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* [[Crosses the Line Twice]] - And then hops back and forth over the line some more just for the hell of it before firing a bowel disruptor into the air indiscriminately.
* [[Ensemble Darkhorse]] - The Chair Leg of Truth.
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* [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop]] - Like so many things in the series it [[Crosses the Line Twice]]:
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'''[[Public Service Announcement|The City Careers Service.]]''' [[Public Service Announcement|Call us now. No matter how much of a fuck you are.]] }}
* [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]] - Near the beginning, Spider gets a faceful of Information Pollen in a futurist "reservation". He complains that it causes an Alzheimer's-like effect and asks, "Did you just ruin my brain, you weird-looking fucker?" Near the end, {{spoiler|the I-pollen really ''does''.}}
** "Every law that curbs my basic human freedom; every lie about the things I care for; every crime committed against me by their politics; that's what's makes me get up and hound these fuckers, and I'll do that until the day I die... {{spoiler|or until my brain dries up or something}}."
* [[Harsher in Hindsight]]: On the penultimate pages of the series, Spider {{spoiler|puts a cigarette in his mouth for [[One Last Smoke]], draws a handgun, puts it under his chin, and it turns out to be a lighter.}} Sad part? Three years later, Spider's inspiration, [[Hunter S. Thompson]], did the exact same thing... {{spoiler|[
* [[Hilarious in Hindsight]]: Remember Fred Christ? Wannabee alien-love-god and all around waste of space? Turns out he shares a name with [
* [[Jerkass Woobie]]: Spider. His reaction to {{spoiler|Vita Severn's murder}} is heartbreaking, and whenever he's not being completely insane, you can't help but feel bad for him.
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* [[Misaimed Fandom]] - Ellis has repeatedly said that Spider is not a role model to be emulated. And yet...
* [[Moral Event Horizon]]: {{spoiler|Vita Severn's murder.}}
** {{spoiler|It's eventually stated that Vita's death wasn't it after all, happening years previously with the family kitten literally thrown under a bus. It's revealed to be the Smiler's favorite political trick.}}
* [[Protection From Editors]] - Used as a plot point. Royce, the editor at the newspaper Spider writes for, doesn't actually edit Spider's writing, nor does anyone want him to. He does occasionally suggest topics, but mostly he runs interference and protects Spider, finally getting a [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] for it in the runup to the finale.
* [[Some Anvils Need to Be Dropped]] - You can't do a tribute to [[Hunter S. Thompson]] and not be anvilicious.
* [[Squick]] - Yelena drinking the bottle of tequila on election night. Rather than a worm it has a ''cockroach'' in it and we're treated to an extreme close-up of her slowly ''[[Nausea Fuel|biting it in half!]]''
* [[Tear Jerker]] - A story Spider tells in an interview about a young woman and her brother. It's agonizing.
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*** {{spoiler|The picture for the above shot? A close-up of the girl's slashed wrists.}}
** {{spoiler|Vita's death.}} Spider's reaction shot is ''crushing''. We've seen him angry, excited, confused... it's the first time we've seen him ''horrified''.
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