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* BreadEggsSquick: A blood purist newspaper goes out of business due to "falling subscription rates, rising costs of doing business, and the fact the obituary section is larger than the last four issues ''combined''."
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* GoodIsNotNice: Just because Mr. Black helps out the local law enforcement does not mean that he won't resort to extreme measures when they aren't looking.
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* GoodIsNotNice: GoodIsNotSoft: Just because Mr. Black helps out the local law enforcement does not mean that he won't resort to extreme measures when they aren't looking.
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* IronicEcho: Harry spends most of the story introducing himself as "Just a man on vacation." At the end when he chooses to become Mr. Black, he introduces himself as "A man in need of a vacation."
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* UrbanLegendLoveLife: ''One'' day of being friendly to Veela, and some [[ContrivedCoincidence bizzarre]] [[NoodleIncident circumstances]] later, and Mr. Black becomes an In-Universe MemeticSexGod and [[AnthropomorphicPersonification symbol of fertility]].
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* UrbanLegendLoveLife: ''One'' day of being friendly to Veela, and some [[ContrivedCoincidence bizzarre]] [[NoodleIncident circumstances]] later, and Mr. Black becomes an In-Universe MemeticSexGod and a [[AnthropomorphicPersonification symbol of fertility]].
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** Another shoutout, this time to DoctorWho, when the Doctor's introducing herself.
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** Another shoutout, this time to DoctorWho, Series/DoctorWho, when the Doctor's introducing herself.
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* AlternateCharacterInterpretation: InUniverse with Mr Black. Everyone thinks that Mr Black is a {{Badass}} OlderThanDirt wizard who has a very twisted sense of humour and thus likes to play "pranks" on the Law Enforcement officers he meets, such as dropping Death Eaters into a cell while he is being given a tour, and also uses ObfuscatingStupidity to deal with [=LEOs=] that are shadowing him. Actually, Mr Black (Harry) is just as surprised as them whenever Death Eaters appear next to him in increasingly weird situations and does not even know people are tailing him at all.
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* CouldSayItBut: Harry's travel book talks about some spells he can use to hide himself and about the equivalent to the Unforgivables in other countries in this way.
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** It makes sense in physics, as the displaced air weights more than the contents of the zeppelin, producing buoyancy. Making the zeppelin's bag stay in shape, despite being empty, does require the intervention of a literal wizard - nature abhors a vacuum, after all.
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* ItRunsOnNonsensoleum: The zeppelin floats because it's been filled with ''nothing.'' [[AWizardDidIt It's magic, don't question it.]]
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** Later in the story, it is believed that one of those civilizations was ''Atlantis''. Since, if they were willing to exile a wizard for being "too weak", it worried everyone to think what they would do to non-Purebloods... and Mr. Black's hatred towards [[BerserkButton Blood Purists]] [[AssholeVictim is very]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill well-known]].
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** Later in the story, it is believed that one of those civilizations was ''Atlantis''. Since, if they were willing to exile a wizard for being "too weak", weak" (and that was Merlin!), it worried everyone to think what they would do to non-Purebloods... and Mr. Black's hatred towards [[BerserkButton Blood Purists]] [[AssholeVictim is very]] [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill well-known]].
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* ButtMonkey: Harry; he spends a good deal of time bemoaning his awful luck. At one time, he makes an unfortunately-phrased comment about destroying civilizations in a past life, so his current one is thus cursed; later still, he thinks he may be the universe's spittoon. It can go either way, depending on the reader's opinion, although being ignorant of his accomplishments means that Harry doesn't get to see any silver lining to the unpleasant situations he gets into.
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** It's even used to identify him, as only the real Mr. Black responds like that. Harry does because he just wants a vacation, while [[OneDialogueTwoConversations everyone else]] thinks he's being a HumbleHero.
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** It keeps happening. All. The. Time. With criminals, with law enforcement, random people. ''Everyone''.
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* SincerityMode: When asked anything other than his name, Harry responds with complete sincerity, [[OneDialogueTwoConversations but no-one takes what he says at face value]] - Mr. Black is ''[[SarcasmMode obviously]]'' [[TheAce too skilled to be ignorant of his situation]], [[ObfuscatingStupidity and his sense of humor is a little twisted]].
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** This, itself, is interpreted by them as an [[InvertedTrope inversion]] of the MakeItLookLikeAnAccident trope; ''obviously'' it was the work of Mr. Black, for who else would be able to arrange that ''every'' guard in rotation be the spies? And have them all outside of the building as they are reporting back to their bosses? ''And'' have it seem like it was a random gas leak? Only Black.
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* ConfusionFu: One of the traits that law enforcement find the most perturbing about Mr. Black is his unpredictability. They cannot track him accurately nor tell what he is going to do at any given moment, and, for someone of his [[ContrivedCoincidence perceived]] power, that is incredibly scary.
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* ConfusionFu: One of the traits that law enforcement find the most perturbing about Mr. Black is his unpredictability. They cannot track him accurately nor tell what he is going to do at any given moment, and, and that, for someone of his [[ContrivedCoincidence perceived]] power, that is incredibly scary.
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* ConfusionFu: One of the traits that law enforcement find the most perturbing about Mr. Black is his unpredictability. They cannot track him accurately nor tell what he is going to do at any given moment, and, for someone of his [[ContrivedCoincidence perceived]] power, that is incredibly scary.
** The use of simple, easy-to-use everyday utility spells to gain an edge is discussed at length. It starts with the use of a cosmetic spell (for quick ''tanning'') against vampires, and earns Mr. Black the reputation of a tactical genius. After all, those utility spells are plentiful, made to be quick, easy to learn and cast, and any wizard in the world has dozens of them practiced; their use in combat will most definitely catch someone off-guard, since virtually no-one thinks of having a defense against them.
*** Demonstrated when a student at Hogwarts uses a ''BreastExpansion spell'' on a practice duel against a ''guy'' to throw him for a loop, [[GagBoobs upset his balance]], and win the duel. The girl in question was inspired by Mr. Black's use of a cosmetic spell, of which she knows several (from girly magazines), to deadly effect.
** The use of simple, easy-to-use everyday utility spells to gain an edge is discussed at length. It starts with the use of a cosmetic spell (for quick ''tanning'') against vampires, and earns Mr. Black the reputation of a tactical genius. After all, those utility spells are plentiful, made to be quick, easy to learn and cast, and any wizard in the world has dozens of them practiced; their use in combat will most definitely catch someone off-guard, since virtually no-one thinks of having a defense against them.
*** Demonstrated when a student at Hogwarts uses a ''BreastExpansion spell'' on a practice duel against a ''guy'' to throw him for a loop, [[GagBoobs upset his balance]], and win the duel. The girl in question was inspired by Mr. Black's use of a cosmetic spell, of which she knows several (from girly magazines), to deadly effect.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Everyone thinks that Mr. Black is [[ObfuscatingStupidity pretending that he doesn't know what is going around him]], and is just goofing off. They also think that he is [[TheAce so good at everything he does]] that he can not only afford to, but might [[TheDreaded do horrible things to those that dare ruin his fun]]; since [[ContrivedCoincidence everyone IS better off]], even if scared and/or stressed in the end, they let him get away with it. Of course, Harry ''is'' [[SincerityMode genuinely oblivious when he speaks]], but no-one knows that.
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* INeverSaidItWasPoison: Accidentally. When he arrives to Marseilles and gets attacked by a Muggle serial killer (armed with a magical knife), Harry is interrogated by one Auror, who calls him Mr Black at the end of the interview. Harry jokes about how fast they arrived (not knowing they were following him) and then tells the Auror's healer that the interviewer's technique was so good he does not even remember giving him his name. The Aurors take these quite seriously.
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* INeverSaidItWasPoison: INeverToldYouMyName[=/=]INeverSaidItWasPoison: Accidentally. When he arrives to Marseilles and gets attacked by a Muggle Squib serial killer (armed with a magical knife), Harry is interrogated by one Auror, who calls him Mr Black at the end of the interview. Harry jokes about how fast they arrived (not knowing they were following him) and then tells the Auror's healer that the interviewer's technique was so good he does not even remember giving him his name. The Aurors take these quite seriously.
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* INeverSaidItWasPoison: Accidentally. When he arrives to Marseilles and gets attacked by a Muggle serial killer (armed with a magical knife), Harry is interrogated by one Auror, who calls him Mr Black at the end of the interview. Harry jokes about how fast they arrived (not knowing they were following him) and then tells the Auror's healer that the interviewer's technique was so good he does not even remember giving him his name. The Aurors take these quite seriously.
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** [[spoiler:the [[TheCassandra Cassandra family]] can see the future, but know they will not be believed due to their curse... so they set out to use those visions to get rich and help the world indirectly.]]
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* SureLetsGoWithThat: a French Auror wizard that can transform into a poodle tells his female partner that the most dangerous people try to look like they are the harmless. The witch asks him if that is why he had her groom him and put a bow around his neck. He says yes this way.
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: what everyone thinks Mr. Black does.
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* MundaneUtility: [[spoiler:the [[TheCassandra Cassandra family]] can see the future, but know they will not be believed due to their curse... so they set out to use those visions to get rich and help the world indirectly.]]
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* MundaneUtility: who could have known that a tanning spell could be used to kill a vampire?
** [[spoiler:the [[TheCassandra Cassandra family]] can see the future, but know they will not be believed due to their curse... so they set out to use those visions to get rich and help the world indirectly.]]
** [[spoiler:the [[TheCassandra Cassandra family]] can see the future, but know they will not be believed due to their curse... so they set out to use those visions to get rich and help the world indirectly.]]
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* GenreSavvy: Death Eaters soon begin to balk at the idea of taking a Portkey with Wormtail, knowing that few to none Death Eaters come back from those attacks.
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* IKnowYoureWatchingMe: ''[[ContrivedCoincidence Accidentally]]''. After visiting museums and admiring art all day, Harry compares the masterpieces to Hogwarts's moving paintings, and decides there is no comparison, muttering 'Amateurs' when thinking about the portraits at Hogwarts... the surveillance agents tailing him take it to mean that ''he knew they were there all along'', and unwittingly start the belief that Mr. Black is an old professional that [[TheOldestTricksInTheBook knows all of the tricks]]. Later incidents, particularly those in France, further this belief until everyone thinks he might as well be [[TheOmniscient nigh-omniscient]], having [[OlderThanDirt pretty much written the book before books existed]], and is just [[ObfuscatingStupidity pretending he doesn't know because he's got a twisted sense of humor]].
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* IKnowYoureWatchingMe: ''[[ContrivedCoincidence Accidentally]]''. After In his visit to Netherlands, Harry spends the day visiting museums and admiring art all day, Harry art, and at he end of it he compares the masterpieces to Hogwarts's Hogwarts' moving paintings, and decides there is no comparison, muttering 'Amateurs' when thinking about calling the portraits at Hogwarts... the latter's painters "Amateurs". The surveillance agents tailing him take it to mean that ''he knew they were there all along'', and unwittingly start the belief that Mr. Black is an old professional that [[TheOldestTricksInTheBook knows all of the tricks]]. Later incidents, particularly those in France, France (he gets fed up with having to stand on a line to see anything right when the French Aurors were trying to get into his hotel room), further this belief until everyone thinks he might as well be [[TheOmniscient nigh-omniscient]], having [[OlderThanDirt pretty much written the book before books existed]], and is just [[ObfuscatingStupidity pretending he doesn't know because he's got a twisted sense of humor]].
* MundaneUtility: [[spoiler:the [[TheCassandra Cassandra family]] can see the future, but know they will not be believed due to their curse... so they set out to use those visions to get rich and help the world indirectly.]]
* [[spoiler:TheCassandra: the shopkeeper at the beginning reveals to Harry that he and many in his very extended family inherited Cassandra's curse, which is what prompts them to do what they can to help the world.]]
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* WeirdnessCensor: Mr. Black has a bracelet that makes it difficult for people to focus on the details of his person, explicitly called [[BystanderSyndrome an SEP ("someone else's problem") Field]].
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* WeirdnessCensor: Mr. Black has a bracelet that makes it difficult for people to focus on the details of his person, explicitly called [[BystanderSyndrome an a SEP ("someone else's problem") Field]].Field]].
** When he returns to England, Harry[=/=]Mr. Black goes to the shopkeeper that sold him what he bought at the beginning to complain at the fact that, even with the bracelet, he got caught in plenty of messes. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny The shopkeeper promptly shows him that he had the SEP field on its lowest setting.]]
** When he returns to England, Harry[=/=]Mr. Black goes to the shopkeeper that sold him what he bought at the beginning to complain at the fact that, even with the bracelet, he got caught in plenty of messes. [[CrowningMomentOfFunny The shopkeeper promptly shows him that he had the SEP field on its lowest setting.]]
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* FailsafeFailure: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] and [[InvokedTrope invoked]]. The wizard who made the Portkeys that the Death Eaters used ''deliberately'' left out [[TeleporterAccident important safety features]] because he doesn't like how they treat him.
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* FlockOfWolves: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. By the end of the story, there are just twenty-something Death Eaters left, and it turns out all of them are actually spies for the Ministry or any other government group. [[ContrivedCoincidence They all decide to report to their bosses on the same night Voldemort's Headquarters are destroyed.]]
* FlockOfWolves: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]]. By the end of the story, there are just twenty-something Death Eaters left, and it turns out all of them are actually spies for the Ministry or any other government group. [[ContrivedCoincidence They all decide to report to their bosses on the same night Voldemort's Headquarters are destroyed.]]
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* IKnowYoureWatchingMe: ''[[ContrivedCoincidence Accidentally]]''. After visiting museums and admiring art all day, Harry compares the masterpieces to Hogwarts's moving paintings, and decides there is no comparison, muttering 'Amateurs' when thinking about the portraits at Hogwarts... the surveillance agents tailing him take it to mean that ''he knew they were there all along'', and unwittingly start the belief that Mr. Black is an old professional that [[TheOldestTricksInTheBook knows all of the tricks]]. Later incidents, particularly those in France, further this belief until everyone thinks he might as well be [[TheOmniscient nigh-omniscient]], having [[OlderThanDirt pretty much written the book before books existed]], and is just [[ObfuscatingStupidity pretending he doesn't know because he's got a twisted sense of humor]].
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* CoolBike: Thanks to [[BornLucky Harry's insane luck at gambling]], he wins one of these in America. [[MadScientist The Professor]] asked if he could modify it, and Harry agreed - his only specific request was [[FlyingCar to have it fly]], but otherwise gave the Professor free reign to add anything he wanted besides of that. The Professor and Henchgirl got [[MadScientist some like-minded friends]], and [[UpToEleven even made a contest out of who could put the most features in]]. After all of that, it could shrink to pocket-size, [[OilSlick drop oil slicks]], [[WeaponizedCar shoot spells]], fly, change license plates, and even has a pooka - a''[[CoolHorse ghost horse]]'' - bound to it so that it never needs fuel, [[EmpathicWeapon can act by itself if needed]], and occasionally project the [[AnimalBattleAura image of the pooka itself]].
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* UrbanLegendLoveLife: ''One'' day of being friendly to Veela, and some [[ContrivedCoincidence bizzarre]] [[NoodleIncident circumstances]] later, and Mr. Black becomes an In-Universe MemeticSexGod and [[AnthropomorphicPersonification symbol of fertility]].
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* WronskiFeint: Harry takes part of a broom race that goes through a dragon sanctuary, and, just his luck, managed to get nearly every dragon hunting ''him''. He tries to [[[BlindedByTheLight use the sunlight to blind them]], but ultimately shakes them off and wins the race with a textbook perfect WronskiFeint against the ground, saving the other racers in the process.
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* RuleOfCool: Why did Henchgirl enchant her zeppelin to have a rolling bank of clouds surrounding it at all times? Because it's cool.
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* BrickJoke: In one of the earlier chapters, [[CloudCuckooLander Luna and her father]] mention a holiday they proposed to the Ministry called "National Yell At Your Daughter Day." Later they are, indeed, yelling at the top of their lungs at each other, until Luna decides that it's [[NoodleImplements just not the same without the ducks.]]
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--> '''The Professor''': That won't work. *waves his hand dismissively* The... would you excuse me? *runs off to chase down Henchgirl*
--> '''Harry''': Why can't [the zeppelin] use the same enchantments as the Knight Bus?
--> '''The Professor''': That won't work. *waves his hand dismissively* The... would you excuse me? *runs off to chase down Henchgirl*
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* MadBomber: Of all people, ''[[TheSmartGuy Hermione]]'' gained this reputation in the sequel. [[InsistentTerminology She is adamant in denying it]], but she shows a trend of solving problems with explosions, be they accidental, 'accidental', or otherwise.
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