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  • In the Mallcop storyline, three QR codes are shown:
    • Here — which says:
    UID=ADMIN PASS=DEFAULT CMD=SLEEP[600sec noprompt fnord]
    • Here — which says:
    UID="ADMIN" PASS="DEFAULT" CMD="sleep, 600sec, noprompt, fnord"
    • and Here — which says:
    fnord UID=*** PASS=*** CMD="overwrite daylog, prev 28800 sec, sleep, 6000sec, noprompt" fnord
  • Contest Winner Cameo: Lieutenant Pibald and Corporal Pontucci are modeled after winners of a contest on the Schlock Mercenary forums.
  • Defictionalization:
    • The chupaqueso. Fried cheese filled with gooey cheese.
    • On the other, more horrible hand, Smutto. Corn smut + natto.
    • And now Puckerdoodles.
    • The often-quoted in-universe book "Seventy Maxims of Maximally Effective Mercenaries" now has a real-world print version, thanks to the successful Planet Mercenary RPG kickstarter.
  • Schedule Slip: In the ultimate defiance of webcomic stereotypes, Schlock Mercenary posted 7347 daily strips in a row, covering the entire run of ten years, one month, and twelve days. One time it was several hours late, but only because the data center hosting the site literally exploded.
  • Science Marches On: The Milky Way is consistently depicted as a regular spiral; fortunate, since a barred spiral would have made this strip a bit more blatant.


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