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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Early in the book, when Carl visits Skarn and his telescope for the first time, Skarn says that Flint says the gnomes are little shits who deserve to be torn apart '''by feral geese'''.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Early in the book, when Carl visits Skarn and his telescope for the first time, Skarn says that Flint says the gnomes are little shits who deserve to be torn apart '''by feralgeese'''.geese'''.
** Just before the Buzzard Borough Boss wakes up and attacks Carl, Donut, and Katia, Chris manages to take over the Sea Quadrant Throne room, which was the control room of the sub run by the Buzzard's former master. When it wakes up and they look at it again, it's no longer a Bereft Minion and they've been designated enemies of its new master.
** Early in the book, when Carl visits Skarn and his telescope for the first time, Skarn says that Flint says the gnomes are little shits who deserve to be torn apart '''by feral
** Just before the Buzzard Borough Boss wakes up and attacks Carl, Donut, and Katia, Chris manages to take over the Sea Quadrant Throne room, which was the control room of the sub run by the Buzzard's former master. When it wakes up and they look at it again, it's no longer a Bereft Minion and they've been designated enemies of its new master.
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* IronicEcho: When Loita tells Carl to leave off helping the little girl, Bonnie, because "Audiences don't like melodrama", that's the moment, seeing the [=NPCs=] living real lives and comforting a grieving child, he decides to orchestrate her assassination. As Loita lies dying in a production trailer, cursing him and all dry species as a rot on the Bloom he smiles and reminds her "Nobody likes melodrama, Loita".
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* LadyMondegreen: InUniverse, Donut misheard the lyrics of "Secret Agent Man" as "Secret Asian Man", protesting that, smart though he is, Carl can't pull of "secret Asian man murders".
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* CreepyChild: Carl meets a Changeling child who weirds him out. "It hadn’t been a thing before, but I now had a new phobia: creepy-ass little kids."
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* CreepyChild: CreepyChild:
** Carl meets a Changeling child who weirds him out. "It hadn’t been a thing before, but I now had a new phobia: creepy-ass little kids.""
** Bonnie the gnome greets Carl and Donut wearing a blood-soaked Dallas Cowboys jersey as a dress.
-->'''Bonnie:''' Have you come to kill my father? You’re a little late. He’s already dead. Do you want to come in? I’m making lemonade!
** Carl meets a Changeling child who weirds him out. "It hadn’t been a thing before, but I now had a new phobia: creepy-ass little kids.
** Bonnie the gnome greets Carl and Donut wearing a blood-soaked Dallas Cowboys jersey as a dress.
-->'''Bonnie:''' Have you come to kill my father? You’re a little late. He’s already dead. Do you want to come in? I’m making lemonade!
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* UnnecessarilyCreepyRobot: The Donut robot is cheap and ugly and quotes Garfield about loving lasagna and hating Mondays. It will also swivel its head 180 degrees and say "I'm sorry, Carl. The void is wet and hungry.".
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* TakeThat: Mordecai tells Carl that "There’s no such thing as a non-profit religion.".
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* TakeThat: TakeThat:
** Mordecai tells Carl that "There’s no such thing as a non-profit religion.".".
** Katia gags when she drinks Mountain Dew and asks how anyone can stand something so vile.
** Mordecai tells Carl that "There’s no such thing as a non-profit religion.
** Katia gags when she drinks Mountain Dew and asks how anyone can stand something so vile.
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-->'''Donut:''' You know what, Carl? I’ve decided something. I think they’re right about you. I think you’re crazy. Like, not a little weird crazy. Not guy who eats cereal without milk crazy. But crazy, crazy. Straitjacket crazy.
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** Mordecai tells the team that anything with "feral" in its name is bad news. In a book titled "The Gate of the '''Feral''' Gods".
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* CallBack: Mordecai was a mycologist (mushroom studying guy) before he entered the dungeon, so when Donut asks "What eats mushrooms?" he can quickly respond "Lots of things.".
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* CreepyChild: Carl meets a Changeling child who weirds him out. "It hadn’t been a thing before, but I now had a new phobia: creepy-ass little kids."
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* SeriousBusiness: Donut really, really wanted to knock that vase off the high shelf back home. That thing was a menace, Carl. It was haunted.
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* CoolOldLady: Elle is literally this, since she's an ice fairy. She's also been teaching Donut.
-->'''Donut:''' Unwad your panties, Carl.\\
'''Katia:''' [laughing] You got that from Elle.\\
'''Donut:''' I know, right? She’s been teaching me sayings from the olden times.\\
'''Carl:''' That’s not very princess-like.\\
'''Donut:''' Oh, Carl. Just chillax.
-->'''Donut:''' Unwad your panties, Carl.\\
'''Katia:''' [laughing] You got that from Elle.\\
'''Donut:''' I know, right? She’s been teaching me sayings from the olden times.\\
'''Carl:''' That’s not very princess-like.\\
'''Donut:''' Oh, Carl. Just chillax.
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** Carl challenges the universe before heading to the sixth floor, holding up the ring of divine suffering.
-->'''Carl:''' You guys see this thing? I’ll tell you what. If you want it, it’s yours. It’s right here. Come and get it, motherfuckers. Actually, you know what? I have a better idea. No need to come to me because I’ll be coming to you. That’s my pledge to you and to everyone else watching this. By the time the sixth floor collapses, every single hunter who dares to set foot on the same floor as us will be dead. This I swear on my life. One by one, I will break you. I will break you all.
-->'''Carl:''' You guys see this thing? I’ll tell you what. If you want it, it’s yours. It’s right here. Come and get it, motherfuckers. Actually, you know what? I have a better idea. No need to come to me because I’ll be coming to you. That’s my pledge to you and to everyone else watching this. By the time the sixth floor collapses, every single hunter who dares to set foot on the same floor as us will be dead. This I swear on my life. One by one, I will break you. I will break you all.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Zev returns from her re-education, she's all business and tells Carl and Donut to get out there and kill kill kill! Donut is concerned.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Zev returns from her re-education, she's all business and tells Carl and Donut to get out there and kill kill kill! Donut is concerned. The fact that Donut rapidly becomes unconcerned is also a clue, one that won't be cleared up until the next book.
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** Donut is initially horrified by Zev's changed attitude and behavior following her re-education. She cheers up fairly quickly with no explanation. Not in ''this'' book, anyway.
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### [[spoiler: the cat to jump on the floor to stay close to her, as Carl had ordered it to]].
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### [[spoiler: the cat to jump on the floor to stay close to her, as Carl had ordered it to]].to, dislodging the panel in its head and triggering its anti-tamper explosive]].
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* YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith: In a quiet moment at the end of the fifth floor, Carl comforts Donut with something that reflects Rorschach's BadassBoast when he's imprisoned in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', "Once the sixth floor opens,
we’ll all be locked in together. They’ll be just as trapped as we are.". ("I'm not locked in here with you, ''you're'' locked in here with ''me!''.). Then he turns and delivers the threat directly to the sky.
we’ll all be locked in together. They’ll be just as trapped as we are.". ("I'm not locked in here with you, ''you're'' locked in here with ''me!''.). Then he turns and delivers the threat directly to the sky.
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* YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith: In a quiet moment at the end of the fifth floor, Carl comforts Donut with something that reflects Rorschach's BadassBoast when he's imprisoned in ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'', "Once the sixth floor opens,
opens, we’ll all be locked in together. They’ll be just as trapped as we are.". ("I'm not locked in here with you, ''you're'' locked in here with ''me!''.). Then he turns and delivers the threat directly to the sky.
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** Mordecai is incredibly upset that Carl has turned the saferoom into a daycare for NPC children. [[spoiler:Mordecai will go on to "hire" the most disabled of those children as staff for the saferoom in order to keep them safe. He'll then go on to spend a lot of his time entertaining them and letting them use him as a makeup dummy to keep them happy.]]
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** Mordecai is incredibly upset that Carl has turned the saferoom into a daycare for NPC children. [[spoiler:Mordecai will go on to "hire" the most disabled of those children as staff "staff" for the saferoom in order to keep them safe. He'll then go on to spend a lot of his time entertaining them and letting them use him as a makeup dummy to keep them happy.]]
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** Mordecai is incredibly upset that Carl has turned the saferoom into a daycare for NPC children. [[spoiler:Mordecai will go on to "hire" the most disabled of those children as staff for the saferoom in order to keep them safe. He'll then go on to spend a lot of his time entertaining them and letting them use him as a makeup dummy to keep them happy.]]
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* RageAgainstTheHeavens: Just before he exits the fifth floor with Donut, Carl delivers one last challenge to the assholes of the universe, holding up the Ring of Divine Suffering Mordecai begged him to discard.
-->'''Carl:''' You guys see this thing? I’ll tell you what. If you want it, it’s yours. It’s right here. Come and get it, motherfuckers. Actually, you know what? I have a better idea. No need to come to me because I’ll be coming to you. That’s my pledge to you and to everyone else watching this. By the time the sixth floor collapses, every single hunter who dares to set foot on the same floor as us will be dead. This I swear on my life. One by one, I will break you. I will break you all.
** [[spoiler:He does.]]
-->'''Carl:''' You guys see this thing? I’ll tell you what. If you want it, it’s yours. It’s right here. Come and get it, motherfuckers. Actually, you know what? I have a better idea. No need to come to me because I’ll be coming to you. That’s my pledge to you and to everyone else watching this. By the time the sixth floor collapses, every single hunter who dares to set foot on the same floor as us will be dead. This I swear on my life. One by one, I will break you. I will break you all.
** [[spoiler:He does.]]
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we’ll all be locked in together. They’ll be just as trapped as we are.". ("I'm not locked in here with you, ''you're'' locked in here with ''me!''.). Then he turns and delivers the threat directly to the sky.
we’ll all be locked in together. They’ll be just as trapped as we are.". ("I'm not locked in here with you, ''you're'' locked in here with ''me!''.). Then he turns and delivers the threat directly to the sky.
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* VideoGameCaringPotential: Katia uses Ghazi's notes to carefully map out the ninth floor with help from Mordecai. [[spoiler:She and Carl flood the ninth floor, destroying all of the infrastructure necessary for the rich assholes playing their games to build up their armies, while leaving the [=NPCs=] on the ninth floor alive.]]
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* VideoGameCaringPotential: Katia uses Ghazi's notes to carefully map out the ninth floor with help from Mordecai. [[spoiler:She and Carl flood the ninth floor, destroying all of the infrastructure necessary for the rich assholes playing their games to build up their armies, while leaving the [=NPCs=] on the ninth floor alive.]]]]
* WhatTheHellHero: Mordecai keeps ''trying'' to reign Carl in, but Carl... he's just Carling it up.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Mordecai keeps ''trying'' to reign Carl in, but Carl... he's just Carling it up.
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-->'''Zev: There’ll be consequences.\\
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-->'''Donut:''' Worship Grull? At this point, I’m quite sure it’s the other way around
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-->'''Donut:''' Worship Grull? At this point, I’m quite sure it’s the other way aroundaround.
** Carl delivers one to Borrant and the Bloom after he destroys the ninth floor and drowns the armies of the rich assholes playing a game with his life.
-->'''Zev: There’ll be consequences.\\
'''Carl:''' Probably. But tell them they approved this. We didn’t cheat. We used the tools they gave us. Also, say they’re gonna want to wait to see what happens next before they decide to, you know, accelerate me or throw me into the disposal unit or whatever. I know they’re in real danger of losing control of the season. Whomever ends up in control of the next floor is going to make a lot of money.\\
'''Zev:''' What do you mean?\\
'''Carl:''' Just watch.
** Carl delivers one to Borrant and the Bloom after he destroys the ninth floor and drowns the armies of the rich assholes playing a game with his life.
-->'''Zev: There’ll be consequences.\\
'''Carl:''' Probably. But tell them they approved this. We didn’t cheat. We used the tools they gave us. Also, say they’re gonna want to wait to see what happens next before they decide to, you know, accelerate me or throw me into the disposal unit or whatever. I know they’re in real danger of losing control of the season. Whomever ends up in control of the next floor is going to make a lot of money.\\
'''Zev:''' What do you mean?\\
'''Carl:''' Just watch.
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* GoneHorriblyRight: Borrant and the Bloom filed in court for Carl to be able to use the Gate of the Feral Gods because they thought it would be good ratings. They had no idea how he would end up using it.
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* AsYouKnow: A shocked and "outraged" Zev explains the results of Carl's and Katia's final plan to them in barely restrained glee, letting them know that the Party's brainwashing has ''not'' worked.
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* TragicKeepsake: The arm Carl acquires has three rings on the hand. One is a simple buff to strength, another that makes it a lot easier to be a kill-stealing asshole, and the third... a simple gold ring that says "For Daddy".
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* TragicKeepsake: The arm Carl acquires has three rings on the hand. One is a simple buff to strength, another that makes it a lot easier to be a kill-stealing asshole, and the third... a simple gold ring that says "For Daddy".Daddy".
* VideoGameCaringPotential: Katia uses Ghazi's notes to carefully map out the ninth floor with help from Mordecai. [[spoiler:She and Carl flood the ninth floor, destroying all of the infrastructure necessary for the rich assholes playing their games to build up their armies, while leaving the [=NPCs=] on the ninth floor alive.]]
* VideoGameCaringPotential: Katia uses Ghazi's notes to carefully map out the ninth floor with help from Mordecai. [[spoiler:She and Carl flood the ninth floor, destroying all of the infrastructure necessary for the rich assholes playing their games to build up their armies, while leaving the [=NPCs=] on the ninth floor alive.]]
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* DespairEventHorizon: Like Frank in the previous book, [[spoiler:Maggie My]] is ready to die.
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* RevengeBeforeReason: All Maggie cares about is killing Carl. It doesn't matter that what happened to her daughter was more her fault than his. [[spoiler:Except that she's given up on revenge. The Caprids have told her that the dungeon can resurrect people killed by the Collapse, and she'll be forced to kill her ''other'' daughter if she doesn't kill Carl.]]
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* ExactWords: Carl repeatedly explains how he's going to use the Gate of the Feral Gods to trash the ninth floor. Except that's not what he does.
-->'''Zev:''' This is not what you promised!\\
'''Carl:''' I promised nothing.
-->'''Zev:''' This is not what you promised!\\
'''Carl:''' I promised nothing.
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** Carl was given the Yam as a way to deal with lava stuff much later in the dungeon. Mordecai comes up with a clever use for it to deal with the problem with Chris.
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* RevengeBeforeReason: All Maggie cares about is killing Carl. It doesn't matter that what happened to her daughter was more her fault than his.
