History Literature / TheNineLivesOfChloeKing

* DeathBySex: When excited, the Mai secrete a poison from their claws and saliva that's deadly to humans. Chloe is implied to have killed the man she had a one night stand with shortly after her manifestation.

* NiceHat: When Chloe first meets [[spoiler:her eventual love interest and member of the ancient order of assassins dedicated to killing her race]], he's wearing a knit hat with cat ears that he made himself.

* {{Catgirl}}: Chloe belongs the Mai, a race that appears to be human, but can manifest catlike traits such as enhanced senses and physical ability as well as manifesting claws and ears. Prolonged or repeated usage of these abilities results in the cat features being more prominent and more permanent.

* CatsHaveNineLives: As a reincarnation of their leader, Chloe is prophesied to have nine lives. So far, she's miraculously survived three attempts to kill her.

''The Nine Lives of Chloe King'' is a three-book series by Celia Thomson that was adapted in 2011 as a 10-episode mini-series by Creator/ABCFamily. The book series features Chloe, a young girl who seems to fall to her death at the beginning of the first book. After a mysterious recovery, she finds that she's changing and may not actually be human, but rather a member of a catlike race, the Mai, who can never truly co-exist with humanity. Moreover, she may be the reincarnation of the race's destined leader with nine lives and new powers, and the existing power base is not happy with that fact.

The television show was cancelled as of August 16, 2011, although it may be getting a MadeForTV movie.

* WindowLove: Chloe does this with her first love interest Brian to avoid killing him.

!! The show provided examples of:
* AdaptationDyeJob: In the books, Chloe was a brunette.
* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: The season finale alone had Brian die as well as leave Jasmine and Valentina's fate ambiguous as they lay dying. ]]
* AsianAndNerdy: Paul
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Chloe makes a birthday wish that things would be different. Cue her developing cat-like powers, prompting an assassin to try and kill her.
* BelligerentSexualTension: Chloe and Alek (with Alek on the sexual side and Chloe on the belligerent).
* BetaCouple: Paul and Amy.
* BettyAndVeronica: Chloe between Brian and Alek. Although by the end of the series the situation appears to have reversed.
* BlessedWithSuck: Chloe.
* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: Alek describing the effects of the Mai's venom:
-->"Paralysis, death, paralysis ''and'' death.
* TheCastShowoff: Grace Phipps (Amy) gets a chance to sing a song.
* CatchPhrase: Whenever Chloe's mom says "I love you" to Chloe, Chloe responds with "Implied."
* TheChosenOne: Chloe is the Uniter of the Mai and is blessed with nine lives because of that.
* DangerousSixteenthBirthday: Chloe discovers her heritage on her sixteenth birthday.
* DemotedToExtra: Brian. In the books Brian knew that Chloe was a [[CatGirl Mai]], and was a member of the order trying to kill her. He also [[spoiler: didn't die]] in the books.
* DisappearedDad: Chloe's dad, although he does communicate with her by e-mail.
* TheEmpath: Chloe. ("You, my child, are [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin an empath]].")
* FirstKiss: Chloe claims the one with Paul years ago didn't count so the one with Xavier officially marks the first one.
* GenreSavvy: Paul
* HasTwoMommies: Amy has two fathers.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: And boy did that wish come true!
* IThoughtEveryoneCouldDoThat: Chloe does this a few times in the pilot, not realizing that balancing on the back of a sofa or hearing an un-plugged-in iPod are things that ordinary humans aren't capable of.
* InTheHood: In the beginning of the first episode, the [[spoiler:visible diversion]] operatives are wearing sinister black hoodies over their heads.
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Brian]], due to the KissOfDeath mentioned below.
* KissOfDeath: Chloe and the Mai.
* LivingLieDetector: Chloe can use her [[TheEmpath empath]] ability to tell if a person is feeling something that's different from what they're saying, as demonstrated in "Responsible".
* LongLostSibling: [[spoiler: Zhane is revealed to be Alek's brother. ]]
* MeetCute: Brian and Chloe.
* MissingMom: Since five years ago, poor Brian has been raised by the guy who's attempting to exterminate his son's crush and the rest of her civilization.
* PartTimeHero
* PermaStubble: Brian doesn't shave, even when going to a black tie event.
* ProductPlacement: Chloe just really wants that Kia Soul.
* RelationshipUpgrade: Subverted in an episode where Amy and Paul both want this but have ''very'' different ideas of what this would mean. It does not end well.
* SecretPublicIdentity: Chloe uses her real name in public despite generally keeping her nature as Mai secret from humans. [[note]] With the exception of Amy and Paul[[/note]]. Perhaps [[JustifiedTrope justified]], as the members of The Order seem to be able to recognize Mai even when they don't use their powers, so it's unlikely that hiding her name or face would do anything to protect her.
* ScrewTheRulesIHaveSupernaturalPowers: The Brazilian Mai think they can do whatever they want, including kill humans, because they are the Superior Race
* StockSuperpowers: The Mai as a race have many superhuman attributes:
** HealingFactor
** SuperSenses
** SuperStrength
** SuperReflexes
** WolverineClaws
* UnresolvedSexualTension: Between Alek and Chloe. It grows more obvious by the episode.
* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld
* WellDoneSonGuy: Brian with his dad, Jasmine with her mom.

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* ActorAllusion: Chloe's been cursed with the ability to kill guys she kissed [[TheGates before]]

* PlayingAgainstType: Skyler Samuels's [[WizardsOfWaverlyPlace previous roles]] [[TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody had her]] [[ThatsSoRaven playing]] AlphaBitch types

* TheMessiah: Chloe seems to be trying to be this. (Judging by her willingness to try and help someone that the rest of the Mai consider to be a member of an enemy race.)

* GenreSavvy: Kim.[[hottip:*: After watching the first ''StarWars'' film, she correctly guesses what will happen in the others.]] Justified by her being an expert in the ancient myths that formed the basis for a number of modern stories.

* SecretPublicIdentity: Chloe uses her real name in public despite generally keeping her nature as Mai secret from humans. [[hottip:*: With the exception of Amy and Paul]]. Perhaps [[JustifiedTrope justified]], as the members of The Order seem to be able to recognize Mai even when they don't use their powers, so it's unlikely that hiding her name or face would do anything to protect her.