History TabletopGame / NewVindicators

* CrapsackWorld: Crap in heaven the Oubliverse is not a fun place to live in. Rogue Demons run rampant, having their way with the women of the world, [[GambitRoulette all part of a sick plan to control Hell]]. The Nephilim are for the most part total {{Jerkass}}es, Neo-Sapiens are treated like pond scum [[FridgeLogic despite having the power to melt faces]]. Interpersonal relationships are torn apart on a daily basis due to constant infidelity. It's sad that only admittedly happy and normal person with a good relationship seen so far is an expy of [[FullMetalAlchemist Edward Elric]].

* MurderTheHypotenus}: During the Trials, Maria suspects Alicia has taken a ride on the Magnus Train so, naturally, she must die.

* UglyGuyGotAHotWife: Though they're not married, David Meinstein gives hope to his fellow gaming geeks by landing uber hottie Cassandra Goodman.

* VillainOnABus: [[spoiler: Adonis]]

* WomenInRefrigerators: Katie Merrick, Natalie Styles, Brigit Hart, Prende Kreshnikeve, Donna-Anne Manther and Amy Bedford. [[spoiler:Chienne Bedford in the later arcs.]] Tripper, but remember, TheyNeverFoundTheBody.

* {{A God Am I}}: Played for pure funny by Bulwark, who casually acknowledges that he is, in fact, basically a god.

* {{ActionGirl}}: Crusader, Rumble & Tripper
* {{Affably Evil}}: Abaddon, most of the time.
* {{All Just a Dream}}: A Nephilim, Blanche Gareth, has the power to control dreams and has thus far put Lodestone and Deimos through nightmarish adventures.
* {{Alternate Character Interpretation}}: The Vindicators are in fact essentially Uncle Toms who by colluding with the government merely continue the cycle of racism in the world. Adonis is the story's true hero, fighting against this, albeit in [[{{Well Intentioned Extremist}} ill-conceived ways]].
** The creator of David Meinstein, ergo his player, intended for him to be a [[spoiler: self-loathing]] Neo-Sapiens hater. This, for some strange reason, does not pan out in the narrative.
* {{Alternate Universe}}: Hikari reiterates what the pilot episode of Sliders tells us and Suicide King actually goes off to explore (and maybe look for Professor Arturo?) the multiverse.

* {{Americans Hate Tingle}}: The Rhino seems to be popular with anyone born in Europe.
** The Author, very much an American, likes the character too. Moving Mr. Tharivol into the region of CreatorsPet.
* {{AnIcePerson}}: Frostbite
* {{Anvilicious}}: Several examples:
** Within the setting, giving children religious instruction is tantamount to spreading a debilitating mental disease.
** As if the depiction of ''personal'' faith weren't enough, all religious organizations are either horribly evil or corrupt.
** Female characters are treated very badly. It makes one think that Michuru81 has not had good experiences [[YouNeedToGetLaid in his personal life]].
* {{Anyone Can Die}}: Played straight in a few rare cases but almost always subverted: A number of [=NPCs=] have been killed for no reason beyond being in the wrong place at the wrong time, though the author's pet [[{{The Scrappy}} NPCs]] all have {{contractual immortality}}.
* {{Arc Words}}: The number 137 appears all over the narrative in the oddest places. Does not pay off until later in the story.
* {{AuthorAppeal}}: The author has said Atlanta White (AKA Rumble) appeals to him.
** According to {{Word of God}} and pretty much anyone who reads the story, he's the only one who [[CreatorsPet she does appeal to]].

* {{Author On Board}}: Taken to ridiculous extremes lately to the point where it feels like certain characters are actually being possessed just to spout the author's opinions. Any unique speech patterns mysteriously disappear, and the [[{{Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness}} dialogue starts to sound suspiciously like the prose.]]
* {{Badass}}: Deimos (how has he not died from any of the insanely violent fights he's been in?), Michuru [[{{Crowning Moment of Awesome}} when he fights Apocatastasis]], the Damned [[spoiler: when he banishes Deimos to the Astral Plane JUST BEFORE he topples from wounds the Nephilim inflicted on him]], Bulwark on a regular basis, Coldfire
* {{Beethoven was an Alien Spy}}: Or rather Isaac Newton is an immortal who makes robots. [[{{running gag}} And offers breadsticks to people]].

* {{Berserk Button}}: Just remind Deimos of how weak he is and his general uselessness. See what happens.

** Also, you don't want to interrupt Bulwark when he's introducing himself. [[spoiler: [[{{Crowning Moment of Awesome}} Deimos finds out what happens when you do firsthand]].]]
* {{Big Bad Friend}}: [[spoiler: Adonis Skraag]]
* {{Big Damn Heroes}}: Too many to list...

** Michuru shows up to fight [[spoiler: Apocatastasis after he {{Took a Level in Badass}}.]]
* {{Big Damn Villains}}: [[spoiler: Apocatastasis]] punks out [[spoiler: his father, Abaddon]] when the two finally meet for the first time in six thousand years.
* {{Blessed with Suck}}: Pretty much any Neo-Sapien but primarily the Nephilim.
* {{Blood Knight}}: Deimos
* {{Brought Down to Normal}}: [[spoiler: Deimos willingly injects himself with Knitter, losing his abilities for a time before the drug wears off. David Meinstein loses his Iron Man armor but he gets the Speed Force soon after.]]
** Meinstein's powers turn out to be more {{Blessed with Suck}} as he discovers "problems" in his relationship with Cassandra.
* {{Bunny Ears Lawyer}}: Several examples:

*** Well it ''was'' Coach Crag who made that call. Arguably after being pushed to do it by Lex Sway while he and pretty much everyone in the story was dribbling their own personal {{Idiot Ball}}.

*** Bulwark is the official [[{{Wolverine Publicity}} Wolverine]] of the Oublieverse, so he takes time off of certain teams to be on others. As of the campaign date, he is back on the Vindi's team.

* {{ButtMonkey}}: Deimos began as a poorly played player character and suffered for it for some time. He has [[{{took a level in badass}} gotten better recently]] due to the author apparently forgetting he is a joke character.

* {{Bury your Gays}}: Taegan almost immediately after coming out of the closet. [[spoiler: In an upcoming arc, Breeze, a ''heterosexual'' character who is often {{mistaken for gay}} dies ]].
* {{Calling the Old Man Out}}: Deimos wants to, Frostbite did, Apocatastasis did it best.
* {{Canon Discontinuity}}: A couple of things so far. This list will probably get fairly massive as time goes by.
** Michuru Bradshaw certainly did not have tons of [[{{padding}} character development]] and screen time only to get punked out by Apocatastatis.
** Professor Incendiary and Doctor Splash did not just get up one day and say "Hey, how about we go have a fun time with Rift and slaughter all of our students? Why? [[{{Card Carrying Villain}} Because we're evil now of course!]]"

* {{Card Carrying Villain}}: Apocatastasis until Lodestone hands him the {{Idiot Ball}}.
** Also Forrest Bedford, despite also being a {{Villain With Good Publicity}}.
* {{Character Development}}: Frostbite, or rather Coldfire now, has fluctuated in character a great deal since his introduction to the story. His longstanding everyman, do-gooder persona is slipping away in favor of an angry, angsty attitude. Whether this works or not is up to individual interpretation.
* {{Character Tics}}: Plenty.

* {{Charles Atlas Superpower}}: Mirage, who doesn't have powers of his own, has trained with weighted clothing enough to make himself just as strong as the superpowered beings he has to contend with. [[{{Naruto}} Sound familiar?]]
* {{ChekhovsArmy}}: Every damn character. If Michuru81 bothered to give someone a name, they're probably the key to saving the universe. Everybody serves a purpose. Everybody.

* {{ChekhovsGun}}: Sam White, anyone?
* {{Chess Motifs}}: When Michuru and Halogen play a game of chess they debate on which students and which pieces.
* {{Church Militant}}: The Church of Genetic Purity.
* {{Clark Kenting}}: Through the first book, Chienne masquerades as Zero and David poses as Portal. Deimos manages to convince the fans' he's cool.
* {{Code Name}}: It wouldn't be a superhero universe without them.
* {{Comic Books are Real}}: Pop culture references in general abound, but there is a discussion on the state of the X-Men at one point in the story.

* {{Conspiracy Redemption}}: It's debatable where Drew's recruitment is concerned.
* {{Contagious Powers}}: Early on the New Vindicators deal with a cast of normal humans. Then Michuru81 decides that's boring and Jack Olsen gets a magical amulet, Chienne's part demon, Katie Merrick is a Neo-Sapien and Ryan Mueller is fitted for his own armor.
* {{Contrived Coincidence}}: Katie comes back into Ben's life around the same time Ryan gets an armor, Chienne and Coriolis just happen to just up in time for Lodestone and Loess' wedding. If you have an enemy in New Vindicatorsland, expect them to show up when it's least convenient.
* {{Corrupt Corporate Executive}}: Noah Meinstein when he's not being a {{Mad Scientist}}. Which isn't often. Why is Patriot Robotics still around anyway?
* {{Crapsack World}}: Crap in heaven the Oubliverse is not a fun place to live in. Rogue Demons run rampant, having their way with the women of the world, [[{{Gambit Roulette}} all part of a sick plan to control Hell]]. The Nephilim are for the most part total {{Jerkass}}es, Neo-Sapiens are treated like pond scum [[{{Fridge Logic}} despite having the power to melt faces]]. Interpersonal relationships are torn apart on a daily basis due to [[{{Unfortunate Implications}} constant infidelity]]. It's sad that only admittedly happy and normal person with a good relationship seen so far is an expy of [[{{Full Metal Alchemist}} Edward Elric]].

* {{Crazy Prepared}} Michuru81 himself deserves acknowledgement of this, having planned out the framework of his games to last for literally years to come.
* CreatorsPet: Rumble. Loved by the author, check. Hated by fans and players alike, check.
* {{Crouching Moron Hidden Badass}}: Even before [[spoiler: his death/big promotion]], Drew is shown to be more creative with everyone's powers than they are.
* {{Curb Stomp Battle}}: Take your pick.
* {{Cursed With Awesome}}: Michuru Bradshaw, Adonis Skraag & David Dathe.
** Eventually Rumble picks this up too. [[{{Mary Sue}} What a surprise.]]
* {{Culture Clash}}: Copycat's obsession with ganguros and later Brass and Split have a talk about sex in Japan.
* {{Cut Lex Luthor a Check}}: Why is Noah Meinstein so obsessed with taking down Neo-Sapiens when he could actually run his company instead? [[{{Fridge Logic}} Oh, that's right, he's nuts... why hasn't anyone picked up on THAT yet?]]
* {{Deadpan Snarker}}: Adonis Skraag can be this when he's not being [[{{wangst}} something else]].
* {{Death is not Permanent}}: Bulwark and anyone else who has eaten a Golden Apple.

* {{Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu}}: [[spoiler: Samael]], the only one of the fallen that isn't trying to usurp the throne of Hell is [[spoiler: killed by The Shadow in one sword blow]].
* {{Discard and Draw}}: Amalgam [[spoiler: becomes Anomaly]], Deimos [[spoiler: injects himself with Knitter of his own free will and inexplicably gets his powers back]], [[spoiler: the 001 is destroyed just in time for David Meinstein to manifest his Neo-Sapien powers]] and Copycat [[spoiler: dies and comes back after taking a level in badass.]]

** Oddly enough, later books such as Sic Semper Tyrannus would be the exact opposite for [[{{padding}} obvious reasons]].
* {{Dreamland}}: Twice to date, Blanche Gareth has come in and [[{{Mind Raped}}]] the heroes by manipulating their dreams... all the while listening to Coheed & Cambria.
* {{Driven to Villainy}}: The White War never would have happened had it not been for [[{{What The Hell Hero}} Lodestone]].
* {{Dropped a Bridge on Him}}: Poor Samael.

* {{Easy Amnesia}}: [[spoiler: Abaddon ever since Apocatastasis drained his INT, WIS and CHA to 1]].
* {{Embarrassing Middle Name}}: During their high school graduation it was revealed that Adonis Skraag's middle ame is "Michelle."
* {{The End of the World As We Know It}}: Michuru81 has established that there are no Nephilim yet with purple hellfire. This troper is guessing that as soon as the Antichrist DOES show himself [[{{unfortunate implications}} (after his mother dies in childbirth)]] the end of the series won't be far behind.
* {{Enemy Within}}: Michuru, Deimos, Chienne, Gabriel, Gabrielle, Phobos... Hell, if your eyes glow, you're a card-carrying member of this Trope.
* {{Ensemble Darkhorse}}: While the cast is an ensemble one by nature, Frostbite remains one of the most popular characters in the series.
* {{Even Evil Has Standards}}: The Affiliation abandoning Rift [[strike: and the rest of the teachers]] after her massacre at the school.
* {{Evil Is Petty}}: Forrest Bedford, Bo Vidae and Paragon are the most striking examples. The most literal example of this is [[spoiler: Adonis]]
* {{Eviler Than Thou}}: Though we haven't actually seen them confront one another, we're told the Fallen are in competition with each other to rule Hell... for reasons that haven't exactly been explained.

** The Aurelius: {{Word of God}} confirms that he is blatantly Dr. Orpheus from {{The Venture Brothers}}

** Coach Crag: His dialogue, appearance and pretty much everything about him is pure [[{{Scrubs}} Dr. Cox]].
** While they are not going to be seen for (if the filler continues to march on) many months/years, a current threat to the PC's are the [[{{Epic Fail}} Dark Vindicators]]. Yes, the story actually goes there.
** Detective: The original Detective's name is [[{{Epic Fail}} Wayne Bruce]]. It doesn't take a genius to see [[{{Batman}} this one]], does it?

** Gumshoe: Not only is the Detective's sidekick an expy of Robin but the third Gumshoe's real name is Mark Diet which is an [[{{Significant Anagram}} anagram]] of Tim Drake who is the third Robin.
** Hikari, arguably: He comes from the future to warn the heroes of an impending threat that will cause said future. Trains them to fight the threat. [[{{Dragon Ball Z}} Sound familiar]]?

* {{Eyepatch of Power}}: Deimos gets one of these [[spoiler: after a stray beam takes out his eye]].
* {{Face Heel Turn}}: Several characters:

** Which the Big-A does quite obligingly. Remind me again why he's evil? [[{{Card Carrying Villain}} Oh yeah.]]

* {{Fallen Angel}}: Lucifer, Abaddon, Leviathan, Semeyazza, Asmodeus, Asteroth and Samael.
* {{Fan Nickname}}: The fans were the first to use the term "Oubliverse" to describe Michuru81's world.

* {{Fan Preferred Couple}}: There is not a man, woman, or child alive who does not want to see Anomaly and Tripper together.
** As Women in the Oubliverse are essentially [[{{Unfortunate Implications}} cheating machines]], Anomaly and Tripper are liked mainly because they are the only central characters to have a functional relationship. But if upcoming arcs are to be believed [[{{True Art is Angsty}} that's too boring]].
* {{Fantastic Racism}}: Anti-Neo-Sapien prejudice. This may lead to {{What an idiot}}, as the entire population of the United States is more than willing to smack-talk SPB's to their face, despite the threat of face-melting.
* {{Fate Worse Than Death}}: Quintessence doesn't technically "kill" Paragon so much as he unravels him on a cellular level.
** Probably should have killed him, as he has returned as [[{{Fan Nickname}} Were-Paragon.]]
* {{Faustian Rebellion}}: Neo-Sapiens are the descendants of Nephilim who are the children of the Fallen? The lynchpin in the Fallen's plots seem to be the overwhelming army of Neo-Sapiens populating the world. In hindsight, they should have kept it in their pants.
* {{Faux Action Girl}}: Alicia Gladstone (Captain Canada IV) and Donna-Anne Manther (Jetstream).
* {{Fetus Terrible}}: The backstory for Deimos and Phobos.
* {{Five Man Band}}: The power_gamers.
* {{Fridge Logic}}: So much so, it hurts.
** Frostbite's powers are eventually explained as being [[spoiler: temporal manipulation. He creates ice by slowing molecules down and fire by speeding them up. How does this give him the ability to teleport, given his description of this power is his deconstructing himself on a cellular level, traveling through the moisture in the air, and then recombining elsewhere?]]
** Michuru's origin story revealed that Coach Crag trained him to use his geokinesis as a kid. He did this by belittling him constantly. In what world is he the best candidate to run a school? Seriously, Walkabout wasn't chosen because... what?
*** Because having [[Series/{{Scrubs}} Dr. Cox]] in charge of the [[Franchise/{{X-Men}} Xavier Institute]] would be, like, hilarious. Besides, Walkabout was too busing walking out of the story for good at that point.
* {{Functional Magic}}: The magic in New Vindi's adheres totally to D&D regulations with some Naruto thrown in for fun... but given the universe it is set in makes little sense for actually being there.
* {{Flying Dutchman}}: Falkenburg himself was a member of the Vindicators.
* {{For the Evulz}}: This is the leading motivation for essentially every villain in the entire story.
* {{Gender Bender}}: The Author has stated that Nephilim are created when the Fallen mate with human women but Semyazza is known most as the woman in the green dress. Ageless dragqueens from hell?

* {{Glowing Eyes of Doom}}: All Nephilim get them when they use their powers.

** Who is, incidentally, a {{shout out}} to a Kender PC from D&D games long gone by.
* {{Grand Theft Me}}: Chimera, to the point where you're not sure who is who anymore.
* {{Heel Face Turn}}: Several examples:

** Lodestone, having performed a [[{{Face Heel Turn}}]] comes full circle.

* {{Heroic Sacrifice}}: [[spoiler: Tripper "dies" saving everyone from the brothers while Michuru gets his head lobbed off as he's running in to fight Apocatastasis.]]
* {{Holding Back the Phlebotinum}}: Given the sheer number of heroes who took down Apocatastasis, how is anything a threat to Earth? Ever?

* {{Idiosyncratic Episode Naming}}: All of the "Issue" titles are names of songs.
* {{Idiot Plot}}: Let's get this straight: Lodestone's grandpa put the Wisent in jail when he was a young whipper snapper, he got a GED, got out, became a lawyer, became richer than God and wants revenge?
** I guess to be fair, Coach Crag does pick up his {{Idiot Ball}} when he decides to declare war on the criminal world. Plus, who wouldn't want to make Magnus suffer?
* Moksha in its entirety. A mysterious armored man appears out of nowhere, gathers a bunch of SPBs together in Antarctica (violating a certain treaty by doing so) and founds his own nation. This is without talking to any other world governments or even TRYING anything related to international diplomacy. Is it really any surprise that [[spoiler: The US makes the fairly safe assumption that he's building an army and nukes the place to cinders?]]
* {{I Have Your Wife}}: Apocatastasis does this to Magnus Loder AND Ben Altair.
* {{I Just Want to be Normal}}: Ben Altair, especially after he [[spoiler: becomes Coldfire]].
* {{I Pulled a Weird Al}}: "Pulling a Weird Al is so very Lundgren!"
* {{Informed Ability}}: We're ''told'' about [[spoiler: Adonis Skraag's]] genius, but the poor guy can't seem to keep even his own underlings under control. Similarly, Bo Vidae's supposed [[{{Spider-man}} Kingpin-esque]] ability to run a crime syndicate doesn't pan out so well in the story.
* {{Intimate Healing}}: In Et Spe it's implied that Rumble had to save Deimos by pressing their naked bodies together.
* {{Just A Stupid Accent}}: Rumble's "southern" accent is all over the place. Especially odd for someone who was born in Los Angeles...
* {{Karma Houdini}}: Arguably Coriolis after rescuing Backlash and Kiln. Also Sclera after breaking both of Tripper's arms and ranting about how much fun he was going to have killing her.
* {{Katanas are Just Better}}: Both White Nephilim manifest Katanas as their soul weapons.
* {{Kudzu Plot}}: Shouldn't this series have ended when Apocatastasis went down?
* {{Lawful Stupid}}: Solar Flare can come across like this at times. [[spoiler: That is until he [[{{Heel face turn}} takes over the universe.]]]]
* {{Leeroy Jenkins}}: STEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVE POTTER!!
* {{Loads and Loads of Characters}}
* {{Love Makes You Crazy}}: Happens to a lot of people: Rift, Loess, Rift, Ryan Mueller and Rift.
* {{Love Makes You Evil}}: Most members of the Affiliation are textbook examples of this trope in action.
* {{Magnificent Bastard}}: [[spoiler: Adonis Skraag]] and [[spoiler: Abbadon.]]
* {{Meaningful Name}}: Where to begin, where to begin...

* {{Mind Rape}}: What happens to people committed to the Spider, Abaddon mental health center. Though honestly, this is freakin' called the Spider!
* {{Moral Event Horizon}}: [[strike: The Affiliation]] Rift crosses it during the massacre at the school. Sclera crosses when he maims Tripper. Paragon [[{{Crossing The Line Twice}} crosses it several times]].
* {{Murder the Hypotenuse}}: During the Trials, Maria suspects Alicia has taken a ride on the Magnus Train so, naturally, she must die.
* {{Narm}}: Anything Rumble says about her religious beliefs. [[spoiler: Adonis's]] talk of the need to cull weak Neo-Sapiens.
** Adonis' speech that occurred recently in the campaign. Michuru81 posted it on the ATT recently. For some reason he choose not to include Bulwark's constant heckling throughout it. I wonder why.
* {{Orcus On His Throne}}: Despite the fact that Lucifer's throne is threatened by all the other Fallen on a daily basis, he doesn't do too much to stop them.
* {{Our Demons Are Different}}: The cosmology behind the Nephilim and Neo-Sapiens.
* {{Our Vampires Are Different}}: For several books, Wilt is shown to have the Neo-Sapien power to suck...the life out of those he touches. By Et Spe this has developed into full-on vampirism and the reveal is that vampires are actually an ancient dynasty of Neo-Sapiens.
* {{Padding}}: Sic Semper Tyrannis, Para Bellum and Hostis Humani Generis. Dulcis Amor [[strike: is shaping up to be]] [[strike: will be]] is the same.
** Also, most any and all flashback chapters. Especially if the flashback has to do with a character who the reader either does not care about or who has little to no significance to what's going on in the story at the time. So yeah, pretty much every flashback then.
* {{Perpetual Frowner}}: Several character make fun of how depressing [[strike: so many members of the cast are]] the entire cast is. Lodestone, Deimos, Frostbite, and Michuru seem to be the initial leaders of this group but Adonis and Anomaly appear to have recently picked up their membership passes.
* {{Personality Powers}}: Michuru Bradshaw literally has these.

* {{Pretentious Latin Motto}}: Every book is titled with one of these.
* {{Put On A Bus}}: Drew Jenkins halfway through the first book. Re-appears just in time to die.
* {{Purity Sue}}: Rumble, [[CreatorsPet for obvious reasons]]. She remains essentially a perfect, incorruptibly [[{{Informed Attractiveness}} "sweet"]] girl and her only foray into evil wasn't really her.
* {{Quirky Miniboss Squad}}: First it was the foreigners who participated in the Trials, then it was the Nephilim Apocatastasis resurrected in Et Spe. The new trend seems to be the Zodiac as the the Vindicators have thus far fought Libra, Gemini, Scorpio and Capricorn.
* {{Reality Warper}}: God, aka Elemenoh
* {{Reckless Sidekick}}: Blur

* {{Rape as Backstory}}: Bio
* {{Rape as Drama}}: Loess
* {{Red Herring}}: "Don't trust Mi-"
* {{Reed Richards is Useless}}: Slightly justified in that the resident genius of the world, [[strike: Hank [=McCoy=]]] Dr. Howell has been unable to secure any funding for his experiments because he is a Neo-Sapien despite [[{{Fridge Logic}} managing to have the ability to cure cancer]].

* {{Rescued From the Scrappy Heap}}: Attempted with Sclera in a flashback.

* {{Romantic Plot Tumor}}: Brass & Rumble.
* {{Running Gag}}: "I am Bulwark! His Supreme Galactic..."

* {{Schoolgirl Lesbians}}: Fathom, anyone?
* {{Screw The Rules I Have Money}}: The Meinstein family along with the other four major owners of Patriot Robotics.
* {{Shout Out}}: Several characters are references to past [=PCs=] from games the author has played in, mostly seen with the Europeans.
* {{Significant Anagram}}: Whenever the Aurelius or any mage casts a spell in this univrese, the incantation is an anagram. For instance, when the Aurelius casts a spell that lets himself fly he says, "lyf." When Coup casts an illusion he says, "nulliosi." Adrianna's teleport spells are simply "teleport" spelt backwards (tropelet).
** Gumshoe's real name is Mark Diet which is an anagram of Tim Drake (DC Comics' Robin, who Gumshoe is an [[{{Expy}}]] of).

* {{Single Stroke Battle}}: [[spoiler: The Shadow cleaves through Samael with one slash of Deimos' katana]], [[spoiler: Abaddon is taken out when his son grabs him,]] [[spoiler: Astaroth pretty much ended both Drew and Barachiel with one blow each.]]

* {{Small Name Big Ego}}: One has only to read his replies to fans to get this impression of Michuru81, but his [[http://michuru81.wordpress.com/2010/10/31/nanowrimo/ blog]] gives some huge indications of it as well.
* {{Spin Off}}: The mystical adventures of the Illuminati take place in the same universe as a New Vindicators, though the two have never had a cross-over, except for [[strike: [[{{Wolverine Publicity}} Rumble]]]] [[{{The Scrappy}} Rumble]] taking part in a few of their adventures.

* {{Story Breaker Power}}: Rift until the conclusion of the Apocatastasis arc, Sclera, Rumble, Quintessence, Taegan, and Apocatastasis.
* {{Strangled By The Red String}}: Brass & Rumble are inexplicably attracted to each other and start a relationship pretty much off-screen. Why? Because the local {{Mary Sue}} needs herself a man naturally.
* {{Suddenly Sexuality}}: Characters in the story come out at odd moments. Taegen just before his death, Prof. Incendiary in Chimera's backstory.
* {{Super Dickery}}: Paragon, justified as this is the entire point of his character.
* {{Super Soldier}}: The objective of Project Prime.
* {{Talking is a Free Action}}: Many characters abuse this trope, Magnus Loder specifically.
* {{Take Our Word For it}}: Alicia and Ben develop a relationship and get married completely offscreen. [[{{Sarcasm Mode}} Because minor details like this obviously don't deserve the readers' attention.]]

* {{Teen Drama}}: Radix Malorum Est Cupiditas is made of this.
* {{The Atoner}}: [[spoiler: Adonis eventually.]]
* {{The Reveal}}: [[spoiler: Adonis is the leader of the Affiliation.]]
* {{The Scrappy}}: The Rhino, Gabriel Farouk & Deimos being the most notable.
** To some characters like the Rhino are more along the lines of {{Ensemble Darkhorse}}.
* {{They Wasted a Perfectly Good Plot}}: The most interesting aspects of whatever plot is going on seems to go by the wayside in some cases.
** Arguably, the one strong, responsible female adult character in the entire story was Natalie Styles. She was loved and respected by all her students, acted in relatively intelligent and reasonable ways and had the beginnings of a normal relationship with Michuru Bradshaw. [[spoiler: Naturally, [[{{Women In Refrigerators}} she had to die as soon as possible]].]]
*** {{Word of God}} states that this was done to [[{{True Art is Angsty}} deepen the character of Michuru]], [[{{Just Take Our Word For it}} all off-screen of course]] and the reader will be pleased to know that Michuru doesn't have that big of a role in the series from that point onward until far later on in the series.
* {{The Thirty Six Stratagems}}: [[spoiler: Adonis Skraag]] best used #10 but has also executed #1-3, 5-7, 9, 11, 14-15, 18-22, 25, 27-29, 31, 34 & 36.
* {{Time Travel}}: This is all a part of [[spoiler: Hikari's backstory/forwardstory]]
* {{Token Evil Teammate}}: Deimos

* {{Too Dumb to Live}}: Half the damn cast.
* {{Too Good for This Sinful Earth}}: Oddly applied to Drew Jenkins.
* {{Took a Level in Badass}}: And away we go...

** It's a {{Running Gag}} that Deimos can't win a fight but as soon as he goes over to the Dark Side he makes everyone cheer by wasting Lodestone, kills Rumble (she gets better), and beats up the Vindicators and their pals.
** Bulwark was a badass before but there's something about him finally growing tired of having his introduction interrupted. What started as a {{Running Gag}} for the book becomes a {{Chekhovs Gun}} and Bulwark single-handedly beats Deimos by tackling him out of the top floors of the Empire State Building and riding him into the street.
* {{Tournament Arc}}: The [[strike: Chunin Exams]] Trials.
* {{Training From Hell}}: Deimos fights the Sanada Ten Brave and then has a trippy dream where he loses an arm, eye, kills everyone he loves... all to get his ears pierced.
* {{True Art is Angsty}}: The only happy moments characters experience seem to only happen when Michuru81 can't think of some tragedy to throw at them that day.
** This goes double if your name is Ben Altair or Magnus Loder. Though the latter pretty much [[{{What The Hell Hero}} deserves it]].
* {{Try Not to Die}}: The entire cast in Et Spe.
* {{Ugly Guy Got a Hot Wife}}: Though they're not married, David Meinstein gives hope to his fellow gaming geeks by landing uber hottie Cassandra Goodman.
* {{Unfortunate Implications}}: This series carries several, especially in the area of how women are handled.
** Arguably the most egregious example of this so far was Donna-Anne and Steve Potter's side-story in Hostis Humani Generis.
* {{Unlucky Everydude}}: Frostbite.
* {{Verbal Tic}}: Quite a few of them.

* {{Villain on a Bus}}: [[spoiler: Adonis]]
* {{Villain Sue}}: Contrary to common belief, Michuru Bradshaw is not the author insert. [[spoiler: That would be Adonis.]]
* {{Wangst}} In the Oubliverse, this is the default response to any and all personal issues. Might have something to do with Michuru81's consumption of Soap Operas.
* {{Well Done Son Guy}}: Frostbite justs wants a hug!
* {{Well Intentioned Extremist}}: [[spoiler: Adonis]] can be either this or just a {{Card Carrying Villain}} depending on what side of the bed he got up on that morning.
* {{What Measure is A Humanoid}}: Christmas Clark's relationships are entirely based on this.
* {{What the Hell Hero}}: When Adonis Skraag makes it painfully clear that he's not over Chienne Bedford, Magnus Loder not only begins dating her but makes fun of Adonis for it, beats him down with his powers in the Wreck Room, and proceeds to lust after Maria Espada while doing so. Once he lands her he starts lusting after Alicia, who he knocks up and leaves as soon as Maria is acquitted of murder. Meanwhile he belittles Jacque Webber for having the job he wants, fights her, loses, and proceeds to run his mouth. All the while Magnus has information on the Affiliation but doesn't want to tell Lex because he wants to show him up.

* {{Who Wants to Live Forever}}: Played straight with Rumble, who [[{{Narm}} can't go to heaven if she can't die]]. Subverted with Bulwark who does want to and will live forever.
* {{Women in Refrigerators}}: Katie Merrick, Natalie Styles, Brigit Hart, Prende Kreshnikeve, Donna-Anne Manther and Amy Bedford. [[spoiler:Chienne Bedford in the later arcs.]] Tripper, but remember, {{They Never Found The Body}}.

* {{Woobie Destroyer of Worlds}}: A couple of characters experience a little of this trope but the most prominent one would be [[spoiler:Adonis]].
* {{Word of God}}: Michuru81 has a tendency to reveal entire plot arcs to those seeking (or even not seeking) spoilers.
* {{Wouldnt Hit a Girl}}: Actually leads to one character's death as he refuses to defend himself against one of the female Nephilim.

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** Apocatastasis: [[{{X-Men}} Apocalypse]], anyone?

*** This troper always took Hikari to be [[{{X-Men}} Bishop]]: he comes back in time from a terrible future, ranting about a traitor. While Hikari's [[spoiler: "Hi, everyone! I'm Michuru and Halogen's kid!"]] parallels Trunks' being the son of Vegeta and Bulma, the X-Men reference seems more appropriate given the other references to Marvel's merry mutants.

*** Because having [[{{Scrubs}} Dr. Cox]] in charge of the [[{{X-Men}} Xavier Institute]] would be, like, hilarious. Besides, Walkabout was too busing walking out of the story for good at that point.

** Remind me why a dissertation on the makeup of a nickel is important in the middle of a battle? Was [[{{X-Men}} Claremont]] the guest writer of those chapters?

** Deimos goes to the Dark Side of the Force because Michuru81 sees him as being a good villain. Naturally, {{Your Mileage May Vary}}

* {{Fantastic Racism}}: Anti-Neo-Sapien prejudice. This [[{{Your mileage may vary}} may]] lead to {{What an idiot}}, as the entire population of the United States is more than willing to smack-talk SPB's to their face, despite the threat of face-melting.

* {{Rescued From the Scrappy Heap}}: Attempted with Sclera in a flashback. {{Your Mileage May Vary}}.

** [[{{Your Mileage May Vary}} To some]] characters like the Rhino are more along the lines of {{Ensemble Darkhorse}}.

* {{Women in Refrigerators}}: Katie Merrick, Natalie Styles, Brigit Hart (before she [[{{I Got Better}} got better]]}, Prende Kreshnikeve, Donna-Anne Manther and Amy Bedford. [[spoiler:Chienne Bedford in the later arcs.]] Tripper, but remember, {{They Never Found The Body}}.

* {{Crapsack World}}: Crap in heaven the Oubliverse is not a fun place to live in. Rogue Demons run rampant, having their way with the women of the world, [[{{Xanatos Roulette}} all part of a sick plan to control Hell]]. The Nephilim are for the most part total {{Jerkass}}es, Neo-Sapiens are treated like pond scum [[{{Fridge Logic}} despite having the power to melt faces]]. Interpersonal relationships are torn apart on a daily basis due to [[{{Unfortunate Implications}} constant infidelity]]. It's sad that only admittedly happy and normal person with a good relationship seen so far is an expy of [[{{Full Metal Alchemist}} Edward Elric]].

* XanatosGambit: All the Fallen have tried these to varying degrees of success or utter failure. Abaddon appears to be having the most success so far.

** And did I mention that the apparent equivalent of the Fallen is Drew Jenkins? In the immortal words of [[{{Beast Wars}} Rattrap]], "we're all gonna die."

** The Author, very much an American, likes the character too. Moving Mr. Tharivol into the region of {{The Wesley}}.

** According to {{Word of God}} and pretty much anyone who reads the story, he's the only one who [[{{The Wesley}} she does appeal to]].

* {{Purity Sue}}: Rumble, [[{{The Wesley}} for obvious reasons]]. She remains essentially a perfect, incorruptibly [[{{Informed Attractiveness}} "sweet"]] girl and her only foray into evil wasn't really her.

* {{The Wesley}}: Rumble. Loved by the author, check. Hated by fans and players alike, check.

* [[{{Ptitle51e8o7filuhv}} Doesn't Like Guns]]: The Author has stated this about himself several times.

** The Order of Chaos: Anyone else remember the Peter David's initial run on X-Factor? It had Havok (Solar), Polaris (Bipolar), Strong Guy (Meat), Wolfsbane (Kitty), Quicksilver (Blaze) and the Mupltiple Man (Bipolar again).
** Patriot: DC Comics' character Cyborg {{Teen Titans}} is Victor Stone. The cybernetic Patriot is Vincent Steel. Anyone else see the obvious connection?
** Quintessence: Another {{Teen Titans}} character is Starfire who flies and shoots glowing energy blasts. Her real name is Koriand'r while Quintessence's real name is Corey Ander.

* {{Character Derailment}}: Magnus Loder before he hands the IdiotBall off to Apocatastasis, Apocatastasis after that point. Incendiary & Splash during The Massacre. Coriolis when he rapes Loess.
** Chienne Bedford handily trades in her old, bitchy, racist and manipulative personality for a shiny do-gooder one after the first book.
** Sclera, with {{The Power of Love}} is able to overcome a lifetime of abuse and some ''very'' hefty personality disorders and become a functional member of society. [[{{Take Our Word For It}} All off screen of course]]. [[spoiler: He's back in crazy mode again. Dear Abaddon, why won't anyone kill him?]]
** Frostbite recently took it in the nethers with his going Hank Pym on Alicia.

* {{Discontinuity}}: Lots of the story can have this applied to it.
** Donna-Anne Manther did ''not'' have an {{anvilicious}} and [[{{Unfortunate Implications}} frankly]] [[{{HighOctaneNightmareFuel disturbing]] abortion prior to [[spoiler: her walking out of the clinic and ''immediately'' getting killed by Libra.]]

*** {{Your Mileage May Vary}} due to constant flashbacks that sort of murder the narrative flow of this section.

* {{Wallbanger}}: Magnus Loder and Alicia Gladstone's affair after the wake of Maria's rape.
** [[spoiler: Even more so when it happens again on the ''day before Magnus' own wedding!''.]]

** Dr. Pritchard routinely shakes hands while saying, "Here's five good ones."

** Adonis drops a copy of X-Factor #87 (which was about X-Factor talking to a psychiatrist who turns out to Doc Samson) down during his session with Dr. Pritchard in New Vindicators #4 (which was about the New Vindicators talking to a psychiatrist who turns out to be Abaddon).

** Actually, he goes looking for Belle of [[LessThanThreeComics LessThanThree Comics']] Brat Pack, who he met during the MassiveMultiplayerCrossover of 'Hostis Humani Generis'

* {{Brought Down to Normal}}: [[spoiler: Deimos willingly injects himself with Knitter, losing his abilities for time (it's never explained how he gets them back) and while David Meinstein loses his Iron Man armor he gets the Speed Force soon after.]]

*** Well it ''was'' Coach Crag who made that call. Arguably after being pushed to do it by Lex Sway while he was dribbling his personal {{Idiot Ball}}.

* {{Bury your Gays}}: Taegan is killed as soon as he comes out of the closet. [[spoiler: In an upcoming arc, Breeze, a ''heterosexual'' character who is often {{mistaken for gay}} dies ]].

** Sclera, with {{The Power of Love}} is able to overcome a lifetime of abuse and some ''very'' hefty personality disorders and become a functional member of society. [[{{Take Our Word For It}} All off screen of course]].

* {{Character Development}}: Frostbite, or rather Coldfire now, has fluctuated in character a great deal since his introduction to the story. His longstanding do-gooder persona is slipping away in favor of an angry, angsty attitude. Whether this workd or not is up to individual interpretation.

* {{Church Militant}}: The Church of Genetic Purity

* {{Comic Books are Real}}: Pop culture references in general abound, but there is a discussion on the state of the X-Men Universe at one point in the story.

** Eventually Rumble picks this up too.

* {{Cut Lex Luthor a Check}}: Why is Noah Meinstein so obsessed with taking down Neo-Sapiens when he could actually run his company instead?

** Donna-Anne Manther did ''not'' have an {{anvilicious}} and [[{{Unfortunate Implications}} frankly disturbing]] abortion prior to [[spoiler: her walking out of the clinic and ''immediately'' getting killed by Libra.]]

* {{Expy}}: A large number of {{NPC}}s. The list is fairly in-exhaustive.

** Patriot: DC Comics' chracter Cyborg {{Teen Titans}} is Victor Stone. The cybernetic Patriot is Vincent Steel. Anyone else see the obvious connection?

** Gabriel Farouk joins Apocatastasis and causes the death of the Vindicator [[strike: Green Arrow]] Nock. No one notices.

** Deimos goes to the Dark Side of the Force because Michuru81 sees him as being a good villain. {{Your Mileage May Vary}}

* {{Fantastic Racism}}: Anti-Neo-Sapien prejudice.

* {{Fridge Logic}}: Everything related to Mr. Mayhem or Hikari.

* {{Functional Magic}}: The magic in New Vindi's adheres totally to D&D regulations... but given the universe it is set in makes little sense for actually being there.

* {{Glowing Eyes of Doom}}: Duh.

A new game, set in the New Vindicators Academy of Europe which started in early 2010 can be found [[http://www.atomicthinktank.com
/viewtopic.php?p=644314#p644314 here.]]

A new game, set in the New Vindicators Academy of Europe which started in early 2010 can be found [[http://www.atomicthinktank.com/viewtopic.php?p=644314#p644314 here.]]

Oubliette County is an alternate universe setting that recently cropped up. It can be found [[http://www.atomicthinktank.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=35084 here.]]

The central narrative of ''New Vindicators'' began as a story chronicling the sessions of a tabletop roleplaying group, though it has grown into a large narrative spanning several long plot arcs. At present, the series is on hiatus from stories from actual roleplaying sessions in order to flesh out and deepen the setting world and some of its characters.

* {{Affably Evil}}: Dr. Jacob Pritchard, most of the time.

* {{Big Damn Villains}}: [[spoiler: Apocatastasis]] punks out [[spoiler: his father, Abaddon (AKA Jacob Pritchard)]] when the two finally meet for the first time in six thousand years.

* {{Magnificent Bastard}}: [[spoiler: Adonis Skraag]] and [[spoiler: Jacob Pritchard.]]

* {{Mind Rape}}: What happens to people committed to the Spider, Jacob Pritchard's mental health center.

* {{Anyone Can Die}}: Played straight and subverted: A number of [=NPCs=] have been killed for no reason beyond being in the wrong place at the wrong time, though the author's pet [[{{The Scrappy}} NPCs]] all have {{contractual immortality}}.

** According to {{Word of God}} and pretty much anyone who reads the story, he's the only one who she does appeal to.

* {{Padding}}: Sic Semper Tyrannis, Para Bellum and Hostis Humani Generis. Dulcis Amor [[strike: is shaping up to be]] will be the same.

* {{Perpetual Frowner}}: Several character make fun of how depressing so many members of the cast are: Lodestone, Deimos, Frostbite, and Michuru seem to be the initial leaders of this group but Adonis and Anomaly appear to have recently picked up their membership passes.

* {{Pretentious Latin Motto}}: Every book is titled with a Latin phrase.

* {{Super Dickery}}: Paragon, justified as this is the entire point of the character.

* {{The Wesley}}: Rumble through and through.
** Ironic as Wil Wheaton is a reader of the narrative.

* {{Anyone Can Die}}: Played straight and subverted: A number of NPCs have been killed for no reason beyond being in the wrong place at the wrong time, though the author's pet [[{{The Scrappy}} NPCs]] all have {{contractual immortality}}.

** Also, Apocalypse-Tasties started out as a nickname the PCs came up with, Bulwark ends up using it in the actual story.

* {{Shout Out}}: Several characters are references to past PCs from games the author has played in, mostly seen with the Europeans.

* {{Arc Words}}: Partially subverted, the number 137 appears all over the narrative in the oddest places. Does not pay off until later in the story {{Or So I Heard}}.

The narrative may be found here: [[http://www.atomicthinktank.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=20676&sid=fea30b2abc0c8321e5d77dda19b355c4]]

A new game, set in the New Vindicators Academy of Europe which started in early 2010 can be found here [[http://www.atomicthinktank.com/viewtopic.php?p=644314#p644314]]

Oubliette County is an alternate universe setting that recently cropped up. It can be found here [[http://www.atomicthinktank.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=35084]].

****Bulwark refers to Trunks, [[{{Heroes}} Hiro Nakamura]] and Bishop during Hikari's origin story so while Hikari may be an expy of all of them, they're all kind of expies in their own right, right?

*{{Villain Decay}}: Several in the series, Justice being the most outstanding at the moment. He has not succeeded in eliminating any of his targets for some time now.

*{{Xanatos Gambit}}: All the Fallen have tried these to varying degrees of success or utter failure. Abaddon appears to be having the most success so far.

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