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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: In the 1990s stories, "Baroness" Brunner becomes a blatant caricature of UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher.


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* BlackComedyCannibalism: During the peace talks party in ''The English Assassin'', he takes a ex-nun off to a bedroom for some private fun, which involves covering her with chocolate to lick off. Things get out of hand...
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* YouHaveToHaveJews: He's the only character in any of the stories clearly described as Jewish.

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* YouHaveToHaveJews: He's the only character in any of the stories routinely and clearly described as Jewish.



* EarnedHisTitle: Gordon's got a bit of a exposure habit. (And shows up as Lady Godiva (!!) at a Christmas costume ball.)

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* EarnedHisTitle: [[EarnYourTitle Earned His Title]]: Gordon's got a bit of a exposure habit. (And shows up as Lady Godiva (!!) at a Christmas costume ball.)
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* {{Crossdresser}}: Sometimes by choice, sometimes not. AttractiveBentGender in either case.

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* {{Crossdresser}}: Sometimes by choice, sometimes not. [[DraggedIntoDrag not.]] AttractiveBentGender in either case.



* [[ILetGwenStacyDie I Let My Sister Die]]

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* [[ILetGwenStacyDie I Let My Sister Die]]Die]]: In fact, he shot her (by accident, but still).



* [[SignificantName Significant Nickname]]: Gordon's got a bit of a exposure habit. (And shows up as Lady Godiva (!!) at a Christmas costume ball.)

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* [[SignificantName Significant Nickname]]: EarnedHisTitle: Gordon's got a bit of a exposure habit. (And shows up as Lady Godiva (!!) at a Christmas costume ball.)
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* JiveTurkey: Comes off this way in the "real-world" parts of ''The Condition of Muzak.''

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* JiveTurkey: AgingWouldBeHipster: Comes off this way in the "real-world" parts of ''The Condition of Muzak.''Muzak,'' especially when trying to get Jerry to come up with a more radio-[=/=]''Series/TopOfThePops''-friendly sound.
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rich idiot with no day job was disambiguated by TRS. As is typical with wick cleaning projects, zero-context examples are deleted as it's impossible to tell if they're actually examples of anything.


%%* UpperClassTwit / RichIdiotWithNoDayJob

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%%* UpperClassTwit / RichIdiotWithNoDayJob
UpperClassTwit
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* MyBelovedSmother: One of the few people Jerry is genuinely scared of-- and [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/stormbringer/images/c/c0/MrsC2.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20160831195109 not without reason.]] Apparently her mere presence can neutralize enemies and reduce her own offspring to children.

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* MyBelovedSmother: One of the few people Jerry is genuinely scared of-- and [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/stormbringer/images/c/c0/MrsC2.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20160831195109 not without reason.]] Apparently her mere presence can neutralize enemies and reduce her own offspring to children.children (at least in that comic; in the books she does tend to make her children feel like, well, children again, and the one time she confronts one of the major baddies, she simply humiliates her before going her own way).
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* SweetTooth: He'll even snort sugar like it was cocaine.

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* SweetTooth: SinisterSweetTooth: He'll even snort sugar like it was cocaine.cocaine, and it's just part of his generally gross nature.
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* AscendedExtra: She gets more to do in stories where she's paired with UnaPersson.

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* AscendedExtra: She gets more to do in stories where she's paired with UnaPersson.Una Persson.

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* ActionFashionista[=/=]AgentPeacock

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* ActionFashionista[=/=]AgentPeacockActionFashionista[=/=]AgentPeacock: Everything he wears is described in CostumePorn-level detail.



* AscendedExtra: She gets more to do in stories where she's paired with UnaPersson.



%%* AmbitionIsEvil and Frank is Power Hungry

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%%* * AmbitionIsEvil and Frank is Power HungryHungry. That power, or at least recognition, comes so easily to Jerry (such as when he becomes King of England in ''The Condition of Muzak'', though really just as a figurehead) really pisses Frank off.



%%* HonestJohn: An exceptionally sleazy example.
%%* TheResenter
%%* SmugSnake

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%%* * HonestJohn: An exceptionally sleazy example.
%%* TheResenter
%%* SmugSnake
Frank's always hustling-- drugs, fenced goods, faked goods, probably even sex workers.
* TheResenter: Oh yeah. He's perpetually irritated with his station in life.
* SmugSnake: Often even when he does have a triumphant moment it'll quickly get yanked out from under him.



%%* ApronMatron: A classic example
%%* BigEater, as well as a [[LadyDrunk big drinker]].

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%%* * ApronMatron: A classic example
%%* BigEater, as well as
Though a [[LadyDrunk big drinker]].rather more distant parent than most, she has the forceful personality and physical presence.
* BigEater: She's even eaten herself sick sometimes and doesn't let that slow her down.
** LadyDrunk: She also packs away the booze.



%%* DirtyOldWoman



* [[KavorkaMan Kavorka Woman]]: She's fat, aging, more than a bit of a slob and tends to overdo it with the hair and makeup, but it doesn't set her back significantly.

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* [[KavorkaMan Kavorka Woman]]: She's fat, aging, aging gracelessly, more than a bit of a slob and tends to overdo it with the hair and makeup, but it doesn't set her back significantly.



%%* [[ReallyGetsAround Still Gets Around]]



%%* ActionGirl



%%* TheChanteuse

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%%* TheChanteuse* TheChanteuse: This aspect of her is seen more in ''The English Assassin.''



%%* EvilRedhead
%%* FoeRomanticSubtext
%%* ManipulativeBitch

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%%* EvilRedhead
%%* FoeRomanticSubtext
%%* ManipulativeBitch
* EvilRedhead: Her hair color is distinctive regardless of any other aspect of her looks.
* FoeRomanticSubtext: In ''The Final Programme'' she makes a point of seducing Jerry [[spoiler: and ultimately fuses with him sexually.]]



%%* FatBastard
%%* SinisterMinister

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%%* FatBastard
%%* SinisterMinister
* FatBastard: The largest character in the books, probably even fatter than Mrs. C.
* SinisterMinister: Assuming he is not, in fact, defrocked.



%%* VillainousGlutton

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%%* VillainousGlutton
* VillainousGlutton: Hell, his first reaction at a peace talks party is to gush about the food.




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* YouHaveToHaveJews: He's the only character in any of the stories clearly described as Jewish.



%%* DaddysLittleVillain

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%%* DaddysLittleVillain* DaddysLittleVillain: Just as rotten as he is, and more inclined to be violent.



%%* BombThrowingAnarchist

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%%* BombThrowingAnarchist* BombThrowingAnarchist: He loves his explosives.



%%* WarForFunAndProfit

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%%* WarForFunAndProfit



%%* MysteriousInformant



%%* BollywoodNerd: Possibly the UrExample.

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%%* * BollywoodNerd: Possibly the UrExample.
UrExample given his work on the supercomputer in ''The Final Programme''. Otherwise very much the StereotypicalSouthAsianEnglish (though not an immigrant as such).



%%* RenegadeRussian
%%* UnreliableNarrator: In the quartet.

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* ThePornomancer

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* ThePornomancerThePornomancer: In a ''literal'' sense - sex is magic, magic is sex to Jerry Cornelius.



* SatelliteLoveInterest, especially in the first two novels.

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* SatelliteLoveInterest, especially SatelliteLoveInterest: She generally exists just to be someone for Jerry to moon over. She only appears in the first two novels.
novel to become TheLostLenore after the first fifty pages.



* AmbitionIsEvil and Frank is Power Hungry

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* %%* AmbitionIsEvil and Frank is Power Hungry



* HonestJohn: An exceptionally sleazy example.
* TheResenter
* SmugSnake

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* %%* HonestJohn: An exceptionally sleazy example.
* %%* TheResenter
* %%* SmugSnake



* ApronMatron: A classic example
* BigEater, as well as a [[LadyDrunk big drinker]].

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* %%* ApronMatron: A classic example
* %%* BigEater, as well as a [[LadyDrunk big drinker]].



* DirtyOldWoman

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* %%* DirtyOldWoman



* [[ReallyGetsAround Still Gets Around]]

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* %%* [[ReallyGetsAround Still Gets Around]]



* ActionGirl

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%%* ActionGirl
* ActionGirlAmbiguouslyGay: Whether she's a lesbian or bisexual depends on the story.



* TheChanteuse

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* %%* TheChanteuse



* EvilRedhead
* FoeRomanticSubtext
* ManipulativeBitch

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* %%* EvilRedhead
* %%* FoeRomanticSubtext
* %%* ManipulativeBitch



* FatBastard
* SinisterMinister

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* %%* FatBastard
* %%* SinisterMinister



* VillainousGlutton

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* %%* VillainousGlutton



* DaddysLittleVillain

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* %%* DaddysLittleVillain



* BombThrowingAnarchist

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* %%* BombThrowingAnarchist



* WarForFunAndProfit

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* %%* WarForFunAndProfit



* MysteriousInformant

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* %%* MysteriousInformant



* BollywoodNerd: Possibly the UrExample.

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* %%* BollywoodNerd: Possibly the UrExample.



* UpperClassTwit / RichIdiotWithNoDayJob

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* %%* UpperClassTwit / RichIdiotWithNoDayJob



* DepravedDentist
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor

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* %%* DepravedDentist
* %%* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor



* AristocratsAreEvil, or at least unreliable.

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* %%* AristocratsAreEvil, or at least unreliable.



* OldSoldier

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* %%* OldSoldier



* RenegadeRussian
* UnreliableNarrator: In the quartet.

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* %%* RenegadeRussian
* %%* UnreliableNarrator: In the quartet.
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* SimSimSalabim: He has some mystic elements too.

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* SimSimSalabim: He has some mystic elements too.
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* YouHaveToHaveJews
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* MyBelovedSmother: One of the few people Jerry is genuinely scared of-- and [https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/stormbringer/images/c/c0/MrsC2.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20160831195109 not without reason.]] Apparently her mere presence can neutralize enemies and reduce her own offspring to children.

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* MyBelovedSmother: One of the few people Jerry is genuinely scared of-- and [https://static.[[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/stormbringer/images/c/c0/MrsC2.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20160831195109 not without reason.]] Apparently her mere presence can neutralize enemies and reduce her own offspring to children.
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* MyBelovedSmother: One of the few people Jerry is genuinely scared of-- and [https://stormbringer.fandom.com/wiki/Mrs._Cornelius?file=MrsC2.jpg not without reason.]] Apparently her mere presence can neutralize enemies and reduce her own offspring to children.

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* MyBelovedSmother: One of the few people Jerry is genuinely scared of-- and [https://stormbringer.fandom.com/wiki/Mrs._Cornelius?file=MrsC2.jpg [https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/stormbringer/images/c/c0/MrsC2.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20160831195109 not without reason.]] Apparently her mere presence can neutralize enemies and reduce her own offspring to children.
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* MyBelovedSmother: One of the few people Jerry is genuinely scared of-- and [[http://wiki.multiverse.org/imagehive/index.php/bookcovers/comiccovers/Originals/Jerry-Cornelius/taojctea14 not without reason]] (image NSFW for female nudity in two panels).

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* MyBelovedSmother: One of the few people Jerry is genuinely scared of-- and [[http://wiki.multiverse.org/imagehive/index.php/bookcovers/comiccovers/Originals/Jerry-Cornelius/taojctea14 [https://stormbringer.fandom.com/wiki/Mrs._Cornelius?file=MrsC2.jpg not without reason]] (image NSFW for female nudity in two panels).reason.]] Apparently her mere presence can neutralize enemies and reduce her own offspring to children.
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* MyBelovedSmother: One of the few people Jerry is genuinely scared of-- and [[http://www.multiverse.org/imagehive/index.php/bookcovers/comiccovers/Originals/Jerry-Cornelius/taojctea14 not without reason]] (image NSFW for female nudity in two panels).

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* MyBelovedSmother: One of the few people Jerry is genuinely scared of-- and [[http://www.[[http://wiki.multiverse.org/imagehive/index.php/bookcovers/comiccovers/Originals/Jerry-Cornelius/taojctea14 not without reason]] (image NSFW for female nudity in two panels).
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Dewicking per TRS decision.


* BiTheWay



* BiTheWay



* BiTheWay



* BiTheWay
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* IFightForTheStrongestSide: Inverted-- Una routinely gets infatuated with underdogs only to have the shine wear off as they acquire power.

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* IFightForTheStrongestSide: Inverted-- Una routinely gets infatuated with underdogs only to have the shine wear off as they acquire power. This is from being a...
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* IWasQuiteALookerOnce: According to Colonel Pyat, anyway. If Catherine takes after her it certainly was true.

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* IWasQuiteALookerOnce: IWasQuiteALooker: According to Colonel Pyat, anyway. If Catherine takes after her it certainly was true.

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