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* TheFagin: Ten Grand's onetime mentor, a [[EvilEunuch former Imperial eunuch]], used to take in all sorts of Chinese street kids and organize them into a criminal enterprise. [[spoiler: He ultimately forced them all to kill each other in a big fight until only one survived.]]
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* TheFagin: Ten Grand's onetime mentor, a [[EvilEunuch [[EunuchsAreEvil former Imperial eunuch]], used to take in all sorts of Chinese street kids and organize them into a criminal enterprise. [[spoiler: He ultimately forced them all to kill each other in a big fight until only one survived.]]
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* TheFagin: Ten Grand's onetime mentor, a [[EvilEunuch former Imperial eunuch]], used to take in all sorts of Chinese street kids and organize them into a criminal enterprise. [[spoiler: He ultimately forced them all to kill each other in a big fight until only one survived.]]
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* SupermanSubstitute: The Anchor of Justice is your typical ComicBook/{{Superman}} Ersatz - a Flying Brick with a [[TheCape kindly, modest personality]]. [[spoiler:And he's an alien, as well, although the scene that reveals this also reveals he has a [[TheGreys very different appearance from the usual Superman Substitute]]; his human shape is some kind of sophisticated technological camouflage.]].
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* SupermanSubstitute: The Anchor of Justice is your typical ComicBook/{{Superman}} Ersatz - a Flying Brick with a [[TheCape kindly, modest personality]]. [[spoiler:And he's an alien, as well, although the scene that reveals this also reveals he has a [[TheGreys very different appearance from the usual Superman Substitute]]; his human shape is some kind of sophisticated technological camouflage.]].camouflage]].
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* SupermanSubstitute: The Anchor of Justice is your typical ComicBook/{{Superman}} Ersatz - a Flying Brick with a [[TheCape kindly, modest personality]]. [[spoiler:And he's an alien, as well]].
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* SupermanSubstitute: The Anchor of Justice is your typical ComicBook/{{Superman}} Ersatz - a Flying Brick with a [[TheCape kindly, modest personality]]. [[spoiler:And he's an alien, as well]].well, although the scene that reveals this also reveals he has a [[TheGreys very different appearance from the usual Superman Substitute]]; his human shape is some kind of sophisticated technological camouflage.]].
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** Hank's mother's attempts to get him superpowers include incidents involving [[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} a crashed toxic-waste truck]] and [[Franchise/SpiderMan an experimental animal]].
** A darker ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' reference - Hank's over-confident early attempts at superheroics lead to the murder of his father.
** A darker ''Franchise/SpiderMan'' reference - Hank's over-confident early attempts at superheroics lead to the murder of his father.
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** Hank's mother's attempts to get him superpowers include incidents involving [[ComicBook/{{Daredevil}} a crashed toxic-waste truck]] and [[Franchise/SpiderMan [[ComicBook/SpiderMan an experimental animal]].
** A darker''Franchise/SpiderMan'' ''ComicBook/SpiderMan'' reference - Hank's over-confident early attempts at superheroics lead to the murder of his father.
** A darker
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* KnifeNut: Red Center really likes her throwing-knives.
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* DeliberateValuesDissonance: As this takes place in the WWII era, many Western American characters casually use Chinese racial slurs. Even the Green Turtle's ally Detective Lawful does the same in the heat of the moment, though he later comes to regret his behavior and admits he was wrong.
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* FirearmsAreCowardly: Mock Beak is shown as a scrawny, honorless, yet cunning gang leader. Late in the first book, he is pitted against the tough, brutish gang leader Big Cookie in a ceremonial fight to the death, with the winner inheriting Ten Grand's criminal empire. [[spoiler: Mock Beak reveals that he snuck a gun into the arena, and he shoots Big Cookie, killing him instantly.]] One of Ten Grand's daughters is clearly shocked and disgusted by Mock Beak's underhanded tactics of violating the rules of the area and asks her father if they are acceptable. Ten Grand simply calls Mock Beak "resourceful," and allows it.
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* ChekhovsGunman: TheFourGods are seen meeting at the beginning of the story. The Tortoise is the only one the story focuses on after that... until the climax, where it's revealed that [[spoiler:the Dragon is empowering Ten Grand]].
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* VillainOfAnotherStory: Both the city's mayor and police chief are shown interacting with organized criminals (the mayor is seen playing pool with Mock Beak, and the mayor and the police chief are later seen attending the tong's casino), implying that they're both in cahoots with the tong, but they're not given much focus in the story.
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* BrainsAndBrawn: The two tong leaders working for Ten Grand. Mock Beak is the Brains, being a physically unimposing but cunning man who fights dirty. Big Cookie is the Brawn, being a huge man who relies on brute strength.
* MayorPain: Implied. The mayor is seen hobnobbing with organized criminals at least twice, implying some sort of corruption.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: During their fight to the death for control of the tong, Mock Beak suggests a temporary truce between him and Big Cookie, to last until they kill Hank. Big Cookie agrees. But when they have Hank severely weakened, but still alive, Mock Beak kills Big Cookie anyway, saying he doesn't need Cookie anymore.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: During their fight to the death for control of the tong, Mock Beak suggests a temporary truce between him and Big Cookie, to last until they kill Hank. Big Cookie agrees. But when they have Hank severely weakened, but still alive, Mock [[spoiler:Mock Beak kills Big Cookie anyway, saying he doesn't need Cookie anymore.]]
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Mock Beak kills Big Cookie for failing to keep up with him in terms of power.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: During their fight to the death for control of the tong, Mock Beak suggests a temporary truce between him and Big Cookie, to last until they kill Hank. Big Cookie agrees. But when they have Hank severely weakened, but still alive, Mock Beak kills Big Cookie for failing to keep up with him in terms of power.anyway, saying he doesn't need Cookie anymore.
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* PutOnAPrisonBus: Both [[spoiler:the fake Ten Grand]] and [[spoiler:Mock Beak]] are last seen being arrested in the first book. In the case of the latter, Hank actually debates killing him because [[spoiler:Mock Beak killed Hank's father]], and is even encouraged to do so by a few other characters, but Hank ultimately decides to take [[spoiler:Mock Beak]] to the police because [[IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim killing him wouldn't be the right thing to do]].
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* PutOnAPrisonBus: Both [[spoiler:the fake Ten Grand]] and [[spoiler:Mock Beak]] are last seen being arrested in the first book. In the case of the latter, Hank actually debates killing him because [[spoiler:Mock Beak killed Hank's father]], and is even encouraged to do so by a few other characters, father]] but Hank ultimately decides to take [[spoiler:Mock Beak]] to the police because [[IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim killing him wouldn't be the right thing to do]].
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* BigBad: Ten Grand, the mysterious tong leader, is the main antagonist of the first book.
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* CombatPragmatist: Wun Too teaches Hank a combination of classical kung-fu and dirty fighting with any weapon available.
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* CombatPragmatist: TheCasino: The tong have their own casino, modeled after a Chinese palace.
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** Wun Too teaches Hank a combination of classical kung-fu and dirty fighting with any weaponavailable.available.
** Mock Beak sneaks a gun into his ceremonial fight with Hank and Big Cookie. The daughters of Ten Grand ask their father if this is acceptable, and Ten Grand allows it, calling Mock Beak "resourceful."
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** Wun Too teaches Hank a combination of classical kung-fu and dirty fighting with any weapon
** Mock Beak sneaks a gun into his ceremonial fight with Hank and Big Cookie. The daughters of Ten Grand ask their father if this is acceptable, and Ten Grand allows it, calling Mock Beak "resourceful."
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* PunnyName: Hank learns to fight from a man named Wun Too. ("one-two")
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* AnimalThemedSuperbeing: Type 2. The Green Turtle has an image of a turtle on his cape, and is powered by an ancient tortoise spirit, but does not have turtle-themed powers.
