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* BigBrotherInstinct: Bad News to the whole gang.
* BlessedWithSuck: Dallas's opinion [[spoiler: on his teleporting powers.]]
* BigBrotherInstinct: Bad News to the whole gang.
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* {{Claustrophobia}} : [[spoiler:Wolfgang, near the end.]]
* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Bad News to Wolfgang.... and then, since News is a bit of an oblivious cuckoolander himself... Wolfgang to News. It's a group effort.
* {{Claustrophobia}} : [[spoiler:Wolfgang, near the end.]]
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* IdiotHair: Wolfgang's cowlick probably falls under this one.
* ImprobablyCoolCar: The black Mustang.
* HeroWithAnFInGood
* HumbleHero: Amazing Man.
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* LittleBrotherIsWatching: To an extent with [[spoiler: Leif]]
* LittleGuyBigBuddy: News and Wolfgang. Though Wolfgang is admittedly less naïve (and little) than most recipients of the "little guy" status.
* LivingLegend: Both Wolfgang and Amazing Man have become legends in their own right.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The bomb at the end, when realizing the full implications.
* LittleGuyBigBuddy: News and Wolfgang. Though Wolfgang is admittedly less naïve (and little) than most recipients of the "little guy" status.
* LivingLegend: Both Wolfgang and Amazing Man have become legends in their own right.
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* OtherMeAnnoysMe: Very much so amnesiac Wolfgang to his past self.
* PercussiveTherapy: Common technique of Wolfgang's.
** Dallas and Wolfgang
** Wolfgang and Bad News
** Chris and Liza
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* RagtagBandOfMisfits: The gang.
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* RebuiltPedestal: Amazing Man/Charles Fernsby achieves this with the majority of the population after [[spoiler:the bombing]].
* RedOniBlueOni: Wolfgang's red to Dallas's blue.
* RevengeBeforeReason: "The Wolf"
* SirSwearsALot: Glossed over, but both Chris and Wolfgang fit this pretty well.
* RealMenWearPink: Bad News.
* RebuiltPedestal: Amazing Man/Charles Fernsby achieves this with the majority of the population after [[spoiler:the bombing]].
* RedOniBlueOni: Wolfgang's red to Dallas's blue.
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* SunglassesAtNight: Lampshaded in observation of Bad News.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: The heroes with Wolfgang's crew near the end.
* TheManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:Mansley, behind Wolfgang. Only there's things both sides don't know about Mansley...]]
* SunglassesAtNight: Lampshaded in observation of Bad News.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: The heroes with Wolfgang's crew near the end.
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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Villain Wolfgang
* WrenchWench: Liza
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** Waking up at the opera.
** The Fernsbys' house after the baseball stadium.
** [[spoiler: In prison during the flashback.]]
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* {{Anti Villain}} : Wolfgang is a type 2 on the sliding scale.
* {{Amnesiac Dissonance}} : A huge part of the plot revolves around this.
* {{The Atoner}} : Downplayed with Amazing Man. Everyone sees him as a hero except the gang, but he still beats himself up about [[spoiler:not stopping the bomb that killed so many people]] and feels the need to make it up in every way possible.
* {{At The Opera Tonight}} : The opening scene shows the aftermath.
* {{Big Brother Instinct}} : Bad News to the whole gang.
* {{Blessed With Suck}} : Dallas's opinion [[spoiler: on his teleporting powers.]]
* {{Call Back}} :
* {{Amnesiac Dissonance}} : A huge part of the plot revolves around this.
* {{The Atoner}} : Downplayed with Amazing Man. Everyone sees him as a hero except the gang, but he still beats himself up about [[spoiler:not stopping the bomb that killed so many people]] and feels the need to make it up in every way possible.
* {{At The Opera Tonight}} : The opening scene shows the aftermath.
* {{Big Brother Instinct}} : Bad News to the whole gang.
* {{Blessed With Suck}} : Dallas's opinion [[spoiler: on his teleporting powers.]]
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* {{Cynicism Catalyst}} : [[spoiler:The bombing that killed Wolfgang's family, Liza's fiancé and Chris's wife was one for all of them.]]
* {{Delirious Misidentification}} : [[spoiler: Wolfgang mistakes Abby the nurse as his mom in the hospital.]]
* {{Determinator}} : Wolfgang
* {{Didnt Think This Through}} : Wolfgang has a tendency to act on his plans before thinking through them.
* {{Evil Brit}} : Downplayed, with Liza.
* {{Face heel Turn}} : [[spoiler: Definitely see the moment for Wolfgang at the bombing after Peter dies in his arms.]]
* {{First person Smartass}} : Basically the book summary.
* {{Gentle Giant}} : Bad News, to a T.
* {{Hair of Gold Heart of Gold}} : Amazing Man/Charles Fernsby
* {{Heel Realization}} : The whole first half is basically a big drawn out one of these for Wolfgang. [[spoiler:And then another near the end after temporarily justifying himself]]
* {{Hell bent for leather}} : The infamous leather jacket. One aspect of his past self Wolfgang approves of.
* {{Hero with an F in good}}
* {{Humble Hero}} : Amazing Man.
* {{I need a freaking drink}} : There are moments of wishfulness...
* {{Idiot Hair}} : Wolfgang's cowlick probably falls under this one.
* {{Improbably cool car}} : The black Mustang.
* {{Interrupted Suicide}} : [[spoiler:Shown to have been the trigger for Bad News's overprotectiveness with Wolfgang. He's been on suicide watch for the past three years, and Wolfgang's wrists bear the marks of the time he almost failed.]]
* {{Little Brother is Watching}} : To an extent with [[spoiler: Leif]]
* {{Little Guy Big Buddy}} : News and Wolfgang. Though Wolfgang is admittedly less naïve (and little) than most recipients of the "little guy" status.
* {{Living Legend}} : Both Wolfgang and Amazing Man have become legends in their own right.
* {{Must have caffeine}}
* {{My God What Have I Done}} : The bomb at the end, when realizing the full implications.
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* {{Pistol Whipping}} : Wolfgang's cause of amnesia.
* {{Ragtag Band of misfits}} : The gang.
* {{Real men wear pink}} : Bad News.
* {{Rebuilt Pedestal}} : Amazing Man/Charles Fernsby achieves this with the majority of the population after [[spoiler:the bombing]]
* {{Red Oni Blue Oni}} : Wolfgang's red to Dallas's blue.
* {{Revenge Before Reason}} : "The Wolf"
* {{Sir Swears a lot}} : Glossed over, but both Chris and Wolfgang fit this pretty well.
* {{Smarter Than You Look}} : Bad News has an uncanny ability to pick up if Wolfgang is lying about something.
* {{Stepford Snarker}} : Wolfgang
* {{Sunglasses at night}} : Lampshaded in observation of Bad News.
* {{Teeth Clenched Teamwork}} : The heroes with Wolfgang's crew near the end.
* {{The Man Behind the Man}} : [[spoiler:Mansley, behind Wolfgang. Only there's things both sides don't know about Mansley...]]
* {{Trademark Favorite Food}} : Bad News loves his ice cream. The rest of the gang to a lesser extent.
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* {{Web Serial Novel}}
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[[caption-width-right:350:''One name emerged. I was Wolfgang Dankworth. The man with the worst luck in the world and about enough memories to fill a teacup.'']]
Blank Mastermind is a speculative web serial published from June 2016 through January 2017 on http://writefury.wordpress.com by Rosey Mucklestone.
Concept of it being if the villain was the one who woke up with amnesia. The villain has to try and fool his gang that he hasn't actually lost his memories, stop his evil plans and try and save his arch-nemesis.
Originally intended as nothing more than a short story and continued by popular demand. There are 30 parts in all.
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!!Blank Mastermind contains examples of:
* {{Anti Villain}} : Wolfgang is a type 2 on the sliding scale.
* {{Amnesiac Dissonance}} : A huge part of the plot revolves around this.
* {{The Atoner}} : Downplayed with Amazing Man. Everyone sees him as a hero except the gang, but he still beats himself up about [[spoiler:not stopping the bomb that killed so many people]] and feels the need to make it up in every way possible.
* {{Big Brother Instinct}} : Bad News to the whole gang.
* {{Blessed With Suck}} : Dallas's opinion [[spoiler: on his teleporting powers.]]
* {{Call Back}} : [[spoiler:Dobby the sword.]]
* {{Claustrophobia}} : [[spoiler:Wolfgang, near the end.]]
* {{Cloudcuckoolanders Minder}} : Bad News to Wolfgang.... and then, since News is a bit of an oblivious {{Cuckoolander}} himself... Wolfgang to News. It's a group effort.
* {{Cynicism Catalyst}} : [[spoiler:The bombing that killed Wolfgang's family, Liza's fiancé and Chris's wife was one for all of them.]]
* {{Delirious Misidentification}} : [[spoiler: Wolfgang mistakes Abby the nurse as his mom in the hospital.]]
* {{Determinator}} : Wolfgang
* {{Didnt Think This Through}} : Wolfgang has a tendency to act on his plans before thinking through them.
* {{Face heel Turn}} : [[spoiler: Definitely see the moment for Wolfgang at the bombing after Peter dies in his arms.]]
* {{First person Smartass}} : Basically the book summary.
* {{Gentle Giant}} : Bad News, to a T.
* {{Hair of Gold Heart of Gold}} : Amazing Man/Charles Fernsby
* {{Heel Realization}} : The whole first half is basically a big drawn out one of these for Wolfgang. [[spoiler:And then another near the end after temporarily justifying himself]]
* {{Hell bent for leather}} : The infamous leather jacket. One aspect of his past self Wolfgang approves of.
* {{Hero with an F in good}}
* {{Humble Hero}} : Amazing Man.
* {{I need a freaking drink}} : There are moments of wishfulness...
* {{Idiot Hair}} : Wolfgang's cowlick probably falls under this one.
* {{Improbably cool car}} : The black Mustang.
* {{Little Brother is Watching}} : To an extent with [[spoiler: Leif]]
* {{Living Legend}} : Both Wolfgang and Amazing Man have become legends in their own right.
* {{Must have caffeine}}
* {{My God What Have I Done}} : The bomb at the end, when realizing the full implications.
* {{Nice Job Breaking It Hero}} : The blame that falls on Amazing Man for [[spoiler:not getting there in time to stop the bomb.]]
* {{Odd Friendship}} :
** Dallas and Wolfgang
** Wolfgang and Bad News
** Chris and Liza
** Roy and Cardboard
** Wolfgang and Liza
* {{Other Me Annoys Me}} : Very much so amnesiac Wolfgang to his past self.
* {{Percussive Therapy}} : Common technique of Wolfgang's.
* {{Pistol Whipping}} : Wolfgang's cause of amnesia.
* {{Ragtag Band of misfits}} : The gang.
* {{Real men wear pink}} : Bad News.
* {{Rebuilt Pedestal}} : Amazing Man/Charles Fernsby achieves this with the majority of the population after [[spoiler:the bombing]]
* {{Red Oni Blue Oni}} : Wolfgang's red to Dallas's blue.
* {{Revenge Before Reason}} : "The Wolf"
* {{Sir Swears a lot}} : Glossed over, but both Chris and Wolfgang fit this pretty well.
* {{Smarter Than You Look}} : Bad News has an uncanny ability to pick up if Wolfgang is lying about something.
* {{Stepford Snarker}} : Wolfgang
* {{Sunglasses at night}} : Lampshaded in observation of Bad News.
* {{Teeth Clenched Teamwork}} : The heroes with Wolfgang's crew near the end.
* {{The Man Behind the Man}} : [[spoiler:Mansley, behind Wolfgang. Only there's things both sides don't know about Mansley...]]
* {{Trademark Favorite Food}} : Bad News loves his ice cream. The rest of the gang to a lesser extent.
* {{Undying Loyalty}} : Dallas for Amazing Man.
* {{Unfamiliar Ceiling}} : Three instances.
** Waking up at the opera.
** The Fernsbys' house after the baseball stadium.
** [[spoiler: In prison during the flashback.]]
* {{Unfortunate Names}} : Baden News, Cardboard Tucker and Wolfgang Dankworth, to name a few...
* {{We Will Meet Again}} : Lampshaded in Wolfgang's staged temper tantrum at a bomb not working.
* {{Web Serial Novel}}
* {{Woobie Destroyer of Worlds}} : Villain Wolfgang
* {{Wrench Wench}} : Liza
* {{You Are Better Than You Think You Are}} : Amazing Man to Wolfgang, especially near the end.
[[caption-width-right:350:''One name emerged. I was Wolfgang Dankworth. The man with the worst luck in the world and about enough memories to fill a teacup.'']]
Blank Mastermind is a speculative web serial published from June 2016 through January 2017 on http://writefury.wordpress.com by Rosey Mucklestone.
Concept of it being if the villain was the one who woke up with amnesia. The villain has to try and fool his gang that he hasn't actually lost his memories, stop his evil plans and try and save his arch-nemesis.
Originally intended as nothing more than a short story and continued by popular demand. There are 30 parts in all.
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!!Blank Mastermind contains examples of:
* {{Anti Villain}} : Wolfgang is a type 2 on the sliding scale.
* {{Amnesiac Dissonance}} : A huge part of the plot revolves around this.
* {{The Atoner}} : Downplayed with Amazing Man. Everyone sees him as a hero except the gang, but he still beats himself up about [[spoiler:not stopping the bomb that killed so many people]] and feels the need to make it up in every way possible.
* {{Big Brother Instinct}} : Bad News to the whole gang.
* {{Blessed With Suck}} : Dallas's opinion [[spoiler: on his teleporting powers.]]
* {{Call Back}} : [[spoiler:Dobby the sword.]]
* {{Claustrophobia}} : [[spoiler:Wolfgang, near the end.]]
* {{Cloudcuckoolanders Minder}} : Bad News to Wolfgang.... and then, since News is a bit of an oblivious {{Cuckoolander}} himself... Wolfgang to News. It's a group effort.
* {{Cynicism Catalyst}} : [[spoiler:The bombing that killed Wolfgang's family, Liza's fiancé and Chris's wife was one for all of them.]]
* {{Delirious Misidentification}} : [[spoiler: Wolfgang mistakes Abby the nurse as his mom in the hospital.]]
* {{Determinator}} : Wolfgang
* {{Didnt Think This Through}} : Wolfgang has a tendency to act on his plans before thinking through them.
* {{Face heel Turn}} : [[spoiler: Definitely see the moment for Wolfgang at the bombing after Peter dies in his arms.]]
* {{First person Smartass}} : Basically the book summary.
* {{Gentle Giant}} : Bad News, to a T.
* {{Hair of Gold Heart of Gold}} : Amazing Man/Charles Fernsby
* {{Heel Realization}} : The whole first half is basically a big drawn out one of these for Wolfgang. [[spoiler:And then another near the end after temporarily justifying himself]]
* {{Hell bent for leather}} : The infamous leather jacket. One aspect of his past self Wolfgang approves of.
* {{Hero with an F in good}}
* {{Humble Hero}} : Amazing Man.
* {{I need a freaking drink}} : There are moments of wishfulness...
* {{Idiot Hair}} : Wolfgang's cowlick probably falls under this one.
* {{Improbably cool car}} : The black Mustang.
* {{Little Brother is Watching}} : To an extent with [[spoiler: Leif]]
* {{Living Legend}} : Both Wolfgang and Amazing Man have become legends in their own right.
* {{Must have caffeine}}
* {{My God What Have I Done}} : The bomb at the end, when realizing the full implications.
* {{Nice Job Breaking It Hero}} : The blame that falls on Amazing Man for [[spoiler:not getting there in time to stop the bomb.]]
* {{Odd Friendship}} :
** Dallas and Wolfgang
** Wolfgang and Bad News
** Chris and Liza
** Roy and Cardboard
** Wolfgang and Liza
* {{Other Me Annoys Me}} : Very much so amnesiac Wolfgang to his past self.
* {{Percussive Therapy}} : Common technique of Wolfgang's.
* {{Pistol Whipping}} : Wolfgang's cause of amnesia.
* {{Ragtag Band of misfits}} : The gang.
* {{Real men wear pink}} : Bad News.
* {{Rebuilt Pedestal}} : Amazing Man/Charles Fernsby achieves this with the majority of the population after [[spoiler:the bombing]]
* {{Red Oni Blue Oni}} : Wolfgang's red to Dallas's blue.
* {{Revenge Before Reason}} : "The Wolf"
* {{Sir Swears a lot}} : Glossed over, but both Chris and Wolfgang fit this pretty well.
* {{Smarter Than You Look}} : Bad News has an uncanny ability to pick up if Wolfgang is lying about something.
* {{Stepford Snarker}} : Wolfgang
* {{Sunglasses at night}} : Lampshaded in observation of Bad News.
* {{Teeth Clenched Teamwork}} : The heroes with Wolfgang's crew near the end.
* {{The Man Behind the Man}} : [[spoiler:Mansley, behind Wolfgang. Only there's things both sides don't know about Mansley...]]
* {{Trademark Favorite Food}} : Bad News loves his ice cream. The rest of the gang to a lesser extent.
* {{Undying Loyalty}} : Dallas for Amazing Man.
* {{Unfamiliar Ceiling}} : Three instances.
** Waking up at the opera.
** The Fernsbys' house after the baseball stadium.
** [[spoiler: In prison during the flashback.]]
* {{Unfortunate Names}} : Baden News, Cardboard Tucker and Wolfgang Dankworth, to name a few...
* {{We Will Meet Again}} : Lampshaded in Wolfgang's staged temper tantrum at a bomb not working.
* {{Web Serial Novel}}
* {{Woobie Destroyer of Worlds}} : Villain Wolfgang
* {{Wrench Wench}} : Liza
* {{You Are Better Than You Think You Are}} : Amazing Man to Wolfgang, especially near the end.
