->'''Weiss:''' ''(referring to Yang turning her underwear pink)'' YANG! WHAT THE BOOP DID YOU DO TO MY--\\
'''Yang:''' I just....made them look better!\\
'''Weiss:''' Y-you...I hate you so much.
-->-- '''A short summary summing up Yang and Weiss' relationship throughout the fic.'''

The fic that began ''Fanfic/TheReactsverse'' in its entirety.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10061632/1/Weiss-Reacts Weiss Reacts]]'' is a SliceOfLife fanfic by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/3110318/ ElfCollaborator]] about Weiss-- and later on, many characters from ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''-- reacting to fanfics, games, and tropes. Over time, it evolves into a general SliceOfLife fanfic featuring an entire alternate universe-- entitled ''Fanfic/TheReactsverse''-- which features elements from various anime, games and several books, has sprouted several other brother fics by the same author as well as inspiring several other fics, and has featured many other well-known fanfics. Oh, and HilarityEnsues.

The first volume of the fic has concluded. A second volume of the fic has finished already and can be found [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10772250/1/Weiss-Reacts-Volume-2 here]], with a third volume having just begun. Recently, however, the author has confirmed the story is now a DeadFic after several years of inactivity, leaving an outline for how the story was intended to go.

The main fic itself has several arcs linked to each other, although for the most part the story is episodic with self-contained stories.

'''Volume 1 Arcs:'''
* The RWBY Vol.1 Arc (Chapters 3-5)
* [[FanConvention The Animecon Arc]] (Chapters 9-10)
* [[CloneAngst The Homunculus Arc]] (Chapters 49-53)
* [[SchoolFestival The Music Festival Arc]] (Chapters 69-72)
* [[Fanfic/TheDiaryOfGlyndaGoodwitch The Diary Arc]] (Chapters 75-77)
* [[HighSchoolDance The Beacon Dance Arc]] (Chapters 80-87)
* [[GambitPileup The Great Antic War Arc]] (Chapters 97-100)

'''Volume 2 Arcs:'''
* [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica The Kyubey Hunt Arc]] (Chapters 1-2)
* [[HorribleCampingTrip The Camping Trip Arc]] (Chapters 5-8)
* [[HumongousMecha The Great Mecha Battle Part 2]] (Chapters 12-13)
* [[TournamentArc The Cockerel Festival]] (Chapters 38-44)
* [[{{Crossover}} The Best]] [[Fanfic/LucinaReacts Reactsverse Crossover]]
* [[NonIndicativeName The Harvest Festival]] (Chapters 97-100)

As the Reactsverse is very developed and comprises over a hundred chapters, there will be unmarked spoilers ahead. '''Read the fanfics first before reading the page'''. The fics are intended to be LighterAndSofter to most fics in the archive so [[SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel it's advisable to read them]] after some of the [[DarkerAndEdgier darker fics]] in the archive.

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!!This fanfic displays examples of:
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[[folder:All Three Volumes]]
* AlternateUniverse: With Blake being obsessed with manliness, Adam not being a badass '''at all''', Yang full of antics, Roman, Cinder, Cardin, and Weiss's father being nice, it's rather obvious it's an AU.
* AppliedPhlebotinum: Life Dust- the stuff brings to life three characters and is implied to have been used to bring other things to life already.
%%* BadassAdorable: Elsa and Vivi, in addition to Ruby and Nora. Velvet as well. Melodia of Team MLDY counts as well.
* BadassBoast: Team Antic's motto. Made even more hilarious by the fact that it's based off of [[VideoGame/{{Pokemon}} Team Rocket's]] motto:
-->''To protect the world from Yandere-festation!''
-->''To unite all shippers under our nation!''
-->''To denounce the haters and spread the love!''
-->''To extend our shipping to the stars above!''
-->''Team Antic, blasting off at the speed of plot!''
-->''Surrender now, or prepare for fright!''
** Also, Blake likes giving these.
* BadassFamily: The Arcs:
** Jaune has [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Lucina]], [[Myth/CelticMythology Scathach]], [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Diomedes, Perseus, Hercules]], [[Anime/CodeGeass Euphemia]] and [[Literature/TheThreeMusketeers D'Artagnan]] as sisters, [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina and Yoko]] as parents, UsefulNotes/AlexanderTheGreat, Reynard of the Reynardine Cycle, [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Simon, Nia]] and King Arthur as aunts and uncles, and his grandfather is a mixture of Jason of Myth/ClassicalMythology and [[VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends Braum]]. It's almost surprising Jaune himself ISN'T a badass.
** Weiss herself is no slouch, although nowhere near the level of badass attained by the Arcs; her grandfather and father are [[Literature/{{Nibelungenlied}} Siegmund and Siegfried respectively]] and her mother is an IdolSinger.
* BadassTeacher: The entire staff of Beacon, but Cinder gets this the most.
* BetterThanABareBulb: [=ElfCollaborator=], the author of the main series, loves to hang lampshades on everything possible. The author of ''Diary of Glynda Goodwitch'' is no slouch either, and InUniverse, everyone who isn't Jaune does this.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Yang and Blake are the resident breakers of the fourth wall, although Weiss, Velvet and Vivi take stabs at it. Even Yukari gets in the action to take a stab at [[SelfDeprecation the author]]. The fic's premise itself involves having the RWBY characters react to actual fanfics.
** Lukas also outright calls out the author on his tendency to do this.
* DeconstructorFleet: To all and every DarkerAndEdgier fic in the archive. The author intends the fic to be the anti-darkfic and holds a special place for such fic. Subverted when the cast actually genuinely reacts to a real fanfic- it gets no less deconstructed than other fics. carries on the trend too. InUniverse, pretty much everyone who isn't Jaune will lampshade everything.
* CelebrityParadox: ''Persona'' is mentioned to be a popular game series in-universe, but Yukari and Rise are also mentioned as famous celebrities. Similarly, nobody has yet to make the connection between Persocoms and the manga/anime ''Manga/{{Chobits}}'', nor the fact that most of Jaune's relatives are {{Exp|y}}ies of various anime characters.
** Unless it comes to his parents, who he fervently denies are Kamina and Yoko; this is despite all the evidence to the contrary and an outright admission by Andreas/Kamina.
** In 'The Nanako Incident', Weiss has to stop [[TheKnightsWhoSaySquee Ruby]] from fangirling over [[TheCutie Nanako]] despite having only known about her from ''VideoGame/Persona4''. They are only saved by the timely intervention of Cardin.
* MegaCrossover: So far, the Reactsverse features:
** ''Manga/{{Chobits}}''- Persocoms exist in the Reactsverse and Blake has created one, Norn, a NinjaMaid. Chii herself also cameos in one chapter.
** ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' - The events of VideoFame/Persona3 are alluded to, Yukari appears in two chapters, Minato shows up after several chapters of his existence being implied and him being mentioned as a chat friend of Jaune's, and Rise pays a visit to Vale and interacts with the protagonists. Blake is also mentioned to be a Mitsuru fangirl and the Schnees are mentioned to have ties with the Kirijo Group. Minako, the female protagonist of Persona 3, also joins the Beacon students near the end of Volume One.
** ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''- Several of Jaune's relatives are expies of characters from Literature/FateZero, one of them mentions some business in Fuyuki City, Saber appears in two chapters and Weiss mentions meeting Rin.
** ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' - Blake recreates the Lagann, utilises a Giga Drill Break with what is implied to be Spiral Power and Jaune's dad is revealed to be a reincarnated Kamina. Also, Anime/EurekaSeven due to the presence of the Nirvash.
** ''Manga/LuckyStar'': Kagami and Konata cameo in chapter eleven to take a picture with [[ItMakesSenseInContext Weiss cosplaying as Mitsuru]].
** The fic also has had cameos from ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'', ''VideoGame/{{Portal}}'', ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'', ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', ''Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya'', ''VisualNovel/{{CLANNAD}}'', ''Anime/LagrangeTheFlowerOfRinne'' and ''Manga/FutureDiary'', and makes references to ''Franchise/TouhouProject'', ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' and the ''Website/SCPFoundation'', of all things. The author has teased VisualNovel/{{Tsukihime}} and Anime/KOn as well. Additionally, the Nirvash typeZERO from Eureka Seven makes a few appearances whenever a scene requires extra mecha.
** As of the Diary Arc, everything 'The Diary of Glynda Goodwitch' crosses over with. This includes ''Anime/GuiltyCrown'', ''Anime/TasogareOtomeXAmnesia'', Music/{{Vocaloid}}, ''Anime/AKB0048'' and ''Anime/InitialD''. Also, ''Anime/CodeGeass'', due to Jeremiah fricking Gottwald being confirmed as a student, as well as Euphemia being Jaune's sister -- or rather, [[MassivelyNumberedSiblings one of them.]]
** ''Manga/FruitsBasket'' is confirmed -- Tohru is Cinder's new BeleagueredAssistant.
** ''Franchise/FireEmblem'', due to Lucina being Jaune's sister in this continuity. And then Lucina Reacts was written, making it even more hilarious. Some people have [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny theorized about the awesomeness that would result in Lucina Arc meeting Lucina the Exalt....]]
** Also, to a lesser extent, the fic 'Pieces out of Line', one of the fics reacted to.
* RunningGag: Many, most having to do with [[ButtMonkey Weiss]].
** Weiss having [[ACupAngst a flat chest.]] Conversely, Yang having a ridiculously big chest.
** Weiss [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial most definitely not]] having an [[{{Tsundere}} attraction to Ruby whatsoever]]. Subverted as of chapter 72.
** Yang being a 'pervert shipper' / 'deviant shipper', followed by her [[InsultBackfire taking pride in it]].
** Blake's obsession with ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' and her Kamina fangirling. Followed by Weiss telling her to shut up.
** Velvet being obsessed with Weiss to the point of [[{{Yandere}} having several shrines to her and attempting to kidnap her on a daily basis]]. [[ItMakesSenseInContext Elsa, Weiss' clone, was born out of this obsession.]]
** [[GilliganCut Gilligan Cuts]] to various characters doing something silly.
** Jaune and his [[EvenTheGuysWantHim being ridiculously attractive to everyone ever]].
** Plushies and idol singers.
** The disclaimers and the author's SelfDeprecation could also qualify.
** Pretty much, half the humour in the fic is derived from this.
* ShoutOut: Oh so many. To list them all down would require a separate page, but some of the series and properties that get shoutouts include:
** Anime/CodeGeass
** Anime/CardcaptorSakura
** WebVideo/HitlerRants
** VideoGame/BlazBlue
** Franchise/TouhouProject
** Music/BlackSabbath
** Music/CoheedAndCambria
** Website/SCPFoundation
** In fact, it's easier to say that if the author has in any way, shape or form heard of it, it will most likely appear in Weiss Reacts in some form.
** Now has its [[ShoutOut/WeissReacts own page.]]
%%* SliceOfLife: The entire fic. Many of the fics featured are also this.
* SmallReferencePools: Averted. Very much so. The author has referred to just about everything he can, from ''Manga/FruitsBasket'', to ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'', to Music/BlackSabbath and Music/BlindGuardian. It'd be easier to list the things he HASN'T made an allusion to somewhere.
** Most of his OCs have a historical base (Alexander, Yukari) or a mythological base (Beth, Siegfried, Fionn, Lukas, Ori, Yona- loosely, Ysengrim). He also puts research in to make sure he gets references right (Twin Heavens, Nari and Vali, Balmung). In fact, it's safe to say that the only OCs that AREN'T based off of mythological or historical figures are expies of video game or anime characters (Andreas, Yona, Anton, Lucina and Euphemia).
** Also averted for the writer of Diary of Glynda Goodwitch.
* {{Troperiffic}}: The author is a troper himself, and it doesn't just have tropes, it discusses, averts, subverts and exaggerates as many as it can for the RuleOfFunny.
* WorldOfBadass: ''Everyone'' in the Reactsverse has some measure of badassery. Blake, Cardin, Cinder and Ren get the most, but everyone else has moments too.
** For the one chapter they show up, [[VideoGame/Persona4 Yu]] and [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Saber]] get ridiculously badass moments.
** Even the parents and teachers are badass. Especially Cinder, but Glynda has some of this too when she isn't a ButtMonkey.
** Even the ''NiceGirl'' TookALevelInBadass and delivers a slap when necessary.
** ''Diary of Glynda Goodwitch'' shows that the parents were no slouches at badassery. Perhaps badass runs InTheBlood.
** The Arc Family, all Hunters and Huntresses, are a BadassFamily.
* WorldOfSnark: Not to say that the Reactsverse is lacking in [[DeadpanSnarker deadpan snarkers]], either. Weiss is the main source, although practically everyone- even Nora and Yang- will snark. [[ServileSnarker Norn, Vivi]] and [[GentlemanSnarker Sir Lyserg]] are good at this.
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[[folder:Volume One Tropes]]
* ADayInTheLimelight: Volume 1 has several chapters done from the perspectives of team JNPR and Velvet, but A Blackbird In Flight serves as this to Cardin and Melanie and most of the Reactsverse Oneshots are meant to act as this.
%%** [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Spiral Power]], obviously.
%%** Pheromone Dust as well. It acts as an instant HilarityEnsues button.
%%** Anything with the word 'Antic' applied to it.
* AscendedExtra: Teams CRDL and CFVY are given far more characterisation, as are the Malachites.
** Weiss' dad is given an OCStandIn. Most of the parents of the various students of Beacon are given characterisations, especially [[PosthumousCharacter Summer]].
** The [=RWBYSaurus=] is an actual character here. Also, Neo is a {{Yandere}} here.
* BashBrothers: The Four Horsemen, a group of Hunters who happen to be immensely badass. The members are [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Andreas]], [[Literature/FateZero Alexander]], [[Anime/CodeGeass Jeremiah]] and [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Siegfried]], all expies of various manly characters.
** Yang and Blake are a female version of this.
* BeachEpisode: The aptly-titled 'Weiss Reacts to Beach Episodes' and where the page quote comes from.
* BoisterousBruiser: Blake, Andreas, Alexander, Cardin, Yang and Nora.
** CuteBruiser: Yang and Nora also qualify as this, as does Melodia.
* BigDamnHeroes: Cardin likes pulling these. His first proper appearance is even this.
** Lucina TRIES to be this for Jaune during the ''Civilization V'' chapter, [[EpicFail only to lose the game much faster]] than if Jaune had not let her play.
** Latte pulls a more successful version in the same chapter...[[HeroicSacrifice but is defeated by Yang]].
* BrickJoke: Yang throws a toy shark at Weiss to distract her during the TournamentArc chapter. Later, Weiss uses the same trick with a penguin hewed from ice to defeat Glynda in the Antic War arc.
* BrotherSisterIncest: Pyrrha accuses Aspasia of wanting this with Jaune. [[DefiedTrope The latter is understandably irritated.]]
* ButtMonkey: Weiss and Jaune get the brunt of the slapstick, although Weiss gets more.
** Velvet and Coco get this treatment as well. Fionn of team MLDY gets this a lot, although [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight knowing his inspirations]], it's not hard to expect.
** Among fanfics, ''Fanfic/ReactWatchBelieveYikes'' gets the most bashing- Weiss does a RageQuit before even finishing the fic. The author does actually approve of the fic, though, so it's mainly an AffectionateParody.
* CanonImmigrant: The entire cast of 'Diary of Glynda Goodwitch' are cast members of Weiss Reacts.
** Also, [[BigBad Saturn]] from The Shadow of Fire makes a cameo.
* CastingGag: Roman and Glynda remark on how much [[Anime/TasogareOtomeXAmnesia Yuko]], [[Anime/AKB0048 Chieri]] and [[Anime/GuiltyCrown Ayase]] sound alike. The joke? [[Creator/EmilyNeves All of them are voiced by the same person in their original series.]]
** [[Manga/FruitsBasket Tohru Honda's]] voice is compared to [[VideoGame/Persona4 Rise]], [[Anime/CrayonShinChan Shin-chan]], and Anime/{{Catherine}}, and at the end of her chapter, [[VideoGame/Persona3 Minako]] transfers into Beacon. The joke? [[Creator/LauraBailey All of them are ALSO voiced by the same person.]]
** The joke is then continued with [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Lucina]], [[VideoGame/StreetFighterIV Chun-Li]], [[VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends Akali]] and [[Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi Evangeline]].
** And now [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Leite]] gets referenced as well.
* CharacterDevelopment: Weiss gets this throughout the story and is implied to have gone through a lot more in the backstory, but Cardin receives a lot in A Blackbird in Flight as well.
* CerebusSyndrome: 'The Shadow of Fire' and 'Yet Another Weiss Christmas Story' get noticeably darker the second time Weiss reacts to them. As for the fic itself, averted, despite some dark and serious moments such as the reveal that Ruby's mother is still dead in this universe, Cardin still bullied Jaune- if unwillingly- and any time the Faunus Rights Movement is mentioned.
** The end of 'Weiss Reacts to Crossovers' and its depressing CallBack to ''VideoGame/Persona3''.
* ChekhovsGun: The Life Dust from 'Weiss Reacts to A Will of Steel'. Two characters only exist because of it.
** ChekhovsGag: The Life Dust, again. Also, the god summoning rituals are used several times.
** Plushies. These lead to the existence of Vivi.
** ChekhovsGunman: Norn was important to Elsa's introduction, and Elsa herself was one before she was revealed.
** Minato is this now that his [[DistaffCounterpart little sister Minako]] is attending Beacon.
** Andreas, Jaune's father acts at this. He comes back after his introduction to be revealed as a reincarnated Kamina.
%%* ChivalrousPervert: Jaune. Yang also has her moments, although she prefers to prank everyone.
* ChristmasEpisode: Not Weiss Reacts itself, but 'Yet Another Weiss Christmas Story' and 'For Every Occasion' are fics around this premise.
%%* CovertPervert: Blake, Weiss and Ren.
%%* DeadpanSnarker: Everyone, although Weiss is the primary one.
* DemotedToExtra: Sun and Neptune barely appear as opposed to the Malachites and Cardin, and as of recent chapters, team CFVY. Also, Roman.
** Pyrrha used to be this, before she took a more active role in the Reactsverse.
%%* DopeSlap: Delivered occasionally from Weiss to whichever member of the team needs it most.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Emerald and Mercury are foreshadowed as early as the first part of the Music Festival Arc when one of their albums as Madrigal is called [[MeaningfulName Verdant Quicksilver]].
** [[VideoGame/Persona3 Yukari]] also got a lot of cameos pre-chapter 11, where she cameos.
* EasterEgg: A lot of them:
** One ritual in the godly summoning book Velvet and Blake use is [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Summon Mami Tomoe]] [[PressXToNotDie to Not Die]]. Also a Website/TVTropes reference.
** [[VideoGame/Persona3 Minato's]] username he uses to chat with Jaune before his reveal is [='GreatMoonGuardian'=], [[MythologyGag referring to his role in his series.]]
** At least one reader claims to have seen several hints that Andreas is more than a mere expy of Kamina and in fact was the real one before his reveal.
** If one pays attention, [[VideoGame/Persona3 Junpei, Yukari]], [[Manga/{{Chobits}} Chii]] and [[VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo Misha]] appear in 'Weiss Reacts to Curtain Fics'.
** [[VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends Pentakill]] posters occupy Yang's wall, in addition to [[VideoGame/Persona4 Risette]] posters and Achieve Men posters.
* EpicFail: Weiss somehow loses to [[VideoGame/PokemonDiamondAndPearl Roark]] [[DishingOutDirt ,the first Gym Leader.]] With a [[ElementalRockPaperScissors Water]] Pokemon.
** Melodia manages to burn cereal in A Melodic Comedy.
** Lucina's attempt at a BigDamnHeroes during the ''Civilization V'' chapter ends with Ren and Yang delivering a CurbStompBattle. Then Yang [[FailedASpotCheck completely misses Weiss taking her home territory....]]
** Glynda's driving test in Diary is just full of this. Also, [[VisualNovel/{{CLANNAD}} Kotomi]] is so horrible at her violin playing that she manages to horrify firstly ''Kamina'', then actual gods, forcing a clause in the Concordat having to be put in just to allow [[GodzillaThreshold the summoning of gods if Kotomi ever plays a violin again]].
* EveryoneIsBi: Weiss is confirmed to be canonically - within the fanfic - bisexual, as is Ruby, and Yang is implied to hit on anything that moves. Ren also has some ShipTease with Jaune, despite currently being [[OfficialCouple in a relationship with Nora]]. And with Glynda and Pyrrha's crushes on Cinder/Chieri and Weiss respectively, it's safe to say at least a fair bit of the cast is this.
%%* ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin: All of the chapter titles.
* ForeShadowing: All the Euphie gags turned out to be extended foreshadowing for when an expy of her showed up as Jaune's sister.
** The album 'Verdant Quicksilver' was this for Emerald and Mercury.
** The subtle hints that Blake built several other mecha after [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Neko-Lagann]] lead up to a reveal of the Gurren and [[Anime/EurekaSeven the Nirvash]].
* ForWantOfANail: So far:
** Cardin became TheAtoner and turned out as a JerkWithAHeartOfGold with a soft spot for [[LoveInterest Melanie.]]
** Blake turned out as a BadassBookworm BoisterousBruiser rather than TheQuietOne she is in canon due to the existence of ''Gurren Lagann'' as an anime.
** Likewise, Weiss' father Siegfried ended up being nicer than implied in canon due to the influence of Jaune's father Andreas, the reincarnated Kamina and Alexander Arc, an [[Literature/FateZero Iskander expy]]. [[PapaWolf In contrast to other fics,]] [[DotingParent he turned out]] [[BoisterousBruiser much nicer]].
** Cinder ended up doing a HeelFaceTurn for unknown reasons, along with Roman.
** Due to Andreas, Siegfried and Blake's father Ysengrim and their efforts, the Faunus ended up gaining rights much earlier than canon seems to be placing them.
** InSpiteOfANail: However, Ruby's mother remains dead, Weiss still had a troubled childhood due to [[JerkAss her grandfather]] Cinder and Roman still ended up being part of the White Fang before their HeelFaceTurn and Blake still spent time worrying like her canon self before becoming the person she is in the Reactsverse present.
* GadgeteerGenius: Blake. She has constructed a [[RidiculouslyHumanRobot Persocom]], a HumongousMecha or two, and is also the main source of electronic gadgets that Yang and Ren use to prank or spy on people.
* GambitPileup: The Antic War, and later, the Antic Civil War:
** The first Antic War has [[ShipperOnDeck Yang]] fighting [[BattleCouple Ren and Nora]], [[StalkerWithACrush Velvet]] and [[DoggedNiceGuy Pyrrha]] over trying to split up her favoured pairing of Weiss and Ruby for their own reasons. It seemed to have ended as of chapter 72 due to the pairing becoming an OfficialCouple, until....
** The Antic Civil War has Yang, again, fighting Ren and [[{Troll}} Lukas]] to defend her idol [[Manga/FruitsBasket Tohru]].
** Diary also has a similar set-up to the First Antic War.
* HumongousMecha: In addition to the canonical Atlesian Paladins, Blake recreated the Lagann and is implied to be also recreating the Gurren. The Nirvash typeZERO has appeared as well. [[CombiningMecha One can only guess what this means]].
** Also, as of chapter 74, [[Anime/EurekaSeven the Nirvash]] has also been recreated by Blake.
** CombiningMecha: [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Take a good guess.]]
* HyperCompetentSidekick: Vivi is this to Velvet, and Norn is this to Blake.
* {{Irony}}: The author inserts a lot of SelfDeprecation, but refers to himself as [[AGodAmI O-Elf-sama]]. [[{{Troll}} One gets the feeling he's not fishing for sympathy here.....]]
** Weiss the Gamer is a fic about Weiss being an excellent gamer. Weiss of Weiss Reacts is a crap gamer. This is played up when the former is read by the latter.
** [[{{Expy}} Yona Arc]] denying being a [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Yoko]] expy, despite being so blatantly one that the author even {{lampshades}} it.
** In ''VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening'', Lucina wants to name her sword Pointy Demonspanker. In Weiss Reacts, her Expy nearly beats Sky up for calling her weapon the exact same thing.
** Blake is TheQuietOne and a [[DarkAndTroubledPast very troubled]] [[TroubledButCute character]] in canon. In Weiss Reacts, Blake is possibly the most [[LargeHam bombastic]], badass characters there is, channeling ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' constantly.
* LampshadeHanging: It helps that Yang and Blake are tropers and very much versed in tropes.
* LargeHam: '''EVERYONE.''' At least, everyone who isn't named [[OnlySaneMan Jaune, Beth, Norn or Yatsuhashi.]]
* LighterAndSofter: Meant to be this to the entire RWBY fanfiction archive and is this even to the already light-hearted canon.
** It also cheerily {{Deconstruct|ion}}s the DarkerAndEdgier fics in the archive. [[BerserkButton Most especially hate fics, revenge fics and]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking badly written fics.]]
%%* LovableSexManiac: Yang and Nora.
%%** Also, Espresso.
%%** Cinder.
%%* MrFanservice: Ren and Jaune, as well as Sun and Neptune.
%%** Also, Siegfried, Andreas and Alexander.
%%* MsFanservice: Yang, obviously, but Weiss also gets her moments, as does Pyrrha.
%%** [[SplitPersonality Espresso]], [[HotTeacher Glynda, Cinder, Yona]] and [[IdolSinger Emerald.]]
%%** [[HotWitch Maeve Arc]]. It helps that she's an expy of both [[Myth/CelticMythology Scathach]] and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Tharja]].
* MundaneUtility: [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann The Lagann]] is used mainly as Blake's bed and to [[NoKillLikeOverkill win a volleyball match]].
** Yang's Persona is used to provide pyrotechnics during the music festival arc.
%%* MusicalEpisode: The entire 'Weiss Reacts to Music Festivals' arc.
* NoodleIncident: The last time Cinder was deprived of burritos, it didn't end well.
** The Beacon staff have [[VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends a LCS team]] and have gone up against the Japanese one, two members of which are [[VideoGame/Persona4 Naoto]] and [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Rin]]. [[UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny The result is not known, but presumably legendary.]]
** For that matter, how [[WalkingTechbane Rin]] managed to learn how to play the game. Also, Rin has met Weiss before- apparently it ended similarly to when Cinder was deprived of burritos.
* OfficialCouple, Ren and Nora, Cardin and Melanie, and Ruby and Weiss as of chapter 72.
* OhCrapThereAreFanficsOfUs: The basic premise of Weiss Reacts.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted. There are two Yukaris- one is an expy of the [[VideoGame/Persona3 other]], and two people with the last name [[VideoGame/Persona4 Narukami]].
%%* OnlySaneMan: Weiss is this to team RWBY. Cardin and Jaune also serve this role.
* ThePornomancer: Jaune's Semblance IS this. PlayedForLaughs in 'Jaune Reacts to Harem!Jaune Fics'.
** It's heavily implied in Volume 2, however, that Jaune's Semblance isn't JUST this.
* ThePowerOfLove: [[Anime/EurekaSeven The Nirvash]] is implied to operate on this as designed by Blake.
* RageQuit: Weiss does this to ''Fanfic/ReactWatchBelieveYikes'' after only two chapters. PlayedForLaughs, as the author has expressed his approval of the fic.
** Weiss The Gamer also triggered this reaction, but the author has already confirmed a second part to it.
** Weiss has a tendency to do this to every video game she plays. Civilization, however, averts this.
* RapidFireComedy: Most of the dialogue is this, as well as the commentary on fics.
* RecapEpisode: Employs this to allow people,to catch up, due to the insanity often happening within the fic.
* RecursiveFanfiction: ''Velvet's Obsession'', ''Stalker Unit'' and ''The Diary of Glynda Goodwitch'' are all fanfics created about the Reactsverse. The latter is considered canon.
** Weiss Reacts itself is a RecursiveFanfiction of an earlier fanfic, ''Dear Fanfiction''- specifically, of Weiss' characterisation in it.
* RedHerring: A lot of them, especially in the earlier chapters where the characters wrote the fanfics InUniverse and Weiss scurried around to find them, often while spouting SuspiciouslySpecificDenial about the fic itself.
** The twist of the first chapter reveals [[NotSoAboveItAll Ren]] to have written the titular White Rose Lemon.
** [[Manga/FruitsBasket Tohru]] is set up to be the transfer student of 'Weiss Reacts to Transfer Students' until the very end.
** Blake is revealed to have commissioned a [=WeissxJaune=] fic ForTheLulz and [[TheGadfly to see Weiss' reaction.]]
* {{Reincarnation}}: The whole of [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann the Dai-Gurren Brigade]], or at least Kamina, Simon, Yoko and Nia are reincarnated as Andreas and Azur Arc, Yona Tell and Cota, Azur's wife. It's explicit for Kamina, who literally gives his reason as [[ItAmusedMe he was bored of being dead]], and it's implied for the others.
* SelfDeprecation: The author has made a RunningGag out of this. So far, he has had Weiss dislike most of his fics, [[VideoGame/{{Persona3}} Yukari]] call him out on having a [[PerverseSexualLust Yukari fetish]], most of the cast indirectly refer to him as a pervert and most of his author's notes have him downplaying his own fic and talking up others. PlayedForLaughs.
* SeriousBusiness: Antics and shipping. Seriously, don't get in the way of them. [[BerserkButton Yang doesn't like that.]]
** Games. Lucina brings out a ''death quote'' when she fails to defend Jaune's Japan and Ren and Yang treat the game like an actual war. Only Ruby and Latte seem to understand that it was a game and play accordingly.
** The last four chapters of Volume 1 are devoted to a war- fought over Yang and Ren being TheKnightsWhoSaySquee and having that affect their pranking, much to Weiss' consternation.
* ShipTease: Basically, everyone with everyone, although Jaune, Yang, Weiss and Ruby get the most, particularly YangxBlake, with WeissxRuby becoming Reactsverse canon.
* ShownTheirWork: About most legends and things mentioned:
** Maeve uses dark magic and is named for another DarkMagicalGirl- her inspiration Scathach's name means [[DarkIsNotEvil 'shadowy']], while Aspasia's lion hoodie is based off the pelt of the Nemean Lion. A lot of this can be found over in the ShoutOut page.
** From the looks of things, the Civilization V chapter is played on the Gods and Kings expansion, with Korea and Babylon unlocked as DLC.
* SingleTargetSexuality: Cardin has this for Melanie. It works so well that not even [[LoveIsInTheAir Pheromone Dust]] can make him change his mind.
** Velvet has this for Weiss.
%%* StalkerWithACrush: Velvet is this to Weiss, Coco is this to Velvet and Pyrrha is this to Jaune.
TT* SurroundedByIdiots: Weiss and Beth Lupin. Also, Glynda in her own fic.
* {{Troll}}: Yang, Ren, and Lukas of Team MLDY. Nora also has some shades of this, as does Blake. Even Ozpin gets into the action by forcing [[{{Tsundere}} Glynda]], dressed as [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Rin Tohsaka]] to refer to him as the God-Emperor of Swag.
** Cinder was also implied to be this back when she was young, and retains some traits of it.
* {{Tsundere}}: Weiss, so much. Glynda, Melodia and Cinder are this, and Fionn is a male version, although Fionn, Cinder and Melodia are mainly Type B, whereas Glynda and Weiss are Type A.
* UnexpectedCharacter: [[Manga/LuckyStar Kagami and Konata]] show up out of nowhere in chapter 11. [[VideoGame/Persona3 Yukari]] averts this due to having so much ForeShadowing it hurts.
** [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 A Space Marine]] in the first Crossover chapter.
** A DOUBLE whammy with the Transfer Student chapter. Nobody expected [[Manga/FruitsBasket Tohru Honda]]- most of the author's crossover characters were from visual novels like ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'' or video games like ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'', and thus she was completely out of left field, being a {{Shoujo}} heroine from a relatively old manga-and definitely nobody expected [[VideoGame/Persona3 Minako]]- he had stuck up to using the canon up to this point.
** Just WHO expected the [=RWBYSaurus=]?
** Neo, Emerald and Mercury, although the latter two had an EarlyBirdCameo during the Music Festival arc.
** [[Anime/CodeGeass Euphemia]] was so heavily foreshadowed that nobody expected her not to be Jaune's sister, but [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Lucina]] had absolutely NO foreshadowing at all.
** Tukson also came out of absolutely nowhere.
* UnwantedHarem: Jaune gains one by accident due to his Semblance, much to his distress. He also reads several fanfics based off of this premise.
** Weiss has one too. [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer Yes, including Velvet, half of Coco's personalities and Pyrrha]] want her.
* UltimateShowdownOfUltimateDestiny: Chapter 74: Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann vs [[Anime/EurekaSeven Nirvash]]. Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann wins by way of [[DeTerminator Blake]] channeling immense amounts of Spiral Power and Weiss and Ruby being horrible pilots.
* {{Yandere}}: Velvet and Pyrrha, as well as Coco's Mocha personality. Also, it's implied that ''the entire Scarlatina family'' is like this.
** Jaune lampshades the tendency for yanderes to be popular during the Beacon Dance arc.
--> "Why do all yanderes have to be so adorable?!"
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[[folder:Volume Two Tropes]]
* ActorAllusion: Minako dresses up as [[Manga/KOn Nodoka]] for the Winter Animecon. Earlier than that, Yang was implied to ship her and Tohru. Now read the entry for ActorAllusion above.
* ADayInTheLimelight: Sun Wukong gets his in 'Sun Reacts to Sun Ragekong'. The volume is also this for Nora, who barely got any focus in favour of Pyrrha and Jaune in the last one.
** Later, Elsa gets hers in the CFVY recaps.
** Norn gets hers during the Cockerel Festival, as does Ren.
* BladeLock: [[Fanfic/LucinaReacts Lucina]] and Weiss make their first meeting doing this across the threshold of their two worlds during the crossover.
* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Most of Weiss' Christmas gifts are relatively mundane. Yang gets her a ''Ruby body pillow'', much to her irritation.
* BrickJoke: [[spoiler: The Fanfiction Tome from ''Fanfic/LucinaReacts'' appears in TheStinger for the Fire Emblem chapter.]]
** Unlimited Yandere Works shows up in the Cockerel Festival after Velvet last attempted to use it during the Beacon Dance. [[spoiler: Like its namesake, it is absolutely littered with knives, axes and chainsaws; the weapons of a typical {{Yandere}}]].
* ButtMonkey: [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Kyubey]] ends up as one in the Reactsverse; apparently Nora tried to '''eat''' him once, [[spoiler: and Kyoko is tracking him down to kill him]].
** Tohru gets this in full force once more; her first major role is to be shoved into a {{Stripperiffic}} costume by [[CosplayOtakuGirl Cinder]]. ''Twice''.
** Not that Roman gets away either. The difference is Tohru is too nice to return the favor, while Roman is far more [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]] about it.
* CatScare: [[Anime/LagrangeTheFlowerOfRinne Lan]], the girl Nora attempts to [[ImTakingHerHomeWithMe attempts to kidnap earlier in the chapter]] pulls this on Weiss by accident during the Halloween chapter.
* TheCameo: [[Anime/LagrangeTheFlowerOfRinne Lan]], [[VisualNovel/{{CLANNAD}} Nagisa and Tomoya]] appear in the Halloween chapter.
** Also, the Slenderman, [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Mami and Homura]] show up during the Winter Animecon.
** [[spoiler: [[DarkMagicalGirl Kyoko]]]] also appears during the ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' chapter.
** [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyX Yuna]] and [[VideoGame/DeadOrAlive Kasumi]] show up, signing up for the Cockerel Festival tournament.
** During the festival itself, [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Cordelia]] is paired with the Tharja {{expy}} Maeve, while Blake is partnered with Chartre, a character from the Roleplay/Bay12RWBYRoleplay.
* {{Crossover}}: The Best Reactsverse Crossover special, with Elf's other fanfic, ''Fanfic/LucinaReacts''.
* CoolShip: The ''Iron Savior'', revealed during the Harvest Festival Arc.
* CurbStompBattle: Tukson in the Lazengann against the Gurren Lagann, Shinkiro, Nirvash and all three Vox Units. He barely lasts minutes, too.
** Team RWBY versus [[Manga/KOn Hokuago Tea-Time]] in a music contest. The former stood no chance.
** The Tankery club versus Gurren Lagann. The Gurren Lagann had no chance and only survived due to [[DeathOrGloryAttack Giga Drill Maximum]].
** Ren versus Nora during the Cockerel Festival.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Compared to the first volume, mostly centered around the Cockerel Festival's reveals. It's still lighter than canon, however.
* DealWithTheDevil: Miss Faust attempts to make one during the crossover special, kicking off the opening of the portal from her side.
%%* TheEngineer: Sun and [[VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles Isara]] serve as this to the Tankery Club, as counterparts to Blake.
%%* {{Expy}}: Cerberus is one of Franchise/ScoobyDoo.
* {{Flanderization}}: Yang Xiao Long's antics as of late have become less substantial, are less for {{Shipping}} and more for cheap humor, and has become a borderline KarmaHoudini in Weiss's (and many viewers' and the author's) eyes. [[spoiler:Even the (rest of the) Antic Order thinks she has gone too far and have engaged in an EnemyMine with Weiss to put her in her place.]]
* GilliganCut: During the Music Standoffs rematch, Ruby states the chances of [[Manga/KOn Hokuago Tea-Time]] being in Vale at the time is about as likely as Manga/SquidGirl being anywhere near them. [[TemptingFate Of course, she's meters away from them being dragged out of the restaurant the K-On! protagonists are currently dining at.]]
* GoneHorriblyRight: [[Fanfic/LucinaReacts Miriel]] and Miss Faust's attempts to make portals succeeded. They ended up linking straight to each other, kicking off the events of the crossover.
* ImTakingHerHomeWithMe: Nora has tried this, apparently, on [[ShrinkingViolet Yang's mother]], tries this on Lan and on Nagisa. Jaune and Ren have to stop her before she succeeds.
* KiManipulation: Ren is revealed to have these as his Semblance.
* KnightOfCerebus: [[VileVillainSaccharineShow Siegmund Schnee]].
* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: Demeter, Ruby's grandmother, is only introduced in the final chapter of the volume.
* NoodleIncident: Kyubey nearly being eaten by Nora and then visiting [[VideoGame/{{Persona4}} Inaba]] are both mentioned, but not elaborated on.
** Similarly, what happened to explain [[spoiler: Mami's survival in the Reactsverse]] is left unknown.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Weiss is even more like this than she was in the last volume- the Halloween chapter is the best proof for this.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Winter versus Penny. The majority of the fights not shown in chapters during the Cockerel Festival are this as well.
* PaperTiger: Cerberus, the tamed Grimm. He's scared of ''loud noises and sharp smells'', despite being a ''malevolent manifestation of darkness that feeds on the negative emotions of humans''.
* RageBreakingPoint: Sun reaches this in 'Sun Reacts to Sun Ragekong' when he has enough of Blake's manliness speeches.
--> ''Just...SHUT UP YOU LIMPDICK! YOU HAVE A CONDITION! A STUPID CONDITION! YOU HAVE DONE NOTHING BUT MENTION YOUR MANLINESS! OUM DAMMIT! JUST...SCREW YOU!''
** Also serves as a PrecisionFStrike.
** Weiss reaches this when reading 'Cards against Remnant' and spills over to TranquilFury.
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: What Ren and [[Fanfic/LucinaReacts Cynthia]] are planning to turn their Antic Order and Justice Cabal into by uniting them with each other.
* ReiAyanamiExpy: Discussed when the aforementioned Lan appears. Jaune lampshades the fact that despite seeming like a Rei cosplayer, she most likely isn't and that is most likely her natural self. [[HumanAliens He would be correct.]]
** Elsa's status as this is played up, too.
* TheReveal: Siegmund is infiltrating the Cockerel Festival to get at Weiss, using Adam as his pawn. He also has unknown history with Penny's creator.
* TheStinger:
** [[spoiler: The [[Fanfic/LucinaReacts Fanfiction Tome]] reappearing in the RWBY world after Miriel sends it back to Blake.]]
** [[spoiler: [[Anime/GirlsUndPanzer Miho Nishizumi]] calling the Beacon Tankery Club to arrange a meeting.]]
** [[spoiler: Every chapter of the Cockerel Festival has featured Adam speaking with Siegmund, Weiss's grandfather.]]
** [[spoiler: The end of the volume has one. Suffice to say, ''[[NothingIsScarier whatever]]'' is in Professor Faust's basement is bad enough to the extent that the ''Antic Order'' is trying their best to keep it sealed down there.]]
* SuddenlySpeaking: Gretchen Faust speaks for the first time in Volume Two. ZigZagged: Faust could always talk, but she was never seen talking in person, only either recorded in Glynda's diary or off-scene.
* TankGoodness: The Panzer IV, Tiger I and [[VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles Edelweiss]] owned by the Tankery Club.
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: [[Fanfic/LucinaReacts Ricken]] and Glynda both realise this from their sides of the portal as Miriel and Miss Faust attempt to open one.
** When both sides realise, in order, that the Antic Order operates in both their worlds and that [[MadScientist Miriel]] and [[TheArchmage Miss Faust]] are collaborating.
* TomeOfEldritchLore: The Main/TrollFic [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10783707/1/Nora-kills-a-bunch-of-everybody Nora kills a bunch of everybody]] is considered this by Jaune and Ren, who fear that Nora will [[GoMadFromTheRevelation go insane]] upon reading it and swear to keep her from doing so. She forces them to read it with her and ends up enjoying it before [[HilarityEnsues forcing Pyrrha to read it and sending it to Weiss]]...
** ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' is this to team JNPR, mostly. Only Ren is unaffected, made immune by [[BlackComedy 'headless Mami memes']].
** Also, the fic ''Blood Rose'' is this to the protagonists. And the fic ''Cards Against Remnant''. Weiss even outright compares it to the aforementioned TrollFic.
%%* TournamentArc: The Cockerel Festival.
* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Adam- an avowed human racist and a bit of a JerkAss. Even he pales in comparison to [[BigBad Siegmund Schnee]].
* WorfBarrage: Weiss and Norn inflict this upon Yang and Velvet respectively during their fights in the TournamentArc.
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[[folder: Volume Three Tropes]]
* AloneAmongTheCouples: Winter is seen like this during her segment in the Valentine's Day chapter, [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy after wishing Jaune a happy Lover's Day]]. However, [[NiceGuy Rook]] comes in to rectify this swiftly.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Subverted. A last-minute declaration does not immediately make the person confessed to fall in love with the confessor. [[spoiler: As poor Yang finds out.]]
* ArmorIsUseless: [[spoiler: {{Subverted}}. Pyrrha takes a shot to the chest during the Mandatory Training Arc and the story takes pains to clarify that had Pyrrha not been wearing better armor than her usual outfit, the shot would've killed her. She survives with several broken ribs instead.]]
* BlackComedy: A meta example; the constant presence of [[IncrediblyLamePun puns]] based on [[spoiler: Penny's canonical dismemberment and possible death]] throughout the first part of the ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' chapter. Even the reviewers get in on the pun-making.
** He doesn't stop there, either. [[spoiler: Needless to say, neither Yang's loss of an arm nor Pyrrha's death were serious enough for him stop making fun of them.]]
* CallBack: Jaune still has a debt from Professor Faust in the form of a shoggoth that he can draw out when necessary. [[spoiler: He uses it on Yang to distract her while he and Pyrrha escape the CosplayCafe.]]
** Pyrrha still remembers her turn as a {{Yandere}} and her being dosed with [[LoveIsInTheAir aphrodisiac]] during the Xiao Long Incident.
** The [[Fanfic/LucinaReacts Cordelia Protocol]] is apparently official Antic Order protocol. Yang attempts to execute it on Pyrrha and Jaune in an attempt to get them to kiss, but it backfires when Pyrrha ''faints'' as a result.
* CannotSpitItOut: Yang and Jaune to Blake and Pyrrha respectively. The latter pair [[spoiler: manage to spit it out at the end of the Yuletide Dance arc]], while the former [[spoiler: ends up being rejected by Blake.]]
** Zig-zagged with [[spoiler: the prophecy about Pyrrha dying in battle.]] Jaune equivocates about telling her, before [[spoiler: telling her during the Mandatory Training Arc.]]
* CerebusRollercoaster: The volume thus far has gone from its usual cheery humour to much darker themes and back, such as going from Jaune's AccidentalPervert antics with Pyrrha and a fight with a HumongousMecha during their play to [[spoiler: Jaune losing his composure due to his fear of losing Pyrrha and Yang's AnguishedDeclarationOfLove being rejected by Blake.]] The next chapter? A reaction to ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan''.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Yang acts... weirdly when she finds out the author of ''[[Fanfic/EmergenceRWBY Aliens Among Us]]'' pairs Weiss and [[LoveInterest Blake]] together.
%%* CosplayCafe: [[spoiler: Yang works at one called 'Pleasure Paradise'.]]
* CostumePorn: Ratcheted up in this volume. [[MsFanservice Pyrrha]] gets the most, but Winter, Yang and Blake get their own moments, too.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Than even the second volume. There's still quite a lot of comedy, but there seems to be darker and sadder moments than the last volume. [[spoiler: The Yuletide Dance and the subsequent chapters in particular are less filled with comedy than most of the rest.]]
** And the Antic Order seems to be getting more serious, too. The letters in the Anniversary chapter hint that the Order has been keeping a close eye on the protagonists, with Pyrrha in particular having a close watch [[spoiler: in order to prevent the DarkerAndEdgier events of canon from happening]]. Demeter is also hinted to be AmbiguouslyEvil AND a member of the Order.
* DramaPreservingHandicap: No matter how badass one is, illness is still a huge hindering factor in battle. [[spoiler: Pyrrha finds this out to her chagrin when the poachers take advantage of her illness to get the advantage against her.]]
* EnemyMine: The Antic Order and Weiss do this against [[JerkAss Dove]] and his newspaper, then team up to counter [[StalkerWithACrush Winter's fanclub and Dove's thugs]] when they attempt to fight back against the last team-up.
* HeroicBSOD: Everyone enters one when they see the end of Volume 3 of canon. Especially Pyrrha, who ends up having nightmares over it, and Jaune [[spoiler: who ends up being unable to erase the image of canon!Pyrrha's death from his eyes.]]
* {{Irony}}: Yang is warned both to go watch the canon episode ''[=PvP=]'' and [[TemptingFate to never show Penny said episode]], which is likely for [[WhamEpisode obvious reasons]]. Yang assumes this must be because [[ComicallyMissingThePoint they have shipped Penny off in canon]]. Also, the constant [[spoiler: dismemberment]] puns mentioned in BlackComedy.
* LoveEpiphany: [[spoiler: Jaune finally realises his true affections are for Pyrrha during the Yuletide Dance.]]
* TheMole: The substitute teacher Quirinus Albus is one for the Antic Order.
** [[spoiler: As is the teacher the Order plans to send, a woman called Cassandra mentioned during the Anniversary letters.]]
* MoodWhiplash: [[spoiler: The beginning of Volume 3 Reaction Part 2 starts with a discussion about the cuteness of [[FemaleGaze certain team]] [[MaleGaze members' backsides]] and ends with everyone frozen in horror after seeing [[PyrrhicVictory the]] [[BittersweetEnding ending]] [[NothingIsTheSameAnymore of]] Volume 3 in canon. THEN the mood is switched back when Ozpin reveals that ''he and everyone else knew'' the events of canon seventeen years ago and [[ScrewDestiny specifically moved to avert them]].]]
** The School Play Arc has one, too. [[spoiler: The majority of it is pretty much typical comedy for the Reactsverse. The ending closes on Yang sobbing after Blake rejects her AnguishedDeclarationOfLove]].
* MomentKiller: Jaune and Pyrrha are about to kiss during the Training Arc. Earlier during the chapter, Rook and Winter worked on a pitfall trap to catch Grimm and follow their tracks. [[BrickJoke Take a guess what Jaune has the misfortune of stepping onto.]]
* NoodleIncident: What happened during the Valentine's Day chapter that resulted in Ren being shirtless and Nora wearing a Pancake Land shirt and involved them flying on the back of the rocket lockers. Nora even lampshades it, saying it was TheGreatestStoryNeverTold.
* ObliviousToLove: Jaune. [[spoiler: Subverted. He actually DID know Pyrrha and Winter were in love with him. See his character page for more details.]]
** [[spoiler: Winter isn't as oblivious as she first appears, either. Much to her chagrin.]]
* OutGambitted: Weiss does this to Ren and Yang when they attempt to stop her from exposing the Antic Order with her newspaper by threatening to explode all of their antic equipment unless they let her go. Ren [[GracefulLoser concedes defeat]] and declares Weiss a WorthyOpponent as a result.
* [[SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl Savvy Girl, Energetic Girl]]: Penny and Norn form this duo, with Penny being energetic and curious and Norn being quiet and savvier.
* ShipTease: [[ProperLady Winter]] and [[{{Cowboy}} Rook]] get quite a bit, along with Yang and Blake.
* TheStinger: Like all volumes, this has its fair share already.
** The first stinger [[spoiler: reveals that Ozpin is working with the Antic Order to protect whatever is in Faust's basement. It also reveals that Demeter- or whoever attempted to break into Professor Faust's basement- will stop at nothing to have whatever is in there]].
** The second stinger: [[spoiler: Far less serious than the last stinger. It's simply Velvet showing up at the end of the Valentine's Day special to [[BreakingTheFourthWall complain about Pyrrha stealing all of her screentime]].]]
** [[spoiler: The next stinger after the Volume 3 reaction reveals that not only did Ozpin, Cinder and Torchwick know the events of canon would take place, but participated in something called the Awakening Initiative to prevent the events from ever happening. Also, Cassandra, the teacher introduced by Reflet, is finally seen.]]
** The second part of the ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' reaction has one, too. [[spoiler: Judging from what Professor Faust states, Pyrrha is revealed to be apparently destined to die in battle.]]
* ThatsAnOrder: Demeter attempts to use this to order Professor Albus out of Faust's office to investigate her room. Faust herself then overrides her, fortunately.
* TimeSkip: The volume starts one month after Volume Two.
* TooDumbToLive: Weiss points out [[WebVideo/SwordArtOnlineAbridged Keita]] as this, asking how he's survived so long with [[AIIsACrapshoot dumb AI]] and in debt to the in-game mob.
* TraumaButton: Jaune is still traumatised by [[spoiler: witnessing Pyrrha's canonical death]]. As such, he is understandably incredibly leery about [[spoiler: seeing Pyrrha be sent off on a dangerous mission without him or their team]].
* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler: The fourth and final part to the Yuletide Dance arc. Jaune and Pyrrha resolve their UnresolvedSexualTension with a LoveConfession and [[IWillWaitForYou a promise to wait for the former]].....and then Winter overhears the whole thing. Her [[BreakTheCutie reaction]] is absolutely ''devastating''.]]
** The ending of the ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' special turns the whole thing into this. [[spoiler: If Professor Faust's prophecy is right, Pyrrha is supposed to die in a similar fashion to her canonical counterpart before she leaves Beacon. Much to [[LoveInterest Jaune's]] [[OhCrap horror.]]]]
* WhamLine: Quite a few.
--> '''Jaune''': [[spoiler: ''(in response to [[ObliviousToLove never noticing Pyrrha's advances]]) "[[ObfuscatingStupidity I KNOW, Yang! I know she's in love with me! I know!]]"'']]
--> '''Winter''': ''[[spoiler: [[BreakTheCutie '…was I….was I a fool for thinking I had a chance with him?']]]]''
--> '''Ozpin''': ''[[spoiler: 'Our actions were successful, then. The Awakening Initiative is no longer in force, effective immediately. We have successfully [[ScrewDestiny averted a potential series of events]] [[StoryboardingTheApocalypse outlined in the incident seventeen years ago.]]']]''
--> '''Professor Faust''': ''[[spoiler: [[YourDaysAreNumbered 'Miss Nikos is doomed to die. She shall be slain in battle. She shall die young, cut down before her time. She shall perish before she has even left these halls.']]]]''
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