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Through the story, the star, Supervisor 246, ends up being reincarnated out of the afterlife into another universe, crosses into a third, back into his own, dies, is re-reincarnated along with a friend, is killed by the friend who then blows up a hotel room to commit suicide, is visited by another friend who temporarily dies, plus waits for the death of his best friend who was a man but decided to go back to earth and be born as a woman so that when he died he could have regular sex with his friend Supervisor 246, who isn't into gay sex.

 

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* [[All of Them]]: David gets a call telling him some supervisors have quit in protest over Administrator Marilyn's treatment of Supervisor 246. How many? All 4,306 of them, which means the courts grind to a halt and they can't handle disputes. Actually, it's worse than all of them quitting. One supervisor didn't quit, that way Marilyn can't simply replace everyone.

* [[Altum Videtur]] - "I was, am, and always will be, ''primus inter pares'', your friend."

* [[Shout-Out]] - "Have you ever seen 'Star Trek'? We have transporters here, just like they do."

** This is only one example; there are tons of shout-outs to the author's favorite books/movies/TV shows, perhaps most frequently Heinlein, [[Ayn Rand]], [[Star Trek]], and [[The Matrix]].

* [[There Are No Rules]] - From ''The Sign by the Right of The Road'': "There is no law except the Law of the Jungle in the Frontier, anyone may do anything to anyone out there. Rule #1 doesn't apply there, there are no rules."

* [[Title Drop]] - Each chapter is titled from a line of dialog in that chapter.

** Usually [...] with lots of ellipses [...] [[Quote Mine]] style [...] which make the chapter [...] titles look [...] as though they ought [...] to be read [...] by [[William Shatner]].

* [[Translation Convention]] - "What are guys like me, who don't speak or read English, supposed to do?"

* [[Unstoppable Rage]] - "I will come down on all of you worse than [[The Usual Suspects|Keyser Soze]]..."

* [[Vagina Dentata]]

* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]] - A number of bible quotes are used in the book, including where the Chairman of the Afterlife sends a messenger to fetch 246, telling him to use the Bible quote ''Judges 3:20''.

* [[You're Insane!]] - Mias 808's response to the bet that 246 suggests in Chapter 22 (details on the bet in question are best read on the PDF):

* [[Your Universe or Mine?]] - 246 has sex in more than one universe other than the one he came from.

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'''[[Memetic Mutation|Both]]''': Do-ho-ho-ho-hoh!

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