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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Serge occasionally brings out the better in unpleasant characters (or happens to be around when something else does) who he counts as friends and helps them along the way. Consequently, it can feel annoying that this never happens with certain interesting characters he has more antagonistic relationships with.
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** Serge occasionally brings out the better in unpleasant characters (or happens to be around when something else does, and helps them along the way. Consequently, it can feel annoying that this never happens with two of his more notable love interests, Rachael and Molly.
*** Molly from ''Torpedo Juice'' is [[spoiler:an unhinged SerialKiller like Serge, with him noting that this gives soulmate vibes]], and enters into an AwfulWeddedLife with him due to their clashing interests and manners, but the relationship only sours rather than ever improving and [[spoiler:their killer careers are strictly separate, with them never targeting the same people]].
*** AddledAddict Rachael from ''Atomic Lobster'' is a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute for Sharon Rhodes besides being more of a HotBlooded hedonist and TheLoad rather than a calculating grifter, killer, and HoneyTrap like Sharon. [[spoiler:She is also Sharon's sister and mourns her death at the hands of Serge. This could have been used to explore how Serge's actions can hurt people, add a layer of tension and complexity to Serge and Rachael's future interactions for a while to come, and have given Rachael a reason to reflect on how her own self-destructive lifestyle reflects Sharon's. Instead, she immediately tries to attack Serge and Coleman with a knife after learning the truth and learns the meaning of BullyingADragon]]. She also shows some signs of recognizing the toxicity of her SlapSlapKiss relationship with Serge by suggesting roleplaying to get past their normal anger-filled sex, but this doesn’t lead to any visible CharacterDevelopment in other parts of her life.
*** Molly from ''Torpedo Juice'' is [[spoiler:an unhinged SerialKiller like Serge, with him noting that this gives soulmate vibes]], and enters into an AwfulWeddedLife with him due to their clashing interests and manners, but the relationship only sours rather than ever improving and [[spoiler:their killer careers are strictly separate, with them never targeting the same people]].
*** AddledAddict Rachael from ''Atomic Lobster'' is a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute for Sharon Rhodes besides being more of a HotBlooded hedonist and TheLoad rather than a calculating grifter, killer, and HoneyTrap like Sharon. [[spoiler:She is also Sharon's sister and mourns her death at the hands of Serge. This could have been used to explore how Serge's actions can hurt people, add a layer of tension and complexity to Serge and Rachael's future interactions for a while to come, and have given Rachael a reason to reflect on how her own self-destructive lifestyle reflects Sharon's. Instead, she immediately tries to attack Serge and Coleman with a knife after learning the truth and learns the meaning of BullyingADragon]]. She also shows some signs of recognizing the toxicity of her SlapSlapKiss relationship with Serge by suggesting roleplaying to get past their normal anger-filled sex, but this doesn’t lead to any visible CharacterDevelopment in other parts of her life.
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** Serge occasionally brings out the better in unpleasant characters (or happens to be around when something else does, and helps them along the way. Consequently, it can feel annoying that this never happens with two of his more notable love interests, Rachael and Molly.
*** Molly from ''Torpedo Juice'' is [[spoiler:an unhinged SerialKiller like Serge, with him noting that this gives soulmate vibes]], and enters into an AwfulWeddedLife with him due to their clashing interests and manners, but the relationship only sours rather than ever improving and [[spoiler:their killer careers are strictly separate, with them never targeting the same people]].
***AddledAddict GirlOfTheWeek Rachael from ''Atomic Lobster'' is a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute for Sharon Rhodes besides being more of a HotBlooded hedonist and TheLoad rather than a calculating grifter, killer, and HoneyTrap like Sharon. [[spoiler:She is also Sharon's sister and mourns her death at the hands of Serge. This could have been used to explore how Serge's actions can hurt people, add a layer of tension and complexity to Serge and Rachael's future interactions for a while to come, and have given Rachael a reason to reflect on how her own self-destructive lifestyle reflects Sharon's. Instead, she immediately tries to attack Serge and Coleman with a knife after learning the truth and learns the meaning of BullyingADragon]]. She also shows some signs of recognizing the toxicity of her SlapSlapKiss relationship with Serge by suggesting roleplaying to get past their normal anger-filled sex, but this doesn’t lead to any visible CharacterDevelopment in other parts of her life.
*** Molly from ''Torpedo Juice'' is [[spoiler:an unhinged SerialKiller like Serge, with him noting that this gives soulmate vibes]], and enters into an AwfulWeddedLife with him due to their clashing interests and manners, but the relationship only sours rather than ever improving and [[spoiler:their killer careers are strictly separate, with them never targeting the same people]].
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Keeping the McGraw name from being a redlink and organizing they wasted a perfeclty good character better.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Serge occasionally brings out the better in unpleasant characters (or happens to be around when something else does, and helps them along the way. Consequently, it can feel annoying that this never happens with two of his more notable love interests, Rachael and Molly.
** Molly from ''Torpedo Juice'' is [[spoiler:an unhinged SerialKiller like Serge, with him noting that this gives soulmate vibes]], and enters into an AwfulWeddedLife with him due to their clashing interests and manners, but the relationship only sours rather than ever improving and [[spoiler:their killer careers are strictly separate, with them never targeting the same people]].
** AddledAddict Rachael from ''Atomic Lobster'' is a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute for Sharon Rhodes besides being more of a HotBlooded hedonist and TheLoad rather than a calculating grifter, killer, and HoneyTrap like Sharon. [[spoiler:She is also Sharon's sister and mourns her death at the hands of Serge. This could have been used to explore how Serge's actions can hurt people, add a layer of tension and complexity to Serge and Rachael's future interactions for a while to come, and have given Rachael a reason to reflect on how her own self-destructive lifestyle reflects Sharon's. Instead, she immediately tries to attack Serge and Coleman with a knife after learning the truth and learns the meaning of BullyingADragon]]. She also shows some signs of recognizing the toxicity of her SlapSlapKiss relationship with Serge by suggesting roleplaying to get past their normal anger-filled sex, but this doesn’t lead to any visible CharacterDevelopment in other parts of her life.
** On a non-romantic not there's Sly McGraw from Triggerfish Twist. While the rest of the McGraw family seem to largely be [[TheBrute more brawn than brains]] Sly is [[AffablyEvil able to have a polite conversation with Serge while holding him hostage]] and even matches Serge beat for beat when Serge starts going on one of his rambling diatribes about what's wrong with modern society, with the two debating if it's unique to Florida or happening all over the country. He promptly gets gun downed by Jim Davenport shortly there after, sadly making it impossible for him to show up again in ''Atomic Lobster'' which saw the return of the McGraw family.
** Molly from ''Torpedo Juice'' is [[spoiler:an unhinged SerialKiller like Serge, with him noting that this gives soulmate vibes]], and enters into an AwfulWeddedLife with him due to their clashing interests and manners, but the relationship only sours rather than ever improving and [[spoiler:their killer careers are strictly separate, with them never targeting the same people]].
** AddledAddict Rachael from ''Atomic Lobster'' is a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute for Sharon Rhodes besides being more of a HotBlooded hedonist and TheLoad rather than a calculating grifter, killer, and HoneyTrap like Sharon. [[spoiler:She is also Sharon's sister and mourns her death at the hands of Serge. This could have been used to explore how Serge's actions can hurt people, add a layer of tension and complexity to Serge and Rachael's future interactions for a while to come, and have given Rachael a reason to reflect on how her own self-destructive lifestyle reflects Sharon's. Instead, she immediately tries to attack Serge and Coleman with a knife after learning the truth and learns the meaning of BullyingADragon]]. She also shows some signs of recognizing the toxicity of her SlapSlapKiss relationship with Serge by suggesting roleplaying to get past their normal anger-filled sex, but this doesn’t lead to any visible CharacterDevelopment in other parts of her life.
** On a non-romantic not there's Sly McGraw from Triggerfish Twist. While the rest of the McGraw family seem to largely be [[TheBrute more brawn than brains]] Sly is [[AffablyEvil able to have a polite conversation with Serge while holding him hostage]] and even matches Serge beat for beat when Serge starts going on one of his rambling diatribes about what's wrong with modern society, with the two debating if it's unique to Florida or happening all over the country. He promptly gets gun downed by Jim Davenport shortly there after, sadly making it impossible for him to show up again in ''Atomic Lobster'' which saw the return of the McGraw family.
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** Sly [=McGraw=] from Triggerfish Twist. While the rest of the [=McGraw=] family seem to largely be [[TheBrute more brawn than brains]] Sly is [[AffablyEvil able to have a polite conversation with Serge while holding him hostage]] and even matches Serge beat for beat when Serge starts going on one of his rambling diatribes about what's wrong with modern society, with the two debating if it's unique to Florida or happening all over the country. He promptly gets gunned downed by Jim Davenport shortly there after, sadly making it impossible for him to show up again in ''Atomic Lobster'' which saw the return of the [=McGraw=] family.
** Serge occasionally brings out the better in unpleasant characters (or happens to be around when something else does, and helps them along the way. Consequently, it can feel annoying that this never happens with two of his more notable love interests, Rachael and Molly.
** *** Molly from ''Torpedo Juice'' is [[spoiler:an unhinged SerialKiller like Serge, with him noting that this gives soulmate vibes]], and enters into an AwfulWeddedLife with him due to their clashing interests and manners, but the relationship only sours rather than ever improving and [[spoiler:their killer careers are strictly separate, with them never targeting the same people]].
** *** AddledAddict Rachael from ''Atomic Lobster'' is a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute for Sharon Rhodes besides being more of a HotBlooded hedonist and TheLoad rather than a calculating grifter, killer, and HoneyTrap like Sharon. [[spoiler:She is also Sharon's sister and mourns her death at the hands of Serge. This could have been used to explore how Serge's actions can hurt people, add a layer of tension and complexity to Serge and Rachael's future interactions for a while to come, and have given Rachael a reason to reflect on how her own self-destructive lifestyle reflects Sharon's. Instead, she immediately tries to attack Serge and Coleman with a knife after learning the truth and learns the meaning of BullyingADragon]]. She also shows some signs of recognizing the toxicity of her SlapSlapKiss relationship with Serge by suggesting roleplaying to get past their normal anger-filled sex, but this doesn’t lead to any visible CharacterDevelopment in other parts of her life.
** On a non-romantic not there's Sly McGraw from Triggerfish Twist. While the rest of the McGraw family seem to largely be [[TheBrute more brawn than brains]] Sly is [[AffablyEvil able to have a polite conversation with Serge while holding him hostage]] and even matches Serge beat for beat when Serge starts going on one of his rambling diatribes about what's wrong with modern society, with the two debating if it's unique to Florida or happening all over the country. He promptly gets gun downed by Jim Davenport shortly there after, sadly making it impossible for him to show up again in ''Atomic Lobster'' which saw the return of the McGraw family.life.
** Sly [=McGraw=] from Triggerfish Twist. While the rest of the [=McGraw=] family seem to largely be [[TheBrute more brawn than brains]] Sly is [[AffablyEvil able to have a polite conversation with Serge while holding him hostage]] and even matches Serge beat for beat when Serge starts going on one of his rambling diatribes about what's wrong with modern society, with the two debating if it's unique to Florida or happening all over the country. He promptly gets gunned downed by Jim Davenport shortly there after, sadly making it impossible for him to show up again in ''Atomic Lobster'' which saw the return of the [=McGraw=] family.
** Serge occasionally brings out the better in unpleasant characters (or happens to be around when something else does, and helps them along the way. Consequently, it can feel annoying that this never happens with two of his more notable love interests, Rachael and Molly.
** On a non-romantic not there's Sly McGraw from Triggerfish Twist. While the rest of the McGraw family seem to largely be [[TheBrute more brawn than brains]] Sly is [[AffablyEvil able to have a polite conversation with Serge while holding him hostage]] and even matches Serge beat for beat when Serge starts going on one of his rambling diatribes about what's wrong with modern society, with the two debating if it's unique to Florida or happening all over the country. He promptly gets gun downed by Jim Davenport shortly there after, sadly making it impossible for him to show up again in ''Atomic Lobster'' which saw the return of the McGraw family.
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* CringeComedy: A frequent hallmark of any plot featuring [[RecurringCharacter the Davenports]], something bad will happen to Jim who will [[ExtremeDoormat fail to assert himself]] in response to it, and fairly frequently Martha's [[FieryRedhead spitfire personality]] will only end up making it worse.
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* TooBleakStoppedCaring: The B-Plot ''The Riptide Ultra-Glide'' features a [[NiceGuy nice couple from Wisconsin]] who have recently fallen on hard financial times going on vacation in Florida. Misfortune after misfortune befalls them, and their plotline abruptly [[NoEnding terminates with them finally meeting Serge at the very end of the story]] with no clear idea of exactly what he'd do to make their lives better. While Dorsey's B-Plots often features nice guy characters suffering, it's typically balanced out by [[KarmicJackpot a clear happy ending]] which isn't the case here. By comparison the two main non-Serge characters in ''Florida Roadkill' had a clear happy ending!
* VagueAge: Serge is a subtle victim of this due to the series [[LongRunner extended nature]]. He was born in the sixties and the series started in 1999. By the time of Hurricane Punch (2007) he was in his mid forties. Each book in the series tends to take place roughly a year or two before its real life publishing date. This means that Serge should be effectively in late fifties/early sixties by the time of Maltese Iguana (which we can tell takes place in 2021 because Serge gets a freshly available COVID-19 vaccine) but if that's the case there's nothing in the books (other than the date of his birth) to suggest it.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: There's a series length version in "Maltese Iguana" as despite recurring character Reevis Tome get his own B-plot, no reference of any kind is made to fellow recurring character Brook Campanella who was dating Reevis when we last saw him in "Clownfish Blues".
* VagueAge: Serge is a subtle victim of this due to the series [[LongRunner extended nature]]. He was born in the sixties and the series started in 1999. By the time of Hurricane Punch (2007) he was in his mid forties. Each book in the series tends to take place roughly a year or two before its real life publishing date. This means that Serge should be effectively in late fifties/early sixties by the time of Maltese Iguana (which we can tell takes place in 2021 because Serge gets a freshly available COVID-19 vaccine) but if that's the case there's nothing in the books (other than the date of his birth) to suggest it.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: There's a series length version in "Maltese Iguana" as despite recurring character Reevis Tome get his own B-plot, no reference of any kind is made to fellow recurring character Brook Campanella who was dating Reevis when we last saw him in "Clownfish Blues".
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* TooBleakStoppedCaring: The B-Plot ''The Riptide Ultra-Glide'' features a [[NiceGuy nice couple from Wisconsin]] who have recently fallen on hard financial times going on vacation in Florida. Misfortune after misfortune befalls them, and their plotline abruptly [[NoEnding terminates with them finally meeting Serge at the very end of the story]] with no clear idea of exactly what he'd do to make their lives better. While Dorsey's B-Plots often features nice guy characters suffering, it's typically balanced out by [[KarmicJackpot a clear happy ending]] which isn't the case here. By comparison the two main non-Serge characters in ''Florida Roadkill' Roadkill'' had a clear happy ending!
* VagueAge: Serge is a subtle victim of this due to the series [[LongRunner extended nature]]. He was born in the sixties and the series started in 1999. By the time ofHurricane Punch ''Hurricane Punch'' (2007) he was in his mid forties. Each book in the series tends to take place roughly a year or two before its real life publishing date. This means that Serge should be effectively in late fifties/early sixties by the time of Maltese Iguana ''Maltese Iguana'' (which we can tell takes place in 2021 because Serge gets a freshly available COVID-19 vaccine) but if that's the case there's nothing in the books (other than the date of his birth) to suggest it.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: There's a series length version in"Maltese Iguana" ''Maltese Iguana'' as despite recurring character Reevis Tome get his own B-plot, no reference of any kind is made to fellow recurring character Brook Campanella who was dating Reevis when we last saw him in "Clownfish Blues".''Clownfish Blues''.
* VagueAge: Serge is a subtle victim of this due to the series [[LongRunner extended nature]]. He was born in the sixties and the series started in 1999. By the time of
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* SeriesContinuityError: In Triggerfish Twist, Serge realizes that Mahoney is an undercover cop when Mahoney makes a mistake about the geography of the area that Serge grew up in. Later on however in Electric Barracuda, we find out that Serge and Mahoney were born in the same hospital and grew up roughly two blocks apart, so Mahoney would need to have been mistaken about what part of Florida his own home town was in to make this error.
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* SeriesContinuityError: In Triggerfish Twist, ''Triggerfish Twist'', Serge realizes that Mahoney is an undercover cop when Mahoney makes a mistake about the geography of the area that Serge grew up in. Later on however in Electric Barracuda, ''Electric Barracuda'', we find out that Serge and Mahoney were born in the same hospital and grew up roughly two blocks apart, so Mahoney would need to have been mistaken about what part of Florida his own home town was in to make this error.
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*SeriesContinuityError: In Triggerfish Twist, Serge realizes that Mahoney is an undercover cop when Mahoney makes a mistake about the geography of the area that Serge grew up in. Later on however in Electric Barracuda, we find out that Serge and Mahoney were born in the same hospital and grew up roughly two blocks apart, so Mahoney would need to have been mistaken about what part of Florida his own home town was in to make this error.
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* GrowingTheBeard: ''Florida Roadkill'' and ''Hammerhead Ranch Motel'' got respectable sales and reviews. Still, the plots aren't as good as those in later books, and the over-abundance of the AnyoneCanDie trope and Serge's EarlyInstallmentWeirdness nastiness can provide a decent amount of TooBleakStoppedCaring sentiment. For some, ''Orange Crush'' is where the series begins finding a decent balance of plot twists, CharacterDevelopment, a larger recurring cast, and whacky hijinks.
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* GrowingTheBeard: ''Florida Roadkill'' and ''Hammerhead Ranch Motel'' got respectable sales and reviews. Still, the plots aren't as good as those in later books, and the over-abundance of the AnyoneCanDie trope and Serge's EarlyInstallmentWeirdness nastiness can provide a decent amount of TooBleakStoppedCaring sentiment. For some, many, ''Orange Crush'' is and/or ''The Triggerfish Twist'' are where the series begins finding a decent balance of plot twists, CharacterDevelopment, a larger recurring cast, and whacky hijinks.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Serge occasionally brings out the better in unpleasant characters (or happens to be around when something else does, and helps them along the way. Consequently, it can feel annoying that this never happens with two of his more notable love interests, Rachael and Molly.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodCharacter: Serge occasionally brings out the better in unpleasant characters (or happens to be around when something else does, and helps them along the way. Consequently, it can feel annoying that this never happens with two of his more notable love interests, Rachael and Molly.
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** AddledAddict Rachael from ''Atomic Lobster'' is a SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute for Sharon Rhodes besides being more of a HotBlooded hedonist and TheLoad rather than a calculating grifter, killer, and HoneyTrap like Sharon. [[spoiler:She is also Sharon's sister and mourns her death at the hands of Serge. This could have been used to explore how Serge's actions can hurt people, add a layer of tension and complexity to Serge and Rachael's future interactions for a while to come, and have given Rachael a reason to reflect on how her own self-destructive lifestyle reflects Sharon's. Instead, she immediately tries to attack Serge and Coleman with a knife after learning the truth and learns the meaning of BullyingADragon]]. She also shows some signs of recognizing the toxicity of her SlapSlapKiss relationship with Serge by suggesting roleplaying to get past their normal anger-filled sex, but this doesn’t lead to any visible CharacterDevelopment in other parts of her life.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: Since Rachael spends most of ''Atomic Lobster'' high on cocaine, it can be hard to tell whether some of her angry or violent actions throughout the book, such as being eager to throw her old dealer off a bridge or [[spoiler:attacking Serge and Coleman in the climax shortly after learning that they killed her sister in debatable self-defense ten years earlier]] are a result of cocaine highs or are done consciously.
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* GrowingTheBeard: ''Florida Roadkill'' and ''Hammerhead Ranch Motel'' got respectable sales and reviews. Still, the plots aren't as good as those in later books, and the over-abundance of the AnyoneCanDie trope and Serge's EarlyInstallmentWeirdness nastiness can provide a decent amount of TooBleakStoppedCaring sentiment. For some, ''Orange Crush'' is where the series begins finding a decent balance of plot twists, CharacterDevelopment, a larger recurring cast, and whacky hijinks.
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** While [[spoiler: Juan Diaz (the ButtMonkey cousin of a criminal family)]] is presumed dead in a hurricane in ''Hammerhead Ranch Motel'', he isn't shown being killed, making it possible he just ran off in the middle of the chaos.
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Serge occasionally brings out the better in unpleasant characters (or happens to be around when something else does, and helps them along the way. Consequently, it can feel annoying that this never happens with two of his more notable love interests, Rachael and Molly.
** Molly from ''Torpedo Juice'' is [[spoiler:an unhinged SerialKiller like Serge, with him noting that this gives soulmate vibes]], and enters into an AwfulWeddedLife with him due to their clashing interests and manners, but the relationship only sours rather than ever improving and [[spoiler:their killer careers are strictly separate, with them never targeting the same people]].
** Molly from ''Torpedo Juice'' is [[spoiler:an unhinged SerialKiller like Serge, with him noting that this gives soulmate vibes]], and enters into an AwfulWeddedLife with him due to their clashing interests and manners, but the relationship only sours rather than ever improving and [[spoiler:their killer careers are strictly separate, with them never targeting the same people]].
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* CrossesTheLineTwice: Both Serge's murder methods and many of his and Coleman/Lenny's other exploits.
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* CrossesTheLineTwice: Both Serge's murder methods and many of his and Coleman/Lenny's other exploits.exploits would be horrifying in real-life but are over-the-top in their zaniness.
* FanonDiscontinuity: ''Orange Crush'' can feel slightly more enjoyable if you ignore the scenes that confirm that AmnesiacHero (or rather, amnesiac sidekick) Jack is Serge. Serge and his trademark actions aren’t terribly relevant for the otherwise standalone and unusually character-driven story, and Jack being Serge means that the PairTheSpares romance he gets into will experience a HappyEndingOverride once the book ends.
* FanonDiscontinuity: ''Orange Crush'' can feel slightly more enjoyable if you ignore the scenes that confirm that AmnesiacHero (or rather, amnesiac sidekick) Jack is Serge. Serge and his trademark actions aren’t terribly relevant for the otherwise standalone and unusually character-driven story, and Jack being Serge means that the PairTheSpares romance he gets into will experience a HappyEndingOverride once the book ends.
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* HesJustHiding: [[spoiler:FemmeFatale Rachael Rhodes from ''Atomic Lobster'' is one of the few people whose killing be Serge doesn’t really sit right with many fans due to her not doing much worse than doing drugs, or attacking Serge and Coleman in justifiable anger at learning they killed her sister in an earlier book. Since her NeverFoundTheBody death involves falling off a cruise ship while suffocating on fire extinguisher foam, it can be nice to hope that she somehow survived.]]
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* HesJustHiding: Given how Coleman's explicit death is later retconned, it can occasionally be nice to hope that other characters who seem dead are really alive.
** In ''Cadillac Beach'', [[spoiler:MasterActor Doug]], a particularly impressive villain, is shown falling to the ground after being shot in the chest, but the word ''dead'' is never used.
** In ''Torpedo Juice'', [[spoiler:Gaskin Fussels/DEA Agent Wilson]] getting an anticlimactic "fatal wound to the head" can feel disappointing after his ObfuscatingStupidity GoodAllAlong undercover cop antics, and it can be nice to wonder if that line just meant potentially fatal and not actually fatal.
** [[spoiler:FemmeFatale RachaelRhodes Rhodes]] from ''Atomic Lobster'' is one of the few people whose killing be Serge doesn’t really sit right with many fans due to her not doing much worse than doing [[spoiler:doing drugs, or attacking Serge and Coleman in justifiable anger at learning they killed her sister in an earlier book.book]]. Since her NeverFoundTheBody death involves falling off a cruise ship while suffocating on fire extinguisher foam, it can be nice to hope that she somehow survived.]] Temporarily inhaling some water could have even saved her life (assuming she coughed it up) by potentially cleansing out the foam.
** In ''Cadillac Beach'', [[spoiler:MasterActor Doug]], a particularly impressive villain, is shown falling to the ground after being shot in the chest, but the word ''dead'' is never used.
** In ''Torpedo Juice'', [[spoiler:Gaskin Fussels/DEA Agent Wilson]] getting an anticlimactic "fatal wound to the head" can feel disappointing after his ObfuscatingStupidity GoodAllAlong undercover cop antics, and it can be nice to wonder if that line just meant potentially fatal and not actually fatal.
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* HesJustHiding: [[spoiler:FemmeFatale Rachael Rhodes from ''Atomic Lobster'' is one of the few people whose killing be Serge doesn’t really sit right with many fans due to her not doing anything worse than doing drugs, bashing her hostile drug dealer with a frying pan, or attacking Serge and Coleman in justifiable anger at learning they killed her sister in an earlier book. Since her NeverFoundTheBody death involves falling off a cruise ship while suffocating on fire extinguisher foam, it can be nice to hope that she somehow survived.]]
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* HesJustHiding: [[spoiler:FemmeFatale Rachael Rhodes from ''Atomic Lobster'' is one of the few people whose killing be Serge doesn’t really sit right with many fans due to her not doing anything much worse than doing drugs, bashing her hostile drug dealer with a frying pan, or attacking Serge and Coleman in justifiable anger at learning they killed her sister in an earlier book. Since her NeverFoundTheBody death involves falling off a cruise ship while suffocating on fire extinguisher foam, it can be nice to hope that she somehow survived.]]
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* HesJustHiding: [[spoiler:FemmeFatale Rachael Rhodes from ''Atomic Lobster'' is one of the few people whose killing be Serge doesn’t really sit right with many fans due to her not doing anything worse than doing drugs or attacking Serge and Coleman in justifiable anger at learning they killed her sister in an earlier book. Since her NeverFoundTheBody death involves falling off a cruise ship while suffocating on fire extinguisher foam, it can be nice to hope that she somehow survived.]]
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* HesJustHiding: [[spoiler:FemmeFatale Rachael Rhodes from ''Atomic Lobster'' is one of the few people whose killing be Serge doesn’t really sit right with many fans due to her not doing anything worse than doing drugs drugs, bashing her hostile drug dealer with a frying pan, or attacking Serge and Coleman in justifiable anger at learning they killed her sister in an earlier book. Since her NeverFoundTheBody death involves falling off a cruise ship while suffocating on fire extinguisher foam, it can be nice to hope that she somehow survived.]]
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* HesJustHiding: [[spoiler:FemmeFatale Rachael Rhodes from ''Atomic Lobster'' is one of the few people whose killing be Serge doesn’t really sit right with many fans due to her not doing anything worse than attacking Serge and Coleman in justifiable anger at learning they killed her sister in an earlier book. Since her NeverFoundTheBody death involves falling off a cruise ship while suffocating on fire extinguisher foam, it can be nice to hope that she somehow survived.]]
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* HesJustHiding: [[spoiler:FemmeFatale Rachael Rhodes from ''Atomic Lobster'' is one of the few people whose killing be Serge doesn’t really sit right with many fans due to her not doing anything worse than doing drugs or attacking Serge and Coleman in justifiable anger at learning they killed her sister in an earlier book. Since her NeverFoundTheBody death involves falling off a cruise ship while suffocating on fire extinguisher foam, it can be nice to hope that she somehow survived.]]
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* HesJustHiding: [[spoiler:FemmeFatale Rachael Rhodes from ''Atomic Lobster'' is one of the few people whose killing be Serge doesn’t really sit right with many fans due to her not doing anything worse than attacking Serge and Coleman in justifiable anger at learning they killed her sister ten years ago. Since her NeverFoundTheBody death involves falling off a cruise ship while suffocating on fire extinguisher foam, it can be nice to hope that she somehow survived.]]
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* HesJustHiding: [[spoiler:FemmeFatale Rachael Rhodes from ''Atomic Lobster'' is one of the few people whose killing be Serge doesn’t really sit right with many fans due to her not doing anything worse than attacking Serge and Coleman in justifiable anger at learning they killed her sister ten years ago.in an earlier book. Since her NeverFoundTheBody death involves falling off a cruise ship while suffocating on fire extinguisher foam, it can be nice to hope that she somehow survived.]]
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* HesJustHiding: [[spoiler:FemmeFatale Rachael Rhodes from ''Atomic Lobster'' is one of the few people whose killing be Serge doesn’t really sit right with many fans due to her not doing anything worse than attacking Serge and Coleman in justifiable anger at learning they killed her sister ten years ago. Since her NeverFoundTheBody death involves falling off a cruise ship while suffocating on fire extinguisher foam, it can be nice to hope that she somehow survived.]]
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* VagueAge: Serge is a subtle victim of this due to the series [[LongRunner extended nature]]. He was born in the sixties and the series started in 1999. By the time of Hurricane Punch (2007) he was in his mid forties. Each book in the series tends to take place roughly a year or two before its real life publishing date. This means that Serge should be effectively in late fifties/early sixties by the time of Maltese Iguana (which we can tell takes place in 2021 because Serge gets a freshly available COVID-19 vaccine) but if that's the case there's nothing in the books (other than the date of his birth) to suggest it.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: There's a series length version in "Maltese Iguana" as despite recurring character Reevis Tome get his own B-plot, no reference of any kind is made to fellow recurring character Brook Campanella who was dating Reevis when we last saw him in "Clownfish Blues ".
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: There's a series length version in "Maltese Iguana" as despite recurring character Reevis Tome get his own B-plot, no reference of any kind is made to fellow recurring character Brook Campanella who was dating Reevis when we last saw him in "Clownfish Blues ".Blues".
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: There's a series length version in "Maltese Iguana" as despite recurring character Reevis Tome get his own B-plot, no reference of any kind is made to fellow recurring character Brook Campanella who was dating Reevis when we last saw him in "Shark Skin Suite"."Clownfish Blues ".
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: There's a series length version in "Maltese Iguana" in that as despite recurring character Reevis Tome get his own B-plot, no reference of any kind is made to fellow recurring character Brook Campanella who was dating Reevis when we last saw him in "Shark Skin Suite".
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* CrazyAwesome: Serge
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* MagnificentBastard: In ''Cadillac Beach,'' [[MasterActor Doug]] is introduced as a hapless, hard-partying salesman who gets dragged into one of Serge's dangerous adventures after killing a mobster in a prank gone wrong, but the ending reveals a devoutly brilliant new side of his personality. Doug is really a mob hitman who deliberately killed the mobster--a potential informer--and [[MakeItLookLikeAnAccident made it look like an accident]] so he'd have an excuse to tag along with Serge during Serge's search for a cache of stolen diamonds. As soon as Serge finds the diamonds, Doug drops the act, takes everyone prisoner, and reveals how he's been manipulating Serge for the entire book. When an impressed Serge compliments Doug's acting skills, Doug happily reveals that he's already a part-time actor looking for his big break. Doug then prepares to kill everyone, [[MercyKill promising to do so painlessly]], only to be foiled by blind luck.
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* CompleteMonster: Never Serge, who remains sympathetic enough and who does save people he knows are innocent. It's left to the visiting bad guys of each novel, [[KarmicDeath who deserve the Serge-Deathtrap treatment]] coming to them.
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** Special mention should go to Coleman, the stoner who somehow has a complete and expert-level understanding of physics, chemistry, fluid dynamics, aeronautics, and several theoretical and mathematical concepts...which he ''only uses to get stoned''
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** Special mention should go to Coleman, the stoner who somehow has a complete and expert-level understanding of physics, chemistry, fluid dynamics, aeronautics, and several theoretical and mathematical concepts...which he ''only uses to get stoned''
