History TheOrderOfTheStick / TropesJToL

* KickTheSonOfABitch:
** V's [[spoiler:murder of Kubota]] certainly shows just how much more of an AntiHero the elf has become, but if there is any [[SmugSnake antagonist]] that deserves to be unceremoniously disintegrated and scattered to the winds, it is this one.
** Similarly, [[spoiler:Haley's murder of Crystal]] is commonly seen as this, though a few still found it a bit unsettling. At least until you [[AllThereInTheManual buy the fourth book,]] then read the scenes where [[spoiler:Crystal tries to kill Haley ''several times'' while they're retrieving Roy's body]].
** Also [[KnightTemplar Miko]] pursuing [[HeroicComedicSociopath Belkar]], especially if you consider what Belkar's conduct looks like from ''inside'' the comic's world.
** [[spoiler:Redcloak killing Tsukiko]] is thoroughly cold, callous and brutal and serves as a defining character moment for the former as a villain... and yet, given the latter is a [[spoiler:villain with a skewed perception of morality, and was [[HaveYouToldAnyoneElse threatening to ruin Redcloak's plans to betray Xykon instead of simply informing the latter of this deception, she]]]] really had it coming.
** Similarly, Redcloak killing the elven resistance in Azure City, who had already been established as killing civilian goblins and defenseless prisoners out of speciesism.
** Nale [[spoiler:burns Malack alive]]. Sure, he does it for selfish reasons, but considering that [[spoiler:Malack converted Durkon into a vampire and was plotting mass murder on a daily basis]], he deserves it.
** [[spoiler:Tarquin later kills Nale, though admittedly one of the reasons he does so is to avenge his comrade's death]].

** [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0851.html "Passive Voice"]]: Even ''D&D'' spell names can be used for this gag. When Durkon cast a ''hold person'' spell on Tarquin, the latter just throws off the effect and responds "OK." as he's grabbing the dwarf by the beard for a HumanHammerThrow.

** [[spoiler:Lord Shojo denies resurrection because he'd rather be in the Chaotic Good {{heaven}} than Azure City's DecadentCourt.]]
** [[spoiler:Miko is given a very final-looking death scene, and the only person who seems interested in her corpse (to make an intelligent undead, not resurrect her) passes up on the chance because it is an incomplete body (also, [[WordOfGod Word of the Giant]] is that she's staying dead).]][[invoked]]

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* KatanasAreJustBetter: Azure City is the Stick-verse's {{Wutai}}, so katanas are favored by many of the soldiers and members of the Sapphire Guard. Belkar and Nale have both averted this trope, fighting with katanas they stole from Azurites, but switching to their [[WeaponOfChoice preferred weapons]] at the first opportunity.

** Played with when [[DragonWithAnAgenda Redcloak]] has [[EyeScream one of his eyes gouged out]] by O-Chul. As a high-level cleric he could easily cast a Regenerate spell to restore it, but his boss [[BigBad Xykon]] (who's mid VillainousBreakdown at the time) decides he's sick of Redcloak wasting time instead of actively pursuing their EvilPlan and forbids him from getting his eye back as a form of punishment.

** Played for laughs in [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0428.html "It Takes a Thief"]], where Haley tries to explain the ShellGame to two LawfulGood characters.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: The [[Characters/TheOrderOfTheStick character sheets]] aren't exhaustive, not by a long shot. [[https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?611203-Number-of-Character-Appearances-VII-To-Absent-Friends A constantly-updated list can be found in the forums]].

*** [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0141.html What? Do I have]] [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0753.html something on my face?]]

* LikeFatherLikeSon:
** Roy and his father are both intelligent [[DeadpanSnarker Deadpan Snarkers]].
** Haley and her father, even after [[spoiler: she decides trusting other people is better than a life of lies and stealth]], still share the same credo of "[[JustLikeRobinHood steal from the rich]], give 40% to the poor[[note]]after expenses, obviously[[/note]]".
** Elan meets his long-lost father, [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0723.html and they bond instantly]].
*** [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0141.html What? Do I have]] [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0753.html something on my face?]]
** PlayedForLaughs with [[https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0725.html Nale and his mother]].

* KickedUpstairs: When he finally accepts that Elan doesn't want Roy to be [[TheyWereHoldingYouBack killed off]], Tarquin suggests doing this to him in terms of the narrative: making him the largely offscreen SupportingLeader of a RedshirtArmy, so the story could focus on Elan as TheHero leading the Order.

* LiteralGenie: Subverted. Roy, wary of this happening, words his question to the Oracle in such a way that it works against him. His concern made sense, as this trope was played straight the first time he visited the Oracle (offscreen):
-->'''Roy:''' Where is Xykon?\\
'''Oracle:''' In his throne room.