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* AuthorAvatar: Not necessarily Ana. Mrs. Robinson's initials are E.L.
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* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: Famously, the beginning of the first book is about Ana going to interview Christian for the college newspaper. For the rest of the series, Christian is careful to avoid the press.
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* GoldDigger: Anastasia is worried that being with Christian will make people suspect that her main love is Christian's cash. Adding credibility to this is the fact that before she moves in with Christian, Ana lived with Kate, whose parents paid their rent for them, and once she's moved to Christian's place, she's not in a hurry to return the dress she borrowed from Kate.
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* InformedAbility: Ana's supposed to be knowledgeable enough about English literature to major in it, but she never shows any deeper knowledge about the books she's read.
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* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: We pretty much never see Christian actually being at his office managing his many businesses. The few times we do see him working, he's off doing something that's unrelated to his work, and giving orders to a subordinate over his phone.
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* YouKeepUsingThatWord: Anastasia keeps mentioning that her subconscious is yelling at her, reminding her of something, or something else in that vein. By definition, it's impossible to feel what's going on in your subconscious.
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* YouKeepUsingThatWord: YouKeepUsingThatWord:
** Anastasia keeps mentioning that her subconscious is yelling at her, reminding her of something, or something else in that vein.By But by definition, it's impossible to feel what's going on in your subconscious.
** At one point, Ana narrates that she wordlessly whispers the words "I haven’t been out on my own since I got married" to her bodyguard. However, it's logically impossible to whisper words wordlessly.
** Anastasia keeps mentioning that her subconscious is yelling at her, reminding her of something, or something else in that vein.
** At one point, Ana narrates that she wordlessly whispers the words "I haven’t been out on my own since I got married" to her bodyguard. However, it's logically impossible to whisper words wordlessly.
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* UnreliableNarrator: The most prominent example is when, in first person present tense, Ana gives a detailed explanation of her surroundings and right afterwards claims that she doesn't get a chance to see what her surroundings look like.
* WhiteMansBurden: Darfur, of all things, is dragged into the book to demonstrate just how rich and generous Christian Grey is.
* WhiteMansBurden: Darfur, of all things, is dragged into the book to demonstrate just how rich and generous Christian Grey is.
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* SmallReferencePools: Ana, who is an English major, only mentions books that you'll have heard of even if you ''aren't'' an English major.
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* {{Fiction 500}}: Christian Grey owns a yacht, a helicopter, a private plane (complete with attractive stewardess), collects art, and has the resources to fly to Georgia at the drop of a hat just to see Ana.
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* TooDumbToLive: While on a night flight in a helicopter, Ana asks Grey how anyone can see well enough to travel at night. Apparently she is unaware of the illuminated flight panel in front of her, the lights on the helicopter and the millions of cars below her that are driving with headlights.
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* ArtisticLicense: The depiction of the BDSM relationship and scenarios, which bear little relation to real world BDSM practices and relationships, which emphasize the importance of informed consent, negotiation, safewords and safety for all participants under the SafeSaneAndConsensual mantra.
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* RelationshipCompression: Grey asks Ana to sign a nondisclosure agreement and a slave contract on their first official date.
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* CurvesInAllTheRightPlaces: A male version in the way Christian pants hang from his hips in just the right way.
* FreedomFromChoice: This is what Christian claims is the benefit of being a sub.
* HatesBeingTouched: Christian [[spoiler: cured by ThePowerOfLove.]]
* PropertyOfLove: Christian AND Anna love to tell each other "Your mine."
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Christian lapses into this when he gets upset, which is often.
* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Christian lapses into this when he gets upset, which is often.
* SafeWord: The standard red for stop yellow for slow down are established in Chapter 11 and it is implied that Ana could have stopped any sex that happened or was threatened after that point.
* TitleDrop: a rare 3 different titles dropped, Fifty Shades and Master of the Universe being said multiple times and {{Literature/Twilight}}, referring to the time at night, being said once in the second book.
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* BetaCouple: Kate and Elliot. Aside from a bit of tension in book three they're the happy, emotionally healthy couple in contrast to Christian and Ana's constant drama.
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Started life as a ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' fanfic called [[http://www.epubbud.com/read.php?g=RTHUKGUX&p=1 "Master of the Universe."]] Basically, same characters, but less vampire, more sex. Then, the character names were changed from Edward Cullen and Bella Swan to Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele, and now it is not a fanfic but legit fic for sale.
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''Fifty Shades of Grey'' is an erotic novel that started life as a ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' fanfic called [[http://www.epubbud.com/read.php?g=RTHUKGUX&p=1 "Master of the Universe."]] Basically, same characters, but less vampire, more sex. Then, the character names were changed from Edward Cullen and Bella Swan to Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele, and now it is not a fanfic but legit fic for sale.
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Started life as a {{Literature/Twilight}} fanfic called [[http://www.epubbud.com/read.php?g=RTHUKGUX&p=1 "Master of the Universe."]] Basically, same characters, but less vampire, more sex. Then, the character names were changed from Edward Cullen and Bella Swan to Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele, and now it is not a fanfic but legit fic for sale.
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Started life as a {{Literature/Twilight}} ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' fanfic called [[http://www.epubbud.com/read.php?g=RTHUKGUX&p=1 "Master of the Universe."]] Basically, same characters, but less vampire, more sex. Then, the character names were changed from Edward Cullen and Bella Swan to Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele, and now it is not a fanfic but legit fic for sale.
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MoreThanMindControl: In Chapter 13, Ana accuses Grey outright of using sex as a weapon to get what he wants. Not only that, he admits it.
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** In Chapter 12, when Ana sends an email to Grey saying that she doesn't want to get into BDSM and "it's been nice knowing you," Grey's immediate response is to break into her duplex apartment, tie her up—the only thing he asks permission for—and then rape her into submission. (Despite the fact that Ana has been freaking out over BDSM for several chapters, she claims that the email was a joke. Neither Ana nor her author seem to realize that this doesn't make Grey's actions one bit less horrific.)
** He also threatens to punish Ana by raping her in public on two occasions--once when he believes Ana has spoken on the phone to a male friend (she hasn't) and once when Ana refuses an extremely expensive present. His response in the first case is to threaten to screw her in the elevator going from his penthouse to the lobby (when anyone could walk in); in the second case, he threatens to hit her and then screw her on the hood of the car, because she belongs to him, and if he wants to give her Gift X, he WILL
** In Chapter 12, when Ana sends an email to Grey saying that she doesn't want to get into BDSM and "it's been nice knowing you," Grey's immediate response is to break into her duplex apartment, tie her up—the only thing he asks permission for—and then rape her into submission. (Despite the fact that Ana has been freaking out over BDSM for several chapters, she claims that the email was a joke. Neither Ana nor her author seem to realize that this doesn't make Grey's actions one bit less horrific.)
** He also threatens to punish Ana by raping her in public on two occasions--once when he believes Ana has spoken on the phone to a male friend (she hasn't) and once when Ana refuses an extremely expensive present. His response in the first case is to threaten to screw her in the elevator going from his penthouse to the lobby (when anyone could walk in); in the second case, he threatens to hit her and then screw her on the hood of the car, because she belongs to him, and if he wants to give her Gift X, he WILL
* LoveHungry: Ana and Grey are always talking about how they're hungry for sex and/or each other.
MoreThanMindControl: In Chapter 13, Ana accuses Grey outright of using sex as a weapon to get what he wants. Not only that, he admits it.
* NotGoodWithRejection: Christian Grey AND Ana Steele. Grey breaks into her duplex and rapes her into submission when he receives a rejection email; when Grey refuses to kiss Ana, this is her response (which is straight out of New Moon):
--> ''Once underneath the dark, cold concrete of the garage with its bleak fluorescent light, I lean against the wall and put my head in my hands. What was I thinking? Unbidden and unwelcome tears pool in my eyes. Why am I crying? I sink to the ground, angry at myself for this senseless reaction. Drawing up my knees, I fold in on myself. I want to make myself as small as possible. Perhaps this nonsensical pain will be smaller the smaller I am.''
* NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization: Ana has a number of orgasms during the rape in Chapter 12. This is presented as equaling consent. Apparently Ana's unaware that orgasm can happen during rape—or that it doesn't mean that you've consented to anything. This is also Christian Grey's rationalization in Chapter 16 after he spanks and then screws Ana as punishment for daring to roll her eyes at him, despite Ana telling him repeatedly that, whatever her physical response, she "didn't like it" and "would rather that [he] didn't do it again."
* ObliviouslyEvil: Christian Grey, a classic Type 2.
--> ''Once underneath the dark, cold concrete of the garage with its bleak fluorescent light, I lean against the wall and put my head in my hands. What was I thinking? Unbidden and unwelcome tears pool in my eyes. Why am I crying? I sink to the ground, angry at myself for this senseless reaction. Drawing up my knees, I fold in on myself. I want to make myself as small as possible. Perhaps this nonsensical pain will be smaller the smaller I am.''
* NotIfTheyEnjoyedItRationalization: Ana has a number of orgasms during the rape in Chapter 12. This is presented as equaling consent. Apparently Ana's unaware that orgasm can happen during rape—or that it doesn't mean that you've consented to anything. This is also Christian Grey's rationalization in Chapter 16 after he spanks and then screws Ana as punishment for daring to roll her eyes at him, despite Ana telling him repeatedly that, whatever her physical response, she "didn't like it" and "would rather that [he] didn't do it again."
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** "You beguile me, Christian. Completely overwhelm me. I feel like Icarus flying too close to the sun.''"
** "Placing my head on my knees, I let the irrational tears fall unrestrained. I am crying over the loss of something I never had. How ridiculous. Mourning something that never was – my dashed hopes, dashed dreams, and my soured expectations."
* RelationshipCompression: Grey asks Ana to sign a nondisclosure agreement and a slave contract on their first official date.
* RomanticizedAbuse: Ana's relationships with Christian Grey.
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** "Placing my head on my knees, I let the irrational tears fall unrestrained. I am crying over the loss of something I never had. How ridiculous. Mourning something that never was – my dashed hopes, dashed dreams, and my soured expectations."
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* TooDumbToLive: While on a night flight in a helicopter, Ana asks Grey how anyone can see well enough to travel at night. Apparently she is unaware of the illuminated flight panel in front of her, the lights on the helicopter and the millions of cars below her that are driving with headlights.
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Started life as a {{Literature/Twilight}} fanfic called [[http://www.epubbud.com/read.php?g=RTHUKGUX&p=1 "Master of the Universe."]] Basically, same characters, but less vampire, more sex. Then, the character names were changed from Edward Cullen and Bella Swan to Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele, and now it is not a fanfic but legit fic for sale.
[[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/16/50-shades-of-grey-speed-read-14-naughtiest-bits.html "...reimagine[s] the Bella and Edward love affair set in contemporary Seattle, Washington with Bella as the young college graduate virgin and Edward as the masterful billionaire with secret sexual predilections.”]]
[[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/16/50-shades-of-grey-speed-read-14-naughtiest-bits.html "...reimagine[s] the Bella and Edward love affair set in contemporary Seattle, Washington with Bella as the young college graduate virgin and Edward as the masterful billionaire with secret sexual predilections.”]]
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Started life as a {{Literature/Twilight}} fanfic called [[http://www.epubbud.com/read.php?g=RTHUKGUX&p=1 "Master of the Universe."]] Basically, same characters, but less vampire, more sex. Then, the character names were changed from Edward Cullen and Bella Swan to Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele, and now it is not a fanfic but legit fic for sale.
[[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/16/50-shades-of-grey-speed-read-14-naughtiest-bits.html "...reimagine[s] the Bella and Edward love affair set in contemporary Seattle, Washington with Bella as the young college graduate virgin and Edward as the masterful billionaire with secret sexual predilections.”]]
[[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/16/50-shades-of-grey-speed-read-14-naughtiest-bits.html "...reimagine[s] the Bella and Edward love affair set in contemporary Seattle, Washington with Bella as the young college graduate virgin and Edward as the masterful billionaire with secret sexual predilections.”]]
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[[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/16/50-shades-of-grey-speed-read-14-naughtiest-bits.html "...reimagine[s] the Bella and Edward love affair set in contemporary Seattle, Washington with Bella as the young college graduate virgin and Edward as the masterful billionaire with secret sexual predilections.”]]
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* AbuseIsOkayWhenItIsFemaleOnMale: Subverted.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Literally. Almost all women in the series are attracted to Christian. Those who aren't are related or lesbians.
* AllWomenAreDomsAllMenAreSubs: Averted, for once.
* AmicableExes
* AnalogyBackfire: Ana compares herself to Tess Durbeyfield and Icarus. Both times ignoring the part where those two characters die.
* {{Anticlimax}}
* AttemptedRape
* BlondesAreUnpleasant
* CoolCar
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Christian Grey. Had an abusive childhood. Refers to his mother as [[SonOfAWhore "Crack whore."]]
* DidNotDoTheResearch: BDSM and psychology are the most glaringly obvious examples, but there are other errors too.
* DisappearedDad: Both Christian and Ana.
* DisproportionateRetribution
* DoubleEntendre
* DoubleStandard
* DramaQueen: Anastasia.
* {{Expy}}: A lot of characters are similar to their original Twilight templates, with some characteristic of movie actors mixed in: Ana is a clumsy virgin who bites her lip a lot and has an absent-minded mother. Christian is an orphan adopted into a rich family, one of his adoptive parents is a doctor, he plays piano and has a brother and a sister [[spoiler:whom Kate and Ethan Kavanagh, blonde siblings, hook up with respectively.]] Etc ad nauseum.
* FoodPorn
* FreudianExcuse\SingleIssuePsychology: Christian
* ICanChangeMyBeloved: Eventually switches to nauseating LoveRedeems, without any real reason.
* LoveMartyr: Anastasia.
* TheIngenue: Anastasia Steele. Twenty-one, naive, and so virginal she never even masturbated before meeting Christian Grey.
* MillsAndBoonProse
* MeaningfulName: Jack Hyde.
* MommyIssues: Christian. [[spoiler:He chooses subs that look like his mother so he could beat them.]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Jack Hyde.
* ParentalNeglect: Christian. YourMileageMayVary on whether it's two times around.
* PimpedOutCar: And a Pimped Out Helicopter, too.
* PornStash: Homemade, at that.
* PurpleProse: ''You beguile me, Christian. Completely overwhelm me. I feel like Icarus flying too close to the sun.''
* SelfPlagiarism: First book matches the first third of the fanfic 89%.
* TherapyIsForTheWeak: Christian seems to think so. So does his adoptive family, probably. Seeing as they adopted a deeply traumatised child and never bothered to seek professional help. There is a psychiatrist, but he is only there for exposition.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous
* {{Yandere}}: Leila, Christian's ex-sub.
* YouKeepUsingThatWord: If you drank every time the inner goddess is mentioned, you'd be dead before the first third of the book.
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[[http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/04/16/50-shades-of-grey-speed-read-14-naughtiest-bits.html "...reimagine[s] the Bella and Edward love affair set in contemporary Seattle, Washington with Bella as the young college graduate virgin and Edward as the masterful billionaire with secret sexual predilections.”]]
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* AbuseIsOkayWhenItIsFemaleOnMale: Subverted.
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Literally. Almost all women in the series are attracted to Christian. Those who aren't are related or lesbians.
* AllWomenAreDomsAllMenAreSubs: Averted, for once.
* AmicableExes
* AnalogyBackfire: Ana compares herself to Tess Durbeyfield and Icarus. Both times ignoring the part where those two characters die.
* {{Anticlimax}}
* AttemptedRape
* BlondesAreUnpleasant
* CoolCar
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Christian Grey. Had an abusive childhood. Refers to his mother as [[SonOfAWhore "Crack whore."]]
* DidNotDoTheResearch: BDSM and psychology are the most glaringly obvious examples, but there are other errors too.
* DisappearedDad: Both Christian and Ana.
* DisproportionateRetribution
* DoubleEntendre
* DoubleStandard
* DramaQueen: Anastasia.
* {{Expy}}: A lot of characters are similar to their original Twilight templates, with some characteristic of movie actors mixed in: Ana is a clumsy virgin who bites her lip a lot and has an absent-minded mother. Christian is an orphan adopted into a rich family, one of his adoptive parents is a doctor, he plays piano and has a brother and a sister [[spoiler:whom Kate and Ethan Kavanagh, blonde siblings, hook up with respectively.]] Etc ad nauseum.
* FoodPorn
* FreudianExcuse\SingleIssuePsychology: Christian
* ICanChangeMyBeloved: Eventually switches to nauseating LoveRedeems, without any real reason.
* LoveMartyr: Anastasia.
* TheIngenue: Anastasia Steele. Twenty-one, naive, and so virginal she never even masturbated before meeting Christian Grey.
* MillsAndBoonProse
* MeaningfulName: Jack Hyde.
* MommyIssues: Christian. [[spoiler:He chooses subs that look like his mother so he could beat them.]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Jack Hyde.
* ParentalNeglect: Christian. YourMileageMayVary on whether it's two times around.
* PimpedOutCar: And a Pimped Out Helicopter, too.
* PornStash: Homemade, at that.
* PurpleProse: ''You beguile me, Christian. Completely overwhelm me. I feel like Icarus flying too close to the sun.''
* SelfPlagiarism: First book matches the first third of the fanfic 89%.
* TherapyIsForTheWeak: Christian seems to think so. So does his adoptive family, probably. Seeing as they adopted a deeply traumatised child and never bothered to seek professional help. There is a psychiatrist, but he is only there for exposition.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotHeinous
* {{Yandere}}: Leila, Christian's ex-sub.
* YouKeepUsingThatWord: If you drank every time the inner goddess is mentioned, you'd be dead before the first third of the book.
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