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** Of course not. She's the [[LegacyCharacter ''nineteenth'' person to be assigned that code name]].

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** Of course not. She's the [[LegacyCharacter ''nineteenth'' nineteenth person to be assigned that code name]].
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** Of course not. She's the ''nineteenth'' person to be assigned that code name.

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** Of course not. She's the [[LegacyCharacter ''nineteenth'' person to be assigned that code name.name]].
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* Badass: all three paper sisters working together can't beat him.
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!! The Gentleman
-> Founder of the British Library, a reality warper of enormous power.
->'''Appears in: all incarnations'''
* TheManBehindTheMan: Throughout history.
* PiecesOfGod: His body was divided into 5 books.
* RealityWarper

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* [[spoiler: ArtificialHuman: Implied, given that Dokushensa were working to make their own Paper Masters...]]
* CompleteMonster: [[spoiler: He killed Alice after she and Drake had surrendered, for no reason at all other than he could]]


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* LargeHam: She really goes OTT when talking about her big sister's novels

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* BadassNormal

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* BadassNormalBadassNormal: He's fought Paper Masters and lived to tell the tale.


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* CombatPragmatist: A big part of his BadassNormal-itude.
* ConsummateProfessional
* EagleLand: Flavour 1 - He's gruff and unapproachable, but he's loyal to a fault, and a thoroughly decent human being underneath it all.
* GoodIsNotNice: He's a very scary man if you don't know him. If you do you know he's really just a big grouchy teddy-bear.


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* Phenotype Stereotype: Blonde, blue-eyed, built like a slab of pure muscle.

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* BadassAdorable
* BadassBookworm

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* BadassAdorable
BadassAdorable: "Please give me my book back"
* BadassBookwormBadassBookworm: Again, "Please give me my book back"



* BunnyEarsLawyer
* ChristmasCake

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** And God help you and all your kin should you manage to genuinely enrage her.
* BunnyEarsLawyer
BunnyEarsLawyer: She's extremely eccentric but her quirks are tolerated because of her undeniable talent.
* ChristmasCakeChristmasCake: She's 25 in the OVA, 30 by the time of RODTheTV



* {{Meganekko}}

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* {{Meganekko}}{{Meganekko}}: Considered in some corners to be Queen of the Meganekko.
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* {{Cloning Blues}}

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* {{Cloning Blues}}[[spoiler:{{Cloning Blues}}]]



* MirrorMatch: Fights the "evil" clone of her in the OVA.

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* MirrorMatch: [[spoiler:MirrorMatch: Fights the "evil" clone of her in the OVA.]]



* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Ikkyu clones another Nancy and tries to kill the original when he realizes she developed an attachment to Yomiko.

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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness:[[spoiler: Ikkyu clones another Nancy and tries to kill the original when he realizes she developed an attachment to Yomiko.
Yomiko.]]
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* ArthurDent: The only operative who doesn't have any powers and bemoans the fact he has to work with and against those that do.

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* ArthurDent: The only operative who doesn't have any powers and bemoans the fact he has to work with and against those that do.




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* UnfazedEveryman: The only operative who doesn't have any powers and bemoans the fact he has to work with and against those that do.

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* ASpotOfTea



* ASpotOfTea




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* SuddenSequelHeelSyndrome: Between the OVA, where he's on the side of the good guys, and the TV series, the death of Gentleman shifts Joker into WellIntentionedExtremist territory, working toward what he sees as Gentleman's dream by means ranging from ethically dubious to outright evil.

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* AlphaBitch: though everyone seems to like her



* TheLibby: though everyone seems to like her

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* TheLibby: though everyone seems to like her
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Boobs of steel does not apply to any big breasted Action girl. The trope is for cases where the strongest physical female fighter in a group and/or cast has the largest breasts.


* BoobsOfSteel: Yup, her "books" are well stacked.



* BoobsOfSteel: Michelle's "books" are stacked just as much as Yomiko Readman's.
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* [[spoiler: ActionMom: Mother to Junior in the TV series. The British Library took him away from her however.]]

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->Voiced by: MichikoNeya (JP), AmandaWinnLee (EN) in ''ReadOrDie'', Carrie Savage (EN) in ''RODTheTV''
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* [[spoiler: ActionMom: Mother to Junior in the TV series. The However, the British Library took him away from her however.her.]]
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->Voiced by: MichikoNeya (JP), Kimberly Yates (EN) in ''ReadOrDie''
-->Rieko Miura (JP), Helena Taylor (EN) in ''RODTheTV''

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->Voiced by: MichikoNeya Rieko Miura (JP), Kimberly Yates (EN) in ''ReadOrDie''
-->Rieko Miura (JP),
''ReadOrDie'', Helena Taylor (EN) in ''RODTheTV''

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->Voiced by: MichikoNeya (JP), Kimberly Yates (EN) in ''ReadOrDie''
-->Rieko Miura (JP), Helena Taylor (EN) in ''RODTheTV''

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* BoobsOfSteel: Michelle's "books" are stacked just as much as Yomiko Readman's.
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* NeutralGood: With strong Lawful tendencies.
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* NiceGirl

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* ShoutOutThemeNaming: Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh and Anita Mui starred in the Hong Kong action film TheHeroicTrio

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* ShoutOutThemeNaming: Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh MaggieCheung, MichelleYeoh and Anita Mui starred in the Hong Kong action film TheHeroicTrioHeroicTrio
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* BadassLongcoat: She might not seem like this at first glance, as she fills the coat with paperbacks, magazines, and other forms of reading material. Then you remember that as a PaperMaster, this is the equivalent of [[TheMatrix Neo's]] trenchcoat full of guns.
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* SacredFirstKiss: Averted. In the manga she gives her first kiss (rather forcefully) to a surprised Yomiko because she needed some inspiration for a love scene she was writing. Compared to finishing the book, her first kiss wasn't that important to her.

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* SacredFirstKiss: Averted. In the manga she gives her first kiss (rather forcefully) to a surprised Yomiko (who she didn't even ''know'' at that point) because she needed some inspiration for a love scene she was writing. Compared to finishing the book, her first kiss wasn't that important to her.
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* SacredFirstKiss: Averted. In the manga she gives her first kiss (rather forcefully) to a surprised Yomiko because she needed some inspiration for a love scene she was writing. Compared to finishing the book, her first kiss wasn't that important to her.
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** Of course not. She's the ''nineteenth'' person to be assigned that code name.
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* ShoutOutThemeNaming: Maggie Cheung, Michelle Yeoh and Anita Mui starred in the Hong Kong action film TheHeroicTrio
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* BornUnlucky: According to himself.

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* RedBaron: Codename: Miss Deep (which she despises as she feels it makes her [[{{Double Standard}} sound like a porn star]]).

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* RedBaron: Codename: Miss Deep (which she despises as doesn't care for).
* {{Woolseyism}}: In the original Japanese,
she feels complains she doesn't like her codename because it isn't [[{{Kawaisa}} cute]]. In the dub, she complains she doesn't like her codename because it makes her [[{{Double Standard}} sound like a porn star]]).star.

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* BrattyHalfPint: Anita sometimes.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Michelle

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* BrattyHalfPint: Anita sometimes.
Anita.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: MichelleTheDitz: Michelle.



* LesYay: With Yomiko and Maggie.



-> A kid agent of the British Libaray [[spoiler: And child of Nancy and Ikkyu from the OVA.]]

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-> A kid agent of the British Libaray Library [[spoiler: And child of Nancy and Ikkyu from the OVA.]]



* DudeLooksLikeALady: Michelle mistaked him to be a girl
* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn: After learning his past, he turns against the British Library]]

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* DudeLooksLikeALady: Michelle mistaked mistakes him to be a girl
* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn: After learning his past, past and being treated with kindness by Anita and Michelle, he turns against the British Library]]Library.]]



* TheStoic: Doesn't show emotions much.

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* TheStoic: Doesn't show emotions much.TheStoic
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* BoobsOfSteel: Yup, her "books" are well stacked.


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* HotLibrarian


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* NerdsAreSexy

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