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* [[Kids Are Cruel]]: Even the protagonist and his group of friends are mean, initially, to Benjamin "Nicky" Nichol, the posh kid from the big house.
* [[No Communities Were Harmed]]: Garmouth is a fairly obvious version of [[Fictional Counterpart|real North Eastern town, Tynemouth]], where Westall was born and raised. At least, to anyone familiar with the area.
* [[Not -So -Abandoned Building]]: In order to help conceal the location of the Fort, the gang spread rumors about {{spoiler|Nicky's bombed-out house}} being haunted by the ghosts of dead sailors. They also put up fake War Office signs warning of unexploded bombs and minefields.
* [[Oop North]]: Aye lad, we're gannin' oop North for this ane. Justified, since it's set in the North East of England and based on the writer's own childhood there.
* [[Pragmatic Adaptation]]: A very mild case in the 1983 TV version - Chas uses his actual gasmask, rather than the metal case to beat {{spoiler|Boddser Brown}}.