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* DoubleEntendre: Jean is fond of giving these.



* EntertaininglyWrong: In his youth, Ben met three people he assumed were mutants. In truth, they were [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/confused-and-dazed-au-x-men-evo-spider-man-sorta.861694/post-68626663 Loki, Thor, and Ulik]].
* DoubleEntendre: Jean is fond of giving these.

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In his youth, Ben met three people he assumed were mutants. In truth, they were [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/confused-and-dazed-au-x-men-evo-spider-man-sorta.861694/post-68626663 Loki, Thor, and Ulik]].
* DoubleEntendre: Jean is fond ** When Emma first gets to know Peter, Jean, and Anne Marie, she assumed they were part of giving these.some mutant group, and that Peter's mutant power was SuperIntelligence.
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** The InUniverse meme of Peter calls him [[Anime/DragonBallSuper the ‘Ultra-instinct Geek’]].
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** This change was [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/confused-and-dazed-au-x-men-evo-spider-man-sorta.861694/post-69465751 partly influenced by Club 33]].
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* SmokyGentlemensClub: Averted. As this kind of club has gone out of style, the Hellfire Club of this story is more along the lines of [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/confused-and-dazed-au-x-men-evo-spider-man-sorta.861694/post-69463477 fancy restaurants for the super rich]].
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** Irene is little better. One way she does this is by using her blindness to mess with people, such as with her [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/confused-and-dazed-au-x-men-evo-spider-man-sorta.861694/post-69283804 "If You Seek Amy" shirt]].
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* ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney: Carl can get away with a lot due to having rich parents.

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* FashionDesigner: Peter develops an interest in designing clothes thanks to making various pieces of clothing for Jean and Anne Marie.



* ProjectileWebbing: Anne Marie can fire webbing from her fingers. Peter uses the webbing she creates for his own web-shooters before he makes his own synthetic version.



* TeamPet: One of the spiders that bites Peter is hitches a ride in his clothes when he goes home. It is named Shelob and it acts as the teens' pet [[spoiler:until it is killed by Carl when he broke into Peter's room]].

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* TeamPet: One of the spiders that bites Peter is hitches a ride in his clothes when he goes home. It is named Shelob and it acts as the teens' pet [[spoiler:until it is killed by Carl when he broke into Peter's room]].


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* WallCrawl: Peter and Anne Marie have different versions of this power. Peter has tiny hairs on his hands that help him cling to surfaces, while Anne Marie relies on the webbing from her hands to stick to them.

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** The codenames that the Night Crawlers choose are based on ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' classes.

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** The codenames that the Night Crawlers choose are based on ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' classes.Jean names their pet spider [[Franchise/TolkiensLegendarium Shelob]].


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** The codenames that the Night Crawlers choose are based on ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' classes.
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* SkunkStripe: A lock of Peter's hair turns white after he is drained Anne Marie.
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* PsychicNosebleed: This happens to Jean when overworking her telepathy. Emma mentions that it also happened to her in the past, so it may just be the same for all telepaths.

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* TeamPet: One of the spiders that bites Peter is hitches a ride in his clothes when he goes home. It is named Shelob and it acts as the teens' pet [[spoiler:until it is killed by Carl when he broke into Peter's room]].



* UnskilledButStrong: Jean's telepathic and telekinetic is incredibly powerful. Unfortunately, because she has never been instructed how to, and because her powers are so great, she has difficulty controlling them. She is getting tutoring from Emma to overcome this.

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* UnskilledButStrong: Jean's telepathic and telekinetic is abilities are incredibly powerful. Unfortunately, because she has never been instructed how to, and because her powers are so great, she has difficulty controlling them. She is getting tutoring from Emma to overcome this.this.
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: Anne Marie will punch out anyone who threatens Peter, [[spoiler:as Carl found out when she knocked him out with a single punch to the face]].
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* GiverOfLameNames: Jean naming things leads to things having very silly names, such as calling Anne Marie's spider sense as "Peter tingles".

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* GiverOfLameNames: Jean naming things leads to things having very silly names, such as calling Anne Marie's spider sense as SpiderSense her "Peter tingles".Tingle".

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* CurbStompBattle: Peter handles Carl so effortlessly that videos of it become an InUniverse meme.


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* NonchalantDodge: Peter handles Carl so effortlessly that videos of it become an InUniverse meme.


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** It is later expanded that before he met the Adlers, he was bored with school. Meeting them actually helped him improve by [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/confused-and-dazed-au-x-men-evo-spider-man-sorta.861694/post-68675023 getting him interested in stuff outside of school]].

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* NoSocialSkills:

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* NoSocialSkills: Due to relying on her powers to tell how people are feeling since getting them, Jean can't really read social cues from people who are blocking her powers, like with Emma.


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* TeenGenius: Peter's a genius even in high school, and his intellect is [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/confused-and-dazed-au-x-men-evo-spider-man-sorta.861694/post-68663071 all natural]].
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* EarlyBirdCameo: In Part 1.7, Peter watches a debate on mutants between Dr. Essex and Dr. Pym. Fans of comics will quickly recognize these as ComicBook/MisterSinister and ComicBook/AntMan.

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* EarlyBirdCameo: In Part 1.7, Peter watches a debate on mutants between Dr. Essex and Dr. Pym. Fans of comics will quickly recognize these them as ComicBook/MisterSinister and ComicBook/AntMan.
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* EntertaininglyWrong: In his youth, Ben met three people he assumed were mutants. In truth, they were [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/confused-and-dazed-au-x-men-evo-spider-man-sorta.861694/post-68626663 Loki, Thor, and Ulik]].
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* EarlyBirdCameo: In Part 1.7, Peter watches a debate on mutants between Dr. Essex and Dr. Pym. Fans of comics will quickly recognize these as ComicBook/MisterSinister and ComicBook/AntMan.
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* GiverOfLameNames: Jean naming things leads to things having very silly names, such as calling Anne Marie's spider sense as "Peter tingles".


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* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: Jean gained her powers when [[spoiler:her best friend died]].
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* AccentSlipUp: Anne Marie's accent is more present when she's surprised, [[spoiler:such as when she wakes up next to Peter on her bed]].

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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Peter is the one to suggest [[spoiler:killing Carl and disposing of his body after they subdue him]].



* DoubleEntendre: Jean is fond of giving these.



* FreudianTrio: Jean is the Id, Peter is the Ego, and Anne Marie is the Superego.



* NoSocialSkills:



---> '''Duke''': You can call me Duke. [[MemeticMutation This here's Caliban. He's got my back.]]\\
'''Caliban''': ''[groans]''

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---> '''Duke''': '''Duke:''' You can call me Duke. [[MemeticMutation This here's Caliban. He's got my back.]]\\
'''Caliban''': '''Caliban:''' ''[groans]''


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* UnskilledButStrong: Jean's telepathic and telekinetic is incredibly powerful. Unfortunately, because she has never been instructed how to, and because her powers are so great, she has difficulty controlling them. She is getting tutoring from Emma to overcome this.

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* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Anne Marie and Peter are this to Jean, constantly making sure she doesn't make things worse with her LooseLips and constant moments of [[FeeFiFauxPas social blunders]].

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* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Anne Marie and Peter are this to Jean, constantly making sure she doesn't make things worse with her LooseLips [[TheGadfly provocative statements]] and constant moments of [[FeeFiFauxPas social blunders]].


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* TheGadfly: Jean enjoys saying things that embarrass others.


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* JerkJock: Carl King is the captain of the football team and uses his influence to get other jocks to be bullies too.


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* NiceGuy: Emma notes that Peter is one of the most honest, and just plain nice, guys she's ever met.


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* TheTalk: Jean makes her spiel about mutant powers sound like this [[PlayedForLaughs for laughs]].
--> “Oh, oh! I have a whole spiel ready.” Jean said brightly. She then shifted her voice, taking on a lecturing tone and held up a finger as she spoke. “Ahem… so… as you are getting older and more mature you may notice your body undergoing some changes--”\\
“You know,” Peter interrupted, “Usually when someone starts with this kind of talk, it’s to explain why I’ve got hair growing in weird places.”\\
“Or why I’ve got tits suddenly popping up.” Anne Marie chimed in.\\
“Or why other things start popping up,” Peter deadpanned.\\
The two Adler girls stared at him in dead silence. He merely waggled his eyebrows in response.
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** It's later said that [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/confused-and-dazed-au-x-men-evo-spider-man-sorta.861694/post-68502608 being around a precog]] is part of the reason Jean is the way she is.


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* ShipperOnDeck: Jean really wants to see Peter and Anne Marie get together, which does happen.
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* FreudianSlip: Jean has a tendency of saying these.
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* AccidentalPervert: Jean apparently has a tendency of walking into the bathroom while Peter is in there, which makes him uncomfortable. She solves this by entering the bathroom by walking in backwards.


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* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Anne Marie and Peter are this to Jean, constantly making sure she doesn't make things worse with her LooseLips and constant moments of [[FeeFiFauxPas social blunders]].
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* TheCameo: The [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/confused-and-dazed-au-x-men-evo-spider-man-sorta.861694/post-68425994 janitor]] who helps Peter in Chapter 3 is non other than the King of the Cameo, Creator/StanLee.

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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Anne Marie was [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/confused-and-dazed-au-x-men-evo-spider-man-sorta.861694/post-68369233 initially unaware]] of Jean's powers.



* ShoutOut: The codenames that the Night Crawlers choose are based on ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' classes.

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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
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The codenames that the Night Crawlers choose are based on ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' classes.



-->'''Duke''': You can call me Duke. [[MemeticMutation This here's Caliban. He's got my back.]]
-->'''Caliban''': ''(groans)''

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-->'''Duke''': ---> '''Duke''': You can call me Duke. [[MemeticMutation This here's Caliban. He's got my back.]]
-->'''Caliban''': ''(groans)''
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'''Caliban''': ''[groans]''
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** One of the chapters is titled [[Music/{{U2}} "The Boy Falls From The Sky"]], a reference to the [[Theatre/SpiderManTurnOffTheDark ill-fated Broadway musical]].
** Film/SuicideSquad is referenced when the Morlocks introduce themselves to Kurt.
-->'''Duke''': You can call me Duke. [[MemeticMutation This here's Caliban. He's got my back.]]
-->'''Caliban''': ''(groans)''
** Kurt's moniker of "Nachtaffe" is German for [[Film/SpiderManFarFromHome "Night Monkey"]].

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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Jean's thought processes are rather odd, leading her to do or say strange things with little warning. It's explained as being a side-effect of her [[PowerIncontinence lack of control]] over her {{Telepathy}}. She's constantly getting the thoughts and emotions of other people, and these thoughts and emotions bleed into her personality.

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* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Jean's thought processes are rather odd, leading her to do or say strange things with little warning. It's explained as being [[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/confused-and-dazed-au-x-men-evo-spider-man-sorta.861694/post-68347096 a side-effect side-effect]] of her [[PowerIncontinence lack of control]] over her {{Telepathy}}. She's constantly getting the thoughts and emotions of other people, and these thoughts and emotions bleed into her personality.personality.
* CurbStompBattle: Peter handles Carl so effortlessly that videos of it become an InUniverse meme.
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* AtrociousAlias: One of the mutants that goes after Emma calls himself "The Fabulous Frog-man".
--> '''Peter:''' You guys picked your own names. I can tell.


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* CasualDangerDialog: Peter has some friendly banter with Duke while the two are fighting each other.


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* HateSink: Carl King is a ruthless bully who pressures the other jocks into bullying the weaker students, like Peter. [[spoiler:He goes into irredeemable territory when he breaks into Peter's room with a gun, and ends up shooting Uncle Ben when the older man found him.]]


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* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Jean has a tendency of being very handsy with people she likes.
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-> People you meet unexpectedly can end up changing everything. Not just for you, but for the whole world.

''[[https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/confused-and-dazed-au-x-men-evo-spider-man-sorta.861694/ Confused and Dazed]]'' is an AU crossover fanfic of ''WesternAnimation/XMenEvolution'' and ''Franchise/SpiderMan''. In it, a young Jean Grey is adopted soon after her powers manifest by one Irene Adler. Irene and her two adopted daughters, Jean and Anne Marie, then move to New York, right next to a lovely couple that is taking care of their nephew.
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!!''Confused and Dazed'' features the following Tropes:
* TheBully: Surprisingly, it is not Flash Thompson, but one Carl King.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Jean's thought processes are rather odd, leading her to do or say strange things with little warning. It's explained as being a side-effect of her [[PowerIncontinence lack of control]] over her {{Telepathy}}. She's constantly getting the thoughts and emotions of other people, and these thoughts and emotions bleed into her personality.
* GreenEyedMonster: Anne Marie is jealous of Emma's good looks.
* LivesInAVan: As she has been kicked out by her family, Emma has to sleep in her car.
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