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* NotSoDifferent: Glorien says this of himself and Starbolt.
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* RealityEnsues:
** Powers aren't random, or widespread. Typically, one has to work to get extranormal abilities.
** Vigilantes are promptly tracked down and arrested by the DSA.
** Members of the team regularly have arguments, due to their conflicting personalities and ideals.
** The heroes aren't a team of vigilantes running around with free-reign. They work for the government.
** Powers aren't random, or widespread. Typically, one has to work to get extranormal abilities.
** Vigilantes are promptly tracked down and arrested by the DSA.
** Members of the team regularly have arguments, due to their conflicting personalities and ideals.
** The heroes aren't a team of vigilantes running around with free-reign. They work for the government.
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So far, that superhero team includes a rich and highly procrastinating alien immigrant and complete superhero fanboy who dreams of using his energy powers to be like his childhood idols but has no real applicable skills; a blind martial artist monk with psychic powers and an optimistic outlook that disguises the struggles he's faced his whole life; an overly-talkative genius engineer whose sociable tendencies don't keep her from getting sucked into her own little world of strange science; a high school student whose power to heal others can't fix her soft-spoken stuttering and social anxiety; a childlike shape-shifting creature made out of living lime jelly who wants no part in any violence despite being a living weapon; and, a centuries-old vampire who has grown to resent everyone and everything around him but fights for mankind for reasons unknown.
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So far, that superhero team includes a rich and highly procrastinating alien immigrant and complete superhero fanboy who dreams of using his energy powers to be like his childhood idols idols, but has no real applicable skills; a blind martial artist monk with psychic powers and an optimistic outlook that disguises the struggles he's faced his whole life; an overly-talkative genius engineer whose sociable tendencies don't keep her from getting sucked into her own little world of strange science; a high school student whose power to heal others can't fix her soft-spoken stuttering and social anxiety; a childlike shape-shifting creature made out of living lime jelly who wants no part in any violence despite being a living weapon; and, a centuries-old vampire who has grown to resent everyone and everything around him him, but fights for mankind for reasons unknown.
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The story follows the adventures of Kon Dui, a young, wealthy, alien immigrant struggling to fulfill his life-long aspirations to superheroism instilled in him by the first Age of Superheroes, and the team of inexperienced psychological train-wrecks he was assigned to. The [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits team]], created by the District of Superhuman Affairs to kickstart the second Age of Superheroes, at first, find themselves lacking any villains to fight and struggling to co-exist together. However, they soon end up with a lot more than they originally bargained for on both those fronts, and find themselves changed, as a result.
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The story follows the adventures of Kon Dui, a the young, wealthy, alien immigrant struggling to fulfill his life-long aspirations to superheroism instilled in him by the first Age of Superheroes, and the team of inexperienced psychological train-wrecks he was assigned to. The [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits team]], created by the District of Superhuman Affairs to kickstart the second Age of Superheroes, The Crusaders]], at first, find themselves lacking any villains to fight and struggling to co-exist together. However, they soon end up with a lot more than they originally bargained for on both those fronts, and find themselves changed, as a result.
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''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/1/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN The Crusaders]]'', written by PancakeOverdose, is a WebSerialNovel centered around well... The Crusaders, a superhero team created by a government agency to combat the rising threat of supervillains in their world.
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''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/1/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN The Crusaders]]'', written by PancakeOverdose, is a WebSerialNovel centered around around, well... The Crusaders, a superhero team created by a government agency to combat the rising threat of supervillains in their world.
world.
10 years have passed since the Age of Supers ended, and the world has found new ways to defend itself. Yet, for reasons unclear, the DSA has decided to kick-start the Second Age of Superheroes by forming a brand-new superhero team. Unfortunately, since they got rid of all the good heroes, they'll have to settle on whatever they can find.
So far, that superhero team includes a rich and highly procrastinating alien immigrant and complete superhero fanboy who dreams of using his energy powers to be like his childhood idols but has no real applicable skills; a blind martial artist monk with psychic powers and an optimistic outlook that disguises the struggles he's faced his whole life; an overly-talkative genius engineer whose sociable tendencies don't keep her from getting sucked into her own little world of strange science; a high school student whose power to heal others can't fix her soft-spoken stuttering and social anxiety; a childlike shape-shifting creature made out of living lime jelly who wants no part in any violence despite being a living weapon; and, a centuries-old vampire who has grown to resent everyone and everything around him but fights for mankind for reasons unknown.
Earth is surely in good hands.
10 years have passed since the Age of Supers ended, and the world has found new ways to defend itself. Yet, for reasons unclear, the DSA has decided to kick-start the Second Age of Superheroes by forming a brand-new superhero team. Unfortunately, since they got rid of all the good heroes, they'll have to settle on whatever they can find.
So far, that superhero team includes a rich and highly procrastinating alien immigrant and complete superhero fanboy who dreams of using his energy powers to be like his childhood idols but has no real applicable skills; a blind martial artist monk with psychic powers and an optimistic outlook that disguises the struggles he's faced his whole life; an overly-talkative genius engineer whose sociable tendencies don't keep her from getting sucked into her own little world of strange science; a high school student whose power to heal others can't fix her soft-spoken stuttering and social anxiety; a childlike shape-shifting creature made out of living lime jelly who wants no part in any violence despite being a living weapon; and, a centuries-old vampire who has grown to resent everyone and everything around him but fights for mankind for reasons unknown.
Earth is surely in good hands.
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** Earth was attacked by a planet of alien warriors, prompting a couple of other planets to help repel the invading forces. In the wake of the war, the planets that aided Earth created an interplanetary alliance, allowing them to share resources and information. The Earth has been greatly influenced by the extraterrestrial technology, scientific discoveries, etc...
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** The story is set in alternate history universe where the past is littered with occurrences of the supernatural and the strange. In the present, an alliance between the collective governments of Earth was attacked by and various alien planets in the Andromeda galaxy rule together over the civilised universe following their joining forces to prevent a planet race of alien warriors, prompting a couple of other planets to help repel the warriors from invading forces. In the wake of the war, the planets that aided Earth created an interplanetary alliance, allowing them to share resources in the early 1970s. The introduction of alien elements and information. The Earth has been greatly influenced by fantastic new technologies after this war led to the extraterrestrial technology, scientific discoveries, etc...rising up of superheroes and supervillains, and the period of their struggles - the Age of Supers - reigned for decades, [[spoiler: until the final battle between both sides leveled New York City]]. After this, the government-run Department of Superheroic Affairs turned on both heroes and villains, driving the leftover good guys into retirement or disappearance with new anti-superhero laws and the bad guys into prison.
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-->'''Nocturne''': And can't anyone else smell the desperation that went into this group's formation? I mean really. Our team includes a living weapon who doesn't like fighting and thinks like a child, an engineer who seems more occupied trying to beat the record for most amount of words ever spoken in a single sentence than much else, a teenager whose power is almost entirely useless in a full-on fight, and a Citizen Justice fanboy so blinded by the ridiculous fantasies of a boy playing in his backyard to see the facts raising the middle finger to his face.\\
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-->'''Nocturne''': And can't anyone else smell the desperation that went into this group's formation? I mean really.mean,really. Our team includes a living weapon who doesn't like fighting and thinks like a child, an engineer who seems more occupied trying to beat the record for most amount of words ever spoken in a single sentence than much else, a teenager whose power is almost entirely useless in a full-on fight, and a Citizen Justice fanboy so blinded by the ridiculous fantasies of a boy playing in his backyard to see the facts raising the middle finger to his face.\\
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* AssholeVictim: Kenomo drains the life forces of a bunch of cultists who had no problem with worshipping a demon who tried to destroy Japan, and bombing Tokyo.
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* AssholeVictim: Kenomo drains the life forces of a bunch of cultists who had no problem problems with worshipping a demon who tried to destroy Japan, and bombing Tokyo.
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* A couple of the story arcs ended this way, including when [[spoiler: ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/22/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Thomas leaves the team]]'', ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/27/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Lizzy is put in a critical condition]]'', and ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/39/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Gunk quits The Crusaders.]]'' ]]
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* A couple of the story arcs ended this way, including when [[spoiler: ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/22/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Thomas leaves the team]]'', and Hikaru's tension finally blows up]]'', ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/27/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Lizzy is put in a critical condition]]'', and ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/39/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Gunk quits The Crusaders.]]'' ]]
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* OddFriendship: Considering Nocturne's initial personality, this applies to his friendship with anyone, basically.
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* OddFriendship: Considering Nocturne's initial personality, this applies to his friendship with anyone, basically.anyone.
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%%* TheAlcatraz: The Maximus Supervillain Containment Facility. [[spoiler: Doctor Anarchy managed to escape, though.]]
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%%** Red Cross, after being [[BroughtDownToNormal depowered.]]
%%** Jimmy Nomad.
%%** The Order of the Sword.
%%** Jimmy Nomad.
%%** The Order of the Sword.
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%%** The Order of the Sword.
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%%* BatmanGambit: Glorien pulls one on The Crusaders.
%%** [[spoiler: They happily return the favor.]]
%%** [[spoiler: Kenseijin pulls a slight one on Akuma in ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/53/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Chapter 53]]'' of Volume One.]]
%%* BigBad: Doctor Anarchy.
%%** Then, Glorien upstages him.
%%** [[spoiler: One could argue that the DSA was the true villain.]]
%%** The hidden villain of Volume Two.
%%** [[spoiler: They happily return the favor.]]
%%** [[spoiler: Kenseijin pulls a slight one on Akuma in ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/53/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Chapter 53]]'' of Volume One.]]
%%* BigBad: Doctor Anarchy.
%%** Then, Glorien upstages him.
%%** [[spoiler: One could argue that the DSA was the true villain.]]
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%%** [[spoiler: They happily return the favor.]]
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%%** Then, Glorien
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%%** Three times in ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/7/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Revenge of The Oni]]''.
%%** A major one happens in ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/55/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Chapter 55.]]''
%%** A major one happens in ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/55/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Chapter 55.]]''
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%%* BlessedWithSuck: Gunk. Poor guy.
%%* BloodKnight: An alternate character interpretation for Kenseijin and, to a lesser extent, Starbolt.
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** Starbolt apparently tries thin is Doctor Anarchy, but the good Doctor was too far gone for it to have any effect.
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** Starbolt apparently tries thin is this with Doctor Anarchy, but the good Doctor was too far gone for it to have any effect.
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%%* BreatherEpisode: The earlier arcs had these, then everything went to heck.
%%* BuryYourGays: [[AvertedTrope Averted.]]
%%* BuryYourGays: [[AvertedTrope Averted.]]
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* BuryYourGays: [[AvertedTrope Averted.
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%%* CharacterDevelopment: True for all the main characters. Special mention goes out to Red Cross, Starbolt and Nocturne.
%%* ChekhovsGun:
%%** The agony serum Anarchy uses on Mind Master becomes important later in the story.
%%** Anarchy's dimensional portals.
%%* ChekhovsGun:
%%** The agony serum Anarchy uses on Mind Master becomes important later in the story.
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* ChekhovsGun:
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** Abigail Newman, a girl that was bullied in Suzy's school, ends up joining The Crusaders.
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** Abigail Newman, a girl that was bullied in Suzy's school, ends up joining The Crusaders.Crusaders after the climax.
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%%* CurbStompBattle: Quite a bit of their battles go this way, with The Crusaders being the ones dishing out the hurt.
%%* DarkandTroubledPast: Nocturne.
%%* DeathFromAbove: How Red Cross saves Nocturne in ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/27/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Chapter 27.]]''
%%* DecoyGetaway: Anarchy presumably had androids for this purpose.
%%* DarkandTroubledPast: Nocturne.
%%* DeathFromAbove: How Red Cross saves Nocturne in ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/27/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Chapter 27.]]''
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** Starbolt, a Novon, versus a bunch of human kidnappers who took his best friend.
* DarkandTroubledPast:
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* DeathFromAbove: How Red Cross saves Nocturne in ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/27/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Chapter 27.
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* DecoyGetaway: Doctor Anarchy presumably had androids for this exact purpose.
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%%* DespairEventHorizon: The characters come close to crossing it several times throughout the series. Nocturne most likely has actually crossed it, given how much is known about his past.
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** Practicing sorcery.sorcery or magic.
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%%* GadgeteerGenius:
%%** Techsmith.
%%** Gistreth.
%%** Techsmith.
%%** Gistreth.
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%%** Techsmith.
%%** Gistreth.
** Techsmith is one, along with being a Technopath.
** Gistreth, the dwarf that accompanied Red Cross on her quest to save the realms, is one as well.
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%%* NotSoHarmlessVillain:
%%** At first glance, you'd have to wonder why Doctor Anarchy is such a threat.
%%** Frostbite and Alchemistress.
%%* NotSoDifferent: Glorien says this of himself and Starbolt.
%%* OddFriendship: Considering Nocturne's initial personality...
%%* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
%%** Played Straight. Especially with Kon.
%%** Andrew gets in on the fun a bit in Volume Two.
%%** At first glance, you'd have to wonder why Doctor Anarchy is such a threat.
%%** Frostbite and Alchemistress.
%%* NotSoDifferent: Glorien says this of himself and Starbolt.
%%* OddFriendship: Considering Nocturne's initial personality...
%%* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
%%** Played Straight. Especially with Kon.
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%%** Frostbite and
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* NotSoDifferent: Glorien says this of himself and Starbolt.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness:
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%%** Played straight on Novos.
%%* PowerTrio: Starbolt, Techsmith and Mind Master. Acknowledged by [[TeamDad Hikaru.]]
%%* PyrrhicVictory: Defeating Glorien did not come without its costs.
%%* PowerTrio: Starbolt, Techsmith and Mind Master. Acknowledged by [[TeamDad Hikaru.]]
%%* PyrrhicVictory: Defeating Glorien did not come without its costs.
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* PowerTrio: Starbolt, Techsmith and Mind Master. Acknowledged by [[TeamDad Hikaru.]]
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%%* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: At least one gets given out to the villain of each arc.
%%* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Averted.
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** "A Larp? What is this creature?" [[note]]Gistreth's lack of knowledge regarding Earth's customs had him misinterpreting a jab Nocturne tossed at him referencing Live Action Roleplaying.[[/note]]
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Not to be confused with the ''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/Crusader Video Game]]''.
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Not to be confused with the ''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/Crusader Video Game]]''.
[[VideoGame/{{Crusader}} video game]].
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* AlternateTimeline: Earth was attacked by a planet of alien warriors, prompting a couple of other planets to help repel the invading forces. In the wake of the war, the planets that aided Earth created an interplanetary alliance, allowing them to share resources and information. The Earth has been greatly influenced by the extraterrestrial technology, scientific discoveries, etc...
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%%* TheAlcatraz: The Maximus Supervillain Containment Facility. [[spoiler: Doctor Anarchy managed to escape, though.]]
*AlternateTimeline: AlternateTimeline:
** Earth was attacked by a planet of alien warriors, prompting a couple of other planets to help repel the invading forces. In the wake of the war, the planets that aided Earth created an interplanetary alliance, allowing them to share resources and information. The Earth has been greatly influenced by the extraterrestrial technology, scientific discoveries, etc...
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** Earth was attacked by a planet of alien warriors, prompting a couple of other planets to help repel the invading forces. In the wake of the war, the planets that aided Earth created an interplanetary alliance, allowing them to share resources and information. The Earth has been greatly influenced by the extraterrestrial technology, scientific discoveries, etc...
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* TheAlcatraz: The Maximus Supervillain Containment Facility.
** [[spoiler: Doctor Anarchy managed to escape, though.]]
* AlwaysABiggerFish: Glorien.
** [[spoiler: Doctor Anarchy managed to escape, though.]]
* AlwaysABiggerFish: Glorien.
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** [[spoiler: Doctor Anarchy managed to escape, though.]]
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* ArmorIsUseless: Techsmith's armor, being made out of XO-10, makes her basically the most durable person on the team.
** Alchemistress, so far, has been the only one able to affect the armor. The first time, it was laughed off. [[spoiler: The second time, it wasn't.]]
* AssholeVictim:
** Kenomo drains the life forces of a bunch of cultists who had no problem with worshipping a demon who tried to destroy Japan, and bombing Tokyo.
** [[spoiler: When Anarchy died]], [[AndTheFandomRejoiced The Fandom Rejoiced.]]
** Alchemistress, so far, has been the only one able to affect the armor. The first time, it was laughed off. [[spoiler: The second time, it wasn't.]]
* AssholeVictim:
** Kenomo drains the life forces of a bunch of cultists who had no problem with worshipping a demon who tried to destroy Japan, and bombing Tokyo.
** [[spoiler: When Anarchy died]], [[AndTheFandomRejoiced The Fandom Rejoiced.]]
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* ArmorIsUseless: Techsmith's armor, being made out of XO-10, makes her basically the most durable person on the team.
**team. Alchemistress, so far, has been the only one able to affect the armor. The first time, it was laughed off. [[spoiler: The second time, it wasn't.]]
*AssholeVictim:
**AssholeVictim: Kenomo drains the life forces of a bunch of cultists who had no problem with worshipping a demon who tried to destroy Japan, and bombing Tokyo.
** %%** [[spoiler: When Anarchy died]], [[AndTheFandomRejoiced The Fandom Rejoiced.Anarchy.]]
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* BadassNormal: Red Cross, after being [[BroughtDownToNormal depowered.]]
** Jimmy Nomad.
** Lizzy's badass as well without the armor, what with her being a genius and all.
** The Order of the Sword.
** Jimmy Nomad.
** Lizzy's badass as well without the armor, what with her being a genius and all.
** The Order of the Sword.
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* BadassNormal: Lizzy's badass without the armor, what with her being a genius and all.
%%** Red Cross, after being [[BroughtDownToNormal depowered.]]
** %%** Jimmy Nomad.
** Lizzy's badass as well without the armor, what with her being a genius and all.
**%%** The Order of the Sword.
%%** Red Cross, after being [[BroughtDownToNormal depowered.]]
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* BatmanGambit: Glorien pulls one on The Crusaders.
** [[spoiler: They happily return the favor.]]
** [[spoiler: Kenseijin pulls a slight one on Akuma in ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/53/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Chapter 53]]'' of Volume One.]]
* BigBad: Doctor Anarchy.
** Then, Glorien upstages him.
** [[spoiler: One could argue that the DSA was the true villain.]]
** The hidden villain of Volume Two.
* BigDamnHeroes: Three times in ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/7/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Revenge of The Oni]]''.
** Nocturne has a habit of saving people right in the nick of time, normally in the form of his knocking the villain away with a flurry of bats.
** A major one happens in ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/55/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Chapter 55.]]''
** [[spoiler: They happily return the favor.]]
** [[spoiler: Kenseijin pulls a slight one on Akuma in ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/53/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Chapter 53]]'' of Volume One.]]
* BigBad: Doctor Anarchy.
** Then, Glorien upstages him.
** [[spoiler: One could argue that the DSA was the true villain.]]
** The hidden villain of Volume Two.
* BigDamnHeroes: Three times in ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/7/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Revenge of The Oni]]''.
** Nocturne has a habit of saving people right in the nick of time, normally in the form of his knocking the villain away with a flurry of bats.
** A major one happens in ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/55/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Chapter 55.]]''
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* BigDamnHeroes: Nocturne has a habit of saving people right in the nick of time, normally in the form of his knocking the villain away with a flurry of bats.
%%** Three times in ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/7/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Revenge of The Oni]]''.
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* BlessedWithSuck: Gunk. Poor guy.
* BloodKnight: An alternate character interpretation for Kenseijin and, to a lesser extent, Starbolt.
* BreakThemByTalking: Starbolt apparently tries thin is Doctor Anarchy, but the good Doctor was too far gone for it to have any effect.
* BloodKnight: An alternate character interpretation for Kenseijin and, to a lesser extent, Starbolt.
* BreakThemByTalking: Starbolt apparently tries thin is Doctor Anarchy, but the good Doctor was too far gone for it to have any effect.
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** Starbolt apparently tries thin is Doctor Anarchy, but the good Doctor was too far gone for it to have any effect.
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* BreatherEpisode: The earlier arcs had these, then everything went to heck.
* BuryYourGays: [[AvertedTrope Averted.]]
* BuryYourGays: [[AvertedTrope Averted.]]
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* CharacterDevelopment: True for all the main characters. Special mention goes out to Red Cross, Starbolt and Nocturne.
* ChekhovsGun: The agony serum Anarchy uses on Mind Master becomes important later in the story.
** Anarchy's dimensional portals.
* ChekhovsGunman: Nocturne and his ability to ignite the sword of an Oni.
* ChekhovsGun: The agony serum Anarchy uses on Mind Master becomes important later in the story.
** Anarchy's dimensional portals.
* ChekhovsGunman: Nocturne and his ability to ignite the sword of an Oni.
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** Nocturne and his ability to ignite the sword of an Oni.
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* CliffHanger: Naturally, there are quite a few.
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* CurbStompBattle: Quite a bit of their battles go this way, with The Crusaders being the ones dishing out the hurt.
* DarkandTroubledPast: Nocturne.
* DeathFromAbove: How Red Cross saves Nocturne in ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/27/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Chapter 27.]]''
* DecoyGetaway: Anarchy presumably had androids for this purpose.
* DarkandTroubledPast: Nocturne.
* DeathFromAbove: How Red Cross saves Nocturne in ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/27/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Chapter 27.]]''
* DecoyGetaway: Anarchy presumably had androids for this purpose.
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* DespairEventHorizon: The characters come close to crossing it several times throughout the series.
** Nocturne most likely has actually crossed it, given how much is known about his past.
** Nocturne most likely has actually crossed it, given how much is known about his past.
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* ExtraNormalPrison: Maximus.
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* ForeShadowing:
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* GadgeteerGenius: Techsmith.
** Gistreth.
** Gistreth.
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* HeelFaceTurn: Jimmy Nomad.
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* InstantAwesomeJustAddMecha: Kenseijin's mecha, Sukui.
* MoodWhiplash: Happens multiple times.
* MoodWhiplash: Happens multiple times.
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* NotSoHarmlessVillain: At first glance, you'd have to wonder why Doctor Anarchy is such a threat.
** Frostbite and Alchemistress.
* NotSoDifferent: Glorien says this of himself and Starbolt.
* OddFriendship: Considering Nocturne's initial personality...
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Played Straight. Especially with Kon.
** Andrew gets in on the fun a bit in Volume Two.
** Frostbite and Alchemistress.
* NotSoDifferent: Glorien says this of himself and Starbolt.
* OddFriendship: Considering Nocturne's initial personality...
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Played Straight. Especially with Kon.
** Andrew gets in on the fun a bit in Volume Two.
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** Played straight on Novos.
* PowerTrio: Starbolt, Techsmith and Mind Master. Acknowledged by [[TeamDad Hikaru.]]
* PyrrhicVictory: Defeating Glorien did not come without its costs.
* PowerTrio: Starbolt, Techsmith and Mind Master. Acknowledged by [[TeamDad Hikaru.]]
* PyrrhicVictory: Defeating Glorien did not come without its costs.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: At least one gets given out to the villain of each arc.
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Averted.
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->''"... Let's get crusading."''
''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/1/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN The Crusaders]]'', written by PancakeOverdose, is a WebSerialNovel centered around well... The Crusaders, a superhero team created by a government agency to combat the rising threat of supervillains in their world.
The story follows the adventures of Kon Dui, a young, wealthy, alien immigrant struggling to fulfill his life-long aspirations to superheroism instilled in him by the first Age of Superheroes, and the team of inexperienced psychological train-wrecks he was assigned to. The [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits team]], created by the District of Superhuman Affairs to kickstart the second Age of Superheroes, at first, find themselves lacking any villains to fight and struggling to co-exist together. However, they soon end up with a lot more than they originally bargained for on both those fronts, and find themselves changed, as a result.
Family and Teamwork are the major themes in regard to the character development of the team, as they slowly come to view themselves as more than a group of individuals fighting crime.
''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/1/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Volume One]]'' of the web serial has been completed, spanning over 250,000 words that the writer intends to go over and edit to improve, for the benefit of his fans, future and present. He has also written a ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3247005/1/The-Crusaders-Rising-Star prologue]]'' featuring the events leading to the formation of The Crusaders, and a crossover with Tiamatty's The Champions.
Soon after Volume One's completion, ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3297270/1/The-Crusaders-Volume-2 Volume Two]]'' of The Crusaders was started, and is currently ongoing.
The writer is very open to discussion, and will gladly answer any questions you have about the verse, provided it won't spoil the story, of course.
Not to be confused with the ''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/Crusader Video Game]]''.
----
!! This series provides examples of:
* AlternateTimeline: Earth was attacked by a planet of alien warriors, prompting a couple of other planets to help repel the invading forces. In the wake of the war, the planets that aided Earth created an interplanetary alliance, allowing them to share resources and information. The Earth has been greatly influenced by the extraterrestrial technology, scientific discoveries, etc...
** During the events of [[spoiler: The Second Planetary War, Moscow was destroyed.]]
* TheAlcatraz: The Maximus Supervillain Containment Facility.
** [[spoiler: Doctor Anarchy managed to escape, though.]]
* AlwaysABiggerFish: Glorien.
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: Christos,]] after Anarchy turns him into a monster.
* AndTheAdventureContinues: The ending of Volume One.
* AntiHero: Nocturne, originally. Justified, considering what he's been through.
* AppealToForce: The characters are somewhat prone to violence, save Gunk. Even Suzy becomes a bit punchy, after being trained by Nocturne.
* ArmorIsUseless: Techsmith's armor, being made out of XO-10, makes her basically the most durable person on the team.
** Alchemistress, so far, has been the only one able to affect the armor. The first time, it was laughed off. [[spoiler: The second time, it wasn't.]]
* AssholeVictim:
** Kenomo drains the life forces of a bunch of cultists who had no problem with worshipping a demon who tried to destroy Japan, and bombing Tokyo.
** [[spoiler: When Anarchy died]], [[AndTheFandomRejoiced The Fandom Rejoiced.]]
* BackToBackBadasses: Starbolt and Techsmith fighting the Nazi Robots at the White House.
* BadassNormal: Red Cross, after being [[BroughtDownToNormal depowered.]]
** Jimmy Nomad.
** Lizzy's badass as well without the armor, what with her being a genius and all.
** The Order of the Sword.
* BankRobbery: Kon gets arrested for stopping some bank robbers from getting away in ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3247005/1/The-Crusaders-Rising-Star Rising Star]]''.
* BatmanGambit: Glorien pulls one on The Crusaders.
** [[spoiler: They happily return the favor.]]
** [[spoiler: Kenseijin pulls a slight one on Akuma in ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/53/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Chapter 53]]'' of Volume One.]]
* BigBad: Doctor Anarchy.
** Then, Glorien upstages him.
** [[spoiler: One could argue that the DSA was the true villain.]]
** The hidden villain of Volume Two.
* BigDamnHeroes: Three times in ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/7/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Revenge of The Oni]]''.
** Nocturne has a habit of saving people right in the nick of time, normally in the form of his knocking the villain away with a flurry of bats.
** A major one happens in ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/55/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Chapter 55.]]''
* BittersweetEnding: At the end of Volume One, [[spoiler: Glorien was stopped, but he had already succeeded in destroying Moscow, ending millions of lives.]]
* A couple of the story arcs ended this way, including when [[spoiler: ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/22/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Thomas leaves the team]]'', ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/27/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Lizzy is put in a critical condition]]'', and ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/39/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Gunk quits The Crusaders.]]'' ]]
* BlessedWithSuck: Gunk. Poor guy.
* BloodKnight: An alternate character interpretation for Kenseijin and, to a lesser extent, Starbolt.
* BreakThemByTalking: Starbolt apparently tries thin is Doctor Anarchy, but the good Doctor was too far gone for it to have any effect.
** Almost every character attempts this in one way or the other. Everyone, not just The Crusaders.
* BreatherEpisode: The earlier arcs had these, then everything went to heck.
* BuryYourGays: [[AvertedTrope Averted.]]
* CardboardPrison: [[spoiler: Kenseijin suggests that the DSA may have let Glorien escape in Volume Two to stir up trouble for The Crusaders. It is possible that they may have done so for less dangerous villains in the past.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: True for all the main characters. Special mention goes out to Red Cross, Starbolt and Nocturne.
* ChekhovsGun: The agony serum Anarchy uses on Mind Master becomes important later in the story.
** Anarchy's dimensional portals.
* ChekhovsGunman: Nocturne and his ability to ignite the sword of an Oni.
** Abigail Newman, a girl that was bullied in Suzy's school, ends up joining The Crusaders.
** Christos, the billionaire whose gala The Crusaders were assigned to protect, [[spoiler: ends up funding The Crusaders when they cut ties with the DSA.]]
* CliffHanger: Naturally, there are quite a few.
* CorneredRattlesnake: Kaleb thought he was one when Starbolt and Techsmith headed to his house to recruit him. They ended up having to resort to plan B as a result, [[spoiler: and even that didn't work out as planned.]]
* CurbStompBattle: Quite a bit of their battles go this way, with The Crusaders being the ones dishing out the hurt.
* DarkandTroubledPast: Nocturne.
* DeathFromAbove: How Red Cross saves Nocturne in ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/27/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Chapter 27.]]''
* DecoyGetaway: Anarchy presumably had androids for this purpose.
* DePower: Red Cross uses up all of her healing powers in saving the collective realms of the Crusader-verse from a powerful Necromancer.
* DespairEventHorizon: The characters come close to crossing it several times throughout the series.
** Nocturne most likely has actually crossed it, given how much is known about his past.
* DifferentlyPoweredIndividual:
** Being an alien.
** Augmenting your abilities with extra-terrestrial technology.
** Gaining powers from radiation from supernatural or extra-terrestrial sources.
** Intentional or accidental mutation of genes, or organs.
** Practicing sorcery.
** Enhancement from divine beings.
* DoorStopper: 250,000 words. A quarter-million.
* DysfunctionJunction: The team.
-->'''Nocturne''': And can't anyone else smell the desperation that went into this group's formation? I mean really. Our team includes a living weapon who doesn't like fighting and thinks like a child, an engineer who seems more occupied trying to beat the record for most amount of words ever spoken in a single sentence than much else, a teenager whose power is almost entirely useless in a full-on fight, and a Citizen Justice fanboy so blinded by the ridiculous fantasies of a boy playing in his backyard to see the facts raising the middle finger to his face.\\
* EveryOneCanSeeIt: With the possible exception of Gunk, everybody knew that Kon had the hots for Lizzy.
* ExtraNormalPrison: Maximus.
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Despite this being a somewhat light-hearted, reconstruction of the superhero genre, almost every notable death has been very gruesome.
* ForeShadowing:
** The effect electricity has on Gunk comes back to bite The Crusaders in the butt.
** Before leaving to fight Anarchy's monster, Starbolt makes a crack about the team getting captured.
** Nocturne's defense of Jimmy Nomad, considering he usually took on an apathetic role regarding the team, makes more sense with the reveal that [[spoiler: he's gay.]]
** The lack of the DSA's involvement with The Crusaders' dealings makes more sense reading back.
* FromBadToWorse: The entirety of Volume One took place in less than two months, with barely any time for The Crusaders to rest.
* GadgeteerGenius: Techsmith.
** Gistreth.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Lizzy ended up making the potato lifeform she wanted to create... It didn't end up so great for the team afterwards.
* HeelFaceTurn: Jimmy Nomad.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Naturally, a lot of characters not part of the main team fall under this.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddMecha: Kenseijin's mecha, Sukui.
* MoodWhiplash: Happens multiple times.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Starbolt destroying the Helios machine leads to [[spoiler: Techsmith being put in a critical condition.]]
* NoodleIncident: Something apparently happened with a possibly naked Lizzy and a bathroom.
* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: As of Glorien's attack, [[spoiler: Moscow has been destroyed, the world is left reeling from both that and the Oni attack, and The Crusaders have cut ties with the DSA.]]
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: At first glance, you'd have to wonder why Doctor Anarchy is such a threat.
** Frostbite and Alchemistress.
* NotSoDifferent: Glorien says this of himself and Starbolt.
* OddFriendship: Considering Nocturne's initial personality...
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Played Straight. Especially with Kon.
** Andrew gets in on the fun a bit in Volume Two.
* PoliceAreUseless: Possibly Averted. We don't see much of them, but they kept the peace before The Crusaders were formed.
** Played straight on Novos.
* PowerTrio: Starbolt, Techsmith and Mind Master. Acknowledged by [[TeamDad Hikaru.]]
* PyrrhicVictory: Defeating Glorien did not come without its costs.
* RealityEnsues:
** Powers aren't random, or widespread. Typically, one has to work to get extranormal abilities.
** Vigilantes are promptly tracked down and arrested by the DSA.
** Members of the team regularly have arguments, due to their conflicting personalities and ideals.
** The heroes aren't a team of vigilantes running around with free-reign. They work for the government.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: At least one gets given out to the villain of each arc.
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Averted.
* TheReveal:
** [[spoiler: The DSA had been manipulating The Crusaders and fueling their individual and collective problems in order to reap from the resulting chaos they were bound to cause.]]
** [[spoiler: Nocturne is bisexual, and he has feelings for James.]]
* RunningGag: Quite a few.
** The Crusaders LOVE to make speeches.
** Gunk's innocence and obliviousness to Earth's customs.
** Nocturne's tendency to get impaled through the stomach by swords.
** Nocturne's tendency to attack the villains with his chiropteran sorcery.
** Hand-to-Hand fighters have a habit of tripping their opponents by jerking on their ankles.
** Kon getting flustered when asked about Lizzy in the early chapters.
** Andrew and Umi's 'relationship'.
** In-universe, Lizzy apparently ends up naked a lot.
** This:
---->''"Thank you, sir."''\\
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''"Don't call me sir."''\\
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''"Oh. Right.'' [[note]]Hikaru has to constantly remind Kon not to call him 'sir'.[[/note]]
%% NOTE: Tropes about characters -- their skills, their personalities, their physical appearances, their relations with each other -- belong on the corresponding Character Sheets. Tropes about the things they do and that are done to them belong here.
%%
->''"... Let's get crusading."''
''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/1/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN The Crusaders]]'', written by PancakeOverdose, is a WebSerialNovel centered around well... The Crusaders, a superhero team created by a government agency to combat the rising threat of supervillains in their world.
The story follows the adventures of Kon Dui, a young, wealthy, alien immigrant struggling to fulfill his life-long aspirations to superheroism instilled in him by the first Age of Superheroes, and the team of inexperienced psychological train-wrecks he was assigned to. The [[RagtagBunchOfMisfits team]], created by the District of Superhuman Affairs to kickstart the second Age of Superheroes, at first, find themselves lacking any villains to fight and struggling to co-exist together. However, they soon end up with a lot more than they originally bargained for on both those fronts, and find themselves changed, as a result.
Family and Teamwork are the major themes in regard to the character development of the team, as they slowly come to view themselves as more than a group of individuals fighting crime.
''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/1/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Volume One]]'' of the web serial has been completed, spanning over 250,000 words that the writer intends to go over and edit to improve, for the benefit of his fans, future and present. He has also written a ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3247005/1/The-Crusaders-Rising-Star prologue]]'' featuring the events leading to the formation of The Crusaders, and a crossover with Tiamatty's The Champions.
Soon after Volume One's completion, ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3297270/1/The-Crusaders-Volume-2 Volume Two]]'' of The Crusaders was started, and is currently ongoing.
The writer is very open to discussion, and will gladly answer any questions you have about the verse, provided it won't spoil the story, of course.
Not to be confused with the ''[[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/Crusader Video Game]]''.
----
!! This series provides examples of:
* AlternateTimeline: Earth was attacked by a planet of alien warriors, prompting a couple of other planets to help repel the invading forces. In the wake of the war, the planets that aided Earth created an interplanetary alliance, allowing them to share resources and information. The Earth has been greatly influenced by the extraterrestrial technology, scientific discoveries, etc...
** During the events of [[spoiler: The Second Planetary War, Moscow was destroyed.]]
* TheAlcatraz: The Maximus Supervillain Containment Facility.
** [[spoiler: Doctor Anarchy managed to escape, though.]]
* AlwaysABiggerFish: Glorien.
* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler: Christos,]] after Anarchy turns him into a monster.
* AndTheAdventureContinues: The ending of Volume One.
* AntiHero: Nocturne, originally. Justified, considering what he's been through.
* AppealToForce: The characters are somewhat prone to violence, save Gunk. Even Suzy becomes a bit punchy, after being trained by Nocturne.
* ArmorIsUseless: Techsmith's armor, being made out of XO-10, makes her basically the most durable person on the team.
** Alchemistress, so far, has been the only one able to affect the armor. The first time, it was laughed off. [[spoiler: The second time, it wasn't.]]
* AssholeVictim:
** Kenomo drains the life forces of a bunch of cultists who had no problem with worshipping a demon who tried to destroy Japan, and bombing Tokyo.
** [[spoiler: When Anarchy died]], [[AndTheFandomRejoiced The Fandom Rejoiced.]]
* BackToBackBadasses: Starbolt and Techsmith fighting the Nazi Robots at the White House.
* BadassNormal: Red Cross, after being [[BroughtDownToNormal depowered.]]
** Jimmy Nomad.
** Lizzy's badass as well without the armor, what with her being a genius and all.
** The Order of the Sword.
* BankRobbery: Kon gets arrested for stopping some bank robbers from getting away in ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3247005/1/The-Crusaders-Rising-Star Rising Star]]''.
* BatmanGambit: Glorien pulls one on The Crusaders.
** [[spoiler: They happily return the favor.]]
** [[spoiler: Kenseijin pulls a slight one on Akuma in ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/53/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Chapter 53]]'' of Volume One.]]
* BigBad: Doctor Anarchy.
** Then, Glorien upstages him.
** [[spoiler: One could argue that the DSA was the true villain.]]
** The hidden villain of Volume Two.
* BigDamnHeroes: Three times in ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/7/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Revenge of The Oni]]''.
** Nocturne has a habit of saving people right in the nick of time, normally in the form of his knocking the villain away with a flurry of bats.
** A major one happens in ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/55/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Chapter 55.]]''
* BittersweetEnding: At the end of Volume One, [[spoiler: Glorien was stopped, but he had already succeeded in destroying Moscow, ending millions of lives.]]
* A couple of the story arcs ended this way, including when [[spoiler: ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/22/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Thomas leaves the team]]'', ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/27/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Lizzy is put in a critical condition]]'', and ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/39/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Gunk quits The Crusaders.]]'' ]]
* BlessedWithSuck: Gunk. Poor guy.
* BloodKnight: An alternate character interpretation for Kenseijin and, to a lesser extent, Starbolt.
* BreakThemByTalking: Starbolt apparently tries thin is Doctor Anarchy, but the good Doctor was too far gone for it to have any effect.
** Almost every character attempts this in one way or the other. Everyone, not just The Crusaders.
* BreatherEpisode: The earlier arcs had these, then everything went to heck.
* BuryYourGays: [[AvertedTrope Averted.]]
* CardboardPrison: [[spoiler: Kenseijin suggests that the DSA may have let Glorien escape in Volume Two to stir up trouble for The Crusaders. It is possible that they may have done so for less dangerous villains in the past.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: True for all the main characters. Special mention goes out to Red Cross, Starbolt and Nocturne.
* ChekhovsGun: The agony serum Anarchy uses on Mind Master becomes important later in the story.
** Anarchy's dimensional portals.
* ChekhovsGunman: Nocturne and his ability to ignite the sword of an Oni.
** Abigail Newman, a girl that was bullied in Suzy's school, ends up joining The Crusaders.
** Christos, the billionaire whose gala The Crusaders were assigned to protect, [[spoiler: ends up funding The Crusaders when they cut ties with the DSA.]]
* CliffHanger: Naturally, there are quite a few.
* CorneredRattlesnake: Kaleb thought he was one when Starbolt and Techsmith headed to his house to recruit him. They ended up having to resort to plan B as a result, [[spoiler: and even that didn't work out as planned.]]
* CurbStompBattle: Quite a bit of their battles go this way, with The Crusaders being the ones dishing out the hurt.
* DarkandTroubledPast: Nocturne.
* DeathFromAbove: How Red Cross saves Nocturne in ''[[https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3248703/27/The-Crusaders-Volume-1-BEING-REWRITTEN Chapter 27.]]''
* DecoyGetaway: Anarchy presumably had androids for this purpose.
* DePower: Red Cross uses up all of her healing powers in saving the collective realms of the Crusader-verse from a powerful Necromancer.
* DespairEventHorizon: The characters come close to crossing it several times throughout the series.
** Nocturne most likely has actually crossed it, given how much is known about his past.
* DifferentlyPoweredIndividual:
** Being an alien.
** Augmenting your abilities with extra-terrestrial technology.
** Gaining powers from radiation from supernatural or extra-terrestrial sources.
** Intentional or accidental mutation of genes, or organs.
** Practicing sorcery.
** Enhancement from divine beings.
* DoorStopper: 250,000 words. A quarter-million.
* DysfunctionJunction: The team.
-->'''Nocturne''': And can't anyone else smell the desperation that went into this group's formation? I mean really. Our team includes a living weapon who doesn't like fighting and thinks like a child, an engineer who seems more occupied trying to beat the record for most amount of words ever spoken in a single sentence than much else, a teenager whose power is almost entirely useless in a full-on fight, and a Citizen Justice fanboy so blinded by the ridiculous fantasies of a boy playing in his backyard to see the facts raising the middle finger to his face.\\
* EveryOneCanSeeIt: With the possible exception of Gunk, everybody knew that Kon had the hots for Lizzy.
* ExtraNormalPrison: Maximus.
* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: Despite this being a somewhat light-hearted, reconstruction of the superhero genre, almost every notable death has been very gruesome.
* ForeShadowing:
** The effect electricity has on Gunk comes back to bite The Crusaders in the butt.
** Before leaving to fight Anarchy's monster, Starbolt makes a crack about the team getting captured.
** Nocturne's defense of Jimmy Nomad, considering he usually took on an apathetic role regarding the team, makes more sense with the reveal that [[spoiler: he's gay.]]
** The lack of the DSA's involvement with The Crusaders' dealings makes more sense reading back.
* FromBadToWorse: The entirety of Volume One took place in less than two months, with barely any time for The Crusaders to rest.
* GadgeteerGenius: Techsmith.
** Gistreth.
* GoneHorriblyRight: Lizzy ended up making the potato lifeform she wanted to create... It didn't end up so great for the team afterwards.
* HeelFaceTurn: Jimmy Nomad.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: Naturally, a lot of characters not part of the main team fall under this.
* InstantAwesomeJustAddMecha: Kenseijin's mecha, Sukui.
* MoodWhiplash: Happens multiple times.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Starbolt destroying the Helios machine leads to [[spoiler: Techsmith being put in a critical condition.]]
* NoodleIncident: Something apparently happened with a possibly naked Lizzy and a bathroom.
* NothingIsTheSameAnymore: As of Glorien's attack, [[spoiler: Moscow has been destroyed, the world is left reeling from both that and the Oni attack, and The Crusaders have cut ties with the DSA.]]
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: At first glance, you'd have to wonder why Doctor Anarchy is such a threat.
** Frostbite and Alchemistress.
* NotSoDifferent: Glorien says this of himself and Starbolt.
* OddFriendship: Considering Nocturne's initial personality...
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Played Straight. Especially with Kon.
** Andrew gets in on the fun a bit in Volume Two.
* PoliceAreUseless: Possibly Averted. We don't see much of them, but they kept the peace before The Crusaders were formed.
** Played straight on Novos.
* PowerTrio: Starbolt, Techsmith and Mind Master. Acknowledged by [[TeamDad Hikaru.]]
* PyrrhicVictory: Defeating Glorien did not come without its costs.
* RealityEnsues:
** Powers aren't random, or widespread. Typically, one has to work to get extranormal abilities.
** Vigilantes are promptly tracked down and arrested by the DSA.
** Members of the team regularly have arguments, due to their conflicting personalities and ideals.
** The heroes aren't a team of vigilantes running around with free-reign. They work for the government.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: At least one gets given out to the villain of each arc.
* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Averted.
* TheReveal:
** [[spoiler: The DSA had been manipulating The Crusaders and fueling their individual and collective problems in order to reap from the resulting chaos they were bound to cause.]]
** [[spoiler: Nocturne is bisexual, and he has feelings for James.]]
* RunningGag: Quite a few.
** The Crusaders LOVE to make speeches.
** Gunk's innocence and obliviousness to Earth's customs.
** Nocturne's tendency to get impaled through the stomach by swords.
** Nocturne's tendency to attack the villains with his chiropteran sorcery.
** Hand-to-Hand fighters have a habit of tripping their opponents by jerking on their ankles.
** Kon getting flustered when asked about Lizzy in the early chapters.
** Andrew and Umi's 'relationship'.
** In-universe, Lizzy apparently ends up naked a lot.
** This:
---->''"Thank you, sir."''\\
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''"Don't call me sir."''\\
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''"Oh. Right.'' [[note]]Hikaru has to constantly remind Kon not to call him 'sir'.[[/note]]
