History Fanfic / HomunculusTheory

%%** [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope A few silver linings, though.]] Lin Beifong is luckily able to save stone!Greed from being consumed by Father again, and though they have no way to restore his body at the moment, [[SharingABody Ling Yao has ascended to the Pantheon]]. Vegeta's words to Raditz during and especially after curb-stomping his former underling post-ritual seem to have rented space in the Saiyan guardsman's head. Furthermore, ''Street Fighter''[='=]s classic military/police quartet has made gains in their allegiances; Guile's addition to the Mighty Majors has proven to strengthen their team, [[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Charlie Nash]] along with [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars Selena Recital]] were able to recruit suitable members over the conflict's duration to form [[Series/TheWestWing Josiah Bartlet]]'s Coalition 303, Chun-Li now has hope again for the future of the Delta Cops through both Barlet's encouragement and closely working with Beifong, and Cammy is now friends with [[Franchise/XMen Storm]].]]]]

%%** Gluttony's pursuit of Mrs. Brisby takes cues from her chase scene with Dragon in ''Film/TheSecretOfNIMH'' but with a very different result. The Elric brothers' fight with Gluttony, Lust, and Envy right afterward takes cues from their battle clips in the ''Franchise/FullmetalAlchemist'' anime openings, specifically "Rewrite" from [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the first anime]] and "Again" and "Hologram" from ''[[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Brotherhood]]''.

%%* OneSteveAlert: {{Averted|Trope}}. Rashid of the Turbulent Wind and Zia Rashid are friends, fighting off Mannequin Soldiers together in their initial appearance in the story. He's occasionally referenced as Rashīdo to tell them apart when they're both involved.

%%* SummonerArtifact: [[VideoGame/KantaiCollection The Abyssals]] discover the Shining Trapezohedron which is needed to summon the Haunter of the Dark, an avatar of Nyarlathotep.

%%* CainAndAbel: [[Franchise/MortalKombat Noob Saibot]] tries to kill Sub-Zero (again), and part of [[Anime/DragonBallZ Raditz's]] motivation for helping to trapping Vegeta is to show up Kakarot/Son Goku. Surprisingly {{averted|Trope}} with Jin and Ragna the Bloodedge, as Jin is ''not'' trying to kill Ragna for once.

%%* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Aside from ultimately failing to kill their enemies, The Homunculi's EvilPlan is more or less successful. The Great Philosopher's Stone is successfully created through the souls and partial powers drained from seven captive "walking crests of blood" passing through the Homunculi (including an unwilling Greed, who unlike the others doesn't get to keep any of the Stone's power) with the help of an avatar of Nyarlathotep, and with an assist from [[Franchise/TheLionKing the lion Scar]] keeping Mrs. Brisby and Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective duo at bay, Lady Dante gets to keep hold of the Amulet Stone that Gluttony stole from Mrs. Brisby to try and reverse her PossessionBurnout so she can keep Lyra's form undeterred. [[Manga/ElfenLied Lucy]] and [[Franchise/NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji Ikari]] are two of said walking crests of blood, giving them each yet another psychological scar (which they ''[[BrokenBird don't need]]'', to put it mildly). Thanks to the power of the two stones, Sloth the Indolent has been ascended to his own temple, with Dante pulling strings to add her world's Sloth, Juliet Douglas, as his Herald. On top of that, [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Giovanni]] has been broken out of prison, continuing the group's other plan to annex Team Rainbow Rocket into their ranks and turn the Order of the Ouroboros into a full-scale organization per the business model devised by the [[Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfEvil GUAE]]. They also OutGambitted Vergil Sparda into fighting them on their terms, leading to not only his capture for experimentation by Alex and Albert Wesker, but also Kat's as well, in another joint plot devised by Bradley and Azula; furthemore, this is hinted to be connected to whatever grim state has befallen Vergil in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5''. And finally, Greed, the rebel son who helped kill Father in their home world, finds himself boiled down to his stone form again after going through several levels of torment.]]
%%** [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope A few silver linings, though.]] Lin Beifong is luckily able to save stone!Greed from being consumed by Father again, and though they have no way to restore his body at the moment, [[SharingABody Ling Yao has ascended to the Pantheon]]. Vegeta's words to Raditz during and especially after curb-stomping his former underling post-ritual seem to have rented space in the Saiyan guardsman's head. The Mighty Majors are stronger as a team, Coalition 303 was successfully formed by [[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Charlie Nash]] and [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars Selena Recital]]'s recruitment-in-battle efforts under [[Series/TheWestWing Josiah Bartlet]]'s directive, Chun-Li now has hope again for the future of the Delta Cops through both Barlet's encouragement and closely working with Beifong, and Cammy is now friends with [[Franchise/XMen Storm]].]]]]

%%*** [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra Mako and Saikhan]], Lin Beifong's Heralds, appear during said attack, with Saikhan initially backing Beifong against Raditz before being sent to join Mako in evacuating the citizens when Greed shows up.

%%*** [[Anime/KillLaKill Satsuki Kiryuin and her Elite Four]], complete with Ira Gamagoori's [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Swampert]], try to attack Bradley and the Homunculi in Father's lair while [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2SonsOfLiberty Solidus Snake]] waits for his turn in the background.

%%** [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope A few silver linings, though.]] Lin Beifong is luckily able to save stone!Greed from being consumed by Father again, and though they have no way to restore his body at the moment, [[SharingABody Ling Yao has ascended to the Pantheon]]. Vegeta's words to Raditz during and especially after curb-stomping his former underling post-ritual seem to have rented space in the Saiyan guardsman's head. The Mighty Majors are stronger as a team, Coalition 303 was successfully formed by [[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Charlie Nash]] and [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars Selena Recital]]'s recruitment-in-battle efforts under [[Series/TheWestWing Josiah Bartlet]]'s directive, and Chun-Li now has hope again for the future of the Delta Cops through both Barlet's encouragement and closely working with Beifong.]]]]

%%* PreAssKickingOneLiner: Dropped by [[spoiler: Vegeta as Raditz is about to kill Greed and Lin Beifong.]]

%%* TheScream: [[Literature/CthulhuMythos The Haunter of the Dark]] uses his power to pull this out of all the sacrifices by tormenting them with visions and screams of the many souls they've killed.

%%* ContinuityNod: During one of the Weskers' conversations, Alex lightly mocks an idea Albert once had to implant a trigger device onto someone's metal for an ambush since both the metal and said device broke in a fight not too long afterward; Albert admits he considered trying again but thought better of it. This is a reference to an AbortedArc from Year 1 involving Edward Elric.

%%* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Aside from ultimately failing to kill their enemies, The Homunculi's EvilPlan is more or less successful. The Great Philosopher's Stone is successfully created through the souls and partial powers drained from seven captive "walking crests of blood" passing through the Homunculi (including an unwilling Greed, who unlike the others doesn't get to keep any of the Stone's power) with the help of an avatar of Nyarlathotep, and with an assist from [[Franchise/TheLionKing the lion Scar]] keeping Mrs. Brisby and Disney/TheGreatMouseDetective duo at bay, Lady Dante gets to keep hold of the Amulet Stone that Gluttony stole from Mrs. Brisby to try and reverse her PossessionBurnout so she can keep Lyra's form undeterred. [[Manga/ElfenLied Lucy]] and [[Franchise/NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji Ikari]] are two of said walking crests of blood, giving them each yet another psychological scar (which they ''[[BrokenBird don't need]]'', to put it mildly). Thanks to the power of the two stones, Sloth the Indolent has been ascended to his own temple, with Dante pulling strings to add her world's Sloth, Juliet Douglas, as his Herald. [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Giovanni]] has been broken out of prison, continuing the group's other plan to annex Team Rainbow Rocket into their ranks and turn the Order of the Ouroboros into a full-scale organization per the business model devised by the [[Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfEvil GUAE]]. They also OutGambitted Vergil Sparda into fighting them on their terms, leading to not only his capture for experimentation by Alex and Albert Wesker, but also Kat's as well, in another joint plot devised by Bradley and Azula; furthemore, this is hinted to be connected to whatever grim state has befallen Vergil in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5''. And finally, Greed, the rebel son who helped kill Father in their home world, finds himself boiled down to his stone form again after going through several levels of torment.]]

%%* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Aside from ultimately failing to kill their enemies, The Homunculi's EvilPlan is more or less successful. The Great Philosopher's Stone is successfully created through the souls and partial powers drained from seven captive "walking crests of blood" passing through the Homunculi (including an unwilling Greed, who unlike the others doesn't get to keep any of the Stone's power) with the help of an avatar of Nyarlathotep, and Lady Dante gets to keep hold of the Amulet Stone that Gluttony stole from Mrs. Brisby to try and reverse her PossessionBurnout so she can keep Lyra's form undeterred. [[Manga/ElfenLied Lucy]] and [[Franchise/NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji Ikari]] are two of said walking crests of blood, giving them each yet another psychological scar (which they ''[[BrokenBird don't need]]'', to put it mildly). Thanks to the power of the two stones, Sloth the Indolent has been ascended to his own temple, with Dante pulling strings to add her world's Sloth, Juliet Douglas, as his Herald. [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Giovanni]] has been broken out of prison, continuing the group's other plan to annex Team Rainbow Rocket into their ranks and turn the Order of the Ouroboros into a full-scale organization per the business model devised by the [[Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfEvil GUAE]]. They also OutGambitted Vergil Sparda into fighting them on their terms, leading to not only his capture for experimentation by Alex and Albert Wesker, but also Kat's as well, in another joint plot devised by Bradley and Azula; furthemore, this is hinted to be connected to whatever grim state has befallen Vergil in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5''. And finally, Greed, the rebel son who helped kill Father in their home world, finds himself boiled down to his stone form again after going through several levels of torment.]]

%%* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:The Homunculi and High Command expect that [[Franchise/DevilMayCry Vergil Sparda]] would one day come back after them, so they expedite the process to control the situation alongside with [[Franchise/ResidentEvil Albert and Alex Wesker]]. The Wesker siblings approach Vergil about a potential source of power they need his help to retrieve, all the while gradually leading him towards an ambush from Azula. However, [[VideoGame/DmCDevilMayCry Kat]] overhears them speaking of their plans from Limbo and tips Vergil off, so he breaks off the alliance and prepares to go after Bradley then and there. This too was a setup; Azula, Bradley, and even Esdeath and Lady Dante ''all'' had their temples jury-rigged in case of Sparda, meaning even if he called upon his brother and apparent son they might've been snared too. The only secure way he could've avoided this was to stop completely and either reject the Weskers' offer or not go after Bradley, but his personal ego and quest for power wouldn't allow this.]]

%%* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Aside from ultimately failing to kill their enemies, The Homunculi's EvilPlan is more or less successful. The Great Philosopher's Stone is successfully created through the souls and partial powers drained from seven captive "walking crests of blood" passing through the Homunculi (including an unwilling Greed, who unlike the others doesn't get to keep any of the Stone's power), and Lady Dante gets to keep hold of the Amulet Stone that Gluttony stole from Mrs. Brisby to try and reverse her PossessionBurnout so she can keep Lyra's form undeterred. [[Manga/ElfenLied Lucy]] and [[Franchise/NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji Ikari]] are two of said walking crests of blood, giving them each yet another psychological scar (which they ''[[BrokenBird don't need]]'', to put it mildly). Thanks to the power of the two stones, Sloth the Indolent has been ascended to his own temple, with Dante pulling strings to add her world's Sloth, Juliet Douglas, as his Herald. [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue Giovanni]] has been broken out of prison, continuing the group's other plan to annex Team Rainbow Rocket into their ranks and turn the Order of the Ouroboros into a full-scale organization per the business model devised by the [[Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfEvil GUAE]]. They also OutGambitted Vergil Sparda into fighting them on their terms, leading to not only his capture for experimentation by Alex and Albert Wesker, but also Kat's as well, in another joint plot devised by Bradley and Azula; furthemore, this is hinted to be connected to whatever grim state has befallen Vergil in ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry5''. And finally, Greed, the rebel son who helped kill Father in their home world, finds himself boiled down to his stone form again after going through several levels of torment.]]

%%** [[SubvertedTrope A few silver linings, though.]] Lin Beifong is luckily able to save stone!Greed from being consumed by Father again, and though they have no way to restore his body at the moment, [[SharingABody Ling Yao has ascended to the Pantheon]]. Vegeta's words to Raditz during and especially after curb-stomping his former underling post-ritual seem to have rented space in the Saiyan guardsman's head. The Mighty Majors are stronger as a team, Coalition 303 was successfully formed by [[VideoGame/StreetFighterAlpha Charlie Nash]] and [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars Selena Recital]]'s recruitment-in-battle efforts under [[Series/TheWestWing Josiah Bartlet]]'s directive, and Chun-Li now has hope again for the future of the Delta Cops through both Barlet's encouragement and closely working with Beifong.]]

%%* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:{{Downplayed|Trope}} for Greed. First he's captured and forcibly bound to Vegeta for the Homunculi's plan to create a new Philosopher's Stone, then he's damn near killed by Raditz after the fact, and finally he once again is boiled down to his Stone form. Luckily Lin is able to save him from being consumed by Father again.]]
%%* EvilPlan: [[spoiler:The Homunculi and High Command capture seven deities with high kill counts as "walking crests of blood" and, with help from a fear-inducing avatar of Nyarlathotep, draw a significant part of their powers as well as all the non-deified souls they've killed to pass through the Homunculi into the creation of a brand new Philosopher's Stone more powerful than the ones Father got from Xerxes and Amestris as well as the Stone stolen from Mrs. Brisby. Father will keep most of this Stone, while sharing significant pockets of it amongst his six loyal children as well as giving nine souls to each of the other members. Dante will in turn keep Mrs. Brisby's Stone and use it to attempt to reverse her PossessionBurnout so she can keep Lyra's body undeterred. The new power will also be enough to finally ascend Sloth to the Pantheon in his own right, and others such as Azula will receive a boost in proceeding with their own agendas.]]

%%** [[Franchise/StreetFighter Chun-Li]] briefly laments the issues dividing her Delta Cops teammates Aqua and [[Franchise/SlyCooper Carmelita Fox]]. Later, [[Series/TheWestWing President Josiah Bartlet]] encourages her to keep up hope that things will be set right.

%%** Shadaloo and the Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfMachines are mentioned as two of the examples of the kind of threat President Bartlet wants to have a team prepared to fight against when he gives that order to Charlie Nash and [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars Selena Recital]].

%%** Several Team Rocket grunts bring up working under [[VideoGame/{{PokemonGoldAndSilver}} Executive Archer]], who has taken control of the organization following Giovanni's capture.

%%*** [[Anime/KillLaKill Satsuki Kiryuin and her Elite Four]], complete with Ira Gamagoori's [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Swampert]], try to attack Bradley and the Homunculi in Father's lair.

%%* ContinuityNod: During one of the Weskers' conversations, Alex lightly mocks an idea Albert once had to implant a trigger device onto someone's metal for an ambush since both the metal and said device broke in a fight not too long afterward, while Albert admits he considered trying again but thought better of it. This is a reference to an AbortedArc from Year 1 involving Edward Elric.

%%* FireForgedFriends: How Charlie and Selena form Bartlet's team. Rashīdo already had this with Nash going back to ''[[VideoGame/StreetFighterV A Shadow Falls]]'', then they happen upon [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Ahsoka Tano]] and help her turn back an ambush, and finally [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros Brock Samson]] miraculously gets back up and fights after having been used as a walking crest of blood, saving Nash's life and working surprisingly well with him.

%%** Gluttony's pursuit of Mrs. Brisby takes cues from her chase scene with Dragon in ''Film/TheSecretOfNIHM'' but with a very different result. The Elric brothers' fight with Gluttony, Lust, and Envy right afterward takes cues from their battle clips in the ''Franchise/FullmetalAlchemist'' anime openings, specifically "Rewrite" from [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the first anime]] and "Again" and "Hologram" from ''[[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Brotherhood]]''.

%%* MythologyGag: Gluttony's pursuit of Mrs. Brisby takes cues from her chase scene with Dragon in ''Film/TheSecretOfNIHM'' but with a very different result. The Elric brothers' fight with Gluttony, Lust, and Envy right afterward takes cues from their battle clips in the ''Franchise/FullmetalAlchemist'' anime openings, specifically "Rewrite" from [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the first anime]] and "Again" and "Hologram" from ''[[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Brotherhood]]''.

%%* MookHorrorShow: [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros Brock Samson]], per usual. [[spoiler:Unfortunately this comes back to haunt him almost immediately after he appears, with High Command capturing him and using him as a walking crest of blood precisely because of his kill count.]]

%%* OneSteveAlert: {{Averted|Trope}}. Rashid of the Turbulent Wind and Zia Rashid are friends, fighting off Mannequin Soldiers together in their initial appearance in the story.

%%* TheCameo: Many characters make cameo appearances in Act Zero, Envy's narrated extended prologue explaining how the Homunculi got to this point.
%%** [[Literature/TheSilmarillion Melkor]] gives the order to Raditz for the initial attack on Republic City.
%%** [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfKorra Mako and Saikhan]], Lin Beifong's Heralds, appear during said attack, with Saikhan initially backing Beifong against Raditz before being sent to join Mako in evacuating the citizens when Greed shows up.
%%** [[VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft Gul'dan]] and [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Master Xehanort]] are exposed as Father's co-conspirators in ascending Führer King Bradley.
%%** [[Anime/KillLaKill Satsuki Kiryuin and her Elite Four]], complete with Ira Gamagoori's [[VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire Swampert]], try to attack Bradley and the Homunculi in Father's lair.
%%** [[VideoGame/DmCDevilMayCry Kat]] appears being shielded by Vergil as he impales Bradley during his desertion of High Command.

%%** During the Stray Dog scene, [[ComicBook/{{Bone}} Phoney Bone]] mentions wanting to ascend his cousin Fone Bone to try to get Fone to help with his money-making schemes. After talking with Jin, Greed briefly states his relief that [[VideoGame/Persona4 Teddie]]'s off today.
%%** Chun-Li briefly laments the issues dividing her Delta Cops teammates Aqua and [[Franchise/SlyCooper Carmelita Fox]].

%%** [[Franchise/StreetFighter Shadaloo]] and the Pantheon/GrandUnitedAllianceOfMachines are mentioned as two of the examples of the kind of threat [[Series/TheWestWing President Bartlet]] wants to have a team prepared to fight against when he gives that order to Charlie Nash and [[VideoGame/SuperRobotWars Selena Recital]].

%%* MookHorrorShow: [[WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros Brock Samson]], per usual.

%% --> '''Vegeta:''' '''[[WebVideo/{{DragonBallZAbridged}} Give me a minute.]]'''