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* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: Previous tales were narrated in the third-person. This one is narrated in first person by [[Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents Lemony Snicket]].
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* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Snicket states that, aside from Purgatorium being destroyed, Thor gets a Pokemon ([[spoiler:Ampharos]]) and is mentoring an orange-haired energetic girl (implied to be [[spoiler:[[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Nora Valkyrie]]]]); Cobalion parts ways with Captain America; Mega Man X befriends [[spoiler:Deoxys]]; the Norse deities, [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40k the Imperium]], and [[Anime/SaintSeiya the God Saints]] gain respect for one another; Stark does his usual activities; Dr. Doom visits Dr. Strange; The House of Emotion are on High Alert after No Face and the Emotions were kidnapped, and the [=GUAC=] have a victory party over YHVH's solitary confinement.

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* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Snicket states that, aside from Purgatorium being destroyed, Thor gets a Pokemon ([[spoiler:Ampharos]]) and is mentoring an orange-haired energetic girl (implied to be [[spoiler:[[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Nora Valkyrie]]]]); Cobalion parts ways with Captain America; Mega Man X befriends [[spoiler:Deoxys]]; the Norse deities, [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40k [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 the Imperium]], and [[Anime/SaintSeiya the God Saints]] gain respect for one another; Stark does his usual activities; Dr. Doom visits Dr. Strange; The House of Emotion are on High Alert after No Face and the Emotions were kidnapped, and the [=GUAC=] have a victory party over YHVH's solitary confinement.
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* RecapEpisode: A good chunk of the prologue is spent recapping the basic gist of the events of the Friendship Asylum, Great Upheaval, and Diamond Adventure. The recap concept itself is given a partial TakeThat by Snicket, who explains it as a NecessaryEvil for viewers who aren't caught up yet.

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* RecapEpisode: A good chunk of the prologue is spent recapping the basic gist of the events of the Friendship Asylum, Great Upheaval, and Diamond Adventure. The recap concept itself is given a partial TakeThat by Snicket, who explains it as a NecessaryEvil NecessarilyEvil for viewers who aren't caught up yet.
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* GrandFinale: Along with ''Fanfic/ThroughDarknessAndMirrors'', this Tale serves as the conclusion to Year One.

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* ContinuityNod: Spider-Man tells Nozdormu that Absol was temporarily lent to him by Clank. Prior to that, an annoyed Nozdormu states that the Cutie Mark Crusaders have disappeared again.

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* ContinuityNod: Spider-Man tells Nozdormu that Absol was temporarily lent to him by Clank. Prior to that, an annoyed Nozdormu states that the Cutie Mark Crusaders have disappeared again.



* GrandFinale: Along with ''Fanfic/TarotCrusaders'', this Tale serves as the conclusion to Year One.

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* GrandFinale: Along with ''Fanfic/TarotCrusaders'', ''Fanfic/ThroughDarknessAndMirrors'', this Tale serves as the conclusion to Year One.



* SimultaneousArcs: The fact that Nozdormu references how the Cutie Mark Crusaders have disappeared again means this takes place during ''Tarot Crusaders'', particularly around the middle of Act 3 and the story's WhamEpisode.

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* GrandFinale: Along with ''Fanfic/TarotCrusaders'', this Tale serves as the conclusion to Year One.



* SimultaneousArcs: The fact that Nozdormu references how the Cutie Mark Crusaders have disappeared again means this takes place during ''Tarot Crusaders'', particularly around the middle of Act 3 and the story's WhamEpisode (and once again means that no one is prepared for what is to come).

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* SimultaneousArcs: The fact that Nozdormu references how the Cutie Mark Crusaders have disappeared again means this takes place during ''Tarot Crusaders'', particularly around the middle of Act 3 and the story's WhamEpisode (and once again means that no one is prepared for what is to come).WhamEpisode.

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* BittersweetEnding: A slightly subtle example. The Magistrates and their allies may have reformed the [=GUAL=], with Eiki Shiki resigning and Lamington & Vetinari made leaders of the new division, and YHVH's not an active force, but [[spoiler: The Divine Powers have kidnapped Mithra in secret and Senator Armstrong bails Apollyon out of her prison cell.]]

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* BittersweetEnding: A slightly subtle example. The Magistrates and their allies may have reformed the [=GUAL=], with Eiki Shiki resigning and Lamington & Vetinari made leaders of the new division, and YHVH's not YHVH no longer an active force, but [[spoiler: The Divine Powers have kidnapped Mithra in secret and Senator Armstrong bails Apollyon out of her prison cell.]]



* EarlyBirdCameo: In the form of Asura (yes, [[Videogame/AsurasWrath that]] Asura), who was mentioned having a friendly match with Homura in a flashback in [[Fanfic/DiamondAdventureTheDarkMystery Diamond Adventure]]. He makes an appearance here fighting Satan and discovered the disturbing truth before anyone else did.



* OutsideContextProblem: [[Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents The Man with a Beard but no hair and the Woman with Hair but No Beard]] were not a duo the Magistrates and their allies had counted on, but it's downplayed when Lamington realizes they're just normal humans and quickly concocts a plan with Harry Potter to thwart them before more damage could be done. That being said however, both the man and woman were able to get Count Olaf to retrieve their resources for future use, ensuring that their threat will continue.

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* OutsideContextProblem: There are two of them:
** Apollyon was just a sociopathic normal human deity. With a group of normal human soldiers, she managed to Infiltrate a part of the GUAL and force a hacker to hijack the programming of an ADVENT mech to launch missiles just to instigate a war and provoke the Reformers into fighting YHVH and his loyalists.
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[[Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents The Man with a Beard but no hair and the Woman with Hair but No Beard]] were not a duo the Magistrates and their allies had counted on, but it's downplayed when Lamington realizes they're just normal humans and quickly concocts a plan with Harry Potter to thwart them before more damage could be done. That being said however, both the man and woman were able to get Count Olaf to retrieve their resources for future use, ensuring that their threat will continue.
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* SimultaneousArcs: The fact that Nozdormu references how the Cutie Mark Crusaders have disappeared again means this takes place during ''Tarot Crusaders'', particularly around the middle of Act 3 and the story's WhamEpisode (and once again means that no one is prepared for what is to come).
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* RecapEpisode: A good chunk of the prologue is spent recapping the basic gist of the events of the Friendship Asylum, Great Upheaval, and Diamond Adventure. The recap concept itself is given a partial TakeThat by Snicket, who explains it as a NecessaryEvil for viewers who aren't caught up yet.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: In the form of Asura (yes, [[Videogame/AsurasWrath that]] Asura), who was mentioned having a friendly match with Homura in a flashback in [[Sandbox/DiamondAdventureTheDarkMystery Diamond Adventure]]. He makes an appearance here fighting Satan and discovered the disturbing truth before anyone else did.

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* EarlyBirdCameo: In the form of Asura (yes, [[Videogame/AsurasWrath that]] Asura), who was mentioned having a friendly match with Homura in a flashback in [[Sandbox/DiamondAdventureTheDarkMystery [[Fanfic/DiamondAdventureTheDarkMystery Diamond Adventure]]. He makes an appearance here fighting Satan and discovered the disturbing truth before anyone else did.
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The second tale of the "Law and Chaos" story arc.

Since the [=GUAL's=] secret has been leaked to the Pantheon, The Magistrate Judges and their allies act and move to make the GUAL a better organization and put YHVH on trial. However, mysterious forces have other plans to slow them down. Who are the obstacles and what are they trying to accomplish? Lastly, the story is narrated by Lemony Snicket.

This story can be found [[https://tropepantheon.wordpress.com/reformation-of-law/ here]].

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!!''Reformation of Law'' provides examples of:

* AndNowForSomethingCompletelyDifferent: Previous tales were narrated in the third-person. This one is narrated in first person by [[Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents Lemony Snicket]].
* BigBadEnsemble: The Magistrates are planning to send YHVH on trial for his actions against the asylum. There's [[spoiler:[[Videogame/ForHonor Apollyon]]]], who sabotages theirs plans to start a war.
* BittersweetEnding: A slightly subtle example. The Magistrates and their allies may have reformed the [=GUAL=], with Eiki Shiki resigning and Lamington & Vetinari made leaders of the new division, and YHVH's not an active force, but [[spoiler: The Divine Powers have kidnapped Mithra in secret and Senator Armstrong bails Apollyon out of her prison cell.]]
* ContinuityNod: Spider-Man tells Nozdormu that Absol was temporarily lent to him by Clank. Prior to that, an annoyed Nozdormu states that the Cutie Mark Crusaders have disappeared again.
* DarkerAndEdgier: Excluding the fight to stop [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Groudon and Kyogre]], Diamond Adventure: The Dark Mystery was light-hearted in comparison to this story, where a riot was instigated by a soldier, provoking the reformers to fight YHVH and his loyalists, and numerous secrets are revealed.
* DespairEventHorizon: After the house of Sports was set on fire by the [[Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents Man with a Beard but no hair and the Woman with Hair but No Beard]], Eiki Shiki couldn't take the leadership of the Magistrates any longer and decides to step down from it.
* TheDreaded: Lemony Snicket has this reaction to the man with a beard but no hair and the woman with hair but no beard in his narration. He outright says that he would rather fight [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Homura]] (Who has been stonewalling Snicket's research into the Great Upheaval tale and could easily curb-stomp Snicket) than describe their past misdeeds.
* EarlyBirdCameo: In the form of Asura (yes, [[Videogame/AsurasWrath that]] Asura), who was mentioned having a friendly match with Homura in a flashback in [[Sandbox/DiamondAdventureTheDarkMystery Diamond Adventure]]. He makes an appearance here fighting Satan and discovered the disturbing truth before anyone else did.
* EnemyMine: [[spoiler: [[Videogame/DevilSurvivor2 The Administrators]] and [[VideoGame/ShinMegamiTenseiIVApocalypse The Divine Powers]]]] make a deal to stop YHVH from causing too much damage to the pantheon.
* FrameUp: [[spoiler:Apollyon]] has [[spoiler:Aiden Pearce]] hack an [=MEC=] from Advent. While she doesn't care which side wins, it was enough to start a fight amongst the GUAL members.
* HannibalLecture: Apollyon gives out one to the heroes, thinking that they're no different from the wolves they're trying to stop. This briefly works on Judge Dredd.
-->'''Apollyon:''' You think I care who wins? Even if your allies have defeated the angels, tell me this: Are your methods of handling this this problem any different from the wolves who would kill anyone who become a threat to them? That you’re suddenly heroes? Give me a break.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: [[Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents Ishmael]] is told to return to his temple, grumbling that he hasn't had it built yet. This is a nod to how his profile got delayed owing to two issues (Lack of time and one of his interactions involving a still in-progress profile).
* LemonyNarrator: The TropeNamer himself narrates the tale, and acts accordingly to his home series.
* NoodleIncident: Snicket mentions trying to research the events of the Friendship Asylum and the Great Upheaval in his Recap. We aren't told how his research proceeded, if it did, but his attempts ended after being sent a flood of letters telling him to stop in the case of the former, and being shot at by Homura in the case of the latter.
* OutsideContextProblem: [[Literature/ASeriesOfUnfortunateEvents The Man with a Beard but no hair and the Woman with Hair but No Beard]] were not a duo the Magistrates and their allies had counted on, but it's downplayed when Lamington realizes they're just normal humans and quickly concocts a plan with Harry Potter to thwart them before more damage could be done. That being said however, both the man and woman were able to get Count Olaf to retrieve their resources for future use, ensuring that their threat will continue.
* PragmaticVillainy: The Man with a Beard but no hair and the Woman with Hair but No Beard try to stop the Magistrate's plans not because they genuinely support YHVH, but so that they can more easily commit crimes against the pantheon, which matches how the two had infiltrated the high court in their home series.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Lucifer points out that YHVH's prideful actions has led to a handful of his supporters and even his top servant [[spoiler:Satan]] to turn against him, leading him to his trial.
* TheReveal: Two of them.
** Purgatorium was a front for a YHVH Space to conceal with His servants guarding it.
** The Lucifer that appeared in the Great Upheaval [[spoiler: was a scapegoat imposter made by [=YHVH=] to frame the real Lucifer and conquer the GUAC in secret, even going as far as to transform into Louisa. This caused the real Lucifer to destroy his knockoff and accept his role of duty as the villain. Fortunately for Lucifer, things ended up very differently than he expected]].
* SequelHook:
** [[spoiler:Senator Steven Armstrong]] tells Apollyon that [[spoiler:Lucifer]] was impressed with her actions to frame the GUAL And offers her to join the group. Apollyon declines, but [[spoiler:Armstrong]] bails her out of prison anyway.
** The man with a beard but no hair and woman with hair but no beard assign Count Olaf to retrieve their V.F.D. resources and plans in the event that they fail to stop the reform. [[spoiler:They do]].
** [[spoiler:[[Anime/SpiritedAway No Face]] and [[WesternAnimation/InsideOut The Emotions]] are kidnapped by the Divine Powers, prompting Leonard [=McCoy=] to order a search for them.]]
* ShutUpHannibal: While the quote in the Hannibal Lecture trope above said by Apollyon affected Dredd the most, Jakuzure gives a fitting comeback that [[TranquilFury slightly enraged]] Apollyon.
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:The Divine Powers (particularly Maitreya)]] use Asura in their plan to not only transport him to [[spoiler:[=YHVH=] Space]] to fight Satan, but capture his daughter in secret as well.
* VillainousUnderdog: As a far cry from the other stories, this conflict was sparked by a normal, albeit sociopathic, female soldier. She's weaker than any of the major characters, but her actions provoked the Magistrates into fighting the rest of the GUAL. There's also two more normal folks (The man with a beard but no hair and the woman with hair but no beard), who make things more complicated.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Snicket states that, aside from Purgatorium being destroyed, Thor gets a Pokemon ([[spoiler:Ampharos]]) and is mentoring an orange-haired energetic girl (implied to be [[spoiler:[[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Nora Valkyrie]]]]); Cobalion parts ways with Captain America; Mega Man X befriends [[spoiler:Deoxys]]; the Norse deities, [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40k the Imperium]], and [[Anime/SaintSeiya the God Saints]] gain respect for one another; Stark does his usual activities; Dr. Doom visits Dr. Strange; The House of Emotion are on High Alert after No Face and the Emotions were kidnapped, and the [=GUAC=] have a victory party over YHVH's solitary confinement.
* XanatosSpeedChess: The Man with a beard but no hair and the Woman with hair but no beard do this. Realizing that they stand no chance in a direct fight against the Reformers, they detour to Count Olaf to ensure that he can at least salvage their plans in the event that they fail.
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