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* FreudianExcuse: His obsession with the [[spoiler: Central project]] and murder of Viksha were out of desperation, noting in his introduction that [[spoiler: the Central project]] is his last chance to salvage his career after some kind of "accident" in his past. [[spoiler: When Viksha and Regis decide at the last second to not use their embryos for the project, putting the whole project in jeopardy, Baxter knocks out Regis and strangles Viksha to death, screaming that they've ended him.]]

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* FreudianExcuse: His obsession with the [[spoiler: Central project]] and murder of Viksha were out of desperation, noting in his introduction that [[spoiler: the Central project]] is his last chance to salvage his career after some kind of "accident" in his past. [[spoiler: When [[spoiler:When Viksha and Regis decide at the last second to not use their embryos for the project, putting the whole project in jeopardy, Baxter knocks out Regis and strangles Viksha to death, screaming that they've ended him.]]]] Notably, [[spoiler:the VirtualGhost version of him comes across as a whole lot calmer and even quite personable when compared to what we see of the real Baxter, and it's implied that it is exactly because he has no memories of his flesh-and-blood counterpart's past]].
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Amended no celebrities were harmed section because Kenneth Williams is an obvious inspiration.


* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Appears to be an homage to Frank Nelson.

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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Appears to be an homage to Frank Nelson.Nelson and Kenneth Williams.
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Misuse of Raised As The Opposite Gender as applied to a transgender character. Per Is This An Example?, this doesn't count.


* RaisedAsTheOppositeGender: When asked about her past, casually mentions attending a school that Charlie knows to be all-boys. She apparently "fit right in" at the time.

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* RaisedAsTheOppositeGender: When asked about her past, casually mentions attending a school that Charlie knows to be all-boys. She apparently "fit right in" at the time.



* {{Transgender}}: When asked about her past, casually mentions attending a school that Charlie knows to be all-boys. She apparently "fit right in" at the time.
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* ChekhhovsGunman: Is swiftly introduced early on but her plot-relevance is only revealed later.

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* ChekhhovsGunman: ChekhovsGunman: Is swiftly introduced early on but her plot-relevance is only revealed later.
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* ExactWords: The voluntarily installed governor in his head prevents him from lying, but does not prevent him from telling the truth in very specific ways. He uses this to deny hiring the bomber that attacked the secret meeting: technically, his secretary did that.]]

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* ExactWords: The voluntarily installed governor in his head prevents him from lying, but does not prevent him from telling the truth in very specific ways. He [[spoiler:He uses this to deny hiring the bomber that attacked the secret meeting: technically, his secretary did that.]]
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Trope being merged with Overly Long Name per TRS


* OverlyLongSpanishName: Just ''look'' at that thing! Regis doesn't even bother remembering anything past her first name.

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* OverlyLongSpanishName: OverlyLongName: Just ''look'' at that thing! Regis doesn't even bother remembering anything past her first name.
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Dewicking per TRS decision.


* BiTheWay: Was in a relationship with Nina at some point. Regis is skeptical when he finds out, simply because he has a hard time imagining Nina loving ''anyone''. She also makes suggestive comments about Geil's husband.

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