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The Middleman

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The Middleman	type	TVTItem
The Middleman	label	The Middleman
The Middleman	page	TheMiddleman
The Middleman	comment	Wendy "Dub-Dub" Watson is an art school graduate who, like most artists, has to get a Real Job to get by in life. Because she's an artist, this means temp work. Her mother worries about her and calls to ask embarrassing questions about her sex life that Wendy answers in dutiful deadpan... until the day she's temping for a genetics research firm and a multi-limbed, multi-eyed monster shows up in the reception area. Enter... the Middleman. He seems to be a refugee from the Silver Age of Comics, from his looks to his manner of speech. And having dispatched his duty, he warns Wendy that as far as the rest of the world is concerned this was a "gas explosion" and if she tells the truth of what she's seen he'll have to root her out like a hog (not in the Australian sense) and kill her.Wendy is immediately fired; it turns out her boss believes that she was the one who caused the "gas explosion" by fiddling with her missing father's lucky lighter. She spends a day pounding the pavement looking for more temp work but she finds no prospects now that word's spread that she's a possible pyromaniac. So she returns to the illegal sublet she shares with another young, photogenic artist only to have her artist-activist roommate Lacey inform her that she has a message from one more temp agency... a rather oddly named temp agency... and they want to see her immediately.So Wendy reports to the Jolly Fats Weehawken Temp Agency to check on the job offer. After a battery of increasingly bizarre aptitude tests at the hands of the cranky receptionist Ida, Wendy is introduced to the Middleman, who explains what his organization is about. You know the way things work in comic books where Mad Scientists and supervillains are always trying to take over the world? Well, that's also the way things work in real life. It seems he's looking for an apprentice and Wendy's cynical, snarky attitude and matter-of-fact reactions to things like the eyeball monster make her an ideal candidate for the job. Angry that he'd framed her Wendy refuses at first, but thanks to her current lack of any other prospects she relents and joins up. After that she embraces this new lifestyle and proves to excel at it, despite the problems a twenty-four hour a day "temp job" causes in her personal life.Originally a comic book (that itself started as a television pitch), Javier Grillo-Marxuach aptly adapted it for a surprisingly faithful series that had one season on the increasingly inaccurately named ABC Family. The season was originally intended to be thirteen episodes long, but was cut to twelve for budgetary reasons. The script for the never-filmed thirteenth episode, titled "The Doomsday Armageddon Apocalypse," debuted in a table read at Comic-Con '09 with almost all of the original cast, and was released as a graphic novel shortly thereafter. Later another graphic novel and table read was released for a crossover between the comic and television series that resolves the mystery of what happened to Wendy Watson's missing father in both dimensions.
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The Middleman / int_1049848f	type	Aliens Speaking English
The Middleman / int_1049848f	comment	Aliens Speaking English: Justified, they live on Earth after all.
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The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_1049848f
The Middleman / int_112890b3	type	Secret Identity
The Middleman / int_112890b3	comment	Secret Identity: Lacey and Noser both think that Wendy works for a consultant who solves exotic problems. Which, strictly speaking, is true. But Lacey also knows about Wendy's Middlewatch and thinks it's pretty odd for a temp job to have a pager that works like that. Heck, Lacey seems oblivious even when she encounters Wendy wearing her full uniform complete with sidearm.
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The Middleman / int_116a941b	type	Applied Phlebotinum
The Middleman / int_116a941b	comment	Applied Phlebotinum: The Middleman admits he has no idea whence come the weapons and gadgets and things — they just show up sometimes, in boxes.
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The Middleman / int_1667cb1	type	Calvinball
The Middleman / int_1667cb1	comment	Calvinball: Shibumi. It apparently has rules, but they're apparently impossibly complex
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The Middleman / int_1777688d	type	Genre Savvy
The Middleman / int_1777688d	comment	Genre Savvy: Both the Middleman and Wendy to various degrees. In fact, their knowledge of comic book tropes is part and parcel of the job they do.
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The Middleman / int_198bef8	type	ManBehindTheMan
The Middleman / int_198bef8	comment	Man Behind the Man: Wendy's Alternate Universe counterpart is the real leader of the tyrannical [FatBoy Industries; Manservant Neville is just a prop.
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The Middleman / int_1beef720	type	Living Forever Is Awesome
The Middleman / int_1beef720	comment	Living Forever Is Awesome: Cecil Rogers. "Did I mention how great the dating has been?"
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The Middleman / int_1d3c92da	type	Failsafe Failure
The Middleman / int_1d3c92da	comment	Failsafe Failure: Wendy has to push Ida's reset switch to stop the detonation. Unfortunately, the nanobots beat her to it and disabled it.
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The Middleman / int_1dfbbf31	type	Heterosexual Life-Partners
The Middleman / int_1dfbbf31	comment	Heterosexual Life-Partners: There is no closer pair of female friends on television than Wendy and Lacey.
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The Middleman / int_217e6723	type	Heroes "R" Us
The Middleman / int_217e6723	comment	Heroes "R" Us: O2STK, the "Organization Too Secret To Know", which apparently bankrolls and operates the Middleman Organization.
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The Middleman / int_22a27b19	type	Alpha Bitch
The Middleman / int_22a27b19	comment	Alpha Bitch: The sorority girl Allie from "The Ectoplasmic Panhellenic Investigation" initially appears to be one, but is soon revealed to merely be suspicious of Wendy thanks to the Executive Board having been body swapped with physics nerds trying to take down the Greek system, and she turns out to be fairly nice and helpful with Wendy's current romantic drama.
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The Middleman / int_22cf536c	type	Chekhov's Gun
The Middleman / int_22cf536c	comment	Chekhov's Gun: The concussive stun field generator. The rarely accurate Tarot card reader girl.
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The Middleman / int_237404cc	type	Ironic Echo
The Middleman / int_237404cc	comment	Ironic Echo: approximately half of the snark, lending credence to Wendy's Photographic Memory.
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The Middleman / int_25b5600	type	Captain Ersatz
The Middleman / int_25b5600	comment	Tahiti Water is a Captain Ersatz of Fiji water.
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The Middleman / int_26eb6287	type	Funny Background Event
The Middleman / int_26eb6287	comment	The Funny Background Event
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The Middleman / int_28cd01ca	type	Disappeared Dad
The Middleman / int_28cd01ca	comment	Disappeared Dad: Wendy's father has been missing since she was 14. All she has to remember him by is a Zippo lighter which the Middleman used to frame her for the event at which they met so he could recruit her.
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The Middleman / int_29789a9d	type	Post-Kiss Catatonia
The Middleman / int_29789a9d	comment	Post-Kiss Catatonia: Pip, after Lacey kisses him.
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The Middleman / int_297ab1b9	type	Parental Abandonment
The Middleman / int_297ab1b9	comment	Parental Abandonment: Missing Mom: Lacey's mother, Dr. Barbara Thornfield, M.D. PhD is so busy she calls once a year to rationalize why she forgot Lacey's birthday, every year. She's so distant that her assistant doesn't know which daughter Lacey is, and Lacey is an only child. She's so distant that Lacey does not call her "mother" or "mom" but "Dr. Thornfield" and when not speaking to her directly refers to her as "Dr. Barbara Thornfield, M.D. PhD". Disappeared Dad: Wendy's father has been missing since she was 14. All she has to remember him by is a Zippo lighter which the Middleman used to frame her for the event at which they met so he could recruit her.
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The Middleman / int_29c480a3	type	Good News, Bad News
The Middleman / int_29c480a3	comment	Good News, Bad News: Taken to extremes.
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The Middleman / int_2a090d00	type	Lampshade Hanging
The Middleman / int_2a090d00	comment	Lampshade Hanging: Metaphorically speaking, there are lampshades hanging off every available surface on this show's sets. The Middleman and Dub-Dub seem to have a supply of them handy for hanging them whenever a situation calls for it. There's a literal wall of unexplained lamps at the organization's headquarters. This may or may not be where they keep their extra shades in between cases.
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The Middleman / int_2ae29c0d	type	The Dreaded
The Middleman / int_2ae29c0d	comment	The Dreaded: Noser's talent and reputation as a ventriloquist are so great that the mere mention of his name causes one contestant in a competition to drop out, leave and quite possibly quit competing all together.
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The Middleman / int_2bfb1856	type	Beard of Evil
The Middleman / int_2bfb1856	comment	Beard of Evil: Every male in the alternate universe has a goatee. Except for the guy who wants to leave it
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The Middleman / int_2f36d97	type	Older Than They Look
The Middleman / int_2f36d97	comment	Older Than They Look: If everything said about Sensei Ping is taken at face value, he must be at least seventy years old, but he only appears to be around forty.
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The Middleman / int_2f36d97	featureConfidence	1.0
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_2f36d97
The Middleman / int_308a5ff0	type	Strange Minds Think Alike
The Middleman / int_308a5ff0	comment	Strange Minds Think Alike: This show practically runs on it.
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The Middleman / int_309b8806	type	Cursed with Awesome
The Middleman / int_309b8806	comment	Cursed with Awesome: The tuba player is cursed with immortality. Well, not since he started dating again. "And did I mention the dating's going great?"
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The Middleman / int_331881f8	type	Absurd Brand Name
The Middleman / int_331881f8	comment	Absurd Brand Name: The energy drink "'!!!!'", which characters pronounce by doing jazz hands, stomping, and making an enthusiastic face.
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The Middleman / int_3517000d	type	Mad Scientist
The Middleman / int_3517000d	comment	Mad Scientist: The raison d'etre for the Middleman organization.
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The Middleman / int_353f2b06	type	"Die Hard" on an X
The Middleman / int_353f2b06	comment	"Die Hard" on an X: Repeatedly and forcefully lampshaded. Or, as the Middleman puts it, the HQ gets invaded three times a year. Wendy even refers to their situation as "Die Hard — In A Building!" "Think Die Hard. But inside a robot."
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The Middleman / int_356b1efb	type	Hammerspace
The Middleman / int_356b1efb	comment	Hammerspace: The Middleman decides to walk into a situation unarmed, and spends several moments pulling increasingly improbable weapons and devices off his person, including an opened crossbow.
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The Middleman / int_36754cc7	type	"Freaky Friday" Flip
The Middleman / int_36754cc7	comment	"Freaky Friday" Flip: In "The Ectoplasmic Panhellenic Investigation," a mad scientist in training switches minds with the Middleman.
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The Middleman / int_37499c8	type	OnceAnEpisode
The Middleman / int_37499c8	comment	Once an Episode: Every Motive Rant includes the villain claiming that his or her plan is "sheer elegance in its simplicity, isn't it?" followed up by either Wendy or the Middleman replying "No." There's also the Wilhelm Scream in every episodes and "reaping the whirlwind" pops up a lot. Plus, they usually have some prop from the previous episode in the background. The Funny Background Event In the comic book every volume has the phrase "Giant Balls" in a different language (Italian in volume 1, Spanish in volume 2, French in volume 3).
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The Middleman / int_37d2818	type	Title In
The Middleman / int_37d2818	comment	Title In: Spoofed, playfully, and with increasing wackiness and tongue-in-cheekiness.
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The Middleman / int_3b5fcbb7	type	Artifact of Doom
The Middleman / int_3b5fcbb7	comment	Artifact of Doom: The Cursed Tuba.
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The Middleman / int_3c0a4666	type	Noodle Incident
The Middleman / int_3c0a4666	comment	Noodle Incident: Lacey refers to something involving "blueberry pudding pops and the elliptical machine." A slightly different version of the trope is used when the Middleman and Dubbie manage to bluff NASA away from a downed space probe...by pretending to be NASA. After the real agents leave... In the same episode, a minute earlier...
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The Middleman / int_3cf29583	type	Trojan Prisoner
The Middleman / int_3cf29583	comment	Trojan Prisoner: Wendy and Alt-Lacey try this to escape from Fatboy Industries after knocking out Alt-Wendy, who's in charge. It doesn't go well.
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The Middleman / int_3e682843	type	Lampshaded the Obscure Reference
The Middleman / int_3e682843	comment	Lampshaded the Obscure Reference: Spoofed when Middleman '69, who has been in cryogenic stasis for the past for decades, makes a Star Trek reference and then apologizes for referencing an obscure short-lived TV series.
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The Middleman / int_3eee0728	type	Captain Obvious
The Middleman / int_3eee0728	comment	Captain Obvious: Don Calfari in the pilot. The Middleman has shades of this occasionally.
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The Middleman / int_3f80b94f	type	Monsters Anonymous
The Middleman / int_3f80b94f	comment	Monsters Anonymous: Roxy Wasserman's succubus halfway house.
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The Middleman / int_420c50b7	type	A.I. Is a Crapshoot
The Middleman / int_420c50b7	comment	A.I. Is a Crapshoot
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The Middleman / int_44cb8788	type	Kiss of Distraction
The Middleman / int_44cb8788	comment	Kiss of Distraction: Lacey gets a videotape of Noser's ventriloquism performance away from Pip by distracting him with a kiss. Later on, Pip tries to explain to Joe that he had a tape of the performance but Lacey stole it, but Joe doesn't believe she would do such a thing. When Pip explains that she distracted him with a kiss, Joe laughs and says, "Yeah, this story's getting easier to believe."
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The Middleman / int_457655dd	type	Human Popsicle
The Middleman / int_457655dd	comment	Human Popsicle: There's a Middleman who was in cryogenic storage until he was needed.
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The Middleman / int_477bcc9f	type	Greasy Spoon
The Middleman / int_477bcc9f	comment	Greasy Spoon: Batter of the Bulge Pancake House (home of the Luftwaffle, the Panzercake, and an un-named dish which references the invasion of Crete).
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The Middleman / int_4b5817c1	type	Truth Serums
The Middleman / int_4b5817c1	comment	Truth Serums: One of the Middleman's gadgets works like a room-wide dispersal of such.
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The Middleman / int_4c8a0849	type	Mirror Universe
The Middleman / int_4c8a0849	comment	Mirror Universe: An entire episode centered around one, "The Palindrome Reversal Palindrome."
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The Middleman / int_4e3f6d57	type	What Would X Do?
The Middleman / int_4e3f6d57	comment	What Would X Do?: "WWWWD... What would Wendy Watson do?"
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The Middleman / int_4e3f6d57	featureConfidence	1.0
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_4e3f6d57
The Middleman / int_4f4372e9	type	Early-Installment Weirdness
The Middleman / int_4f4372e9	comment	Early-Installment Weirdness: The Middleman swearing in the first episode, a one-off joke that's completely inconsistent with his characterization from then on. The first episode being a near-perfect recreation of the original miniseries with virtually no changes made to the script, this was lifted directly from the page.
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The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_4f4372e9
The Middleman / int_5009999d	type	Painting the Medium
The Middleman / int_5009999d	comment	Painting the Medium: every single time the time is mentioned in on-screen titles, it's different. In episode three, it changed between time zones ("Alaska Time," "Zulu Time"), in episode five it was phrases about time ("Hammer Time," "Jail Time") In episode eleven it was "Four Hours Six Minutes Before the Inevitable Detonation." Also, Wendy's and Lacey's apartment is usually referred to as "The illegal sublet Wendy shares with another young, photogenic artist." (Occasionally it's "her equally adorable roommate Lacey" instead.) At least once it was "her sexpot roommate." There's also the time that Wendy wonders if the Middleman secret headquarters was built by TV writers
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The Middleman / int_5009999d	featureConfidence	1.0
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_5009999d
The Middleman / int_5b19cc1b	type	Air-Vent Passageway
The Middleman / int_5b19cc1b	comment	Air-Vent Passageway: Lampshaded ("Was this building designed by television writers?") and then justified with "The Nakatomi Protocol," which makes the normally capillary-sized airvents big enough for people to crawl through.
The Middleman / int_5b19cc1b	featureApplicability	1.0
The Middleman / int_5b19cc1b	featureConfidence	1.0
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_5b19cc1b
The Middleman / int_5beef860	type	Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?
The Middleman / int_5beef860	comment	Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Cecil Rogers, who's immortal, refuses to go on boats of any kind. Admittedly, he has good cause—he's both a survivor of the Titanic and he points out that if he drowns he'll be stuck in a constant cycle of drowning and being revived for eternity. It turns out this was a lie later on when he shows up on the ship in question, revealing himself to be the episode's Big Bad
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The Middleman / int_5c5d0032	type	Eyepatch of Power
The Middleman / int_5c5d0032	comment	Eyepatch of Power: The altMiddleman has one... because Sensei Ping plucked out his eye.
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The Middleman / int_5c5d0032	featureConfidence	1.0
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_5c5d0032
The Middleman / int_5d162996	type	Extended Disarming
The Middleman / int_5d162996	comment	Extended Disarming: the Middleman makes liberal use of Hammerspace doing this in the first episode before going on to prove his badass is in full working order.
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The Middleman / int_5d162996	featureConfidence	1.0
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_5d162996
The Middleman / int_5fdf73bc	type	Photographic Memory
The Middleman / int_5fdf73bc	comment	Photographic Memory: One of Dub-Dub's talents... maybe
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The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_5fdf73bc
The Middleman / int_60414102	type	Zombie Apocalypse
The Middleman / int_60414102	comment	Zombie Apocalypse: ...uh, sort of.
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The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_60414102
The Middleman / int_60547993	type	I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
The Middleman / int_60547993	comment	I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: Why Lacey decides to dump Tyler so he can date Wendy. Please note that the "beloved" in this example is Wendy, not Tyler
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The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_60547993
The Middleman / int_605cf3f	type	Something Only They Would Say
The Middleman / int_605cf3f	comment	Something Only They Would Say: "Dubby, I'm afraid I can't divulge sensitive Middle secrets through a civilian interpreter."
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The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_605cf3f
The Middleman / int_6112a91d	type	Unit Confusion
The Middleman / int_6112a91d	comment	Unit Confusion: 4000 angstroms of Balthorium-G.
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The Middleman / int_6112a91d	featureConfidence	1.0
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_6112a91d
The Middleman / int_62d4ceb3	type	Mood Motif
The Middleman / int_62d4ceb3	comment	Mood Motif: The guitars of Spy Mysteriousness. The horns of Spy Drama.
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The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_62d4ceb3
The Middleman / int_6439de78	type	Heroic Sacrifice
The Middleman / int_6439de78	comment	In the unmade thirteenth episode, the Middleman's instructions to Wendy before his Heroic Sacrifice are a direct quote from the speech the First Doctor gives his granddaughter before they part.
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The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_6439de78
The Middleman / int_663f35c0	type	Only One Name
The Middleman / int_663f35c0	comment	Only One Name: Noser, one of the other young, photogenic artists who lives in the illegal sublet. He has never been addressed as anything else but that one name. Although the Middleman always addresses him as Mister Noser.
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The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_663f35c0
The Middleman / int_66dfe36a	type	Missing Mom
The Middleman / int_66dfe36a	comment	Missing Mom: Lacey's mother, Dr. Barbara Thornfield, M.D. PhD is so busy she calls once a year to rationalize why she forgot Lacey's birthday, every year. She's so distant that her assistant doesn't know which daughter Lacey is, and Lacey is an only child. She's so distant that Lacey does not call her "mother" or "mom" but "Dr. Thornfield" and when not speaking to her directly refers to her as "Dr. Barbara Thornfield, M.D. PhD".
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The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_66dfe36a
The Middleman / int_6a696742	type	The Power of Love
The Middleman / int_6a696742	comment	The Power of Love: MM and Lacey What might be a subversion, as they are taken hostage/over by demonic puppets, which turn into real people if married while on the arms of two people who are in true love.
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The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_6a696742
The Middleman / int_6a6b23ff	type	Unfazed Everyman
The Middleman / int_6a6b23ff	comment	Unfazed Everyman: Her reaction to the lab explosion is how she got the job.
The Middleman / int_6a6b23ff	featureApplicability	1.0
The Middleman / int_6a6b23ff	featureConfidence	1.0
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_6a6b23ff
The Middleman / int_6bd7b49a	type	Spicy Latina
The Middleman / int_6bd7b49a	comment	Spicy Latina: Invoked by Middleman '69, who refers to Wendy as "a hot and spicy Spanish girl."
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The Middleman / int_6bd7b49a	featureConfidence	1.0
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_6bd7b49a
The Middleman / int_6bf93fc7	type	FanService
The Middleman / int_6bf93fc7	comment	Fanservice: Quite a bit for a "family" show, including Wendy and Lacey's short-shorts and Dubbie's "slutty but sweet" pirate outfit in "The Sino-Mexican Revelation" And don't forget the catsuit and the "Honey Ryder nightmare." Prefer your eye candy male? The Middleman's spent some time in a bicep-baring toga (and later a tank top), altMiddleman goes shirtless in leather pants. And then there was the time he wore a tux. And got handcuffed to a pipe. And then there was the time they both had to strip to their undies (and then more so for MM) in the Decontamination Chamber. Yowza. And then there's altLacey and altIda - same snark, completely different package
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The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_6bf93fc7
The Middleman / int_6d07a252	type	CoveredInSlime
The Middleman / int_6d07a252	comment	Covered In Slime: Due to the MIB-esqueness.
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The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_6d07a252
The Middleman / int_7230cfe	type	Shoe Phone
The Middleman / int_7230cfe	comment	Shoe Phone: There's a lot of unusual spy gear, ranging from watches to funky glasses.
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The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_7230cfe
The Middleman / int_76c30df4	type	Will Not Tell a Lie
The Middleman / int_76c30df4	comment	Will Not Tell a Lie: The Middleman, at least when he's not undercover. Hilariously used in the pilot:
The Middleman / int_76c30df4	featureApplicability	1.0
The Middleman / int_76c30df4	featureConfidence	1.0
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_76c30df4
The Middleman / int_777c0033	type	Technical Pacifist
The Middleman / int_777c0033	comment	Technical Pacifist: Wendy hates guns, but has a bit of a geeky affection for the sci-fi weapons the Middle organization uses. She also loves training with Sensei Ping, and she frequently protests the Middleman's tendencies toward violence. But she had no problem whatsoever beating a venomous Peruvian Pike to death. Not to mention her childhood dream of killing a vampire.
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The Middleman / int_78cdd5f6	type	"Fantastic Voyage" Plot
The Middleman / int_78cdd5f6	comment	"Fantastic Voyage" Plot: Or, as they put it, Die Hard. In a robot.
The Middleman / int_78cdd5f6	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_78cdd5f6
The Middleman / int_7919a45b	type	Duel to the Death
The Middleman / int_7919a45b	comment	Duel to the Death: In "The Sino-Mexican Revelation", MM must duel on behalf of Sensei Ping.
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The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_7919a45b
The Middleman / int_797d10	type	Celebrity Star
The Middleman / int_797d10	comment	Celebrity Star: Boy Band Varsity Fanclub Also, Kevin Sorbo as Middleman '69
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The Middleman / int_797d10	featureConfidence	1.0
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_797d10
The Middleman / int_7a08e8d1	type	They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!
The Middleman / int_7a08e8d1	comment	They Call Me MISTER Tibbs!: Wendy has a problem of people going overly familiar with her. Despite this her roommate Lacey calls her Dub-Dub, The Middleman calls her Dubbie, and Tyler calls her Dubs. Cloudcuckoolander Noser always addresses her by her full name 'Wendy Watson'. Wendy's first episode soon-to-be-ex-boyfriend Ben seems to be just about the only one who ever just called her "Wendy". The Middleman will call her "Wendy" when he's in great danger, or he's concerned for her safety.
The Middleman / int_7a08e8d1	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Middleman / int_7a265daa	type	Eagleland
The Middleman / int_7a265daa	comment	Eagleland: The Middleman is an excellent Type 1 example.
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The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_7a265daa
The Middleman / int_808cbaeb	type	Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking
The Middleman / int_808cbaeb	comment	Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking: In the 13th episode: "You murdered my boyfriend, destroyed my workplace, trapped Noser in a giant diamond, gave my best friend Lacey leukemia, and did God knows what to the only father figure I've ever known, and the worst you could think to do to me was put me in a slave girl costume?"
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The Middleman / int_808cbaeb	featureConfidence	1.0
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The Middleman / int_80a1d98f	type	Missed the Call
The Middleman / int_80a1d98f	comment	Missed the Call: Tyler was supposed to be the next apprentice Middleman... but his roommate misplaced the envelope.
The Middleman / int_80a1d98f	featureApplicability	1.0
The Middleman / int_80a1d98f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_80a1d98f
The Middleman / int_8163e2bb	type	Dramatic Drop
The Middleman / int_8163e2bb	comment	Dramatic Drop: Wendy drops a spoon upon unexpectedly getting a well-timed, very important tidbit of information.
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The Middleman / int_8163e2bb	featureConfidence	1.0
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_8163e2bb
The Middleman / int_816a4e80	type	Star Wars (Franchise)
The Middleman / int_816a4e80	comment	Star Wars
The Middleman / int_816a4e80	featureApplicability	1.0
The Middleman / int_816a4e80	featureConfidence	1.0
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_816a4e80
The Middleman / int_823c6e3e	type	Large Ham
The Middleman / int_823c6e3e	comment	Large Ham: Quite a few. Most notably... You will use respect when addressing Sensei Ping! Roxy Wasserman's fangs always have chewed scenery stuck between them. Just as it should be. Kevin Sorbo. Natch. Alt Middleman's actor really seems to relish going to the dark side. Just for good measure: Pip.
The Middleman / int_823c6e3e	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_823c6e3e
The Middleman / int_8263ed2a	type	The Whitest Black Guy
The Middleman / int_8263ed2a	comment	The Whitest Black Guy: In "The Accidental Occidental Conception", there's a busboy at a Chinese restaurant who talks about his boss's long work hours as being "a culture thing" and, when asked to translate an occult Mandarin chant, says:
The Middleman / int_8263ed2a	featureApplicability	1.0
The Middleman / int_8263ed2a	featureConfidence	1.0
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_8263ed2a
The Middleman / int_826ffcc8	type	Demonic Dummy
The Middleman / int_826ffcc8	comment	Demonic Dummy: Little Vladdie, who is Vlad the Impaler's favorite ventriloquist dummy
The Middleman / int_826ffcc8	featureApplicability	1.0
The Middleman / int_826ffcc8	featureConfidence	1.0
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_826ffcc8
The Middleman / int_83446991	type	UST
The Middleman / int_83446991	comment	UST: MM and Lacey. And sort of freakily, Middleman '69 and Ida. Pip and Lacey.
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The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_83446991
The Middleman / int_8430699a	type	Alternate Universe
The Middleman / int_8430699a	comment	Alternate Universe: The twelfth episode involves one where FatBoy Industries has taken over the country.
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The Middleman / int_8430699a	featureConfidence	1.0
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_8430699a
The Middleman / int_85e7c12f	type	Puppy-Dog Eyes
The Middleman / int_85e7c12f	comment	Puppy-Dog Eyes: Lacey excels at them when she's not being smug.
The Middleman / int_85e7c12f	featureApplicability	1.0
The Middleman / int_85e7c12f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_85e7c12f
The Middleman / int_8a295a46	type	Cool Car
The Middleman / int_8a295a46	comment	Cool Car: The Middlemobile, and Dub-Dub's Smart Car, the second Middlemobile
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The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_8a295a46
The Middleman / int_8cf6aa	type	Literal Metaphor
The Middleman / int_8cf6aa	comment	Literal Metaphor: More a case of confused slang terms.
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The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_8cf6aa
The Middleman / int_8f0dc93c	type	Dangerous Forbidden Technique
The Middleman / int_8f0dc93c	comment	Dangerous Forbidden Technique: The Wu-Han Thumb of Death.
The Middleman / int_8f0dc93c	featureApplicability	1.0
The Middleman / int_8f0dc93c	featureConfidence	1.0
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_8f0dc93c
The Middleman / int_8fd7af48	type	Sir Swears-a-Lot
The Middleman / int_8fd7af48	comment	Sir Swears-a-Lot: Cindy Marshall is constantly dropping Cluster F-Bombs, especially when the Middleman tries to interrogate her. This is especially funny as, while she's actually a hardened alien rebel commando, Cindy Marshall looks like a fourteen year old girl
The Middleman / int_8fd7af48	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Middleman / int_930e1bd4	type	Absurdly High-Stakes Game
The Middleman / int_930e1bd4	comment	Absurdly High-Stakes Game: Shabumi in "The Obsolescent Cryogenic Meltdown"
The Middleman / int_930e1bd4	featureApplicability	1.0
The Middleman / int_930e1bd4	featureConfidence	1.0
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_930e1bd4
The Middleman / int_958a7bef	type	Layman's Terms
The Middleman / int_958a7bef	comment	Layman's Terms: MM explaining the H.E.Y.D.A.R. to Wendy.
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The Middleman / int_958a7bef	featureConfidence	1.0
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_958a7bef
The Middleman / int_9591377d	type	Heel Realization
The Middleman / int_9591377d	comment	Heel Realization: Middleman '69, just before his Heroic Sacrifice
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The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_9591377d
The Middleman / int_978937d6	type	Brand X
The Middleman / int_978937d6	comment	Brand X: Tahiti Water is a Captain Ersatz of Fiji water. !!!! is a dodge for those energy drinks in narrow cans like Red Bull, Monster, and Rockstar. Wilderness Girls = Girl Scouts. Skinny Mints = Thin Mints. Bora Boras = Samoas Myfaceinatube.com = MySpace, Facebook, YouTube The uMaster = The iPod
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The Middleman / int_9c055e85	type	Ghost in the Machine
The Middleman / int_9c055e85	comment	Ghost in the Machine: The literal machine, as Ida's brain looks exactly like Ida.
The Middleman / int_9c055e85	featureApplicability	1.0
The Middleman / int_9c055e85	featureConfidence	1.0
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_9c055e85
The Middleman / int_9f50dbe6	type	Infinite Supplies
The Middleman / int_9f50dbe6	comment	Infinite Supplies: Lampshaded; The Middleman doesn't know where any of his stuff came from, it's just there.
The Middleman / int_9f50dbe6	featureApplicability	1.0
The Middleman / int_9f50dbe6	featureConfidence	1.0
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The Middleman / int_9f63d4f1	type	Our Vampires Are Different
The Middleman / int_9f63d4f1	comment	Our Vampires Are Different
The Middleman / int_9f63d4f1	featureApplicability	1.0
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The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_9f63d4f1
The Middleman / int_a0db7803	type	It's Personal
The Middleman / int_a0db7803	comment	It's Personal: Certain things make even MM break the rules.
The Middleman / int_a0db7803	featureApplicability	1.0
The Middleman / int_a0db7803	featureConfidence	1.0
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_a0db7803
The Middleman / int_a4adc15c	type	Science Cannot Comprehend Phlebotinum
The Middleman / int_a4adc15c	comment	Science Cannot Comprehend Phlebotinum: One of the Middleman's standard pieces of equipment is a B.T.R.S. scanner, which looks for things Beyond the Realm of Science.
The Middleman / int_a4adc15c	featureApplicability	1.0
The Middleman / int_a4adc15c	featureConfidence	1.0
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_a4adc15c
The Middleman / int_a547562c	type	Spy Catsuit
The Middleman / int_a547562c	comment	Spy Catsuit: "This is how a real woman dresses?"
The Middleman / int_a547562c	featureApplicability	1.0
The Middleman / int_a547562c	featureConfidence	1.0
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_a547562c
The Middleman / int_a7382a73	type	Imagine Spot
The Middleman / int_a7382a73	comment	Imagine Spot: Wendy goes off into daydream land a couple times an episode when prompted by a situation that warrants her thinking something over.
The Middleman / int_a7382a73	featureApplicability	1.0
The Middleman / int_a7382a73	featureConfidence	1.0
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_a7382a73
The Middleman / int_a86069f	type	Alternate History
The Middleman / int_a86069f	comment	Alternate History: The Titanic figures in. And they did the research.
The Middleman / int_a86069f	featureApplicability	1.0
The Middleman / int_a86069f	featureConfidence	1.0
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_a86069f
The Middleman / int_aa8dcc21	type	MegaCorp
The Middleman / int_aa8dcc21	comment	Mega-Corp: FatBoy Industries, especially in the Alternate Universe
The Middleman / int_aa8dcc21	featureApplicability	1.0
The Middleman / int_aa8dcc21	featureConfidence	1.0
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_aa8dcc21
The Middleman / int_abdf7d09	type	Weirdness Censor
The Middleman / int_abdf7d09	comment	Weirdness Censor: Present, accounted for, and Lampshaded in a paranoia-inducing way;
The Middleman / int_abdf7d09	featureApplicability	1.0
The Middleman / int_abdf7d09	featureConfidence	1.0
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_abdf7d09
The Middleman / int_ac4ac8e5	type	Idiosyncratic Episode Naming
The Middleman / int_ac4ac8e5	comment	Idiosyncratic Episode Naming: The first episode is called "The Pilot Episode Sanction," from the first trade paperback titled "The Trade Paperback Imperative." The second is called "The Accidental Occidental Conception". The third? "The Sino-Mexican Revelation," which was an adaptation of the graphic novel "The Second Volume Inevitability." "The Manicoid Teleportation Conundrum" "The Flying Fish Zombification" "The Boy Band Superfan Interrogation" "The Cursed Tuba Contingency" "The Ectoplasmic Panhellenic Investigation" "The Obsolescent Cryogenic Meltdown" "The Vampiric Puppet Lamentation" "The Clotharian Contamination Protocol" "The Palindrome Reversal Palindrome" And #13 - "The Doomsday Armageddon Apocalypse".
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The Middleman / int_b01abe4f	type	Catchphrase
The Middleman / int_b01abe4f	comment	Catchphrase: Several: "Oh phooey." Also, "I'm just the middleman." "You have to admit, my plan is sheer elegance in its simplicity." "No!"
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The Middleman / int_b0218885	type	Mickey Mousing
The Middleman / int_b0218885	comment	Mickey Mousing: Sensei Ping's every sudden move is accompanied by a "whoosh!" sound effect. Possibly an Actor Allusion to Mark Dacascos's most famous role.
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The Middleman / int_b26cc887	type	Just Between You and Me
The Middleman / int_b26cc887	comment	Just Between You and Me: Subverted in that the Palindrome doesn't want to talk about his plan. His alternate counterpart, however...
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The Middleman / int_b4fddee	type	McGuffin
The Middleman / int_b4fddee	comment	McGuffin: In "The Palindrome Reversal Palindrome," all of them are named after famous McGuffins.
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The Middleman / int_b8cbdffb	type	Celestial Bureaucracy
The Middleman / int_b8cbdffb	comment	Celestial Bureaucracy: The Underworld is a giant office building with files in the back room.
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The Middleman / int_b994e8cb	type	Understanding Boyfriend
The Middleman / int_b994e8cb	comment	Understanding Boyfriend: For the brief time in the thirteenth episode when Tyler is aware of Wendy's job, the only thing about it that bothers him is the realization that his own job was just a means for Manservant Neville to get to her.
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The Middleman / int_bb5126ec	type	Prophecy Twist
The Middleman / int_bb5126ec	comment	Prophecy Twist: "Young Noser will be rent limb from limb to save you!"
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The Middleman / int_bc00493f	type	Precision F-Strike
The Middleman / int_bc00493f	comment	In the Comic-Con 13th episode table read, you can tell the excrement's hit the cooling-device when MM swears twice without being bleeped (which also counts as a Precision F-Strike). Not that there's no bleeping - Wendy gets bleeped at least twice.
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The Middleman / int_be009bbc	type	Alliterative Name
The Middleman / int_be009bbc	comment	Alliterative Name: true of not only the people in the show (as is proper in any Comic Books Homage), but the dialogue is also rife with alliteration. The Fabulous Face, former Middle organization super villain. Guy Goddard former Middleman. The Middle Man Wendy's ex boyfriend, Tommy Tam. Wendy Watson And as of the Comic-Con panel for the 13th episode: previous Middleman Raveena Rao, and Clarence Colton, the current Middleman's real name.
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The Middleman / int_bedecc55	type	Scout-Out
The Middleman / int_bedecc55	comment	Scout-Out: The Wilderness Girls
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The Middleman / int_c2091e11	type	Appearance Is in the Eye of the Beholder
The Middleman / int_c2091e11	comment	Appearance Is in the Eye of the Beholder: The Middleman pretends the Underworld is this when he and Wendy visit; Wendy sees a soul-sucking office building, the Middleman claims he sees a vast overgrown field full of fierce beasts... before admitting he sees an office building as well.
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The Middleman / int_c2cedc1c	type	Big "NO!"
The Middleman / int_c2cedc1c	comment	Big "NO!": In the very first episode, when the villain of the day, a mad scientist planning to build an army of super-gorilla soldiers controlled by a supercomputer to take over the world, accidentally destroys her own supercomputer. It's hilariously long.
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The Middleman / int_c36dad12	type	Decontamination Chamber
The Middleman / int_c36dad12	comment	And then there was the time they both had to strip to their undies (and then more so for MM) in the Decontamination Chamber. Yowza. And then there's altLacey and altIda - same snark, completely different package
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The Middleman / int_c6eabb03	type	Gosh Dang It to Heck!
The Middleman / int_c6eabb03	comment	Goshdang It To Heck: All of the Middleman's dialogue is like this, except for once (where it's appropriately bleeped). In the Comic-Con 13th episode table read, you can tell the excrement's hit the cooling-device when MM swears twice without being bleeped (which also counts as a Precision F-Strike). Not that there's no bleeping - Wendy gets bleeped at least twice. Most swearing is bleeped, and to emphasize the fact it's a "family" show, the lips of the person swearing are covered by a black box for the duration of the offending words...but there's a fractional delay to let astute viewers know which naughty word was likely the one spoken.
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The Middleman / int_c70fc0a2	type	Pretentious Latin Motto
The Middleman / int_c70fc0a2	comment	Pretentious Latin Motto: The Middleman organization's motto: Pugnantes Malos, ne hos Pugnetis: We Fight Evil So You Don't Have To Pip used pretentious Latin in the gallery show he'd tried to pull off: Deus ex Pip.
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The Middleman / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
The Middleman / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out: Has its own (in progress) page, where shoutouts are sorted by episode due simply to the sheer density of them. Those that are still unsorted: Animal House Anime: Wendy explicitly refers to the first weird thing she meets as "a hentai tentacle monster". Astro City The Flash The Austin Powers movies. The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension The Avengers (1960s) - Like Wendy's father, Emma Peel's husband disappeared in a mysterious and unexplained DC-3 crash. Also, Wendy's Imagine Spot upon being asked to join the Middleman is a pastiche of the Avengers opening credit sequence. Batman Buffy the Vampire Slayer Chinatown Die Hard: Multiple times in multiple episodes. Doctor Strange: And the anti-vampire Montesi Formula. Doctor Who: The NASA experts are named after Brigadier Lethbridge-Stewart, Sgt. Benton, and Zoe Herriot, as well as a reference to "Zygons," "McCrimmon College" (for Jamie McCrimmon), and "The Treaty of Periperpegilliam" (for Peri, because that was her actual first name). In the unmade thirteenth episode, the Middleman's instructions to Wendy before his Heroic Sacrifice are a direct quote from the speech the First Doctor gives his granddaughter before they part. Dracula Dr. Strangelove Balthorium Dudley Do-Right Escape from New York The Flintstones: MM invokes the name of The Great Gazoo. Flowers for Algernon Galaxy Quest: Possibly, one episode features a stolen beryllium sphere. Gaslight: Mentioned by name as Wendy calls Pip out on trying to mess with her head. Ghostbusters (1984): On par with the Shout-Out list for Back to the Future Annotated here. Guns Of Navarone Howard the Duck: MM tells Cindy she's trapped in a world she never made. Indiana Jones Jake 2.0: A show Javier Grillo-Marxuach worked on before The Middleman James Bond Joe 90 Kill Bill Lost in Space The Matrix: The Ida-inside-of-Ida is a polite, well-dressed, middle-aged lady. Men in Black Minority Report Monty Python's Flying Circus: The Brotherhood of the Pointed Stick, Everything about High/Maximum Aldwin. Monsters, Inc.: Varsity Fanclub is using a scream harvester My Little Pony Nick Fury: The Steranko run. Planet of the Apes Spider-Man: Dub-Dub quotes the Catchphrase: "With great power comes great responsibility." SeaQuest DSV Star Trek: Namechecked multiple times. And another time... Star Wars The Story of O Superman Terminator The Church of the SubGenius The Princess Bride: 24: Wendy refers to beating a confession out of a robot as "Jack Bauering". Usagi Yojimbo The Wild Wild West Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory The X-Men ("Old school, not Ultimate.") The titles of each episode/graphic novel are homages to Robert Ludlum. Cat People: "Irena Dubrovna"
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The Middleman / int_c8a8c595	type	Retirony
The Middleman / int_c8a8c595	comment	Retirony: Cindy, who was two weeks away from retirement.
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The Middleman / int_ca3a6dbd	type	Informed Ability
The Middleman / int_ca3a6dbd	comment	Informed Ability: Noser's abilities with music and ventriloquism are supposed to be virtuoso level; we know this from the reactions of people around him rather than ever seeing him ply his craft.
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The Middleman / int_ca87e3ec	type	No Name Given
The Middleman / int_ca87e3ec	comment	No Name Given: The Middleman doesn't appear to go by any other name. Lacey, not knowing his name, refers to him as Sexy Bossman, to Dub-Dub's consternation. In the comics, his first name is revealed as Clarence, during his funeral. In the 13th episode, his name is revealed as Clarence Colton.
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The Middleman / int_caa28b82	type	Cloudcuckoolander
The Middleman / int_caa28b82	comment	Wendy has a problem of people going overly familiar with her. Despite this her roommate Lacey calls her Dub-Dub, The Middleman calls her Dubbie, and Tyler calls her Dubs. Cloudcuckoolander Noser always addresses her by her full name 'Wendy Watson'. Wendy's first episode soon-to-be-ex-boyfriend Ben seems to be just about the only one who ever just called her "Wendy".
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The Middleman / int_cbe687ab	type	Corrupt Corporate Executive
The Middleman / int_cbe687ab	comment	Corrupt Corporate Executive:Alternate Dubbie
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The Middleman / int_ce104b8e	type	Serial Escalation
The Middleman / int_ce104b8e	comment	Serial Escalation: Every episode seems able to top the last in making everything more awesome.
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The Middleman / int_cf92fea8	type	Cassandra Truth
The Middleman / int_cf92fea8	comment	Cassandra Truth: Pip tries to tell everyone that Noser is a ventriloquist, but it doesn't really help that he puts in the part about Lacey kissing him.
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The Middleman / int_d076824c	type	Every Episode Ending
The Middleman / int_d076824c	comment	Every Episode Ending: Wendy and Lacey in their illegal sublet, bonding.
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The Middleman / int_d0b81ec4	type	Pineal Weirdness
The Middleman / int_d0b81ec4	comment	Pineal Weirdness: Apparently losing your pineal gland either lets you see ghosts or puts you in psychic contact with your Mirror Universe counterpart. Or if you're a flying pike, your pineal gland gives the antidote for fish zombification.
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The Middleman / int_d2566b32	type	Hunting the Most Dangerous Game
The Middleman / int_d2566b32	comment	Hunting the Most Dangerous Game: "The Manicoid Teleportation Conundrum" involves an alien who hunts humans.
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The Middleman / int_d2c0e2ed	type	Schmuck Bait
The Middleman / int_d2c0e2ed	comment	Schmuck Bait: The Middleman gives Wendy a list of three things she must never bring up in conversation with Sensei Ping. Naturally, she ends up bringing up all three. Although she did do it on purpose because he was getting on her nerves.
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The Middleman / int_d5656fbe	type	The Unpronounceable
The Middleman / int_d5656fbe	comment	The Unpronounceable: The name of the energy drink "!!!!" is "pronounced" by doing jazz hands, stomping a foot, and making a rather enthusiastic face.
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The Middleman / int_d66cd0e6	type	Training from Hell
The Middleman / int_d66cd0e6	comment	Training from Hell: Averted. MM warns Wendy that Sensei Ping's tutelage will be painful and cruel. Wendy loves every minute.
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The Middleman / int_d7c3ba61	type	Race Lift
The Middleman / int_d7c3ba61	comment	Race Lift: Wendy was originally white in the comics but played by Natalie Morales who is Cuban-American.
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The Middleman / int_d848560f	type	Unusual Euphemism
The Middleman / int_d848560f	comment	Unusual Euphemism: Frequently used by the Middleman, usually a form of Shout-Out. "Guns of Navaronne!" "Flowers for Algernon!" And as a "my god" substitute in one episode, "My Little Pony!"... yeah, this show is capital-W Weird.
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The Middleman / int_dae5c997	type	Action Girl
The Middleman / int_dae5c997	comment	Action Girl: Wendy Watson, bien sur!
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The Middleman / int_dc1761bd	type	A God Am I
The Middleman / int_dc1761bd	comment	A God Am I: In the panel for the 13th episode, collecting thousands of pineal glands and creating a hivemind from all the uMasters of the world allows Manservant Neville to become a Reality Warper. He quickly dubs himself a god.
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The Middleman / int_dceccabf	type	Cat Fight
The Middleman / int_dceccabf	comment	Cat Fight: Subverted, bigtime.
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The Middleman / int_de0df7a0	type	Stock Scream
The Middleman / int_de0df7a0	comment	Stock Scream: The "Wilhelm" can be heard Once an Episode. Including the comic version of Episode 13, where it's rendered as "aaaah-aaaaargh!", with a note in the annotation explaining that's the best they could do.
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The Middleman / int_df33a778	type	For Halloween, I Am Going as Myself
The Middleman / int_df33a778	comment	For Halloween, I Am Going as Myself: Supernatural creatures picking jobs that no one would bat an eye at discovering them doing.
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The Middleman / int_e37f19	type	Disguised in Drag
The Middleman / int_e37f19	comment	Disguised in Drag: In "The Ectoplasmic Panhellenic Investigation," a fraternity pledge sneaked into a sorority house this way, only to see and hear some ghosts as a result of Pineal Weirdness. Wendy eventually takes him back to the house in drag so the ghosts can explain how they got that way.
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The Middleman / int_e4f5affb	type	The Chew Toy
The Middleman / int_e4f5affb	comment	The Chew Toy: The Training Robot, who always ends up having its head knocked off.
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The Middleman / int_e52a0cac	type	He Who Must Not Be Seen
The Middleman / int_e52a0cac	comment	He Who Must Not Be Seen: Sensei Ping, after his introductory episode.
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The Middleman / int_e563bf09	type	Insistent Terminology
The Middleman / int_e563bf09	comment	Insistent Terminology: The title cards always refer to Wendy's place as "The illegal sublet Wendy shares with another young, photogenic artist." The pirate themed bar has a similar insistent name.
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The Middleman / int_e7b0229a	type	Laser-Guided Amnesia
The Middleman / int_e7b0229a	comment	Laser-Guided Amnesia: Of the two-day variety in Tyler's case. In "The Vampiric Puppet Lamentation," the Middleman actually manages to utter the phrase "suffering from some sort of vampire-puppet-induced amnesia" with a straight face.
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The Middleman / int_eb8e4fa8	type	Jerkass
The Middleman / int_eb8e4fa8	comment	Jerkass: Pip is usually described as a "malignant nematode", but the idea is the same. Sensei Ping, as part of his hard-core training programme. Ida, who spends every episode making cranky, cutting remarks and casting aspersions on Dubbie's character. Still technically one of the good guys, though.
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The Middleman / int_ed46da54	type	Martial Pacifist
The Middleman / int_ed46da54	comment	Martial Pacifist: Dub-Dub and to a lesser degree, Lacey, playfully parody the trope.
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The Middleman / int_eeaee38c	type	Geeky Turn-On
The Middleman / int_eeaee38c	comment	Geeky Turn-On: Wendy and her boyfriend have sex for the first time after locating and playing the ultra-rare, super violent video game, Gut Wrencher 1, which is described as "the goriest side-scroller in history, banned in 17 countries, the only video game to be denounced by both Tipper Gore and the Dalai Lama". Wendy is especially excited because they are playing the arcade version (of which they only made 150 before it went set-top), which has "4 levels of sheer carnage" which the set-top version did not have. When they beat the 86th level of Blood Lust Catamite (though it took 18 dollars in quarters and Wendy's use of the Scud Missile), they finally resolve their up to this point UST.
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The Middleman / int_f09ac6a6	type	Chekhov M.I.A.
The Middleman / int_f09ac6a6	comment	Chekhov M.I.A.: Wendy's father disappeared under mysterious circumstances.
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The Middleman / int_f1492605	type	Redemption Equals Death
The Middleman / int_f1492605	comment	In "The Obsolescent Cryogenic Meltdown", Middleman '69 sacrifices himself to save the current-day Middleman, who he had betrayed in jealousy earlier on.
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The Middleman / int_f237981e	type	The Alleged Car
The Middleman / int_f237981e	comment	The Alleged Car: Wendy's Hruck Bugbear AKA "the poor man's Yugo."
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The Middleman / int_f482730a	type	No Peripheral Vision
The Middleman / int_f482730a	comment	No Peripheral Vision: Subverted.
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The Middleman / int_f5416685	type	Allergic to Love
The Middleman / int_f5416685	comment	Allergic to Love: The Middleman himself has a mild to moderate case.
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The Middleman / int_f9f2c33	type	Running Gag
The Middleman / int_f9f2c33	comment	Running Gag: The Interrodroid getting its head ripped off, Ida always calling Wendy a stoner, and the removal of the pineal gland causing psychic powers. Also, the fake IDs used by Middleman and Wendy: Either Tyler or Wendy referring to a "____-nado", followed up with the other one responding "A tornado made of ____?" Also, the "My plan is sheer elegance in its simplicity, isn't it?" line that every. single. villain uses. Which is then nicely subverted in its final appearance. "You have to admit, my plan is sheer elegance in its draconian complexity."
The Middleman / int_f9f2c33	featureApplicability	-0.3
The Middleman / int_f9f2c33	featureConfidence	1.0
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_f9f2c33
The Middleman / int_fc151e9d	type	Department of Redundancy Department
The Middleman / int_fc151e9d	comment	Department of Redundancy Department: "An Upscale Shopping Center in an Upscale Part of Town." "The Doomsday Armageddon Apocalypse"
The Middleman / int_fc151e9d	featureApplicability	1.0
The Middleman / int_fc151e9d	featureConfidence	1.0
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_fc151e9d
The Middleman / int_fd4f8299	type	Well-Intentioned Extremist
The Middleman / int_fd4f8299	comment	Well-Intentioned Extremist: Manservant Neville, whose attempt to become a Living God is environmentally inspired.
The Middleman / int_fd4f8299	featureApplicability	1.0
The Middleman / int_fd4f8299	featureConfidence	1.0
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_fd4f8299
The Middleman / int_fdb355db	type	Fun with Subtitles
The Middleman / int_fdb355db	comment	Fun with Subtitles: In "The Sino-Mexican Revelation", Wendy shakes down a lucha martial artist for information; at first she talks to him in Spanish with helpful English subtitles... and when she slips and starts talking in English, the subtitles are in Spanish. Believe it or not this is also one of those gags that was replicated faithfully from the comic, though in a different scene.
The Middleman / int_fdb355db	featureApplicability	1.0
The Middleman / int_fdb355db	featureConfidence	1.0
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_fdb355db
The Middleman / int_fe64d5a1	type	Evil Is Petty
The Middleman / int_fe64d5a1	comment	Evil Is Petty: A common theme. Many villains are engaging in nefarious acts for disproportionately small gains.
The Middleman / int_fe64d5a1	featureApplicability	1.0
The Middleman / int_fe64d5a1	featureConfidence	1.0
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_fe64d5a1
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The Middleman / int_name	comment
The Middleman / int_name	featureApplicability	1.0
The Middleman / int_name	featureConfidence	1.0
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Middleman / int_name
The Middleman / int_name	itemName	The Middleman

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The Middleman (Comic Book)	seeAlso	The Middleman
The Middleman	hasFeature	A Simple Plan / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Absurd Brand Name / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Absurdly High-Stakes Game / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	AcCENT upon the Wrong SylLABle / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Appearance Is in the Eye of the Beholder / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Badbutt / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Beard of Evil / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Big Brother Is Watching / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Birds of a Feather / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Bond One-Liner / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Boy Band / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Brand X / int_6374dcbb
The Middleman	hasFeature	Calvinball / int_6374dcbb
The Middleman	hasFeature	Canned Orders over Loudspeaker / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Captain Space, Defender of Earth! / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Cat Fight / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Ceiling Cling / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Celebrity Star / int_6374dcbb
The Middleman	hasFeature	Celestial Bureaucracy / int_6374dcbb
The Middleman	hasFeature	Censor Box / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Character Name Alias / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Chekhov M.I.A. / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Chekhov's Hobby / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Cluster Bleep-Bomb / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Combat Breakdown / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Come with Me If You Want to Live / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Conclusion in Another Medium / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Conversational Troping / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Cool Car / int_6374dcbb
The Middleman	hasFeature	Covert Group with Mundane Front / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Curse / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Dead Man Writing / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Decontamination Chamber / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Definite Article Title / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Demonic Dummy / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	"Die Hard" on an X / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Doomy Dooms of Doom / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Dramatic Drop / int_6374dcbb
The Middleman	hasFeature	Duel to the Death / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Ejection Seat / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Extended Disarming / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Eyepatch of Power / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Fanservice with a Smile / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	"Fantastic Voyage" Plot / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Feel No Pain / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Fictional Social Network / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Film the Hand / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Flesh-Eating Zombie / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Full-Name Basis / int_6374dcbb
The Middleman	hasFeature	Fun with Palindromes / int_6374dcbb
The Middleman	hasFeature	Fun with Subtitles / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Future Food Is Artificial / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Geeky Turn-On / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Go-Go Enslavement / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Goggles Do Something Unusual / int_6374dcbb
The Middleman	hasFeature	Hellevator / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Heroes "R" Us / int_6374dcbb
The Middleman	hasFeature	Hologram Projection Imperfection / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Horny Devils / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	I Take Offense to That Last One / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	I "Uh" You, Too / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Idiosyncrazy / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	I'm Mr. [Future Pop Culture Reference] / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Indecisive Parody / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Is the Answer to This Question "Yes"? / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	It Will Never Catch On / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Just Between You and Me / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Kiss of Distraction / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Lampshaded the Obscure Reference / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Lantern Jaw of Justice / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Layman's Terms / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Lethal Letter Opener / int_6374dcbb
The Middleman	hasFeature	Living Forever Is Awesome / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Lucky Charms Title / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Mad Lib Thriller Title / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Martial Pacifist / int_6374dcbb
The Middleman	hasFeature	Masked Luchador / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	May Contain Evil / int_6374dcbb
The Middleman	hasFeature	Meaningful Background Event / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Mentor Ship / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Mirror Universe / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Missed the Call / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Monsters Anonymous / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Mood Motif / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Muse Abuse / int_6374dcbb
The Middleman	hasFeature	Musical Assassin / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Mysterious Employer / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Narration Echo / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Next Sunday A.D. / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	No Peripheral Vision / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Not This One, That One / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Not Wearing Tights / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Otaku Surrogate / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Parental Neglect / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Pretentious Latin Motto / int_6374dcbb
The Middleman	hasFeature	Pulling Themselves Together / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Puppet Permutation / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Reckless Sidekick / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Recursive Adaptation / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Reference Overdosed / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Sarcasm Failure / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Saving the World / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Science Cannot Comprehend Phlebotinum / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Scout-Out / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	See-Thru Specs / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Send in the Clones / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Sexiled / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Sexy Mentor / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Silly Simian / int_6374dcbb
The Middleman	hasFeature	Sleep Cute / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Something Person / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Split-Screen Phone Call / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Spy Catsuit / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Stage Whisper / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Starving Artist / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Stock Scream / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Succubi and Incubi / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Take Over the World / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Teens Are Monsters / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Cobbler's Children Have No Shoes / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	The Whitest Black Guy / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Thememobile / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	This Is for Emphasis, Bitch! / int_6374dcbb
The Middleman	hasFeature	Three Laws-Compliant / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Title In / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Too Good to Last / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Touch of Death / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Training from Hell / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Truth Serums / int_6374dcbb
The Middleman	hasFeature	Ultra Super Death Gore Fest Chainsawer 3000 / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Understanding Boyfriend / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Unfazed Everyman / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Unholy Matrimony / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Unit Confusion / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Video Wills / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	What Would X Do? / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	World of Snark / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	You Cannot Grasp the True Form / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	You Fool! / int_637554db
TheMiddleMan	sameAs	The Middleman
The Middleman	hasFeature	Good News, Bad News / int_637554db
The Middleman	hasFeature	Wunza Plot / int_637554db

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