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* BigDamnVillains: The Nazis seem to be rather good at this, particularly when it comes to air power.


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* VillainousRescue: The Nazis seem to be rather good at this, particularly when it comes to air power.
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Not to be confused with a hypothetical World War 10.
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* AllMythsAreTrue: Given how many of the Basque and Greco-Roman pantheons have shown up, the presence of Odin, Sleipnir, and Czernobog, as well as references to the Abrahamic God, this trope may be in play here.

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* AllMythsAreTrue: Given how many of the Basque Greco-Roman, Basque, Norse, Slavic, Japanese, and Greco-Roman pantheons Aztec Pantheons have shown up, the presence of Odin, Sleipnir, and Czernobog, as well as references to the Abrahamic God, Angels, it's a safe bet that this trope may be is in play here.effect.



* AuthorAvatar: Most of the characters are these for the people running the thread.

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* AuthorAvatar: Most of the characters are these for the people running the thread.Certain characters, especially in SVN, such as Commissars Chabal and Flanker.
* BigBadDuumvirate: At this point Loki/Samael/Hecate.



* DarkActionGirl: Hecate.



* ClockPunk: The French Resistance



* {{Commissar}}s Chabal and Flanker.

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* {{Commissar}}s {{Commissar}}s: Chabal and Flanker.



* MookMaker: The Ophanim have a weird version of this, being able to release dozens of Virtues [[ClownCarBase which aren't much smaller than themselves.]]



* The Ophanim are even weirder. They are completely made up of wheels covered in eyes, can shoot flaming swords out of said eyes, and serves as a ClownCarBase for the smaller Virtues (which are androgynous crystalline WingedHumanoids).



* PourEncouragerLesAutres: Standard Commissar tactic * BLAM* .



* AmericanAdvancements: Discovering (and weaponizing) the more mystical aspects of Freemasonry has given the Americans enough of a supernatural edge to challenge the Roman pantheon.



* DarkActionGirl: Hecate.



* HumongousMecha: Liberty Prime.

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* HumongousMecha: Liberty Prime.Prime and the turtle-shaped ''Sea Titan Genbu''.

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* {{Nanomachines}}: the Romans make heavy use of nanites, both for healing grievous injuries and [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel disassembling enemies]].

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* {{Nanomachines}}: the The Romans make heavy use of nanites, both for healing grievous injuries and [[HighOctaneNightmareFuel disassembling enemies]].



* GundamJack: [[TF2 The Engineer]] pilots a mecha made out of two Japanese mechas he stole. The Bushman is capable of using Pokeballs to a similar effect on the Youkai and even, at one point, another mecha.
* HumansThroughAlienEyes: The Aberration sees us all as something just as horrific as we see it, and believed we were all out to torture and kill it, resulting in it's homicidal rampage.



* LandDownUnder: The Bushman and the Kingsnake Wing are both Australian.

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* LandDownUnder: The Bushman and the Kingsnake Wing his associates (barring Father Christmas), are both all Australian.


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* DemBones: El Coronel's Mexican battalion, who are all brightly-painted Day Of The Dead-style skeletons.

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* CrowningMomentOfFunny: How the Wendigo gets rid of Martin Txiki. He picks him up and uses him as a baseball in a game with Hercules.
** Batter up!
***Speaking of that, the entire sequence leading up to that, in which San Martin manages to outrun and outwit the Wendigo.
** [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=frqjw08fbd6wm41crn6yvfcp&page=19#468 This post]], which turns the emergency removal of a Alves- thrown spear from the Steed Of Wotan into Koschei/Sleipnir SlashFic.
** Some of Heracles and Hercules' dialogue.
---> Hercules, on the Roman's return: Ha! You see? We merely pull back so as to come back harder than ever!
---> Heracles: '''What a coincidence! I told YourMom the exact same thing last night!'''



* CrowningMomentOfFunny: How the Wendigo gets rid of Martin Txiki. He picks him up and uses him as a baseball in a game with Hercules.
** Batter up!
** Some of Heracles and Hercules' dialogue.
---> Hercules, on the Roman's return: Ha! You see? We merely pull back so as to come back harder than ever!
---> Heracles: '''What a coincidence! I told YourMom the exact same thing last night!'''
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If any of this interests you, see our [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttQjm-8OITE Sign-ups]] sheet.

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If any of this interests you, see our [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttQjm-8OITE [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=ph59w31tx905c65sqj3t3i6j Sign-ups]] sheet.
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If any of this interests you, see our [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttQjm-8OITE Sign-ups]] sheet.
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* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Samyaza rocks it Old Testament style.

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* OurAngelsAreDifferent: Samyaza rocks it Old Testament style. As do all of the other angels. Phanuel, for example, has six wings, metallic blue skin, has permanently closed eyes, no lower body, and a wheel covered in eyes where his waist would be. It gets weirder from there.
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* HumanSacrifice: It's the Aztecs, for crying out loud. In this particular case, someone needs to die to summon the Pantheon into their PhysicalGod form, except for Xiuhcoatl, who comes as a bonus package for summoning Huitzilopochtli.

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* OvershadowedByAwesome: Lewis Rotham and his men in ''Allies vs. Romans'', although they seem to be gradually recovering.

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* OvershadowedByAwesome: Lewis Rotham and his men in ''Allies vs. Romans'', men, although they seem to be gradually recovering.


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* AnimalMecha: The ''Sea Titan Genbu'' is a titanic sea turtle mecha.


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* DeathTrap: Jacob Rosen's tomb is absolutely ''filled'' with the things.


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** Also, the Eagle Warriors, as evidenced by their response to homing missiles: head-butting them.
* {{Mayincatec}}: Appears to be averting this, as some of the players put in the research to get all of the facts straight regarding the Aztec Pantheon.
* ShownTheirWork: All of the dogfight- and aircraft-related terms used by ''Thunderchief'', and to a lesser extent the Mudbugs.
* TransformingMecha: The Colossi Prototypes, which can transform from an aircraft into a mecha and back again.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: The Jaguar Warriors can transform into, well [[ShapedLikeItself Jaguars.]]
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* BigDamnGunship: Commissar Flanker commands one.
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* CrazyAwesome: El Coronel and his Mexican skeleton regiment.
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* BlobMonster: El Chupacabra.
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* KingKong: No really. Unleashed by the Nazis, though they weren't able to deploy it properly, so now it's attacking everything in sight.
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* UncannyValley: The [[HollywoodCyborg cyborgs]] of the Technological Ascendancy Battalion have glossy, plastic skin that reflects all light sources, and their movements are described as simultaneously too stiff and too fluid to be natural. [[ShapeShifterWeapon Then there's the whole "turning their body parts into high-grade weapons with disgusting noises" thing...]]

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Tropes '''Tropes for all universes:universes:'''



* PhysicalGod: The only gods mentioned so far who aren't one of these are the Abrahamic God and Huracan, the Mayan wind god.



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Tropes for The Allies, Axis, And Resistance, All Hunting The Ark:

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Tropes '''Tropes for The Allies, Axis, And Resistance, All Hunting The Ark:Ark:'''



* TankGoodness: The Nazis have one called the Iron Warrior, a [[WH40K Baneblade]]-sized monstrosity that is possessed by some manner of daemon.

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* TankGoodness: The Nazis have one called the Iron Warrior, a [[WH40K Baneblade]]-sized monstrosity that is possessed by some manner of daemon.daemon.

'''Tropes for Joint Aztec-American Forces Vs. The Argentine-Nazi Horde:'''

* BodyHorror: The Technological Ascendancy Battalion.
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There are preparations now for a ''fifth front'' in Central and South America. Watch the skies, tropers. It'll be here soon.

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There are preparations is now for a ''fifth front'' in Central and South America. Watch the skies, tropers. It'll be here soon.
America: [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=qc9b0amjcjdp6z9dvneihybq&page=1 WE ARE THE JOINT AMERICAN-AZTEC FORCES VS THE ARGENTINE-NAZI HORDE]].
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* CoolBoat: The HMS ''Implacable'', the British batlleship most of the British forces in Zanzibar fight from.
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** The Well Dressed Man re-enacts the [[MichaelJackson 'Smooth Crminal]] [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXQwUZqEYwQ music video]] during a lull in the fighting.


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* ShutUpHannibal: Sleipnir responds to [[spoiler: the Ressurected Eavle's]] rant about Rusalka by ''jumping into the air and biting his leg off.''
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* HumungousMecha: The Throne of Vulcan, Talos.

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* HumungousMecha: HumongousMecha: The Throne of Vulcan, Talos.

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* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: A few characters have fallen victim to this, usually because their player left the thread.



* AdventurerArchaeologist: [[BortherChuck Professor Hendricks]] and, more recently, Dr. Joanne Lockner.

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* AdventurerArchaeologist: [[BortherChuck [[BrotherChuck Professor Hendricks]] and, more recently, Dr. Joanne Lockner.

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* AdventurerArchaeologist: [[BortherChuck Professor Hendricks]] and, more recently, Dr. Joanne Lockner.
* AirborneAircraftCarrier: The ''HMA Canterbury''.



* CatchPhrase: '''DEATH TO ALL WHO OPPOSE''' for the Iron Warrior.



* MakingASplash: The British onboard the ''Implacable'' appear to be able to manipulate water by singing ''Rule Britannia''.



* TankGoodness: The Nazis have one called the Iron Warrior, a [[WH40K Baneblade]]-sized monstrosity that seems to be possessed by some manner of daemon.

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* TankGoodness: The Nazis have one called the Iron Warrior, a [[WH40K Baneblade]]-sized monstrosity that seems to be is possessed by some manner of daemon.
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''TroperWorks/WorldWarX: The War To End All Wars'' is a series of forum roleplays on the TvTropesForum. It is, essentially, an AlternateHistory version of WorldWar2 set in a {{Magitek}} universe.

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''TroperWorks/WorldWarX: ''Roleplay/WorldWarX: The War To End All Wars'' is a series of forum roleplays on the TvTropesForum. It is, essentially, an AlternateHistory version of WorldWar2 set in a {{Magitek}} universe.
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There's also [[{{Ghostapo}} Nazi Occultists]], Soviet [[MadScientist Mad Scientists]], [[OurFairiesAreDifferent Fey]] [[BritsWithBattleships Royal Marines]], Freemasons, a MagicalNativeAmerican special forces team, [[CompleteMonster insane]] [[NaziNoblemen noblemen]], captive [[EldritchAbomination eldritch abominations]], warring gods, and [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Monkeys.]]

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There's also [[{{Ghostapo}} Nazi Occultists]], Soviet [[MadScientist Mad Scientists]], [[OurFairiesAreDifferent Fey]] [[BritsWithBattleships Royal Marines]], Freemasons, a MagicalNativeAmerican special forces team, [[CompleteMonster insane]] [[NaziNoblemen [[NaziNobleman noblemen]], captive [[EldritchAbomination eldritch abominations]], warring gods, and [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Monkeys.]]

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There's also [[{{Ghostapo}} Nazi Occultists]], Soviet [[MadScientist Mad Scientists]], [[OurFairiesAreDifferent Fey]] [[BritsWithBattleships Royal Marines]], Freemasons, a MagicalNativeAmerican special forces team, insane noblemen, captive [[EldritchAbomination eldritch abominations]], warring gods, and [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Monkeys.]]

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There's also [[{{Ghostapo}} Nazi Occultists]], Soviet [[MadScientist Mad Scientists]], [[OurFairiesAreDifferent Fey]] [[BritsWithBattleships Royal Marines]], Freemasons, a MagicalNativeAmerican special forces team, insane noblemen, [[CompleteMonster insane]] [[NaziNoblemen noblemen]], captive [[EldritchAbomination eldritch abominations]], warring gods, and [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Monkeys.]]



** The Wendigo, who enjoys killing his prey as '''slowly''' as is possible.

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** The Wendigo, who enjoys killing his [[spoiler:her]] prey as '''slowly''' as is possible.



* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: The first depiction of the enraged [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Alves]]; Baalzebul; the depths of depravity Eavle has sunken to; The Wendigo and his complete lack of mercy...

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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: The first depiction of the enraged [[SpellMyNameWithAnS Alves]]; Baalzebul; the depths of depravity Eavle has sunken to; The Wendigo and his [[spoiler:her]] complete lack of mercy...



** Also the Mir space station is one in this universe.

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** Also Also, the Mir space station is one in this universe.



* TeleportersAndTransporters: [[{{Understatement}} a lot]]. The Soviets, Freemasons, Romans and Commonwealth forces can all do this in various different ways.

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* TeleportersAndTransporters: [[{{Understatement}} a A lot]]. The Soviets, Freemasons, Romans and Commonwealth forces can all do this in various different ways.


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* ThoseWackyNazis: Played straight, subverted, and zig-zagged. Sometimes they are the hams of film, other times they are as coldly and hatefully evil as they were perceived in RealLife. Sometimes, they are just soldiers trying to get through a completely mad war. Depends on the character, and on which theatre they're on.
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An attempt at sensationalism. Look at wartime newsreels from during the Blitzkrieg to see what I'm doing.


As a result of this, it has a [[Characters/WorldWarX character sheet.]]

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As a result of this, it has a [[Characters/WorldWarX character sheet.]]
]] '''SEE''' ''THE PERSONAS OF HEROES AND VILLAINS IN STARK BLACK AND WHITE!''
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* HollywoodVoodooHollywoodVoodoo: possibly averted, given the number of Lwa that have appeared and the implication that Nwosu and possibly Pierre are practitioners of the Voudou faith.
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* DealWithTheDevil: the Resistance members are presently bartering with Baron Samedi for the exact location of the Ark, [[EverybodyHatesHades and while the Baron sure as hell isn't evil]], being the God of Resurrection and all, [[GoodIsNotNice he certainly isn't nice.]]


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