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Trope name is Sci Fi Writers Have No Sense Of Scale, not any of its subpages. Discussion here.


* SciFiWritersHave/NoSenseOfDistance: The episode "You Are Here" revolves around an inescapable magic bullet "with an accuracy of 25 centimeters". Or enough to turn a shot to the heart into a complete miss. [[note]]That said, for a weapon fired off-bore over long distances, tracking a moving target based on wifi and GPS signals, a 10-inch margin of accuracy is pretty accurate (GPS-guided bombs are accurate to a circular error probable of five feet, for reference), and it would still be a center mass hit.[[/note]]


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* SciFiWritersHaveNoSenseOfScale: The episode "You Are Here" revolves around an inescapable magic bullet "with an accuracy of 25 centimeters". Or enough to turn a shot to the heart into a complete miss. [[note]]That said, for a weapon fired off-bore over long distances, tracking a moving target based on wifi and GPS signals, a 10-inch margin of accuracy is pretty accurate (GPS-guided bombs are accurate to a circular error probable of five feet, for reference), and it would still be a center mass hit.[[/note]]
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* {{Irony}}: In "Beholder" the serial killer is targeting people based on their looks in order to upgrade his own. [[spoiler:He's doing so to woo a woman he's been talking with online, only to discover that she's blind and loved him for his personality.]]

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* {{Irony}}: In "Beholder" the serial killer is targeting people based on their looks in order to upgrade his own. [[spoiler:He's doing so to woo a woman he's been talking with online, online using a digital recreation of the face he's trying to give himself, only to discover that she's blind and loved him for his personality.]]


* SaltAndPepper: Subverted with John and Dorian. Also see SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan.
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trope is about colorism IU


* ButNotTooBlack: Both Dorian and the ex-girlfriend. Of course, it's likely that Dorian is played by Michael Ealy ''because'' he looks unusual. The [=MXs=] come across as similarly racially ambiguous.
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* CrooksAreBetterArmed: The series has this as its CentralTheme. In the {{Cyberpunk}} {{Dystopian}} future, technology has grown so rapidly and so quickly that the criminal underworld has access to what amounts to supervillain technology. Not only does this create whole new kinds of crime but they are often able to overwhelm the police with strange weapons like Terminator-esque kill bots.
-->''The year is 2048. Evolving technologies can no longer be regulated. Dangerous advancements forever alter the criminal landscape. Police are not prepared. Law enforcement combats this corruption with a new line of defense... but not all are created equal.''
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TRS wick cleaningThey Fight Crime is no longer a trope


[[caption-width-right:300: A [[FantasticRacism robot-hating]] veteran police officer is partnered up with a [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots very advanced android]]. Together, TheyFightCrime]]

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[[caption-width-right:300: A [[FantasticRacism robot-hating]] veteran police officer is partnered up with a [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots very advanced android]]. Together, TheyFightCrime]]they fight crime!]]
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* HowsYourBritishAccent : In episode 11, Kennex pretends to be a New Zealander during an undercover mission to locate a cyber criminal. Actor Creator/KarlUrban is from New Zealand.
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* UncannyValley:The MX-series androids are almost certainly meant to evoke this trope, with BarbieDollAnatomy, stiff expressions and movements and plasticky skin.

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