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Not to be confused with the [[White Noise (Literature)|postmodern novel]] by Don Delillo of the same name, nor the 2004 film starred by Michael Keaton.
Not to be confused with the [[White Noise (Literature)|postmodern novel]] by Don Delillo of the same name, nor the 2004 film starred by Michael Keaton.
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* [[After the End]]: Humanity was reduced to a few thousand, at most, survivors during the invasion. The Earth was reduced to a barren wasteland with roaming clouds of poisonous Murk on the surface.
* [[After the End]]: Humanity was reduced to a few thousand, at most, survivors during the invasion. The Earth was reduced to a barren wasteland with roaming clouds of poisonous Murk on the surface.
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* [[But Your Wings Are Beautiful]]: Wren has a long, fluffy, white tail, but in this society, anything that marks one as a mutant is a killing offense.
* [[But Your Wings Are Beautiful]]: Wren has a long, fluffy, white tail, but in this society, anything that marks one as a mutant is a killing offense.
* [[Berserk Button]] : Wren, when {{spoiler|he sees Lawler wearing a watch looted from the body of his dead friend.}}
* [[Berserk Button]] : Wren, when {{spoiler|he sees Lawler wearing a watch looted from the body of his dead friend.}}
** Also continues element of [[Super Powered Evil Side]] and [[Split Personality]]
** Also continues element of [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] and [[Split Personality]]
* [[Bishounen]]: Wren, oh so very much.
* [[Bishounen]]: Wren, oh so very much.
** Lampshaded at one point:
** Lampshaded at one point:
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* [[Humans Are Special]]: [[Subverted]]. The aliens came to Earth because there is something special about our DNA, and they apparently wanted to create god-like beings from it. Sadly, this specialness wasn't even close to enough to stand a chance against them when they resisted the invasion.
* [[Humans Are Special]]: [[Subverted]]. The aliens came to Earth because there is something special about our DNA, and they apparently wanted to create god-like beings from it. Sadly, this specialness wasn't even close to enough to stand a chance against them when they resisted the invasion.
* [[Infant Immortality]]: [[Averted]]. The flashback showing the destruction of Earth shows the death of a child of about 5 or 6.
* [[Infant Immortality]]: [[Averted]]. The flashback showing the destruction of Earth shows the death of a child of about 5 or 6.
* [[Laser Guided Amnesia]]: Wren is implied to have it.
* [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: Wren is implied to have it.
* [[Le Parkour]]: Wren is apparently a practitioner, at least of the Parkour Tic-Tac.
* [[Le Parkour]]: Wren is apparently a practitioner, at least of the Parkour Tic-Tac.
* [[Mentor Mascot]]: Winter, maybe. His cryptic comments are only sometimes helpful to date.
* [[Mentor Mascot]]: Winter, maybe. His cryptic comments are only sometimes helpful to date.
* [[Morally Ambiguous Doctorate]]: Lohaun isn't evil, per se, but she has no problem continuing the alien's genetic experiments to create human weapons to fight them.
* [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate]]: Lohaun isn't evil, per se, but she has no problem continuing the alien's genetic experiments to create human weapons to fight them.
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Anna's bellydancing scene.
* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Anna's bellydancing scene.
* [[Oh Crap]]: Lawler's face when {{spoiler|he accidently hits Wren's [[Berserk Button]]. An especially powerful moment considering it's [[Ax Crazy|Lawler]] that's being scared shitless.}}
* [[Oh Crap]]: Lawler's face when {{spoiler|he accidently hits Wren's [[Berserk Button]]. An especially powerful moment considering it's [[Ax Crazy|Lawler]] that's being scared shitless.}}
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* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: What seems to have happened to Wren in the [http://www.wncomic.com/archive_comments.php?strip_id=181&dsq=25344253#comment-25344253 most recent update].
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: What seems to have happened to Wren in the [http://www.wncomic.com/archive_comments.php?strip_id=181&dsq=25344253#comment-25344253 most recent update].
* [[Unsound Effect]]: What does a glare sound like? We don't know either.
* [[Unsound Effect]]: What does a glare sound like? We don't know either.
* [[We Come in Peace Shoot To Kill]]: The aliens who visited Earth a century ago wanted to do genetic experimentation on humans. When the humans resisted, they killed every last one on the surface. Oh, and everything else living on Earth, too.
* [[We Come in Peace, Shoot To Kill]]: The aliens who visited Earth a century ago wanted to do genetic experimentation on humans. When the humans resisted, they killed every last one on the surface. Oh, and everything else living on Earth, too.
* [[The Wall Around the World]]: The Wall around the States. The citizens within hate and fear those who live outside and only bounty hunters are allowed in or out.
* [[The Wall Around the World]]: The Wall around the States. The citizens within hate and fear those who live outside and only bounty hunters are allowed in or out.


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