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1	->''"No, you care about him as a person. You don't like it when he gets hurt. It hurts ''you'' when he gets hurt."''
2	-->-- '''Pretty Rita''', "Chapter 9: But It All Works Out"
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4	A fanfic started on June 8, 2010, by a [=FanFiction.net=] user known only as [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2392440/TheUglyOne TheUglyOne]] as an homage to ''WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad''.
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6	In its most basic sense, this is an OC story, chronicling an original character's stay with the {{Music/Gorillaz}} and the events therein, with much emphasis on the amount of {{UST}} between band members Murdoc Niccals and Stuart '2D' Pot. Murdoc and his [[BlatantLies extremely cooperative]] cyborg companion head out to kidnap one Pretty Rita after hearing her sing on the radio, [[ItMakesSenseInContext supposedly as an act of revenge on the drummer who disobeyed Murdoc by side-stepping his orders not to play 'Feel Good Inc' on the radio by playing it in reverse]]. After a brief altercation at her house with her LadyDrunk of a mother, Rita is transported to Plastic Beach.
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8	Can be found [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6035070/1/The_Fool_on_Melancholy_Hill here]].
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10	!!''The Fool on Melancholy Hill'' provides examples of:
11	* AbusiveParents: Rose-of-Sharon ''sells her own daughter'' to a man who just ''broke into her house'', then ''cheerfully counts her money'' as they ''carry her daughter through the room,'' '''bound and sedated.'''
12	%%* AntiHero: Pretty Rita
13	* AuthorAppeal: Not ''directly'' stated, but given the quite nice descriptions of 2D, it's pretty obvious that Uggs has at least a bit of a fetish for him.
14	* BreakingTheFourthWall: At the beginning of Chapter Two, the narrator speaks directly to the audience when discussing Pretty Rita's looks. This never happens again.
15	%%* CaptainObvious: 2D, at times.
16	%%* ContentWarnings
17	%%* CoolCar: ''Stylo''
18	%%* CuteBruiser: Arguable Noodle-Bot
19	* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: "The answer hit him like a ton of bricks, and the weight of it like more bricks."
20	%%* DepravedBisexual: Murdoc, possibly.
21	%%* DontExplainTheJoke: Said word-for-word by Murdoc in Chapter 14
22	* DramaticThunder: 2D walks along the beach, having an inner argument, during a thunderstorm.
23	%%* DyingTown: Possibly Wooder Mills.
24	%%* DysfunctionJunction: This story ''embodies'' this trope.
25	%%* EveryoneIsBi: If the hints of Pretty Rita/Noodle-Bot are anything to go by.
26	%%* FanService: Several involving 2D, possibly the LesYay in Chapter 14.
27	* FunetikAksent: Subverted. Notable due to the frequency of this trope in Gorillaz fandom.
28	* GentleGiant: Morgan and 2D are both pretty tall, but both of them (well, what's ''seen'' of them in Morgan's case) are total sweethearts
29	* GoingCommando: 2D is suspected of this when no underwear is visible despite him being soaking wet with his jeans clinging to him. This is confirmed when he removes his jeans in the hotel room scene and shows that, nope, he's not wearing anything under them.
30	* IllBeInMyBunk: Murdoc heads to his bedroom with a bottle of booze to "think things over" after being confused about why 2D is turning him on.
31	* ImmuneToDrugs: Pretty Rita gets high and it affects her appearance, but she never gets seriously ill despite how much she apparently is taking (although, in this canon, this isn't exactly new)
32	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Murdoc. He's a major asshole most of the time, but due to his former habit of making a teenaged Noodle cry, instantly goes into comfort mode whenever young women are upset.
33	%%* LargeHam: Arguably, Rose-of-Sharon
34	* MeaningfulName:
35	** Pretty Rita. Her name is both a [[Music/TheBeatles Beatles]] reference and a jab at her {{Gonk}}-ness.
36	** Possibly Rose-of-Sharon - pretty name, ''nasty'' woman.
37	%%* MoodSwinger: Murdoc and Pretty Rita both have their moments
38	* NoNameGiven: A strange case with Rose-of-Sharon - her name is put in the "claimer" (as in, the opposite of a ''dis''-claimer), but she's never mentioned by name in-story
39	* NoodlePeople: 2D is ''really'' skinny, perhaps even more than in canon.
40	* OlderThanTheyLook: 2D, who is ''way'' too pretty and young-looking to be 32. Except he is.
41	%%* RealLifeWritesThePlot
42	%%* ShapedLikeItself: Once again, the 'bricks' line.
43	%%* ShoutOut: Too many to mention. [[JustifiedTrope Sort of to be expected in a fic that has NoFourthWall]].
44	* SoBeautifulItsACurse: Well, more like 'So Unique-Looking, It's A Curse': 2D has to wear sunglasses when going out in public or risk getting recognized by fans all over the place, due to having quite unique traits.
45	* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: "It had nothing to do with him not being here. Nothing at all." [[BlatantLies ''Riiiiiiight.]]
46	* ThereAreNoTherapists: Apparently Wooder Mills has never seen a therapist, social worker, etc. A bit of a JustifiedTrope, since it doesn't seem like Pretty Rita could ''afford'' therapy even if there ''were'' therapists around.
47	* VaporWear: 2D. Murdoc suspects this when 2D gets sopping wet and no underwear lines can be seen, but it's proven in the hotel room scene when 2D kicks off his jeans and there's nothing under them. {{Fanservice}} galore.

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