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* CreepyChild: Ivy is still creepy [[spoiler:when not playing with Mister]].
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* CreepyChild: Ivy is still creepy [[spoiler:when not playing with Mister]].watching otters]].
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* YouWillKnowWhatToDo: Five years ago, Shiro gave Harry ''Fidelacchius'' and told him he would know who he should offer it to when the time is right. Harry realized he was meant to offer it to [[spoiler:''Nicodemus''. Harry realized that with this sword, one of the banes to Nicodemus' plots, as a bargaining chip he could get the edge in the negotiations and save Ivy.
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* YouWillKnowWhatToDo: Five years ago, Shiro gave Harry ''Fidelacchius'' and told him he would know who he should offer it to when the time is right. Harry realized he was meant to offer it to [[spoiler:''Nicodemus''. Harry realized that with this sword, one of the banes to Nicodemus' plots, as a bargaining chip he could get the edge in the negotiations and save Ivy.Ivy]].
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* TheChooserOfTheOne:
** Harry, being the guardian of ''Fidelacchius'', is this for the next Knight of the Cross. He ends up choosing [[spoiler:Nicodemus]]. See YouWillKnowWhatToDo for why.
** In a dark version, Nicodemus sees himself as one who must rightfully choose which coin to give a new recruit so the FallenAngel and human would work well together. [[spoiler:He considers giving Lasciel to Harry a good choice, not realizing Harry had redeemed the Shadow of Lasciel.]]
** Harry, being the guardian of ''Fidelacchius'', is this for the next Knight of the Cross. He ends up choosing [[spoiler:Nicodemus]]. See YouWillKnowWhatToDo for why.
** In a dark version, Nicodemus sees himself as one who must rightfully choose which coin to give a new recruit so the FallenAngel and human would work well together. [[spoiler:He considers giving Lasciel to Harry a good choice, not realizing Harry had redeemed the Shadow of Lasciel.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Harry postulates to Michael [[spoiler:the reason the Fallen Angels avoid churches isn't because GoodHurtsEvil and just standing there is uncomfortable, as Michael suspects, but it makes them ''feel'' and remember and feel sad. They question their choices in their existence, and after a 1000 years or more of steadfast belief you were in the right, and it turns out you were wrong and everything you did was for nothing.]]
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* TheyHaveTheScent: Summer-aligned forces track Harry [[spoiler:by his fire magic, as he once absorbed Summer fire and the taint is still there, so using it alerts them and the Silver Oak leaf of the Summer Court. Mab "helps" with Harry keep them from tracking the first method. The second way was stopped by Mister. See RedHerring above for more.]]
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* TheyHaveTheScent: Summer-aligned forces track Harry [[spoiler:by his fire magic, as he once absorbed Summer fire and the taint is still there, so using it alerts them them, and the Silver Oak leaf of the Summer Court. Mab "helps" with Harry keep them from tracking the first method. The second way was stopped by Mister. See RedHerring above for more.]]
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* KnightInShiningArmor: Michael is this once more. The a key moment is when he and Harry are [[spoiler:fighting against Hobs in a dark train station and one woman is praying to God for help and enter a man in armor holding a glowing sword.]]
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* NotMeThisTime: [[spoiler:Nicodemaus is very surprised to learn about the usage of Hellfire on Arctis Tor.]]
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* NotMeThisTime: [[spoiler:Nicodemaus is very surprised to learn about the usage of Hellfire on Arctis Tor.]] Shocked enough to attack Harry in his momentary rage.]]
* NotSoDifferent: Nicodemus tells Harry they are this. And even some of his goals would be things Harry strives for as well.
* NotSoDifferent: Nicodemus tells Harry they are this. And even some of his goals would be things Harry strives for as well.
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* ChekhovsGun: Inverted, when the '''absence''' of any mention of [[spoiler: Harry's blasting rod]] becomes a significant plot point later, when [[spoiler: he realizes that Mab took it away from him and blocked his memories of it, making all of his friends very suspicious of him for most of the book.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: ChekhovsGun:
** Inverted, when the '''absence''' of any mention of [[spoiler: Harry's blasting rod]] becomes a significant plot point later, when [[spoiler: he realizes that Mab took it away from him and blocked his memories of it, making all of his friends very suspicious of him for most of the book.]]
** When Nicodemus and Harry are speaking of [[spoiler:the assault on Arctis Tor, Nicodemus says the only question remaining is "contamination" is in his group or the Church. Not mole or any other term but "contamination." In ''Cold Days'' it is learned there is a force to which "contamination" is an appropriate description.]]
** Inverted, when the '''absence''' of any mention of [[spoiler: Harry's blasting rod]] becomes a significant plot point later, when [[spoiler: he realizes that Mab took it away from him and blocked his memories of it, making all of his friends very suspicious of him for most of the book.]]
** When Nicodemus and Harry are speaking of [[spoiler:the assault on Arctis Tor, Nicodemus says the only question remaining is "contamination" is in his group or the Church. Not mole or any other term but "contamination." In ''Cold Days'' it is learned there is a force to which "contamination" is an appropriate description.]]
* [[OrderVersusChaos Evil Order Versus Evil Chaos]]: Nicodemus and Tessa are this respectively. Nicodemus concerns himself with the long game while Tessa enjoys causing immediate discord and chaos. So when the two of them work together on a joint project, the situation is a whole lot worse.
* LittleMissSnarker: Ivy tries to be this but doesn't quite get it right. None the less, Harry is touched as he realized she was emulating him.
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* [[OrderVersusChaos Evil Order Versus Evil Chaos]]: Nicodemus and Tessa are this respectively. Nicodemus concerns himself with the long game while Tessa enjoys causing immediate discord and chaos. So when the two of them work together on a joint project, the situation is a whole lot worse.
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* YouWillKnowWhatToDo: Five years ago, Shiro gave Harry ''Fidelacchius'' and told him he would know who he should offer it to when the time is right. Harry realized he was meant to offer it to [[spoiler:''Nicodemus''. Harry realized that with this sword, one of the banes to Nicodemus' plots, as a bargaining chip he could get the edge in the negotiations and save Ivy.
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* EvilDetectingDog:
** Mouse is able to tell who is a good person and who is most certainly evil.
** When trapped in the Shedd Aquarium with some Denarians, Harry is hiding by the dolphin tank. Some swim by him and then down the way, start screeching and splashing the water before rushing off. Harry smiled as he now knows the Denarian's location.
** Mouse is able to tell who is a good person and who is most certainly evil.
** When trapped in the Shedd Aquarium with some Denarians, Harry is hiding by the dolphin tank. Some swim by him and then down the way, start screeching and splashing the water before rushing off. Harry smiled as he now knows the Denarian's location.
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* EyeScream: Mab found what is probably the only way to get Harry to stop making smartass comments. [[TearsOfBlood It was not pretty]].
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* EyeScream: Mab found what is probably the only way to get Harry to stop making smartass smart-ass comments. [[TearsOfBlood It was not pretty]].
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* RefusalOfTheCall: [[spoiler:When Murphy takes up Fidelacchius to protect the sword from Deirdre, Murphy unsheathes the blade just a few inches when a bright light shone from it, scaring Deirdre away. When Murphy asks what that was, Harry calls it a job offer. Murphy refuses, citing she was still a cop and couldn't become a full Knight of the Cross.]]
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* RefusalOfTheCall: [[spoiler:When Murphy takes up Fidelacchius to protect the sword from Deirdre, Murphy unsheathes the blade just a few inches when a bright light shone from it, scaring Deirdre away. When Murphy asks what that was, Harry calls it a job offer. Murphy refuses, citing she was still a cop and couldn't become a full Knight of the Cross.]]]]
* RememberWhenYouBlewUpASun: Used by Harry when he is trying to get Luccio to bring the White Council in [[spoiler:on the meeting between Marcone's side and the Denarians.]] When Luccio noted some of the trouble he caused, Harry points out the good things he has done which have helped the White Council in the war against the Red Court and groups of Warlocks.
* RememberWhenYouBlewUpASun: Used by Harry when he is trying to get Luccio to bring the White Council in [[spoiler:on the meeting between Marcone's side and the Denarians.]] When Luccio noted some of the trouble he caused, Harry points out the good things he has done which have helped the White Council in the war against the Red Court and groups of Warlocks.
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* FisherKing: Discussed by Harry and Sanya. There is an ancient concept of the King is connected to the land and the supernatural connection one has to the other. When the King is well, so is the land. Harry wonders if this is [[spoiler:a requirement of becoming a Knight of the Cross as the three knights he has met are of RoyalBlood going back many years. And so being asked to tend to the Denarians is part of the "tend to the land" especially in a land when there are few kings left.]]
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* RoyalBlood:
** [[spoiler:Sanya]] is a descendent of [[spoiler: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saladin Saladin, King of Egypt during the Crusades.]]
** [[spoiler:Michael]] is a descendent of [[spoiler:[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlamagne Charlamagne.]]]]
** [[spoiler:Sanya]] is a descendent of [[spoiler: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saladin Saladin, King of Egypt during the Crusades.]]
** [[spoiler:Michael]] is a descendent of [[spoiler:[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlamagne Charlamagne.]]]]
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* ShoutOut: When discussing the FisherKing above, Sanya mentions Michael and he watched Film/{{Excalibur}}. Harry says the Merlin in the movie was the best thing about it.
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* BigBadDuumvirate: Nicodemus and Tessa. Each has their own goal they are aiming for.
* ContrivedCoincidence: Wouldn't you know, the moment a couple of Denarians get into town, Sanya's flight is canceled and he is stuck in Chicago. What are the odds?
* CoolSword: The Swords of the Knights of the Cross.
* CoolSword: The Swords of the Knights of the Cross.
* EvilOverlordList: Nicodemus read most of it, but skipped the part which makes him [[spoiler:cut the tongues out of his followers. They may be loyal guards but they cannot use radios to communicate.]]
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* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler:Mab considers Thomas having true love with Justine to make him mortal enough to be her Winter Knight and not an immortal vampire.]]
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** Michael's blade Amoracchius runs on this.
** [[spoiler:Mab considers Thomas having true love with Justine to make him mortal enough to be her Winter Knight and not an immortal vampire.]]
** Michael's blade Amoracchius runs on this.
** [[spoiler:Mab considers Thomas having true love with Justine to make him mortal enough to be her Winter Knight and not an immortal vampire.]]
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* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Not as [[LargeHam hammy]] as most examples, but very effective nonetheless. After Harry has just mentioned that Arctis Tor was attacked by someone wielding {{Hellfire}}...
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* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Not as [[LargeHam hammy]] as most examples, but very effective nonetheless. After Harry has [[spoiler:has just mentioned that Arctis Tor was attacked by someone wielding {{Hellfire}}...]]
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* DontMakeMeDestroyYou: [[spoiler:Eldest Gruff genuinely tells the Fallen Angel Magog his quarrel is not with him and would allow the Denarian to live. Magog does not listen. He attacked the Eldest Gruff and was killed in one attack.]]
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* HumansAreWarriors: Invoked by Murphy when she wants [[spoiler:to bring the full force of the police system against the Denarians. Using words such as "terrorist plot" and "automotive bio-armor" (to explain the shapeshifting) to put everyone from the traffic cops to FBI and military on high alert and get her a small army in terms of manpower and arsenals of weapons. Harry briefly considers it to be a plausible action as humans, when angry and focused, could do serious damage to most every Supernatural entity, Denarians included. But the idea is put down as a mental fear-inducing attack could make things that much worse.]]
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* ToBeLawfulOrGood: Murphy suffers this dilemma through much of the book. [[spoiler:On the one hand, she knows what is at stake not just for Chicago but the world if Harry gets found at a scene when some mob hitters just tried to take them out. That said, the harm Harry did them was in self-defense and he could be cleared, in time. But by that time the world would be destroyed and Harry likely dead and whatever the Denarians had planned would have been done. Begrudgingly, she picks Good. She doesn't like it as she still has a deep faith in right and wrong and following the law.]]
* TheBlackDeath: The last time [[spoiler:Nicodemus and Tessa]] worked together, this was their attack.
* GunsAreWorthless: Averted. Against fairies, Valkyries, and even Denarians, guns have the power to do them harm. The fairies have the strongest weakness. However, enough bullets from enough guns could take down even a Denarian.
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* HellIsThatNoise: When the Eldest Gruff is closing in on Harry, he hears a heavy ''Thump'' getting closer and closer. Considering this Gruff's first younger sibling was about twenty feet tall, Harry is seriously worried about these ''Thumps''. [[spoiler:Turns out the Eldest Gruff is five feet, five-two tops. The noise is his MagicStaff as he puts it down on the ground.]]
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* HellIsThatNoise: In-universe. When the Eldest Gruff is closing in on Harry, he hears a heavy ''Thump'' getting closer and closer. Considering this Gruff's first younger sibling was about twenty feet tall, Harry is seriously worried about these ''Thumps''. [[spoiler:Turns out the Eldest Gruff is five feet, five-two tops. The noise is his MagicStaff as he puts it down on the ground.]]
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* [[TheMenFirst The Children First]]: When Harry rescues [[spoiler:Marcone, the man insists Harry free the captured Ivy first. Later, when the rescue helo arrived, he insisted Ivy gets taken up first. This is in-spite of Harry assuring Gard and Hendricks it would be Marcone first. Marcone does not put children before his own life.]]
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* CreepyChild: Ivy is still creepy [[spoiler:when not playing with Mister]].
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Michael really tries not to laugh when he hears Harry's nickname for members of the Order of the Blackened Denarius. Wanting to take away that impressive title, Harry calls them "Nickleheads."
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* ChaoticEvil: When Tessa searches out someone to carry a Fallen, she selects a person who would fill this trope and be easy prey to a more thuggish Fallen One.
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* ChaoticEvil: In-universe. When Tessa searches out someone to carry a Fallen, she selects a person who would fill this trope and be easy prey to a more thuggish Fallen One.
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* ChaoticEvil: When Tessa searches out someone to carry a Fallen, she selects a person who would fill this trope and be easy prey to a more thuggish Fallen One.
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* OneHitKill: [[spoiler:The Elder Gruff, who has taken down three members of the Senior Council and wears their stoles as trophies, effortlessly takes down Magog, a Fallen Angel possessing a human.]]
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** See OffhandBackhand for what Miss Ivy does.
** [[spoiler:The Elder Gruff, who has taken down three members of the Senior Council and wears their stoles as trophies, effortlessly takes down Magog, a Fallen Angel possessing a human.]]
** See OffhandBackhand for what Miss Ivy does.
** [[spoiler:The Elder Gruff, who has taken down three members of the Senior Council and wears their stoles as trophies, effortlessly takes down Magog, a Fallen Angel possessing a human.]]
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** Harry [[spoiler:lacks his blasting rod, doesn't do any fire-base magic and never makes mention of this to anyone. And all his friends noticed this problem. They feared his mind had been altered by some force, Michael assuming Lasciel's work. In the end, they were right about him being mind altered. But wrong on the culprit.
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** Harry [[spoiler:lacks his blasting rod, doesn't do any fire-base magic and never makes mention of this to anyone. And all his friends noticed this problem. They feared his mind had been altered by some force, Michael assuming Lasciel's work. In the end, they were right about him being mind altered. But wrong on the culprit.]]
* [[OrderVersusChaos Evil Order Versus Evil Chaos]]: Nicodemus and Tessa are this respectively. Nicodemus concerns himself with the long game while Tessa enjoys causing immediate discord and chaos. So when the two of them work together on a joint project, the situation is a whole lot worse.
* [[OrderVersusChaos Evil Order Versus Evil Chaos]]: Nicodemus and Tessa are this respectively. Nicodemus concerns himself with the long game while Tessa enjoys causing immediate discord and chaos. So when the two of them work together on a joint project, the situation is a whole lot worse.
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* RedHerring: An in-universe instance. [[spoiler:Harry is being tracked by the Summer Court Gruffs via his Silver Oak leaf. When it is in open air, Summer knows where he is and can lead an attack. So to confuse the heck out of them, Harry activates [[SympatheticMagic Little Chicago]] and hangs the leaf above on an elastic cord with some catnip and Mister the cat in the room. Every time the Oak Leaf touched Little Chicago, Summer would get a blip Harry was there.]]
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* TimeAbyss: When Harry is describing the advantages the Denarians have, beyond the super strength, shapeshifting, and powerful magic, he considers the Fallen Angels themselves the strongest advantage for this trope. Not only do they likely predate the Creation of the Universe, they have had 2000 years living in a human mind and knowing how it ticks. They would know all the ways to tempt a person and what pains to make them feel, all in the name of converting someone to their cause. And then once they have a partner, they can give this wisdom to them and make the host a truly terrifying force.
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* BatmanGambit: Nicodemus' plot with Lasciel is spelled out in this book. [[spoiler:By tossing her coin at Harry Dresden and Harry Carpenter a few years back, he planned on one of them becoming infected with Lasciel. Either it was a toddler, who would have Lasciel whispering in his ear and turning him into his parents' worst nightmare or gain a powerful Wizard in his ranks. The only thing he failed to take into account was just how thick and stubborn Harry Dresden was when he grabbed the coin to save Little Harry.]] It is implied by Michael, this wouldn't be the first time he made such plans.
* LongGame: Michael notes this is Nicodemus' strong suit. For a man who has lived for nearly 2000 years, fifteen years is nothing. See BatmanGambit above.
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** When the otherwise-fearless Toot-toot tells Harry to run, he's cautious. When always-hungry Toot tells him to ''forget the doughnut'' and run, Harry '''knows''' it's something dreadful.
** Harry [[spoiler:lacks his blasting rod, doesn't do any fire-base magic and never makes mention of this to anyone. And all his friends noticed this problem. They feared his mind had been altered by some force, Michael assuming Lasciel's work. In the end, they were right about him being mind altered. But wrong on the culprit.
** When the otherwise-fearless Toot-toot tells Harry to run, he's cautious. When always-hungry Toot tells him to ''forget the doughnut'' and run, Harry '''knows''' it's something dreadful.
** Harry [[spoiler:lacks his blasting rod, doesn't do any fire-base magic and never makes mention of this to anyone. And all his friends noticed this problem. They feared his mind had been altered by some force, Michael assuming Lasciel's work. In the end, they were right about him being mind altered. But wrong on the culprit.
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* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Harry is this when [[spoiler:he lies by omission to Luccio and letting her assume a false idea in order to gain the White Council's help in dealing with the Denarians. He risks his own life and morals so Michael and Sanya get an edge in fighting the Denarians.]]
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* ItWasAGift: After Harry talks with Jake (who is the janitor -- [[BlatantLies really]]), Jake vanishes, leaving behind a copy of ''The Two Towers'', which opens on some — interesting passages.
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** Harry has a nice sack made from the scrotum of a real African lion.
** After Harry talks with Jake (who is the janitor -- [[BlatantLies really]]), Jake vanishes, leaving behind a copy of ''The Two Towers'', which opens on some — interesting passages.
** Harry has a nice sack made from the scrotum of a real African lion.
** After Harry talks with Jake (who is the janitor -- [[BlatantLies really]]), Jake vanishes, leaving behind a copy of ''The Two Towers'', which opens on some — interesting passages.
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* TheAtoner: Sanya admits this is his quest since becoming a Knight of the Cross as he [[spoiler:was once a Denarian.]]
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* GoodHurtsEvil: When Harry inadvertently uses [[spoiler:Soulfire, the fire of Creation, against a Denarian,]] it adds a boost to Harry's attack and does more damage.
* KnightInShiningArmor: Michael is this once more. The a key moment is when he and Harry are [[spoiler:fighting against Hobs in a dark train station and one woman is praying to God for help and enter a man in armor holding a glowing sword.]]
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* RedHerring: An in-universe instance. [[spoiler:Harry is being tracked by the Summer Court Gruffs via his Silver Oak leaf. When it is in open air, Summer knows where he is and can lead an attack. So to confuse the heck out of them, Harry activates [[SympatheticMagic Little Chicago]] and hangs the leave above on an elastic cord with some catnip and Mister the cat in the room. Every time the Oak Leaf touched Little Chicago, Summer would get a blip Harry was there.]]
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* SpeakOfTheDevil: [[spoiler:No, not Lucifer himself but Mab does warn Harry to not call "Uriel" by his name.]]
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* StarCrossedLovers: Thomas and Justine are still apart from each other due to his inability to even touch her. [[spoiler:Harry warns him that by becoming a Nicklehead, the angel could offer to end that issue to coerce him into taking up the coin. Later, Mab noted should Harry had failed and died, Thomas could become her Winter Knight for both vengeance and her power ending the same problem.]]
* StarCrossedLovers: Thomas and Justine are still apart from each other due to his inability to even touch her. [[spoiler:Harry warns him that by becoming a Nicklehead, the angel could offer to end that issue to coerce him into taking up the coin. Later, Mab noted should Harry had failed and died, Thomas could become her Winter Knight for both vengeance and her power ending the same problem.]]
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* [[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Brother]]: No sibling died, but [[spoiler:Mab notes to Harry had he died by Summer's hand, or even the Denarians, and thus could not be her Winter Knight, she would approach Thomas to become the Winter Knight with this trope in mind. She assumed the man would enjoy seeking vengeance against his brother's killers.]]
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* [[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Brother]]: No sibling died, but [[spoiler:Mab notes to Harry that had he died by Summer's hand, or even the Denarians, Denarians and thus could not be her Winter Knight, she would approach Thomas to become the Winter Knight with this trope in mind. She assumed the man would enjoy seeking vengeance against his brother's killers.]]
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* RedHerring: An in-universe instance. [[spoiler:Harry is being tracked by the Summer Court Gruffs via his Silver Oak leaf. When it is in open air, Summer knows where he is and can lead an attack. So to confuse the heck out of them, Harry activates [[SympatheticMagic Little Chicago]] and hangs the leave above on an elastic cord with some catnip and Mister the cat in the room. Every time the Oak Leaf touched Little Chicago, Summer would get a blip Harry was there.]]
* TheyHaveTheScent: Summer-aligned forces track Harry [[spoiler:by his fire magic, as he once absorbed Summer fire and the taint is still there, so using it alerts them and the Silver Oak leaf of the Summer Court. Mab "helps" with Harry keep them from tracking the first method. The second way was stopped by Mister. See RedHerring above for more.]]
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** Harry was previously touched by [[spoiler:Summer Fire in ''Proven Guilty''. This allows Summer to know his location when he uses fire.]]
** Harry gains [[spoiler: Soulfire]] thanks to [[spoiler:the Archangel
** Harry was previously touched by [[spoiler:Summer Fire in ''Proven Guilty''. This allows Summer to know his location when he uses fire.]]
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** Harry consciously strives to subvert this trope, by [[TheNicknamer calling them "Nickelheads"]] to diminish their formidable image.
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** [[spoiler:The second eldest, Tiny, once beaten by Harry, walks away with his life content he tried his best to kill Harry.]]
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** While sitting on Neutral Ground, a seven-eight foot tall Gruff tells Harry he will wait patiently until Harry leaves to fight him. Scared at the prospect of facing such a powerful Gruff [[spoiler:Murphy steps in and tells the Gruff he will not touch Harry with her around, and if need be shoot the Gruff there. The Gruff is shocked at the idea she would use iron against him, knowing the harm it would do him, and confused why she would interfere with an affair that wasn't hers especially as fighting is forbidden on Neutral Ground. Murphy replied that as a tax payer, Harry has the right to police protection (her) and the Gruff is threatening him so the shooting would be justifiable. Add to that as the City of Chicago is not a signatory to the Accords, she could shoot him inside Neutral Ground and if Titania wants to try this again inside city limits, she is declaring war against the whole of Chicago who have plenty of iron to use against any attack. The Gruff reluctantly agrees to not fight there and retreats, also impressed with Murphy's wit.]]
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'''''Small Favor''''' is book #10 in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''.
No one's tried to kill Harry Dresden for almost an entire year, and his life finally seems to be calming down. For once, the future looks fairly bright. But the past casts one hell of a long shadow.
An old bargain has placed Harry in debt to Mab, monarch of the Winter Court of the Sidhe, the Queen of Air and Darkness-and she's calling in her marker. It's a small favor he can't refuse...one that will trap Harry Dresden between a nightmarish foe and an equally deadly ally, and one that will strain his skills- and loyalties-to their very limits.
It figures. Everything was going too well to last...
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!!''Small Favor'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AlmightyJanitor: [[spoiler:Harry meets one of the strongest of the Archangels in the form of a janitor.]]
* AlwaysABiggerFish:[[spoiler:Harry is running like hell to get away from Magog and off the island. The giant gorilla-from-hell-FallenAngel is about to catch him when Eldest Brother Gruff shows up and literally blasts a hole through Magog just so that ''he'' can get to Harry.]]
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: [[spoiler: "Where is your blasting rod?"]]
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Nicodemus' possible plans for destroying civilisation according to Harry: Use nuclear weapons, biological or chemical weapons, crash the world economy or change everything on tv into a reality show.
* BackToBackBadasses:Harry and Michael.
* BewareTheQuietOnes: Mab considers [[spoiler:the Archangel Uriel the quietest of the Archangels and also the most dangerous.]]
* BookEnds: Early in the book, Harry asks Murph for a donut, in order to make a point. At the end [[spoiler: he asks Eldest Gruff for one to call in his favor from Summer...and so that Eldest Gruff won't kill him.]]
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Nicodemus' plan for Ivy and get her to take up a FallenAngel]].
* ChekhovsGun: Inverted, when the '''absence''' of any mention of [[spoiler: Harry's blasting rod]] becomes a significant plot point later, when [[spoiler: he realizes that Mab took it away from him and blocked his memories of it, making all of his friends very suspicious of him for most of the book.]]
* CPRCleanPrettyReliable: Averted when Dresden apparently spits up fishy aquarium water during the process.
* DealWithTheDevil
** Besides the general actions of the Knights of the Blackened Denarius, [[spoiler:Nicodemus had to make a deal with Satan himself to get enough power to drill through Marcone's safe house defenses.]]
** [[spoiler:Mab]] tells Harry [[spoiler:her interest on offering the Winter Knight position to Thomas should Harry die by the Summer Court's hands guessing he would want revenge and give him a chance to be with the woman he loved.]]
* DemonicPossession: The Knights of the Blackened Denarius act as hosts for the Fallen.
* TheDreaded: Nicodemus and his lot are this to Harry and his friends. The fact there are so many in town only makes things worse.
* EternalLove: Nicodemus Archleone and Polonius Lartessa, although their relationship may be a warped version of this trope.
* EyeScream: Mab found what is probably the only way to get Harry to stop making smartass comments. [[TearsOfBlood It was not pretty]].
* GatlingGood: Hendricks, [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome to the tune of]] ''The Ride Of The Valkyries.''
* GetItOverWith: When Harry defeats the gruff at Union Station, it tells him to finish it. Twice. Whereupon Harry says he does not kill unless necessary, much to the shock of the gruff, who had assumed he was actually in Winter Court.
* HannibalHasAPoint: As truly terrible a person as he is, even Harry finds it hard to argue against Nicodemus when he talks about how the Black Council are disrupting things and causing trouble for everyone, or when he talks about how the Red Court needs to be destroyed.
* HellIsThatNoise: When the Eldest Gruff is closing in on Harry, he hears a heavy ''Thump'' getting closer and closer. Considering this Gruff's first younger sibling was about twenty feet tall, Harry is seriously worried about these ''Thumps''. [[spoiler:Turns out the Eldest Gruff is five feet, five-two tops. The noise is his MagicStaff as he puts it down on the ground.]]
* HopelessBossFight: When Harry sees the Eldest Gruff [[spoiler:kill a FallenAngel-possesed human and is wearing three purple stoles worn by members of the Senior Council]] Harry knows he is in one of these in terms of power. [[spoiler:Thankfully, he is owed a favor from the Summer Court.]] See MundaneWish below.
* HopeSpot: A particularly devastating example occurs for Michael of all people in ''Small Favor''. After the battle in the aquarium that resulted in the deaths of several Denarians, with their coins being subsequently collected, Michael realizes that combined with the other Denarians that they know are in the area, along with the Denarians who have already been defeated and their coins collected he, Harry and the others are within a hair's breadth of defeating the entire order of Denarians and putting an end to their war with the Church once and for all. Unfortunately, [[spoiler: Harry is forced to use the coins they captured to barter for a meeting so that they can have a chance rescue Marcone and Ivy, during which the coins are stolen by Thorned Namshiel, setting the good guys almost all the way back to square one.]] And that's not even counting what happens to Michael himself.
* ISurrenderSuckers: [[spoiler:Nicodemus, not realizing Lasciel's shadow was no longer inside Harry, believes she took over Harry and made him go limp. Harry decides to go with the order to get the jump on him.]]
* ItsPersonal: Mab [[spoiler:has some reason to hate Thorned Namshiel and so this favor was meant to stop Namshiel from gaining more power.]]
* ItWasAGift: After Harry talks with Jake (who is the janitor -- [[BlatantLies really]]), Jake vanishes, leaving behind a copy of ''The Two Towers'', which opens on some — interesting passages.
* KillMeNowOrForeverStayYourHand: When Harry notices that Michael has been giving him sideways looks for the entire story he has Michael place his sword at his (Harry's) throat and tell him (Michael) to either cut or reveal where the sudden distrust comes from.
* LastSecondWordSwap: When Harry learns that Nicodemus is likely in town, he starts saying, "Fuuuuuu..." looks at the two Knights of the Cross sitting at the table with him, and finishes, "...Fudgesicles."
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Early on, Harry and Thomas are looking for an address, and find it on a street marked with a "Dead End" sign. Harry takes a moment to mutter out loud about the foreshadowing.
* MagicWand: Harry's Blasting Rod. [[spoiler:Which vanishes early on but isn't mentioned too much.]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Helen Beckett sells out Marcone's safe houses to the Denarians. Thankfully for her there are more ambitious members of Marcone's men who are more plausible in Marcone's eyes.]]
* MundaneWish: Subverted, when Harry "wastes" his single wish, which could make the entire Summer Court of Faerie do whatever he wants of them, on a doughnut. [[spoiler:The point, however, is who he commands to get his doughnut. Namely, the ImplacableMan MageKiller after his head, who now abandons his deadly mission to find one particular doughnut after agreeing to fight only on the island, the Eldest Gruff knows this will take him a while and Harry should be off the island by then.]]
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: The Gruffs and Fix really do not want to kill Harry, but are loyal to Court and Queen. (Fortunately, the former serve in that order.)
* NotMeThisTime: [[spoiler:Nicodemaus is very surprised to learn about the usage of Hellfire on Arctis Tor.]]
* OffhandBackhand: [[LittleMissBadass Ivy]] pulls off one of these, [[spoiler: vaporizing a Denarian jumping at her back without even looking at it.]]
* OneHitKill: [[spoiler:The Elder Gruff, who has taken down three members of the Senior Council and wears their stoles as trophies, effortlessly takes down Magog, a Fallen Angel possessing a human.]]
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Mab generally refuses to Name any Archangels so she does not summon them. Instead, she calls them by their titles. Michael is "Prince of the Host." Rafael is "The Demon Binder." Gabriel is "The Trumpeter." Uriel is "The Watchman."
* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler:Mab considers Thomas having true love with Justine to make him mortal enough to be her Winter Knight and not an immortal vampire.]]
* PunchClockVillain
** The eldest of the Summer Gruffs.
** [[spoiler:And Fix.]]
** [[spoiler:The second eldest, Tiny, once beaten by Harry, walks away with his life content he tried his best to kill Harry.]]
** [[spoiler:The eldest Gruff is very affable to Harry, even enjoying the fact the Literature/ThreeBillyGoatsGruff is still known to children. He even agrees to postpone the fight because Harry is owed one favor by the Summer Court, knowing by the time he fulfills the favor the fight will no longer be needed.]]
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: After [[spoiler:Michael is seriously injured and might die,]] Harry rages in a chapel for God's ineffectiveness, questioning how could he care about one person and [[spoiler:letting Satan give the other fallen Angels a power boost.]] Turns out, Heaven was listening as [[spoiler:Uriel, in human guise,]] talked Harry about his problems and assumptions.
* SandInMyEyes
* ScrewDestiny: Harry notices that Gard was staring at Michael in a foreshadowy way and decides to alter his actions to prevent what he thinks is coming. [[spoiler: Uriel later reveals that, despite current appearances, Harry ''did'' change things for the better, since if he had acted differently, both he and Michael would have died on the island instead of Michael only being injured]].
* SnowballFight: The beginning of ''Small Favor'' has one involving the entire Carpenter family and Harry.
* SpeakOfTheDevil: [[spoiler:No, not Lucifer himself but Mab does warn Harry to not call "Uriel" by his name.]]
* TelepathicSprinklers: Averted, since [[AWizardDidIt Harry did it]]. Specifically, since all the sprinkler heads are the same he used thaumaturgy to heat them all up at once.
* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight: Played deadly serious with the Hobs. They like to drag their victims into the dark, and Harry sincerely hopes that anyone taken by them [[FateWorseThanDeath is already dead, or dies as quickly as possible.]]
* TouchedByVorlons: Harry gains [[spoiler: Soulfire]] thanks to [[spoiler:the Archangel Uriel]].
* TrainingFromHell: Harry uses a family snowball fight at the Carpenter house to teach Molly how to create a defensive shield. Charity comments on this and Harry remarks that it's good training. Charity asks if that's how Harry was trained and Harry replies that [[EvilMentor Justin]] used '''baseballs'''.
* UnreliableNarrator: Harry's usually pretty straight with the readers, but on this occasion it's played with when he leaves out a minor, but significant event in the plot [[spoiler:because he had his memory of it blocked]]. Also used as a handwave for inconsistencies from early in the series, such as one minor character whose name changes in between books (Harry heard it wrong the first time), or when Butcher gave Wrigley Field a parking lot that it doesn't have in real life.
* UnstoppableRage
** Harry unleashes ''Pyrofuego'' in a beam of destruction that blasts [[spoiler: straight through one of the Denarian's hearts, and even apparently negating their HealingFactor.]]
** A little before this, the Denarians attempt to turn Harry's UnstoppableRage against him by [[spoiler: showing him the tortured body of Ivy, which they knew would push him to an unthinking fury and break his promise, which in turn would unmake the Sword he had promised in exchange for her.]] Fortunately, [[spoiler: Harry figures out the plan just before his rage gets the better of him, mostly because he had already been manipulated into almost getting the sword destroyed and is not dumb enough to make that mistake twice.]]
* XanatosSpeedChess: The Denarians play a mean game. Harry and Michael note on several occasions that the Denarians seem to plan things out so that no matter what happens they can still come away with some advantage. Fortunately, in ''Small Favor'' Harry proves that he is also becoming quite an adept player of XanatosSpeedChess and manages to play the Denarians to a draw at the end of the book.
* YouAreNotAlone: [[spoiler:When the Denarians have Ivy, Harry writes her a letter that he knows will become part of Archive's vast knowledge. The letter assures her she isn't alone and they are looking for her.]]
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No one's tried to kill Harry Dresden for almost an entire year, and his life finally seems to be calming down. For once, the future looks fairly bright. But the past casts one hell of a long shadow.
An old bargain has placed Harry in debt to Mab, monarch of the Winter Court of the Sidhe, the Queen of Air and Darkness-and she's calling in her marker. It's a small favor he can't refuse...one that will trap Harry Dresden between a nightmarish foe and an equally deadly ally, and one that will strain his skills- and loyalties-to their very limits.
It figures. Everything was going too well to last...
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!!''Small Favor'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AlmightyJanitor: [[spoiler:Harry meets one of the strongest of the Archangels in the form of a janitor.]]
* AlwaysABiggerFish:[[spoiler:Harry is running like hell to get away from Magog and off the island. The giant gorilla-from-hell-FallenAngel is about to catch him when Eldest Brother Gruff shows up and literally blasts a hole through Magog just so that ''he'' can get to Harry.]]
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: [[spoiler: "Where is your blasting rod?"]]
* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Nicodemus' possible plans for destroying civilisation according to Harry: Use nuclear weapons, biological or chemical weapons, crash the world economy or change everything on tv into a reality show.
* BackToBackBadasses:Harry and Michael.
* BewareTheQuietOnes: Mab considers [[spoiler:the Archangel Uriel the quietest of the Archangels and also the most dangerous.]]
* BookEnds: Early in the book, Harry asks Murph for a donut, in order to make a point. At the end [[spoiler: he asks Eldest Gruff for one to call in his favor from Summer...and so that Eldest Gruff won't kill him.]]
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler: Nicodemus' plan for Ivy and get her to take up a FallenAngel]].
* ChekhovsGun: Inverted, when the '''absence''' of any mention of [[spoiler: Harry's blasting rod]] becomes a significant plot point later, when [[spoiler: he realizes that Mab took it away from him and blocked his memories of it, making all of his friends very suspicious of him for most of the book.]]
* CPRCleanPrettyReliable: Averted when Dresden apparently spits up fishy aquarium water during the process.
* DealWithTheDevil
** Besides the general actions of the Knights of the Blackened Denarius, [[spoiler:Nicodemus had to make a deal with Satan himself to get enough power to drill through Marcone's safe house defenses.]]
** [[spoiler:Mab]] tells Harry [[spoiler:her interest on offering the Winter Knight position to Thomas should Harry die by the Summer Court's hands guessing he would want revenge and give him a chance to be with the woman he loved.]]
* DemonicPossession: The Knights of the Blackened Denarius act as hosts for the Fallen.
* TheDreaded: Nicodemus and his lot are this to Harry and his friends. The fact there are so many in town only makes things worse.
* EternalLove: Nicodemus Archleone and Polonius Lartessa, although their relationship may be a warped version of this trope.
* EyeScream: Mab found what is probably the only way to get Harry to stop making smartass comments. [[TearsOfBlood It was not pretty]].
* GatlingGood: Hendricks, [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome to the tune of]] ''The Ride Of The Valkyries.''
* GetItOverWith: When Harry defeats the gruff at Union Station, it tells him to finish it. Twice. Whereupon Harry says he does not kill unless necessary, much to the shock of the gruff, who had assumed he was actually in Winter Court.
* HannibalHasAPoint: As truly terrible a person as he is, even Harry finds it hard to argue against Nicodemus when he talks about how the Black Council are disrupting things and causing trouble for everyone, or when he talks about how the Red Court needs to be destroyed.
* HellIsThatNoise: When the Eldest Gruff is closing in on Harry, he hears a heavy ''Thump'' getting closer and closer. Considering this Gruff's first younger sibling was about twenty feet tall, Harry is seriously worried about these ''Thumps''. [[spoiler:Turns out the Eldest Gruff is five feet, five-two tops. The noise is his MagicStaff as he puts it down on the ground.]]
* HopelessBossFight: When Harry sees the Eldest Gruff [[spoiler:kill a FallenAngel-possesed human and is wearing three purple stoles worn by members of the Senior Council]] Harry knows he is in one of these in terms of power. [[spoiler:Thankfully, he is owed a favor from the Summer Court.]] See MundaneWish below.
* HopeSpot: A particularly devastating example occurs for Michael of all people in ''Small Favor''. After the battle in the aquarium that resulted in the deaths of several Denarians, with their coins being subsequently collected, Michael realizes that combined with the other Denarians that they know are in the area, along with the Denarians who have already been defeated and their coins collected he, Harry and the others are within a hair's breadth of defeating the entire order of Denarians and putting an end to their war with the Church once and for all. Unfortunately, [[spoiler: Harry is forced to use the coins they captured to barter for a meeting so that they can have a chance rescue Marcone and Ivy, during which the coins are stolen by Thorned Namshiel, setting the good guys almost all the way back to square one.]] And that's not even counting what happens to Michael himself.
* ISurrenderSuckers: [[spoiler:Nicodemus, not realizing Lasciel's shadow was no longer inside Harry, believes she took over Harry and made him go limp. Harry decides to go with the order to get the jump on him.]]
* ItsPersonal: Mab [[spoiler:has some reason to hate Thorned Namshiel and so this favor was meant to stop Namshiel from gaining more power.]]
* ItWasAGift: After Harry talks with Jake (who is the janitor -- [[BlatantLies really]]), Jake vanishes, leaving behind a copy of ''The Two Towers'', which opens on some — interesting passages.
* KillMeNowOrForeverStayYourHand: When Harry notices that Michael has been giving him sideways looks for the entire story he has Michael place his sword at his (Harry's) throat and tell him (Michael) to either cut or reveal where the sudden distrust comes from.
* LastSecondWordSwap: When Harry learns that Nicodemus is likely in town, he starts saying, "Fuuuuuu..." looks at the two Knights of the Cross sitting at the table with him, and finishes, "...Fudgesicles."
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Early on, Harry and Thomas are looking for an address, and find it on a street marked with a "Dead End" sign. Harry takes a moment to mutter out loud about the foreshadowing.
* MagicWand: Harry's Blasting Rod. [[spoiler:Which vanishes early on but isn't mentioned too much.]]
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Helen Beckett sells out Marcone's safe houses to the Denarians. Thankfully for her there are more ambitious members of Marcone's men who are more plausible in Marcone's eyes.]]
* MundaneWish: Subverted, when Harry "wastes" his single wish, which could make the entire Summer Court of Faerie do whatever he wants of them, on a doughnut. [[spoiler:The point, however, is who he commands to get his doughnut. Namely, the ImplacableMan MageKiller after his head, who now abandons his deadly mission to find one particular doughnut after agreeing to fight only on the island, the Eldest Gruff knows this will take him a while and Harry should be off the island by then.]]
* MyMasterRightOrWrong: The Gruffs and Fix really do not want to kill Harry, but are loyal to Court and Queen. (Fortunately, the former serve in that order.)
* NotMeThisTime: [[spoiler:Nicodemaus is very surprised to learn about the usage of Hellfire on Arctis Tor.]]
* OffhandBackhand: [[LittleMissBadass Ivy]] pulls off one of these, [[spoiler: vaporizing a Denarian jumping at her back without even looking at it.]]
* OneHitKill: [[spoiler:The Elder Gruff, who has taken down three members of the Senior Council and wears their stoles as trophies, effortlessly takes down Magog, a Fallen Angel possessing a human.]]
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Mab generally refuses to Name any Archangels so she does not summon them. Instead, she calls them by their titles. Michael is "Prince of the Host." Rafael is "The Demon Binder." Gabriel is "The Trumpeter." Uriel is "The Watchman."
* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler:Mab considers Thomas having true love with Justine to make him mortal enough to be her Winter Knight and not an immortal vampire.]]
* PunchClockVillain
** The eldest of the Summer Gruffs.
** [[spoiler:And Fix.]]
** [[spoiler:The second eldest, Tiny, once beaten by Harry, walks away with his life content he tried his best to kill Harry.]]
** [[spoiler:The eldest Gruff is very affable to Harry, even enjoying the fact the Literature/ThreeBillyGoatsGruff is still known to children. He even agrees to postpone the fight because Harry is owed one favor by the Summer Court, knowing by the time he fulfills the favor the fight will no longer be needed.]]
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: After [[spoiler:Michael is seriously injured and might die,]] Harry rages in a chapel for God's ineffectiveness, questioning how could he care about one person and [[spoiler:letting Satan give the other fallen Angels a power boost.]] Turns out, Heaven was listening as [[spoiler:Uriel, in human guise,]] talked Harry about his problems and assumptions.
* SandInMyEyes
* ScrewDestiny: Harry notices that Gard was staring at Michael in a foreshadowy way and decides to alter his actions to prevent what he thinks is coming. [[spoiler: Uriel later reveals that, despite current appearances, Harry ''did'' change things for the better, since if he had acted differently, both he and Michael would have died on the island instead of Michael only being injured]].
* SnowballFight: The beginning of ''Small Favor'' has one involving the entire Carpenter family and Harry.
* SpeakOfTheDevil: [[spoiler:No, not Lucifer himself but Mab does warn Harry to not call "Uriel" by his name.]]
* TelepathicSprinklers: Averted, since [[AWizardDidIt Harry did it]]. Specifically, since all the sprinkler heads are the same he used thaumaturgy to heat them all up at once.
* ThingsThatGoBumpInTheNight: Played deadly serious with the Hobs. They like to drag their victims into the dark, and Harry sincerely hopes that anyone taken by them [[FateWorseThanDeath is already dead, or dies as quickly as possible.]]
* TouchedByVorlons: Harry gains [[spoiler: Soulfire]] thanks to [[spoiler:the Archangel Uriel]].
* TrainingFromHell: Harry uses a family snowball fight at the Carpenter house to teach Molly how to create a defensive shield. Charity comments on this and Harry remarks that it's good training. Charity asks if that's how Harry was trained and Harry replies that [[EvilMentor Justin]] used '''baseballs'''.
* UnreliableNarrator: Harry's usually pretty straight with the readers, but on this occasion it's played with when he leaves out a minor, but significant event in the plot [[spoiler:because he had his memory of it blocked]]. Also used as a handwave for inconsistencies from early in the series, such as one minor character whose name changes in between books (Harry heard it wrong the first time), or when Butcher gave Wrigley Field a parking lot that it doesn't have in real life.
* UnstoppableRage
** Harry unleashes ''Pyrofuego'' in a beam of destruction that blasts [[spoiler: straight through one of the Denarian's hearts, and even apparently negating their HealingFactor.]]
** A little before this, the Denarians attempt to turn Harry's UnstoppableRage against him by [[spoiler: showing him the tortured body of Ivy, which they knew would push him to an unthinking fury and break his promise, which in turn would unmake the Sword he had promised in exchange for her.]] Fortunately, [[spoiler: Harry figures out the plan just before his rage gets the better of him, mostly because he had already been manipulated into almost getting the sword destroyed and is not dumb enough to make that mistake twice.]]
* XanatosSpeedChess: The Denarians play a mean game. Harry and Michael note on several occasions that the Denarians seem to plan things out so that no matter what happens they can still come away with some advantage. Fortunately, in ''Small Favor'' Harry proves that he is also becoming quite an adept player of XanatosSpeedChess and manages to play the Denarians to a draw at the end of the book.
* YouAreNotAlone: [[spoiler:When the Denarians have Ivy, Harry writes her a letter that he knows will become part of Archive's vast knowledge. The letter assures her she isn't alone and they are looking for her.]]
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