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After speaking with Ferot_Dreadnaught, we agreed that it would be better to incorporate what I originally wrote for Clueless Aesop into what I wrote for Broken Aesop.


* BrokenAesop: Downplayed. The story has a theme of a person getting to decide who they are and having the ability to choose to be good or evil. While it generally sticks to the theme, there was one instance in the story where Torus was being controlled by one of Drake's crystals [[DoubleStandard and all the characters completely ignored that he wasn't acting on his own volition]].

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* BrokenAesop: Downplayed. Downplayed; The story has main comic tried to introduce a theme determinist Aesop on how everything was a matter of choice in that the characters ''made'' their choices and brought the results on themselves, and how a person getting gets to decide who they are and having the ability to choose to be good or evil. While it evil regardless of what anyone thinks. It generally sticks to the theme, there was one instance theme in regards to Sly Cooper and [[spoiler:Drake Lupus]]...However, the story where Torus was being controlled by one of Drake's fact that [[spoiler: the crystals [[DoubleStandard and influenced the judgement of anyone who was using them, strongly implying that Torus' actions were not made of his own volition because of that ([[DoubleStandard which was ignored by all the characters completely ignored that he and wasn't acting on his own volition]].acknowledged in-universe]]), and key details in the later-released side stories about what lead to the insanity of Ice and Snow had a tendency to undermine the entire point the author was trying to make given they played a factor in their behavior]].
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Clueless means theoretically couldn't work in this work. This is just Broken Aesop which is already listed.


* CluelessAesop: The main comic tried to introduce an objectivist Aesop on how everything was a matter of choice, and that the characters ''made'' their choices and brought the results on themselves, but both the fact that [[spoiler: the crystals influenced the judgement of anyone who was using them and key details in the later-released side stories about what lead to the insanity of Ice and Snow undermine the entire point the author was trying to make]].
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* CluelessAesop: The main comic tried to introduce an objectivist Aesop on how everything was a matter of choice, and that the characters ''made'' their choices and brought the results on themselves, but both the fact that [[spoiler: the crystals influenced the judgement of anyone who was using them and key details in the later-released side stories about what lead to the insanity of Ice and Snow undermine the entire point the author was trying to make]].
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* BareYourMidriff: Carmelita naturally, and Agent Ice.

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dewicked trope


* CriminallyAttractive: Lady Venom's MO.



* FatalAttraction: Lady Venom's MO.
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* SwissBankAccount: During an argument between Torus and Bubo in "Wrath of the Wolf King" it's briefly mentioned that the latter has offshore accounts, though it's never expanded on what he uses them for.
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* CyberSpace: Bentley's domain of expertise when it comes to hacking. Then there's his online battle against Zahn's hacker...

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* CyberSpace: Bentley's domain of expertise when it comes to hacking. Then there's his online battle against Zahn's hacker...hacker, Gunther.
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* SoundOnlyDeath: [[spoiler: Once Lady Venom and her underlings get arrested. When getting escorted into a police van, the lead mook declares out loud that he'll sell out his employer to reduce his sentence. Unfortunately, said employer, Lady Venom was locked in the same van. He quickly begs for forgiveness, but fell on deaf ears as she prepares to swallow him whole. The other mooks could only watch in horror at what happens next as we're only treated to screams and shadows]].

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* SoundOnlyDeath: [[spoiler: Once Lady Venom and her underlings get arrested. When getting escorted into a police van, the lead mook mook, Indigo declares out loud that he'll sell out his employer to reduce his sentence. Unfortunately, said employer, Lady Venom was locked in the same van. He quickly begs for forgiveness, but fell on deaf ears as she prepares to swallow him whole. The other mooks could only watch in horror at what happens next as we're only treated to screams and shadows]].
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** Even non-Sony affiliated characters appear in this comic; Felicia and Shadow the Hedgehog also briefly appear at Venom's party along with Tinsel from Dreamkeepers and Oscar the Grouch showed up in an alleyway in "Serpent's kiss". The only Sony-related cameo that appeared was Rachet, who is shown complaining to one of Torus' enforcers in the background of one of the pages in "Wrath of the Wolf King".

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** Even non-Sony affiliated characters appear in this comic; Felicia and Shadow the Hedgehog also briefly appear at Venom's party along with Tinsel from Dreamkeepers and Oscar the Grouch showed up in an alleyway in "Serpent's kiss". The only Sony-related cameo that appeared was Rachet, Ratchet, who is shown complaining to one of Torus' enforcers in the background of one of the pages in "Wrath of the Wolf King".
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* AmbiguouslyBrown: Averted with Torus; See the trivia page.

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%% * AmbiguouslyBrown: Averted with Torus; See the trivia page.



* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Interpol runs more like the US government in the comic than it actually does like Interpol in the original games or in real life, as shown by the fact that it has its own judges that preside over court cases and control what the director can and can't do, along with the fact that they have a "Judiciary Council" that makes decisions with a voting system that works similar to the Supreme Court, [[spoiler: which was how Torus was able to launch a mission in Switzerland, where Drake's headquarters were located]].

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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Interpol runs more like the US government in the comic than it actually does like Interpol in the original games or in real life, as shown by the fact that it has its own judges that preside over court cases and control what the director can and can't do, along with the fact that they have a "Judiciary Council" that makes decisions with a voting system that works similar to the Supreme Court, [[spoiler: which was how [[spoiler:which is what lets Torus was able to launch a mission in Switzerland, where Drake's headquarters were are located]]. In fact the real Interpol has a President instead of a Chief Director, a change made perhaps to draw away from the political parallels.
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Dewicking Not So Different per TRS


* NotSoDifferent: Drake has this discussion with Sly, since [[spoiler: both of their respective fathers had been killed by Clockwerk in the past]].

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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: Drake has this discussion with Sly, and Sky discuss their similarities, since [[spoiler: both of their respective fathers had been killed by Clockwerk in the past]].
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* TheGamblingAddict: Played for Drama. [[spoiler: Torus was revealed to have been this, and he so happened to have been one at a place Clockwerk owned...and it is hinted that Torus ratted out Jack to Clockwerk due to his debts]].
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* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Oh ''boy''...Sly is just loaded with inner-conflict and self-pitying in this comic much like Ned and Drake Lupus.

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* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: Oh ''boy''...[[SarcasmMode Oh]] ''[[SarcasmMode boy]]''...Sly is just loaded with inner-conflict and self-pitying in this comic much like Ned and Drake Lupus.
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* GaspOfLife: Played for laughs with Ned, who gets this after Murray pounds his chest in frustration after [[spoiler:seemingly have suffocated in Lady Venom's stomach]].
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* FantasyGunControl: Torus somehow enacts this near the end of "Welcome to the Jungle" after capturing Colonel Zahn.

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* RealityEnsues: When Sly confronts Colonel Zahn and demands his fortune back, Zahn tells him he already melted his share down and sold it. He even scoffs at Sly for thinking that he would just hoard it all away.


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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: When Sly confronts Colonel Zahn and demands his fortune back, Zahn tells him he already melted his share down and sold it. He even scoffs at Sly for thinking that he would just hoard it all away.
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A 2013 {{Fan Webcomic|s}} based on the ''VideoGame/SlyCooper'' game series that serves as a sequel to ''VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime'' drawn by artist [[http://connordavidson.deviantart.com/ ConnorDavidson]].

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A 2013 {{Fan Webcomic|s}} based on the ''VideoGame/SlyCooper'' game series that serves as a sequel to ''VideoGame/SlyCooperThievesInTime'' drawn by artist [[http://connordavidson.deviantart.com/ ConnorDavidson]].
Connor Davidson]].
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* WreckedWeapon: Sly's cane gets snapped in half by Zahn after his attempt to hit him with it.

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** Colonel Zahn [[spoiler:started a fitness club, with the intent to settle the score with the Cooper Gang one day]]. ** Torus [[spoiler: resigned from Interpol and faded into obscurity, with his story being continued in "To protect and serve"]].

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** Colonel Zahn [[spoiler:started a fitness club, with the intent to settle the score with the Cooper Gang one day]]. day]].
** Torus [[spoiler: resigned from Interpol and faded into obscurity, with his story being continued in "To protect and serve"]].

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I'll work a little more on "Nice Job Breaking It Hero" later, but the "where are they now?" bit was a mess so I decided to break it down into a readable entry.


* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Judge Bubo flings this at Torus when he practically made fugitives out of Carmelita and Ned just because they were seen with the Cooper Gang, not even bothering to sort the situation out. Bubo is angry as they were important witnesses to Venom's crimes, and because of Torus's actions, they now lack the necessary material to put Venom away. Not only that, Carmelita and Ned are Interpol's best agents. So yeah, nice going.

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Judge Bubo flings this at Torus when he practically made fugitives out of Carmelita and Ned just because they were seen with the Cooper Gang, not even bothering to sort the situation out. Bubo is angry as they were important witnesses to Venom's crimes, and because of Torus's actions, they now lack the necessary material to put Venom away. Not only that, Carmelita and Ned are Interpol's best agents. So yeah, nice going.



** [[spoiler: Kevin Turbo teams up with Demitri to make hip-hop music videos. Kre became a tai-chi student under Panda King. Cesar became an orca trainer at a water theme park. Lady Venom regained her celebrity status and subject to a top magazine company, where it is hinted she may be pregnant. Colonel Zahn started a fitness club. Torus resigned from Interpol and faded into obscurity. Ned becomes the new chief director of Interpol following Torus's resignation. Vick continues to lead what's left of Drake's criminal organization. Drake himself, after escaping from prison, vanishes in the Alaskan wilderness and hasn't been seen since.]]

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** [[spoiler: Kevin Turbo teams [[spoiler:teams up with Demitri Dimitri to make hip-hop music videos. videos]].
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Kre became [[spoiler:became a tai-chi student under Panda King. King]].
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Cesar became [[spoiler:became an orca trainer at a water theme park. park]].
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Lady Venom regained [[spoiler:regained her celebrity status and subject to a top magazine company, where it is hinted she may be pregnant. pregnant]].
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Colonel Zahn started [[spoiler:started a fitness club. club, with the intent to settle the score with the Cooper Gang one day]]. ** Torus [[spoiler: resigned from Interpol and faded into obscurity. obscurity, with his story being continued in "To protect and serve"]].
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Ned becomes [[spoiler:becomes the new chief director of Interpol following Torus's resignation. resignation]].
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Vick continues [[spoiler:continues to lead what's left of Drake's criminal organization. organization]].
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Drake himself, [[spoiler:vanishes in the Alaskan wilderness after escaping from prison, vanishes in the Alaskan wilderness and hasn't been seen since.]]since]].
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* TheCameo: Three characters belong to one of the author's friends are briefly mentioned near the end of the short story.
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[[folder: Short Story: The New Director]]Director (Ned's expanded epilogue)]]

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* NonAnswer: Ned is full of these in his press conference with reporters.


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* NonAnswer: Ned is full of these in his press conference with reporters.
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* NonAnswer: Ned is full of these in his press conference with reporters.

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: This excerpt from the story.

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: This excerpt These excerpts from the story.


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--> “''How will you treat women in the department?''”
--> “''Exactly as each individual person deserves.''”

--> “''Will you be taking Interpol in a progressive direction?''”
--> “''I will run Interpol as it is meant to be run, by upholding and enforcing every law exactly as it is defined. If I disagree with a law, I shall still enforce it – until such time as the appropriate party has determined to change the law.''”
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* TakeThat: Implied. When describing the second reporter, the author mentions how he's "poorly disguising his connection with recent movements"; The discussion between Ned and the second reporter, whom asked about animal targeting, is essentially meant to be a potshot at social movements that focus on police brutality and racial inequities.

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* TakeThat: Implied. When describing the second reporter, the author mentions how he's "poorly disguising his connection with recent movements"; The discussion between Ned and the second reporter, whom asked about animal targeting, is essentially meant to be a potshot at social movements that focus on police brutality and racial inequities.inequities.
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[[/folder]]* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: This excerpt from the story.
-->“''How will you respond to fixing the targeting of specific animal types?''” another asked, poorly disguising his connection with recent movements.
--> “''All lives matter, and the law applies to everyone just the same. If an officer has cause, he or she will fulfil his or her duty as the situation merits. No one is targeted.''”
* FantasticRacism: Discussed by the second reporter, though he's portrayed rather unsympathetically in the excerpt he's introduced in.
* TakeThat: Implied. When describing the second reporter, the author mentions how he's "poorly disguising his connection with recent movements"; The discussion between Ned and the second reporter, whom asked about animal targeting, is essentially meant to be a potshot at social movements that focus on police brutality and racial inequities.
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* AuthorAvatar: Ned is implied to be this.
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* StrawHypocrite: Torus is a zigzagged example; for the most part he's basically meant to [[StrawLiberal represent liberalism negatively]] but in the middle of "Wrath of the Wolf King", he ends up becoming this when [[spoiler: he ends up shoving the law aside to use the green crystal against Vick]]. It's not entirely clear what Torus was supposed to ''really'' be.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Chief Torus is a bit self-righteous and is constantly viewed as abusing his authority since he has to bypass pointless red tape put up by Bubo, when really he's trying to keep order and stop crime where most of Interpol fails to. He also treats Carmelita and Ned badly, but its justified since the former is in cahoots with a master thief [[spoiler:just like Jack Lupus was]] and the two generally fail to actually stop major criminals like the rest of Interpol. Given that he has a progressive mindset ontop of all that, its hard to really hate him despite his demeanor.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Chief Torus is a bit self-righteous and is constantly viewed as abusing his authority since he has to bypass pointless red tape put up by Bubo, when really he's trying to keep order and stop crime where most of Interpol fails to. He also treats Carmelita and Ned badly, but its justified since the former is in cahoots with a master thief [[spoiler:just like Jack Lupus was]] and the two generally fail to actually stop major criminals like the rest of Interpol. Given that he has a progressive mindset ontop of all that, its hard to really hate him despite his demeanor.

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