History PlayingWith / Ghostapo

** The Nazis are utterly unsuitable for any form of supernatural alliance or learning of the abilities themselves. They have managed an impressive feat of [[EvenEvilHasStandard utterly disgusting every last supernatural faction out there]] and the only people of suitable character for any form of magic among their members are already double agents.

%%* '''Implied''': ???

** "Nazis by themselves aren't scary! Give them an alliance with TheFairFolk/EvilSorcerer!"

** [[EthnicMagician The Nazis embrace magic as being part of "Aryan heritage".]]

** "The first time anyone tried summoning the Riders of Unseelie was in Germany 1945, as the Russians approached Berlin. It was also the ''last'' time; every single member of the SS unit involved disappeared. Completelyly."

* '''Inverted''': Facing defeat from the Nazi war machine, the Allies turn in desperation to magic in order to balance the odds.

** Nazis have entire batallions of magically enhanced SuperSoldiers, squads of fireball-throwing [[EvilSorcerer Evil Sorcerors]], enchanted artillery rounds, [[Magitek]] tanks and TheWildHunt is formed to a Waffen-SS division under command of Odin himself.

** Nazis have entire batallions of magically enhanced SuperSoldiers, squads of fireball-throwing EvilSorcerors and magical artillery rounds.

* '''Invoked''': A powerful neo-Nazi necromancer approaches the Nazi High Command offering his services.

** "The first time anyone tried summoning this demon was in Germany 1945, as the Russians approached Berlin. It was also the ''last'' time; every single member of the SS unit involved died. Horribly."
** "You're summoning demons? I don't understand! That's impossible!" "Zen ve vill hav to ''make'' you understand, Herr Colonel..."
* '''Conversed''': "Oh look, a story about the Nazis summoning demons again." "Well, they did have lots of ties to the occult..."

** The Anenerbe finally succeed and make a bond with TheWildHunt. They get easily mowed down by machinegunners and squashed by tanks, not even given a chance to [[NeverBringASwordToAGunfight use their medieval weaponry]].

* '''Exaggerated''': The entire Second World War -- up to and including the Holocaust -- is part of a ritual performed by an AncientConspiracy of Nazi alchemists to summon an all-powerful EldritchAbomination.

** "Nazis by themselves aren't scary! Give them an alliance with demons/vampires/TheFairFolk/EvilSorcerer!"

** The Nazis do succeed in bringing a powerful EldritchAbomination to Earth, but [[MugglesDoItBetter a B-17 bomber raid kills it and everyone involved.]]

** Said B-17 takes on the curse by killing it, turning into an abomination. BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu much?

Back to {{Ghostapo}}. ''Heil Cthulhu!''

** "Nazis by themselves aren't scary! Give them an alliance with demons!"

* '''Exploited''': ???

** Said B-17 takes on the curse by killing it, turning into an abomination. BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulu much?

* '''Downplayed''': ???

** The 'occult' project turns out to be a non-magical [[StupidJetpackHitler highly advanced technological secret weapon]] that its creator has dressed up in occult terms in order to get funding from his superstitious superiors.

* '''Deconstructed''':
** The Nazis might be able to summon powerful supernatural forces, but this does not equal being able to ''control'' them; the Nazis soon find themselves on the losing side along with the rest of humanity as their rituals backfire on them.
** In something similar to what happened in RealLife, the Nazis throw so much time, effort and resources into supernatural projects -- many of which go nowhere -- that they neglect their conventional forces, meaning the Allies still have an edge that enables them to win the war.
* '''Reconstructed''':
** The Nazis specifically seek out a supernatural entity which shares their ideology and / or which they can easily bind and control.
** Nazi necromancy, while time consuming and resource-intensive, is still powerful and formidable enough to give the Allies a hard time.

* '''Invoked''': A powerful neo-Nazi necromancer approaches the Nazi High Command offering his services.

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'''Basic Trope''': Nazi Germany is equipped with and fights with supernatural weaponry, occult rituals, dark magic and / or necromancy.

** The Nazis intend to defeat the Allies by impressing them with the kind of conjuring tricks you'd find performed at a child's birthday party.
** Made even funnier if the Allies take it seriously. "My God...there could be Rabbits the size of Elephants in that hat! And if he can remove his own thumb, he could remove ours as well! Game Over Man!"

** The 'occult' project turns out to be a non-magical [[StupidJetpackHitler highly advanced technological secret weapon]] that it's creator has dressed up in occult terms in order to get funding from his superstitious superiors.

* '''Justified''': In RealLife, high-ranking Nazis were connected with secret societies with interests in and links to the occult.

* '''Subverted''': The magician the Nazis have approached turns out to be a fraud, and his 'magic' easily defeated.

* '''Deconstructed''': The Nazis might be able to summon powerful supernatural forces, but this does not equal being able to ''control'' them; the Nazis soon find themselves on the losing side along with the rest of humanity as their rituals backfire on them.

* '''Reconstructed''': The Nazis specifically seek out a supernatural entity which shares their ideology and / or which they can easily bind and control.

* '''Enforced''': "Nazis by themselves aren't scary! Give them an alliance with demons!"

* '''Defied''': A group of white magicians opposed to Nazi Germany work in secret to ensure that any black magic or practicing magicians who could help the Nazis are dealt with before the Nazis can approach / use them.

* '''Discussed''': "The first time anyone tried summoning this demon was in Germany 1945, as the Russians approached Berlin. It was also the ''last'' time; every single member of the SS unit involved died. Horribly."

* '''Played For Laughs''': The Nazis intend to defeat the Allies by impressing them with the kind of conjuring tricks you'd find performed at a child's birthday party.

*** The single zombie the ritual managed to awaken walks up to the Nazi Necromancer, gives him a wedgie, and goes back to being dead.

* '''Exaggerated''': The entire Second World War -- up to and including the Holocaust -- is part of a ritual performed by powerful Nazi necromancers to summon an all-powerful EldritchAbomination.

* '''Zig Zagged''': The Allies release the SealedEvilInACan in order to gain an edge against the Nazi forces, however it turns out said evil has an army of minions, thus creating an entire new faction for the war. The Nazis, upon bribing the entity, convince it to join them. Finally, it is revealed that this was an elaborate scheme created by both the Allies and the entity to take down ThoseWackyNazis from the inside.

** The single zombie the ritual managed to awaken walks up to the Nazi Necromancer, gives him a wedgie, and goes back to being dead.

'''Basic Trope''': Nazi necromancy sneers at historical accuracy!