History Literature / Sapphire

* BiTheWay: Nikolai kills two birds with one stone when he tells Alec that both he ''and'' Boris were bisexual for one another.

* CampStraight: Claude was this until the author [[BiTheWay outed him as bi]].

* YouFailTheIQTest: In Chapter 0 of the first episode, Nina Rubanenko is described as having an IQ of 5000.
** So, Nina's an [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Alakazam]]?

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Elodie Duchamp's first name was originally written without the accent mark. However, after the author did some research and learned that there is a French name with the accent mark but not without, it has been {{retcon}}ned as such. The only reason it's not written like that on ThisVeryWiki is because the accented 'E' gets corrupted to 'É'.

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* IntercontinuityCrossover: [=SpyHunter's=] crossover fanfics with TotallySpies. Contains copious amounts of TakeThat.

''Sapphire'' is essentially SpyFiction; the stories are set during the ColdWar; more specifically, [[TheSeventies the late 1970s]] and [[TheEighties 80s]]. But instead of regular Russians, the antagonists (and some of the minor protagonists) have PsychicPowers.

* ColdWar: Specifically, the later period.

''Sapphire'' is a series of {{Web Serial Novel}}s written by [=SpyHunter89=] on his DeviantArt page. [[http://spyhunter89.deviantart.com/gallery/#Sapphire-Chapters The chapters may be viewed here.]] The first episode was released in 2007, with the second carrying over into 2008. The third episode began in 2009, and is currently ongoing.

* AllThereInTheManual: Many, many characters have been introduced through the author's DeviantArt page that have not had even a remote chance to show up in the story yet.

''Sapphire'' is a series of [[WebSerialNovel Web Serial Novels]] written by [=SpyHunter89=] on his DeviantArt page. [[http://spyhunter89.deviantart.com/gallery/#Sapphire-Chapters The chapters may be viewed here.]] The first episode was released in 2007, with the second carrying over into 2008. The third episode began in 2009, and is currently ongoing.

* AffablyEvil: Boris would prefer to show someone a magic trick [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim before killing him or her]].

* {{Bishounen}}: Boris Rubanenko, Daisuke Midori, and Nikolai Kitano, to name a few.

* DistressedDamsel: Ivanka.

* EverythingSoundsSexierInFrench: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]].

** [[{{Bishounen}} That's the point.]]

* GoodSmokingBadSmoking: {{Subverted}}: Elodie uses a cigarette holder, not because she's [[TheBaroness an evil Baroness]], but because she's rich and glamorous. That still doesn't stop Alec from trying to make her quit.

** [[spoiler:And again, when he sees Boris alive. The delay keep him from killing Boris [[WhyDontYaJustShootHim when he decides to just shoot him]]... not that it would do any good against a Psychic.]]

* HighlyVisibleNinja: {{Averted}} in Episode II; the author even makes a point to mention that a grayish ninja suit blends into darkness better than a black one. Aika Akagi, however, plays this trope straight with a shiny red SpyCatsuit and [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair green hair]].

** BigApplesauce: The Delta Defense Alliance HQ is based in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} ([[RetCon formerly]] UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC). Alec and Andrew also live there, but were born in [[{{Joisey}} Cape May]]. Only Gabriel was born in New York.

* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: A recent bonus chapter featured Alec having difficulty pronouncing Khina's name.

* MilitaryBrat: Jake, a little bit. Contrasts with [[CircusBrat Claude]].

** [[HairMetal But she mistook him for a member of Poison]], [[RuleOfFunny so that must be okay]].

* RapeAsBackstory: What happens to [[spoiler:Ivanka while she was kidnapped during Episode II.]]

* RingOfFire: Daisuke creates a green ring of fire during his duel with Michiru. [[spoiler:She defeats him by ''[[ScrewTheRulesIHavePlot teleporting out of the ring]]'', [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome then leaps back into it and skewers him]].]]

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Elodie Duchamp's first name was originally written without the accent mark. However, after the author did some research and learned that there is a French name with the accent mark but not without, it has been [[RetCon retconned]] as such. The only reason it's not written like that on ThisVeryWiki is because the accented 'E' gets corrupted to 'É'.

* YaoiGuys: [[{{Uke}} Nikolai]] and [[{{Seme}} Boris]]. Nikolai was even a WholesomeCrossDresser as a kid.

** So, Nina's an [[{{Pokemon}} Alakazam]]?

* RecycledInSpace: It's JamesBond... with [[PsychicPowers Psychics]].

* AnimeHair
** Many of the Psychic characters had odd-colored hair. For example, [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair Ivanka's was blue and Boris's was green.]] [[RetCon This was changed later on]] [[AdaptationDyeJob to more natural hair colors.]]
*** Newcomer Aika Akagi, however, has green hair.
** Also, Morgana's HimeCut.

* HotShounenMom: Elodie. Ivanka also counts, [[spoiler:in the short span of time in which she was seen in Episode III.]]

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Artemis Gilliam is an {{Expy}} of [[AmericanIdol Simon Cowell]]. He even judges a karaoke contest at one point.

** Ivanka was given HairOfGold in a re-design.

* Good SmokingBadSmoking: {{Subverted}}: Elodie uses a cigarette holder, not because she's [[TheBaroness an evil Baroness]], but because she's rich and glamorous. That still doesn't stop Alec from trying to make her quit.

* RedheadInGreen: {{Inverted}} by Aika Akagi, who has [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair green hair]] and a red SpyCatsuit.

* TallDarkAndBishoujo: Khina Sabiri (although her hair is in a ponytail, and is medium-length besides) and Morgana Rubanenko.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Boris.

* YamatoNadeshiko: Elodie Duchamp.

** And, of course, Michiru and Daisuke [[GratuitousJapanese call out their Ninjutsu attacks in Japanese,]] ''{{Naruto}}''-style.

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Ivanka]] offers to be executed in [[spoiler:Alec's]] stead. [[spoiler:A SenselessSacrifice is narrowly avoided.]]

** BigApplesauce: The Delta Defense Alliance HQ is based in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} ([[RetCon formerly]] WashingtonDC). Alec and Andrew also live there, but were born in [[{{Joisey}} Cape May]]. Only Gabriel was born in New York.

* ScheduleSlip: One of the longest gaps was between Chapters 11 and 12 of Episode II. [[{{Tropers/SpyHunter29}} SpyHunter]] [[SelfDeprecatingHumor even joked about this]]:

* ShamelessSelfPromotion: [[{{Tropers/SpyHunter29}} the author himself started this page]].

* UnholyMatrimony: Boris married Khina during the events of Episode II.

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--> [[TethercatPrinciple THERE'S A BOMB THAT'S SET TO GO OFF TWENTY-SIX YEARS AGO THAT DESPERATELY NEEDS OUR ATTENTION!]]

** The plot for Episode II also draws many comparisons to YouOnlyLiveTwice.

** OliveGarden: Fiona Marino (who is not scheduled to appear in the story until Episode V) lives in an uncommonly used part of Italy: the Isle of Capri. And unlike what this trope would have you believe, [[HeroesWantRedheads she is a redhead]] (but then again, [[{{Thunderball}} so was another famous Fiona...]]).

* PowerCrystal: On nearly everything Morgana wears. [[BeyondTheImpossible Even on her]] [[{{Stripperiffic}} more-Stripperiffic-than-usual bikini]].

** BigApplesauce: The Delta Defense Alliance HQ is based in UsefulNotes/{{Philadelphia}} ([[RetCon formerly]] WashingtonDC]]). Alec and Andrew also live there, but were born in [[{{Joisey}} Cape May]]. Only Gabriel was born in New York.

** BigApplesauce: The Delta Defense Alliance HQ is based in {{Philadelphia}} ([[RetCon formerly Washington, D.C.]]). Alec and Andrew also live there, but were born in [[{{Joisey}} Cape May]]. Only Gabriel was born in New York.

** {{Qurac}}: The ArabianNights flavor of this trope is represented a little bit. Khina's backstory had her robbing from the bazaars of her hometown in Iran (before and during the 1978-79 revolution, although this is rarely if at all brought up) for sustenance.

*** Bonus points since the actual ArabianNights took place in Persia (present-day Iran).

* ArabianNightsDays: The Altair base evokes this trope. However, although it is based in Iran (as was the real ArabianNights, bonus!), the base is under control of the Soviet Union and a RenegadeRussian third party...

** [[spoiler:Turns out it ''was'' senseless after all. [[{{Understatement}} You can imagine Alec's surprise when he saw Boris alive two years later.]]]]

* [=~Good Smoking, Evil Smoking~=]: {{Subverted}}: Elodie uses a cigarette holder, not because she's [[TheBaroness an evil Baroness]], but because she's rich and glamorous. That still doesn't stop Alec from trying to make her quit.

* RedheadInGreen: {{Inverted}} by Aika Akagi, who has [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair green hair] and a red SpyCatsuit.

* FetishFuel: See {{Fanservice}} above.
* FetishFuelStationAttendant: I can personally guarantee you that 90% of the cast will turn someone on somehow.
** Take Claude for example. [[ForeignFanservice Born in France]], {{Bishounen}}, incredibly talented contortionist/acrobat, and loves wearing speedos almost to the point of a NoNudityTaboo. [[StupidSexyFlanders It's no wonder the (male) author seems to love him.]]
** Khina Sabiri: Harem girl, MostCommonSuperPower, [[AmbiguouslyBrown dark skin]] ([[DidNotDoTheResearch do they really have that in Iran?]]), BodySnatcher.

* LeprechaunColourScheme: {{Inverted}} by Aika Akagi, who has [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair green hair] and a red SpyCatsuit.

* PaperThinDisguise: [[WallBanger How in the]] ''[[WallBanger world]]'' could Elodie not tell that was Nikolai behind that ''eye-mask''!?

* ArabianNightsDays: The Altair base evokes this trope. However, although it is based in Iran (as was the real ArabianNights, bonus!), the base is under control of the Soviet Union and a RenegadeRussian third party... SoYeah.

** {{Oktoberfest}}: West Germany, as depicted in Episode I, looks and feels remarkably similar to any old Western-world place. As is the disco scene (this is TheSeventies, after all). Of course, Ivanka and Boris defected here from the Soviet Union, SoYeah.

* CampGay: Nikolai, although he's only bisexual.
* CampStraight: Claude. ''And how.''
** Subverted with Claude - his own son - who exhibits several less-than-straight characteristics but falls for a girl (Alex) in the TotallySpies [[IntercontinuityCrossover crossover]].

* CircusBrat: Élodie, Nikolai, and Claude, who contrasts with [[MilitaryBrat Jake]].

* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Double subversion. Boris being pinned down by a truck and riddled with a full clip of AK bullets. Yet being a Psychic, he survived the whole thing.]]

* EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench: Élodie.

--> '''Élodie:''' Well, I know they say French is the language of love...

** BellyDancer: See above.

* GirlOfTheWeek: Ivanka, Michiru, and Élodie.

** GayParee: Élodie lives in Marseille, on the southern Mediterranean coast of France, and has only been to Paris for a circus festival.

** {{Qurac}}: The ArabianNights flavor of this trope is represented a little bit. Khina's backstory had her robbing from the bazaars of her hometown in Iran (before and during the 1978 revolution, although this is rarely if at all brought up) for sustenance.

** TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: Episode II takes place in cities including Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto - but not Tokyo. Also subverted: Alec and [[spoiler:Ivanka]] do try to travel to Tokyo on their honeymoon, but only make it about halfway before deciding to fight the BigBad once and for all.

* HotShounenMom: Élodie. Ivanka also counts, [[spoiler:in the short span of time in which she was seen in Episode III.]]

* NoBisexuals: Averted. Boris and Nikolai were both gay for each other, despite finding girlfriends later on down the line (Boris & Khina, and Nikolai & Élodie).

* PaperThinDisguise: [[WallBanger How in the]] ''[[WallBanger world]]'' could Élodie not tell that was Nikolai behind that ''eye-mask''!?
** Well, it was over seven since they last met.

* ScheduleSlip: One of the longest gaps was between Chapters 11 and 12 of Episode II. [[{{SpyHunter29}} SpyHunter]] [[SelfDeprecatingHumor even joked about this]]:
--> THERE'S A BOMB THAT'S SET TO GO OFF TWENTY-SIX YEARS AGO THAT DESPERATELY NEEDS OUR ATTENTION!

* ShamelessSelfPromotion: [[{{SpyHunter29}} This Troper]] [[TroperWorks is actually the author]].
* SomethingAboutARose: Boris's 'Blood Rose' attack. Which involves killing the victim ''by teleporting it into his/her heart''.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Élodie Duchamp's first name was originally written as "Elodie", without the accent mark. However, after the author did some research and learned that there is a French name "Élodie" but not "Elodie", it has been [[RetCon retconned]] as such.

* YamatoNadeshiko: Élodie Duchamp.
* YaoiGuys: [[{{Uke}} Nikolai]] and [[{{Seme}} Boris]].
** Nikolai was even a WholesomeCrossDresser as a kid.