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* WeaponOfChoice: The Keys. Justified, as they have very useful abilities, such as aiding Arthur's survival in more ways than one.
** HeroesPreferSwords: The First and Fourth Keys turn into swords at various times. Subverted in that he never actually wields them as such.
** PowerFist: The Second Key, which consists of two gauntlets.
** RoyalRapier:
*** The complete First Key, which is a sword made of two clock hands.
*** The Fourth Key in its combat form, a sword.

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* WeaponOfChoice: The Keys. Justified, as they have very useful abilities, such as aiding Arthur's survival in more ways than one.
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%%** HeroesPreferSwords: The First and Fourth Keys turn into swords at various times. Subverted in that he never actually wields them as such.
** %%** PowerFist: The Second Key, which consists of two gauntlets.
** %%** RoyalRapier:
*** %%*** The complete First Key, which is a sword made of two clock hands.
*** %%*** The Fourth Key in its combat form, a sword.

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* AGodIAmNot: Played with later on. Arthur himself never claims to be godlike in any way, and doesn't want to be, but [[spoiler: his transformation as a result of using the keys gradually makes him [[AGodAmI act more and more like one]].]] Arthur himself is aware of and deeply troubled by this, and works against it, culminating in him [[spoiler: choosing to remake the old universe entirely instead of creating one of his own, and then splitting his human and architect selves from each other.]]


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* AGodIAmNot: Played with later on. Arthur himself never claims to be godlike in any way, and doesn't want to be, but [[spoiler: his transformation as a result of using the keys gradually makes him [[AGodAmI act more and more like one]].]] Arthur himself is aware of and deeply troubled by this, and works against it, culminating in him [[spoiler: choosing to remake the old universe entirely instead of creating one of his own, and then splitting his human and architect selves from each other.]]
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* BalefulPolymorph: Her Leviathan form, a gigantic whale.
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* IllBoy: He suffers from asthma as a plot point. Holding a Key alleviates the symptoms.
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* NiceHat: A slightly squashed top hat.
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** ProngsOfPoseidon: The Third Key, which is a trident in its default form.



* ProngsOfPoseidon: Her key.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Has electric blue hair.

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%%* NewTransferStudent

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%%* NewTransferStudent* NewTransferStudent: In the first book, he's transferred to a new school.



* KidHero: Well, not really. She's a 4 hundred-year-old woman with the mind and body of a young girl.

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* KidHero: Well, not really. She's a 4 hundred-year-old 400-year-old woman with the mind and body of a young girl.



* KidHero: She's the same age as Arthur.


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* KidHero: She's the same age as Arthur.
* MindControl: [[spoiler:She gets infected by the Skinless Boy's mold in ''Sir Thursday'', but Suzy knocks her out before the Skinless Boy can fully control her, and she's back to normal after the Skinless Boy is destroyed.]]

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* TheAtoner: Once Arthur takes the key away from him and heals his mind, Monday becomes a much better and more-helpful person.

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* TheAtoner: Once Arthur takes the key away from him and heals his mind, Monday becomes a much better and more-helpful person.Denizen.



* LazyBum: Does nothing but sleep, although it's suggested he can communicate words with a flicker of eyelids.

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: He's attacked by the same bibliophages he created after Suzy writes on him.]]
* LazyBum: Does nothing but sleep, although it's suggested he can communicate words with a flicker of his eyelids.



* StarterVillain: He is the first trustee to be deposed by Arthur.

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* StarterVillain: He is the first trustee Trustee to be deposed by Arthur.



* DrivenByEnvy: Being the ''second'' most powerful being still active in the universe is utterly intolerable to her not for the privileges that being the top dog would grant her, but because the thought of someone having it better than her consumes her.



* GreenEyedMonster: Being the ''second'' most powerful being still active in the universe is utterly intolerable to her not for the privileges that being the top dog would grant her, but because the thought of someone having it better than her consumes her.



* AllPowerfulBystander: An awful lot of trouble could have been avoided if he'd just got involved sooner, but his pride got in the way

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* AllPowerfulBystander: An awful lot of trouble could have been avoided if he'd just got involved sooner, but his pride got in the wayway.
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* TokenGoodTeammate: Not Primus herself, but part 6, Charity, is quite helpful to Arthur, and even goes on to help Suzy and Giac later. Suzy is quite dissapointed when it merges with the others, saying that it was the nicest of the lot by far.

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* TokenGoodTeammate: Not Primus herself, but part 6, Charity, is quite helpful to Arthur, and even goes on to help Suzy and Giac later. Suzy is quite dissapointed disappointed when it merges with the others, saying that it was the nicest of the lot by far.



* AssholeVictim: After everything she's done throughout the series, it's nigh-impossible to feel any sympathy when [[spoiler: the Piper kills her in revenge for disfiguring him.]]

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* AssholeVictim: After everything she's done throughout the series, it's nigh-impossible to feel any sympathy when [[spoiler: the Piper kills her in as revenge for disfiguring him.]]



* BigBad: [[spoiler:Except really a DiscOneFinalBoss.]]

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* BigBad: She's behind much of the conflict throughout the series. [[spoiler:Except she's really a DiscOneFinalBoss.]]



* TheUnfought: [[spoiler: Arthur takes her down immediately in a very anticlimactic confrontation even though she was constantly made out to be the ultra-powerful [[TheChessmaster chessmaster]] behind all the evil in the series.]]

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* TheUnfought: [[spoiler: Arthur takes claims her down Key immediately in a very anticlimactic confrontation in ''Superior Saturday'', even though she was constantly made out to be the ultra-powerful [[TheChessmaster chessmaster]] behind all the evil in the series.series, and the Piper kills her without her putting up much resistance in ''Lord Sunday''.]]
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* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler: As one of the few inhabitants of the House who was at Elysium when the Incomparable Gardens were destroyed, he could potentially be recreated by the New Architect. Though SaveTheVillain would be in effect if he was]].
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* HippieName: Her parents were hippies, resulting in Leaf and her brother Branch's natural names.

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* BigEater: Oh yeah. Ties in to her sin of {{Gluttony}}.

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* BigEater: Oh yeah. Ties in to her sin of {{Gluttony}}.as a VillainousGlutton.



* {{Envy}}: Being the ''second'' most powerful being still active in the universe is utterly intolerable to her not for the privileges that being the top dog would grant her, but because the thought of someone having it better than her consumes her.


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* GreenEyedMonster: Being the ''second'' most powerful being still active in the universe is utterly intolerable to her not for the privileges that being the top dog would grant her, but because the thought of someone having it better than her consumes her.
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* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:She is the one who corrupted the Trustees in the first place.]]
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* BlackBestFriend: To Arthur in ''Sir Thursday''.

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* BlackBestFriend: To Arthur in ''Sir Thursday''.
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* BewareTheSillyOnes: She appears to be too addicted to her "experiencing" to cause any serious threat to Arthur, but in fact sets up on of the most effective plots against Arthur.
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* BadBoss: He spends a fair bit of his page time beating up his subordinates. And then there's [[spoiler: his killing of the mind-controlled Piper's Children]].

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* BadBoss: He spends a fair bit of his page time beating up his subordinates. And then there's [[spoiler: his killing of the mind-controlled Piper's Children]]. Despie this, many of his soldiers [[spoiler: sport black armbands in mourning after his assassination.]]

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* RevengeBeforeReason: Part 4 is described as vindictive, and actually attacks [[spoiler: the Piper]] during diplomatic negotiation. [[GenreSavvy Arthur]] even sees this coming and makes them promise not to, and they stoop to LoopholeAbuse and ExactWords to do it.

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* RevengeBeforeReason: Part 4 is described as vindictive, and actually attacks [[spoiler: the Piper]] during diplomatic negotiation. [[GenreSavvy Arthur]] Arthur even sees this coming and makes them promise not to, and they stoop to LoopholeAbuse and ExactWords to do it.



* GenreSavvy: He knows about Saturday's attempts to reach his tower, but doesn't care.
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* TimeAbyss: he is very abtly named, being far older than most Denizens. [[spoiler: Ultimately revealed to be part of the arcitect, making him techncially the oldest being in the entire universe]]

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* TimeAbyss: he is very abtly named, being far older than most Denizens. [[spoiler: Ultimately revealed to be part of the arcitect, Architect, making him techncially the oldest being in the entire universe]]
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* StarterVillain: He is the first trustee to be deposed by Arthur.
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* AssholeVictim: After everything she's done throughout the series, it's nigh-impossible to feel any sympathy when [[spoiler: the Piper kills her in revenge for disfiguring him.]]
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* LazyBum[=/=]LawfulStupid[=/=]ObstructiveBureaucrat: Part 2, Prudence, refuses to acknowledge Arthur as the Rightful Heir without proper documentation. As such, they're forced to carry it around, while it does nothing but sleep.

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* LazyBum[=/=]LawfulStupid[=/=]ObstructiveBureaucrat: LawfulStupid: Part 2, Prudence, refuses to acknowledge Arthur as the Rightful Heir without proper documentation. As such, they're forced to carry it around, while it does nothing but sleep.
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* {{Lust}}: Interpreted for a younger audience as an insatiable desire for the experiences and pleasures of mortal life, rather than, well...

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* {{Lust}}: Interpreted for a younger audience as an insatiable desire for the experiences and pleasures of mortal life, rather than, [[ReallyGetsAround well...]]
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* ChekhovsGunman: He's first introduced in ''Grim Tuesday'', but gains a prominent role in ''Sir Thursday''.

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