Heterodyne

Heterodyne has a number of different meanings in Girl Genius:

• House Heterodyne is the hereditary outfit that lords it over Mechanicsburg. Characters surnamed "Heterodyne" are members of House Heterodyne, including, but not limited to:
  • Agatha Heterodyne (or Agatha Clay) is the Girl Genius of the story title.
  • Barry Heterodyne
  • Dagon Heterodyne
  • Euphrosynia Heterodyne
  • Faustus Heterodyne
  • Ghengis Heterodyne, one of the founders of the line
  • Goot Heterodyne, builder ✣ of the Red Cathedral.
  • Iago Heterodyne, infamous for his Red Playroom
  • Iscarriot Heterodyne
  • Klaus Barry Heterodyne
  • Knife Ht'rok-din, builder of the original Castle Heterodyne
  • The Red Heterodyne
  • Vipsania Heterodyne
  • Vlad "the Blasphemous" Heterodyne, creator of Jägerbräu
  • William Heterodyne (aka Bill Heterodyne)
  • Igneous Heterodyne
• The Heterodyne is the member of House Heterodyne currently in charge ✣ of Castle Heterodyne.
• Zola "Heterodyne" isn't a member of House Heterodyne, but wants people to think she is.
• Castle Heterodyne is the home turf of House Heterodyne.
• Heterodyne Device is a gadget built by one of the Heterodynes.
• Heterodyne shows are staged plays about the exploits of Bill and Barry Heterodyne.
• Heterodyning is a real-world physical phenomenon, but in Girl Genius, it describes the odd humming/singing/whistling that the Heterodyne Sparks do when they enter Sparky hyper-focus.
• The Heterodyne family crypt is where ex-Heterodynes repose.
• Ht'rok-din is the original family name