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* ColonCancer: The Switch Glitch: The Movie: The Extras, the [[CaptainObvious section with extras]] in Zilo's profile.

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* ColonCancer: The Switch Glitch: The Movie: The Extras, the [[CaptainObvious section with extras]] extras in Zilo's profile.
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** Roy (the one on our side of the Gate) ends up holding a gun upside down, and Rita (the Riza look-alike) asks him sarcastically if he plans to [[SoulEater fire it with his pinky]].

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** Roy (the one on our side of the Gate) ends up holding a gun upside down, and Rita (the Riza look-alike) asks him sarcastically if he plans to [[SoulEater [[Manga/SoulEater fire it with his pinky]].
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* ShoutOut: While trying to come up with body swapping solutions, Risty wonders if she and Ed could both inhabit his body, like "those dudes from [[Franchise/YuGiOh YGO]]". Also, Risty’s mom swapped bodies with ''SailorMoon''.

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* ShoutOut: While trying to come up with body swapping solutions, Risty wonders if she and Ed could both inhabit his body, like "those dudes from [[Franchise/YuGiOh YGO]]". Also, Risty’s mom swapped bodies with ''SailorMoon''.''Franchise/SailorMoon''.

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* ManySpiritsInsideOfOne: The Gate does everything as a group, of course, including [[spoiler:possessing Al]].



* MindHive: The Gate does everything as a group, of course, including [[spoiler:possessing Al]].



* XanatosGambit: Considering that two main characters [[spoiler:and possibly ''Hitler'']] are being used towards the BigBad's ultimate goal, it certainly applies...here's the plan: [[spoiler:Al gets possessed, kills enough people, Gate babies go free. Risty gets possess, kills enough people, Gate babies go free. Ed can't do anything because the Gate is both stronger than him and wielding the body of someone he cares about. They just didn't plan on Ed having his own plan...]]

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* XanatosGambit: Considering that two main characters [[spoiler:and possibly ''Hitler'']] are being used towards the BigBad's ultimate goal, it certainly applies...here's the plan: [[spoiler:Al gets possessed, kills enough people, people to power the Gate, Gate babies go free. Risty gets possess, possessed, kills enough people, people to power the Gate, Gate babies go free. Ed can't do anything because the Gate is both stronger than him and wielding the body of someone he cares about. They just didn't plan on Ed having his own plan...]]
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* ChekhovsHobby: Risty May's participating for five years as a child. Which leads to...

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* ChekhovsHobby: Risty May's participating in gymnastics for five years as a child. Which leads to...
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* ChehovsSkill: Risty learning some fighting techniques, first from Izumi and later Ed, which she is then able to use [[spoiler:to hold her own against possessed!Al]].

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* ChehovsSkill: ChekhovsSkill: Risty learning some fighting techniques, first from Izumi and later Ed, which she is then able to use [[spoiler:to hold her own against possessed!Al]].

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* ChekhovsHobby: Risty May's participating for five years as a child. Which leads to...
* ChehovsSkill: Risty learning some fighting techniques, first from Izumi and later Ed, which she is then able to use [[spoiler:to hold her own against possessed!Al]].



* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler:Ed and a possessed Al]] get into it ''hard'', with the former getting beaten to nearly a pulp and the latter barely reacting to any injuries he receives.
** Then it gets reversed, once [[spoiler:Risty joins in]], to the point where the one up there who wasn't flinching from anything resorts to ''screaming his lungs out in sheer terror'' as he gets repeatedly punched in the face.



* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Messed with. [[spoiler: Ed wastes zero time trying to reach a possessed Al and instead beats the crap out of him.]] Of course, this is a part of a plan to [[spoiler:scare the Gate into giving Al back.]]



* ManySpiritsInsideOfOne: The Gate does everything as a group, of course, including [[spoiler:possessing Al]].



* SadisticChoice: Who do you sacrifice, yourself or your friend? More specifically, [[spoiler:do you allow the Gate to possess you, or your brother's girlfriend, so they can jet off on a murder spree?]]



* UnintentionalBackupPlan: A really nice one during the climax of the sequel. [[spoiler:Ed's getting hammered pretty hard by Al, but musters up enough strength for one last strike--and then Risty appears and helps take Al down.]]
* UnstoppableRage: In the climax of the sequel. [[spoiler:Ed's faking it, though.]]



* WhatWouldXDo: Risty at one point adopts a "WWZD" or "What Would Zoe Do" attitude to deal with a difficult situation. [[spoiler:It didn't really help.]]

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* WhatWouldXDo: Risty at one point adopts a "WWZD" or "What Would Zoe Do" attitude to deal with a difficult situation. [[spoiler:It It didn't really help.]]


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* XanatosGambit: Considering that two main characters [[spoiler:and possibly ''Hitler'']] are being used towards the BigBad's ultimate goal, it certainly applies...here's the plan: [[spoiler:Al gets possessed, kills enough people, Gate babies go free. Risty gets possess, kills enough people, Gate babies go free. Ed can't do anything because the Gate is both stronger than him and wielding the body of someone he cares about. They just didn't plan on Ed having his own plan...]]
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* ArtifactTitle: The plot stopped being about bodyswapping about a third into the original, but even the sequel carries the title on (most likely for familiarity's sake).

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''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3791056/1/The_Switch_Glitch The Switch Glitch]]'' is a ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' fanfiction written by Zilo Sugarpill. It takes a commonly-used plot (fan finds mysterious way to switch bodies with a main character) and actually makes a genuinely good story that has a devoted fan following.

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''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3791056/1/The_Switch_Glitch The Switch Glitch]]'' is a ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' fanfiction written by Zilo Sugarpill. It takes a commonly-used plot (fan finds mysterious way to switch bodies with a main character) and actually makes a genuinely good story that has a devoted fan following.
explores the ramifications of exactly what might happen if an untrained teenager was impersonating the Fullmetal Alchemist.



Risty May proceeds to embark on the challenge of impersonating Ed until she can find a way to get back to her own body. Unfortunately, this is nowhere near as easy as it might sound. Ed has a lot of enemies, and Risty May is unfortunately not an InstantExpert in alchemy. Add to that that she's a timid girl easily moved to tears who has to worry about not ruining Ed's reputation or getting herself killed in the process.

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Thus Risty May proceeds to embark takes on the challenge of impersonating Ed until she can find a way to get back to her own body. Unfortunately, this is nowhere near as easy as it might sound. Ed has a lot of enemies, and Risty May is unfortunately not an InstantExpert in alchemy. Add to that that she's a timid girl easily moved to tears who has to worry about not ruining Ed's reputation or getting herself killed in the process.



* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:A humanized Envy]] appears in the sequel, and of course we can't forget [[spoiler:Ed reviving after being dead for at least a day]].



* CannotSpitItOut: An interesting variation, in that Risty believes she ''could'' tell Ed that she loves him, but keeps it a secret on account of not wanting to add to his burdens.
* CantLiveWithoutYou: Earlier on, Risty fears dying in Ed's body because she believes that both of them will die. Later, after they switch back, they gain a PsychicLink that is a more straightforward use of the trope.



* EasilyForgiven: Risty May simply ''refuses'' to get mad at Envy, even though he tries to kill her almost every time they meet (at least until [[spoiler:Dante tells him to pretend to befriend her]]). Finally, she ''does'' get mad at him [[spoiler:when he abandons her for no reason]]--but she still forgives him again when she finds out why. Envy himself seems to be angrily baffled by her attitude towards him.



* FreakyFriday: The entire plot of the first arc, and the reason for the title.

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* FreakyFriday: FreakyFridayFlip: The entire plot of the first arc, and the reason for the title.


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* MindlinkMates: Ed and Risty, if they finally get together officially.


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* PsychicLink: Ed and Risty develop one after switching back. See {{Synchronization}}.


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* ShooOutTheClowns: In a sense. The sequel, which focuses more on drama and complicated plots, contains less Omakes than the original, though they still pop up from time to time [[BreatherEpisode after a particularly heavy chapter]].


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* {{Synchronization}}: Ed and Risty have the ability to speak to each other's minds, and have to mantain the same level of health (i.e. they both get sick at the same time) and consciousness (i.e. passing out, dying, though falling asleep doesn't seem to count). They theorize that it's because they each still have a piece of the other's soul in their body from when they switched.
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''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3791056/1/The_Switch_Glitch The Switch Glitch]]'' is a FullmetalAlchemist fanfiction written by Zilo Sugarpill. It takes a commonly-used plot (fan finds mysterious way to switch bodies with a main character) and actually makes a genuinely good story that has a devoted fan following.

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''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3791056/1/The_Switch_Glitch The Switch Glitch]]'' is a FullmetalAlchemist ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' fanfiction written by Zilo Sugarpill. It takes a commonly-used plot (fan finds mysterious way to switch bodies with a main character) and actually makes a genuinely good story that has a devoted fan following.
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* ShoutOut: While trying to come up with body swapping solutions, Risty wonders if she and Ed could both inhabit his body, like "those dudes from [[YuGiOh YGO]]". Also, Risty’s mom swapped bodies with ''SailorMoon''.

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* ShoutOut: While trying to come up with body swapping solutions, Risty wonders if she and Ed could both inhabit his body, like "those dudes from [[YuGiOh [[Franchise/YuGiOh YGO]]". Also, Risty’s mom swapped bodies with ''SailorMoon''.

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* [[AscendedFanboy Ascended Fangirl]]

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* [[AscendedFanboy Ascended Fangirl]]



* DarkAndTroubledPast: Though not touched on very much, [[WordOfGod Word Of Zilo]] says that Zoe used to be a gang member, which is the explanation for her fighting skills.
* DrivenToSuicide / ICannotSelfTerminate: Risty asks Sloth to drown her because of her [[spoiler: thinking she's responsible for Zoe's death]].

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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Though not touched on very much, [[WordOfGod Word Of Zilo]] says that Zoe used to be a gang member, which is the explanation for her fighting skills.
skills. Sakura, of course, takes the cake.
* DramaticIrony: Hoo boy. Sakura condemns [[spoiler:Risty May]] as a monster because the latter murdered her brother and sister and several innocent bystanders at a fair. (though Sakura doesn't realize [[spoiler:Risty was possessed by the Gate]] at the time) Then, when Sakura goes back in time to preemptively kill [[spoiler:a 4-year-old Risty]], at a fair no less, [[spoiler:Astrid]] interferes and very pointedly calls her out on how monstrous her actions are.
* DrivenToSuicide / ICannotSelfTerminate: Risty asks Sloth to drown her because of her [[spoiler: thinking she's responsible for Zoe's and Scieska's death]].



* {{Fangirl}}: Risty May to some extent, [=EdwardsWife77=] much more so. Of course, now that we know that [=EdwardsWife77=] [[spoiler:is a boy]], that changes things.

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* {{Fangirl}}: Risty May to some extent, [=EdwardsWife77=] much more so. Of course, now that we know that [=EdwardsWife77=] [[spoiler:is [[spoiler:[=EdwardsWife77=] is a boy]], that changes things.things.
* FlashStep: One variation of the chain letters is the ability to travel nineteen feet in any direction. Astrid uses this [[spoiler:to save a four-year-old Risty from Sakura.]]



* ParentalSubstitute: Izumi for Risty May.

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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: [=EdwardsWife77=].
* OurTimeTravelIsDifferent: Both Instantaneous and Unseen are used.
* ParentalSubstitute: Izumi for Risty May. Zoe gets two: Risty May's mom Rose [[spoiler:and Izumi in the epilogue]].



* TimeyWimeyBall: It can get a ''little'' confusing how exactly the chainletters are used to time travel.





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\n* YoungerThanTheyLook: In the sequel, both Al and Risty are chronologically 18, but mentally 15. Al still acts mature for his age, though.
* YouMonster: Sakura uses this on [[spoiler:Risty]], several times.

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* [[spoiler: BigDamnKiss:]] [[spoiler:In the Gate, no less.]]


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* DudeLooksLikeALady: [[spoiler: [=EdwardsWife77=]]].


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** Probably not, considering the fact that [[spoiler:possessed!Al just shanked him dead]].


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* GenderMisdirection: You'd think the name [[spoiler: [=EdwardsWife77=]]] would be fairly unambiguous, and it's even referenced by the character as "the perfect disguise".


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* HyperAwareness: Risty's mom Rose is able to tell just from [=IMing=] back and forth, that [=EdwardsWife77=] wear glasses, is a lot smarter than she writes, and oh yeah, [[spoiler:is actually a boy]].


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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Though it wasn't his fault at all, [[spoiler:post-possessed!Al]] shows this mildly after waking up.


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* TakingTheBullet: Of all people, [[spoiler: Envy]] does this, though it doesn't help the situation much.

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In the second and third arcs, the original plot of accidental bodyswapping is summarily scrapped for a more traditional fan-falls-into-anime-world plot, except not. Instead of going out shopping with Ed and following him on missions while they slowly fall for each other, Risty May has her hands full trying not to "spoil" the series and ruin it, while also attempting to avoid the all-seeing Homunculi, except for Envy, who she likes. And yes, she does fall for Ed, who doesn't really show any signs of reciprocating her feelings.

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In the second and third arcs, the original plot of accidental bodyswapping is summarily scrapped for a more traditional fan-falls-into-anime-world plot, except not. Instead of going out shopping with Ed and following him on missions while they slowly fall for each other, plot. Risty May has her hands full trying not to "spoil" the series and ruin it, while also attempting to avoid the all-seeing Homunculi, except for Envy, who she likes. And yes, she does fall for Ed, who doesn't really show any signs of reciprocating her feelings.
feelings. As if that wasn't enough, the story is going off the rails, and it's up to her, with Zoe's help, to fix it, without dying [[ItMakesSenseInContext or getting her arms ripped off]].



* ActionGirl: Zoe at the beginning, and Risty eventually.



* AnyoneCanDie: Averted for most of the story, until [[spoiler:Al gets possessed]], now all of a sudden [=OCs=] and canon characters alike are dropping like flies. [[spoiler:Noa, Envy, Luludja, a freshly-introduced OC named Lukas, and Ed himself]] all get offed within two chapters.



* BreakTheCutie: What, don't believe me? Let's count: Risty May switches into Ed's body and subsequently gets beaten up, attacked by a chimera, almost killed several times, and then kidnapped. Then she is beaten up two days in a row during a horrible interrogation, undergoes a condensed TrainingFromHell, and then [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice nearly killed AGAIN]] by the same person who beat her up before. When she finally [[spoiler:gets back into her own body, she's abandoned by her best friend, walks straight into a trap, gets chased and nearly beaten up once more, escapes into hiding, and is finally convinced she sent her best friend to her death and does a HeelFaceTurn. And at the end she gets trapped in the Gate.]]
** Latest developments? [[spoiler:suffering from selective amnesia, being hunted by a crazy assassin from the future, getting possessed by Gate babies, possibly watching Envy die in front of her and getting shot in the arm!]]
* BoobsOfSteel: Zoe has a much bigger rack than Risty May, and is a much better fighter.

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* BreakTheCutie: What, don't believe me? Let's count: BerserkButton: It’s a pretty bad idea to make Risty upset or depressed. Not because of what she’ll do, but what [[spoiler:the Gate]] will do.
* BlackBestFriend: Flipped—Risty
May switches into Ed's body and subsequently gets beaten up, attacked by a chimera, almost killed several times, and then kidnapped. Then is the half-black, half-Hispanic main character, while Zoe is the White Best Friend.
* BigEater: Risty references this near the beginning of the sequel, her efforts to regain the weight
she is beaten up two days in a row during a horrible interrogation, undergoes a condensed TrainingFromHell, and then [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice nearly killed AGAIN]] by the same person who beat her up before. When she finally [[spoiler:gets back into her own body, she's abandoned by her best friend, walks straight into a trap, gets chased and nearly beaten up once more, escapes into hiding, and is finally convinced she sent her best friend to her death and does a HeelFaceTurn. And at the end she gets trapped in lost [[spoiler:in the Gate.]]
** Latest developments? [[spoiler:suffering from selective amnesia, being hunted by * BrainwashedAndCrazy: They tried (''hard'') with Risty, they succeeded with [[spoiler:poor Al]]…
* BreakTheCutie: Yeah, there's
a crazy assassin from the future, getting possessed by Gate babies, possibly watching Envy die in front lot of her and getting shot in the arm!]]
that.
* BoobsOfSteel: Zoe officially has a much bigger rack than Risty May, and is a much better fighter.



* CrowningMomentOfAwesome: Risty May's finally standing up to Envy. "Do you really think I give a flying ''damn'' about all your painful-sounding threats?!"



* EnemyWithin: [[spoiler:Al and Risty]] get hit with this hard.



* {{Fangirl}}: Risty May to some extent, [=EdwardsWife77=] much more so.
* FanPreferredCouple: Mostly [=EdxRisty=], but a sizeable percent percent of the fandom likes or roots for [=EnvyxRisty=]

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* {{Fangirl}}: Risty May to some extent, [=EdwardsWife77=] much more so.
* FanPreferredCouple: Mostly [=EdxRisty=], but
so. Of course, now that we know that [=EdwardsWife77=] [[spoiler:is a sizeable percent percent of the fandom likes or roots for [=EnvyxRisty=]boy]], that changes things.



* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Izumi does this to Risty after the latter [[spoiler:cuts her hair off]]
* GoshdangItToHeck: Risty May goes a step further than this and makes up ''her own swear words''.

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* FreudianExcuse: Sakura’s got a doozy.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: Izumi does this to Risty after the latter [[spoiler:cuts cuts her hair off]]
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* GoshdangItToHeck: Risty May goes a step further than this and makes up ''her own swear words''. Her cousin Astrid follows suit.



* MeaningfulName: Sakura ''[[MarySue Suremay]]''.



* {{Moe}}: Risty May to a T.



* PutOnABus: Zoe disappears from the story after Ed and Al leave the Rockbells, pops up once in the epilogue, and doesn’t return [[spoiler:until well into the sequel]].
* ScheduleSlip: It went from being updated weekly/bi-weekly to every three months if you’re lucky.



* ShoutOut: While trying to come up with body swapping solutions, Risty wonders if she and Ed could both inhabit his body, like "those dudes from [[YuGiOh YGO]]". Also, Risty’s mom swapped bodies with ''SailorMoon''.
** Roy (the one on our side of the Gate) ends up holding a gun upside down, and Rita (the Riza look-alike) asks him sarcastically if he plans to [[SoulEater fire it with his pinky]].



* TearJerker: Zoe crying on Risty May's bed, Risty breaking down [[spoiler:in front of Trisha's grave after thinking she got Zoe killed]].



* WalkingTheEarth: Obviously, considering the source material, but Risty also does some solo-earth-walking in the sequel.





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\n* WouldHitAGirl: Ed mentions at least once how he’d like to punch Sakura in the face.



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* ClicheStorm: "Fullmetal Shoujo Drama High" and "Fullmetal Shounen Action High". The latter even references a couple of tropes and the "OVER 9000" meme.

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The story is complete and has a [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4966657/1/The_Switch_Glitch_The_Movie sequel]] up, which is currently being updated. There are also two side stories, one focusing on Envy's thoughts about to Risty May, and the other something of an AU/crack/Omake mashup of what might have happened if an OOC King Bradley threw Risty May a birthday party to disguise random attempts on her life.

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The story is complete and has a [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4966657/1/The_Switch_Glitch_The_Movie sequel]] up, which is currently being updated. There are also two side stories, one [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4854173/1/My_Favorite_Victim one]] focusing on Envy's thoughts about to Risty May, and the other [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4145277/1/Happy_Birthday_Hope_You_Survive other]] something of an AU/crack/Omake mashup of what might have happened if an OOC King Bradley threw Risty May a birthday party to disguise random attempts on her life.



* AwesomeMcCoolname: Risty May's full name is Marista May Lidia Fernandez.



** Latest developments? [[spoiler:suffering from selective amnesia, being hunted by a crazy assassin from the future, getting possessed by Gate babies, possibly watching Envy die in front of her and getting shot in the arm!]]



* ColonCancer: The Switch Glitch: The Movie: The Extras, the [[CaptainObvious section with extras]] in Zilo's profile.



* FlawExploitation: Envy uses Risty's fangirly affection to properly manipulate her.

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* FlawExploitation: Envy uses Risty's fangirly affection to properly manipulate her. The question is, is that what he's still doing...?



* InformedFlaw: Apparently Risty May is slightly overweight, jobless, and terrible at most of the skills/classes she takes up, such as needlework and psychology. In an aversion, her clumsiness and lack of alchemy prowess are actually portrayed more than once.

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* InformedFlaw: Apparently Risty May is slightly overweight, jobless, and terrible at most of the skills/classes she takes up, such as needlework and psychology. In an aversion, her clumsiness and lack of alchemy prowess are actually portrayed more than once.once and come into play in several situations, both for laughs and drama.



* LampshadeHanging: Zoe keeps an entire ''list'' of fanfic clichés.
** Not only that, Risty May often mentions that things aren't going the way they do “in the fanfictions”.

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* LampshadeHanging: Zoe keeps an entire ''list'' of fanfic clichés.
cliches.
** Not only that, Risty May often mentions that things aren't going the way they usually do “in "in the fanfictions”.fanfictions".



* OddlyNamedSequel: The sequel is called "The Switch Glitch: TheMovie". It’s still a ''fanfic'' though.

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* OddlyNamedSequel: The sequel is called "The Switch Glitch: TheMovie". It’s It's still a ''fanfic'' though.



* ShipTease: All the [=EnvyxRisty=] scenes. The latest development of Envy [[spoiler:now de-powered in "Ancient Germany" and ''living with Risty'']] make it even worse.

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* ShipTease: All the [=EnvyxRisty=] scenes. The latest development of Envy [[spoiler:now de-powered in "Ancient Germany" and ''living with Risty'']] make it even worse.No exceptions.


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* ThemeNaming: All of the chapters have a regular title, and then one or two alternate titles which are always "Don't (Insert Action Here)" such as "Don't Spoil" and "Don't Run Without A Plan". The sequel scrapped that entirely, except for one chapter named "Don't Deny Your Feelings" (even though feelings are still denied in it).

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