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* NoSympathy: She isn't very sympathetic at all to Daenerys when she has only just learned her baby was stillborn. Justified since, to Mirri's eyes, Daenerys' child -- "The Stallion Who Mounts The World", prophesied to lead the Dothraki to heights of conquest and plunder never before seen in the world -- was somewhere between Baby Hitler and the AntiChrist.

* CoolOldLady: Whether she falls into this or EvilOldFolks depends on your viewpoint. Indisputably, she killed Daenerys' son. But you can legitimately argue whether or not that was a good thing, since "destined unifying leader of the Dothraki" is basically "Hitler" to the rest of Essos. Likewise, seeing Khal Drogo reduced to an EmptyShell could be argued as legitimate payback, given he had her village destroyed and her friends, family and neighbors slaughtered for laughs.

* AdaptationalVillainy: In the books, it's left slightly ambiguous whether she sabotaged Drogo's wound, since he later goes back to his traditional remedies. This is omitted from the show, though both versions are explicit that Mirri wanted him dead.

** Deconstructed in Season 7. While Dany could easily set them loose on Westeros to destroy any army in their path and plunder all of Westeros, doing so will lose her the goodwill of the people and make her NotSoDifferent.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Seems so at first. Despite Daenerys being visibly distraught on their wedding night, Khal Drogo still aggressively takes his MaritalRapeLicense at least twice. In the novels, he tries to convey he won't force himself on her and attempts to be more gentle in soothing Daenerys into the act, yet [[{{Squick}} he's still a grown man groping a 13 year old girl until she gives in and has sex with him]]. Then it ends up being [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] further when he's said to viciously force himself on her numerous times after that until she starts considering [[DrivenToSuicide suicide]]. Comparatively, in the show Daenerys' takes control of her marriage by learning the erotic arts a lot sooner and her suicidal thoughts are not explored.

* RoyalHarem: Not as precisly as the trope implies, but they actually play a role similar to the real life Ottoman Harem, where women served as advisors despite being confined in one section of the Palace.

* AdaptationalVillainy: Despite Daenerys being visibly distraught on their wedding night, Khal Drogo still takes his MaritalRapeLicense. This contrasts from the novels where Drogo shows his HiddenDepths by soothing and caressing Daenerys until she's in the proper mood, while trying to convey (though with a lot of difficulty due to the language barrier) that he won't force himself upon her if she doesn't want to sleep with him. Instead this is used for Daenerys' CharacterDevelopment as she takes control of her marriage by learning the erotic arts.

* RaceLift: From East Asian in the book to AmbiguouslyBrown in the show.

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* CoolOldLady: Whether she falls into this or EvilOldFolks depends on your viewpoint.
* DefiantToTheEnd: Vows to not scream when Dany orders her thrown onto Drogo's funeral pyre. She fails to keep this promise.

* NoSympathy: She isn't very sympathetic at all to Daenerys when she has only just learned her baby was stillborn.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Invoked.

* UngratefulBastard: Played with. Daenerys more or less accuses Mirri of being this after she betrays her, killing her unborn son and leaving her husband in a vegetative state even though Daenerys had saved her life several times and kept her safe. Mirri, however, counters that the only reason she needed 'saving' was because Drogo attacked her village and that her life had already been ruined.

* AntiMagicalFaction: All the Dothraki have a deep hate of "Maegi" (witches). Subverted later when they bow to Daenerys after she performs a miraculous act: the witches that they ''do'' hate might be just poisoners.
** Generally in the novels the Dothraki are said to hate "blood magic", fearing them as poisoners, etc. (which turns out to be a justified fear). That being said they believe in all sorts of "magical" omens and prophecies. Most factions in this world don't even ''believe'' in magic - the socially important maesters in Westeros are "anti-magic" in the sense that they encourage the view that "magic" doesn't even exist.

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: The Dothraki follow only the strongest among them; a khal claims his position by impressing, intimidating or killing anyone who questions his authority.

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Of the nomadic steppe peoples of Eurasia like Huns, Mongols, Turks, etc, with some elements of Native American (particularly the Comanche) thrown in for flavor. The show tones down the more overt Mongolian depiction of the books, however, which might come as too stereotypical and offensive on screen. Their language in the show was thought up to be a combination of Turkish, Russian and Arabic.

* NoOSHACompliance: Not that health and safety regulations exist really exist, but having all their important buildings in Vaes Dothrak be made of straw and mud, lit with huge flaming braziers, ''and'' lacking ways to put a blaze out quickly is a tremendously stupid idea. For what it's worth, it's also a bad idea to have a large hall with only one exit.
* NoWomansLand: Downplayed compared to some examples, in that it's shown that Dothraki can genuinely love their mates and show them tenderness, but women are little better than the slaves, and will be raped by whoever wants them until one man decides he wishes to keep them. Even then, a woman is only safe so long as her "husband" is strong enough to scare off or kill any man who tries to steal her from him and sometimes not even from ''[[DomesticAbuse him]]'' (one Lhazareen dosh kaleen reminisces how she was forced to have a khal's child and he broke her ribs when it turned out to be a ''female'' - she was less than ''16'' when that happened). Slave women have it even worse. Even though the dosh khaleen is respected for its leadership role, the women in it are still forced to live as prisoners in a gilded cage, forbidden from ever leaving Vaes Dothrak and sworn to celibacy, whether they want to or not. After Daenerys unites them into a single khalassar under her command, she does her best to stamp this kind of thinking out.

** Real-life nomadic peoples from the plains of Central Asia actually sort of look like this--not exactly "East Asian" but kind of halfway between European and East Asian features--which is unsurprising given that they are geographically located ''between'' Europe and East Asia. Martin described them as having almond-shaped eyes and copper skin, but didn't say they look "East Asian". When asked why so few East Asian characters appear in the story, Martin cited that Yi Ti is even further away than the Dothraki and Qarth--not even citing the Dothraki as "East Asian" in appearance. The books even mentions that the analogue for East Asia have their own version of the Dothraki.

** What their interactions with other races usually boils down to. The Dothraki fight amongst themselves for what they want on an individual basis, but they readily band together to plunder and pillage the other peoples of Essos for loot, slaves and simple amusement.

* ZergRush: Part of what makes them so dangerous is the sheer numbers they can commit to a charge. That said, they're not weak individually (though they lack armor). [[spoiler:This is finally desconstructed in Season 8 when they try to use this tactic against the Night King's army, the kind of enemy that doesn't break, knows no fear or has any sense of self-preservation... And as a result the Dothraki get slaughtered all at once]].

* ZergRush: Part of what makes them so dangerous is the sheer numbers they can commit to a charge. That said, they're not weak individually (though they lack armor).

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* ChewingTheScenery: Normally a rather taciturn fellow, but when he makes a speech, then by the Mother of Mountains, a '''speech'' will be made! The sprays of saliva and wild flexing gesticulations are just icing on the cake.

* PerfectlyArrangedMarriage: He and Daenerys eventually end up happy together, once they've managed to defeat the language barrier.

[[folder:General Tropes]]

* GoneHorriblyWrong In her murder of Rhaego (and possibly Drogo), she attempted to avert the prophecy of the Stallion Who Mounts the World. But in the process she gives Daenerys the means to awaken her three dragons, who goes on a warpath across Slaver's Bay before finally departing to Westeros with thousands of Unsullied, mercenaries, and freed men, as well as all the Dothraki hordes united under her as one khalasaar. Mirri may have killed Rhaego and stopped him from becoming The Stallion, but Daenerys as the Mother of Dragons is a ''far'' more dangerous warlord than Rhaego could have ever been.