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* ReallyRoyaltyReveal: [[spoiler: Cinder, who starts out an unwanted cyborg, is actually the long-lost Princess Selene, rightful heir to the Lunar throne who was smuggled to Earth after Levana tried to have her killed]].



** [[spoiler:And, of course, Cinder is actually the long-lost Princess Selene, rightful heir to the Lunar throne who was smuggled to Earth after Levana tried to have her killed]].

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* DoingInTheWizard: In the first two books, humans are convinced that the Lunars are using their powers to hide their space ships. It turns out that it was actually Cress scrambling the signals from her satellite.

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* DoingInTheWizard: DoingInTheWizard:
** Dr. Erland insists that the Lunarian power of being able to control others is simply the manipulation of living things' bioelectricity, not magic.
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In the first two books, humans are convinced that the Lunars are using their powers to hide their space ships. It turns out that it was actually Cress scrambling the signals from her satellite.


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* UnitedEurope: The European Federation (comprising continental Europe and Greenland) is one of six megacountries formed after World War IV.


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* WorldWarWhatever: The far future setting is some time after a World War IV.
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* StepServant: Linh Cinder is a cyborg, meaning she is considered a second-class citizen. After her adoptive father died, his wife, Linh Adri, blamed Cinder for it and forced her to act as the breadwinner of the family by working as a mechanic, as well as doing all the work around the house.
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* An animated film adaptation in development at Locksmith Animation (''WesternAnimation/RonsGoneWrong'') directed by Noëlle Raffaele (''WesternAnimation/{{DC Super Hero Girls|2019}}'').

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* An animated film adaptation in development at Locksmith Animation (''WesternAnimation/RonsGoneWrong'') Creator/LocksmithAnimation directed by Noëlle Raffaele (''WesternAnimation/{{DC Super Hero Girls|2019}}'').
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* An animated film adaptation in development at Locksmith Animation (''WesternAnimation/RonsGoneWrong'') directed by Noëlle Raffaele (''WesternAnimation/{{DC Super Hero Girls|2019}}'').

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* ColdBloodedTorture: What practically every Lunar is capable of through their mind-control abilities.
Poor Scarlet in particular [[spoiler: is taken prisoner and given to a Lunar noble family where she is tortured with intense illusions of her body being invaded by vermin, coerced by Sybil to chop off her own finger during her interrogation, and locked in a small cage in the royal menagerie to be gawked at by Lunars expecting her to perform tricks for their amusement]].

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* ColdBloodedTorture: What practically every Lunar is capable of through their mind-control abilities.
abilities. Poor Scarlet in particular [[spoiler: is taken prisoner and given to a Lunar noble family where she is tortured with intense illusions of her body being invaded by vermin, coerced by Sybil to chop off her own finger during her interrogation, and locked in a small cage in the royal menagerie to be gawked at by Lunars expecting her to perform tricks for their amusement]].

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* OverprotectiveDad:
** [[spoiler:Dr. Erland does not approve of Cress's obvious crush on Thorne]].
** Konn Torin as a ParentalSubstitute towards Kai: "If anything happens to him, [[spoiler:Linh-mei]], I will hunt you down and kill you myself."

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