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* CanadaEh: Mostly averted; while the author is Canadian and the character Claire is from Toronto, Desmond is clearly American and lives in the United States.
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* GollumMadeMeDoIt: Danny was reckless and dangerous enough to begin with, but he would turn it UpToEleven with his "Stud E. Baker" persona.

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* GollumMadeMeDoIt: Danny was reckless and dangerous enough to begin with, but he would turn it UpToEleven up to eleven with his "Stud E. Baker" persona.
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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Des is quite fond of jelly donuts, coffee and just about any alcohol he can get his hands on.
* YourCheatingHeart: Fay, although it's complicated by a case of GoodAdulteryBadAdultery. [[spoiler: She cheated on Desmond with Danny, and Desmond doesn't seem to bear her any ill will because he wasn't all that invested in their marriage.]]

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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Des is quite fond of jelly donuts, coffee and just about any alcohol he can get his hands on.
* YourCheatingHeart: Fay, although it's complicated by a case of GoodAdulteryBadAdultery. [[spoiler: She cheated on Desmond with Danny, and Desmond doesn't seem to bear her any ill will because he wasn't all that invested in their marriage.]]
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* TheRockStar: Desmond and formerly, Danny. The book also includes scenes with the Howl Brothers interacting with Elvis, The Beatles, and Jerry Lee Lewis.

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* TheRockStar: Desmond and formerly, Danny. The book also includes scenes with the Howl Brothers interacting with Elvis, The Beatles, Music/ElvisPresley, Music/TheBeatles, and Jerry Lee Lewis.Music/JerryLeeLewis.
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* MistakenForPedophile: [[spoiler: Wizard recording engineer Fred Head is locked away in a psychiatric hospital after doing ''something'' to a 10-year-old girl while out of his mind on hallucinogens.]]
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** Babboo Nass Fazoo is a parody of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharishi_Mahesh_Yogi Maharishi Mahesh Yogi]], an Indian Hindu guru who mentored numerous celebrities including Mike Love of The Beach Boys and all four of Music/TheBeatles. He may also contain elements of Meher Baba, whose most noted follower is Pete Townshend of Music/TheWho.

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** Babboo Nass Fazoo is a parody of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharishi_Mahesh_Yogi Maharishi Mahesh Yogi]], an Indian Hindu guru who mentored numerous celebrities including Mike Love of The Beach Boys and all four of Music/TheBeatles. He may also contain elements of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meher_Baba Meher Baba, Baba]], whose most noted follower is Pete Townshend of Music/TheWho.

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