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* MeaningfulName: Aleph is named for ''Creator/JorgeLuisBorges' '' "The Aleph", a point from where the entire universe can be observed simultaenously - just like how Aleph searches the whole world for threats from her HackerCave. It also has the narrator lie about the aleph's existence and permit it to be destroyed out of pettiness, which is often the ultimate cause of the threats the Frequency battles.
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* HaveIMentionedIAmSexuallyActiveToday: After the female lead reels off a very lengthy list of her academic qualifications, all acquired at a very young age (she's no older than thirty), the male lead makes a joke about how she mustn't have found much time for a social life in the process. She gets surprisingly touchy and insists at length that she did, ending with the [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial unconvincing and unsolicited information]] that she "had boyfriends". The clear implication is that she's still a virgin.
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* HaveIMentionedIAmSexuallyActiveToday: After the female lead Agent 555 Dr. Katrina Finch reels off a very lengthy list of her academic qualifications, all acquired at a very young age (she's no older than thirty), so the male lead makes a joke about how she mustn't have found much time for a social life in the process. She gets surprisingly touchy and insists at length that she did, ending with the [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial unconvincing and unsolicited information]] that she "had boyfriends". The clear implication is that she's still a virgin.virgin.
* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: It's somewhat noticeable that Miranda and Finch are careful to pronounce Aleph's name as "Ay-Lef", which is of course the correct pronunciation, but not what most would think upon first reading it.
* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: It's somewhat noticeable that Miranda and Finch are careful to pronounce Aleph's name as "Ay-Lef", which is of course the correct pronunciation, but not what most would think upon first reading it.
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** A villainous example are Miranda's kidnappers, who've analyzed the Global Frequency's operations so thoroughly that they can calculate down to the second how long they have to try and break her before the heroes kick down the door. [[spoiler:Fortunately everybody pulls out the stops enough to throw their calculations ''just'' barely off.]]
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** A villainous example are Miranda's kidnappers, who've analyzed the Global Frequency's operations so thoroughly that they can calculate they've calculated down to the second how long they have to try and break her before the heroes kick down the door. [[spoiler:Fortunately everybody pulls out the stops enough to throw their calculations ''just'' barely off.]]beat the clock by ''one'' second]].
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* GenreSavvy: Miranda's kidnappers, unfortunately; they're well aware that the Global Frequency will eventually track them down and have a running countdown until they're out of time to break Miranda and go to [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim Plan B]].
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* GenreSavvy: Miranda's kidnappers, unfortunately; they're well aware that the Global Frequency will eventually track them down and have a running countdown until they're out of time to break Miranda and go to [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim Plan B]].
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Aleph, who apparently keeps track of the entire Internet 24/7 and organizes, cross-references and prioritizes basically everything that happens in the world to make sure the Frequency's efforts are directed at the right problems. A quantum computer could ''maybe'' approach her capacity for parallel processing.
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: AwesomenessByAnalysis:
** Aleph, who apparently keeps track of the entire Internet 24/7 and organizes, cross-references and prioritizes basically everything that happens in the world to make sure the Frequency's efforts are directed at the right problems. A quantum computer could ''maybe'' approach her capacity for parallelprocessing.processing.
** A villainous example are Miranda's kidnappers, who've analyzed the Global Frequency's operations so thoroughly that they can calculate down to the second how long they have to try and break her before the heroes kick down the door. [[spoiler:Fortunately everybody pulls out the stops enough to throw their calculations ''just'' barely off.]]
** Aleph, who apparently keeps track of the entire Internet 24/7 and organizes, cross-references and prioritizes basically everything that happens in the world to make sure the Frequency's efforts are directed at the right problems. A quantum computer could ''maybe'' approach her capacity for parallel
** A villainous example are Miranda's kidnappers, who've analyzed the Global Frequency's operations so thoroughly that they can calculate down to the second how long they have to try and break her before the heroes kick down the door. [[spoiler:Fortunately everybody pulls out the stops enough to throw their calculations ''just'' barely off.]]
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Malfunctioning LostSuperweapon? They can track him, identify the tech, locate and interrogate the designer and ShootTheDog if necessary. While TheMenInBlack are still getting dressed. Runaway PsychoPrototype? They can be on the scene with geeks, {{Badass}}es and even an inside informant while TheGovernment is ''still'' arguing whether or not to just NukeEm. AlienInvasion via TheVirus? TerroristsWithoutACause? ThePlague? The talent is out there to make it go away. Ordinary people can do extraordinary things with the right technology and a [[JumpedAtTheCall fair chance]]. Agent, [[BadassCreed You Are On The Global Frequency.]]
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Malfunctioning LostSuperweapon? They can track him, identify the tech, locate and interrogate the designer and ShootTheDog if necessary. While TheMenInBlack are still getting dressed. Runaway PsychoPrototype? They can be on the scene with geeks, {{Badass}}es badasses and even an inside informant while TheGovernment is ''still'' arguing whether or not to just NukeEm. AlienInvasion via TheVirus? TerroristsWithoutACause? ThePlague? The talent is out there to make it go away. Ordinary people can do extraordinary things with the right technology and a [[JumpedAtTheCall fair chance]]. Agent, [[BadassCreed You Are On The Global Frequency.]]
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* GrievousHarmWithABody: The Frenchman finished off Lionel Welfare by ripping off his arm and shoving it down his throat. They were both supposed to be BadassNormal[=s=].
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* GrievousHarmWithABody: The Frenchman finished off Lionel Welfare by ripping off his arm and shoving it down his throat. They were both supposed to be BadassNormal[=s=].{{Badass Normal}}s.
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AwesomenessByAnalysis: Aleph, who apparently keeps track of the entire Internet 24/7 and organizes, cross-references and prioritizes basically everything that happens in the world to make sure the Frequency's efforts are directed at the right problems. A quantum computer could ''maybe'' approach her capacity for parallel processing.
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There's only one character in a gimp suit in the comic, who is male, and does not die.
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In 2009, TheCW ordered another pilot, to be written by ''Series/PushingDaisies'' and ''TalesFromTheCrypt'' veteran Scott Nimerfro. Unfortunately, nothing actually happened, and according to an interview with Ellis in late 2010, the project had once again stalled.
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In 2009, TheCW Creator/TheCW ordered another pilot, to be written by ''Series/PushingDaisies'' and ''TalesFromTheCrypt'' ''Series/TalesFromTheCrypt'' veteran Scott Nimerfro. Unfortunately, nothing actually happened, and according to an interview with Ellis in late 2010, the project had once again stalled.
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In 2009, TheCW ordered another pilot, to be written by ''PushingDaisies'' ''Series/PushingDaisies'' and ''TalesFromTheCrypt'' veteran Scott Nimerfro. Unfortunately, nothing actually happened, and according to an interview with Ellis in late 2010, the project had once again stalled.
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* SuperCellReception: Operatives on the Global Frequency had really cool phones that appeared to use their own satellite network and give users access to any electronic resource Aleph could hack into. They also had audio/video capabilities that were terribly advanced when the graphic novels came out, but by 2016 are BoringButPractical off-the-shelf smartphones. This demonstrates that writers don't need to bypass cell phones to create tension; these geeks kick ass, but they still get into trouble the phones can't gimmick them out of.
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* SuperCellReception: Operatives on the Global Frequency had really cool phones that appeared to use their own satellite network and give users access to any electronic resource Aleph could hack into. They also had audio/video capabilities that were terribly advanced when the graphic novels came out, out in 2002, but by 2016 are BoringButPractical off-the-shelf smartphones. This demonstrates that writers don't need to bypass cell phones to create tension; these geeks kick ass, but they still get into trouble the phones can't gimmick them out of.
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* CrashingThroughTheHarem: Gender-inverted in "The Run", where Sita the ''traceuse'' takes a shortcut through the film of a gay porn video.
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* StaringKid: As Sita scales the London Eye in "The Run", she's spotted by a little Indian girl, who excitedly tells her father, "Daddy, look! Spider-Man's a girl, and she's just like us!"
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* ArtificialLimbs[=/=]CyberneticsEatYourSoul[=/=]{{Cyborg}}: Explored in the [[WallOfText exposition-laden]] ''Big Wheel''. [[AwesomeButImpractical Awesomely]], even partially enhanced subjects can tear people apart like wet cardboard. [[AwesomeButImpractical Impractical part]] in 3, 2, 1...
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* ArtificialLimbs[=/=]CyberneticsEatYourSoul[=/=]{{Cyborg}}: ArtificialLimbs: Explored in the [[WallOfText exposition-laden]] ''Big Wheel''."Big Wheel". [[AwesomeButImpractical Awesomely]], even partially enhanced subjects can tear people apart like wet cardboard. [[AwesomeButImpractical Impractical part]] in 3, 2, 1...
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** Captain Richard Quinn, the TragicVillain of the piece, is a fully-converted HollywoodCyborg - he doesn't even have ''lungs'' anymore. '''[[AndIMustScream And He Must Scream]].'''
-->'''Member 436''': Try to imagine. You're a multiple amputee who's been ''flayed alive''. You can't feel your own ''heartbeat''. You can't feel yourself ''breathe''. You can feel metal rubbing against your muscles and organs. And ''you don't recognize the man in the mirror''.
-->'''Member 436''': Try to imagine. You're a multiple amputee who's been ''flayed alive''. You can't feel your own ''heartbeat''. You can't feel yourself ''breathe''. You can feel metal rubbing against your muscles and organs. And ''you don't recognize the man in the mirror''.
* ComicBookFantasyCasting:
** Miranda Zero, DependingOnTheArtist: in certain issues, she looks almost exactly like Creator/MichelleForbes, who was later cast as her in the abortive TV pilot.
** In issue 4, the English gunwoman looks like Kate Moss (something of an in-joke, as Warren Ellis's ''ComicBook/{{Stormwatch}}'' and ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'' leading character Jenny Sparks was famously visually based on her).
** In issue 5, the magician Alan Crowe looks exactly like Creator/AlanCumming.
* CrashingThroughTheHarem: Gender-inverted in "The Run", where Sita the ''traceuse'' takes a shortcut through the film of a gay porn video.
-->'''Sita:''' Sorry, not looking, carry on.
** Miranda Zero, DependingOnTheArtist: in certain issues, she looks almost exactly like Creator/MichelleForbes, who was later cast as her in the abortive TV pilot.
** In issue 4, the English gunwoman looks like Kate Moss (something of an in-joke, as Warren Ellis's ''ComicBook/{{Stormwatch}}'' and ''ComicBook/TheAuthority'' leading character Jenny Sparks was famously visually based on her).
** In issue 5, the magician Alan Crowe looks exactly like Creator/AlanCumming.
* CrashingThroughTheHarem: Gender-inverted in "The Run", where Sita the ''traceuse'' takes a shortcut through the film of a gay porn video.
-->'''Sita:''' Sorry, not looking, carry on.
* CyberneticsEatYourSoul: In "Big Wheel". Captain Richard Quinn, the TragicVillain of the piece, is a fully-converted HollywoodCyborg -- a half-dead soldier who'd been basically turned into a walking killing machine by cybernetic alterations. Then he saw his reflection and decided to live up to the role.
-->'''Member 436:''' Try to imagine. You're a multiple amputee who's been ''flayed alive''. You can't feel your own ''heartbeat''. You can't feel yourself ''breathe''. You can feel metal rubbing against your muscles and organs. And ''you don't recognize the man in the mirror''.
* {{Cyborg}}: Deconstructed and subverted in "Big Wheel", pointing out the extensive and conspicuous modifications it would take to make a real cyborg. It was so hard, in fact, that most people who underwent the procedure had psychotic breaks, and were intended more as non-nuclear [=WMDs=] than foot soldiers.
-->'''Member 436:''' Try to imagine. You're a multiple amputee who's been ''flayed alive''. You can't feel your own ''heartbeat''. You can't feel yourself ''breathe''. You can feel metal rubbing against your muscles and organs. And ''you don't recognize the man in the mirror''.
* {{Cyborg}}: Deconstructed and subverted in "Big Wheel", pointing out the extensive and conspicuous modifications it would take to make a real cyborg. It was so hard, in fact, that most people who underwent the procedure had psychotic breaks, and were intended more as non-nuclear [=WMDs=] than foot soldiers.
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* ElectricInstantGratification: The cyborg from above would receive orgasms when he killed people.
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* FamousNamedForeigner: Danny [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Gulpilil Gulpilil]]
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* KillSat: The threat in "Harpoon".
* MadDoctor: The surgeons in issue 9.
* MadDoctor: The surgeons in issue 9.
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* ImYourWorstNightmare: Grushko introduces himself:
-->'''Grushko:''' Did you ever have a nightmare about a large man who killed your parents, and your siblings, and then your lover, and then everyone you know? And then burned down your house and destroyed everything precious you've ever conceived of? That was me.
* KillSat: The threat in"Harpoon".
"Harpoon" is a constellation of satellites armed with kinetic harpoons, a single shot weapon mostly by virtue of being a fancy orbiting crossbow that fires an artificial diamond at enough speed that the kinetic energy goes off like a nuke when it strikes the ground.
* MadDoctor:The In issue 9, surgeons in issue 9.a medical research facility became literally Mad Doctors after the leak of an experimental gas. The surgeons' pre-existing fascination with the inside of the human body escalated into fanatical worship, and so... "They went into the wards, where their volunteer patients were. And they used stem-cell technology and bioreactors to make things out of them. And they're all still alive."
-->'''Grushko:''' Did you ever have a nightmare about a large man who killed your parents, and your siblings, and then your lover, and then everyone you know? And then burned down your house and destroyed everything precious you've ever conceived of? That was me.
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* MissionControl: Aleph.
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* MissionControl: Aleph.Aleph was born to be the ultimate Mission Control; she's a "superprocessor" -- someone who can "handle any number of separate input processes while performing multiple complex tasks and running deductive strings." One issue features the obligatory "Baddies Invade Base" story.
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* LeParkour: One issue entirely focused around a Parkour run.
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* OrbitalBombardment: "Harpoon" features the threat of kinetic spears, weapons designed to be dropped from satellites, heat up on re-entry, and strike the ground with the force of a tactical nuke, and as hot as the edge of the sun.
* LeParkour:One In the issue entirely focused around "The Run", a ''traceuse'' is the only Global Frequency operative who can get to a bomb in time to disarm it. The entire issue apart from the first two and last two pages is devoted to her Parkour run.
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* RequiredSecondaryPowers: "Big Wheel" goes into disturbing detail about all the bits that usually get glossed over in stories about super-strong cybernetic limbs.
-->'''Member 436''': It's not a case of just sticking an artificial arm on. The surrounding bones and fibers have to be hardened and supported, or else the new arm will rip clean off your shoulder the first time you flex. You'll need tensile support across your back, or your spine will snap the first time you lift something heavy. You need new skin; human skin isn't tough enough to handle the subcutaneous tension of superhuman strength. You'll take a chip in your brain to handle the specific dataload from the artificial nerve system controlling the arm. There's more, but you're getting the idea, right?
-->'''Member 436''': It's not a case of just sticking an artificial arm on. The surrounding bones and fibers have to be hardened and supported, or else the new arm will rip clean off your shoulder the first time you flex. You'll need tensile support across your back, or your spine will snap the first time you lift something heavy. You need new skin; human skin isn't tough enough to handle the subcutaneous tension of superhuman strength. You'll take a chip in your brain to handle the specific dataload from the artificial nerve system controlling the arm. There's more, but you're getting the idea, right?
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* SovietSuperscience: Way out in Siberia, a nuclear warhead is ready to drop though a wormhole and land in San Francisco if a sleeper agent opens that hole with his brain. After years in his head, the mechanism is starting to corrode. This may not end well.
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* SovietSuperscience: The threat in issue #1. Way out in Siberia, a nuclear warhead is ready to drop though a wormhole and land in San Francisco if a sleeper agent opens that hole with his brain. After years in his head, the mechanism is starting to corrode. This may not end well.
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* TelecomTree: The Global Frequency, a network of people specialising in all sorts of things that could, and do, {{save the world}} - or at least millions of lives.
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* ApocalypseHow: The military's 'die-back' method in ''Harpoon'' threatens planetary-scale death and societal disruption.
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"This trope only applies if the setting possesses a significant number of characters with superpowers."
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* {{Badass Normal}}s: Every single person in the field teams. Let's give a special mention to Aleph, who apparently keeps track of the entire Internet 24/7 and organizes, cross-references and prioritizes basically everything that happens in the world to make sure the Frequency's efforts are directed at the right problems. A quantum computer could ''maybe'' approach her capacity for parallel processing.
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* ApocalypseHow: The military's 'die-back' method in ''Harpoon'' is a Class 1.
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That something is the Global Frequency. Miranda has found and signed on 1001 unique talents from around the world, ranging from athletes to scientists and from cops to hackers. They're called on when the world needs saving, connected to Miranda's home base through a computer genius girl nicknamed "Aleph" who guides them through the mission. The story is fast-paced, with minimum backstory, and each issue features a different group of agents; apart from a GondorCallsForAid sequence in the final issue, Miranda and Aleph are the only recurring characters.
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That something is the Global Frequency. Miranda has found and signed on 1001 unique talents from around the world, ranging from athletes to scientists and from cops to hackers. They're called on when the world needs saving, connected to Miranda's home base through a computer genius girl nicknamed "Aleph" who guides them through the mission. The story is fast-paced, with minimum backstory, and each issue features a different group of agents; apart from a GondorCallsForAid sequence those who come BackForTheFinale in the final issue, Miranda and Aleph are the only recurring characters.
* BackForTheFinale: The final issue, ''Harpoon'', unites the series' biggest badasses into one team, including Grushko and Alice April, against a planetary-scale threat.
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* SuperCellReception: Operatives on the Global Frequency had really cool phones that appeared to use their own satellite network and give users access to any electronic resource Aleph could hack into. They also had audio/video capabilities that were terribly advanced when the graphic novels came out, but in late 2009 seem roughly on par with high-end iPhones and the like. This proves that writers don't need to bypass cell phones to create tension; these geeks kick ass, but they still get into trouble the phones can't gimmick them out of.
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* SuperCellReception: Operatives on the Global Frequency had really cool phones that appeared to use their own satellite network and give users access to any electronic resource Aleph could hack into. They also had audio/video capabilities that were terribly advanced when the graphic novels came out, but in late 2009 seem roughly on par with high-end iPhones and the like. by 2016 are BoringButPractical off-the-shelf smartphones. This proves demonstrates that writers don't need to bypass cell phones to create tension; these geeks kick ass, but they still get into trouble the phones can't gimmick them out of.
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* GovernmentConspiracy: Deconstructed. Several of the threats that pop up in the series are the result of governments doing naughty things that they shouldn't be doing when no one's looking... however, since these governments can be just incompetent as they can be in RealLife, nine times out of ten they completely fuck everything up and Global Frequency have to swoop in and clean up their messes.
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* RealityEnsues: The ex-CIA agent in "Big Wheel" explains all the extra strengthening and support her body requires just to handle a single bionic arm.
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* ArtificialLimbs[=/=]CyberneticsEatYourSoul[=/=]{{Cyborg}}: Explored in the [[WallOfText exposition-laden]] ''Big Wheel''. Laconically, even partially enhanced subjects can tear people apart like wet cardboard. Unabridged version in 3, 2, 1...
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* ArtificialLimbs[=/=]CyberneticsEatYourSoul[=/=]{{Cyborg}}: Explored in the [[WallOfText exposition-laden]] ''Big Wheel''. Laconically, [[AwesomeButImpractical Awesomely]], even partially enhanced subjects can tear people apart like wet cardboard. Unabridged version [[AwesomeButImpractical Impractical part]] in 3, 2, 1...
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Clarifacation and in-jokes.
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* ArtificialLimbs[=/=]CyberneticsEatYourSoul[=/=]{{Cyborg}}: Explored in the [[WallOfText exposition-laden]] ''Big Wheel''. Awesome part; Laconically, even partially enhanced subjects can tear people apart like wet cardboard. Impractical part Unabridged version in 3, 2, 1...
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* HaveIMentionedIAmSexuallyActiveToday: After the female lead reels off a very lengthy list of her academic qualifications, all acquired at a very young age (she's no older than thirty), the male lead makes a joke about how she mustn't have found much time for a life in the process. She gets surprisingly touchy and insists at length that she did, ending with the [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial unconvincing and unsolicited information]] that she "had boyfriends". The clear implication is that she's still a virgin.
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* HaveIMentionedIAmSexuallyActiveToday: After the female lead reels off a very lengthy list of her academic qualifications, all acquired at a very young age (she's no older than thirty), the male lead makes a joke about how she mustn't have found much time for a social life in the process. She gets surprisingly touchy and insists at length that she did, ending with the [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial unconvincing and unsolicited information]] that she "had boyfriends". The clear implication is that she's still a virgin.
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--->'''[[spoiler:Dan]]''': ''All this [[SealedEvilInACan stuff]] left over from [[ColdWar the last century]] that [[TheGovernment some bunch of bastards]] thought [[{{Muggles}} we]] didn’t [[GovernmentConspiracy have the right to know about]]. Bert? You remember the crap we took from UsefulNotes/{{NASA}} just for [[IWantMyJetpack wanting to go to space?]] Like they [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem owned the gate to the world?]] Screw them all. We’ll do what we like. We’ll save our own lives and grow our own wings.''
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--->'''[[spoiler:Dan]]''': ''All All this [[SealedEvilInACan stuff]] stuff left over from [[ColdWar the last century]] century that [[TheGovernment some bunch of bastards]] bastards thought [[{{Muggles}} we]] didn’t [[GovernmentConspiracy we didn't have the right to know about]]. about. Bert? You remember the crap we took from UsefulNotes/{{NASA}} NASA just for [[IWantMyJetpack wanting to go to space?]] space? Like they [[ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem owned the gate to the world?]] world? Screw them all. We’ll We'll do what we like. We’ll We'll save our own lives and grow our own wings.''
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''Global Frequency'' is a short GraphicNovel series by Creator/WarrenEllis and drawn by several different artists. It's built around a single idea: if TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed, then why [[HoldingOutForAHero Hold Out For A Hero]]? What's stopping us from saving ourselves? Answer: not a damn thing.
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''Global Frequency'' is a short GraphicNovel series by Creator/WarrenEllis and drawn by several a different artists.artist every issue. It's built around a single idea: if TheWorldIsAlwaysDoomed, then why [[HoldingOutForAHero Hold Out For A Hero]]? What's stopping us from saving ourselves? Answer: not a damn thing.
