->'''98:''' ...I still can't find where we are. Really, where are we? Are we lost?
->'''12:''' *shrugs tiredly* Beats me. At this point, I'd be willing to say that we're dead and in Hell. Or we could be in an alternate dimension. Or we could be in [[BreakingTheFourthWall a green and black portal and are really just a bunch of figments of a bunch of nerdy peoples imaginations]]... or not.

Fractured Wasteland is an extended RP hosted on [[http://movie9.proboards.com/index.cgi The 9 Forum]]. With a current count of 1501 pages, it is easily the longest RP on the site, and the longest thread on the forum, for that matter.

The plot basically revolves around a large group of stitchpunks, all of whom have come from different universes, though some are from the same universe. Some are familiar with the [[{{WesternAnimation/Nine}} Original 9]], while others are not. The one thing that they truly have in common is that, for the ones who are aware of the multiple-universe situation, none of them are really sure how they got there.

Due to the disappearance of Snowi, the thread has (for the moment) been declared dead as of December 2012, [[LeftHanging leaving it unknown if it will ever be finished.]]

Also has it's own wiki [[http://fracturedwastlandrp.wikispaces.com/ which can be found here.]]

!This role-play contains examples of...

* AllDeathsFinal: As to be expected from a roleplay where [[AnyoneCanDie mortality is demonstrated on a regular basis.]]
* AllThereInTheManual: The backstories of certain characters.
* AlternateUniverse: Basically the underlying situation of the RP.
** AlternateContinuity: Most of the characters come from seperate universes which have different interpretations of what had happened after the end of the original film. A few characters are even related to the original Stitchpunks; Theo being 1's son, and 21 being 6's daughter in their respective universes.
*** Kat's universe even goes so far as to be RealLife with stitchpunks, 21st century and all. Maria is incredibly baffled when she learns of this.
* AnachronismStew: Some of the technology seen wouldn't be around for years in most of the timelines, and most of the musical moments feature songs that half of the characters wouldn't know in their original timeline.
* AnyoneCanDie: Unfortunately. [[spoiler:53, Rain and Stigma died, and 98 is in a coma and most likely won't ever recover.]]
* ArcNumber: The number 53 has become this after [[spoiler:the stitchpunk of the same name was killed]] and has been popping up repeatedly ever since.
* ArtificialLimbs: While there aren't any truly organic limbs here due to everyone being dolls with souls, that didn't stop Freddie from making himself a larger, stronger arm when he lost his left one. And yes, it's badass.
* AscendedExtra: The RP as a whole fits this trope. It was originally just a thread for the OC Name-Week RP, since it's a sort of trend on the forum to sometimes create an RP thread whenever a Name Week occurs each month. This one however became ''so'' popular that it ended up spawning 400 pages within the week, with nearly 6,000 posts. On top of that, a complicated plot had formed, and afterward it became an official RP.
** This resulted in a case of FollowTheLeader, as all Name Week [=RPs=] since then have been left open to continuation after the Name Week they were formed for ended. None of them have reached anywhere near the page count of Fractured Wasteland, however.
* BabiesMakeEverythingBetter: The second generation, sans Prophet's 21 who was born before the events of the roleplay.
* BigDamnHeroes: There have been a few moments when someone is in deep shit that they've been saved by someone else, some examples being the whole group saving 12 and Neil from the Seamstress and 12 saving 98 from the Cat Beast.
* BloodKnight: 53 seemed like this when he was first introduced, and Neil and Stigma have had numerous moments when they seemed like Blood Knights as well.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Has happened on quite a few instances, to the point that several points of the RP are simply filled with [[RageAgainstTheAuthor Rage Against The RP-ers]]. Including Abby and her OC Maria having a face-war argument.
* CreatorBreakdown: Snowi is rapidly showing signs of this.
* CyberCyclops: Freddie is one of these due to his single eye.
* CerebusSyndrome: This RP has a near-terminal case of it.
* CharacterDevelopment: Lots and lots. In fact, many characters owe their entire ''existence'' to the RP.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: ''The whole damn group of Tormentors.'' Also most of the Midguardians. This is definitely not a happy RP.
* DeadGuyJunior: [[spoiler: 53 Jr., Femti-Tre (53 in Norwegian) and Rain Jr.]] The former being the child of 12 and 98, the later two the children of Neil and Kat.
* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler: Stigma.]] Even after he was [[spoiler:stabbed in the back and in the face by Conduit]], he still managed to get out a few good blows to his attacker before dying.
* DidntThinkThisThrough: While the plans of the RP characters are usually thought through once it's established what their plans are, the RP-ers themselves are guilty of this on occasion when planning out how and when to execute the plans. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded at one point]] by Neil:
--> '''Neil''': Could have waited until we got the transceiver, though. [[SarcasmMode Good planning, writers.]]
--> '''Snowi''': (I'M SORRY, I FAIL.)
* EarlyInstalmentWeirdness: Justified due to starting as one of the forum's name week roleplay boards. Roleplayers only had one character they played as, the posts were written in a different format, and things were LighterAndSofter before the plot kicked in.
* FragileSpeedster: Ari/Arnette, full stop. One hit would completely mess her up. The problem is ''she's never hit.''
* GlowingMechanicalEyes: Freddie's single eye glows blood red, even though he's a really nice guy. Unless you try to hurt his family. 14's got one too, and he's just as nice as Freddie. Unless you try to hurt 11.
* GratuitousLatin: The Pueri Solis are very fond of Latin.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Stigma]] had one of these before the big battle at the end of the Tormentor arc, and [[spoiler:Sihd and Conduit]] have had this as well since they're not attacking the Midguardians anymore.
* HeroicBSOD: Has happened to nearly all of the Midguardians at least once.
* InteractiveNarrator: Happened during the aforementioned fourth wall breaking.
* InTheBack: [[spoiler:Stigma]] gets this from [[spoiler:Conduit]] before then ''being stabbed right in the face.'' [[spoiler:Conduit]] then gets this treatment from [[spoiler:the batshit crazy Alpha.]]
* ItsAllMyFault: Every time something majorly bad happens in the RP, 12 always blames it on herself since she's the group's leader, even if there's nothing she could've done to prevent it from happening.
* KillItWithFire: When the [[spoiler: Salamander busts into the church]], this is the mindset it has as it starts trying to take everyone out with its fire breath.
* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler: 53 and Stigma]]
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: 12 in the page quote (the forum's colors are black and green).
* LightningBruiser: Freddie and Stigma are like this, with both able to make a crapload of fast, powerful strikes. Stigma, while having much of his skin missing, has a suit of armor he wears at all times, and Freddie doesn't seem like he'd be able to resist much damage until we see him [[spoiler:get burned alive and still come out fine in a few pages]]. Alpha was also a complete Lightning Bruiser. C2 started out as a unique aversion- he's a [[ShockAndAwe literal]] example of this trope, but when he arrived he was also a [[ActualPacifist complete pacifist.]]
* MeaningfulName: The name of the Cult, Pueri Solis, means "Children of the Sun" in Latin. 53's human name, Ehno, meant "protector" and it fit with his personality when he was in Venice before the events of the RP. Also, Neil means "champion" and he's [[BloodKnight one of the main fighters of the group]]. One of the meanings of Stigma can be "a mark of shame," and Stigma considers his scarred and optic-less face a mark of shame, a constant reminder of his failure to save [[spoiler:Gamma from the building, and then later Epsilon and Eta from Alpha.]] In the ranks of Pueri Solis, Zeke's name means "shooting star" and he's quite a space enthusiast. Somewhat averted with his father, Fugue, who "doesn't have a drop of musical talent in him".
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Basically the main reason for [[spoiler:Stigma changing alignment, and for Sihd and Conduit doing the same later on.]]
* TheMultiverse: It hasn't yet been clearly established how this one works, but it's obviously there.
* MyGreatestFailure: Neil and Stigma both have one of these. Neil's is [[spoiler:failing to save his parents from death]] and Stigma's is [[spoiler:not being able to prevent Gamma, Epsilon and Eta from being killed]]. 12 gets a new one every hundred pages or so.
* NoNameGiven: The RP itself had no official name for two months, going only by the "OC Name Week RP Thread".
* NoSenseOfHumor: Sihd, and the one time she actually seemed to comprehend humor enough to make a deliberate joke (under the influence of sleep deprivation), she's shot down. No more humor from her. Ever.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Stigma.]] After joining up with the Midguardians towards the end of the Tormentor arc, he gets killed [[spoiler:''by his own best friend'']]
* ScheduleSlip: The RP went through this for a time, which was very likely the catalyst for Snowi's CreatorBreakdown. Not to mention it is currently going through another onslaught of this as a result of many of the roleplayers being busy with stuff in their lives, and several including Snowi haven't been on the forum for awhile. This has culminated in the roleplay's death, having gone over two years without an update.
* [[ShipperOnDeck Shippers On Deck]]: A majority of the RP-ers themselves.
* ShipTease: 12 and 98 in the early moments of the RP, and even 53 and Kat before Rain and Neil were found. Also Sihd and Conduit, to a RIDICULOUS extreme. At this point, it's not so much a tease as a promise.
* SkullForAHead: Stigma has something kinda like this, as the mask he wears has a skull on it and he only takes it off twice in the whole RP.
* TitleDrop: Invoked by Freddie at one point when talking to Maria.
--> '''Freddie:''' Dear, you and I both know I won't always be around. This....fractured wasteland isn't the best place for longevity.
* [[JustForFun/TVTropesWillRuinYourLife Tv Tropes Will Ruin Our Lives]]: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Kat at one point of fourth wall breaking.
* VillainLoveSong: Daisy Bell has pretty much turned into this with Conduit/Sihd.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: When the RP was just an OC Name Week thing, there were quite a few characters who popped in every once in a while. Since becoming a full-fledged RP, many of these characters disappeared and were never mentioned again.
* WreckedWeapon: Stigma's sword during the battle in Alpha's Throne Room. It was broken in two while Neil was using it after [[spoiler:Stigma was killed by a Jormungandr-controlled Conduit]].
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Most of the characters aren't in their home dimension and a way back is currently unknown. Also, 2 or 3 of the Midguardian's shelters have been destroyed, forcing them to find a new one every time and never go back to the old ones. [[spoiler:Mu, the alternate reality daughter of Alpha and Gamma, is a textbook sufferer of this - to her, she has been transported to a living nightmare, leaving her wonderful family and group behind. And though this trope is in full swing, she'll try to defy it.]]