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0 0Parental Immunity
A child holds rank that lets them get away with petty rule-breaking.
0 0Pacing a Trench
Constantly pacing back and forth gradually makes a trench or a groove on the ground.
0 0Birthday Immunity
Character gets preferential treatment because it's their birthday
5 0Screw What's Right, I Have Rules!
A Obstructed Burecrate doesn't care if someone did the right thing, they still broke the rules.
1 0How Dogs Say Hello
Sniffing butts to greet someone, or to obtain information.
1 1Post-Doctor Lollipop
You were a good patient, have some candy!
0 0Analogies and Metaphors
Index of analogies and metaphors.
1 2Rhetorical Question Retort
Asking if a question is rhetorical to be snarky
2 5In Prison With The Rogues
A Hero Arrested For Heroism is incarcerated in the same prison as criminals they previously locked up
0 1Reunion Vow
When two people are about to be parted, one vows that they will meet again one day in spite of the odds.
3 0Teleportation Through Hell
A hop, skip and a jump through planes of misery.
1 7Index of Romantic Couples
An index concerning the types of romantic pairings.
5 1Ditzy Blonde Psycho
"There once was a woman who lived with her daughter in a cabbage garden; along came a rabbit and ate up all the cabbages; the woman said, "Go into the garden and drive out the rabbit."" - Baby Firefly, while torturing a girl who she forced to wear a rabbit suit
1 0Horrible Backstory Ballad
A song about awful events related to the characters or setting.
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0 0Adaptational Ghost
A character who is physically seen in the source material is merely referred to in the adaptation.
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