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* {{Foreshadowing}}: All the "Bad Monkeys" share Bad Monkeys that their crimes are Jane kills or has run-ins with have hurt or tried to hurt young boys, sometimes sexually. Dixon brings this up when he reveals [[spoiler:that he knows about [[spoiler: sex, see SexIsEvil]], so [[spoiler: Jane sleeping with underage Jane's former habit of using teenage boys]] is a pretty good tip-off.boys for sex.]]
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** There are two quotes in the very beginning of the book, before chapter one. One is H.L. Menken: "Conscience: the inner voice that warns us someone may be looking." The other is from the Bible. "Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let us go out to the field..." Together, they very cleanly set up the themes of the story to come.
** There are two quotes in the very beginning of the book, before chapter one. One is H.L. Menken: "Conscience: the inner voice that warns us someone may be looking." The other is from the Bible. "Cain said to his brother Abel, "Let us go out to the field..." Together, they very cleanly set up the themes of the story to come.
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* PuttingOnTheReich: Jane says the Malfeasance agents' uniforms make them look like "nearsighted Gestapo". Subverted in that they're the (relatively) good guys.
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* CreepyGood: Robert Love, and the Scary Clowns in general.
* {{Foil}}: Almost every major character is this to Jane, some in obvious ways (Carlotta Juana's name is a reversal of "Jane Charlotte", the "bad Jane" is self-explanatory), some more subtly.
** Philip: [[spoiler: IncorruptiblePurePureness working inside an evil organization, whereas Jane is a "bad seed" working inside a good organization]]
** Dixon: [[spoiler: GoodIsNotNice to Jane's FauxAffablyEvil]]
** Robert Love: [[spoiler: Like Jane, he spent more than four years at Berkeley, felt directionless, and had evil urges, but unlike Jane he managed to suppress them, and ended up on the side of good.]]
** Philip: [[spoiler: IncorruptiblePurePureness working inside an evil organization, whereas Jane is a "bad seed" working inside a good organization]]
** Dixon: [[spoiler: GoodIsNotNice to Jane's FauxAffablyEvil]]
** Robert Love: [[spoiler: Like Jane, he spent more than four years at Berkeley, felt directionless, and had evil urges, but unlike Jane he managed to suppress them, and ended up on the side of good.]]
* KnightTemplar: Some Organization agents. Especially Dixon.
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* MindScrew: Oh Lordy! Just to give one example: Wiki/TheOtherWiki concludes - based on the reviews written about the novel - that everything is [[spoiler: a drug-induced shizophrenic hallucination]], Matt Ruff's website claims in the FAQ tab that [[spoiler: the entire story plays in a massive Ant farm]] and the Origin tab on the same page says that [[spoiler: Jane is a extreme UnreliableNarrator and you have to guess for yourself what happened and what didn't]].
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* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler: Jane]]. The worst is [[spoiler: the reader probably felt sympathy for her most of the novel, even though everything she says is most likely lies and excuses]].
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* FaceHeelTurn: The Troop tries to convert Jane to join their side. They fail, but [[spoiler: only because she had been a Bad Monkey ''since she had been a teenager'']].
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* FaceHeelTurn: The Troop tries to convert Jane to join their side. They fail, but [[spoiler: only because she had been a Bad Monkey ''since she had been a teenager'']].teenager'' and it is actually The Organisation trying to convert her to good]].
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* ForTheEvulz: Most evil drives on this. They kill and destroy because they ''can''.
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* HumansAreBastards: The assumption of The Organisation. Most humans have evil tendencies that they try to surpress or better with various subdivisions while the Bad Monkeys division is the one for those that are hopelessly evil.
* HopeSpot: At the end, Jane manages to threaten and kill the doctor aka [[spoiler: Phil]]. Followed by TheReveal that [[spoiler: ''Jane'' was evil the whole time, out to murder Phil who got saved from evil]].
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* MoralEventHorizon: Malfeasance assumes that Jane hit one with her ''Pet Boys'', but their DetectEvil test proves that she felt guilty about it and thus can't be evil. [[spoiler: Dixon is impressed in the end, because she had been evil without ever having one ''and'' is able to perfectly fake feeling guilty about her deeds, too]].
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* NoCureForEvil: The Organisation's motto. Once you are definitely evil, the only thing to do is kill the Bad Monkey. Saving [[spoiler: Phil]] is their one attempt on curing it. [[spoiler: They managed to save Phil, but can't save Jane]].
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* [[spoiler: ReminiscingAboutYourVictims]]: Jane does this in her talk with the psychatrist. Slightly subverted because [[spoiler: she lies, leaves out informations and even ''fakes her emotions'' during the talk to throw off The Organisation]].
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* SexIsEvil: While not a general rule, almost all the bad people in the story are related to sexual crimes (pedophilia, rape, cheating, etc).
* StartOfDarkness: [[spoiler: Jane ''really'' didn't like her mother and little brother and the way she got ignored in favour of Phil]].
* StartOfDarkness: [[spoiler: Jane ''really'' didn't like her mother and little brother and the way she got ignored in favour of Phil]].
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* UsedToBeASweetKid: The Troop considers kidnapping and converting innocent children into evil serial killers their Special Kind Of Evil.
* WouldHurtAChild: The Angel of Death, Julius Deeds, Arlo Dexter, John Doyle and [[spoiler: Jane Charlotte]].
* WouldHurtAChild: The Angel of Death, Julius Deeds, Arlo Dexter, John Doyle and [[spoiler: Jane Charlotte]].
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* EvilFeelsGood: The Troop claims they drive on this and if one feels any pleasure in killing, they are perfect for being evil.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler: Phil]]. Horribly subverted at the end because [[spoiler: Jane is evil and she ''enjoys'' killing Phil]].
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* DetectEvil: Malfeasance job. Also what the Shibboleth is supposed to do.
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* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler: Jane]]. The worst is [[spoiler: the reader probably felt sympathy for her most of the novel, even though everything she says is most likely lies and excuses]].
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* YourTelevisionHatesYou: After Dixon reveals that he knows about Jane's "pet boys", all she sees or hears is stuff related to that, such as ''[[TeacherStudentRomance The Mary Kay Letourneau Story]]'', Music/MichaelJackson songs, and even songs by the Pet Shop Boys.
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* AbusiveParents: Jane's mother.
* AllJustADream: [[spoiler: Everything after Jane meets the Scary Clowns.]]
* AllJustADream: [[spoiler: Everything after Jane meets the Scary Clowns.]]
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* EvilTwin: Bad Jane. [[spoiler: Turns out she's not real, though.]]
* EvilTwin: Bad Jane. [[spoiler: Turns out she's not real, though.]]
* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: NC Guns make people's deaths look like natural causes such as heart attacks or strokes.
* MrsRobinson: Jane had a habit of sleeping with underage boys in exchange for booze and a place to stay.
* NebulousEvilOrganization: The Troop.
* NebulousEvilOrganization: The Troop.
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* BigBrotherIsWatching: Panopticon has cameras in any picture with eyes and also in library binding.
* TheChosenMany: The organization.
* HeroesRUs: The organization Jane joins.
* TheMole: [[spoiler: Jane]]
* MonsterClown: The "Scary Clown" division. Apparently John Wayne Gacy was one of them who went rogue.
* ReverseMole: [[spoiler: Phil]]
* NebulousEvilOrganization: The Troop.
* SerialKillerKiller: What "Bad Monkeys" does.
* TwistEnding / TheEndingChangesEverything: [[spoiler: Turns out Jane is actually a mole from The Troop and that entire story may or may not have been a lie.]]
'''Spoiler Alert: Due to the nature of this book, there are a lot of spoilers in the trope list.'''
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!!Tropes:
* BigBrotherIsWatching: Panopticon has cameras in any picture with eyes and also in library binding.
* TheChosenMany: The organization.
* HeroesRUs: The organization Jane joins.
* TheMole: [[spoiler: Jane]]
* MonsterClown: The "Scary Clown" division. Apparently John Wayne Gacy was one of them who went rogue.
* ReverseMole: [[spoiler: Phil]]
* NebulousEvilOrganization: The Troop.
* SerialKillerKiller: What "Bad Monkeys" does.
* TwistEnding / TheEndingChangesEverything: [[spoiler: Turns out Jane is actually a mole from The Troop and that entire story may or may not have been a lie.]]
