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* BareYourMidriff: Every outfit Mel wears.
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Asskicking Leads To Leadership is the new name of the trope.


* VillainTeleportation: One of Icarus' mooks starts badmouthing him after he walks off into the distance. Seconds later Icarus is RightBehindMe demanding the mook either [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority challenge him then and there]] or [[BadBoss bite off his own finger in penance]]. He bites off the finger.

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* VillainTeleportation: One of Icarus' mooks starts badmouthing him after he walks off into the distance. Seconds later Icarus is RightBehindMe demanding the mook either [[AsskickingEqualsAuthority [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership challenge him then and there]] or [[BadBoss bite off his own finger in penance]]. He bites off the finger.
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Per wick cleanup.


%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

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''Fray'' is an 8-issue ComicBook series written by Creator/JossWhedon, with art by Karl Moline. It's a SpinOff of the work that made Whedon famous, ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.

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''Fray'' ''Fray'', or sometimes ''Fray: Future Slayer'', is an 8-issue ComicBook series written by Creator/JossWhedon, with art by Karl Moline. It's a SpinOff of the work that made Whedon famous, ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.
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* TreacherousAdvisor: Urkonn is helping Fray stop [[spoiler:Harth]] from starting the [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Apocalypse]] because his demon masters don't want it happening on vampires terms, and was supposed to kill her when she was done.

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* TreacherousAdvisor: Urkonn is helping Fray stop [[spoiler:Harth]] from starting the [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt Apocalypse]] because his demon masters don't want it happening on vampires terms, and the vampires' terms. He was supposed to kill her when she was done.
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Dewicking.


* ExtraordinarilyEmpoweredGirl: Mel. Of course.
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Multicolored Hair is no longer a trope


* MulticoloredHair: Mel has [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue]] and purple hair.
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* ArcWelding: The SeasonFinale of ''Buffy'' Season 8 has Buffy [[spoiler:destroying a CosmicKeystone that is the source of all magic. Demons and vampires retain their strength, stamina and recovery abilities, and all the Slayers Willow called remain Slayers, but no one can use magic and no new Slayers are called...until Fray]].

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* ArcWelding: The SeasonFinale of ''Buffy'' Season 8 has Buffy [[spoiler:destroying a CosmicKeystone that is the source of all magic. Demons and vampires retain their strength, stamina and recovery abilities, and all the Slayers Willow called remain Slayers, but no one can use magic and no new Slayers are called...until Fray]]. Of course then there was a season 9 and the magic started coming back then so…
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''Fray'' is an 8-issue ComicBook series written by Creator/JossWhedon. It's a SpinOff of the work that made Whedon famous, ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.

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''Fray'' is an 8-issue ComicBook series written by Creator/JossWhedon.Creator/JossWhedon, with art by Karl Moline. It's a SpinOff of the work that made Whedon famous, ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.

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* CurbStompBattle: Mel has been killing vampires left and right, so [[spoiler:Harth]] sends Icarus to finish her off. Big face-off between the Slayer and the monster who killed [[spoiler:and turned]] her brother? Not so much. [[spoiler:Erin [[CarFu drops a car on him]].]]



* RealityEnsues: Mel has been killing vampires left and right, so [[spoiler:Harth]] sends Icarus to finish her off. Big face-off between the Slayer and the monster who killed [[spoiler:and turned]] her brother? Not so much. [[spoiler:Erin [[CarFu drops a car on him]].]]
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* MsFanservice: Totally averted with the exception of one scene where Mel is showering in water diverted from a pipe (for which she is of course naked), but she's only shown in shadow so it doesn't show anything.

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* MsFanservice: Totally averted with the exception of one scene where Mel is showering in water diverted from a pipe (for which she is of course naked), but she's only shown it's in shadow so it doesn't show anything.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Gunther (looking up at Mel from below when he pays her for a job) leers that he wishes she'd "wear a skirt" when she visits. Given that clothing is very basic in the 23rd century, he's basically implying that Mel [[GoingCommando doesn't have panties]] and [[SkirtsAndLadders with a skirt, well...]]

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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Gunther (looking up at Mel from below when he pays her for a job) leers that he wishes she'd "wear a skirt" when she visits. Given that clothing GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is very basic on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the 23rd century, he's basically implying that Mel [[GoingCommando doesn't have panties]] and [[SkirtsAndLadders with a skirt, well...]]future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Zigzagged by Urkonn. While he wants Fray to learn how to fight and ultimately cannot [[spoiler: bring himself to kill her]], he does [[spoiler: [[WouldHurtaChild kill Loo]]]] to motivate her. He does feel bad about it, thought, and [[spoiler: lets Fray kill him]] rather than kill her.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Zigzagged by Urkonn. While he wants Fray to learn how to fight and ultimately cannot [[spoiler: bring himself to kill her]], he does [[spoiler: [[WouldHurtaChild kill kills Loo]]]] to motivate her. He does feel bad about it, thought, though, and [[spoiler: lets Fray kill him]] rather than kill her.


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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Gunther (looking up at Mel from below when he pays her for a job) leers that he wishes she'd "wear a skirt" when she visits. Given that clothing is very basic in the 23rd century, he's basically implying that Mel [[GoingCommando doesn't have panties]] and [[SkirtsAndLadders with a skirt, well...]]


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* MsFanservice: Totally averted with the exception of one scene where Mel is showering in water diverted from a pipe (for which she is of course naked), but she's only shown in shadow so it doesn't show anything.
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-->''Bad day. Started bad. Stayed that way.''

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-->''Bad ->''Bad day. Started bad. Stayed that way.''






* BadFuture: Quoth Whedon, "The rich get richer, the poor get poorer, and there are [[FlyingCar flying cars]]." It isn't exactly ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'', but jeez...

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* BadFuture: Quoth Whedon, "The rich get richer, the poor get poorer, and there are [[FlyingCar flying cars]]." It isn't exactly ''ComicBook/VForVendetta'', but jeez...{{Flying Car}}s."



-->'''Mel:''' You hib me wib a girder!
-->'''Urkonn:''' [[HowManyFingers How many claws am I holding up?]]
-->'''Mel:''' You hib my face wib a whole girder!
-->'''Urkonn:''' You were meant to duck.
-->'''Mel:''' Can we skib degsteriby?

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-->'''Mel:''' You hib me wib a girder!
-->'''Urkonn:'''
girder!\\
'''Urkonn:'''
[[HowManyFingers How many claws am I holding up?]]
-->'''Mel:'''
up?]]\\
'''Mel:'''
You hib my face wib a whole girder!
-->'''Urkonn:'''
girder!\\
'''Urkonn:'''
You were meant to duck.
-->'''Mel:'''
duck.\\
'''Mel:'''
Can we skib degsteriby?


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* NotUsingTheZWord: The lurks don't even know that they're vampires until He Who Shall Lead tells them about their past. Everyone else just assumes that they're mutants of some kind.

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* NotUsingTheZWord: The lurks don't even know that they're vampires until He The One Who Shall Will Lead tells them about their past. Everyone else just assumes that they're mutants of some kind.
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* NotUsingTheZWord: The lurks don't even know that they're vampires until He Who Shall Lead tells them about their past. Everyone else just assumes that they're mutants of some kind.

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* FutureSlang: To the point where Buffy starts thinking she should have treated the English language better in the Season 8 tie-in... The slight downside is that no one remembers words like "vampire."

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* FutureSlang: To the point where Buffy starts thinking she should have [[BuffySpeak treated the English language better better]] in the Season 8 tie-in... The slight downside is that no one remembers words like "vampire.""
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: The doctors wonder why a [[SunnydaleSyndrome glitch in the x-ray machine]] showed that Fray's back had been broken.
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* ThisMeansWar: Mel after she finds [[spoiler:Loo's body.]] Urkonn proceeds to wax lyrical about how WarIsHell.

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* ThisMeansWar: Mel after she finds [[spoiler:Loo's body.]] body]]. Urkonn proceeds to wax lyrical about how WarIsHell.
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* NoBodyLeftBehind: Mel is surprised and amazed the first time she dusts a vampire. The intended victim has to point out that she needs to RunOrDie as there are a lot more on the way.
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* ThisMeansWar: Mel after she finds Loo's body. Urkonn proceeds to wax lyrical about how WarIsHell.

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* ThisMeansWar: Mel after she finds Loo's body. [[spoiler:Loo's body.]] Urkonn proceeds to wax lyrical about how WarIsHell.

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* TemptingFate: On returning to her apartment Fray is happy that her bad day is finally over. We then see a huge demon is waiting there for her. [[spoiler:Though in the next edition he's revealed to be Urkoon TrespassingToTalk.]]
* ThereWasADoor: [[LetsYouAndHimFight Fray and Urkoon get into a fight on their first meeting]] and get knocked clear through the wall of Fray's apartment. Everyone uses the massive hole [[YourDoorWasOpen as a doorway from then on.]]

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* TemptingFate: On returning to her apartment Fray is happy that her bad day is finally over. We then see a huge demon is waiting there for her. [[spoiler:Though in the next edition he's revealed to be Urkoon Urkonn TrespassingToTalk.]]
* ThereWasADoor: [[LetsYouAndHimFight Fray and Urkoon Urkonn get into a fight on their first meeting]] and get knocked clear through the wall of Fray's apartment. Everyone uses the massive hole [[YourDoorWasOpen as a doorway from then on.]]]]
* ThisMeansWar: Mel after she finds Loo's body. Urkonn proceeds to wax lyrical about how WarIsHell.
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* AncestralWeapon: Urkonn presents her with the Slayer Scythe to help in the FinalBattle.

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* AncestralWeapon: Urkonn presents her with the Slayer Scythe to help in the FinalBattle. This is the same weapon that Buffy would find and use in Season 7.
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* AndThisIsFor:
-->'''Erin:''' (''after crashing a car onto Icarus'') That's for my brother, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch dickhead]].

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* AndThisIsFor:
-->'''Erin:''' (''after
AndThisIsFor: [[spoiler:Erin after crashing a car FlyingCar onto Icarus'') That's Icarus.]]
-->"That's
for my brother, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch dickhead]]."
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* AncientConspiracy: Deconstructed; the Watchers Council have gone insane from centuries of fruitless waiting for another Slayer to be called. The Watcher who turns up to warn Fray that she has been Chosen deliberately sets himself on fire, and they serve no further purpose in the story.

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