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** [[spoiler:Nale seems genuinely surprised when Tarquin kills him, but he had provoked his father quite sorely up to that point with absolutely nothing to back it up; after disappointing Tarquin yet again and irritating him by confusing Tarquin's attempts to play a long game with weakness, Nale spitefully brags about how he killed Malack, Tarquin's best friend, and furiously rebuffs all of Tarquin's attempts to smooth things out. When Nale exclaims he wants ''nothing'' from his father, Tarquin sighs, says he understands... and stabs Nale in the chest, killing him almost instantly.]]
--->'''Tarquin:''' [[spoiler:Really, Nale, you would have been dead years ago if it weren't for my protection.]]
** The gnomes of Tinkertown [[spoiler:really should know better than to stand around gawking at a rampaging golem. Meanwhile, their security force tries to arrest the [=PCs=] fighting the golem, and inadvertently {{heal|ItWithFire}} it with a LightningGun.]]
** [[spoiler:At the Godsmoot, Gontor quickly learns that getting himself alone with a [[AlwaysChaoticEvil vampire]] cleric -- whom he knows has a vested interest in [[TheVirus making more vampire clerics]] -- and then admitting both that he's out of powerful magic and doesn't receive the Godsmoot's protection is a [[ReforgedIntoAMinion terminally bad idea]].]]
--->'''Tarquin:''' [[spoiler:Really, Nale, you would have been dead years ago if it weren't for my protection.]]
** The gnomes of Tinkertown [[spoiler:really should know better than to stand around gawking at a rampaging golem. Meanwhile, their security force tries to arrest the [=PCs=] fighting the golem, and inadvertently {{heal|ItWithFire}} it with a LightningGun.]]
** [[spoiler:At the Godsmoot, Gontor quickly learns that getting himself alone with a [[AlwaysChaoticEvil vampire]] cleric -- whom he knows has a vested interest in [[TheVirus making more vampire clerics]] -- and then admitting both that he's out of powerful magic and doesn't receive the Godsmoot's protection is a [[ReforgedIntoAMinion terminally bad idea]].]]
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** [[spoiler:Nale seems genuinely surprised Elan, early on in the story: "''Bluff, Bluff, Bluff, Bluff the stupid ogre!''" Summed up by the team leader:
--->'''Roy:''' I tend to see Elan more as an obstacle that this team overcomes on a regular basis.\\
Traveling with Elan is kind of like, say, adventuring with syphilis. It can be done, for a while, but it's not easy and it's not pretty.
** Some fans also think that Celia the Sylph is this by way of StupidGood, due to her [[ActualPacifist pacifism]] and her willingness to do things like [[GenreBlindness ignore the obviously evil surroundings]] of Greysky City, and Haley's explicit warnings, and wander off on her own with Roy's body. Haley certainly thinks so:
--->'''Haley:''' How can you be so smart sometimes and still be such... an airhead!?
** Crystal of the Thieves' Guild is described by [[WordOfGod Rich]] in the commentaries as being too dumb to live, and really only survives because she's got Bozzok thinking for her. The comics repeatedly demonstrate this fact.
** Old Blind Pete sells out his friend the cleric of Loki, Haley, Celia and Belkar so he can regenerate his eyes without the Thieves' Guild [[EyeScream objecting]]. When he returns to see that the Guild is still dealing with them, he wants to hang out in his living room instead of staying the hell away while multiple mid-to-high level belligerents whom he personally betrayed are still at large inside. Belkar and the cleric friend wipe out the thieves Pete is talking to and Belkar stabs him in the foot so he can't get away. When Pete tries to weasel his way out, the cleric of Loki notes how smart he is, and in a CallBack to Pete saying how whenTarquin kills him, but he had provoked his father quite sorely up to that point one deals with absolutely nothing to back it up; criminals, one shouldn't be named after disappointing Tarquin yet again any body part you can't afford to lose, names him "Brainy Pete".
** Tsukiko, necromancer (and necrophile) andirritating him by confusing Tarquin's one of Xykon's lieutenants, thought that because Redcloak tolerated her constant taunts and attempts to play undermine his authority he was a long game with weakness, submissive coward. So when she found out that he was betraying their master, she told him that she knew and was going to alert Xykon, expecting him to stand meekly aside and allow it (and if not, just run away because she's got minions to intercept him and teleportation spells to outmaneuver him). What really makes this Too Dumb to Live is that even if Redcloak ''was'' submissive, telling him that you're going to get him killed would certainly provoke a response -- even a docile animal can be dangerous when cornered. Plus, Redcloak has repeatedly demonstrated a CrazyPrepared nature, so even those teleportation spells she could have used to evade him could have been (and were) countered.
** Nalespitefully brags about how proves himself to be this when he tells his father and Laurin, who are both far stronger than him, ''to their faces'' that he killed Malack, who was an old adventuring friend of theirs and Tarquin's best friend, and furiously rebuffs all of Tarquin's attempts to smooth things out. When that he suffered as he died. Laurin is clearly enraged by this, and when Nale exclaims tells his father that he wants ''nothing'' nothing from him, including his father, protection, Tarquin sighs, says he understands... and stabs Nale in the chest, kills him as [[AvengingTheVillain payback for killing him almost instantly.]]
Malack.]] For good measure, Laurin disintegrates his body so he can't be resurrected.
--->'''Tarquin:'''[[spoiler:Really, Really, Nale, you would have been dead years ago if it weren't for my protection.]]
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** The gnomes of Tinkertown[[spoiler:really really should know better than to stand around gawking at a rampaging golem. Meanwhile, their security force tries to arrest the [=PCs=] fighting the golem, and inadvertently {{heal|ItWithFire}} it with a LightningGun.]]
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**[[spoiler:At At the Godsmoot, Gontor quickly learns that getting himself alone with a [[AlwaysChaoticEvil vampire]] cleric -- whom he knows has a vested interest in [[TheVirus making more vampire clerics]] -- and then admitting both that he's out of powerful magic and doesn't receive the Godsmoot's protection is a [[ReforgedIntoAMinion terminally bad idea]].]]
--->'''Roy:''' I tend to see Elan more as an obstacle that this team overcomes on a regular basis.\\
Traveling with Elan is kind of like, say, adventuring with syphilis. It can be done, for a while, but it's not easy and it's not pretty.
** Some fans also think that Celia the Sylph is this by way of StupidGood, due to her [[ActualPacifist pacifism]] and her willingness to do things like [[GenreBlindness ignore the obviously evil surroundings]] of Greysky City, and Haley's explicit warnings, and wander off on her own with Roy's body. Haley certainly thinks so:
--->'''Haley:''' How can you be so smart sometimes and still be such... an airhead!?
** Crystal of the Thieves' Guild is described by [[WordOfGod Rich]] in the commentaries as being too dumb to live, and really only survives because she's got Bozzok thinking for her. The comics repeatedly demonstrate this fact.
** Old Blind Pete sells out his friend the cleric of Loki, Haley, Celia and Belkar so he can regenerate his eyes without the Thieves' Guild [[EyeScream objecting]]. When he returns to see that the Guild is still dealing with them, he wants to hang out in his living room instead of staying the hell away while multiple mid-to-high level belligerents whom he personally betrayed are still at large inside. Belkar and the cleric friend wipe out the thieves Pete is talking to and Belkar stabs him in the foot so he can't get away. When Pete tries to weasel his way out, the cleric of Loki notes how smart he is, and in a CallBack to Pete saying how when
** Tsukiko, necromancer (and necrophile) and
** Nale
--->'''Tarquin:'''
** The gnomes of Tinkertown
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** Also, the story Oona tells about her late cousin. He was so fearless and confident in himself... that he ate poisonous berries and died. But at least he wasn't letting a clearly marked sign tell him what to do!
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* UnmournedDeath: When Tsukiko (a delusional necromancer who thought her wights loved her as she loved them) is murdered by Redcloak (who overrode her control of her wights to kill her), the Monster in the Darkness is the only one to think her death is sad.
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** Elan gets his own Shut Up Hannibal back in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0061.html #61]], interrupting [[spoiler:his evil twin]]'s TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.
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--->'''Durkon:''' Thar's na much ta explain. Ye told me b'fore tha ye are who ye are on tha worst day o' yer life. An' tha's true. Tha's 100% true. But ye know who else ye are? Ye are who ye are on tha next day. [...] My mother turned tha worst thing tha could ev'r happen ta anyone inta the best thing tha could happen ta anyone. Ta five anyones. An' I turned tha worst thing ta happen ta me inta savin' tha world from people like ye.
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--->'''Durkon:''' Thar's na much ta explain. Ye told me b'fore tha ye are who ye are on tha worst day o' yer life. An' tha's true. Tha's 100% true. But ye know who else ye are? Ye are who ye are on tha next ''next'' day. [...] My mother turned tha worst thing tha could ev'r happen ta anyone inta the best thing tha could happen ta anyone. Ta five ''five'' anyones. An' I turned tha worst thing ta happen ta me ''me'' inta savin' tha world from people like ye.
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* ShutUpHannibal: Durkon tells [[spoiler:the High Priest of Hel]] that, while it is true the worst day of his life sucked, he did not let it define him.
-->'''Durkon:''' Thar's na much ta explain. Ye told me b'fore tha ye are who ye are on tha worst day o' yer life. An' tha's true. Tha's 100% true. But ye know who else ye are? Ye are who ye are on tha '''next''' day. [...] My mother turned tha worst thing tha could ev'r happen ta anyone inta the best thing tha could happen ta anyone. Ta '''five''' anyones. An' I turned tha worst thing ta happen ta '''me''' inta savin' tha world from people like '''ye'''.
-->'''Durkon:''' Thar's na much ta explain. Ye told me b'fore tha ye are who ye are on tha worst day o' yer life. An' tha's true. Tha's 100% true. But ye know who else ye are? Ye are who ye are on tha '''next''' day. [...] My mother turned tha worst thing tha could ev'r happen ta anyone inta the best thing tha could happen ta anyone. Ta '''five''' anyones. An' I turned tha worst thing ta happen ta '''me''' inta savin' tha world from people like '''ye'''.
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** Elan gets his own Shut Up Hannibal back in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0061.html #61]], interrupting [[spoiler:his evil twin]]'s TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.
--->'''[[spoiler: Nale]]:''' I gave you a chance to join me. But you'd rather stay with these fools? Well, I can't very well allow you to continue breathing after an insult like that, now, can I? Because no one denies me, Elan. Not father, not you, no one.\\
'''Elan:''' Deny. Deny. Deny! ♪Deny the psychopathic egomaniac!♪
** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0595.html Strip #595]], Daimyo Kubota's discussion of how he plans to escape responsibility for yet another attack on the surviving Azurites is interrupted by Vaarsuvius: [[spoiler:"Disintegrate. Gust of Wind. Now can we PLEASE resume saving the world?"]] Made somewhat disturbing though by the next comic, which reveals [[spoiler:V ''didn't even know who Kubota was''. V simply disintegrated him because Elan had him tied up, so V assumed (correctly) that he was a villain]].
** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0636.html "Disjunction. Quickened Disintegrate."]] Oh, ''[[OhCrap crap.]]'' And this ''disjunction'' is the first real glimpse of ''how'' powerful V became under the [[spoiler:Soul Splice]]. It only has a 1% chance per caster level of breaking an AntiMagic Field, and [[WordOfDante the Class and Level Geekery thread estimates]] that V by themself is about level 14-15 based on the spells they've cast alone. But with [[spoiler:three Epic-level souls spliced on (one of which was very likely ''higher level than [[BigBad Xykon]]'')]], V's effective caster level was somewhere close to 100, which in ''D&D'' terms is ''insane''.
** Durkon tells [[spoiler:the High Priest of Hel]] that, while it is true the worst day of his life sucked, he did not let it define him.
-->'''Durkon:''' --->'''Durkon:''' Thar's na much ta explain. Ye told me b'fore tha ye are who ye are on tha worst day o' yer life. An' tha's true. Tha's 100% true. But ye know who else ye are? Ye are who ye are on tha '''next''' next day. [...] My mother turned tha worst thing tha could ev'r happen ta anyone inta the best thing tha could happen ta anyone. Ta '''five''' five anyones. An' I turned tha worst thing ta happen ta '''me''' me inta savin' tha world from people like ye.
** In [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1210.html Strip #1210]], Redcloak, [[spoiler:having rejected Durkon's proposal, tries to kill him with Implosion]], and asks him how many goblin lives Durkon has personally ended. Durkon, [[spoiler:despite being in extreme pain]], simply says, "Na as many as '''ye'''." Redcloak, who'd sacrificed so many of his kin to his EvilPlan that [[SunkCostFallacy he refuses to accept any alternatives, no matter how feasible]], is ''furious'', giving Durkon a DeathGlare.
** In [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1302.html strip #1302]], Calder the red dragon is in the middle of an angry AGodIAm rant toward the Order of the Stick, which Belkar interrupts with a well-placed dagger throw into his eyebrow.
--->'''Belkar:''' Yeah, and we've interrupted better villain speech than yours.
** Elan gets his own Shut Up Hannibal back in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0061.html #61]], interrupting [[spoiler:his evil twin]]'s TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.
--->'''[[spoiler: Nale]]:''' I gave you a chance to join me. But you'd rather stay with these fools? Well, I can't very well allow you to continue breathing after an insult like that, now, can I? Because no one denies me, Elan. Not father, not you, no one.\\
'''Elan:''' Deny. Deny. Deny! ♪Deny the psychopathic egomaniac!♪
** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0595.html Strip #595]], Daimyo Kubota's discussion of how he plans to escape responsibility for yet another attack on the surviving Azurites is interrupted by Vaarsuvius: [[spoiler:"Disintegrate. Gust of Wind. Now can we PLEASE resume saving the world?"]] Made somewhat disturbing though by the next comic, which reveals [[spoiler:V ''didn't even know who Kubota was''. V simply disintegrated him because Elan had him tied up, so V assumed (correctly) that he was a villain]].
** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0636.html "Disjunction. Quickened Disintegrate."]] Oh, ''[[OhCrap crap.]]'' And this ''disjunction'' is the first real glimpse of ''how'' powerful V became under the [[spoiler:Soul Splice]]. It only has a 1% chance per caster level of breaking an AntiMagic Field, and [[WordOfDante the Class and Level Geekery thread estimates]] that V by themself is about level 14-15 based on the spells they've cast alone. But with [[spoiler:three Epic-level souls spliced on (one of which was very likely ''higher level than [[BigBad Xykon]]'')]], V's effective caster level was somewhere close to 100, which in ''D&D'' terms is ''insane''.
** Durkon tells [[spoiler:the High Priest of Hel]] that, while it is true the worst day of his life sucked, he did not let it define him.
** In [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1210.html Strip #1210]], Redcloak, [[spoiler:having rejected Durkon's proposal, tries to kill him with Implosion]], and asks him how many goblin lives Durkon has personally ended. Durkon, [[spoiler:despite being in extreme pain]], simply says, "Na as many as '''ye'''." Redcloak, who'd sacrificed so many of his kin to his EvilPlan that [[SunkCostFallacy he refuses to accept any alternatives, no matter how feasible]], is ''furious'', giving Durkon a DeathGlare.
** In [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1302.html strip #1302]], Calder the red dragon is in the middle of an angry AGodIAm rant toward the Order of the Stick, which Belkar interrupts with a well-placed dagger throw into his eyebrow.
--->'''Belkar:''' Yeah, and we've interrupted better villain speech than yours.
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* SurprisinglyMundaneReason: After escaping from an ambush by frost giants serving the demigod Thrym, the party correctly concludes that the latter must be in cahoots with the goddess Hel to stop them from ruining her nefarious plans. Roy muses, though, that they can't possibly comprehend what dark pact could bind the god of frost giants to Hel's service. [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1080.html Next panel reveals]] that Thrym simply hopes to become Hel's consort when she'll be usurping Odin's throne.
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** Late into the story, Durkon has a heartfelt reunion with his mother Sigdi after being exiled from the Dwarven lands for years. The party assumes that Sigdi had no way of knowing of Durkon's whereabouts since he was immediately tossed out on short notice. However, it's then revealed that Durkon had been keeping contact with ''Sending'' (the magical equivalent of a video message), and had in fact talked with her last week.
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** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0539.html "Well There Is That 'Saint' Prestige Class"]] mocks Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}}... which turns out to be an ''actual fox'' who only speaks in yips and yowls.
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** [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0539.html "Well There Is That 'Saint' Prestige Class"]] mocks Creator/{{Fox News|Channel}}...Fox News... which turns out to be an ''actual fox'' who only speaks in yips and yowls.
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* SillyBrainDiagram: One strip has Haley try to find out why she is unable to speak proper Common by a doctor and his assistant. Whilst the doctor is uncertain of how he can treat her, seeing as she has a bill of perfect health, his assistant produces an alternative theory based around phenology - simply put, the idea that her issue might have something to do with a distortion in the area dedicated to secret-keeping. [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0303.html A look at the graph produced as a result]] shows that the human mind also apparently has areas dedicated to "Puppies", "Guacamole Recipe", and "Unused 3.0 Rules".
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* SeekingUltimateStrength: The [[SmugSuper arrogant]] elf wizard Vaarsuvius is adventuring in hopes of gaining "ultimate arcane power", believing that magic trumps anything else. This pride turns out to be their FatalFlaw, and after a BreakTheHaughty arc where they [[spoiler:unleash a FantasticNuke with terrible collateral damage]], they become TheAtoner and dial back their ambitions.
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** The [[SuccubiAndIncubi succubus]] Sabine sometimes taunts her enemies in combat by describing the tasting notes of the LifeEnergy she's [[VampiricDraining draining off them]].
** During the ''Utterly Dwarfed'' arc, one of the vampires working under the High Priest of Hel talks in a similar fashion about the taste of the Orders' blood, whom they'd defeated in combat.
--->'''Vampire:''' ''[drinking Elan's blood] Mmmmm!'' A simple but crisp, bold flavor, perfect for relaxing with friends. Delicious! Are the rest this tasty?\\
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'''Vampire:''' ''[now drinking from Haley]'' Oh wow. Subtle, but with so many complex undertones. Seriously, Boss, I can't believe you ate this well on the flight up.
** The [[SuccubiAndIncubi succubus]] Sabine sometimes taunts her enemies in combat by describing the tasting notes of the LifeEnergy she's [[VampiricDraining draining off them]].
** During the ''Utterly Dwarfed'' arc, one of the vampires working under the High Priest of Hel talks in a similar fashion about the taste of the Orders' blood, whom they'd defeated in combat.
--->'''Vampire:''' ''[drinking Elan's blood] Mmmmm!'' A simple but crisp, bold flavor, perfect for relaxing with friends. Delicious! Are the rest this tasty?\\
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'''Vampire:''' ''[now drinking from Haley]'' Oh wow. Subtle, but with so many complex undertones. Seriously, Boss, I can't believe you ate this well on the flight up.
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** [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0356.html #356]]: villainous lackey Pompey is cheering on the death of the police force when [[TheBigGuy Roy]] steps up behind him.
--->'''Pompey:''' [[ImplausibleDeniability You know, technically, I'm just an innocent victim here.]]\\
'''Roy:''' Shut up.\\
'''Pompey:''' Shutting up, yessir.
** And again in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1256.html #1256]]: The heroes are trying to win Serini Toormuck over to their side by agreeing with her that the gods are basically selfish {{jerkass}}es. Their [[ThePaladin paladin teammate Lien]] keeps disagreeing that the gods are good. Then she realizes that she's [[NotHelpingYourCase not helping]]:
--->'''Lien:''' I'm just realizing that it helps us if you agree with what's-his-name so I'm going to be shutting up now.
** [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0356.html #356]]: villainous lackey Pompey is cheering on the death of the police force when [[TheBigGuy Roy]] steps up behind him.
--->'''Pompey:''' [[ImplausibleDeniability You know, technically, I'm just an innocent victim here.]]\\
'''Roy:''' Shut up.\\
'''Pompey:''' Shutting up, yessir.
** And again in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1256.html #1256]]: The heroes are trying to win Serini Toormuck over to their side by agreeing with her that the gods are basically selfish {{jerkass}}es. Their [[ThePaladin paladin teammate Lien]] keeps disagreeing that the gods are good. Then she realizes that she's [[NotHelpingYourCase not helping]]:
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* SurvivedTheBeginning: Half the Linear Guild was lost the first time they met the [=OotS=] gang, in [[A whole goblin raiding party is wiped out killing many, many characters in [[Recap/TheOrderOfTheStickDungeonCrawlinFools "Dungeon Crawlin' Fools"]]. Since then, the three survivors have consistently made it away while their newer members tend to get PutOnABus or killed. (Though other characters have not been so lucky, notably poor Miko. And even [Nale and Zzdri, one of the three aforementioned survivors plus another original member who [[TheBusCameBack came back]], have bought it lately.)
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* SurpriseInspectionRuse: Provides the page image, which is also a DoubleSubverted example. Elan and Haley are stymied trying to sneak into GenreSavvy Tarquin's prison this way because he has a section on this trope in his guards' manual. But after drinking a potion of [[BlatantLies Glibness]], she's able to convince them that it was an "elaborate test of your adherence to procedure".
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'''Haley:''' Like dungeon delving with a bare midriff, all I can say is that it seemed like a good idea at the time. [[note]]Haley had a bit of a recurring pattern in the earlier comics of ending up fighting female antagonists while trading {{gendered insult}}s with them. The midriff part should be self-explanatory.[[/note]]
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'''Haley:''' Like dungeon delving with a bare midriff, all I can say is that it seemed like a good idea at the time. [[note]]Haley had a bit of a recurring pattern in the earlier comics of ending up [[DesignatedGirlFight fighting female antagonists antagonists]] while trading {{gendered insult}}s with them. The midriff part should be self-explanatory.[[/note]]
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'''Haley:''' Like dungeon delving with a bare midriff, all I can say is that it seemed like a good idea at the time.
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'''Haley:''' Like dungeon delving with a bare midriff, all I can say is that it seemed like a good idea at the time. [[note]]Haley had a bit of a recurring pattern in the earlier comics of ending up fighting female antagonists while trading {{gendered insult}}s with them. The midriff part should be self-explanatory.[[/note]]
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* SuaveSabre: The DashingHispanic SkyPirate Julio Scoundrel fights with an enchanted sabre and a GenreSavvy flair for the dramatic. At the end of [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0943.html Book 6]], he [[spoiler:[[PassingTheTorch gives the sabre]] to his protege Elan.
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* SuaveSabre: The DashingHispanic SkyPirate Julio Scoundrel fights with an enchanted sabre and a GenreSavvy flair for the dramatic. At the end of [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0943.html Book 6]], he [[spoiler:[[PassingTheTorch gives the sabre]] to his protege Elan.Elan]].
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* SentencedWithoutTrial:
** Lord Shojo gives Belkar an off-the-books summary judgement and unorthodox RestrainingBolt sentence for manslaughter in order to [[RecruitingTheCriminal recruit him as a secret agent]].
** Shojo's successor Hinjo exploits this when ''he'' recruits Belkar, observing that because Shojo didn't follow the legal system, Hinjo is under no obligation to have Belkar's curse removed when his sentence is complete.
** Lord Shojo gives Belkar an off-the-books summary judgement and unorthodox RestrainingBolt sentence for manslaughter in order to [[RecruitingTheCriminal recruit him as a secret agent]].
** Shojo's successor Hinjo exploits this when ''he'' recruits Belkar, observing that because Shojo didn't follow the legal system, Hinjo is under no obligation to have Belkar's curse removed when his sentence is complete.
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* TestOfPain: {{Parodied|Trope}} when Redcloak takes command of the hobgoblin army. [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0149.html Learning]] that his induction would involve the Ritual of Public Spanking, the Ritual of Uncomfortable Piercings in Private Places, and the Ritual of Doing the First Four Rituals Over Again, Only Slower and While Singing, he gives himself a KlingonPromotion instead.
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** In an attempt to stop the Order from thwarting her plans, the goddess Hel reveals that Belkar's cat picked up a [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1081.html deadly disease]] during their recent adventures in the desert, and thanks to her powers it has now spread to the entire group and everyone else on the airship. Nothing comes of it because that particular virus has an incubation period of ''five weeks''.[[note]][[BrickJoke And Durkon casts Remove Disease on everybody after he comes back.]][[/note]]
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** In an attempt to stop the Order from thwarting her plans, the goddess Hel reveals that Belkar's cat picked up a [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots1081.html deadly disease]] during their recent adventures in the desert, and thanks to her powers it has now spread to the entire group and everyone else on the airship. Nothing comes of it because that particular virus has an incubation period of ''five weeks''.[[note]][[BrickJoke And [[spoiler:And Durkon casts Remove Disease ''remove disease'' on everybody after he comes back.]][[/note]]]]
