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| 5 | ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6438013/1/A_Shadow_of_the_Titans A Shadow of the Titans]]'' is a {{Crossover}} between ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' and ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans2003'' by Creator/EduardKassel and a part of FanFic/ProjectDarkJade. |
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| 7 | Following an [[NoodleIncident offscreen]] battle with a demon, Jade is accidentally banished along with it, ending up in some sort of pocket dimension. While there, she is confronted by a mysterious being (whom WordOfGod names "The Cackler"), who offers up a [[CrypticConversation cryptic]] monologue before [[ForcedTransformation forcibly transforming]] Jade into her Shadowkhan form. He then tosses her into [[AlternateUniverse another universe]] -- specifically, the universe of ''Teen Titans'', where a series of events soon sees Jade forcibly drafted into [[AcademyOfEvil the HIVE]]. Now, under the identity of Zhu Chan, Jade must play the role of supervillain while searching for a way to return home, and also dealing with the Titans, who -- due to unfortunate circumstances - end up viewing her as just another criminal to be defeated. |
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| 9 | First part in a planned trilogy. |
| 10 | ---- |
| 11 | !!This story contains examples of: |
| 12 | |
| 13 | * AcademyOfEvil: The HIVE. Jade is actually surprised at how much like a regular school it is. |
| 14 | * AchillesPowerCord: In the Interlude chapter, Evil Dick's unstoppable doomsday weapon is defeated when [[spoiler: Star Chan]] pulls its power cord. The Titans are seriously unimpressed. |
| 15 | * AffablyEvil: Gadjo is psychotic, but when he's not trying to kill you, he seems like a pretty fun guy. |
| 16 | * AffectionateNickname: Jinx calls Jade "Blue". Gadjo calls her "Little Shadow". |
| 17 | * AlternateSelf: [[spoiler: The Uncle Chow whose antiques shop in Jump City's Chinatown that Raven visits to collect the last remnant of Jade's missing chi seems to be the local version of Uncle]]. |
| 18 | * AlternateUniverse: |
| 19 | ** The ''Titans'' universe is this to the ''JCA'' universe. The point is hammered home when Jade realizes the Jump City is the counterpart to San Francisco, with Titans Tower revealed to be where Alcatraz is supposed to be, and the calender is five years ahead. |
| 20 | ** Another major difference is that in the TT universe, chi magic died out a couple centuries prior to the modern day. |
| 21 | * AmbitionIsEvil: Jinx is defined by her desire to gain wealth and respect as a villain. |
| 22 | * AmplifierArtifact: The Talisman of Hwan the Bright enhances the magic of its users. Jinx's use of it boosts her bad luck powers to the point of bending Murphy's Law itself to her own ends. |
| 23 | * AnotherDimension: |
| 24 | ** The pocket dimension Jade ends up in in the prologue -- it consists solely of a small island floating in a multicolored void. |
| 25 | ** We finally get a glimpse of the shadow realm when Jade flees there after getting hit with [[WeaksauceWeakness an onion]]. It appears to consist of islands, covered in mountains and jungles, floating in shadows that seem to shift between air and liquid composition. And it appears to be toxic to non-Shadowkhan, whom the shadows burn (while at the same time granting Shadowkhan increased power and a HealingFactor). |
| 26 | *** It's explained later that this is just one branch of the Shadow Realm, which exists across the multiverse, with some branches being like this, and others being like what was shown in canon. |
| 27 | * AntiVillain: Jade is a definite [[SlidingScaleOfAntiVillains Type IV]]. She'd very much like to not be a villain at all, but circumstances forced her into the role, and have been keeping her in it. |
| 28 | * ArchEnemy: |
| 29 | ** After he nails her with an [[WeaksauceWeakness onion]], Jade declares Beast Boy is now her archenemy. [[MetaGuy He's thrilled at the concept, figuring it makes him cooler.]] |
| 30 | ** Jade declares Starfire to be her new archnemesis [[spoiler:after the heroine tried to leave her brainwashed]]. |
| 31 | * AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: [[spoiler: After the Oni curbstomp Blood and his faculty, the rest of the HIVE quickly surrender and bend the knee to them.]] |
| 32 | * AxCrazy: |
| 33 | ** Gadjo, all the way. |
| 34 | ** Mumbo is compared by Robin to ComicBook/TheJoker as an unpredictable force of ChaoticEvil. |
| 35 | ** The adult Jade who appears in the "Destiny" interlude has shades of this, especially if you've read the [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6313351/1/When_I_Grow_Up oneshot]] she originally showed up in. |
| 36 | ** Machete, who's so crazy Gadjo is the only one she could safely be partnered up with. |
| 37 | * BadassBoast: |
| 38 | ** Jade, when saying she'll make her way home before the Queen overtakes her mind. |
| 39 | --> '''Jade:''' It won't be easy, but I'm Jade Chan. I do the impossible and make it look easy! |
| 40 | ** Jade again, in her mental narration while [[spoiler: undergoing her EmergencyTransformation]]: |
| 41 | --> He was dangerous, but as the [[spoiler: other wing]] formed around her arm and she rose higher into the air along with her hair pointing to the ceiling, she was not afraid. She was the shadows. She was power that transcended light and darkness, belonging to both and also to itself. The dawn was breaking; she could feel the sun break the darkness, letting shadows reign. He was a man with a knife, and she was ascendant. |
| 42 | -->And he had wronged her. He would pay. |
| 43 | * BadassNormal: Jade acknowledges Penguin as one, noting that a person whose only superpower is "being a crime boss" doesn't reach the upper tier of villains in a place like Gotham, and then get away with shifting to a legal grey zone, without being formidable. |
| 44 | * BadGuyBar: |
| 45 | ** The HIVE has one. Apparently villains don't care much about age limits. |
| 46 | ** The Iceberg Lounge naturally. Specifically, the Black Velvet section, which is specifically set aside for Gotham's criminals (and the civilians willing to pay good money to be in the same room as them) |
| 47 | * BadPowersGoodPeople: Despite becoming a Shadowkhan once again and gaining powers over darkness, Jade is firmly an AntiVillain (Type IV), and would like to become a hero. |
| 48 | * BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil: This is the basic tenant of chi magic, as Jade explains to Jinx while trying to talk her out of using the Talisman of Hwan. |
| 49 | * BaldOfEvil: |
| 50 | ** Gizmo, as per usual, is completely bald. |
| 51 | * BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Jade thinks this whole situation is the universe saying this to her in regards to her wish for an exciting life. |
| 52 | * BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: Seems to be what the Joker is aiming for when he [[spoiler: carves up Jade's face, having deduced she's not a true villain]]. |
| 53 | * BigBadEnsemble: Brother Blood and Tarakudo are both trying to corrupt and manipulate Jade, for their own agendas. [[spoiler:Tarakudo beats Blood in the end.]] |
| 54 | * BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Just when it looks like the Oni are going to defeat the Titans/HIVE alliance, Batman, Green Arrow, Huntress, and the Question arrive as backup.]] |
| 55 | * BigEater: |
| 56 | ** Jade, although it gets taken to ExtremeOmnivore levels. |
| 57 | ** Jinx becomes this when the Talisman of Hwan boosts her power, but she actually gets ''skinner'' over time. |
| 58 | * BlackAndWhiteMorality: Robin's viewpoint, as Raven lampshades during the tournament. Subverted with Raven herself, as she understands that there ''are'' villains with standards out there, and not all villains are all bad (like Jade), and that you generalize like Robin does at your own risk. |
| 59 | * BloodKnight: |
| 60 | ** Gadjo enjoys nothing more than a good fight. [[TrademarkFavoriteFood Except pie.]] |
| 61 | ** Machete is also ''extremely'' violent (fittingly, she's assigned to be Gadjo's partner), to the point she'll attack her fellow HIVE students if they get in the way of her attacking someone else. |
| 62 | * BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood: [[spoiler: When Jade's missing chi has all been gathered by Raven, Beast Boy and Starfire argue for keeping her as "Star Chan", the latter because she viewed her as a little sister figure.]] |
| 63 | * TheBrute: Mammoth and Gadjo. Also Susano, to an extent. And while we haven't seen much of Machete, from what little we have seen, she appears to be a rare female example. |
| 64 | * BullyingADragon: |
| 65 | ** The hot dog guy Jade met was really rude to her over five cents, leading to her accidentally blowing up his cart with the Dragon talisman, not to mention the random residents of the city. |
| 66 | ** Kitten, after having been [[CurbStompBattle stopped nearly effortlessly by Jade]] in the Tournament of Villainesses (Jade used heat vision to blast away Kitten's energy whip and then picked her up with the Rooster Talisman), proceeds to ''[[TooDumbToLive insult]]'' [[TooDumbToLive her]]! The evil teen insulted Jade's outfit and appearance (the appearance part in ''multiple ways''), her power set, and was starting to say that Jade was so ugly that that was why she wan't in her original dimension, they had kicked her out (she didn't finish, but it's clear what she was saying), before Jade's {{Berserk Button}}s were fully pressed and she unleashed a Dragon Talisman blast that nearly ''killed'' Kitten, giving Jade a MyGodWhatHaveIDone moment (as, unlike the others Jade had met, the evil blonde was ''not'' MadeOfIron). And this was AFTER Jade had offered Kitten a chance to surrender! |
| 67 | * CantHoldHerLiquor: |
| 68 | ** When the aged-up Jade is convinced to deal with her frustrations via [[INeedAFreakingDrink alcohol]], she ends up so drunk from just a few sips of Belgian Ale that she's left half-conscious and wailing on a karaoke machine. |
| 69 | ** [[spoiler:According to the Oni Generals, this only affects Oni that haven't developed at least a second set of horns]]. |
| 70 | * CardboardPrison: |
| 71 | ** Cyborg feels the Jump City Prison needs more funding. |
| 72 | ** Averted for Arkham Asylum, which is somewhere between TheAlcatraz and TailorMadePrison depending on the inmate in question. |
| 73 | * TheChewToy: Minor HIVE student Evil Dick seems to exist only to get his ass kicked. In his first appearance, he ticks off Gadjo, who puts him in a full body cast. In his second, he's easily removed from the Titans rematch with Super Jinx by Cyborg, who doesn't even remember his name. His third appearance is basically an afterthought to the scene he's in, and you can guess how it works out for him. And while his fourth appearance is a NotSoHarmlessVillain moment, he's ''still'' presented as utterly incompetent. |
| 74 | * ClingyMacGuffin: |
| 75 | ** Jade had the Rooster, Dragon, and Pig talismans on her when she was sent across dimensions, and after the Cackler's interference, they end up fused into her body. [[spoiler: Until she ends up TakingTheBullet for Jinx, and Raven's spell violently expels them from her body. Afterwards, she sinks the Rooster deeper into her body so it can't be separated again, and following her EmergencyTransformation it merges completely with her.]] |
| 76 | ** Machete's suit is apparently another example, as Robin mentions that they cannot remove it. |
| 77 | ** [[spoiler:The Queen has the fragments of the Mask of Tarakudo embedded beneath her facial skin after breaking it to free the Oni. After a chi transfer from Starfire, they're separated from her body.]] |
| 78 | * ClothingDamage: It's become a RunningGag for Jade to suffer this: |
| 79 | ** During her first fight with the Titans, Robin hits the Dragon, which causes an explosive release of energy that -- among other things -- fries most of her clothes. This leads Jade to make sure her new costume is fire retardant and otherwise durable, to avoid any repeats of such an event. |
| 80 | ** [[spoiler:After TakingTheBullet for Jinx with Raven's separation spell, the expulsion of the talismans and her chi shreds her clothes.]] |
| 81 | ** [[spoiler: The chi transfer from Starfire to remove Tarakudo's influence from her likewise shreds her Kagehime outfit.]] |
| 82 | ** [[spoiler: Her EmergencyTransformation causes her to break out through what she's wearing.]] |
| 83 | ** Her fight with the mutated [[spoiler: Kitten]] ends up completely destroying her clothes in the process. |
| 84 | * ClusterFBomb: Jade's reaction to finding out that she's being loaned out to the Joker, after a momentary HeroicBSOD, is to burst out in what's described as "an unholy mix of Cantonese, Japanese, and English profanity". |
| 85 | * CombatSadomasochist[=/=]TooKinkyToTorture: Gadjo. He gets electrocuted by Susano during the entrance exam fight, and ''laughs'' through it, and when he's later thrown into the Pit for a week, Mammoth comments that the only reason he probably doesn't break out early is because whatever goes on in there, he probably ''enjoys'' it. |
| 86 | * ComboPlatterPowers: In addition to the [[CastingAShadow shadow powers]] that come with being a Shadowkhan, Jade also has the [[PlayingWithFire Dragon]], [[EyeBeams Pig]] and [[PowerFloats Roo]][[MindOverMatter ster]] talismans at her disposal 24/7. |
| 87 | * ContinuityNod: |
| 88 | ** When Jade realizes she's been accidentally banished in the process of banishing a demon, she's upset that it's happened ''again'', a reference to the time she was banished to the Netherworld along with Bai Tza. |
| 89 | ** When she first tells Jinx she knows magic, she mentioned the chi zapper she made from a flower to battle the Earth Demon. |
| 90 | ** When she sets up her magic lab, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking she has some basic supplies and a "needlessly creepy paperweight"]] that she says reminds her of Tarakudo. |
| 91 | ** She's also not happy when she gets turned into a monkey by Mumbo, remembering the last time it happened (the original Monkey talisman episode). |
| 92 | ** At another point, she lists all the spells she's learned and used over the course of the show. |
| 93 | ** Jade also mentally compares and contrasts the shadow realm of the TT world and the Demon Netherworld. |
| 94 | ** The Queen compares herself to Tiger when trying to convince Jade she's not so bad. |
| 95 | ** During the chapter that introduces the Master of Games, Jade briefly compares him to the Monkey King. |
| 96 | ** When trying to convince Jinx to remove her amulet, Jade mentions the time Daolon Wong ended up rendering himself blind, deaf and mute. |
| 97 | ** The next chapter has a number of references to the Oni's original attempt at covering Jade's world in shadow. |
| 98 | ** When Jade's body absorbs the Rooster talisman [[spoiler: as part of her EmergencyTransformation]], she compares it to what Shendu did with all of them. |
| 99 | * CoolMask: In Gotham, Jade starts wearing a plague doctor mask [[spoiler: as part of her [[SecondSuperIdentity new "Karasu" identity]]]]. |
| 100 | * TheCoup: How Blood took over the HIVE. [[spoiler: And now Dr. Gunn and several others are planning to return the favor.]] |
| 101 | * {{Crossover}}: |
| 102 | ** Obviously. But in addition to crossing over JCA and TT, it also partially crosses over with another story by the same author -- the evil adult Jade who appears in the "[[MindScrew Destiny]]" interlude is (or is based on) the {{Cult}}-leading adult version of Jade who appeared in the oneshot "[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6313351/1/When_I_Grow_Up When I Grow Up]]". |
| 103 | ** With ''FanFic/JewelOfDarkness'', as the Susano seen in both fics is ''the same person'', with those events being part of the MissingEpisode. |
| 104 | * CrossoverCameo: |
| 105 | ** ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} shows up in the Tournament of Villainesses chapter when Robin asks for her help in finding Raven. |
| 106 | ** Georgia, the daughter of ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'s ArchEnemy, is another contestant of that same event. |
| 107 | ** Green Lantern Jon Stewart (of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' fame) shows up to deal with Jade after she ages herself up and is considered too dangerous for the Titans. |
| 108 | ** Slade gets two in the Super Jinx chapter. |
| 109 | * CrypticConversation: |
| 110 | ** As noted in the summary, the Cackler monologues one of these to himself when confronting Jade in the prologue. |
| 111 | ** Also most of the "Destiny" interlude, as we have no real idea what's going on there. |
| 112 | * {{Cthulhumanoid}}: |
| 113 | ** An off-hand remark in the prologue implies that the Chan Clan fought one right before Jade was banished. |
| 114 | ** One briefly cameos in a video as one of Gadjo's previous employers. He apparently tried to summon an EldritchAbomination (presumably the [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos big C]] himself), but was killed by Gadjo when the latter realized this would [[ItMakesSenseInContext mean no more pies]]. |
| 115 | * CurbStompBattle: |
| 116 | ** Jade vs Kitty and Raven vs Georgia in the Tournament of Villainesses. |
| 117 | ** Gadjo versus anyone unlucky enough to piss him off. |
| 118 | ** After Jade ages herself up, her powers grow so strong that the Titans don't stand a chance against her. Then Jon Stewart shows up, and she ends up on the receiving end. |
| 119 | ** [[spoiler:Tarakudo easily kicks Blood out of Jade's mind.]] |
| 120 | ** Jinx, empowered by the Talisman of Hwan, is able to handle the Titans singlehandedly. In their rematch, however, they find ways to get around her power. |
| 121 | ** [[spoiler: The Oni and Shadowkhan easily beat Blood and most of the HIVE]]. |
| 122 | * CurseCutShort: Georgia, right before Raven slams her into a wall. |
| 123 | * CuttingTheKnot: |
| 124 | ** During one Physical Feats class, Jade is presented with the task of traversing a DeathTrap-ridden obstacle course and ringing a bell. Upon noticing that the course is circular, she just turns around and rings the bell that's a few feet behind her. The school considers it valid, but she gets detention anyway. |
| 125 | -->'''HIVE student:''' [[LampshadeHanging Can she do that]]? |
| 126 | ** When sent out to steal the Jadeite Panda, Gadjo gets into a conversation on romance with the Titans outside the museum, so a fed-up Jade just goes in and takes it. |
| 127 | ** [[spoiler: She stops Evil Dick's machine by pulling the plug as Star Chan. It's even name-dropped]]. |
| 128 | ** Defied. [[spoiler:The Queen suggested killing the Joker to get out of their internship to him, but she vetoed it, pointing out that with his JokerImmunity, he'd probably survive and seek revenge. Though dead-tired from the road trip with the Joker from Jump to Gotham, and thus unable to come up with specifics, Jade comes up with the idea of getting him caught by Batman in a way that doesn't directly implicate her.]] |
| 129 | ** [[spoiler:When forced to bust Harley out of Arkham, she decides that she needs to cause a distraction by causing a jailbreak. When trying to figure out which RoguesGallery member would be the least dangerous, she realizes that she can just release the ''regular'' inmates.]] |
| 130 | * DarkIsNotEvil[=/=]LightIsNotGood: |
| 131 | ** Jade's villain persona, in black and blue, is contrasted with Brother Blood, who wears gold and white. |
| 132 | ** The two adult Jades who appear in the {{Mind Screw}}y "Destiny" interlude are a similar contrast. The good (or at least, non-psychotic) Jade is in all black, while the outright villainous Jade wears white. |
| 133 | ** When Jade regresses into herself in the Master of Games' medallion and meets the Queen, the Queen invokes this in order to convince Jade to merge with her (even bringing up Jackie's dark half released by the Tiger talisman as a comparison). |
| 134 | ** Raven is recruited for the Tournament of Villainesses, and constantly complains about it. |
| 135 | ** The Queen lampshades the former in Gotham when trying to convince Jade to take the next step in power, merger or no merger. |
| 136 | * DatingCatwoman: Gizmo and Mammoth mock Jade after she declares Beast Boy her ArchEnemy by bringing up how often this trope occurs. Jinx assures her that it's a myth. |
| 137 | -->'''Mammoth: '''You know what they say. First comes aggression, then hatred. Then comes wary respect for skills. Followed by surprising common ground on an issue. Then more hatred and aggression. Then a reboot of mutual respect with one side throwing away a win. Then a romantic rendezvous, and one comes back to the city years later, and a literal custody battle ensues over a wide-eyed bastard. |
| 138 | -->'''Gizmo: '''Would your love child be bluish green, or greenish blue? |
| 139 | -->*KABOOM!!* |
| 140 | * DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler:The Queen makes one with Tarakudo to restore herself after Jade TakingTheBullet for Jinx reduces them to a shell of themselves]]. |
| 141 | * DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:Even when the Queen claims that they will be destroyed if they don’t, Jade still refuses to merge with her, forcing the Queen to do something that apparently ends up splitting them]]. |
| 142 | * DestinationDefenestration: Jade tosses Scarecrow out of a third story window after [[spoiler: learning he's kidnapped and tortured her neighbors]]. He's reported to be fine afterwards; Penguin figures his suit offered protection. |
| 143 | * DoNotAdjustYourSet: Joker does this to broadcast that he's going to be busting Harley [[spoiler:(or rather, Jade is on his orders, but he doesn't mention that)]], much to Jade's shock. |
| 144 | * TheDreaded: |
| 145 | ** Gadjo has quickly earned this reputation among the other HIVE students -- they're all scared stiff of him. |
| 146 | ** Machete is right behind him. |
| 147 | ** Joker for much of the villain community, with good reasons. |
| 148 | * DreamWalker: Jade learns the spell for doing this via astral projection and uses it to enter the dreams of her teammates, Gadjo, and Brother Blood. She then tries to see what happens if she enters her own unconscious body, and ends up in her subconscious, [[spoiler:where she finds Tarakudo messing with her mind. Fortunately for him, she thinks it's just another dream]]. |
| 149 | * DroppedABridgeOnHim: Captain Hollywood is killed offscreen, and no one much cares afterwards. |
| 150 | * EitherOrTitle: Most of the chapters have these, with the second title being more humorous and descriptive. |
| 151 | * ElaborateUndergroundBase: The HIVE. Jade compares it to Section 13, stating that it has a better aesthetic appeal. |
| 152 | * EldritchAbomination: The "Great Old Shadows" dwelling in the depths of the Shadow Realm are implied to be this. |
| 153 | * EldritchLocation: |
| 154 | ** First, there was that pocket dimension with the twisting, multicolored sky (which caused a BrownNote reaction in Jade, making her nauseous). |
| 155 | ** Then there's the Shadow Realm of the TT world, with floating islands, some covered in forests and mountains, filled with twisting shadows that seem to switch between a liquid-like and an air-like state. |
| 156 | ** The Buried Brick Homes and Gardens are a sunken apartment complex below Gotham that, due to a failed ritual attempt to summon an eldritch horror, were sunk trans-dimensionally and only quite exist if you approach them from certain directions. |
| 157 | * EmergencyTransformation: |
| 158 | ** Killer Moth has to put Kitten through one when she's badly injured in the Tournament of Villainesses. The result is a bug person like himself, but she appears to have suffered mentally from it, blaming Jade for her state and going on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge. |
| 159 | ** [[spoiler: When Joker tortures Jade by giving her a GlasgowGrin, in her pain-induced delirium she reaches out to the shadows, which infuse her with power and evolve her into a Higher Shadowkhan, turning her into some kind of bird-like creature.]] |
| 160 | * EnemyCivilWar: At the beginning of the story, the HIVE is recovering from one, wherein Blood overthrew the previous Headmistress and ended up having to wipe out the Russian branch of the HIVE. |
| 161 | * EnemyMine: |
| 162 | ** Jinx briefly teams up with the Titans after Mumbo captures both Jade and Starfire and forces them to be his "assistants". Jinx describes it as "sharing a mutual problem", and as soon as Mumbo is defeated she grabs Jade and runs off. |
| 163 | ** The possible BadFuture glimpsed in the "[[MindScrew Destiny]]" interlude has another apparent example: [[spoiler: whatever "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Omega]]" is, it's so bad that the Demon Sorcerers and the Eight Immortals (or a version of them, anyway) team up with each other and Good!Jade to stop Evil!Jade from releasing it]]. |
| 164 | ** Jade and Raven teaming up against the Master of Games. |
| 165 | ** [[spoiler: The HIVE honor roll, and Gadjo, team up with the Titans to defeat the Oni invasion.]] |
| 166 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Killer Moth dearly loves his daughter, and is distraught when Jade nearly kills her (accidentally) in the Tournament [[spoiler: and he swears revenge]]. |
| 167 | ** [[spoiler:After she freaks out from her transformation and escapes, he even tries going to Batman for help, and is willing to give up all his assets to Jade if it means that Kitten will get help]]. |
| 168 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: |
| 169 | ** From Raven's perspective, Zhu Chan is this, as she never actively causes trouble, seeks peaceful alternatives, and doesn't take advantage of Raven being unconscious to hurt her, saying it wouldn't be right. |
| 170 | ** For a straighter example, when Jade and Blackfire face each other in the tournament, Blackfire is willing to let Jade surrender, as she doesn't want to fight a child. Though when Jade doesn't give up, it doesn't stop her from trying to pummel her. |
| 171 | ** Also, even the other HIVE villains find the AxCrazy Gadjo a bit disturbing. |
| 172 | ** Even ''Gadjo'' has standards, believe it or not, as he thinks [[BloodKnight fighting is about fighting]], not big speeches or special effects, like Susano was doing in the HIVE entrance exam. |
| 173 | ** [[spoiler: Even the HIVE is disgusted by Beast Boy and Starfire considering [[BrainwashingForTheGreaterGood leaving Jade as "Star Chan" permanently]]]]. |
| 174 | ** When Blood punishes Jade by having ''ComicBook/TheJoker'', one of the most AxCrazy villains in the world, take a role as an EvilMentor for her, one of the other students says that Blood should have just burned her death like a "civilized" villain instead. |
| 175 | ** Dr. Gunn of the HIVE doesn't like mind control, and [[spoiler:he and several other HIVE staff members don't like how petty and egotistical Blood is, which is part of why they plan to overthrow him]]. |
| 176 | ** Two Face is disgusted by Penguin's straddling of the legal line, feeling that someone should be either law-abiding or a criminal, not live in a grey zone. |
| 177 | ** Penguin holds the breaking of contracts to be unforgivable. [[spoiler: When Jade, whom he loaned out to Scarecrow, turns on Scarecrow to protect her neighbors, he cuts her loose and stops acting as her middleman.]][[spoiler:Later, when Kitten comes to him looking for information on Jade's whereabouts, he exploits a loophole by sending her the way of someone else rather than betray Jade directly, because Kitten paying in gold and not even haggling means that he can't short-change her. He also sympathizes with her post-transformation issues, given his feelings towards his own looks, and has one of his employees dance with her]]. |
| 178 | * EvilCostumeSwitch: |
| 179 | ** Naturally, Jade is forced to take on a new outfit when she's recruited by the HIVE (and after the above mentioned ClothingDamage, it becomes necessary). She ends up with a mildly complex ensemble composed of a cloak over a robe over a karate gi, selling the fact that she's a magic user who can also fight hand-to-hand. |
| 180 | ** [[spoiler: When the Queen takes control of her and Jade's body, thanks to her deal with Tarakudo, she starts wearing kimono and a straw hat.]] |
| 181 | * EvilerThanThou: |
| 182 | ** Blood finds that he is outclassed by [[spoiler:Tarakudo when he tries to take Jade’s mind]]. And earlier in the same chapter, Slade subtly shows that Blood is his inferior as well. |
| 183 | ** [[spoiler:Blood gets it ''again'' in the next chapter, when the Oni and the Shadowkhan defeat him and his army of students. Jinx uses this as justification for the Titans allying with the remaining HIVE students against the Oni.]] |
| 184 | ** The Honor Roll all agree that Slade is the most intimidating person they've even met, even including [[spoiler: witnessing Tarakudo's takeover]]. |
| 185 | * EvilLaugh: The HIVE actually has a seminar on this, and whether or not it's worth it. Captain Hollywood did this in class once, leading Jade to swear never to do it. |
| 186 | * EvilMakeover: Another thing the HIVE has a seminar on. |
| 187 | * EvilPlan: [[spoiler:The Oni plan to draw the planet into the Shadow Realm, putting them firmly at the top of the food chain]]. |
| 188 | * EvilVsEvil: [[spoiler: The HIVE vs the Oni. The HIVE loses, badly.]] |
| 189 | * ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: Evil Dick's evil machine is actually labeled "evil machine". |
| 190 | * ExtremeOmnivore: It seems that as a Shadowkhan, Jade is capable of eating just about anything, in addition to her natural BigEater tendencies having been increased. In fact, it becomes the subject of a RunningGag via Jinx repeatedly asking if she's part goat or something. Everything except alcohol, that is. Apparently, Jade, [[FridgeBrilliance like most Japanese demons]], can't hold her drink. According to Tarakudo, these feeding habits are a staple of female Shadowkhan. |
| 191 | * EyeScream: [[spoiler: Jinx loses an eye to Kitten, and her mystic biology keeps the HIVE's medics from regenerating it]]. |
| 192 | * FacePalm: Raven does this after hearing Gadjo's "explanation" for how relationships work. |
| 193 | * FailedASpotCheck: Evil Dick completely missed Robin freeing Starfire, and had no idea [[spoiler: that Zhu/Star Chan had joined with the Titans despite it being two months since she had]]. |
| 194 | * FailsafeFailure: [[spoiler:Jade busts Harley out of Arkham for the Joker by using her shadow-walking and telekinesis to take advantage of an emergency failsafe that lets the comparatively ''less'' dangerous inmates, who don't warrant a place in Batman's RoguesGallery, out of their cells during a fire or similar emergency, using it as a distraction for Batman.]] |
| 195 | * FantasticArousal: Both Gadjo and Tarakudo are apparently turned on by the horns Jade sports after she's magically aged up. When Jade ages herself up, Jinx mentions everyone is staring at those things she grew (her breasts) and Jade mistakes Jinx as meaning her horns. Jinx wonders if horns are the "attraction thing" for Jade's kind when she preens when Gadjo compliments them but instantly blasts him through a wall for asking to touch them. |
| 196 | * FantasticRacism: |
| 197 | ** Much like [[FanFic/JewelOfDarkness another story]] by the same author, there's a lot of subtle (and not so subtle) hate directed towards Metas and other non-humans. This ends up contributing to Jade being pushed towards the HIVE. |
| 198 | ** Played for laughs when Jade accuses Beast Boy of doing racial profiling after he comments that she and Mumbo have a lot in common (them both being blue-skinned magic users). |
| 199 | ** Susano appears to hate Jade based solely on him being partially divine and her being part Oni.[[note]]Given his reaction to what is implied to be a version of Jade in the ''Anime/OnePiece'' world, it's likely that he has other reasons to hate her[[/note]] |
| 200 | ** Susano also called Gadjo "Gaijin", a word meaning "alien", with great contempt, showing that his racism isn't ''just'' towards mystical beings (though since he seems to be in a team with a demon and a ghost, it may partly be because he's a {{Jerkass}} and just uses it as an excuse to demean others). |
| 201 | ** And Gadjo seems to ''really'' hate zombies. |
| 202 | ** Jade lampshades the inconsistency at one point, asking why ''blue'' skin was such a big deal while ''grey''[[note]]like Raven's[[/note]] skin was fine. |
| 203 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Brother Blood, who -- like in canon -- pretends to be a charming old fellow, but really, ''really'' isn't. |
| 204 | * FillerVillain: The Master of Games in the Tournament chapter. |
| 205 | * ForcedIntoEvil: Jade is only villain due to a bunch of misunderstandings with the Titans and fear of the HIVE. |
| 206 | * ForcedTransformation: |
| 207 | ** The Cackler forcibly transforms Jade back into her Shadowkhan form (although she still has her normal mindset). |
| 208 | ** She also gets turned into a monkey by Mumbo (to serve as his assistant), but that is undone rather quickly. |
| 209 | * ForWantOfANail: Per WordOfGod, this is the reason that Cyborg attempts his undercover mission at the HIVE from Season 3 despite it still being in the timeframe of Season 2 (going by Slade's cameos) -- Jade's presence and actions have ramped up the [=HIVE's=] threat level enough for the Titans to do this. And Jade seeing through his disguise cuts it short before Cyborg catches Blood's attention, thus seemingly preventing the Season 3 StoryArc from ever happening. |
| 210 | * GirlsWithMoustaches: When Jade tries to use a potion to try and regrow her eyebrows after a failed spell fried them off, she gets one. When Jinx laughs, Jade throws the potion in her face, causing the bad luck witch to get one nearly reaching her shoulders. |
| 211 | * GlasgowGrin: The Joker's in this story, so this was bound to come up eventually. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for Jade, it happens to her, when he wants to punish her for ratting him out to Batman.]] |
| 212 | * GoodIsNotDumb: Jade, as the Queen explicitly says that their cunning comes from her. |
| 213 | * GoingToGiveItMoreEnergy: Raven does this to defeat Jade in the Tournament -- she uses her shields to force Jade to overdose on shadows in the shadow realm, causing her to fall asleep. |
| 214 | * GratuitousJapanese: Jade tends to slip into this when under duress. Presumably, this is due to the influence of her Shadowkhan side, seeing as she herself is Chinese. |
| 215 | * GreaterScopeVillain: The Cackler, possibly. It's not very clear at this point. |
| 216 | * GrievousHarmWithABody: When the Titans are watching footage of Gadjo fighting zombies, it mentioned at one point that he's apparently "whaling on zombies ''with'' a zombie". |
| 217 | * GroinAttack: |
| 218 | ** Jade suggests this to Starfire when they're pummeling Mumbo. |
| 219 | ** And she does it to the Master of Games later on. |
| 220 | * GuileHero: |
| 221 | ** Jade, just like in canon, is intelligent and cunning. At one point, when Gadjo -- who had ''no'' plan, only wanting to fight the Titans -- is telling them about the way he thinks relationships work, she just goes and steals the artifact they were after. |
| 222 | ** [[spoiler:She manages to break Harley out of the Arkham with minimal planning, despite the fact that the guards were expecting trouble and on high alert.]] |
| 223 | * HalfHumanHybrid: Jinx tells Jade her bad luck powers are due to her being 1/4 fey. |
| 224 | * {{Hammerspace}}: Jade mentally lampshades this in regards to Suzano's staff, even using the ''word'' hammerspace. |
| 225 | * HeroWithBadPublicity: Due to her short temper during her interactions with the Titans and the random JerkAss civilians of Jump City, Jade ends up being labeled a public threat. And matters aren't helped any by her having to pretend to be a villain so that the HIVE doesn't kill her. |
| 226 | * HighAltitudeBattle: When the mutated [[spoiler: Kitten]] tracks down Jade in Gotham, it leads to a fight that results in the two of them fighting each other several hundred feet in the air, and ends with [[spoiler: them being so caught up in grappling that they crash back to the ground]]. |
| 227 | * HumanoidAbomination: The Cackler. |
| 228 | * {{Hypocrite}}: Susano's FantasticRacism towards Oni becomes this with the apparent reveal that his demonic teammate is apparently one (albeit a weaker one than the Oni Generals). |
| 229 | * ImAHumanitarian: |
| 230 | ** Gadjo knowingly eats the pie Mother Mae Eye was sealed in. |
| 231 | ** [[spoiler: After defeating Blood, the Oni decide to feast on his brain.]] |
| 232 | * InMediasRes: Chapter 12, which has this for a title, opens with Evil Dick [[NotSoHarmlessVillain somehow having captured Starfire and activating his device]]. |
| 233 | * InsaneTrollLogic: |
| 234 | ** Gadjo's "explanation" for how romantic relationship "really" work, which basically boils down to women using sex to force men to take out the garbage so civilization doesn't collapse. When he gives this speech to the Titans, they are all left dumbfounded... except Beast Boy, to [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike whom it somehow makes sense]]! |
| 235 | ** After [[spoiler:Jade/Zhu Chan TakingTheBullet for Jinx]] [[ItsAllMyFault sends both Robin and Raven]] into a HeroicBSOD, Cyborg sticks them in a crate to work through it, on the basis that since a negative times a negative is a positive, stuffing that much {{Angst}} into a small space will have a positive effect. Surprisingly, it works. |
| 236 | * {{Irony}}: Jade lampshades the irony of her being sent to steal the Jadeite Panda. |
| 237 | * {{Jerkass}}: The citizens of Jump and Susano. |
| 238 | * JokerImmunity: Lampshaded by Jade [[spoiler:when the Queen suggests killing the Joker to get out of their internship to him, pointing out that people more skilled at killing have tried and failed, and he'd probably end up NotQuiteDead and come after them]]. |
| 239 | * JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: When Jade is absorbed by the Master of Games' medallion, she ends up inside her mind, where she meets the Queen (her EnemyWithin), who tries to present herself as a necessary part of Jade's mind, and tries to convince her to let them fuse together. |
| 240 | * KarmicDeath: Captain Hollywood tries to strangle a unicorn, only to end up impaled by its horn. |
| 241 | * KeystoneArmy: [[spoiler: The Shadowkhan's keystone isn't Tarakudo, but the Queen/Kagehime, who has the fragments of the Red Mask in her. When they and Tarakudo's chi are expelled from her body, the Shadowkhan are re-sealed.]] |
| 242 | * KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Susano sending Jade's consciousness to the Shadow Realm]]. |
| 243 | * KilledOffForReal: Captain Hollywood. |
| 244 | * KneelBeforeZod: [[spoiler: The Oni demand this of the HIVE when they show up. And after a show of force, most do so.]] |
| 245 | * KungFuWizard: Jade. Her villain outfit is to sell the fact that she uses martial arts ''and'' magic, and she herself says that between magic, martial arts, and her other abilities (i.e. the Talismans), she'll choose all of the above. |
| 246 | * KryptoniteFactor: Beast Boy and Jade argue (in the middle of a fight, mind you) whether or not Jade's Shadowkhan-induced weakness to onions qualifies. |
| 247 | * LamePunReaction: At one point Jade makes a bet with Gizmo about what kind of pun the Titans will open the fight with. [[spoiler:She guessed correctly.]] |
| 248 | * LaserGuidedKarma: |
| 249 | ** Jade thinks that gaining the Shadowkhan weakness to onions (and actually experiencing the pain it causes) is this to her for enjoying doing it to Tarakudo. Though she's quick to point out that unlike her, ''he'' had it coming. |
| 250 | ** Jade warns Jinx that, due to the BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil nature of chi magic, she’s setting herself up for a major karmic backlash if she continues to use her chi magic amulet the way she’s been doing (constantly, and for dark and self-centered purposes). |
| 251 | * LeaningOnTheFourthWall: |
| 252 | ** The HIVE has a seminar called F.W.A., which appears to mean "Fourth Wall Awareness". The instructor is completely nuts, and no one takes it seriously -- it's just used as a form of hazing for the newer students. |
| 253 | ** [[spoiler:Gadjo's speech to Jinx about how Jade isn't dead because she's the focus of the story, not him]]. |
| 254 | ** [[spoiler:Jade tells Queen that trying to murder Joker would only end with their own death, like some guest episode villain that thinks they are safe until their diver turns out to be the main antagonist.]] |
| 255 | * LickingTheBlade: Done by the Master of Games with Machete's blade during his fight with Raven. |
| 256 | * LossOfIdentity: |
| 257 | ** Jade fears that she's becoming less and less like her old self. This only gets worse when she speaks with the Queen, who points out how comfortable she's become with some of the changes she's undergone. |
| 258 | ** [[spoiler:When the Queen is sent to the Shadow Realm, she's reduced to a feral thing until Tarakudo finds her and restores her. Even then, Jade's mind is still gone]]. |
| 259 | * MacheteMayhem: The [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin aptly-named]] villain Machete (Gadjo's partner). |
| 260 | * MadeOfIron: |
| 261 | ** After accidentally hitting Jinx and her team with a full energy attack during a fight with the Titans only for them to end up only slightly hurt, Jade comments that people in this world are pretty tough. |
| 262 | ** Subverted and lampshaded with Kitty. Jade gives her a full blast from the Dragon talisman and nearly kills her; afterwards, she comments how most people she'd encountered so far would have walked away from that. |
| 263 | * MadScientist: |
| 264 | ** Gizmo, obviously. |
| 265 | ** Also Georgia Sivanna, daughter of ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'s ArchEnemy. |
| 266 | * MagicVersusScience: |
| 267 | ** Gizmo and Jade seem to be quickly developing a rivalry based on this. The fact that they hate each other and are forced to share a lab space doesn't help. |
| 268 | ** Jinx and Raven both fight Georgia in the Tournament of Villainesses. |
| 269 | * MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: [[spoiler: Although Jade vetoes it, being GenreSavvy on the Joker's [[JokerImmunity ability to cheat death]], and not wanting him to come after her seeking revenge, the Queen suggests getting out of their internship with the Joker by killing him by using their telekinesis to get him hit by a train or something.]] |
| 270 | * ManipulativeBastard: |
| 271 | ** Blood's stock in trade. |
| 272 | ** [[spoiler:In another similarity to ''FanFic/QueenOfAllOni'', Tarakudo is manipulating Jade from the shadow realm via her subconscious.]] |
| 273 | -->'''[[spoiler:Tarakudo:]]''' I will make the bird [[MoreThanMindControl want to sing]]. |
| 274 | * TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: Turns out, Cadmus is the secret benefactor of the HIVE. Waller justifies this by saying it allows them to focus all these potential villains in one place where they can be monitored, and that this worked until Blood's coup.]] |
| 275 | * MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: |
| 276 | ** Jade feels an odd quality to Gotham's shadows, and she's not sure if it's in her head or if there's something else messing with them. [[spoiler:Considering that in most continuities the city ''was'' cursed by a warlock, she might be onto something.]] |
| 277 | ** Jade seems to feel Scarface's gaze when infiltrating Arkham... Later one of the guards thinks he heard the puppet complaining. |
| 278 | * MindControl: |
| 279 | ** Blood, but it [[NoSell doesn't work very well on Jade]] ''at all''. |
| 280 | ** Poison Ivy makes a few appearances, with Jade noting her liberal use of mind altering pheromones. |
| 281 | * MindScrew: The interlude chapter "Destiny" features two adult versions of Jade -- one evil and one good (apparently) -- fighting each other. It borders on being a BizarroEpisode, except it's implied that it actually will be important later on. |
| 282 | * MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: [[spoiler: Tarakudo's refusal to aid a proper SplitPersonalityMerge, and constant dismissals of her, makes the Queen/Kagehime turn on him and help the heroes re-seal the Oni.]] |
| 283 | * MoralityChain: The Queen refers to Jackie and the rest of Jade's family as this by name when describing why Jade is SlowlySlippingIntoEvil. |
| 284 | * MundaneUtility: Jade has used her eye beams to heat up a potion at least once. |
| 285 | * MythologyGag: |
| 286 | ** Jinx says she would never fall for some jerky hero who's always getting in her way. In the show, she did end up in a relationship with Kid Flash after he spent his whole introductory episode getting in her way and messing with her. |
| 287 | ** More subtly, the Master of Games abducted Raven, a DarkIsNotEvil ''heroine'', for his "Tournament of Villainesses", like how he summoned Gizmo, a ''villain'', for his "Tournament of Heroes" in canon. |
| 288 | ** Susano is the same individual as the character of the same name from the author's other Titans fic, ''Fanfic/JewelOfDarkness''. |
| 289 | ** Also like in ''Jewel of Darkness'', [[spoiler: Jinx loses an eye and is unable to have it regenerated thanks to her mystic biology]]. |
| 290 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: |
| 291 | ** Jade freaks out when she nearly kills Kitty in a rage in the Tournament. |
| 292 | ** [[spoiler:Jinx when she realizes that Jade TakingTheBullet for her may have resulted in her losing everything]]. |
| 293 | * NeverMyFault: [=HIVE=] Academy has a class named "Irrational Blame Assignment". According to Mammoth, "you can get a pass even if you fail by just making a good argument on why your lousy grade somehow wasn't your fault". |
| 294 | * NoEndorHolocaust: The Queen references this when she points out that the Oni covering the Earth in shadow would result in plants dying and the like. [[spoiler:It turns out that covering the planet in shadow is only step one, with step two being sucking the entire sphere into the Shadow Realm]]. |
| 295 | * NoodleIncident: |
| 296 | ** At one point, Jade is sentenced to detention in the [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace ominously-named]] "Pit". The narration then cuts to the following morning, with her stating that it was no big deal. |
| 297 | ** The Titans view footage of Gadjo fighting zombies, but we only read their reactions to what they see and a few of his lines. We don't actually get to see what he did. |
| 298 | ** Another one with Gadjo -- he gets sent to the Pit for trying to feed a teacher to the HIVE's monster mascot. |
| 299 | ** When Beast Boy is gloating about having an ArchEnemy in Jade, Raven threateningly reminds him about "the bubbles" in order to shut him up. Cyborg mentions it again to do the same a few chapters later. |
| 300 | ** Captain Hollywood goes up to show the class how to strangle a unicorn, and the scene cuts to a memorial service, mentioning how he got gored several times by it. |
| 301 | ** At one point, a fight with the Titans results in Gizmo being captured and Jade in hot water with the Tribunal. She ends up spending a week in the Chamber of Moderate Annoyances because Gadjo broke the Pit. |
| 302 | ** Gadjo apparently caused a temporal shift and rendered WesternAnimation/PinkyElmyraAndTheBrain RetGone. |
| 303 | ** Whatever Cyborg did in those two minutes we didn't see that got him to convince Beast Boy that he's a better temporary leader than the changeling is. |
| 304 | ** Whatever event that led to the Buried Brick Homes and Gardens buildings being sunk underground and only able to be accessed from certain angles. All we know is that some cultist tried to summon an eldritch horror but was defeated by a Presbyterian with a bayonet and blessed gasoline. Also, apparently Batman once dialed Zatanna to warp a number of the tenants away, self-sustaining warps or portals to said location were banned after some Korean teenagers stumbled into it and tried to turn it into a budget horror flick, the previous resident of Jade's apartment ended up disintegrated, and anytime someone tries to get the internet to work down there it ends badly. |
| 305 | ** Poison Ivy was apparently banned from the Buried Brick apartments for killing someone who was supposedly unkillable ''by accident''. The Joker and Harley were also banned, for several instances of causing unspecified harm to various residents. |
| 306 | * NoSell: |
| 307 | ** Gadjo shrugs off just about everything thrown at him. |
| 308 | ** Jade is immune to mind manipulation due to several factors. |
| 309 | ** During the period when Jade is magically aged up, she gets hit with a giant Green Lantern ring-created fist, and gets whacked over the head with a baseball bat. Neither has any effect. |
| 310 | * NotSoHarmlessVillain: After the TimeSkip, Evil Dick actually manages to capture Starfire off-screen, and if [[spoiler: Star Chan hadn't [[CuttingTheKnot managed to pull the plug]]]], his device would have caused some serious damage. Robin even lampshades it and uses it as an example of why they shouldn't underestimate any villain. |
| 311 | * OCStandIn: As per usual for Project fics, the Oni Generals get individual names and personalities. |
| 312 | * OddFriendship: Jinx and Jade. |
| 313 | * OminousMessageFromTheFuture: After Starfire's trip into the BadFuture depicted in the "How Long Is Forever?" episode, Nightwing sends her back with a letter to the present-day Robin, warning of some unspecified incident involving Jade that caused the Titans (already unstable following Starfire's disappearance) to fall apart completely. While the letter doesn't give details, Nightwing does imply that there's a moral quandary involved, and implores Robin to do the right thing. Initially, Robin thought the message referred to the "Star Chan" debacle -- whether the Titans should [[spoiler: leave a brainwashed-through-Starfire's-chi Zhu Chan to remain as she was]] -- until Cyborg pointed out that Starfire would not have been available in Nightwing's timeline, having been sent to the future instead, so whatever he wanted to warn Robin about, it's either a different situation that yet has to play out, or one that has been prevented from happening. |
| 314 | * {{Original Character}}s: Gadjo, Machete, Susano (who also appears in ''FanFic/JewelOfDarkness''[[note]] References to ''Jewel'''s MissingEpisode actually suggest that Susano and this one are ''the same'' individual. Later confirmed. [[/note]]), The Cackler, Asuka-Tammy. |
| 315 | * OriginalFlavor: It's been commented on that both Jade and the TT characters are kept very much in character. |
| 316 | * OvernightAgeUp: Jade uses a magic staff (based on Mad Mod's technology) to steal Cyborg's age, making herself an adult while turning him [[FountainOfYouth into a kid]]. |
| 317 | * PaperThinDisguise: Jade sees through Cyborg's "Stone" disguise almost immediately, and is surprised that she's the only one. |
| 318 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Subtle example, but Mumbo does seem to have a tendency to force women into being his "assistants". When he magically places Jinx in a rather revealing outfit, she comments on it being harassment. |
| 319 | * PowerAtAPrice: Jade warns Jinx that her continued use of the amulet could have serious repercussions due the BalanceBetweenGoodAndEvil basis of chi magic (not mentioning that it’s apparently making her appetite bigger even though she’s losing weight) |
| 320 | * PowerIncontinence: When Jade is magically aged up, her powers grow to the point that she has little control over them. The worst is her ability to travel by shadow, where she keeps overshooting her target... by ''whole continents''. |
| 321 | * ProperlyParanoid: |
| 322 | ** Jade when interning for the Joker. She refuses to eat or drink anything that he gives her, sleeps as little as she can on the road trip from Jump back to Gotham, [[spoiler:shoots down the Queen's suggestion of killing him, pointing out that [[JokerImmunity others have tried before, and he'd probably survive and seek revenge]],]] uses telekinesis to avoid the booby-traps in his lair and sleeps in Shadow Realm. |
| 323 | ** Arkham, in contrast to its CardboardPrison reputation, actually takes its security, at least for the "living weapon" level inmates, rather seriously. [[spoiler:Jade mainly gets Harley out by being audacious enough to use her shadow powers to go in with the food and exploiting a failsafe designed to let the less dangerous inmates out in a situation where the building is treathened by fire or similar disaster.]] |
| 324 | ** Penguin. He has mystical defenses against any magical villains who don't use the front door, uses a typewriter so his files can't be hacked... |
| 325 | * PsychoForHire: Gadjo was apparently a freelance mercenary before even before being recruited by the HIVE. As for the "psycho" part, well, just look at some of the other tropes on this page. |
| 326 | * PsychicBlockDefense: According to WordOfGod, Jade, being a higher-level Shadowkhan, has a natural resistance to mental powers that, combined with her willpower and a third factor [[spoiler:(Tarakudo's presence in her mind)]], make Blood's MindControl a NoSell on her. |
| 327 | * RapidHairGrowth: While fighting [[spoiler:the Sumo Khan general]], Gadjo is able to force a fully formed handlebar moustache to grow instantly. |
| 328 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: |
| 329 | ** Jade delivers one to the Master of Games during their battle, in response to his claims that he always wins. |
| 330 | --> '''Jade:''' Yeah, because you stack the deck. And brag about beating up a girl who has already fought hard while you sit on the sidelines. I know real badasses, and you don't even come close to the list. |
| 331 | --> '''Master of Games:''' Enough of your impudence! |
| 332 | --> '''Jade:''' Sloppy. You may have a lot of power, but you didn't earn it. They may not have been smart, but at least they know their own power, idiot. |
| 333 | ** Brother Blood gets a few minor ones from Slade and Tarakudo in the Super Jinx chapter. |
| 334 | ** Jade's WhatTheHellHero rant at the Titans [[spoiler:after being changed back from Star Chan]] has hints of this, most notably when she addresses Raven: |
| 335 | -->"We're even. I don't think you would have done squat if the group told ya no, but you did at least want to do right by me." |
| 336 | * RealDreamsAreWeirder: |
| 337 | ** [[spoiler: Tarakudo uses this to keep Jade from realizing she's stumbled onto him messing around with her subconscious -- he conjures multicolored mushrooms and ducks in top hats, then turns himself into a basketball with a mustache.]] |
| 338 | ** This works against him in the following chapter, as he tries to communicate with Jade, who's distracted by a dream of building a wall of sheep (using peanut butter as mortar) to stop a tidal wave of jelly. |
| 339 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: |
| 340 | ** At one point, Jade discusses this trope with Beast Boy, and whether or not it necessarily makes someone evil. |
| 341 | ** Played straight, of course, when Raven's dark side briefly takes out when she's fighting Machete in the Tournament. |
| 342 | * RevengeByProxy: [[spoiler: After Jade's apparent death, resulting from the Titans' actions, a distraught Jinx destroys their favorite pizza place.]] |
| 343 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler: Once Kitten revives from Killer Moth's EmergencyTransformation, she immediately decides to go looking for Jade to get revenge, after knocking her father out and leaving him on the floor. She then targets the HIVE Honor Roll and [[CurbStompBattle curbstomps]] them until Gizmo tells her where Jade is.]] |
| 344 | * RunningGag: |
| 345 | ** There's apparently an offscreen one about Jade's potions exploding. |
| 346 | ** Jade's clothes being destroyed by a magic explosion. |
| 347 | ** During the Tournament of Villainesses, Raven reminding people that she ''isn't'' a villain. |
| 348 | ** Also, Jinx has asked Jade multiple times if she's part-goat (because of her ExtremeOmnivore tendencies). |
| 349 | ** People getting annoyed by Beast Boy insisting Jade is his ArchEnemy, and reminding him of "[[NoodleIncident the bubbles]]" to shut him up. Also, Jade getting annoyed when others insist on the same thing. |
| 350 | ** References to Gadjo's InsaneTrollLogic on romance. |
| 351 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: |
| 352 | ** Susano and his team try to corner Jade for a beating at one point, only for Gadjo to show up and curbstomp one of them. The other teammate runs off, and Susano wisely leaves too after a few parting insults. |
| 353 | ** For a more comedic example, when Jinx and Jade are attending a seminar on minion management, there's a video of Gadjo killing a previous employer for [[ItMakesSenseInContext threatening his pies]]. Around the time he rips off the guy's head and throws it at the camera, the girls decide to ditch out on the rest of the seminar. |
| 354 | ** When Jade finds herself facing a Green Lantern rather than the Titans, she runs away without even trying to fight. |
| 355 | * SecondSuperIdentity: [[spoiler:When working for Penguin to WorkOffTheDebt for healing her, Jade goes by Karasu, as she fears that the HIVE will come after her for her internship with Joker falling apart.]] |
| 356 | * SecretIdentity: |
| 357 | ** Jade takes on the name [[PunnyName Zhu Chan]] ([[MeaningfulName "Bad Omen"]]) as her villain persona. Notably, this is the only name any character in the ''Titans'' universe know her by, even the villains, and most seem to think it's her real one. Meanwhile, the narration switches back and forth on which to refer to her as, depending on the situation. |
| 358 | ** [[spoiler:She [[SecondSuperIdentity takes on a second one]] while working for Penguin, Karasu, Japanese for "Raven", due to her new bird features]]. |
| 359 | * SenselessSacrifice: [[spoiler:Jade trying to [[TakingTheBullet take a spell for Jinx]] doesn't do anything. The spell passes right through her and hits Jinx regardless, destroying Hwan's Talisman and freeing her from its influence, and it causes a reaction that reduces her body to formless shadow]]. |
| 360 | * ShearMenace: After [[spoiler: Jade's chi is reunited]], Jinx gives her a pair of scissors that she's magically enhanced as a new weapon. At a spoken command, they grow to garden shears size, and the blades can [[DualWielding separate]]. |
| 361 | * ShipperOnDeck: Gadjo ships Robin and Raven, since it fits his InsaneTrollLogic for romance. |
| 362 | * SlasherSmile: |
| 363 | ** Due to her now pointy teeth, Jade tends to do this by default. Raven wonders if she's even aware of it. |
| 364 | ** [[spoiler: The Oni give these in reaction to Blood's YouAndWhatArmy inquiry, before summoning their armies.]] |
| 365 | * SlippedTheRopes: Subverted. In one chapter, Jade tries to dislocate her thumbs in order to slip out of some magic handcuffs. All she has to show for it is sore thumbs, as it's a lot harder to intentional dislocate your own body parts than the movies make it look. |
| 366 | * SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: [[spoiler:Joker works out with disturbing accuracy Jade's real background from Blood's notes and what little he's seen of her, realizing she was, and still views herself as, a hero. Annoyed by her attempt to survive in villainy until she can either return or become a hero, he notes that the slide is happening anyway... and despite knowing she's quite a lot further downhill than even she realizes, he decides she's not going down fast enough and arranges for a torture and MoreThanMindControl session to break her spirit to make the rest of the fall ''faster''.]] |
| 367 | * SpitTake: When told over breakfast that she's being teamed up with [[AxCrazy Gadjo]], Jade spits her miso into Jinx's face. The latter is not amused. |
| 368 | * SplitPersonalityMerge: |
| 369 | ** The Queen suggests that this is naturally occurring between her and Jade, due to a combination of Jade's transformation and the loss of her MoralityChain (her family), and that the combined being will have her desire to [[TheUnfettered do whatever she wants]], but with Jade's cunning (which the Queen herself lacked last time). |
| 370 | ** [[spoiler: The Queen ultimately settles for a SplitPersonalityTakeover (with help from Tarakudo), in order to survive TakingTheBullet for Jinx, but makes it clear she still wants a full merge.]] |
| 371 | * SquishyWizard: Averted. Jade's costume is to sell the fact that she uses magic ''and'' martial arts, and she once mentally commented that between martial arts, the Talisman powers, and magic, her first choice will be ''all of the above''. |
| 372 | * StealthHiBye: |
| 373 | ** Jade, naturally, now with the added help of her ability to hide in shadows. |
| 374 | ** She actually ends up on the receiving end herself a few times, usually from Gadjo and Jinx. |
| 375 | ** Slade does this to Blood, for no apparent reason other than rubbing the latter's face in his inferiority. |
| 376 | ** Batman, of course. |
| 377 | * StrangeMindsThinkAlike: Apparently Beast Boy and Gadjo are on the same page when it comes to understanding romance. |
| 378 | * StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourHatred: [[spoiler: When a post-EmergencyTransformation Jade lashes out at Joker in pain and rage after he tortures her, he encourages her to cross the line and kill him, taking joy in the idea of his death corrupting her. She actually tries, before Batman intervenes.]] |
| 379 | * StupidEvil: In-universe, the Queen admits to both Jade and [[spoiler:Tarakudo]] that her light side is the one with the most intelligence, with her mentioning to Jade how she didn't notice Tohru in Shadowkhan garb the first time she appeared. |
| 380 | * SummonBiggerFish: |
| 381 | ** When Jade is sent to break Machete out of prison, only for it to turn into a fight with Raven and Starfire, Jade lets [[spoiler: Cinderblock]] out of his cell in order to keep the Titan girls busy. |
| 382 | ** Jade ends up on the receiving end, as after she magically ages herself up, she's declared such a threat to be worth the Justice League's attention, resulting in the Green Lantern being sent after her. |
| 383 | * {{Synchronization}}: [[spoiler: When Jade attacks the Queen's avatar after the latter insults Jackie, she feels the pain too]]. |
| 384 | * TakeThat: |
| 385 | ** Gadjo goes back in time specifically to RetGone WesternAnimation/PinkyElmyraAndTheBrain. |
| 386 | ** Gadjo eating, and badly digesting, the pie containing Mother Mae Eye, reflects how the author despised both the character and her whole episode. |
| 387 | ** There are a couple of jabs at ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitansGo'' in Chapter 12. |
| 388 | * TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:Jade ends up taking a spell meant for Jinx, which leaves her catatonic]]. |
| 389 | * TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: When the Oni are being re-sealed, Tarakudo attempts to kill the treacherous Queen/Kagehime, but is prevented by Jinx.]] |
| 390 | * TemptingFate: |
| 391 | ** [[spoiler:Brother Blood uses the classic "YouAndWhatArmy" line, only for the Oni to summon their Shadowkhan...]] |
| 392 | ** In chapter 12, the Titans burst in to rescue Starfire and stop Evil Dick ''right'' after he makes a "who could stop me now" comment. |
| 393 | * ThatManIsDead: [[spoiler:Tarakudo invokes this when talking to Jade in Gotham, saying that her "Zhu Chan" identity is more who she is than "Jade" now, calling her by the former name.]] |
| 394 | * TheyCalledMeMad: Evil Dick rants this about him and his father during chapter 12. |
| 395 | * ThisIsYourBrainOnEvil: Using the Talisman of Hwan, Jinx boosts her powers manyfold, but is left highly unstable and paranoid. And on top of that, her physical status deteriorates significantly. |
| 396 | * TimeSkip: There's an in-universe two-month gap between Chapters 11 and 12. |
| 397 | * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Jade and Jinx, respectively. Jade is tomboyish, hating girly stuff, while Jinx is more feminine, wears dresses, and [[{{Squee}} squees]] when she sees a unicorn. |
| 398 | * TooDumbToLive: Despite the skepticism of his students regarding his plan to strangle a unicorn (including a student who tried to strangle a horse, only to end up getting kicked in the face, requiring him to wear a mask), Captain Hollywood goes ahead with it, only for the story to cut to his memorial service. It's even said he died an idiot's death. |
| 399 | * TwoBeingsOneBody: Asuka-Tammy is two [[WasOnceAMan formerly-human]] women of those names, who were transformed into a [[SpiderPeople Spider Woman]] with a shared body below the torsos due to being [[EatenAlive eaten]] and digested by an EldritchAbomination-serving GiantSpider which they then [[KillItThroughItsStomach ate their way out of]]. |
| 400 | * UnderestimatingBadassery: After his plan is foiled, it's lampshaded that [[TheChewToy Evil Dick's]] NotSoHarmlessVillain moment was in part due to the Titans underestimating him. |
| 401 | * VillainousBSOD: [[spoiler:After Jade TakingTheBullet for her results in her being rendering a formless mass of shadow, and Susano sends what is left to the Shadow Realm, apparently killing her, Jinx becomes depressed (apparently neglecting her hygiene) and destroys the Titan's favorite pizza place for petty {{Revenge}} against them, without any real plan, and has to be rescued by Gadjo]]. |
| 402 | * VillainousBreakdown: When Raven beats Jade out of his pendant, and during Jade's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech to him, Master of Games loses his composure briefly for the only time in the chapter (save his defeat), though he manages to catch himself quickly. |
| 403 | * VillainExitStageLeft: Jinx says something similar when she grabs Jade after the mess with Mumbo and leaves. |
| 404 | * VillainHasAPoint: After the JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind, Jade is forced to admit that the Queen has a point or two in regards to how much she's changed (like eating metal and wood, preferring less light, etc.), and decides to step up her game (as she refuses to accept the changes the Queen has in mind, even if she admits to them). |
| 405 | ** [[spoiler:Tarakudo makes several points when Jade and the Queen talk to him in Gotham, much as Jade hates to admit it]]. |
| 406 | * WeaksauceWeakness: |
| 407 | ** Just like [[Fanfic/QueenOfAllOni another fic]] by the author, Jade's transformation has granted her the Oni weakness to onions. She protests to Beast Boy that it does ''not'' qualify as a KryptoniteFactor. |
| 408 | ** [[spoiler:When the Oni and Shadowkhan attack the H.I.V.E., Gizmo managed to weaponize this]]. |
| 409 | * WhamEpisode: |
| 410 | ** "Super Jinx!" [[spoiler:It ends with Jade adrift in the Shadow Realm and Tarakudo ready to make his move]]. |
| 411 | ** [[spoiler:The next chapter has Tarakudo making a deal with the Queen (as Jade's light side is MIA), with the Queen regaining physical form (albeit without hair) and breaking Tarakudo's mask to free him and the Oni Generals, who proceed to take over the HIVE and create a dome of shadow over Jump City, with a second wave of shadow that repels any beings that aren't normal humans (even ''Superman''), with the intent of covering the entire Earth in shadow so they can drag it into the Shadow Realm]]. |
| 412 | ** "Joke's On Her (Part 2)" [[spoiler:Jade rats out Joker to Batman in order to get out from under him, but after he's inadvertently freed from police custody by the mutated Kitten, he tracks Jade down and proceeds to torture her by carving up her face. The pain causes her to undergo an EmergencyTransformation into a Higher Shadowkhan, turning her into a bird-like creature. She then almost kills Joker before Batman intervenes and sends her fleeing.]] |
| 413 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: |
| 414 | ** So far, Jackie and the rest of the JCA gang haven't been seen (except in the interlude, where we see El Toro and the Demon Sorcerers along with the Immortals) at all, and have only been mentioned in passing. |
| 415 | ** [[spoiler:Jade's light side has apparently vanished entirely as of chapter 10. It's found and restored in Chapter 12.]] |
| 416 | * WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: Cyborg threatens to leave the team if they don't return Jade's missing chi, essentially brainwashing her. Jade likewise isn't happy when she returns to normal]]. |
| 417 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: There's an odd variation here, in that Jade was apparently traumatized by the experience the last time she was turned into a monkey, so she's understandably freaked out when it happens again. |
| 418 | * WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: Jinx starts becoming noticeably unhinged after she uses the amulet for a power boost. |
| 419 | * TheWorfEffect: |
| 420 | ** Not even ''Superman'' can [[spoiler: breach the Oni's barrier]]. Possibly justified by the fact that Superman is often depicted as vulnerable to magic, so it working on him isn't unheard of. |
| 421 | ** The mutated [[spoiler: Kitten]] is so strong that a desperate Jade is barely able to harm her during their fight. Though the fact that this is Jade's first serious bit of combat since [[spoiler: losing the Pig and Dragon talismans]] does play a significant part in that. |
| 422 | * WorkOffTheDebt: [[spoiler:After Jade's wounded by the Joker, the Penguin finds her and has her treated, but she has to pay off her debt to him afterward this way, with him loaning her out as a temp to other villains. After her job with Scarecrow falls through, he cuts her loose (but says she still has to pay him back).]] |
| 423 | * WorthyOpponent: Gadjo apparently views Jade as one, and she can't decide whether that means he wants to be her friend or if he wants to kill her. |
| 424 | * WretchedHive: Gotham, as usual. Jade even feels it in the city's shadows. |
| 425 | * YouAndWhatArmy: [[spoiler: Blood asks this of the Oni when they demand the [=HIVE's=] surrender. They respond by summoning their Shadowkhan armies.]] |
| 426 | -->[[spoiler: '''Tarakudo''']]: I was so hoping you would say that. |
| 427 | * YouExclamation: Jade's reaction to Beast Boy the first time she runs into him after he hit her with an onion. |
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