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* [[A Boy and His X]]: Pretty much the driving force behind the plot.
* [[Blackmail Is Such an Ugly Word]]: [[Discussed Trope|Discussed]] near the end of the story:
{{quote|"In other words, boss," Greenberg said softly, "you are insisting on hostages."
"'Hostage,'" Mr. Kiku said primly, "is a word that no diplomat should ever use."}}
* [[Break Out the Museum Piece]]: When one of John Thomas' neighbors finds Lummox eating his cabbages, he grabs a relic of the Fourth World War known as a "tank-killer" that was handed down to him by his grandfather. He fires it it at Lummox, which doesn't harm him but does drive him away.
* [[Cool Pet]]: Lummox. {{spoiler|Or, from Lummox's perspective, John Thomas.}}
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