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* TheRez: Most of the action takes place on the reservation and Virgil has never left the reservation at all.
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* TheTrickster: Nanabush is a trickster-transformer figure. He is able to change his shape at will, he is chaotic, he can be helpful to those he chooses to or harm them. He also has a habit of his plans backfiring on him, and he is incapable of learning his lesson for any length of time.
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* TheTrickster: ShapeshiftingTrickster: Nanabush is a trickster-transformer figure. He is able to change his shape at will, he is chaotic, he can be helpful to those he chooses to or harm them. He also has a habit of his plans backfiring on him, and he is incapable of learning his lesson for any length of time.
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Motorcycles and Sweetgrass is a novel written by Drew Hayden Taylor and published in 2010 that centers on what happens when The Trickster Nanabush shows up at an Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) reserve to attempt to date the Chief Maggie Second. The Chief’s son Virgil Second realizes that John is not what he seems and asks his reclusive Martial Arts master uncle Wayne for help. After developing his own unique Aboriginal martial art Virgil’s uncle helps him expose Nanabush. At the same time Virgil’s mother has to deal with being the chief when everyone in the community wants her to listen and enact their own plans for a new parcel of land that the reserve has recently reacquired. HilarityEnsues
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* AGodAmI: Nanabush has quite the ego and thinks he is like a god. He is a god.
* AnAesop: Nanabush is usually incapable of learning a lesson but he does swear off alcohol after a period of alcoholism.
* AllMythsAreTrue: Nanabush a figure from Anishinaabe legends exists as does Jesus. Lampshaded Virgil worries with his uncle whether or not this means that Santa Claus and other beigns might exist.
* AGodAmI: Nanabush has quite the ego and thinks he is like a god. He is a god.
* AnAesop: Nanabush is usually incapable of learning a lesson but he does swear off alcohol after a period of alcoholism.
* AllMythsAreTrue: Nanabush a figure from Anishinaabe legends exists as does Jesus. Lampshaded Virgil worries with his uncle whether or not this means that Santa Claus and other beigns might exist.
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* AGodAmI: Nanabush has quite the ego and thinks he is like a god. He is a god.
* AnAesop: Nanabush is usually incapable of learning a lesson lesson, but he does swear off alcohol after a period of alcoholism.
* AllMythsAreTrue: Nanabush a figure from Anishinaabe legends exists as does Jesus. Lampshaded Virgil worries with his uncle whether or not this means that Santa Claus and otherbeigns beings might exist.
* AllMythsAreTrue: Nanabush a figure from Anishinaabe legends exists as does Jesus. Lampshaded Virgil worries with his uncle whether or not this means that Santa Claus and other
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* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Nanabush is capable fo altering his appearance at will usually his eye colour. He has said that he does not like doing so as it is painful.
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* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Nanabush is capable fo of altering his appearance at will usually his eye colour. He has said that he does not like doing so as it is painful.
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* NeverLiveItDown: The raccoons still hold a grudge against Nanabush for a crime he committed centuries ago. The chief raccoon is angry at Nanabush for killing his great-great-great-great-grandfather. Nanabush is forced to make amends but the raccoons never let him forget it.
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* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: The raccoons still hold a grudge against Nanabush for a crime he committed centuries ago. The chief raccoon is angry at Nanabush for killing his great-great-great-great-grandfather. Nanabush is forced to make amends but the raccoons never let him forget it.
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AGodAmI: Nanabush has quite the ego and thinks he is like a god. He is a god.
AnAesop: Nanabush is usually incapable of learning a lesson but he does swear off alcohol after a period of alcoholism.
AllMythsAreTrue: Nanabush a figure from Anishinaabe legends exists as does Jesus. Lampshaded Virgil worries with his uncle whether or not this means that Santa Claus and other beigns might exist.
ChaoticNeutral: Nanabush as he is not acting for TheEvulz nor is he acting for the benefit of the community. Nanabush is only acting for his own self interest and his desire to date Maggie Second. Nanabush will impose chaos and destroy order to get what he wants and he will not be satiated until he gets it, but he is willing to act altrustically as well, but only if he feels like it.
CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Uncle Wayne invented his own brand of Indigenous martial Arts and was able to fight on par with Nanabush. He even would have won if Nanabush had not thrown a raccoon at him.
DarkerAndEdgier: The stories that Virgil heard abotu Nanabush where children's stories as he is still a teenager. Wayne reveals that there are more stories about Nanabush intended for an older audience that contain subject matter that children and teenagers would not hear. Remember AllMythsAreTrue.
FantasticFightingStyle: Wayne made up his own martial art while living as a hermit on an island ont he reserve. His fighting style is sufficent for him to take on a demigod like Nanabush and hold his ground.
FriendtoAllLivingThings:subverted as the raccoons hate Nanabush to the extent that they collectively decided to defecate on his motorcycle and annoy and harass him to the point where he bribed them off by giving them junk food from a store.
HilarityEnsues: The raccoons play a series of elaborate pranks on Nanabush who plays a series fo elaborate pranks on the community including robbing a museum to create a fake burial ground so the community is more likely to have their claim to the land recognized all so that he can go on a date with the Chief.
NeverLiveItDown: The raccoons still hold a grudge against Nanabush for a crime he committed centuries ago. The chief raccoon is angry at Nanabush for killing his great-great-great-great-grandfather. Nanabush is forced to make amends but the raccoons never let him forget it.
LetsYouandHimFight: Nanabush throws a raccoon at Wayne hoping to injure him or distract him. Neither the raccoon or Wayne particualry likes Nanabush all that much.
TheRez: Most of the action takes place on the reservation and Virgil has never left the reservation at all.
TheTrickster: Nanabush is a trickster-transformer figure. He is able to change his shape at will, he is chaotic, he can be helpful to those he chooses to or harm them. He also has a habit of his plans backfiring on him, and he is incapable of learning his lesson for any length of time.
VoluntaryShapeshifting: Nanabush is capable fo altering his appearance at will usually his eye colour. He has said that he does not like doing so as it is painful.
WalkingOnWater: Nanabush asks Jesus to teach him this trick so that he can pop wheelies on a motorcycle on the lake.
AnAesop: Nanabush is usually incapable of learning a lesson but he does swear off alcohol after a period of alcoholism.
AllMythsAreTrue: Nanabush a figure from Anishinaabe legends exists as does Jesus. Lampshaded Virgil worries with his uncle whether or not this means that Santa Claus and other beigns might exist.
ChaoticNeutral: Nanabush as he is not acting for TheEvulz nor is he acting for the benefit of the community. Nanabush is only acting for his own self interest and his desire to date Maggie Second. Nanabush will impose chaos and destroy order to get what he wants and he will not be satiated until he gets it, but he is willing to act altrustically as well, but only if he feels like it.
CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Uncle Wayne invented his own brand of Indigenous martial Arts and was able to fight on par with Nanabush. He even would have won if Nanabush had not thrown a raccoon at him.
DarkerAndEdgier: The stories that Virgil heard abotu Nanabush where children's stories as he is still a teenager. Wayne reveals that there are more stories about Nanabush intended for an older audience that contain subject matter that children and teenagers would not hear. Remember AllMythsAreTrue.
FantasticFightingStyle: Wayne made up his own martial art while living as a hermit on an island ont he reserve. His fighting style is sufficent for him to take on a demigod like Nanabush and hold his ground.
FriendtoAllLivingThings:subverted as the raccoons hate Nanabush to the extent that they collectively decided to defecate on his motorcycle and annoy and harass him to the point where he bribed them off by giving them junk food from a store.
HilarityEnsues: The raccoons play a series of elaborate pranks on Nanabush who plays a series fo elaborate pranks on the community including robbing a museum to create a fake burial ground so the community is more likely to have their claim to the land recognized all so that he can go on a date with the Chief.
NeverLiveItDown: The raccoons still hold a grudge against Nanabush for a crime he committed centuries ago. The chief raccoon is angry at Nanabush for killing his great-great-great-great-grandfather. Nanabush is forced to make amends but the raccoons never let him forget it.
LetsYouandHimFight: Nanabush throws a raccoon at Wayne hoping to injure him or distract him. Neither the raccoon or Wayne particualry likes Nanabush all that much.
TheRez: Most of the action takes place on the reservation and Virgil has never left the reservation at all.
TheTrickster: Nanabush is a trickster-transformer figure. He is able to change his shape at will, he is chaotic, he can be helpful to those he chooses to or harm them. He also has a habit of his plans backfiring on him, and he is incapable of learning his lesson for any length of time.
VoluntaryShapeshifting: Nanabush is capable fo altering his appearance at will usually his eye colour. He has said that he does not like doing so as it is painful.
WalkingOnWater: Nanabush asks Jesus to teach him this trick so that he can pop wheelies on a motorcycle on the lake.
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* AGodAmI: Nanabush has quite the ego and thinks he is like a god. He is a god.
god.
* AnAesop: Nanabush is usually incapable of learning a lesson but he does swear off alcohol after a period ofalcoholism.
alcoholism.
* AllMythsAreTrue: Nanabush a figure from Anishinaabe legends exists as does Jesus. Lampshaded Virgil worries with his uncle whether or not this means that Santa Claus and other beigns mightexist.
ChaoticNeutral: Nanabush as he is not acting for TheEvulz nor is he acting for the benefit of the community. Nanabush is only acting for his own self interest and his desire to date Maggie Second. Nanabush will impose chaos and destroy order to get what he wants and he will not be satiated until he gets it, but he is willing to act altrustically as well, but only if he feels like it.
exist.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Uncle Wayne invented his own brand of Indigenous martial Arts and was able to fight on par with Nanabush. He even would have won if Nanabush had not thrown a raccoon athim.
him.
* DarkerAndEdgier: The stories that Virgil heard abotu Nanabush where children's stories as he is still a teenager. Wayne reveals that there are more stories about Nanabush intended for an older audience that contain subject matter that children and teenagers would not hear. RememberAllMythsAreTrue.
AllMythsAreTrue.
* FantasticFightingStyle: Wayne made up his own martial art while living as a hermit on an island ont he reserve. His fighting style is sufficent for him to take on a demigod like Nanabush and hold hisground.
FriendtoAllLivingThings:subvertedground.
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Subverted as the raccoons hate Nanabush to the extent that they collectively decided to defecate on his motorcycle and annoy and harass him to the point where he bribed them off by giving them junk food from astore.
store.
* HilarityEnsues: The raccoons play a series of elaborate pranks on Nanabush who plays a series fo elaborate pranks on the community including robbing a museum to create a fake burial ground so the community is more likely to have their claim to the land recognized all so that he can go on a date with theChief.
Chief.
* NeverLiveItDown: The raccoons still hold a grudge against Nanabush for a crime he committed centuries ago. The chief raccoon is angry at Nanabush for killing his great-great-great-great-grandfather. Nanabush is forced to make amends but the raccoons never let him forgetit.
it.
* LetsYouandHimFight: Nanabush throws a raccoon at Wayne hoping to injure him or distract him. Neither the raccoon or Wayne particualry likes Nanabush all thatmuch.
much.
* TheRez: Most of the action takes place on the reservation and Virgil has never left the reservation atall.
all.
* TheTrickster: Nanabush is a trickster-transformer figure. He is able to change his shape at will, he is chaotic, he can be helpful to those he chooses to or harm them. He also has a habit of his plans backfiring on him, and he is incapable of learning his lesson for any length oftime.
time.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Nanabush is capable fo altering his appearance at will usually his eye colour. He has said that he does not like doing so as it ispainful.
painful.
* WalkingOnWater: Nanabush asks Jesus to teach him this trick so that he can pop wheelies on a motorcycle on thelake.
lake.
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* AnAesop: Nanabush is usually incapable of learning a lesson but he does swear off alcohol after a period of
* AllMythsAreTrue: Nanabush a figure from Anishinaabe legends exists as does Jesus. Lampshaded Virgil worries with his uncle whether or not this means that Santa Claus and other beigns might
ChaoticNeutral: Nanabush as he is not acting for TheEvulz nor is he acting for the benefit of the community. Nanabush is only acting for his own self interest and his desire to date Maggie Second. Nanabush will impose chaos and destroy order to get what he wants and he will not be satiated until he gets it, but he is willing to act altrustically as well, but only if he feels like it.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Uncle Wayne invented his own brand of Indigenous martial Arts and was able to fight on par with Nanabush. He even would have won if Nanabush had not thrown a raccoon at
* DarkerAndEdgier: The stories that Virgil heard abotu Nanabush where children's stories as he is still a teenager. Wayne reveals that there are more stories about Nanabush intended for an older audience that contain subject matter that children and teenagers would not hear. Remember
* FantasticFightingStyle: Wayne made up his own martial art while living as a hermit on an island ont he reserve. His fighting style is sufficent for him to take on a demigod like Nanabush and hold his
FriendtoAllLivingThings:subverted
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Subverted as the raccoons hate Nanabush to the extent that they collectively decided to defecate on his motorcycle and annoy and harass him to the point where he bribed them off by giving them junk food from a
* HilarityEnsues: The raccoons play a series of elaborate pranks on Nanabush who plays a series fo elaborate pranks on the community including robbing a museum to create a fake burial ground so the community is more likely to have their claim to the land recognized all so that he can go on a date with the
* NeverLiveItDown: The raccoons still hold a grudge against Nanabush for a crime he committed centuries ago. The chief raccoon is angry at Nanabush for killing his great-great-great-great-grandfather. Nanabush is forced to make amends but the raccoons never let him forget
* LetsYouandHimFight: Nanabush throws a raccoon at Wayne hoping to injure him or distract him. Neither the raccoon or Wayne particualry likes Nanabush all that
* TheRez: Most of the action takes place on the reservation and Virgil has never left the reservation at
* TheTrickster: Nanabush is a trickster-transformer figure. He is able to change his shape at will, he is chaotic, he can be helpful to those he chooses to or harm them. He also has a habit of his plans backfiring on him, and he is incapable of learning his lesson for any length of
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Nanabush is capable fo altering his appearance at will usually his eye colour. He has said that he does not like doing so as it is
* WalkingOnWater: Nanabush asks Jesus to teach him this trick so that he can pop wheelies on a motorcycle on the
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AllMythsAreTrue: Nanabush a figure from Anishinaabe legends exists as does Jesus. Lampshaded Virgil worries with his uncle whetehr or not this means tha Santa Claus and other beigns might exist.
ChaoticNeutral: Nanabush as he is not acting for TheEvulz nor is he acting for the benefit of the community. Nanabush is only acting for his own self interest and his desire to date Maggie Second. Nanabush will impsoe chaos and destroy order to get what he wants and he will not be saitated until he gets it, but he is willing to act altrustically as well, but only if he feels like it.
ChaoticNeutral: Nanabush as he is not acting for TheEvulz nor is he acting for the benefit of the community. Nanabush is only acting for his own self interest and his desire to date Maggie Second. Nanabush will impsoe chaos and destroy order to get what he wants and he will not be saitated until he gets it, but he is willing to act altrustically as well, but only if he feels like it.
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AllMythsAreTrue: Nanabush a figure from Anishinaabe legends exists as does Jesus. Lampshaded Virgil worries with his uncle whetehr whether or not this means tha that Santa Claus and other beigns might exist.
ChaoticNeutral: Nanabush as he is not acting for TheEvulz nor is he acting for the benefit of the community. Nanabush is only acting for his own self interest and his desire to date Maggie Second. Nanabush willimpsoe impose chaos and destroy order to get what he wants and he will not be saitated satiated until he gets it, but he is willing to act altrustically as well, but only if he feels like it.
ChaoticNeutral: Nanabush as he is not acting for TheEvulz nor is he acting for the benefit of the community. Nanabush is only acting for his own self interest and his desire to date Maggie Second. Nanabush will
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DarkerAndEdgier: The stories that Virgil heard abotu Nanabush where children's stories as he is still a teenager. Wayne reveals that there are more stories abotu Nanabush intended for an older audience that contain subject matter that children and teenagers would not hear. Remember AllMythsAreTrue.
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DarkerAndEdgier: The stories that Virgil heard abotu Nanabush where children's stories as he is still a teenager. Wayne reveals that there are more stories abotu about Nanabush intended for an older audience that contain subject matter that children and teenagers would not hear. Remember AllMythsAreTrue.
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FriendtoAllLivingThings:subverted as the raccoons hate Nanabush to the textent that they collectively decided to defecate on his motorcycle and annoy and harass him to the point hwere he bribed them off by giving them junk food from a store.
HilarityEnsues: The raccoons play a series of elaborate pranks on Nanabush who plays a series fo elaborate pranks on the community including robbing a museum to create a fake burial ground so the community is more likely t have their claim to the land recognized all so that he can go on a date with the Chief.
HilarityEnsues: The raccoons play a series of elaborate pranks on Nanabush who plays a series fo elaborate pranks on the community including robbing a museum to create a fake burial ground so the community is more likely t have their claim to the land recognized all so that he can go on a date with the Chief.
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FriendtoAllLivingThings:subverted as the raccoons hate Nanabush to the textent extent that they collectively decided to defecate on his motorcycle and annoy and harass him to the point hwere where he bribed them off by giving them junk food from a store.
HilarityEnsues: The raccoons play a series of elaborate pranks on Nanabush who plays a series fo elaborate pranks on the community including robbing a museum to create a fake burial ground so the community is more likelyt to have their claim to the land recognized all so that he can go on a date with the Chief.
Chief.
NeverLiveItDown: The raccoons still hold a grudge against Nanabush for a crime he committed centuries ago. The chief raccoon is angry at Nanabush for killing his great-great-great-great-grandfather. Nanabush is forced to make amends but the raccoons never let him forget it.
HilarityEnsues: The raccoons play a series of elaborate pranks on Nanabush who plays a series fo elaborate pranks on the community including robbing a museum to create a fake burial ground so the community is more likely
NeverLiveItDown: The raccoons still hold a grudge against Nanabush for a crime he committed centuries ago. The chief raccoon is angry at Nanabush for killing his great-great-great-great-grandfather. Nanabush is forced to make amends but the raccoons never let him forget it.
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TheRez: Most of the action takes palce on the reservation and Virgil has never left teh reservation at all.
VoluntaryShapeshifting: Nanabush is capable fo altering his appearance at will usually his eye colour. He has said that he does not like doign so as it is painful.
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TheRez: Most of the action takes palce place on the reservation and Virgil has never left teh the reservation at all.
TheTrickster: Nanabush is a trickster-transformer figure. He is able to change his shape at will, he is chaotic, he can be helpful to those he chooses to or harm them. He also has a habit of his plans backfiring on him, and he is incapable of learning his lesson for any length of time.
VoluntaryShapeshifting: Nanabush is capable fo altering his appearance at will usually his eye colour. He has said that he does not likedoign doing so as it is painful.
TheTrickster: Nanabush is a trickster-transformer figure. He is able to change his shape at will, he is chaotic, he can be helpful to those he chooses to or harm them. He also has a habit of his plans backfiring on him, and he is incapable of learning his lesson for any length of time.
VoluntaryShapeshifting: Nanabush is capable fo altering his appearance at will usually his eye colour. He has said that he does not like
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Motorcycles and Sweetgrass is a novel written by Drew Hayden Taylor and published in 2010 that centers on what happens when The Trickster Nanabush shows up at an Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) reserve to attempt to date the Chief Maggie Second. The Chief’s son Virgil Second realizes that John is not what he seems and asks his reclusive Martial Arts master uncle Wayne for help. After developing his own unique Aboriginal martial art Virgil’s uncle helps him expose Nanabush. At the same time Virgil’s mother has to deal with being the chief when everyone in the community wants her to listen and enact their own plans for a new parcel of land that the reserve has recently reacquired. HilarityEnsues
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AGodAmI: Nanabush has quite the ego and thinks he is like a god. He is
AnAesop: Nanabush is usually incapable of learning a lesson but he does swear off alcohol after a period of alcoholism.
AllMythsAreTrue: Nanabush a figure from Anishinaabe legends exists as does Jesus. Lampshaded Virgil worries with his uncle whetehr or not this means tha Santa Claus and other beigns might exist.
ChaoticNeutral: Nanabush as he is not acting for TheEvulz nor is he acting for the benefit of the community. Nanabush is only acting for his own self interest and his desire to date Maggie Second. Nanabush will impsoe chaos and destroy order to get what he wants and he will not be saitated until he gets it, but he is willing to act altrustically as well, but only if he feels like it.
CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Uncle Wayne invented his own brand of Indigenous martial Arts and was able to fight on par with Nanabush. He even would have won if Nanabush had not thrown a raccoon at him.
DarkerAndEdgier: The stories that Virgil heard abotu Nanabush where children's stories as he is still a teenager. Wayne reveals that there are more stories abotu Nanabush intended for an older audience that contain subject matter that children and teenagers would not hear. Remember AllMythsAreTrue.
FantasticFightingStyle: Wayne made up his own martial art while living as a hermit on an island ont he reserve. His fighting style is sufficent for him to take on a demigod like Nanabush and hold his ground.
FriendtoAllLivingThings:subverted as the raccoons hate Nanabush to the textent that they collectively decided to defecate on his motorcycle and annoy and harass him to the point hwere he bribed them off by giving them junk food from a store.
HilarityEnsues: The raccoons play a series of elaborate pranks on Nanabush who plays a series fo elaborate pranks on the community including robbing a museum to create a fake burial ground so the community is more likely t have their claim to the land recognized all so that he can go on a date with the Chief.
LetsYouandHimFight: Nanabush throws a raccoon at Wayne hoping to injure him or distract him. Neither the raccoon or Wayne particualry likes Nanabush all that much.
TheRez: Most of the action takes palce on the reservation and Virgil has never left teh reservation at all.
VoluntaryShapeshifting: Nanabush is capable fo altering his appearance at will usually his eye colour. He has said that he does not like doign so as it is painful.
WalkingOnWater: Nanabush asks Jesus to teach him this trick so that he can pop wheelies on a motorcycle on the lake.
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AGodAmI: Nanabush has quite the ego and thinks he is like a god. He is
AnAesop: Nanabush is usually incapable of learning a lesson but he does swear off alcohol after a period of alcoholism.
AllMythsAreTrue: Nanabush a figure from Anishinaabe legends exists as does Jesus. Lampshaded Virgil worries with his uncle whetehr or not this means tha Santa Claus and other beigns might exist.
ChaoticNeutral: Nanabush as he is not acting for TheEvulz nor is he acting for the benefit of the community. Nanabush is only acting for his own self interest and his desire to date Maggie Second. Nanabush will impsoe chaos and destroy order to get what he wants and he will not be saitated until he gets it, but he is willing to act altrustically as well, but only if he feels like it.
CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Uncle Wayne invented his own brand of Indigenous martial Arts and was able to fight on par with Nanabush. He even would have won if Nanabush had not thrown a raccoon at him.
DarkerAndEdgier: The stories that Virgil heard abotu Nanabush where children's stories as he is still a teenager. Wayne reveals that there are more stories abotu Nanabush intended for an older audience that contain subject matter that children and teenagers would not hear. Remember AllMythsAreTrue.
FantasticFightingStyle: Wayne made up his own martial art while living as a hermit on an island ont he reserve. His fighting style is sufficent for him to take on a demigod like Nanabush and hold his ground.
FriendtoAllLivingThings:subverted as the raccoons hate Nanabush to the textent that they collectively decided to defecate on his motorcycle and annoy and harass him to the point hwere he bribed them off by giving them junk food from a store.
HilarityEnsues: The raccoons play a series of elaborate pranks on Nanabush who plays a series fo elaborate pranks on the community including robbing a museum to create a fake burial ground so the community is more likely t have their claim to the land recognized all so that he can go on a date with the Chief.
LetsYouandHimFight: Nanabush throws a raccoon at Wayne hoping to injure him or distract him. Neither the raccoon or Wayne particualry likes Nanabush all that much.
TheRez: Most of the action takes palce on the reservation and Virgil has never left teh reservation at all.
VoluntaryShapeshifting: Nanabush is capable fo altering his appearance at will usually his eye colour. He has said that he does not like doign so as it is painful.
WalkingOnWater: Nanabush asks Jesus to teach him this trick so that he can pop wheelies on a motorcycle on the lake.