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* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] by the Gamer ability, as continued exercise can and would increase the physical stats of a person to inhuman levels. However, considering the difficulty of training a stat gets higher as the value of that stat grows, this can also be considered as a ZigZaggingTrope.
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* DoesNotKnowHisStrength: James almost ends up outing himself as a parahuman when he starts lifting weights several times heavier than what he used to lift inside the school gym. Luckily, the gym coach just mistakes him for having taken [[SuperSerum Tinkertech drugs]].
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The coach at Winslow is an odd variant of this, as he's not actually a ''good'' coach, being more interested in self-gain and personal success than his actual job - the man asked [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength James]] if he would pass a [[SuperSerum Tinkertech drug test]] just in case he could enter the team for crying out loud - but as James is conducive to his goals, he ends up looking like this.
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**The way he can also increase the stats of somebody either through [[SkillScoresAndPerks stat points]] or [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower exercise]] also counts.
* SuperSerum: When [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength James]] accidentally reveals too much of his newfound [[SuperEmpowering strength]] in the middle of gym class, the gym teacher (a remarkable subversion of the ReasonableAuthorityFigure trope) ends up concluding - incorrectly - that James had used doping to do it. Of course, when James is invited by the teacher into a sports team, he denies the invitation by saying he would get caught by a comprehensive drug test.
* SuperSerum: When [[DoesNotKnowHisOwnStrength James]] accidentally reveals too much of his newfound [[SuperEmpowering strength]] in the middle of gym class, the gym teacher (a remarkable subversion of the ReasonableAuthorityFigure trope) ends up concluding - incorrectly - that James had used doping to do it. Of course, when James is invited by the teacher into a sports team, he denies the invitation by saying he would get caught by a comprehensive drug test.
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* WrongContextMagic: Unknowingly, James is this due to [[GeniusLoci Gaia]] being the source of his abilities instead of shards like all the other parahumans. This is both beneficial - as WordOfGod would attest to several questions from the readers - and problematic as all previously known 'facts' about parahumans don't apply to him.
**[[spoiler: This is what causes Colin to mistake him for a [[Muggles mundane human]], or at most BadassNormal, all because he does not have a Corona Pollentia.]]
**[[spoiler: This is what causes Colin to mistake him for a [[Muggles mundane human]], or at most BadassNormal, all because he does not have a Corona Pollentia.]]
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--> ''Taylor'': This is so weird. "I'm getting used to the other vocalizations, but… Stealth." [[LampshadeHanging How counter-intuitive is that?]]
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--> ''Taylor'': This is so weird. "I'm getting used to the other vocalizations, but… Stealth." [[LampshadeHanging How counter-intuitive is that?]]
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* BatterUp: The first weapons both James and Taylor use are bats - with a metal bat for Taylor and a [[RealMenWearPink pink bat for James]].
* BewareTheNiceOnes: As of the ''Grave Lord'' omake, James is revealed to be capable of being between this, GoodIsNotSoft, and KnightTemplar. In that alternate possibility, alone and without Taylor, James ends up [[spoiler: single-handedly disabling and capturing each and every hero in Brockton Bay while scaring the villains badly enough to keep away while he does it to save Taylor.]] However, in the omake he doesn't avert GoodIsDumb for forgetting that he could've done it with less violence.
* CallBack: When James first convinces Taylor about the existence of the Gamer ability, he stabs himself with a fork to prove it. Guess what he tries to convince her to do when he needs to prove it to the Protectorate...
* BewareTheNiceOnes: As of the ''Grave Lord'' omake, James is revealed to be capable of being between this, GoodIsNotSoft, and KnightTemplar. In that alternate possibility, alone and without Taylor, James ends up [[spoiler: single-handedly disabling and capturing each and every hero in Brockton Bay while scaring the villains badly enough to keep away while he does it to save Taylor.]] However, in the omake he doesn't avert GoodIsDumb for forgetting that he could've done it with less violence.
* CallBack: When James first convinces Taylor about the existence of the Gamer ability, he stabs himself with a fork to prove it. Guess what he tries to convince her to do when he needs to prove it to the Protectorate...
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** Early on, Taylor having the tendency to go for hits [[GroinAttack]]below the belt... and scaring James as a result.
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** Early on, Taylor having the tendency to go for hits [[GroinAttack]]below [[GroinAttack below the belt... belt]]... and [[ShareTheMalePain scaring James as a result.result]].
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* GroinAttack: Early on the story, Taylor has the tendency to do this on male [[OurZombiesAreDifferent zombies]], causing James to [[ShareTheMalePain wince and worry]] for his own safety around an angered Taylor.
-->''James'': Lady Bug slams the zombie she’s fighting in the nuts. [[LampshadeHanging She does not need to hit that low for the skill to work.]]
-->''James'': Lady Bug slams the zombie she’s fighting in the nuts. [[LampshadeHanging She does not need to hit that low for the skill to work.]]
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* RunningGag: Several, mostly focusing on [[ButtMonkey James]], like:
**James making [[FreudianSlip Freudian Slips]] every now and then, especially around [[FemmeFatale Lisa]].
**James also being naked for a few seconds [[TransformationSequence whenever he changes into his equipment.]]
**Early on, Taylor having the tendency to go for hits [[GroinAttack]]below the belt... and scaring James as a result.
**James making [[FreudianSlip Freudian Slips]] every now and then, especially around [[FemmeFatale Lisa]].
**James also being naked for a few seconds [[TransformationSequence whenever he changes into his equipment.]]
**Early on, Taylor having the tendency to go for hits [[GroinAttack]]below the belt... and scaring James as a result.
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* TransformationSequence: James and Taylor have this, but this causes both of them to be in just their underwear for a few seconds. Naturally, Taylor notices this first, while [[ButtMonkey James]] continues on unknowing of this fact.
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* PowerGlows: Like in the original [[Webcomic/{{TheGamer}} manhwa]], using Skillbooks to learn skills leads into a cool lightshow, with the book breaking to fragments of light as an unseen wind causes the person's hair to move.
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* ChekhovsArmoury: The <Inventory> is showing to be this, being the stockpile of whatever item or plot-important object that James would end up using in the future.
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* MistakenForGay: Somehow, James ''inverts'' this by mistaking Taylor mistaking him for gay because of the way she had let him [[HealingHands massage her]].
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* OutrunTheFireball: [[spoiler: Lisa]] ends up doing this, to comedic effect, when [[spoiler: she]] first uses a [[PowerGlows Skillbook]] to learn a [[SuperEmpowering Skill.]] Taylor and James end up laughing the moment [[spoiler: she]] gets out behind the dumpster [[spoiler: she]] jumped to, leading [[spoiler: her]] to say this gem:
-->[[spoiler: ''Lisa'': *after learning Capoeira, with a [[DumpsterDive burger wrapper]] in her hair* "You ''do'' know I just learned how to kick your asses, right?"]]
-->[[spoiler: ''Lisa'': *after learning Capoeira, with a [[DumpsterDive burger wrapper]] in her hair* "You ''do'' know I just learned how to kick your asses, right?"]]
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-->''James'': “Why is there no decline button?” *sudden realization* “Oh, Gaia, no!”
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-->''James'': “Why is there no decline button?” *sudden realization* “Oh, Gaia, no!”
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* TrueCompanions: James and Taylor are slowly developing into this, via the way of FireForgedFriends. [[HeelFaceTurn Lisa]], on the other hand, remains to be seen.
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* TrueCompanions: James and Taylor are slowly developing into this, via the way of FireForgedFriends. [[HeelFaceTurn Lisa]], on the other hand, remains to be seen.seen if she would follow along the same path with the two.
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-->''James'': "We’re going to complete that quest and see all three of them get what’s coming to them. [[HearwarmingMoments The bitches three are going to pay.]]”
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-->''James'': "We’re going to complete that quest and see all three of them get what’s coming to them. [[HearwarmingMoments [[HeartwarmingMoments The bitches three are going to pay.]]”
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-->''James'': "[[Main/{{PunctuatedForEmphasis}} I. Have. Not. Raised. My. Voice. Yet.]] If you would like me to raise my voice, I'd be happy to demonstrate the difference."
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-->''James'': "[[Main/{{PunctuatedForEmphasis}} I. Have. Not. Raised. My. Voice. Yet.]] If you would like me to raise my voice, [[MomentOfAwesome I'd be happy to demonstrate the difference."]]"
* TrueCompanions: James and Taylor are slowly developing into this, via the way of FireForgedFriends. [[HeelFaceTurn Lisa]], on the other hand, remains to be seen.
-->''James'': "We’re going to complete that quest and see all three of them get what’s coming to them. [[HearwarmingMoments The bitches three are going to pay.]]”
* TrueCompanions: James and Taylor are slowly developing into this, via the way of FireForgedFriends. [[HeelFaceTurn Lisa]], on the other hand, remains to be seen.
-->''James'': "We’re going to complete that quest and see all three of them get what’s coming to them. [[HearwarmingMoments The bitches three are going to pay.]]”
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* ButtMonkey: Ooh, James. Just how many times are you going to shoot yourself in your own foot...
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* ButtMonkey: Ooh, James. Just how many times are you going to shoot yourself in your own foot... and just how many times are other people going to shoot it for you?
-->''James'': *under chemical influence* “Tah-lahdy Bug, [[CallBack forg me]]!” Damn it.
-->''James'': *under chemical influence* “Tah-lahdy Bug, [[CallBack forg me]]!” Damn it.
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* FemmeFatale: [[EvilIsSexy Lisa]] plays this up in front of James to distract him whenever they meet. The results are... [[FreudianSlip amu]][[HurricaneOfEuphemisms sing]]. This causes much [[ShipTease frustration on Taylor's side]] when it comes to the subject of Tattletale.
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-->''James'': *thinking about Lisa inviting them into a meeting* Unless she’s planning on [[HurricaneOfEuphemisms screwing us. Over. Screwing us over, we’ll be seeing her face whether or not we show her ours]].
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-->''James'': *thinking about Lisa [[FemmeFatale Lisa]] inviting them into a meeting* Unless she’s planning on [[HurricaneOfEuphemisms screwing us. Over. Screwing us over, we’ll be seeing her face whether or not we show her ours]].
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* ShipTease: The readers love pairing up James and Taylor and the authors ''know'' it.
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-->''James'': *thinking about Lisa inviting them into a meeting* Unless she’s planning on [[HurricaneOfEuphemisms screwing us. Over. Screwing us over, we’ll be seeing her face whether or not we show her ours]].
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* CasualDangerDialog: James doesn't ''speak'' it out loud, per-se, but due to <Gamer's Mind> he is prone to thinking like this inside his narration in the middle of battles, leading to gems like this:
-->''James'': *narration while fighting Lung* He starts throwing fireballs everywhere. Wow, his aim sucks worse than [[Main/SuperMarioBros Bowser]].
-->''James'': *narration while fighting Lung* He starts throwing fireballs everywhere. Wow, his aim sucks worse than [[Main/SuperMarioBros Bowser]].
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-->''James'': *thinks after reading an alert* It really does seem like my power likes teasing me. ...I wonder what that says about me, psychologically speaking…
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-->[[spoiler: Fortuna: "My name is Fortuna. There are 5,023 steps, or 2 years 2 months and 16 days left until the world is safe. On that last day, that last step, ''Cauldron will burn'' and, by my choice, I with it."]]
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-->[[spoiler: Fortuna: ''Fortuna'': "My name is Fortuna. There are 5,023 steps, or 2 years 2 months and 16 days left until the world is safe. On that last day, that last step, ''Cauldron will burn'' and, by my choice, I with it."]]
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-->James: [[spoiler: “Taylor was crying when I arrived. They had her surrounded and Sophia had her foot on Taylor's bag. Deliberately. They've been attacking her every day for months and you and [[Main/AdultsAreUseless the teachers never do anything]]! We told you what happened in January. You ignored us then, and now you're trying to make today sound like our fault. You're just another bully, like them."]]
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-->James: [[spoiler: “Taylor was crying when I arrived. They had her surrounded and Sophia had her foot on Taylor's bag. Deliberately. They've been attacking her every day for months and you and [[Main/AdultsAreUseless the teachers never do anything]]! We told you what happened in January. You ignored us then, and now you're trying to make today sound like our fault. You're just another bully, like them."]]
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-->''James'': "Okay, let's go. Stealth."
--> ''Taylor'': This is so weird. "I'm getting used to the other vocalizations, but… Stealth." [[LampshadeHanging How counter-intuitive is that?]]
* CooldownHug: James and Taylor ends up sharing these right after some fights. Considering how close they get to death during these moments, there is little to wonder.
-->''Taylor: *hugs James* "If you ever do anything that crazy again, I'll kill you myself!"
--> ''Taylor'': This is so weird. "I'm getting used to the other vocalizations, but… Stealth." [[LampshadeHanging How counter-intuitive is that?]]
* CooldownHug: James and Taylor ends up sharing these right after some fights. Considering how close they get to death during these moments, there is little to wonder.
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* CriticalExistenceFailure: James barely escapes this by a hair on the ''very first chapter'', with Taylor unknowingly saving his life as seen at the CrashIntoHello above.
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* CriticalExistenceFailure: James barely escapes this by a hair on the ''very first chapter'', with Taylor unknowingly saving his life as seen at the CrashIntoHello above. This also nearly happens again during the fight with Lung.
-->''James'': *loses all but four HP* "Please let him, please..."
-->''Lung'': *finally collapses*
-->''James'': ''"Holy..."''
-->''James'': *loses all but four HP* "Please let him, please..."
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-->[[spoiler: Fortuna: "My name is Fortuna. There are 5,023 steps, or 2 years 2 months and 16 days left until the world is safe. On that last day, that last step, ''Cauldron will burn'' and, by my choice, I with it."]]
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-->''Taylor'': ''LuminescentBlush'' "It's better, but it still hurts, please keep on going."
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-->''Taylor'': ''LuminescentBlush'' [[Main/{{LuminescentBlush}} *blushes*]] "It's better, but it still hurts, please keep on going."
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: When James first learns [[HealingHands <Massage>]] to relieve Taylor of a bad muscle sprain, this is what results. This leads Lisa to tell them to GetARoom.
-->''Taylor'': "Ooh, aah. Please, don't stop."
-->''James'': *freezes* "I-is that... better?"
-->''Taylor'': ''LuminescentBlush'' "It's better, but it still hurts, please keep on going."
-->''Lisa'': *laughs' "You two should get a room."
-->''Taylor'': "Ooh, aah. Please, don't stop."
-->''James'': *freezes* "I-is that... better?"
-->''Taylor'': ''LuminescentBlush'' "It's better, but it still hurts, please keep on going."
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* [[Main/{{TheGadfly}} The Gadfly]]: Gaia can come across as one, especially with her love of snarky quotes and quips in James' alert windows, though nobody knows about her [[GeniusLoci presence]] yet.
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* LivingCrashpad: ''Taylor'' becomes this for James on the very first chapter by catching his head from hitting the floor trying due to his attempts on escaping her locker - unknowingly saving his life by preventing his HP from [[CriticalExistenceFailure reaching zero]].
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* [[Main/Deuteragonist Deuteragonist]]: Taylor is this to James' TheProtagonist, with ''Co-Op Mode'' focusing on James and ''A Bug In The Game'' doing the same for Taylor.
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* ForWantOfANail: Because of Gaia's presence in the story, a lot of things in the Wormverse change - with the most important one happening so far being [[spoiler: Contessa abandoning her previous Path of Victory to follow Gaia's plans.]] This leads into more changes down along the line.
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* TheAtoner: As of [[spoiler: her]] Interlude, this applies for [[spoiler: Contessa/Fortuna]].
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* SuddenlyBilingual: Through a Skillbook, James learns how to speak Chinese, though it starts at a kindergartner's level when it first pops.
* SuddenGameInterface: As with all Gamer crossovers, James has this.
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