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{{quote|'''Spider:''' Filthy assistants! To me!}}

 

 

Well-known outlaw journalist [[Awesome McCoolname|Spider Jerusalem]] (basically, [[Hunter S. Thompson]] <small>[[In Space|IN THE FUTURE!]]</small>) begins the series "up a goddamn mountain", free from the constraints of dirty politics, toxic culture and his book deal. Until one day, his old publisher ("The Whorehopper") calls him up, reminding Spider that he still has two more books to turn out. Spider very reluctantly moves back to [[City of Adventure|The City]], a bastardized future version of New York City. He manages to get his old job back, and ends up picking up two "filthy assistants": first Channon Yarrow, his stripper-student-turned-nun-turned-bodyguard, and then Yelena Rossini, his editor's niece. For a while, he wreaks havoc upon The City with a keyboard and a [[Brown Note|bowel disruptor]].

 

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* [[A-Cup Angst]]: Yelena. She claims that for her to fill out the kinds of dresses that look good on Channon she'd "need to be shot in the back by two cruise missiles" first. Which, given [[Hot Amazon|Channon's]] rather more spectacular figure, doesn't necessarily mean much. Still, Yelena seems to have a preference for wearing clothes that understate her figure: seemingly so as not to call attention to it.

* [[Big Applesauce]]: The City is rather transparently a future NYC, although it is hinted to have grown to cover most of New York State.

* [[Big Bad]]: President Callahan.

* [[Bizarre Alien Biology]]: While the original aliens don't show up, people who have modified their DNA to resemble them do, and once the change is advanced enough, they lose the ability to digest human food.

* [[Bodyguard Crush]]: A couple of in-universe shows based very loosely on Spider's life (including a porno) mistakenly assumed that he and Channon were lovers.

{{quote|'''Spider''': You didn't have to do that gnashing chewing mime with those goddamn things''[...]''

'''Channon''': Thorry. }}

* [[Friend to All Children]]: See Pet the Dog, below

** Although Spider seems to see-saw on this a bit- he quite often expresses deepest loathing of children and delights in tormenting them.

{{quote|'''Spider:''' Now, we can sit like adults. Or you can gasp out what I need to know between apocalyptic episodes of diarrheal attack. Either way, I get what I want.

'''Spider:''' LISTEN TO THE CHAIR-LEG OF TRUTH! IT DOES NOT LIE! }}

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Spider ''can'' be surprisingly humane on a good day—problem is, he very seldom has one. He does have a soft spot for kids (despite protests to the contrary) and they normally bring out the best in him. At one point he sees a child who has just had her favorite toy pawned and immediately purchases it back for her. He talks about comforting victims of sexual abuse as well as saving children from pedophiles. We also know that he befriends at least one cryogenic Revival, and donates his fee for doing a [[Public Service Announcement]] to a Revival hospital.

* [[Jerkass]]: Fred Christ. Spider on a bad day.

* [[Luke, You Are My Father]]: subverted. A French revenge weapon with no head claims it's Spider's son.

{{quote|'''Royce:''' All right, let me say now that with your history of drug abuse, it ''was conceivable'' that you could produce a child with no head...}}

* [[Married to A God]]: Fred Christ's "Brides of Christ".

* [[Matter Replicator]]: The "Makers" installed in any decent kitchen can make nearly anything you like (they have lockouts on some things). Either they'll have a "base block" to draw matter from or you have to fill them with trash.

 

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