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* AcronymsAreEasyAsAybeecee: Mrs. Frisby and many of the other creatures do not know what exactly NIMH is other than it being the place the rats are from. Nicodemus explains to her that it's short for the National Institute of Mental Health, where the rats were subjected to medical experiments that increased their intelligence.
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* CatsAreMean: Dragon. A recurring saying among the animals is, ''"We all help one another against the cat."''. Even the ''owl'' goes by this.
* CleverCrows: Jeremy is a very useful and helpful crow despite his young and inexperienced nature, He helps Mrs. Frisby when she needs help, Unlike his [[WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH Animated Version]], In the book, Jeremy is shown as someone more smart.

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* CatsAreMean: Dragon. A recurring saying among the animals is, ''"We all help one another against the cat."''. "'' Even the ''owl'' goes by this.
* CleverCrows: Jeremy is a very useful and helpful crow despite his young and inexperienced nature, nature. He helps Mrs. Frisby when she needs help, Unlike unlike his [[WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH Animated Version]], animated version]]. In the book, Jeremy is shown as someone more smart.



* GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke: The Rats and mice at NIMH were given a cocktail of unspecified DNA and steroids which increased their learning capacity and speed by a factor of 1000% and almost completely halted their aging. Quite prescient and unusual for a work set dab smack in the middle of the [[ColdWar Cold War]].

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* GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke: The Rats and mice at NIMH were given a cocktail of unspecified DNA and steroids which increased their learning capacity and speed by a factor of 1000% and almost completely halted their aging. Quite prescient and unusual for a work set dab smack in the middle of the [[ColdWar Cold War]].UsefulNotes/{{ColdWar}}.



* TruthInTelevision: Part of the reason the section about NIMH [[ShownTheirWork is so realistic]] is because the section was inspired an [[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CEEDB1E39F93AA1575AC0A963958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print actual series of experiments done on rodents]] at NIMH, which is even an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institute_of_Mental_Health actual place]]

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* TruthInTelevision: Part of the reason the section about NIMH [[ShownTheirWork is so realistic]] is because the section was inspired an [[http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CEEDB1E39F93AA1575AC0A963958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print actual series of experiments done on rodents]] at NIMH, which is even an [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Institute_of_Mental_Health actual place]]place]].
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* MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness: Between 5 and 6 since real-life science has caught up to the book insofar as genetic and biochemical experiments on rodents are now all but standard. Super-intelligent and immortal rodents are however still some ways away though.

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* MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness: *SlidingScale/MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness: Between 5 and 6 since real-life science has caught up to the book insofar as genetic and biochemical experiments on rodents are now all but standard. Super-intelligent and immortal rodents are however still some ways away though.

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