History Fanfic / ManchesterLost

* RunningGag: There is only one response, be you demon, nun, Jesus, or ''Satan'' to the question "Would you like some tea?". --> ''[[CatchPhrase Would]]'' [[CatchPhrase I]]!

%% * ManOnFire: [[spoiler:Zira kills Beelzebub while lit on holy fire, much to Michael's pride and jealousy that he died so awesomely]]

%% * HasTwoMommies: [[spoiler:War.]]

%% * TheyDo

%% * AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Lucifer.

* CrowdSong: [[Music/{{Journey}} Don't Stop Believin']], which the angels use to [[spoiler: defeat Satan]].
%% * CrucifiedHeroShot: [[spoiler: Zira]] ties Crowley to a tree in this position so he won't be able to do anything.

->''[[Music/{{Journey}} Don't Stop Believing...]]''

%% * {{Messenger}}: Gabriel is THE Messenger.

* EvilMakeover: Subverted with [[spoiler: Aziraphale/Zira]]; after he Falls, he starts looking more "evil", but his behavior doesn't actually change.

* ActionGirl: Sister Prudence.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Young Aziraphale. He was a bit of a nerd.
* AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents - Raphael.
* ArchangelGabriel: Poor guy is SurroundedByIdiots.
* ArchangelMichael: [[LeeroyJenkins At least someone is having fun.]]
* ArchangelRaphael: Aziraphrale's [[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents embarrassing parent]] and too nice for his own good.
* ArchangelUriel: Perpetually happy and a bit high, [[BewareTheSillyOnes except when he's smiting things]].
* AuthorAppeal: Anime, music, [=RPG=]s, etc.
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Lucifer.
* AxCrazy: Uriel, when he's in his 'smite the damned' mode.
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler: Aziraphale and Crowley.]]
* BackToBackBadasses: Gabriel and Michael, Michael and War briefly.
* BadBoss: [[spoiler:God and Lucifer. God gets a PetTheDog moment / becomes a BenevolentBoss at the end.]]
* BadassFamily
* BadassNormal: Sister Prudence.
* BasementDweller: Brian.
* TheBerserker - Michael, War, Moloch.

* BewareTheNiceOnes - One of Hell's very few rules.

* BigDamnHeroes - Many moments, often subverted.
* BondVillainStupidity - Lucifer.

* ChildhoodFriendRomance - [[spoiler:Kireawel/Crowley]] in some respects, to Aziraphale.

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}
--> '''Uriel:''' ''I can't believe you just killed Lucifer!''
* ColdBloodedTorture: It wouldn't be Hell without it.
* ColorCodedForYourConvenience - Demons tend to have darker wings in this ficverse.
* ColossusClimb
* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: "Now that's just overkill."

* CrucifiedHeroShot: [[spoiler: Zira]] ties Crowley to a tree in this position so he won't be able to do anything.
* CuteAndPsycho: War.
* DaddysGirl - [[spoiler: Jesus]] and War.
* DarkestHour
* DeadpanSnarker - [[TallDarkAndSnarky Crowley]], Gabriel.
* DeusExMachina
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu - [[spoiler: [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome Crowley punched Lucifer - In the FACE!!!]]]]
** '''War:''' ''[[{{Satan}} Mommy]], you're an idiot!'' [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome * decapitates* ]]
* DividedWeFall

* TheDragon: [[spoiler: A real dragon]] and Beelzebub, both for Lucifer.
* DreamSequence: Crowley's hallucinations.

* ElmuhFuddSyndwome: [[spoiler:Anethema and Newton]]'s three-year-old twins, [[spoiler:Aziraphale and Bentley]].
* EmergencyTransformation: [[spoiler: For Aziraphale and Crowley at the end.]]
* EveryoneWentToSchoolTogether

* EveryoneCanSeeIt: Even the ''[[CoolCar Bentley]]'' ships Aziraphale and Crowley. [[spoiler: And so does God.]]
* FallenHero - Subverted with [[spoiler:Aziraphale]], see WhatYouAreInTheDark.
* {{Fangirl}}: Uriel is Gabriel's fangirl. [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Yes, Uriel is male.]]
* FaustianRebellion
* FauxAffablyEvil - Lucifer
* FireForgedFriends - Crowley, Michael, and War.
* FiveManBand / TheSquad:
** TheHero - Aziraphale, Adam, Michael ([[SmallNameBigEgo at least he thinks he is]]), Crowley (in the ToHellAndBack arc)
** TheLancer - Crowley, Gabriel, [[spoiler:Zira, {{Foil}} characters flip positions, [[HeroicSacrifice dies for the cause]]]]
** TheBigGuy - Michael, Uriel, War, Sister Prudence
** TheSmartGuy - Raphael, Aziraphale, Crowley (resident expert in the ToHellAndBack arc), Gabriel, Anathema, Newt, and their kids.
** TheChick / TheHeart - Raphael, Aziraphale, Jesus, [[ThisLoserIsYou most human characters]].
** SixthRanger - Crowley [[spoiler:to the pre-established warrior angels "family".]]
** TheMedic - Raphael
** {{Mentor|s}} - Raphael
** TagalongKid - Skuzz
** PluckyComicRelief - Aziraphale, [[CloudCuckoolander Uriel]]

* FoeTossingCharge - Through Hell, then through Manchester.
* AFriendInNeed

* TheGlomp: Uriel does this to Gabriel.
* GlowingEyesOfDoom
* GoodAngelBadAngel - [[spoiler: Crowley has Inner Aziraphale and Inner Hastur, Aziraphale has Inner Raphael and Inner Crowley.]]

* HappyPlace
* [[HasTwoMommies Has Two Daddies]] - [[spoiler:War.]]

* [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend He Is Not My Boyfriend]] / TransparentCloset
** The mood lightener after [[spoiler: Aziraphale's torture]]; Crowley feels the need to remind War "He is ''not'' my ''mate''!"
* HereWeGoAgain - [[strike: [[HorsemenOfTheApocalypse Bikers of the Apocalyse]]]] Warrior Angels of the Apocalyse [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Skuzz]]
* HeroicBSOD - [[spoiler: Aziraphale for a while during and after being tortured and going to his "Happy Place." Crowley after Aziraphale/Zira dies.]]
* HeroicSacrifice - [[spoiler:Aziraphale/Zira]]
** LikeYouWouldReallyDoIt
* HeroStoleMyBike - When the Four Archangels "borrow" some motorcycles. "It’s not stealing if you’re On a Holy Mission."
* HeyThatsMyLine - "Ciao."

* IShallTauntYou / DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu
* IWantGrandkids - "Run!"
* IdiotBall - Now [[spoiler:Zira]], you promise you won't try and escape?
* IgnoredEnemy
* ImStandingRightHere
* InsultBackfire
* IrritationIsTheSincerestFormOfFlattery - [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial No, Michael isn't taking fashion tips from Crowley, not at all.]]
* KillItWithFire - There's Hellfire, and then there's Sister Prudence's Blessed Napalm.
* KnightTemplar - The Order of Our Most Holy Lady of the Righteous Smiting
* LampshadeHanging - Lots; it's a lot of Snark and SelfParody

* LawfulStupidChaoticStupid - Raphael (StupidGood), most of the angels (LawfulStupid), Moloch most of the demons (StupidEvil)
* LockedInAFreezer
* ManOnFire / IncendiaryExponent - [[spoiler:Zira kills Beelzebub while lit on holy fire, much to Michael's pride and jealousy that he died so awesomely]]
* MarsNeedsWomen: How do angels reproduce anyway?
* {{Messenger}}: Gabriel is THE Messenger.
* MetaGuy: Brian.
* MissionFromGod

* MoreHeroThanThou
* MusicalEpisode

* OminousLatinChanting: The song playing in the background when [[spoiler:Uriel destroys Mammon]].
* OneWingedAngel: Lucifer, it gets a LampshadeHanging.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Michael and Lucifer to each other; Gabriel to Michael.
* OpenMindedParent: Raphael again.
* OppositeDay: Er... Bizarro book of prophecies.
* {{Otaku}}: Brian.
* PapaWolf: Raphael.
* PokeThePoodle: [[spoiler: Zira]]'s "insults."
* PsychoForHire: War.
* RousingSpeech
* RuleOfCool
* RuleOfFunny
* RunningGag: There is only one response, be you demon, nun, Jesus, or ''Satan'' to the question "Would you like some tea?".
** ''[[CatchPhrase Would]]'' [[CatchPhrase I]]!
* Creator/SamuelLJackson: Beelzebub's human form. Because Samuel L. Jackson is badass.
* SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler: And so is Jesus.]]
* SarcasmBlind: Raphael.
* ScrewDestiny: [[spoiler: God doesn't want the Apocalypse stopped this time. Aziraphale doesn't care.]]

* SecondLawOfGenderbending: [[spoiler: Jesus]] decides to stay female.
* ShoutOut: [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles Turtle Power!]]

* SmallNameBigEgo: Agostino Nutter, Michael.
* StockBritishPhrases: [[spoiler: Inner]] Aziraphale uses these quite liberally.
* StrawFeminist : Pepper.
* StrappedToAnOperatingTable
* TakeThat: Crowley's hallucinations are a mockery of badfic.
* TeamMom: Raphael.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork
* ThemeMusicPowerUp
* TheyDo
* ThirdLineSomeWaiting - The Famine, Pollution, Newt, and Anathema subplot.
* ThirdLawOfGenderbending - PMS, meekness, and a tendency to cry were not part of the [[Literature/TheBible New Testament]].
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch
* [[ThrowAwayCountry Throw-Away Town]] - Manchester; nobody misses it.
* ToHellAndBack

--> '''Raphael:''' ''[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments Perhaps you can skedaddle back to Hell and tell him to call things off? It would be awfully sweet of you. No one wants existence to be over, especially since my son's boyfriend would be destroyed too.]]''

--> '''Beelzebub:''' ''[[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments That's it, he's not coming anywhere near my Hell.]]''
* TrademarkFavoriteFood - Angels like chocolate.
* TrapDoor - "Sauntering vaguely downwards" sounds so much better.
* UnresolvedSexualTension - [[spoiler: Gets out of it at the end.]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: [[LeeroyJenkins Michael]] and [[DeadpanSnarker Gabriel]].
* WhatYouAreInTheDark - [[spoiler:Aziraphale/Zira after Falling [[HeroicSpirit does not change in his resolve to help save humanity]].]]
* WithDueRespect - [[RageAgainstTheHeavens Poor,]] [[WhatHaveIBecome poor]] [[TheWoobie Aziraphale.]]

* YourMom - Used ''twice'' by Adam, both times on [[SugarWiki/MomentOfAwesome beings without mothers]].
* ZenSurvivor - Hell does not scare Aziraphale, [[ContinuityNod he survived Auschwitz]].

* FullNameUltimatum: God does this to Crowley to get his attention when he's too depressed over [[spoilr: Aziraphale's death]] to listen. Also counts as IKnowYourTrueName.

** SixthRanger - Crowley [[spoiler:to the pre-established warrior angels "family"�.]]

** PluckyComicRelief - Aziraphale, [[ObfuscatingStupidity Uriel]]

* FullNameUltimatum: God does this to Crowley to get his attention when he's too depressed over Aziraphale's death to listen. Also counts as IKnowYourTrueName.

* BadassGrandma: This line:
--> Sister Josephine, aged ninety-two but with the heart of a woman in her fifties, took out more demons that day than any one angel. Upon her death, she was declared Patron Saint of Arse-Kicking.

-- '''Raphael''', to Aziraphale

->'''Raphael:''' ''[[AmazinglyEmbarrassingParents You gave me quite a fright, you did. Usually one person doesn't get hurt quite so badly, but you've always had to go above and beyond, haven't you? ...And you never visit anymore, and I can't believe you never mentioned your demon boyfriend.]]''

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4818516/1/Manchester-Lost Manchester Lost]]'' by JA{{Tropers/Moczo}} is a very funny ''Literature/GoodOmens'' CrackFic / ActionAdventure / (non-explicit) SlashFic in which Aziraphale is captured by Hell and Crowley, War and the Archangel Michael (on a MissionFromGod) break in to save him and set off a second apocalypse. It introduces entertaining [[OriginalCharacter characterizations]] of [[TrueCompanions other angels such as Michael, Raphael (Aziraphale's adopted father), Gabriel, and Uriel.]] It's a {{self parody}}ing AffectionateParody with many interesting twists and turns along the way.

It is technically a sequel to [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4731170/1/How-Crowley-Fell-Out-of-Love-with-the-Bentley How Crowley Fell Out of Love with the Bentley]] (which is a sequel to ''Literature/GoodOmens''). Manchester Lost has a sequel itself, which is complete: [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5694906/1/Paradise-Thwarted Paradise Thwarted]]. Now Fanfic/ParadiseThwarted has its own page too!

* AxCrazy: Uriel.

-->'''God''': Oh, and now you're trying to ''leave?" Without even saying goodbye? Kireawel Gadre'el, would you quit forgetting who you're talking to?

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4818516/1/Manchester-Lost Manchester Lost]]'' by JA{{Tropers/Moczo}} is a very funny ''Literature/GoodOmens'' CrackFic / ActionAdventure / (non-explicit) SlashFic in which Aziraphale is captured by Hell and Crowley, War and the Archangel Michael (on a MissionFromGod) break in to save him and set off a second apocalypse. It introduces entertaining [[OriginalCharacter characterizations]] of [[TrueCompanions other angels such as Michael, Raphael (Aziraphale's adopted father), Gabriel, and Uriel.]] It's a [[SelfParody self parodying]] AffectionateParody with many interesting twists and turns along the way.

It is technically a sequel to [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4731170/1/How-Crowley-Fell-Out-of-Love-with-the-Bentley How Crowley Fell Out of Love with the Bentley]] (which is a sequel to ''Literature/GoodOmens''). Fanfic/ManchesterLost has a sequel itself, which is complete: [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5694906/1/Paradise-Thwarted Paradise Thwarted]]. Now Fanfic/ParadiseThwarted has its own page too!

* AerithAndBob: Names of angels and demons varies from Aziraphale, Crowley, Beezlebub and Steve.

* AxeCrazy: Uriel.

* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Uriel may be a childish CloudCuckooLander most of the time, [[AxeCrazy but if he thinks you need to be smote...]]

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu - [[spoiler: [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome Crowley punched Lucifer - In the FACE!!!]]]]
** '''War:''' ''[[{{Satan}} Mommy]], you're an idiot!'' [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome * decapitates* ]]

* DoesNotUnderstandSarcasm - Raphael.

* DreamSequence - Crowley's hallucinations.

* EmergencyTransformation - [[spoiler: for Aziraphale and Crowley at the end]]

* EvilMakeover - Subverted with [[spoiler: Aziraphale/Zira]]; after he Falls, he starts looking more "evil", but his behavior doesn't actually change.
* EveryoneCanSeeIt- Even the ''[[CoolCar Bentley]]'' ships Aziraphale and Crowley. [[spoiler: And so does God.]]

** TheChick / TheHeart - Raphael, Aziraphale, Jesus, [[YouSuck most human characters]]
** TheSixthRanger - Crowley [[spoiler:to the pre-established warrior angels "family"�.]]

** TheMentor - Raphael

* HeIsNotMyBoyfriend / TransparentCloset

* OminousLatinChanting: The song playing in the background when [[spoiler:Uriel destroys Mammon.]]
* OneWingedAngel: Lucifer, it gets a LampshadeHanging.

* PsychoForHire: War

* SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler: And so is Jesus.]]

** Carried over from the original book, Adam Young may be TheAntichrist, [[AntiAntiChrist but that doesn't mean he wants to destroy the world.]]

** Author's notes reveal that the Lord Jesus Christ is in the body of [[FinalFantasyVII Tifa Lockhart.]]

* TheDragon: [[spoiler: A real dragon]] and Beelzebub, both for Lucifer.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Michael and Lucifer to each other; Gabriel to Michael.

* [[ThrowAwayCountry Throw Away Town]] - Manchester; nobody misses it.

--> '''Raphael:''' ''[[CrowningMomentOfFunny Perhaps you can skedaddle back to Hell and tell him to call things off? It would be awfully sweet of you. No one wants existence to be over, especially since my son's boyfriend would be destroyed too.]]''

--> '''Beelzebub:''' ''[[CrowningMomentOfFunny That's it, he's not coming anywhere near my Hell.]]''

* {{UST}} - [[spoiler: Gets out of it at the end.]]
* VictoriousChildhoodFriend - [[spoiler:Kireawel/Crowley]] in some respects, to Aziraphale.

* WhatYouAreInTheDark - [[spoiler:Aziraphale/Zira after Falling [[HeroicSpirit does not change in his resolve to help save humanity.]]]]
* WithDueRespect - [[RageAgainstTheHeavens Poor]], [[WhatHaveIBecome poor]] [[TheWoobie Aziraphale.]]

* YourMom - Used ''twice'' by Adam, both times on [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome beings without mothers.]]

** "Brian, you are such a geek, you are NOT [[SailorMoon Sailor Moon]]!"

* SamuelLJackson: Beelzebub's human form. Because Samuel L. Jackson is badass.