History FanFic / InstrumentsOfTime

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: [[{{Fables}} Bigby Wolf]] (for those not familiar with the series, Bigby is the [[LittleRedRidingHood Big]] [[TheThreeLittlePigs Bad Wolf]] but he has human form due to contracting lycanthropy.)

* PettingZooPeople: Several. [[WesternAnimation/KungFuPanda Po, Tigress, Lord Shen,]] [[SabrinaOnline Zig-Zag]], and (technically) [[{{Dreamkeepers}} Namah]].

* PettingZooPeople: Several. [[KungFuPanda Po, Tigress, Lord Shen,]] [[SabrinaOnline Zig-Zag]], and (technically) [[{{Dreamkeepers}} Namah]].

* TokenEvilTeammate: [[KungFuPanda2 Lord Shen]]

* {{Bishonen}}: [[FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]].

* CatGirl: [[{{Blazblue}} Taokaka]]

* EverythingsWorseWithBears: Played straight with [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory3 Lotso]] subverted with Po.

* MasterSwordsman: [[XMen Nightcrawler]], he can teleport too.

* {{Abandoned Laboratory}}: And it's [[VideoGame/{{Portal}} The Aperture laboratory]]
* {{Abandoned Warehouse}}: Bigby's team uses one in Chapter 3.
* {{Amateur Sleuth}}: Tintin .
* {{Anachronism Stew}} Due to the mixed up timeliness causing realities and timelines to mix up this is a given.
* {{Apocalypse How}}: An apocalypse of Omniversal scale and debatable severity occurs before the start of the story and is basically the premise of the story's setting.
* {{Alternate Timeline}}: The sword of timelines allows people to choose what timeline is active at any given time [[spoiler: so things almost end badly when Dogbert gets it.]]
* [[spoiler: {{Alternate continuity}}: Gorilla Grodd uses the Key to the Past to lock off one second of the Earth's timeline, with the Earth reappearing one second later and his locked-away Earth continuing from that point.]]
* {{And now for someone completely different}}: Shifts between storylines, usually with all or allbut one of the teams from the previous arc not showing up and entirely different teams appearing.

** {{Badass Preacher}}: [[TwistedMetal The Preacher]].
** {{Badass Biker}}: Comicbook/GhostRider
** {{Badass Boast}}: Meta Knight: "Every opponent underestimates me".
** {{Badass Longcoat}}: Some characters have them.
* {{Badguy Bar}}: Dogbert has a nightclub base in Chapter five.
* {{Big Bad Duumvirate}}: Dogbert's team
* {{Big Bad Ensemble}}: So far, [[{{Bionicle}} Teridax]], [[ComicStrip/{{Dilbert}} Dogbert]] and Biollante.

** {{Cast Herd}}: For the most part, the characters travel in five to six-person groups which generally involve themselves in an arc as a whole: if one person from a team appears, you can be fairly sure the others will too.
* {{Cat Girl}}: [[{{Blazblue}} Taokaka]]
* {{Clothes Make the Superman}}: [[spoiler: Several [[VideoGame/{{Croc}} Dantinis]] get suits that duplicate the powers of one of the teams.]]
* {{Combat Medic}}: [[OnePiece Trafalgar Law]].
* {{Dark is Not Evil}}: Ghost Rider and {{Spawn}}.
* {{Dem Bones}}: Jack Skelington.
* {{Eldritch Abomination}}: [[{{It}} Pennywise]].
* {{Exploding Barrels}}: Stitch uses these to help him [[spoiler: almost]] kill Carnage.

* {{Five Man Band}}/{{Five Bad Band}}: Nearly all the teams qualify for this trope to some degree despite varying numbers (usually six). As an example, Woody's team:
** {{The Hero}}/The Leader: [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Woody]]
** {{The Lancer}}: [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Buzz]]
** {{The Smart Guy}}: [[MickeyMouse Mickey]] and [[LiloandStitch Stitch]]
** {{The Big Guy}}: [[TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Jack]]. Stitch qualifies for this too
** The {{Tagalong Kid}} (sometimes): [[PeterPan Peter]]

* {{Genius Bruiser}}: Stitch. [[spoiler: A good chunk of [[Film/{{Godzilla}}SpaceGodzilla's team can be considered this]].
* {{Gentleman Thief}}: {{Lupin III}}
* {{Heel Face Turn}}: Registeel vaguely counts, although he was only evil to begin with due to the Cybermen's mind control.
* {{Immune to Bullets}}: {{Deadpool}} lampshades this in Chapter 2.
* {{Improbable Aiming Skills}}: [[LupinIII Jigen's]] specialty. [[ComicBook/{{Wanted}} Wesley Gibson]] has this as a power.
* {{Intrepid Reporter}}: {{Tintin}}
* {{Killer Rabbit}}: [[Webcomic/SluggyFreelance Bun-Bun]]. Who also hints Meta Knight could be another, less literal one if he went without the mask. To which Meta Knight replies with his above badass boast, and "A true warrior does not hide behind deception"
* {{Killer Robot}}: The [[DoctorWho Cybermen]].
* {{Large Ham}}: [[GIJoe Cobra Commander]].
* {{Laser Sword}}: Wielded by [[StarWars Darth Vader]].

* {{Living Toys}}: [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory Woody and Buzz]].
* {{Loads and loads of characters}}

* {{Master Swordsman}}: [[XMen Nightcrawler]], he can teleport too.
* {{Mega Crossover}}

* {{More Dakka}}: Lotso carries a chaingun.
* {{Monster Clown}}: [[TwistedMetal Sweet Tooth]].
* {{Mythology Gag}}: [[spoiler: Sweet Tooth's truck turns into a {{Giant Mecha}}.]]
* {{Naked on Arrival}}: [[spoiler: this happens to a girl found in the wreckage of Sweet Tooth's mecha.]]
* Offscreen moment of awesome: [[{{Homestuck}} Dave Strider's]] fight against Time Eater happened offtext, but we have heard Dave say he sliced him from head to tail.
* {{One Winged Angel}}: When [[spoiler: Sweet Tooth's truck turns into a {{Giant Mecha}}.]]
* {{Origin Story}}: [[spoiler: Dogbert apparently is a grifter from [[CatCity Planet X]]]], [[UnreliableNarrator whether or not this is true has yet to be determined]].
* {{Our Werewolves are different}}: [[{{Fables}} Bigby Wolf]] (for those not familiar with the series, Bigby is the [[LittleRedRidingHood Big]] [[TheThreeLittlePigs Bad Wolf]] but he has human form due to contracting lycanthropy.)
* {{Paper Thin Disguise}}: In Chapter Six Tigress uses a hoodie to disguise her appearance. Inanother example, Time Eater's user name is Eater of Time. The letters aren't even swapped in the Homestuck-style two-letter abbrieviation. At least, we assume it's Time Eater...
* {{Petting Zoo People}}: Several. [[KungFuPanda Po, Tigress, Lord Shen,]] [[SabrinaOnline Zig-Zag]], and (technically) [[{{Dreamkeepers}} Namah]].
* {{Private Detective}}: {{Sherlock Holmes}}.

* {{Shape Shifter}}: [[{{Animorphs}} Tobias]].
* {{Shooting Superman}}: In chapter five some people try to [[WhatAnIdiot shoot Ghost Rider]]
* {{Shout Out}}: The Fic has a lot of these.
* {{Superpowerful Genetics}} [[spoiler: Dogbert hopes to invoke this trope with DNA samples of the heroes.]]
* {{Super Speed}}: [[TheIncredibles Dash's]] power.
* {{The Bet}}: Wesley and Sweet Tooth make one about who in their group dies first.
* {{The Heartless}}: The [[KingdomHearts trope codifiers]] appear in Chapter 19.
* {{The Symbiote}}: [[{{Spiderman}} Carnage]].
* {{Thou Shalt Not Kill}}: [[{{Bionicle}} Tahu]] has a code that involves this rule [[spoiler: this code is the only reason Dogbert is still alive.]]
* {{Title Drop}}: Whenever somebody refers to the [[{{Macguffin}} Instruments of Time]].
* {{Too Dumb to Live}}: The guards of Rabanastre prison, [[spoiler: for not realizing Kairi couldn't have summoned the Heartless because she's a Keyblade wielder.]]
* {{Token Evil Teammate}}: [[KungFuPanda2 Lord Shen]]
* {{White Gang Bangers}}: [[SaintsRow The Third Street Saints]].

* EverythingsWorseWithBears: Played straight with [[ToyStory Lotso]] subverted with Po.

** {{The Hero}}/The Leader: [[ToyStory Woody]]
** {{The Lancer}}: [[ToyStory Buzz]]

* {{Living Toys}}: [[ToyStory Woody and Buzz]].

* [[spoiler: {{Alternate Earth}}/{{Alternate continuity}}: Gorilla Grodd uses the Key to the Past to lock off one second of the Earth's timeline, with the Earth reappearing one second later and his locked-away Earth continuing from that point.]]

[[spoiler: Alternate Earth/Alternate continuity: Gorilla Grodd uses the Key to the Past to lock off one second of the Earth's timeline, with the Earth reappearing one second later and his locked-away Earth continuing from that point.]]

* Offscreen moment of awesome: Dave Strider's fight against Time Eater happened offtext, but we have heard Dave say he sliced him from head to tail.

* {{Killer Rabbit}}: [[Webcomic/SluggyFreelance Bun-Bun]].

* {{Paper Thin Disguise}}: In Chapter Six Tigress uses a hoodie to disguise her appearance.

* {{Killer Rabbit}}: [[SluggyFreelance Bun-Bun]].

** {{Badass Biker}}: {{Ghost Rider}}

* {{Clothes Make the Superman}}: [[spoiler: Several [[{{Croc}} Dantinis]] get suits that duplicate the powers of one of the teams.]]

* {{Big Bad Ensemble}}: So far, [[{{Bionicle}} Teridax]], [[{{Dilbert}} Dogbert]] and Biollante.

* {{Abandoned Laboratory}}: And it's [{{Portal}} The Aperture laboratory

* {{Genius Bruiser}}: Stitch. [[spoiler: A good chunk of {{Godzilla:SpaceGodzilla's}} team can be considered this]].

* {{Genius Bruiser}}: Stitch

* {{Clothes Make the Superman}}: [[spoiler: Several [[{{Croc}} Dantinis]] get suits that duplicate the powers of one of the teams.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: [[spoiler: The blood samples Dogbert takes in Chapter thirteen.]]

* {{Privite Detective}}: {{Sherlock Holmes}}.

* LetsSplitUpGang: Tintin's group tries this strategy once, [[spoiler: it doesn't work out, but at least no one died. This was done later after the heroes capture Dogbert.]]

* {{Amateur Detective}}: {{Sherlock Holmes}}, Tintin qualifies as well.

* {{Master Detective}}: {{Sherlock Holmes}}

* {{Origin Story}}: [[spoiler: Dogbert apparently is a grifter from [[CatCity Planet X]]]], [[unreliablenarrator whether or not this is true has yet to be determined]].

* {{Mega Crossover}}

* {{Thou Shalt Not Kill}}: [[{{Bionicle}} Tahu has a code that involves this rule [[spoiler: this code is the only reason Dogbert is still alive.]]

* LetsSplitUpGang: Tintin's group tries this strategy once, [[spoiler: it doesn't work out, but at least no one died.]]