History FanFic / GloriousShotgunPrincess

* NotSoStoic: [[spoiler:First thing that She Who Lives In Her Name does upon seeing Autochthon is to immediately launch a [[MakeMeWannaShout Space Monster Scream]] at him before calling him a retard.]]

* OnTheNext: A [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/mass-effect-glorious-shotgun-princess-me-exalted.224243/page-624#post-9441067 fan made one]], but still endorsed by [[WordOfGod Gregg.]]

* ScheduleSlip: Mainly when reading it on the forums as he wrote it, as Gregg tended to alternate his writing between ''GSP'' and ''Nobody Dies'' so one story goes on a brief hiatus while he works on the other.

* MostCommonSuperpower: As an Exalt's Appearance score increases, their… ''[[BoobsOfSteel assets]]'' are enhanced, as Shepard finds out. [[LampshadedTrope Lampshaded]] by Joker.

* ''Fanfic/ShipsAhoy'' (''Series/OddSquad''): While O'Donahue is terrible at square dancing and doing the waltz, he can dance incredibly well to rock n' roll music.
--> '''Oprah:''' Since when did you learn all those moves?
--> '''O'Donahue:''' I dunno! It just sort of happened! Unreal, right?

** Also, [[ADateWithRosiePalms everyone]] has ''[[TheImmodestOrgasm needs]]''.

* MostCommonSuperpower: As an Exalt's Appearance score increases, their… ''[[BoobsOfSteel assets]]'' are [[BuxomIsBetter enhanced]], as Shepard finds out. [[LampshadedTrope Lampshaded]] by Joker.

** ''Wuffles, the Wonder Geth'' references ''Wuffles, the Wonder Fish'' from ''FanFic/NobodyDies'' (whose own naming was a shout out to Legion's in ''Mass Effect 2'')

*** Persistent Righteous Protector appears to be [[spoiler:[[FanFic/NobodyDies Go-Kun]]]]!Keeper - until it turns out that's just an [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith Avatar]] and his true form is [[GeniusLoci the entire '''city''']], [[spoiler:[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion retractable buildings and Geofront]]]] included.
*** The Tower of [[spoiler:[[FanFic/NobodyDies Ree]]]] has been mentioned.
** There's even a reference to ''another fanfic'' that also got started on Spacebattles. Joker mentions that, going by his car, Garrus is considering an alternate career as [[FanFic/{{Renegade}} "the Kool Aid Man."]]

** Geth Colossi [[Comicbook/{{Doom}} have huge guts]].

** A human going into an ancient ruin in space in search of an orb while listening to music? [[Film/GuardiansOfTheGalaxy Where have we heard THAT one before]]?

** Some of Tali's kerlish (Quarian language)[[note]] specifically, "Ba weep grana bong!" [[/note]] appears to be from the [[Franchise/TransFormers universal greeting]] [[note]] Bah-weep-Graaaaagnah wheep ni ni bong [[/note]]

* BeyondTheImpossible: One of the running themes of the story is that the phrase, "this is impossible" means nothing to an [[PhysicalGod Exalt.]] [[spoiler: Shepard uses this concept to run on snowflakes in the first chapter, and eventually [[UpToEleven up the beam from a Reaper's weapon.]]]]

* TheAgeless: [[spoiler: Krogan turn out to be effectively immortal unless killed]].

* BiologicalImmortality: Krogan don't have a life span. They have a life ''expectancy''.

** Thane's reaction to [[spoiler: literally having his Kepral's Syndrome ''[[CrazyAwesome punched out of him.]]'']]

** Vasir tries to give one to Shepard. [[spoiler:It doesn't work as intended, as Shepard uses it to deliver a WorldOfCardboardSpeech that convinces Vasir that the Shadow Broker is using her.]]

** Shepard references ''the'' WorldOfCardboardSpeech from ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' ''Unlimited'' when throwing down with Morinth.

* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: Superman's original speech is quoted (nearly) word for word by Shepard before she punches [[spoiler:Morinth]] halfway across a planet.

** Or better the moment just after, as Shepard is staring at Kasumi in sheer WTF.

* AGodAmI: [[spoiler:The Vioator of Nullspace apparently fancies himself a Primordial]].

** It's been suggested (with [[ShrugOfGod varying]] [[LyingCreator levels]] of plausibility) that the Maidens are in the ME universe as well.
* ArcWords / DareToBeBadass: "You can be '''better'''"

* AWizardDidIt: Summed up:
-->'''Shepard''': “Goto! How the ''fuck'' did you [[spoiler: train a bear to operate a tank]]?!”
-->'''Kasumi''': "Magic!"
** In-Universe, this is how the Normandy crew eventually classifies anything Exalts do. "Bullshit kung-fu magic. Like Shepard does."

*** Which heavily implies removal of {{Noodle Implement|s}} status from [[spoiler: that miniature krogan statue...]]

* InformedObscenity / UnusualEuphemism: Claw Hammer. (Also a ShoutOut.)

* LampshadedDoubleEntendre: During a fight, someone tries to stab Shepard with a knife. For about thirty seconds. While everyone else stops to watch. Shepard's reply? "I can't believe I'm asking this, but are you in yet?"

** Out of universe, the response of several readers when [[spoiler:Shadow Broker Husk/Harbinger punches Tali's helmet off, severely injuring her]], and when [[spoiler: Autochthon frees Leaping Sky/The Catalyst, and finds out about the Great Curse.]]

* OmnicidalManiac: [[spoiler: The Viator, to quote WordOfGod, "has crafted itself into the Principle of Genocide". The Reaper cycle? A way to keep genociding over and over again...and probably to build an army since he also wants to return to the Exalted universe and consume the Yozi.]]

* PutOnABusToHell: In-universe, the Reapers' answer to organics too competent at fighting the Reapers is a forced mass-relay jump several million light years outside the galaxy to an area ''[[ForbiddenZone inhabited by something that ]]'''one-shots Reapers'''''... [[spoiler:And exactly what '''Perfect Defender of Reposition''' does to Normandy and Orizaba. Unfortunately for them, this ends in NiceJobFixingItVillain-the mysterious, Reaper-killing monster turns out to be [[EternalEngine Autochthon]] with his weapons active, and at least one Alchemical is happy to welcome them.]]

* RunningGag: Shepard's attempts to get off Alchera invariably end with her destroying the ship she planned to use to escape, occasionally with ClothingDamage ensuing (as while an ''Exalt'' is nigh-indestructible, her ''clothing'', not so much).

* ScheduleSlip: Mainly when reading it on the forums as he wrote it, as Gregg tended to alternate his writing between GSP and Nobody Dies so one story goes on a brief hiatus while he works on the other.
* ScrewDestiny: The general theme of Exalted as a whole, but special mention goes to the Sidereal of Journeys. [[spoiler: Who hid an Exaltation for millions of years until Kal'Reegar could discover it and use it to Duck Fate]].

** Joker's maneuvering in the aircar chase is not unlike the "tunnel scene" from Film/MenInBlack.

** ''Wuffles, the Wonder Geth'' references ''Wuffles, the Wonder Fish'' from FanFic/NobodyDies (whose own naming was a shout out to Legion's in ''Mass Effect 2'')

*** Persistent Righteous Protector appears to be [[spoiler:[[FanFic/NobodyDies Go-Kun]]]]!Keeper - until it turns out that's just an [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith Avatar]] and his true torm is [[GeniusLoci the entire '''city''']], [[spoiler:[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion retractable buildings and Geofront]]]] included.
*** The Tower of [[spoiler:[[FanFic/NobodyDies Ree]]]] has been mentioned

** Shepard references ''the'' WorldOfCardboardSpeech when throwing down with Morinth.

** Tali's uncle [[Franchise/StarWars Han]] taught her to fly his temperamental old freighter
*** Later, Udina repeatedly reminds Joker to [[Film/ANewHope Stay on Target]]

** [[Film/StarTrekInsurrection "In the event of a water landing, this platform is designed to function as a flotation device"]]

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
** Vasir tries to give one to Shepard. [[spoiler:It doesn't work as intended, as Shepard uses it to deliver a WorldOfCardboardSpeech that convinces Vasir that the Shadow Broker is using her.]]
** Of all people, [[spoiler:''Wuffles'']] gives one to ''[[DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu Harbinger]]''. Successfully.
** He delivers another one to Harbinger in Chapter 18, ending it with a [[ExpospeakGag more complex version of]] "Your kung-fu is weak."

* TheAgeless: [[spoiler: Krogan turn out to be effectively immortal unless killed]].
* TheImmodestOrgasm: Shepard. [[spoiler: As in, mild earthquake levels.]] It also lasts [[spoiler: a full hour]] too.

* ShoutOut: Joker's maneuvering in the aircar chase is not unlike the "tunnel scene" from Film/MenInBlack.

What would happen (asked Gregg Landsman of ''FanFic/NobodyDies'' and ''FanFic/WalkingInTheShadowOfDreams'' fame/infamy) if a titular Exaltation from the latter wound up in Commander Shepard of the former?

* BadassGrandpa:
** Admiral Stephen Hackett, who is one of the only people Shepard truly looks up to, and has earned that respect. When [[spoiler: a bunch of Deus' wildlife gets loose on the Normandy, he proceeds to beat the hell out of several raptor analogues without batting an eye]].
** [[spoiler: Golah, Great Sage Equal of Heaven. A krogan who is ''thousands of years old'' and has been living on ''Feros.'' Although Golah actually falls under NeverMessWithGranny.]]

** Garrus' hunting of Omega's criminals is wrought with references to Franchise/{{Batman}} and ThePunisher.

** Tali's uncle [[Film/StarWars Han]] taught her to fly his temperamental old freighter

* {{Reboot}}: The author has restarted the story from the beginning, the link is at the top.

** [[spoiler: Golah, Great Sage Equal of Heaven. A Krogan who is ''thousands of years old'' and has been living on ''Feros.'' Although Golah actually falls under NeverMessWithGranny.]]

*** Which heavily implies removal of {{Noodle Implement|s}} status from [[spoiler: that miniature Krogan statue...]]

* FluffyTheTerrible: In ''Mass Effect'' canon, he was Legion, Terminal of the Geth. Here, he's... ''[[FanFic/NobodyDies Wuffles the Wonder Geth]]''.

* HiddenElfVillage: [[spoiler: There is a hidden group of quarians that never left Rannoch, protected by the Geth.]]

* HolographicDisguise: How everyone's favourite Geth would infiltrate [[BandOfBrothels Azure]], except that [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Geth do not infiltrate]].

* KillSteal: After [[spoiler: Kal'Reegar curb-stomps Terminal, all that's left standing is a horribly mutilated Geth shell, held together only by the Reaper's pure rage...]] And then Wuffles blows its head off from across the battlefield.

* MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours: [[spoiler:Wuffles]] makes the following declaration to [[spoiler:Harbinger: “We have internalized the lessons and principles that embody the Geth, and their quest to live alongside organics and reunite with the Creators, And while your Solar Hero Style is strong, we present the following hypothesis; It cannot defeat our Synthetic Hero Style.”]]

** Poor Wuffles tends to get used for target practice by people who freak out upon [[AlwaysChaoticEvil seeing a Geth]]. Since it didn't repair the giant hole in its chest after the first time, the bullets usually just hit things behind him.

--> '''Aethyta:''' "Honey, I've lived for a few centuries. In my time, I've seen hanar bondage, elcors dancing, and a Krogan trying to woo his girl with poetry. Shit gets weird enough that you look at the weirdness and say, 'Hell, I've seen weirder.'"

--> "You had a turian, Benezia's daughter, a quarian and a Krogan on your crew. Matter of time before you recruited a Geth."

** "So you want to fight the Reapers?" "The Geth believe that self-determination is the right of any sentient." [[Franchise/TransFormers "Freedom is the right of all living beings?"]]

* ChekhovsGun: At first this looked to be [[Main/InvokedTrope invoked]], as Kasumi appears to conspicuously set up a Chekhov's Honey Badger in a box during her mission at Hock's estate.

* [[ChekhovsGun Chekhov's Honey Badger]]
** "[[SubvertedTrope This is not]] Chekov." [[spoiler: It is a grizzly bear.]]
** And subverted again. Kasumi mentions the actual trope, and talks about how she [[spoiler: hid a box in Hock's gunship with a surprise]]. Implications are that the Gun will be Chekov. [[spoiler: The box actually contains Wrex.]]

* ClothingDamage: Constant due to the Exalted being vastly tougher than their armor. MagicPants are also averted: Shepard ending up naked is practically a RunningGag.

* FlatWhat:

** This is practically one of the author's trademarks.

* HollywoodHacking: Wuffles.

* [[UnexplainedRecovery I Got Better]]: Shepard doesn't ''quite'' die at the beginning of [=ME2=] as in canon...

** Exclaimed by Shepard in surprise.

* IntangibleTheft: [[spoiler: Kasumi Goto]] is a Sidereal Exalted and she steals

* [[spoiler:LivingRelic: Turns out that a few Prothean survivors found Autochthon's body and were given a place to colonize. There's even a Prothean Alchemical.]]

** Reapers have names appropriate to their stature and mission...and that ''also'' are fully consistent with canonical naming patterns for Alchemical Exalted. [[spoiler: With good reason; they're basically Alchemical Voidtech Deathlords.]]

** In chapter 6 Serviceman Chung finally gets his 'damn firing solution'

** Poor Wuffles tends to get used for target practice by people who freak out upon [[AlwaysChaoticEvil seeing a Geth]].
** Wuffles hacking Prazza's suit and activating the Nerv-Stim systems to "incapacitate" him everytime he barges in with weapon in hand.

* ScheduleSlip: Mainly when reading it on the forums as he writes it, Gregg tends to alternate his writing between GSP and Nobody Dies so one story goes on a brief hiatus while he works on the other.