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A sequel, titled Literature/ZoeyPunchesTheFutureInTheDick, was released on October 13, 2020, with a third book Literature/ZoeyIsTooDrunkforThisDystopia, releasing October 31, 2023.

A sequel, titled Literature/ZoeyPunchesTheFutureInTheDick, was released on October 13, 2020, with a third book ''Zoey Is Too Drunk for This Dystopia'', releasing October 31 2023.

A sequel, titled Literature/ZoeyPunchesTheFutureInTheDick, was released on October 13, 2020, with a third book ''Zoey Is Too Drunk for This Dystopia'', announced for late 2023.

** Will mentions that his father used to beat him with a [[ChainPain metal chain]] for offences such as [[DisproportionateRetribution wearing a shirt with creases]].

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Armando. [[spoiler: After getting the gold update for his implants, he goes into Molech's base alone. While he initially looks like a OneManArmy, he is eventually killed by a stray bullet to the throat. Molech's tech expert is able to download the gold from Armando's dead body, making him and his men virtually unstoppable.]]

* AwesomeButImpractical: One of Arthur's cars is an old bugatti that still has an internal combustion engine that high powered enough to violate energy laws--Armando points out that driving it around the block would result in a $500 ticket. Exaggerated when Wu winds up driving it [[spoiler: and the whole car explodes]] the first time we see it used.

* CrimefightingWithCash: The origin of the Raiden tech, or at least the reason why Arthur picked up where the military left off. Unfortunately, it creates a supervillain instead.

* DefrostingIceQueen: Echo starts the book condescending and rude to Zoey, but after seeing that she's both overwhelmed and very capable she starts warming up to her.

* TheMole: [[spoiler: Gary the Gardener, who, hilariously, had never been described or had any lines until the reveal and had only been mentioned off handedly in one or two scenes as a background detail. Will notes that his being completely uninteresting was what made him so good at sabotaging the team.]]

* MyMasterRightOrWrong: Molech's henchmen are fanatically loyal to him, doing such things as surgically installing implants that are known to fail catastrophically and prioritizing firing on Molech's enemies over preserving their own lives. Molech insists their dedication is not to him but to, "the juice," a sort of chauvinist-supremacist ideology.
* NeverSuicide: Zoey still has nightmares of Jezza, the stepfather who left her with a burn scar from holding her down to an electric stove a decade earlier. He conveniently commits suicide in his prison cell during the events of the novel. Zoey's gut makes her think it wasn't suicide, and a brief conversation with Will reinforces her feelings.

* OnlySaneMan: Black Scott is one for Molech's group.

* DeathBySex: [[spoiler: Armando gets himself shot shortly after giving in and sleeping with Zoey.]]

A sequel, titled Literature/ZoeyPunchesTheFutureInTheDick, was released on October 13, 2020.

* FiveManBand : The Suits.
** TheLeader: Arthur/[[spoiler:Zoey]]
** TheLancer: Will
** TheSmartGuy: Echo
** TheBigGuy: Andre
** TheChick: Budd

* AngryWhiteMan: Molech's personality, role and motivation. He does admire black people, but only because he believes slavery made them tougher than white people, which raises some UnfortunateImplications for his TokenBlackFriend Scott.

* AwesomeButImpractical: One of Arthur's cars is an old bugatti that still has an internal combustion engine that high powered enough to violate energy laws--Armando points out that driving it around the block would result in a $500 ticket. Taken UpToEleven when Wu winds up driving it [[spoiler: and the whole car explodes]] the first time we see it used.

* HodgepodgeComputer: The scientists who put together Raiden used programming languages that 'don't look human', making their final work completely impenetrable to outsiders.

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Singh uses a Chimp to demonstrate Raiden to Arthur.

* RealityEnsues: For a science fiction novel, it features quite a few examples.
** Just because you ''can'' bite through metal doesn't mean you ''should'', Hyena. He cuts up the insides of his mouth every time he does.
** Even graduates of the ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy will score a hit occasionally... just ask [[spoiler: Armando.]]
** The Suits tend to point this out to Zoey whenever she brings up ideas about getting altruistic with her newfound riches. Sure, she can order pizza for an entire complex of homeless squatters, but will that really help them in the long run?
** Zoey sustains some very nasty injuries during her final fight with Molech. She ends up needing six hours of surgery and finishes the book bedridden and needing a nurse to help her to the bathroom as she slowly recovers.

* AngryWhiteMan: Molech's personality, role and motivation. He does admire black people, but only because slavery made them tougher than white people, which raises some UnfortunateImplications for his TokenBlackFriend Scott.

The third book by David Wong and the first not in his ''Literature/JohnDiesAtTheEnd'' series.