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* AnyoneCanDie: Demonstrated with Jake Johnson. He's given a backstory, explaining why he's a deputy and his pragmatic cowardice, making the reader think he'll be a major character. He's dead ([[NeverFoundTheBody or as good as]]) before the end of the next page, showing that even developed character are not safe.

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* AnyoneCanDie: Demonstrated with Jake Johnson. He's given a backstory, explaining why he's a deputy and his pragmatic cowardice, making the reader think he'll be a major character. He's dead ([[NeverFoundTheBody or as good as]]) before the end of the next page, showing that even developed character characters are not safe.
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* SadlyMythtaken: Flyte claims that the Ancient Enemy was the inspiration for the god Proteus, referring to him as a constantly shapeshifting monster that burrowed through the earth, devouring whatever he desired... except the mythological Proteus was actually a ''sea'' god who was never encountered underground, commonly served as a herdsman to aquatic life, and by [[JerkassGods Greek god]] standards, he was quite reasonable; far from devouring anyone or anything in his path, the only point in which he interacted with mortals was when heroes sought him out for his prophetic knowledge - to the point that even his famous shapeshifting powers were mainly used in order to avoid being bothered.

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* SadlyMythtaken: A minor character of Greek descent apparently identified the Ancient Enemy as the classical god Proteus in his final moments (hence the half-finished graffiti he left). Later, Flyte claims that the Ancient Enemy was must have been the inspiration for the god Proteus, referring to him as a constantly shapeshifting monster that burrowed through the earth, devouring whatever he desired... except the mythological Proteus was actually a ''sea'' god who was never encountered underground, commonly served as a herdsman to aquatic life, and by [[JerkassGods Greek god]] standards, he was quite reasonable; far from devouring anyone or anything in his path, he was exclusively a hermit, and the only point in which he interacted with mortals was when heroes sought him out for his prophetic knowledge - to the point that even knowledge. Even his famous shapeshifting powers were mainly used in order to avoid being bothered.bothered. As such, the claim is misinformed at best and utterly nonsensical at worst.
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* SadlyMythtaken: Flyte claims that the Ancient Enemy was the inspiration for the god Proteus, referring to him as a constantly shapeshifting monster that burrowed through the earth, devouring whatever he desired... except the mythological Proteus was actually a ''sea'' god who commonly served as a herdsman to aquatic life, and by [[JerkassGods Greek god]] standards, he was quite reasonable; far from devouring anyone or anything in his path, the only point in which he interacted with mortals was when heroes sought him out for his prophetic knowledge - to the point that even his famous shapeshifting powers were mainly used in order to avoid being bothered.

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* SadlyMythtaken: Flyte claims that the Ancient Enemy was the inspiration for the god Proteus, referring to him as a constantly shapeshifting monster that burrowed through the earth, devouring whatever he desired... except the mythological Proteus was actually a ''sea'' god who was never encountered underground, commonly served as a herdsman to aquatic life, and by [[JerkassGods Greek god]] standards, he was quite reasonable; far from devouring anyone or anything in his path, the only point in which he interacted with mortals was when heroes sought him out for his prophetic knowledge - to the point that even his famous shapeshifting powers were mainly used in order to avoid being bothered.
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Uncanny Valley is IUEO now and the subjective version has been split; cleaning up misuse and ZCE in the process


* UncannyValley: In-universe; some of the shapes the Ancient Enemy creates are considered this by the characters.

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* UncannyValley: In-universe; some of the shapes the Ancient Enemy creates are considered this by the characters.

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* TheDevilIsALoser: [[spoiler:Though it views itself as an ultimate evil, the Ancient Enemy tends to stoop to a combination of crass obscenity and brutal violence rather than the sort of grandiose scheming one would expect of an UltimateEvil.]]

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* TheDevilIsALoser: [[spoiler:Though it views itself as an ultimate evil, the Ancient Enemy tends to stoop to a combination of crass obscenity and brutal violence rather than the sort of grandiose scheming one would expect of an UltimateEvil.ultimate evil.]]



* UltimateEvil: The Ancient Enemy. It even thinks it’s Satan.

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* DeadStarWalking: Averted. [[spoiler: Anyone reading the novel will be expecting top billed Creator/PeterOToole to bite the dust in the climax, but even though he's TooCoolToLive, the film allows the character to survive.]]

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* DeadStarWalking: Averted. [[spoiler: Anyone reading who read the novel will be expecting top billed Creator/PeterOToole to bite the dust in the climax, final battle with the creature in the film, but even though he's TooCoolToLive, the film allows the character to survive.]]


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* DwindlingParty: Subverted. [[spoiler: Of the main billed cast, only the Steve Shanning and Stu Wargle characters die.]]
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* DeadStarWalking: Averted. [[spoiler: Anyone reading the novel will be expecting top billed Creator/PeterOToole to bite the dust in the climax, but even though he's TooCoolToLive, the film allows the character to survive.]]
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* BelievingTheirOwnLies: By the time of the novel, the Ancient Enemy seems to have convinced itself that it really is The Devil - i.e., an eternal supernatural entity, rather than a biological creature that can at least theoretically die. [[spoiler: It naturally comes as quite a shock when it finds itself doing just that]].

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