History Literature / SpectralShadows

* {{Bishonen}}: Rael in his human form is described as being this in the Spectral Shadows Character List.

* AscendedFanfic: Considering it began as a ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'' fanfic and directly adopted characters and elements from ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'', ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''WesternAnimation/TheGetAlongGang'', ''Franchise/MegaMan'', ''Franchise/SailorMoon'', ProgressiveRock songs, ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH'', Creator/{{Disney}} and too many others to name before being slightly changed to its current form, it could be seen as the biggest example of this trope as well as a {{Mega Cross Over}}.

* BareYourMidriff: Tabby's outfit in Serial 2; Saint Saffron's default outfit, and Willow's and Melanie's brothel outfits in Serial 11 feature this as well.

The settings of the various serials have a knack for being all over the place with seemingly no limitation, from a virtual {{Role Playing Game}} to a planet, [[Music/{{Rush}} Cygnus]] , that is AfterTheEnd where [[FunnyAnimal half-animal half human creatures]] rule, with 50 individual towns with their own religions and ways of life based off of various forms of entertainment and media from the Elder Race (Read: Humans) and where [[{{Matriarchy}} females are the dominant gender]]. Some could say the story is easily both a SciFiKitchenSink and a FantasyKitchenSink as well as an AscendedFanfic.

* AwesomeMcCoolname: Spike Malone, among other characters.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The "Character List" of the Website/LiveJournal page boasts some 115 Characters. Word of God says there's easily more than that, even if only a handful are actually fleshed out.

* AdultFear: What caused [[spoiler: Christine to lose her memories.]] We'd also say Father Mouse ''massacring'' the Webberton School full of innocent Webbertonian kittens works for this.

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: Serial 11 might come off as this, especially in comparison to S1 and S2.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Vicki and Twee Galaxy over in Serial 11.

* FanNickname: "Cygnusian" never actually appears anywhere in the story, however it is used to refer to the aliens on Cygnus both in discussions and on the wiki.

* FrickinLaserBeams: Blair's Castle's defenses.

* {{Adorkable}}: Kacey, who despite being a few pounds overweight, is still thought of as cute by some of the Suburbian males (and of course by Christine, Perry, Vicki, and so on). Especially true if you go off of Tigers Kitten's drawings of her.

* AscendedFanfic: Considering it began as a ''Disney/{{Bambi}}'' fanfic and directly adopted characters and elements from ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'', ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''WesternAnimation/TheGetAlongGang'', ''Franchise/MegaMan'', ''Franchise/SailorMoon'', ProgressiveRock songs, ''WesternAnimation/TheSecretOfNIMH'', Creator/{{Disney}} and too many others to name before being slightly changed to its current form, it could be seen as the biggest example of this trope as well as a {{Mega Cross Over}}.

* JerkassFacade: [[spoiler: This seems to be the reason why Jasper acts the way he does towards women in present day Serial 11, as his vow he made to the Shadow Armor means he cannot fall in love with a woman, or else]]

* IntellectualPropertyReligion: Over in Serial 11 - The Planet of Genetic Misadventure we have Cygnus which is chock full of these -- there's [[FilmNoir Noire]], [[Film/TheWizardOfOz Oz]], [[{{Funk}} Funkenville]], [[{{Music}} Rockville]], and more.

%%* BiggerBad: Salocin.