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* [[Freudian Excuse]]: {{spoiler|Elsa's secret reason for making Dren, as well as her later abusive, controlling nature, comes from her abusive mother.}}

** It could be said that {{spoiler|Dren}} has one of these as well.

* [[Fun With Acronyms]]: '''N'''ucleic '''E'''xchange '''R'''esearch and '''D'''evelopment.

* [[Gender Bender]]: Ginger turns from female to male due to hormonal changes, and fights Fred (who was male from the start) during a press conference that unleashes a shower of blood on the crowd. {{spoiler|Dren later does the same thing.}}

* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: Dren, though it's more accurate to call her a [[Transhuman]].

* [[Healing Factor]]: Dren seems to have one of these, as she is capable of {{spoiler|regrowing her stinger}} and {{spoiler|surviving getting speared through the chest with a tree branch. Bashing her/his brains in seems to do the trick, however.}}

** Furthermore, [[King Kong|Jack Driscoll]] is now a scientist.

* [[Hollywood Sex]]: Averted with Elsa and Clive having a rather undramatic quickie on the couch. Rather than adhering to [[The Modest Orgasm]] trope, Elsa (and Clive) climaxes with audible but restrained gasps and groans to avoid waking up Dren who is asleep in the adjoining room. [[The Peeping Tom|It doesn't work.]] Realism somewhat reduced by what this troper thought looked like a female example of [[Right Through His Pants]].

* [[Our Demons Are Different]]: While not a demon Dren is resembling the classical succubus {{spoiler|and even going so far as to changing gender.}}

* [[Parental Incest]]: {{spoiler|Dren with both of her/his parents.}}

** But the cells showed to explain Dren's aging divide [[You Fail Biology Forever|really, really quickly.]]

* [[Rags to Riches]]: Elsa grew up sleeping on a mattress on the floor, and is now a wealthy celebrity scientist.