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Literature: The Butterfly Ethic
You knew it was coming. First there was Big Love, then Sister Wives,and now The Butterfly Ethic. The story of a psychic in a polygamist cult who decides to go back in time to fix his childhood. Unfortunately, his personality, along with everything save for a handful of memories, are lost in the future. It's now up to Martin to find the right path and set the future straight.

Warning: Story contains severe Deliberate Values Dissonance.

The unfinished story can be read here


Examples:

Arcadia: Pineview.

Captive Date: Christophe brings Claudia on one of these

Church Militant: The book features two, the Deserenes and the Danites.

Gosh Dang it to Heck: Justified, seeing as most of the characters are Mormons and the book takes place in Utah.

The Heavy: The Wizard isn't even close to the Big Bad, yet he's the one who drives the plot from the hero's point of view.

Hello Nurse: Maybelle

Loads and Loads of Characters: The co-op alone has 3,000 members, most of them are given names.

Mark of Shame: The black alchemist tries to invoke this trope on Martin, but Martin doesn't get the "shame" part.

Mishmash Museum: The school visits one for a field trip.

Peggy Sue: Martin invokes this trope at the beginning

Stock Scream: Giovanni gives one after he is thrown by Mayhem
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