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* MistakenForSubculture: In Japan, Blake runs into several cosplayers, especially girls wearing cat ears, and assumes they are fellow Faunus for a while.



* SamaritanSyndrome: Ruby becomes sad when she witnesses the appalling conditions in Syria and realizes that she must not interfere.

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* SamaritanSyndrome: Ruby becomes sad when she witnesses the appalling conditions in Syria and realizes that she must not interfere.interfere, since jumping in would most likely screw up their mission.


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** After Nigel is convinced of their story, he asks Joe, "Well, where did they come from? Real life is not a superhero movie. Most of the things that are supposed to make one a superhero are lethal."
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* SamaritanSyndrome: Ruby becomes sad when she witnesses the appalling conditions in Syria and realizes that she must not interfere.
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* LetsYouAndHimFight: Yang runs into and kills some Navy [=SEALs=], unable to tell them apart from the terrorists. It didn't help that they snuck up on her and sounded hostile.
* MuggingTheMonster: Weiss when attacked by Russian soldiers and Yang when attacked by the ISIS terrorists.


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** Despite Yang's superhuman abilities, she starts to get exhausted from constantly fighting and running from the terrorists and acknowledges that she can't escape Syria without food, supplies, and a vehicle.
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* ChildSoldiers: Yang eventually manages to capture a terrorist and interrogates him, breaking several bones. She's horrified when she gets a better look at him and finds that he's about the same age as Ruby.


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** Once they enter Syria and encounter the warzone, Sam almost has a panic attack, since he's not a trained warrior like Joe and Ruby.


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** In Syria, Joe, Ruby, and Sam go to a British agent named Nigel for help. He says, "Despite what you may think, I am not Film/JamesBond. In fact, I'm not even a proper spy, and in any case the game is not played like it is in the movies."
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** The Pentagon and Canadian Security Intelligence Service think the footage caught of Yang annihilating a bunch of terrorists has to be faked because there should be no way an unarmed person can beat seven armed fighters.

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** The Pentagon and Canadian Security Intelligence Service think the footage caught of Yang annihilating a bunch of terrorists has to be faked because there should be no way an unarmed person can beat seven armed fighters. [[spoiler:Or do they, really now?]]

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* ImmuneToBullets: Weiss barely notices normal Earth bullets.

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* ImmuneToBullets: Weiss and Yang barely notices notice normal Earth bullets.


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* NormalFishInATinyPond: On Remnant, Team RWBY are good fighters, but far from the top tier. On Earth, they might as well be goddesses of war.
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* DoesNotKnowHerOwnStrength: Yang finds it difficult to ''not'' tear through the terrorists, horrifying and frustrating her as she wants to take one alive for questioning. .

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* DoesNotKnowHerOwnStrength: Yang finds it difficult to ''not'' tear through the terrorists, horrifying and frustrating her as she wants to take one alive for questioning. .

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* MyGodYouAreSerious: Joe's reaction to learning the gang aren't joking about ''RWBY''.
--> “You're not kidding, are you? Holy fuck.”
* MythologyGag:
--> “The way she moves gives it away. Like a princess.”\\
“It's heiress, actually,” Weiss echoed.



** Retrieving the other members of Team RWBY from across the globe and forging papers for them costs a lot more money than a group of college students can afford. Fortunately, the folks at Rooster Teeth agree to help fund them. The group also mentions that what they are doing is highly illegal and dangerous, and the people who go on the retrieval missions have to miss a lot of school and work.

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** Retrieving the other members of Team RWBY from across the globe and forging papers for them costs a lot more money than a group of college students can afford. Fortunately, the folks at Rooster Teeth agree to help fund them. The group also mentions that what they are doing is highly illegal and dangerous, and the people who go on the retrieval missions have to miss a lot of school and work. work.
** Joe is painfully aware that though he might have been a soldier, it doesn't qualify him to run a complex retrieval.



* YouNoTakeCandle: Weiss gets frustrated that most of the Ukrainians and Russians she meets speak English this way. Blake meets Japanese people who speak English this way.

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* YouNoTakeCandle: Weiss gets frustrated that most of the Ukrainians and Russians she meets speak English this way. Blake meets Japanese people who speak English this way. Yang meets a Syrian woman who does the same.
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* DoesNotKnowHerOwnStrength: Yang finds it difficult to ''not'' tear through the terrorists, horrifying and frustrating her as she wants to take one alive for questioning. .


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* SweetPollyOliver: Joe points out that in baggy clothes and her short hair, Ruby could pass for a boy at a distance. This means out of Team RWBY, she would attract the least attention in Syria, so she'll be part of the team to retrieve Yang.

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* ArtisticLicenseGunSafety: While at a firing range, Ruby innocently points a rifle at Sam and Joe while her finger is on the trigger. They freak out and warn her to never do that again.



* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: While at a firing range, Ruby innocently points a rifle at Sam and Joe while her finger is on the trigger. They freak out and warn her to never do that again.


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* PopCulturalOsmosisFailure: A few characters, like Joe, have never heard of ''RWBY''.


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* TrainingFromHell: To prepare to retrieve Yang in Syria, Joe takes Sam and Ruby to a military obstacle course and firing range. While Ruby clears the course with ease, Sam has a really tough time, especially since the course gets peppered with non-lethal but painful rounds to simulate an actual battle. He does a bit better on the firing range.
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* IJustShotMarvinInTheFace: While at a firing range, Ruby innocently points a rifle at Sam and Joe while her finger is on the trigger. They freak out and warn her to never do that again.
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** Sam calls in a military friend named Joe for help retrieving Yang from Syria. Joe says, "This isn't an action movie."
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* InSeriesNickname: Yang gets dubbed [[Film/KillBill "The Bride"]] by Western media that got hold of a video showing her kicking terrorist arse, presumably because of her yellow colour scheme.

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* AccidentalMurder: Weiss fights back against some Russian soldiers, assuming that she'll just knock them around. She's shocked when her sword effortlessly slices and skewers them, since they don't have Aura to protect them.

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* AccidentalMurder: AccidentalMurder:
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Weiss fights back against some Russian soldiers, assuming that she'll just knock them around. She's shocked when her sword effortlessly slices and skewers them, since they don't have Aura to protect them.them.
** Yang visibly hesitates after her punch literally explodes a terrorist's head.



* CurbStompBattle: Yang against a bunch of terrorists ends in LudicrousGibs.



* ThisIsReality: 'No, life wasn't a bad spy novel.'
* YouNoTakeCandle: Weiss gets frustrated that most of the Ukrainians and Russians she meets speak English this way. Blake meets Japanese people who speak English this way.

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* ThisIsReality: ThisIsReality:
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'No, life wasn't a bad spy novel.'
** The Pentagon and Canadian Security Intelligence Service think the footage caught of Yang annihilating a bunch of terrorists has to be faked because there should be no way an unarmed person can beat seven armed fighters.
* YouNoTakeCandle: Weiss gets frustrated that most of the Ukrainians and Russians she meets speak English this way. Blake meets Japanese people who speak English this way.way.
* YourHeadAsplode: The result of Yang punching a terrorist.

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** Retrieving the other members of Team RWBY from across the globe and forging papers for them costs a lot more money than a group of college students can afford. Fortunately, the folks at Rooster Teeth agree to help fund them. The group also mentions that what they are doing is highly illegal and dangerous, and the people who go on the retrieval missions have to miss a lot of school and work.



* YouNoTakeCandle: Weiss gets frustrated that most of the Ukrainians and Russians she meets speak English this way.

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* YouNoTakeCandle: Weiss gets frustrated that most of the Ukrainians and Russians she meets speak English this way. Blake meets Japanese people who speak English this way.
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* BigEater: Ruby devours a lot of food to fuel her powers.

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* BigEater: Ruby devours Each of Team RWBY devour a lot of food to fuel her their powers.
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* ThisIsReality: 'No, life wasn't a bad spy novel.'

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* ThisIsReality: 'No, life wasn't a bad spy novel.''
* YouNoTakeCandle: Weiss gets frustrated that most of the Ukrainians and Russians she meets speak English this way.
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** The group contacts the folks at ''Creator/RoosterTeeth'', attaching video proof of Ruby's powers, hoping they might know how to send the girls home. They reply that even if they believed their story, there is really nothing they can do.
* RefugeeFromTVLand: Team RWBY.
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* AccidentalMurder: Weiss fights back against some Russian soldiers, assuming that she'll just knock them around. She's shocked when her sword effortlessly slices and skewers them, since they don't have Aura to protect them.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The author has posted an image showing that the rest of Team RWBY is on earth as well. Aside from Weiss, Blake was shown with a Japanese railway sign, while Yang had an '''''ISIS''''' flag. HilarityEnsues does not ''begin'' to describe either impending situation.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The author has posted an image showing that the rest of Team RWBY is on earth Earth as well. Aside from Weiss, Blake was shown with a Japanese railway sign, while Yang had an '''''ISIS''''' flag. HilarityEnsues does not ''begin'' to describe either impending situation.


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* RougeAnglesOfSatin: Isaac tries to type a message and gets mocked for his atrocious spelling.
* TakeThat: After Sam comments that he doesn't think the show ''RWBY'' is that good, Cliff points out Sam loves ''Film/TheExpendables'' and proceeds to blast its shallow plot and over-reliance on action and explosions.
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See also the author's companion piece, [[http://fanfiction.net/s/10718187/ Emergence: Asides]] (also in the SpaceBattles thread), for amusing (but usually canonical) side-stories.
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* OhCrap: Katya's reaction to learning that Weiss killed Russian soldiers looking for you.

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* OhCrap: Katya's reaction to learning that Weiss killed Russian soldiers looking for you.her.
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* The author has posted an image showing that the rest of Team RWBY is on earth as well. Aside from Weiss, Blake was shown with a Japanese railway sign, while Yang had an '''''ISIS''''' flag. HilarityEnsues does not ''begin'' to describe the impending situation.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The author has posted an image showing that the rest of Team RWBY is on earth as well. Aside from Weiss, Blake was shown with a Japanese railway sign, while Yang had an '''''ISIS''''' flag. HilarityEnsues does not ''begin'' to describe the either impending situation.
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* The author has posted an image showing that the rest of Team RWBY is on earth as well. Aside from Weiss, Blake was shown with a Japanese railway sign, while Yang had an '''''ISIS''''' flag. HilarityEnsues does not ''begin'' to describe the impending situation.
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* OhCrap: Katya's reaction to learning that Weiss killed Russian soldiers looking for you.



** When trying to look for a character from fiction, others' first response is to think the searchers are crazies or pranksters.

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** When trying to look for a character from fiction, others' first response is to think the searchers are crazies or pranksters.pranksters.
* ThisIsReality: 'No, life wasn't a bad spy novel.'
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* ImmuneToBullets: Weiss barely notices normal Earth bullets.
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* {{Animesque}}: Several characters assume ''RWBY'' is a Japanese work. The existence of a dub doesn't help.
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10625065/1/Emergence Emergence]]'' (Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/emergence-rwby-inverted-si.308628/ discussion thread]]) by [=Chris7221=]/XCVG is a ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Reverse SelfInsertFic[[labelnote:explanation]]as in, instead of the author entering the events of the work, the work's characters enter the real world[[/labelnote]].

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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10625065/1/Emergence Emergence]]'' (Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/emergence-rwby-inverted-si.308628/ discussion thread]]) by [=Chris7221=]/XCVG is a ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' Reverse SelfInsertFic[[labelnote:explanation]]as in, instead of the author entering the events of the work, the work's characters enter the real world[[/labelnote]].



** A character from fiction appearing in the real world would be initially thought of as a very in-character cosplayer, even by a fan of that series.

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** A character from fiction appearing in the real world would be initially thought of as a very in-character cosplayer, even by a fan of that series. It takes Ruby doing a FlashStep before the quartet start to suspect she's the real deal.
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10625065/1/Emergence Emergence]]'' (Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/emergence-rwby-inverted-si.308628/ discussion thread]]) by [=Chris7221=]/XCVG is a ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Reverse SelfInsertFic[[labelnote:explanation]]as in, instead of the author entering the events of the work, the work's characters enter the real world[[labelnote]].

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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10625065/1/Emergence Emergence]]'' (Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/emergence-rwby-inverted-si.308628/ discussion thread]]) by [=Chris7221=]/XCVG is a ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Reverse SelfInsertFic[[labelnote:explanation]]as in, instead of the author entering the events of the work, the work's characters enter the real world[[labelnote]].
world[[/labelnote]].



** A character from fiction appearing in the real world would be initially thought of as a very in-character cosplayer.

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** A character from fiction appearing in the real world would be initially thought of as a very in-character cosplayer.cosplayer, even by a fan of that series.
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10625065/1/Emergence Emergence]]'' (Website/SpaceBattlesDotCom [[http://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/emergence-rwby-inverted-si.308628/ discussion thread]]) by [=Chris7221=]/XCVG is a ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Reverse SelfInsertFic[[labelnote:explanation]]as in, instead of the author entering the events of the work, the work's characters enter the real world[[labelnote]].

Ruby Rose awakens in a strange land and runs into a quartet of university students who start reacting to her oddly...

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!This fanfic contains examples of:

* BigEater: Ruby devours a lot of food to fuel her powers.
* TheLancer: Cliff is the cynical pragmatist of the lot.
* PunyEarthlings: Sort of. Earth humans are a lot squishier than Remnant humans.
* RealityEnsues:
** A character from fiction appearing in the real world would be initially thought of as a very in-character cosplayer.
** When trying to look for a character from fiction, others' first response is to think the searchers are crazies or pranksters.

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