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** In chapter three, we meet a minor character named [[Literature/TheChroniclesofNarnia Rabadash]] who is described as having the letters D-E-T-H [[OnePiece tattooed on his knuckles]].
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** In chapter three, we meet a minor character named [[Literature/TheChroniclesofNarnia Rabadash]] who is described as having the letters D-E-T-H [[OnePiece [[Manga/OnePiece tattooed on his knuckles]].
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* NoNameGiven: The demon is simply known as that. Probably helps to distract from the fact that he is basically a floating plunger.
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** In chapter three, we meet a minor character named [[TheChroniclesofNarnia [[Literature/TheChroniclesofNarnia Rabadash]] who is described as having the letters D-E-T-H [[OnePiece tattooed on his knuckles]].
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* HollywoodApocrypha: The intro to part two presents a permutation of the AdamAndEvePlot that takes into account the super powers and fantastic races in the story.
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** Smith's prisoner number is [[Series/TheITCrowd 01189998819991197253]] and the warden of the prison is [[YuYuHakusho a short, cranky old woman named Genkai.]]
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** Smith's prisoner number is [[Series/TheITCrowd 01189998819991197253]] and the warden of the prison is [[YuYuHakusho [[Manga/YuYuHakusho a short, cranky old woman named Genkai.]]
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{{Youkai}}
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** [[Creator/RodgersandHammerstein Hammerstein]] and Genkai have dialogue straight out of ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia.
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* ElmuhFuddSyndwome: Carla has this as a side effect of [[spoiler: having to adjust to talking with an entirely new body.]]
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* SacredScripture: The Gift Legends are presented as not necessarily truer than any competing holy book, but they sure do a lot for WorldBuilding, giving one religious explanation for the various [[FiveRaces humanoid species]] and DifferentlyPoweredIndividuals.
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* [[spoiler: BalefulPolymorph: of a sort. Rather than being transformed, Carla is subject to a BodySurf attack that puts her inside her cartoon hat.]]
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* WhenSheSmiles: Averted. It turns out when a PerpetualFrowner smiles at you, it just looks awkward and forced.
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* WhenSheSmiles: Averted. It turns out when a PerpetualFrowner smiles at you, it just [[TheUnsmile looks awkward and forced.forced]].
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* CallingYourAttacks: So far, only two characters do this regularly, but Mel is starting to get into the habit as well.
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* ObviouslyEvil: The demon's face seems to have been designed to look as malevolent as possible.
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* AndIMustScream: The demon plunger plans to trap Carla in a tree, completely conscious but unable to move. And it implies that, even if the tree dies, [[WhoWantsToLiveForever she might go on to live in the wood forever.]]
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* FromBadToWorse: Chapter 9 is called "The Situation Gets Progressively Worse" and it's an {{understatement}}.
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* MoodWhiplash: Chapter 9 starts with ToiletHumor and whimsical [[LemonyNarrator Lemony Narration]] and ends with [[spoiler: the slow torture of the kindest character in the story.]]
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* WhamEpisode: Chapter 9.
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* EmotionlessGirl: Pritha Prithvi. Sort of justified as she is a ReallySevenHundredYearsOld guardian of a hidden demon who lives in a secluded cathedral.
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* HypocriticalHumor: [[RunningGag Genkai asks leading questions Both Sainte Nero and yells at Mel for interrupting to answer her.]]Sainte Decius are named after villainous emperors who persecuted early Christians.
** MultiArmedAndDangerous: Pritha Prithvi, the first centaur to appear in the story, is a human centaur. Like most centaurs, she has two torsos, meaning four arms in total.
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* [[RubberHoseLimbs Rubber Hose Body]]: Kevin Grothers has this as a superpower.
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* TurnOfTheMillenium TurnOfTheMillennium Technology and cultural references place the story in late 2001.
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-->'''Mel:''' [[BadassBoast Well you're picking a fight with ''me''.me.]]
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* BookDumb: Carla.
* CloudCuckooLander: Once again, Carla.
* CloudCuckooLander: Once again, Carla.
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-->'''Hammerstein:''' You are picking a fight with the world's largest army.
'''Mel:''' [[BadassBoast Well you're picking a fight with ''me''.]]
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The Red and the Rest is a WebSerialNovel about a secret MegaCorp of mercenaries for hire appropriately named the {{Red Shirt}}s. Because of the strange world with a diversity of NonHumanHumanoids and SuperPowers, the Redshirts are able to perpetuate massive acts of violence and war profiteering to screw over anybody without money or connections.
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The Red and the Rest is a WebSerialNovel about a secret MegaCorp of mercenaries for hire appropriately named the {{Red Shirt}}s. Because of the strange world with a diversity of NonHumanHumanoids humanoids and SuperPowers, tons of super powers, the Redshirts are able to perpetuate massive acts of violence and war profiteering to screw over anybody without money or connections.
* AbnormalLimbRotationRange: Played for BodyHorror with Kevin Grothers.
* ConversationalTroping
* CurbStompBattle
* CurbStompBattle
*FireIceLightning: Smith's attacks so far.
* GamerChick: Lӧwe.
* HypocriticalHumor: [[RunningGag Genkai asks leading questions and yells at Mel for interrupting to answer her.]]
* HypocriticalHumor: [[RunningGag Genkai asks leading questions and yells at Mel for interrupting to answer her.]]
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** In chapter three, we meet a minor character named [[TheChroniclesofNarnia Rabadash]] who is described as having the letters D-E-T-H [[OnePiece tattooed on his knuckles]].
**Smith's prisoner number is [[TheITCrowd 01189998819991197253]] and the warden of the prison is [[YuYuHakusho a short, cranky old woman named Genkai.]]
** [[RodgersandHammerstein Hammerstein]] and Genkai have dialogue straight out of ItsAlwaysSunnyInPhiladelphia
* TheSlacker: Carla.
* {{Unfunny}}: Mel.
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* TheSlacker: Carla.
* {{Unfunny}}: Mel.
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* BadassFamily: The Okabes.
*FantasticRacism
*GadgeteerGenius: [[MeaningfulName Smith]].
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*GadgeteerGenius: [[MeaningfulName Smith]].
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*PettingZooPeople: An entire race of them called minos.
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The Red and the Rest is a WebSerialNovel about a secret MegaCorp of mercenaries for hire appropriately named the {{Red Shirt}}s. Because of the strange world with a diversity of NonHumanHumanoids and SuperPowers, the Redshirts are able to perpetuate massive acts of violence and war profiteering to screw over anybody without money or connections.
Despite all of this, the story takes a humorous, often whimsical tone as the protagonists [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruct]] and [[ReconstructedTrope reconstruct]] various adventure and action tropes.
The first chapter of the story can be found [[http://robingarciawriter.com/2015/03/15/the-red-and-the-rest-chapter-1-applied-application/ here]].
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*AssholeVictim: Smith and [[spoiler: Hammerstein]].
*MauveShirt
*PunnyName
*RedShirt: Duh. [[PlayingWithATrope Playing with]] this trope is half the point of this story.
*ViolenceIsDisturbing along with ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer
Despite all of this, the story takes a humorous, often whimsical tone as the protagonists [[DeconstructedTrope deconstruct]] and [[ReconstructedTrope reconstruct]] various adventure and action tropes.
The first chapter of the story can be found [[http://robingarciawriter.com/2015/03/15/the-red-and-the-rest-chapter-1-applied-application/ here]].
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!!This series provides examples of:
*AssholeVictim: Smith and [[spoiler: Hammerstein]].
*MauveShirt
*PunnyName
*RedShirt: Duh. [[PlayingWithATrope Playing with]] this trope is half the point of this story.
*ViolenceIsDisturbing along with ViolenceReallyIsTheAnswer
