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** As well, in Catholic tradition, each Saint has a Feast Day and a list of attributes, and many are patrons of particular professions, places, or against particular dangers. For example, St. Jude, who helps impossible cases, St. Cecilia, who protects musicians, and they didn't draw the name [[wikipedia:Notre Dame de Paris|Notre Dame de Paris]] (St. Mary, our Lady of Paris) out of a hat.
** As well, in Catholic tradition, each Saint has a Feast Day and a list of attributes, and many are patrons of particular professions, places, or against particular dangers. For example, St. Jude, who helps impossible cases, St. Cecilia, who protects musicians, and they didn't draw the name [[wikipedia:Notre Dame de Paris|Notre Dame de Paris]] (St. Mary, our Lady of Paris) out of a hat.
* [[Classical Mythology]] gives each god a name, a few titles, a domain, a sacred tree, a sacred bird, and a few symbols associated with them.
* [[Classical Mythology]] gives each god a name, a few titles, a domain, a sacred tree, a sacred bird, and a few symbols associated with them.
* Ayurvedic medicine is ''made'' of this. Each personality type has specific traits, foods that are good/bad for that type, health signs, etc. Every chakra has specific color, location in the body, personality, planetary influence, and gemstones that are good for it. So important is the [[Theme Table]] that people in India don't get married until they've consulted an astrologer who chooses the appropriate mate (based on date of birth) and an auspicious day for the wedding.
* Ayurvedic medicine is ''made'' of this. Each personality type has specific traits, foods that are good/bad for that type, health signs, etc. Every chakra has specific color, location in the body, personality, planetary influence, and gemstones that are good for it. So important is the Theme Table that people in India don't get married until they've consulted an astrologer who chooses the appropriate mate (based on date of birth) and an auspicious day for the wedding.




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** A more thorough listing of the similarities can be found [http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Homestuck_Kids here] on the series's Wiki.
** A more thorough listing of the similarities can be found [http://mspaintadventures.wikia.com/wiki/Homestuck_Kids here] on the series's Wiki.
** And now there are 28 more of them.
** And now there are 28 more of them.
** [[Rule of Three|Not to mention]] the fact many of the [[NPC|NPCs]] are associated with specific games: the chess-themed Prospitian/Dersite fighters, the card-themed Midnight Crew and the billiards-themed Felt.
** [[Rule of Three|Not to mention]] the fact many of the [[NPC]]s are associated with specific games: the chess-themed Prospitian/Dersite fighters, the card-themed Midnight Crew and the billiards-themed Felt.
* ''Homestuck's'' predecessor, ''[[Problem Sleuth]],'' was no slouch either. *Takes deep breath* There are three detectives, each with a certain body type (which in turn are each associated with a type of food, a truck carrying that food, and a district of the city that is named after the makers of that food, a gentleman with some sort of optical accessory, and a room in the Sleazy Brothel in the sky), an office, something keeping them from escaping their office, a different kind of window/portal to the World of Imagination, a stat in which they excel, a standard weapon/key, a candy weapon, a type of candy armor, a [[Super Mode]] based on both a classic movie monster and type of candy, a [[Distaff Counterpart]] (each of which have their own weapon/other object, two of which get a weapon/object used in painting and a undergarment that warps their physical properties, and one of which is just a clone of one of the detectives wearing a wig), an ultimate move, and a non-human race they go on a quest for (each of which terrorizes another of the races somehow, and each of which has some kind of emissary and a champion that represents a [[Fantasy Character Classes|Fantasy Character Class]]). The [[Big Bad]] gets in on most of this as well.
* ''Homestuck's'' predecessor, ''[[Problem Sleuth]],'' was no slouch either. *Takes deep breath* There are three detectives, each with a certain body type (which in turn are each associated with a type of food, a truck carrying that food, and a district of the city that is named after the makers of that food, a gentleman with some sort of optical accessory, and a room in the Sleazy Brothel in the sky), an office, something keeping them from escaping their office, a different kind of window/portal to the World of Imagination, a stat in which they excel, a standard weapon/key, a candy weapon, a type of candy armor, a [[Super Mode]] based on both a classic movie monster and type of candy, a [[Distaff Counterpart]] (each of which have their own weapon/other object, two of which get a weapon/object used in painting and a undergarment that warps their physical properties, and one of which is just a clone of one of the detectives wearing a wig), an ultimate move, and a non-human race they go on a quest for (each of which terrorizes another of the races somehow, and each of which has some kind of emissary and a champion that represents a [[Fantasy Character Classes|Fantasy Character Class]]). The [[Big Bad]] gets in on most of this as well.