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** Kill Switch
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*** WeakSauceWeakness: These vampires are allergic to garlic, but not in the usual way; Echo Team of course uses the weakness creatively.

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*** WeakSauceWeakness: VampiresHateGarlic: These vampires are allergic to garlic, but not in the usual way; Echo Team of course uses the weakness creatively.
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** Top Sims is apparently a SamuelLJackson lookalike.

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** Top Sims is apparently a SamuelLJackson Creator/SamuelLJackson lookalike.
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* ArcWords: Code Zero -- "The only action is direct action." "burn to shine" b

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* ArcWords: Code Zero -- "The only action is direct action." "burn "Burn to shine" bshine."
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* CatchPhrase: Mr. Church's repeated refrain of "I have a friend in the industry."
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**InscrutableAliens: We don't know much about the Aliens other than 1) they are somewhat biologically compatible with humans (with a lot of genetic engineering), and 2) they don't like humans touching their stuff.
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** Predator One
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Dr. Pharos (''Predator One'') is an amoral murderer, but he will not personally kill a child. And when he has to kill child abusers, he ENJOYS it.
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** In ''The King of Plagues'' a character grumbles "I guess we'll find out that vampires, UFOs and Godzilla are real too." One of these does not appear in succeeding books.

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** In ''The King of Plagues'' a character grumbles "I guess we'll find out that vampires, UFOs [=UFOs=] and Godzilla are real too." One of these does not appear in succeeding books.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Toys' reaction when he realizes just how far Hugo Vox has gone...and how far he's willing to go.
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* MistakenForAnImposter: In Code Zero, the villain infiltrates the Dragoncon masquerade in plain sight by dressing as her "Mother Night" persona.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: In ''Code Zero,'' a series of terrorist bombings are speculated to be "another Boston," referring to the Boston Marathon bombings which occurred the year before the novel was published.

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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: RippedFromTheHeadlines: In ''Code Zero,'' a series of terrorist bombings are speculated to be "another Boston," referring to the Boston Marathon bombings which occurred the year before the novel was published.
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* RealLifeWritesThePlot: In ''Code Zero,'' a series of terrorist bombings are speculated to be "another Boston," referring to the Boston Marathon bombings which occurred the year before the novel was published.
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* GoodIsNotNice: Mr. Church. Joe. In fact, almost everyone in the DMS.

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* ArcWords: Code Zero -- "The only action is direct action." "burn to shine"

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** In ''The King of Plagues'' a character grumbles "I guess we'll find out that vampires, UFOs and Godzilla are real too." One of these does not appear in succeeding books.
* ArcWords: Code Zero -- "The only action is direct action." "burn to shine"shine" b
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** "I have a friend in the industry."
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* ArcWords: Code Zero -- "The only action is direct action." "burn to shine"
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** Another character names his rifle in "Code Zero." [[spoiler: [[CargoShipping And then he has sexual fantasies about it]].]]
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** The BigBad in Code Zero [[spoiler: Artemisia Bliss]] experiences it in gradiations throughout all of ''Code Zero''.
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** JamesBond

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** JamesBond''Film/JamesBond''



**** Duncan's is "[[LiveActionTV/DoctorWho Bad Wolf]]"

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**** Duncan's is "[[LiveActionTV/DoctorWho "[[Series/DoctorWho Bad Wolf]]"
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* LoveTriangle: Violin Joe Junie

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** The Echo Team Callsigns:
*** Team leader Ledger is "Cowboy"
*** Top Sims is "[[Comicbook/SgtRock Sergeant Rock]]"
*** Harvey Rabbit is "Green Giant" after the frozen vegetables.
*** Sam's callisgn is Ronin.
*** Lydia's callsign "Warbride" is a reference to the William Shatner novel series "Tek".
*** Ivan's callsign "Comicbook/{{Hellboy}}" is the same as the title of the MikeMignola comic.
*** Noah's callisgn is "[[Literature/LordOfTheRings Gandalf]]"
*** Duncan's is "[[LiveActionTV/DoctorWho Bad Wolf]]"
*** Montana gets the IronicNickname "Stretch", which is actually ''not'' a Comicbook/FantasticFour shout out.

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** The Echo Team Callsigns:
*** Echo Team:
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Team leader Ledger is "Cowboy"
*** **** Top Sims is "[[Comicbook/SgtRock Sergeant Rock]]"
*** **** Harvey Rabbit is "Green Giant" after the frozen vegetables.
*** **** Sam's callisgn is Ronin.
*** **** Lydia's callsign "Warbride" is a reference to the William Shatner novel series "Tek".
*** **** Ivan's callsign "Comicbook/{{Hellboy}}" is the same as the title of the MikeMignola comic.
*** **** Noah's callisgn is "[[Literature/LordOfTheRings Gandalf]]"
*** **** Duncan's is "[[LiveActionTV/DoctorWho Bad Wolf]]"
*** **** Montana gets the IronicNickname "Stretch", which is actually ''not'' a Comicbook/FantasticFour shout out. out.
** The Other [=DMS=] People and equipment:
*** [[TheWizardOfOz Wicked Witch]]
*** The flying [=BAMS=] units are called [[DonaldDuck Huey, Dewey, and Louie]].
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** There's also a genius in the Technical Operations Center whose name is [[Franchise/StarWars Yoda]]. Not a nickname. His real name.
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*** Film/TheCrazies

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*** Film/TheCraziesFilm/TheCrazies
*** Film/ResidentEvil
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*** Top Sims is "[[Comicbook/SgtRock SergeantRock]]"

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*** Top Sims is "[[Comicbook/SgtRock SergeantRock]]"Sergeant Rock]]"

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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Mr. Church loves Vanilla Wafers, Joe Likes Oreos

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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Mr. Church loves Vanilla Wafers, Joe Likes OreosOreos.
* TroubledButCute: Played with. Joe has had a lot of love interests, even a pacifist who knows his life is war.

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* {{Badass}}: Everyone in the DMS, bonus points to Joe, Mr. Church, Sergeant Dietrich, Bunny and Top Sims

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* {{Badass}}: Everyone in the DMS, bonus points to Joe, Mr. Church, Sergeant Dietrich, Bunny and Top SimsSims.
** Occasionally someone else warrants the title as well. In "Code Zero" it was Latino teen Sammy Ramirez.

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** Rudy looks like Jimmy Smits.

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** Rudy Sanchez looks like Jimmy Smits.Smits and sounds like Raul Julia.
** Brick looks like Ving Rhames.
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* FiveManBand: Echo Team -- though the lineup changes because of death by attrition.

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* FiveManBand: Echo Team -- though the lineup changes because of death attrition by attrition.death.



** TheChick - changes due to death by attrition, but is Grace early in the series, Lydia later, though they are TheChick in name only.

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** TheChick - changes due to death attrition by attrition, death, but is Grace early in the series, Lydia later, though they are TheChick in name only.
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* BuxomIsBetter: Several women in the books take advantage of the MaleGaze of colleagues, coworkers, and opponents.

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