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* TacticalReminiscence: Subverted. [[spoiler: Eiko tries to use this trope when she's held captive by Multi, who agreed to let her email her [[ToyShip friend]] Kensuke -- referring to a TV episode that would hopefully inspire him to send a secret message in a video file as a reply. She discovers that Multi had edited her original message and blocked her access afterwards.]]
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* TacticalReminiscence: Subverted. [[spoiler: Eiko tries to use this trope when she's held captive by Multi, who agreed to let her email her [[ToyShip friend]] friend Kensuke -- referring to a TV episode that would hopefully inspire him to send a secret message in a video file as a reply. She discovers that Multi had edited her original message and blocked her access afterwards.]]
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* {{Adorkable}}: Mallory, as both Meiko and Lorelei notice. [[spoiler:Even Multi, Mallory's EvilTwin, shows signs of this occasionally.]]
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* AlliterativeFamily: [[spoiler: All of Mallory's alternate selves have names starting with the letter "M" -- Mike, Multi, Melvin, Megumi, Matsuri, and "[[AtrociousAlias M]]".]]
* ArtificialHuman: Kisei was created by [[spoiler:Tachi, a rogue {{ninja}} assassin. She was initially programmed identically to the fully robotic MechaMooks he used as minions, but was meant to grow beyond her initial programming.]]
* KillingYourAlternateSelf: [[spoiler: Phase One of Multi's plan to remake the Multiverse is to murder all of the other alternate Mallorys. This doesn't increase Multi's power directly, but it does remove potential rivals. "[[ThereCanBeOnlyOne Reality is determined by the last man standing.]]"'']]
* NotSoBadassLongcoat: M's failure to invoke the BadassLongcoat trope is lovingly described.
--> The man sitting in front of the herbs and spices didn't look too dangerous, but it wasn't from lack of trying. He wore a scary leather trenchoat typically reserved for chaotic neutral anti-heroes, the sort that flaps around nicely when you're performing zero gravity kung fu and hugs the shadows properly when prowling in dark alleys of a criminal underworld. On him, however, it was simply a badly fitting and overly large garment which was yanked off a bargain rack and bore all the tailoring hallmarks of unskilled mass-production labor.
--> The man sitting in front of the herbs and spices didn't look too dangerous, but it wasn't from lack of trying. He wore a scary leather trenchoat typically reserved for chaotic neutral anti-heroes, the sort that flaps around nicely when you're performing zero gravity kung fu and hugs the shadows properly when prowling in dark alleys of a criminal underworld. On him, however, it was simply a badly fitting and overly large garment which was yanked off a bargain rack and bore all the tailoring hallmarks of unskilled mass-production labor.
* PocketDimension: The realities created by the Reality Engines come in various sizes, but they're all implied to be much smaller and more simple than Earth itself.
* RealityWarper: [[spoiler:Both Multi, Mallory, and their other duplicates are able to manipulate the realities created by Reality Engines at will, although Mallory can only do it by accident at first.]]
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* RealityWarper: [[spoiler:Both TacticalReminiscence: Subverted. [[spoiler: Eiko tries to use this trope when she's held captive by Multi, who agreed to let her email her [[ToyShip friend]] Kensuke -- referring to a TV episode that would hopefully inspire him to send a secret message in a video file as a reply. She discovers that Multi had edited her original message and Mallory are able to manipulate the realities blocked her access afterwards.]]
* TrulySingleParent:
** [[spoiler: Tachi, Kisei's father and mentor, created her as an heir to his one-person "clan".]]
** [[spoiler: [=RealWare=] CEO Gillian Bates ends the story as the mother of a DesignerBaby she commissioned using DNA from herself, Multi, and Meiko (obtained under dubious but legal circumstances).]]
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Megumi, one of the members of M's support group for alternate Mallorys, was raised as a woman byReality Engines at will, although Mallory can only do it by accident at first.her adoptive family [[NoodleIncident to avoid some kind of family curse]]. [[spoiler: Multi intimidates her into using her powers to change her body's sex before killing her, because his BerserkButton is people refusing to realize their potential.]]
* TrulySingleParent:
** [[spoiler: Tachi, Kisei's father and mentor, created her as an heir to his one-person "clan".]]
** [[spoiler: [=RealWare=] CEO Gillian Bates ends the story as the mother of a DesignerBaby she commissioned using DNA from herself, Multi, and Meiko (obtained under dubious but legal circumstances).]]
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Megumi, one of the members of M's support group for alternate Mallorys, was raised as a woman by
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* {{Adorkable}}: Mallory, as both Meiko and Lorelei notice. [[spoiler:Even Multi, Mallory's EvilTwin, shows signs of this occasionally.]]
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* BluntMetaphorsTrauma: Mallory.
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* BluntMetaphorsTrauma: Mallory.Mallory, like many examples of this trope, tends to overthink his idioms until they're virtually unintelligible.
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* MisappliedPhlebotinum: Becomes a plot element. Although ''Unreal Estate'' is set InAWorld where technology that allows pocket universes to be created to order is ubiquitous, it's mostly used to create a few [[PlanetOfHats Worlds of Hats]]. The most unusual world is the FirstPersonShooter world that automatically respawns "players" after lethal wounds. [[spoiler:The BigBad, Multi, reveals that he has a Vision about using the technology to its full potential, and YouCantMakeAnOmelette...]]
* PlanetOfHats: Each artificial reality has a theme to it.
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* MisappliedPhlebotinum: Becomes a plot element. Although ''Unreal Estate'' is set InAWorld where technology that allows pocket universes to be created to order is ubiquitous, it's mostly used to create a few [[PlanetOfHats Worlds of Hats]]. The most unusual world is Tribal Alpha, the FirstPersonShooter world that automatically respawns "players" after lethal wounds. [[spoiler:The BigBad, Multi, reveals that he has a Vision {{Vision|aryVillain}} about using the technology to its full potential, and YouCantMakeAnOmelette...]]
* PlanetOfHats: Each artificial reality has a theme toit.it, such as Grunwald (an {{Arcadia}} focused on growing and [[SupremeChef preparing]] food), Nocturn ([[CoolestClubEver a reality dedicated to one nightclub]]), and Tribal Alpha (the FirstPersonShooter reality [[spoiler:[[DefectorFromDecadence where Lorelei came from]]]]).
* PromotedToParent: Meiko has been supporting both her little sister Eiko and herself since they were orphaned at a young age, which gave birth to her ControlFreak tendencies.
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* PromotedToParent: Meiko has been supporting both her little sister Eiko and herself since they were orphaned at a young age, which gave birth to her ControlFreak tendencies.
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* CosyCatastrophe: [[spoiler:The "Quiet Apocalypse" that drove humanity into the artificial realities turned out to be this for the survivors. Although it was a combination of all of the most infamous potential ApocalypseHow scenarios happening at once, they weren't enough to destroy human civilization. RealWare abandoning the real world was enough to drive the survivors left behind to actually save the Earth themselves.]]
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* CosyCatastrophe: [[spoiler:The "Quiet Apocalypse" that drove humanity into the artificial realities turned out to be this for the survivors. Although it was a combination of all of the most infamous potential ApocalypseHow scenarios happening at once, they weren't enough to destroy human civilization. RealWare [=RealWare=] abandoning the real world was enough to drive the survivors left behind to actually save the Earth themselves.]]
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WebOriginal fiction by Creator/{{Twoflower}}, ''[[http://stefangagne.com/unrealestate/ Unreal Estate]]'' tells the story of Mallory Heisenberg, a naive young man who wants to see the worlds!
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A WebOriginal fiction serial written from 2001 through 2003 by Creator/{{Twoflower}}, ''[[http://stefangagne.com/unrealestate/ Unreal Estate]]'' tells the story of Mallory Heisenberg, a naive young man who wants to see the worlds!
* {{Animesque}}: Like ''WebOriginal/SailorNothing'', ''Unreal Estate'' uses and plays with several tropes common to Anime and Manga -- most obviously, the HaremGenre.
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* CosyCatastrophe: [[spoiler:The "Quiet Apocalypse" that drove humanity into the artificial realities turned out to be this for the survivors. Although it was a combination of all of the most infamous potential ApocalypseHow scenarios happening at once, they weren't enough to destroy human civilization.]]
* MisappliedPhlebotinum: Becomes a plot element. Although ''Unreal Estate'' is set InAWorld where technology that allows pocket universes to be created to order is ubiquitous, it's mostly used to create a few [[PlanetOfHats Worlds of Hats]]. The most unusual world is the FirstPersonShooter world that automatically respawns "players" after lethal wounds. [[spoiler:The BigBad reveals that he has a Vision about using the technology to its full potential, and YouCantMakeAnOmelette...]]
* MisappliedPhlebotinum: Becomes a plot element. Although ''Unreal Estate'' is set InAWorld where technology that allows pocket universes to be created to order is ubiquitous, it's mostly used to create a few [[PlanetOfHats Worlds of Hats]]. The most unusual world is the FirstPersonShooter world that automatically respawns "players" after lethal wounds. [[spoiler:The BigBad reveals that he has a Vision about using the technology to its full potential, and YouCantMakeAnOmelette...]]
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* CosyCatastrophe: [[spoiler:The "Quiet Apocalypse" that drove humanity into the artificial realities turned out to be this for the survivors. Although it was a combination of all of the most infamous potential ApocalypseHow scenarios happening at once, they weren't enough to destroy human civilization. RealWare abandoning the real world was enough to drive the survivors left behind to actually save the Earth themselves.]]
* MisappliedPhlebotinum: Becomes a plot element. Although ''Unreal Estate'' is set InAWorld where technology that allows pocket universes to be created to order is ubiquitous, it's mostly used to create a few [[PlanetOfHats Worlds of Hats]]. The most unusual world is the FirstPersonShooter world that automatically respawns "players" after lethal wounds. [[spoiler:TheBigBad BigBad, Multi, reveals that he has a Vision about using the technology to its full potential, and YouCantMakeAnOmelette...]]
* MisappliedPhlebotinum: Becomes a plot element. Although ''Unreal Estate'' is set InAWorld where technology that allows pocket universes to be created to order is ubiquitous, it's mostly used to create a few [[PlanetOfHats Worlds of Hats]]. The most unusual world is the FirstPersonShooter world that automatically respawns "players" after lethal wounds. [[spoiler:The
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* SupportingHarem: The general relationship dynamic between Mallory and the rest of Meiko's household. Although [[GoodBadGirl Lorelei]] enters a brief relationship with Mallory, it's made clear that the point was to make him learn how to act in a relationship before attempting a RelationshipUpgrade with Meiko.
* RealityWarper: [[spoiler:Both Multi and Mallory are able to manipulate the realities created by Reality Engines at will, although Mallory can only do it by accident at first.]]
* RealityWarper: [[spoiler:Both Multi and Mallory are able to manipulate the realities created by Reality Engines at will, although Mallory can only do it by accident at first.]]
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-->-- The opening words of ''Boy Meets Worlds'', the first part of Unreal Estate
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-->-- The opening words of ''Boy "Boy Meets Worlds'', Worlds", the first part of Unreal Estate
''Unreal Estate''.
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See, in this setting, worlds and realities are created by powerful "Reality Engines". It can be created to any specification you imagine - provided you can afford the vast fees demanded by [=RealWare=], the massive corporation that builds the Engines.
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See, in this setting, many, many [[PocketDimension worlds and realities realities]] are created by powerful "Reality Engines". It can The Engines allow a universe to be created to any specification you imagine - provided you can afford the vast fees demanded by [=RealWare=], the massive corporation that builds the Engines.
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This series provides examples of the following tropes:
* BluntMetaphorsTrauma: Mallory
* PlanetOfHats: Each reality has a theme to it
* BluntMetaphorsTrauma: Mallory
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* BluntMetaphorsTrauma:
* CosyCatastrophe: [[spoiler:The "Quiet Apocalypse" that drove humanity into the artificial realities turned out to be this for the survivors. Although it was a combination of all of the most infamous potential ApocalypseHow scenarios happening at once, they weren't enough to destroy human civilization.]]
* MisappliedPhlebotinum: Becomes a plot element. Although ''Unreal Estate'' is set InAWorld where technology that allows pocket universes to be created to order is ubiquitous, it's mostly used to create a few [[PlanetOfHats Worlds of Hats]]. The most unusual world is the FirstPersonShooter world that automatically respawns "players" after lethal wounds. [[spoiler:The BigBad reveals that he has a Vision about using the technology to its full potential, and YouCantMakeAnOmelette...]]
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WebOriginal fiction by {{Twoflower}}, ''[[http://stefangagne.com/unrealestate/ Unreal Estate]]'' tells the story of Mallory Heisenberg, a naive young man who wants to see the worlds!
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WebOriginal fiction by {{Twoflower}}, Creator/{{Twoflower}}, ''[[http://stefangagne.com/unrealestate/ Unreal Estate]]'' tells the story of Mallory Heisenberg, a naive young man who wants to see the worlds!
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WebOriginal fiction by {{Twoflower}}, ''[[http://www.pixelscapes.''[[http://stefangagne.com/unrealestate/ Unreal Estate]]'' tells the story of Mallory Heisenberg, a naive young man who wants to see the worlds!
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->''It was 13 o'clock on a typical day when the sky turned blue.''
->-- The opening words of ''Boy Meets Worlds'', the first part of WebOriginal/UnrealEstate
WebOriginal fiction by {{Twoflower}}, ''[[http://www.pixelscapes.com/unrealestate/ Unreal Estate]]'' tells the story of Mallory Heisenberg, a naive young man who wants to see the worlds!
See, in this setting, worlds and realities are created by powerful "Reality Engines". It can be created to any specification you imagine - provided you can afford the vast fees demanded by [=RealWare=], the massive corporation that builds the Engines.
Mallory's home reality is the quiet and backward "Cooking and Farming" community of Grunwald, but a series of unlikely events and comical misunderstandings lead to him becoming the "Houseboy" of an all-female group of transient troubleshooters.
And then things really get complicated.
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This series provides examples of the following tropes:
* BluntMetaphorsTrauma - Mallory
* PlanetOfHats - Each reality has a theme to it
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->-- The opening words of ''Boy Meets Worlds'', the first part of WebOriginal/UnrealEstate
WebOriginal fiction by {{Twoflower}}, ''[[http://www.pixelscapes.com/unrealestate/ Unreal Estate]]'' tells the story of Mallory Heisenberg, a naive young man who wants to see the worlds!
See, in this setting, worlds and realities are created by powerful "Reality Engines". It can be created to any specification you imagine - provided you can afford the vast fees demanded by [=RealWare=], the massive corporation that builds the Engines.
Mallory's home reality is the quiet and backward "Cooking and Farming" community of Grunwald, but a series of unlikely events and comical misunderstandings lead to him becoming the "Houseboy" of an all-female group of transient troubleshooters.
And then things really get complicated.
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This series provides examples of the following tropes:
* BluntMetaphorsTrauma - Mallory
* PlanetOfHats - Each reality has a theme to it
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