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* {{Hypocrisy}}: One of Ed Deepnau's anti-abortion terrorists murders a pregnant woman. This drives Ralph into a near-homicidal rage.
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* {{Hypocrisy}}: {{Hypocrite}}: One of Ed Deepnau's anti-abortion terrorists murders a pregnant woman. This drives Ralph into a near-homicidal rage.
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: The Little Bald Doctors.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Or level of [[Franchise/TheDarkTower the Tower]] for Ralph and Lois.
--> '''Clotho:''' Remember that these things exist on a different level of reality from the one where you are now!
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Or level of [[Franchise/TheDarkTower the Tower]] for Ralph and Lois.
--> '''Clotho:''' Remember that these things exist on a different level of reality from the one where you are now!
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: AmbiguouslyHuman
** The Little BaldDoctors.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Or levelDoctors at first look like exactly that: Tiny bald men that give off a sort of [[Franchise/TheDarkTower medical atmosphere. It becomes clear, however, that they are not human. Buuuut then the Tower]] for line get surprisingly blurry: They don't seem to be naturally immortal but rather feed off tiny amounts of aura humans give off and it seems like a human could do the same thing if they really wanted to. The only thing that makes them definitely ''not'' human seems to be their jobs, [[spoiler:their apparent inability to be killed by mortals]] and the inability to lie.
** One of Ralph andLois.
--> '''Clotho:''' Remember that these things existLois' even older neighbors is seemingly a senile old man who wanders about in a perpetually happy daze. He turns out to be in on a different level of reality from the one where all this supernatural stuff and when you can see his aura, it's not just bright and powerful, it's a straight, up ''rainbow'' contrasting everyone else just being a single color. The two of them are now!in awe, but what this means is never clarified.
** The Little Bald
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Or level
** One of Ralph and
--> '''Clotho:''' Remember that these things exist
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* BalancingDeathsBooks: [[spoiler: Thanks to Atropos, Natalie Deapneau is set to be killed by a car. Ralph bargains with Clotho and Lachesis to exchange his life for hers.]]
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* BalancingDeathsBooks: [[spoiler: Thanks to Atropos, Natalie Deapneau Deepneau is set to be killed by a car. Ralph bargains with Clotho and Lachesis to exchange his life for hers.]]
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* CannotTellALie: Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos are incapable of lying; they can, however avoid telling the truth.
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* CannotTellALie: Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos are incapable of lying; they can, however avoid telling the truth. [[spoiler:This means that when Ralph manages to catch Atropos, anything Atropos agrees to do to escape torture is binding. Ralph can't actually kill him, but he does mutilate the little monster until he finally agrees to Ralph's demands.]]
* CassandraTruth: Near the end of the novel, one very clever but rather strict old woman is interviewed [[spoiler:about Ralph's HeroicSacrifice]]. She tells a reporter exactly what she saw and even told him he'd absolutely misquote her by thinking she was speaking metaphorically. She makes it very, very clear that she saw [[spoiler:Ralph appear out of thin air to get Natalie out of the way of the truck]] but no matter what she says, the reporter doesn't seem to even consider the idea that she meant ''exactly'' what she said. The article runs the next morning with her misquoted and she isn't the least bit surprised.
* CassandraTruth: Near the end of the novel, one very clever but rather strict old woman is interviewed [[spoiler:about Ralph's HeroicSacrifice]]. She tells a reporter exactly what she saw and even told him he'd absolutely misquote her by thinking she was speaking metaphorically. She makes it very, very clear that she saw [[spoiler:Ralph appear out of thin air to get Natalie out of the way of the truck]] but no matter what she says, the reporter doesn't seem to even consider the idea that she meant ''exactly'' what she said. The article runs the next morning with her misquoted and she isn't the least bit surprised.
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* KarmaHoudini: To an extent. [[spoiler:Atropos is given a lot of messy injuries by Ralph, but none are fatal or even super debilitating. While he fails to kill Natalie like he intended, the little murderer is still free to do as he pleases.]]
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* RevengeByProxy: [[spoiler:Atropos can't do anything significant to Ralph, so he kills Bill as a warning. He also makes it clear he intends to kill Natalie Deepneau later, but this time Ralph is on to his methods and makes a deal with Clotho and Lachesis to trade his life for hers, which implicitly puts her out of Atropos' reach forever.]]
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* WhoWantsToLiveForever: While the insomnia sucks, thanks to its origin the two main characters gain the ability to see and interact with auras. Most notably for this, they can also absorb a tiny amount of aura from a person to replenish their own youth and can do so indefinitely. While this disturbs the two of them, it's made abundantly clear that not only does this have no lasting consequences for the person drained, even the immediate consequences amount to nothing more than hearing a loud noise unless you go absolutely crazy overboard, and even then it's fixable. Despite this, it's rather clear the two of them have no interest in prolonging their lives any more than is natural even though it wouldn't hurt anyone.
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* ShoutOut: Bill [=McGovern=] (jokingly) says that Lois "walks in beauty, like the night", referencing a famous poem by Creator/LordByron.
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* CannotTellALie: Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos are incapable of lying; they can, however avoid telling the truth.
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* {{Hypocrisy}}: One of Ed Deepnau's anti-abortion terrorists murders a pregnant woman. This drives Ralph into a near-homicidal rage.
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* TheDragon: [[spoiler: Atropos]]
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* TheDragon: [[spoiler: Atropos]]Atropos to the Crimson King.]]
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* MythologyGag: Several. Notably, Ralph finds a pair of shoes belonging to the little boy who died from ''Literature/PetSematary''.
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* MythologyGag: Several. Notably, Ralph finds a pair of shoes belonging to the Gage Creed, little boy who died from ''Literature/PetSematary''.
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* CanonWelding: Quite a bit. In addition to taking place in the fictional town of Derry, Maine and featuring assorted references to ''IT'', the book also ties into ''Franchise/TheDarkTower'' and introduces two major characters, the [[BigBad Crimson King]] and Patrick Danville. Ralph also makes a small appearance in ''Literature/BagOfBones'' [[spoiler: that takes place before his death.]] There's even a passing reference to ''Literature/PetSematary''.
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* CanonWelding: Quite a bit. In addition to taking place in the fictional town of Derry, Maine Maine, and featuring assorted references to ''IT'', the book also ties into ''Franchise/TheDarkTower'' and introduces two major characters, the [[BigBad Crimson King]] and Patrick Danville. Ralph also makes a small appearance in ''Literature/BagOfBones'' [[spoiler: that takes place before his death.]] There's even a passing reference to ''Literature/PetSematary''.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Atropos throws screaming tantrums, throws out constant [[ClusterFBomb Cluster F Bombs]] and lives like a feral child. Then he has a moment of TranquilFury, the mask falls away, and you realize just how old, powerful, and evilly wise he really is. It's at that point we remember that he's effectively ''a rabid Grim Reaper''.
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Atropos throws screaming tantrums, throws out constant [[ClusterFBomb Cluster F Bombs]] and lives like a feral child. Then he has a moment of TranquilFury, the mask falls away, and you realize just how old, powerful, and evilly wise he really is. It's at that point we remember that he's effectively ''a rabid Grim Reaper''.
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* TheGodsMustBeLazy: [[spoiler:One of the Bald Men actually says that "Purpose" prefers to have people deal with the problems instead of taking care of them itself.]]
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* TheGodsMustBeLazy: [[spoiler:One of the Bald Men actually says that "Purpose" prefers to have people deal with the problems instead of taking care of them itself.]]
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* PaintingTheMedium: Certain characters' telepathic thoughts fade out and back in, signifying that something is wrong with them. The text of their thoughts actually fades into illegibility, then becomes clear and readable again.
* PoliceAreUseless: Adverted, when Detectives Nell and Lydecker arrive to answer the domestic abuse complaint against Ed Deapnu they initially seem to be taking Ed's side and letting him off the hook, but it's quickly revealed that they were just lulling Ed into a false sense of security, and they do arrest him, and remain allies of Ralph and the others for the rest of the book.
* PoliceAreUseless: Adverted, when Detectives Nell and Lydecker arrive to answer the domestic abuse complaint against Ed Deapnu they initially seem to be taking Ed's side and letting him off the hook, but it's quickly revealed that they were just lulling Ed into a false sense of security, and they do arrest him, and remain allies of Ralph and the others for the rest of the book.
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* PaintingTheMedium: Certain characters' telepathic thoughts fade out and back in, signifying that something is wrong with them. The text of their thoughts actually fades into illegibility, then becomes clear and readable again.
* PoliceAreUseless: Adverted, when Detectives Nell and Lydecker arrive to answer the domestic abuse complaint against Ed Deapnu they initially seem to be taking Ed's side and letting him off the hook, but it's quickly revealed that they were just lulling Ed into a false sense of security, and they do arresthim, him and remain allies of Ralph and the others for the rest of the book.
* PoliceAreUseless: Adverted, when Detectives Nell and Lydecker arrive to answer the domestic abuse complaint against Ed Deapnu they initially seem to be taking Ed's side and letting him off the hook, but it's quickly revealed that they were just lulling Ed into a false sense of security, and they do arrest
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* SaveThisPersonSaveTheWorld: The story culminates in the main characters racing against time to save the life of a young boy named Patrick... Whom they've never met, never actually meet during the course of the novel, and whose importance is never quite fully explained in the book either. All they know is that the fate of the universe depends on them saving this one boy. [[spoiler: The boy later grows up and becomes a pivotal character in ''Franchise/TheDarkTower.'']]
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* SaveThisPersonSaveTheWorld: The story culminates in the main characters racing against time to save the life of a young boy named Patrick... Whom they've never met, never actually meet during the course of the novel, and whose importance is never quite fully explained in the book either. All they know is that the fate of the universe depends on them saving this one boy. [[spoiler: The boy later grows up and becomes a pivotal character in ''Franchise/TheDarkTower.'']]
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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Ralph tries staying up late deliberately to make himself super-sleepy, hopefully sleepy enough to fall asleep for once. He thinks it's working, until shortly after three in the morning, when the sleepiness starts slowly disappearing. The narration describes Ralph's reaction as "it wasn't panic he felt, but sick dismay."
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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Ralph tries staying up late deliberately to make himself super-sleepy, hopefully hopefully, sleepy enough to fall asleep for once. He thinks it's working, until shortly after three in the morning, when the sleepiness starts slowly disappearing. The narration describes Ralph's reaction as "it wasn't panic he felt, but sick dismay."
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* TranquilFury: Atropos spends the entire novel swearing and throwing screaming tantrums. Then Ralph actually manages to land a few solid hits on him, and Atropos gets very calm. That's when Ralph realizes, a bit belatedly, that he should be very, very afraid.
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* TranquilFury: Atropos spends the entire novel swearing and throwing screaming tantrums. Then Ralph actually manages to land a few solid hits on him, and Atropos gets very calm. That's when Ralph realizes, a bit belatedly, that he should be very, very afraid.
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** Atropos is always dangerous, but it's [[TranquilFury when he calms down]] and stops with the screaming and swearing that you're reminded that he's not a feral child, but just as wise and powerful as the other little bald doctors in his way.
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* DrJerk: Dr. Litchfield is less arrogant than most versions of this, but is still rivals some of Atropos's pawns for unpleasantness.
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* PoliceAreUseless: Adverted, when Detectives Nell and Lydecker arrive to answer the domestic abuse complaint against Ed Deapnu they initially seem to be taking Ed's side and letting him off the hook, but it's quickly revealed that they were just lulling Ed into a false sense of security, and they do arrest him, and remain allies of Ralph and the others for the rest of the book.
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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Susie Day is very much this, with her visit to town giving Atropos the perfect opportunity to stir things up.
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* TragicMonster: [[spoiler: Implied with Ed Deepneau.]]
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* TragicMonster: Ed Deepneau ''used'' to be a perfectly nice guy with a happy family, but [[spoiler: Implied with Ed Deepneau.]]under Atropos' influence]] he became an unstable, violent terrorist. It's implied that at least some of this was [[YouCantFightFate fated]].
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** Roland the Gunslinger appears for the space of one sentence, rolling over in his sleep as the events of this novel ripple through reality.
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** [[Franchise/TheDarkTower Roland the Gunslinger Gunslinger]] appears for the space of one sentence, rolling over in his sleep as the events of this novel ripple through reality.
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* NiceGuy: Ed Deepneau, of all people, apparently used to be a kind family man of upstanding character [[spoiler: before Atropos drove him mad.]]
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* PsychopathicManchild: Atropos is a mean-spirited, murderous little shithead who throws infantile, foul-mouthed tantrums whenever things don't go his way, and is also a pretty much a rogue [[TheGrimReaper Grim Reaper]] who kills randomly for pleasure or spite.
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* WesternTerrorists: By the end of the novel, Ed Deepneau and his closest cohorts have become this, killing people in the name of stopping abortion.
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* CreepySouvenir: Atropos takes an item as a souvenir from the people he 'kills'.
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* CreepySouvenir: Atropos takes an item as a souvenir from the people he 'kills'. He has an entire warehouse's worth of them, filled with random trinkets from ''centuries'' of killing.
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* DomesticAbuse: Ed Deapneau to his wife.
* DontFearTheReaper: Clotho and Lachesis treat the dying with respect; Ralph becomes convinced that they're not evil after he sees them ending the life of one of his old friends. Atropos, on the other hand...
* DontFearTheReaper: Clotho and Lachesis treat the dying with respect; Ralph becomes convinced that they're not evil after he sees them ending the life of one of his old friends. Atropos, on the other hand...
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* DomesticAbuse: Ed Deapneau to Deepneau beats his wife.
wife, becoming increasingly violent [[spoiler: under Atropos' influence]]. She leaves him early in the novel.
* DontFearTheReaper: Clotho and Lachesis treat the dying with respect; Ralph becomes convinced that they're not evil after he sees them ending the life of one of his old friends.Atropos, [[AxCrazy Atropos]], on the other hand...
* DontFearTheReaper: Clotho and Lachesis treat the dying with respect; Ralph becomes convinced that they're not evil after he sees them ending the life of one of his old friends.
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* EldritchAbomination: The Crimson King.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Ed Deapneau still loves his family to the point when [[spoiler:he plans to crash his plane into the civic center he has a photo of them on the cockpit so they can be the last thing that he sees before he dies.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Ed Deapneau still loves his family to the point when [[spoiler:he plans to crash his plane into the civic center he has a photo of them on the cockpit so they can be the last thing that he sees before he dies.]]
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* EldritchAbomination: The Crimson King.
King. In his only appearance, he takes multiple forms - Ralph's mother, a monstrous catfish, and [[HumanoidAbomination a handsome red man with a Christ-like appearance]] - but in all of them [[GlamourFailure it is made clear]] that something is very ''wrong''. He is a creature from the unimaginable heights of the Dark Tower, the Higher Random floors so high up that Death itself does not exist there, and he claims that Ralph couldn't bear the sight of him without his "disguises." When the Crimson King flees back up the Dark Tower, he takes a form so alien that Ralph can't compare it to anything on Earth and heads through a portal to a realm full of maddening lights (implied to be the deadlights from ''Literature/{{IT}}'').
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: EdDeapneau Deepneau still loves his family to the point when [[spoiler:he plans to crash his plane into the civic center he has a photo of them on the cockpit so they can be the last thing that he sees before he dies.]]
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* TheHeavy: [[spoiler: The Crimson King]] might be the BigBad, but Atropos does almost all of the work.
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* SirSwearsALot: Atropos swears ''constantly'' and launches into vicious foulmouthed tirades whenever he's mad...which is most of the time.
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* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Ralph tries staying up late deliberately to make himself super-sleepy, hopefully sleepy enough to fall asleep for once. He thinks it's working, until shortly after three in the morning, when the sleepiness starts slowly disappearing. The narration describes Ralph's reaction as "it wasn't panic he felt, but sick dismay."
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* WarmMilkHelpsYouSleep: Drinking a glass of warm milk is one of the many solutions offered to Ralph by his friends and neighbors when he starts suffering from insomnia. Since his insomnia has a supernatural cause, it doesn't help at all.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Lois always refers to her late husband, Paul Chasse as "Mr. Chasse", except [[spoiler:when she finds out that Ralph plans to sacrifice himself to save Natalie. She then says: "I lost Paul, I can't lose you, too!"]]
