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* BirdsOfAFeather: Avenger and her Master have very similar situations and feelings regarding their respective fathers.
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* NotSoDifferent: Avenger and her Master have very similar feelings toward their respective fathers.
* PrecisionFStrike: Albert Clover gives one when Conqueror reveals his reality marble and Badass Army against Albert and his Servants.
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* WhamEpisode: Chapter 12. Albert Clover, Master of Slayer and both the Fake! and True!Assassins, [[spoiler:is [[InTheBack literally]] [[TheStarscream back-stabbed]] by Conqueror, but survives and reveals his identity as Servant Ruler [[VideoGame/MegaManZX Prometheus]]]]. He and his Servants proceed to fight [[spoiler:Conqueror in his [[BadassArmy Icecrown Citadel]] [[GrimUpNorth Reality Marble]]]] and ultimately defeat and kill him, [[spoiler:though not before Ruler takes [[CoolSword Frostmourne]] for himself]]. All of this while hinting that Albert has plans for "Saber's potential"...
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* WhamEpisode: Chapter 12. Albert Clover, Master of Slayer and both the Fake! Fake and True!Assassins, True Assassins, [[spoiler:is [[InTheBack literally]] [[TheStarscream back-stabbed]] by Conqueror, but survives and reveals his identity as Servant Ruler [[VideoGame/MegaManZX Prometheus]]]]. He and his Servants proceed to fight [[spoiler:Conqueror in his [[BadassArmy Icecrown Citadel]] [[GrimUpNorth Reality Marble]]]] and ultimately defeat and kill him, [[spoiler:though not before Ruler takes [[CoolSword Frostmourne]] for himself]]. All of this while hinting that Albert has plans for "Saber's potential"...
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Mordred is summoned as Avenger and seeks the approval of her father (Saber) even while she wants to kill her. Caren feels similarly about her father: she hates him, but also feels something akin to happiness when he says her name and sounds proud of her.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Mordred [[spoiler:Mordred]] is summoned as Avenger and seeks the approval of her father (Saber) even while she wants to kill her. Caren feels similarly about her father: she hates him, but also feels something akin to happiness when he says her name and sounds proud of her.
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* BloodKnight: Avenger admits to being a "battle junkie", at least to herself.
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* BloodKnight: Avenger admits to being a "battle junkie", at least to herself. She finds common ground with Lancer in this.
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* GroinAttack: Avenger knees Lancer in the groin during their fight.
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* CoolVersusAwesome: Any Servant battle is this.
* IntimidationDemonstration: Fake Assassin gives one when his Master wants the other Servants leave the mountain.
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** During the battle at the Ryuudou Temple, Defender arrives just in time to save Archer from being finished off by Avenger and Caster.
* CoolVersusAwesome: Any Servant battle is this.
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** During the battle at the Ryuudou Temple, Defender arrives just in time to save Archer from being finished off by Avenger and Caster. \n* CoolVersusAwesome: Any Servant battle is this. Later, Fallen stops Defender as he's about to finish off Avenger.
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* OnlyICanKillHim: Avenger helps Saber and Saver against Berserker because she wants to be the one to kill Saber.
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* OnlyICanKillHim: Avenger helps Saber and Saver against Berserker because she wants to be the one to kill Saber. Illya helps out the other Masters fighting Caster's shadows because she has the same attitude toward Shirou. Avenger decides that killing Lancer takes priority over fighting her previously claimed opponent when Lancer says he almost killed Saber.
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* BattleAura: Several Servants produce auras when they release their full power.
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* RedEyesTakeWarning: Defender's visor starts glowing red when he releases his Battle Aura against Avenger.
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* BigDamnHeroes:
** Maka and Soul arrive to ([[InSpiteOfANail temporarily]]) save Shirou from Lancer's second assault at the Emiya estate.
** Both [[spoiler: Fake!]]Assassin and Avenger pull this off one after another against Berserker. [[spoiler: Of course, Avenger's reasons were far more [[OnlyICanKillHim personal]] towards Saber]].
** During the battle at the Ryuudou Temple, Defender arrives just in time to save Archer from being finished off by Avenger and Caster.
* CoolVersusAwesome: Any Servant battle is this.
** Maka and Soul arrive to ([[InSpiteOfANail temporarily]]) save Shirou from Lancer's second assault at the Emiya estate.
** Both [[spoiler: Fake!]]Assassin and Avenger pull this off one after another against Berserker. [[spoiler: Of course, Avenger's reasons were far more [[OnlyICanKillHim personal]] towards Saber]].
** During the battle at the Ryuudou Temple, Defender arrives just in time to save Archer from being finished off by Avenger and Caster.
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* BigDamnHeroes:
** Maka and Soul arrive to ([[InSpiteOfANail temporarily]]) save Shirou from Lancer's second assault at the Emiya estate.
** Both [[spoiler: Fake!]]Assassin andBloodKnight: Avenger pull this off one after another against Berserker. [[spoiler: Of course, Avenger's reasons were far more [[OnlyICanKillHim personal]] towards Saber]].
** During the battle at the Ryuudou Temple, Defender arrives just in timeadmits to save Archer from being finished off by Avenger and Caster.
* CoolVersusAwesome: Any Servant battle is this.a "battle junkie", at least to herself.
** Maka and Soul arrive to ([[InSpiteOfANail temporarily]]) save Shirou from Lancer's second assault at the Emiya estate.
** Both [[spoiler: Fake!]]Assassin and
** During the battle at the Ryuudou Temple, Defender arrives just in time
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* HotBlooded: Avenger is more... passionate than her "father". She's prone to anger, thirsts for battle, and doesn't mind letting others see her emotions.
* JustInTime:
** Maka and Soul arrive to ([[InSpiteOfANail temporarily]]) save Shirou from Lancer's second assault at the Emiya estate.
** Both [[spoiler: Fake!]]Assassin and Avenger pull this off one after another against Berserker.
** During the battle at the Ryuudou Temple, Defender arrives just in time to save Archer from being finished off by Avenger and Caster.
* CoolVersusAwesome: Any Servant battle is this.
** Maka and Soul arrive to ([[InSpiteOfANail temporarily]]) save Shirou from Lancer's second assault at the Emiya estate.
** Both [[spoiler: Fake!]]Assassin and Avenger pull this off one after another against Berserker.
** During the battle at the Ryuudou Temple, Defender arrives just in time to save Archer from being finished off by Avenger and Caster.
* CoolVersusAwesome: Any Servant battle is this.
* OnlyICanKillHim: Avenger helps Saber and Saver against Berserker because she wants to be the one to kill Saber.
* ParryingBullets: Saber deflects Slayer's bullets with her sword before and during their fight.
* ParryingBullets: Saber deflects Slayer's bullets with her sword before and during their fight.
* SwordPlant: Avenger does this to lean on her sword in exhaustion after using her ultimate attack.
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* TimeStandsStill: True Assassin's basic strategy is to freeze time, unload [[MoreDakka a magazine's worth of ammunition]] at her opponent, and then restart time.
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* TimeStandsStill: True Assassin's basic fallback strategy is to freeze time, unload [[MoreDakka a magazine's worth of ammunition]] at her opponent, and then restart time.time and "watch the fireworks".
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* InstantMessengerPigeon: Edgar sends a crow with a message for team Emiya to Shirou's house.
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-->''Yes, he supposed today was off to a rather well one.[[note]]There [[note]][[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext There are writing issues, issues]], but he means "going well" or "off to a good start."[[/note]]\\
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* BerserkButton: Do not destroy Rin's 70 inch, plasma screen TV.
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* BerserkButton: Do not destroy Rin's 70 inch, plasma screen TV.BerserkButton:
** Making sex jokes in conjunction with worms is a {{justified|Trope}} one for Sakura.
** Making sex jokes in conjunction with worms is a {{justified|Trope}} one for Sakura.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Once again, a staple of Maka and Soul.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Once again, BewareTheNiceOnes: Sakura is usually a staple of very quiet, polite girl, but when a boy once pressed her Berserk Button, she apparently literally [[GroinAttack stomped his testicles]] into paste and was stopped from cutting them off.
* BigDamnHeroes:
** Maka andSoul.Soul arrive to ([[InSpiteOfANail temporarily]]) save Shirou from Lancer's second assault at the Emiya estate.
* BigDamnHeroes:
** Maka and
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* CoolVersusAwesome: Look at that servant list.
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* CoolVersusAwesome: Look at that servant list.Any Servant battle is this.
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* NotSoDifferent: Avenger and her Master [[spoiler:[[VisualNovel/FateHollowAtaraxia Caren Ortensia]]]]. Her catalyst was meant to summon the Servant most compatible with her, after all.
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* NotSoDifferent: Avenger and her Master [[spoiler:[[VisualNovel/FateHollowAtaraxia Caren Ortensia]]]]. Her catalyst was meant to summon the Servant most compatible with her, after all.have very similar feelings toward their respective fathers.
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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: It's quite obvious that while their Masters are cooperating, Avenger and Caster [[spoiler:[[Manga/FairyTail Future Rogue]]]] don't get along well.
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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: It's quite obvious that while their Masters are cooperating, Avenger and Caster [[spoiler:[[Manga/FairyTail Future Rogue]]]] don't get along well.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Mordred is summoned as Avenger and seeks the approval of her father (Saber) even while she wants to kill her.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Mordred is summoned as Avenger and seeks the approval of her father (Saber) even while she wants to kill her. Caren feels similarly about her father: she hates him, but also feels something akin to happiness when he says her name and sounds proud of her.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Mordred is summoned as Avenger and seeks the approval of her father (Saber) even while she wants to kill her.
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* HyperspaceArsenal: True Assassin has a hammerspace behind her shield that contains an entire armory.
* InSpiteOfANail: Despite the additional presence and interference of Maka/Soul and Lambda, Shirou still gets chased into his shed by Lancer and accidentally summons Saber at the last second to prevent Lancer from killing him a second time.
* InSpiteOfANail: Despite the additional presence and interference of Maka/Soul and Lambda, Shirou still gets chased into his shed by Lancer and accidentally summons Saber at the last second to prevent Lancer from killing him a second time.
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* TimeStandsStill: True Assassin's basic strategy is to freeze time, unload [[MoreDakka a magazine's worth of ammunition]] at her opponent, and then restart time.
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A sidestory, entitled [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10390833/1/Fate-OSG Fate: OSG]], was written and completed not long afterwards, essentially taking place during the [[TimeSkip last five years between]] the Fourth and Fifth War, chronicling the adventures and some eailer Character Development for [[TheHero Shirou Emiya]] as well as giving some backstory on the resident mystery group: [[FunWithAcronyms OSG]] and on the leader, [[MentorArchetype Edgar Silverstein]].
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A sidestory, side story, entitled [[https://www.''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10390833/1/Fate-OSG Fate: OSG]], OSG]]'', was written and completed not long afterwards, essentially taking place during the [[TimeSkip last five years between]] the Fourth and Fifth War, chronicling the adventures and some eailer Character Development for [[TheHero Shirou Emiya]] as well as giving some backstory on the resident mystery group: [[FunWithAcronyms OSG]] and on the their leader, [[MentorArchetype Edgar Silverstein]].
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* IronicEchoCut: Starrk meets a probable Master-Servant pair on the streets, and Bazett and Lancer run into Illya and Berserker on the streets. They have different reactions:
-->''Yes, he supposed today was off to a rather well one.[[note]]There are writing issues, but he means "going well" or "off to a good start."[[/note]]\\
''[Cut]''\\
Today was not going very well.''
-->''Yes, he supposed today was off to a rather well one.[[note]]There are writing issues, but he means "going well" or "off to a good start."[[/note]]\\
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Today was not going very well.''
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* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler:Caster]] is about to kill [[spoiler:Saber]] when a presence inside the Grail conveniently decides to somehow give the latter an infusion of extra prana, which results in [[spoiler:her]] winning the fight instead.
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* DeusExMachina: DeusExMachina:
** [[spoiler:Caster]] is about to kill [[spoiler:Saber]] when a presence inside the Grail conveniently decides to somehow give the latter an infusion of extra prana, which results in [[spoiler:her]] winning the fightinstead.instead.
** After the war is over, two members of OSG show up and solve the problem of [[spoiler:killing Zouken for good and exterminating the worms inside Sakura]].
** [[spoiler:Caster]] is about to kill [[spoiler:Saber]] when a presence inside the Grail conveniently decides to somehow give the latter an infusion of extra prana, which results in [[spoiler:her]] winning the fight
** After the war is over, two members of OSG show up and solve the problem of [[spoiler:killing Zouken for good and exterminating the worms inside Sakura]].
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* PlayingWithFire: [[spoiler:Saber]] thanks to being summoned with [[spoiler:[[Manga/FairyTail Caster's scarf]]]]. Ruler can also do this.
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* PlayingWithFire: [[spoiler:Saber]] thanks to being summoned with [[spoiler:[[Manga/FairyTail Caster's scarf]]]]. [[spoiler:the scarf she got from Caster ten years earlier]]. Ruler can also do this.this.
* ShoutOut: In the first chapter Prometheus refers to the events of ''FanFic/FateZeroSense'' and ''Fate:Stay Away'' as those of an alternate timeline he observed while inside the Grail.
* ShoutOut: In the first chapter Prometheus refers to the events of ''FanFic/FateZeroSense'' and ''Fate:Stay Away'' as those of an alternate timeline he observed while inside the Grail.
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* TheOmniscientCouncilofVagueness: [[GratuitousLatin Ordinis Sancti Gladius]] fits this. They only appear at several points through the fic, and only truly become involved at the very end when all is said and done. They're also made up of people from ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'', ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', and apparently ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. Their apparent ties to [[DimensionalTraveler Wizard Marshall Zeltrech]] might have something to do with this...
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* TheOmniscientCouncilofVagueness: TheOmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: [[GratuitousLatin Ordinis Sancti Gladius]] fits this. They only appear at several points through the fic, and only truly become involved at the very end when all is said and done. They're also made up of people from ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', ''VideoGame/MegaManZX'', ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'', ''Machinima/RedVsBlue'', and apparently ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. Their apparent ties to [[DimensionalTraveler Wizard Marshall Zeltrech]] might have something to do with this...
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* DrivenToSuicide: Contemplated by Edgar in the flashbacks, considering he had just lost his best chance of bringing his wife back to life and all his sacrifices for nothing. It was only the [[IGaveMyWord promise]] he made to his dying wife to live on that made him hesitate. Then [[{{Troll}} Zeltrech]] shows up...
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* DrivenToSuicide: Contemplated by Edgar in the flashbacks, considering he had just lost his best chance of bringing his wife back to life and all his sacrifices for nothing. It was only the [[IGaveMyWord promise]] he made to his dying wife to live on that made him hesitate. Then [[{{Troll}} Zeltrech]] shows showed up...
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* HandWave: The Reds and Blues apparently stumbled through a dimensonal portal into this universe, breaking several laws of reality. No one knows how they did it, but whatever.
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* CurbStompBattle: Raymond [[spoiler: [[Manga/{{Bleach}} (Coyote)]]]] Starrk vs. Merem Solomon's [[{{Kaiju}} Demon of the Right Leg]]. [[spoiler: The dog didn't have a chance in hell after the former used [[WaveMotionGun Cero]] [[BeamSpam Metralleta]].]]
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* CurbStompBattle: BodyCountCompetition: {{Implied|Trope}}. We don't actually see it happening, but according to Edgar's journal Harbinger, Enhance, and Anderson compete to see who can kill the most Dead Apostles by the end of the month.
* CurbStompBattle:
** Raymond [[spoiler: [[Manga/{{Bleach}} (Coyote)]]]] Starrk vs. Merem Solomon's [[{{Kaiju}} Demon of the Right Leg]]. [[spoiler: The dog didn't have a chance in hell after the former used [[WaveMotionGun Cero]] [[BeamSpam Metralleta]].]]
* CurbStompBattle:
** Raymond [[spoiler: [[Manga/{{Bleach}} (Coyote)]]]] Starrk vs. Merem Solomon's [[{{Kaiju}} Demon of the Right Leg]]. [[spoiler: The dog didn't have a chance in hell after the former used [[WaveMotionGun Cero]] [[BeamSpam Metralleta]].]]
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Self-reinforcement, applying reinforcement magecraft to one's own body, is very dangerous. Shirou uses it in a desperate situation despite having little to no practice at it and suffers the consequences to his body afterward.
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* {{Determinator}}: Shirou's still one. When he mock-battled Lambda, he refused to surrender despite her [[{{Cyborg}} superior]] [[StormOfBlades abilities]] and kept going until he had his blade at her neck from sheer willpower. [[InTheBack He got taken down by a sneak attack from behind]] not long afterwards, but still '''damn'''.
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* {{Determinator}}: Shirou's still Shirou is one. When asked to describe his personality in one word, Maka and Soul instantly choose "stubborn," and they explain that once he mock-battled sets his mind to doing something he just ''does not stop'' until he either finishes or physically can't continue. When Shirou mock-battles Lambda, he refused refuses to surrender despite her [[{{Cyborg}} superior]] [[StormOfBlades abilities]] and kept keeps going until he had has his blade at her neck from through sheer willpower. [[InTheBack He got gets taken down by a sneak attack from behind]] not long afterwards, immediately afterward, but still '''damn'''.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: This is Shinji's new personality. While he's still quite abrasive and smug, Shirou notes that it's more out of genuine confidence in his abilities than general [[{{Jerkass}} jerkassry]], and there are moments when he acts like a genuine NiceGuy, helping Shirou during his [[TrainingFromHell exercises]] in the early days and having a surprisingly honest heart-to-heart talk with Shirou about how he felt about [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan the]] [[ZombieApocalypse events]] that brought him here.
* LivingMemory: 'Echoes' appear to be on the surface ghosts, but are actually facsimiles of living beings created by magic or intense emotions, which possess fractured memories of the original, but are self-aware and capable of interacting with others. However, anyone who sees or interacts with them eventually forgets all about them, essentially making them an UnPerson. [[spoiler: An echo was created upon Sayaka's corruption into a Witch and subsequent destruction, wandering around the halls of OSG for almost two decades before eventually finding an new [[EmptyShell body]] to inhabit... which ended up being Lambda-11's.]]
* NoodleImplements: Edgar once fought Zelretch, who used magic the likes of which Edgar had never seen before. He claims that if he described the battle in detail, anyone reading his journal would never look at cows the same way again.
* LivingMemory: 'Echoes' appear to be on the surface ghosts, but are actually facsimiles of living beings created by magic or intense emotions, which possess fractured memories of the original, but are self-aware and capable of interacting with others. However, anyone who sees or interacts with them eventually forgets all about them, essentially making them an UnPerson. [[spoiler: An echo was created upon Sayaka's corruption into a Witch and subsequent destruction, wandering around the halls of OSG for almost two decades before eventually finding an new [[EmptyShell body]] to inhabit... which ended up being Lambda-11's.]]
* NoodleImplements: Edgar once fought Zelretch, who used magic the likes of which Edgar had never seen before. He claims that if he described the battle in detail, anyone reading his journal would never look at cows the same way again.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: This is Shinji's new personality. While Though he's still quite abrasive and smug, Shirou notes that it's more out of genuine confidence in his abilities than general [[{{Jerkass}} jerkassry]], jerkassery]], and there are moments when he acts like a genuine NiceGuy, helping Shirou during his [[TrainingFromHell exercises]] in the early days and having a surprisingly honest heart-to-heart talk with Shirou about how he felt about [[ConvenientlyAnOrphan the]] [[ZombieApocalypse events]] that brought him here.
* LivingMemory: 'Echoes' appear to be on the surface ghosts, but are actually facsimiles of living beings created by magicor and/or intense emotions, which that possess fractured memories of the original, original but are self-aware and capable of interacting with others. However, anyone who sees or interacts with them eventually forgets all about them, essentially making them an UnPerson. [[spoiler: An [[spoiler:An echo was created upon Sayaka's corruption into a Witch and subsequent destruction, wandering around the halls of OSG for almost two decades before eventually finding an a new [[EmptyShell body]] to inhabit... which ended up being Lambda-11's.inhabit--Lambda-11's.]]
* NoodleImplements: Edgar once fought Zelretch, who used magic the likes of which Edgar had never seen before. He claims in his journal that if he described the battle in detail, anyone readinghis journal it would never look at cows the same way again.
* LivingMemory: 'Echoes' appear to be on the surface ghosts, but are actually facsimiles of living beings created by magic
* NoodleImplements: Edgar once fought Zelretch, who used magic the likes of which Edgar had never seen before. He claims in his journal that if he described the battle in detail, anyone reading
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* PersonOfMassDestruction: In flashbacks, we get to see how deadly the normally [[BrilliantButLazy apathetic]] Raymond Starrk can be. [[spoiler: Not only did he match Edgar's [[SuperMode Shadow Form]] while fighting at his base power without too much effort, he utterly [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Merem Solomon's]] [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever Demon of the Right Leg]] when he activated his [[TheGunslinger Resurreccion]].]]
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* PersonOfMassDestruction: PersonOfMassDestruction:
** In flashbacks, we get to see how deadly the normally [[BrilliantButLazy apathetic]] Raymond Starrk can be. [[spoiler: Not only did he match Edgar's [[SuperMode Shadow Form]] while fighting at his base power without too much effort, he utterly [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Merem Solomon's]] [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever Demon of the Right Leg]] when he activated his [[TheGunslinger Resurreccion]].]]
** In flashbacks, we get to see how deadly the normally [[BrilliantButLazy apathetic]] Raymond Starrk can be. [[spoiler: Not only did he match Edgar's [[SuperMode Shadow Form]] while fighting at his base power without too much effort, he utterly [[CurbStompBattle curb-stomped]] [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Merem Solomon's]] [[AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever Demon of the Right Leg]] when he activated his [[TheGunslinger Resurreccion]].]]
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* SexyMentor: Shirou's swordsmanship teacher is [[JoanOfArc Jeanne]] [[LightNovel/FateApocrypha d'Arc]]. However, she's already married or at least dating someone else in OSG.
* ShoutOut: Both parts of Lambda-11's cover name: Noel Valenzuela, are references to both the ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' character of the same name, [[spoiler: who is technically her younger sister]], and her English voice actress, Creator/CristinaValenzuela.
* StormOfBlades: One of Lambda-11's and [[spoiler: [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Sayaka Miki's]]]] favored tactics in battle. [[spoiler: Makes sense then that the latter's soul [[BackFromTheDead restarted]] the former's body.]]
* SupremeChef: Shirou's cooking skills are already legendary by this point. Lambda-11 almost had a foodgasm when she first tasted it, and almost everyone at OSG eagerly anticipates when it's Shirou's turn to cook. 'Almost' meaning everyone but Edgar for some reason.
* TragicKeepsake: Shirou's cutlass, which he received on his first day at OSG headquarters, actually belonged to Kiritsugu before he cut ties with the group, leaving it behind. [[spoiler: It turns out it was one to him as well: It was Sayaka's last gift to him for his birthday before she went on a mission. She didn't come back... [[CameBackWrong not the same way, at least]].]]
* ShoutOut: Both parts of Lambda-11's cover name: Noel Valenzuela, are references to both the ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' character of the same name, [[spoiler: who is technically her younger sister]], and her English voice actress, Creator/CristinaValenzuela.
* StormOfBlades: One of Lambda-11's and [[spoiler: [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Sayaka Miki's]]]] favored tactics in battle. [[spoiler: Makes sense then that the latter's soul [[BackFromTheDead restarted]] the former's body.]]
* SupremeChef: Shirou's cooking skills are already legendary by this point. Lambda-11 almost had a foodgasm when she first tasted it, and almost everyone at OSG eagerly anticipates when it's Shirou's turn to cook. 'Almost' meaning everyone but Edgar for some reason.
* TragicKeepsake: Shirou's cutlass, which he received on his first day at OSG headquarters, actually belonged to Kiritsugu before he cut ties with the group, leaving it behind. [[spoiler: It turns out it was one to him as well: It was Sayaka's last gift to him for his birthday before she went on a mission. She didn't come back... [[CameBackWrong not the same way, at least]].]]
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* SexyMentor: Shirou's swordsmanship teacher is [[JoanOfArc [[UsefulNotes/JoanOfArc Jeanne]] [[LightNovel/FateApocrypha d'Arc]]. However, she's already married or at least dating someone else in OSG.
* ShoutOut:Both parts of Lambda-11's cover name: Noel Valenzuela, are references name, "Noel Valenzuela", is a reference to both the ''VideoGame/BlazBlue'' character of the same name, [[spoiler: who Noel, [[spoiler:who is technically her younger sister]], and her English voice actress, Creator/CristinaValenzuela.
* StormOfBlades: One of Lambda-11's and [[spoiler: [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Sayaka Miki's]]]] favored tactics inbattle. [[spoiler: Makes sense then that the latter's soul [[BackFromTheDead restarted]] the former's body.]]
battle, which Lambda-11 displays in her mock-battle with Shirou.
* SupremeChef: Shirou's cooking skills are already legendary by this point. Lambda-11 almosthad has a foodgasm when she first tasted it, tastes his cooking from his own kitchen, and almost everyone at OSG eagerly anticipates when it's Shirou's turn to cook. 'Almost' meaning everyone but Edgar for some reason.
cook.
* TragicKeepsake: Shirou's cutlass, which hereceived receives on his first day at OSG headquarters, actually belonged to Kiritsugu before he cut ties with the group, leaving it behind. [[spoiler: It [[spoiler:It turns out it was one to him as well: It was Sayaka's last gift to him for his birthday before she went on a mission. She didn't come back... [[CameBackWrong not the same way, at least]].]]
* ShoutOut:
* StormOfBlades: One of Lambda-11's and [[spoiler: [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Sayaka Miki's]]]] favored tactics in
* SupremeChef: Shirou's cooking skills are already legendary by this point. Lambda-11 almost
* TragicKeepsake: Shirou's cutlass, which he
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* NoodleImplements: Edgar once fought Zelretch, who used magic the likes of which Edgar had never seen before. He claims that if he described the battle in detail, anyone reading his journal would never look at cows the same way again.
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* BilingualDialogue: {{Implied|Trope}}. The reader is told that in the Emiya household people speak Japanese and English in conjunction, in order to keep Shirou always prepared to use English.
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%%** [[spoiler:Zouken Matou]].
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: All the Servants die content, or at least calmly, when defeated, no matter who their opponent was. Even [[spoiler:Saber]] dies with some measure of peace, thanking Berserker and Soul]] mentally for their friendship and forgiving them for killing her.]]
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: All the Servants die content, or at least calmly, when defeated, no matter who their opponent was. Even [[spoiler:Saber]] dies with some measure of peace, thanking Berserker [[spoiler:Berserker and Soul]] mentally for their friendship and forgiving them for killing her.]]
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In this, [[spoiler: Obito Uchiha]] from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' is the servant of the Assassin Class. [[spoiler: Whitebeard]] from ''Manga/{{One Piece}}'' is Lancer. The Berserker class has been filled by [[spoiler: Maka (along with Soul)]] from ''Manga/{{Soul Eater}}''. Caster, in this fic, is [[spoiler: Natsu]] from ''Manga/{{Fairy Tail}}''. [[SomethingCompletelyDifferent To cap it all off,]] we have the Avenger class appearing to be filled by [[spoiler: Alucard]], from ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', [[spoiler: with a dash of personality from WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged.]]
While at first the fic appears to run on the standards of most multi-crossovers, it becomes rather obvious from roughly the halfway point that this isn't the standard, and not just in terms of 'replace Servants and see where the plot goes from there'. There appears to be [[TheOmniscientCouncilofVagueness another group working from behind the scenes observing events,]] and within the Holy Grail [[spoiler: [[NothingIsScarier Angra Mainyu is not alone]]]].
While at first the fic appears to run on the standards of most multi-crossovers, it becomes rather obvious from roughly the halfway point that this isn't the standard, and not just in terms of 'replace Servants and see where the plot goes from there'. There appears to be [[TheOmniscientCouncilofVagueness another group working from behind the scenes observing events,]] and within the Holy Grail [[spoiler: [[NothingIsScarier Angra Mainyu is not alone]]]].
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In this, [[spoiler: Obito [[spoiler:Obito Uchiha]] from ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' is the servant of the Assassin Class. [[spoiler: Whitebeard]] [[spoiler:Whitebeard]] from ''Manga/{{One Piece}}'' is Lancer. The Berserker class has been filled by [[spoiler: Maka [[spoiler:Maka Albarn (along with Soul)]] from ''Manga/{{Soul Eater}}''. ''Manga/SoulEater''. Caster, in this fic, is [[spoiler: Natsu]] [[spoiler:Natsu Dragneel]] from ''Manga/{{Fairy Tail}}''. [[SomethingCompletelyDifferent To cap it all off,]] we have the Avenger class appearing to be appearing, filled by [[spoiler: Alucard]], [[spoiler:Alucard]] from ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', [[spoiler: with [[spoiler:with a dash of his personality from WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged.]]
While''WebVideo/HellsingUltimateAbridged'']].
Although at first the fic appears to run on the standards of most multi-crossovers, it becomes rather obvious from roughly the halfway point that this isn't the standard, and not just in terms of 'replace Servants and see where the plot goes from there'. There appears to be [[TheOmniscientCouncilofVagueness another group working from behind the scenes observingevents,]] events]], and within the Holy Grail [[spoiler: [[NothingIsScarier Angra [[spoiler:Angra Mainyu is not alone]]]].
alone]].
While
Although at first the fic appears to run on the standards of most multi-crossovers, it becomes rather obvious from roughly the halfway point that this isn't the standard, and not just in terms of 'replace Servants and see where the plot goes from there'. There appears to be [[TheOmniscientCouncilofVagueness another group working from behind the scenes observing
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A sidestory, entitled [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10390833/1/Fate-OSG Fate: OSG]], was written and completed not long afterwards, essentially taking place during the [[TimeSkip last five years between]] the Fourth and Fifth War, chronicling the adventures and some eailer Character Development for [[TheHero Shirou Emiya]] as well as giving some backstory on the resident [[TheOmniscientCouncilofVagueness mystery group:]] [[FunWithAcronyms OSG]] and on the leader, [[TheMentor Edgar Silverstein]].
A true sequel, officially called ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10658926/1/Fate-Stay-Nightmare Fate: Stay Nightmare]]'', tells the story of the Fifth Holy Grail War and of the [[EvilPlan machinations]] of the Grail to be truly reborn. And this time, it has every intentions of doing so, going so far as to summon '''[[UpToEleven 15]]''' Servants (the original eight plus the new classes of Beast, Saver, Ruler, Defender, Conqueror, Slayer and Fallen) to the battlefield.
A true sequel, officially called ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10658926/1/Fate-Stay-Nightmare Fate: Stay Nightmare]]'', tells the story of the Fifth Holy Grail War and of the [[EvilPlan machinations]] of the Grail to be truly reborn. And this time, it has every intentions of doing so, going so far as to summon '''[[UpToEleven 15]]''' Servants (the original eight plus the new classes of Beast, Saver, Ruler, Defender, Conqueror, Slayer and Fallen) to the battlefield.
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A sidestory, entitled [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10390833/1/Fate-OSG Fate: OSG]], was written and completed not long afterwards, essentially taking place during the [[TimeSkip last five years between]] the Fourth and Fifth War, chronicling the adventures and some eailer Character Development for [[TheHero Shirou Emiya]] as well as giving some backstory on the resident [[TheOmniscientCouncilofVagueness mystery group:]] group: [[FunWithAcronyms OSG]] and on the leader, [[TheMentor [[MentorArchetype Edgar Silverstein]].
A true sequel, officially called ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10658926/1/Fate-Stay-Nightmare Fate: Stay Nightmare]]'', tells the story of the Fifth Holy Grail War and of the [[EvilPlan machinations]] of the Grail to be truly reborn.And this This time, it has every intentions of doing it's more determined than ever to do so, going so far as to summon '''[[UpToEleven 15]]''' Servants (the original eight plus the new classes of Beast, Saver, Ruler, Defender, Conqueror, Slayer and Fallen) to the battlefield.
A true sequel, officially called ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10658926/1/Fate-Stay-Nightmare Fate: Stay Nightmare]]'', tells the story of the Fifth Holy Grail War and of the [[EvilPlan machinations]] of the Grail to be truly reborn.
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* AntiVillain: Assassin and Kirei fall under this. [[spoiler: The later performs a HeelFaceTurn near the end when he [[BackFromTheDead comes back to life]], saves Berserker and Soul, and destroys the Grail fragments.]] The only thing that keeps him from being a full-out hero is that he still [[EvilFeelsGood enjoys the suffering of others]].
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: After seeing Lancer's memories, Kayneth asks him why he wanted a family despite being so rich and powerful. Lancer tells him his reasons and asks Kayneth what does he truly want to wish for.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: After seeing Lancer's memories, Kayneth asks him why he wanted a family despite being so rich and powerful. Lancer tells him his reasons and asks Kayneth what does he truly want to wish for.
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* AntiVillain: Assassin and Kirei fall under this. [[spoiler: The later performs Kirei [[spoiler:performs a HeelFaceTurn near at the end when he [[BackFromTheDead comes back to life]], life, saves Berserker and Soul, and destroys the Grail fragments.]] fragments]]. The only thing that keeps him from being a full-out hero is that he still [[EvilFeelsGood enjoys the suffering of others]].
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: After seeing Lancer's memories, Kayneth asks him why he wanted a family despite being so rich and powerful. Lancer tells him his reasons and asks Kayneth whatdoes he truly want wants to wish for.
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: After seeing Lancer's memories, Kayneth asks him why he wanted a family despite being so rich and powerful. Lancer tells him his reasons and asks Kayneth what
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** Uryuu Ryuunosuke is immediately put out of commission and then killed soon after.
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** Uryuu Ryuunosuke Ryuunosuke, the psychopathic serial killer, is immediately put out of commission by one Servant and then killed soon after.by another.
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* ArrangedMarriage: Due to the fact that the Arranged Marriage between an Archibald and a Sophia-Ri still stands, [[spoiler:Sola-Ui and Waver are wed as a compromise in order to officially induct the later into the family]].
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* ArrangedMarriage: Due to the fact that the Arranged Marriage arranged marriage between an Archibald and a Sophia-Ri still stands, [[spoiler:Sola-Ui and Waver are wed as a compromise in order to officially induct the later into the family]].
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* {{Badass}}: '''[[WorldofBadass Everyone]]'''.
** HandicappedBadass: Assassin becomes this by the final battle. He's lost his right eye, preventing him from using his [[IntangibleMan intangibility]] and his [[HiveMind Six Paths of Pain]] from his previous battle, but he still holds his own against [[spoiler: Caster and Berserker]] at once, had the former on the ropes before the other appeared, and nearly kills the later. [[spoiler: Helps that he still had the [[StoryBreakerPower Rinnegan]]]].
** HandicappedBadass: Assassin becomes this by the final battle. He's lost his right eye, preventing him from using his [[IntangibleMan intangibility]] and his [[HiveMind Six Paths of Pain]] from his previous battle, but he still holds his own against [[spoiler: Caster and Berserker]] at once, had the former on the ropes before the other appeared, and nearly kills the later. [[spoiler: Helps that he still had the [[StoryBreakerPower Rinnegan]]]].
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* BashBrothers: Rider and Caster eventually partner up and continue in this fashion throughout the Grail War [[spoiler:until Rider's death]].
** LovelyAngels: Saber and Berserker, likewise [[spoiler:until Berserker is forced to kill Saber]].
* BeamOWar: Played with. During the battle between Archer vs. Saber and Berserker, the later two use [[WaveMotionGun Excalibur]] and [[SwordBeam Kishin Hunter]] [[CombinedEnergyAttack combined]] against the former's [[WaveMotionGun Ea]]. While at first the two sides are evenly matched, [[EarthShatteringKaboom Ea]] quickly overwhelms the other two and blasts the two Servants.
** However, Saber and Berserker did survive due to their attacks weakening Ea's strike.
* BigBadDuumvirate: Shared between Kirei and Assassin, unsurprisingly. [[spoiler: However, considering that many of their actions are not overly evil or cruel, and that they have many PetTheDog moments, it's really only when compared to the others that they come across as villainous.]]
** [[spoiler: BiggerBad [[BigBadDuumvirate Duumvirate]]]]: However, the [[spoiler: two presences]] within the Grail immediately come across as this.
* BigBadWannabe: Both [[spoiler:Archer]] and, to a lesser extent, [[TheWormThatWalks Zouken]]]] are this. They both seem to believe that they're in the [[LightNovel/FateZero original 4th Holy Grail War]] and act accordingly, but ultimately [[spoiler:Archer is OutGambitted by [[ManipulativeBastard Assassin]] and dies against Saber and Berserker before he can get his revenge]] and [[spoiler:Zouken [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty manages to escape Tokiomi's wrath, but is axed off by members of OSG when they come to claim Sakura]]]].
** LovelyAngels: Saber and Berserker, likewise [[spoiler:until Berserker is forced to kill Saber]].
* BeamOWar: Played with. During the battle between Archer vs. Saber and Berserker, the later two use [[WaveMotionGun Excalibur]] and [[SwordBeam Kishin Hunter]] [[CombinedEnergyAttack combined]] against the former's [[WaveMotionGun Ea]]. While at first the two sides are evenly matched, [[EarthShatteringKaboom Ea]] quickly overwhelms the other two and blasts the two Servants.
** However, Saber and Berserker did survive due to their attacks weakening Ea's strike.
* BigBadDuumvirate: Shared between Kirei and Assassin, unsurprisingly. [[spoiler: However, considering that many of their actions are not overly evil or cruel, and that they have many PetTheDog moments, it's really only when compared to the others that they come across as villainous.]]
** [[spoiler: BiggerBad [[BigBadDuumvirate Duumvirate]]]]: However, the [[spoiler: two presences]] within the Grail immediately come across as this.
* BigBadWannabe: Both [[spoiler:Archer]] and, to a lesser extent, [[TheWormThatWalks Zouken]]]] are this. They both seem to believe that they're in the [[LightNovel/FateZero original 4th Holy Grail War]] and act accordingly, but ultimately [[spoiler:Archer is OutGambitted by [[ManipulativeBastard Assassin]] and dies against Saber and Berserker before he can get his revenge]] and [[spoiler:Zouken [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty manages to escape Tokiomi's wrath, but is axed off by members of OSG when they come to claim Sakura]]]].
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* BashBrothers: Rider and Caster eventually partner up and continue in this fashion throughout the Grail War [[spoiler:until Rider's death]].
** LovelyAngels:death]]. Also, Saber and Berserker, likewise Berserker almost from the beginning [[spoiler:until Berserker is forced to kill Saber]].
they're the only two Servants left]].
* BeamOWar:Played with. During the battle between Archer vs. Saber and Berserker, the later latter two use [[WaveMotionGun Excalibur]] and [[SwordBeam Kishin Hunter]] [[CombinedEnergyAttack combined]] against the former's [[WaveMotionGun Ea]]. While Although at first the two sides are evenly matched, [[EarthShatteringKaboom Ea]] quickly overwhelms the other two and blasts the two Servants.
** However, Saber and Berserker did survive due to their attacks weakening Ea's strike.
Servants. The blast is weakened enough that they survive, though.
* BigBadDuumvirate: Shared between Kirei and Assassin, unsurprisingly.[[spoiler: However, considering that many of their actions are not overly evil or cruel, and that they have many PetTheDog moments, it's really only when compared to the others that they come across as villainous.]]
villainous.
**[[spoiler: BiggerBad [[BigBadDuumvirate Duumvirate]]]]: Duumvirate]]: However, the [[spoiler: two presences]] [[spoiler:presences within the Grail Grail]] immediately come across as this.
* BigBadWannabe: Both [[spoiler:Archer]] and, to a lesser extent, [[TheWormThatWalksZouken]]]] Zouken]] are this. They both seem to believe that they're in the [[LightNovel/FateZero original 4th fourth Holy Grail War]] and act accordingly, but ultimately [[spoiler:Archer is OutGambitted by [[ManipulativeBastard Assassin]] and dies against Saber and Berserker before he can get his revenge]] and [[spoiler:Zouken [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty manages to escape Tokiomi's wrath, but is axed off by members of OSG when they come to claim Sakura]]]].
** LovelyAngels:
* BeamOWar:
** However, Saber and Berserker did survive due to their attacks weakening Ea's strike.
* BigBadDuumvirate: Shared between Kirei and Assassin, unsurprisingly.
**
* BigBadWannabe: Both [[spoiler:Archer]] and, to a lesser extent, [[TheWormThatWalks
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** Berserker arrives in the nick of time to save Saber from [[spoiler:Avenger]].
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** Berserker arrives in the nick of time to save Saber from [[spoiler:Avenger]].Avenger.
** Zouken is about to [[spoiler:implant remnants of the Grail sludge in Sakura and begin his plan for the fifth Holy Grail War]] when [[spoiler:Starrk and Father Anderson]] show up to [[spoiler:save Sakura and kill Zouken]].
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* CameBackStrong: Of the not-quite dead variety and overlaps with NiceJobBreakingItHero. Getting shot with Kiritsugu's [[spoiler: [[MageKiller Origin Bullet]]]] cost Kirei his left arm. Assassin replaces it and a good deal of his left side with the [[GreenThumb same material that constitutes his own right side]]. For extra measure, [[spoiler: he also replaces Kirei's left eye with a [[MagicalEye Sharingan]]]].
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* CameBackStrong: Of the not-quite dead not-quite-dead variety and overlaps with NiceJobBreakingItHero. Getting shot with Kiritsugu's [[spoiler: [[spoiler:Kiritsugu's [[MageKiller Origin Bullet]]]] cost Kirei his left arm. Assassin replaces it and a good deal of his left side with the [[GreenThumb same material that constitutes his own right side]]. For extra measure, [[spoiler: he also replaces [[spoiler:replaces Kirei's left eye with a [[MagicalEye Sharingan]]]].Sharingan]].
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* CombinedEnergyAttack: Saber and Berserker use this twice: The first time against Avenger's BadassArmy and the second time against [[ItsAllAboutMe Archer.]] [[spoiler: It fails both times: The former because they were just so many enemies, and the later because of [[EarthShatteringKaboom Ea.]]]]
* CoolBigSis: [[spoiler: Maka]] Becomes one to [[spoiler: Shirou]] after the War.
* CoolBigSis: [[spoiler: Maka]] Becomes one to [[spoiler: Shirou]] after the War.
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* CombinedEnergyAttack: Saber and Berserker use this twice: The first time against Avenger's BadassArmy undead army and the second time against [[ItsAllAboutMe Archer.]] [[spoiler: It fails both times: The former because they were just so many enemies, and the later because of [[EarthShatteringKaboom Ea.]]]]
Archer]].
* CoolBigSis:[[spoiler: Maka]] Becomes [[spoiler:Maka]] becomes one to [[spoiler: Shirou]] after the War.
* CoolBigSis:
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* DefrostingTheIceQueen: Lancer helps Kayneth becomes less bigoted and arrogant, evenly causing Kayneth to show his softer side to Sola-Ui.
* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler:Caster]] is about to kill [[spoiler:Saber]] when a presence inside the Grail conveniently decides to give the latter an infusion of extra prana, which results in [[spoiler:her]] winning the fight instead.
* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler:Caster]] is about to kill [[spoiler:Saber]] when a presence inside the Grail conveniently decides to give the latter an infusion of extra prana, which results in [[spoiler:her]] winning the fight instead.
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* DefrostingTheIceQueen: DefrostingIceQueen: Lancer helps Kayneth becomes become less bigoted and arrogant, evenly even causing Kayneth to show his softer side to Sola-Ui.
* {{Determinator}}: Kariya clings to life through Berserker using her full powers for an extended period of time and through having a heart attack from the stress out of sheer willpower to save Sakura.
* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler:Caster]] is about to kill [[spoiler:Saber]] when a presence inside the Grail conveniently decides to somehow give the latter an infusion of extra prana, which results in [[spoiler:her]] winning the fight instead.
* {{Determinator}}: Kariya clings to life through Berserker using her full powers for an extended period of time and through having a heart attack from the stress out of sheer willpower to save Sakura.
* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler:Caster]] is about to kill [[spoiler:Saber]] when a presence inside the Grail conveniently decides to somehow give the latter an infusion of extra prana, which results in [[spoiler:her]] winning the fight instead.
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* DimensionalTraveler: Ordinis Sancti Gladius. They are able to travel to any dimension, [[spoiler: even dimensions not apart of Akasha]] by what appears to be the usage of the Second Magic.
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* DimensionalTraveler: Ordinis Sancti Gladius. They are able to travel to any dimension, [[spoiler: even [[spoiler:even dimensions not apart that aren't part of Akasha]] Akasha]], by what appears to be the usage use of the Second Magic.
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* EnemyMine: When Avenger shows up to a battle between four other Servants, the others all decide to take him out together before returning to fighting each other.
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* EnemyMine: When Avenger shows up to a battle between four other Servants, the others all decide to put their fight on hold and take him out together before returning to fighting each other.together.
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** [[spoiler:GoodFeelsGood: That said, he's genuinely happy when he does a good deed without any evil desires attached. Such as comforting Rin after Tokiomi's funeral.]]
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: All the Servants die content, or at least calmly, when defeated, no matter who their opponent was. [[spoiler: Even [[KnightInShiningArmor Saber]] dies with some measure of peace, thanking Berserker and Soul mentally for their friendship and forgiving them for [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice stabbing her through the chest]] to try and stop the Grail's destruction]].
* FakingTheDead: Zouken makes Tokiomi believe [[spoiler: that he killed Sakura]] when the latter attempts to kill him after Kariya tells what really happening to Sakura.
* FireForgedFriends: Saber and Berserker ultimately form what is potentially the most positive relationship between Servants in the entire war. How do they do this? [[spoiler: Fighting [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Avenger]] in the Einzbern Forest.]]
* ForWantOfANail: The story's entire premise. This was obvious from the beginning with the inclusion of the Avenger class, but only really took off when [[spoiler: [[KungFuWizard Kirei]] is shot by [[CombatPragmatist Kiritsugu]] during the attack on the Einzbern Manor and barely survives.]]
** Caster literally disarms Uryuu, refusing to let the man to be his master while Avenger kills him.
** InSpiteOfANail: Even so, several things do stay the same regardless. The first Servant battle at the dock is more or less identical to canon, and the King's banquet still happens, albeit with most every Servant joining in now.
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Avenger. He gets whole limbs hacked off, pierced clean through with multiple projectiles, and even hit point-blank with an [[WaveMotionGun Excalibur blast]], and he shrugs it all off. It takes [[spoiler: him using [[BadassArmy Vampire King: Army of the Dead]], when he releases all of his contained souls for the battle,]] in order to leave him in a position to be killed, and even then, [[MadeofIron he refuses to go down easily.]]
* GracefulLoser: Surprisingly every Servant who dies does so without any real malice towards their killer. [[spoiler: Even Archer's genuinely respectful of Saber and Berserker for cutting him down.]]
* FakingTheDead: Zouken makes Tokiomi believe [[spoiler: that he killed Sakura]] when the latter attempts to kill him after Kariya tells what really happening to Sakura.
* FireForgedFriends: Saber and Berserker ultimately form what is potentially the most positive relationship between Servants in the entire war. How do they do this? [[spoiler: Fighting [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Avenger]] in the Einzbern Forest.]]
* ForWantOfANail: The story's entire premise. This was obvious from the beginning with the inclusion of the Avenger class, but only really took off when [[spoiler: [[KungFuWizard Kirei]] is shot by [[CombatPragmatist Kiritsugu]] during the attack on the Einzbern Manor and barely survives.]]
** Caster literally disarms Uryuu, refusing to let the man to be his master while Avenger kills him.
** InSpiteOfANail: Even so, several things do stay the same regardless. The first Servant battle at the dock is more or less identical to canon, and the King's banquet still happens, albeit with most every Servant joining in now.
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Avenger. He gets whole limbs hacked off, pierced clean through with multiple projectiles, and even hit point-blank with an [[WaveMotionGun Excalibur blast]], and he shrugs it all off. It takes [[spoiler: him using [[BadassArmy Vampire King: Army of the Dead]], when he releases all of his contained souls for the battle,]] in order to leave him in a position to be killed, and even then, [[MadeofIron he refuses to go down easily.]]
* GracefulLoser: Surprisingly every Servant who dies does so without any real malice towards their killer. [[spoiler: Even Archer's genuinely respectful of Saber and Berserker for cutting him down.]]
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: All the Servants die content, or at least calmly, when defeated, no matter who their opponent was. [[spoiler: Even [[KnightInShiningArmor Saber]] [[spoiler:Saber]] dies with some measure of peace, thanking Berserker and Soul Soul]] mentally for their friendship and forgiving them for [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice stabbing her through the chest]] to try and stop the Grail's destruction]].
* FakingTheDead: Zouken makes Tokiomi believe [[spoiler: that he killed Sakura]] when the latter attempts to kill him after Kariya tells what really happening to Sakura.
* FireForgedFriends: Saber and Berserker ultimately form what is potentially the most positive relationship between Servants in the entire war. How do they do this? [[spoiler: Fighting [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Avenger]] in the Einzbern Forest.killing her.]]
*ForWantOfANail: The story's FakingTheDead: Zouken makes Tokiomi believe [[spoiler:that he is dead and killed Sakura in a last act of spite]] when Tokiomi comes to kill him after learning what really happened and is happening to Sakura under Zouken's "care".
* FireForgedFriends: Saber and Berserker ultimately form what is potentially the most positive relationship between Servants in the entirepremise. This was obvious from the war, beginning with the inclusion of the [[spoiler:fighting Avenger class, but only really took off when [[spoiler: [[KungFuWizard Kirei]] is shot by [[CombatPragmatist Kiritsugu]] during the attack on together in the Einzbern Manor and barely survives.forest.]]
** Caster literally disarms Uryuu, refusing to let * ForWantOfANail: The story's premise, the man to be his master while Avenger kills him.
** InSpiteOfANail: Even so, several things do staynail in question being the same regardless. The first Servant battle at replacement of the dock is more or less identical to canon, original Lancer, Caster, Berserker, and Assassin with characters from other fiction and the King's banquet still happens, albeit addition of an eighth Servant, also a fictional character. The deviation from canon only really takes off when Kirei [[spoiler:is shot with most every Servant joining an Origin bullet by Kiritsugu]] during the attack on the Einzbern manor and barely survives. There are changes before then, but they generally negate each other in now.
terms of changing the original plot.
* GoodFeelsGood: Although Evil Feels Good to him, Kirei also genuinely feels happy sometimes when he does a good deed without any evil desires attached, such as [[spoiler:comforting Rin after Tokiomi's funeral.]]
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Avenger. He gets whole limbs hacked off, pierced clean through with multiple projectiles, and even hit point-blank with an [[WaveMotionGun Excalibur blast]], and he shrugs it all off. It takes [[spoiler: him using[[BadassArmy Vampire King: Army of the Dead]], when he a Noble Phantasm that releases all of his contained souls for the battle,]] in order as an army]] to leave him in a position to be killed, and even then, [[MadeofIron he refuses to go down easily.]]
easily]].
* GracefulLoser:Surprisingly Surprisingly, every Servant who dies does so without any real malice towards their killer. [[spoiler: Even Archer's genuinely respectful of Saber and Berserker for cutting him down.]]his or her killer.
* FakingTheDead: Zouken makes Tokiomi believe [[spoiler: that he killed Sakura]] when the latter attempts to kill him after Kariya tells what really happening to Sakura.
* FireForgedFriends: Saber and Berserker ultimately form what is potentially the most positive relationship between Servants in the entire war. How do they do this? [[spoiler: Fighting [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Avenger]] in the Einzbern Forest.
*
* FireForgedFriends: Saber and Berserker ultimately form what is potentially the most positive relationship between Servants in the entire
** InSpiteOfANail: Even so, several things do stay
* GoodFeelsGood: Although Evil Feels Good to him, Kirei also genuinely feels happy sometimes when he does a good deed without any evil desires attached, such as [[spoiler:comforting Rin after Tokiomi's funeral.]]
* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Avenger. He gets whole limbs hacked off, pierced clean through with multiple projectiles, and even hit point-blank with an [[WaveMotionGun Excalibur blast]], and he shrugs it all off. It takes [[spoiler: him using
* GracefulLoser:
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* HiddenVillain: The [[spoiler: second]] being within the Grail remains mostly unknown throughout the story, referred to at various points as [[IHaveManyNames Reaper or Grey]]. Only once the epilogue arrives does [[spoiler:Angra Mainyu]] finally reveal his name at his own request: [[spoiler: [[MegaManZX Prometheus]].]]
* HyperspaceArsenal: [[spoiler:Assassin]]'s Magical Eye gives him this ability.
* HyperspaceArsenal: [[spoiler:Assassin]]'s Magical Eye gives him this ability.
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* HandicappedBadass: Assassin becomes this by the final battle. He's lost his right eye, preventing him from using his {{intangibility}}, and his [[HiveMind Six Paths of Pain]] were lost in his previous battles, but he still holds his own against [[spoiler:Caster]] and [[spoiler:Berserker]] at once, has the former on the ropes before the latter appears, and nearly kills the latter.
* HiddenVillain: The [[spoiler: second]] being within the Grail remains mostly unknown throughout the story, referred to at various points as [[IHaveManyNames Reaper or Grey]]. Only once the epilogue arrives does [[spoiler:Angra Mainyu]] finally reveal his name at his own request: [[spoiler:[[MegaManZX [[VideoGame/MegaManZX Prometheus]].]]
* HyperspaceArsenal:[[spoiler:Assassin]]'s Magical Eye gives him this ability.Assassin has access to an AlternateDimension where he can store things. He also can pull things from the dimension and eject them as high-speed projectiles.
* HiddenVillain: The [[spoiler: second]] being within the Grail remains mostly unknown throughout the story, referred to at various points as [[IHaveManyNames Reaper or Grey]]. Only once the epilogue arrives does [[spoiler:Angra Mainyu]] finally reveal his name at his own request: [[spoiler:
* HyperspaceArsenal:
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** How both [[spoiler:Archer]] and [[spoiler:Rider]] meet their ends. [[HumanPincushion Multiple times]] for the latter, [[spoiler:courtesy of Assassin]], and combined with a [[spoiler: WaveMotionGun from Saber]] for the former.
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** How both [[spoiler:Archer]] and [[spoiler:Rider]] meet their ends. [[HumanPincushion Multiple times]] for the latter, [[spoiler:courtesy of Assassin]], and combined with a [[spoiler: WaveMotionGun Wave-Motion Gun from Saber]] for the former.
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** [[spoiler: Berserker]] uses this on Saber to stop her from destroying the Grail. [[spoiler: It succeeds, but Kiritsugu's Command Seals prove stronger still...]]
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** [[spoiler: Berserker]] uses this on Saber in an effort to stop her from destroying the Grail. [[spoiler: It succeeds, but Kiritsugu's Command Seals prove stronger still...]]Grail.
* InSpiteOfANail: Despite the changes in the lineup of Servants, the first battle at the docks is largely identical to canon, and many canon scenes and plot points are paralleled by scenes here, if not in exactly the same order.
* InSpiteOfANail: Despite the changes in the lineup of Servants, the first battle at the docks is largely identical to canon, and many canon scenes and plot points are paralleled by scenes here, if not in exactly the same order.
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* KarmaHoudini: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with [[spoiler: Zouken]]. When it looks like he avoided getting killed by [[spoiler: Tokiomi]] and is about to get away scot-free at the end, cue [[spoiler: [[Manga/{{Bleach}} two]] [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} members]] of OSG knocking on his door sent by a surviving Berserker and Soul]]...
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* KarmaHoudini: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with [[spoiler: Zouken]]. When it looks like he avoided getting killed by [[spoiler: Tokiomi]] and is about to get away scot-free at the end, cue [[spoiler: [[Manga/{{Bleach}} two]] [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} members]] of OSG knocking on his door sent [[spoiler:sent by a surviving Berserker and Soul]]...
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* MagicalEye: Assassin has a Sharingan eye, which grants him the abilities of Combat Clairvoyance, [[YourMindMakesItReal casting illusions on targets]], [[spoiler:taking an Extra-dimensional Shortcut to teleport]], and [[spoiler:Intangibility]].
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* MagicalEye: Assassin has a Sharingan eye, which grants him the abilities of Combat Clairvoyance, [[YourMindMakesItReal casting illusions on targets]], [[spoiler:taking an Extra-dimensional Extradimensional Shortcut to teleport]], and [[spoiler:Intangibility]].
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** After he saves her, [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} Avenger]] gives [[spoiler: [[KidHero Rin]] his [[HandCannon Casull]] in the form of a [[MagicalAccessory silver cross]] because she managed to impress him with her [[LittleMissBadass courage]].]]
** [[spoiler:Caster gives Saber his scarf before he dies as a token of their friendship. Saber still has it when the sequel happens ten years later.]]
* MutualKill: What ultimately happens to [[spoiler: Avenger and Lancer]], though the later survived a little longer.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Tokiomi gets hit with this big time when Kariya tells him about what Sakura's [[NightmareFuel 'training']] really amounts to. In fact, it's enough for him to go and [[spoiler: [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge attack Zouken]] and [[KillItWithFire burn the Matou Manor down]] in anger when he thinks she's been killed.]] Even then, it still hits him throughout the remainder of the story [[spoiler: right up to his death]].
* MyGreatestFailure: Saber, as per canon, considers her failure to prevent Camelot's fall to be hers, though she has another one that might be even bigger: [[spoiler: Her role in [[WellDoneDaughterGirl Mordred's]] betrayal, refusing to [[IHaveNoSon acknowledge her as her successor]] because her bitterness against Morgan le Fay]]. She even flat-out admits that if she had, Camelot wouldn't have fallen, at least not in their lifetimes. This admittance only comes near the end, when she fights [[spoiler: an [[YourMindMakesItReal illusion of Mordred]] created by a trap set by Assassin]].
* NoodleIncident: Lorelei Barthomeloi has hated OSG ever since they stopped her from killing her target during an incident with five Dead Apostle Ancestors, half the Burial Agency, Lorelei's vampire hunting brigade, and OSG's drinking party. Apparently, the non-OSG combatants were attempting to battle it out in OSG's base.
** [[spoiler:Caster gives Saber his scarf before he dies as a token of their friendship. Saber still has it when the sequel happens ten years later.]]
* MutualKill: What ultimately happens to [[spoiler: Avenger and Lancer]], though the later survived a little longer.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Tokiomi gets hit with this big time when Kariya tells him about what Sakura's [[NightmareFuel 'training']] really amounts to. In fact, it's enough for him to go and [[spoiler: [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge attack Zouken]] and [[KillItWithFire burn the Matou Manor down]] in anger when he thinks she's been killed.]] Even then, it still hits him throughout the remainder of the story [[spoiler: right up to his death]].
* MyGreatestFailure: Saber, as per canon, considers her failure to prevent Camelot's fall to be hers, though she has another one that might be even bigger: [[spoiler: Her role in [[WellDoneDaughterGirl Mordred's]] betrayal, refusing to [[IHaveNoSon acknowledge her as her successor]] because her bitterness against Morgan le Fay]]. She even flat-out admits that if she had, Camelot wouldn't have fallen, at least not in their lifetimes. This admittance only comes near the end, when she fights [[spoiler: an [[YourMindMakesItReal illusion of Mordred]] created by a trap set by Assassin]].
* NoodleIncident: Lorelei Barthomeloi has hated OSG ever since they stopped her from killing her target during an incident with five Dead Apostle Ancestors, half the Burial Agency, Lorelei's vampire hunting brigade, and OSG's drinking party. Apparently, the non-OSG combatants were attempting to battle it out in OSG's base.
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** After he saves her, [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} Avenger]] [[spoiler:Avenger]] gives [[spoiler: [[KidHero Rin]] his [[HandCannon Casull]] in the form of a [[MagicalAccessory silver cross]] because she managed to impress him with her [[LittleMissBadass courage]].[[NervesOfSteel courage]].
** Caster gives [[spoiler:Saber]] his scarf [[spoiler:before he dies]] as a token of respect. [[spoiler:Saber still has it in the seque ten years later.]]
** [[spoiler:Caster gives Saber his scarf before he dies as a token of their friendship. Saber still has it when the sequel happens ten years later.]]
* MutualKill: What ultimately happens to [[spoiler: Avenger [[spoiler:Avenger and Lancer]], though the later survived latter survives a little longer.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Tokiomi gets hit with this big time when Kariya tells him about what Sakura's [[NightmareFuel 'training']] really amounts to. In fact, it's enough for him to go and[[spoiler: [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge attack Zouken]] and [[KillItWithFire burn down the Matou Manor down]] manor]] in anger when he thinks she's [[spoiler:she's been killed.]] killed]]. Even then, it he still hits him feels guilty throughout the remainder of the story [[spoiler: right up to [[spoiler:until the moment of his death]].
* MyGreatestFailure: Saber, as per canon, considers her failure to prevent Camelot's fall to behers, this, though she has another one that might be even bigger: [[spoiler: Her role in [[WellDoneDaughterGirl [[WellDoneSonGuy Mordred's]] betrayal, refusing to [[IHaveNoSon acknowledge her as her successor]] because of her bitterness against Morgan le Fay]]. She even flat-out admits Fay. muses that if she had, had accepted Mordred, Camelot wouldn't might not have fallen, at least not in their lifetimes. This admittance admission only comes near the end, when she fights [[spoiler: an [[spoiler:an [[YourMindMakesItReal illusion of Mordred]] created by a trap set by Assassin]].
*NoodleIncident: NoodleIncident:
** Lorelei Barthomeloi has hated OSG ever since they stopped her from killing her target during an incident with five Dead Apostle Ancestors, half the Burial Agency, Lorelei's vampire hunting brigade, and OSG's drinking party. Apparently, the non-OSG combatants were attempting to battle it out in OSG'sbase.base.
** About ten or fifteen years before the events of the story, Zouken killed a member of OSG and fought two others, who fled.
** Caster gives [[spoiler:Saber]] his scarf [[spoiler:before he dies]] as a token of respect. [[spoiler:Saber still has it in the seque ten years later.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Tokiomi gets hit with this big time when Kariya tells him about what Sakura's [[NightmareFuel 'training']] really amounts to. In fact, it's enough for him to go and
* MyGreatestFailure: Saber, as per canon, considers her failure to prevent Camelot's fall to be
*
** Lorelei Barthomeloi has hated OSG ever since they stopped her from killing her target during an incident with five Dead Apostle Ancestors, half the Burial Agency, Lorelei's vampire hunting brigade, and OSG's drinking party. Apparently, the non-OSG combatants were attempting to battle it out in OSG's
** About ten or fifteen years before the events of the story, Zouken killed a member of OSG and fought two others, who fled.
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* PapaWolf: [[spoiler: Zouken]] found out the hard why you don't harm one of [[KillItWithFire Tokiomi Tohsaka's]] daughters... [[spoiler: [[KarmaHoudini even if he got away.]]]]
** [[spoiler: Until the end...]]
** [[spoiler: Until the end...]]
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* PapaWolf: [[spoiler: Zouken]] found When he finds out the hard why you don't harm one of [[KillItWithFire truth about Sakura's treatment in the Matou household and her "training", Tokiomi Tohsaka's]] daughters... [[spoiler: [[KarmaHoudini even if he got away.]]]]
** [[spoiler: Until the end...]]heads over to kill Zouken and take back Sakura.
** [[spoiler: Until the end...]]
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** [[ManipulativeBastard Assassin]], even when he's just betrayed [[spoiler: Tokiomi]], stolen his Command Seals, placed him under an illusion, and is now about to [[YourSoulIsMine devour his soul for an extra power boost]] to defeat Rider and Caster, still feels enough pity for [[spoiler: him]] to make his final vision in the illusion that of [[spoiler: his daughter Sakura forgiving him for actions that [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone he had been beating himself up for earlier in the story]]]].
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** [[ManipulativeBastard Assassin]], even when he's just betrayed [[spoiler: Tokiomi]], [[spoiler:Tokiomi]], stolen his Command Seals, placed him under an illusion, and is now about to [[YourSoulIsMine devour his soul for an extra power boost]] to defeat Rider and Caster, still feels enough pity for [[spoiler: him]] him enough to make his final vision in the illusion that of [[spoiler: his [[spoiler:his daughter Sakura forgiving him for actions that [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone he had been beating himself up for earlier in the story]]]].
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** Avenger is an evil psycho, but he's nice to Rin when he first meets her and saves her from a serial killer, then endeavors to get information from the kiler to put Rin's mind at ease.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Thankfully [[AvertedTrope averted]] between Tokiomi and Kariya. When they encounter each other this time, [[TheMentor Berserker and Soul]] have convinced Kariya to give Tokiomi a chance to talk, Aoi and Rin are nearby, and they're all in a public hospital. This is crucial because not only does it allow the two men to understand each other, [[spoiler: but it's what motivates Tokiomi's MyGodWhatHaveIDone and RoaringRampageOfRevenge against [[TheWormThatWalks Zouken]].]]
* PoorCommunicationKills: Thankfully [[AvertedTrope averted]] between Tokiomi and Kariya. When they encounter each other this time, [[TheMentor Berserker and Soul]] have convinced Kariya to give Tokiomi a chance to talk, Aoi and Rin are nearby, and they're all in a public hospital. This is crucial because not only does it allow the two men to understand each other, [[spoiler: but it's what motivates Tokiomi's MyGodWhatHaveIDone and RoaringRampageOfRevenge against [[TheWormThatWalks Zouken]].]]
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** Avenger is an evil psycho, but he's nice to Rin [[spoiler:Rin]] when he first meets her and saves her from a serial killer, then endeavors to get information from the kiler to put Rin's [[spoiler:Rin]]'s mind at ease.
* PoorCommunicationKills: Thankfully [[AvertedTrope averted]] between Tokiomi and Kariya. When they encounter each other this time,[[TheMentor [[MentorArchetype Berserker and Soul]] have convinced Kariya to give Tokiomi a chance to talk, Aoi and Rin are nearby, and they're all in a public hospital. This is crucial because not only does it allow the two men to understand each other, [[spoiler: but it's what motivates Tokiomi's MyGodWhatHaveIDone [[spoiler:Tokiomi's My God, What Have I Done? and RoaringRampageOfRevenge Roaring Rampage of Revenge against [[TheWormThatWalks Zouken]].]]
* PoorCommunicationKills: Thankfully [[AvertedTrope averted]] between Tokiomi and Kariya. When they encounter each other this time,
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** Fourth Sage of the Six Paths: Assassin
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* RedEyesTakeWarning: Archer, as Nasuverse Divine or Semi-Divine beings like him have these. Avenger has red eyes also. Averted with [[spoiler: [[EquippableAlly Soul]]]], one of the genuinely good guys. [[spoiler:Saber]] shows a brief glimpse of this at the end, according to Berserker.
* RedHerring: In terms of who would be the next villain. After disposing of [[spoiler: Archer]] and establishing himself as the resident MagnificentBastard of the war, one might be led to believe that [[spoiler: Assassin]] would survive and continue on his path in the Fifth War. [[spoiler: Nope! He's killed off by Berserker, who ''does'' survive to the next war.]] However, the story does set up who will be the major antagonist, just not in that obvious way.
* RedHerring: In terms of who would be the next villain. After disposing of [[spoiler: Archer]] and establishing himself as the resident MagnificentBastard of the war, one might be led to believe that [[spoiler: Assassin]] would survive and continue on his path in the Fifth War. [[spoiler: Nope! He's killed off by Berserker, who ''does'' survive to the next war.]] However, the story does set up who will be the major antagonist, just not in that obvious way.
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* RedEyesTakeWarning: Archer, as Nasuverse Divine divine or Semi-Divine semi-divine beings like him have these. Avenger has red eyes eyes, also. Averted with [[spoiler: [[EquippableAlly Soul]]]], [[spoiler:Soul]], one of the genuinely good guys. [[spoiler:Saber]] shows a brief glimpse of this at the end, according to Berserker.
* RedHerring: In terms of who would be the next villain. After disposing of[[spoiler: Archer]] [[spoiler:Archer]] and establishing himself as the resident MagnificentBastard Magnificent Bastard of the war, one might be led to believe that [[spoiler: Assassin]] [[spoiler:Assassin]] would survive and continue on his path in the Fifth War. [[spoiler: Nope! [[spoiler:Nope! He's killed off by Berserker, who ''does'' survive to the next war.]] However, the story does set up who will be the major antagonist, just not in that obvious of a way.
* RedHerring: In terms of who would be the next villain. After disposing of
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* RunningGag: Someone questioning how Avenger can do something, and him responding with simply "Fuck you, that's how."
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* RunningGag: Someone questioning When someone asks how Avenger can do something, and him responding he responds with simply "Fuck you, that's how."
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* TheStarscream: Played with in regards to [[{{Ninja}} Assassin]]. He's perfectly willing to lie and manipulate around Kirei [[spoiler:even being directly responsible for his father's death]], but his ultimate loyalty is to him alone. [[spoiler:After his Command Seals were taken by Assassin and used to force him to obey]], Archer [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal had every intention]] of becoming one himself [[spoiler:but died against Saber and Berserker before that could become reality]].
* SummonMagic: Masters can summon their respective Servants to them by using a command seal. Assassin has access to all of the summons available to users of [[spoiler:the Rinnegan]].
* SummonMagic: Masters can summon their respective Servants to them by using a command seal. Assassin has access to all of the summons available to users of [[spoiler:the Rinnegan]].
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* TheStarscream: Played with in regards to [[{{Ninja}} Assassin]]. He's perfectly willing to lie and manipulate around Kirei [[spoiler:even being directly responsible for his father's death]], but his ultimate loyalty is to him alone. [[spoiler:After his After [[spoiler:his Command Seals were taken are stolen by Assassin and used to force him to obey]], Archer [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal had every intention]] of becoming one himself [[spoiler:but died becomes this, but [[spoiler:he dies against Saber and Berserker before that could become reality]].
he can act on it]].
*SummonMagic: SummonMagic:
** Masters use this to call forth Heroic Spirits as Servants in the first place, and can summon their respective Servants tothem their side by using a command seal. seal.
** Assassin has access to all of thesummons summon creatures available to users of [[spoiler:the Rinnegan]].
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** Masters use this to call forth Heroic Spirits as Servants in the first place, and can summon their respective Servants to
** Assassin has access to all of the
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* UnstoppableRage: Surprisingly, [[AvertedTrope Berserker doesn't have this going for her.]] Played straight with Caster, however, [[spoiler: after Rider's [[HumanPincushion death]]]]. He completely loses it on [[spoiler: Assassin]], and would have killed him had the later's Master not used a Command Seal to get him out of there.
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* UnstoppableRage: Surprisingly, [[AvertedTrope Berserker doesn't have this going for her.]] Played straight with Caster, however, [[spoiler: after Rider's [[HumanPincushion death]]]]. death]]. He completely loses it on [[spoiler: Assassin]], [[spoiler:Assassin]], and would have killed him had the later's latter's Master not used a Command Seal command seal to get him out of there.
* WorldOfBadass: Virtually all of the characters, Master and (especially) Servant, display badassery at one time or another.
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: When Saber starts to question herself after the events of the banquet and Rider's [[WhatTheHellHero accusations]], Berserker and [[spoiler: Soul]] comfort her with this, stating they wouldn't have anyone else as their partner.
* YouAreNotAlone: Combined with the above trope, Berserker and [[spoiler: Soul]] comfort Saber after the Servant banquet and tell her that they will stay by her no matter what. This event is the turning point where Saber starts to truly accept them both as friends.
* YouRemindMeOfX: Lancer and Assassin both compare Caster to [[spoiler:Luffy and Naruto respectively.]]
* YouAreNotAlone: Combined with the above trope, Berserker and [[spoiler: Soul]] comfort Saber after the Servant banquet and tell her that they will stay by her no matter what. This event is the turning point where Saber starts to truly accept them both as friends.
* YouRemindMeOfX: Lancer and Assassin both compare Caster to [[spoiler:Luffy and Naruto respectively.]]
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: When Saber starts to question herself after the events of the banquet and Rider's [[WhatTheHellHero accusations]], Berserker and [[spoiler: Soul]] [[spoiler:Soul]] comfort her with this, stating they wouldn't have anyone else as their partner.
* YouAreNotAlone:Combined with the above trope, Berserker and [[spoiler: Soul]] [[spoiler:Soul]] comfort Saber after the Servant banquet and tell her that they will stay by her no matter what. This event is the turning point where Saber starts to truly accept them both as friends.
* YouRemindMeOfX: Lancer and Assassinboth compare Caster to [[spoiler:Luffy and Naruto respectively.]]Naruto]], respectively. When fighting Saber, Caster is reminded of [[spoiler:Erza]].
* YouAreNotAlone:
* YouRemindMeOfX: Lancer and Assassin
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* CombatClairvoyance: [[Manga/{{Naruto}} The Sharingan]] grants Assassin this ability. [[spoiler:Kirei can also use it once he masters the Sharingan Assassin gives him.]]
* ElCidPloy: After Tokiomi's death, Kirei has Assassin pose as Tokiomi using a transformation ninjutsu [[PetTheDog in order to give Aoi and Rin a chance to say goodbye]].
* EnemyMine: When Avenger shows up to a battle between four other Servants, the others all decide to take him out together before returning to fighting each other.
* EnemyMine: When Avenger shows up to a battle between four other Servants, the others all decide to take him out together before returning to fighting each other.
* ExtradimensionalShortcut: [[spoiler:Assassin]]'s Magical Eye gives him this ability.
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* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: A vertical example. [[spoiler: This is how Berserker finishes off Assassin in the end.]]
* HiddenVillain: The [[spoiler: second]] being within the Grail remains mostly unknown throughout the story, referred to at various points as [[IHaveManyNames Reaper or Grey]]. Only once the epilogue arrives does [[spoiler:Angra Mainyu]] finally reveal his name at his own request: [[spoiler: [[MegaManZX Prometheus]]]]
* HiddenVillain: The [[spoiler: second]] being within the Grail remains mostly unknown throughout the story, referred to at various points as [[IHaveManyNames Reaper or Grey]]. Only once the epilogue arrives does [[spoiler:Angra Mainyu]] finally reveal his name at his own request: [[spoiler: [[MegaManZX Prometheus]]]]
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* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: A vertical example. [[spoiler: This is how Berserker [[spoiler:Berserker]] finally finishes off Assassin in the end.]]
[[spoiler:Assassin]].
* HiddenVillain: The [[spoiler: second]] being within the Grail remains mostly unknown throughout the story, referred to at various points as [[IHaveManyNames Reaper or Grey]]. Only once the epilogue arrives does [[spoiler:Angra Mainyu]] finally reveal his name at his own request: [[spoiler: [[MegaManZXPrometheus]]]]Prometheus]].]]
* HyperspaceArsenal: [[spoiler:Assassin]]'s Magical Eye gives him this ability.
* HiddenVillain: The [[spoiler: second]] being within the Grail remains mostly unknown throughout the story, referred to at various points as [[IHaveManyNames Reaper or Grey]]. Only once the epilogue arrives does [[spoiler:Angra Mainyu]] finally reveal his name at his own request: [[spoiler: [[MegaManZX
* HyperspaceArsenal: [[spoiler:Assassin]]'s Magical Eye gives him this ability.
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: How both [[spoiler:Archer]] and [[spoiler:Rider]] meet their ends. [[HumanPincushion Multiple times]] for the latter, [[spoiler:courtesy of Assassin]], and combined with a [[spoiler: WaveMotionGun from Saber]] for the former.
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice:
** How both [[spoiler:Archer]] and [[spoiler:Rider]] meet their ends. [[HumanPincushion Multiple times]] for the latter, [[spoiler:courtesy of Assassin]], and combined with a [[spoiler: WaveMotionGun from Saber]] for the former.
** How both [[spoiler:Archer]] and [[spoiler:Rider]] meet their ends. [[HumanPincushion Multiple times]] for the latter, [[spoiler:courtesy of Assassin]], and combined with a [[spoiler: WaveMotionGun from Saber]] for the former.
* {{Intangibility}}: This is one of Assassin's abilities.
* TheJuggernaut: Lancer is a giant of a man who can take extreme amounts of damage and keep going, and can dish out lots of damage, as well.
* TheJuggernaut: Lancer is a giant of a man who can take extreme amounts of damage and keep going, and can dish out lots of damage, as well.
* MagicalEye: Assassin has a Sharingan eye, which grants him the abilities of Combat Clairvoyance, [[YourMindMakesItReal casting illusions on targets]], [[spoiler:taking an Extra-dimensional Shortcut to teleport]], and [[spoiler:Intangibility]].
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* NoodleIncident: Lorelei Barthomeloi has hated OSG ever since they stopped her from killing a Dead Apostle Ancestor during an incident with the five Ancestors, half the Burial Agency, Lorelei's vampire hunting brigade, and OSG's drinking party. Apparently, the non-OSG combatants were attempting to battle it out in OSG's base.
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* NoodleIncident: Lorelei Barthomeloi has hated OSG ever since they stopped her from killing a Dead Apostle Ancestor her target during an incident with the five Dead Apostle Ancestors, half the Burial Agency, Lorelei's vampire hunting brigade, and OSG's drinking party. Apparently, the non-OSG combatants were attempting to battle it out in OSG's base.
* OhCrap: Berserker is horrified when she senses Angra Mainyu's soul within the manifested Holy Grail.
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** Emperor of the Sea: Lancer
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Archer, as Nasuverse Divine or Semi-Divine beings like him have these. Avenger has red eyes also. Averted with [[spoiler: [[EquippableAlly Soul]]]], one of the genuinely good guys.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Archer, as Nasuverse Divine or Semi-Divine beings like him have these. Avenger has red eyes also. Averted with [[spoiler: [[EquippableAlly Soul]]]], one of the genuinely good guys.
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** Emperor of the Sea: Seas: Lancer
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Archer, as Nasuverse Divine or Semi-Divine beings like him have these. Avenger has red eyes also. Averted with [[spoiler: [[EquippableAlly Soul]]]], one of the genuinely good guys. [[spoiler:Saber]] shows a brief glimpse of this at the end, according to Berserker.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Archer, as Nasuverse Divine or Semi-Divine beings like him have these. Avenger has red eyes also. Averted with [[spoiler: [[EquippableAlly Soul]]]], one of the genuinely good guys. [[spoiler:Saber]] shows a brief glimpse of this at the end, according to Berserker.
* SummonMagic: Masters can summon their respective Servants to them by using a command seal. Assassin has access to all of the summons available to users of [[spoiler:the Rinnegan]].
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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Servants in actual alliances notwithstanding, anytime [[{{Badass}} Avenger]] arrives on the scene, expect any other Servants there to team up on him. Even if they were up to that point just trying to kill each other.
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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Servants in actual alliances notwithstanding, anytime [[{{Badass}} Avenger]] arrives on the scene, expect any other Servants there ThisIsGonnaSuck: Caster, when he's about to team up on him. Even if they were up to that point just trying to kill each other.get smashed by a giant statue.
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* BigBadWannabe: Both [[spoiler:Archer and to a lesser extent [[TheWormThatWalks Zouken]]]] are this. They both seem to believe that they're in the [[LightNovel/FateZero original 4th Holy Grail War]] and act accordingly, but ultimately [[spoiler:Archer is OutGambitted by [[ManipulativeBastard Assassin]] and dies against Saber and Berserker before he can get his revenge]] and [[spoiler:Zouken [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty manages to escape Tokiomi's wrath, but is axed off by members of OSG when they come to claim Sakura]]]].
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* BigBadWannabe: Both [[spoiler:Archer and [[spoiler:Archer]] and, to a lesser extent extent, [[TheWormThatWalks Zouken]]]] are this. They both seem to believe that they're in the [[LightNovel/FateZero original 4th Holy Grail War]] and act accordingly, but ultimately [[spoiler:Archer is OutGambitted by [[ManipulativeBastard Assassin]] and dies against Saber and Berserker before he can get his revenge]] and [[spoiler:Zouken [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty manages to escape Tokiomi's wrath, but is axed off by members of OSG when they come to claim Sakura]]]].
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* TheCorruption: [[spoiler:Saber]] gets infused with a bit of the Grail's tainted power at the end.
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* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler:Caster]] is about to kill [[spoiler:Saber]] when a presence inside the Grail conveniently decides to give the latter an infusion of extra prana, which results in [[spoiler:her]] winning the fight instead.
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* ShoutOut: Rider's and Caster's words to each other during their Body-Count Competition mimic lines from Gimli and Legolas, respectively, in ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''.
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** Rider's and Caster's words to each other during their Body-Count Competition mimic lines from Gimli and Legolas, respectively, in''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''. ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''.
** Upon finding the one conspicuously open door in the whole civic center, Maiya muses that Kirei couldn't have left a more obvious hint if he'd put up a sign reading, "Wannabe Superheroes Go This Way!" with an arrow pointing inside. This is a reference to ''Fate:Zero Sense'', the fic that inspired this one.
** Rider's and Caster's words to each other during their Body-Count Competition mimic lines from Gimli and Legolas, respectively, in
** Upon finding the one conspicuously open door in the whole civic center, Maiya muses that Kirei couldn't have left a more obvious hint if he'd put up a sign reading, "Wannabe Superheroes Go This Way!" with an arrow pointing inside. This is a reference to ''Fate:Zero Sense'', the fic that inspired this one.
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* TheStarscream: Played with in regards to [[{{Ninja}} Assassin]]. He's perfectly willing to lie and manipulate around Kirei [[spoiler:even being directly responsible for his father's death]], but his ultimate loyalty is to him alone. [[spoiler:After his Command Seals were taken by Assassin and used to force him to obey]], [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal Archer]] had every intention of becoming one himself [[spoiler:but died against Saber and Berserker before that could become reality]].
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* TheStarscream: Played with in regards to [[{{Ninja}} Assassin]]. He's perfectly willing to lie and manipulate around Kirei [[spoiler:even being directly responsible for his father's death]], but his ultimate loyalty is to him alone. [[spoiler:After his Command Seals were taken by Assassin and used to force him to obey]], Archer [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal Archer]] had every intention intention]] of becoming one himself [[spoiler:but died against Saber and Berserker before that could become reality]].
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* {{Irony}}: Archer makes several comments on killing the other Servants. [[spoiler:Archer is the third Servant to die.]]
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Uryuu.]]
** [[spoiler: Zouken even more so.]]
** Surprisingly averted with [[spoiler: Kayneth.]] You can tell the author went through the trouble to make you feel something other than "good riddance" for him.
* ArrangedMarriage: Due to the fact that the ArrangedMarriage between an Archibald and a Sophia-Ri still stands,[[spoiler: Sola-Ui and Waver are wed as a compromise in order to officially induct the later into the family]].
** [[spoiler: Zouken even more so.]]
** Surprisingly averted with [[spoiler: Kayneth.]] You can tell the author went through the trouble to make you feel something other than "good riddance" for him.
* ArrangedMarriage: Due to the fact that the ArrangedMarriage between an Archibald and a Sophia-Ri still stands,[[spoiler: Sola-Ui and Waver are wed as a compromise in order to officially induct the later into the family]].
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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Uryuu.]]
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**[[spoiler: Zouken even more so.]]
Uryuu Ryuunosuke is immediately put out of commission and then killed soon after.
%%** [[spoiler:Zouken Matou]].
** Surprisingly averted with [[spoiler:Kayneth.]] You Kayneth]]. One can tell the author went through the trouble to make you the reader feel something other than "good riddance" for him.
* ArrangedMarriage: Due to the fact that theArrangedMarriage Arranged Marriage between an Archibald and a Sophia-Ri still stands,[[spoiler: Sola-Ui stands, [[spoiler:Sola-Ui and Waver are wed as a compromise in order to officially induct the later into the family]].
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* ArrangedMarriage: Due to the fact that the
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* BigDamnHeroes: Berserker gets in on this a lot.
** Avenger pulls this at one point [[spoiler: to save Rin's life.]]
** Avenger pulls this at one point [[spoiler: to save Rin's life.]]
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* BigDamnHeroes: BigDamnHeroes:
** Berserkergets arrives in on this a lot.
** Avenger pulls this at one point [[spoiler:the nick of time to save Rin's life.]]Saber from [[spoiler:Avenger]].
** [[spoiler:Avenger]] saves Rin from a serial killer [[spoiler:pseudo-Servant]].
** Berserker
** Avenger pulls this at one point [[spoiler:
** [[spoiler:Avenger]] saves Rin from a serial killer [[spoiler:pseudo-Servant]].
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** [[spoiler: Assassin]] subjects Berserker to this twice. [[spoiler: [[NoSell It fails both times.]]]]
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** [[spoiler: Assassin]] subjects Berserker to this twice. [[spoiler: [[spoiler:It [[NoSell It fails fails]] both times.]]]]]]
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* InstantExpert: Kirei masters the [[spoiler:body modifications]] given to him by Assassin within a few days' time.
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** This was [[spoiler:Archer's intention to get back at Assassin]] for manipulating him. [[spoiler:He died before that could happen though]].
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** This was [[spoiler:Archer's intention [[spoiler:Archer]] intends to go on one to get back at Assassin]] [[spoiler:Assassin]] for manipulating him. [[spoiler:He died before that could happen though]].him and ordering him around, but he doesn't get a chance to do so.
** Caster goes off on Assassin after Assassin [[spoiler:kills Rider while Caster watches helplessly]]. The power of his [[spoiler:Dragon Force]] reaches unprecedented heights and he looks more [[spoiler:draconic]] than ever.
** Caster goes off on Assassin after Assassin [[spoiler:kills Rider while Caster watches helplessly]]. The power of his [[spoiler:Dragon Force]] reaches unprecedented heights and he looks more [[spoiler:draconic]] than ever.
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* TranquilFury: Archer becomes enraged to this point in his fight against Saber and Berserker.