mood Whiplash]]: The aftermath of the Carrie White incident is the first instance of this we see in the story, but is nothing compared to what happens after {{spoiler|Shar makes a [[Heroic Sacrifice]] to stop a [[Grey Goo]] disaster.}}
* [[Mundane Utility]]: Alex figures out how to charge rechargeable batteries with her lightning, and uses this to keep her cameras, cell phones and other gadgets going at all times. She also uses her TK to clean, and pick locks.
* [[Mundane Utility]]: Alex figures out how to charge rechargeable batteries with her lightning, and uses this to keep her cameras, cell phones and other gadgets going at all times. She also uses her TK to clean the house, do dishes, and to pick locks.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: Yuki gives Gojira its name because, she says, "It swims like a whale and it walks like an ape." "Gojira" (which was Americanized into "Godzilla") is a portmanteau of the Japanese words for "gorilla" and "whale", and was originally the derisive nickname of a worker at the studio where the Godzilla films were made.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: Yuki gives Gojira its name because, she says, "It swims like a whale and it walks like an ape." "Gojira" (which was Americanized into "Godzilla") is a portmanteau of the Japanese words for "gorilla" and "whale", and was originally the derisive nickname of a worker at the studio where the Godzilla films were made.
* [[Noodle Incident]]: We get a lot of these in regards to Jack and Willow's relationship. For example:
* [[Noodle Incident]]: We get a lot of these in regards to Jack and Willow's relationship. For example:
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