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* DeathFakedForYou: Justine had her death unknowingly faked for her, as [[RecursiveFiction Shelly's work]] claimed that Dr. Frankenstein destroyed her. Catherine suspects that Shelly did this to protect her.
* DisappearedDad: Henry Jekyll died when Mary was about seven. Her strongest memories are of him using a Bunsen burner to entertain her by creating different-colored chemical flames, and she often reflects on how little she actually ''knew'' him.
* EndOfAnAge: The closing years of the 19th century, and the Victorian era of England, saw a great deal of social upheaval that is commented on frequently. In their first meeting, Catherine warns Justine that the abandoned estate Justine lives on has had its entail broken and will soon be sold off as real estate, which is how Justine joined the circus with her. Beatrice's in-line commentary also frequently references progressive thinking and women's liberation, a forerunner to the wider suffragette movement.
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** '''Mrs. Poole''': There was someone needed rescuing. I've never objected when it's really important, have I?
* FakingTheDead:
** [[spoiler: With the help of Utterson and Mr. Poole, Hyde faked the death of Dr. Jekyll.]]
** Justine had her death unknowingly faked for her, as [[RecursiveFiction Shelly's work]] claimed that Dr. Frankenstein destroyed her.
* FakingTheDead:
** [[spoiler: With the help of Utterson and Mr. Poole, Hyde faked the death of Dr. Jekyll.]]
** Justine had her death unknowingly faked for her, as [[RecursiveFiction Shelly's work]] claimed that Dr. Frankenstein destroyed her.
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** Justine had her death unknowingly faked for her, as [[RecursiveFiction Shelly's work]] claimed that Dr. Frankenstein destroyed her.
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* TheFreakshow: At the start of the story, Catherine and Justine are performers in Lorenzo's Circus of Marvels and Delights.
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* TheFreakshow: TheFreakshow:
** Beatrice is held captive by a doctor and university who she had hoped would cure her, but who find it more profitable to keep her toxicity levels high so she can stage performances.
** At the start of the story, Catherine and Justine are performers in Lorenzo's Circus of Marvels andDelights.Delights. Unlike Beatrice, they are there by their own will and their employer is a decent enough sort that Catherine leaves a note apologizing for their sudden departure.
** Beatrice is held captive by a doctor and university who she had hoped would cure her, but who find it more profitable to keep her toxicity levels high so she can stage performances.
** At the start of the story, Catherine and Justine are performers in Lorenzo's Circus of Marvels and
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** Dr. Watson insists on Mary (and later, the other girls) not putting herself/themselves into dangerous situations, even though Mary and the rest are capable of protecting themselves.
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** Dr. Watson insists on Mary (and later, the other girls) not putting herself/themselves into dangerous situations, even though Mary and the rest are capable of protecting themselves. He does lend her the revolver when he's barred from the Magdalen Society.
* ProductPlacement: Parodied. To the dismay of the others, Catherine interrupts the narrative to advertise her forthcoming Astarte novels, including their publishers and where they can be bought.
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* SherlockScan: Sherlock naturally performs this a few times in the story, notably using it on a riverboat captain in order to prove he is, in fact, Sherlock Holmes.
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* SherlockScan: Sherlock naturally performs this a few times in the story, notably using it on a riverboat captain in order to prove he is, in fact, Sherlock Holmes. The captain is duly impressed and gives them a substantial discount.
* ShipperOnDeck: Watson's interest in having Miss Jekyll around. Although Diana suggest that he's interested in Mary himself, it's more likely that (as in a few of the original stories) he'd like to see an intelligent, spirited woman get together with Holmes.
* ShipperOnDeck: Watson's interest in having Miss Jekyll around. Although Diana suggest that he's interested in Mary himself, it's more likely that (as in a few of the original stories) he'd like to see an intelligent, spirited woman get together with Holmes.
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* SiblingYinYang: Mary and Diana are complete opposites of one another.
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* SiblingYinYang: Mary and Diana are complete opposites of one another. Mary wonders how much of it is the influence of Diana being fathered by the Hyde persona instead of the gentlemanly Jekyll.
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** In "Literature/RappaccinisDaughter" Beatrice takes the antidote Giovanni gives her and dies. Here, she refuses to take it, and it's Giovanni who dies.
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** In "Literature/RappaccinisDaughter" Beatrice takes the antidote Giovanni gives her and dies. Here, she refuses to take it, and it's Giovanni who dies. [[spoiler:She tries to kill herself with the other dose out of guilt, but proves immune.]]
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* TruerToText: Hyde is explicitly not a different entity from Jekyll, but a disguise Jekyll created so that he could enjoy indulging on his less gentlemanly urges. Notably, Mary chooses to believe the reinterpretations of the story and that [[SplitPersonalityTakeover Hyde took over her father's body]].
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* TruerToText: TruerToText:
** Hyde is explicitly not a different entity from Jekyll, but a disguise Jekyll created so that he could enjoy indulging on his less gentlemanly urges. Notably, Mary chooses to believe the reinterpretations of the story and that [[SplitPersonalityTakeover Hyde took over her father'sbody]].body]].
** Holmes and Watson. Holmes is occasionally rude and inconsiderate out of eccentricity, but is genuinely empathetic and concerned with justice. Watson is an intelligent man of action who always brings his revolver with him.
** Hyde is explicitly not a different entity from Jekyll, but a disguise Jekyll created so that he could enjoy indulging on his less gentlemanly urges. Notably, Mary chooses to believe the reinterpretations of the story and that [[SplitPersonalityTakeover Hyde took over her father's
** Holmes and Watson. Holmes is occasionally rude and inconsiderate out of eccentricity, but is genuinely empathetic and concerned with justice. Watson is an intelligent man of action who always brings his revolver with him.
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* SequelHook: At the end of the story, the Athena Club recieves a letter from Lucinda Van Helsing, begging for their help.
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* SequelHook: At the end of the story, the Athena Club recieves receives a letter from Lucinda Van Helsing, begging for their help.
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* TheDogBitesBack: Adam attempts to sic Prendick's newest Beast Man, a half-finished tiger-creature, against Justine's rescuers, driving it to attack with a whip. [[spoiler: Catherine strips to show it her scars, calling it "Brother", and tells it what ''she'' did to her own "Master with a Whip", Moreau. The Tiger Man instantly turns on on its abuser. Its attacks don't kill Adam, but the fire set when it knocks over a lamp in its death throes leaves him crippled enough to expire at a later date.]]
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** TheChick: Beatrice Rappaccini, the most traditionally feminine and empathetic member. She also serves as TheMedic.
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** TheChick: TheHeart: Beatrice Rappaccini, the most traditionally feminine and empathetic member. She also serves as TheMedic.
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It Was His Sled has been amended. It remains YMMV. Cleaning up wicks. See TRS for more info https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1641397409021796600
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* DramaticIrony: It takes Mary roughly half the book to reach the conclusion that her father and Mr. Hyde are the same person, while to most readers this would be a case of ItWasHisSled.
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* DramaticIrony: It takes Mary roughly half the book to reach the conclusion that her father and Mr. Hyde are the same person, while to most readers this would be a case of ItWasHisSled.person.
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* SeamlessSpontaneousLie: Alice engages in this more than once and every time people believe her.
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** The geologist William Pengelly befriended Justine during his boyhood and was the only person to see her for almost a century.
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** The geologist [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Pengelly William Pengelly Pengelly]] befriended Justine during his boyhood and was the only person to see her for almost a century.
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* AuthorAvatar: InUniverse. Astarte in Catherine's Astarte novels is transparently based on Catherine herself, using the name she used while she was a part of Lorenzo's Circus.
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* ForgetsToEat: Due to all the gallivanting around London the girls do, they (especially Mary) often forget to eat and have to be reminded to do so by Mrs. Poole.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The geologist William Pengelly befriended Justine during his boyhood and was the only person to see her for almost a century.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: HistoricalDomainCharacter:
** The geologist William Pengelly befriended Justine during his boyhood and was the only person to see her for almost acentury.century.
** The summer in Geneva that Mary and Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, Claire Claremont, and John Polidori spent where Mary Shelley wrote [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Frankenstein]] is referenced in an author's note, but changed to fit the novel's repurposing as a biography in the world of the Athena Club.
** The geologist William Pengelly befriended Justine during his boyhood and was the only person to see her for almost a
** The summer in Geneva that Mary and Percy Shelley, Lord Byron, Claire Claremont, and John Polidori spent where Mary Shelley wrote [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Frankenstein]] is referenced in an author's note, but changed to fit the novel's repurposing as a biography in the world of the Athena Club.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The geologist William Pengelly befriended Justine during his boyhood and was the only person to see her for almost a century.
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* OneSteveLimit: Averted, due to characters from different source materials having the same names. John Watson and John Seward come to mind, but especially notable are Edward Hyde and Edward Prendick, who are in a long scene together.
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* FieryRedhead: Diana has red hair and is prone to emotional outbursts.
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* FieryRedhead: FieryRedhead:
** Diana has red hair and is prone to emotionaloutbursts.outbursts.
** Inspector Lestrade has red hair and is almost as temperamental as Diana, just in a different way.
** Diana has red hair and is prone to emotional
** Inspector Lestrade has red hair and is almost as temperamental as Diana, just in a different way.
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* BigEater: Diana is one, much to the chagrin of Mrs. Poole and the detriment of Mary's nourishment sometimes.
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* HeroismWontPayTheBills: Despite living in the trappings of high society, Mary starts off the story almost completely impoverished, and while the Athena Club's financial situation is better at the end of the series, the commentary (set after the series) states that Catherine's writing the Strange Case of the Alchemist's Daughter because they still need money after everything else they've gone through.
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* ImpoverishedPatrician: How Mary Jekyll starts the story.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Mrs. Poole, who usually objects to Mary and Diana going out where society does not encourage them to go, does not object to the rescue of Beatrice.
** '''Mrs. Poole''': There was someone needed rescuing. I've never objected when it's really important, have I?
** '''Mrs. Poole''': There was someone needed rescuing. I've never objected when it's really important, have I?
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* NoodleIncident: The girls will occassionaly reference later adventures in their notes, without giving any context to the reader.
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* NoodleIncident: The girls will occassionaly reference later adventures in their notes, without giving any context to the reader. Some of these are foreshadowing for later books, and others are pure noodle incidents.
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* HateAtFirstSight: How Inspector Lestrade reacts to Diana and more subtly, Mary. Later on in SMMG, Mary describes Lestrade as follows: "He hates me. He absolutely hates me."
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* TruerToText: Hyde is explicitly not a different entity from Jekyll, but a disguise Jekyll created so that he could enjoy indulging on his less gentlemanly urges. Notably, Mary chooses to believe the reinterpretations of the story and that [[SplitPersonalityTakeover Hyde took over her father's body]].
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** [[spoiler:The offhand mentions of Mary's former governess Miss Murray, who at the end of the book turns out to be ''Mina'' Murray.]]
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* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: Not only are the members of the Athena Club connected to [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde four]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rappaccini%27s_Daughter works]] of [[Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau Victorian]] [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Literature]], but they also recruit the help of Franchise/SherlockHolmes and interact with characters from ''Literature/{{Dracula}}''.
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* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: Not only are the members of the Athena Club connected to [[Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde four]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rappaccini%27s_Daughter [[Literature/RappaccinisDaughter works]] of [[Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau Victorian]] [[Literature/{{Frankenstein}} Literature]], but they also recruit the help of Franchise/SherlockHolmes and interact with characters from ''Literature/{{Dracula}}''.
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* SettingUpdate: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rappaccini%27s_Daughter "Rappaccini's Daughter]] originally takes place in medieval times, where here, the events took place in the late 19th century.
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* SettingUpdate: [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rappaccini%27s_Daughter "Rappaccini's Daughter]] "Literature/RappaccinisDaughter" originally takes place in medieval times, some time between 1621 and 1844, where here, the events took place in the late 19th century.
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** In [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rappaccini%27s_Daughter "Rappaccini's Daughter,"]] "Literature/RappaccinisDaughter" Beatrice takes the antidote Giovanni gives her and dies. Here, she refuses to take it, and it's Giovanni who dies.
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But her hunt leads her to Hyde’s daughter, Diana, a feral child left to be raised by nuns. With the assistance of [[Franchise/SherlockHolmes Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson]], Mary continues her search for the elusive Hyde, and soon befriends more women, all of whom have been created through terrifying experimentation: [[PoisonousPerson Beatrice]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rappaccini%27s_Daughter Rappaccini]], [[CatGirl Catherine]] [[Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau Moreau]], and [[GentleGiant Justine]] Literature/{{Frankenstein}}.
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But her hunt leads her to Hyde’s daughter, Diana, a feral child left to be raised by nuns. With the assistance of [[Franchise/SherlockHolmes Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson]], Mary continues her search for the elusive Hyde, and soon befriends more women, all of whom have been created through terrifying experimentation: [[PoisonousPerson Beatrice]] [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rappaccini%27s_Daughter [[Literature/RappaccinisDaughter Rappaccini]], [[CatGirl Catherine]] [[Literature/TheIslandOfDoctorMoreau Moreau]], and [[GentleGiant Justine]] Literature/{{Frankenstein}}.
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** The riverboat that Mary and the others travel on after the battle is named ''The Hesperus'', presumably in reference to Longfellow's poem.
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** The riverboat that Mary and the others travel on after the battle is named ''The Hesperus'', presumably in reference to Longfellow's poem.poem "Literature/TheWreckOfTheHesperus".
