1 | The Red and the Rest is a WebSerialNovel about a secret MegaCorp of mercenaries for hire appropriately named the {{Red Shirt}}s. Because of the strange world with a diversity of humanoids and tons of super powers, the Redshirts are able to perpetuate massive acts of violence and war profiteering to screw over anybody without money or connections. |
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3 | Despite all of this, the story takes a humorous, often whimsical tone as the protagonists [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruct]] and [[{{Reconstruction}} reconstruct]] various adventure and action tropes. |
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5 | The first chapter of the story can be found [[http://robingarciawriter.com/2015/03/15/the-red-and-the-rest-chapter-1-applied-application/ here]]. |
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8 | !!This series provides examples of: |
9 | * AbnormalLimbRotationRange: Played for BodyHorror with Kevin Grothers. |
10 | * AndIMustScream: The demon plunger plans to trap Carla in a tree, completely conscious but unable to move. And it implies that, even if the tree dies, [[WhoWantsToLiveForever she might go on to live in the wood forever.]] |
11 | * AssholeVictim: Smith and [[spoiler: Hammerstein]]. |
12 | * CallingYourAttacks: So far, only two characters do this regularly, but Mel is starting to get into the habit as well. |
13 | * ColonyDrop: The demon's favored attack. |
14 | * CombatPragmatist: Mel is not above lying and using sneak attacks in a fight. |
15 | * ElmuhFuddSyndwome: Carla has this as a side effect of [[spoiler: having to adjust to talking with an entirely new body.]] |
16 | * EmotionlessGirl: Pritha Prithvi. Sort of justified as she is a ReallySevenHundredYearsOld guardian of a hidden demon who lives in a secluded cathedral. |
17 | * FireIceLightning: Smith's attacks so far. |
18 | * ForcedTransformation: [[spoiler:Of a sort. Rather than being transformed, Carla is subject to a BodySurf attack that puts her inside her cartoon hat.]] |
19 | * FromBadToWorse: Chapter 9 is called "The Situation Gets Progressively Worse" and it's an {{understatement}}. |
20 | * GadgeteerGenius: [[MeaningfulName Smith]]. |
21 | * HollywoodApocrypha: The intro to part two presents a permutation of the AdamAndEvePlot that takes into account the super powers and fantastic races in the story. |
22 | * HypocriticalHumor: Both Sainte Nero and Sainte Decius are named after villainous emperors who persecuted early Christians. |
23 | * ImprobableWeaponUser: Mel treats a shaken-up pop can like a hand grenade. |
24 | * LemonyNarrator: Most of the scenes focusing on Carla. |
25 | * MiniatureSeniorCitizens: Genkai, much like her namesake. |
26 | * MoodWhiplash: Chapter 9 starts with ToiletHumor and whimsical [[LemonyNarrator Lemony Narration]] and ends with [[spoiler: the slow torture of the kindest character in the story.]] |
27 | * {{Nephewism}}: Carla is Mel's niece. Her mother/his sister hasn't shown up in the story. |
28 | * NoNameGiven: The demon is simply known as that. Probably helps to distract from the fact that he is basically a floating plunger. |
29 | * ObviouslyEvil: The demon's face seems to have been designed to look as malevolent as possible. |
30 | * OurCentaursAreDifferent: Of all varieties, not just horses. |
31 | ** MultiArmedAndDangerous: Pritha Prithvi, the first centaur to appear in the story, is a human centaur. Like most centaurs, she has two torsos, meaning four arms in total. |
32 | * OurElvesAreDifferent: They mostly serve as [[{{Elfeminate}} androgynous]] background characters. |
33 | * PunBasedTitle: Most of the chapter titles. |
34 | * RedShirt: Duh. [[PlayingWithATrope Playing with]] this trope is half the point of this story. |
35 | %%* RedShirtArmy |
36 | %%-->'''Hammerstein:''' You are picking a fight with the world's largest army.\ |
37 | %%'''Mel:''' [[BadassBoast Well you're picking a fight with me.]] |
38 | * [[RubberHoseLimbs Rubber Hose Body]]: Kevin Grothers has this as a superpower. |
39 | * ShoutOut: Tons. |
40 | ** Smith's attacks are named after ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' spells. |
41 | ** In chapter three, we meet a minor character named [[Literature/TheChroniclesofNarnia Rabadash]] who is described as having the letters D-E-T-H [[Manga/OnePiece tattooed on his knuckles]]. |
42 | ** Smith's prisoner number is [[Series/TheITCrowd 01189998819991197253]] and the warden of the prison is [[Manga/YuYuHakusho a short, cranky old woman named Genkai.]] |
43 | ** [[Creator/RodgersandHammerstein Hammerstein]] and Genkai have dialogue straight out of ''Series/ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia''. |
44 | ** Carla mocks Mel for not knowing what a [[Manga/DragonballZ Super Saiyan]] is. |
45 | ** Pritha Prithvi explains that she is only awake at night due to a certain [[Franchise/SailorMoon moon prism power]]. |
46 | ** The demon calls Carla a [[Film/TheAvengers2012 mewling quim.]] |
47 | ** Pritha Prithvi's attacks are all from the VideoGame/TalesSeries. |
48 | * TeleportSpam: The demon's magic mostly manifests as this. |
49 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Mel is addicted to orange soda. |
50 | * SacredScripture: The Gift Legends are presented as not necessarily truer than any competing holy book, but they sure do a lot for WorldBuilding, giving one religious explanation for the various humanoid species and DifferentlyPoweredIndividuals. |
51 | * TransformationIsAFreeAction: [[spoiler: No it is not.]] |
52 | * TurnOfTheMillennium Technology and cultural references place the story in late 2001. |
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