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I feel like "I thought he was an urban legend" is a pretty clear case of Shrouded In Myth. "All the stories are true" doesn't disqualify the trope if most people think they ARE just stories.
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** Look at the thing he did in comic. He's not ShroudedInMyth. They just don't know how to COUNTER him yet.
** To start off? Remember. At one point Sam stole enough things that, to be fair, he had to GIVE SOMETHING BACK, just so he'd have more to steal!
** To start off? Remember. At one point Sam stole enough things that, to be fair, he had to GIVE SOMETHING BACK, just so he'd have more to steal!
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** To start off? Remember. At one point Sam stole enough things that, to be fair, he had to GIVE SOMETHING BACK, just so he'd have more to steal!
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* Just to show how determined Florence is to escape her captors and save Jean's robot population, she blocks out the shutdown signal from her remote by putting water in her ears, and pulls off [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2500/fc02438.htm an audacious ruse]] to ''pick her captor's pocket'' of her remote so she could ''smash it'' in a bathroom stall door and flush its remains down the toilet. This shows: One, she--an ordinarily very LawfulGood character--is not above [[StickyFingers picking up some tricks from Sam]]; and two, she's willing and able to overtly defeat the [[RestrainingBolt safeguards she had since she was very young and feared for much of her life]].
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* Just to show how determined Florence is to escape her captors and save Jean's robot population, she blocks out the shutdown signal from her remote by putting water in her ears, and pulls off [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2500/fc02438.htm an audacious ruse]] to ''pick her captor's pocket'' of her remote so she could ''smash it'' in a bathroom stall door and flush its remains down the toilet. This shows: One, she--an ordinarily very LawfulGood lawful character--is not above [[StickyFingers picking up some tricks from Sam]]; and two, she's willing and able to overtly defeat the [[RestrainingBolt safeguards she had since she was very young and feared for much of her life]].
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Take the MB to the court (clean-up thread), I always say.
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* Sam [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1600/fc01546.htm showing off how much of]] a MagnificentBastard he can be.
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* Sam [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1600/fc01546.htm showing off how much of]] a MagnificentBastard how]] cunning and CrazyPrepared he can be.
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* The mayor's assistant goes behind the mayor's back and [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2200/fc02155.htm orders Florence]] to do whatever she needs to do to save the robots from [[spoiler:[[BrownNote Gardener in the Dark]]]], risking his career.
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* The mayor's assistant goes behind the mayor's back and [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2200/fc02155.htm orders Florence]] to do whatever she needs to do to save the robots from [[spoiler:[[BrownNote [[BrownNote Gardener in the Dark]]]], Dark]], risking his career.
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** Look at the thing he did in comic. He's not ShroudedInMyth. They just don't know how to COUNTER him yet.
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** Look at the thing he did in comic. He's not ShroudedInMyth. They just don't know how to COUNTER him yet.yet.
** To start off? Remember. At one point Sam stole enough things that, to be fair, he had to GIVE SOMETHING BACK, just so he'd have more to steal!
** To start off? Remember. At one point Sam stole enough things that, to be fair, he had to GIVE SOMETHING BACK, just so he'd have more to steal!
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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3500/fc03469.htm Apparently]], although Sam is an omnipresent nuisance on Jean, he's ShroudedInMyth off-planet. The docking receptionist thinks twice about short-changing the crew of the ''Savage Chicken'' when he finds out who it belongs to. Yes, ''being Sam Starfall'' is enough to get his crew a discount.
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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3500/fc03469.htm Apparently]], although Sam is an omnipresent nuisance on Jean, he's ShroudedInMyth off-planet. The docking receptionist thinks twice about short-changing the crew of the ''Savage Chicken'' when he finds out who it belongs to. Yes, ''being Sam Starfall'' is enough to get his crew a discount.discount.
** Look at the thing he did in comic. He's not ShroudedInMyth. They just don't know how to COUNTER him yet.
** Look at the thing he did in comic. He's not ShroudedInMyth. They just don't know how to COUNTER him yet.
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* Florence gets Sam to share sqid legends with her. Realizing that humans need to know the bare basics about his world as much as he needs to know the bare basics of theirs, Sam lays out the first rule of sqid legend: [[JerkassGods gods do not give]], so mortals must ''[[ImpossibleTheft take]]''. It starts with MonumentalTheft (their planet, land sea and sky, is a bounty), drives right through IntangibleTheft (plagues were a lesson in "easy to steal = nobody wants it"), and goes all the way out to "a sqid is born when they ''steal from the goddess of life'', and death is when she gets her belongings back".
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* Florence gets Sam to share sqid legends with her. Realizing that humans need to know the bare basics about his world as much as he needs to know the bare basics of theirs, Sam lays out the first rule of sqid legend: [[JerkassGods gods do not give]], so mortals must ''[[ImpossibleTheft take]]''. It starts with MonumentalTheft (their planet, land sea and sky, is a bounty), drives right through IntangibleTheft (plagues were a lesson in "easy to steal = nobody wants it"), and goes all the way out to "a sqid is born when they ''steal from the goddess of life'', and death is when she gets her belongings back".back".
* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3500/fc03469.htm Apparently]], although Sam is an omnipresent nuisance on Jean, he's ShroudedInMyth off-planet. The docking receptionist thinks twice about short-changing the crew of the ''Savage Chicken'' when he finds out who it belongs to. Yes, ''being Sam Starfall'' is enough to get his crew a discount.
* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff3500/fc03469.htm Apparently]], although Sam is an omnipresent nuisance on Jean, he's ShroudedInMyth off-planet. The docking receptionist thinks twice about short-changing the crew of the ''Savage Chicken'' when he finds out who it belongs to. Yes, ''being Sam Starfall'' is enough to get his crew a discount.
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* Mr. Kornada [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty finally gets his just desserts]], as the employee he'd ''intended'' on using as a ScapeGoat [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2400/fc02377.htm had actually recorded every interaction he'd had with Mr. Kornada]].
-->'''Blunt''': He must have know. You'd be. Too modest to. Take credit. Sir.
-->'''Blunt''': He must have know. You'd be. Too modest to. Take credit. Sir.
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* Mr. Kornada [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty finally gets his just desserts]], as the employee he'd ''intended'' on using to use as a ScapeGoat TheScapegoat [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2400/fc02377.htm had actually recorded every interaction he'd had with Mr. Kornada]].
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-->'''Blunt''': He must have know.
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* Mr. Kornada [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty finally gets his just desserts]], as the employee he'd ''intended'' on using as a ScapeGoat [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2400/fc02377.htm had actually recorded every interaction he'd had with Mr. Kornada]].
-->'''Blunt''': He must have know. You'd be. Too modest to. Take credit. Sir.
-->'''Blunt''': He must have know. You'd be. Too modest to. Take credit. Sir.
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--->'''Sam''': I've been here for years. I'm not human. There are no safeguards protecting me. [[FridgeBrilliance Think about it]].
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* Florence gets Sam to share sqid legends with her. Realizing that humans need to know the bare basics about his world as much as he needs to know the bare basics of theirs, Sam lays out the first rule of sqid legend: [[JerkassGods gods do not give]], so mortals must ''[[ImpossibleTheft take]]''. It starts with MonumentalTheft (their planet, land sea and sky, is a bounty), drives right through IntangibleTheft (plagues were a lesson in "easy to steal = nobody wants it"), and goes all the way out to "a sqid is born when they ''[[HolyShitQuotient steal from the goddess of life]]'', and death is when she gets her belongings back".
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* Florence gets Sam to share sqid legends with her. Realizing that humans need to know the bare basics about his world as much as he needs to know the bare basics of theirs, Sam lays out the first rule of sqid legend: [[JerkassGods gods do not give]], so mortals must ''[[ImpossibleTheft take]]''. It starts with MonumentalTheft (their planet, land sea and sky, is a bounty), drives right through IntangibleTheft (plagues were a lesson in "easy to steal = nobody wants it"), and goes all the way out to "a sqid is born when they ''[[HolyShitQuotient steal ''steal from the goddess of life]]'', life'', and death is when she gets her belongings back".
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--> '''Blunt:''' I have looked. The Blue Screen of Death. In the eye. And forced it to reboot.
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--> '''Blunt:''' I have looked. The Blue Screen of Death.UsefulNotes/BlueScreenOfDeath. In the eye. And forced it to reboot.
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** Then, she [[WalkingTheEarth drives around Jean]] to learn more about the robots, with the [=JarJarBot=] as her traveling companion. As for her travel itinerary, she wants to drive around the world, knowing that with the rate Jean's importing water, the two of them will be the ''only ones'' to ever manage to do this.
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** Then, she [[WalkingTheEarth drives around Jean]] to learn more about the robots, with the [=JarJarBot=] as her traveling companion. As for her travel itinerary, she wants to drive around the world, knowing that with the rate Jean's importing water, the two of them will be the ''only ones'' to ever manage to do this.this.
* Florence gets Sam to share sqid legends with her. Realizing that humans need to know the bare basics about his world as much as he needs to know the bare basics of theirs, Sam lays out the first rule of sqid legend: [[JerkassGods gods do not give]], so mortals must ''[[ImpossibleTheft take]]''. It starts with MonumentalTheft (their planet, land sea and sky, is a bounty), drives right through IntangibleTheft (plagues were a lesson in "easy to steal = nobody wants it"), and goes all the way out to "a sqid is born when they ''[[HolyShitQuotient steal from the goddess of life]]'', and death is when she gets her belongings back".
* Florence gets Sam to share sqid legends with her. Realizing that humans need to know the bare basics about his world as much as he needs to know the bare basics of theirs, Sam lays out the first rule of sqid legend: [[JerkassGods gods do not give]], so mortals must ''[[ImpossibleTheft take]]''. It starts with MonumentalTheft (their planet, land sea and sky, is a bounty), drives right through IntangibleTheft (plagues were a lesson in "easy to steal = nobody wants it"), and goes all the way out to "a sqid is born when they ''[[HolyShitQuotient steal from the goddess of life]]'', and death is when she gets her belongings back".
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*** When you realize what he can do, the fact that any of his enemies are still alive shows his incredible self control.
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--> '''Blunt:''' I have stared the looked. The Blue Screen of Death in Death. In the face.eye. And forced it to reboot.
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* The last part of the Ecosystems Unlimited arc where Sam [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01677.htm pulls together]] an IndyPloy to rescue Florence from [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Mr. Kornada]] attempting to put her back into [[HumanPopsicle cold sleep]]. Also provides a [[CrowningMomentOfFunny hilarious moment]] where Plan B involves TongueOnTheFlagpole.
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* The last part of the Ecosystems Unlimited arc where Sam [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1700/fc01677.htm pulls together]] an IndyPloy to rescue Florence from [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Mr. Kornada]] attempting to put her back into [[HumanPopsicle cold sleep]]. Also provides a [[CrowningMomentOfFunny [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments hilarious moment]] where Plan B involves TongueOnTheFlagpole.
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** After learning just how many times the [[RestrainingBolt Emergency Shutdown]] option has been used on Florence, [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2600/fc02553.htm Dr. Bowman is]]... [[{{Understatement}} less than pleased]].
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** After learning just how many times the [[RestrainingBolt Emergency Shutdown]] option has been used on Florence, [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2600/fc02553.htm Dr. Bowman is]]... [[{{Understatement}} less than pleased]].pleased.
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**Not to mention she refers to it as "the classic battle between male and female for control of the remote."
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* Just to show how determined Florence is to escape her captors and save Jean's robot population, she blocks out the shutdown signal from her remote by putting water in her ears, and pulls off [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2500/fc02438.htm an audacious ruse]] to ''pick her captor's pocket'' of her remote so she could ''smash it'' in a bathroom stall door and flush its remains down the toilet. This shows: One, she--an ordinarily very LawfulGood character--is not above [[StickyFingers picking up some tricks from Sam]]; and two, she's willing and able to overtly defeat the [[RestrainingBolt safeguards she was born with and feared her entire life]].
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* Just to show how determined Florence is to escape her captors and save Jean's robot population, she blocks out the shutdown signal from her remote by putting water in her ears, and pulls off [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2500/fc02438.htm an audacious ruse]] to ''pick her captor's pocket'' of her remote so she could ''smash it'' in a bathroom stall door and flush its remains down the toilet. This shows: One, she--an ordinarily very LawfulGood character--is not above [[StickyFingers picking up some tricks from Sam]]; and two, she's willing and able to overtly defeat the [[RestrainingBolt safeguards she had since she was born with very young and feared for much of her entire life]].
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* Just to show how determined Florence is to escape her captors and save Jean's robot population, she blocks out the shutdown signal from her remote by putting water in her ears, and pulls off [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2500/fc02438.htm an audacious ruse]] to ''pick her captor's pocket'' of her remote so she could ''smash it'' in a bathroom stall door and flush its remains down the toilet. This shows: One, she--an ordinarily very LawfulGood character--is not above [[StickyFingers picking up some tricks from Sam]]; and two, she's willing and able to overtly defeat the [[RestrainingBolt safeguards she was born with and feared her entire life]].
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** After learning just how many times the [[RestrainingBolt Emergency Shutdown]] option has been used on Ambrose, [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2600/fc02553.htm Dr. Bowman is]]... [[{{Understatement}} less than pleased]].
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** After learning just how many times the [[RestrainingBolt Emergency Shutdown]] option has been used on Ambrose, Florence, [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2600/fc02553.htm Dr. Bowman is]]... [[{{Understatement}} less than pleased]].
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** After learning just how many times the [[RestrainingBolt Emergency Shutdown]] option has been used on Ambrose, [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff2600/fc02553.htm Dr. Bowman is]]... [[{{Understatement}} less than pleased]].
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* [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1800/fc01780.htm Sam tricks the mayor into ordering no less than '''FIVE''' AIs into hitting her with a pie.]]
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* Sam tricks the mayor into ordering no less than '''FIVE''' [[http://freefall.purrsia.com/ff1800/fc01780.htm Sam tricks the mayor into ordering no less than '''FIVE''' AIs into hitting her with a pie.]]
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** And best of all? He directs suspicion away from himself by handing in Kornada's wallet at the lab's lost and found - ''with all the money inside''.
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* Sam convinces the police to throw him into prison, and with the help of a graffiti artist, turns the floors into works of art.
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-> '''Blunt:''' I have stared the Blue Screen of Death in the face. And forced it to reboot.
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* Two more for the Mayor: first, she decides to leave office after the Ecosystems Unlimited imbroglio, [[{{Cincinnatus}} understaning that as a politician she can no longer claim to serve public interest]] as long as she keeps having issues with the robots as people.
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* Two more for the Mayor: first, she decides to leave office after the Ecosystems Unlimited imbroglio, [[{{Cincinnatus}} understaning understanding that as a politician she can no longer claim to serve public interest]] as long as she keeps having issues with the robots as people.
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* Deciding to leave office after the Ecosystems Unlimited imbroglio, the Mayor decides to [[WalkingTheEarth drive around Jean]] to learn more about the robots, with the [=JarJarBot=] as her traveling companion. As for her travel itinerary, she wants to drive around the world, knowing that with the rate Jean's importing water, the two of them will be the ''only ones'' to ever manage to do this.
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* Deciding Two more for the Mayor: first, she decides to leave office after the Ecosystems Unlimited imbroglio, [[{{Cincinnatus}} understaning that as a politician she can no longer claim to serve public interest]] as long as she keeps having issues with the Mayor decides to robots as people.
** Then, she [[WalkingTheEarthdrive drives around Jean]] to learn more about the robots, with the [=JarJarBot=] as her traveling companion. As for her travel itinerary, she wants to drive around the world, knowing that with the rate Jean's importing water, the two of them will be the ''only ones'' to ever manage to do this.
** Then, she [[WalkingTheEarth
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--> "I told Ecosystems Unlimited that until I'm convinced they're not sapient, the robots are colonists and they can go pack sand."
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--> "I told Ecosystems Unlimited that until I'm convinced they're not sapient, the robots are colonists and they can go pack sand.""
* Deciding to leave office after the Ecosystems Unlimited imbroglio, the Mayor decides to [[WalkingTheEarth drive around Jean]] to learn more about the robots, with the [=JarJarBot=] as her traveling companion. As for her travel itinerary, she wants to drive around the world, knowing that with the rate Jean's importing water, the two of them will be the ''only ones'' to ever manage to do this.
* Deciding to leave office after the Ecosystems Unlimited imbroglio, the Mayor decides to [[WalkingTheEarth drive around Jean]] to learn more about the robots, with the [=JarJarBot=] as her traveling companion. As for her travel itinerary, she wants to drive around the world, knowing that with the rate Jean's importing water, the two of them will be the ''only ones'' to ever manage to do this.