History Fanfic / ServiceWithASmile

* BewareTheSuperman: InUniverse, many of Jaune's civilian customers start abandoning his shop once it becomes a hub for the Huntsmen and Huntresses, as they are wary about being near humans who can beat monsters to death. Torchwick points out that there is a social barrier between regular people and huntsmen, as the latter can cause injury without meaning too.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: When Jaune snaps and lashes out at [[spoiler:everyone involved in the peace talks, Jaune goes through Cinder, Adam, Ironwood, and Ozpin while systematically explaining everything wrong with their ideologies. Then he gets to Roman, calls him useless, and moves on]].

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: Just about everyone likes Jaune's diner. Even ''Adam Taurus'' is alright with his establishment, albeit for different reasons than most.

* PersonAsVerb: Team RWBY refers to pulling a LeeroyJenkins as "pulling a Blake".

* IHaveThisFriend: Jaune insists on using this line even when Ruby tells him she's heard it dozens of times before.

* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Averted with Alexander Sterling, a regional director of Café Prime, [[MegaCorp a major coffee retailer]], and Jaune's rival. While he does engage in marketing schemes that are barely disguised price-fixing, and he is personally [[{{Jerkass}} unpleasant and rude]] toward Jaune, [[VillainyFreeVillain he is operating within his rights as a competitor]]. Jaune himself tells off the Malachite Twins for wanting to treat a legal business like a rival gang to destroy. [[spoiler:Played straight, as it's revealed that the hoods who wrecked Jaune's place and injured him were working on orders from Café Prime. Later when he starts receiving bad press due to buying Jaune's building and evicting him, Sterling tries to have Jaune evicted sooner than is legal, even if he has to make up a reason why. What sinks him is the revelation that he used a person he knew in the government to effectively lay waste to an entire street of businesses, some of which have shut down entirely, just to make things harder for Jaune]].

* PayEvilUntiEvil:

* KickTheSonOfABitch:
** Roman, Junior, and Neo are a pack of vicious criminals, but few complain when they direct that viciousness toward the criminals who hurt Jaune.
** Jacques Schnee is a bad parent and a heartless businessman. It is cool to see him use his legal resources against Café Prime, if only because they dared insult his name.
** Cardin is a racist jerk, but it's very satisfying to hear that he beat Russel's very abusive father to within an inch of his life.

* PaedoHunt: Pyrrha once hugged her agent after a match and the media immediately assumed they were dating, despite her being underage. Even though his name was cleared, his life had been ruined to the point he quit to avoid future allegations.

When Jaune's forged transcripts were rebuffed, his only option was to return home in disgrace or forge a new life in Vale. Opening a diner was an impetuous decision, being good at it a stroke of luck. Becoming the favourite haunt for students, teachers and criminals alike...? That was neither, but it sure did keep things interesting. Wasn't the civilian life supposed to be easier?

* DeathSeeker:
** Somewhere along the way, Adam stopped caring about his own life. Blake specifically notes the similarity between this attitude and the attitude he demonstrated towards the SDC employees on the train. He wasn't going out of his way to kill them, but he saw no reason to try to save them. Likewise, he's not going to sacrifice his life needlessly, but he's not going to particularly care if it comes to that.
** During negotiations, [[spoiler:Adam agrees to be arrested or executed without a blink if that's what it takes to get Ironwood to grant the White Fang what they want]].

* AndTheAdventureContinues: In the epilogue, [[spoiler:it is clear that Team RWBY and his other friends will have to leave Jaune behind in Vale to pursue their own lives. He comes to terms with this and decides he can’t wait for the next batch of Beacon students so he can make more friends... and then ''Salem'' enters his diner and asks for a cup of coffee.]]

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** The following chapter Pyrrha says she has "this friend who has this other friend", to Ruby's infuriation.

** The following chapter Pyrrha takes it UpToEleven by saying she has "this friend who has this other friend", to Ruby's infuriation.

* RealMenWearPink: Junior is a mafia boss and addicted to Jaune's lattes. Chapter 39 reveals that his TrademarkFavoriteDrink is an extra large extra marshmallow chocolate sprinkle cappuccino.

* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Adam makes a point of ordering his men not to harm Jaune's diner or it's employees due to being one of the few places that neither discriminates against Faunus nor tolerates discrimination.

* GiverOfLameNames: Roman feels this way after hearing Cinder named her white husky puppy "Snow", though he does admit it's not too bad when he realizes it's full name is Snow Fall.

** Before they start getting nasty, Weiss claims Café Prime and it's regional manager Alexander Sterling are technically right to try and force Jaune out of business as soon as possible, citing that it's easier to do so when he's just starting out rather than wait until he's a serious competitor. [[spoiler:Weiss later changes her mind after Sterling crosses the line from VillainyFreeVillain to CorruptCorporateExecutive]].

* VillainyFreeVillain: The closest thing Jaune has to an enemy is Café Prime and it's district manager Alexander Sterling who are merely professional rivals. [[spoiler:Subverted when it turns out Café Prime hired the goons who trashed Jaune's cafe and beat him.]]

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Has its own [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome/ServiceWithASmile page]].

* BeYourself: [[spoiler:When Miltia tries to act more feminine to get Jaune's attention, Melanie points out that Jaune does like her for who she is, and she shouldn't try and change for him]].

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Has its own [[RealityEnsues/ServiceWithASmile page]].