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* The first few chapters is an exercise in MundaneMadeAwesome – pizza delivery in ''Snow Crash'' is SeriousBusiness [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs on cocaine]].

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* The first few chapters is are an exercise in MundaneMadeAwesome – pizza delivery in ''Snow Crash'' is SeriousBusiness [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs on cocaine]].



* "I'm sure they'll listen to Reason." And...basically everything else about [[{{BFG}} Reason]], really.

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* "I'm sure they'll listen to Reason." And... basically everything else about [[{{BFG}} Reason]], really.



* Hiro Protagonist, on a dinghy, getting into a gun fight with an ''aircraft carrier''. And ''winning''. Well, I guess [[IncrediblyLamePun it pays to listen to Reason]].
* Hiro saved the Metaverse and all the hackers connected to it from a LogicBomb... then used its structure to ''advertise his brand-new network security service to the people he just saved''.

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* Hiro Protagonist, on a dinghy, getting into a gun fight with an ''aircraft carrier''. And ''winning''. Well, I guess [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} it pays to listen to Reason]].
* Hiro saved the Metaverse Metaverse, and all the hackers connected to it from a LogicBomb... then used its structure to ''advertise his brand-new network security service to the people he just saved''.
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* Hiro [[spoiler:saved the Metaverse and all the hackers connected to it from a LogicBomb... then used its structure to ''advertise his brand-new network security service to the people he just saved'']].

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* Hiro [[spoiler:saved saved the Metaverse and all the hackers connected to it from a LogicBomb... then used its structure to ''advertise his brand-new network security service to the people he just saved'']].saved''.



* Raven's moment is, without a doubt, the moment Hiro discovers [[spoiler:he carries a nuclear bomb on his motorcycle's sidecar wired to his vitals]]. As the badass page puts it so succinctly, "He no longer has to worry about being the baddest motherfucker in the world. The position is taken."

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* Raven's moment is, without a doubt, the moment Hiro discovers [[spoiler:he he carries a nuclear bomb on his motorcycle's sidecar wired to his vitals]].vitals. As the badass page puts it so succinctly, "He no longer has to worry about being the baddest motherfucker in the world. The position is taken."
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* Juanita. Full Stop. She doesn't get a lot of page time, but she's the entire reason for the plot, and the driving force behind the entire anti-L.Bob Rife coalition, as well as the first person to recognize his threat. Plus, being the author (and kick-ass coder) of the single best feature of the Metaverse: realistic facial expression. Plus, hey, at the end, she's the only remaining neurolistic hacker on the planet. She literally can hack your brain. And yeah, she's a hot nerd.

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* Juanita. Full Stop. She doesn't get a lot of page time, but she's the entire reason for the plot, and the driving force behind the entire anti-L.Bob Rife coalition, as well as the first person to recognize his threat. Plus, being the author (and kick-ass coder) of the single best feature of the Metaverse: realistic facial expression. Plus, hey, at the end, she's the only remaining neurolistic neurolinguistic hacker on the planet. She literally can hack your brain. And yeah, she's a hot nerd.
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* Ng's "wheelchair": a 30-ton modified airport firetruck. Totally self-contained mobile environment. Including Internet connectivity, and simulated geisha. It's not given a lot of notice, but when you think about it, it's just exactly what Ng says: a complete repudiation of the idea that physically crippled people must be weak.
* Juanita. Full Stop. She doesn't get a lot of page time, but she's the entire reason for the plot, and the driving force behind the entire anti-L.Bob Rife coalition, as well as the first person to recognize his threat. Plus, being the author (and kick-ass coder) of the single best feature of the Metaverse: realistic facial expression. Plus, hey, at the end, she's the only remaining neurolistic hacker on the planet. She literally can hack your brain. And yeah, she's a hot nerd.
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** Doubles as [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments heartwarming]], especially when we see the nice doggie's thoughts about the nice girl who loves him.

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** Doubles as [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments heartwarming]], especially when we see the nice doggie's thoughts about the nice girl who loves him.him.
* Hiro Protagonist, on a dinghy, getting into a gun fight with an ''aircraft carrier''. And ''winning''. Well, I guess [[IncrediblyLamePun it pays to listen to Reason]].
* Hiro [[spoiler:saved the Metaverse and all the hackers connected to it from a LogicBomb... then used its structure to ''advertise his brand-new network security service to the people he just saved'']].
* Hiro and Raven have a huge swordfight, on motorcycles, traveling at supersonic speeds, ''on the internet.'' RuleOfCool ''personified.''
* Raven's moment is, without a doubt, the moment Hiro discovers [[spoiler:he carries a nuclear bomb on his motorcycle's sidecar wired to his vitals]]. As the badass page puts it so succinctly, "He no longer has to worry about being the baddest motherfucker in the world. The position is taken."
* YT solving a hostage situation by ''jumping'' out of the BigBad's helicopter, catching then dangling from the helicopter on a 'poon above a freeway then falling the ''rest'' of the way onto a car. Finally, she disables the 'copter as it lands to get her. How? She's read ''Literature/MobyDick''.
* When she kicked the tablet out of the helicopter.
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** Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming, especially when we see the nice doggie's thoughts about the nice girl who loves him.

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** Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming, [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments heartwarming]], especially when we see the nice doggie's thoughts about the nice girl who loves him.
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* "I'm sure they'll listen to Reason." Best (Stealth) Pun Ever. Everything about Reason. Best BFG Ever. Best Software Patch Release Notes Ever.

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* "I'm sure they'll listen to Reason." Best (Stealth) Pun Ever. Everything And...basically everything else about Reason. Best BFG Ever. Best Software Patch Release Notes Ever. [[{{BFG}} Reason]], really.

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* Uncle Enzo vs. Raven. That is all

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* Uncle Enzo vs. Raven. That is allall.


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* The first few chapters is an exercise in MundaneMadeAwesome – pizza delivery in ''Snow Crash'' is SeriousBusiness [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs on cocaine]].

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* Paraphrased from memory:
-->"One boat coming straight at us with six guys on it."
--> [[ColdSniper BANG!]]
--> "Correction. Five guys."
--> BANG!
--> "Correction. They're not coming at us anymore."
--> BANG!
--> "Correction. No boat."

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* Paraphrased from memory:
-->"One boat coming straight at us with six
Vic takes care of some unwanted attention:
-->"It's, like, one of them drug dealer boats," Vic says, looking through his magic sight. "Five
guys on it."
--> [[ColdSniper BANG!]]
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it. Headed our way." He fires another round. "Correction. Five guys."
--> BANG!
--> "Correction. They're
Four guys on it." Boom. "Correction, they’re not coming at us headed our way anymore."
--> BANG!
-->
" Boom. A fireball erupts from the ocean two hundred feet away. "Correction. No boat."

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* Hiro's acquisition of the actual motorcycle.



* "I'm sure they'll listen to Reason." Best (Stealth) Pun Ever.

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* "I'm sure they'll listen to Reason." Best (Stealth) Pun Ever. Everything about Reason. Best BFG Ever. Best Software Patch Release Notes Ever.



** Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming, especially when we see the nice doggie's thoughts about the nice girl who loves him.

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** Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming, especially when we see the nice doggie's thoughts about the nice girl who loves him.
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** The Rat Thing was in Phoenix, AZ, ''375 miles away''. And it still comes.

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** The Rat Thing was in Phoenix, AZ, ''375 miles away''. And it still comes.comes.
** Doubles as a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming, especially when we see the nice doggie's thoughts about the nice girl who loves him.
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* Uncle Enzo vs. Raven. That is all
* The virtual motorcycle race between Hiro and Raven.
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* "I'm sure they'll listen to Reason." Best Pun Ever.

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* "I'm sure they'll listen to Reason." Best (Stealth) Pun Ever.



->"One boat coming straight at us with six guys on it."
-> [[ColdSniper BANG!]]
-> "Correction. Five guys."
-> BANG!
-> "Correction. They're not coming at us anymore."
-> BANG!
-> "Correction. No boat."

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->"One -->"One boat coming straight at us with six guys on it."
-> --> [[ColdSniper BANG!]]
-> --> "Correction. Five guys."
-> --> BANG!
-> --> "Correction. They're not coming at us anymore."
-> --> BANG!
-> --> "Correction. No boat."
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-->Jack the sound barrier. Bring the noise.

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-->Jack the sound barrier. Bring the noise.noise.
** The Rat Thing was in Phoenix, AZ, ''375 miles away''. And it still comes.
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-> "Correction. No boat."

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-> "Correction. No boat.""
* The Rat Thing's HeroicDog instincts kicking in.
-->Jack the sound barrier. Bring the noise.
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* "I'm sure they'll listen to Reason." Best Pun Ever.

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* "I'm sure they'll listen to Reason." Best Pun Ever.Ever.
* Paraphrased from memory:
->"One boat coming straight at us with six guys on it."
-> [[ColdSniper BANG!]]
-> "Correction. Five guys."
-> BANG!
-> "Correction. They're not coming at us anymore."
-> BANG!
-> "Correction. No boat."
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* The awesome [[TheCavalry cavalry]] moment for the Kouriers, when they bring down L. Bob's chopper with their magnetic harpoons. ''Hundreds of them.''

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* The awesome [[TheCavalry cavalry]] moment for the Kouriers, when they bring down L. Bob's chopper with their magnetic harpoons. ''Hundreds of them.''''
* "I'm sure they'll listen to Reason." Best Pun Ever.
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* Y.T. versus a building full of Feds. Y.T. wins.

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* Y.T. versus a building full of Feds. Y.T. wins.wins.
* The awesome [[TheCavalry cavalry]] moment for the Kouriers, when they bring down L. Bob's chopper with their magnetic harpoons. ''Hundreds of them.''

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