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* NiceJobGuidingUsHero: Since the only method Jade has of finding the masks is astral projection, which she can't really control and doesn't really trust, she's using the SinisterSurveillance listed below to track Jackie and the others, allowing them to lead her to the masks. This is also how she managed to find the first tablet of the Teachings.
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* EvilVersusEvil: Valmont vs Jade, briefly, once he gets the first mask.
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* MexicanStandoff: A brief one occurs during the initial fight for the second mask -- Tohru captures Jade, so Right retaliates by holding him at sword point, and Uncle in turn aims his wand at him. It's quickly broken up when Ratso accidentally gains the mask, which provides enough of a distraction to allow Jade to escape.
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* ApologeticAttacker: Jackie, Tohru and Viper (though not as often) are this towards Jade, seeing as they care about her and are only reluctantly attacking her.
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* CombatPragmatist: Jackie and Tohru have a tendency to fight with whatever they can find.
* CombatPragmatist: Jackie and Tohru have a tendency to fight with whatever they can find.
** Jade's first few attempts at a wand are all built around using her hair as a power source, a reference to the Earth Demon episode, where Jade used a strand of hair and a flower to make a temporary wand.
** In-story, the fact that Ratso stayed loyal to Jade during Valmont's little coup attempt is brought up a couple of times, in reference to her liking him a bit more than the others.
** In-story, the fact that Ratso stayed loyal to Jade during Valmont's little coup attempt is brought up a couple of times, in reference to her liking him a bit more than the others.
* DividedWeFall: Uncle initially refuses to let Viper help in stopping Jade, as he doesn't want help from a thief. Tohru calls him out on this, and he ultimately agrees to work with her.
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* DividedWeFall: Uncle initially refuses TheDragon: Ikazuki to let Viper help in stopping Jade, Tarakudo, as per canon. And when he doesn't want help from a thief. Tohru calls him out on this, temporarily takes control of the Shadow Hand, he forcibly [[DemotedToDragon demotes]] Jade to being ''his'' dragon -- and the only reason she has a relatively high position is because he ultimately agrees to work with looks down on the human members even worse than he does on her.
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* HowDoIShotWeb: Ratso gets the Razor Khan mask, and is initially unable to summon any Shadowkhan, due to no one in the Shadow Hand (even Jade) knowing about the whole "darkness within" thing. It takes a brief meeting with Tarakudo in the astral realm to clear that up.
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* MiddleManagementMook: Jade's foreman is described as her NumberTwo (using those words), which would imply TheDragon, but is much closer to this trope. Blankman in particular is never shown in the field, leaving all the grunt work to the Enforcers. Valmont, at least, tried to act like TheDragon (particularly DragonInChief), but it was clear Jade held Left and Right in higher regard than him.
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** When Ratso is trying to figure out how to use his mask's powers, he at one point blurts out "{{Shazam}}!"
*** In the same chapter, Jade compares taking advice from a mysterious voice (Tarakudo) to ''CharliesAngels".
*** In the same chapter, Jade compares taking advice from a mysterious voice (Tarakudo) to ''CharliesAngels".
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* KlingonPromotion: Seems to be standard practice for the Oni. See also YouKillItYouBoughtIt below.
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* EnemyMine: Jackie and Jade briefly (and reluctantly, in Jade's case) team up when Valmont uses the first mask to steal the Ninja tribe away from Jade.
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* EverythingsBetterWithSamurai: Or worse, considering we're talking about Ikazuki and his tribe. Incidentally, he considers his tribe superior to all others... and considering how they wipe the floor with Jade's ninja, he may be right.
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* VillainBall: Currently being juggled by Jade, who keeps lapsing into standard villain pitfalls ([[EvilGloating monologuing]] and overestimating her abilities), but always realizes when she's doing it, and tends to learn from her mistakes.
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* AWizardDidIt: Shendu raised his palace from nothing, and upon his defeat it collapsed into dust, yet when it is revisited (both here and in canon) in search for the first mask, there are some quite recognizable ruins that apparently no one's noticed. Jade ponders this for a bit, but then [[HandWave decides]] that it's magic and leaves it at that. [[WordOfGod This is the author trying to draw attention to what he views as a large plot hole.]]
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* GoodScarsEvilScars: Ikazuki slashes Jade across the forehead, leaving a large scar.
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Jade is getting a lot of mileage out of her Shadowkhan HealingFactor, especially after the fight with the sages.
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* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: Jade, naturally. Of course, she isn't really the queen of anything; however, she insists on being referred to as such, and her minions -- the Shadowkhan ones, at least -- do so.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Ikazuki slashes Jade across the forehead, leaving a large scar.
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Jade is getting a lot of mileage out of her Shadowkhan HealingFactor, especially after the fight with the sages.
* GoodScarsEvilScars: Ikazuki slashes Jade across the forehead, leaving a large scar.
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* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: As noted above, Jade isn't actual royalty, but refers to herself as such, and is still as much an ActionGirl (albeit of the [[DarkActionGirl dark]] variety) as ever, if not more so.
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** Earlier, when Jade needs to get Tohru to come out of the shop's protective wards so she can capture him for Ikazuki, she has some of her Shadowkhan sneak attack Uncle, knowing that Tohru will come to his aid, allowing her to capture him.
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* BodyHorror: Among other things, Jade has apparently gained contortionist abilities; the description of her initial use is rather disturbing.
* BreakTheHaughty: The incident mentioned below under HoistByHisOwnPetard, combined with the total failure of her plan in that chapter and [[spoiler: Scruffy's betrayal]], breaks Jade rather thoroughly, and she decides to scale down her plans a bit.
* BreakTheHaughty: The incident mentioned below under HoistByHisOwnPetard, combined with the total failure of her plan in that chapter and [[spoiler: Scruffy's betrayal]], breaks Jade rather thoroughly, and she decides to scale down her plans a bit.
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** Shendu has had a few cameos, still sealed in [[TakenForGranite statue form]] and locked away in a Section 13 vault, as per the Season 3 finale.
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* ShoutOut: When Farmer [=MacDonald=] learns about Jade's FaceHeelTurn, he comments that she's "gone all [[StarWars Darth Vader]]".
** In the same chapter, when he learns about the Hana Fuda cards, he makes what might be a reference to ''YuGiOh''
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* BlackMagic: There are apparently two types -- the dark chi magic used by wizards like Wong and Verde, and the shadow magic used by the Shadowkhan and Oni. Jade starts studying the latter after she learns that her transformation has made it impossible for her to use the former (apparently, chi magic can only be used by humans).
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* BastardUnderstudy: This is played with in an interesting way when Jade recruits the Bat General; she tells him that if he sides with her against Tarakudo, then he's free to try and take the throne from her if she doesn't work out as ruler, terms the General agrees to. In other words, ''they're agreeing that he'll be her Bastard Understudy.''
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* DarkIsEvil: Jade and the other Shadowkhan. Also, Daolon Wong.
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* ThereWasADoor: After being tossed through the shrine walls by Brother Light a few times, Jade gives up coming back in through the door and smashes through a wall.
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* LikeAFatherToMe: Played with, in that it's ''Uncle'' who points out that Jackie is "Jade's father in all but blood and title", and that he's aware of it even if they aren't.
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** Hero also mentions [[AmbitionIsEvil Ambition]], [[GreenEyedMonster Envy]], and [[TheResenter Resentment]] as having joined with the Queen, but we've yet to meet them.
* ChekhovsGag: When asked what she did with Wong, Jade says "he's in the closet" (which Ratso takes to mean [[AmbiguouslyGay something else]]) and doesn't elaborate. The following chapter, it turns out she literally locked him in a closet.
* ChekhovsGun: Jade buys a magic dog carrier from Verde, with no explanation as to what she plans to do with it. It's a couple of chapters before we find out what she plans on doing with it (see HoistByHisOwnPetard below).
* ChekhovsGun: Jade buys a magic dog carrier from Verde, with no explanation as to what she plans to do with it. It's a couple of chapters before we find out what she plans on doing with it (see HoistByHisOwnPetard below).
* CurbStompBattle: The fight against the sages in their shrine is entirely in their favor; Dark and Gray hold the advantage against the Shadow Hand and the heroes the whole time, and White doesn't even seem to exert himself when continually throwing Jade, Viper, and Hak Foo out of the inner shrine.
** Also, when Ikazuki usurped control of the Shadow Hand, it was greatly helped by his samurai wiping the floor with Jade's ninja.
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* DarkMagicalGirl: What Jade is turning into to compensate for the fact that she's not much of a physical threat.
* DarkIsNotEvil: A bit literally, as Brother Dark (of the three sages), despite being a JerkAss, isn't so bad. He's apparently just there to balance things out.
* DarkMagicalGirl: What Jade is turning into to compensate for the fact that she's not much of a physical threat.
* DarkMagicalGirl: What Jade is turning into to compensate for the fact that she's not much of a physical threat.
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Jade is getting a lot of mileage out of her Shadowkhan HealingFactor, especially after the fight with the sages.
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* RantInducingSlight: After getting tossed out of the sages' shrine at least a dozen times, Jade outright demands Brother Light give her the first tablet of the Teachings... which he does, saying she could have simply asked. This causes Jade to snap a bit, and she goes on a rant where she accuses the Light of messing with her and the tablet being booby trapped, before saying "screw it" (literally), grabbing the tablet, and running off with it.
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** Though in fairness, this was part of her [[RantInducingSlight slight-induced rant]], so she may not have actually believed any of it.
** Though in fairness, this was part of her [[RantInducingSlight slight-induced rant]], so she may not have actually believed any of it.
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* BatmanGambit: Uncle knows that Wong knows how to summon Tarakudo (who the heroes need to interrogate), but that he won't unless there's something in it for him, and also that he'll just double cross him the first chance he gets. So, Uncle and Captain Black stage a jailbreak in order to get Wong out and lure him into a false sense of security, then set an ambush for him for when he inevitably betrays Uncle during the summoning.
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* DarkActionGirl: Jade wants to be one, but even with her new SuperStrength, her age and size are a hinderance.
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** Monsieur Verde is also pretty affable. Though considering who he's loosely based on (see {{Expy}} below) that's to be expected.
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* CanonForeigner: Blankman, Monsieur Verde, the Sages, and arguably Left and Right (being Shadowkhan, but ones that become actual characters).
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* VillainsOutShopping: See MundaneUtility above. Also, when the Bat-Khan General attacks a theme park, Jade and the Enforcers stay off to the side enjoying some carnival food, and are discussing riding one of the rollercoasters when the heroes show up to fight them.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Jade offers Viper a place as her[[NumberTwo [[TheDragon right hand]], but Viper refuses.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Jade offers Viper a place as her
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* AchillesHeel: After absorbing the first mask, Jade gains the Oni weakness to onions.
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