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%%* ActionGirlfriend: Ciri becomes this after she and Brendan start dating.
%%* ActiveRoyalty: Again, Ciri, as she is technically a princess.
%%* AdjectiveAnimalAlehouse: The Angry Oliphant.
%%* ActiveRoyalty: Again, Ciri, as she is technically a princess.
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* AdjectiveAnimalAlehouse: The Angry
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** The Kandarian Dagger and the Necronomicon in the Buffy/Evil Dead arc qualify.
** Sauron eventually regains possession of the One Ring.
** The [[{{WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures}} Twelve Talismans of the Chinese Zodiac]] are used by Brendan and Ciri in the final battle.
* AndIMustScream: This is how Patrick describe the fate of anyone touched by the Black Bile.
** Sauron eventually regains possession of the One Ring.
** The [[{{WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures}} Twelve Talismans of the Chinese Zodiac]] are used by Brendan and Ciri in the final battle.
* AndIMustScream: This is how Patrick describe the fate of anyone touched by the Black Bile.
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** The Kandarian Dagger and the Necronomicon in the Buffy/Evil Dead arc qualify. \n The latter has the ability to summon evil, while the former is the key to fighting it
** Sauron eventually regains possession of the OneRing.
Ring, which brings him back to his full strength.
** The [[{{WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures}} Twelve Talismans of the Chinese Zodiac]] are used by Brendan and Ciri in the finalbattle.
battle. Brendan uses the Horse, Rabbit, and Dragon to obtain healing, speed, and combustion, while Ciri uses the Ox, Dog, and Pig to gain strength, immortality, and heat-beam eyes.
* AndIMustScream: This is how Patrick describe the fate of anyone touched by the Black Bile. Their bodies are completely broken and their minds are trapped in an unending cycle of horrible pain.
** Sauron eventually regains possession of the One
** The [[{{WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures}} Twelve Talismans of the Chinese Zodiac]] are used by Brendan and Ciri in the final
* AndIMustScream: This is how Patrick describe the fate of anyone touched by the Black Bile. Their bodies are completely broken and their minds are trapped in an unending cycle of horrible pain.
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* AnimalStampede: One made of ''Megacerops'', ''Amebelodon'', and ''Bramatherium'' stampedes through Udonga mountains.
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* AnimalStampede: One made of ''Megacerops'', ''Amebelodon'', and ''Bramatherium'' stampedes through the Udonga mountains.
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* ArtifactOfDoom: The Necronomicon.
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* ArtifactOfDoom: The Necronomicon.Necronomicon, which Ruby and the Master use to create a race of half-vampires/half-deadite monsters.
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* BaitTheDog: Hope/the phrenovore.
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* BaitTheDog: Hope/the phrenovore. She acts kindly to Patrick, making him feel better, buts it's all to lure him into a false sense of security.
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** This is how Patrick think of his relationship to Gabi, Zoe, and Sam, which makes their eventual abandoment all the more painful.
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** This is how Patrick think thinks of his relationship to Gabi, Zoe, and Sam, which makes their eventual abandoment all the more painful.
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%%* TheChessMaster: Hope is this, and her two most notable pawns are Morgoth and Patrick.
%%* ClassicalChimera: One of the monsters in O'Dimm's game.
%%* ClassicalChimera: One of the monsters in O'Dimm's game.
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* ClassicalChimera: One of the monsters in O'Dimm's
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%%* LadyMacbeth: Hope plays this role to Patrick.
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%%* LizardFolk:
%%** The Silurians of ''Doctor Who''
%%** The Saurosapients from ''All Tomorrows''
%%** The Silurians of ''Doctor Who''
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** The Saurosapients from ''All
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%%* SwampsAreEvil: The swamps of Crookback Bog, which appear in "An Act of Rebellion".%%Are an example how?
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%%* SwampsAreEvil: The swamps of Crookback Bog, which appear in "An Act of Rebellion".%%Are an example how? They are populated by various monsters, and ruled over by the cruel and vindictive Crones.
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* VillainOfTheDetour: The Crones of Crookback Bog are this in, "An Act of Rebellion".%%How?
* WalkingSpoiler: Hope/the phrenovore
* WickedWitch: The Crones, as the company is forced to journey through Crookback Bog.
* WalkingSpoiler: Hope/the phrenovore
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* VillainOfTheDetour: The Crones of Crookback Bog are this in, "An Act of Rebellion".%%How?
Once the chapter is complete, they are never seen again
* WalkingSpoiler: Hope/thephrenovore
phrenovore. She is the reason the world formed in the first place, and her secret plan is the main driver of conflict.
* WickedWitch: The Crones, as the company is forced to journey through Crookback Bog. The three sisters are hideous humanoid monsters who use their power to terrorize their subjects.
* WalkingSpoiler: Hope/the
* WickedWitch: The Crones, as the company is forced to journey through Crookback Bog. The three sisters are hideous humanoid monsters who use their power to terrorize their subjects.
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* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: This applies to spirit creatures, who have no trouble understanding the thoughts and feelings of their human companions. Does not apply to other wild animals.
* AmazonChaser: Given that Hope chose the form of a muscular woman to appeal to Patrick, it heavily implies that he is this trope.
* AmazonChaser: Given that Hope chose the form of a muscular woman to appeal to Patrick, it heavily implies that he is this trope.
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* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: This applies to spirit representative creatures, who have no trouble understanding the thoughts and feelings of their human companions. Does not apply to other wild animals.
* AmazonChaser: Patrick shows an inclination toward multiple musulcar women in the story. Given that Hope appears as one, it's heavily implied that she chosethe that form of a muscular woman to appeal more to Patrick, it heavily implies that he is this trope.Patrick.
* AmazonChaser: Patrick shows an inclination toward multiple musulcar women in the story. Given that Hope appears as one, it's heavily implied that she chose
** Zoe is described as well-toned with gorgeous blue-gray eyes.
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* AmphibianAtLarge:
** The beginning of Chapter 6 sees Darren and Patrick dissection a ''Benthosuchus''
** In Chapter 9. a ''Prionosuchus'' takes a snap at Patrick, Brendan, and Ciri.
** The beginning of Chapter 6 sees Darren and Patrick dissection a ''Benthosuchus''
** In Chapter 9. a ''Prionosuchus'' takes a snap at Patrick, Brendan, and Ciri.
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* AmphibianAtLarge:
**AmphibianAtLarge: The beginning of Chapter 6 Part 2 sees Darren and Patrick dissection dissect a ''Benthosuchus''
** In Chapter 9. a ''Prionosuchus'' takes a snap at Patrick, Brendan, and Ciri.''Benthosuchus''
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** In Chapter 9. a ''Prionosuchus'' takes a snap at Patrick, Brendan, and Ciri.
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* AncientArtifact: The Kandarian Dagger and the Necronomicon in the Buffy/Evil Dead arc qualify.
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* AncientArtifact: AncientArtifact:
** The Kandarian Dagger and the Necronomicon in the Buffy/Evil Dead arcqualify. qualify.
** Sauron eventually regains possession of the One Ring.
** The [[{{WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures}} Twelve Talismans of the Chinese Zodiac]] are used by Brendan and Ciri in the final battle.
** The Kandarian Dagger and the Necronomicon in the Buffy/Evil Dead arc
** Sauron eventually regains possession of the One Ring.
** The [[{{WesternAnimation/JackieChanAdventures}} Twelve Talismans of the Chinese Zodiac]] are used by Brendan and Ciri in the final battle.
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* AnimalStampede: One made of Megacerops, Amebelodon, and Bramatherium stampedes through the middle of Times Square.
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* AnimalStampede: One made of Megacerops, Amebelodon, ''Megacerops'', ''Amebelodon'', and Bramatherium ''Bramatherium'' stampedes through the middle of Times Square.Udonga mountains.
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* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: played with. Old, inaccurate depictions of dinosaurs, such as the featherless raptors of ''Jurassic Park'' appear side-by-side with more accurate, up-to-date versions. Murphy will often go into detail to highlight the accuracy (or lacktherof) of these portrayals.
* BadassCrew: The company. Becomes more pronounced as the story goes on as the number of members increases.
* BadassCrew: The company. Becomes more pronounced as the story goes on as the number of members increases.
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* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: played with. Old,
**Old, inaccurate depictions of dinosaurs, such as the featherless raptors of''Jurassic Park'' ''[[{{Franchise/JurassicPark}} Jurassic Park]]'' appear side-by-side with more accurate, up-to-date versions. Murphy will often go into detail to highlight the accuracy (or lacktherof) of these portrayals.
** Murphy indulges in some informed speculation. For example, ''T. rex'' is portrayed as having evolved a highly-derived, novel larynx that can make a combination of low-frequency booms and howling chortles. There's no evidence of such a larynx known from ''T. rex'', but it's not impossible either.
* BadassCrew: The company. Becomes more pronounced as the story goes on as the number of membersincreases.increase during each chapter.
**Old, inaccurate depictions of dinosaurs, such as the featherless raptors of
** Murphy indulges in some informed speculation. For example, ''T. rex'' is portrayed as having evolved a highly-derived, novel larynx that can make a combination of low-frequency booms and howling chortles. There's no evidence of such a larynx known from ''T. rex'', but it's not impossible either.
* BadassCrew: The company. Becomes more pronounced as the story goes on as the number of members
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%%* BaitTheDog: Hope/the phrenovore.
* BatPeople: Many of the vampires, but special mention to Thuringwethil, who is a beautiful woman from the shoulders down, while everything else is a giant vampire bat.
* BatPeople: Many of the vampires, but special mention to Thuringwethil, who is a beautiful woman from the shoulders down, while everything else is a giant vampire bat.
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** Many of the vampires, but special mention to Thuringwethil, who is a beautiful woman from the shoulders down, while everything else is a giant vampire
** Dracula and his brides appear this way, mostly likely inspired by ''[[{{Film/VanHelsing}} Van Helsing]]''.
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* BestFriend: Patrick and Brendan. They'd been friends for a decade by the time the story begins. They have similar interests and personality traits, they support one another and listen to each other's problems, and they aren't afraid to express their friendships through things like hugs or holding hands.
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* BestFriend: BestFriend:
** Patrick and Brendan. They'd been friends for a decade by the time the story begins. They have similar interests and personality traits, they support one another and listen to each other's problems, and they aren't afraid to express their friendships through things like hugs or holdinghands.hands.
** This is how Patrick think of his relationship to Gabi, Zoe, and Sam, which makes their eventual abandoment all the more painful.
** Patrick and Brendan. They'd been friends for a decade by the time the story begins. They have similar interests and personality traits, they support one another and listen to each other's problems, and they aren't afraid to express their friendships through things like hugs or holding
** This is how Patrick think of his relationship to Gabi, Zoe, and Sam, which makes their eventual abandoment all the more painful.
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* BigfootSasquatchandYeti: A sasquatch shows up in the game devised by O'Dimm.
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* BigfootSasquatchandYeti: BigfootSasquatchAndYeti: A sasquatch shows up in the game devised by O'Dimm.
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* BiggerOnTheInside: The Tardis. The interior of the continent is implied to be like this compared to its coastline.
* BuffySpeak: Buffy herself, not surprisingly.
* BuffySpeak: Buffy herself, not surprisingly.
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* BiggerOnTheInside: The Tardis. The interior of the continent is implied to be like this compared to its coastline.\n
* BuffySpeak: Buffy herself,not surprisingly.unsurprisingly.
* BuffySpeak: Buffy herself,
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** Some dinosaurs that were only published after the time of the story are referenced, such as ''Bajadasaurus''.
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** Some dinosaurs that were only published after the time of the story are referenced, such as ''Bajadasaurus''.''Maip''.
** The epilogue heavily implies that Patrick's trip to Entabeni [[note]] which is the name of a real game reserve in South Africa [[/note]] was this in real life
** The epilogue heavily implies that Patrick's trip to Entabeni [[note]] which is the name of a real game reserve in South Africa [[/note]] was this in real life
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* EnchantedForest: In addition to normal animals both extinct and extant, the jungles of the world are populated by supernatural creatures. It is implied that the forests are BiggerOnTheInside.
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* EnchantedForest: In addition to normal animals both extinct and extant, the jungles of the world are populated by supernatural creatures. It is implied that the forests are BiggerOnTheInside.
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* FantasticVermin: Creatures called 'conceptophytes' are apparently responsible for human brain farts.
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* HorseOfADifferentColor: Applies to all the spirit creatures that have riders, such as Brendan's thanator.
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* HorseOfADifferentColor: Applies to all the spirit creatures RCs that have riders, such as Brendan's thanator.
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* HumanoidAbomination: This is how Hope comes across even in her human form. Patrick notes some unusual features, such as the fact that one of her eyes is slightly larger than the other.
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* InsecureLoveInterest: Brendan experiences these feelings when he first considers his attraction to Ciri, but is able to overcome them through a strong mutual trust. However, that trust is corroded by the First Evil later in the story, and Brendan begins to feel this way again.
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* InsecureLoveInterest: InsecureLoveInterest:
** Brendan experiences these feelings when he first considers his attraction to Ciri, but is able to overcome them through a strong mutual trust. However, that trust is corroded by the First Evil later in the story, and Brendan begins to feel this wayagain.again.
** This is how Patrick feels toward Sam.
** Brendan experiences these feelings when he first considers his attraction to Ciri, but is able to overcome them through a strong mutual trust. However, that trust is corroded by the First Evil later in the story, and Brendan begins to feel this way
** This is how Patrick feels toward Sam.
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* InterimVillain: Basically what Morgoth is before Patricka and the phrenovore become more active.
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* InterimVillain: Basically what Morgoth is before Patricka Patrick and the phrenovore become more active.
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** Played straight with Patrick, who claims that Brendan and Ciri are his only real friends.
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** Played straight with Patrick, who claims that Brendan and Ciri are his only real friends. This is why Patrck is so elated when he meets Sam, Zoe, and Gabi, and why he's so distraught when they disappear.
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* TheOnlyOneItrust: Brendan is this to Patrick, but Hope is able to use this against him.
* OppositesAttract: Brendan is thoughtful, methodical, and humble while Ciri is blunt, impulsive, and occasionally bratty.
* PaleFemalesDarkMales: Tarbosaurus possesses this quality in the story.
* OppositesAttract: Brendan is thoughtful, methodical, and humble while Ciri is blunt, impulsive, and occasionally bratty.
* PaleFemalesDarkMales: Tarbosaurus possesses this quality in the story.
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* TheOnlyOneItrust: TheOnlyOneITrust: Brendan is this to Patrick, but Hope is able to use this against him.
*OppositesAttract: Brendan OppositesAttract:
**Brendan is thoughtful, methodical, and humble while Ciri is blunt, impulsive, and occasionally bratty.
**Patrick is timid and in secure while Sam is extorverted and outgoing (although in that case, the attraction isn't recipricol)
* PaleFemalesDarkMales:Tarbosaurus ''Tarbosaurus'' possesses this quality in the story.
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**Brendan is thoughtful, methodical, and humble while Ciri is blunt, impulsive, and occasionally bratty.
**Patrick is timid and in secure while Sam is extorverted and outgoing (although in that case, the attraction isn't recipricol)
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* PlaceBeyondTime: When Hope briefly sends Patrick home, no time has passed for him there, despite years having passed in the world of his mind.
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* PlaceBeyondTime: When Hope briefly sends Patrick returns home, he finds that no time has passed for him there, despite since his arrival, although several years having had passed in the world of his mind.
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%%* PrincessProtagonist: Ciri
* PredationIsNatural: Played straight with the many wild predators of the story. For example, Darren refuses to let Lancelot hurt the Tarbosaurus because they are just animals following their instincts.
* PredationIsNatural: Played straight with the many wild predators of the story. For example, Darren refuses to let Lancelot hurt the Tarbosaurus because they are just animals following their instincts.
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* PredationIsNatural: Played straight with the many wild predators of the story. For example, Patrick and his classmates are excited at the prospect of witnessing a hunt during their trip, and Darren refuses to let Lancelot hurt the
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* RaptorAttack: Averted with Patrick's ''Dakotaraptor'' which is described has being fat with feathers. Played straight with the ''Jurassic Park III'' raptors that appear in the Buffy arc.
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* RaptorAttack: RaptorAttack:
** Averted with Patrick's''Dakotaraptor'' dromaeosaur which is described has being fat with feathers. feathers.
** Played straight with the ''Jurassic Park III'' raptors that appear in the Buffy arc.
** Averted with Patrick's
** Played straight with the ''Jurassic Park III'' raptors that appear in the Buffy arc.
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* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: Inverted -- the Silurian Chancellor says he finds mammals to be very unsettling.
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* Snowlems: The Ice Golems that Patrick creates in the Mons Longomare.
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* Snowlems: {{Snowlems}}: The Ice Golems that Patrick creates in the Mons Longomare.
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* TitleDrop: In a very Richard Attenborough-esque sounding way, Patrick brings the company to a creature-filled plain and proclaims "welcome to the World of the Creatures!"
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* TitleDrop: In a very Richard Attenborough-esque sounding way, Patrick brings The title comes to Patrick's mind as he contemplates the company to a creature-filled plain future he wants with his new friends:
-> '''Patrick:''' ...these were my people, andproclaims "welcome to the World here we were in my world - a world of the Creatures!" creatures of all kinds
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* UsedToBeAsweetKid: Spoken verbatim by John Vhole with regards to Patrick.
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* UsedToBeAsweetKid: UsedToBeASweetKid: Spoken verbatim by John Vhole with regards to Patrick.
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%%* VillainOfTheDetour: The Crones of Crookback Bog are this in, "An Act of Rebellion".%%How?
%%* WalkingSpoiler: Hope/the phrenovore
%%* {{Wendigo}}: Specifically the one from ''Pet Sematary'' shows up as an ArcVillain.
%%* WickedWitch: The Crones, as the company is forced to journey through Crookback Bog.
%%* WalkingSpoiler: Hope/the phrenovore
%%* {{Wendigo}}: Specifically the one from ''Pet Sematary'' shows up as an ArcVillain.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: At first, Brendan thinks they're in Faerie, the world of fantasy talked about by J.R.R. Tolkien in his book, ''On Faerie Stories''
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* WrongGenreSavvy: At first, Brendan thinks they're in Faerie, the world of fantasy talked about by J.R.R. Tolkien in his book, essay, ''On Faerie Stories''
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* YouWakeUpInARoom: Or in this case, in the middle of a gigantic, steaming, tropical jungle with an inexplicable change in wardrobe and your sword.
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* YouWakeUpInARoom: Or in this case, in the middle of a gigantic, steaming, tropical jungle with an inexplicable change in wardrobe and your sword.dark cave.
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* HeroesWantRedheads: Patrick, and hard. He mentions having crushes on both Triss and Karen Gillan.
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%%* ThreeAmigos: Patrick, Brendan, and Ciri.
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* TheHero: At first it appears as though Patrick will fullfill this role, especially given that this is a self insert fic, but the role of hero more accurately describes Brendan (At least until the end).
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* AlienAnimals: From numerous different worlds, including [[Film/{{Avatar}} Pandora]], [[Literature/{{Expedition}} Darwin IV]], and WebOriginal/{{Snaiad}}.
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* AlienAnimals: From numerous different worlds, including [[Film/{{Avatar}} Pandora]], [[Literature/{{Expedition}} Darwin IV]], and WebOriginal/{{Snaiad}}.Website/{{Snaiad}}.
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* HorseOfADifferentColor: **Applies to all the spirit creatures that have riders, such as Brendan's thanator.
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* HorseOfADifferentColor: **Applies Applies to all the spirit creatures that have riders, such as Brendan's thanator.
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* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: The dragons that attack during the Battle of the Three Cities. Darren also gives a vivid description of an attack by Ancalogon the Black.
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* RevanantZombie: Those brought back the cursed burial ground in, "The Contract."
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* RevanantZombie: RevenantZombie: Those brought back the cursed burial ground in, "The Contract."
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* Sadist: The phrenovre actively enjoys the suffering it causes to others. It claims that sadism is an effective trait for a predator.
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* Sadist: {{Sadist}}: The phrenovre actively enjoys the suffering it causes to others. It claims that sadism is an effective trait for a predator.
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* SeldomSeenSpecies: There are many more obscure prehistoric taxa included in the story. A few examples include ''Darwinopterus'', ''Amebelodon'', and ''Secernosaurus''
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* PteroSoarer: Averted. A fair few pterosaurs pop up, and they're far from the toothy, leathery-winged, bird-footed, scaly-skinned monsters found more often in fiction.
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[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/21444025/chapters/51098857 The World of the Creatures]] is a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover fiction written by Patrick Murphy at Archive of Our Own. It is a {{cross over}} fic, {{real person Fic}}, MetaFic, and SelfInsertFic combining a number of fandoms as well as actual people. Among the many franchises that feature in the story are ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''Franchise/TheLordOfTheRings'' , ''Franchise/TheWitcher'' , and ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.
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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/21444025/chapters/51098857 The World of the
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There are currently 15 chapters available to read, though the fic is unfinished at the moment.
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* ActionGirlfriend: Ciri becomes this after she and Brendan start dating.
* ActiveRoyalty: Again, Ciri, as she is technically a princess.
* AdjectiveAnimalAlehouse: The Angry Oliphant
* ActiveRoyalty: Again, Ciri, as she is technically a princess.
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* AlienAnimals: From numerous different worlds, including [[{{Film/Avatar}} Pandroa]], [[{{Literature/Expedition}} Darwin IV]], and [[{{WebOriginal/Snaiad}} Snaiad]].
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* AlienAnimals: From numerous different worlds, including [[{{Film/Avatar}} Pandroa]], [[{{Literature/Expedition}} [[Film/{{Avatar}} Pandora]], [[Literature/{{Expedition}} Darwin IV]], and [[{{WebOriginal/Snaiad}} Snaiad]].WebOriginal/{{Snaiad}}.
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** A more literal example- [[{{Franchise/WonderWoman}} Wonder Woman]] shows up toward the beginning, and in the final battle.
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** A more literal example- [[{{Franchise/WonderWoman}} Wonder Woman]] example -- Franchise/WonderWoman shows up toward the beginning, beginning and in the final battle.
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* ArtifactOfDoom: The Aforementioned Necronomicon.
* ArtificialZombie: The Doctor uses [[{{Film/ReturnOfTheLivingDead}} 2-4-5 Trioxyn]] to reanimate a freezer full of dead animals at one point.
* ArtificialZombie: The Doctor uses [[{{Film/ReturnOfTheLivingDead}} 2-4-5 Trioxyn]] to reanimate a freezer full of dead animals at one point.
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* ArtificialZombie: The Doctor uses
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* BaitTheDog: Hope/the phrenovore
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* TheChessMaster: Hope is this, and her two most notable pawns are Morgoth and Patrick.
* ClassicalChimera: One of the monsters in O'Dimm's game.
* ClassicalChimera: One of the monsters in O'Dimm's game.
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* CrossoverVillainInChief: Morgoth beats down the various other evil overlords to become the dominant antagonistic force. So it seems at least - in reality, even Morgoth is just another pawn of the phrenovore, and his power is nothing next to Patrick's.
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* CrossoverVillainInChief: Morgoth beats down the various other evil overlords to become the dominant antagonistic force. So it seems at least - -- in reality, even Morgoth is just another pawn of the phrenovore, and his power is nothing next to Patrick's.
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* DraconicAbomination: The final form of Patrick's 'bad' side is a huge black dragon with massive horns, spiked wings, and a deadly breath whose touch leads to a fate worse than death. It is said to a have a wingspan measured in ''miles.''
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* DraconicAbomination: The final form of Patrick's 'bad' "bad" side is a huge black dragon with massive horns, spiked wings, and a deadly breath whose touch leads to a fate worse than death. It is said to a have a wingspan measured in ''miles.''
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* TheDragon: Patrick becomes this to the phrenovore when his 'bad' side takes on a life of its own.
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* EldritchAbomination: The phrenovore is a creature that exists only in the so called 'world of thought.' We never get a clear idea of what its true form looks like - if it even has a ''true'' form at all - but it doesn't seem to follow any known biological Bauplan.
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* EldritchAbomination: The phrenovore is a creature that exists only in the so called 'world of thought.' We never get a clear idea of what its true form looks like - if it even has a ''true'' form at all - -- but it doesn't seem to follow any known biological Bauplan.
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* EvilSorcerer: A group of these - including Saruman of Many Colors and Vilgefortz of Roggeveen - show up at the City of the UA to neutralize its defenses.
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* EvilSorcerer: A group of these - -- including Saruman of Many Colors and Vilgefortz of Roggeveen - -- show up at the City of the UA to neutralize its defenses.
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** Many giant pterosaurs such as Quetzalcoatlus, Arambourgiania, and Hatzegopteryx appear.
** The giant pseudo-toothed pelagornis is seen along the coasts.
** Flying creatures from Darwin IV, such as the Ebony blisterwing.
** Tolkien's Eagles are associates of the UA
** Both Patrick's 'good' and 'bad' sides eventually take the form of gigantic winged monsters.
** The giant pseudo-toothed pelagornis is seen along the coasts.
** Flying creatures from Darwin IV, such as the Ebony blisterwing.
** Tolkien's Eagles are associates of the UA
** Both Patrick's 'good' and 'bad' sides eventually take the form of gigantic winged monsters.
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** Many giant pterosaurs such as Quetzalcoatlus, Arambourgiania, ''Quetzalcoatlus'', ''Arambourgiania'', and Hatzegopteryx ''Hatzegopteryx'' appear.
** The giant pseudo-toothedpelagornis ''Pelagornis'' is seen along the coasts.
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** Flying creatures from Darwin IV, such as the
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** Both Patrick's
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* HeroesPreferSwords: Brendan has a sword. Brendan owns a sword specifically because it symbolizes heroism. In other words, he invokes this trope in real life.
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* HeroesPreferSwords: HeroesPreferSwords:
** Brendan has a sword. Brendan owns a sword specifically because it symbolizes heroism. In other words, he invokes this trope in real life.
** Brendan has a sword. Brendan owns a sword specifically because it symbolizes heroism. In other words, he invokes this trope in real life.
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** Traditional Japanese Kaiju such as [[{{Franchise/Godzilla}} Godzilla]], {{Film/Rodan}}, and {{Film/Mothra}} show up at various points. The evil [[{{Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster}} King Ghidorah]] appears in the Final Battle being ridden by Sauron
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** Traditional Japanese Kaiju such as [[{{Franchise/Godzilla}} Godzilla]], {{Film/Rodan}}, Franchise/{{Godzilla}}, Film/{{Rodan}}, and {{Film/Mothra}} Film/{{Mothra}} show up at various points. The evil [[{{Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster}} [[Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster King Ghidorah]] appears in the Final Battle being ridden by SauronSauron.
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* LadyMacbeth: Hope plays this role to Patrick
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* LizardFolk:
** The Silurians of ''Doctor Who''
** The Saurosapients from ''All Tomorrows''
** The Silurians of ''Doctor Who''
** The Saurosapients from ''All Tomorrows''
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* MultipleProtagonists: Patrick and Brendan.
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** There are a few references to [[{{Literature/Expedition}} creatures from the planet Darwin IV]] and from C. M. Koseman's Snaiad.
** The so-called 'creatures of the abstract' also qualify. The don't exist in the physical world, yet there are apparently thousands of species. They feed on thoughts, dreams, and even entire minds, and can move through the world by the spread and transmission of certain memes. How they do this is never explained, and indeed may not even be explicable to us.
** The so-called 'creatures of the abstract' also qualify. The don't exist in the physical world, yet there are apparently thousands of species. They feed on thoughts, dreams, and even entire minds, and can move through the world by the spread and transmission of certain memes. How they do this is never explained, and indeed may not even be explicable to us.
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** There are a few references to [[{{Literature/Expedition}} [[Literature/{{Expedition}} creatures from the planet Darwin IV]] and from C. M. Koseman's Snaiad.
** The so-called'creatures "creatures of the abstract' also qualify. The abstract" don't exist in the physical world, yet there are apparently thousands of species. They feed on thoughts, dreams, and even entire minds, and can move through the world by the spread and transmission of certain memes. How they do this is never explained, and indeed may not even be explicable to us.
** The so-called
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* SwampsAreEvil: The swamps of Crookback Bog, which appear in, "An Act of Rebellion."
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* SuperPersistentPredator:
** The thanator. Darren's description of the thanator actually provides the page quote. Averted with other creatures.
** The phrenovore is this as well. It is not only persistent, but patient, spending years on its plan to weaken Patrick and devour his mind.
** The thanator. Darren's description of the thanator actually provides the page quote. Averted with other creatures.
** The phrenovore is this as well. It is not only persistent, but patient, spending years on its plan to weaken Patrick and devour his mind.
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* SuperPersistentPredator:
**SuperPersistentPredator: The thanator. Darren's description of the thanator actually provides the page quote.phrenovore is not only persistent, but patient, spending years on its plan to weaken Patrick and devour his mind.
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** The Battle of the Three Cities features four separate swarms - one of werewolves, one of vampires, one of outriders, and one of giant spdiers.
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** The Battle of the Three Cities features four separate swarms - -- one of werewolves, one of vampires, one of outriders, and one of giant spdiers.spiders.
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* ThreeAmigos: Patrick, Brendan, and Ciri.
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* VillainOfTheDetour: The Crones of Crookback Bog are this in, "An Act of Rebellion."
* WalkingSpoiler: Hope/the phrenovore
* {{Wendigo}}: Specifically the one from ''Pet Sematary'' shows up as an ArcVillain
* WickedWitch: the Crones, as the company is forced to journey through Crookback Bog.
* WalkingSpoiler: Hope/the phrenovore
* {{Wendigo}}: Specifically the one from ''Pet Sematary'' shows up as an ArcVillain
* WickedWitch: the Crones, as the company is forced to journey through Crookback Bog.
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* XanatosGambit:
** A minor one by Gaunter O'Dimm. The deal he makes with Brendan will either result in Brendan and Ciri losing their souls to him, or having their conviction in themselves and in each other shattered. Either way, he's done what he set out to do - break up the company
* YouWakeUpInARoom: Or in this case, in the middle of a gigantic, steaming, tropical jungle with an inexplicable change in wardrobe and your sword.
** A minor one by Gaunter O'Dimm. The deal he makes with Brendan will either result in Brendan and Ciri losing their souls to him, or having their conviction in themselves and in each other shattered. Either way, he's done what he set out to do - break up the company
* YouWakeUpInARoom: Or in this case, in the middle of a gigantic, steaming, tropical jungle with an inexplicable change in wardrobe and your sword.
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* XanatosGambit:
**XanatosGambit: A minor one by Gaunter O'Dimm. The deal he makes with Brendan will either result in Brendan and Ciri losing their souls to him, or having their conviction in themselves and in each other shattered. Either way, he's done what he set out to do - break up the company
* YouWakeUpInARoom: Or in this case, in the middle of a gigantic, steaming, tropical jungle with an inexplicable change in wardrobe and yoursword.sword.
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* AbtractEater: The phrenovore feeds on thoughts but must first turn them into physical objects/beings.
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* AbtractEater: AbstractEater: The phrenovore feeds on thoughts but must first turn them into physical objects/beings.
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* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Given that Murphy is an avid fan of paleontology, it only figures that dinosaurs and other prehistoric creatures would feature prominently, even if they're aren't central to the story.
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* CoolPet: The spirit creatures. Brendan's is a thanator, Patrick's is a large dromaeosaur, and Ciri's is a swallow.
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* AbtractEater: The phrenovore feeds on thoughts but must first turn them into physical objects/beings.
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* AllMythsAreTrue: In Patrick has heard of a given myth, it will be present in the world, and will be just as real and solid as anything else.
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* AdjectiveAnimalAlehouse: The Angry Oliphant
* AlchemicElementals: When Patrick creates the fortress in the Mons Longomore, he also creates ice golems to work it.
* AlienAnimals: From numerous different worlds, including [[{{Film/Avatar}} Pandroa]], [[{{Literature/Expedition}} Darwin IV]], and [[{{WebOriginal/Snaiad}} Snaiad]].
* AllMythsAreTrue:In If Patrick has heard of a given myth, it will be present in the world, and will be just as real and solid as anything else.else.
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife:
** The creature of Pandora have their typical showiness.
** Many different dinosaurs are presented this way, alongside more conservative reconstructions.
* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: This applies to spirit creatures, who have no trouble understanding the thoughts and feelings of their human companions. Does not apply to other wild animals.
* AmazonChaser: Given that Hope chose the form of a muscular woman to appeal to Patrick, it heavily implies that he is this trope.
* AmazonianBeauty:
** Ciri is described as more athletic and toned than her [[{{VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt}} Witcher III]] counterpart, which makes sense given her lifestyle.
** A more literal example- [[{{Franchise/WonderWoman}} Wonder Woman]] shows up toward the beginning, and in the final battle.
** Hope is also described as being quite muscular.
* AmphibianAtLarge:
** The beginning of Chapter 6 sees Darren and Patrick dissection a ''Benthosuchus''
** In Chapter 9. a ''Prionosuchus'' takes a snap at Patrick, Brendan, and Ciri.
* AlchemicElementals: When Patrick creates the fortress in the Mons Longomore, he also creates ice golems to work it.
* AlienAnimals: From numerous different worlds, including [[{{Film/Avatar}} Pandroa]], [[{{Literature/Expedition}} Darwin IV]], and [[{{WebOriginal/Snaiad}} Snaiad]].
* AllMythsAreTrue:
* AmazingTechnicolorWildlife:
** The creature of Pandora have their typical showiness.
** Many different dinosaurs are presented this way, alongside more conservative reconstructions.
* AmplifiedAnimalAptitude: This applies to spirit creatures, who have no trouble understanding the thoughts and feelings of their human companions. Does not apply to other wild animals.
* AmazonChaser: Given that Hope chose the form of a muscular woman to appeal to Patrick, it heavily implies that he is this trope.
* AmazonianBeauty:
** Ciri is described as more athletic and toned than her [[{{VideoGame/TheWitcher3WildHunt}} Witcher III]] counterpart, which makes sense given her lifestyle.
** A more literal example- [[{{Franchise/WonderWoman}} Wonder Woman]] shows up toward the beginning, and in the final battle.
** Hope is also described as being quite muscular.
* AmphibianAtLarge:
** The beginning of Chapter 6 sees Darren and Patrick dissection a ''Benthosuchus''
** In Chapter 9. a ''Prionosuchus'' takes a snap at Patrick, Brendan, and Ciri.
* AnimalEspionage: [[{{Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean}} Jack Sparrow]] uses his... well, sparrow to spy on the Thanagarians.
* AnimalStampede: One made of Megacerops, Amebelodon, and Bramatherium stampedes through the middle of Times Square.
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: At least to Patrick, this is what Gaunter O'Dimm is to the concept of evil.
* AnimalStampede: One made of Megacerops, Amebelodon, and Bramatherium stampedes through the middle of Times Square.
* AnthropomorphicPersonification: At least to Patrick, this is what Gaunter O'Dimm is to the concept of evil.
* ArtificialZombie: The Doctor uses [[{{Film/ReturnOfTheLivingDead}} 2-4-5 Trioxyn]] to reanimate a freezer full of dead animals at one point.
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* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: The main plot. Though initially the war is waged by Morgoth commanding an army of antagonistic forces from across fiction, the focus of the main threat shifts over the course of the story to Patrick himself, and to the phrenovore.
* BatPeople: Many of the vampires, but special mention to Thuringwethil, who is a beautiful woman from the shoulders down, while everything else is a giant vampire bat.
* BattleCouple: Ciri and Brendan were fighting side by side ''even before'' they started dating.
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: The main plot. Though initially the war is waged by Morgoth commanding an army of antagonistic forces from across fiction, the focus of the main threat shifts over the course of the story to Patrick himself, and to the phrenovore.
* BattleCouple: Ciri and Brendan were fighting side by side ''even before'' they started dating.
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: The main plot. Though initially the war is waged by Morgoth commanding an army of antagonistic forces from across fiction, the focus of the main threat shifts over the course of the story to Patrick himself, and to the phrenovore.
* BigfootSasquatchandYeti: A sasquatch shows up in the game devised by O'Dimm.
* BirdPeople: The intelligent dinosaurs of the UA could best be described as these.
* BirdPeople: The intelligent dinosaurs of the UA could best be described as these.
* CelebCrush: Patrick states that he has one on both [[{{Creator/KarenGillan}} Karen Gillan]] and [[{{Creator/LupitaNyongo}} Lupita Nyong'o]].
* ClassicalChimera: One of the monsters in O'Dimm's game.
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* DeathWorld: While the parts of the world overseen by the UA are okay (for the most part), there are still vast wildernesses and territories populated by extremely dangerous predators, and that's not even counting those beings that are ''actively'' malicious...
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* DeathWorld: While the parts of the world overseen by the UA are okay (for the most part), there are still vast wildernesses and territories populated by extremely dangerous predators, and unforgiving climates. And that's not even counting those beings that are ''actively'' malicious...
* EnchantedForest: In addition to normal animals both extinct and extant, the jungles of the world are populated by supernatural creatures. It is implied that the forests are BiggerOnTheInside.
* FantasticLivestock: Mahmoud says he used to herd goats in Tunisia, but since moving to the world, he's switched to herding ''Secernosaurus.''
* FantasticVermin: Creatures called 'conceptophytes' are apparently responsible for human brain farts.
* FantasyKitchenSink: The eponymous world, filled all manner of elements from various works of popular fantasy as well as folkore and mythology.
* FantasyKitchenSink: The eponymous world, filled all manner of elements from various works of popular fantasy as well as folkore and mythology.
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* GenericDoomsdayVillain: This is how Morgoth comes across. Being removed from Arda fundamentally changes his motivation. No one ever elaborates on what he hopes to gain from attacking the UA, and of course he isn't around to do so himself. This is intentional - the real BigBad is the phrenovore, along with Patrick's 'evil' side.
* FlyingFace: Brendan, Ciri, Yennefer, and Geralt are tasked with killing a Leyak (or Penanggalan) in "An Act of Rebellion."
* GenericDoomsdayVillain: This is how Morgoth comes across. Being removed from Arda fundamentally changes his motivation. No one ever elaborates on what he hopes to gain from attacking the UA, and of course he isn't around to do so himself. This is intentional - the real BigBad is the phrenovore, along with Patrick's 'evil' side.
* GeniusLoci: It is very heavily implied that the world itself is aware to some degree, and is influencing the movements of the company.
* GenericDoomsdayVillain: This is how Morgoth comes across. Being removed from Arda fundamentally changes his motivation. No one ever elaborates on what he hopes to gain from attacking the UA, and of course he isn't around to do so himself. This is intentional - the real BigBad is the phrenovore, along with Patrick's 'evil' side.
* GeniusLoci: It is very heavily implied that the world itself is aware to some degree, and is influencing the movements of the company.
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* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Hope comes across as this at first, but it's part of a ruse. She's really a horrible monster beyond comprehension trying to weaken Patrick so that she can eat his mind.
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* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Hope comes across GiantFlyer: Quite a few
** The numerous flying creatures of Pandora, such asthis at first, but it's part the Banshees and the Great Leonopteryx
** Many giant pterosaurs such as Quetzalcoatlus, Arambourgiania, and Hatzegopteryx appear.
** The giant pseudo-toothed pelagornis is seen along the coasts.
** Flying creatures from Darwin IV, such as the Ebony blisterwing.
** Tolkien's Eagles are associates ofa ruse. She's really a horrible monster beyond comprehension trying to weaken Patrick so that she can eat his mind.the UA
** Both Patrick's 'good' and 'bad' sides eventually take the form of gigantic winged monsters.
** The numerous flying creatures of Pandora, such as
** Many giant pterosaurs such as Quetzalcoatlus, Arambourgiania, and Hatzegopteryx appear.
** The giant pseudo-toothed pelagornis is seen along the coasts.
** Flying creatures from Darwin IV, such as the Ebony blisterwing.
** Tolkien's Eagles are associates of
** Both Patrick's 'good' and 'bad' sides eventually take the form of gigantic winged monsters.
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Hope comes across as this at first, but it's part of a ruse. She's really a horrible monster beyond comprehension trying to weaken Patrick so that she can eat his mind.
* GreenAesop: Not the main theme, but there is definitely an undercurrent of environmentalism. Those who value and protect nature (such as Darren, the Na'vi, the Elves, and others) are presented as good, and villainous characters will destroy nature as part of their dirty deeds.
* HairTriggerAvalanche: To escape the xenomorphs, Brendan has his thanator roar loudly to trigger an avalanche. [[{{LampshadeHanging}} Ciri points out that]] [[{{ArtisticLicenseGeology}} that's not how avalances work]], but since Patrick apparently doesn't know that, it ''does'' work in the world of his mind.
* HasAType: Patrick definitely has one, and Hope uses that to her advantage.
* GreenAesop: Not the main theme, but there is definitely an undercurrent of environmentalism. Those who value and protect nature (such as Darren, the Na'vi, the Elves, and others) are presented as good, and villainous characters will destroy nature as part of their dirty deeds.
* HairTriggerAvalanche: To escape the xenomorphs, Brendan has his thanator roar loudly to trigger an avalanche. [[{{LampshadeHanging}} Ciri points out that]] [[{{ArtisticLicenseGeology}} that's not how avalances work]], but since Patrick apparently doesn't know that, it ''does'' work in the world of his mind.
* HasAType: Patrick definitely has one, and Hope uses that to her advantage.
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* HiddenAgendaVilain: Hope is in an extremely advantageous position. Only she knows how the world formed, how it can be returned to normal, and what a phrenovore is. This makes it very easy for her to hide her true intentions.
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* HiddenAgendaVilain: HiddenAgendaVillain: Hope is in an extremely advantageous position. Only she knows how the world formed, how it can be returned to normal, and what a phrenovore is. This makes it very easy for her to hide her true intentions.intentions.
* {{Hobbits}}: One of the member species of the UA. They tend to avoid the City for the most part, but they have a say in affairs, and are afforded protection. Interestingly, the Doctor claims that hobbits are phylogentically nested within '' Homo sapiens.''
* {{Hobbits}}: One of the member species of the UA. They tend to avoid the City for the most part, but they have a say in affairs, and are afforded protection. Interestingly, the Doctor claims that hobbits are phylogentically nested within '' Homo sapiens.''
* HotInHumanForm: When Hope takes human form, she specifically chooses one that Patrick will find attractive.
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* Humanoid Abomination: This is how Hope comes across even in her human form. Patrick notes some unusual features, such as the fact that one of her eyes is slightly larger than the other.
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* Humanoid Abomination: HumanoidAbomination: This is how Hope comes across even in her human form. Patrick notes some unusual features, such as the fact that one of her eyes is slightly larger than the other.
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** Traditional Japanese Kaiju such as Franchise/Godzilla, Film/Rodan, and Film/Mothra show up at various points. The evil King Ghidorah appears in the Final Battle being ridden by Sauron
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** Traditional Japanese Kaiju such as Franchise/Godzilla, Film/Rodan, [[{{Franchise/Godzilla}} Godzilla]], {{Film/Rodan}}, and Film/Mothra {{Film/Mothra}} show up at various points. The evil [[{{Film/GhidorahTheThreeHeadedMonster}} King Ghidorah Ghidorah]] appears in the Final Battle being ridden by Sauron
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* Legion of Doom:
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* Legion of Doom:LegionOfDoom:
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* Limited Social Circles:
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Given the sheer number of franchises that feature, this is a given, but Murphy makes effort to keep the focus on a relatively small number at any given time, but even this can be as many as ten.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Given the sheer number of franchises that feature, this is a given, but given. Murphy makes effort to keep the focus on a relatively small number at any given time, but even this can be as many as ten.ten.
* LooksLikeOrlock:
** Vampires like these are identified in the horde that attacks the City.
** The Master is one of the main antagonists of "Evil."
* LooksLikeOrlock:
** Vampires like these are identified in the horde that attacks the City.
** The Master is one of the main antagonists of "Evil."
* {{Martians}}: Different races from Mars exist in this world, notably the Ice Warriors from ''Doctor Who'', and the Martians from ''[[{{Literature/TheWarOfTheWorlds}} The War of the Worlds]]''
* MuggleMageRomance: Brendan has no supernatural abilities whatsoever, while Ciri has all kinds of powers, most notably teleportation.
* NatureHero: Darren becomes this when he tries to stop Lancelot from killing the ''Tarbosaurus''.
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* NatureIsNotNice: It's impossible to count just how many times the characters nearly get eaten, gored, stepped on, or envenomed.
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* NatureIsNotNice: It's impossible to count just how While many times the characters nearly get eaten, gored, stepped on, or envenomed.love nature, and the work itself definitely treats the natural world with reverence, it also never forgets that natural disasters and wild animals can be very dangerous.
* OppositesAttract: Brendan is thoughtful, methodical, and humble while Ciri is blunt, impulsive, and occasionally bratty.
* PaleFemalesDarkMales: Tarbosaurus possesses this quality in the story.
* ParadoxPerson: The phrenovore is this because it's the only thing in the world that didn't come from Patrick's mind.
* PaleFemalesDarkMales: Tarbosaurus possesses this quality in the story.
* ParadoxPerson: The phrenovore is this because it's the only thing in the world that didn't come from Patrick's mind.
* PerverseSexualLust: Brendan worries that he's falling into this when he contemplates his attraction to Ciri.
* PredationIsNatural: Played straight with the many wild predators of the story. For example, Darren refuses to let Lancelot hurt the Tarbosaurus because they are just animals following their instincts.
* PredatorsAreMean: While most of the predators in the story simply act on their survival instincts, the phrenovore takes active enjoyment from the pain it causes as a result of its feeding strategy.
* PredatorsAreMean: While most of the predators in the story simply act on their survival instincts, the phrenovore takes active enjoyment from the pain it causes as a result of its feeding strategy.
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* RessurectTheVillain: The Wendigo from Chapter 15 is brought back by the 'bad' Patrick.
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* RessurectTheVillain: ResurrectTheVillain: The Wendigo from Chapter 15 is brought back by the 'bad' Patrick.Patrick.
* RevanantZombie: Those brought back the cursed burial ground in, "The Contract."
* RevanantZombie: Those brought back the cursed burial ground in, "The Contract."
* Snowlems: The Ice Golems that Patrick creates in the Mons Longomare.
* SolarPunk: The City of the Universal Alliance is this. Many UA members, such as the Na'vi and the Ents, are strongly devoted to the environment, so the UA had to build a settlement that was as eco-friendly as possible. It runs entirely on renewable energy, doesn't create or release pollutants, and resources are harvested sustainably. We're told that a big reason this is possible is because uses magic as part of its infrastructure.
* SolarPunk: The City of the Universal Alliance is this. Many UA members, such as the Na'vi and the Ents, are strongly devoted to the environment, so the UA had to build a settlement that was as eco-friendly as possible. It runs entirely on renewable energy, doesn't create or release pollutants, and resources are harvested sustainably. We're told that a big reason this is possible is because uses magic as part of its infrastructure.
* SwampsAreEvil: The swamps of Crookback Bog, which appear in, "An Act of Rebellion."
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* The Swarm: An apparent favorite of Murphy's given their frequency:
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* ThirdWheel: Patrick is afraid that he will become this after Ciri and Brendan start dating. Hope uses this fear to her advantage.
*ThirstyDesert: "The Knight's Tale," sees Brendan venture in a dry, arid wasteland.
*ThirstyDesert: "The Knight's Tale," sees Brendan venture in a dry, arid wasteland.
* TheUndead: Many different varieties ranging from hideous abominations that seek only to cause misery and woe, to fully-fledged productive members of society.
* UndeadChild: One appears in "The Contract," either heavily-inspired by Gage Creed, or Gage himself.
* UndeadChild: One appears in "The Contract," either heavily-inspired by Gage Creed, or Gage himself.
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** VillainOfTheDetour: The Crones of Crookback Bog are this in, "An Act of Rebellion."
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* Walking Spoiler: VillainOfTheDetour: The Crones of Crookback Bog are this in, "An Act of Rebellion."
* WalkingSpoiler: Hope/the phrenovore
* WalkingSpoiler: Hope/the phrenovore
* WildWilderness: Step outside the outposts of the UA, and you'll find yourself in harsh conditions, at the mercy of wild creatures.
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The story centers Patrick Murphy, an interpretive guide at a dinosaur museum with a passion for animals of all kinds, be they real or fictional, extinct or extant, or any variation thereof. Murphy awakes one day to find himself in a strange, mysterious world, very unlike the one he is form originally. After exploring for a while, and encountering numerous fictional characters, prehistoric creatures, and people from his personal life, Patrick comes to believe that this world is a physical manifestation of his own mind, a fact that becomes clearer as the story progresses. While initially concerned with trying to figure out how this happened, and how to get back home, Patrick get caught up in the plans and motives of sinister forces that have more planned for him than he can imagine.
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The story centers around Patrick Murphy, an interpretive guide at a dinosaur museum with a passion for animals of all kinds, be they real or fictional, extinct or extant, or any variation thereof. Murphy awakes one day to find himself in a strange, mysterious world, very unlike the one he is form originally. After exploring for a while, and encountering numerous fictional characters, prehistoric creatures, and people from his personal life, Patrick comes to believe that this world is a physical manifestation of his own mind, a fact that becomes clearer as the story progresses. While initially concerned with trying to figure out how this happened, and how to get back home, Patrick get caught up in the plans and motives of sinister forces that have more planned for him than he can imagine.
* AchillesHeel: The phrenovore is all but invincible to everything in the world, except the person whose mind formed the world's template.
*BestFriend: Patrick and Brendan. They'd been friends for a decade by the time the story begins. They have similar interests and personality traits, they support one another and listen to each other's problems, and they aren't afraid to express their friendships through things like hugs or holding hands.
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* BrightIsNoTGood: Some of the instances in which Patrick achieves omnipotence are accompanied by him glowing with a powerful golden light. The gold light is an indicator that Patrick is being motivated by fear.
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* BrightIsNoTGood: BrightIsNotGood: Some of the instances in which Patrick achieves omnipotence are accompanied by him glowing with a powerful golden light. The gold light is an indicator that Patrick is being motivated by fear.
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* CompleteMonster: The phrenovore. It is manipulative, cruel, callous, arrogant, and completely without remorse. It justifies itself by pointing out that it is, at the end of the day, a predator, and it doesn't behoove a lion to have sympathy for a zebra.
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* {{Corrupter}}: Hope is this to Patrick, exacerbating his insecurities and causing him to lose trust in his friends.
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* {{Corrupter}}: TheCorrupter: Hope is this to Patrick, exacerbating his insecurities and causing him to lose trust in his friends.
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* CrossoverExclusiveVillain: The phrenovore doesn't exist in any of the IPs that make an appearance, and its presence is directly related to the in-universe mechanism that allows the crossover to happen.
* CrossoverVillainInCheif: Morgoth beats down the various other evil overlords to become the dominant antagonistic force. So it seems at least - in reality, even Morgoth is just another pawn of the phrenovore, and his power is nothing next to Patrick's.
* Crapsack World: While the territories overseen by the UA are almost a paradise, as Patrick's mental state deteriorates, so too does the UA's ability to hold things together. As he gets worse, so does the world.
* CrossoverVillainInCheif: Morgoth beats down the various other evil overlords to become the dominant antagonistic force. So it seems at least - in reality, even Morgoth is just another pawn of the phrenovore, and his power is nothing next to Patrick's.
* Crapsack World: While the territories overseen by the UA are almost a paradise, as Patrick's mental state deteriorates, so too does the UA's ability to hold things together. As he gets worse, so does the world.
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* CrossoverExclusiveVillain: The phrenovore doesn't exist in any of the IPs intellectual properties that make an appearance, and its presence is directly related to the in-universe mechanism that allows the crossover to happen.
*CrossoverVillainInCheif: CrossoverVillainInChief: Morgoth beats down the various other evil overlords to become the dominant antagonistic force. So it seems at least - in reality, even Morgoth is just another pawn of the phrenovore, and his power is nothing next to Patrick's.
*Crapsack World: CrapsackWorld: While the territories overseen by the UA are almost a paradise, as Patrick's mental state deteriorates, so too does the UA's ability to hold things together. As he gets worse, so does the world.
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* DavyJones: The iteration from the ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean.'' He intercepts the company on Black Pearl and takes them prisoner.
* DeathWorld: The world of the creatures is filled with all kinds of creatures that seek nothing else in life than to destroy you, your family, your friends, and all else you hold dear on this good earth in the most horrible ways imaginable.
* DeathWorld: The world of the creatures is filled with all kinds of creatures that seek nothing else in life than to destroy you, your family, your friends, and all else you hold dear on this good earth in the most horrible ways imaginable.
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* DavyJones: The iteration from the ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean.'' He intercepts the company on the Black Pearl and takes them prisoner.
* DeathWorld:The world While the parts of the creatures is filled with all kinds of creatures that seek nothing else in life than to destroy you, your family, your friends, and all else you hold dear on this good earth in world overseen by the UA are okay (for the most horrible ways imaginable. part), there are still vast wildernesses and territories populated by extremely dangerous predators, and that's not even counting those beings that are ''actively'' malicious...
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* Dracula: He leads the vampires in the Battle of the Three Cities.
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* EldritchAbomination: The phrenovore is a creature that exists only in the so called 'world of thought.' We never get a clear idea of what its true form looks like - even it even has a ''true'' form at all, but it doesn't seem follow any known biological Bauplan.
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* EldritchAbomination: The phrenovore is a creature that exists only in the so called 'world of thought.' We never get a clear idea of what its true form looks like - even if it even has a ''true'' form at all, all - but it doesn't seem to follow any known biological Bauplan.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Hope successfully cuts Patrick off from his friends, and after his deplorable actions, believes that this will be enough to keep him weak and isolated. It never occurs to her that Brendan might still want to save him after the split.
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* FakeFriend: Hope appears to Patrick as a kind heart, willing to be there for him and listen to him when he's having problems. In truth, this is to make him more trusting and dependent on her, which allows her to cut him off from true friends.
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* FakeFriend: FalseFriend: Hope appears to Patrick as a kind heart, willing to be there for him and listen to him when he's having problems. In truth, this is to make him more trusting and dependent on her, which allows her to cut him off from true friends.
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* FashionableEvil: Depending on who you ask, Hope is either this or FashionVictimVillain.
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* FashionableEvil: Depending on who you ask, Hope FatBestFriend: Patrick is either this or FashionVictimVillain.to Brendan during the parts of the story in which he is overweight.
* GenericDoomsdayVillain: This is how Morgoth comes across. Being removed from Arda fundamentally changes his motivation. No one ever elaborates on what he hopes to gain from attacking the UA, and of course he isn't around to do so himself. This is intentional - the real BigBad is the phrenovore, along with Patrick's 'evil' side.
* FriendVersusLover: Brendan is caught between his devotion to his friend, and his desire to see Patrick get better, and Ciri, who has mostly given up on him.
* GhostPirate: Davy Jones' crew. In this world, many of these tortured souls have been corrupted into prehistoric sea creatures such as trilobites, ammonites, and lobopods.
* GenericDoomsdayVillain: This is how Morgoth comes across. Being removed from Arda fundamentally changes his motivation. No one ever elaborates on what he hopes to gain from attacking the UA, and of course he isn't around to do so himself. This is intentional - the real BigBad is the phrenovore, along with Patrick's 'evil' side.
* FriendVersusLover: Brendan is caught between his devotion to his friend, and his desire to see Patrick get better, and Ciri, who has mostly given up on him.
* GhostPirate: Davy Jones' crew. In this world, many of these tortured souls have been corrupted into prehistoric sea creatures such as trilobites, ammonites, and lobopods.
* AGodAmI: The more Patrick indulges in his powers, the more he begins to feel this way (and it' not as if he's entirely wrong...)
* TheHeartless: This happens to Patrick about halfway through the story. The phrenovore pokes and prods Patrick's inherent insecurities and vanity to the point where all of his negative attributes split off to become their own, autonomous entity.
* TheHeartless: This happens to Patrick about halfway through the story. The phrenovore pokes and prods Patrick's inherent insecurities and vanity to the point where all of his negative attributes split off to become their own, autonomous entity.
* HiddenAgendaVilain: Hope is in an extremely advantageous position. Only she knows how the world formed, how it can be returned to normal, and what a phrenovore is. This makes it very easy for her to hide her true intentions.
* Humanoid Abomination: This is how Hope comes across even in her human form. Patrick notes some unusual features, such as the fact that one of her eyes is slightly larger than the other.
* INeedYouStronger: Hope's plan for Patrick is to make it easier and easier for him to access his incredible power by tapping into his negative personality traits. The ultimate goal is have him indulge those traits so much that they develop a mind of their own, retaining the awesome power that Patrick uses them to channel.
* InterimVillain: Basically what Morgoth is before Patricka and the phrenovore become more active.
* {{Kaiju}}:
** Traditional Japanese Kaiju such as Franchise/Godzilla, Film/Rodan, and Film/Mothra show up at various points. The evil King Ghidorah appears in the Final Battle being ridden by Sauron
** Both Patrick's 'good' and 'bad' sides eventually manifest as gigantic winged monsters so huge, they could send Godzilla flying with a sneeze.
* LadyMacbeth: Hope plays this role to Patrick
** Traditional Japanese Kaiju such as Franchise/Godzilla, Film/Rodan, and Film/Mothra show up at various points. The evil King Ghidorah appears in the Final Battle being ridden by Sauron
** Both Patrick's 'good' and 'bad' sides eventually manifest as gigantic winged monsters so huge, they could send Godzilla flying with a sneeze.
* LadyMacbeth: Hope plays this role to Patrick
* LastVillainStand: When Patrick's 'good' and 'bad' sides are reunited, Hope knows that her days are numbered, and prepares for the coming assault.
* Legion of Doom:
** After Morgoth wins the arm's race of Evil Overlords, he gathers numerous villainous characters under his command.
** After Patrick's 'bad' side takes on a life of its own, it basically inherits these forces from Morgoth.
* Limited Social Circles:
** Played straight with Patrick, who claims that Brendan and Ciri are his only real friends.
** Ambiguous with Brendan. We only see him hanging with Patrick and Ciri, but he doesn't appear to think of himself as socially limited.
** Averted with Ciri, who is also shown to hang out with her roller derby team.
** After Morgoth wins the arm's race of Evil Overlords, he gathers numerous villainous characters under his command.
** After Patrick's 'bad' side takes on a life of its own, it basically inherits these forces from Morgoth.
* Limited Social Circles:
** Played straight with Patrick, who claims that Brendan and Ciri are his only real friends.
** Ambiguous with Brendan. We only see him hanging with Patrick and Ciri, but he doesn't appear to think of himself as socially limited.
** Averted with Ciri, who is also shown to hang out with her roller derby team.
* MadGod: What Patrick's 'bad' side becomes after it splits off
* ManipulativeBastard: Hope's ultimate plan is to manipulate Patrick into isolating himself from his friends and weaken him by preying on his insecurities and mental health problems.
* MentalMonster: The less admirable aspects of Patrick's personality- fear, anger, hatred - disassociate from him entirely and become their own, singular entity.
* {{Narcissist}}: Patrick becomes one in the months leading up to his split. Brendan can see this is a deliberate attempt to hide his growing insecurities and self-loathing.
* NearVillainVictory: Hope's plan was very close to succeeding. She had already begun to feast on the world, and she had an unstoppable servant in the form of Patrick's 'bad' side. She just didn't account for ThePowerOfFriendship.
* OminousAdversarialAmusement: Gaunter O'Dimm seems downright delighted after he seemingly lost the game to Brendan and Ciri...
* OmnicidalManiac:
** Morgoth is described using these exact words.
** The phrenovore is a more literal example. It will eat every living organisms, as well as all other forms of matter and energy.
* TheOnlyOneItrust: Brendan is this to Patrick, but Hope is able to use this against him.
* PeoplePuppets: The Symbiotes from ''All Tomorrows.'' A rare, non-villainous example, the Symbiotes and their hosts are members of the UA, and as far as we can tell, are productive members of society.
* {{Pirate}}: Both the lovable rogue variety as seen with Captain Jack Sparrow, and the dangerous type in the form of Davy Jones and his crew
* OmnicidalManiac:
** Morgoth is described using these exact words.
** The phrenovore is a more literal example. It will eat every living organisms, as well as all other forms of matter and energy.
* TheOnlyOneItrust: Brendan is this to Patrick, but Hope is able to use this against him.
* PeoplePuppets: The Symbiotes from ''All Tomorrows.'' A rare, non-villainous example, the Symbiotes and their hosts are members of the UA, and as far as we can tell, are productive members of society.
* {{Pirate}}: Both the lovable rogue variety as seen with Captain Jack Sparrow, and the dangerous type in the form of Davy Jones and his crew
* PlanetEater: The phrenovore. Not just the living creatures, but the rocks and minerals, the water, the air...
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* RaisingTheSteaks: When captured by the cybermen, the company finds a giant, industrial freezer full of dead bodies from the local wildlife, which the cybermen keep for spare parts. As part of a gambit to escape the ship, the Doctor contaminates the bodies using barrels filled with 2-4-5 Trioxyn, which brings them back to life and craving the brains inside the cybermen.
* RememberThatYouTrustMe: Brendan tries to do this with Patrick after the latter starts to become famous. Brendan can sense that something is wrong, but ultimately fails to remind Patrick of their bond.
* RessurectTheVillain: The Wendigo from Chapter 15 is brought back by the 'bad' Patrick.
* Sadist: The phrenovre actively enjoys the suffering it causes to others. It claims that sadism is an effective trait for a predator.
* SlaveMooks: Most of those fighting on the side of Morgoth and/or the phrenovore are doing so because they have no choice- either they fight or die. The Daleks were nearly driven to extinction trying to avoid becoming this trope.
* TheSpymaster: Sigismund Dijkstra is this for the UA, hand picked by Patrick himself for his cunning and ruthlessness, but also his aversion to war.
** The so-called 'creatures of the abstract' also qualify. The don't exist in the physical world, yet there are apparently thousands of species. They feed on thoughts, dreams, and even entire minds, and can move through the world by the spread and transmission of certain memes. How they do this is never explained, and indeed may not even be explicable to us.
*StockSlasher: Jason Vorhees attacks Brendan and Ciri while they are attempting to win O'Dimm's game.
*StockSlasher: Jason Vorhees attacks Brendan and Ciri while they are attempting to win O'Dimm's game.
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* SuperPersistentPredator: The thanator. Darren's description of the thanator actually provides the page quote. Averted with other creatures.
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* SuperPersistentPredator: The SuperPersistentPredator:
**The thanator. Darren's description of the thanator actually provides the page quote. Averted with other creatures.
** The phrenovore is this as well. It is not only persistent, but patient, spending years on its plan to weaken Patrick and devour his mind.
* The Swarm: An apparent favorite of Murphy's given their frequency:
** The Battle of the Three Cities features four separate swarms - one of werewolves, one of vampires, one of outriders, and one of giant spdiers.
** The UA uses a swarm of nanobots that consume inorganic matter to defend themselves against the first assault.
** A swarm of xenomorphs attacks Brendan and Ciri during their date night in the Mons Longomare.
** A swarm of giant ants is one of the first threats that Patrick and the others encounter after the world forms.
* TalkingDownTheSuicidal: This is the subtext of what Brendan says to Patrick during the final battle between Patrick's two halves. The 'bad' half has the 'good' half pinned down, and is about to deliver the killing blow, but Brendan intercedes with an impassioned plea begging him not to do this.
* ThreeAmigos: Patrick, Brendan, and Ciri.
**The thanator. Darren's description of the thanator actually provides the page quote. Averted with other creatures.
** The phrenovore is this as well. It is not only persistent, but patient, spending years on its plan to weaken Patrick and devour his mind.
* The Swarm: An apparent favorite of Murphy's given their frequency:
** The Battle of the Three Cities features four separate swarms - one of werewolves, one of vampires, one of outriders, and one of giant spdiers.
** The UA uses a swarm of nanobots that consume inorganic matter to defend themselves against the first assault.
** A swarm of xenomorphs attacks Brendan and Ciri during their date night in the Mons Longomare.
** A swarm of giant ants is one of the first threats that Patrick and the others encounter after the world forms.
* TalkingDownTheSuicidal: This is the subtext of what Brendan says to Patrick during the final battle between Patrick's two halves. The 'bad' half has the 'good' half pinned down, and is about to deliver the killing blow, but Brendan intercedes with an impassioned plea begging him not to do this.
* ThreeAmigos: Patrick, Brendan, and Ciri.
* TrueCompanions: Despite all they go through, this ultimately proves true for Patrick and Brendan.
* UsedToBeAsweetKid: Spoken verbatim by John Vhole with regards to Patrick.
** VillainOfTheDetour: The Crones of Crookback Bog are this in, "An Act of Rebellion."
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* WickedWitch: the Crones, as the company is forced to journey through Crookback Bog.
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* Xanatos Gambit:
**A minor one by Gaunter O'Dimm. The deal he makes with Brendan will either result in Brendan and Ciri losing their souls to him, or having their conviction in themselves and in each other shattered. Either way, he's done what he set out to do - break up the company
**A minor one by Gaunter O'Dimm. The deal he makes with Brendan will either result in Brendan and Ciri losing their souls to him, or having their conviction in themselves and in each other shattered. Either way, he's done what he set out to do - break up the company
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[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/21444025/chapters/51098857 The World of the Creatures]] is a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover fiction written by Patrick Murphy at Archive of Our Own. It is a {{cross over}} fic, {{real person Fic}}, MetaFic, and SelfInsertFic combining a number of fandoms as well as actual people. Among the many franchises that feature in the story are ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''Franchise/TheLordOfTheRings'' , and ''Franchise/TheWitcher'' , and ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.
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[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/21444025/chapters/51098857 The World of the Creatures]] is a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover fiction written by Patrick Murphy at Archive of Our Own. It is a {{cross over}} fic, {{real person Fic}}, MetaFic, and SelfInsertFic combining a number of fandoms as well as actual people. Among the many franchises that feature in the story are ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''Franchise/TheLordOfTheRings'' , and ''Franchise/TheWitcher'' , and ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer''.
* ActionGirlfriend: Ciri becomes this after she and Brendan start dating.
* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: Chapter 12 begins with Brendan taking over the role of narrator from Patrick.
* BaddieFlattery: Hope talks up how special Patrick is for being able to achieve ultimate power through moments of self-actualization. In reality, she's just trying to ingratiate herself to Patrick so that he will trust her.
* BaitTheDog: Hope/the phrenovore
* BehemothBattle: In the final confrontation between Patrick's 'good' side and his 'bad' side, each one takes the form of a stupidly gigantic winged creature, and the two titans battle one another on the ground, in the air, and even in space.
*BeyondRedemption: Disucssed multiple times with regards to Patrick after he splits. Brendan is firmly on the side that he can be redeemed, but even his conviction is shaken by his confrontation with the First Evil
* BaitTheDog: Hope/the phrenovore
* BehemothBattle: In the final confrontation between Patrick's 'good' side and his 'bad' side, each one takes the form of a stupidly gigantic winged creature, and the two titans battle one another on the ground, in the air, and even in space.
*BeyondRedemption: Disucssed multiple times with regards to Patrick after he splits. Brendan is firmly on the side that he can be redeemed, but even his conviction is shaken by his confrontation with the First Evil
* BlackCloak: Brendan provides a rare non-villainous example. Brendan owns a black cloak that he wears both during times of celebration, and also in times when he needs reassurance in himself and his beliefs. It is no coincidence that Brendan's cloak is ripped to shreds during the story arc that sees him question everything he believes in.
* BrightIsNoTGood: Some of the instances in which Patrick achieves omnipotence are accompanied by him glowing with a powerful golden light. The gold light is an indicator that Patrick is being motivated by fear.
*CallForward: The story is stated to begin in 2018, but through some nonsense about quantum entanglement, we are told that the powers that transcribed the world can reach either backwards and forwards in time to realize certain aspects of it.
**At the time of the story, Peter Capaldi's 12th Doctor was the most recent incarnation. However, later in the story, we get appearances by the 13th and 14th Doctors as well.
**Some of the dinosaurs' appearances are direct references to ''Series/PrehistoricPlanet'', released in 2022
**Some dinosaurs that were only published after the time of the story are referenced, such as ''Bajadasaurus''.
*CallForward: The story is stated to begin in 2018, but through some nonsense about quantum entanglement, we are told that the powers that transcribed the world can reach either backwards and forwards in time to realize certain aspects of it.
**At the time of the story, Peter Capaldi's 12th Doctor was the most recent incarnation. However, later in the story, we get appearances by the 13th and 14th Doctors as well.
**Some of the dinosaurs' appearances are direct references to ''Series/PrehistoricPlanet'', released in 2022
**Some dinosaurs that were only published after the time of the story are referenced, such as ''Bajadasaurus''.
* TheChessMaster: Hope is this, and her two most notable pawns are Morgoth and Patrick.
* CompleteMonster: The phrenovore. It is manipulative, cruel, callous, arrogant, and completely without remorse. It justifies itself by pointing out that it is, at the end of the day, a predator, and it doesn't behoove a lion to have sympathy for a zebra.
* CompleteMonster: The phrenovore. It is manipulative, cruel, callous, arrogant, and completely without remorse. It justifies itself by pointing out that it is, at the end of the day, a predator, and it doesn't behoove a lion to have sympathy for a zebra.
* {{Corrupter}}: Hope is this to Patrick, exacerbating his insecurities and causing him to lose trust in his friends.
* TheCorruption: The ultimate effect of Hope's influence is to feed Patrick's more negative attributes to the point where they can take on a life of their own.
* CrossoverExclusiveVillain: The phrenovore doesn't exist in any of the IPs that make an appearance, and its presence is directly related to the in-universe mechanism that allows the crossover to happen.
* CrossoverVillainInCheif: Morgoth beats down the various other evil overlords to become the dominant antagonistic force. So it seems at least - in reality, even Morgoth is just another pawn of the phrenovore, and his power is nothing next to Patrick's.
* TheCorruption: The ultimate effect of Hope's influence is to feed Patrick's more negative attributes to the point where they can take on a life of their own.
* CrossoverExclusiveVillain: The phrenovore doesn't exist in any of the IPs that make an appearance, and its presence is directly related to the in-universe mechanism that allows the crossover to happen.
* CrossoverVillainInCheif: Morgoth beats down the various other evil overlords to become the dominant antagonistic force. So it seems at least - in reality, even Morgoth is just another pawn of the phrenovore, and his power is nothing next to Patrick's.
* DavyJones: The iteration from the ''Franchise/PiratesOfTheCaribbean.'' He intercepts the company on Black Pearl and takes them prisoner.
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* Dream Sequence: Brendan starts having these later in the stories, both during the Buffy arc and the Lancelot arc. The first is implied to be a vision from the First Evil, while the second one foreshadows the conflict between Darren and Lancelot.
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*DecoyProtagonist: Given this is a self insert fic, one would expect Patrick to be the main protagonist, and while he does fulfill this role early in the story, the story begins to split focus between him and Brendan about half way, and then shifts entirely to Brendan.
*Dream Sequence: DiscOneFinalBoss: Turns out, defeating Morgoth was the easy part...
* DraconicAbomination: The final form of Patrick's 'bad' side is a huge black dragon with massive horns, spiked wings, and a deadly breath whose touch leads to a fate worse than death. It is said to a have a wingspan measured in ''miles.''
* Dracula: He leads the vampires in the Battle of the Three Cities.
* TheDragon: Patrick becomes this to the phrenovore when his 'bad' side takes on a life of its own.
* DreamSequence: Brendan starts having these later in the stories, both during the Buffy arc and the Lancelot arc. The first is implied to be a vision from the First Evil, while the second one foreshadows the conflict between Darren andLancelot.Lancelot.
* EldritchAbomination: The phrenovore is a creature that exists only in the so called 'world of thought.' We never get a clear idea of what its true form looks like - even it even has a ''true'' form at all, but it doesn't seem follow any known biological Bauplan.
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* DraconicAbomination: The final form of Patrick's 'bad' side is a huge black dragon with massive horns, spiked wings, and a deadly breath whose touch leads to a fate worse than death. It is said to a have a wingspan measured in ''miles.''
* Dracula: He leads the vampires in the Battle of the Three Cities.
* TheDragon: Patrick becomes this to the phrenovore when his 'bad' side takes on a life of its own.
* DreamSequence: Brendan starts having these later in the stories, both during the Buffy arc and the Lancelot arc. The first is implied to be a vision from the First Evil, while the second one foreshadows the conflict between Darren and
* EldritchAbomination: The phrenovore is a creature that exists only in the so called 'world of thought.' We never get a clear idea of what its true form looks like - even it even has a ''true'' form at all, but it doesn't seem follow any known biological Bauplan.
* EnemyWithout: Patrick's 'bad' side eventually grows so powerful that it splits from him and becomes its own autonomous entity.
* EvenEvilCanBeLoved: Brendan refuses to give up on Patrick, even in spite of all the horrible things he's done, and how selfish and malicious he's become.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Invoked by Brendan, who reasons that if Patrick's 'bad' side wanted them dead, he could simply will them to be so. The fact that he hasn't means that Patrick still values them to some degree.
* EvilFormerFriend: Patrick becomes this to Brendan, and to Ciri as well to a lesser extent.
* EvilIsPetty: Hope is able to bring out Patrick's 'evil' side by stroking his petty insecurities.
* EvilIsSexy: Or, at the very least, it can choose to take a sexy form.
* EvilOverlord: Morgoth Bauglir, the first great evil of Tolkien's Legendarium, beats out all the other evil overlords to become their ruler, taking command of all their forces. However Morgoth is quickly and unceremoniously disposed of about midway through the story to make way for the real villains.
* EvilSorcerer: A group of these - including Saruman of Many Colors and Vilgefortz of Roggeveen - show up at the City of the UA to neutralize its defenses.
* FaceHeelTurn: In a sense. It's not so much that Patrick becomes evil, so much that his negative attributes gain a life of their own. Still, the story makes it very clear that these attributes are Patrick's - when they look at the 'bad' Patrick their minds process it as Patrick, regardless of what shape it takes.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Hope. She appears to Patrick in an attractive form specifically made to appeal to him, but in reality, she is a phrenovore whose only motivation is to weaken Patrick so that she can more easily devour him.
* FakeFriend: Hope appears to Patrick as a kind heart, willing to be there for him and listen to him when he's having problems. In truth, this is to make him more trusting and dependent on her, which allows her to cut him off from true friends.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Invoked by Brendan, who reasons that if Patrick's 'bad' side wanted them dead, he could simply will them to be so. The fact that he hasn't means that Patrick still values them to some degree.
* EvilFormerFriend: Patrick becomes this to Brendan, and to Ciri as well to a lesser extent.
* EvilIsPetty: Hope is able to bring out Patrick's 'evil' side by stroking his petty insecurities.
* EvilIsSexy: Or, at the very least, it can choose to take a sexy form.
* EvilOverlord: Morgoth Bauglir, the first great evil of Tolkien's Legendarium, beats out all the other evil overlords to become their ruler, taking command of all their forces. However Morgoth is quickly and unceremoniously disposed of about midway through the story to make way for the real villains.
* EvilSorcerer: A group of these - including Saruman of Many Colors and Vilgefortz of Roggeveen - show up at the City of the UA to neutralize its defenses.
* FaceHeelTurn: In a sense. It's not so much that Patrick becomes evil, so much that his negative attributes gain a life of their own. Still, the story makes it very clear that these attributes are Patrick's - when they look at the 'bad' Patrick their minds process it as Patrick, regardless of what shape it takes.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Hope. She appears to Patrick in an attractive form specifically made to appeal to him, but in reality, she is a phrenovore whose only motivation is to weaken Patrick so that she can more easily devour him.
* FakeFriend: Hope appears to Patrick as a kind heart, willing to be there for him and listen to him when he's having problems. In truth, this is to make him more trusting and dependent on her, which allows her to cut him off from true friends.
* FashionableEvil: Depending on who you ask, Hope is either this or FashionVictimVillain.
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Hope comes across as this at first, but it's part of a ruse. She's really a horrible monster beyond comprehension trying to weaken Patrick so that she can eat his mind.
* GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe: Hope comes across as this at first, but it's part of a ruse. She's really a horrible monster beyond comprehension trying to weaken Patrick so that she can eat his mind.
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* TheHero: At first it appears as though Patrick will fullfill this role, especially given that this is a self insert fic. But the role of hero bounces from Patrick to his friend Brendan, and then back to Patrick
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* TheHero: At first it appears as though Patrick will fullfill this role, especially given that this is a self insert fic. But fic, but the role of hero bounces from more accurately describes Brendan (At least until the end).
* HeroProtagonist: Between the two protagonists, Brendan is the one comes across as more traditionally heroic (Though Patrickto does have his friend Brendan, and then back to Patrickmoments toward the end).
* HeroProtagonist: Between the two protagonists, Brendan is the one comes across as more traditionally heroic (Though Patrick
** Brendan's sword is destroyed at the exact moment he is forced to accept the evil of humanity, of Patrick, and of himself.
* HeroesWantRedheads: Patrick, and hard. He mentions having crushes on both Triss and Karen Gillan.
* HeroesWantRedheads: Patrick, and hard. He mentions having crushes on both Triss and Karen Gillan.
* InsecureLoveInterest: Brendan experiences these feelings when he first considers his attraction to Ciri, but is able to overcome them through a strong mutual trust. However, that trust is corroded by the First Evil later in the story, and Brendan begins to feel this way again.
* InsecureProtagonistArrogantAntagonist: Hope deliberately exploits Patrick's deep insecurities about himself to weaken him while growing stronger.
* InsecureProtagonistArrogantAntagonist: Hope deliberately exploits Patrick's deep insecurities about himself to weaken him while growing stronger.
* LeadYouCanRelateTo: Both Patrick and Brendan are pretty idiosyncratic, but you're much more likely to relate to them than the wizards, aliens, and lizard folk who make up the rest of the cast.
* LoserProtagonist: This is how Patrick begins to see himself about midway through the story, and it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy (for a while at least).
* MadeOfEvil: The First Evil appears in the Buffy storyline as it had in the show, but Brendan realizes that the concept of 'Evil Incarnate' has existed in many different forms, and is able to convince the First to take the shape of another evil being - Gaunter O'Dimm.
* MagicalGirlfriend: Ciri is this to Brendan after they start dating, since he has no magical abilities to speak of while she's a Child of the Elder Blood.
* MadeOfEvil: The First Evil appears in the Buffy storyline as it had in the show, but Brendan realizes that the concept of 'Evil Incarnate' has existed in many different forms, and is able to convince the First to take the shape of another evil being - Gaunter O'Dimm.
* MagicalGirlfriend: Ciri is this to Brendan after they start dating, since he has no magical abilities to speak of while she's a Child of the Elder Blood.
* MultipleProtagonists: Patrick and Brendan.
* PrincessProtagonist: Ciri
* PublicDomainCharacter: Count Dracula appears in the Battle of the Three Cities, leading the vampire horde.
*SwitchingPOV: Starts with Patrick, then bounces back and forth between him and Brendan, then Brendan takes over on his own for a while, and then Patrick comes back as the climax approaches.
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* VertebrateWithExtraLimbs: The Pandoran fauna, with their characteristic two hind limbs and four forelimbs.
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* VertebrateWithExtraLimbs: UniqueProtagonistAsset:
**The fact that this entire world is Patrick's mind means that he will always be at the center of events, and it gives him a unique kind of power.
** The fact that Brendan is Patrick's best friend also means that the responsibility to act to save the world falls more heavily on his shoulders.
* VertebrateWithExtraLimbs:
**The Pandoran fauna, with their characteristic two hind limbs and fourforelimbs. forelimbs.
** Murphy definitely has a preference for dragons with forelimbs, hindlimbs, and wings.
** {{Wendigo}}: Specifically the one from ''Pet Sematary'' shows up as an ArcVillain
**The fact that this entire world is Patrick's mind means that he will always be at the center of events, and it gives him a unique kind of power.
** The fact that Brendan is Patrick's best friend also means that the responsibility to act to save the world falls more heavily on his shoulders.
* VertebrateWithExtraLimbs:
**The Pandoran fauna, with their characteristic two hind limbs and four
** Murphy definitely has a preference for dragons with forelimbs, hindlimbs, and wings.
** {{Wendigo}}: Specifically the one from ''Pet Sematary'' shows up as an ArcVillain
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[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1069975/chapters/2146984 The World of the Creatures]] is a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover fiction written by Patrick Murphy at Archive of Our Own. It is a {{cross over}} fic, {{real person Fic}}, MetaFic, and SelfInsertFic combining a number of fandoms as well as actual people. Among the many franchises that feature in the story are ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'', ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', and ''Franchise/JurassicPark''. Some of the real people who appear include Creator/CarlSagan, Creator/JonStewart, Music/LadyGaga, and Creator/PeterJackson.
The story is a [[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind battle in the center of the author's mind]]. Murphy is attacked by a creature known as a Conceptivore - an entity that devours human minds by taking everything inside a person's head: thoughts, feelings, experiences, etc. and then turning it into a physical universe so that the Conceptivore can consume it. This premise is what allows the various franchises, as well as other fantastic elements, to come together.
The story mainly focuses on Brendan Anderson - an English major at the University of Vermont - who goes to sleep one night in his dorm only to wake up the next morning in a gigantic tropical jungle filled with dinosaurs and other extinct animals, various alien creatures from many different planets, and a weird assortment of people including a Manhattan-based Art Major, three high school teachers, paleontologist Darren Naish, Jon Stewart, Creator/StephenColbert, Creator/PeterJackson, Creator/StevenMoffat, UsefulNotes/{{Richard Dawkins}}, Creator/CarlSagan, UsefulNotes/{{Neil deGrasse Tyson}}, Creator/JossWhedon, Batman, [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy Summers]], [[Series/DoctorWho the Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Doctors and companions Amy Pond and Rory Williams]], and sci-fi artist Creator/WayneBarlowe. Brendan soon realizes a connection - everyone and everything in this world has a connection to his good friend, Patrick Murphy. They all either know him, he knows of them through their work, or they come from works of fiction he enjoys. The connection is strengthened by the fact that Patrick is an avid lover of biology, speculative zoology, and - most of all - paleontology, accounting for the multitudes of extinct animals and fictional creatures running around all over the place. Working together, they manage to track down Patrick, only for him to be kidnapped by the Conceptivore and its allies. Knowing that the only way to get out of this world is to destroy the Conceptivore, they embark on a mission to raise an army of creatures that can defeat the forces of the Conceptivore; forces that include Daleks, Cybermen, orcs, trolls, and many others.
There are currently 9 chapters available to read, though the fic is unfinished at the moment. Unlike many self Insert fics, ''the World of the Creatures'' actually features the author's friend as the main character, and Murphy is mostly absent from the story, appearing only briefly toward the beginning before being taken by the Conceptivore.
The story is a [[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind battle in the center of the author's mind]]. Murphy is attacked by a creature known as a Conceptivore - an entity that devours human minds by taking everything inside a person's head: thoughts, feelings, experiences, etc. and then turning it into a physical universe so that the Conceptivore can consume it. This premise is what allows the various franchises, as well as other fantastic elements, to come together.
The story mainly focuses on Brendan Anderson - an English major at the University of Vermont - who goes to sleep one night in his dorm only to wake up the next morning in a gigantic tropical jungle filled with dinosaurs and other extinct animals, various alien creatures from many different planets, and a weird assortment of people including a Manhattan-based Art Major, three high school teachers, paleontologist Darren Naish, Jon Stewart, Creator/StephenColbert, Creator/PeterJackson, Creator/StevenMoffat, UsefulNotes/{{Richard Dawkins}}, Creator/CarlSagan, UsefulNotes/{{Neil deGrasse Tyson}}, Creator/JossWhedon, Batman, [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy Summers]], [[Series/DoctorWho the Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Doctors and companions Amy Pond and Rory Williams]], and sci-fi artist Creator/WayneBarlowe. Brendan soon realizes a connection - everyone and everything in this world has a connection to his good friend, Patrick Murphy. They all either know him, he knows of them through their work, or they come from works of fiction he enjoys. The connection is strengthened by the fact that Patrick is an avid lover of biology, speculative zoology, and - most of all - paleontology, accounting for the multitudes of extinct animals and fictional creatures running around all over the place. Working together, they manage to track down Patrick, only for him to be kidnapped by the Conceptivore and its allies. Knowing that the only way to get out of this world is to destroy the Conceptivore, they embark on a mission to raise an army of creatures that can defeat the forces of the Conceptivore; forces that include Daleks, Cybermen, orcs, trolls, and many others.
There are currently 9 chapters available to read, though the fic is unfinished at the moment. Unlike many self Insert fics, ''the World of the Creatures'' actually features the author's friend as the main character, and Murphy is mostly absent from the story, appearing only briefly toward the beginning before being taken by the Conceptivore.
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The story
There are currently 15 chapters available to read, though the
There are currently 9 chapters available to read, though the fic is unfinished at the moment. Unlike many self Insert fics, ''the World of the Creatures'' actually features the author's friend as the main character, and Murphy is mostly absent from the story, appearing only briefly toward the beginning before being taken by the Conceptivore.
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* ActionGirl: Buffy Summers. With seven years of experience, plus supernatural slayer strength, Buffy isn't afraid to go after a troop of cybermen with nothing ''but her bare hands.''
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* ActionGirl: Ciri is the primary example. Her monster hunting skills come in extremely handy in the world. Later in the story, Buffy Summers. With seven years Summers joins the cast of experience, plus supernatural slayer strength, Buffy isn't afraid to go after main characters.
* ActiveRoyalty: Again, Ciri, as she is technically atroop princess.
* AllMythsAreTrue: In Patrick has heard ofcybermen with nothing ''but her bare hands.''a given myth, it will be present in the world, and will be just as real and solid as anything else.
* ActiveRoyalty: Again, Ciri, as she is technically a
* AllMythsAreTrue: In Patrick has heard of
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* AngryFistShake: Jon Stewart [[note]] who happens to provide the page image for this trope [[/note]] does this when Stephen Colbert makes a bad joke.
* AncientArtifact: The Biolangra.
* ArtifactOfDoom: Again, the Biolangra, at least in the wrong hands.
* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: played with. Old, innaccurate depictions of dinosaurs, such as the featherless raptors of ''Jurassic Park'' appear side-by-side with more accurate, up-to-date versions. Murphy will often go into detail to highlight the accuracy of these portrayals.
* BadassCrew: The company. Becomes more pronounced as the story goes on.
* AncientArtifact: The Biolangra.
* ArtifactOfDoom: Again, the Biolangra, at least in the wrong hands.
* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: played with. Old, innaccurate depictions of dinosaurs, such as the featherless raptors of ''Jurassic Park'' appear side-by-side with more accurate, up-to-date versions. Murphy will often go into detail to highlight the accuracy of these portrayals.
* BadassCrew: The company. Becomes more pronounced as the story goes on.
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* AndIMustScream: This is how Patrick describe the fate of anyone touched by the Black Bile.
* ArtifactOfDoom:
* ArtisticLicensePaleontology: played with. Old,
* BadassCrew: The company. Becomes more pronounced as the story goes
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* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: The main plot. It's Brendan, the rest of the company, and the creatures vs. the Conceptivore and its army of mooks.
* BigBad: The Conceptivore, a "creature of the abstract" that feeds on human minds, leaving them devoid of any sense of self or personality.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Giant spiders appear in Chapter 8. There is a strong possibility that many more exist elsewhere.
* BiggerOnTheInside: The Tardis. Even Brendan, who isn't a big fan of ''Doctor Who'', can't help but say this word for word.
* BlatantLies: The Doctors imply that [[spoiler:the only way out of the world of the creatures is to defeat the Conceptivore. While defeating the Conceptivore would get them back home, it isn't the only way. In fact, all they need to do to get home is die there. Even if the Conceptivore won, they'd still just end up back where they came from]]
* BuffySpeak: Buffy herself, not surprisingly. At one point she berates her ''Diplodocus'' as a, "stupid dinosaur, with its...dinosaur-ness."
* CallForward: From the point of view of the Doctor, this story takes place before "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor The Name of the Doctor]].'" When Darren asks the Tenth Doctor about his expertise, Ten mentions not being well versed in either watercolors or bee keeping.
* CelebrityParadox: Discussed. Many characters appear as their fictional portrayals rather than the actors who play them. The only exception is Stephen Colbert, who appears as the real Colbert, not the character.
* ContinuityNod:
** Buffy and Rory have a short moment of bonding over their shared habit of coming back from the dead. Buffy died twice, once in [[Recap/BuffytheVampireSlayerS1E12ProphecyGirl "Prophecy Girl"]] and again in [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E22TheGift "The Gift"]]. However, even she is impressed when Rory mentions "dying" five times. The instances he mentions are from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E7AmysChoice "Amy's Choice"]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E9ColdBlood "Cold Blood"]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E3TheCurseOfTheBlackSpot "The Curse of the Black Spot"]], and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E12ThePandoricaOpens "The Pandorica Opens"]].
** When talking with the Eleventh Doctor, one of the Silurians mentions an ark built before they went into hibernation, to which the Eleventh Doctor responds, "Oh you mean the one with all the dinosaurs?" This is a reference to the Silurian Ark seen in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E2DinosaursOnASpaceship "Dinosaurs on a Spacehship"]].
** While venting to her ''Diplodocus'', Buffy makes reference to "that whole musical fiasco." This is a reference to the ''Buffy'' MusicalEpisode [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E7OnceMoreWithFeeling "Once More With Feeling"]].
** Amy, as a throwaway mention during a conversation, mentions that she and Rory, to their irritation, still sleep in bunk beds. The idea that the Ponds sleep in bunk beds aboard the TARDIS is first mentioned in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E4TheDoctorsWife "The Doctor's Wife"]]. Also from that episode, the Doctor refers to the TARDIS as "Sexy".
* CoolPet: The company members and their spirit creatures. Brendan's is a thanator, Amanda's is a [[Film/{{Aliens}} Xenomorph Queen]], and Buffy's is a ''Diplodocus''.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Batman qualifies, as always. Brendan also applies. He dresses in all black clothes all the time. He explains this as an attempt to define himself in an uncontrollable external world.
* BigBad: The Conceptivore, a "creature of the abstract" that feeds on human minds, leaving them devoid of any sense of self or personality.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: Giant spiders appear in Chapter 8. There is a strong possibility that many more exist elsewhere.
* BiggerOnTheInside: The Tardis. Even Brendan, who isn't a big fan of ''Doctor Who'', can't help but say this word for word.
* BlatantLies: The Doctors imply that [[spoiler:the only way out of the world of the creatures is to defeat the Conceptivore. While defeating the Conceptivore would get them back home, it isn't the only way. In fact, all they need to do to get home is die there. Even if the Conceptivore won, they'd still just end up back where they came from]]
* BuffySpeak: Buffy herself, not surprisingly. At one point she berates her ''Diplodocus'' as a, "stupid dinosaur, with its...dinosaur-ness."
* CallForward: From the point of view of the Doctor, this story takes place before "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor The Name of the Doctor]].'" When Darren asks the Tenth Doctor about his expertise, Ten mentions not being well versed in either watercolors or bee keeping.
* CelebrityParadox: Discussed. Many characters appear as their fictional portrayals rather than the actors who play them. The only exception is Stephen Colbert, who appears as the real Colbert, not the character.
* ContinuityNod:
** Buffy and Rory have a short moment of bonding over their shared habit of coming back from the dead. Buffy died twice, once in [[Recap/BuffytheVampireSlayerS1E12ProphecyGirl "Prophecy Girl"]] and again in [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E22TheGift "The Gift"]]. However, even she is impressed when Rory mentions "dying" five times. The instances he mentions are from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E7AmysChoice "Amy's Choice"]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E9ColdBlood "Cold Blood"]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E3TheCurseOfTheBlackSpot "The Curse of the Black Spot"]], and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E12ThePandoricaOpens "The Pandorica Opens"]].
** When talking with the Eleventh Doctor, one of the Silurians mentions an ark built before they went into hibernation, to which the Eleventh Doctor responds, "Oh you mean the one with all the dinosaurs?" This is a reference to the Silurian Ark seen in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E2DinosaursOnASpaceship "Dinosaurs on a Spacehship"]].
** While venting to her ''Diplodocus'', Buffy makes reference to "that whole musical fiasco." This is a reference to the ''Buffy'' MusicalEpisode [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E7OnceMoreWithFeeling "Once More With Feeling"]].
** Amy, as a throwaway mention during a conversation, mentions that she and Rory, to their irritation, still sleep in bunk beds. The idea that the Ponds sleep in bunk beds aboard the TARDIS is first mentioned in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E4TheDoctorsWife "The Doctor's Wife"]]. Also from that episode, the Doctor refers to the TARDIS as "Sexy".
* CoolPet: The company members and their spirit creatures. Brendan's is a thanator, Amanda's is a [[Film/{{Aliens}} Xenomorph Queen]], and Buffy's is a ''Diplodocus''.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Batman qualifies, as always. Brendan also applies. He dresses in all black clothes all the time. He explains this as an attempt to define himself in an uncontrollable external world.
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* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: The main plot. It's Brendan, Though initially the rest of the company, and the creatures vs. the Conceptivore and its war is waged by Morgoth commanding an army of mooks.
antagonistic forces from across fiction, the focus of the main threat shifts over the course of the story to Patrick himself, and to the phrenovore.
* BigBad:The Conceptivore, a "creature of the abstract" At first, this appears to be Morgoth Bauglir, but in time we learn that feeds on human minds, leaving them devoid of any sense of self or personality.
the real big bad is the Phrenovore. Her ultimate goal is to weaken Patrick so that he can no longer present a threat, and then consume his mind for sustenance.
*BigCreepyCrawlies: BigCreepyCrawlies:
**Chapter Three features giant ants attacking the area around the Great Tree. Giantspiders Spiders appear in Chapter 8. the Battle of the Three Cities. The origin of these are unknown.
** Thereis a strong possibility that many more exist elsewhere.
are also casual references to extinct genera such as ''Arthropleura'' (a giant millipede) and ''Meganeura'' (a giant relative of dragonflies)
* BiggerOnTheInside: The Tardis.Even Brendan, who isn't a big fan of ''Doctor Who'', can't help but say this word for word.
* BlatantLies:The Doctors imply that [[spoiler:the only way out interior of the world of the creatures continent is implied to defeat the Conceptivore. While defeating the Conceptivore would get them back home, it isn't the only way. In fact, all they need be like this compared to do to get home is die there. Even if the Conceptivore won, they'd still just end up back where they came from]]
its coastline.
* BuffySpeak: Buffy herself, not surprisingly. At one point she berates her ''Diplodocus'' as a, "stupid dinosaur, with its...dinosaur-ness."\n* CallForward: From the point of view of the Doctor, this story takes place before "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E13TheNameOfTheDoctor The Name of the Doctor]].'" When Darren asks the Tenth Doctor about his expertise, Ten mentions not being well versed in either watercolors or bee keeping.
* CelebrityParadox:Discussed. Many characters appear as their fictional portrayals rather than Alluded to. Karen Gillan and Amelia Pond both exist in this universe, but never meet, so the actors who play them. The only exception is Stephen Colbert, who appears as the real Colbert, not the character.
* ContinuityNod:
** Buffy and Rory have a short moment of bonding over their shared habit of coming back from the dead. Buffy died twice, once in [[Recap/BuffytheVampireSlayerS1E12ProphecyGirl "Prophecy Girl"]] and again in [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E22TheGift "The Gift"]]. However, even she is impressed when Rory mentions "dying" five times. The instances he mentions are from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E7AmysChoice "Amy's Choice"]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E9ColdBlood "Cold Blood"]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E3TheCurseOfTheBlackSpot "The Curse of the Black Spot"]], and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E12ThePandoricaOpens "The Pandorica Opens"]].
** When talking with the Eleventh Doctor, one of the Silurians mentions an ark built before they went into hibernation, to which the Eleventh Doctor responds, "Oh you mean the one with all the dinosaurs?" This is a reference to the Silurian Ark seen in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E2DinosaursOnASpaceship "Dinosaurs on a Spacehship"]].
** While venting to her ''Diplodocus'', Buffy makes reference to "that whole musical fiasco." This is a reference to the ''Buffy'' MusicalEpisode [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E7OnceMoreWithFeeling "Once More With Feeling"]].
** Amy, as a throwaway mentionexact issue never comes up. Brendan also thinks about it briefly during a conversation, mentions that she and Rory, to their irritation, still sleep in bunk beds. The idea that Patrick's party after seeing Ian Mckellen, having previously interacted with Gandalf the Ponds sleep in bunk beds aboard the TARDIS is first mentioned in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E4TheDoctorsWife "The Doctor's Wife"]]. Also from that episode, the Doctor refers to the TARDIS as "Sexy".
Grey.
* CoolPet: Thecompany members and their spirit creatures. Brendan's is a thanator, Amanda's Patrick's is a [[Film/{{Aliens}} Xenomorph Queen]], large dromaeosaur, and Buffy's Ciri's is a ''Diplodocus''.
swallow.
* Crapsack World: While the territories overseen by the UA are almost a paradise, as Patrick's mental state deteriorates, so too does the UA's ability to hold things together. As he gets worse, so does the world.
*DarkAndTroubledPast: Patrick is shown to have struggled with depression, eating disorders, and suicidal ideation in the past, before the world was formed. As things get worse for him ,these begin to surface once more.
* DarkIsNotEvil:Batman qualifies, as always. Brendan also applies. is a huge example. He dresses in all black clothes all the time.time, but is generally cheerful, friendly, and well-meaning. He explains this as an attempt to define himself in an uncontrollable external world.
* BigBad:
*
**Chapter Three features giant ants attacking the area around the Great Tree. Giant
** There
* BiggerOnTheInside: The Tardis.
* BlatantLies:
* BuffySpeak: Buffy herself, not surprisingly.
* CelebrityParadox:
* ContinuityNod:
** Buffy and Rory have a short moment of bonding over their shared habit of coming back from the dead. Buffy died twice, once in [[Recap/BuffytheVampireSlayerS1E12ProphecyGirl "Prophecy Girl"]] and again in [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS5E22TheGift "The Gift"]]. However, even she is impressed when Rory mentions "dying" five times. The instances he mentions are from [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E7AmysChoice "Amy's Choice"]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E9ColdBlood "Cold Blood"]], [[Recap/DoctorWhoS32E3TheCurseOfTheBlackSpot "The Curse of the Black Spot"]], and [[Recap/DoctorWhoS31E12ThePandoricaOpens "The Pandorica Opens"]].
** When talking with the Eleventh Doctor, one of the Silurians mentions an ark built before they went into hibernation, to which the Eleventh Doctor responds, "Oh you mean the one with all the dinosaurs?" This is a reference to the Silurian Ark seen in [[Recap/DoctorWhoS33E2DinosaursOnASpaceship "Dinosaurs on a Spacehship"]].
** While venting to her ''Diplodocus'', Buffy makes reference to "that whole musical fiasco." This is a reference to the ''Buffy'' MusicalEpisode [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS6E7OnceMoreWithFeeling "Once More With Feeling"]].
** Amy, as a throwaway mention
* CoolPet: The
* Crapsack World: While the territories overseen by the UA are almost a paradise, as Patrick's mental state deteriorates, so too does the UA's ability to hold things together. As he gets worse, so does the world.
*DarkAndTroubledPast: Patrick is shown to have struggled with depression, eating disorders, and suicidal ideation in the past, before the world was formed. As things get worse for him ,these begin to surface once more.
* DarkIsNotEvil:
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* DragonHoard: The group in Chapter 9 stumbles across one by complete accident. Luckily, the dragon in question is asleep...for the moment...
* EldritchLocation: Patrick's mind comes off as this sometimes. It's mostly covered in dense jungle and home to - more or less - every living thing from any variation of time, space, or imagination.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: For Brendan, when he first wakes up and is attacked by the thanator, the scene let's us know that Brendan is smart, resourceful, and keeps cool in dangerous situations.
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Given that Murphy is an avid fan of paleontology, it only figures that the company encounters many dinosaurs and other extinct creatures in their journeys through his mind.
* [[EvilDetectingDog Evil-Detecting Creature]]: The giant apes and the xenomorph queen can sense that Olivia and her friends are vampires. Tobey even voices his frustration with this trope.
* FantasticRacism: The Na'vi, [[Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes apes]], and Silurians are all immediately distrustful of humans, thought not exactly without cause.
* FishOutOfWater: Out of all the members of the company, Lady Gaga probably sticks out as the least likely to find herself in a story about dinosaurs and aliens.
* FlatWhat: Brendan has several of these in the first chapter. But then, wouldn't you given the situation?
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** The first creature Brendan meets in the story is a thanator. This eventually turns out to be his spirit creature.
** When Darren asks Buffy what creatures she's seen so far, Buffy mentions seeing really big footprints. Darren speculates that these are probably sauropod tracks. Later, Buffy discovers her spirit creature is a ''Diplodocus'' - I.E. a sauropod.
** The author uses the word ''truthiness'' at one point early in Chapter 2. Shortly afterwards, Stephen Colbert shows up.
* GiantSpider: A whole colony of them. And they talk. These spiders may or may not be from either ''Literature/HarryPotter'' or ''Literature/TheHobbit''
* HerbivoresAreFriendly: Averted a fair few times. Sometimes they're nice, and sometimes they're nasty. For example, Amanda, Pete, Neil, and Nine encounter an Indricothere that proceeds to act very aggressively toward them for seemingly no reason.
* TheHero: Brendan Anderson: Murphy's real-life friend who leads the others in their campaign against the Conceptivore.
* EldritchLocation: Patrick's mind comes off as this sometimes. It's mostly covered in dense jungle and home to - more or less - every living thing from any variation of time, space, or imagination.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: For Brendan, when he first wakes up and is attacked by the thanator, the scene let's us know that Brendan is smart, resourceful, and keeps cool in dangerous situations.
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Given that Murphy is an avid fan of paleontology, it only figures that the company encounters many dinosaurs and other extinct creatures in their journeys through his mind.
* [[EvilDetectingDog Evil-Detecting Creature]]: The giant apes and the xenomorph queen can sense that Olivia and her friends are vampires. Tobey even voices his frustration with this trope.
* FantasticRacism: The Na'vi, [[Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes apes]], and Silurians are all immediately distrustful of humans, thought not exactly without cause.
* FishOutOfWater: Out of all the members of the company, Lady Gaga probably sticks out as the least likely to find herself in a story about dinosaurs and aliens.
* FlatWhat: Brendan has several of these in the first chapter. But then, wouldn't you given the situation?
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** The first creature Brendan meets in the story is a thanator. This eventually turns out to be his spirit creature.
** When Darren asks Buffy what creatures she's seen so far, Buffy mentions seeing really big footprints. Darren speculates that these are probably sauropod tracks. Later, Buffy discovers her spirit creature is a ''Diplodocus'' - I.E. a sauropod.
** The author uses the word ''truthiness'' at one point early in Chapter 2. Shortly afterwards, Stephen Colbert shows up.
* GiantSpider: A whole colony of them. And they talk. These spiders may or may not be from either ''Literature/HarryPotter'' or ''Literature/TheHobbit''
* HerbivoresAreFriendly: Averted a fair few times. Sometimes they're nice, and sometimes they're nasty. For example, Amanda, Pete, Neil, and Nine encounter an Indricothere that proceeds to act very aggressively toward them for seemingly no reason.
* TheHero: Brendan Anderson: Murphy's real-life friend who leads the others in their campaign against the Conceptivore.
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* DragonHoard: Dream Sequence: Brendan starts having these later in the stories, both during the Buffy arc and the Lancelot arc. The group in Chapter 9 stumbles across first is implied to be a vision from the First Evil, while the second one by complete accident. Luckily, foreshadows the dragon in question is asleep...for the moment...
conflict between Darren and Lancelot.
* EldritchLocation: Patrick's mind comes off as this sometimes. It's mostly covered in dense jungle and home to - more or less - every living thing from any variation of time, space, or imagination. Things get even weirder if you leave the planet.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: For Brendan, when he first wakes up *ElvesVSDwarves : Averted. Elves and is attacked by dwarves are allies under the thanator, the scene let's us know that Brendan is smart, resourceful, and keeps cool in dangerous situations.
Universal Alliance.
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Given that Murphy is an avid fan of paleontology, it only figures thatthe company encounters many dinosaurs and other extinct prehistoric creatures in their journeys through his mind.
* [[EvilDetectingDog Evil-Detecting Creature]]: The giant apes and the xenomorph queen can sense that Olivia and her friends are vampires. Tobeywould feature prominently, even voices his frustration with this trope.
if they're aren't central to the story.
*FantasticRacism: FantasticTerrorists: The Na'vi, [[Franchise/PlanetOfTheApes apes]], and Silurians are all immediately distrustful of humans, thought not exactly without cause.
* FishOutOfWater: Out of all themembers of the company, Lady Gaga probably sticks out as the least likely to find herself in a story about dinosaurs and aliens.
* FlatWhat: Brendan has several of these in the first chapter. But then, wouldn't you given the situation?
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** The first creature Brendan meets in the story is a thanator. This eventually turns outRemain Pary, who don't want Patrick's world to be his spirit creature.
** When Darren asks Buffy what creatures she's seen so far, Buffy mentions seeing really big footprints. Darren speculates that these are probably sauropod tracks. Later, Buffy discovers her spirit creature is a ''Diplodocus'' - I.E. a sauropod.
** The author usesundone and go back to their places of origin. During the word ''truthiness'' at one point early in Chapter 2. Shortly afterwards, Stephen Colbert shows up.
resolution to decide on the world's ultimate fate, they storm the palace.
* GiantSpider: A wholecolony army of them. And they talk. These spiders may or may not be from either ''Literature/HarryPotter'' or ''Literature/TheHobbit''
them aids the forces of Morgoth in the Battle of the Three Cities.
* HerbivoresAreFriendly: Averted a fair few times.Sometimes they're nice, Herbivores are often portrayed as belligerent and sometimes they're nasty. For example, Amanda, Pete, Neil, and Nine encounter an Indricothere that proceeds to act very aggressively toward them for seemingly no reason.
aggressive.
* TheHero:Brendan Anderson: Murphy's real-life At first it appears as though Patrick will fullfill this role, especially given that this is a self insert fic. But the role of hero bounces from Patrick to his friend who leads the others in their campaign against the Conceptivore. Brendan, and then back to Patrick
* EldritchLocation: Patrick's mind comes off as this sometimes. It's mostly covered in dense jungle and home to - more or less - every living thing from any variation of time, space, or imagination. Things get even weirder if you leave the planet.
* EverythingsBetterWithDinosaurs: Given that Murphy is an avid fan of paleontology, it only figures that
* [[EvilDetectingDog Evil-Detecting Creature]]: The giant apes and the xenomorph queen can sense that Olivia and her friends are vampires. Tobey
*
* FishOutOfWater: Out of all the
* FlatWhat: Brendan has several of these in the first chapter. But then, wouldn't you given the situation?
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** The first creature Brendan meets in the story is a thanator. This eventually turns out
** When Darren asks Buffy what creatures she's seen so far, Buffy mentions seeing really big footprints. Darren speculates that these are probably sauropod tracks. Later, Buffy discovers her spirit creature is a ''Diplodocus'' - I.E. a sauropod.
** The author uses
* GiantSpider: A whole
* HerbivoresAreFriendly: Averted a fair few times.
* TheHero:
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* HorseOfADifferentColor: Applies to all the spirit creatures that have riders, such as Brendan's thanator. Also applies to the Na'vi and their direhorses, which the author describes as being, "horses of more than just a different color."
* HumanAliens: the Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Doctors.
* HumanAliens: the Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Doctors.
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* HorseOfADifferentColor: Applies **Applies to all the spirit creatures that have riders, such as Brendan's thanator. Also thanator.
**Also applies to the Na'vi and their direhorses, which the author describes as being, "horses of more than just a different color."
**During the Lancelot storyline, we learn that people in the desert ride ''Gallimimus'' instead of horses because they can go for longer without water.
* HumanAliens: The Doctor is theNinth, Tenth, most prominent example, but there's passing references to others, such as Nova Prime and Eleventh Doctors.the Kree.
**Also applies to the Na'vi and their direhorses, which the author describes as being, "horses of more than just a different color."
**During the Lancelot storyline, we learn that people in the desert ride ''Gallimimus'' instead of horses because they can go for longer without water.
* HumanAliens: The Doctor is the
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* HungryJungle: This is ''not'' the sort of place you'd want to unexpectedly find yourself all alone in...
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: The dragon encountered in Chapter 9 doesn't seem to really affect the plot in any way, but it nonetheless has quite a presence.
* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: A less abstract version than usual. Murphy's mind is a very straightforward world populated by thoughts that physically manifest themselves as the people/places/things from Murphy's life. The Conceptivore -- whose powers the Doctors [[HandWave are careful to]] [[TechnoBabble not clearly explain]] -- is responsible for the formation of the setting.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: The dragon encountered in Chapter 9 doesn't seem to really affect the plot in any way, but it nonetheless has quite a presence.
* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: A less abstract version than usual. Murphy's mind is a very straightforward world populated by thoughts that physically manifest themselves as the people/places/things from Murphy's life. The Conceptivore -- whose powers the Doctors [[HandWave are careful to]] [[TechnoBabble not clearly explain]] -- is responsible for the formation of the setting.
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* HungryJungle: This is ''not'' The vast jungles that cover great swaths of the sort continent, especially in the equatorial regions. A good number of place you'd want the animal species are more than happy to unexpectedly find yourself all alone in...
eat you, and the rest aren't exactly friendly either.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: Thedragon encountered in Chapter 9 doesn't seem to really affect dragons that attack during the plot in any way, but it nonetheless has quite Battle of the Three Cities. Darren also gives a presence.vivid description of an attack by Ancalogon the Black.
* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: A less abstract version than usual. Murphy's mind is avery more or less straightforward world populated by thoughts that physically manifest themselves as the people/places/things from Murphy's Patrick's life. The Conceptivore phrenovore -- whose who never explains her powers the Doctors [[HandWave are careful to]] [[TechnoBabble not clearly explain]] in any detail -- is responsible for the formation of the setting.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: The
* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: A less abstract version than usual. Murphy's mind is a
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: There's a part where the characters are discussing their situation, and they stop just short of proclaiming "hey, we're in a fan fic!"
* LizardFolk: The Silurians of ''Doctor Who.''
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There are 22 main characters. That's not even counting supporting characters or antagonists. To keep people from losing track of the characters, Murphy splits them up into five smaller groups midway through the story.
* MacGuffin: The Grand Unifying Theme -- the central idea binding the World of the Creatures. If the Conceptivore acquires it, it would be able to destroy the world in one fell swoop.
* TheMaster: Both the Cybermen and the orcs refer to the Conceptivore as "The Master." Accordingly, Steven Moffat thinks they're talking about [[Series/DoctorWho The Master]], while Buffy thinks they're talking about [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer The Master]].
* MeasuringTheMarigolds: With Richard Dawkins, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Carl Sagan as characters, you can bet this is averted.
* MisplacedWildlife: Many creatures that don't live in a rain forest biome show up in the jungle. One particularly jarring example is Meghan's Colombian Mammoth, an animal that lived in North American prairies during the last Ice Age.
* TheNameless: The Conceptivore is never given a name, and is referred simply by its species' name. The leaders of the Na'vi tribe are also not given names.
* NatureLover: Applies to many, but Darren especially. When the other members of his group are taking a break, Darren goes out to look for frogs and salamanders.
* LizardFolk: The Silurians of ''Doctor Who.''
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: There are 22 main characters. That's not even counting supporting characters or antagonists. To keep people from losing track of the characters, Murphy splits them up into five smaller groups midway through the story.
* MacGuffin: The Grand Unifying Theme -- the central idea binding the World of the Creatures. If the Conceptivore acquires it, it would be able to destroy the world in one fell swoop.
* TheMaster: Both the Cybermen and the orcs refer to the Conceptivore as "The Master." Accordingly, Steven Moffat thinks they're talking about [[Series/DoctorWho The Master]], while Buffy thinks they're talking about [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer The Master]].
* MeasuringTheMarigolds: With Richard Dawkins, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Carl Sagan as characters, you can bet this is averted.
* MisplacedWildlife: Many creatures that don't live in a rain forest biome show up in the jungle. One particularly jarring example is Meghan's Colombian Mammoth, an animal that lived in North American prairies during the last Ice Age.
* TheNameless: The Conceptivore is never given a name, and is referred simply by its species' name. The leaders of the Na'vi tribe are also not given names.
* NatureLover: Applies to many, but Darren especially. When the other members of his group are taking a break, Darren goes out to look for frogs and salamanders.
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: There's a part where During the characters are discussing their situation, and they stop just short quest for Patrick, Brendan makes choices depending on what kind of proclaiming "hey, we're in a fan fic!"
story he believes himself to be in
*LizardFolk: The LizardFolk:
**The Silurians of ''DoctorWho.''
Who''
**The Saurosapients from ''All Tomorrows''
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters:There are 22 main characters. That's not even counting supporting characters or antagonists. To keep people from losing track of Given the characters, sheer number of franchises that feature, this is a given, but Murphy splits them up into five smaller groups midway through makes effort to keep the story.
* MacGuffin: The Grand Unifying Theme -- the central idea binding the World of the Creatures. If the Conceptivore acquires it, it wouldfocus on a relatively small number at any given time, but even this can be able to destroy the world in one fell swoop.
as many as ten.
* TheMaster:Both the Cybermen and the orcs refer to the Conceptivore as "The Master." Accordingly, Steven Moffat thinks they're talking about [[Series/DoctorWho The Master]], while Master from Buffy thinks they're talking about [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer The Master]].
* MeasuringTheMarigolds: With Richard Dawkins, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Carl Sagan as characters, you can bet thisis averted.
an antagonist during that story arc. Since the Doctor is present, there is some initial confusion.
* MisplacedWildlife: Many creatures that don't live in a rain forest biome show up in the jungle. One particularly jarring example is Meghan's Colombian Mammoth, an animal that lived in North American prairies during the last Ice Age.\n* TheNameless: The Conceptivore is never given a name, and is referred simply by its species' name. The leaders of the Na'vi tribe are also not given names.\n
* NatureLover: Applies to many, including Patrick, but Darren especially.When He delights in identifying the other members of his group are taking a break, Darren goes out to look for frogs many species they encounter on the quest, and salamanders.is willing to stand between a furious Lancelot and a helpless ''Tarbosaurus.''
*
**The Silurians of ''Doctor
**The Saurosapients from ''All Tomorrows''
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters:
* MacGuffin: The Grand Unifying Theme -- the central idea binding the World of the Creatures. If the Conceptivore acquires it, it would
* TheMaster:
* MeasuringTheMarigolds: With Richard Dawkins, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Carl Sagan as characters, you can bet this
* MisplacedWildlife: Many creatures that don't live in a rain forest biome show up in the jungle.
* NatureLover: Applies to many, including Patrick, but Darren especially.
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* NoBiochemicalBarriers: Brendan notices that he and the thanator can both breathe the air, even though Pandora and Earth have radically different atmospheres to the point where humans can't breathe on Pandora without some sort of breathing apparatus.
* NotSoDifferent: The Eleventh Doctor tries this with Batman. Batman doesn't buy it.
* TheNthDoctor: Not surprising considering [[IncrediblyLamePun who's]] in it. This story features the Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh incarnations of the Doctor. It is unknown whether or not the other eight are out somewhere in the world of the creatures.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted. Stephen Colbert, meet Steven Moffat!
* PlaceBeyondTime: The eponymous world. The Doctor explains that this trope is the reason the Tardis initially can't travel through it.
* ProudWarriorRace: The various creature allies tend to fall under this category, but it's particularly noticeable in the Yautja and the Na'vi.
* NotSoDifferent: The Eleventh Doctor tries this with Batman. Batman doesn't buy it.
* TheNthDoctor: Not surprising considering [[IncrediblyLamePun who's]] in it. This story features the Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh incarnations of the Doctor. It is unknown whether or not the other eight are out somewhere in the world of the creatures.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted. Stephen Colbert, meet Steven Moffat!
* PlaceBeyondTime: The eponymous world. The Doctor explains that this trope is the reason the Tardis initially can't travel through it.
* ProudWarriorRace: The various creature allies tend to fall under this category, but it's particularly noticeable in the Yautja and the Na'vi.
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* NoBiochemicalBarriers: Brendan notices that he The various creatures from disparate planets are shown feeding on plants and the thanator can both breathe the air, even though Pandora and Earth have radically different atmospheres animals from other worlds, such as Pandroan sturmbeests being able to the point where humans can't breathe feed on Pandora without some sort of breathing apparatus.
* NotSoDifferent: The Eleventh Doctor tries this with Batman. Batman doesn't buy it.
grass from Earth.
* TheNthDoctor: Not surprising considering [[IncrediblyLamePun who's]] in it. This storyfeatures first introduces us to the Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh incarnations of 12th Doctor, though he is later replaced by the Doctor. It is unknown whether or not the other eight are out somewhere in the world of the creatures.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted. Stephen Colbert, meet Steven Moffat!
11th.
* PlaceBeyondTime:The eponymous world. The Doctor explains that this trope is When Hope briefly sends Patrick home, no time has passed for him there, despite years having passed in the reason the Tardis initially can't travel through it.
world of his mind.
* ProudWarriorRace: The various creature allies tend to fall under this category, but it's particularly noticeable in theYautja Yautja, the Na'vi, and the Na'vi.Ice Warriors.
* NotSoDifferent: The Eleventh Doctor tries this with Batman. Batman doesn't buy it.
* TheNthDoctor: Not surprising considering [[IncrediblyLamePun who's]] in it. This story
* OneSteveLimit: Averted. Stephen Colbert, meet Steven Moffat!
* PlaceBeyondTime:
* ProudWarriorRace: The various creature allies tend to fall under this category, but it's particularly noticeable in the
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* TheQuietOne: Maggie. She doesn't say much, even when talking to other characters. This is why the characters are surprised when [[spoiler:she runs away, leaving a note explaining how the stress of the situation has been slowly building up insider her, and she can't take it anymore]]
* RageAgainstTheAuthor: Buffy meets Joss Whedon and she is ''not'' happy.
* RaptorAttack: Averted with Dawkins' ''Utahraptor'' which is described has being fat with feathers.
* RageAgainstTheAuthor: Buffy meets Joss Whedon and she is ''not'' happy.
* RaptorAttack: Averted with Dawkins' ''Utahraptor'' which is described has being fat with feathers.
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* RaptorAttack: Averted with
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* RhinoRampage: There's a stampeding herd of brontotheres that shows up toward the beginning of Chapter 8
* RuinsForRuinsSake: Chapter 9 features the old, decaying temples built by the peoples of Skull Island. Not only do they not serve the plot, they actually facilitate a tangent that disrupts the flow of the greater story.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: There are many more obscure taxa included in the story. A few examples include ''Einiosaurus'', ''Ambelodon'', and ''Inostrancevia''
* ShoutOut: At one point, Brendan and Patrick quote Series/{{Blackadder}} at each other.
* RuinsForRuinsSake: Chapter 9 features the old, decaying temples built by the peoples of Skull Island. Not only do they not serve the plot, they actually facilitate a tangent that disrupts the flow of the greater story.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: There are many more obscure taxa included in the story. A few examples include ''Einiosaurus'', ''Ambelodon'', and ''Inostrancevia''
* ShoutOut: At one point, Brendan and Patrick quote Series/{{Blackadder}} at each other.
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* RhinoRampage: There's a stampeding herd of brontotheres that shows up toward the beginning of Chapter 8
* RuinsForRuinsSake: Chapter 9 features the old, decaying temples built by the peoples of Skull Island. Not only do they not serve the plot, they actually facilitate a tangent that disrupts the flow of the greater story.
6.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: There are many more obscure prehistoric taxa included in the story. A few examples include''Einiosaurus'', ''Ambelodon'', ''Darwinopterus'', ''Amebelodon'', and ''Inostrancevia''
* ShoutOut: At one point, Brendan and Patrick quote Series/{{Blackadder}} at each other.''Secernosaurus''
* RuinsForRuinsSake: Chapter 9 features the old, decaying temples built by the peoples of Skull Island. Not only do they not serve the plot, they actually facilitate a tangent that disrupts the flow of the greater story.
* SeldomSeenSpecies: There are many more obscure prehistoric taxa included in the story. A few examples include
* ShoutOut: At one point, Brendan and Patrick quote Series/{{Blackadder}} at each other.
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* SpiderSwarm: One so nasty that even the Eleventh Doctor and Batman nearly end up being eaten.
* StarfishAliens: There are a few references to [[{{Literature/Expedition}} creatures from the planet Darwin IV]]; very fitting considering Wayne Barlowe is one of the characters. As such, many of Darwin IV's more bizarre creatures make an appearance. Most prominently, a daggerwrist is Barlowe's spirit creature.
* SuperPersistentPredator: The thanator. Darren's description of the thanator actually provides the page quote. Averted with other creatures. Darren and the Tenth Doctor encounter a gorgonopsian, and they observe that it doesn't attack them because it's just not interested at the moment (they're still cautious around it, though).
* TechnoBabble: Nearly all of it from the Doctors.
* StarfishAliens: There are a few references to [[{{Literature/Expedition}} creatures from the planet Darwin IV]]; very fitting considering Wayne Barlowe is one of the characters. As such, many of Darwin IV's more bizarre creatures make an appearance. Most prominently, a daggerwrist is Barlowe's spirit creature.
* SuperPersistentPredator: The thanator. Darren's description of the thanator actually provides the page quote. Averted with other creatures. Darren and the Tenth Doctor encounter a gorgonopsian, and they observe that it doesn't attack them because it's just not interested at the moment (they're still cautious around it, though).
* TechnoBabble: Nearly all of it from the Doctors.
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* SpiderSwarm: One so nasty that even attacks the Eleventh Doctor and Batman nearly end up being eaten.
City of the UA during the Battle of the Three Cities.
*StarfishAliens: There StarfishAliens:
**There are a few references to [[{{Literature/Expedition}} creatures from the planet DarwinIV]]; very fitting considering Wayne Barlowe is one of the characters. As such, many of Darwin IV's more bizarre IV]] and from C. M. Koseman's Snaiad.
**The so-called creaturesmake an appearance. Most prominently, a daggerwrist is Barlowe's spirit creature.
of the abstract, including the phrenovore, are somewhere between this and eldritch abominations.
* SuperPersistentPredator: The thanator. Darren's description of the thanator actually provides the page quote. Averted with other creatures.Darren and the Tenth Doctor encounter a gorgonopsian, and they observe that it doesn't attack them because it's just not interested at the moment (they're still cautious around it, though).
* TechnoBabble: Nearly all of it from the Doctors.
*
**There are a few references to [[{{Literature/Expedition}} creatures from the planet Darwin
**The so-called creatures
* SuperPersistentPredator: The thanator. Darren's description of the thanator actually provides the page quote. Averted with other creatures.
* TechnoBabble: Nearly all of it from the Doctors.
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* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: When Joss, Heather, Meghan, and Brendan are attacked by two carnivorous dinosaurs, Brendan throws his sword at one of the creatures' legs. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] in that Brendan doesn't actually expect it to work.
* ToothyBird: Early on, Brendan and Lady Gaga encounter an extinct toothed bird.
* ToothyBird: Early on, Brendan and Lady Gaga encounter an extinct toothed bird.
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* VineSwing: subverted. Brendan tries this to swing across a gorge and away from an attacking thanator. While he does succeed in avoiding the thanator, the vine doesn't swing to the other side, and leaves Brendan dangling over the gorge.
* WhatTheHellHero: Carl Sagan's reaction to the Eleventh Doctor when he learns that [[spoiler:the Doctor lied, and they don't actually need to save Patrick to return home]].
* WhatTheHellHero: Carl Sagan's reaction to the Eleventh Doctor when he learns that [[spoiler:the Doctor lied, and they don't actually need to save Patrick to return home]].
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* WriteWhoYouKnow: Murphy uses himself, as well as several people he knows in real life as characters in the story.
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The story mainly focuses on Brendan Anderson - an English major at the University of Vermont - who goes to sleep one night in his dorm only to wake up the next morning in a gigantic tropical jungle filled with dinosaurs and other extinct animals, various alien creatures from many different planets, and a weird assortment of people including a Manhattan-based Art Major, three high school teachers, paleontologist Darren Naish, Jon Stewart, Creator/StephenColbert, Creator/PeterJackson, Creator/StevenMoffat, UsefulNotes/{{Richard Dawkins}}, Creator/CarlSagan, UsefulNotes/{{Neil deGrasse Tyson}}, Creator/JossWhedon, Batman, [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy Summers]], [[Series/DoctorWho the Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Doctors and companions Amy Pond and Rory Williams]], and sci-fi artist Creator/WayneBarlowe. Brendan soon realizes a connection - everyone and everything in this world has a connection to his good friend, Patrick Murphy. They all either know him, or he knows of them through their work. The connection is strengthened by the fact that Patrick is an avid lover of biology, speculative zoology, and - most of all - paleontology, accounting for the multitudes of extinct animals and fictional creatures running around all over the place. Working together, they manage to track down Patrick, only for him to be kidnapped by the Conceptivore and its allies. Knowing that the only way to get out of this world is to destroy the Conceptivore, they embark on a mission to raise an army of creatures that can defeat the forces of the Conceptivore; forces that include Daleks, Cybermen, orcs, trolls, and many others.
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The story mainly focuses on Brendan Anderson - an English major at the University of Vermont - who goes to sleep one night in his dorm only to wake up the next morning in a gigantic tropical jungle filled with dinosaurs and other extinct animals, various alien creatures from many different planets, and a weird assortment of people including a Manhattan-based Art Major, three high school teachers, paleontologist Darren Naish, Jon Stewart, Creator/StephenColbert, Creator/PeterJackson, Creator/StevenMoffat, UsefulNotes/{{Richard Dawkins}}, Creator/CarlSagan, UsefulNotes/{{Neil deGrasse Tyson}}, Creator/JossWhedon, Batman, [[Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer Buffy Summers]], [[Series/DoctorWho the Ninth, Tenth, and Eleventh Doctors and companions Amy Pond and Rory Williams]], and sci-fi artist Creator/WayneBarlowe. Brendan soon realizes a connection - everyone and everything in this world has a connection to his good friend, Patrick Murphy. They all either know him, or he knows of them through their work.work, or they come from works of fiction he enjoys. The connection is strengthened by the fact that Patrick is an avid lover of biology, speculative zoology, and - most of all - paleontology, accounting for the multitudes of extinct animals and fictional creatures running around all over the place. Working together, they manage to track down Patrick, only for him to be kidnapped by the Conceptivore and its allies. Knowing that the only way to get out of this world is to destroy the Conceptivore, they embark on a mission to raise an army of creatures that can defeat the forces of the Conceptivore; forces that include Daleks, Cybermen, orcs, trolls, and many others.
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[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1069975/chapters/2146984 The World of the Creatures]] is a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover fiction written by Patrick Murphy at Archive of Our Own. It is a {{cross over}} fic, {{real person Fic}}, MetaFic, and SelfInsertFic combining a number of fandoms as well as actual people. Among the many franchises that feature in the story are ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'', ''{{The Lord of the Rings}}'', and ''Franchise/JurassicPark''. Some of the real people who appear include Creator/CarlSagan, Creator/JonStewart, Music/LadyGaga, and Creator/PeterJackson.
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[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1069975/chapters/2146984 The World of the Creatures]] is a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover fiction written by Patrick Murphy at Archive of Our Own. It is a {{cross over}} fic, {{real person Fic}}, MetaFic, and SelfInsertFic combining a number of fandoms as well as actual people. Among the many franchises that feature in the story are ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'', ''{{The Lord of the Rings}}'', ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'', and ''Franchise/JurassicPark''. Some of the real people who appear include Creator/CarlSagan, Creator/JonStewart, Music/LadyGaga, and Creator/PeterJackson.
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[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1069975/chapters/2146984 The World of the Creatures]] is a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover fiction written by Patrick Murphy at Archive of Our Own. It is a {{cross over}} fic, {{real person Fic}}, MetaFic, and SelfInsertFic combining a number of fandoms as well as actual people. Among the many franchises that feature in the story are ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'', ''{{The Lord of the Rings}}'', and ''{{Jurassic Park}}''. Some of the real people who appear include Creator/CarlSagan, Creator/JonStewart, Music/LadyGaga, and Creator/PeterJackson.
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[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1069975/chapters/2146984 The World of the Creatures]] is a MassiveMultiplayerCrossover fiction written by Patrick Murphy at Archive of Our Own. It is a {{cross over}} fic, {{real person Fic}}, MetaFic, and SelfInsertFic combining a number of fandoms as well as actual people. Among the many franchises that feature in the story are ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'', ''{{The Lord of the Rings}}'', and ''{{Jurassic Park}}''.''Franchise/JurassicPark''. Some of the real people who appear include Creator/CarlSagan, Creator/JonStewart, Music/LadyGaga, and Creator/PeterJackson.