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* EurekaMoment: At the Harmonic Convergence in Cloudcuckooland, [[spoiler:Lacero]] hears the words "Like Kirk, Scott, and Chekov, too, the genesis is all for you." Four of the films for ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' were released in TheEighties, one scene had all three characters, and that was the self-destruction of the ''Enterprise'' in ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'', which was one of the films that featured the Genesis Device, which could create and destroy life. So he deduces that whoever won the Egg Hunt would be able to destroy the OASIS and this is how [[spoiler:Sorrento]] decides on his course of action.
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* EurekaMoment: At the Harmonic Convergence in Cloudcuckooland, [[spoiler:Lacero]] hears the words "Like Kirk, Scott, and Chekov, too, the genesis is all for you." Four of the films for ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' were released in TheEighties, UsefulNotes/TheEighties, one scene had all three characters, and that was the self-destruction of the ''Enterprise'' in ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'', which was one of the films that featured the Genesis Device, which could create and destroy life. So he deduces that whoever won the Egg Hunt would be able to destroy the OASIS and this is how [[spoiler:Sorrento]] decides on his course of action.
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* VillainProtagonist: The story focuses on [[spoiler:Nolan Sorrento, the main villain of ''Ready Player One''.]]
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* CloudCuckooland: One of the planets in the OASIS is named Cloud Cuckoo Land, which is host to several bizarre scenarios based on conspiracy theories. It's also able to allow Lacero's [=DeLorean=] [[Film/BackToTheFuture to actually time-travel]], among other things.
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* CloudCuckooland: One of the planets in the OASIS is named Cloud Cuckoo Land, which is host to several bizarre scenarios based on conspiracy theories. It's also able to allow Lacero's [=DeLorean=] [[Film/BackToTheFuture [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture to actually time-travel]], among other things.
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* AscendedFanfic: Regarded as canon for ''Literature/ReadyPlayerOne''.
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* TakeThat: The title character puts down the premise of ''Ready Player One'' by declaring that [[AntiEscapismAesop everyone spending all their time in the OASIS]] is why the {{Mega Corp}}s have taken over and alternative energy sources haven't been developed.
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This short story is about an OASIS user who goes by the handle of Lacero, shortly after the location of the first clue to Anorak’s Easter Egg was announced to the public. While Lacero is seeking the Egg, he's not a gunter. He has his own plans for the OASIS should he win.
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* AdaptationalIntelligence: [[spoiler:The normally CultureBlind Sorrento has at least a grasp on ''Franchise/StarTrek'', and is able to piece together the process to destroy the OASIS from a line involving Kirk, Scotty and Chekov]].
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* AdaptationalIntelligence: [[spoiler:The The normally CultureBlind Sorrento [[spoiler:Nolan Sorrento]] has at least a grasp on ''Franchise/StarTrek'', and is able to piece together the process to destroy the OASIS from a line involving Kirk, Scotty and Chekov]].Chekov.
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* [[spoiler:CanonCharacterAllAlong: Lacero is revealed near the end to be Nolan Sorrento.]]
* CloudCuckooland: A literal one appears, where Lacero's [=DeLorean=] [[Film/BackToTheFuture is actually able to time-travel]], among other things.
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* [[spoiler:CanonCharacterAllAlong: CanonCharacterAllAlong: Lacero is revealed near the end to be Nolan [[spoiler:Nolan Sorrento.]]
* CloudCuckooland:A literal one appears, where One of the planets in the OASIS is named Cloud Cuckoo Land, which is host to several bizarre scenarios based on conspiracy theories. It's also able to allow Lacero's [=DeLorean=] [[Film/BackToTheFuture is to actually able to time-travel]], among other things.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:Lacero[=/=]Sorrento had a sister who was a gunter. She burned through her inheritance and resorted to taking meth to stay up to be in the OASIS. She eventually died of an overdose and this is at the core of Sorrento's motivation to destroy the OASIS because he blames it for her death]].
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:Lacero[=/=]Sorrento had a sister who was a gunter. She burned through her inheritance and resorted to taking meth to stay up to be in the OASIS. She OASIS, eventually died dying of an overdose and this overdose. Her fate is at the core of Sorrento's motivation to destroy the OASIS because he blames it for her death]].
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* OriginStory: For [[spoiler:Nolan Sorrento]].
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* OriginStory: For OriginsEpisode: This fic provides background on [[spoiler:Nolan Sorrento]].Sorrento]] and his motivations.
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-->"You want to know what I'll do if I win? I'll shut down GSS. Dismantle everything it has and sell it off. OASIS will be dead, and people will have to face reality. They'll be forced to live in the world they've been neglecting. Then maybe, just maybe, they'll start to make it better. Meanwhile I'll be rich."
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-->"You want to know what I'll do if I win? I'll shut down GSS. Dismantle everything it has and sell it off. OASIS will be dead, and people will have to face reality. They'll be forced to live in the world they've been neglecting. Then maybe, just maybe, they'll start to make it better. Meanwhile I'll be rich.""
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* GeniusDitz: [[spoiler:Sorrento]] is normally CultureBlind, but he has a firm enough grasp on his knowledge of ''FranchiseStarTrek'' to formulate his plan from there.
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* GeniusDitz: [[spoiler:Sorrento]] is normally CultureBlind, but he has a firm enough grasp on his knowledge of ''FranchiseStarTrek'' ''Franchise/StarTrek'' to formulate his plan from there.
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* EurekaMoment: At the Harmonic Convergence in Cloudcuckooland, [[spoiler:Lacero hears the words "Like Kirk, Scott, and Chekov, too, the genesis is all for you." Four of the films for ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' were released in TheEighties, one scene had all three characters, and that was the self-destruction of the ''Enterprise'' in ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'', which was one of the films that featured the Genesis Device, which could create and destroy life. So whoever won the Egg Hunt would be able to destroy the OASIS and this is how Sorrento decides on his course of action]].
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* EurekaMoment: At the Harmonic Convergence in Cloudcuckooland, [[spoiler:Lacero [[spoiler:Lacero]] hears the words "Like Kirk, Scott, and Chekov, too, the genesis is all for you." Four of the films for ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' were released in TheEighties, one scene had all three characters, and that was the self-destruction of the ''Enterprise'' in ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'', which was one of the films that featured the Genesis Device, which could create and destroy life. So he deduces that whoever won the Egg Hunt would be able to destroy the OASIS and this is how Sorrento [[spoiler:Sorrento]] decides on his course of action]].action.
* GeniusDitz: [[spoiler:Sorrento]] is normally CultureBlind, but he has a firm enough grasp on his knowledge of ''FranchiseStarTrek'' to formulate his plan from there.
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-->“You want to know what I’ll do if I win? I’ll shut down GSS. Dismantle everything it has and sell it off. OASIS will be dead, and people will have to face reality. They’ll be forced to live in the world they’ve been neglecting. Then maybe, just maybe, they’ll start to make it better. Meanwhile I’ll be rich.”
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* AdaptationalIntelligence: [[spoiler:The normally CultureBlind Sorrento has at least a grasp on ''Franchise/StarTrek'', and is able to piece together the process to destroy the OASIS from a line involving Kirk, Scotty and Chekov]].
* AscendedFanfic: Regarded as canon for ''Literature/ReadyPlayerOne''.
* AscendedFanfic: Regarded as canon for ''Literature/ReadyPlayerOne''.
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* TheNameIsBondJamesBond: When the interviewer accepts Lacero into IOI's employment, he replies: [[spoiler:"Sorrento. Nolan Sorrento"]].
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* TheNameIsBondJamesBond: When the interviewer accepts Lacero into IOI's employment, employment and is asked his name, he replies: [[spoiler:"Sorrento. Nolan Sorrento"]].
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* CloudCuckooland: A literal one appears, where Lacero's Delorean is actually able to time-travel, among other things.
* DragonWithAnAgenda: [[spoiler:Lacero[=/=]Sorrento wasn't merely trying to solve the Egg Hunt for IOI, he wanted to destroy the entire OASIS.]].
* EurekaMoment: At the Harmonic Convergence in Cloudcuckooland, [[spoiler:Lacero hears the words "Like Kirk, Scott, and Chekov, too, the genesis is all for you." Four of the films for ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' were released in TheEighties, one scene had all three characters, and that was the self-destruction of the ''Enterprise'' in ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'', which was one of the films that featured the Genesis Device, which could create and destroy life. So whoever won the Egg Hunt would be able to destroy the OASIS]].
* DragonWithAnAgenda: [[spoiler:Lacero[=/=]Sorrento wasn't merely trying to solve the Egg Hunt for IOI, he wanted to destroy the entire OASIS.]].
* EurekaMoment: At the Harmonic Convergence in Cloudcuckooland, [[spoiler:Lacero hears the words "Like Kirk, Scott, and Chekov, too, the genesis is all for you." Four of the films for ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' were released in TheEighties, one scene had all three characters, and that was the self-destruction of the ''Enterprise'' in ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'', which was one of the films that featured the Genesis Device, which could create and destroy life. So whoever won the Egg Hunt would be able to destroy the OASIS]].
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* CloudCuckooland: A literal one appears, where Lacero's Delorean [=DeLorean=] [[Film/BackToTheFuture is actually able to time-travel, time-travel]], among other things.
* DragonWithAnAgenda: [[spoiler:Lacero[=/=]Sorrento wasn't merely trying to solve the Egg Hunt for IOI, he wanted to destroy the entireOASIS.]].
OASIS]].
* EurekaMoment: At the Harmonic Convergence in Cloudcuckooland, [[spoiler:Lacero hears the words "Like Kirk, Scott, and Chekov, too, the genesis is all for you." Four of the films for ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' were released in TheEighties, one scene had all three characters, and that was the self-destruction of the ''Enterprise'' in ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'', which was one of the films that featured the Genesis Device, which could create and destroy life. So whoever won the Egg Hunt would be able to destroy theOASIS]]. OASIS and this is how Sorrento decides on his course of action]].
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:Lacero[=/=]Sorrento had a sister who was a gunter. She burned through her inheritance and resorted to taking meth to stay up to be in the OASIS. She eventually died of an overdose and this is at the core of Sorrento's motivation to destroy the OASIS because he blames it for her death]].
* DragonWithAnAgenda: [[spoiler:Lacero[=/=]Sorrento wasn't merely trying to solve the Egg Hunt for IOI, he wanted to destroy the entire
* EurekaMoment: At the Harmonic Convergence in Cloudcuckooland, [[spoiler:Lacero hears the words "Like Kirk, Scott, and Chekov, too, the genesis is all for you." Four of the films for ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' were released in TheEighties, one scene had all three characters, and that was the self-destruction of the ''Enterprise'' in ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'', which was one of the films that featured the Genesis Device, which could create and destroy life. So whoever won the Egg Hunt would be able to destroy the
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:Lacero[=/=]Sorrento had a sister who was a gunter. She burned through her inheritance and resorted to taking meth to stay up to be in the OASIS. She eventually died of an overdose and this is at the core of Sorrento's motivation to destroy the OASIS because he blames it for her death]].
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Sorrento. Apart from his intention to destroy the OASIS for what happened to his sister, he wants to make people talk about the problems in the world and hopefully make it better]].
-->“You want to know what I’ll do if I win? I’ll shut down GSS. Dismantle everything it has and sell it off. OASIS will be dead, and people will have to face reality. They’ll be forced to live in the world they’ve been neglecting. Then maybe, just maybe, they’ll start to make it better. Meanwhile I’ll be rich.”
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Sorrento. Apart from his intention to destroy the OASIS for what happened to his sister, he wants to make people talk about the problems in the world and hopefully make it better]].
-->“You want to know what I’ll do if I win? I’ll shut down GSS. Dismantle everything it has and sell it off. OASIS will be dead, and people will have to face reality. They’ll be forced to live in the world they’ve been neglecting. Then maybe, just maybe, they’ll start to make it better. Meanwhile I’ll be rich.”
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"[[http://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/lacero.html Lacero]]" is a ''Literature/ReadyPlayerOne'' fanfic written by Creator/AndyWeir that is an AscendedFanfic.
!!Tropes that appear in this fanfic:
* CloudCuckooland: A literal one appears, where Lacero's Delorean is actually able to time-travel, among other things.
* DragonWithAnAgenda: [[spoiler:Lacero[=/=]Sorrento wasn't merely trying to solve the Egg Hunt for IOI, he wanted to destroy the entire OASIS.]].
* EurekaMoment: At the Harmonic Convergence in Cloudcuckooland, [[spoiler:Lacero hears the words "Like Kirk, Scott, and Chekov, too, the genesis is all for you." Four of the films for ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' were released in TheEighties, one scene had all three characters, and that was the self-destruction of the ''Enterprise'' in ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'', which was one of the films that featured the Genesis Device, which could create and destroy life. So whoever won the Egg Hunt would be able to destroy the OASIS]].
* TheNameIsBondJamesBond: When the interviewer accepts Lacero into IOI's employment, he replies: [[spoiler:"Sorrento. Nolan Sorrento"]].
* OriginStory: For [[spoiler:Nolan Sorrento]].
!!Tropes that appear in this fanfic:
* CloudCuckooland: A literal one appears, where Lacero's Delorean is actually able to time-travel, among other things.
* DragonWithAnAgenda: [[spoiler:Lacero[=/=]Sorrento wasn't merely trying to solve the Egg Hunt for IOI, he wanted to destroy the entire OASIS.]].
* EurekaMoment: At the Harmonic Convergence in Cloudcuckooland, [[spoiler:Lacero hears the words "Like Kirk, Scott, and Chekov, too, the genesis is all for you." Four of the films for ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' were released in TheEighties, one scene had all three characters, and that was the self-destruction of the ''Enterprise'' in ''Film/StarTrekIIITheSearchForSpock'', which was one of the films that featured the Genesis Device, which could create and destroy life. So whoever won the Egg Hunt would be able to destroy the OASIS]].
* TheNameIsBondJamesBond: When the interviewer accepts Lacero into IOI's employment, he replies: [[spoiler:"Sorrento. Nolan Sorrento"]].
* OriginStory: For [[spoiler:Nolan Sorrento]].
