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* BestFriend: Robin refers to Oberon as his closest compatriot.
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* BeserkButton: Robin's appears to be seeing children hurt.
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* BestFriend: Robin refers to Oberon as his closest compatriot.
* BestFriend: Robin refers to Oberon as his closest compatriot.
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* Flashback: Episode four starts with one of 9-year-old Gwendoline and Viola discovering a secret passage hidden in the palace library.
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* Flashback: {{Flashback}}: Episode four starts with one of 9-year-old Gwendoline and Viola discovering a secret passage hidden in the palace library.
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* AttemptedRape: The Black Shuck stalks a woman through the London streets and beats a man who approaches her, assuming he is going to try and rape her.
* BatmanParody: The Black Shuck is one, depicted as a violent, incompetent nutcase.
* ColorCharacter: The Black Shuck.
* TheCowl: The Black Shuck is a parody of this trope, who spouts nonsense about justice while beating up random people in the street.
* DirtyHarriet: Mortimer pretends to be a DamsalInDistress in order to lure the Black Shuck in and arrest him.
* HypocriticalHumor: The Black Shuck stops what he thinks is an attempted rape in a back alley. He then suggests the woman can repay him with sex in a back alley.
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* IronicNickname: Lampshaded. Robin has to explain to Lavinia why he refers to Oberon as Little John.
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* IronicNickname: Lampshaded. [[LampshadedTrope Lampshaded]]. Robin has to explain to Lavinia why he refers to Oberon as Little John.John.
* IstanbulNotConstantinople: The prologue reveals that on Celador the British Isles are refered to as Britannica and London as Londinium.
* IstanbulNotConstantinople: The prologue reveals that on Celador the British Isles are refered to as Britannica and London as Londinium.
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* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: After the Black Shuck is tased, he attempts to escape while shouting about the nobility of his quest, all despite the fact his legs have stopped working.
* RescueSex: The Black Shuck tries to get some of this from a woman he thinks he has saved from a rape.
* ShapedLikeItself: The Black Shuck described criminals burrowing into London like burrowing insects.
** The third narrator uses TheYoungVictoria as a reference point for explaining who King William IV.
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* AliensOfLondon: The Akka and the Duart all share accents with their voice actors.
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* BookcasePassage: Viola and 9-year-old Gwendoline find one in the library of Buckingham Palace.
* ChivalrousPervert: Robin, who is a genuinely good person, but nonetheless hits on every woman he meets, regardless of species.
* CovertGroupWithMundaneFront: The Hoods own and use factories in the city.
* Flashback: Episode four starts with one of 9-year-old Gwendoline and Viola discovering a secret passage hidden in the palace library.
* GetYourMindOutOfTheGutter: One of the narrators says this to the audience after she talks about Robin following Scarlet into her private quarters.
* HideAndNoSeek: 9-year-old Gwendoline gets Viola to reveal her hiding spot by threatening to walk away from the game and get something to eat.
* HonestCorporateExecutive: Scarlet appears to be a variation of this, willing to pay her employees a living wage while her competitors use literal slave labor.
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* InTheHood: Robin and Oberon's disguises include hoods to hide their identities. In fact, Robin is fully known as "Robin of the Hood."
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* InTheHood: InTheHood:
** Robin and Oberon's disguises include hoods to hide their identities. In fact, Robin is fully known as "Robin of the Hood.""
** Their whole gang is called the Hoods, and it appears they all use these as disguises.
** Robin and Oberon's disguises include hoods to hide their identities. In fact, Robin is fully known as "Robin of the Hood.
** Their whole gang is called the Hoods, and it appears they all use these as disguises.
* LaResistance: The Hoods, while appearing as nothing more than a street gang on the surface, are actually working towards bringing an end to Duart control of London and the poverty that comes with it.
* TheNoseKnows: 9-year-old Gwendoline is able to spot the fact Viola is hiding in the library with her when she catches whiff of the Duart's perfume.
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* PublicDomainSoundtrack: In the first episode, a re-orchestrated version of the Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy plays during the flashback and a separate one plays at the end of the episode.
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* PublicDomainSoundtrack: PublicDomainSoundtrack:
** In the first episode, a re-orchestrated version of [[TheNutcracker the Dance of the Sugar-PlumFairy Fairy]] plays during the flashback and a separate one plays at the end of the episode.episode.
** Episode three features re-orchestrated versions the Brandonberg Concerto by Creator/JohanSebastianBach and Egmont Overture by Creator/LudwigVanBeethoven.
** In the first episode, a re-orchestrated version of [[TheNutcracker the Dance of the Sugar-Plum
** Episode three features re-orchestrated versions the Brandonberg Concerto by Creator/JohanSebastianBach and Egmont Overture by Creator/LudwigVanBeethoven.
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** The various narrators mispronouncing areas of England.
** The complete lack of consistency in the narration.
** The various narrators mispronouncing areas of England.
** The complete lack of consistency in the narration.
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** 9-year-old Gwendoline references Literature/JourneyToTheCenterOfTheEarth when she and Viola discover a secret passage in the palace library.
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* StreetUrchin: The Hoods recruit these to work as their eyes and ears in the city.
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* ThievesGuild: On the surface, the Hoods are this, though there is much more to them then that.
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* {{Angrish}}: Oberon becomes so angry, he verbally snarls at Imogen, though he was likely deliberately doing this just to frighten herher.
* ArcherArchetype: Fittingly for someone who thinks highly of Robin Hood, Robin is a charismatic and independent minded thief who uses a bow.
* ArcherArchetype: Fittingly for someone who thinks highly of Robin Hood, Robin is a charismatic and independent minded thief who uses a bow.
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* AmbigousDisorder: Gwendoline has a condition that causes pain in her head and body and also causes her to have angry outbursts.
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* AmbigousDisorder: AmbiguousDisorder: Gwendoline has a condition that causes pain in her head and body and also causes her to have angry outbursts.
* BattleStrip: Gwendoline strips down to her underclothes and Simon takes off his shirt when they spar with one another.
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* ParentalSubstitue: Gwendoline refers to Archduke Coriolanus as her father.
* PercursiveTherapy: After a particularly stressful meeting with Aaron and Coriolanus, Gwendoline works off some steam by sparring with one of the guards.
* PercursiveTherapy: After a particularly stressful meeting with Aaron and Coriolanus, Gwendoline works off some steam by sparring with one of the guards.
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* ParentalSubstitue: ParentalSubstitute: Gwendoline refers to Archduke Coriolanus as her father.
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* CrazyCatLady: Gwendoline is drifting close to this, as she is dealing with mental illness and owns ten or so cats.
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* RuggedScar: Archduke Coriolanus is described as having facial scars he received in battle.
* SculptedPhysique: While not literal, Archduke Coriolanus is described as appearing to have a face that looked like it was sculpted from stone.
* ShamefulShrinking: Viola shrinks under Archduke Coriolanus' gaze after he subtly accuses her of not taking proper care of Gwendoline.
* RuggedScar: Archduke Coriolanus is described as having facial scars he received in battle.
* SculptedPhysique: While not literal, Archduke Coriolanus is described as appearing to have a face that looked like it was sculpted from stone.
* ShamefulShrinking: Viola shrinks under Archduke Coriolanus' gaze after he subtly accuses her of not taking proper care of Gwendoline.
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* AffectionateNickname: Aaron refers to Gwendoline as 'sweet pea.'
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** The title seems to be a reference to Film/RobinHoodPrinceOfThieves, supported by the influence the Myth/RobinHood legends of on the story.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Viola, often towards Gwendoline.
->''"There's a snap in the air, can you smell it?"''
->''"No, just cat."''
->''"There's a snap in the air, can you smell it?"''
->''"No, just cat."''
* IJustWantToBeFree: Gwendoline dreams of having the freedom to experience the world outside the palace.
* JadeColoredGlasses: Due to her poor upbringing, Viola is something of a cynic. Gwendoline describes her as not liking or trusting anyone.
* KidsAreCruel:
** Viola says that Gwendoline was cruel and spoiled as a child, unlike now, when she's just spoiled.
** Lady Imogen is virulently racist towards Oberon and demands his head on a spike for stealing her doll.
** Viola says that Gwendoline was cruel and spoiled as a child, unlike now, when she's just spoiled.
** Lady Imogen is virulently racist towards Oberon and demands his head on a spike for stealing her doll.
* PoseOfSupplication: After magically gagging her, Viola makes Gwendoline get down on one knee to beg for her voice back.
* PowerEchoes: Viola's voice echoes whenever she casts a spell.
* PowerMakesYourVoiceDeep: Viola's voice drops a few octaves whenever she casts a spell.
* PowerEchoes: Viola's voice echoes whenever she casts a spell.
* PowerMakesYourVoiceDeep: Viola's voice drops a few octaves whenever she casts a spell.
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* RoyalBrat: 9-year-old Princess Gwendoline was known to the populace as a "miniature tyrant."
* StockBritishPhrases: Since the story is set in Victorian Britain, these pop up, including such swears as "buggeration."
* StockBritishPhrases: Since the story is set in Victorian Britain, these pop up, including such swears as "buggeration."
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* RoyalBrat: RebelliousPrincess: Gwendoline would rather be out exploring England than performing her expected duties.
* RoyalBrat:
** 9-year-old Princess Gwendoline was known to the populace as a "miniature tyrant."
* StockBritishPhrases: Since the story is set ** 17-year-old Gwendoline isn't much better, lounging in Victorian Britain, these pop up, including such swears as "buggeration."bed and demanding Viola fetch her cake.
* RoyalBrat:
** 9-year-old Princess Gwendoline was known to the populace as a "miniature tyrant."
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** The third narrator uses TheYoungVictoria has a reference point for explaining who King William IV.
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* SilenceYouFool: Viola does this to Gwendoline backed with magical power to literally mute her.
* SilenceYouFool: Viola does this to Gwendoline backed with magical power to literally mute her.
* StockBritishPhrases: Since the story is set in Victorian Britain, these pop up, including such swears as "buggeration" and "gobshite."
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* WhoDares: The Marquis of Chiswick exclaims "How dare you!" when Robin and Oberon rob him.
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* WhoDares: WhoDares:
** The Marquis of Chiswick exclaims "How dare you!" when Robin and Oberon robhim.him.
** Gwendoline says the same thing when Viola magically gags her.
** The Marquis of Chiswick exclaims "How dare you!" when Robin and Oberon rob
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* GiftGivingGaffe: Aaron of Britannica keeps giving Gwendoline gifts despite the fact she does not want them.
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* StickyFingers: While Robin is after glory, Oberon seems to just enjoy stealing things and is directly stated to have kleptomania.
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* StickyFingers: While Robin is after glory, Oberon seems to just enjoy stealing things and is directly stated to have kleptomania.kleptomania, which he wishes to control and finds shameful because it plays into the stereotype that all Akka are thieves.
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* Angrish: Oberon becomes so angry, he verbally snarls at Imogen, though he was likely deliberately doing this to frighten her
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* AssholeVictim:
** Robin points out that he was able to get information on the Marquis of Cheswick from his servants after he cut their pay.
** Robin also acknowledges that Lady Imogen deserved to have her doll stolen after her racist remarks towards Oberon.
** Robin points out that he was able to get information on the Marquis of Cheswick from his servants after he cut their pay.
** Robin also acknowledges that Lady Imogen deserved to have her doll stolen after her racist remarks towards Oberon.
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* BestFriends: Robin refers to Oberon as his closest compatriot.
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* FolkHero: Robin aims to be one by borrowing the reputation of actual folk hero Myth/RobinHood.
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* AFoggyDayInLondonTown: After robbing the Marquis of Cheswick, Robin and Oberon loose the watchmen by disappearing into the thick, London fog.
* Angrish: Oberon becomes so angry, he verbally snarls at Imogen, though he was likely deliberately doing this to frighten her
* BestFriends: Robin refers to Oberon as his closest compatriot.
* BecomingTheMask: Oberon raises concerns that Robin is becoming too obsessed with the Robin Hood persona.
* ChildEater: Oberon threatens to eat Imogen, though he's likely doing it just to be intimidating.
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* FantasticRacism: Lady Imogen reacts with disgust at the sight of Oberon and accuses all Akka of being thieves.
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* FantasticRacism: FantasticRacism:
** Lady Imogen reacts with disgust at the sight of Oberon and accuses all Akka of beingthieves.thieves.
** Marchioness Marissa refers to Oberon as a repulsive creature.
* FantasticSlur: Imogen refers to Oberon as a "greenskin" at one point.
** Lady Imogen reacts with disgust at the sight of Oberon and accuses all Akka of being
** Marchioness Marissa refers to Oberon as a repulsive creature.
* FantasticSlur: Imogen refers to Oberon as a "greenskin" at one point.
* GentlemanThief: Robin functions as one, charming Marchioness Marissa even as he robs her at gunpoint.
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* InTheHood: Robin and Oberon's disguises include hoods to disguise their identities. In fact, Robin is fully known as "Robin of the Hood."
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* InterspeciesFriendship: Robin the Duart and Oberon the Akka.
* InTheHood: Robin and Oberon's disguises include hoods todisguise hide their identities. In fact, Robin is fully known as "Robin of the Hood."
* InTheHood: Robin and Oberon's disguises include hoods to
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* LampshadedDoubleEntendre:
** After Oberon threatens to eat Lady Imogen, Robin assures her mother, Marchioness Marissa, that no one will be eaten, unless she plays her cards right.
** Oberon says that for their next robbery, he will intimidate the victim by sticking his head in his mouth. Robin asks if he wants to rephrase that.
** After Oberon threatens to eat Lady Imogen, Robin assures her mother, Marchioness Marissa, that no one will be eaten, unless she plays her cards right.
** Oberon says that for their next robbery, he will intimidate the victim by sticking his head in his mouth. Robin asks if he wants to rephrase that.
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* BrattyHalfPint: 9-year-old Princess Gwendoline comes across as this, having given a previous nanny a black eye.
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* BrattyHalfPint: BrattyHalfPint:
** 9-year-old Princess Gwendoline comes across as this, having given a previous nanny a blackeye.eye.
** Lady Imogen, the daughter of the Marquis of Cheswick doesn't let things like being held at gunpoint stop her from making racist remarks.
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* CunningLikeAFox: Robin describes himself as fast as a fox and twice as cunning.
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* EverythingIsShinierWithGold: The Marquis of Chiswick's carriage is gilded as a sign of his wealth.
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* EverythingIsShinierWithGold: The Marquis of Chiswick's carriage FamedInStory: Robin is gilded somewhat this, as a sign of his wealth.he claims to be the real Myth/RobinHood though not everyone believes him.
* GoldMakesEverythingShiny: The Marquis of Chiswick's carriage is gilded as a sign of his wealth.
* TheHighwayman: Robin and Oberon are these. Robin even announces himself to the Marquis of Chiswick with "stand and deliver!"
* TrouserSpace: The Marquis of Chiswick keeps a coin pouch in his underclothes.
* WeAreEverywhere: When the Marquis of Chiswick demands to know how Robin knew about his hidden money, Robin replies that in London there are eyes at every window and ears at every door.
* WeAreEverywhere: When the Marquis of Chiswick demands to know how Robin knew about his hidden money, Robin replies that in London there are eyes at every window and ears at every door.
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* OurWormholesAreDifferent: As with other New Century stories, the world is heavily effected by portals to other Earths that are opening up for unknown reasons.
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* WhoDares: The Marquis of Chiswick exclaims "How dare you!" when Robin and Oberon rob him.
* OurWormholesAreDifferent: As with other New Century stories, the world is heavily effected by portals to other Earths that are opening up for unknownreasons.reasons.
* YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith: While being robbed, the Marquis of Chiswick questions if Robin knows who he is, to which Robin snidely replies of course he does, he's been planning the robbery for days.
* OurWormholesAreDifferent: As with other New Century stories, the world is heavily effected by portals to other Earths that are opening up for unknown
* YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith: While being robbed, the Marquis of Chiswick questions if Robin knows who he is, to which Robin snidely replies of course he does, he's been planning the robbery for days.
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* BenevolentAlienInvasion: Though the Duart do take over the country, their arrival is largely to England's benefit, as they fight off the Barghest infestation and return the country to the level it was at before the outbreak.
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** The third narrator mentions a resurgence of "those Napoleonic era bandleader coats favored by [[Music/SgtPeppersLonelyHeartsClubBand Sgt. Pepper.]]"
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* AChildShallLeadThem: After Queen Victoria flees Britain, Princess Gwendoline is the heir to the British throne, which is currently held by her regent, the dwart Archduke of Buckingham.
* AlienSpaceBats: The situation in Britain, which already involved Alien Space Bats in the form of the Barghest, is further altered by the arrival of the aka and the dwart.
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* AChildShallLeadThem: After Queen Victoria flees Britain, Princess Gwendoline is the heir to the British throne, which is currently held by her regent, the dwart Duart Archduke of Buckingham.
* AlienSpaceBats: The situation in Britain, which already involved Alien Space Bats in the form of the Barghest, is further altered by the arrival of theaka Akka and the dwart.Duart.
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* EstablishingSeriesMoment: Less than a minute into the first episode, the Narrator and her sound engineer get into an argument over how to pronounce Caledor, establishing that the story has a more comedic bent than previous entries in the New Century series.
* FamousAncestor: Princess Gwendoline is part of the British royal family, and presumably a granddaughter of Queen Victoria herself.
* FamousAncestor: Princess Gwendoline is part of the British royal family, and presumably a granddaughter of Queen Victoria herself.
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* EstablishingSeriesMoment: Less than a minute into the first episode, the Narrator and her sound engineer get into an argument over how to pronounce Caledor, Celador, establishing that the story has a more comedic bent than previous entries in the New Century series.
* FamousAncestor: Princess Gwendoline is part of the British royal family, andpresumably presumably, a granddaughter of Queen Victoria herself.
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* KindheartedCatLover: Viola starts to win Princess Gwendoline around when her cat, Sebastian, warms up quickly to the dwart, something he hadn't done to her previous nannies.
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* KindheartedCatLover: Viola starts to win Princess Gwendoline around when her cat, Sebastian, warms up quickly to the dwart, Duart, something he hadn't done to her previous nannies.
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* IstanbulNotConstantinople: The prologue reveals that on Celador the British Isles are refered to as Britannia and London as Londinium.
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* IstanbulNotConstantinople: The prologue reveals that on Celador the British Isles are refered to as Britannia Britannica and London as Londinium.
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* NoBiochemicalBarriers: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with the dwart, who are immune to Barghest plague.
* NoPronunciationGuide: The Narrator and her sound engineer get in a brief argument about how to pronounce Caledor, which spills into other pronunciation arguments.
* NoPronunciationGuide: The Narrator and her sound engineer get in a brief argument about how to pronounce Caledor, which spills into other pronunciation arguments.
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* NoBiochemicalBarriers: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with the dwart, Duart, who are immune to Barghest plague.
* NoPronunciationGuide: The Narrator and her sound engineer get in a brief argument about how to pronounceCaledor, Celador, which spills into other pronunciation arguments.
* NoPronunciationGuide: The Narrator and her sound engineer get in a brief argument about how to pronounce
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* PoliticalMarriage: Princess Gwendoline, the last remaining member of the British House Saxe-Coburg is to marry the dwart lord, Aaron of Britanica to unite their peoples.
* PublicDomainSoundtrack: A re-orchestrated version of the Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy plays during the flashback and a separate one plays at the end of the episode.
* PublicDomainSoundtrack: A re-orchestrated version of the Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy plays during the flashback and a separate one plays at the end of the episode.
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* PoliticalMarriage: Princess Gwendoline, the last remaining member of the British House Saxe-Coburg is to marry the dwart Duart lord, Aaron of Britanica to unite their peoples.
* PublicDomainSoundtrack:A In the first episode, a re-orchestrated version of the Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy plays during the flashback and a separate one plays at the end of the episode.
* PublicDomainSoundtrack:
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* OurWormholesAreDifferent: As with other New Century stories, the world is heavily effected portals to other Earths that are opening up for unknown reasons.
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* OurWormholesAreDifferent: As with other New Century stories, the world is heavily effected by portals to other Earths that are opening up for unknown reasons.
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Set on the same AlternateHistory Earth as the rest of the series, it explores what has become of Victorian England since the coming of the ZombieApocalypse that has wiped out most of humanity.
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Set on the same AlternateHistory Earth as the rest of the series, it explores what has become of Victorian England VictorianBritain since the coming of the ZombieApocalypse that has wiped out most of humanity.
* AChildShallLeadThem: After Queen Victoria flees Britain, Princess Gwendoline is the heir to the British throne, which is currently held by her regent, the dwart Archduke of Buckingham.
* AlienSpaceBats: The situation in Britain, which already involved Alien Space Bats in the form of the Barghest, is further altered by the arrival of the aka and the dwart.
* AlienSpaceBats: The situation in Britain, which already involved Alien Space Bats in the form of the Barghest, is further altered by the arrival of the aka and the dwart.
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** In fact, the sound engineer mentions that the New Century story has about ten alternate Earths, including Rama (from Tiger's Eye), Hanoth (the Aka homeworld), Celador, Centrum (the main Earth of the overall story),
* DehumanizingInsult: The Narrator takes offense to the Aka being referred to as 'monstrous.'
* DehumanizingInsult: The Narrator takes offense to the Aka being referred to as 'monstrous.'
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** In fact, the sound engineer mentions that the New Century story has about ten alternate Earths, including Rama (from Tiger's Eye), Hanoth (the Aka aka homeworld), Celador, Centrum Celador (the main Earth dwart homeworld), and Centrum.
* ArrangedMarriage: Between Princess Gwendoline and Aaron of Britannica.
* BadlyBatteredBabysitter: The nanny before Viola is mentioned leaving with torn clothes and a black eye.
* BrattyHalfPint: 9-year-old Princess Gwendoline comes across as this, having given a previous nanny a black eye.
* BureaucraticallyArrangedMarriage: As Princess Gwendoline has no parents, it is the regent of theoverall story),
* DehumanizingInsult: The Narrator takes offenseBritish throne who has arranged her marriage to the Aka being referred to as 'monstrous.'Aaron of Britannica.
* ArrangedMarriage: Between Princess Gwendoline and Aaron of Britannica.
* BadlyBatteredBabysitter: The nanny before Viola is mentioned leaving with torn clothes and a black eye.
* BrattyHalfPint: 9-year-old Princess Gwendoline comes across as this, having given a previous nanny a black eye.
* BureaucraticallyArrangedMarriage: As Princess Gwendoline has no parents, it is the regent of the
* DehumanizingInsult: The Narrator takes offense
* FamousAncestor: Princess Gwendoline is part of the British royal family, and presumably a granddaughter of Queen Victoria herself.
* ForcedSleep: Viola knocks Princess Gwendoline out with a sleeping spell during their first encounter.
* FunctionalMagic: The dwart can perform magic, though it is not yet shown if humans can.
* ForcedSleep: Viola knocks Princess Gwendoline out with a sleeping spell during their first encounter.
* FunctionalMagic: The dwart can perform magic, though it is not yet shown if humans can.
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* LemonyNarrator: The Narrator pauses multiple times to critique what she's been given to read.
* IstanbulNotConstantinople: The prologue reveals that on Celador the British Isles are refered to as Britannia.
* IstanbulNotConstantinople: The prologue reveals that on Celador the British Isles are refered to as Britannia.
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* LemonyNarrator: TheJester: Viola is officially Princess Gwendoline's jester and isn't afraid to tell her off.
* KindheartedCatLover: Viola starts to win Princess Gwendoline around when her cat, Sebastian, warms up quickly to the dwart, something he hadn't done to her previous nannies.
* KnockOutGas: Viola's sleep spell is visualized as a cloud of blue smoke.
* LemonyNarrator:
** The Narrator pauses multiple times to critique what she's been given to read.
** The separate, Flashback Narrator also has shades of this, commenting she would have punched out 9-year-old Princess Gwendoline for being a brat.
* IstanbulNotConstantinople: The prologue reveals that on Celador the British Isles are refered to asBritannia.Britannia and London as Londinium.
* MagicalNanny: Viola is a literal one, capable of casting spells.
* KindheartedCatLover: Viola starts to win Princess Gwendoline around when her cat, Sebastian, warms up quickly to the dwart, something he hadn't done to her previous nannies.
* KnockOutGas: Viola's sleep spell is visualized as a cloud of blue smoke.
* LemonyNarrator:
** The Narrator pauses multiple times to critique what she's been given to read.
** The separate, Flashback Narrator also has shades of this, commenting she would have punched out 9-year-old Princess Gwendoline for being a brat.
* IstanbulNotConstantinople: The prologue reveals that on Celador the British Isles are refered to as
* MagicalNanny: Viola is a literal one, capable of casting spells.
* NoBiochemicalBarriers: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with the dwart, who are immune to Barghest plague.
* PoliticalMarriage: Princess Gwendoline, the last remaining member of the British House Saxe-Coburg is to marry the dwart lord, Aaron of Britanica to unite their peoples.
* PublicDomainSoundtrack: A re-orchestrated version of the Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy plays during the flashback and a separate one plays at the end of the episode.
* PurpleEyes: Possessed by the magical nanny Viola, described as strange and intense.
* RoyalBrat: 9-year-old Princess Gwendoline was known to the populace as a "miniature tyrant."
* PublicDomainSoundtrack: A re-orchestrated version of the Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy plays during the flashback and a separate one plays at the end of the episode.
* PurpleEyes: Possessed by the magical nanny Viola, described as strange and intense.
* RoyalBrat: 9-year-old Princess Gwendoline was known to the populace as a "miniature tyrant."
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* OurWormholesAreDifferent: As with other New Century stories, the plot is set off by portals to other Earths that are opening up for unknown reasons.
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* TantrumThrowing: The 9-year-old Princess Gwendoline is mentioned as having thrown a vase at a wall during a temper tantrum.
* TechnicolorEyes: Viola is described as having purple eyes.
* OurWormholesAreDifferent: As with other New Century stories, theplot world is set off by heavily effected portals to other Earths that are opening up for unknown reasons.
* TechnicolorEyes: Viola is described as having purple eyes.
* OurWormholesAreDifferent: As with other New Century stories, the
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* GotMeDoingIt: The Narrator gets frustrated when she starts accidentally using the pronunciation of Celador the sound engineer was using instead of the one she had been insisting on before.
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Set on the same AlternateHistory Earth as the rest of the series, it explores what has become of Victorian England since the coming of the {{ZombieApocalypse Wendigo}}.
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Set on the same AlternateHistory Earth as the rest of the series, it explores what has become of Victorian England since the coming of the {{ZombieApocalypse Wendigo}}.
ZombieApocalypse that has wiped out most of humanity.
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Similar to the other portals that are have appeared in New Century, the opening narration mentions a portal to another world opening north of Londonium.
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** Similar to the other portals that are have appeared in New Century, the opening narration mentions a portal to another world Centrum (the main Earth of New Century) opening north of Londonium.Londinium on Celador.
** In fact, the sound engineer mentions that the New Century story has about ten alternate Earths, including Rama (from Tiger's Eye), Hanoth (the Aka homeworld), Celador, Centrum (the main Earth of the overall story),
** In fact, the sound engineer mentions that the New Century story has about ten alternate Earths, including Rama (from Tiger's Eye), Hanoth (the Aka homeworld), Celador, Centrum (the main Earth of the overall story),
* {{Hellhound}}: The infected are called Barghests in reference to the English legend.
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* IstanbulNotConstantinople: The prologue refers to the British Isles as Britannia.
* NoPronunciationGuide: The Narrator and her sound engineer get in a brief argument about how to pronounce Caledor.
* NoPronunciationGuide: The Narrator and her sound engineer get in a brief argument about how to pronounce Caledor.
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* IstanbulNotConstantinople: The prologue refers to reveals that on Celador the British Isles are refered to as Britannia.
* NicknamingTheEnemy: The infected are referred to as Barghests in the UK, as opposed to the US where they are primarily known as Wendigo.
* NoPronunciationGuide: The Narrator and her sound engineer get in a brief argument about how to pronounceCaledor.Caledor, which spills into other pronunciation arguments.
* NicknamingTheEnemy: The infected are referred to as Barghests in the UK, as opposed to the US where they are primarily known as Wendigo.
* NoPronunciationGuide: The Narrator and her sound engineer get in a brief argument about how to pronounce
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* OurWormholesAreDifferent: Roughly a thousand years ago, a portal to another world opened north of Londonium.
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* OurWormholesAreDifferent: Roughly a thousand years ago, a portal As with other New Century stories, the plot is set off by portals to another world opened north of Londonium.other Earths that are opening up for unknown reasons.
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Set on the same AlternateHistory Earth as the rest of the series, it explores what has become of Victorian England since the coming of the {{ZombieApocalypse Wendigo]].
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Set on the same AlternateHistory Earth as the rest of the series, it explores what has become of Victorian England since the coming of the {{ZombieApocalypse Wendigo]].
Wendigo}}.
* AlternateUniverse:
Similar to the other portals that are have appeared in New Century, the opening narration mentions a portal to another world opening north of Londonium.
Similar to the other portals that are have appeared in New Century, the opening narration mentions a portal to another world opening north of Londonium.
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* OpeningMonologue: The first episode begins with one, with the narrator stopping multiple times to critique what she's been given to read.
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* OpeningMonologue: The first episode begins with one, with the narrator stopping multiple times to critique what she's been given to read.read.
* SpotOfTea: The sound engineer offers to get the Narrator a cup of tea to give her a break.
* OurWormholesAreDifferent: Roughly a thousand years ago, a portal to another world opened north of Londonium.
* SpotOfTea: The sound engineer offers to get the Narrator a cup of tea to give her a break.
* OurWormholesAreDifferent: Roughly a thousand years ago, a portal to another world opened north of Londonium.
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The Princess Thieves is an audio drama created by Alex Shaw and is the fifth story in the New Century series, as well as the fifth part of Phase 1 of the overarching story.
Set on the same AlternateHistory Earth as the rest of the series, it explores what has become of Victorian England since the coming of the {{ZombieApocalypse Wendigo]].
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!! The Princess Thieves provides examples of:
* DehumanizingInsult: The Narrator takes offense to the Aka being referred to as 'monstrous.'
* DistantPrologue: The prologue begins one thousand years before the story takes place.
* EstablishingSeriesMoment: Less than a minute into the first episode, the Narrator and her sound engineer get into an argument over how to pronounce Caledor, establishing that the story has a more comedic bent than previous entries in the New Century series.
* LemonyNarrator: The Narrator pauses multiple times to critique what she's been given to read.
* IstanbulNotConstantinople: The prologue refers to the British Isles as Britannia.
* NoPronunciationGuide: The Narrator and her sound engineer get in a brief argument about how to pronounce Caledor.
* OpeningMonologue: The first episode begins with one, with the narrator stopping multiple times to critique what she's been given to read.
Set on the same AlternateHistory Earth as the rest of the series, it explores what has become of Victorian England since the coming of the {{ZombieApocalypse Wendigo]].
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!! The Princess Thieves provides examples of:
* DehumanizingInsult: The Narrator takes offense to the Aka being referred to as 'monstrous.'
* DistantPrologue: The prologue begins one thousand years before the story takes place.
* EstablishingSeriesMoment: Less than a minute into the first episode, the Narrator and her sound engineer get into an argument over how to pronounce Caledor, establishing that the story has a more comedic bent than previous entries in the New Century series.
* LemonyNarrator: The Narrator pauses multiple times to critique what she's been given to read.
* IstanbulNotConstantinople: The prologue refers to the British Isles as Britannia.
* NoPronunciationGuide: The Narrator and her sound engineer get in a brief argument about how to pronounce Caledor.
* OpeningMonologue: The first episode begins with one, with the narrator stopping multiple times to critique what she's been given to read.
