History Sandbox / EnPassant

** "Mathemagician" brings back the communication earpieces.
** "Tiger Prawn" sees Ladybug and Chat Noir use each other's weapons, with Chat Noir engaging in CarFu as a direct form of attack before anger-induced Ladybug and Shadybug would do the same in [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS04E05Psycomedian Psychomedian]] and [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugSP03MiraculousWorldParis the Paris Special]], respectively.

* CallBack: "Snow Wonder" in general is one to [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS01E01StormyWeather Stormy Weather]]. The akumas both have weather-related powers, Chat Noir uses his night vision (bringing the ability far earlier than the Paris Special in canon), and the victim of the episode [[spoiler:is Mireille, directly in relation to her ''winning'' the contest that Aurore was akumatized over losing]].

* GatheringSteam: Jubilenie is an amok formed out of happiness whose power [[GettingSmiliesPaintedOnYourSoul brainwashes people into being happy]], so it

* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: Well, ''Our'' Enemy, as Ladybug painfully explains that she can't date Chat Noir as long as Hawk Moth is active due to what happened in [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS03E22CatBlanc Chat Blanc]]. As they are still close partners, this causes great stress for both of them throughout the story.

** Hawk Moth reveals in "Pride of Darkness" that he's been attempting to do this ever since nearly giving up during [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS02E20StyleQueenQueensBattlePart1 Queen's Battle]], and soon after publicly vows to take another one. Ladybug and Chat Noir take this threat seriously.

* LightningLash: The Lightning Wispon already fit, but now it has a physical chain built into it that serves as Arc's version of the Avatar's grappling hook.

* TheStinger: Amy's trip in Far Outlands results in re-uniting with [[spoiler:Cream, her family, and Big the Cat. And Big the Cat's ''Chaos Emerald'' that he found, twisting the plot further as the Emeralds were completely absent from ''Forces'']].

* ArcWelding: In internal monologue in "Pride of Darkness", Gabriel loosely welds the first three seasons into two arcs: An initial operation of throwing whatever out there to overwhelm, then after nearly giving up and getting renewed motivation during [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS02E21QueenWaspQueensBattlePart2 Queen Wasp]], a stronger attempt to work smarter rather than harder about making akumas.

* BreakingOldTrends: ''Every'' episode after the first does this, at least at the time they were written:
** "Tiger Prawn" sees Ladybug and Chat Noir use each other's weapons, with Chat Noir engaging in CarFu as a direct form of attack before anger-induced Ladybug and Shadybug would do the same in [[Psycomedian Recap/MiraculousLadybugS04E05Psycomedian Psychomedian]] and [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugSP03MiraculousWorldParis the Paris Special]].

** "Mannequette" is fairly regular but features a civilian [[spoiler:tricking Ladybug rather than helping her]].

** "Burnmaster" introduces the [[PlayingWithFire Fire Power-Up]]. Marinette also [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking talks directly with Adrien]] about her behavior around him.

* PowerPincers: Tiger Prawn has these, though neither one is actually used for pinching. Instead, one fires HandBlasts and the other launches [[MegatonPunch Megaton Punches]], based on the incredible power of real-life pistol and mantis shrimps, respectively.

* ColdSnap: Paris is hit by one of these in "Snow Wonder"; Marinette and Adrien quickly (and correctly) suspect it to be caused by an akuma rather than naturally occurring. The BigStormEpisode aspect is subverted, as with the [[PowerUpFood Ice Power-Up]], Ladybug and Chat Noir (or rather, Lady-Ice and Ice Chat) aren't themselves worried about BravingTheBlizzard. Braving the ''[[AnIcePerson akuma]]'' in the blizzard, on the other hand...

** BoundAndGagged: Ladybug's reaction to that is to do this to [[spoiler:Raoul]], since the Lucky Charm was a roll of tape.

* ContinuityCreep: Invoked, as the episodes are intentionally a continuous storyline and frequently tie in and follow up events from the show. Ladybug points out the CerebusSyndrome in "Burnmaster".

Since Tropers/En_Passant is an invalid pagename, he is using this page as a place to put his stuff. Plus, there's already a page for a ''[[TheOtherDarrin different]]'' Fanfic/ThePowerOfSeven fanfiction.

Since Tropers/En_Passant is an invalid pagename, he is using this page as a place to put his stuff.

* AdaptationalContextChange: Knuckles' [[MemeticMutation memetic]] "None of this is good, Vector. That's why it's called war," line is given some real meaning here. What he proposed to lead to Vector's outcry is leaving the Death Egg's ''entire prisoner population behind'' if it's the only way they can rescue [[BigGood Sonic]]. Silver holds some resentment towards Knuckles over it later.
* AlphaAndBetaWolves: The Alpha has evidently named herself as one, despite working alone.

** Rings also appear in Arsenal Pyramid and function just as they do in-game. Later in the stage, Arc falls face-first into lasers and showcases the Cat Avatar's ability to retain a Ring after getting hit.

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* ContinuityNod: Absolutely loaded with these, big and small. Fighting Eggman's worldwide conquest name-drops many ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' locations, and his recycled robot army has been expanded to include designs from most other games in the franchise.
** Arsenal Pyramid is repurposed from Eggman's [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure2 other pyramid base]] (including "some particular comments about [[ScrappyMechanic hourglass doors]]"). The base is still filled with E-1000s, but also includes their big brother the [[VideoGame/SonicHeroes E-2000]] and the similar-looking [[VideoGame/SonicAdventure ]].
** Rouge's infiltration scene before Stage 10 mimics the Team Dark intro from ''Sonic Heroes'' and has what appears to be an Eggman robot from ''VideoGame/Sonic2006'', despite the events of that game being erased from the timeline. Sonic and Silver seem to be having some deja vu about those events, though.

** Chaos' role is still made more important to the story despite this, appearing in the prologue to explain the presence of Silver and the absence of Blaze and the Chaos Emeralds.

* BrickJoke: Silver throws a spherical statue at Infinite during their fight, which is deflected off into the jungle. When Silver returns during Casino Forest, he finds an identical, singed statue lying on the ground, which he finds familiar but otherwise doesn't put together the connection.

* AdaptationalContextChange: Knuckles' [[MemeticMutation memetic]] "None of this is good, Vector. That's why it's called war," line is given some real meaning here. What he proposed to lead to Vector's outcry is ''leaving the Death Egg's entire prisoner population behind'' if it's the only way they can rescue [[BigGood Sonic]]. Silver holds some resentment towards Knuckles over it later.

** Chaos' role is also made more important to the story despite this, appearing in the prologue to explain the presence of Silver and the absence of Blaze and the Chaos Emeralds.

* ColdBloodedTorture: It should be of little surprise that the fic makes real the torture Sonic suffered on the Death Egg. It takes a few days for him to recover, with Vector's "shaking like a leaf" comment being redirected to him. Having been nursed back to health by [[MyBelovedSmother Amy]], he's quite anxious to get back into the fight with the capture of Arsenal Pyramid. Even during the stage, being reminded of the experience gets him worked up.

** All of the Classic Sonic elements, many of which were themselves reimagined, were either repurposed or removed.

[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/26637475 Tales of Misfortune and Fame]] is a PseudocanonicalFic of ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousTalesOfLadybugAndCatNoir'' that picks up after the events of [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS03E26MiracleQueenBattleoftheMiraculousPart2 Miracle Queen]]. It revisits, explains, and sometimes expands on many pieces of CanonFodder and explores a different way the series could have gone after Season 3. It is notably also OriginalFlavour, where each chapter is equivalent to an episode and ''every one'' contains (and is named after) an akuma that is fought "on-screen", up to and including the Lucky Charm, De-evilize, and other sequences.

* BrickJoke: Silver throws a spherical statue at Infinite during their fight, which is deflected off into the jungle. When Silver returns during Casino Forest, he finds an identical, singed statue

* LeParkour: [[{{Tomboy}} Arc]] prefers the urban jungle of Empire City over the ''actual'' jungle of Aqua Road.

* TheStinger: Amy's trip in Far Outlands results in re-uniting with [[spoiler:Cream, her family, and Big the Cat. And Big the Cat's ''Chaos Emerald'' that he found, twisting the plot further as the Emeralds were completely absent from ''Forces'']].
* WhipItGood: The [[ChainLighting Lightning Wispon]] already fit, but now it has a physical chain built into it that serves as Arc's version of the Avatar's grappling hook.

* WhipItGood: The [[LightningWeapon Lightning Wispon]] now has a chain built into it that serves as its equivalent to the grappling hook.

* ContinuityNod: Absolutely loaded with these. Fighting Eggman's worldwide conquest name-drops many ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'' locations, and his recycled robot army has been expanded to include designs from most other games in the franchise.

** All of the non-Sonic characters are given time in the limelight by having their own stage, though the story is only half-completed.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: What starts the Ghost Town stage is Ledge deciding to show off his rebuilt Wispon to Tails, which then fails on him and causes Eggman's robots to go on alert.
* DoesntLikeGuns: Consistent with ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'', the first thing Shadow notes upon meeting the Avatars is that someone finally has the sense to carry a firearm, though he thinks [[FamilyFriendlyFirearms they look like toys]].

* ReimaginingTheArtifact: The Wisps, who were sort of just there in ''Forces'' as fuel for the Wispons, which were themselves not explained. In ''Power of Seven'', the origin and use of the Wispons is a major plot arc, being seemingly the only weakness of Infinite and the focus of the first Avatar Ledge.

* SharpDressedMan: Ledge, who somehow keeps his suit tidy despite, y'know, living in a war-torn city and going to battle with a flamethrower. Going to [[SlippySlideyIceWorld the North Base]] only annoys him at having to use said flamethrower to iron out the creases afterward.

* DoesntLikeGuns: Consistent with ''VideoGame/ShadowTheHedgehog'', the first thing Shadow notes upon meeting the Avatars is that someone finally has the sense to carry a firearm, though [[FamilyFriendlyFirearms he thinks they look like toys]].

* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Ledge has a habit of doing this.

* IfOnlyYouKnew: A side character in "Landover" mocks the main friend group in his head for making a joke about akumas, betting that they don't even know any akuma victims.

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* ABirthdayNotABreak: Technically an anniversary, but "Pride of Darkness" centers entirely around the ceremony of Ladybug and Chat Noir's first year as superheroes, which Hawk Moth and Mayura crash with a grand plan; to them, it's [[SeriousBusiness nothing worth celebrating]] since it also means one year of failures and they have a very personal goal they're trying to accomplish.

* ColdSnap: Paris is hit by one of these in "Snow Wonder"; Marinette and Adrien quickly (and correctly) suspect it to be caused by an akuma rather than naturally occuring. The BigStormEpisode aspect is subverted, as with the [[PowerUpFood Ice Power-Up]], Ladybug and Chat Noir (or rather, Lady-Ice and Ice Chat) aren't themselves worried about BravingTheBlizzard. Braving the ''[[AnIcePerson akuma]]'' in the blizzard, on the other hand...

* EnemyWithout: Pride of Darkness's power is to create these in the form of pure-black Shadows. [[spoiler:Later in the episode, this is revealed to be a ruse; they're simply EvilKnockoffs, but he can still sense the desires that an Enemy Without would be made out of. Duusu explains in his Meet the Miraculouses episode afterward that the only way to have a true example would be to amokize someone directly, which would give them control of the sentimonster due to them holding the amok.]]

* HurricaneOfPuns: [[PungeonMaster Chat]] unleashes one to aid in getting the attention of Jubilenie's mesmerized crowd and enjoys every second of it.

* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: Well, ''Our'' Enemy, as Ladybug painfully explains that she can't date Chat Noir as long as Hawk Moth is active due to what happened in [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS03E22CatBlanc Chat Blanc]]. As they are still close partners, this causes great stress for both of them.

* NotAGame: Gabriel ([[spoiler: using the Peacock Miraculous]] as Garuda) makes this declaration in "Pride of Darkness".

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Ladybug and Chat Noir each notice this about the other: the former in "Jubilenie" due to Chat making DeadpanSnarker comments, and the latter in "Snow Wonder" as Ladybug makes a misplay.
* PowerPincers: Tiger Prawn has these, though neither one is actually used for pinching. Instead, one fires HandBlasts and the other [[MegatonPunch Megaton Punches]], based on the incredible power of real-life pistol and mantis shrimps, respectively.

* AdventurerArchaeologist: Roaar loosely implies that [[Franchise/IndianaJones the big man himself]] was based on a wielder of her miraculous, which has a whip instead of a bolas.

* PsychicLink: The changed power of the Dog, Howl, creates one of these between everyone holding the wielder's tool when activated.

* ABirthdayNotABreak: Technically an anniversary, but "Pride of Darkness" centers entirely around the ceremony of Ladybug and Chat Noir's first year as superheroes, which Hawk Moth and Mayura crash with a grand plan.
* ColdSnap: Paris is hit by one of these in "Snow Wonder"; Marinette and Adrien quickly (and correctly) suspect it to be caused by an akuma rather than naturally. The BigStormEpisode aspect is subverted, as with the [[PowerUpFood Ice Power-Up]], Ladybug and Chat Noir (or rather, Lady-Ice and Ice Chat) aren't themselves worried about BravingTheBlizzard. Braving the ''[[AnIcePerson akuma]]'' in the blizzard, on the other hand...

* BoundAndGagged: Ladybug's reaction to that is to do this to Raoul, since the Lucky Charm was a roll of tape.

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: In "Burnmaster", Roger Raincomprix caps off some advice to Sabrina by saying that more support is always good and that he wouldn't know what to do if he had to dismiss anyone working under him. The scene cuts to Mayor Bourgeois giving a notice to the fire captain that he has to do exactly that.

Since Tropers/En_Passant is an invalid pagename, he is using this as a place to put his stuff.

[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/26637475 Tales of Misfortune and Fame]] is a PseudocanonicalFic of ''WesternAnimation/MiraculousTalesOfLadybugAndCatNoir'' that picks up after the events of [[Recap/MiraculousLadybugS03E26MiracleQueenBattleoftheMiraculousPart2 Miracle Queen]]. It revisits, explains, and sometimes expands on many pieces of CanonFodder and explores a different way the series could have gone after Season 3. It is notably also OriginalFlavour, where each chapter is equivalent to an episode and ''every one'' contains (and is named after) an akuma that is fought "on-screen".

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Raoul convinces Ladybug to let him try talking down his akumatized sister in "Mannequette", only to turn on her and agree with Mannequette's actions as just punishment for [[AlphaBitch Chloé]].

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Several characters have, as figures of speech, pointed out the conventions of the show even as the fic continues to follow them.

* MessOnAPlate: The daube Marinette is served in "Jubilenie" - the chapter notes mention that this is a BilingualBonus, as daube is both a type of stew and a French slang word for crap.

* TheFarmerAndTheViper: Chloé's status as a Viper is a subject of much contemplation by Marinette throughout the fic, most prominently in "Mannequette".