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*OvertOperative: Nathan's overuse of the recognition phrase("I thought I was applying to NYU") and his general lack of training gets him spotted by Eliza almost immediately.[[spoiler:He was intended to be this, to draw attention away from UNIX's actual spy.]]
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* TrainingFromHell: The Hell Semester, which is the first semester for Academy of Military Science and Shadowhaven students, separates students from the main campus, exposes them to experimental drugs, and forces them to run a marathon in combat gear. This is just an average day. Special exercises include a Film/FightClub-esque series of fights and being locked in [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace The Chamber of]] [[WhatItSaysOnTheTin Horrors,]] which is a room filled with rotting meat and hungry, wild animals. Both of these exercises are deliberately designed to kill a good chunk of the people who are involved in them.

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* TrainingFromHell: The Hell Semester, which is the first semester for Academy of Military Science and Shadowhaven students, separates students from the main campus, exposes them to experimental drugs, and forces them to run a marathon in combat gear. This is just an average day. Special exercises include a Film/FightClub-esque series of fights and being locked in [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace The Chamber of]] [[WhatItSaysOnTheTin Horrors,]] of Horrors]], which is a room filled with rotting meat and hungry, wild animals. Both of these exercises are deliberately designed to kill a good chunk of the people who are involved in them.
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Recruited by [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction UNIX]] (United Nations Investigations, eXtranormal) to spy on Nowhere Island University, an ExtranormalInstitute that caters to people who want to become [[MadScientist mad scientists,]] [[EliteMooks professional mercenaries,]] [[BigBad Big Bads,]] JamesBond expies, or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking linguists.]] And in a world where super heroes and super villains are all running around doing their thing, the last thing the world needs is some unchecked madman to slip through the cracks and [[Main/ApocalypseHow end the world.]] However, things are much more deadly than they seem. As soon as Nathan starts school, he is sent to something called [[TrainingFromHell Hell Semester]] where he is locked in with a bunch of AxCrazy killers and former ChildSoldiers from all over the world. Between this, the worry of being discovered and [[TheProphecy a prophecy]] from the 1500s about how the world will end and Nathan has a lot on his plate. If he can survive, that is.

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Recruited by [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction UNIX]] (United Nations Investigations, eXtranormal) to spy on Nowhere Island University, an ExtranormalInstitute that caters to people who want to become [[MadScientist mad scientists,]] [[EliteMooks professional mercenaries,]] [[BigBad Big Bads,]] JamesBond Film/JamesBond expies, or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking linguists.]] And in a world where super heroes and super villains are all running around doing their thing, the last thing the world needs is some unchecked madman to slip through the cracks and [[Main/ApocalypseHow end the world.]] However, things are much more deadly than they seem. As soon as Nathan starts school, he is sent to something called [[TrainingFromHell Hell Semester]] where he is locked in with a bunch of AxCrazy killers and former ChildSoldiers from all over the world. Between this, the worry of being discovered and [[TheProphecy a prophecy]] from the 1500s about how the world will end and Nathan has a lot on his plate. If he can survive, that is.
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* IdiotBall: The school's only fraternity, Nu Nu, grabs this and runs with it for quite a while. [[spoiler: After a dramatic change in leadership, they manage to pass it to Eric and everyone under his command. It is too late to do them any good, though.]]

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* NobleDemon: Ulfric may be able to kill you in ways that even NIU will censor, but if you take him down single-handedly, you'll earn his respect.

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* NobleDemon: Ulfric may be able to kill you in ways that even NIU will censor, but if you take him down single-handedly, you'll earn his respect.respect.
* TrainingFromHell: The Hell Semester, which is the first semester for Academy of Military Science and Shadowhaven students, separates students from the main campus, exposes them to experimental drugs, and forces them to run a marathon in combat gear. This is just an average day. Special exercises include a Film/FightClub-esque series of fights and being locked in [[IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace The Chamber of]] [[WhatItSaysOnTheTin Horrors,]] which is a room filled with rotting meat and hungry, wild animals. Both of these exercises are deliberately designed to kill a good chunk of the people who are involved in them.
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Recruited by [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction UNIX]] (United Nations Investigations, eXtranormal) to spy on Nowhere Island University, an ExtranormalInstitute that caters to people who want to become [[MadScientist mad scientists,]] [[EliteMooks professional mercenaries,]] [[BigBad Big Bads,]] JamesBond expies, or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking linguists.]] And in a world where super heroes and super villains are all running around doing their thing, the last thing the world needs is some unchecked madman to slip through the cracks and [[ApocolypseHow end the world.]] However, things are much more deadly than they seem. As soon as Nathan starts school, he is sent to something called [[TrainingFromHell Hell Semester]] where he is locked in with a bunch of AxCrazy killers and former ChildSoldiers from all over the world. Between this, the worry of being discovered and [[TheProphecy a prophecy]] from the 1500s about how the world will end and Nathan has a lot on his plate. If he can survive, that is.

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Recruited by [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction UNIX]] (United Nations Investigations, eXtranormal) to spy on Nowhere Island University, an ExtranormalInstitute that caters to people who want to become [[MadScientist mad scientists,]] [[EliteMooks professional mercenaries,]] [[BigBad Big Bads,]] JamesBond expies, or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking linguists.]] And in a world where super heroes and super villains are all running around doing their thing, the last thing the world needs is some unchecked madman to slip through the cracks and [[ApocolypseHow [[Main/ApocalypseHow end the world.]] However, things are much more deadly than they seem. As soon as Nathan starts school, he is sent to something called [[TrainingFromHell Hell Semester]] where he is locked in with a bunch of AxCrazy killers and former ChildSoldiers from all over the world. Between this, the worry of being discovered and [[TheProphecy a prophecy]] from the 1500s about how the world will end and Nathan has a lot on his plate. If he can survive, that is.
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Not to be confused Webcomic/NowhereUniversity.

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** Bai Feng gets points for taking down [[TheDreaded Ulfric Trollbjorn.]] ''With her bare hands and a broken leg.''

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** [[WaifFu Bai Feng Feng]] gets points for taking down [[TheDreaded Ulfric Trollbjorn.]] ''With her bare hands and a broken leg.''
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* ActionSurvivor: One of the ways to survive [[TrainingFromHell Hell Semester.]] Nathan Jacobs and his friend, John Marshall are one of these groups.

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* ActionSurvivor: One of the ways to survive [[TrainingFromHell Hell Semester.]] Nathan Jacobs and his friend, John Marshall are one of these groups.from this group.
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** Salim, much as he tries to hide it, seems to enjoy hurting people. Especially evident in [[https://nowhereislanduniversity.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/track-8-bring-your-friends/ Track 8.]]

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** Salim, much as he tries to hide it, [[KnightTemplar justify it,]] seems to enjoy hurting people. Especially evident in [[https://nowhereislanduniversity.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/track-8-bring-your-friends/ Track 8.]]
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* NobleDemon: Ulfric may be able to kill you in ways that [[Gorn even NIU will censor,]] but if you take him down single-handedly, you'll earn his respect.

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* NobleDemon: Ulfric may be able to kill you in ways that [[Gorn even NIU will censor,]] censor, but if you take him down single-handedly, you'll earn his respect.
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* ExtranormalInstitute: Nowhere Island University is very proud of how their students have put them years ahead of everyone else technologically.

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[[https://nowhereislanduniversity.wordpress.com/[ Nowhere Island University]] is a web serial about a young man called Nathan Jacobs and his journey from an eighteen-year-old with no clue what he wants to do in life to an extremely competent soldier who can go head to head with EliteMooks and super-powered people... at the cost of some [[SanitySlippage unpleasant side-effects.]]

Recruited by [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction UNIX]] (United Nations Investigations, eXtranormal) to spy on Nowhere Island University, an ExtranormalInstitute that caters to people who want to become [[MadScientist mad scientists,]] [[EliteMooks professional mercenaries,]] [[BigBad Big Bads,]] JamesBond expies, or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking linguists.]] And in a world where super heroes and super villains are all running around doing their thing, the last thing the world needs is

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[[https://nowhereislanduniversity.wordpress.com/[ com/ Nowhere Island University]] is a web serial about a young man called Nathan Jacobs and his journey from an eighteen-year-old with no clue what he wants to do in life to an extremely competent soldier who can go head to head with EliteMooks and super-powered people... at the cost of some [[SanitySlippage unpleasant side-effects.]]

Recruited by [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction UNIX]] (United Nations Investigations, eXtranormal) to spy on Nowhere Island University, an ExtranormalInstitute that caters to people who want to become [[MadScientist mad scientists,]] [[EliteMooks professional mercenaries,]] [[BigBad Big Bads,]] JamesBond expies, or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking linguists.]] And in a world where super heroes and super villains are all running around doing their thing, the last thing the world needs isis some unchecked madman to slip through the cracks and [[ApocolypseHow end the world.]] However, things are much more deadly than they seem. As soon as Nathan starts school, he is sent to something called [[TrainingFromHell Hell Semester]] where he is locked in with a bunch of AxCrazy killers and former ChildSoldiers from all over the world. Between this, the worry of being discovered and [[TheProphecy a prophecy]] from the 1500s about how the world will end and Nathan has a lot on his plate. If he can survive, that is.

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* ActionGirl: If you are female, and you've survived the Hell Semester and have gone on to join [[EliteMooks The Academy of Military Science]] or [[TheSneakyGuy Shadowhaven,]] you're this. No ifs, ands or buts.
** Bai Feng gets points for taking down [[TheDreaded Ulfric Trollbjorn.]] ''With her bare hands and a broken leg.''
* ActionSurvivor: One of the ways to survive [[TrainingFromHell Hell Semester.]] Nathan Jacobs and his friend, John Marshall are one of these groups.
* AllThereInTheManual: The site comes with the [[https://nowhereislanduniversity.wordpress.com/intel/course-materieals/ author's research and inspiration,]] a list of [[https://nowhereislanduniversity.wordpress.com/intel/poi/ characters,]] and some useful [[https://nowhereislanduniversity.wordpress.com/intel/encyclopedia/ terms and concepts.]]
* AxCrazy: Nowhere Island University is a very dark story. As such, many characters, especially the ones from The Academy of Military Science and Shadowhaven, tend to be a little violent. However, there are some who deserve special mention.
** Salim, much as he tries to hide it, seems to enjoy hurting people. Especially evident in [[https://nowhereislanduniversity.wordpress.com/2015/03/25/track-8-bring-your-friends/ Track 8.]]
** [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Two]] [[TheDreaded words:]] [[SoftSpokenSadist Ulfric]] [[GeniusBruiser Trollbjorn.]]
* BerserkButton: A few characters have these.
** Don't call Nathan "Killer. Just because he earned that nickname, doesn't mean he likes it.
** Don't call Salim out on his AxCrazy tendencies. Unless your name is [[CurbStompBattle Ulfric.]]
* NobleDemon: Ulfric may be able to kill you in ways that [[Gorn even NIU will censor,]] but if you take him down single-handedly, you'll earn his respect.
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[[https://nowhereislanduniversity.wordpress.com/[ Nowhere Island University]] is a web serial about a young man called Nathan Jacobs and his journey from an eighteen-year-old with no clue what he wants to do in life to an extremely competent soldier who can go head to head with EliteMooks and super-powered people... at the cost of some [[SanitySlippage unpleasant side-effects.]]

Recruited by [[GovernmentAgencyOfFiction UNIX]] (United Nations Investigations, eXtranormal) to spy on Nowhere Island University, an ExtranormalInstitute that caters to people who want to become [[MadScientist mad scientists,]] [[EliteMooks professional mercenaries,]] [[BigBad Big Bads,]] JamesBond expies, or [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking linguists.]] And in a world where super heroes and super villains are all running around doing their thing, the last thing the world needs is

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