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* ''Literature/{{Baccano}}!'': How [[{{Gorn}} bloody]] can the violence get? How badass can the characters be? How [[CloudCuckoolander weird]]/[[TheDitz dumb]]/''awesome'' can [[OutlawCouple Isaac and Miria]] get? How badly can karma fuck up [[ButtMonkey Dallas]] this time? How much can we screw over [[BreakTheCutie Czeslaw]] now? Just how [[CrazyIsCool batshit yet supremely awesome]] are [[PsychoForHire Ladd]] and [[SociopathicHero Claire]] going to be in this episode? Will there ''ever'' be [[MoreDakka enough machine guns?]]
* ''Literature/TheBadGuys'': The titular group try to establish themselves as good guys by starting with minor good deeds like helping cats stuck in trees but find themselves embroiled in increasignly higher stakes over time, such as [[spoiler:travelling through time, battling an alien invasion, and dealing with a multiversal monster]].
* ''Literature/CodexAlera'': How outnumbered can the heroes be? What ridiculously over-the-top awesome plan is Tavi going to pull off next?
-->'''Doroga:''' [[LampshadeHanging You may have noticed that he does things...big]].
-->'''Bernard:''' Big?
-->'''Doroga:''' He saw that the creatures tracked him by heat. So he set the forest on fire.
** Part of Tavi's modus operandi is to get the enemy somewhere he can light a whole bunch of them on fire- hell, one time he not only did it once, but twice, and then followed it up in the climax of the action by- after his foes have used their magic to block out the sun- bringing the sun to them. Magical multiple refraction laser, activate!
* ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'': Just how '''[[StoryBreakerPower ridiculously powerful]]''' can the villains be? No matter how powerful, Touma WILL beat him/her...just with his AntiMagic punch. On that note, how much more ridiculous insane/awesome can Accelerator's application of his power be? How about throwing an entire freaking [[spoiler:building]] and slowing down [[spoiler:the Earth]] for five minutes? How huge can Touma's UnwantedHarem get?
* The poem titled ''A Cut for You'' [[http://akaichounokoe.deviantart.com/art/A-Cut-for-You-627159644]] has a rather gory case of this as its about two friends (presumably female, according to one of the lines) playing a game where the goal seems to be who can cause themselves the most injury. The game ends when one of them hacks off a limb and they declare it a tie.
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': What [[CrazyIsCool mind-blowingly awesome]] trick will Harry pull this time? How many new scars can he get? How much more badass can Murphy become? How bizarre and gory can the villains' tactics get? How much can we scale up the GambitPileup? How pretty can Thomas be? How's Harry going to top The Dinosaur Incident? How much ass can be kicked? How many more mind-blowingly evil and powerful people can Harry piss off? Lampshaded in one of the later books, when Harry reminisces about how much Bianca scared him when he was up against her, even though by that point he recognises that she was little more than a StarterVillain. Admittedly, she had a SmallRoleBigImpact, but the impact was largely accidental, and she was neither particularly powerful nor clever compared to the Faerie Queens, Fallen Angels and {{Eldritch Abomination}}s who are Harry's main enemies as the books continue.
* In terms of going figuring out who the BigBad is supposed to be, ''Literature/TheEnchantmentEmporium'' starts with Allie trying to find out what happened to her grandmother. Then she finds out there's a sorcerer in town. Except, he's waiting on the appearance of a Dragon Lord, [[spoiler: that turns out to be Jack, his son]]. Then several other Dragon Lords- [[spoiler: Jack's uncles]]- show up, split between helping and hindering the first one.[[note]]And wanting to kill the sorcerer either way, for what he did to [[spoiler:their sister]][[/note]]. Then [[spoiler:Jack's mother]], a Dragon queen, makes an appearance....
* How many potential murderers will reveal to [[Literature/TheFatherLukeWolfeTrilogy Father Wolfe]] their motives and opportunity to commit the crime in ''Father, Forgive Them''?
* [[Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas How much drugs can Duke and Dr. Gonzo put in their systems?]] Answer: a lot.
* ''Literature/TheBadGuys'': The titular group try to establish themselves as good guys by starting with minor good deeds like helping cats stuck in trees but find themselves embroiled in increasignly higher stakes over time, such as [[spoiler:travelling through time, battling an alien invasion, and dealing with a multiversal monster]].
* ''Literature/CodexAlera'': How outnumbered can the heroes be? What ridiculously over-the-top awesome plan is Tavi going to pull off next?
-->'''Doroga:''' [[LampshadeHanging You may have noticed that he does things...big]].
-->'''Bernard:''' Big?
-->'''Doroga:''' He saw that the creatures tracked him by heat. So he set the forest on fire.
** Part of Tavi's modus operandi is to get the enemy somewhere he can light a whole bunch of them on fire- hell, one time he not only did it once, but twice, and then followed it up in the climax of the action by- after his foes have used their magic to block out the sun- bringing the sun to them. Magical multiple refraction laser, activate!
* ''Literature/ACertainMagicalIndex'': Just how '''[[StoryBreakerPower ridiculously powerful]]''' can the villains be? No matter how powerful, Touma WILL beat him/her...just with his AntiMagic punch. On that note, how much more ridiculous insane/awesome can Accelerator's application of his power be? How about throwing an entire freaking [[spoiler:building]] and slowing down [[spoiler:the Earth]] for five minutes? How huge can Touma's UnwantedHarem get?
* The poem titled ''A Cut for You'' [[http://akaichounokoe.deviantart.com/art/A-Cut-for-You-627159644]] has a rather gory case of this as its about two friends (presumably female, according to one of the lines) playing a game where the goal seems to be who can cause themselves the most injury. The game ends when one of them hacks off a limb and they declare it a tie.
* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': What [[CrazyIsCool mind-blowingly awesome]] trick will Harry pull this time? How many new scars can he get? How much more badass can Murphy become? How bizarre and gory can the villains' tactics get? How much can we scale up the GambitPileup? How pretty can Thomas be? How's Harry going to top The Dinosaur Incident? How much ass can be kicked? How many more mind-blowingly evil and powerful people can Harry piss off? Lampshaded in one of the later books, when Harry reminisces about how much Bianca scared him when he was up against her, even though by that point he recognises that she was little more than a StarterVillain. Admittedly, she had a SmallRoleBigImpact, but the impact was largely accidental, and she was neither particularly powerful nor clever compared to the Faerie Queens, Fallen Angels and {{Eldritch Abomination}}s who are Harry's main enemies as the books continue.
* In terms of going figuring out who the BigBad is supposed to be, ''Literature/TheEnchantmentEmporium'' starts with Allie trying to find out what happened to her grandmother. Then she finds out there's a sorcerer in town. Except, he's waiting on the appearance of a Dragon Lord, [[spoiler: that turns out to be Jack, his son]]. Then several other Dragon Lords- [[spoiler: Jack's uncles]]- show up, split between helping and hindering the first one.[[note]]And wanting to kill the sorcerer either way, for what he did to [[spoiler:their sister]][[/note]]. Then [[spoiler:Jack's mother]], a Dragon queen, makes an appearance....
* How many potential murderers will reveal to [[Literature/TheFatherLukeWolfeTrilogy Father Wolfe]] their motives and opportunity to commit the crime in ''Father, Forgive Them''?
* [[Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas How much drugs can Duke and Dr. Gonzo put in their systems?]] Answer: a lot.
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* From the ''first chapter'' of ''Literature/ThePrincessBride'' comes this gem. By the end of the book, Buttercup's all but describing her love as "over nine thousand."
-->''"I have loved you for several hours now, and every second, more. I thought an hour ago that I loved you more than any woman has ever loved a man, but a half hour after that I knew that what I felt before was nothing compared to what I felt then. But ten minutes after that, I understood that my previous love was a puddle compared to the high seas before a storm. Your eyes are like that, did you know? Well they are. How many minutes ago was I? Twenty? Had I brought my feelings up to then? It doesn't matter. I love you so much more now than twenty minutes ago that there cannot be comparison. I love you so much more now than when you opened your hovel door, there cannot be comparison."''
** Westley then tops that by explaining how much greater his love is compared to hers.
** Referenced (and parodied) in ''Jack of Fables'', when Jack copies this speech practically word for word and tells it to the Snow Queen. Unlike Buttercup, though, Jack doesn't really love her and just wants to mooch off her and live in her palace as long as he can.
* A RunningGag in ''Literature/LoyalEnemies'' is that the various races the heroes meet bestow progressively bigger armies upon them as gifts for favors the heroes have done (and to stick it to the previous race in the chain). The dryad queen gives them a unit of dryad soldiers. When the elven king learns about it, he gives them two units of elven soldiers to help them. And when the heroes help a local dwarven clan, the entire clan decides to aid them in their fight. Funnily enough, when the armies actually show up for the battle, there are even more members of the alliance.
-->''"I have loved you for several hours now, and every second, more. I thought an hour ago that I loved you more than any woman has ever loved a man, but a half hour after that I knew that what I felt before was nothing compared to what I felt then. But ten minutes after that, I understood that my previous love was a puddle compared to the high seas before a storm. Your eyes are like that, did you know? Well they are. How many minutes ago was I? Twenty? Had I brought my feelings up to then? It doesn't matter. I love you so much more now than twenty minutes ago that there cannot be comparison. I love you so much more now than when you opened your hovel door, there cannot be comparison."''
** Westley then tops that by explaining how much greater his love is compared to hers.
** Referenced (and parodied) in ''Jack of Fables'', when Jack copies this speech practically word for word and tells it to the Snow Queen. Unlike Buttercup, though, Jack doesn't really love her and just wants to mooch off her and live in her palace as long as he can.
* A RunningGag in ''Literature/LoyalEnemies'' is that the various races the heroes meet bestow progressively bigger armies upon them as gifts for favors the heroes have done (and to stick it to the previous race in the chain). The dryad queen gives them a unit of dryad soldiers. When the elven king learns about it, he gives them two units of elven soldiers to help them. And when the heroes help a local dwarven clan, the entire clan decides to aid them in their fight. Funnily enough, when the armies actually show up for the battle, there are even more members of the alliance.
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* From ''Literature/FoxAndOHare'': The danger ramps up slowly but surely as the ''first chapter'' series progresses, to the point where ''The Pursuit'' starts with [[spoiler:Nick]] getting kidnapped.
* In Creator/DaveBarry's [[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/10/16/the-tune-in-turnoff-singing-those-rush-hour-radio-blues/41af6e50-5622-43cc-806c-99aafd49b5a6/ "Garbage Scan"]], the driver keeps tuning into classic hits stations just when they've finished playing a number of''Literature/ThePrincessBride'' comes this gem. By classic hits in a row, and that number keeps going up. First it's 14, then 19, then 54, then 317, and finally "3,814 consecutive classic hits with no commercial interruptions dating back to 1978".
* ''Literature/HeavyObject'':
** In terms of conflict, the initial volumes are relatively low stakes, dealing with regional conflicts which will at most result in the destruction of a city or two. Starting in Volume 6, the schemes started becoming a risk to global stability, risking all-out war between the supernations. Volume 10 saw the first introduction of characters who ''wanted'' a global war, something which the protagonists have barely averted several times. Volume 18 nearly resulted in the end of thebook, Buttercup's all but describing her love as "over nine thousand."
-->''"I have loved you for several hours now, and every second, more. I thought an hour ago that I loved you more than any woman has ever loved a man, but a half hour after that I knew that what I felt before was nothing comparedworld due to what I felt then. But ten minutes after that, I understood that my previous love was a puddle compared to the high seas before a storm. Your eyes are like that, did you know? Well they are. How many minutes ago was I? Twenty? Had I brought my feelings up to then? It doesn't matter. I love you so much more now than twenty minutes ago that there cannot be comparison. I love you so much more now than when you opened your hovel door, there cannot be comparison."''
** Westley then tops that by explaining how much greater his love is compared to hers.
** Referenced (and parodied) in ''Jack of Fables'', when Jack copies this speech practically word for word and tells it to the Snow Queen. Unlike Buttercup, though, Jack doesn't really love her and just wants to mooch off her and live in her palace as long as he can.
* A RunningGag in ''Literature/LoyalEnemies'' isColonyDrop while revealing that the various races world's climate may soon collapse unless a solution is found.
** In terms of Objects, theheroes meet bestow progressively bigger armies upon them as gifts for favors the heroes have done (and to stick it to the previous race in the chain). The dryad queen gives them a unit technology and brutality seen has only increased over time. Early on Objects were largely variants of dryad soldiers. When the elven king learns about it, he gives them two units of elven soldiers to help them. And when the heroes help a local dwarven clan, the entire clan decides to aid them in tanks and artillery, but their fight. Funnily enough, when designs and uses have become increasingly sophisticated, up to an orbital version.
* ''Literature/HighSchoolDxD'': How insane and unpredictable can Issei get with his powers!? What kind of a new powers is he able to develop next '''''with Rias' breasts acting as a conduit'''''!? How awesome and intense are thearmies actually show up for the battle, there are even more members of the alliance.battles going to be like next!?
* In Creator/DaveBarry's [[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/10/16/the-tune-in-turnoff-singing-those-rush-hour-radio-blues/41af6e50-5622-43cc-806c-99aafd49b5a6/ "Garbage Scan"]], the driver keeps tuning into classic hits stations just when they've finished playing a number of
* ''Literature/HeavyObject'':
** In terms of conflict, the initial volumes are relatively low stakes, dealing with regional conflicts which will at most result in the destruction of a city or two. Starting in Volume 6, the schemes started becoming a risk to global stability, risking all-out war between the supernations. Volume 10 saw the first introduction of characters who ''wanted'' a global war, something which the protagonists have barely averted several times. Volume 18 nearly resulted in the end of the
-->''"I have loved you for several hours now, and every second, more. I thought an hour ago that I loved you more than any woman has ever loved a man, but a half hour after that I knew that what I felt before was nothing compared
** Westley then tops that by explaining how much greater his love is compared to hers.
** Referenced (and parodied) in ''Jack of Fables'', when Jack copies this speech practically word for word and tells it to the Snow Queen. Unlike Buttercup, though, Jack doesn't really love her and just wants to mooch off her and live in her palace as long as he can.
* A RunningGag in ''Literature/LoyalEnemies'' is
** In terms of Objects, the
* ''Literature/HighSchoolDxD'': How insane and unpredictable can Issei get with his powers!? What kind of a new powers is he able to develop next '''''with Rias' breasts acting as a conduit'''''!? How awesome and intense are the
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* ''Pandora's Star'' features a battle in which a wormhole-jumping spaceship instantaneously warps around a planet fending off an enemy barrage. The adversary's response? [[spoiler: Open enough wormholes around the ship to blast it with ninety-six nuclear missiles from every conceivable angle. ]]
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* ''Pandora's Star'' features a battle in which a wormhole-jumping spaceship instantaneously warps around a planet fending off an enemy barrage. The adversary's response? [[spoiler: Open [[spoiler:Open enough wormholes around the ship to blast it with ninety-six nuclear missiles from every conceivable angle. ]]
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* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': What [[CrazyIsCool mind-blowingly awesome]] trick will Harry pull this time? How many new scars can he get? How much more badass can Murphy become before she becomes the female equivalent of [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]]? How bizarre and gory can the villains' tactics get? How much can we scale up the GambitPileup? How pretty can Thomas be? How's Harry going to top The Dinosaur Incident? How much ass can be kicked? How many more mind-blowingly evil and powerful people can Harry piss off?
** Lampshaded in one of the later books, when Harry reminisces about how much Bianca scared him when he was up against her, even though by that point he recognises that she was little more than a StarterVillain. Admittedly, she had a SmallRoleBigImpact, but the impact was largely accidental, and she was neither particularly powerful nor clever compared to the Faerie Queens, Fallen Angels and {{Eldritch Abomination}}s who are Harry's main enemies as the books continue.
* And on that note, ''Literature/CodexAlera'': How outnumbered can the heroes be? What ridiculously over-the-top awesome plan is Tavi going to pull off next?
-->'''Doroga:''' [[LampshadeHanging You may have noticed that he does things...big]].
-->'''Bernard:''' Big?
-->'''Doroga:''' He saw that the creatures tracked him by heat. So he set the forest on fire.
** Part of Tavi's modus operandi is to get the enemy somewhere he can light a whole bunch of them on fire- hell, one time he not only did it once, but twice, and then followed it up in the climax of the action by- after his foes have used their magic to block out the sun- bringing the sun to them. Magical multiple refraction laser, activate!
** Lampshaded in one of the later books, when Harry reminisces about how much Bianca scared him when he was up against her, even though by that point he recognises that she was little more than a StarterVillain. Admittedly, she had a SmallRoleBigImpact, but the impact was largely accidental, and she was neither particularly powerful nor clever compared to the Faerie Queens, Fallen Angels and {{Eldritch Abomination}}s who are Harry's main enemies as the books continue.
* And on that note, ''Literature/CodexAlera'': How outnumbered can the heroes be? What ridiculously over-the-top awesome plan is Tavi going to pull off next?
-->'''Doroga:''' [[LampshadeHanging You may have noticed that he does things...big]].
-->'''Bernard:''' Big?
-->'''Doroga:''' He saw that the creatures tracked him by heat. So he set the forest on fire.
** Part of Tavi's modus operandi is to get the enemy somewhere he can light a whole bunch of them on fire- hell, one time he not only did it once, but twice, and then followed it up in the climax of the action by- after his foes have used their magic to block out the sun- bringing the sun to them. Magical multiple refraction laser, activate!
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* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': What [[CrazyIsCool mind-blowingly awesome]] trick will Harry pull A RunningGag in ''Literature/LoyalEnemies'' is that the various races the heroes meet bestow progressively bigger armies upon them as gifts for favors the heroes have done (and to stick it to the previous race in the chain). The dryad queen gives them a unit of dryad soldiers. When the elven king learns about it, he gives them two units of elven soldiers to help them. And when the heroes help a local dwarven clan, the entire clan decides to aid them in their fight. Funnily enough, when the armies actually show up for the battle, there are even more members of the alliance.
* ''Literature/MassEffectAnnihilation'': After the original trilogy of games had the fourteen ''hour'' all-elcor production of ''Hamlet'' ("An unforgettable experience!"), thistime? How many new scars can he get? book has a particularly loony fan of Shakespeare reveal he's written an all-elcor version of ''Macbeth'', which is ''sixteen'' hours long.
* ''Literature/MariaWatchesOverUs'': How much morebadass romantic [[{{Subtext}} subtext]] can Murphy become before she becomes they put in the female equivalent of [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]]? How bizarre and gory can relationships between the villains' tactics get? girls [[BaitAndSwitchLesbians without them actually going anywhere]]? How much can we scale up the GambitPileup? How pretty can Thomas be? How's Harry going to top The Dinosaur Incident? How much ass can be kicked? How many more mind-blowingly evil and powerful people can Harry piss off?
** Lampshaded in onewill Yumi berate herself for being insignificant, despite several of the later books, when Harry reminisces about how much Bianca scared him when he was up against her, even though by that point he recognises that she was little more than a StarterVillain. Admittedly, she had a SmallRoleBigImpact, but the impact was largely accidental, and she was neither particularly powerful nor clever compared to the Faerie Queens, Fallen Angels and {{Eldritch Abomination}}s who are Harry's main enemies as the books continue.
* And on that note, ''Literature/CodexAlera'':school's most popular girls fawning over her? How outnumbered long can the heroes be? What ridiculously over-the-top awesome plan is Tavi going they postpone Sachiko's inevitable graduation? There has to pull off next?
-->'''Doroga:''' [[LampshadeHanging You may have noticed that he does things...big]].
-->'''Bernard:''' Big?
-->'''Doroga:''' He saw that the creatures tracked him by heat. So he set the forest on fire.
** Part of Tavi's modus operandi is to get the enemy somewhere he can lightbe a whole bunch of them on fire- hell, one time he not only did it once, but twice, and then followed it up massive black hole in the climax vicinity of the action by- after his foes have used their magic Lillian high school to block out explain the sun- bringing the sun to them. Magical multiple refraction laser, activate!immense slowing down of time between New Year's and April, since that period gets covered by least a ''dozen'' [[LightNovels light novels]].
* ''Literature/MassEffectAnnihilation'': After the original trilogy of games had the fourteen ''hour'' all-elcor production of ''Hamlet'' ("An unforgettable experience!"), this
* ''Literature/MariaWatchesOverUs'': How much more
** Lampshaded in one
* And on that note, ''Literature/CodexAlera'':
-->'''Doroga:''' [[LampshadeHanging You may have noticed that he does things...big]].
-->'''Bernard:''' Big?
-->'''Doroga:''' He saw that the creatures tracked him by heat. So he set the forest on fire.
** Part of Tavi's modus operandi is to get the enemy somewhere he can light
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* ''Literature/TauZero'' concerns time dilation in a slower-than-light colony ship, the ''Leonora Christine''. To begin, it flies close enough to lightspeed that a 30-something-light-year journey will only take about a decade, from the point of view of the ship...but the main reason for this is the need to decelerate. When the ship's deceleration system is damaged and [[SpaceFriction the crew need to find a safe place to turn off the engines without being shredded by interstellar hydrogen]], they need to accelerate closer and closer to lightspeed, to increase the time dilation on-ship enough to be able to survive the journey... but the faster they go, the emptier space has to be to count as a vacuum...and the faster they have to go to be able to survive the longer and longer journey to the emptier stretches of space. By the time they find a region of space that's empty enough for them to repair the ship, [[spoiler:the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Crunch Big Crunch]] has started, so they have to wait for it to finish, along with the ensuing next [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang Big Bang]], calculating their deceleration to end up in a star system where they'll most likely find an inhabitable planet.]] It's made even crazier by the fact that the ship's objective speed only changes by the tiniest fraction of a percentage of the speed of light.
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* ''Literature/TauZero'' concerns time dilation ''Literature/McAuslan'': How many people can you rope into a Highland reel? Apparently, after trying (and succeeding) for the Black Watch's record of ''sixtyfour'', the General insists that they try for three figures. Said and done, after roping in a slower-than-light colony ship, bunch of prisoners of war, the ''Leonora Christine''. To begin, it flies close enough to lightspeed that a 30-something-light-year journey will only take about a decade, sentries from the point neighbouring garrison and a bunch of view of people who have come up from a nearby town to see what the ship...but hell is going on, the main reason for this is the need to decelerate. When the ship's deceleration system is damaged Regiment dances a Onehundredandtwentyeightsome Reel, a grueling process which takes over two and [[SpaceFriction the crew need to find a safe place to turn off the engines without being shredded by interstellar hydrogen]], they need to accelerate closer and closer to lightspeed, to increase the time dilation on-ship enough to be able to survive the journey... but the half hours.
** Creator/TerryPratchett, a known Creator/GeorgeMacdonaldFraser fan, would later have a Five-hundred-and-twelvesome Reel in ''Literature/TheWeeFreeMen''. Thankfully, Feegles move an order of magnitude fasterthey go, than humans.
* The ''Literature/NewJediOrder'' series: how many planets and how many billion people are we going to obliterate/kill/sacrifice today while theemptier space has to be to count as a vacuum...and the faster they have to go to be able to survive the longer and longer journey to the emptier stretches of space. By the time they find a region of space that's empty enough for them to repair the ship, [[spoiler:the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Crunch Big Crunch]] has started, so they have to wait for it to finish, along with the ensuing next [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang Big Bang]], calculating their deceleration to end up in a star system where they'll most likely find an inhabitable planet.]] It's made even crazier by the fact that the ship's objective speed only changes by the tiniest fraction of a percentage of the speed of light.heroes care little?
** Creator/TerryPratchett, a known Creator/GeorgeMacdonaldFraser fan, would later have a Five-hundred-and-twelvesome Reel in ''Literature/TheWeeFreeMen''. Thankfully, Feegles move an order of magnitude faster
* The ''Literature/NewJediOrder'' series: how many planets and how many billion people are we going to obliterate/kill/sacrifice today while the
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* How many potential murderers will reveal to [[Literature/TheFatherLukeWolfeTrilogy Father Wolfe]] their motives and opportunity to commit the crime in ''Father, Forgive Them''?
* [[Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas How much drugs can Duke and Dr. Gonzo put in their systems?]] Answer: a lot.
* The ''Literature/NewJediOrder'' series: how many planets and how many billion people are we going to obliterate/kill/sacrifice today while the heroes care little?
* [[Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas How much drugs can Duke and Dr. Gonzo put in their systems?]] Answer: a lot.
* The ''Literature/NewJediOrder'' series: how many planets and how many billion people are we going to obliterate/kill/sacrifice today while the heroes care little?
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* From the ''first chapter'' of ''Literature/ThePrincessBride'' comes this gem. By the end of the book, Buttercup's all but describing her love as "over nine thousand."
-->''"I have loved you for several hours now, and every second, more. I thought an hour ago that I loved you more than any woman has ever loved a man, but a half hour after that I knew that what I felt before was nothing compared to what I felt then. But ten minutes after that, I understood that my previous love was a puddle compared to the high seas before a storm. Your eyes are like that, did you know? Well they are. How manypotential murderers will reveal minutes ago was I? Twenty? Had I brought my feelings up to [[Literature/TheFatherLukeWolfeTrilogy Father Wolfe]] their motives and opportunity to commit the crime in ''Father, Forgive Them''?
* [[Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas Howthen? It doesn't matter. I love you so much drugs can Duke more now than twenty minutes ago that there cannot be comparison. I love you so much more now than when you opened your hovel door, there cannot be comparison."''
** Westley then tops that by explaining how much greater his love is compared to hers.
** Referenced (and parodied) in ''Jack of Fables'', when Jack copies this speech practically word for word andDr. Gonzo put in their systems?]] Answer: a lot.
* The ''Literature/NewJediOrder'' series: how many planetstells it to the Snow Queen. Unlike Buttercup, though, Jack doesn't really love her and how many billion people are we just wants to mooch off her and live in her palace as long as he can.
* ''Literature/QualiaThePurple'' just keeps goingto obliterate/kill/sacrifice today while further down the heroes care little?rabbit hole with nearly every successive chapter, mostly starting from the already pretty insane chapters 5 and 6.
-->''"I have loved you for several hours now, and every second, more. I thought an hour ago that I loved you more than any woman has ever loved a man, but a half hour after that I knew that what I felt before was nothing compared to what I felt then. But ten minutes after that, I understood that my previous love was a puddle compared to the high seas before a storm. Your eyes are like that, did you know? Well they are. How many
* [[Literature/FearAndLoathingInLasVegas How
** Westley then tops that by explaining how much greater his love is compared to hers.
** Referenced (and parodied) in ''Jack of Fables'', when Jack copies this speech practically word for word and
* The ''Literature/NewJediOrder'' series: how many planets
* ''Literature/QualiaThePurple'' just keeps going
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* ''Literature/McAuslan'': How many people can you rope into a Highland reel? Apparently, after trying (and succeeding) for the Black Watch's record of ''sixtyfour'', the General insists that they try for three figures. Said and done, after roping in a bunch of prisoners of war, the sentries from the neighbouring garrison and a bunch of people who have come up from a nearby town to see what the hell is going on, the Regiment dances a Onehundredandtwentyeightsome Reel, a grueling process which takes over two and a half hours.
** Known Creator/GeorgeMacdonaldFraser fan Creator/TerryPratchett would later have a Five-hundred-and-twelvesome Reel in ''Literature/TheWeeFreeMen''. Thankfully, Feegles move an order of magnitude faster than humans, but even so...
* In terms of going figuring out who the BigBad is supposed to be, ''Literature/TheEnchantmentEmporium'' starts with Allie trying to find out what happened to her grandmother. Then she finds out there's a sorcerer in town. Except, he's waiting on the appearance of a Dragon Lord, [[spoiler: that turns out to be Jack, his son]]. Then several other Dragon Lords- [[spoiler: Jack's uncles]]- show up, split between helping and hindering the first one.[[note]]And wanting to kill the sorcerer either way, for what he did to [[spoiler:their sister]][[/note]]. Then [[spoiler:Jack's mother]], a Dragon queen, makes an appearance....
* The poem titled ''A Cut for You'' [[http://akaichounokoe.deviantart.com/art/A-Cut-for-You-627159644]] has a rather gory case of this as its about two friends (presumably female, according to one of the lines) playing a game where the goal seems to be who can cause themselves the most injury. The game ends when one of them hacks off a limb and they declare it a tie.
* ''Literature/FoxAndOHare'': The danger ramps up slowly but surely as the series progresses, to the point where ''The Pursuit'' starts with [[spoiler:Nick]] getting kidnapped.
* In ''LightNovel/UndefeatedBahamutChronicle'', Lux is first asked by Krulcifer to [[TheBeard pretend to be her boyfriend]], to stop her family badgering her into getting married. Later on, she brings him to her homeland with the pretence that they're engaged and are regularly having sex (by this point she's actually attracted to him). And then Lux and Philuffy have to infiltrate a hostile country with the cover story of being ''newlyweds''.
** Known Creator/GeorgeMacdonaldFraser fan Creator/TerryPratchett would later have a Five-hundred-and-twelvesome Reel in ''Literature/TheWeeFreeMen''. Thankfully, Feegles move an order of magnitude faster than humans, but even so...
* In terms of going figuring out who the BigBad is supposed to be, ''Literature/TheEnchantmentEmporium'' starts with Allie trying to find out what happened to her grandmother. Then she finds out there's a sorcerer in town. Except, he's waiting on the appearance of a Dragon Lord, [[spoiler: that turns out to be Jack, his son]]. Then several other Dragon Lords- [[spoiler: Jack's uncles]]- show up, split between helping and hindering the first one.[[note]]And wanting to kill the sorcerer either way, for what he did to [[spoiler:their sister]][[/note]]. Then [[spoiler:Jack's mother]], a Dragon queen, makes an appearance....
* The poem titled ''A Cut for You'' [[http://akaichounokoe.deviantart.com/art/A-Cut-for-You-627159644]] has a rather gory case of this as its about two friends (presumably female, according to one of the lines) playing a game where the goal seems to be who can cause themselves the most injury. The game ends when one of them hacks off a limb and they declare it a tie.
* ''Literature/FoxAndOHare'': The danger ramps up slowly but surely as the series progresses, to the point where ''The Pursuit'' starts with [[spoiler:Nick]] getting kidnapped.
* In ''LightNovel/UndefeatedBahamutChronicle'', Lux is first asked by Krulcifer to [[TheBeard pretend to be her boyfriend]], to stop her family badgering her into getting married. Later on, she brings him to her homeland with the pretence that they're engaged and are regularly having sex (by this point she's actually attracted to him). And then Lux and Philuffy have to infiltrate a hostile country with the cover story of being ''newlyweds''.
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* ''Literature/McAuslan'': How many people can you rope into ''Literature/TauZero'' concerns time dilation in a Highland reel? Apparently, after trying (and succeeding) for slower-than-light colony ship, the Black Watch's record of ''sixtyfour'', the General insists ''Leonora Christine''. To begin, it flies close enough to lightspeed that they try for three figures. Said and done, after roping in a bunch of prisoners of war, the sentries from the neighbouring garrison and a bunch of people who have come up from a nearby town to see what the hell is going on, the Regiment dances a Onehundredandtwentyeightsome Reel, a grueling process which takes over two and a half hours.
** Known Creator/GeorgeMacdonaldFraser fan Creator/TerryPratchett would later have a Five-hundred-and-twelvesome Reel in ''Literature/TheWeeFreeMen''. Thankfully, Feegles move an order of magnitude faster than humans, but even so...
* In terms of going figuring out who the BigBad is supposed to be, ''Literature/TheEnchantmentEmporium'' starts with Allie trying to find out what happened to her grandmother. Then she finds out there's a sorcerer in town. Except, he's waiting on the appearance of a Dragon Lord, [[spoiler: that turns out to be Jack, his son]]. Then several other Dragon Lords- [[spoiler: Jack's uncles]]- show up, split between helping and hindering the first one.[[note]]And wanting to kill the sorcerer either way, for what he did to [[spoiler:their sister]][[/note]]. Then [[spoiler:Jack's mother]], a Dragon queen, makes an appearance....
* The poem titled ''A Cut for You'' [[http://akaichounokoe.deviantart.com/art/A-Cut-for-You-627159644]] has a rather gory case of this as its30-something-light-year journey will only take about two friends (presumably female, according to one of the lines) playing a game where the goal seems to be who can cause themselves the most injury. The game ends when one of them hacks off a limb and they declare it a tie.
* ''Literature/FoxAndOHare'': The danger ramps up slowly but surely as the series progresses, todecade, from the point of view of the ship...but the main reason for this is the need to decelerate. When the ship's deceleration system is damaged and [[SpaceFriction the crew need to find a safe place to turn off the engines without being shredded by interstellar hydrogen]], they need to accelerate closer and closer to lightspeed, to increase the time dilation on-ship enough to be able to survive the journey... but the faster they go, the emptier space has to be to count as a vacuum...and the faster they have to go to be able to survive the longer and longer journey to the emptier stretches of space. By the time they find a region of space that's empty enough for them to repair the ship, [[spoiler:the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Crunch Big Crunch]] has started, so they have to wait for it to finish, along with the ensuing next [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Bang Big Bang]], calculating their deceleration to end up in a star system where ''The Pursuit'' starts with [[spoiler:Nick]] getting kidnapped.
they'll most likely find an inhabitable planet.]] It's made even crazier by the fact that the ship's objective speed only changes by the tiniest fraction of a percentage of the speed of light.
* In''LightNovel/UndefeatedBahamutChronicle'', ''Literature/UndefeatedBahamutChronicle'', Lux is first asked by Krulcifer to [[TheBeard pretend to be her boyfriend]], to stop her family badgering her into getting married. Later on, she brings him to her homeland with the pretence that they're engaged and are regularly having sex (by this point she's actually attracted to him). And then Lux and Philuffy have to infiltrate a hostile country with the cover story of being ''newlyweds''.
** Known Creator/GeorgeMacdonaldFraser fan Creator/TerryPratchett would later have a Five-hundred-and-twelvesome Reel in ''Literature/TheWeeFreeMen''. Thankfully, Feegles move an order of magnitude faster than humans, but even so...
* In terms of going figuring out who the BigBad is supposed to be, ''Literature/TheEnchantmentEmporium'' starts with Allie trying to find out what happened to her grandmother. Then she finds out there's a sorcerer in town. Except, he's waiting on the appearance of a Dragon Lord, [[spoiler: that turns out to be Jack, his son]]. Then several other Dragon Lords- [[spoiler: Jack's uncles]]- show up, split between helping and hindering the first one.[[note]]And wanting to kill the sorcerer either way, for what he did to [[spoiler:their sister]][[/note]]. Then [[spoiler:Jack's mother]], a Dragon queen, makes an appearance....
* The poem titled ''A Cut for You'' [[http://akaichounokoe.deviantart.com/art/A-Cut-for-You-627159644]] has a rather gory case of this as its
* ''Literature/FoxAndOHare'': The danger ramps up slowly but surely as the series progresses, to
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** The sequel ''Literature/{{Ward}}'' likewise starts with the protagonist simply trying to deal with her own family and psychological trauma, then escalates to fighting relatively low-level crime and despite her best efforts winds up having to fight threats to her city, [[spoiler:Earth, and eventually two competing threats to the existence of humanity across every parallel earth.]]
* ''Literature/MassEffectAnnihilation'': After the original trilogy of games had the fourteen ''hour'' all-elcor production of ''Hamlet'' ("An unforgettable experience!"), this book has a particularly loony fan of Shakespeare reveal he's written an all-elcor version of ''Macbeth'', which is ''sixteen'' hours long.
* ''Literature/TheBadGuys'': The titular group try to establish themselves as good guys by starting with minor good deeds like helping cats stuck in trees but find themselves embroiled in increasignly higher stakes over time, such as [[spoiler:travelling through time, battling an alien invasion, and dealing with a multiversal monster]].
* In Creator/DaveBarry's [[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/10/16/the-tune-in-turnoff-singing-those-rush-hour-radio-blues/41af6e50-5622-43cc-806c-99aafd49b5a6/ "Garbage Scan"]], the driver keeps tuning into classic hits stations just when they've finished playing a number of classic hits in a row, and that number keeps going up. First it's 14, then 19, then 54, then 317, and finally "3,814 consecutive classic hits with no commercial interruptions dating back to 1978".
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* ''Literature/MassEffectAnnihilation'': After the original trilogy of games had the fourteen ''hour'' all-elcor production of ''Hamlet'' ("An unforgettable experience!"), this book has a particularly loony fan of Shakespeare reveal he's written an all-elcor version of ''Macbeth'', which is ''sixteen'' hours long.
* ''Literature/TheBadGuys'': The titular group try to establish themselves as good guys by starting with minor good deeds like helping cats stuck in trees but find themselves embroiled in increasignly higher stakes over time, such as [[spoiler:travelling through time, battling an alien invasion, and dealing with a multiversal monster]].
* In Creator/DaveBarry's [[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/10/16/the-tune-in-turnoff-singing-those-rush-hour-radio-blues/41af6e50-5622-43cc-806c-99aafd49b5a6/ "Garbage Scan"]], the driver keeps tuning into classic hits stations just when they've finished playing a number of classic hits in a row, and that number keeps going up. First it's 14, then 19, then 54, then 317, and finally "3,814 consecutive classic hits with no commercial interruptions dating back to 1978".
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** The sequel ''Literature/{{Ward}}'' likewise starts with the protagonist simply trying to deal with her own family and psychological trauma, then escalates to fighting relatively low-level crime and despite her best efforts winds up having to fight threats to her city, [[spoiler:Earth, and eventually two competing threats to the existence of humanity across every parallel earth.]]
* ''Literature/MassEffectAnnihilation'': After the original trilogy of games had the fourteen ''hour'' all-elcor production of ''Hamlet'' ("An unforgettable experience!"), this book has a particularly loony fan of Shakespeare reveal he's written an all-elcor version of ''Macbeth'', which is ''sixteen'' hours long.
* ''Literature/TheBadGuys'': The titular group try to establish themselves as good guys by starting with minor good deeds like helping cats stuck in trees but find themselves embroiled in increasignly higher stakes over time, such as [[spoiler:travelling through time, battling an alien invasion, and dealing with a multiversal monster]].
* In Creator/DaveBarry's [[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/10/16/the-tune-in-turnoff-singing-those-rush-hour-radio-blues/41af6e50-5622-43cc-806c-99aafd49b5a6/ "Garbage Scan"]], the driver keeps tuning into classic hits stations just when they've finished playing a number of classic hits in a row, and that number keeps going up. First it's 14, then 19, then 54, then 317, and finally "3,814 consecutive classic hits with no commercial interruptions dating back to 1978".
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* ''Literature/MassEffectAnnihilation'': After the original trilogy of games had the fourteen ''hour'' all-elcor production of ''Hamlet'' ("An unforgettable experience!"), this book has a particularly loony fan of Shakespeare reveal he's written an all-elcor version of ''Macbeth'', which is ''sixteen'' hours long.
* ''Literature/TheBadGuys'': The titular group try to establish themselves as good guys by starting with minor good deeds like helping cats stuck in trees but find themselves embroiled in increasignly higher stakes over time, such as [[spoiler:travelling through time, battling an alien invasion, and dealing with a multiversal monster]].
* In Creator/DaveBarry's [[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/10/16/the-tune-in-turnoff-singing-those-rush-hour-radio-blues/41af6e50-5622-43cc-806c-99aafd49b5a6/ "Garbage Scan"]], the driver keeps tuning into classic hits stations just when they've finished playing a number of classic hits in a row, and that number keeps going up. First it's 14, then 19, then 54, then 317, and finally "3,814 consecutive classic hits with no commercial interruptions dating back to 1978".
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** Red Wedding. Because [[spoiler:[[HonorBeforeReason Robb]]]] broke off an arranged marriage one of his daughters, [[spoiler: Walder Frey has many of Robb's Bannerman and army massacred. [[AnyoneCanDie Then he kills Robb.]] [[UpToEleven Then he kills Robb's mother Catelyn Stark.]] Then Arya Stark is nearly killed.]]
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** Red Wedding. Because [[spoiler:[[HonorBeforeReason Robb]]]] broke off an arranged marriage one of his daughters, [[spoiler: Walder Frey has many of Robb's Bannerman and army massacred. [[AnyoneCanDie Then he kills Robb.]] [[UpToEleven Then he kills Robb's mother Catelyn Stark.]] Stark. Then Arya Stark is nearly killed.]]
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* In Creator/DaveBarry's [[https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1988/10/16/the-tune-in-turnoff-singing-those-rush-hour-radio-blues/41af6e50-5622-43cc-806c-99aafd49b5a6/ "Garbage Scan"]], the driver keeps tuning into classic hits stations just when they've finished playing a number of classic hits in a row, and that number keeps going up. First it's 14, then 19, then 54, then 317, and finally "3,814 consecutive classic hits with no commercial interruptions dating back to 1978".
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* ''Literature/TheBadGuys'': The titular group try to establish themselves as good guys by starting with minor good deeds like helping cats stuck in trees but find themselves embroiled in increasignly higher stakes over time, such as [[spoiler:travelling through time, battling an alien invasion, and dealing with a multiversal monster]].
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* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': What [[CrazyAwesome mind-blowingly awesome]] trick will Harry pull this time? How many new scars can he get? How much more badass can Murphy become before she becomes the female equivalent of [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]]? How bizarre and gory can the villains' tactics get? How much can we scale up the GambitPileup? How pretty can Thomas be? How's Harry going to top The Dinosaur Incident? How much ass can be kicked? How many more mind-blowingly evil and powerful people can Harry piss off?
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* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': What [[CrazyAwesome [[CrazyIsCool mind-blowingly awesome]] trick will Harry pull this time? How many new scars can he get? How much more badass can Murphy become before she becomes the female equivalent of [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]]? How bizarre and gory can the villains' tactics get? How much can we scale up the GambitPileup? How pretty can Thomas be? How's Harry going to top The Dinosaur Incident? How much ass can be kicked? How many more mind-blowingly evil and powerful people can Harry piss off?
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* ''Literature/MassEffectAnnihilation'': After the original trilogy of games had the fourteen ''hour'' all-elcor production of ''Hamlet'' ("An unforgettable experience!"), this book has a particularly loony fan of Shakespeare reveal he's written an all-elcor version of ''Macbeth'', which is ''sixteen'' hours long.
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* In ''Literature/{{Worm}}'', the antagonists that Taylor, our protagonist, faces go from bullies at her school to local gang leaders to city-killing monstrosities and worse until by the end [[spoiler:she manages to MindControl almost every superpowered individual on every alternate earth in order to bully a PhysicalGod to death.]]
** The sequel ''Literature/{{Ward}}'' likewise starts with the protagonist simply trying to deal with her own family and psychological trauma, then escalates to fighting relatively low-level crime and despite her best efforts winds up having to fight threats to her city, [[spoiler:Earth, and eventually two competing threats to the existence of humanity across every parallel earth.]]
** The sequel ''Literature/{{Ward}}'' likewise starts with the protagonist simply trying to deal with her own family and psychological trauma, then escalates to fighting relatively low-level crime and despite her best efforts winds up having to fight threats to her city, [[spoiler:Earth, and eventually two competing threats to the existence of humanity across every parallel earth.]]
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** Known Creator/GeorgeMacdonaldFraser fan Creator/TerryPratchett would later have a Five-hundred-and-twelvesome Reel in ''Discworld/TheWeeFreeMen''. Thankfully, Feegles move an order of magnitude faster than humans, but even so...
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** Known Creator/GeorgeMacdonaldFraser fan Creator/TerryPratchett would later have a Five-hundred-and-twelvesome Reel in ''Discworld/TheWeeFreeMen''.''Literature/TheWeeFreeMen''. Thankfully, Feegles move an order of magnitude faster than humans, but even so...
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* The ''Literature/{{Lensman}}'' series is made of this with its LensmanArmsRace. Gee, where to even ''start?'' ''Galactic Patrol'' starts with spaceships capable of ''[[FasterThanLightTravel ninety parsecs per hour]]'' and firing "super-atomic" explosives (which might be matter-antimatter explosives, since they liberate 100% of their mass-energy). By the beginning of the third book there are flotillas of armed, moving ''planets''; by the end, whole planets made of antimatter are used as faster-than-light projectiles routinely, and there is a psychic super-mind (the "Unit") capable of destroying the Eddorian planet, which "all the physical weapons of all the universes" could not harm.
** Um... not quite. The planet-sized antimatter bombs were never FTL, except in their transport from place to place. You're confusing them with the Nth-space planets. The Unit did not actually destroy Eddore; it was merely the 'chisel' for the shattering of the Eddorians' final lines of TELEPATHIC defence (and their subsequent destruction) by the Arisians' and Lensmen's telepathic 'hammer'. The planet remained intact.
** And you forgot the Sunbeam, which takes the entire energy output of a star and turns it into a {{BFG}}. And the bad guys were already working on a ''improved'' version that would be able to hit a target across ''interstellar distances''.
** As far as the enemies themselves, every book ends with the heroes destroying the BigBad, only to discover he was actually TheDragon to some even greater threat.
** Um... not quite. The planet-sized antimatter bombs were never FTL, except in their transport from place to place. You're confusing them with the Nth-space planets. The Unit did not actually destroy Eddore; it was merely the 'chisel' for the shattering of the Eddorians' final lines of TELEPATHIC defence (and their subsequent destruction) by the Arisians' and Lensmen's telepathic 'hammer'. The planet remained intact.
** And you forgot the Sunbeam, which takes the entire energy output of a star and turns it into a {{BFG}}. And the bad guys were already working on a ''improved'' version that would be able to hit a target across ''interstellar distances''.
** As far as the enemies themselves, every book ends with the heroes destroying the BigBad, only to discover he was actually TheDragon to some even greater threat.
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* The ''Literature/{{Lensman}}'' series is made of this with its LensmanArmsRace. Gee, where to even ''start?'' Lets take the destruction of planets:
** ''Galactic Patrol'' doesn't destroy any planets.
** ''Gray Lensman'' starts withspaceships capable of ''[[FasterThanLightTravel ninety parsecs per hour]]'' Helmuth's planet being cracked open and firing "super-atomic" explosives (which might be matter-antimatter explosives, since they liberate 100% of their mass-energy). By the beginning of the third book there are flotillas of armed, moving ''planets''; ruined by the end, whole self-destruct mechanism of his base. It ends with two enemy planets made being obliterated, one by a planet-sized sphere of antimatter are used as faster-than-light projectiles routinely, and there is a psychic super-mind (the "Unit") capable of destroying the Eddorian planet, which "all the physical weapons other by being smashed between two other planets.
** ''Second Stage Lensmen'' has flotillas ofall the universes" could not harm.
** Um... not quite. Thearmed planets and planet-sized masses of antimatter. Several of them annihilate each other after being rendered ''hors de combat'' by the "Sunbeam" -- a WaveMotionGun that focuses the entire output of the system's sun on its targets.
** Finally, in ''Children of the Lens'', planets and antimatterbombs were never FTL, except in their transport from place to place. You're confusing them with the Nth-space planets. The Unit did not actually destroy Eddore; it was merely the 'chisel' for the shattering of the Eddorians' final lines of TELEPATHIC defence (and their subsequent destruction) by the Arisians' and Lensmen's telepathic 'hammer'. The planet remained intact.
**planets are thrown around as anti-missile missiles. And you forgot the Sunbeam, which takes the entire energy output of a star and turns it into a {{BFG}}. And the bad guys were already working on a ''improved'' version that would be able to hit a target across ''interstellar distances''.
** As far as the enemies themselves, every book ends with the heroes destroying the BigBad, only to discover he was actually TheDragon to some even greater threat.anti-anti-missile missiles.
** ''Galactic Patrol'' doesn't destroy any planets.
** ''Gray Lensman'' starts with
** ''Second Stage Lensmen'' has flotillas of
** Um... not quite. The
** Finally, in ''Children of the Lens'', planets and antimatter
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** As far as the enemies themselves, every book ends with the heroes destroying the BigBad, only to discover he was actually TheDragon to some even greater threat.
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* In the first ''Literature/HarryPotter'' book, [[spoiler:three people die]], all of them offstage. Several are seen on-page.
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* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': What [[CrazyAwesome mind-blowingly awesome]] trick will Harry pull this time? How many new scars can he get? How much more badass can Murphy become before she becomes the female equivalent of [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]]? How bizarre and gory can the villains' tactics get? How much can we scale up the GambitPileup? How pretty can Thomas be? How's Harry going to top [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome The Dinosaur Incident]]? How much ass can be kicked? How many more mind-blowingly evil and powerful people can Harry piss off?
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* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': What [[CrazyAwesome mind-blowingly awesome]] trick will Harry pull this time? How many new scars can he get? How much more badass can Murphy become before she becomes the female equivalent of [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]]? How bizarre and gory can the villains' tactics get? How much can we scale up the GambitPileup? How pretty can Thomas be? How's Harry going to top [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome The Dinosaur Incident]]? Incident? How much ass can be kicked? How many more mind-blowingly evil and powerful people can Harry piss off?
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* In the first ''Literature/HarryPotter'' book, [[spoiler:three people die]], all of them offstage. In the last book, [[spoiler:fifty-plus people die, ''including Harry Potter himself.'']] Several are seen on-page.
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** Known Fraser fan Creator/TerryPratchett would later have a Five-hundred-and-twelvesome Reel in ''Discworld/TheWeeFreeMen''. Thankfully, Feegles move an order of magnitude faster than humans, but even so...
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** Known Fraser Creator/GeorgeMacdonaldFraser fan Creator/TerryPratchett would later have a Five-hundred-and-twelvesome Reel in ''Discworld/TheWeeFreeMen''. Thankfully, Feegles move an order of magnitude faster than humans, but even so...
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* A RunningGag in ''Literature/LoyalEnemies'' is that the various races the heroes meet bestow progressively bigger armies upon them as gifts for favors the heroes have done (and to stick it to the previous race in the chain). And after the heroes have to call those armies to fight, even ''more'' people show up.
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* A RunningGag in ''Literature/LoyalEnemies'' is that the various races the heroes meet bestow progressively bigger armies upon them as gifts for favors the heroes have done (and to stick it to the previous race in the chain). The dryad queen gives them a unit of dryad soldiers. When the elven king learns about it, he gives them two units of elven soldiers to help them. And after when the heroes have help a local dwarven clan, the entire clan decides to call those aid them in their fight. Funnily enough, when the armies to fight, actually show up for the battle, there are even ''more'' people show up.more members of the alliance.
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* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': What [[CrazyAwesome mind-blowingly awesome]] trick will Harry pull this time? How many new scars can he get? How much more BadAss can Murphy become before she becomes the female equivalent of [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]]? How bizarre and gory can the villains' tactics get? How much can we scale up the GambitPileup? How pretty can Thomas be? How's Harry going to top [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome The Dinosaur Incident]]? How much ass can be kicked? How many more mind-blowingly evil and powerful people can Harry piss off?
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* ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles'': What [[CrazyAwesome mind-blowingly awesome]] trick will Harry pull this time? How many new scars can he get? How much more BadAss badass can Murphy become before she becomes the female equivalent of [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]]? How bizarre and gory can the villains' tactics get? How much can we scale up the GambitPileup? How pretty can Thomas be? How's Harry going to top [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome The Dinosaur Incident]]? How much ass can be kicked? How many more mind-blowingly evil and powerful people can Harry piss off?
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* In the first ''Literature/HarryPotter'' book, [[spoiler:three people die]], all of them offstage. In the last book, [[spoiler:fifty-plus people die, ''including Harry Potter himself,'' several of them "seen" in the narrative]].
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* In the first ''Literature/HarryPotter'' book, [[spoiler:three people die]], all of them offstage. In the last book, [[spoiler:fifty-plus people die, ''including Harry Potter himself,'' several of them "seen" in the narrative]].himself.'']] Several are seen on-page.
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* In ''Literature/HarryPotter'' about [[spoiler:twenty-something people]] die, including [[spoiler:Harry Potter himself, sort of.]]) How many people can you kill of in a seven book series?
** Especially considering how many bought it in the last book.
** It's a war. If there was a war where twenty-something people died in Real Life, people would be glad it wasn't more. However, considering it's a children's book changes things...
*** Actually, [[spoiler:at least fifty people die, in The Battle At Hogwarts alone. Harry sees their bodies in the Great Hall, separated from Voldemort's]].
** Especially considering how many bought it in the last book.
** It's a war. If there was a war where twenty-something people died in Real Life, people would be glad it wasn't more. However, considering it's a children's book changes things...
*** Actually, [[spoiler:at least fifty people die, in The Battle At Hogwarts alone. Harry sees their bodies in the Great Hall, separated from Voldemort's]].
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* In the first ''Literature/HarryPotter'' about [[spoiler:twenty-something people]] die, including [[spoiler:Harry Potter himself, sort of.]]) How many book, [[spoiler:three people can you kill die]], all of in a seven book series?
** Especially considering how many bought it inthem offstage. In the last book.
** It's a war. If there was a war where twenty-something people died in Real Life, people would be glad it wasn't more. However, considering it's a children's book changes things...
*** Actually, [[spoiler:at least fiftybook, [[spoiler:fifty-plus people die, in The Battle At Hogwarts alone. ''including Harry sees their bodies Potter himself,'' several of them "seen" in the Great Hall, separated from Voldemort's]].narrative]].
** Especially considering how many bought it in
** It's a war. If there was a war where twenty-something people died in Real Life, people would be glad it wasn't more. However, considering it's a children's book changes things...
*** Actually, [[spoiler:at least fifty
