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* UnifiedNamingSystem: The various government departments in Author/KeithLaumer's series: "Manpower Untilization Department, Directorate of Libraries & Education", "Motorized Equipment Depot, Division of Loans & Exchanges", "Special Committee for the Reconstruction of Underdeveloped Nations' Economies", etc. (MUDDLE, MEDDLE, SCROUNGE)
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* UnifiedNamingSystem: The various government departments in Author/KeithLaumer's series: "Manpower Untilization Utilization Department, Directorate of Libraries & Education", "Motorized Equipment Depot, Division of Loans & Exchanges", "Special Committee for the Reconstruction of Underdeveloped Nations' Economies", etc. (MUDDLE, MEDDLE, SCROUNGE)
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* UnifiedNamingSystem: The various government departments in Author/KeithLaumer's series: "Manpower Untilization Department, Directorate of Libraries & Education", "Motorized Equipment Depot, Division of Loans & Exchanges", "Special Committee for the Reconstruction of Underdeveloped Nations' Economies", etc. (MUDDLE, MEDDLE, SCROUNGE)
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* SealedOrders: In the story called, appropriately enough, "Sealed Orders," Retief is given sealed orders and sent to deal with a situation that's brewing between some Terran colonists and aliens called "Flap-jacks." Retief resolves the situation to the satisfaction of all concerned, returns home to witness his boss congratulate himself on the quality of the orders in the packet and Retief's ability to follow them, and then dumps the packet of orders--still sealed--down a garbage incinerator.
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* SealedOrders: In the story called, appropriately enough, "Sealed Orders," Retief is given sealed orders and sent to deal with a situation that's brewing between some Terran colonists and aliens called "Flap-jacks." Retief resolves the situation to the satisfaction of all concerned, returns home to witness his boss congratulate himself on the quality of the orders in the packet and Retief's ability to follow them, and then dumps the packet of orders--still sealed--down orders --still sealed-- down a garbage incinerator.
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* AlienLunch: A common problem in the series is trying to cope with the alien equivalent of ForeignQueasine politely, without giving offense.
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I Ate What clean up. The trope is when a character eats something, unaware of what they are consuming, and then reacts in disgust after they find out what it is. Misuse will be deleted or moved to another trope when applicable. Administrivia.Zero Context Examples will be removed or commented out depending on the amount of context within the entry. Also, I Ate What is not a character trope.
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* IAteWhat: Averted in the story "Protocol" when Retief sees through a deliberate insult.
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Expanded a bit on Genuine Imposter to point out an event in an earlier book that foreshadows the big reveal at the end of "Diplomat at Arms".
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* GenuineImpostor: The punchline of [[spoiler:"Diplomat at Arms", the story that caps the series. In his final mission, Retief is sent to a FeudalFuture planet where somebody is causing trouble by claiming to be the heir of the long-lost Emperor who went away centuries ago and was never heard from again. His plan involves claiming to be an hereditary officer of the Imperial Suite-in-Exile, come to present proof that the self-proclaimed heir is an impostor who obtained his own proofs by deception and murder. The epilogue of the story finds Retief back among his colleagues in the Corps Diplomatique, who exclaim over the creativity of this ruse and how carrying it off must have required great insight into the national character of the planet... and the final sentence reveals that, although he left many years ago to join the Corps Diplomatique, Retief ''actually is'' a hereditary officer of the Lilyan Imperial Suite-in-Exile]].
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* GenuineImpostor: The punchline of [[spoiler:"Diplomat at Arms", the story that caps the series. In his final mission, Retief is sent to a FeudalFuture planet where somebody is causing trouble by claiming to be the heir of the long-lost Emperor who went away centuries ago and was never heard from again. His plan involves claiming to be an hereditary officer of the Imperial Suite-in-Exile, come to present proof that the self-proclaimed heir is an impostor who obtained his own proofs by deception and murder. The epilogue of the story finds Retief back among his colleagues in the Corps Diplomatique, who exclaim over the creativity of this ruse and how carrying it off must have required great insight into the national character of the planet... and the final sentence reveals that, although he left many years ago to join the Corps Diplomatique, Retief ''actually is'' a hereditary officer of the Lilyan Imperial Suite-in-Exile]].Suite-in-Exile. This is hinted at in the earlier novel ''Retief's War'', where a cousin of his (a beautiful princess) comes to visit him, and gets mixed up in his current adventure; at the end of the book, we find out that Retief is an officer - a general, to boot - in her world's armed forces]].
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* FeudalFuture: The Empire of the Lily on the planet Northroyal, in "Diplomat at Arms".
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* GenuineImpostor: The punchline of [[spoiler:"Diplomat at Arms", the story that caps the series. In his final mission, Retief is sent to a FeudalFuture planet where somebody is causing trouble by claiming to be the heir of the long-lost Emperor who went away centuries ago and was never heard from again. His plan involves claiming to be an hereditary officer of the Imperial Suite-in-Exile, come to present proof that the self-proclaimed heir is an impostor who obtained his own proofs by deception and murder. The epilogue of the story finds Retief back among his colleagues in the Corps Diplomatique, who exclaim over the creativity of this ruse and how carrying it off must have required great insight into the national character of the planet... and the final sentence reveals that, although he left many years ago to join the Corps Diplomatique, Retief ''actually is'' a hereditary officer of the Lilyan Imperial Suite-in-Exile]].
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* RightfulKingReturns: Played with in "Diplomat at Arms". A FeudalFuture planet with a legend that their true Emperor will return one day and lead them to glory has fallen victim to an impostor who threatens to lead them into war. Retief is sent to sort it out, and does so by persuading the imperial court that ''he'' is the true heir to the imperial throne, deposing the impostor, and sticking around long enough to straighten out some of the society's worst problems before abdicating in favor of the most competent noble he can find, heaving a sigh of relief, and going home.
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* XanatosSpeedChess: Retief's basic technique is to go to the hot spot of the current situation, find a trustworthy local, and then plan out how he's going to win on the fly.
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* XanatosSpeedChess: Retief's basic technique is to go to the hot spot of the current situation, find a trustworthy local, local to tell him what's ''really'' going on, and then plan out how he's going to win on the fly.
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WorthlessYellowRocks: This sort of thing happens quite often, given how diverse the aliens are.
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* BizarreSexualDimorphism: In ''Retief and the Pan-Galactic Pageant of Pulchritude'', an alien comments to Retief on the 'remarkable sexual dimorphism' of Terrans, after Retief slips a ringer into the titular beauty pageant: [[spoiler: a female Bengal tiger]]. The alien doesn't notice the difference between human males and females, except to suggest that the human with the large protrusions on his (actually 'her) upper thorax might want to see a doctor about it.
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* BizarreSexualDimorphism: In ''Retief and the Pan-Galactic Pageant of Pulchritude'', an alien comments to Retief on the 'remarkable sexual dimorphism' of Terrans, after Retief slips a ringer into the titular beauty pageant: [[spoiler: a female Bengal tiger]]. The alien doesn't notice the difference between human males and females, except to suggest that the human with the large protrusions on his (actually 'her) her) upper thorax might want to see a doctor about it.
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* SealedOrders: In the story called, appropriately enough, "Sealed Orders," Retief is given sealed orders and sent to deal with a situation that's brewing between some Terran colonists and aliens called "Flap-jacks." Retief resolves the situation to the satisfaction of all concerned, returns home to be congratulated by the CDT, and then dumps the packet of orders--still sealed--down a garbage incinerator.
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* SealedOrders: In the story called, appropriately enough, "Sealed Orders," Retief is given sealed orders and sent to deal with a situation that's brewing between some Terran colonists and aliens called "Flap-jacks." Retief resolves the situation to the satisfaction of all concerned, returns home to be congratulated by witness his boss congratulate himself on the CDT, quality of the orders in the packet and Retief's ability to follow them, and then dumps the packet of orders--still sealed--down a garbage incinerator.
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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: many of the aliens have bizarre ideas about how to deal with miscreants.
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* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Many of the aliens have bizarre ideas about how to deal with miscreants.
