History Roleplay / WorldWarX

* AnimalMecha: G.O.R., Yaw Nwosu's [[MechanicalLifeforms sapient robotic]] [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys silverback gorilla]]; serves as the Resistance leader's primary mode of transportation, bodyguard and pet.

There's also [[{{Ghostapo}} Nazi Occultists]], Soviet {{Mad Scientist}}s, [[OurFairiesAreDifferent Fey]] [[UsefulNotes/BritsWithBattleships Royal Marines]], Freemasons, a MagicalNativeAmerican special forces team, insane [[NaziNobleman noblemen]], captive {{eldritch abomination}}s, warring gods, and [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys monkeys.]]

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!World War X provides examples of the following tropes:

'''Tropes for all universes:'''

%%* TheFairFolk: They appear on both sides of the war, and can be most terrifying when pressed.
* TheMagicVersusTechnologyWar: Started out this way, but has since developed as such that each side has [[{{Magitek}} some of each]].

'''Tropes for Soviet Technocrats vs the Nazi Occult Empire:'''

%%* AnIcePerson:Rusalka
%%* OfficerAndAGentleman: Sleipnir.

* BreathWeapon: Sleipnir. Whether [[KillItWithFire gouts of searing flame jetting from his nostrils]] or [[ShockAndAwe bolts of lightning shoting out of his mouth]], one can't deny that this is the horse's favourite battle tactic.

%%* ClockPunk: The French Resistance
* ColonyDrop: The [[KillSat ''Wrath Of Apollo'']] get ''thrown'' at Erzengel. [[Myth/GreekMythology By Atlas]].
%%* {{Commissar}}s: Chabal and Flanker.

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: [[spoiler: Wotan delivers one of these to Samyaza, after learning just ''who'' was powering Erzengel.]]
* 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.
* 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 ClownCar for the smaller Virtues (which are androgynous crystalline {{Winged Humanoid}}s).
* PapaWolf: [[spoiler:Wotan. Mess with his progeny and he ''[[UnstoppableRage will]]'' [[UnstoppableRage grind you into dust]].]]

%%* TheStoic: Koschei
* SadlyMythtaken: Wotan gets lightning powers, Czernobog gets fire, ice and necromancy...
%%* SizeShifter: [[CoolHorse Sleipnir]] is all over this trope.

* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Eavle seems to be attempting this with his activation of the horrifically powerful Erzengel. It didn't work.]]

%%* ThanatosGambit: See TakingYouWithMe.

%%* YouHaveFailedMe: * BLAM*

'''Tropes for Elven and Freemason allies vs the Roman Axis:'''

%%* AcePilot: [[MagicalNativeAmerican the]] [[UsefulNotes/CanucksWithChinooks Reapers]].

* AndThisIsFor: Octavian dedicates his missile strike on the Wendigo to Vigilo Atticus, who the Wendigo killed. Mars does this in the battle with Mari. Who is the attack for? Mars' sword, Harry.

* BadassNormal: used (at first) by the [[MagicalNativeAmerican Blackwatch]], subverted by the Royal Marine squad under the command of Sergeant Lewis Rotham (who currently seem to be horribly outclassed by the gods waging war around them). They are, however, slowly recovering.

%%* BashBrothers: Hercules and Heracles appear to be shaping up to be this...
* ColossusClimb: Heracles subverts this by climbing up the Throne of Vulcan, with a little assistance... By which I mean strapping himself into a missile and firing himself up there.

* IOweYouMyLife: The entire cyclopes race towards Octavian and his Century, who saved them from a life of slavery at the hands of the Greek Gods.
%%* KnightTemplar: Centurion Octavian.

* SamusIsAGirl: [[spoiler:turns out that the Wendigo is a ''woman'', and Fade's older sister.]]

* WhyWontYouDie: the Wendigo's ability to return from seemingly certain defeat elicits this reaction from Octavian.

'''Tropes for Japanese Spirit Warriors VS. The Raygun Gothic Allies:'''

* 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.

* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Yugure kills Liberty Prime in this manner. Notably, [[RuleOfCool this was at a range of at least a mile, and the sword went ''through'' Liberty Prime, impaling the main power core]], and Liberty Prime is a HumongousMecha.

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

* 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.]]

* TankGoodness: The Nazis have one called the Iron Warrior, a [[TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Baneblade]]-sized monstrosity that is possessed by some manner of daemon.

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

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: The Jaguar Warriors can transform into, well [[ShapedLikeItself Jaguars.]]

* 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 ClownCar for the smaller Virtues (which are androgynous crystalline WingedHumanoids).

* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Various Robots and Gods.
* AuthorAvatar: Certain characters, especially in SVN, such as Commissars Chabal and Flanker.
* BigBadDuumvirate: At this point Loki/Samael/Hecate.
* BigDamnHeroes: Several succeeded and attempted instances occur throughout both theatres.

* CoolVersusAwesome: It's pretty much the whole point.

* DarkActionGirl: Hecate.
* KillSat: The Romans have these in the form of the ''Hand Of Jupiter'' and the ''Wrath Of Apollo''.
** Also, the Mir space station is one in this universe.
* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler: '' '''Loki.''' '']]

* StuffBlowingUp
* TeleportersAndTransporters: The Soviets, Freemasons, Romans and Commonwealth forces can all do this in various different ways.
* TheFairFolk: They appear on both sides of the war, and can be most terrifying when pressed.

* WorldOfHam: But of course.
** WorldOfBadass

* AnIcePerson:Rusalka
* [[OfficerAndAGentleman An Aesir And A Gentlehorse]]: Sleipnir.
* TheBerserker: Koschei

* TheBrigadier(Formerly ColonelBadass): Brigadier Aleksandr.

* ClockPunk: The French Resistance
* ColonyDrop: The [[KillSat ''Wrath Of Apollo'']] get ''thrown'' at Erzengel.
** [[Myth/GreekMythology By Atlas]].
* {{Commissar}}s: Chabal and Flanker.
* CoolVersusAwesome: Wotan vs the Black God.
* DemonicPossession: Eavle is able to do this, first possessing Rusalka, then [[spoiler:Sleipnir and a veritable legion of zombified ''Sonderkommandos'']]. [[{{Synchronization}} It has the potential to backfire spectacularly]], however, as Chabal proved when [[spoiler:[[EyeScream he shot the possessed Sleipnir in the eye]].]]

* EpicFlail: Rusalka's primary weapon.

* GiantFlyer: Erzengel.
* HiveMind: Sirus, who is also, bizarrely enough, a MindHive.
* HotBlooded: Most characters with a name are this, but in particular is the water fairy Rusalka, whose primary offensive abilities revolve around [[{{Irony}} cold and ice.]]
* HumongousMecha: The Leninator, Erzengel.
* MadScientist

* PhlebotinumBreakdown: [[spoiler: Samyaza seems to be showing the first sign of it.]]
* TheStoic: Koschei

* {{Sizeshifter}}: [[CoolHorse Sleipnir]] is all over this trope.

* SovietSuperScience

* StupidJetpackHitler
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Eavle seems to be attempting this with his activation of the horrifically powerful Erzengel.]]
** [[spoiler: It didn't work.]]

* ThanatosGambit: See TakingYouWithMe.
* TragicMonster: [[spoiler: Erzengle/Balder]].
* VillainousRescue: The Nazis seem to be rather good at this, particularly when it comes to air power.
* YouHaveFailedMe: * BLAM*

* AccidentalMisnaming: A lot of people get Octavian's name wrong.
* AcePilot: [[MagicalNativeAmerican the]] [[UsefulNotes/CanucksWithChinooks Reapers]].
* AnAxeToGrind: The Axemen, a regiment seen briefly at the start, which then succumbed to BrotherChuck when the player behind them swapped sides.
** More recently, Paul Bunyan himself, in all his jumberjack glory, has been summoned to Gibraltar.
* AndThisIsFor: Octavian dedicates his missile strike on the Wendigo to Vigilo Atticus, who the Wendigo killed.
** Mars does this in the battle with Mari. Who is the attack for? Mars' sword, Harry.
* BadassFamily: The Basque pantheon.
** The Blackwatch were, apparently, Fade's brothers, so he fits here.

* BashBrothers: Hercules and Heracles appear to be shaping up to be this...

* HumongousMecha: The Throne of Vulcan, Talos.

* KnightTemplar: Centurion Octavian.
* ICallItVera: Mars has a sword called Harry, of all things.
** Also Brontes' railgun is called Sophia.
* InfernalRetaliation: ''Don't'' try to set Fade on fire. [[IncendiaryExponent You wouldn't]] [[UnstoppableRage like]] [[KillItWithFire the results]].
* LeetLingo: Mars occasionally does this, for some reason.
* MagicalNativeAmerican: Fade and the Blackwatch.
* MagmaMan: The Sons of Vulcan.
* MakingASplash: Neptune.
* MamaBear: The Basque goddess Mari, towards the rest of her pantheon.

* NotSoStoic: Fade, when his men die horribly at the hands of Octavian.

* PlayingWithFire: Mostly Fade, but also, at one point, Octavian.

* WhyWontYouDie: the Wendigo's ability to return from seemingly certain defeat ellicits this reaction from Octavian.
* YourMom: Several of these get thrown about by Heracles and Hercules.

* AirborneAircraftCarrier: The ''Sky Fortress Seiryuu'' for the Japanese, the HMAAS ''Triumph'' for the Allies.
* AlienGeometries: The Aberration is a living, biological example.
* AnimalMecha: The ''Sea Titan Genbu'' is a titanic sea turtle mecha.
* BadassSanta: The Australians brought in Father Christmas to aid in the invasion of the Phillipines.

* DeathOfAThousandCuts: How Shinshiro's cherry blossom attack works.
* EldritchAbomination: The Aberration.

* HumongousMecha: Liberty Prime and the turtle-shaped ''Sea Titan Genbu''.
* InvincibleMinorMinion: The Defender mech, piloted by a PsychoForHire.
* KillItWithWater: Susa-no-O's specialty.
* LandDownUnder: The Bushman and his associates (barring Father Christmas), are all Australian.
* [[MagicalNativeAmerican Magical Aborigine]]: The Old Man.

* MiniMecha: The Warmechs under Naito's supervision.

* {{Samurai}}: Shinshiro Kenji (or Kenji Shinshiro, if you want to go by the Western order)
* ShoutOut: Hey, it's the [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 TF2]] guys!
** And The Bushman uses [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pokeballs!]]

* SssssnakeTalk: The Bunyip.

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

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

* CoolBoat: The HMS ''Implacable'', the British batlleship most of the British forces in Zanzibar fight from.

* EliteMooks: The Nazi commandoes.
* HollywoodVoodoo: possibly averted, given the number of Lwa that have appeared and the implication that Nwosu and possibly Pierre are practitioners of the Voudou faith.
* Film/KingKong: No really. Unleashed by the Nazis, though they weren't able to deploy it properly, so now it's attacking everything in sight.
* LaResistance: The AREM.

* QuirkyMinibossSquad: Nazis again, sorta.

* BlobMonster: El Chupacabra.
* BodyHorror: The Technological Ascendancy Battalion.

* {{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.

It began with the thread ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=frqjw08fbd6wm41crn6yvfcp&page=1 ITT: We are the Soviet Technocrats VS. The Nazi Occult Empire]]'', which was ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin. Later on, a spin-off, ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=8upq97n4qade94oqb4srq6hs&page=1 We Are The Elven and Freemason Allies VS. The Roman Axis]]'', chronicling the attempted allied invasion of Gibraltar, which is held by the New Roman Empire.

The Pacific Theatre is now ''open'': ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=mpxinda1omhjkxulvvy5qqde&page=1 We Are The Japanese Spirit Warriors VS. The Raygun Gothic Allies]]''. In addition, the African Theatre has just begun: ''[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=l4p3reppdja6pzs679z90wx9&page=1 We Are The Allies, Axis, And Resistance, All Hunting The Ark]]'', which is just that--a three-way battle between the Colonial British forces, the Nazi Occult Empire, and the African Resistance & Empancipation Movement, all of them searching for TheArkOfTheCovenant in order to win this crazy war.

There is now a ''fifth front'' in Central and South America: [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=qc9b0amjcjdp6z9dvneihybq&page=1 WE ARE THE JOINT AMERICAN-AZTEC FORCES VS THE ARGENTINE-NAZI HORDE]].

''Roleplay/WorldWarX: The War To End All Wars'' is a series of forum roleplays on the Administrivia/TVTropesForum. It is, essentially, an AlternateHistory version of UsefulNotes/WorldWarII set in a {{Magitek}} universe.

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

If any of this interests you, see our [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=ph59w31tx905c65sqj3t3i6j Sign-ups]] sheet.

Not to be confused with a hypothetical World War 10.

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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 [[NaziNobleman noblemen]], captive [[EldritchAbomination eldritch abominations]], warring gods, and [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys Monkeys.]]

''Roleplay/WorldWarX: The War To End All Wars'' is a series of forum roleplays on the Administrivia/TVTropesForum. It is, essentially, an AlternateHistory version of WorldWar2 set in a {{Magitek}} universe.

''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.

* AcePilot: [[MagicalNativeAmerican the]] [[CanucksWithChinooks Reapers]].

The Pacific Theatre is now ''open'': ''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=mpxinda1omhjkxulvvy5qqde&page=1 We Are The Japanese Spirit Warriors VS. The Raygun Gothic Allies]]''. In addition, the African Theatre has just begun: ''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=l4p3reppdja6pzs679z90wx9&page=1 We Are The Allies, Axis, And Resistance, All Hunting The Ark]]'', which is just that--a three-way battle between the Colonial British forces, the Nazi Occult Empire, and the African Resistance & Empancipation Movement, all of them searching for the Ark of the Covenant in order to win this crazy war.

** [[GreekMythology By Atlas]].

* BigBadassWolf: Gaueco, Basque [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Lord of the Black Magic]].
** Also the Fenrisbrood.

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

* 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).

* MyNameIsNotDurwood: A lot of people get Octavian's name wrong.

* GundamJack: [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 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.

* BigBadassWolf: Gaueco, Basque [[NamesToRunAwayFromVeryFast Lord of the Black Magic]].

* BiologicalMashup: Scylla is an unholy melding of tentacles and dog heads that can eat a battleship in two bites.

* KingKong: No really. Unleashed by the Nazis, though they weren't able to deploy it properly, so now it's attacking everything in sight.

''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.

* AllMythsAreTrue: Given how many of the Greco-Roman, Basque, Norse, Slavic, Japanese, and Aztec Pantheons have shown up, as well as Angels, it's a safe bet that this is in effect.

* CrossoverCosmology: Slavic gods, Norse gods, Roman gods, ''angels'', and more.

** WorldOfBadass

* ShutUpHannibal: Sleipnir responds to [[spoiler: the Ressurected Eavle's]] rant about Rusalka by ''jumping into the air and biting his leg off.''

* YouHaveFailedMe: * BLAM*

* {{Badass Normal}}: used (at first) by the [[MagicalNativeAmerican Blackwatch]], subverted by the Royal Marine squad under the command of Sergeant Lewis Rotham (who currently seem to be horribly outclassed by the gods waging war around them). They are, however, slowly recovering.
* BarBrawl: Having Heracles and Hercules drunk and bored is a bad idea (even though the WDM started it).

* KnightTemplar: Centurion Octavian.

* TankGoodness: The Nazis have one called the Iron Warrior, a [[{{Warhammer40000}} Baneblade]]-sized monstrosity that is possessed by some manner of daemon.

* VoluntaryShapeshifting: The Jaguar Warriors can transform into, well [[ShapedLikeItself Jaguars.]]

* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Yugure kills Liberty Prime in this manner. Notably, [[BeyondTheImpossible this was at a range of at least a mile,]] and the sword went ''through'' Liberty Prime, impaling the main power core, and Liberty Prime is a HumongousMecha.

* CompleteMonster: Voivode Yorik von Eavle, who takes the Final Solution to a truly ghoulish extent.
** Samyaza, for what he is implied to have done to Rusalka, as well as his current actions regarding the Erzengle.
** The Wendigo, who enjoys killing [[spoiler:her]] prey as '''slowly''' as is possible.
* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: All over the place.
* 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!'''

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

* BigLippedAlligatorMoment: [[CthulhuMythos Tsathoggua]] appears suddenly during the fight with Baalzebul, then disappears just as quickly and is never mentioned again.
** 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.

* WhatAnIdiot: Wotan summons Niddhogg, who doesn't want to obey him. HilarityEnsues (for the MadeOfIron characters, at least...)

* CrazyAwesome: San Martin Txiki.
** Also Mars.
* CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming: [[spoiler: The revelation and "thawing" of Fade's sister.]]

* {{Glurge}}: The successful resurrection of the Engineer, by way of his own wrench.

* CrazyAwesome: El Coronel and his Mexican skeleton regiment.
** Also, the Eagle Warriors, as evidenced by their response to homing missiles: head-butting them.

* 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...]]

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

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

** And The Bushman uses [[{{Pokemon}} Pokeballs!]]

* 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...]]

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

* 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.

* ShoutOut: Hey, it's the [[TeamFortress2 TF2]] guys!

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

* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler: '' '''[[{{Understatement}} Loki]].''' '']]

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