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* AllLovingHero: Harry reluctantly agreed to temporarily be Patience's doctor so the mayor and police chief wouldn't get suspicious. He ''stayed'' Patience's doctor because he genuinely loves people, even if they're not ''his'' people.


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* DramaticIrony: Ethan, who was going to be Patience's new doctor after Harry's temporary tenure ended, gets a job offer and leaves town. He ''thinks'' the party the nurses are throwing him is a "good-bye" party, but the reader knows the nurses (and patients) hate his guts, so it's actually a "good riddance" party. They bring out the ''good'' cake after he's gone.


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* HeroAntagonist: So far the worst thing you can say about the government agents is that they're rather cavalier with peoples' privacy. Considering how people like them are usually portrayed in fiction, that's downright saintly.


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* MindOverMatter: It's not shown explicitly, but at one point, Harry considers using telekinesis to cheat at roulette.


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* NeighbourhoodFriendlyGangsters: Download's had a number of shady activities going on, but he refuses to deal hard drugs, and won't stand for murder, particularly not of good people like Doc Hodges. He's an informant for the cops, too.


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* PerpetualFrowner: The one time we see Mike with something just a little bit less than a frown (even when he's joking) is when he's surrounded by friends during a poker game.


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* PowerBornOfMadness: Harry speculated that this is the reason [[spoiler:Ben Maxwell]] didn't register as guilty or untruthful to his empathy.


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* ReallyGetsAround: Shannon was hypersexed due to [[ParentalIncest childhood abuse]].


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* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: Played with. [[spoiler:When Asta's seen in the picture of Harry that shows he's an alien, the government agent in charge of tracking him down talks one of the agents working under him about how difficult it would be to find her. After all, how many Native girls of the right age could there be in the Pacific Northwest? That wasn't rhetorical. Get a census.]]


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* SketchySuccessor: Thank to his youth and inexperience, Ethan, Doctor Hodges' official replacement tends to switch between arrogant and uncertain of himself. This puts the patients and nurses off right away.


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* TheStoic: Nurse Marice wears an expression of perpetual boredom in every panel she's in, no matter what's going on.

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* AlienArtsAreAppreciated: Harry's a big fan of crime shows and mystery books.



* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: As an empath, Harry has difficulty getting near Doctor Hodges's funeral due to the sheer volume of sorrow present.



* InnateNightVision: Harry has some sort of thermal vision.



* NotThatKindOfDoctor: Technically, Harry's a biologist, but he's made such an intensive study of humanity that that he could easily pass a medical exam if he needed to, and is more than capable of handling the duties of a small-town doctor.

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Technically, Harry's a biologist, but he's made such an intensive study of humanity that that he could easily pass a medical exam if he needed to, and is more than capable of handling the duties of a small-town doctor.doctor.
** When asked to be the town doctor, he tries to beg off by claiming to be a specialist and not a general practitioner.
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* HumanityIsInfectious: The society of Harry's species is stale and reserved, but living among humanity has taught Harry how to strive and dream as we do.


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* NotThatKindOfDoctor: Technically, Harry's a biologist, but he's made such an intensive study of humanity that that he could easily pass a medical exam if he needed to, and is more than capable of handling the duties of a small-town doctor.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Harry, definitely.
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* PsychoLesbian: Averted. In the second volume, [[spoiler: it turns out that Karen, the ex-girlfriend of Shannon, who had recently killed herself, planted Shannon's suicide note so as not to be suspected as the murderer of her girlfriend and seen as a {{PsychoLesbian}}. Unfortunately, even though Shannon's suicide was genuine, Karen's actions massively backfired and instead cast even more suspicion on her once the police discovered the note was planted.]]

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* PsychoLesbian: Averted. In the second volume, [[spoiler: it turns out that Karen, the ex-girlfriend of Shannon, who Shannon (who had recently killed herself, herself), planted Shannon's suicide note so as not to be suspected as the murderer of her girlfriend and seen as a {{PsychoLesbian}}. Unfortunately, even though Shannon's suicide was genuine, Karen's actions massively backfired and instead cast even more suspicion on her once the police discovered the note was planted.]]

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* PsychoLesbian: Averted. In the second volume, [[spoiler: it turns out that Karen, the ex-girlfriend of Shannon, who had recently killed herself, planted Shannon's suicide note so as not to be suspected as the murderer of her girlfriend and seen as a {{PsychoLesbian}}. Unfortunately, even though Shannon's suicide was genuine, Karen's actions massively backfired and instead cast even more suspicion on her once the police discovered the note was planted.]]



* SomeCallMeTim: Harry tends to go by either "Harry" or "Doc" since either is easier to pronounce than "Dr. Vanderspeigle"

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* SomeCallMeTim: Harry tends to go by either "Harry" or "Doc" since either is easier to pronounce say than "Dr. Vanderspeigle"


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* SymbolSwearing: Swear words in the series are presented in this format.

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* [[{{She is Not My Girlfriend}} He is Not My Boyfriend]]: When Asta tells her dad about Harry, saying that "there's this guy", he jumps to the conclusion that she's dating Harry. Asta gets flustered and corrects him, as she actually wanted to discuss being able to see through Harry's [[{{Appearance is in the Eye of the Beholder}} disguise]]. Whether or not she actually has romantic feelings for Harry remains unclear.
** Happens again in issue #2 of ''The Man With No Name'', only to Harry this time. Harry tells Cuthbert that he's meeting Asta and her dad for lunch the next day, Cuthbert assumes that things between Harry and Asta are "getting serious", and Harry becomes flustered and says that he and Asta are {{Just Friends}}. Whether ''he'' is developing feelings for ''her'' also remains unclear.


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* {{She is Not My Girlfriend}}: When Asta tells her dad about Harry, saying that "there's this guy", he jumps to the conclusion that she's dating Harry. Asta gets flustered and corrects him, as she actually wanted to discuss being able to see through Harry's [[{{Appearance is in the Eye of the Beholder}} disguise]]. Whether or not she actually has romantic feelings for Harry remains unclear.
** Happens again in issue #2 of ''The Man With No Name'', only to Harry this time. Harry tells Cuthbert that he's meeting Asta and her dad for lunch the next day, Cuthbert assumes that things between Harry and Asta are "getting serious", and Harry becomes flustered and says that he and Asta are {{Just Friends}}. Whether ''he'' is developing feelings for ''her'' also remains unclear.
** Happens to Harry ''again'' later in the same volume when he's talking to Asta's dad, Dan:
--> '''Dan''': (''teasing'') You think I'm trying to unload my daughter on you?
--> '''Harry''': I mean, Asta and I aren't...that is, we're '''friends''', but --
--> '''Dan''': Relax, Harry. I just wanted you to know that Asta and I are '''both''' your friends.
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** Happens again in issue #2 of ''The Man With No Name'', only to Harry this time. Harry tells Cuthbert that he's meeting Asta and her dad for lunch the next day, Cuthbert assumes that things between Harry and Asta are "getting serious", and Harry becomes flustered and says that he and Asta are {{Just Friends}}. Whether ''he'' is developing feelings for ''her'' also remains unclear.

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* {{Appearance is in the Eye of the Beholder}}: Harry uses his telepathic abilities in order to appear to others as a normal human. However, about 1 in a million people can see through this disguise. [[spoiler: And apparently, cameras can see through it too.]]

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* {{Appearance is in the Eye of the Beholder}}: Harry uses his telepathic abilities in order to appear to others as a normal human. However, about 1 in a million people can see through this disguise. [[spoiler: And apparently, cameras can [[{{Glamour Failure}} see through it too.too]].]]



* GlamourFailure: [[spoiler: In the issue #0 of ''The Suicide Blonde'', it's revealed that cameras can see through Harry's telepathic disguise.]]



* [[{{She is Not My Girlfriend}} He is Not My Boyfriend]]: When Asta tells her dad about Harry, saying that "there's this guy", he jumps to the conclusion that she's dating Harry. Asta gets flustered and corrects him, as she actually wanted to discuss being able to see through Harry's [[{{Appearance is in the Eye of the Beholder}} disguise]]. Whether or not she actually has feelings for Harry remains unclear.

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* [[{{She is Not My Girlfriend}} He is Not My Boyfriend]]: When Asta tells her dad about Harry, saying that "there's this guy", he jumps to the conclusion that she's dating Harry. Asta gets flustered and corrects him, as she actually wanted to discuss being able to see through Harry's [[{{Appearance is in the Eye of the Beholder}} disguise]]. Whether or not she actually has romantic feelings for Harry remains unclear.
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* BizarreAlienBiology: Besides his external appearance and pink blood, Harry has a lower temperature than a human and is implied to be unable to digest alcohol.

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* BizarreAlienBiology: Besides his external appearance and pink blood, Harry has a lower body temperature than a human and is implied to be unable to digest alcohol.



* MillionToOneChance: About 1 in a million people can see through Harry's disguise, which leaves about 6000 people on Earth total. The chances of Harry finding one are even less likely since he lives in a small town. Unbeknownst to Harry though, there are already two people in town that can see through his disguise -- his coworker Asta, and a six-year-old girl named Honey.

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* MillionToOneChance: About 1 in a million people can see through Harry's disguise, which leaves about 6000 people on Earth total. The chances of Harry finding one are even less likely since he lives in a small town. Unbeknownst to Harry though, there are already two three people in town that can see through his disguise -- his coworker Asta, her father, and a six-year-old girl named Honey.Honey. However, Asta and her dad only see only glimpses or blurs of his real face; Honey seems to be the only one who can see through his disguise completely.



* {{Mystery Magnet}}: Harry, as is par for the course for the mystery genre. Somewhat justified in that he seeks out mysteries since he likes to solve them.

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* {{Mystery Magnet}}: Harry, as is par for the course for the mystery genre. Somewhat justified in that he seeks out mysteries since he likes to solve them.them, and that he is sometimes called to murder scenes for medical/forensic advice.



* SecretSecretKeeper: By the beginning of ''The Suicide Blonde'' Issue #0, both Asta and her dad are aware that Harry is an alien, unbeknownst to Harry. They don't tell him that they know his secret so as not to scare him into fleeing, which would allow the government to track him down.

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* SecretSecretKeeper: By the beginning of ''The Suicide Blonde'' Issue #0, both Asta and her dad are aware that Harry is an alien, unbeknownst to Harry. They don't tell him that they know his secret so as not to scare him into fleeing, which would allow the government to track him down. [[spoiler: By the third issue of ''The Man With No Name'', they get upgraded to regular [[{{Secret Keeper}} Secret Keepers]] to notify Harry about the upcoming trouble from the government and to try to help him.]]
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* {{Episode Zero The Beginning}}: In an interesting use of this trope and {{Unusual Chapter Numbers}}, every volume begins with an issue #0 normally, as if #0 were the actual #1.

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* {{Episode Zero The Beginning}}: In an interesting use of this trope and {{Unusual Chapter Numbers}}, every volume the first three volumes begins with an issue #0 normally, as if #0 were the actual #1.#1. This idiosyncrasy has been fixed for the fourth volume.



* {{I Just Shot Marvin in the Face}}: In the first volume, Asta tries to shoot [[spoiler: Ben Maxwell, whom Harry discovered to be a murderer. Ben then goes to the clinic and, while Asta is there, tries to kill Harry in order to make sure the truth doesn't get out.]] However, she misses and accidentally shoots Harry in the leg instead.

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* {{I Just Shot Marvin in the Face}}: In the first volume, Asta tries to shoot [[spoiler: Ben Maxwell, whom Harry discovered to be a murderer. Ben then goes to the clinic and, while Asta is there, tries to kill Harry in order to make sure the truth doesn't get out.out. Asta tries to shoot Ben to protect Harry.]] However, she misses and accidentally shoots Harry in the leg instead.



* UnusualChapterNumbers: Each volume begins with an issue #0 acting as an issue #1, rather than as an expected backstory issue, for no particular reason. This has unfortunately confused at least two reviewers.

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* UnusualChapterNumbers: Each volume begins The first three volumes begin with an issue #0 acting as an issue #1, rather than as an expected backstory issue, for no particular reason. This has unfortunately confused at least two reviewers.several readers and reviewers. Thankfully, the fourth volume adopted normal issue numbers.

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The comic is published by Creator/DarkHorseComics as a series of episodic mini-series, with one mini-series released per year. Each mini-series is then compiled into a volume at its conclusion. So far, there are three volumes: ''Welcome to Earth'', ''The Suicide Blonde'', and ''The Sam Hain Mystery''. A fourth mini-series, titled ''The Man With No Name'', is slated for release on September 14, 2016.

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The comic is published by Creator/DarkHorseComics as a series of episodic mini-series, with one mini-series released per year. Each mini-series is then compiled into a volume at its conclusion. So far, there are three four volumes: ''Welcome to Earth'', ''The Suicide Blonde'', and ''The Sam Hain Mystery''. A fourth mini-series, titled Mystery'', and ''The Man With No Name'', Name''. A fifth mini-series, titled ''An Alien in New York'', is slated for release on September 14, 2016.
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* PosthumousCharacter: Shannon, the eponymous "Suicide Blonde" of the second volume.
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* InterspeciesFriendship: Harry and Asta.
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The comic is published by Creator/DarkHorseComics as a series of episodic mini-series, with one mini-series released per year. Each mini-series is then compiled into a volume at its conclusion. So far, there are three volumes: ''Welcome to Earth'', ''The Suicide Blonde'', and ''The Sam Hain Mystery''. A fourth volume, titled ''The Man With No Name'', is slated for release sometime in 2016.

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The comic is published by Creator/DarkHorseComics as a series of episodic mini-series, with one mini-series released per year. Each mini-series is then compiled into a volume at its conclusion. So far, there are three volumes: ''Welcome to Earth'', ''The Suicide Blonde'', and ''The Sam Hain Mystery''. A fourth volume, mini-series, titled ''The Man With No Name'', is slated for release sometime in on September 14, 2016.
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* PunnyName: "Rex Monday" and "Sam Hain"
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The comic is published by Creator/DarkHorseComics as a series of episodic mini-series, with one mini-series released per year. Each issue of a mini-series is first published in an issue of the monthly comics anthology Dark Horse Presents, and then each mini-series is compiled into a volume at its conclusion. So far, there are three volumes: ''Welcome to Earth'', ''The Suicide Blonde'', and ''The Sam Hain Mystery''. A fourth volume, titled ''The Man With No Name'', is slated for release sometime in 2016.

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The comic is published by Creator/DarkHorseComics as a series of episodic mini-series, with one mini-series released per year. Each issue of a mini-series is first published in an issue of the monthly comics anthology Dark Horse Presents, and then each mini-series is compiled into a volume at its conclusion. So far, there are three volumes: ''Welcome to Earth'', ''The Suicide Blonde'', and ''The Sam Hain Mystery''. A fourth volume, titled ''The Man With No Name'', is slated for release sometime in 2016.
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* BizarreAlienBiology: Besides his external appearance and pink blood, Harry has a lower temperature than a human and is implied to be unable to digest alcohol.
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* SecretSecretKeeper: By the beginning of ''The Suicide Blonde'' Issue #0, both Asta and her dad are aware that Harry is an alien, unbeknownst to Harry. They don't tell him about it so as not to scare him into fleeing, which would allow the government to track him down.

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* SecretSecretKeeper: By the beginning of ''The Suicide Blonde'' Issue #0, both Asta and her dad are aware that Harry is an alien, unbeknownst to Harry. They don't tell him about it that they know his secret so as not to scare him into fleeing, which would allow the government to track him down.
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* {{Labcoat of Science and Medicine}}: Harry wears one when on-duty.

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* {{Labcoat of Science and Medicine}}: Harry wears one and his staff wear ones when on-duty.
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* UnusualChapterNumbers: Each volume begins with an issue #0 acting as an issue #1, rather than as an expected backstory issue, for no particular reason. [[http://ftg.operationsupplydrop.org/2013/08/13/resident-alien-suicide-blonde-0-review-comic/ This has unfortunately confused at least one reader.]]

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* UnusualChapterNumbers: Each volume begins with an issue #0 acting as an issue #1, rather than as an expected backstory issue, for no particular reason. [[http://ftg.operationsupplydrop.org/2013/08/13/resident-alien-suicide-blonde-0-review-comic/ This has unfortunately confused at least one reader.]]two reviewers.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Harry has [[http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-fGkW0S2WfwU/VV2AH0oQrdI/AAAAAAALvWA/Hl2tU0U0Vkc/s1600/p48_2.jpg his]] [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lH38OWwrzfA/VV2AJvCGzGI/AAAAAAALvWU/xydNknb0FA4/s1600/p48_3.jpg moments.]]
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''Resident Alien'' is a mystery/science fiction comic book series written by Peter Hogan and drawn by Steve Parkhouse. The story stars Dr. Harry Vanderspeigle, a benign alien stranded on Earth that has assumed the identity of a semi-retired doctor and lives alone in a cabin in the small town of Patience, Washington. After the town's only other physician is murdered, he ends up having to take up the job as town doctor, becoming more involved with the lives of the townspeople and enjoying their newfound company in the process. He solves local murder mysteries with the help of one of his nurse co-workers, Asta. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Harry, the government is suspicious of him and is trying to track him down.

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''Resident Alien'' is a mystery/science fiction comic book series written by Peter Hogan and drawn by Steve Parkhouse. The story stars Dr. Harry Vanderspeigle, a benign alien stranded on Earth that has assumed assumes the identity of a semi-retired doctor and lives alone in a cabin in the small town of Patience, Washington.Washington. He uses a telepathic disguise to appear to the townspeople as a normal human, but the reader always sees him as an alien. After the town's only other physician is murdered, he ends up having to take up the job as town doctor, becoming more involved with the lives of the townspeople and enjoying their newfound company in the process. He solves local murder mysteries with the help of one of his nurse co-workers, Asta. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Harry, the government is suspicious of him and is trying to track him down.
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''Resident Alien'' is a mystery/science fiction comic book series written by Peter Hogan and drawn by Steve Parkhouse. The story stars Dr. Harry Vanderspeigle, a benign alien stranded on Earth that has assumed the identity of a semi-retired doctor and lives alone in a cabin in the small town of Patience, Washington. After the town's only other physician is murdered, he ends up having to take up the job, becoming more involved with the lives of the townspeople and enjoying their newfound company in the process. He solves local murder mysteries with the help of one of his nurse co-workers, Asta. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Harry, the government is suspicious of him and is trying to track him down.

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''Resident Alien'' is a mystery/science fiction comic book series written by Peter Hogan and drawn by Steve Parkhouse. The story stars Dr. Harry Vanderspeigle, a benign alien stranded on Earth that has assumed the identity of a semi-retired doctor and lives alone in a cabin in the small town of Patience, Washington. After the town's only other physician is murdered, he ends up having to take up the job, job as town doctor, becoming more involved with the lives of the townspeople and enjoying their newfound company in the process. He solves local murder mysteries with the help of one of his nurse co-workers, Asta. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Harry, the government is suspicious of him and is trying to track him down.
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* MonochromePast: A handful of Harry's flashbacks are done in a sepia tone.
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* SecretSecretKeeper: By the beginning of ''The Suicide Blonde'' Issue #0, both Asta and her dad are aware that Harry is an alien, unbeknownst to Harry. They don't tell him that they know so as not to scare him into fleeing, which would allow the government to track him down.

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* SecretSecretKeeper: By the beginning of ''The Suicide Blonde'' Issue #0, both Asta and her dad are aware that Harry is an alien, unbeknownst to Harry. They don't tell him that they know about it so as not to scare him into fleeing, which would allow the government to track him down.
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* InnocentAliens: Harry is one. He's not interested in causing any trouble; he just wants to lie low and blend in until he can someday, maybe, return home.

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* InnocentAliens: Harry One of the major tropes that the series is one. He's built on. Harry's not interested in causing any trouble; he just wants to lie low and blend in until he can someday, maybe, return home.
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* InnocentAliens: Harry is one. He's not interested in causing any trouble; he just wants to lie low and blend in until he can someday, maybe, return home.

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* MillionToOneChance: About 1 in a million people can see through Harry's disguise, which leaves about 6000 people on Earth total. The chances of Harry finding one are even less likely since he lives in a small town. [[spoiler: Unbeknownst to Harry though, there are already two people in town that can see through his disguise -- his coworker Asta, and a six-year-old girl named Honey.]]

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* MillionToOneChance: About 1 in a million people can see through Harry's disguise, which leaves about 6000 people on Earth total. The chances of Harry finding one are even less likely since he lives in a small town. [[spoiler: Unbeknownst to Harry though, there are already two people in town that can see through his disguise -- his coworker Asta, and a six-year-old girl named Honey.]]


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* SecretIdentity: Harry's name, telepathic disguise, and doctor persona are all in place to hide his real identity as a stranded alien.

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