History Literature / AcesAbroad

* FatalAttraction: One of the reporters on the tour, Sara, correctly suspects that Senator Hartmann was involved in the death of her sister, but still falls in love with him and begins an affair with him anyway after listening to his sob story. [[spoiler: He then uses his powers on her, forcing her to be attracted to him.]]

%%* GrandTheftMe: Ti Malice.

%%* HollywoodVoodoo

* PhysicalGod: The Guatemala Aces, the Twin Heroes, are aces whose powers are drawn from Mayan mythology.

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''AcesAbroad'' is the fourth volume in the ''Literature/WildCards'' shared universe fiction series, edited by George R. R. Martin. It was published in 1988 and dealt with a world tour, sponsored by the United Nations and the World Health Organization, featuring many of the main characters from the previous novels and introducing new ones.

''AcesAbroad'' is the fourth volume in the ''WildCards'' shared universe fiction series, edited by George R. R. Martin. It was published in 1988 and dealt with a world tour, sponsored by the United Nations and the World Health Organization, featuring many of the main characters from the previous novels and introducing new ones.

* ADayInTheLimelight:
** Chrysalis finally gets her own story after spending the previous books as a supporting character for when other characters need information.
** Troll gets his own story in the re-release, after being previously mentioned as a guard at the Clinic.
* AGodAmI:
** The Twin Heroes of Guatemala are sufficiently similar to those from the Mayan stories that they consider themselves to be the actual Twins reborn.
** The Living Gods of Egypt do not all have ace powers, but the fact that they make a neat pantheon in total means that they believe themselves to be the actual Egyptian gods of old.

** UsefulNotes/JosefStalin was a Joker, and was immolated to hide to hide this.

* AuthorTract: A lot of chapters spend a lot of time detailing the awful conditions the tour visits.

* FantasticRacism: Jokers are viewed as different everywhere in the world -- in the rare event they are not reviled, they are worshipped, as in Guatemala and France.

This book contains the following tropes:

* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: François "Papa Doc" Duvalier, Haiti's President For Life (read: dictator) between 1964 and 1971, [[spoiler:was taken over as a "mount" by Ti Malice sometime around 1971 and was kidnapped, rather than dying as in real life.]]

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* From the Journal of Xavier Desmond: A recurring story offering the Mayor of Jokertown's take on recent events.

* AGodAmI: A pair of Aces in Guatemala come away with this view. The Living Gods also have this. Nur Al-Allah has all of the symptoms.
* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Charles Dulavier [[spoiler: was controlled by Ti Malice.]]
* BigBad: Nur-Al Allah, The Puppetman [[spoiler: a.k.a Senator Hartman]].

* ButICantBePregnant: [[spoiler: Peregrine]] has this. Notable for happening despite her being on birth control.
* {{Eagleland}}: Of the type 2 variety. Golden Boy is used to contrast against Type 1.
* GrandTheftMe: Ti Malice.
* FantasticRacism: As always, a major part of any Joker storyline.
* HollywoodVoodoo: A surprisingly sympathetic version but still present.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Xavier Desmond, Nur Al-Allah]]
* MagicalNegro: A couple of these.
* MoreThanMindControl: Ti Malice, Puppetman.
* PhysicalGod: The Guatemala Aces, the Living Gods, Nur Al-Allah seems to think he's as close to this as humanly possible.
* VillainProtagonist: Puppetman.
* WorldTour

* FakeNationality: Chrysalis gets called out on her pretense of being British by no less than Winston Churchill himself.