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%%* ApocalypseMaiden: [[spoiler:Eiko comes very close to becoming one.]]

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%%* * ApocalypseMaiden: [[spoiler:Eiko comes very close to becoming one.one when she decides to risk summoning Necron to force him to help extend Black Mage lifespan - the other summons are ''[[HeroAntagonist very clear]]'' this puts the world at grave risk.]]



%%* BlackCloak
%%* ChildrenAreInnocent

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%%* BlackCloak
%%* ChildrenAreInnocent
* BlackCloak: Tango wears extremely dark colors with the [[InTheWood normal Black Mage attire]].
* ChildrenAreInnocent: The Black Mages following Tango are clearly more children than EvilMinions, and act it.



%%* BreakTheCutie: Both Eiko [[spoiler:and Tango/Vivi]].

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%%* * BreakTheCutie: Both Eiko [[spoiler:and Tango/Vivi]].Tango/Vivi - in fact, the later breaking and becoming Tango leads directly to Eiko breaking when she realizes her abductor is her previously kind crush]].



%%* ChewToy: [[spoiler:Tango]], as it turns out.

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%%* * ChewToy: [[spoiler:Tango]], as it turns out.out. [[spoiler:When ''not dying'' turned out to be a prelude to ''worse'' things, he hasn't had a great life.]]



* DamselInDistress: Subverted. Nobody is coming to save Eiko, but that hardly stops her.

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* DamselInDistress: Subverted. DamselOutOfDistress: Nobody is coming to save Eiko, but that hardly stops her.her. [[spoiler:She only stops trying to escape when she ends up siding with him in an attempt to find a less destructive way to save the Black Mages.]]



* DeathFic: The loss of poor Vivi still drives the plotline, even thirteen years later.

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* DeathFic: The loss of poor Vivi still drives the plotline, even thirteen years later. [[spoiler:Except not, as he suffered more metaphorical death as Black Tango, but he actually does die at the end.]]



%%* EvilFormerFriend

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%%* EvilFormerFriend* EvilFormerFriend: [[spoiler:Black Tango is an insane, misanthropic version of Vivi, corrupted by the very process he thought would keep Black Mages alive and lashing out in barely remembered pain at his old friends. He becomes less evil as he remembers more of what actually happened in the course of canon.]]



%%* TheFaceless: Tango and the black mages, although they are [[AvertedTrope far from]] being FacelessGoons.

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%%* * TheFaceless: Tango and the black mages, although they are [[AvertedTrope far from]] being FacelessGoons.FacelessGoons. [[spoiler:It's also shown part of the reason they hide their faces is that they all resemble Kuja, as his "sons" through invention, and they understandably resent him.]]



%%* FromMyOwnPersonalGarden: Not just the food, but the [[spoiler:minions, too.]]

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%%* * FromMyOwnPersonalGarden: Not Tango's first sign of opening up is actually making food from his lab for Eiko. Though she [[BrainBleach blanches]] when she realizes he doesn't just the food, but the [[spoiler:minions, too.too - she wonders how much embryonic Black Mage from the fruits he uses as replacement for the factory got in the actual vegtables.]]



* HairTriggerTemper: It's amazing how easy it is to set Tango off.

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* HairTriggerTemper: It's amazing how easy it is to set Tango off. [[spoiler:Eiko theorizes this is because he still has immaturity from being Vivi combined with Black Waltz aggression.]]



%%* HurtComfortFic

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%%* HurtComfortFic* HurtComfortFic: [[spoiler:The core of the fic is Eiko slowly nursing Black Tango back to something resembling sanity after she realizes he's Vivi.]]



%%* JabbaTableManners: Don't eat lunch with Black Tango. Seriously.

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%%* * JabbaTableManners: Don't eat lunch with Black Tango. Seriously.Man does not know how to eat slow.



%%* OmnicidalManiac

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%%* OmnicidalManiac* OmnicidalManiac: [[spoiler:This is Necron's purpose, as revealed by the summons - he is effectively the part of the universe that desires to die, and so when manifested he attempts to destroy as much as he can.]]



* PsychoPrototype: There's a reason why Tango's name sounds so reminiscent of the Black Waltzes.

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* PsychoPrototype: There's a reason why Tango's name sounds so reminiscent of the Black Waltzes. [[spoiler:He wasn't always, but Vivi didn't exactly have time to consider if converting himself into one would break his mind worse.]]



%%* RageAgainstTheHeavens

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%%* RageAgainstTheHeavens* RageAgainstTheHeavens: [[spoiler:Eiko does ''not'' take the summons revolting when she tries to summon Necron to force him to help well.]]



%%* StockholmSyndrome

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%%* StockholmSyndrome* StockholmSyndrome: [[spoiler:Eiko bitterly realizes this is what's happening to her as she falls in love with Vivi all over again while in perfect knowledge of how he's also Black Tango, but [[LoveMakesYouCrazy finds it increasingly hard to care]].]]



%%* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans

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%%* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Or at least survival of the Black Mages, from Tango's perspective.



%%* VillainousCrush

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%%* VillainousCrush* VillainousCrush: It becomes clear to Eiko that Tango acts awfully like someone with a crush on her. [[spoiler:And then it becomes clear this crush came from before he was a villain.]]
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%%* CatchPhrase: ''I exist only to kill.''
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[[ThirteenIsUnlucky Thirteen]] years have passed since the events of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'', and Eiko Carol Fabool has grown into an intelligent, self-possessed young woman and the heir to the regency of Lindblum. She is [[HappilyAdopted beloved by her parents]], keeps in touch with [[HappilyEverAfter her old adventuring buddies]], and is well on her way to becoming [[WrenchWench a talented airship engineer]].

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[[ThirteenIsUnlucky Thirteen]] Thirteen years have passed since the events of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'', and Eiko Carol Fabool has grown into an intelligent, self-possessed young woman and the heir to the regency of Lindblum. She is [[HappilyAdopted beloved by her parents]], keeps in touch with [[HappilyEverAfter her old adventuring buddies]], and is well on her way to becoming [[WrenchWench a talented airship engineer]].
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%%* OverprotectiveDad: Tango, in a nasty mash-up with AbusiveParents.
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* ActionGirl
* ApocalypseMaiden: [[spoiler:Eiko comes very close to becoming one.]]
* ArrangedMarriage

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* %%* ActionGirl
* %%* ApocalypseMaiden: [[spoiler:Eiko comes very close to becoming one.]]
* %%* ArrangedMarriage



* BattleCouple: Dagger and Zidane, Beatrix and Steiner, [[spoiler:Eiko and Tango]].

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* %%* BattleCouple: Dagger and Zidane, Beatrix and Steiner, [[spoiler:Eiko and Tango]].



* BewareTheNiceOnes
* BirthDeathJuxtaposition

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* %%* BewareTheNiceOnes
* %%* BirthDeathJuxtaposition



* BlackCloak
* ChildrenAreInnocent

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* %%* BlackCloak
* %%* ChildrenAreInnocent



* BreakTheCutie: Both Eiko [[spoiler:and Tango/Vivi]].
* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu
* CatchPhrase: ''I exist only to kill.''
* ChewToy: [[spoiler:Tango]], as it turns out.
* CurbStompBattle: Tango vs. [[spoiler:Zidane]].

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* %%* BreakTheCutie: Both Eiko [[spoiler:and Tango/Vivi]].
* %%* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu
* %%* CatchPhrase: ''I exist only to kill.''
* %%* ChewToy: [[spoiler:Tango]], as it turns out.
* %%* CurbStompBattle: Tango vs. [[spoiler:Zidane]].



* DeadGuyJunior: Vivi and [[spoiler:Vita]].

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* %%* DeadGuyJunior: Vivi and [[spoiler:Vita]].



* DrivenToVillainy

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* %%* DrivenToVillainy



* EldritchAbomination: A few of them!

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* %%* EldritchAbomination: A few of them!



* EvilFormerFriend

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* %%* EvilFormerFriend



* TheFaceless: Tango and the black mages, although they are [[AvertedTrope far from]] being FacelessGoons.

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* %%* TheFaceless: Tango and the black mages, although they are [[AvertedTrope far from]] being FacelessGoons.



* FreakinessShame
* FromMyOwnPersonalGarden: Not just the food, but the [[spoiler:minions, too.]]
* FuroScene [[ShowerOfAngst Of Angst]]

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* %%* FreakinessShame
* %%* FromMyOwnPersonalGarden: Not just the food, but the [[spoiler:minions, too.]]
* %%* FuroScene [[ShowerOfAngst Of Angst]]



* GladToBeAliveSex: Possibly the least joyful example(s), ever.

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* %%* GladToBeAliveSex: Possibly the least joyful example(s), ever.



* GratuitousPrincess: Eiko Carol, Garnet, and Cornelia all hold or held this status.

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* %%* GratuitousPrincess: Eiko Carol, Garnet, and Cornelia all hold or held this status.



* HappilyAdopted
* [[SheCleansUpNicely He Cleans Up Nicely]]
* HerHeartWillGoOn
* HeroicSacrifice

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* %%* HappilyAdopted
* %%* [[SheCleansUpNicely He Cleans Up Nicely]]
* %%* HerHeartWillGoOn
* %%* HeroicSacrifice



* HurtComfortFic
* IDidWhatIHadToDo

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* %%* HurtComfortFic
* %%* IDidWhatIHadToDo



* JabbaTableManners: Don't eat lunch with Black Tango. Seriously.
* LimaSyndrome
* LineOfSightName: Eiko ends up giving these to a lot of the Black Mages. Rain, in particular, comes to mind.

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* %%* JabbaTableManners: Don't eat lunch with Black Tango. Seriously.
* %%* LimaSyndrome
* %%* LineOfSightName: Eiko ends up giving these to a lot of the Black Mages. Rain, in particular, comes to mind.



* LoveHurts: And ''how''.
* TheMourningAfter: Poor, poor Vivi.
* MamaBear

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* %%* LoveHurts: And ''how''.
* %%* TheMourningAfter: Poor, poor Vivi.
* %%* MamaBear



* MoodSwinger
* MoralityPet: All the Black Mages, to Tango.
* MotiveRant: Several.
* NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine
* NotQuiteDead
* OmnicidalManiac
* OneWingedAngel
* OverprotectiveDad: Tango, in a nasty mash-up with AbusiveParents.

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* %%* MoodSwinger
* %%* MoralityPet: All the Black Mages, to Tango.
* %%* MotiveRant: Several.
* %%* NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine
* %%* NotQuiteDead
* %%* OmnicidalManiac
* %%* OneWingedAngel
* %%* OverprotectiveDad: Tango, in a nasty mash-up with AbusiveParents.



* PimpedOutDress:
* ThePollyanna: The Black Mages. My gosh, the Black Mages.

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* %%* PimpedOutDress:
* %%* ThePollyanna: The Black Mages. My gosh, the Black Mages.



* RageAgainstTheHeavens

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* %%* RageAgainstTheHeavens



* RoaringRampageOfRevenge
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
* SacredHospitality: Rain and the other Black Mages do their best to uphold this ideal, with varying results.
* ScheherezadeGambit: Invoked/given the nod by Tango, early on.
* SheIsAllGrownUp
* SoWhatDoWeDoNow
* SomeoneToRememberHimBy
* StillGotIt
* StockholmSyndrome
* SuperWindowJump
-->"You're all [[PrecisionFStrike fuckin']] idiots, you know."
-->"Why's that?"
-->"Because the [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch]] can ''fly!"''
* SummonMagic
* TakeAThirdOption: Eiko attempts this in her DealWithTheDevil.

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* %%* RoaringRampageOfRevenge
* %%* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
* %%* SacredHospitality: Rain and the other Black Mages do their best to uphold this ideal, with varying results.
* %%* ScheherezadeGambit: Invoked/given the nod by Tango, early on.
* %%* SheIsAllGrownUp
* %%* SoWhatDoWeDoNow
* %%* SomeoneToRememberHimBy
* %%* StillGotIt
* %%* StockholmSyndrome
* %%* SuperWindowJump
-->"You're %%-->"You're all [[PrecisionFStrike fuckin']] idiots, you know."
-->"Why's %%-->"Why's that?"
-->"Because %%-->"Because the [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch]] can ''fly!"''
* %%* SummonMagic
* %%* TakeAThirdOption: Eiko attempts this in her DealWithTheDevil.



* TalkingInBed

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* %%* TalkingInBed



* TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler:The identity of Black Tango.]]
* {{Tomboy}}: Eiko.
** Also Cornelia, to an extent.

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* %%* TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler:The identity of Black Tango.]]
* %%* {{Tomboy}}: Eiko.
** %%** Also Cornelia, to an extent.



* TranquilFury
-->"Don't move. I don't like it when you move."

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* %%* TranquilFury
-->"Don't %%-->"Don't move. I don't like it when you move."



* UnstoppableRage
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans
* VillainousBreakdown
* VillainousCrush

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* %%* UnstoppableRage
* %%* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans
* %%* VillainousBreakdown
* %%* VillainousCrush



* WingedHumanoid: Black Tango, same as all the other Waltzes. Also, [[spoiler: Eiko in her Trance form]].
* WrenchWench: Eiko, although it's more of an informed ability.

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* %%* WingedHumanoid: Black Tango, same as all the other Waltzes. Also, [[spoiler: Eiko in her Trance form]].
* %%* WrenchWench: Eiko, although it's more of an informed ability.
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Toy Ship has been merged with Puppy Love.


* AbductionIsLove: Played with, because Tango [[spoiler:is barely conscious that what he's doing is trying desperately to grab on to his ToyShip happy memories. He admits he probably would have killed her if he didn't already like her.]]

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* AbductionIsLove: Played with, because Tango [[spoiler:is barely conscious that what he's doing is trying desperately to grab on to his ToyShip happy memories. He admits he probably would have killed her if he didn't already like her.]]
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* FatalAttraction
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