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** In ''Atomic Lobster'', Rachael, a PrettyFreeloader and AddledAddict with a HairTriggerTemper, knows enough about computers to create and run a profitable website. Granted, it's a porn site with pictures of herself, but Serge is surprised she even knows how to turn a computer on (especially since the book is set in 2008).
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** In ''Atomic Lobster'', Rachael, a PrettyFreeloader and AddledAddict with a HairTriggerTemper, knows enough about computers to create and run a profitable website. Granted, it's a porn site with pictures of herself, but Serge is surprised she even knows how to turn a computer on (especially since the book is set in 2008). She also has a unicorn tattoo and loves the band Music/GoodCharlotte.
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** The only times violent FemmeFatale Sharon shows interest in anything but drugs, sex, and money in the first book are when she gets interested in one of Serge's monologues about rocket ships ships, calls a psychic hotline for criminal advice, and enjoys watching a baseball game while reflecting that she has always wanted a World Series Ring (which she gets by robbing a player).
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** The BitCharacter condo dwellers in ''Mermaid Confidential'' and ''The Maltese Iguana'' include board game tournament champion Jen-Jen, Joey (an expelled ScholarshipStudent football star who was expelled from school for breaking into a chemistry lab) and is on the run to avoid process servers out to make him repay the scholarship funds), Alfred and Hazel (who use fake names for reasons no one is quite sure of), Professor Fontaine (an academic testing how long it's possible to live off of delivered goods without ever stepping out of his apartment), Mr. Kelley (who has spent years faking an injury while being spied on by insurance company detectives) and Sit Aston Neville ("the last heir of an infertile lineage on a cluster of North Sea islands dominated by rookeries").
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** The BitCharacter condo dwellers in ''Mermaid Confidential'' and ''The Maltese Iguana'' include board game tournament champion Jen-Jen, Joey (an expelled ScholarshipStudent football star who was expelled from school for breaking into a chemistry lab) lab and is on the run to avoid process servers out to make him repay the scholarship funds), Alfred and Hazel (who use fake names for reasons no one is quite sure of), Professor Fontaine (an academic testing how long it's possible to live off of delivered goods without ever stepping out of his apartment), Mr. Kelley (who has spent years faking an injury while being spied on by insurance company detectives) and Sit Aston Neville ("the last heir of an infertile lineage on a cluster of North Sea islands dominated by rookeries").
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** Several of Serge's minor neighbors in ''Mermaid Confidential'' and ''The Maltese Iguana'' have started spending most of their time listening to Music/TheAllmanBrothers and Music/TheGratefulDead after they gained access to a large amount of medical marijuana and began spending most of their time stoned.
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* HeroOfAnotherStory: Many books have supporting or minor characters who have colorful pasts and are involved in their own adventures that Serge has little to no role in (although some would be more of an AntiHero of another story). This is most notable with Serge's neighbors during his brief periods of living in suburban neighborhoods or condos (all of whom are introduced in a rambling tangent alongside other more important characters in each book).
** The minor neighbors in ''Triggerfish Twist'' include an inventor who has spent twelve years building a plane in his garage.
** The ''Atomic Lobster'' neighbors include two men in WitnessProtection and a GenocideSurvivor turned plastic surgeon.
** The BitCharacter condo dwellers in ''Mermaid Confidential'' and ''The Maltese Iguana'' include board game tournament champion Jen-Jen, Joey (an expelled ScholarshipStudent football star who was expelled from school for breaking into a chemistry lab) and is on the run to avoid process servers out to make him repay the scholarship funds), Alfred and Hazel (who use fake names for reasons no one is quite sure of), Professor Fontaine (an academic testing how long it's possible to live off of delivered goods without ever stepping out of his apartment), Mr. Kelley (who has spent years faking an injury while being spied on by insurance company detectives) and Sit Aston Neville ("the last heir of an infertile lineage on a cluster of North Sea islands dominated by rookeries").
** The minor neighbors in ''Triggerfish Twist'' include an inventor who has spent twelve years building a plane in his garage.
** The ''Atomic Lobster'' neighbors include two men in WitnessProtection and a GenocideSurvivor turned plastic surgeon.
** The BitCharacter condo dwellers in ''Mermaid Confidential'' and ''The Maltese Iguana'' include board game tournament champion Jen-Jen, Joey (an expelled ScholarshipStudent football star who was expelled from school for breaking into a chemistry lab) and is on the run to avoid process servers out to make him repay the scholarship funds), Alfred and Hazel (who use fake names for reasons no one is quite sure of), Professor Fontaine (an academic testing how long it's possible to live off of delivered goods without ever stepping out of his apartment), Mr. Kelley (who has spent years faking an injury while being spied on by insurance company detectives) and Sit Aston Neville ("the last heir of an infertile lineage on a cluster of North Sea islands dominated by rookeries").
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** Darby Pope from ''The Pope of Palm Beach'' may look and sometimes act like just a Florida beach hippie but is one of the best-read people in town.
** Benmont Pinsch from ''No Sunscreen for the Dead'' is a brilliant data analyst who previously worked for a company converting textbooks into digital materials for online classes. He hails from a Tennessee coal mining town that is implied to have had a lot of bright kids in it, as his high school girlfriend and ex-wife won a pi-memorizing competition at their school.
** Benmont Pinsch from ''No Sunscreen for the Dead'' is a brilliant data analyst who previously worked for a company converting textbooks into digital materials for online classes. He hails from a Tennessee coal mining town that is implied to have had a lot of bright kids in it, as his high school girlfriend and ex-wife won a pi-memorizing competition at their school.
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* Florida Roadkill (1999)
* Hammerhead Ranch Motel (2000)
* Orange Crush (2001)
* Triggerfish Twist (2002)
* The Stingray Shuffle (2003)
* Cadillac Beach (2004)
* Torpedo Juice (2005)
* The Big Bamboo (2006)
* Hurricane Punch (2007)
* Atomic Lobster (2008)
* Nuclear Jellyfish (2009)
* Gator A-Go-Go (2010)
* Electric Barracuda (2011)
* When Elves Attack (novella, 2011)
* Pineapple Grenade (2012)
* The Riptide Ultra-Glide (2013)
* Tiger Shrimp Tango (2014)
* Shark Skin Suite (2015)
* Coconut Cowboy (2016)
* Clownfish Blues (2017)
* The Pope of Palm Beach (2018)
* No Sunscreen for the Dead (2019)
* Naked Came the Florida Man (2020)
* Tropic of Stupid (2021)
* Mermaid Confidential (2022)
* The Maltese Iguana (2023)
* Hammerhead Ranch Motel (2000)
* Orange Crush (2001)
* Triggerfish Twist (2002)
* The Stingray Shuffle (2003)
* Cadillac Beach (2004)
* Torpedo Juice (2005)
* The Big Bamboo (2006)
* Hurricane Punch (2007)
* Atomic Lobster (2008)
* Nuclear Jellyfish (2009)
* Gator A-Go-Go (2010)
* Electric Barracuda (2011)
* When Elves Attack (novella, 2011)
* Pineapple Grenade (2012)
* The Riptide Ultra-Glide (2013)
* Tiger Shrimp Tango (2014)
* Shark Skin Suite (2015)
* Coconut Cowboy (2016)
* Clownfish Blues (2017)
* The Pope of Palm Beach (2018)
* No Sunscreen for the Dead (2019)
* Naked Came the Florida Man (2020)
* Tropic of Stupid (2021)
* Mermaid Confidential (2022)
* The Maltese Iguana (2023)
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* Florida Roadkill ''Florida Roadkill'' (1999)
*Hammerhead ''Hammerhead Ranch Motel Motel'' (2000)
*Orange Crush ''Orange Crush'' (2001)
*Triggerfish Twist ''Triggerfish Twist'' (2002)
*The ''The Stingray Shuffle Shuffle'' (2003)
*Cadillac Beach ''Cadillac Beach'' (2004)
*Torpedo Juice ''Torpedo Juice'' (2005)
*The ''The Big Bamboo Bamboo'' (2006)
*Hurricane Punch ''Hurricane Punch'' (2007)
*Atomic Lobster ''Atomic Lobster'' (2008)
*Nuclear Jellyfish ''Nuclear Jellyfish'' (2009)
*Gator A-Go-Go ''Gator A-Go-Go'' (2010)
*Electric Barracuda ''Electric Barracuda'' (2011)
*When ''When Elves Attack Attack'' (novella, 2011)
*Pineapple Grenade ''Pineapple Grenade'' (2012)
*The ''The Riptide Ultra-Glide Ultra-Glide'' (2013)
*Tiger ''Tiger Shrimp Tango Tango'' (2014)
*Shark ''Shark Skin Suite Suite'' (2015)
*Coconut Cowboy ''Coconut Cowboy'' (2016)
*Clownfish Blues ''Clownfish Blues'' (2017)
*The ''The Pope of Palm Beach Beach'' (2018)
*No ''No Sunscreen for the Dead Dead'' (2019)
*Naked ''Naked Came the Florida Man Man'' (2020)
*Tropic ''Tropic of Stupid Stupid'' (2021)
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* BaitAndSwitch: An early chapter in Pope ''Pope of Palm Beach Beach'' focuses on a a drug smuggling near emotionless killer leading a small gang who most readers would expect to go onto be one of the main villains of the story. Before the chapter is over he's been successfully framed by his [[EvilGenius own accountant]] who takes over the gang and goes onto be the main villain.
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* OddballInTheSeries: Orange Crush easily stands out compared to all the others. Its still a wacky romp set in Florida, but it is much more character driven piece and the only novel in which Serge doesn't appear. [[spoiler: [[AmnesiacDissonance At least ]][[CanonCharacterAllAlong at first.]]]]
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* OddballInTheSeries: Orange Crush ''Orange Crush'' easily stands out compared to all the others. Its It's still a wacky romp set in Florida, but it is much more character driven piece and the only novel in which Serge doesn't appear. [[spoiler: [[AmnesiacDissonance At least ]][[CanonCharacterAllAlong at first.]]]]
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* TheShutIn: The Pope of Palm Beach features an author who became this after [[HeKnowsTooMuch witnessing a organized crime related murder]] and spends several decades without leaving his home, all while growing progessively more paranoid.
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* TheShutIn: The ''The Pope of Palm Beach Beach'' features an author who became this after [[HeKnowsTooMuch witnessing a organized crime related murder]] and spends several decades without leaving his home, all while growing progessively more paranoid.
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* MetaGuy: Serge's mental issues apparently make him able to perceive the fourth wall, and even break through it on occasion, such as the latter half of ''Pineapple Grenade''.
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* MetaGuy: Serge's mental issues apparently make him able MeaningfulRename: When [[AmoralAttorney Nathan Sparrow]] decides to perceive the fourth wall, [[HeelFaceTurn become a better person]] he starts going by "Bobby" based on his middle name (Robert) again just like he did [[ChildrenAreInnocent when he was younger and less jaded]], rather tellingly even break through it on occasion, such as the latter half narrator instantly starts calling the character "Bobby" and never refers to them as "Nathan" again for the rest of ''Pineapple Grenade''.the book.
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* MoralityChainBeyondTheGrave: In ''Tropic of Stupid'' all it takes is a single letter from the recently deceased [[GoodShepherd Father Al]] echoing some of the advice he gave years ago to convince [[AmoralAttorney Nathan Sparrow]] to quit his job, sell his house give the money to charity, and otherwise [[HeelFaceTurn start being a better person.]]
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* MoralityChainBeyondTheGrave: In ''Tropic of Stupid'' all it takes is a single letter from the recently deceased [[GoodShepherd Father Al]] echoing some of the advice he gave years ago to convince [[AmoralAttorney Nathan Sparrow]] to quit his job, sell his house house, give the money to charity, and otherwise [[HeelFaceTurn start being a better person.]]
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: In ''Tropic of Stupid'', we see a flashback to one of Serge's ancestors being arrested by the police and calling them fascists. Except this event takes place right at the outbreak of the Spanish American war in 1898, and at the earliest, the Fasces of Revolutionary Action were founded in 1915, so the ancestor would be using a word that wouldn't actually mean anything. Given the general ShownTheirWork approach this series has to history the best explanation is probably that since Serge directly invokes this flashback, UnreliableNarrator is at play.
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* CasanovaWannabe: Johnny Vegas, who is handsome, wealthy, fun to be with... and cursed never to lose his virginity. He is always just about to when circumstances (often caused by Serge) intervene.
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'''Tim Dorsey''' (born January 25, 1961) is a Floridan author known for his series of 'comedic crime novels' mostly taking place in and around his home state. Dorsey loves Flordia and all its weirdness, and it's on [[AuthorAppeal full display in his books]].
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'''Tim Dorsey''' (born January 25, 1961) is a Floridan author known for his series of 'comedic crime novels' mostly taking place in and around his home state. Dorsey loves Flordia Florida and all its weirdness, and it's on [[AuthorAppeal full display in his books]].
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* SternChase: Serge and Coleman are on a never-ending road trip across Florida, helping out anyone they view as being deserving of their help and brutally killing anyone who made their new friends need that help (and almost anyone else who offends or antagonizes Serge). How actively pursued they are varies from book to book, but between the fact that they are wanted fugitives and enjoy traveling anyway, they rarely spend two consecutive books in the same town (and even when they do, it is usually because of a major event like [=COVID=] quarantine protocols).
* SternChase: Serge and Coleman are on a never-ending road trip across Florida, helping out anyone they view as being deserving of their help and brutally killing anyone who made their new friends need that help (and almost anyone else who offends or antagonizes Serge). How actively pursued they are varies from book to book, but between the fact that they are wanted fugitives and enjoy traveling anyway, they rarely spend two consecutive books in the same town (and even when they do, it is usually because of a major event like [=COVID=] quarantine protocols).
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* CoveredInGunge: In ''Atomic Lobster'', during a bad trip that makes her think there are snakes in her hair, AddledAddict Rachael runs into a tree, tears at her hair, and then rolls on the ground, getting covered with blood and dirt, especially on her face. An observing Serge and Coleman agree that BeautyIsNeverTarnished is very much ''not'' in play.
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** A less horrific version of this trope (at least compared to the above example) shows up in ''Hurricane Punch'' when Serge uses the combined heating packets of many many military grade [=MREs=] (Meals Ready to Eat) in order to kill someone who was using the approaching hurricane as an excuse to price gouge people.
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** Acknowledged [[InUniverse in universe]] with regards to Sly [=McGraw=] from ''Triggerfish Twist'' also known as the [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal Courteous Crook]] who is extremely polite even in the middle of a hold up or hostage situation. When he crosses paths with Serge, the two have an [[BothSidesHaveAPoint even handed discussion]] about if the entire country is getting worse or if Florida is a unique case and Sly even [[HypocrisyNod admits that he and his brother's behavior is evidence that support's Serge's argument]] in favor of [[OnlyInFlorida Florida being especially wild and unrly.]]
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* AffablyEvil:
** AntiHero Serge himself constantly subjects anyone who upsets his sense of right and wrong to a CruelAndUnusualDeath that may be drawn out over hours or days. He's also an earnest conversationalist who will go to great lengths to help his friends and anyone whose victimization rankles his sense of justice.
** Professional killer [[spoiler:Doug]] from ''Cadillac Beach'' spends much of the scene where he holds Serge at gunpoint chatting animatedly about his interest in acting and promising not to draw out the the execution.
** Downplayed with CorruptCorporateExecutive Hunter Bleadoph from ''Electric Barracuda.'' He revels in his economy-wrecking misdeeds, cheats on his wife, and is rude to anyone he thinks is beneath him, but he's also quite laidback and frank during his two conversations with Serge (which may be why Serge gives him a relatively quick death).
** SmallTownTyrant Vernon from ''Coconut Cowboy'' is a jovial man who is genuinely welcoming to new resident Peter Pugliese for much of the book. It doesn't stop him from trying to scapegoat and murder Peter for Vernon and his clan's crimes (such as pumping environmentally unsound amounts of water and murdering someone who found out about it) once the need for a scapegoat arises, though.
** Cinco from ''Mermaid Confidential'' carries out many brutal murders on behalf of a drug cartel whose leaders are left rattled by his degree of ruthlessness. He also gives those leaders an almost familial degree of loyalty and protectiveness, is honest and easygoing with people he cares about, and gets along well with honest civilians.
** AntiHero Serge himself constantly subjects anyone who upsets his sense of right and wrong to a CruelAndUnusualDeath that may be drawn out over hours or days. He's also an earnest conversationalist who will go to great lengths to help his friends and anyone whose victimization rankles his sense of justice.
** Professional killer [[spoiler:Doug]] from ''Cadillac Beach'' spends much of the scene where he holds Serge at gunpoint chatting animatedly about his interest in acting and promising not to draw out the the execution.
** Downplayed with CorruptCorporateExecutive Hunter Bleadoph from ''Electric Barracuda.'' He revels in his economy-wrecking misdeeds, cheats on his wife, and is rude to anyone he thinks is beneath him, but he's also quite laidback and frank during his two conversations with Serge (which may be why Serge gives him a relatively quick death).
** SmallTownTyrant Vernon from ''Coconut Cowboy'' is a jovial man who is genuinely welcoming to new resident Peter Pugliese for much of the book. It doesn't stop him from trying to scapegoat and murder Peter for Vernon and his clan's crimes (such as pumping environmentally unsound amounts of water and murdering someone who found out about it) once the need for a scapegoat arises, though.
** Cinco from ''Mermaid Confidential'' carries out many brutal murders on behalf of a drug cartel whose leaders are left rattled by his degree of ruthlessness. He also gives those leaders an almost familial degree of loyalty and protectiveness, is honest and easygoing with people he cares about, and gets along well with honest civilians.
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* ShooTheDog: Early in the B-plot of ''The Maltese Iguana'', a cop in Honduras frames a U.S. State Department bureaucrat friend of his for drug possession but agrees to drop the charges if he leaves the country immediately. He does this not out of corruption or contempt for the bureaucrat, but in an attempt to get him out of the country before he gets killed trying to investigate a notoriously violent cartel.
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** The [=McGraw=] Brothers from ''Triggerfish Twist'' are a group of dangerous rednecks with long rap sheets. A carjacking victim killing one of the brothers in self-defense in ''Triggerfish Twist'' sets the rest of the family on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge that doesn't go as planned.
** In ''The Big Bamboo'', [[spoiler:Serge joins his newly discovered half-brother Ford in a scheme to con two corrupt movie producers and then engineer their deaths.]]
** In ''Gator-a-Go'', TheQueenpin known as ''Madre'' once ran her cartel along with her two older brothers before the informant she spends the book chasing mucked things up a few years before the story. Specifically, [[spoiler:when a DirtyCop told ''Madre'' that one of her brothers passed on information to the authorities but she didn't know which, she cheerfully ordered the murders of both of her brothers to make sure she punished the right one.]]
** There are a few sets of brothers in the SmallTownTyrant clan from ''Coconut Cowboy''. Said clan runs speed traps, illegally pumps more water than allowed by law, engages in voter fraud, moves money around for a drug dealer, and kills a few people.
** The [=McGraw=] Brothers from ''Triggerfish Twist'' are a group of dangerous rednecks with long rap sheets. A carjacking victim killing one of the brothers in self-defense in ''Triggerfish Twist'' sets the rest of the family on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge that doesn't go as planned.
** In ''The Big Bamboo'', [[spoiler:Serge joins his newly discovered half-brother Ford in a scheme to con two corrupt movie producers and then engineer their deaths.]]
** In ''Gator-a-Go'', TheQueenpin known as ''Madre'' once ran her cartel along with her two older brothers before the informant she spends the book chasing mucked things up a few years before the story. Specifically, [[spoiler:when a DirtyCop told ''Madre'' that one of her brothers passed on information to the authorities but she didn't know which, she cheerfully ordered the murders of both of her brothers to make sure she punished the right one.]]
** There are a few sets of brothers in the SmallTownTyrant clan from ''Coconut Cowboy''. Said clan runs speed traps, illegally pumps more water than allowed by law, engages in voter fraud, moves money around for a drug dealer, and kills a few people.
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: In the last act of ''Coconut Cowboy'', [[spoiler:FallGuy Peter is discretely helped by a ButtMonkey member of a SmallTownTyrant clan due to being the only person to call the local youth by his real name and tell him he's smart instead of calling him "[[EmbarassingNickname Slower]]" (referring to his supposed unintelligence). Peter saving his life during a cave-in also helps]].
