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* JustFollowingOrders: By the end of the book, Harry [[spoiler:had Meryl, Fix, the Alphas, and Toot-toot and his comrades carry iron into the final battle. By following Harry, they caused the deaths of several Summer Sidhe and the Winter Knight. Toot-toot and his fellows were even responsible for slaying Aurora. But because they were following Harry's command, neither Titania nor Mab will respond against them for the bringing of iron into the battle or their involvement in Aurora's death.]] But because it was on Harry's orders, he will end up bearing the full responsibilities of his choices eventually.
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* JustFollowingOrders: By the end of the book, Harry [[spoiler:had Meryl, Fix, the Alphas, and Toot-toot and his comrades carry iron into the final battle. By following Harry, they caused the deaths of several Summer Sidhe and grievous harm to the Winter Knight. Toot-toot and his fellows were even responsible for slaying Aurora. But because they were following Harry's command, neither Titania nor Mab will respond against them for the bringing of iron into the battle or their involvement in Aurora's death.]] But because it was on Harry's orders, he will end up bearing the full responsibilities of his choices eventually.
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* JustFollowingOrders: By the end of the book, Harry [[spoiler:had Meryl, Fix, the Alphas, and Toot-toot and his comrades carry iron into the final battle. By following Harry, they caused the deaths of several Summer Sidhe and the Winter Knight. Toot-toot and his fellows were even responsible for slaying Aurora. But because they were following Harry's command, neither Titania nor Mab will respond against them for the bringing of iron into the battle or their involvement in Aurora's death.]] But because it was on Harry's orders, he will end up bearing the full responsibilities of his choices eventually.
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* DidntSeeThatComing: Harry was very confident [[spoiler:he wouldn't be handed over to the Red Court as requested in their letter of appeasement because the Council, while not liking him wouldn't give into monstrous bullies like that. But then [=LaFortier=] of the Senior council moves to strip Harry of his title of Wizard, thus meaning he no longer has the protection of the Council. That they could consider handing over.]]
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* DidntSeeThatComing: Harry was very confident [[spoiler:he wouldn't be handed over to the Red Court as requested in their letter of appeasement because the Council, while not liking him him, wouldn't give into monstrous bullies like that. But then [=LaFortier=] of the Senior council moves to strip Harry of his title of Wizard, thus meaning he no longer has the protection of the Council. That If it happened, they could consider handing him over.]]
* EvilGloating: The assassin ghoul Tigress [[spoiler:has Murphy, suffering from a panic attack as she flashed back to the MindRape, and gloats about her being a weak human. Then she laughs at Murphy. [[BerserkButton Murphy didn't take that too well.]]]]
* IdiotBall: See DidntThinkThisThrough.
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* NeverMessWithGranny: Excluding the fact Mab and Titania are old enough to be many peoples grannies, this trope applies to [[PhysicalGod Mother Summer and Mother Winter]] who may appear to be old ladies but are by far the strongest of the Queens, able to read minds without Harry even sensing them doing it. [[spoiler:They are also strong enough that Aurora must use Harry as a patsy to get the Unraveling as Aurora is far to weak to try and steal it. Furthermore, Mother Winter able to produce the Unraveling, a piece of Antimagic capable of dispelling any enchantment, including the Vampire Curse Susan suffers from.]]
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* NeverMessWithGranny: Excluding the fact Mab and Titania are old enough to be many peoples grannies, this trope applies to [[PhysicalGod Mother Summer and Mother Winter]] who may appear to be old ladies but are by far the strongest of the Queens, able to read minds without Harry even sensing them doing it. [[spoiler:They are also strong enough that Aurora must use Harry as a patsy to get the Unraveling as Aurora is far to weak to try and steal it. Furthermore, Mother Winter is able to produce the Unraveling, a piece of Antimagic capable of dispelling any enchantment, including the Vampire Curse Susan suffers from.]]
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* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: When Murphy was being patched up after a fight, Georgia calls her "Lieutenant." Murphy tells her anyone who helps patch her up after a battle can call her "Karrin." Except Dresden.
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* BatmanGambit: See KickTheDog below.
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* CallBack: Harry insists he really had nothing to do with the [[Literature/StormFront broken elevator in his office. It certainly wasn't because of a magical scorpion trying to kill him.]]
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** Harry insists he really had nothing to do with the [[Literature/StormFront broken elevator in his office. It certainly wasn't because of a magical scorpion trying to kill him.]]
** Leah reminds Harry she is still bound to not harm him.
* CatScare: A rare antagonist example, when Mister unexpectedly springs out and startles[[spoiler: Morgan]].Morgan. See ConvenientDecoyCat for more.
** Harry insists he really had nothing to do with the [[Literature/StormFront broken elevator in his office. It certainly wasn't because of a magical scorpion trying to kill him.]]
** Leah reminds Harry she is still bound to not harm him.
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** Averted for much of the book, lampshaded on the last page and finally invoked in the last line of the book. Billy the werewolf comments that "All of those faeries and duels and mad queens and so on, and no one quoted old [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Billy Shakespeare]]. Not even once." Harry laughs and his inner monologue thinks, [[Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream "Lord, what fools these mortals be."]] (A Midsummer Nights Dream Act 3, scene 2, 115)
** There are, however, ''several'' shout outs to LooneyTunes, including a hilarious one where Harry snags a crucial magical artifact away from the BigBad, yells "[[WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Meep meep!]]" and runs like hell.
** Ronald Reuel, the Summer Knight whose death Harry is tasked with investigating, is a reference to an obscure, nearly unheard of fantasy author named [[Creator/JRRTolkien John Ronald Reuel Tolkien]]. Reuel is described in the book as a "creator of worlds of imagination."
** Averted for much of the book, lampshaded on the last page and finally invoked in the last line of the book. Billy the werewolf comments that "All of those faeries and duels and mad queens and so on, and no one quoted old [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Billy Shakespeare]]. Not even once." Harry laughs and his inner monologue thinks, [[Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream "Lord, what fools these mortals be."]] (A Midsummer Nights Dream Act 3, scene 2, 115)
** There are, however, ''several'' shout outs to LooneyTunes, including a hilarious one where Harry snags a crucial magical artifact away from the BigBad, yells "[[WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Meep meep!]]" and runs like hell.
** Ronald Reuel, the Summer Knight whose death Harry is tasked with investigating, is a reference to an obscure, nearly unheard of fantasy author named [[Creator/JRRTolkien John Ronald Reuel Tolkien]]. Reuel is described in the book as a "creator of worlds of imagination."
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* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: Harry uses his Sight to look upon [[spoiler:Mab ''and'' Titania at the Valley of the Stone Table. He was barely able to hold it together after seeing the true awesomeness of their power and how puny he really is to either of them.]]
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* DidntSeeThatComing: Harry was very confident [[spoiler:he wouldn't be handed over to the Red Court as requested in their letter of appeasement because the Council, while not liking him wouldn't give into monstrous bullies like that. But then [=LaFortier=] of the Senior council moves to strip Harry of his title of Wizard, thus meaning he no longer has the protection of the Council. That they could consider handing over.]]
* ForTheEvulz: Mab [[spoiler:makes the wound she gave Harry hurt even more not out of revenge or to make him take her favor, but for spite.]]
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* OhCrap: Harry has one upon realizing the fae before him isn't just some Sidhe, but Mab Queen of Air and Darkness. She smiled at Harry's reaction.
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** Mab, Queen of Air and Darkness, shows this by hiring Harry for finding the mantle of the Summer Knight. As Murphy points out, she could have selected anyone to be her emissary, but she picked a determinator like Harry, who wouldn't give up and would suspect even Mab of being the murderer.
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** Mab, Queen of Air and Darkness, shows this by hiring Harry for finding the mantle of the Summer Knight. As Murphy points out, she could have selected anyone to be her emissary, including a yes man, but she picked a determinator like Harry, who wouldn't give up and would suspect even Mab of being the murderer.
*RevengeByProxyRevengeByProxy: Discussed in Harry's bargain with Mab. He explicitly included Mab cannot bully him via his friends.
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** When Harry meets with his old mentor Ebenezer [=McCoy=], [=McCoy=] tells him how much trouble he will be facing, but if Harry were to play politics and support certain members on the Senior Council and their agendas, he could be saved. Harry, being Harry, tells Ebenezer to forget it, using a few choice words and some from Ebenezer himself. [[spoiler:Turns out two Senior Council are there, watching Harry's reaction. They finally agree to support him, though Martha Liberty did dislike his and Ebenezer's choice of words.]]
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* ChekhovsGun: This book introduces several characters whose lives and choices will lead to trouble for Harry.
** First, [[spoiler:Wizard Samuel Peabody, the one who reads of the list of the most senior wizards,]] plays a major role in ''Turn Coat''.
** Second, Near the end of the White Council meeting, Harry briefly mentions an old woman making a speech on new protection wards. Later this would be revealed to be Wizard Anastasia Luccio, Captain of the Wardens, who will play major roles in helping Harry in future books.
** First, [[spoiler:Wizard Samuel Peabody, the one who reads of the list of the most senior wizards,]] plays a major role in ''Turn Coat''.
** Second, Near the end of the White Council meeting, Harry briefly mentions an old woman making a speech on new protection wards. Later this would be revealed to be Wizard Anastasia Luccio, Captain of the Wardens, who will play major roles in helping Harry in future books.
* TheMole: Morgan [[spoiler:suggests Susan was this from the start for the Red Court and she never loved Harry.]]
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* OutOfCharacterMoment: When [[spoiler:Aurora tries to kill Dresden by drowning (with a justified aversion of WhyDontYaJustShootHim), Elaine's perfectly calm, callous attitude]] is what tips off Dresden to what he needs to do to save himself.
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* OutOfCharacterMoment: OutOfCharacterMoment:
** When Harry tells Bob everything about the current case, once all the "Are you stupid/insane for working for Mab?" lines are done and Harry's leaving, Bob genuinely warns Harry to be careful on this case. Women were always his weak point and none of them have been as dangerous or powerful or beautiful as Mab.
** When [[spoiler:Aurora tries to kill Dresden by drowning (with a justified aversion of WhyDontYaJustShootHim), Elaine's perfectly calm, callous attitude]] is what tips off Dresden to what he needs to do to save himself.
** When Harry tells Bob everything about the current case, once all the "Are you stupid/insane for working for Mab?" lines are done and Harry's leaving, Bob genuinely warns Harry to be careful on this case. Women were always his weak point and none of them have been as dangerous or powerful or beautiful as Mab.
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* RageBreakingPoint: Invoked. [[spoiler:Morgan claiming Susan never loved Harry and was a mole all the time was supposed to push Harry beyond this, so Harry would either kill or attempt to kill Morgan, with a convenient witness outside Harry's listening in, as the Merlin's third plan of dealing with Harry.]]
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigures:
** Senior Council Members Listen-to-Winds and Martha Liberty, after some observing Harry, give him their support. [[spoiler:The Gatekeeper also proves to be one by allowing Harry the trial to test himself, as well as taking the responsibility to kill Harry if he failed.]]
** Mab, Queen of Air and Darkness, shows this by hiring Harry for finding the mantle of the Summer Knight. As Murphy points out, she could have selected anyone to be her emissary, but she picked a determinator like Harry, who wouldn't give up and would suspect even Mab of being the murderer.
** Senior Council Members Listen-to-Winds and Martha Liberty, after some observing Harry, give him their support. [[spoiler:The Gatekeeper also proves to be one by allowing Harry the trial to test himself, as well as taking the responsibility to kill Harry if he failed.]]
** Mab, Queen of Air and Darkness, shows this by hiring Harry for finding the mantle of the Summer Knight. As Murphy points out, she could have selected anyone to be her emissary, but she picked a determinator like Harry, who wouldn't give up and would suspect even Mab of being the murderer.
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* EinsteinHair: No one in particular, but the TropeNamer is refereed to by this hair by the Queen Mothers.
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* ChekhovMIA: [[spoiler:Elaine, other student of Justine, finally makes an appearance after only being mentioned.]]
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* DealWithTheDevil: A business type. Mab, now the owner of Harry's considerable debt to Leah, makes him a him a deal. Do three favors for her and the debt is forgiven. She even grants Harry the right to refuse the favor and she will make him suffer no consequences. So, in typical Devil fashion, her favor for this book will be linked to his personal survival where if he refuses other people will kill him.
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* DealWithTheDevil: A business type. Mab, now the owner of Harry's considerable debt to Leah, the leanansidhe, makes him a him a deal. Do three favors for her and the debt is forgiven. She even grants Harry the right to refuse the favor and she will make him suffer no consequences. So, in typical Devil fashion, her favor for this book will be linked to his personal survival where if he refuses other people will kill him.
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** Notably, [[spoiler:Leah averts this trope after being one in the previous book when dealing with Harry, as her concerns for him make her give straight and forward answers, and genuine help in finding those responsible and those who aren't.]]
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** Notably, [[spoiler:Leah [[spoiler:Lea averts this trope after being one in the previous book when dealing with Harry, as her concerns for him make her give straight and forward answers, and genuine help in finding those responsible and those who aren't.]]
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* TrustPassword: Of a sort. Harry didn't believe Mab when she claimed his godmother sold his debt to Mab. This debt is so significant that Leah could control Harry's physical body against his free will. So Mab proves she owns the debt by forcing Harry to act against his will [[spoiler:by stabbing his hand with a letter opener.]]
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* TrustPassword: Of a sort. Harry didn't believe Mab when she claimed his godmother sold his debt to Mab. This debt is so significant that Leah Lea could control Harry's physical body against his free will. So Mab proves she owns the debt by forcing Harry to act against his will [[spoiler:by stabbing his hand with a letter opener.]]
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* EvilCounterpart:
** Several people, Harry and the changelings included, view Winter Fae as this to the generally better Summer.
** [[spoiler:Considering Elaine, Summer's Emissary, is helping Aurora destroy the world, this would make her Harry's Evil Counterpart.]]
** Several people, Harry and the changelings included, view Winter Fae as this to the generally better Summer.
** [[spoiler:Considering Elaine, Summer's Emissary, is helping Aurora destroy the world, this would make her Harry's Evil Counterpart.]]
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* GoodIsNotNice: Discussed when Harry asks what would happen if Summer, the "good" side of the two courts, wins the war against Winter, Bob says there would be a plethora of growth in the world. Harry doesn't see to much trouble until Bob noted this included such things like Ebola and other viruses.
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* WrongGenreSavvy: [[spoiler:Because of Nemesis' influence, Aurora believes herself the heroine by seeking to end the constant war between Summer and Winter.]]
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* MundaneWish: Discussed. Harry asks if the three favors owed to Mab could be something as simple as passing her the salt three times then would the debt be fulfilled, Mab doesn't dismiss the idea.
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* OhCrap: Harry has one upon realizing the fae before him isn't just some Sidhe, but Mab Queen of Air and Darkness. She smiled at Harry's reaction.
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* TrustPassword: Of a sort. Harry didn't believe Mab when she claimed his godmother sold his debt to Mab. This debt is so significant that Leah could control Harry's physical body against his free will. So Mab proves she owns the debt by forcing Harry to act against his will [[spoiler:by stabbing his hand with a letter opener.]]
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* DealWithTheDevil: A business type. Mab, now the owner of Harry's considerable debt to Leah, makes him a him a deal. Do three favors for her and the debt is forgiven. She even grants Harry the right to refuse the favor and she will make him suffer no consequences. So, in typical Devil fashion, her favor for this book will be linked to his personal survival where if he refuses other people will kill him.
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** Many throughout the series, but a notable one was used here. [[spoiler: Harry had solved the mystery as assigned to him by the council and Mab, but in the process he uncovered a plot to permanently alter the balance between Winter and Summer, which would cause a new Ice Age, among other things. The Gatekeeper of the Senior Council pointed out to Harry that he could try to stop the plot at great personal risk, or he could go home, since his job was technically done. Harry said he would try to stop the plot. The Gatekeeper was pleased, and said that if Harry had answered differently, he would have killed Harry himself.]]
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** Many throughout Mab tested Harry in their first meeting when she was under the series, but a notable one was used here. alias of "Ms. Sommerset." She needed to see if he would be perfect for her needs, and despite Harry's first appearances being disastrous, he proved himself. See SpottingTheThread for more.
** [[spoiler: Harry had solved the mystery as assigned to him by the council and Mab, but in the process he uncovered a plot to permanently alter the balance between Winter and Summer, which would cause a new Ice Age, among other things. The Gatekeeper of the Senior Council pointed out to Harry that he could try to stop the plot at great personal risk, or he could go home, since his job was technically done. Harry said he would try to stop the plot. The Gatekeeper was pleased, and said that if Harry had answered differently, he would have killed Harry himself.]]
** [[spoiler: Harry had solved the mystery as assigned to him by the council and Mab, but in the process he uncovered a plot to permanently alter the balance between Winter and Summer, which would cause a new Ice Age, among other things. The Gatekeeper of the Senior Council pointed out to Harry that he could try to stop the plot at great personal risk, or he could go home, since his job was technically done. Harry said he would try to stop the plot. The Gatekeeper was pleased, and said that if Harry had answered differently, he would have killed Harry himself.]]
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* ShoutOut: Averted for much of the book, lampshaded on the last page and finally invoked in the last line of the book. Billy the werewolf comments that "All of those faeries and duels and mad queens and so on, and no one quoted old [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Billy Shakespeare]]. Not even once." Harry laughs and his inner monologue thinks, [[Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream "Lord, what fools these mortals be."]] (A Midsummer Nights Dream Act 3, scene 2, 115)
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** Averted for much of the book, lampshaded on the last page and finally invoked in the last line of the book. Billy the werewolf comments that "All of those faeries and duels and mad queens and so on, and no one quoted old [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Billy Shakespeare]]. Not even once." Harry laughs and his inner monologue thinks, [[Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream "Lord, what fools these mortals be."]] (A Midsummer Nights Dream Act 3, scene 2, 115)
** Averted for much of the book, lampshaded on the last page and finally invoked in the last line of the book. Billy the werewolf comments that "All of those faeries and duels and mad queens and so on, and no one quoted old [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Billy Shakespeare]]. Not even once." Harry laughs and his inner monologue thinks, [[Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream "Lord, what fools these mortals be."]] (A Midsummer Nights Dream Act 3, scene 2, 115)
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* SpottingTheThread: When Harry puts it together and recognizes the "client" before him is a fae, he finally tested it by rolling a steel nail at her. Then, upon asking what gave her away, Harry lists the unlocked door to his office which should be locked, her avoiding directly answering his inquiries, and the fae, while dressed in what looks like a $3,000-pantsuit, lacks any purse.
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** Ronald Reuel, the Summer Knight whose death Harry is tasked with investigating, is a reference to a moderately well known fantasy author, [[Creator/JRRTolkien John Ronald Reuel Tolkien]]. Reuel is described in the book as a "creator of worlds of imagination."
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** Ronald Reuel, the Summer Knight whose death Harry is tasked with investigating, is a reference to a moderately well known an obscure, nearly unheard of fantasy author, author named [[Creator/JRRTolkien John Ronald Reuel Tolkien]]. Reuel is described in the book as a "creator of worlds of imagination."
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: The identity of the BigBad can be determined by a keen reader by [[spoiler: what ''doesn't'' get said. Harry never asked Aurora if she arranged the murder of the Summer Knight, because if he did, she'd have to say yes. She knew this, and manipulated him so he wouldn't ask.]]
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** As [=McCoy=]'s apprentice, Harry burned down Ebenezar's barn and permanently scared off his mentor's cat by doing... something... with the laundry.
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** Changelings, HalfHumanHybrid's of a Fae and mortal, slowly get more and more locked into the Fae half after reaching puberty to the point where they can either fully accept the Fae-side and lose their humanity or stay mortal.
** [[spoiler:Lily suffers this twice. First when she reaches puberty and her Fae-side emerges giving her "summer grass" green hair. Then when she becomes the Summer Lady and her hair becomes snow white.]]
** Changelings, HalfHumanHybrid's of a Fae and mortal, slowly get more and more locked into the Fae half after reaching puberty to the point where they can either fully accept the Fae-side and lose their humanity or stay mortal.
** [[spoiler:Lily suffers this twice. First when she reaches puberty and her Fae-side emerges giving her "summer grass" green hair. Then when she becomes the Summer Lady and her hair becomes snow white.]]
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**LockedIntoStrangeness: Changelings, HalfHumanHybrid's of a Fae and mortal, slowly get more and more locked into the Fae half after reaching sometimes undergo dramatic changes of hair color when they hit puberty and their fae side begins to the point where emerge, especially if they can either choose to become fully accept the Fae-side and lose their humanity or stay mortal.
**faerie. [[spoiler:Lily suffers this twice. First when she reaches puberty and her Fae-side emerges giving her "summer grass" green hair. Then it twice, first developing grass-green hair at puberty, which changes again to snow white when she becomes the Summer Lady and her hair becomes snow white.Lady.]]
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* BigGood: [[spoiler:The Queen Mothers of Summer and Winter, who generally know what has caused the problems in the book but let arry work out the problem himself when he meets them. Their hands were also tied as they cannot interfere in the plans of another Queen.]] After the events of ''Cold Days'' it is now likely [[spoiler:they knew ''Nemesis'' was behind Aurora's insanity.]]
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* BigGood: [[spoiler:The Queen Mothers of Summer and Winter, who generally know what has caused the problems in the book but let arry Harry work out the problem himself when he meets them. Their hands were also tied as they cannot interfere in the plans of another Queen.]] After the events of ''Cold Days'' it is now likely [[spoiler:they knew ''Nemesis'' was behind Aurora's insanity.]]
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* InternalReveal: [[spoiler:Harry is finally straight with Karin Murphy about the Supernatural World and most of the politics.]]
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--->'''Harry:''' "So, I notice these things. Sue me."
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** This is further elaborated upon in ''[[Literature/ColdDays Cold Days]]'' as we find out that [[spoiler: upsetting the balance of Winter and Summer would have destabilized the Sidhe Courts sufficiently to prevent the Winter Court from continuing to hold off the [[EldritchAbomination Outsiders]] that are constantly storming the Outer Gates, creating a more immediate end of the world scenario.]]
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* ContinuityNod: While speaking to Harry before the White Council meeting, Wizard Listens-To-Wind tells Harry, "The one you knew as [[Literature/FoolMoon Tera West]] sends her regards."
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'''''Summer Knight''''' is book #4 in ''Literature/TheDresdenFiles''.
In the wake of a personal tragedy and having pissed off every vampire around, Harry neglects everything in the hopes of finding a cure for the love of his life. However, he is pulled out of his blue funk by Queen Mab, who wants him to find who murdered the Summer Knight. Like with most anything involving the Sidhe, things get complicated very quickly as Harry rushes to foil a supernatural plot that could destroy the world.
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!!''Summer Knight'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AntiMagic: The Unraveling, which can undo any enchantment, [[spoiler:including a person turned into a vampire]].
* BattleCry: Two memorable ones.
** '''Harry Dresden:''' I DON'T BELIEVE IN FAIRIES!
** [[spoiler:'''Toot-toot:''']] In the name of the Pizza Lord! Charge!
* BeardOfSorrow: Harry starts the book on the tail end of a HeroicBSOD due to losing Susan in the [[Literature/GravePeril previous book]], during which he neglected his business and grooming.
* [[BusmansHoliday Busman's Holiday:]] Billy invites Harry to his house to play some [[DungeonsAndDragons Arcanos]] with the Alphas. Harry grumbles that it sounds too much like his day job. [[spoiler: He plays a barbarian instead. A "Hulk Smash" barbarian, even.]]
* BigGood: [[spoiler:The Queen Mothers of Summer and Winter, who generally know what has caused the problems in the book but let Harry work out the problem himself when he meets them. Their hands were alos tied as they cannot interfere in the plans of another Queen.]]
* CallBack: Harry insists he really had nothing to do with the [[Literature/StormFront broken elevator in his office. It certainly wasn't because of a magical scorpion trying to kill him.]]
* ChainsawGood: [[spoiler:Being bound by steel, this weapon is very effective against the Ogre Grum and chlorofiend.]]
* ChekhovMIA: Elaine.
* ChekhovsGun: Toot-toot and fairies similar to his status love pizza. [[spoiler: Harry used this to gain their help when fighting against Aurora. See DeathOfAThousandCuts for more.]]
* ConvenientDecoyCat: When Morgan showed up at Harry's apartment after [[spoiler:Elaine]] arrived, [[spoiler:Elaine]] hid in Harry's bedroom. During Morgan and Harry's conversation, a noise comes from the room, prompting Morgan to investigate. He opens the door, and Mister zooms out, startling Morgan, much to Harry's amusement (and relief).
* DeathOfAThousandCuts: [[spoiler:[[BigBad Aurora, the Summer Lady]] suffers this from Toot-toot and other fairies who are wielding [[ColdIron box cutters]]]].
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Harry thinks some tiny glass garden marbles would be enough to trip up Grum, a big, several hundred pound 12-foot tall ogre, like in WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes. [[spoiler:Grum crushes them under his weight and later Harry learns Karin Murphy fell on them and hurt her knee. She was not amused by Harry's logic.]]
* DisappearedDad: Maeve the Winter Lady offers to give Harry what he wants in exchange for "his first born child". As in, she wants him to [[spoiler:impregnate a faerie. Harry responds to said faerie's advances by pouring ice water on his crotch]].
* EinsteinHair: No one in particular, but the TropeNamer is refereed to by this hair by the Queen Mothers.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: What would have happened if Harry hadn't gotten involved. [[spoiler: The Summer Lady intended to sacrifice the new summer knight on a special altar on the summer solstice, which would have resulted in the power of the summer knight transferring to winter. Since Earth's weather patterns mirror the war between the summer and winter fae, this would have resulted in an IceAge]].
* FacePalm: Harry has a particularly memorable one here. [[spoiler: He has just escaped a quicksand like death trap and is hanging by his belt from a tree branch about twenty feet up dripping mud and boots, no sooner does he thank his lucky stars that there is no one there to see him then somebody shows up!]]
* FateWorseThanDeath: Happens to the [[spoiler:Winter Knight after the events this book. This has been different from most [[FateWorseThanDeath fates worse than death]] in that we have received updates on him more than once and, yes, he is still being tortured.]] The books take place in real time, very roughly speaking, with about a year between publication of each and a {{Time Skip}} of about a year or so between most books. Four books after what happens to [[spoiler:the Winter Knight,]] Harry sees him, still imprisoned. Even Fix, who hates the guy is disgusted by how much he's suffering. [[spoiler: As of ''Literature/{{Changes}}'', the poor bastard is '''finally''' dead.]]
* FoodAndAnimalAttraction: When Harry meets [[MagicalNativeAmerican Injun Joe]] for the first time, his pet raccoon goes immediately for the half of a chocolate bar in Harry's pocket.
* FriendlyAddressPrivileges: [[spoiler:In exchange for helping tend to her injured knee, Karin insists Georgia call her by her first name.]]
* GuardianEntity: The Queen Mothers' home was protected by an 18 hand (6 feet, at the withers (shoulders for those who don't know)) unicorn. Yeah... Big. [[spoiler:Turns out, it was an EliteMook of the BigBad's as part of a BatmanGambit]]
* TheHecateSisters: The Summer and Winter Queens are each divided into three distinct and separate Fairies: Queen Mother (The Queen Who Was), Queen (The Queen Who Is), and Lady (The Queen Who Is To Come).
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Meryl. A changeling, half-mortal half-troll, child of rape finally embraces her Fae side in order to gain the power to help save her best friend by charging through Aurora's DeathTrap to get to Harry and help him against one of Aurora's strongest allies.]]
* ItIsBeyondSaving: [[spoiler:The Summer Lady plans to use powerful magic to end the battle between Summer and Winter, stopping their eternal cycle of war.]] Unfortunately, that would probably have doomed the whole world.
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:The Merlin's third attempt to remove Harry is this trope. He sends Morgan and another warden as a witness, wanting Morgan to kick Harry's emotional sore spots, from his evil mentor to Susan's cursed life, even hinting that Susan was a puppet of the Red Vampires from the beginning as no woman would ever want to be with Harry willingly. This was done in hopes of Harry killing, or trying to kill, Morgan. Either way, Harry would end up disgraced in front of the Senior Council and dead.]]
* LeaveYourQuestTest: After completing the task he's given at the start of the book, [[spoiler:The Gatekeeper]] shows up and asks Harry whether he'll act on the newly uncovered knowledge that [[spoiler:the Summer Lady is attempting to do something which will result in the world's destruction]], or go home, knowing his job is done. After Harry chooses the former, [[spoiler:The Gatekeeper]] says that if he had answered otherwise, he'd have killed him right then and there.
* LockedIntoStrangeness:
** Changelings, HalfHumanHybrid's of a Fae and mortal, slowly get more and more locked into the Fae half after reaching puberty to the point where they can either fully accept the Fae-side and lose their humanity or stay mortal.
** [[spoiler:Lily suffers this twice. First when she reaches puberty and her Fae-side emerges giving her "summer grass" green hair. Then when she becomes the Summer Lady and her hair becomes snow white.]]
* ManipulativeBitch: Generally, every female High Sidhe, to varying degrees of "Bitchiness". More impressive in light of the fact that they, like all Faeries, CannotTellALie.
** Mab [[spoiler:knew how to play Harry to get him to take her deal to get him out knowing he would be forced to accept her first request, as if he didn't he would be given over to the vampires as an appeasement.]]
** Notably, [[spoiler:Leah averts this trope after being one in the previous book when dealing with Harry, as her concerns for him make her give straight and forward answers, and genuine help in finding those responsible and those who aren't.]]
** [[spoiler:Aurora, however, takes the cake in this book as she successfully pushes away suspicion from herself and gets Harry to angst about his inner turmoil from all the crap he's faced in the past few years. It wasn't until Harry meets the Queen Mothers does he realize how badly he was played.]]
* MeaningfulName: Ms. Sommerset, aka, Queen Mab. "Sommer" equates to "Summer", thus making the name "Summer set." Not only a reference to coming after Winter but [[spoiler:the fact Mid-Summer will come and Summer's reign over the Stone Table will end.]]
* MotherNatureFatherScience: All the Queens of Faerie are women. The Queen Mothers speak highly of Albert Einstein, referring to him as a sage. And Mab speaks of Time with male pronouns.
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: [[spoiler:When Harry points out to Talos, Lord Marshal of the Summer Court, Aurora is insane. He simply replies, she is still his Queen and must follow her commands, even if it means the end of the world.]]
* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: Harry's attempts at speaking Latin do not go well.
--> "Damned correspondence course."
* NeverMessWithGranny: Excluding the fact Mab and Titania are old enough to be many peoples grannies, this trope applies to [[PhysicalGod Mother Summer and Mother Winter]] who may appear to be old ladies but are by far the strongest of the Queens, able to read minds without Harry even sensing them doing it. [[spoiler:They are also strong enough that Aurora must use Harry as a patsy to get the Unraveling as Aurora is far to weak to try and steal it. Furthermore, Mother Winter able to produce the Unraveling, a piece of Antimagic capable of dispelling any enchantment, including the Vampire Curse Susan suffers from.]]
* NoodleIncident:
** When the Senior Council is considering candidates to replace a vacant spot, several of the reasons for these venerable men and women not present are Wizard Gomen "sleeping off that potion." Others interesting reasons include one man "got real married," the wizard is "living under the polar ice cap," and "Pyramid sitting."
** Queen Mab knowing [[spoiler:Rashid, the Gatekeeper of the Senior Council, well enough to spot his ointment by scent and the piece of the stone table he had in his possession.]]
* NotAGame: [[spoiler:Harry repeats this once more to the Alphas and, for their first time, Fix and Meryl that the battle they are going into is a serious thing.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Harry once more. Even lampshaded by an EliteMook.
--->''[[spoiler:Lloyd Slate the Winter Knight]]'': Spooky. He doesn't ''look'' all that smart.
* OutOfCharacterMoment: When [[spoiler:Aurora tries to kill Dresden by drowning (with a justified aversion of WhyDontYaJustShootHim), Elaine's perfectly calm, callous attitude]] is what tips off Dresden to what he needs to do to save himself.
* PubertySuperpower: Changlings, half-human and half-Fae, generally show their Fae side when they hit puberty.
* PunnyName: A very subtle one. Dresden is being guided by a fairy so small, she only appears as a small bright red light that can blink on and off. Her name is Elidee (LED).
* RapeAsBackstory: One of the changelings is the end result of when a male troll raped a female mortal. Maeve also taunts Lily when they meet up in ''Proven Guilty'', saying that she used to "dance" for Winter with Lloyd Slate at gatherings. There is a reason those changelings sought shelter with Summer...
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Harry is finally straight with Karin Murphy about the Supernatural World and most of the politics.]]
* RevengeByProxy
* SecretTestOfCharacter:
** Many throughout the series, but a notable one was used here. [[spoiler: Harry had solved the mystery as assigned to him by the council and Mab, but in the process he uncovered a plot to permanently alter the balance between Winter and Summer, which would cause a new Ice Age, among other things. The Gatekeeper of the Senior Council pointed out to Harry that he could try to stop the plot at great personal risk, or he could go home, since his job was technically done. Harry said he would try to stop the plot. The Gatekeeper was pleased, and said that if Harry had answered differently, he would have killed Harry himself.]]
** Also, the Summer and Winter Mothers give him one. [[spoiler: They ask which is more important; the Body or the Soul? The correct answer is basically, "That's a stupid question". When he passes, they comment Harry understands what [[BigBad Aurora]] does not.]]
* ShoutOut: Averted for much of the book, lampshaded on the last page and finally invoked in the last line of the book. Billy the werewolf comments that "All of those faeries and duels and mad queens and so on, and no one quoted old [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Billy Shakespeare]]. Not even once." Harry laughs and his inner monologue thinks, [[Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream "Lord, what fools these mortals be."]] (A Midsummer Nights Dream Act 3, scene 2, 115)
** There are, however, ''several'' shout outs to LooneyTunes, including a hilarious one where Harry snags a crucial magical artifact away from the BigBad, yells "[[WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Meep meep!]]" and runs like hell.
* TakeAThirdOption:
** At the beginning, when all levels of Fae are choosing Summer or Winter's side, Toot-toot and his allies have not. [[spoiler:In the final battle, they choose to side with Harry "Pizza Lord" Dresden who, while working with Winter at this time, is not one of their common allies.]]
** The Gatekeeper of the Senior Council does this at the start when the council is voting on whether Harry deserves the rank of Wizard. He decides to hold and calls for Harry to complete a Trial to deem his worthiness or failure as a Wizard.
* TookALevelInBadass: The Alphas had gone from skinny NewMeat to the the supernatural world in ''[[Literature/FoolMoon Fool Moon]]'' to muscular, seasoned fighters more than capable of helping Harry and Murphy should they need it.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: From the view points of the Queen Mothers of Summer and Winter who have been around for millions of years, they see Albert Einstein as this, calling him a Sage for his insight that energy can neither be created nor destroyed. They also see Harry as wiser than he appears and call him out for not thinking clearly.
* WhyDontYaJustShootHim: A perfectly justified example. When killing a Wizard up close, one needs to be wary of their power to call up a Death Curse, a powerful final act of magic that generally has devastating results to the murderer. [[spoiler:This makes Aurora change her mind about how to kill Harry and opts for a slower drowning and leaving him so when he dies she's out of range.]]
* YankTheDogsChain: Harry briefly hoped [[spoiler:he might use the [[AntiMagic Unraveling]] to cure Susan, but it's stolen from him and used by the BigBad before he has a chance to do anything with it.]]
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In the wake of a personal tragedy and having pissed off every vampire around, Harry neglects everything in the hopes of finding a cure for the love of his life. However, he is pulled out of his blue funk by Queen Mab, who wants him to find who murdered the Summer Knight. Like with most anything involving the Sidhe, things get complicated very quickly as Harry rushes to foil a supernatural plot that could destroy the world.
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!!''Summer Knight'' provides examples of the following tropes:
* AntiMagic: The Unraveling, which can undo any enchantment, [[spoiler:including a person turned into a vampire]].
* BattleCry: Two memorable ones.
** '''Harry Dresden:''' I DON'T BELIEVE IN FAIRIES!
** [[spoiler:'''Toot-toot:''']] In the name of the Pizza Lord! Charge!
* BeardOfSorrow: Harry starts the book on the tail end of a HeroicBSOD due to losing Susan in the [[Literature/GravePeril previous book]], during which he neglected his business and grooming.
* [[BusmansHoliday Busman's Holiday:]] Billy invites Harry to his house to play some [[DungeonsAndDragons Arcanos]] with the Alphas. Harry grumbles that it sounds too much like his day job. [[spoiler: He plays a barbarian instead. A "Hulk Smash" barbarian, even.]]
* BigGood: [[spoiler:The Queen Mothers of Summer and Winter, who generally know what has caused the problems in the book but let Harry work out the problem himself when he meets them. Their hands were alos tied as they cannot interfere in the plans of another Queen.]]
* CallBack: Harry insists he really had nothing to do with the [[Literature/StormFront broken elevator in his office. It certainly wasn't because of a magical scorpion trying to kill him.]]
* ChainsawGood: [[spoiler:Being bound by steel, this weapon is very effective against the Ogre Grum and chlorofiend.]]
* ChekhovMIA: Elaine.
* ChekhovsGun: Toot-toot and fairies similar to his status love pizza. [[spoiler: Harry used this to gain their help when fighting against Aurora. See DeathOfAThousandCuts for more.]]
* ConvenientDecoyCat: When Morgan showed up at Harry's apartment after [[spoiler:Elaine]] arrived, [[spoiler:Elaine]] hid in Harry's bedroom. During Morgan and Harry's conversation, a noise comes from the room, prompting Morgan to investigate. He opens the door, and Mister zooms out, startling Morgan, much to Harry's amusement (and relief).
* DeathOfAThousandCuts: [[spoiler:[[BigBad Aurora, the Summer Lady]] suffers this from Toot-toot and other fairies who are wielding [[ColdIron box cutters]]]].
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Harry thinks some tiny glass garden marbles would be enough to trip up Grum, a big, several hundred pound 12-foot tall ogre, like in WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes. [[spoiler:Grum crushes them under his weight and later Harry learns Karin Murphy fell on them and hurt her knee. She was not amused by Harry's logic.]]
* DisappearedDad: Maeve the Winter Lady offers to give Harry what he wants in exchange for "his first born child". As in, she wants him to [[spoiler:impregnate a faerie. Harry responds to said faerie's advances by pouring ice water on his crotch]].
* EinsteinHair: No one in particular, but the TropeNamer is refereed to by this hair by the Queen Mothers.
* TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt: What would have happened if Harry hadn't gotten involved. [[spoiler: The Summer Lady intended to sacrifice the new summer knight on a special altar on the summer solstice, which would have resulted in the power of the summer knight transferring to winter. Since Earth's weather patterns mirror the war between the summer and winter fae, this would have resulted in an IceAge]].
* FacePalm: Harry has a particularly memorable one here. [[spoiler: He has just escaped a quicksand like death trap and is hanging by his belt from a tree branch about twenty feet up dripping mud and boots, no sooner does he thank his lucky stars that there is no one there to see him then somebody shows up!]]
* FateWorseThanDeath: Happens to the [[spoiler:Winter Knight after the events this book. This has been different from most [[FateWorseThanDeath fates worse than death]] in that we have received updates on him more than once and, yes, he is still being tortured.]] The books take place in real time, very roughly speaking, with about a year between publication of each and a {{Time Skip}} of about a year or so between most books. Four books after what happens to [[spoiler:the Winter Knight,]] Harry sees him, still imprisoned. Even Fix, who hates the guy is disgusted by how much he's suffering. [[spoiler: As of ''Literature/{{Changes}}'', the poor bastard is '''finally''' dead.]]
* FoodAndAnimalAttraction: When Harry meets [[MagicalNativeAmerican Injun Joe]] for the first time, his pet raccoon goes immediately for the half of a chocolate bar in Harry's pocket.
* FriendlyAddressPrivileges: [[spoiler:In exchange for helping tend to her injured knee, Karin insists Georgia call her by her first name.]]
* GuardianEntity: The Queen Mothers' home was protected by an 18 hand (6 feet, at the withers (shoulders for those who don't know)) unicorn. Yeah... Big. [[spoiler:Turns out, it was an EliteMook of the BigBad's as part of a BatmanGambit]]
* TheHecateSisters: The Summer and Winter Queens are each divided into three distinct and separate Fairies: Queen Mother (The Queen Who Was), Queen (The Queen Who Is), and Lady (The Queen Who Is To Come).
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Meryl. A changeling, half-mortal half-troll, child of rape finally embraces her Fae side in order to gain the power to help save her best friend by charging through Aurora's DeathTrap to get to Harry and help him against one of Aurora's strongest allies.]]
* ItIsBeyondSaving: [[spoiler:The Summer Lady plans to use powerful magic to end the battle between Summer and Winter, stopping their eternal cycle of war.]] Unfortunately, that would probably have doomed the whole world.
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:The Merlin's third attempt to remove Harry is this trope. He sends Morgan and another warden as a witness, wanting Morgan to kick Harry's emotional sore spots, from his evil mentor to Susan's cursed life, even hinting that Susan was a puppet of the Red Vampires from the beginning as no woman would ever want to be with Harry willingly. This was done in hopes of Harry killing, or trying to kill, Morgan. Either way, Harry would end up disgraced in front of the Senior Council and dead.]]
* LeaveYourQuestTest: After completing the task he's given at the start of the book, [[spoiler:The Gatekeeper]] shows up and asks Harry whether he'll act on the newly uncovered knowledge that [[spoiler:the Summer Lady is attempting to do something which will result in the world's destruction]], or go home, knowing his job is done. After Harry chooses the former, [[spoiler:The Gatekeeper]] says that if he had answered otherwise, he'd have killed him right then and there.
* LockedIntoStrangeness:
** Changelings, HalfHumanHybrid's of a Fae and mortal, slowly get more and more locked into the Fae half after reaching puberty to the point where they can either fully accept the Fae-side and lose their humanity or stay mortal.
** [[spoiler:Lily suffers this twice. First when she reaches puberty and her Fae-side emerges giving her "summer grass" green hair. Then when she becomes the Summer Lady and her hair becomes snow white.]]
* ManipulativeBitch: Generally, every female High Sidhe, to varying degrees of "Bitchiness". More impressive in light of the fact that they, like all Faeries, CannotTellALie.
** Mab [[spoiler:knew how to play Harry to get him to take her deal to get him out knowing he would be forced to accept her first request, as if he didn't he would be given over to the vampires as an appeasement.]]
** Notably, [[spoiler:Leah averts this trope after being one in the previous book when dealing with Harry, as her concerns for him make her give straight and forward answers, and genuine help in finding those responsible and those who aren't.]]
** [[spoiler:Aurora, however, takes the cake in this book as she successfully pushes away suspicion from herself and gets Harry to angst about his inner turmoil from all the crap he's faced in the past few years. It wasn't until Harry meets the Queen Mothers does he realize how badly he was played.]]
* MeaningfulName: Ms. Sommerset, aka, Queen Mab. "Sommer" equates to "Summer", thus making the name "Summer set." Not only a reference to coming after Winter but [[spoiler:the fact Mid-Summer will come and Summer's reign over the Stone Table will end.]]
* MotherNatureFatherScience: All the Queens of Faerie are women. The Queen Mothers speak highly of Albert Einstein, referring to him as a sage. And Mab speaks of Time with male pronouns.
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: [[spoiler:When Harry points out to Talos, Lord Marshal of the Summer Court, Aurora is insane. He simply replies, she is still his Queen and must follow her commands, even if it means the end of the world.]]
* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: Harry's attempts at speaking Latin do not go well.
--> "Damned correspondence course."
* NeverMessWithGranny: Excluding the fact Mab and Titania are old enough to be many peoples grannies, this trope applies to [[PhysicalGod Mother Summer and Mother Winter]] who may appear to be old ladies but are by far the strongest of the Queens, able to read minds without Harry even sensing them doing it. [[spoiler:They are also strong enough that Aurora must use Harry as a patsy to get the Unraveling as Aurora is far to weak to try and steal it. Furthermore, Mother Winter able to produce the Unraveling, a piece of Antimagic capable of dispelling any enchantment, including the Vampire Curse Susan suffers from.]]
* NoodleIncident:
** When the Senior Council is considering candidates to replace a vacant spot, several of the reasons for these venerable men and women not present are Wizard Gomen "sleeping off that potion." Others interesting reasons include one man "got real married," the wizard is "living under the polar ice cap," and "Pyramid sitting."
** Queen Mab knowing [[spoiler:Rashid, the Gatekeeper of the Senior Council, well enough to spot his ointment by scent and the piece of the stone table he had in his possession.]]
* NotAGame: [[spoiler:Harry repeats this once more to the Alphas and, for their first time, Fix and Meryl that the battle they are going into is a serious thing.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: Harry once more. Even lampshaded by an EliteMook.
--->''[[spoiler:Lloyd Slate the Winter Knight]]'': Spooky. He doesn't ''look'' all that smart.
* OutOfCharacterMoment: When [[spoiler:Aurora tries to kill Dresden by drowning (with a justified aversion of WhyDontYaJustShootHim), Elaine's perfectly calm, callous attitude]] is what tips off Dresden to what he needs to do to save himself.
* PubertySuperpower: Changlings, half-human and half-Fae, generally show their Fae side when they hit puberty.
* PunnyName: A very subtle one. Dresden is being guided by a fairy so small, she only appears as a small bright red light that can blink on and off. Her name is Elidee (LED).
* RapeAsBackstory: One of the changelings is the end result of when a male troll raped a female mortal. Maeve also taunts Lily when they meet up in ''Proven Guilty'', saying that she used to "dance" for Winter with Lloyd Slate at gatherings. There is a reason those changelings sought shelter with Summer...
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:Harry is finally straight with Karin Murphy about the Supernatural World and most of the politics.]]
* RevengeByProxy
* SecretTestOfCharacter:
** Many throughout the series, but a notable one was used here. [[spoiler: Harry had solved the mystery as assigned to him by the council and Mab, but in the process he uncovered a plot to permanently alter the balance between Winter and Summer, which would cause a new Ice Age, among other things. The Gatekeeper of the Senior Council pointed out to Harry that he could try to stop the plot at great personal risk, or he could go home, since his job was technically done. Harry said he would try to stop the plot. The Gatekeeper was pleased, and said that if Harry had answered differently, he would have killed Harry himself.]]
** Also, the Summer and Winter Mothers give him one. [[spoiler: They ask which is more important; the Body or the Soul? The correct answer is basically, "That's a stupid question". When he passes, they comment Harry understands what [[BigBad Aurora]] does not.]]
* ShoutOut: Averted for much of the book, lampshaded on the last page and finally invoked in the last line of the book. Billy the werewolf comments that "All of those faeries and duels and mad queens and so on, and no one quoted old [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Billy Shakespeare]]. Not even once." Harry laughs and his inner monologue thinks, [[Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream "Lord, what fools these mortals be."]] (A Midsummer Nights Dream Act 3, scene 2, 115)
** There are, however, ''several'' shout outs to LooneyTunes, including a hilarious one where Harry snags a crucial magical artifact away from the BigBad, yells "[[WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Meep meep!]]" and runs like hell.
* TakeAThirdOption:
** At the beginning, when all levels of Fae are choosing Summer or Winter's side, Toot-toot and his allies have not. [[spoiler:In the final battle, they choose to side with Harry "Pizza Lord" Dresden who, while working with Winter at this time, is not one of their common allies.]]
** The Gatekeeper of the Senior Council does this at the start when the council is voting on whether Harry deserves the rank of Wizard. He decides to hold and calls for Harry to complete a Trial to deem his worthiness or failure as a Wizard.
* TookALevelInBadass: The Alphas had gone from skinny NewMeat to the the supernatural world in ''[[Literature/FoolMoon Fool Moon]]'' to muscular, seasoned fighters more than capable of helping Harry and Murphy should they need it.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: From the view points of the Queen Mothers of Summer and Winter who have been around for millions of years, they see Albert Einstein as this, calling him a Sage for his insight that energy can neither be created nor destroyed. They also see Harry as wiser than he appears and call him out for not thinking clearly.
* WhyDontYaJustShootHim: A perfectly justified example. When killing a Wizard up close, one needs to be wary of their power to call up a Death Curse, a powerful final act of magic that generally has devastating results to the murderer. [[spoiler:This makes Aurora change her mind about how to kill Harry and opts for a slower drowning and leaving him so when he dies she's out of range.]]
* YankTheDogsChain: Harry briefly hoped [[spoiler:he might use the [[AntiMagic Unraveling]] to cure Susan, but it's stolen from him and used by the BigBad before he has a chance to do anything with it.]]
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