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* {{Expy}}: Of Cyclops from the ''ComicBook/X-Men'' as both are characters who fire destructive beams of energy from their eyes which can't be controlled, specially his alternate counterpart in the ''ComicBook/AgeOfX'' storyline, dubbed Basilisk, who had his eyelids removed so he could be used to execute other mutants. He's also visually reminiscent of Xorn.

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* {{Expy}}: Of Cyclops from the ''ComicBook/X-Men'' ''ComicBook/XMen'' as both are characters who fire destructive beams of energy from their eyes which can't be controlled, specially his alternate counterpart in the ''ComicBook/AgeOfX'' storyline, dubbed Basilisk, who had his eyelids removed so he could be used to execute other mutants. He's also visually reminiscent of Xorn.
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* ShockwaveStomp: His superpower is stomping on the ground with his hooves and create shockwaves.

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* ShockwaveStomp: His superpower is stomping on the ground with his hooves and create creating shockwaves.
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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Why else the Royal Guards agree to conspire with Maximus to overthrow Black Bolt, Medusa, and the rest of Royal Family besides Maximus himself?

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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Why else the Royal Guards agree to conspire with Maximus to overthrow Black Bolt, Medusa, and the rest of Royal Family besides Maximus himself?oppressive FantasticCasteSystem?

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* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Why else the Royal Guards agree to conspire with Maximus to overthrow Black Bolt, Medusa, and the rest of Royal Family besides Maximus himself?



* FightLikeANormal: His superpower (underwater breathing) has ''absolutely nothing'' to do with his fighting skills.

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* FightLikeANormal: FightsLikeANormal: His superpower (underwater breathing) has ''absolutely nothing'' to do with his fighting skills.


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* OneManArmy: He effortlessly slaughters Maximus' guards and captures him, all by himself with nothing but two knives.
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* DualWielding: He uses two bladed weapons when he took out the Attilan Royal Guards who were protecting Maximus.
* FightLikeANormal: His superpower (underwater breathing) has ''absolutely nothing'' to do with his fighting skills.
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* SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: She's attracted to Dave because he's so nice to her, despite she was prejudiced against humans before.
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* AccidentalMurder: The death of his parents. [[spoiler:Maximus forged their signature on a document suggesting that Black Bolt undergo dangerous brain surgery. This was only intended to get him to flee Atillan, but when, overwhelmed with confusion and grief, Black Bolt asked "Why?" his voice disintegrated both of them.]]
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* [[ABoyAndHisX A Girl and Her X]]: An Inhuman girl and her giant, teleporting dog (Lockjaw).
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* {{Expy}}: Of Cyclops from the X-Men as both are characters who fire destructive beams of energy from their eyes which can't be controlled, resulting in the need to cover their face...Interestingly, Mordis shares his name with a minor X-Men character who is the younger half-sister of Dazzler and has the ability to fire blasts from her hands. He's also visually reminiscent of Xorn.

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* {{Expy}}: Of Cyclops from the X-Men ''ComicBook/X-Men'' as both are characters who fire destructive beams of energy from their eyes which can't be controlled, resulting specially his alternate counterpart in the need to cover their face...Interestingly, Mordis shares ''ComicBook/AgeOfX'' storyline, dubbed Basilisk, who had his name with a minor X-Men character who is the younger half-sister of Dazzler and has the ability eyelids removed so he could be used to fire blasts from her hands.execute other mutants. He's also visually reminiscent of Xorn.
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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: All of them are very active in te rule of Attilan.

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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: All of them are very active in te the rule of Attilan.
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!!''Karnak Mander-Azur''

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!!''Karnak Mander-Azur''!!''[[ComicBook/{{Karnak}} Karnak Mander-Azur]]''
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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: As Eldrac was physically part of Attilan, he had no hope of evacuating the city himself, but still spent his final moments evacuating the entire population of the city, which must have caused him no end of agony.]]

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* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: As Eldrac was physically part of Attilan, he had no hope of evacuating the city himself, but still spent his final moments evacuating the entire population of the city, which must have caused him no end of agony. Since he's essentially a wall, it's unclear if he needs to breathe air; if not then at least he'll have some peace.]]
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* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Black Bolt spares him, but traps him in an underground bunker for the rest of his life.]]

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* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Black Bolt spares him, but traps him in an underground bunker on the now lifeless Attilan for the rest of his life.]]

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* IWantMyJetPack: Louise's motivation. [[spoiler:She actually carries [[TragicKeepsake her father's ashes]] in a necklace shaped like an Apollo rocket]].
-->He spent his entire life wanting to go to the Moon, and NASA, they didn't know if they were gonna pick pilots or scientists. But guess what? They picked ''pilots.'' And my father, the ''scientist,'' he never got to go.



* TragicKeepsake: A toy rocket ship that [[spoiler:contains her father's ashes]].
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* DemotedToExtra: Despite being one of the main Inhumans in the comics, he only appears in a handful of episodes. Mike Moh is also billed as a guest star rather than part of the main cast.
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* AllForNothing: [[spoiler: His goal to undergo Terrigenesis a second time ends up failing, with the only crystal held by Medusa for negotiating destroyed and himself stranded on the Moon.]]

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* AllForNothing: [[spoiler: His goal to undergo Terrigenesis a second time ends up failing, with the only crystal held by Medusa for negotiating destroyed and himself stranded on the Moon.moon.]]
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: [[spoiler:His failsafe of setting up Attilan's barrier to fail without his input every hour ends up dooming the city, as even the partial shutdowns it experiences when he's a little bit late end up causing irreparable damage. Even when the failsafe is disabled, the barrier collapses completely within the day.]]
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* WhatTheHellHero: Gets one from Medusa for [[spoiler:keeping his knowledge of Maximus's plan and Triton's survival from the others.]]

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* WhatTheHellHero: Gets one from Medusa for [[spoiler:keeping his knowledge of Maximus's plan and Triton's survival from the others. They keep coming as the others learn that he has knowledge of some unspecified impending threat, which he refuses to fill them in on.]]

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* BodyHorror: It speaks volumes how drastic his Terrigenesis transformation was that a humanoid being become a ''living door''.

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* BodyHorror: It speaks volumes how drastic his Terrigenesis transformation was that a humanoid being become a ''living door''. The process of "opening" the door is also very painful for him, and staying open to allow many people to pass is effectively torture.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: As Eldrac was physically part of Attilan, he had no hope of evacuating the city himself, but still spent his final moments evacuating the entire population of the city, which must have caused him no end of agony.]]

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* ProphecyTwist: His visions are especially hard to figure out, as they're steeped in visual metaphor rather than just being what will actually happen.

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* MetaphoricallyTrue: As Bronaja gets a better handle on interpretating his visions, he also learns to start telling people what they want to hear, or to omit important details.
* ProphecyTwist: His visions are especially initially hard to figure out, as they're steeped in visual metaphor rather than just being what will actually happen.
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* CameBackWrong: [[spoiler:Being resurrected initially turns him into a deranged [[TheBerserker berserker]]. He can barely keep his rage in check, and was willing to stay behind to die again on Attilan as he thought himself to be too dangerous. Karnak talks him out of it.]]

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* CameBackWrong: [[spoiler:Being resurrected initially turns turned him into a deranged [[TheBerserker berserker]]. He berserker]], though he managed to calm down a bit thanks to Karnak. Still, he can barely keep his rage in check, and was willing to stay behind to die again on Attilan as he thought himself to be too dangerous. Karnak talks him out of it.]]
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* CameBackWrong: [[spoiler:Being resurrected initially turns him into a deranged [[TheBerserker berserker]]. Fortunately, he recovers.]]

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* CameBackWrong: [[spoiler:Being resurrected initially turns him into a deranged [[TheBerserker berserker]]. Fortunately, He can barely keep his rage in check, and was willing to stay behind to die again on Attilan as he recovers.thought himself to be too dangerous. Karnak talks him out of it.]]
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* TheOnlyOne: [[spoiler:The Genetic Council, upon learning the extent of his powers, believed that Black Bolt was the only person who could protect Attilan from an unspecified future threat, which is why he felt he had to be king despite not wanting to be.]]
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* TheChainsOfCommanding: Black Bolt never wanted to be king, while Maximus was all for it, leaving open the possibility of Black Bolt ceding the throne to his brother. Then they underwent Terrigenesis, and their resulting powersets combined with Attilan's strict laws completely eliminated any chance of this, as Maximus only avoided the mines of the lowest caste due to being royalty. Black Bolt accidentally killing his parents shortly afterwards and being forced to ascend the throne did not help matters. [[spoiler:The final kicker was the Genetic Council revealing to him an impending threat to Attilan, which they believed only Black Bolt had the power to defend them from.]]

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* TheChainsOfCommanding: Black Bolt never wanted to be king, while Maximus was all for it, leaving open the possibility of Black Bolt ceding the throne to his brother. Then they underwent Terrigenesis, and their resulting powersets combined with Attilan's strict laws completely eliminated any chance of this, as Maximus only avoided the mines of the lowest caste due to being royalty. Black Bolt accidentally killing his parents shortly afterwards and being forced to ascend the throne did not help matters. [[spoiler:The final kicker was the Genetic Council revealing to him Black Bolt an impending threat to Attilan, which they believed only Black Bolt he had the power to defend them from.]]
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* TheChainsOfCommanding: Black Bolt never wanted to be king, while Maximus was all for it, leaving open the possibility of Black Bolt ceding the throne to his brother. Then they underwent Terrigenesis, and their resulting powersets combined with Attilan's strict laws completely eliminated any chance of this, as Maximus only avoided the mines of the lowest caste due to being royalty. Black Bolt accidentally killing his parents shortly afterwards and being forced to ascend the throne did not help matters.

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* TheChainsOfCommanding: Black Bolt never wanted to be king, while Maximus was all for it, leaving open the possibility of Black Bolt ceding the throne to his brother. Then they underwent Terrigenesis, and their resulting powersets combined with Attilan's strict laws completely eliminated any chance of this, as Maximus only avoided the mines of the lowest caste due to being royalty. Black Bolt accidentally killing his parents shortly afterwards and being forced to ascend the throne did not help matters. [[spoiler:The final kicker was the Genetic Council revealing to him an impending threat to Attilan, which they believed only Black Bolt had the power to defend them from.]]
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* NonActionBigBad: He has no powers of his own, and relies on his ability to [[ManipulativeBastard manipulate]] others to get the job done. It's ultimately revealed he wishes to undergo a second Terrigenesis which could potentially give him powers, thus ultimately averting this trope. [[spoiler: It never ends up happening.]]

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* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:In a manner of speaking - the population of Attilan does go to live on Earth, and Black Bolt promises to change their society for the better, but Maximus won't be around to see it.]]



* SanitySlippage: Goes from wanting to abolish an oppressive FantasticCasteSystem to being willing to [[spoiler:''blow up the dome of Attilan, potentially killing the entire population, all to keep Black Bolt from taking back the throne.]]

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* SanitySlippage: Goes from wanting to abolish an oppressive FantasticCasteSystem to being willing to [[spoiler:''blow up the dome of Attilan, potentially killing the entire population, all to keep Black Bolt from taking back the throne.throne''.]]
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* TragicVillain: Spent his entire life locked in a cell after his powers developed, while seeing the equally potentially destructive crown prince be spared that treatment, and serves Maximus because the latter was willing to let him be free.

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* TheLeader: Black Bolt, the king with a [[MakeMeWannaShout destructive voice]].

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* TheLeader: Black Bolt, IDidWhatIHadToDo: [[spoiler:How he justifies taking the king with a [[MakeMeWannaShout destructive voice]].throne to Maximus. The latter doesn't buy it.]]



* TheLancer: Medusa, Black Bolt's queen who uses PrehensileHair.



* NotSoDifferent: Maximus tries to invoke this with her, as after her haircut, Medusa's not above human level either.



* CameBackWrong: [[spoiler:Being resurrected initially turns him into a deranged [[TheBerserker berserker]]. Fortunately, he recovers.]]



* TheChick: Crystal, a WideEyedIdealist with ElementalPowers.


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* FateWorseThanDeath: [[spoiler:Black Bolt spares him, but traps him in an underground bunker for the rest of his life.]]


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* TheResenter: Resents Black Bolt for becoming king in spite of his initial reluctance. [[spoiler:Even when they were boys, he had Black Bolt signed up for a potentially-lethal brain surgery in an attempt to drive him away from Attilan.]]
* SanitySlippage: Goes from wanting to abolish an oppressive FantasticCasteSystem to being willing to [[spoiler:''blow up the dome of Attilan, potentially killing the entire population, all to keep Black Bolt from taking back the throne.]]
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* AllForNothing: [[spoiler: His goal to undergo Terrigenesis a second time ends up failing, with the only crystal held by Medusa for negotiating destroyed and himself stranded on the Moon.]]

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