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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Gengis, not Genghis.
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* HeroesWantRedheads: When she was a redhead. She's since dyed it brunette.
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* TeensAreShort: Averted. His height allows him to pass for an adult.
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trope retooled to be about colorism in-universe


* ButNotTooBlack: May be the result of being a vampire, but is significantly lighter than her brother in the artwork. {{Averted}} in 5th Edition where she is a much darker skin tone.

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Asskicking Leads To Leadership is the new name of the trope.


* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Despite being a little over a hundred years old, Lodin was an incredibly powerful vampire [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness even by the standards of 1st Edition.]]


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* AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: Despite being a little over a hundred years old, Lodin was an incredibly powerful vampire [[EarlyInstallmentWeirdness even by the standards of 1st Edition.]]
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Uncanny Valley is IUEO now and the subjective version has been split; cleaning up misuse and ZCE in the process


* UncannyValley: In-universe. His 5th Edition write-up emphasizes that his body does not move like a normal human being's due to how his girth is essentially rock solid.
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* WidowWoman: Anita considers herself this despite never officially marrying Theodore Dooley.

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* AManOfWealthAndTaste: Rich, powerful, and knows it.
* TheMistress: He not only had several of these but was also this to Eletria the 5th Generation Toreador while she was in love with Datura, the Prince of Veracruz.

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* AManOfWealthAndTaste: Rich, powerful, and knows it.
it. {{Subverted}} with his 5E write-up, who is wealthy only by the standards of a small Chicago subburb.
* TheMistress: TheMistress:
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He not only had several of these but was also this to Eletria the 5th Generation Toreador while she was in love with Datura, the Prince of Veracruz.Veracruz.
** His most beloved one was Lorraine, one of his mortal relatives, who was a drug addicted hippie he embraced.



* BlueBlood: A low generation Toreador and childe of Chicago's Primogen.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: He keeps his only childe and retainers like this.

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* BlueBlood: A low generation Toreador and childe of Chicago's Primogen.
Primogen. {{Subverted}} by his expanded 5E backstory that reveals he was a former fur trapper.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: He keeps his only childe and retainers like this.



* ClassyCravat: Has one of these.

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* ClassyCravat: Has one of these.these in his original artwork.



* RebelliousSpirit: How he presents himself.

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* RebelliousSpirit: How he presents himself. He's actually much more cunning and calculating.



* SellOut: Is believed to be this by the Anarchs as per ''Dust to Dust.''

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* SellOut: Is believed to be this by the Anarchs as per ''Dust to Dust.'''' This is due to his attempts to become Prince of Chicago.



* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Michael's fate is unknown as of 5E.



* BadassLongcoat: He has one of these.

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* BadassLongcoat: He has one of these.these in his 1st Edition Artwork.



* UnexplainedRecovery: Attempts to suicide bomb Elysium as a way of TakingYouWithMe to the city's Kindred. Somehow survives.



* BewareTheNiceOnes: Not nearly as nice as he appears.

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Not nearly as nice as he appears. appears and significantly dangerous.
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* IDoNotEatWine: In earlier editions, Horatio was an objective example of what happens when you don't take the Eat Food Merit. An epicure in life, he spent decades renting out restaurants for private meals, trying to retrain himself in how to savor and digest food... and making a hideous mess all the while.

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* IDoNotEatWine: IDoNotDrinkWine: In earlier editions, Horatio was an objective example of what happens when you don't take the Eat Food Merit. An epicure in life, he spent decades renting out restaurants for private meals, trying to retrain himself in how to savor and digest food... and making a hideous mess all the while.
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* IDoNotEatWine: In earlier editions, Horatio was an objective example of what happens when you don't take the Eat Food Merit. An epicure in life, he spent decades renting out restaurants for private meals, trying to retrain himself in how to savor and digest food... and making a hideous mess all the while.
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Poisonous Friend is no longer a trope


* PoisonousFriend: How he affects the Anarch Movement around him.
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* CoolHat: Averted. He's wearing an old top hat with a fast food paper crown in V5.



* CoolHat: He sports a very dapper Fedora.

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* CharacterDevelopment: Went from being a somewhat stereotypical 90s gangsta to a genius criminal mastermind.

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* CharacterDevelopment: Went from being a somewhat stereotypical 90s gangsta gangster to a genius criminal mastermind.



* FountainOfExpies: Is the first Camarilla Sheriff and all other Sheriffs are based on him. Originally, it wasn't an official position, just his nickname.

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* FountainOfExpies: [[invoked]] Is the first Camarilla Sheriff and all other Sheriffs are based on him. Originally, it wasn't an official position, just his nickname.



* {{Expy}}: One for Sydney Greenstreet's character in ''Film/{{The Maltese Falcon|1941}}'' and in recent years the Kingpin from the Netflix incarnation of ''Series/{{Daredevil|2015}}''

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* {{Expy}}: One for Sydney Greenstreet's character in ''Film/{{The Maltese Falcon|1941}}'' and in recent years the Kingpin from the Netflix incarnation of ''Series/{{Daredevil|2015}}''''Series/{{Daredevil|2015}}''.



* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Lost his chance to become Prince of Chicago due to Son's blackmail. Then he proceeded to lose the majority of his fortune due to the changes in the market. He's still extremely rich and his family business vastly wealthy but he has nothing compared to what he did before.



* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Lost his chance to become Prince of Chicago due to Son's blackmail. Then he proceeded to lose the majority of his fortune due to the changes in the market. He's still extremely rich and his family business vastly wealthy but he has nothing compared to what he did before.
* LighterAndSofter: His character used to be an implied pedophile who fed on his family's children. That was removed in V5 and he feeds on all of his family now.

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* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Lost his chance to become Prince of Chicago due to Son's blackmail. Then he proceeded to lose the majority of his fortune due to the changes in the market. He's still extremely rich and his family business vastly wealthy but he has nothing compared to what he did before.
* LighterAndSofter: His character used to be an implied pedophile who fed on his family's children. That was removed in V5 ''V5'' and he feeds on all of his family now.



* UnclePennybags: A surprising shift in his personality in V5 (possibly due to CharacterDevelopment) means that he's very generous to the Kindred who are nice to him back.

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* UnclePennybags: A surprising shift in his personality in V5 ''V5'' (possibly due to CharacterDevelopment) means that he's very generous to the Kindred who are nice to him back.
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Hollywood Nerd is now a disambiguation. Zero Context Examples will be removed And example that don't fit existing tropes will be removed.


* HollywoodNerd: An overweight, average-looking lazy bum. Subverted in the fact being a vampire has made him a ruthless killer.
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* {{Expy}}: One for Sydney Greenstreet's character in ''Film/{{The Maltese Falcon|1941}}'' and in recent years the Kingdom from the Netflix incarnation of ''Series/{{Daredevil|2015}}''

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* {{Expy}}: One for Sydney Greenstreet's character in ''Film/{{The Maltese Falcon|1941}}'' and in recent years the Kingdom Kingpin from the Netflix incarnation of ''Series/{{Daredevil|2015}}''

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* FallFromGrace: Has an even worse one than Modius.



* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Develops this habit after his FallFromGrace. His minions don't understand him half the time.

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* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Develops this habit after his FallFromGrace.fall from grace. His minions don't understand him half the time.
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* {{Casanova}}: Had a vampire mistress in Lorraine and could only feed on beautiful women.

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* {{Casanova}}: TheCasanova: Had a vampire mistress in Lorraine and could only feed on beautiful women.

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* CharacterDeath: In ''Under a Blood Red Moon'' as the canonical ending. Turns out to have survived.



* KilledOffForReal: In ''Under a Blood Red Moon'' as the canonical ending. Turns out to have survived.
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* {{Expy}}: One for Sydney Greenstreet's character in ''Film/{{The Maltese Falcon|1941}}'' and in recent years the Kingdom from the Netflix incarnation of ''Series/{{Daredevil}}''

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* {{Expy}}: One for Sydney Greenstreet's character in ''Film/{{The Maltese Falcon|1941}}'' and in recent years the Kingdom from the Netflix incarnation of ''Series/{{Daredevil}}''''Series/{{Daredevil|2015}}''

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