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** ''Class Dis-Mythed'' added Bee to the end of the above chain, as Massha's sometime trainee. Bee, Tolk, Melvine, and the three Pervect girls also studied under Skeeve himself.
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* PettingZooPeople: Quite a few dimensions' natives qualify, such as the Swamp Foxes from ''Myth-Chief'' and the rodent- and terrier-like inhabitants of Ratislava. The Ghords of Aegis vary wildly in appearance, but most have human bodies with the head and feet of some animal appropriate to their AncientEgypt-flavored culture.
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* WackyWaysideTribe: Any novel in which the characters visit multiple dimensions as part of a journey or search is liable to involve some of these.
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** Even after Skeeve acquires a wider range of spells in the later novels, it's a given that Aahz won't regain his ''own'' magic even if the chance to recover it presents itself.
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* SpotTheImposter: Comes up several times in ''Myth-Taken Identity''. Averted with [[spoiler: the faux-Skeeves]], as Aahz's group know for a fact that the real one isn't anywhere near The Mall.
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* VerbalTic: Nearly every sentence that Princess Hermalaya from ''Myth-Chief'' says comes out sounding like a question?
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* {{Curse}}: There's one on Samwise's pyramid in ''Myth-Fortunes'', because the Imp stole its plans from a grumpy wizard.
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* WhosOnFirst: Lampshaded word-for-word by Aahz when Chumley's alias of "Wat-Is-Et" confuses Skeeve in ''Myth-Fortunes''.
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* BeneathTheEarth: Lower Aegis in ''Myth-Fortunes''.
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** The personal names of Ghords in ''Myth-Fortunes'' are Meaningful Incredibly Lame Puns, like "Lol-Kit" for a young female obsessed with glyphing (= social media) or "Thoth-Ful" for a wise man.
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* ChekhovsVolcano: Played with in ''Myth-Taken Identity'', in that [[spoiler: the active volcano under The Volcano clothing store doesn't erupt, but it ''does'' get used to destroy the ArtifactOfDoom. Which is precisely what volcanoes ''[[GenreSavvy in a fantasy novel]]'' are expected to be used for.]]
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* ScaledUp: Rattila tries this tactic when Aahz's group finally track him down.
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* SnobsVsSlobs: The initial relationship between Skeeve's students in ''Class Dis-Mythed'' is this, with the three Pervect girls being well-off academics and the boys' backgrounds being humble or delinquent. Subverted when they all learn to work together, although it takes some doing.
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* HumanSubspecies: The natives of Jahk are human, but their athletes have been self-selecting for size and strength so long that they've effectively become this trope, in contrast to the out-of-shape fans.
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* LittleBitBeastly: Some dimensions' natives fall within this trope, such as the Wuhses (sheep-like) and Walts (stork-like).
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** Even the ''strongest'' booze available on Wuh would get its seller accused of this offense in most dimensions, as anything stronger would be too much for the Wuhses.
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* AnimateInanimateObject: The Golden Hoard from ''Myth-Gotten Gains''.
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* GottaCatchThemAll: The gathering of the Golden Hoard in ''Myth-Gotten Gains''.
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* HulkSpeak: Trolls speak this way as part of ObfuscatingStupidity, as they find that an eloquent Troll is unlikely to get jobs as hired muscle. [[spoiler: Gleep uses slowed-down HulkSpeak with Skeeve once he reveals his ability to talk to his "pet", although that's because his vocal cords are immature, not any lack of eloquence on Gleep's part.]]
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* VirginPower: Embarrassingly, Skeeve is the only one in the group that does not elicit a negative reaction from a borrowed war unicorn. After a night of binge drinking with a [[VampiresAreSexGods vampire blind date]], he tries to use the unicorn to figure out what, if anything, happened. [[DidTheyOrDidntThey It doesn't work]].
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* VirginPower: Embarrassingly, Skeeve is the only one in the group that does not elicit a an initial negative reaction from a borrowed war unicorn. After a night of binge drinking with a [[VampiresAreSexGods vampire blind date]], he tries to use the unicorn to figure out what, if anything, happened. [[DidTheyOrDidntThey It doesn't work]]. Buttercup likes Bunny too, for whatever that's worth.
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* {{Veganopia}}: ''Nastily'' subverted in ''Myth-Ion Improbable'': [[spoiler: the humans only eat vegetables and carrot juice, because vampires drained Kowtow's edible animals into extinction. They ''are'' peaceful, but only because drugged juice keeps them docile.]]
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* SeriesContinuityError: Trolls' fur is dull green in the early books, but purple in the latest novels.
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* SeriesContinuityError: Trolls' fur is dull green in the early books, but purple in the latest novels. Blut is a city on Limbo in ''Myth-Ing Persons'', but later novels refer to the whole dimension as Blut.
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* RunningGag: Ever since ''M.Y.T.H. Inc. Link'', references to a product which Guido had been obliged to inspect on an assembly line in that novel keep cropping up. The product? A practical-joke dealer's trademarked Rubber Doggie Doodle With Life-Like Aroma That Actually Sticks To Your Hands.
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* EverythingsBetterWithCows: Inverted in ''Myth-Ion Improbable'', in which [[spoiler: the cows are vampires]]. In ''Class Dis-Mythed'', one of the Pervect girls adopts a cow disguise when told to look like one of the locals.
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** Bee and Tolk play this trope straight in ''Class Dis-Mythed'', in contrast to Melvine's and the Pervect girls' potent yet clumsily-applied abilities.
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* ArtifactOfDoom: The Master Card from ''Myth-Taken Identity''. It wasn't ''supposed'' to be one, but Rattila stole the prototype before any safety restrictions had been placed over its magic-sapping powers.
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** Rattila actually ''weaponizes'' this trope: he hates it when his mall-rat mooks call him "Ratty", but when he realizes his anger helps him unleash destructive magic, he ''orders'' them to do so when (and only when) he tells them to.
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** ''Myth-Taken Identity'' gives us the following PainfulRhyme:
--> ''One Card to rule The Mall, one Card to Charge It,''
--> ''One Card to cruise The Mall, and in the darkness Lodge It.''
--> ''One Card to rule The Mall, one Card to Charge It,''
--> ''One Card to cruise The Mall, and in the darkness Lodge It.''
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* RodentsOfUnusualSize: The mall-rats from ''Myth-Taken Identity'' are just under 2 feet tall, while their leader Rattila is twice their size.
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** The mall-rats from ''Myth-Taken Identity'' use names based on outdated slang phrases, like Strewth, Wassup, and Yahrayt.
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** Skeeve's problems in ''Myth Alliances'' could've been avoided if [[spoiler: he'd never listened to Zol Icty's advice, and simply ''asked'' the Pervect Ten for their side of the story.]]
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* RebusBubble: Kobolds, from the computer-savvy dimension of Kobol, communicate in SpeechBubbles full of wingdings and emoticons.
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** Bill collectors appear at M.Y.T.H. Inc.'s Bazaar tent at the end of ''Myth Alliances'', leading directly into the events of ''Myth-Taken Identity''.
