History Fanfic / AShadowOfTheTitans

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: [[spoiler: After the Oni curbstomp Blood and his faculty, the rest of the HIVE quickly surrender and bend the knee to them.]]

* FantasticArousal: Both Gadjo and Tarakudo are apparently turned on by the horns Jade sports after she's magically aged up.

* TheCameo:
** ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} shows up in the Tournament of Villainesses chapter when Robin asks for her help in finding Raven.
** Georgia, the daughter of ComicBook/{{Shazam}}'s ArchEnemy, is another contestant of that same event.
** Green Lantern Jon Stewart (of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' fame) shows up to deal with Jade after she ages herself up and is considered too dangerous for the Titans.
** Slade gets two in the Super Jinx chapter.

* HornyDevils: Jade turns into one when she ages herself up. [[spoiler:The Queen gets a smaller pair of horns when her DealWithTheDevil with Tarakudo restores her, which stick around even after the Oni are banished and she's remerged with Jade's chi. They eventually shed and are replaced with larger ones as part of her EmergencyTransformation.]]

Following an [[NoodleIncident offscreen]] battle with a demon, Jade is accidentally banished along with it, ending up in some sort of pocket dimension. While there, she is confronted by a mysterious being (whom WordOfGod names "The Cackler"), who offers up a [[CrypticConversation cryptic]] monologue before [[BalefulPolymorph forcibly transforming]] Jade into her Shadowkhan form. He then tosses her into [[AlternateUniverse another universe]] -- specifically, the universe of ''Teen Titans'', where a series of events soon sees Jade forcibly drafted into [[AcademyOfEvil the HIVE]]. Now, under the identity of Zhu Chan, Jade must play the role of supervillain while searching for a way to return home, and also dealing with the Titans, who -- due to unfortunate circumstances - end up viewing her as just another criminal to be defeated.

* BalefulPolymorph:
** The Cackler forcibly transforms Jade back into her Shadowkhan form (although she still has her normal mindset).
** She also gets turned into a monkey by Mumbo (to serve as his assistant), but that is undone rather quickly.

* ForcedIntoEvil: As noted elsewhere on this page, Jade is only villain due to a bunch of misunderstandings with the Titans and fear of the HIVE.

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6438013/1/A_Shadow_of_the_Titans A Shadow of the Titans]]'' is a {{Crossover}} between ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' and ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1645311/Eduard_Kassel Eduard Kassel]] and a part of FanFic/ProjectDarkJade.

* BerserkButton:
** Jade suddenly seems to have a whole bunch of them. Her transformation and the stress of her situation seems to have given her a seriously short fuse. Naturally, this doesn't help her situation with the Titans any.
** Gadjo has several that he lists at one point: zombies, [[CainAndAbel his brother]], people who damage [[TrademarkFavoriteFood pie]], and [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking people who send him text messages]].

** This gets combined with BaldWoman [[spoiler:when Tarakudo heals the Queen, though he insists it'll grow back.]]

* AchillesPowerChord: In the Interlude chapter, Evil Dick's unstoppable doomsday weapon is defeated when [[spoiler: Star Chan]] pulls its power cord. The Titans are seriously unimpressed

* RealityEnsues: In one chapter, Jade tries to dislocate her thumbs in order to slip out of some magic handcuffs. All she has to show for it is sore thumbs, as it's a lot harder to intentional dislocate your own body parts than the movies make it look.

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** When Blood punishes Jade by having ''SelfDemonstrating/TheJoker'', one of the most AxCrazy villains in the world, take a role as an EvilMentor for her, one of the other students says that Blood should have just burned her death like a "civilized" villain instead.

* ClothingDamage:
** During Jade's first fight with the Titans, Robin hits the Dragon, which causes an explosive release of energy that -- among other things -- fries most of her clothes. This leads Jade to make sure her new costume is fire retardant and otherwise durable, to avoid any repeats of such an event.
** [[spoiler:This happens to her again after TakingTheBullet for Jinx]].
** [[spoiler: And ''[[RunningGag again]]'' after the chi transfer from Starfire to remove Tarakudo's influence from her.]]
** [[spoiler: And one more time when her EmergencyTransformation shreds what she's wearing.]]

** Poison Ivy was apparently banned from the Buried Brick apartments for killing someone who was supposedly unkillable ''by accident''. The Joker and Harley were also banned, for predictable reasons.

* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler:Not even ''Superman'' can breach the Oni's barrier. Possibly justified by the fact that Superman is often depicted as vulnerable to magic, so it working on him isn't unheard of]].

** Penguin holds the breaking of contracts to be unforgivable. [[spoiler: When Jade, whom he loaned out to Scarecrow, turns on Scarecrow to protect her neighbors, he cuts her loose and stops acting as her middleman.]]

* AlternateUniverse: The ''Titans'' universe is this to the ''JCA'' universe. The point is hammered home when Jade realizes the Jump City is the counterpart to San Francisco, with Titans Tower revealed to be where Alcatraz is supposed to be, and the calender is five years ahead.

* AnotherDimension: The pocket dimension Jade ends up in in the prologue -- it consists solely of a small island floating in a multicolored void.

* ArchEnemy: After he nails her with an [[WeaksauceWeakness onion]], Jade declares Beast Boy is now her archenemy. [[MetaGuy He's thrilled at the concept, figuring it makes him cooler.]]

* AxCrazy: Gadjo, all the way.

* BalefulPolymorph: The Cackler forcibly transforms Jade back into her Shadowkhan form (although she still has her normal mindset).

* BaldOfEvil: Gizmo.

* BigEater: Jade, although it gets taken to ExtremeOmnivore levels.

* BloodKnight: Gadjo enjoys nothing more than a good fight. [[TrademarkFavoriteFood Except pie.]]

* BullyingADragon: The hot dog guy Jade met was really rude to her over five cents, leading to her accidentally blowing up his cart with the Dragon talisman, not to mention the random residents of the city.

* TheCameo: ComicBook/{{Zatanna}} shows up in the Tournament of Villainesses chapter when Robin asks for her help in finding Raven.

* CantHoldHerLiquor: When the aged-up Jade is convinced to deal with her frustrations via [[INeedAFreakingDrink alcohol]], she ends up so drunk from just a few sips of Belgian Ale that she's left half-conscious and wailing on a karaoke machine.

* CardboardPrison: Cyborg feels the Jump City Prison needs more funding.

* ClothingDamage: During Jade's first fight with the Titans, Robin hits the Dragon, which causes an explosive release of energy that -- among other things -- fries most of her clothes. This leads Jade to make sure her new costume is fire retardant and otherwise durable, to avoid any repeats of such an event.

* ContinuityNod: When Jade realizes she's been accidentally banished in the process of banishing a demon, she's upset that it's happened ''again'', a reference to the time she was banished to the Netherworld along with Bai Tza.

* {{Crossover}}: Obviously. But in addition to crossing over JCA and TT, it also partially crosses over with another story by the same author -- the evil adult Jade who appears in the "[[MindScrew Destiny]]" interlude is (or is based on) the {{Cult}}-leading adult version of Jade who appeared in the oneshot "[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6313351/1/When_I_Grow_Up When I Grow Up]]".

* CrypticConversation: As noted in the summary, the Cackler monologues one of these to himself when confronting Jade in the prologue.

* {{Cthulhumanoid}}: An off-hand remark in the prologue implies that the Chan Clan fought one right before Jade was banished.

* CurbStompBattle: Jade vs Kitty and Raven vs Georgia in the Tournament of Villainesses.

* CuttingTheKnot: During one Physical Feats class, Jade is presented with the task of traversing a DeathTrap-ridden obstacle course and ringing a bell. Upon noticing that the course is circular, she just turns around and rings the bell that's a few feet behind her. The school considers it valid, but she gets detention anyway.

* DarkIsNotEvil[=/=]LightIsNotGood: Jade's villain persona, in black and blue, is contrasted with Brother Blood, who wears gold and white.

* TheDreaded: Gadjo has quickly earned this reputation among the other HIVE students -- they're all scared stiff of him.

* EldritchLocation: There are a couple of these.

** Then there's the shadow realm of the TT world, with floating islands, some covered in forests and mountains, filled with twisting shadows that seem to switch between a liquid-like and an air-like state.

* EnemyMine: Jinx briefly teams up with the Titans after Mumbo captures both Jade and Starfire and forces them to be his "assistants". Jinx describes it as "sharing a mutual problem", and as soon as Mumbo is defeated she grabs Jade and runs off.

* ExtremeOmnivore: It seems that as a Shadowkhan, Jade is capable of eating just about anything, in addition to her natural BigEater tendencies having been increased. In fact, it becomes the subject of a RunningGag via Jinx repeatedly asking if she's part goat or something. Everything except alcohol, that is. Apparently, Jade, [[FridgeBrilliance like most Japanese demons]], can't hold her drink.
** According to Tarakudo, this is a staple of female Shadowkhan.

* FantasticRacism: Much like [[FanFic/JewelOfDarkness another story]] by the same author, there's a lot of subtle (and not so subtle) hate directed towards Metas and other non-humans. This ends up contributing to Jade being pushed towards the HIVE.

* GroinAttack: Jade suggests this to Starfire when they're pummeling Mumbo.

* GuileHero: Jade, just like in canon, is intelligent and cunning. At one point, when Gadjo -- who had ''no'' plan, only wanting to fight the Titans -- is telling them about the way he thinks relationships work, she just goes and steals the artifact they were after.

* InsaneTrollLogic: Gadjo's "explanation" for how romantic relationship "really" work, which basically boils down to women using sex to force men to take out the garbage so civilization doesn't collapse. When he gives this speech to the Titans, they are all left dumbfounded... except Beast Boy, to [[StrangeMindsThinkAlike whom it somehow makes sense]]!

* LaserGuidedKarma: Jade thinks that gaining the Shadowkhan weakness to onions (and actually experiencing the pain it causes) is this to her for enjoying doing it to Tarakudo. Though she's quick to point out that unlike her, ''he'' had it coming.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: The HIVE has a seminar called F.W.A., which appears to mean "Fourth Wall Awareness". The instructor is completely nuts, and no one takes it seriously -- it's just used as a form of hazing for the newer students.

* LossOfIdentity: Jade fears that she's becoming less and less like her old self. This only gets worse when she speaks with the Queen, who points out how comfortable she's become with some of the changes she's undergone.

* MadeOfIron: After accidentally hitting Jinx and her team with a full energy attack during a fight with the Titans only for them to end up only slightly hurt, Jade comments that people in this world are pretty tough.

* MadScientist: Gizmo, obviously.

* MagicVersusScience: Gizmo and Jade seem to be quickly developing a rivalry based on this. The fact that they hate each other and are forced to share a lab space doesn't help.

* ManipulativeBastard: Blood's stock in trade.

* MythologyGag: Jinx says she would never fall for some jerky hero who's always getting in her way. In the show, she did end up in a relationship with Kid Flash after he spent his whole introductory episode getting in her way and messing with her.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Jade freaks out when she nearly kills Kitty in a rage in the Tournament.

* NoodleIncident: At one point, Jade is sentenced to detention in the [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace ominously-named]] "Pit". The narration then cuts to the following morning, with her stating that it was no big deal.

* {{Original Character}}s: Gadjo, Machete, Susano (who also appears in ''FanFic/JewelOfDarkness''[[note]] References to ''Jewel'''s MissingEpisode actually suggest that Susano and this one are ''the same'' individual. Later confirmed. [[/note]]).
** The Cackler.

* RealDreamsAreWeirder: [[spoiler: Tarakudo uses this to keep Jade from realizing she's stumbled onto him messing around with her subconscious -- he conjures multicolored mushrooms and ducks in top hats, then turns himself into a basketball with a mustache.]]

* RedEyesTakeWarning: At one point, Jade discusses this trope with Beast Boy, and whether or not it necessarily makes someone evil.

* SecretIdentity: Jade takes on the name [[PunnyName Zhu Chan]] ([[MeaningfulName "Bad Omen"]]) as her villain persona. Notably, this is the only name any character in the ''Titans'' universe know her by, even the villains, and most seem to think it's her real one. Meanwhile, the narration switches back and forth on which to refer to her as, depending on the situation.

* SplitPersonalityMerge: The Queen suggests that this is naturally occurring between her and Jade, due to a combination of Jade's transformation and the loss of her MoralityChain (her family), and that the combined being will have her desire to [[TheUnfettered do whatever she wants]], but with Jade's cunning (which the Queen herself lacked last time).

* WeaksauceWeakness: Just like [[FanFic/QueenOfAllOni another fic]] by the author, Jade's transformation has granted her the Oni weakness to onions. She protests to Beast Boy that it does ''not'' qualify as a KryptoniteFactor.

** Jade had the Rooster, Dragon, and Pig talismans on her when she was sent across dimensions, and after the Cackler's interference, they end up fused into her body. [[spoiler: Until she ends up TakingTheBullet for Jinx, and Raven's spell violently expels them from her body. Afterwards, she sinks the Rooster deeper into her body so it can't be separated again.]]

* HornyDevils: Jade turns into one when she ages herself up.
** [[spoiler:The Queen gets a smaller pair of horns when her DealWithTheDevil with Tarakudo restores her]].

* MindControl: Blood, but it [[NoSell doesn't work very well on Jade]] ''at all''.
** Poison Ivy makes a {{Cameo}} appearance, with Jade noting her liberal use of mind altering pheromones.

* SecondSuperIdentity: [[spoiler:When working for Penguin to WorkOffTheDebt for healing her, Jade goes by Karasu]].

* WorkOffTheDebt: [[spoiler:After she's wounded by the Joker, the Penguin finds her and has her treated, but she has to pay off her debt to him afterward this way]].

* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: [[spoiler:Joker works out with disturbing accuracy Jade's real background from Blood's notes and what little he's seen of her, realizing she was, and still views herself as, a hero. Annoyed by her attempt to survive in villainy until she can either return or become a hero, he notes that the slide is happening anyway... and despite knowing she's quite a lot downhill than even she realizes, he decides she's not going down fast enough and arranges for a torture and MoreThanMindControl session to break her spirit to make the rest of the fall ''faster''.]]

* StrikeMeDownWithAllYourHatred: [[spoiler: When a post-EmergencyTransformation Jade lashes out at Joker in pain and rage after he tortures her, he encourages her to cross the line and kill him, taking joy in the idea of his death corrupting her. She actually tries, before Batman intervenes.]]

** [[spoiler: "Joke's On Her Part 2" has a number of wham moments, particularly Jade turning into a Higher Shadowkhan, apparently gaining an avian form and features in the process]].

** Killer Moth has to put Kitten through one when she's badly injured in the Tournament of Villainesses. The result is a bug person like himself, but she appears to have suffered mentally from it.

* StrikeMeDownWithAllOfYourHatred: [[spoiler: When a post-EmergencyTransformation Jade lashes out at Joker in pain and rage after he tortures her, he encourages her to cross the line and kill him, taking joy in the idea of his death corrupting her. She actually tries, before Batman intervenes.]]

** "Joke's On Her (Part 2)" [[spoiler:Jade rats out Joker to Batman in order to get out from under him, but after he's inadvertently freed from police custody by the mutated Kitten, he tracks Jade down and proceeds to torture her by carving up her face. The pain causes her to undergo an EmergencyTransformation into a Higher Shadowkhan, turning her into a bird-like creature. She then almost kills Joker before Batman intervenes and sends her fleeing.]]

* StrikeMeDownWithAllYourHatred: [[spoiler: When a post-EmergencyTransformation Jade lashes out at Joker in pain and rage after he tortures her, he encourages her to cross the line and kill him, taking joy in the idea of his death corrupting her. She actually tries, before Batman intervenes.]]

* BadassBoast: Jade, when saying she'll make her way home before the Queen overtakes her mind.

* BadGuyBar: The HIVE has one. Apparently villains don't care much about age limits.

* BerserkButton: Jade suddenly seems to have a whole bunch of them. Her transformation and the stress of her situation seems to have given her a seriously short fuse. Naturally, this doesn't help her situation with the Titans any.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: From Raven's perspective, Zhu Chan, who never actively causes trouble, seeks peaceful alternatives, and doesn't take advantage of Raven being unconscious to hurt her, saying it wouldn't be right.

* EvilCostumeSwitch: Naturally, Jade is forced to take on a new outfit when she's recruited by the HIVE (and after the above mentioned ClothingDamage, it becomes necessary). She ends up with a mildly complex ensemble composed of a cloak over a robe over a karate gi, selling the fact that she's a magic user who can also fight hand-to-hand.

* EvilerThanThou: Blood finds that he is outclassed by [[spoiler:Tarakudo when he tries to take Jade’s mind]]. And earlier in the same chapter, Slade subtly shows that Blood is his inferior as well.

* GirlsWithMoustaches: When Jade tries to use a potion to try and regrow her eyebrows after a failed spell fried them off, she gets one. When Jinx laughs, Jade throws the potion in her face, causing the bad luck witch to get one nearly reaching her shoulders!

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Jade delivers one to the Master of Games during their battle, in response to his claims that he always wins.

-->"''We're even. '''I don't think you would have done squat if the group told ya no,''' but you did at least want to do right by me.''"