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* AdaptationalSympathy: Shendu is made a more sympathetic villain for [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes becoming genuinely attached to Valerie]] and having been [[spoiler:born out of a loveless union as well as abandoned by his mother for [[LaserGuidedTykebomb doing what she birthed him for]]]]. Drago is also given a DarkAndTroubledPast (which goes more into detail about his canon [[WellDoneSOnGuy daddy issues]] and gives him [[spoiler:[[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas his dead mother]] whose younger version he's getting acquainted to]]) to [[FreudianExcuse explain his villainous actions]].
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* AdaptationalSympathy: Shendu is made a more sympathetic villain for [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes becoming genuinely attached to Valerie]] and having been [[spoiler:born out of a loveless union as well as abandoned by his mother for [[LaserGuidedTykebomb doing what she birthed him for]]]]. Drago is also given a DarkAndTroubledPast (which goes more into detail about his canon [[WellDoneSOnGuy daddy issues]] and gives him [[spoiler:[[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas his dead mother]] whose younger version he's getting acquainted to]]) to [[FreudianExcuse explain his villainous actions]].
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* PerceptionFilter: Shendu uses a spell to turn an abandoned building uninteresting, sealed and soundproof.
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* PerceptionFilter: Shendu uses a spell to turn an abandoned building uninteresting, sealed and soundproof. He later does the same to the uncompleted apartment in the construction side he and Valerie are staying at.
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* Shendu draws yet another circle adorned with glyphs when he decides to make contact with the Guardian of the Book of Ages.
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* TeleportationSickness: Valerie has this when [[spoiler:Shendu teleports them out of Section 13]] in the 15th chapter.
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* TeleportationSickness: Valerie has this when [[spoiler:Shendu teleports them out of Section 13]] in the 15th chapter.chapter and again in the next chapter when she's teleported to the Rocky Mountains.
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* ThatLiarLies: When the Guardian of the Book of Ages states that not even the Book holds information on [[spoiler:Tiamat's whereabouts]], Shendu accuses him of lying.
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* CandlelitRitual:
** Drago includes a circle of black candles to the ritual he uses in an attempt to take control of the Shadowkhan.
** When Valerie is attempting to [[spoiler:free Jade from Tarakudo's taint]], he adds in the circle drawn around the [[spoiler:unconscious girl]] candles that end up forming a {{ring of fire}} as the melting wax pools onto the circle.
** Drago includes a circle of black candles to the ritual he uses in an attempt to take control of the Shadowkhan.
** When Valerie is attempting to [[spoiler:free Jade from Tarakudo's taint]], he adds in the circle drawn around the [[spoiler:unconscious girl]] candles that end up forming a {{ring of fire}} as the melting wax pools onto the circle.
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* AdaptationalSympathy: Shendu is made a more sympathetic villain for [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes becoming genuinely attached to Valerie]] and having been [[spoiler:born out of a loveless union as well as abandoned by his mother for [[LaserGuidedTykebomb doing what she birthed him for]]]]. Drago is also given a DarkAndTroubledPast (which goes more into detail about his canon [[WellDoneSOnGuy daddy issues]] and gives him [[spoiler:[[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas his dead mother]] whose younger version he's getting acquainted to]]) to [[FreudianExcuse explain his villainous actions]].
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** The Chans panic upon learning that [[spoiler:Shendu has escaped from Section 13 and taken Valerie with him]].
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* AbandonedWarehouse: When Shendu is restored to his true form by [[spoiler:Valerie's unintentional assistance]], he takes Valerie to an abandoned warehouse which he turns [[PerceptionFilter uninteresting, sealed and soundproof]] with a spell. He then proceeds to reveal that [[spoiler:his stirring mother Tiamat is the cause of the activation of the demon chis and unnatural weather patterns which will be nothing compared to what she will do if she were to fully awaken]]. After Valerie agrees to help him [[spoiler:find Tiamat]], they contact the Guardian of the Book of Ages for answers that lead to him sending them to the Rocky Mountains.
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* AssholeVictim: The CruelAndUnusualDeath suffered by [[spoiler:Daolon Wong]] hardly leaves a sour taste, given his [[spoiler:canon sins and murder attempt on Valerie]].
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** [[spoiler:In order to turn the first fight against the Razor Khan in J-Team's favor, Jade redraws [[MarkOfTheBeast Tarakudo's face]] on her skin. This allows Tarakudo to turn her back into the Queen of the Shadowkhan.]]
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** [[spoiler:In order to turn the first fight against the Razor Khan in the J-Team's favor, Jade redraws [[MarkOfTheBeast Tarakudo's face]] on her skin. This allows Tarakudo to turn her back into the Queen of the Shadowkhan.]]
** Valerie has another one when Shendu's explanation helps her understand how destructive it would be if [[spoiler:Tiamat were to return to the world]].
** When Shendu reveals that [[spoiler:Tiamat is his mother]], Valerie is unsettled by how vulnerable he appears.
* TeleportationSickness: Valerie has this when [[spoiler:Shendu teleports them out of Section 13]] in the 15th chapter.
* TryingNotToCry: After Valerie is captured by Shendu in the 14th chapter, she fights back tears of anger when she believes he [[spoiler:deceived her into releasing him]] and is now going to get on with his old plans and carnal desires for her.
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** When Shendu reveals the identity of the mysterious entity the demon chis awakened is [[spoiler:Tiamat]], he follows up with "[[spoiler:She's my mother.]]"
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** When Shendu reveals the identity of the mysterious entity the demon chis chi stars awakened is [[spoiler:Tiamat]], he follows up with "[[spoiler:She's my mother.]]"]]" The narration even lampshades that those words "made Valerie's world completely tip on its axis".
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* ArmorPiercingResponse: When Valerie and Nat's argument in the 14th chapter leads to Valerie telling Nat to kill her if she's certain nothing good will come out of the demon chi she now has inside her, Valerie's words leave the appalled demon slayer pondering on if all the demons are utterly irredeemable.
-->'''Nat''': I don't kill my friends
-->'''Nat''': I don't kill my friends
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* ArmorPiercingResponse: When Valerie and Nat's argument in the 14th chapter leads to Valerie telling Nat to kill her if she's certain nothing good will come out of the demon chi she now has inside her, Valerie's words leave the appalled demon slayer pondering on if all the demons are utterly irredeemable.
-->'''Nat''': I don't kill myfriends
friends…\\
'''Valerie''': You ever stop to think that maybe violence isn't always the answer?\\
'''Nat''': It's all I know.\\
'''Valerie''': Then learn a new way. Maybe next time, think about how it might be better to turn someone good rather than kill someone evil. Jackie always said the greatest victory is the battle not fought.
-->'''Nat''': I don't kill my
'''Valerie''': You ever stop to think that maybe violence isn't always the answer?\\
'''Nat''': It's all I know.\\
'''Valerie''': Then learn a new way. Maybe next time, think about how it might be better to turn someone good rather than kill someone evil. Jackie always said the greatest victory is the battle not fought.
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** Jade has a major one in the 14th chapter when she realizes [[spoiler:she really is hearing Hsi Wu's voice inside her head even though she's awake]].
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Shendu gives Valerie one when she admits she wants to undo their binding because she's afraid of being corrupted by the power it gives her.
-->'''Shendu''': Valerie. It is true, you now have access to all of my power, if you so wish it. But that does not mean you are immediately susceptible to instant evilness.\\
'''Valerie''': How can you be so sure?\\
'''Shendu''': Because whilst I think you would be a lot more fun if you indulged in a darker side, I do not think I could tolerate it for an extended period of time. I adore the woman that you are. Brazen and aggravatingly stubborn, sentimental and foolishly good-hearted, [[BewareTheNiceOnes vindictive and fiery tempered]]. And besides, your devotion to your father would never allow it.
-->'''Shendu''': Valerie. It is true, you now have access to all of my power, if you so wish it. But that does not mean you are immediately susceptible to instant evilness.\\
'''Valerie''': How can you be so sure?\\
'''Shendu''': Because whilst I think you would be a lot more fun if you indulged in a darker side, I do not think I could tolerate it for an extended period of time. I adore the woman that you are. Brazen and aggravatingly stubborn, sentimental and foolishly good-hearted, [[BewareTheNiceOnes vindictive and fiery tempered]]. And besides, your devotion to your father would never allow it.
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: Shendu receives in the eighth chapter from Valerie a question which renders him responseless when he says that his actions with the rewritten reality were motivated by his love for her.
-->'''Valerie''': If you love someone, you're supposed to care about them, about their feelings. You're supposed to trust one another, be happy with and for one another. It's not a selfish game of possession. Love is selfless. About giving up everything about yourself to see someone else happy. [[EvilCannotComprehendGood How could]] ''[[EvilCannotComprehendGood you]]'' [[EvilCannotComprehendGood understand that?]]
-->'''Valerie''': If you love someone, you're supposed to care about them, about their feelings. You're supposed to trust one another, be happy with and for one another. It's not a selfish game of possession. Love is selfless. About giving up everything about yourself to see someone else happy. [[EvilCannotComprehendGood How could]] ''[[EvilCannotComprehendGood you]]'' [[EvilCannotComprehendGood understand that?]]
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** Shendu receives in the eighth chapter from Valerie a question which renders him responseless when he says that his actions with the rewritten reality were motivated by his love for her.
-->'''Valerie''': --->'''Valerie''': If you love someone, you're supposed to care about them, about their feelings. You're supposed to trust one another, be happy with and for one another. It's not a selfish game of possession. Love is selfless. About giving up everything about yourself to see someone else happy. [[EvilCannotComprehendGood How could]] ''[[EvilCannotComprehendGood you]]'' [[EvilCannotComprehendGood understand that?]]that?]]
** When Nat demands Valerie to stop trying to familiarize with her Other powers, the blonde asks if the demon slayer will kill her if she doesn't obey. The suggestion of killing her friend horrifies Nat.
* ArmorPiercingResponse: When Valerie and Nat's argument in the 14th chapter leads to Valerie telling Nat to kill her if she's certain nothing good will come out of the demon chi she now has inside her, Valerie's words leave the appalled demon slayer pondering on if all the demons are utterly irredeemable.
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** Shendu receives in the eighth chapter from Valerie a question which renders him responseless when he says that his actions with the rewritten reality were motivated by his love for her.
** When Nat demands Valerie to stop trying to familiarize with her Other powers, the blonde asks if the demon slayer will kill her if she doesn't obey. The suggestion of killing her friend horrifies Nat.
* ArmorPiercingResponse: When Valerie and Nat's argument in the 14th chapter leads to Valerie telling Nat to kill her if she's certain nothing good will come out of the demon chi she now has inside her, Valerie's words leave the appalled demon slayer pondering on if all the demons are utterly irredeemable.
-->'''Nat''': I don't kill my friends
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* MinorInjuryOverreaction: When Valerie gets a small cut from Nat's katana, she yells from the resulting burning sensation because the anti-demon magic on the sword is reacting to Shendu's chi inside her.
* MomentKiller: Valerie is enjoying the kiss she shares with Shendu in the dream of the 14th chapter until an alarm clock wakes her up.
* MomentKiller: Valerie is enjoying the kiss she shares with Shendu in the dream of the 14th chapter until an alarm clock wakes her up.
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** When Valerie is attempting to [[spoiler:free Jade from Tarakudo's taint]], she draws around the [[spoiler:unconscious girl]] a circle adorned with Japanese characters and [[Candlelit candles]] that end up forming a {{ring of fire}} as the melting wax pools onto the circle.
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** When Valerie is attempting to [[spoiler:free Jade from Tarakudo's taint]], she draws around the [[spoiler:unconscious girl]] a circle adorned with Japanese characters and [[Candlelit [[CandlelitRitual candles]] that end up forming a {{ring of fire}} as the melting wax pools onto the circle.
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** Hsi Wu draws a circle with symbols for the ritual in which he [[spoiler:he sends a piece of himself from Netherworld into Jade]].
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** When Uncle decides to see if Valerie has Shendu's magic inside her, he draws a circle with Chinese characters and has her sit inside it. The self-reflecting ritual ends with her being assaulted by the same flashes Shendu and Drago saw when they first sensed [[spoiler:Tiamat awakening]].
** Hsi Wu draws a circle with symbols of ancient language for the ritual in which he[[spoiler:he sends [[spoiler:sends a piece of himself from Netherworld into Jade]].
** Hsi Wu draws a circle with symbols of ancient language for the ritual in which he
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** [[spoiler:Jackie is completely unwilling to accept Valerie's proposal to ally with Shendu and Drago against Tarakudo, calling the two demons untrustworthy for what they've done to them in the past. Valerie in turn argues that Tarakudo threatens them all and together they'd have a better chance to defeat him. Only Shendu and Drago, Nat and Captain Black (the altter two just barely) agree with Valerie.]]
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** [[spoiler:Jackie is completely unwilling to accept Valerie's proposal to ally with Shendu and Drago against Tarakudo, calling the two demons untrustworthy for what they've done to them in the past. Valerie in turn argues that Tarakudo threatens them all and together they'd have a better chance to defeat him. Only Shendu and Shendu, Drago, Nat and Captain Black (the altter latter two just barely) agree with Valerie.]]
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* BorrowedCatchphrase: Valerie uses Jackie's "bad day" phrase during the first confrontation with Drago and later the "talk later" line two chapters later.
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* BorrowedCatchphrase: Valerie uses Jackie's "bad day" phrase during the first confrontation with Drago and later the "talk later" line two chapters later.
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** [[spoiler:Jackie is completely unwilling to accept Valerie's proposal to ally with Shendu and Drago against Tarakudo, calling the two demons untrustworthy for what they've done to them in the past. Valerie in turn argues that Tarakudo threatens them all and together they'd have a better chance to defeat him. Only Shendu and Drago — and Nat, just barely — agree with Valerie.]]
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** [[spoiler:Jackie is completely unwilling to accept Valerie's proposal to ally with Shendu and Drago against Tarakudo, calling the two demons untrustworthy for what they've done to them in the past. Valerie in turn argues that Tarakudo threatens them all and together they'd have a better chance to defeat him. Only Shendu and Drago — Drago, Nat and Nat, Captain Black (the altter two just barely — barely) agree with Valerie.]]
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* AdaptationDistillation: The Oni Mask arc, which consisted entirely of the show's fourth season, is condensed to consist of only four chapters.
* AdaptedOut: The Hana Fuda cards aren't even referred to since the story doesn't focus on the heroes finding the Oni Masks, and it's Shendu who reveals that [[spoiler:Tarakudo's mask is in the Shadowrealm and the only means to seal all the Oni and Shadowkhan away]].
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** As a result of the above, the Enforcers are in prison and not on hand for their brief stint as Drago minions. Neither are they present when Tarakudo's released by Drago, prompting the Oni to steal the Ice Crew from Drago.
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** As a result of the above, the Enforcers are in prison and not on hand for their brief stint as Drago minions. Neither are they present when Tarakudo's released by Drago, prompting the Oni to steal the Ice Crew from Drago.Drago, which in turn eventually leads to [[spoiler:the young dragon and his father joining forces with some of the heroes]].
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** Shendu acting as MrExposition regarding the Oni results in the arc being much shorter than in canon, notably because Shendu tells the heroes [[spoiler:not to release the Oni Generals by gathering all the masks in one location]] and that [[spoiler:giving Tarakudo a body and putting his mask on his face will imprison all the Shadowkhan and Oni]].
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* AndThisIsFor: Jackie says "This is for [[spoiler:Jade]]!" in Chapter 13 when he's [[spoiler:sealing Tarakudo in the latter's mask]].
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* BigDamnHeroes: The eleventh chapter's fight — one side having Tarakudo, [[spoiler:the corrupted Jade]] and the Shadowkhan, and the other having Valerie, Jackie, Nat, Shendu and Drago — is ended when Uncle and Tohru arrive with the latter's improved spell against the Shadowkhan and [[WeaksauceWeakness an onion]] for Tarakudo.
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* BigDamnHeroes: BigDamnHeroes:
** The eleventh chapter's fight — one side having Tarakudo, [[spoiler:the corrupted Jade]] and the Shadowkhan, and the other having Valerie, Jackie, Nat, Shendu and Drago — is ended when Uncle and Tohru arrive with the latter's improved spell against the Shadowkhan and [[WeaksauceWeakness an onion]] forTarakudo.Tarakudo.
** Just as the 13th chapter's final fight seems to be in the favor of the Oni, [[spoiler:Jackie, Uncle and Tohru arrive with a spell they use to give Tarakudo a physical form before putting on his face his mask which the restored Jade provides]].
** The eleventh chapter's fight — one side having Tarakudo, [[spoiler:the corrupted Jade]] and the Shadowkhan, and the other having Valerie, Jackie, Nat, Shendu and Drago — is ended when Uncle and Tohru arrive with the latter's improved spell against the Shadowkhan and [[WeaksauceWeakness an onion]] for
** Just as the 13th chapter's final fight seems to be in the favor of the Oni, [[spoiler:Jackie, Uncle and Tohru arrive with a spell they use to give Tarakudo a physical form before putting on his face his mask which the restored Jade provides]].
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* BreakingTheFellowship: [[spoiler:Jackie, Uncle and Tohru refuse to go along with Valerie's proposed alliance with Shendu and Drago against Tarakudo and walk off to do things their own way.]]
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* BreakingTheFellowship: [[spoiler:Jackie, Uncle and Tohru refuse to go along with Valerie's proposed alliance with Shendu and Drago against Tarakudo and walk off to do things their own way. Despite this, Uncle lets Valerie take some of his books as the means to cure Jade, and all the three men arrive in the nick of time during the final fight against the Oni with the spell required to give Tarakudo a physical form before sealing him in his mask, after which their disagreements with Valerie are put behind.]]
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* PalmBloodletting:
** The binding ceremony between Shendu and Valerie has both of them slashing the other's left palm and drinking their blood, leaving for them both a scar [[spoiler:that — along with their union as Others — remains in the restored reality]].
** In the sequel, [[spoiler:Hsi Wu uses his claw to cut out a piece from his right palm and sends it into Jade in order to [[FusionDance merge with her]]]].
** The binding ceremony between Shendu and Valerie has both of them slashing the other's left palm and drinking their blood, leaving for them both a scar [[spoiler:that — along with their union as Others — remains in the restored reality]].
** In the sequel, [[spoiler:Hsi Wu uses his claw to cut out a piece from his right palm and sends it into Jade in order to [[FusionDance merge with her]]]].
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* PalmBloodletting: The binding ceremony between Shendu and Valerie has both of them slashing the other's left palm and drinking their blood, leaving for them both a scar [[spoiler:that — along with their union as Others — remains in the restored reality]].
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** Hsi Wu draws a circle with symbols for the ritual in which he [[spoiler:he sends a piece of himself from Netherworld into Jade]].
** When Valerie is attempting to [[spoiler:free Jade from Tarakudo's taint]], she draws a circle around the [[spoiler:unconscious girl]].
** Hsi Wu draws a circle with symbols for the ritual in which he [[spoiler:he sends a piece of himself from Netherworld into Jade]].
** When Valerie is attempting to [[spoiler:free Jade from Tarakudo's taint]], she draws a circle around the [[spoiler:unconscious girl]].
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* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: After [[spoiler:Tarakudo]] turns [[spoiler:Jade into her Shadowkhan self]], Valerie tries this in the following conflicts. It takes no real effect until she [[spoiler:asks for the unconscious Jade's help during a ritual. After the restored Jade wakes up, she reveals she heard Valerie and provided the J-Team with Tarakudo's mask]].
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* AbandonedPlayground:
** Valerie has a private meeting with Shendu in one of these in the 20th chapter of the first story and lampshades how she picked up a creepy neutral zone.
** In the sequel, Valerie enters an abandoned playpark in order to [[spoiler:lure Jade out into the open so that she can capture and free the girl from Tarakudo's corruption]].
** Valerie has a private meeting with Shendu in one of these in the 20th chapter of the first story and lampshades how she picked up a creepy neutral zone.
** In the sequel, Valerie enters an abandoned playpark in order to [[spoiler:lure Jade out into the open so that she can capture and free the girl from Tarakudo's corruption]].
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* IShallTauntYou: In order to even the odds in her fight against [[spoiler:Queen Jade]], Valerie taunts [[spoiler:her corrupted friend]] by asking if fighting without the Razor Khan as backup is too much asked for.
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10646504/1/The-Ultimate-Evil The Ultimate Evil]]'' is a ''WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures'' fanfiction by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/4774853/DONOVAN94 DONOVAN94]].
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* ThereIsNoCure: The binding ritual which permanently connects one to their natural [[{{Synchronization}} Other]] is an irreversible process. In the second story, Valerie approaches Shendu to ask how a binding can be severed, and he replies that it can't be undone by anything. Indeed, the first story's ending demonstrated that [[spoiler:not even the Book of Ages' reality-rewriting power can undo a binding between Others]].
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** Valerie's decision to [[spoiler:ally with Shendu and Drago to rescue Jade from Tarakudo]] makes Jackie uncharacteristically hostile towards her to the point that [[spoiler:he turns his back on her]].
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* SingleTear: Valerie brushes away a stray tear after [[spoiler:all her friends but Nat walk out on her]] in Chapter 12.
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* BigDamnHeroes: The eleventh chapter's fight — one side having Tarakudo, [[spoiler:the corrupted Jade]] and the Razor Khan, and the other having Valerie, Jackie, Nat, Shendu and Drago — is ended when Uncle and Tohru arrive with the latter's improved spell against the Shadowkhan and [[WeaksauceWeakness an onion]] for Tarakudo.
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* BigDamnHeroes: The eleventh chapter's fight — one side having Tarakudo, [[spoiler:the corrupted Jade]] and the Razor Khan, Shadowkhan, and the other having Valerie, Jackie, Nat, Shendu and Drago — is ended when Uncle and Tohru arrive with the latter's improved spell against the Shadowkhan and [[WeaksauceWeakness an onion]] for Tarakudo.
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* DoubleTake: Valerie has one when she sees in the Japanese museum a window the J-Team can use to escape.
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* PunctuatedForEmphasis: The narration uses this to describe how unhappy Hsi Wu feels about [[spoiler:the corruption of his Other]].
-->''The wicked red eyes narrowed. Oh, this new development did ''NOT'' sit well with him. Not. At. All.''
-->''The wicked red eyes narrowed. Oh, this new development did ''NOT'' sit well with him. Not. At. All.''
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* SuperPoweredEvilSide: [[spoiler:Tarakudo manages to reawaken Jade's Queen of the Shadowkhan persona because she redraws [[MarkOfTheBeast his mark]] on her skin.]]
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* {{Synchronization}}: The scar on Valerie's left hand tends to flare in pain when something significant happens, such as when Shendu is resurrected.
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** The scar on Valerie's left hand tends to flare in pain when something significant happens, such as when Shendu isresurrected.resurrected.
** When [[spoiler:Hsi Wu]] senses [[spoiler:his Other's transformation into her SuperpoweredEvilSide]], it feels like losing something you didn't even know existed.
** The scar on Valerie's left hand tends to flare in pain when something significant happens, such as when Shendu is
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* AntiMagic: The Shadowkhan disappear during a sudden earthquake in two instances. The second time this happens, Tarakudo explains that magic not of that world is banished in the presence of [[spoiler:the awakening Tiamat]].
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* AntiMagic: AntiMagic:
** The Shadowkhan disappear during a sudden earthquake in two instances. The second time this happens, Tarakudo explains that magic not of that world is banished in the presence of [[spoiler:the awakeningTiamat]].Tiamat]].
** The anti-demon magic coated on Nat's katana makes the Razor Khan unable to slice through it.
** The Shadowkhan disappear during a sudden earthquake in two instances. The second time this happens, Tarakudo explains that magic not of that world is banished in the presence of [[spoiler:the awakening
** The anti-demon magic coated on Nat's katana makes the Razor Khan unable to slice through it.
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** Following Tarakudo's release, Drago fights with the Chans against him. Eventually Valerie proposes a full team-up with him and Shendu [[spoiler:which only Nat reluctantly agrees to]]. The chapter name even references it.
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** Following Tarakudo's release, Drago fights with the Chans against him. Eventually Valerie eventually proposes a full team-up with him and Shendu Shendu, [[spoiler:which only Nat reluctantly agrees to]]. The chapter name even references it.
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* ItsQuietTooQuiet: Valerie has a bad feeling about the apparent desertedness of the Japanese musem where the Razor Khan Oni Mask is located.
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** Valerie has this again when Drago starts talking with Shendu instead of trying to claim the demon chis in the 10th chapter. She and the rest of the J-Team do this again when Drago shows up to battle Tarakudo in Japan.
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** ''Strange Magic'' (Chapter 9) — Valerie has a vision of the same creature as Drago and Shendu.
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** ''Strange Magic'' (Chapter 9) — Valerie has a vision of the same creature as Drago and Shendu.Shendu, leaving her and Uncle wondering what they're missing.
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* TroubledFetalPosition: When Nat spots Drago in the ninth chapter, he's sitting with his head between his knees as he tries to shut down the music he hears in his head and mutters some words that make him sound vulnerable to Nat's surprise.
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** When Jackie and Uncle want Nat to leave the Demon Sorcerer problem to them, she refuses and insists that hunting down demons to keep people safe is her calling.
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** When Jackie and Uncle want Nat to leave the Demon Sorcerer problem to them, she refuses and insists that hunting down demons to keep people safe is her calling. She says this again in the sequel when she confirms she'll be staying for the demon chi hunt.
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** When Hsi Wu first appears in Jade's dreams, he tells her to say "chi-spell" like when he did while she was stuck in the Netherworld.
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** When Hsi Wu first appears in Jade's dreams, he tells her to say "chi-spell" like when he did while she was stuck in the Netherworld. The second time this happens, he asks if she still wants to dance with him like he did when his Seymour cover was blown up.
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** ''Flower Power'' (Chapter 8) — Jade has another dream of Hsi Wu taunting her.
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** ''Flower Power'' (Chapter 8) — Jade has another dream of Hsi Wu taunting her.who tries to make her doubt Valerie's loyalties.
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* {{Fainting}}: Valerie faints in exhaustion after she first unleashes a shockwave from her palm.
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** The Moon Demon chi doesn't end up in a panda, and the fight over it and the Earth Demon chi doesn't move out of the panda enclosure.
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* AHandfulForAnEye: Nat throws dust in DC Fist and MC Cobra's faces to distract them in the eigth chapter.
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* GoodHurtsEvil: In addition to the canonical Pan'Ku Box, Nat has in her arsenal magical dust and blessed daggers that hurt demons on touch.
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* GoodHurtsEvil: In addition to the canonical Pan'Ku Box, Nat has in her arsenal magical dust and blessed daggers that hurt demons on touch. When she returns in ''The Stronger Evil'', her katana has been coated with anti-demon magic.
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* KatanasAreJustBetter: Nat uses one as her main weapon.
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* KatanasAreJustBetter: Nat uses one as her main weapon. By the time of the sequel, she has upgraded it with anti-demon magic.
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* AWizardDidIt: When Valerie questions how the flower containing Dai Gui's chi could have survived intact for centuries, Jade replies "Demon magic. Duh."
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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Valerie says this when the heroes find out they have to find the flower containing Dai Gui's chi from a flower shop.
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* JawDrop: Valerie's mother has this reaction when Val abruptly informs her that she's going back to San Francisco.
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* JawDrop: JawDrop:
** Valerie's mother has this reaction when Val abruptly informs her that she's going back to SanFrancisco.Francisco.
** Valerie does this when Nat shows up in the eigth chapter.
** Valerie's mother has this reaction when Val abruptly informs her that she's going back to San
** Valerie does this when Nat shows up in the eigth chapter.
* {{Not}}: Drago uses a variation of this when he encounters his father in the eight chapter.
-->'''Drago''': Dad. Bad news, vault needs a face lift, and these demon-chi-beauties gotta go — with me. Sorry to disappoint. Oh wait, no actually, I'm not.
-->'''Drago''': Dad. Bad news, vault needs a face lift, and these demon-chi-beauties gotta go — with me. Sorry to disappoint. Oh wait, no actually, I'm not.
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* SwissCheeseSecurity: Valerie laments how easy it is for her to sneak in and speak to the imprisoned Shendu without anyone noticing, since she's memorized the guards' routines and the Vault's password hasn't even been changed since the last security breach. Following Drago's break-in, she outright tells Captain Black how much the safety measures need improvement.
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* SwissCheeseSecurity: Valerie laments how easy it is for her to sneak in and speak to the imprisoned Shendu without anyone noticing, since she's memorized the guards' routines and the Vault's password hasn't even been changed since the last security breach. Following Drago's first break-in, she outright tells Captain Black how much the safety measures need improvement.
