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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Professor Nicomede Katris, the BigBad of "The Zombie", is a [[GeniusCripple parplegic computer genius]] who believes that humanity would be better off under a one-world government run by a computer. However, the ends he is willing to go to to bring this about includedrug dealing and murder.
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* GeniusCripple: Professor Nicomede Katris, the BigBad of "The Zombie", is a parplegic computer genius who believes that humanity would be better off under a one-world government run by a computer.
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* EgomaniacHunter: In "The Killing Game", Modesty and Willie are abducted by the BigBad Kromm, who runs an exclusive (and illegal) club for egomaniac hunters. And who has decided to step up to hunting humans, and believes that Modesty and Willie would provide the perfect challenge.

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* EgomaniacHunter: In "The Killing Game", Modesty and Willie are abducted by the BigBad Kromm, who runs an exclusive (and illegal) club for egomaniac hunters. And who has decided to step up to hunting humans, HuntingTheMostDangerousGame, and believes that Modesty and Willie would provide the perfect challenge.

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* EgomaniacHunter: In "The Killing Game", Modesty and Willie are abducted by the BigBad Kromm, who runs an exclusive (and illegal) club for egomaniac hunters. And who has decided to step up to hunting humans, and believes that Modesty and Willie would provide the perfect challenge.



* MuggedForDisguise: In "The Killing Game", Modesty knocks out the female EgomaniacHunter Ms. Roper and takes her fatigues. She also cuts off hher blonde hair and wears it tucked under her cap to allow her to get close to the helicopter using Willie as a TrojanPrisoner.

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* MuggedForDisguise: In "The Killing Game", Modesty knocks out the female EgomaniacHunter Ms. Roper and takes her fatigues. She also cuts off hher her blonde hair and wears it tucked under her cap to allow her to get close to the helicopter using Willie as a TrojanPrisoner.
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* MuggedForDisguise: In "The Killing Game", Modesty knocks out the female EgomaniacHunter Ms. Roper and takes her fatigues. She also cuts off hher blonde hair and wears it tucked under her cap to allow her to get close to the helicopter using Willie as a TrojanPrisoner.
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* TheCharmer: Danny Chavasse, one of Modesty's lovers and a former operative of the Network. Being able to charm any woman is his gift. As Willie explains it:
-->''It's never just bedroom stuff with Danny...Somehow he knows whatever a woman needs most--that's 'is gift.''
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* LoinCloth: In "The Killing Game", EgomaniacHunter Kromm kidnaps Modesty and Willie to serve as the prey when he is HuntingTheMostDangerousGame. When he releases them into the jungle, he has Willie dressed in a loin cloth, and Modesty in a FurBikini.
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** In "The Killing Game", EgomaniacHunter Kromm kidnaps Modesty and Willie to serve as the prey when he is HuntingTheMostDangerousGame. When he releases them into the jungle, he has Modesty drssed in a fur bikini (or a fur one-piece with a NavelDeepNeckline to be strictly accurate). Willie is wearing a LoinCloth.

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* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: In "The Killing Ground", Modesty and Willie are abducted by an old enemy and dropped on a desert island where they are hunted by three big game hunters, as revenge for the way they hunted him down and turned him over to the authorities.

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* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: HuntingTheMostDangerousGame:
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In "The Killing Ground", Modesty and Willie are abducted by an old enemy and dropped on a desert island where they are hunted by three big game hunters, as revenge for the way they hunted him down and turned him over to the authorities.authorities.
** O'Donnell revisted the idea 22 years later in "The Killing Game"; the second last story arc. Modesty and Willie are abducted by the BigBad Kromm, who runs an exclusive (and illegal) club for {{Egomaniac Hunter}}s. and who has decided to step up to hunting humans, and believes that Modesty and Willie would provide the perfect challenge.
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* ThanatosGambit: In "The Last Aristocrat", BigBad Granny Smythe has the $15 million the Black Sable terrorist group is paying her for the bacteriological bombs transferred into her Swiss bank account. However, Modesty and Willie steal the bombs to prevent the handover. With the authorities closing in, Granny has her BattleButler kill the Black Sable representatives, then hands him her last will and testamanent--with instructions to hand it to the arriving authorities--and then [[BetterToDieThanBeKilled has him shoot her]]. By delivering her will to the authorities immediately after her death, she ensures that the $15 million is used to complete her dream of establishing a home for distressed gentry.
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%%* * ConMan: In "Idaho George", Modesty and a con man (the eponymous Idaho GeorgeGeorge) are imprisoned by a gang who want to turn fools gold into the real thing.
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%%* AllBikersAreHellsAngels: "Samantha and the Cherub"

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%%* * AllBikersAreHellsAngels: In "Samantha and the Cherub"Cherub", some Hell’s Angels-esque bikers are hired as second hands in the robbery.
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** Granny Smythe, the BigBad of "The Last Aristocrat", has her BattleButler shoot her rathher than be captured by the Italian authorities.

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** Granny Smythe, the BigBad of "The Last Aristocrat", has her BattleButler shoot her rathher rather than be captured by the Italian authorities.authorities. This also part of a ThanatosGambit.



** In "Bad Suki", the villain captures Modesty and Willie together and keeps them alive against the recommendation of her more pragmatic and experienced henchmen, first to enjoy a chance to boast about the cleverness of her operation to someone capable of appreciating it, and then sticks them in a death trap that will suffocate them slowly (ie. give them time to escape).

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** In "Bad Suki", the villain captures Modesty and Willie together and keeps them alive against the recommendation of her more pragmatic and experienced henchmen, first to enjoy a chance to boast about the cleverness of her operation to someone capable of appreciating it, and then sticks them in a death trap that will suffocate them slowly (ie.(i.e. give them time to escape).

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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: In "Uncle Happy", the villain kills his wife/co-conspirator and then himself as the police close in.

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* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: BetterToDieThanBeKilled:
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In "Uncle Happy", the villain kills his wife/co-conspirator and then himself as the police close in.in.
** Granny Smythe, the BigBad of "The Last Aristocrat", has her BattleButler shoot her rathher than be captured by the Italian authorities.

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%%* BatheHerAndBringHerToMe:
%%** In "Willie the Djinn", Zuhir, the usurping sheik of Shibarahn has this done to the captive group of Englishwomen, including Modesty, that he plans to force to become members of his harem.
%%** Kang, the leader of the Chinese deserters, orders this done to Modesty after she enters the valley posing as a mute slave girl in "Death Symbol".

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%%* * BatheHerAndBringHerToMe:
%%** ** In "Willie the Djinn", Zuhir, the usurping sheik of Shibarahn has this done to the captive group of Englishwomen, including Modesty, that he plans to force to become members of his harem.
%%** ** Kang, the leader of the Chinese deserters, orders this done to Modesty after she enters the valley posing as a mute slave girl in "Death Symbol".


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** In "The Last Aristocrat", Willie uses Modesty's bra, a couple of boules and can of lighter fluid to create a makeshift flaming bolas he use to set fire to a boat.

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* GrenadeHotPotato: In a flashback in "Guido the Jinx", Willie manages to catch a grenade that is thrown at him by a group of mercenaries and toss it back before it explodes.

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* GrenadeHotPotato: GrenadeHotPotato:
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In a flashback in "Guido the Jinx", Willie manages to catch a grenade that is thrown at him by a group of mercenaries and toss it back before it explodes.explodes.
** Willy does it again (also in flashback) in "The Last Aristocrat"; catching two grenades simultaneously and throwing them overboard before they go off.
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* MassiveMultiplayerScam: "Take Me To Your Leader" revolves around an alien visitation -- complete with a flying saucer, heat rays, MissingTime incidents, and all the trimmings -- witnessed by a disparate group of people under circumstances that make it unlikely any trickery could have fooled all of them. It turns out that it's an elaborate con aimed at one man, a respected scientist with the ear of the British government, and everybody else present for the incident is in on it. After uncovering the truth, Modesty remarks that it's possibly the one explanation even less likely than it actually being aliens.

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