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* NiceHat: Wayne's cowboy hat, which he bought just because it looked cool.
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* NumberOfObjectsTitle: Named after the fight league.
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* FingerlessGloves: Yuli of the Big Jackets wears these.

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* RealityEnsues: Cory of the No Names hurt his knee in a prior tussle with the Big Jackets, and currently takes pain medication. In the main brawl, he's the first one taken out, without even getting to do anything.


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* WorfHadTheFlu: Cory of the No Names hurt his knee in a prior tussle with the Big Jackets, and currently takes pain medication. In the main brawl, he's the first one taken out, without even getting to do anything.
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* NoCommunitiesWereHarmed: Though not named, the city is heavily based on Chicago, where the writer is from.
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* RealityEnsues: Cory of the No Names hurt his knee in a prior tussle with the Big Jackets, and currently takes pain medication.

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* RealityEnsues: Cory of the No Names hurt his knee in a prior tussle with the Big Jackets, and currently takes pain medication. In the main brawl, he's the first one taken out, without even getting to do anything.

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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted. The fights are bruising and bloody, and all of the female gang members take their share of lumps just like their male counterparts.

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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted. The fights are bruising and bloody, and almost all of the female gang members take their share of lumps just like their male counterparts.



* DesignatedGirlFight: Subverted. The gender compositions of the gangs make this impossible to begin with, but the women on each side are just as likely to scrap with a man as with another woman.

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* DesignatedGirlFight: Subverted.Played with. The gender compositions of the gangs make this impossible to begin with, but the women on each side are just as likely to scrap with a man as with another woman. In the main brawl, Rei and KT square off first, as do Chel and Yuli.
* DestructiveRomance: Billie and Chel's relationship, unsurprisingly. Two days before the big fight, [[spoiler:Billie revealed to Chel that she expected her to join the Big Jackets and abandon her own gang, who Chel considers her family, and generally acted possessive of her]].


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* ManBitesMan:
** Keelan bites Chel's forearm in the bar brawl.
** In the main fight, Chel bites Yuli's hand before knocking her out.
* NeverBringAKnifeToAFistFight: [[spoiler:Billie pulls a knife on Chel when they face off one-on-one, managing to graze her a few times, but Chel ultimately knocks her out once Billie deems the fight finished]].
* NiceHat: Wayne's cowboy hat, which he bought just because it looked cool.
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Averted. The fights are bruising and bloody, and all of the female gang members take their share of lumps just like their male counterparts.
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* NumberTwo: Wayne to Chel, though the No Names don't have any real hierarchy.
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* BoistrousWeakling: Keelan of the Big Jackets. Talks big, gets his ass kicked a lot.

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* BoistrousWeakling: BoisterousWeakling: Keelan of the Big Jackets. Talks big, gets his ass kicked a lot.
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* BoistrousWeakling: Keelan of the Big Jackets. Talks big, gets his ass kicked a lot.
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* DesignatedGirlFight: Averted. The gender compositions of the gangs make this impossible to begin with, but the women on each side are just as likely to scrap with a man as with another woman.

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* DesignatedGirlFight: Averted.Subverted. The gender compositions of the gangs make this impossible to begin with, but the women on each side are just as likely to scrap with a man as with another woman.

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Described as "a queer ''[[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Romeo & Juliet]]'' meets ''Film/TheWarriors''," the three-issue story focuses on two rival street-fighting gangs, the No Names and the Big Jackets. Their respective leaders, Chel and Billie, fell in love during one of their numerous epic brawls, with all the obvious complications that arise from such a situation. On the eve of yet another battle, the two lovers must make a decision about their future.

The comic is structured into five chapters: three "Rounds" of the present story involving the big fight, and two "Interludes" detailing more about the gangs and the relationship between Chel and Billie.

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Described In a nameless American city, various crews compete in a loose underground fighting organization known as "a queer ''[[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Romeo & Juliet]]'' meets ''Film/TheWarriors''," the three-issue story focuses on two rival street-fighting gangs, 20 Fists Fight League. There are three rules: Five members to a team. No cops. And no killing. Teams can duke it out anywhere that's not neutral ground.

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the No Names top dogs in this league, and the Big Jackets. Their are bitter rivals with newcomer gang The No Names. However, their respective leaders, Chel Billie and Billie, fell Chel, fall in love during one of their numerous epic brawls, with all the obvious complications that arise from such a situation. On the eve of yet another battle, the two lovers must make a decision about their future.

The comic Described as "a queer ''[[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Romeo & Juliet]]'' meets ''Film/TheWarriors''," the three-issue story is structured into five chapters: three "Rounds" of the present story involving the big fight, and two "Interludes" detailing more about the gangs and the relationship between Chel and Billie.



* FightClubbing: The two gangs seemingly exist solely to beat the crap out of each other.

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* FightClubbing: The two gangs 20 Fists Fight League seemingly exist exists solely to give crews of friends an excuse beat the crap out of each other.



* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: The gangs have three rules for their fights: no killing, five members per crew at the start, and no cops. It's also understood that weapons aren't allowed.

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* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: The gangs have 20 Fists Fight League has three rules for their fights: no killing, five members per crew at the start, and no cops. It's also understood that weapons aren't allowed.
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* DavidVsGoliath: The No Names are the rookies of the two gangs, and their members are smaller on average than those in the Big Jackets.

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* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: The gangs have three rules for their fights: no killing, five members per crew, and no cops. It's also understood that weapons aren't allowed.

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* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: The gangs have three rules for their fights: no killing, five members per crew, crew at the start, and no cops. It's also understood that weapons aren't allowed.


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* NonActionGuy: Downplayed with Brian. He can fight and is willing to, but he's an artist first and foremost. He joined the No Names to spend more time with Rei.
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* ActionGirl: Chel and Rei of the No Names.


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* DarkActionGirl: Bille, Yuli, and KT of the Big Jackets.


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* TechnicalPacifist: The two gangs despise each other, but killing is absolutely forbidden. They'll happily beat each other into paste, though.
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* DesignatedGirlFight: Averted. The gender compositions of the gangs make this impossible to begin with, but the women on each side are just as likely to scrap with a man as with another woman.
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* CreatorCameo: Artist Kat Baumann drew herself as a bar patron in Round 1.


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* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Each issue is referred to as a "Round," and each Round is separated by an Interlude. This gives the comic the structure of a boxing match.
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* ReluctantWarrior: Mack of the Big Jackets is arguably the gang's best asset in a fight, but they don't actually like fighting that much and prefer just hanging out with the rest of the gang.

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* HandwrapsOfAwesome: Billie wears some.

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* HandwrapsOfAwesome: Billie wears some.some even when not fighting.
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: The gangs have three rules for their fights: no killing, five members per crew, and no cops. It's also understood that weapons aren't allowed.


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* WouldHitAGirl: The male members in both gangs have no issue hitting their female rivals, because they'll hit them right back.
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* HandwrapsOfAwesom: Billie wears some.

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* HandwrapsOfAwesom: HandwrapsOfAwesome: Billie wears some.
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* FingerlessGloves: Yuli of the Big Jackets wears these.


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* HandwrapsOfAwesom: Billie wears some.

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* WretchedHive: Downplayed. Whatever city the story takes place in is pretty run-down and crappy, but not completely crime-infested.

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* InLoveWithYourCarnage: Billie, the leader of the Big Jackets, became attracted to No Names leader Chel by watching her beat up another of the Big Jackets, Keelan. She was especially drawn to the fact that Chel was smiling.

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* InLoveWithYourCarnage: Billie, the leader of the Big Jackets, Billie became attracted to No Names leader Chel by watching her beat up another of the Big Jackets, Keelan. She was especially drawn to the fact that Chel was smiling.smiling.
* LoveAcrossBattlelines: The main premise of the story is Billie and Chel navigating a romance while leading rival fistfighting gangs.
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* RealityEnsues: Cory of the No Names hurt his knee in a prior tussle with the Big Jackets, and currently takes pain medication.

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Described as "a queer ''[[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Romeo & Juliet]]'' meets ''Film/TheWarriors''," the three-issue story focuses on two rival street-fighting gangs, the No Names and the Big Jackets. Their respective leaders, Chel and Billie, fell in love during one of their numerous epic brawls, with all the obvious complications that arise from such a situation. On the eve of yet another battle, the two lovers must make a decision about their future. The comic is structured into five chapters: three "Rounds" of the present story involving the big fight, and two "Interludes" detailing more about the gangs and the relationship between Chel and Billie.

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Described as "a queer ''[[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Romeo & Juliet]]'' meets ''Film/TheWarriors''," the three-issue story focuses on two rival street-fighting gangs, the No Names and the Big Jackets. Their respective leaders, Chel and Billie, fell in love during one of their numerous epic brawls, with all the obvious complications that arise from such a situation. On the eve of yet another battle, the two lovers must make a decision about their future.

The comic is structured into five chapters: three "Rounds" of the present story involving the big fight, and two "Interludes" detailing more about the gangs and the relationship between Chel and Billie.
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* FightingInThePlayground: The main brawl takes place at a playground at 3:30 AM.

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* BattleCouple: Brian and Rei of the No Names.
* DatingCatwoman: Rival gang leaders Billie and Chel are in a romantic relationship.



* InLoveWithYourCarnage: Billie, the leader of the Big Jackets, became attracted to No Names leader Chel by watching her beat up another of the Big Jackets, Keelan.

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* InLoveWithYourCarnage: Billie, the leader of the Big Jackets, became attracted to No Names leader Chel by watching her beat up another of the Big Jackets, Keelan. She was especially drawn to the fact that Chel was smiling.
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''20 Fists'' is an independently-published 2019 action/romance comic book, presented in black-and white. It is written by Frankee White and illustrated by Kat Baumann, with letters by DC Hopkins.

Described as "a queer ''[[Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet Romeo & Juliet]]'' meets ''Film/TheWarriors''," the three-issue story focuses on two rival street-fighting gangs, the No Names and the Big Jackets. Their respective leaders, Chel and Billie, fell in love during one of their numerous epic brawls, with all the obvious complications that arise from such a situation. On the eve of yet another battle, the two lovers must make a decision about their future. The comic is structured into five chapters: three "Rounds" of the present story involving the big fight, and two "Interludes" detailing more about the gangs and the relationship between Chel and Billie.

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!!''20 Fists'' contains examples of:

* FightClubbing: The two gangs seemingly exist solely to beat the crap out of each other.
* GangOfHats: The Big Jackets wear big jackets.
* InLoveWithYourCarnage: Billie, the leader of the Big Jackets, became attracted to No Names leader Chel by watching her beat up another of the Big Jackets, Keelan.
* NonindicativeName: The members of the No Names do in fact have names.
* TwoGirlsToATeam: The No Names have Chel and Rei as their only women.

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