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* HomeschooledKids: May or may not by the case with the Boys. They do not attend an actual school. They seem to get their information from books, TV and the Internet, though...
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* MouthyKid: Dark.
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* TroubledChild: Dark, especially in later chapters.
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* KindRestraints: Happens to Dark early in "Flux", much to his and Mephy's dismay.
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** Dark is also suspicious of any medications, as he doesn't like to be drugged.
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* NoMedicationForMe: Given their strange physiology, this is the case with the Boys, as it's difficult to gauge what sort of effect it will have on them. Notable reasons include that aspirin leaves Mephy high as a kite, and some sedatives make Dark physically ill. Another implied incident included Mephy's stomach being agitated by ''Pepto''. They are reasonably wary of medicines.
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* WideEyesAndShrunkenIrises: Mephy, who doesn't have visible pupils, does this often.
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* HalfDressedCartoonAnimal: Shadow, which is no surprise given his franchise origin.
** FullyDressedCartoonAnimal: Rouge, though she appears to wear more than her canon counterpart.
** FullyDressedCartoonAnimal: Rouge, though she appears to wear more than her canon counterpart.
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* HeadbuttOfLove: Mephy begins doing this with Dark in "Flux", and Dark later does this as well to Mephy starting in "Rift".
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* ModestyTowel: PlayedWith. Shadow does this in chapter of "Flux", with him commenting on needing his clothes. Mephy points out the absurdity of the idea, as Shadow is a HalfDressedCartoonAnimal most of the time, and that the only thing he wears regularly are shoes, socks and gloves.
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* MySkullRunnethOver: Dark, who is highly intelligent, capable of absorbing information almost instantly, and has the inexplicable ability to understand anything with little prior training. He doesn't know how or why it works that way, but it could be due a side effect of the experiments on the Solaris Project. Implied to have this ability stunted a bit after his skull was cracked.
** His ability to See possible outcomes has filled his brain with memories of things that could have been and things that never will be. He implies in the CharacterBlog at one point that this is the reason why he's not often happy, as well as why he's unable to sleep soundly most nights.
** His ability to See possible outcomes has filled his brain with memories of things that could have been and things that never will be. He implies in the CharacterBlog at one point that this is the reason why he's not often happy, as well as why he's unable to sleep soundly most nights.
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* OurNudityIsDifferent: PlayedWith. Mephy, Dark and Iblis rarely wear anything, even by Male Mobian standards, given that their crystal coated hands and feet would destroy gloves, socks and shoes. The range of their wardrobe includes scarves and winter hats, and rarely much else.
** In an early chapter of "Flux", Shadow (while in a ModestyTowel) comes to the realization that Mephy and Dark are nudists by Mobian standards, and proceeds to erase the thought from his mind by beating his head with a shoe.
** In an early chapter of "Flux", Shadow (while in a ModestyTowel) comes to the realization that Mephy and Dark are nudists by Mobian standards, and proceeds to erase the thought from his mind by beating his head with a shoe.
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* IAteWhat: In "Rift", Dark accidentally chews apart a package of jerky while sleepwalking. Upon finding a piece of meat in his mouth once lucid, he promptly rushes to the bathroom to vomit, despite Mephy and Iblis trying to assure him that it was possible that he didn't swallow anything. Based on what he says while throwing up, we at least know that he swallowed bits of the plastic bag.
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* IronicFear: Dark is actually afraid of the dark, more specifically absolute darkness. Partial justified because he spent a decade in total darkness, and he will panic if he can't see. His eyes also reflect light like a cat, so he does have good night vision... as long as there's a glimmer of light to use it with.
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* PickyEater: Dark, who prefers a vegetarian diet. Will not eat anything that has had contact with meat, but will occasionally eat an egg if it's proven that it was never going to hatch into something. Dark is almost willing to starve himself to uphold this.
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* RealMenEatMeat: Iblis, much to Dark's displeasure.
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* ScaryTeeth: Dark and Iblis both have these. Dark despises them because they do not reflect his dietary habits (he's a vegetarian).
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* InteractingWithShadow: Before Dark had a physical form, he would be this to Mephy when they first met. He later takes Mephy's form as a basis for his own, making him a "living shadow".
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* InteractingWithShadow: Before Dark had a physical form, he would be this to Mephy when they first met. He later takes Mephy's form as a basis for his own, making him a "living shadow".literal LivingShadow.
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* BrokenSmile: Dark does this often when trying to hide his anguish. Mephy's late biological triplet brother, Ceus (who was a sickly child), apparently also did the same, as Mephy mentally compares the expressions between the two of them.
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* InteractingWithShadow: Before Dark had a physical form, he would be this to Mephy when they first met. He later takes Mephy's form as a basis for his own, making him a "living shadow".
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* LaughingMad: Has happened to Dark more than once, especially while under a lot of stress.
** Zane, a mental representation of Dark's "Insanity", is this a great deal of the time, especially if Dark's grip on reality slips ever so slightly. Crosses into FridgeHorror when he states, between uncontrollable fits of laughter, that he doesn't like being crazy as much as it would seem.
** Zane, a mental representation of Dark's "Insanity", is this a great deal of the time, especially if Dark's grip on reality slips ever so slightly. Crosses into FridgeHorror when he states, between uncontrollable fits of laughter, that he doesn't like being crazy as much as it would seem.
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* SanitySlippage: Dark and Iblis both have shown this, with Dark being a repeat offender. Dark tends to speak in short rhymes or repeat himself frantically when this occurs.
** Zane, the personification of "Insanity" among Dark's emotions, is this around the clock. He's horribly aware of what's happening to him and doesn't enjoy it as much as his giggling might indicate.
* SanityStrengthening: Dark implies at several points that being in close proximity to Mephy clears his mind ("... They go 'way 'round you...")
** Zane, the personification of "Insanity" among Dark's emotions, is this around the clock. He's horribly aware of what's happening to him and doesn't enjoy it as much as his giggling might indicate.
* SanityStrengthening: Dark implies at several points that being in close proximity to Mephy clears his mind ("... They go 'way 'round you...")
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* BrickJoke: Chapter 13 of "Flux" has Mephy notice that Shadow is using Super Glue to repair his model motorcycle, at the start of the chapter, and wonders why it's called "Super". Dark manages to get a towel spotted with it stuck to his arm at the end of the chapter, which leds to this gem from Mephy as it's ripped off just as Rouge returns from the store: "Oh, THAT'S why it's called 'Super Glue'!"
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* BrickJoke: Chapter 13 of "Flux" has Mephy notice that Shadow is using Super Glue to repair his model motorcycle, at the start of the chapter, and wonders why it's called "Super". Dark manages to get a towel spotted with it stuck to his arm at the end of the chapter, which leds leads to this gem from Mephy as it's ripped off just as Rouge returns from the store: "Oh, THAT'S why it's called 'Super Glue'!"
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* CurseCutShort: A common occurence for Dark, either in-universe or by the third-person narrator.
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* CurseCutShort: A common occurence occurrence for Dark, either in-universe or by the third-person narrator.
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* PlayingSick: Dark fakes a migrane to prevent Shadow from asking too many questions about Shu.
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* PlayingSick: Dark fakes a migrane migraine to prevent Shadow from asking too many questions about Shu.Shu. Shu later advises him against it in the future, should the next one be worse.
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* RepressedMemories: Dark has these due to trying to salvage his sanity. He screwed up and repressed more than he intended, and gradually allows them to resurface over time. Partially why he has severe migraines is because he's spent so long keeping them hidden, that fighting them back causes him mental distress.
** Mephy is implied to have these, though he handles them far better than Dark does. It's implied that Dark had a hand in repressing them, but it's likely that Dark repressed that for himself as well.
** Mephy is implied to have these, though he handles them far better than Dark does. It's implied that Dark had a hand in repressing them, but it's likely that Dark repressed that for himself as well.
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* TraumaInducedAmnesia: The reason for Dark's memory issues. In addition to what happened to him early in life, he's also received amnesia from ''being in a building during an earthquake'', when a chunk of debris struck his skull. The ailment lasts for three chapters until something jars his memories back.
** This almost occurs when Dark witnesses what happens to Mephy at the hands of Dire. Iblis [[spoiler: manages to keep him coherent enough to be able to tell what happened later to Shadow and Rouge]]. Iblis also realizes that this happened to Dark before because of his abuse to him early on, which may or may not be why Dark's memories of his past are spotty at best.
** This almost occurs when Dark witnesses what happens to Mephy at the hands of Dire. Iblis [[spoiler: manages to keep him coherent enough to be able to tell what happened later to Shadow and Rouge]]. Iblis also realizes that this happened to Dark before because of his abuse to him early on, which may or may not be why Dark's memories of his past are spotty at best.
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* PsychicNosebleed: Dark has suffered these before. In "Flux", he gets one proceeding an intense pain in his head when he realizes the true identity of Shu. He's also prone to these on the CharacterBlog if asked about possible bad future outcomes he's had visions of, implied to be the result of too much information assaulting his brain at once.
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* PsychicNosebleed: Dark has suffered these before. In "Flux", he gets one proceeding an intense pain in his head when he realizes the true identity of Shu. He's also prone to these on the CharacterBlog if asked about possible bad future outcomes he's had visions of, implied to be the result of too much information assaulting his brain at once. May or may not be a factor into the migraines that plague him.
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* PsychicNosebleed: Dark has suffered these before. In "Flux", he gets one proceeding an intense pain in his head when he realizes the true identity of Shu. He's also prone to these on the CharacterBlog if asked about possible bad future outcomes he's had visions of, implied to be the result of too much information assaulting his brain at once.
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* InstantSedation: Given their unusual physiology, this can be explained simply that Dark and Mephy's bodies processes the medicine differently. This also means that great care must be taken to avoid adverse reactions.
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* AfraidOfBlood: Mephy is horribly sickened by the scent of it and it's not uncommon for him to vomit when it's present. Dark is sickened by the idea of drawing it from something.
* AfraidOfDoctors: Mephy early on, though he's gotten better about it. Dark's case teeters on fear and absolute hatred, making him a very difficult patient, even for the one doctor he'll allow close enough to him for examinations.
* AfraidOfNeedles: Mephy is far less so than Dark. Dark will have a total fit if he's not lethargic from illness.
* AfraidOfDoctors: Mephy early on, though he's gotten better about it. Dark's case teeters on fear and absolute hatred, making him a very difficult patient, even for the one doctor he'll allow close enough to him for examinations.
* AfraidOfNeedles: Mephy is far less so than Dark. Dark will have a total fit if he's not lethargic from illness.
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** However, he's been known to endanger himself by trying to push beyond his known limits, explaining that he's will to suffer if it meant that it was going to help out as much as possible. No one is pleased with this mindset, and Dark and Shadow have vocally expressed disapproval of the thought.
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** However, he's been known to endanger himself by trying to push beyond his known limits, explaining that he's will willing to suffer if it meant that it was going to help out as much as possible. No one is pleased with this mindset, and Dark and Shadow have vocally expressed disapproval of the thought.
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* EmpathicHealer: Mephy's healing abilities have this as a sort of "cap" to them, which physically prevents him from completely transferring severe injuries to himself (though that doesn't mean he won't try). Coupled with his HealingFactor, this is a very useful skill when it's not taken too far. Enhanced to a degree by contact with Chaos Emeralds.
** However, he's been known to endanger himself by trying to push beyond his known limits, explaining that he's will to suffer if it meant that it was going to help out as much as possible. No one is pleased with this mindset, and Dark and Shadow have vocally expressed disapproval of the thought.
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* HealingFactor: Mephy can recover from injuries much quicker than most, though may still be debilitated until then. Notable examples of this is when he survived the severe beating from Dire, recovered from being struck and slammed headfirst into a brick wall in a matter of hours with little more than a sore head, and waking up from a month long coma with a decent level of coherence.
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* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Mephiles tries this on [[spoiler:Dire after he possesses Dark. It doesn't work.]]
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* MalfunctionMalady: Confirmed by WordOfGod and doodles that Iblis can sneeze fire by accident.
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* StressVomit: Common with Mephy, especially if sickened by the scent of blood. Dark now as well, after his encounters with Dire.
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* CuteMute: Euphie, Dark's mental embodiment of "Euphoria", is initially described as what Dark might have looked like if he had ever been a toddler. [note]Due to Dark having a period of time where he wasn't able to properly use his emotions, Euphie was stunted in growth compared to the rest, and was physically incapable of proper speech at first, despite having the mental capacity.[/note] Euphie, as of late, has aged to be closer to a six year old physically and is a good deal more talkative.
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* CuteMute: Euphie, Dark's mental embodiment of "Euphoria", is initially described as what Dark might have looked like if he had ever been a toddler. [note]Due [[note]]Due to Dark having a period of time where he wasn't able to properly use his emotions, Euphie was stunted in growth compared to the rest, and was physically incapable of proper speech at first, despite having the mental capacity.[/note] [[/note]] Euphie, as of late, has aged to be closer to a six year old physically and is a good deal more talkative.
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* CuteMute: Euphie, Dark's mental embodiment of "Euphoria", is initially described as what Dark might have looked like if he had ever been a toddler. [note]Due to Dark having a period of time where he wasn't able to properly use his emotions, Euphie was stunted in growth compared to the rest, and was physically incapable of proper speech at first, despite having the mental capacity.[/note] Euphie, as of late, has aged to be closer to a six year old physically and is a good deal more talkative.
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* HowManyFingers: Rouge asks this after Shadow punches Mephiles in the head.
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* HowManyFingers: Rouge asks HealingHands: Mephy's Healing Ability is often channeled this after Shadow punches Mephiles way.
* HeelFaceTurn: Dark in thehead.middle of ''Memories'' [[spoiler:and Iblis in the 38th chapter.]]
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* HowManyFingers: Rouge asks this after Shadow punches Mephiles in the head.
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* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Mephy usually says this about himself in later chapters, much to Dark's caution.
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* BadDreams: Dark suffers these often during and after encountering Dire.
** Mephy also has these, though he often doesn't recall them due to them being night terrors. Occasionally crosses with DreamingOfThingsToCome.
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* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Common occurrence with Mephy, who doesn't often remembers them due to them being products of night terrors. After long enough of being accurate, everyone else takes these seriously.
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* PowerIncontinence: Common with Dark and Mephy, be it through stress or nightmares. A RunningGag is that an appliance, usually an overhead light or the toaster, will become a causality of this.
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* SleepWalking: Dark. Can range from simply sitting up in bed while mumbling, or actually managing to open the door and leave the house, much to Mephiles' apprehension. He's even "reorganized" the kitchen during an episode.
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* SuperOCD: Dark displays tendencies of this, even while sleepwalking (as he's been known to reorganize the kitchen, or stack things in his sleep). Mephy also has this on a lesser intensity, generally when it comes to grooming.
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* NeatFreak: Mephy, who is often described as being well groomed and is often fretting about the state of Dark's fur as well. It's not uncommon for Mephy to clean up.
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* CabinFever: Dark suffers this when being kept from going outside during the Dark Gaia incident.
