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* RightForTheWrongReasons: It's assumed that Elphaba's unusual condition would happen to any infant whose mother was bitten close to the due date, but after they find another pregnant infected woman whose child is born a zombie, it's established that Elphaba was protected by her magic in a manner that can't be passed on.
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* ThePlague: Zombies are caused by the Verdigris Plague.
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* ThePlague: Zombies are caused by the Verdigris Plague.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: It turns out that the Wizard unwittingly created the Plague as the green elixir was part of the initial catalyst for the infection.
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* SlashFic: The story ships together Elphaba and Glinda.
* SpeechImpediment: Elphaba stutters when she talks.
* SpeechImpediment: Elphaba stutters when she talks.
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* SlashFic: The story ships together Elphaba and Glinda.
Glinda. Elphaba and Glinda ultimately fall in love.
* SpeechImpediment: Elphaba stutters when she talks.
* SpeechImpediment: Elphaba stutters when she talks.
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* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Elphaba has green skin because her mother gave birth after being bit. Despite this, Elphaba's skin color isn't the same as an Unmentionable. She is a more natural and healthy tone of green.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: Due to her green skin and the unusual circumstances of her birth, no one is certain how human Elphaba is. Frex thinks that Elphaba might be able to provide an antidote for the plague, but Elphaba eventually finds out that she ''isn't'' more immune than others. She's just a human with green skin.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: Due to her green skin and the unusual circumstances of her birth, no one is certain how human Elphaba is. Frex thinks that Elphaba might be able to provide an antidote for the plague, but Elphaba eventually finds out that she ''isn't'' more immune than others. She's just a human with green skin.
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* MaternityCrisis: Melena gives birth moments before becoming a zombie.
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* ShrinkingViolet: Due to her abused background and general seclusion from others, Elphaba is a shy and timid woman.
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* SpeechImpediment: Elphaba stutters when she talks.
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Elphaba Thropp was born on third day of the third month during the third year of the Verdigris Plague. Her mother Melena was infected by the plague, resulting in her daughter being born with unusual green skin.
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Elphaba Thropp was born on third day of the third month during the third year of the Verdigris Plague. Her mother Melena was infected by the plague, resulting in her daughter being born with unusual green skin. \n Glinda Upland is an only child living with her parents in a DyingTown. When they're forced to leave, Glinda's paths will cross with Elphaba's.
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* DiesDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: Melena still dies in childbirth but through different circumstances than in canon. She doesn't die giving birth to Shell (books) or die giving birth to Nessarose due to the medicine she took during the pregnancy (musical). She instead dies because she was bit a few days prior.
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* DiesDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: Melena still dies in childbirth but through different circumstances than in canon. She doesn't die giving birth to Shell (books) or die giving birth to Nessarose due to the medicine she took during the pregnancy (musical). She instead dies because she was bit a few days prior.
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* AMistakeIsBorn: Glinda was an accidental pregnancy. It was considered in poor taste to give birth during the Plague.
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* AlcoholicParent: Frex turns to alcohol after his wife's DeathByChildbirth.
* AdaptedOut: Elphaba is an only child, meaning that Nessarose and Shell were never born.
* AdaptedOut: Elphaba is an only child, meaning that Nessarose and Shell were never born.
* DiesDifferentlyInTheAdaptation: Melena still dies in childbirth but through different circumstances than in canon. She doesn't die giving birth to Shell (books) or die giving birth to Nessarose due to the medicine she took during the pregnancy (musical). She instead dies because she was bit a few days prior.
* HeirClubForMen: Frexspar wanted a son, not a daughter, and was disappointed with Elphaba's sex.
* ItIsDehumanizing: Frexspar refers to his newborn daughter as an "it" when he plans on drowning her.
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Zombies are referred to as "Unmentionables". They're caused by the Verdigris Plague.
* PatchworkFic: The story takes from both the book and play. For example, Elphaba's father is the religious Frexspar Thropp like in the books, but he has the AbusiveParents personality of his unnamed musical counterpart.
* HeirClubForMen: Frexspar wanted a son, not a daughter, and was disappointed with Elphaba's sex.
* ItIsDehumanizing: Frexspar refers to his newborn daughter as an "it" when he plans on drowning her.
* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Zombies are referred to as "Unmentionables". They're caused by the Verdigris Plague.
* PatchworkFic: The story takes from both the book and play. For example, Elphaba's father is the religious Frexspar Thropp like in the books, but he has the AbusiveParents personality of his unnamed musical counterpart.
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* ZombieAU: The Verdigris Plague has been plaguing Oz for years, turning people into green undead.
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* ZombieAU: ZombieFic: The Verdigris Plague has been plaguing Oz for years, turning people into green undead.
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/7287396/1/Verdigris Verdigris]]'' is a Glinda/Elphaba ''Literature/TheWickedYears'' fanfic by Good Afternoon. It's an AlternateUniverseFic set in a zombie AU.
Elphaba Thropp was born on third day of the third month during the third year of the Verdigris Plague. Her mother Melena was infected by the plague, resulting in her daughter being born with unusual green skin.
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!!''Verdigris'' provides examples of:
* ThePlague: Zombies are caused by the Verdigris Plague.
* RuleOfThree: Elphaba was born on third day of the third month during the third year of the Verdigris Plague. Three days prior to her birth, her mother had been bitten.
* SlashFic: The story ships together Elphaba and Glinda.
* ZombieAU: The Verdigris Plague has been plaguing Oz for years, turning people into green undead.
Elphaba Thropp was born on third day of the third month during the third year of the Verdigris Plague. Her mother Melena was infected by the plague, resulting in her daughter being born with unusual green skin.
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!!''Verdigris'' provides examples of:
* ThePlague: Zombies are caused by the Verdigris Plague.
* RuleOfThree: Elphaba was born on third day of the third month during the third year of the Verdigris Plague. Three days prior to her birth, her mother had been bitten.
* SlashFic: The story ships together Elphaba and Glinda.
* ZombieAU: The Verdigris Plague has been plaguing Oz for years, turning people into green undead.
