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* TheEnemyOfMyEnemy: In the season finale, [[spoiler: Delores and Alice team up, despite Alice's initial hatred for Delores, as they--and more importantly to them, Viv and Geoff--are threatened by Edith more than by each other.]]

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* TheEnemyOfMyEnemy: EnemyOfMyEnemy: In the season finale, [[spoiler: Delores and Alice team up, despite Alice's initial hatred for Delores, as they--and more importantly to them, Viv and Geoff--are threatened by Edith more than by each other.]]
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* HunterOfMonsters: Deloris and Fred, along with the Presidio generally, have the mission to destroy dangerous monsters (however some turn out [[spoiler:[[VanHelsingHateCrimes out benign or neutral at least]]]]).

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* HunterOfMonsters: Deloris and Fred, along with the Presidio generally, have the mission to destroy dangerous monsters (however some turn out [[spoiler:[[VanHelsingHateCrimes out to be benign or neutral at least]]]]).



* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They don't seem to be undead and lack the typical weaknesses and powers of vampires. They keep they typical fangs, but instead of being longer canines they're retractable and protrude forward from their mouths. They are created from normal humans though.

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* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They don't seem to be undead and lack the typical weaknesses and powers of vampires. They keep they the typical fangs, but instead of being longer canines they're retractable and protrude forward from their mouths. They are created from normal humans though.



* VanHelsingHateCrimes: As it turns out, [[spoiler:Presidio makes no distinction between actually bad supernaturals and those who are good people just trying to live their lives.]] The show also takes the tack of making these stack with ''actual'' hate crimes--Omari, a black warlock, points out to his wife [[spoiler: Alice]] that his ancestors weren't just targeted for having magic, they were ''lynched'', and she needs to understand that because their future children will face it as well.

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* VanHelsingHateCrimes: As it turns out, [[spoiler:Presidio makes no distinction between actually bad supernaturals and those who are good people just trying to live their lives.]] The show also takes the tack of making these stack with ''actual'' hate crimes--Omari, a black warlock, points out to his (white) wife [[spoiler: Alice]] that his ancestors weren't just targeted for having magic, they were ''lynched'', and she needs to understand that because their future children will face it as well.
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* HunterOfMonsters: Deloris and Fred, along with the Presidio generally, have the mission to destroy dangerous monsters (however some turn out [[spoiler:[[VanHelsingHateCrimes out benine or neutral at least]]]]).

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* HunterOfMonsters: Deloris and Fred, along with the Presidio generally, have the mission to destroy dangerous monsters (however some turn out [[spoiler:[[VanHelsingHateCrimes out benine benign or neutral at least]]]]).

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* HunterOfMonsters: Deloris and Fred, along with the Presidio generally, have the mission to destroy dangerous monsters (however some turn out [[spoiler:[[VanHelsingHateCrimes out bening or neutral at least]]]]).

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* HunterOfMonsters: Deloris and Fred, along with the Presidio generally, have the mission to destroy dangerous monsters (however some turn out [[spoiler:[[VanHelsingHateCrimes out bening benine or neutral at least]]]]).



* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: Alice is Viv and Geoff's biological mother.]]

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* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: Alice [[spoiler:Alice is Viv and Geoff's biological mother.]]



* SerialRapist: Rob, it turns out, {{date rape}}d at least three other girls before he tried to do this with Van. When she publicly accused him, they all come forward to back her up.

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* SerialRapist: Rob, it turns out, {{date rape}}d at least three other girls before he tried to do this with Van. When she publicly accused accuses him, they all come forward to back her up.



* VanHelsingHateCrimes: As it turns out, [[spoiler: Presidio makes no distinction between actually bad supernaturals and those who are good people just trying to live their lives.]] The show also takes the tack of making these stack with ''actual'' hate crimes--Omari, a black warlock, points out to his wife [[spoiler: Alice]] that his ancestors weren't just targeted for having magic, they were ''lynched'', and she needs to understand that because their future children will face it as well.

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* VanHelsingHateCrimes: As it turns out, [[spoiler: Presidio [[spoiler:Presidio makes no distinction between actually bad supernaturals and those who are good people just trying to live their lives.]] The show also takes the tack of making these stack with ''actual'' hate crimes--Omari, a black warlock, points out to his wife [[spoiler: Alice]] that his ancestors weren't just targeted for having magic, they were ''lynched'', and she needs to understand that because their future children will face it as well.



* WeCanRuleTogether: Edith tells Viv that [[spoiler: she should join Presidio and help them study supernatural creatures. Viv flatly refuses.]]
* WonderTwinPowers: Viv and Geoff [[spoiler: each have their own warlock powers, but together, their blood magic is truly exceptional, busting through the PowerNullifier drug like it isn't there.]]

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* WeCanRuleTogether: Edith tells Viv that [[spoiler: she [[spoiler:she should join Presidio and help them study supernatural creatures. Viv flatly refuses.]]
* WonderTwinPowers: Viv and Geoff [[spoiler: each [[spoiler:each have their own warlock powers, but together, their blood magic is truly exceptional, busting through the PowerNullifier drug like it isn't there.]]]]
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* BirthDeathJuxtaposition: [[spoiler:Alice gave birth to her babies while Presidio was slaughtering her people nearby, including her husband Omari.]]



* ComingAndGoing: [[spoiler:Alice gave birth to her babies while Presidio was slaughtering her people nearby, including her husband Omari.]]

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* MageSpecies: Warlocks are identical to humans outwardly, but another species and can do magic as a hereditary ability.



* WitchSpecies: Warlocks are identical to humans outwardly, but another species and can do magic as a hereditary ability.
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* TragicStillbirth: Deloris was injured and miscarried while pregnant, which devastated her. It turns out that she couldn't conceiver after that, and her later twins were born via surrogate [[spoiler:(or so it's said-they actually stole them from Alice)]].

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* TragicStillbirth: Deloris was injured and miscarried while pregnant, which devastated her. It turns out that she couldn't conceiver conceive after that, and her later twins were born via surrogate [[spoiler:(or so it's said-they actually stole them from Alice)]].
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* PoliceAreUseless: At first. Gina, the Sheriff, tries to arrest Delores while she's confronting Alice (although to be fair, it does look like Delores is menacing an unarmed woman with a gun to anyone who doesn't know Alice is a warlock), and nearly gets them both killed. However, eventually she wises up to the fact something strange is going on and becomes much more helpful. [[spoiler: In fact, when Presidio rolls in, Gina's immediately suspicious and rallies the police force against them to save the town, eventually teaming up with Moshe and earning his respect despite his mistrust of humans.]]

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* PoliceAreUseless: At first. Gina, the Sheriff, tries to arrest Delores while she's confronting Alice (although to be fair, it does look like Delores Deloris is menacing an unarmed woman with a gun to anyone who doesn't know Alice is a warlock), and nearly gets them both killed. However, eventually she wises up to the fact something strange is going on and becomes much more helpful. [[spoiler: In fact, when Presidio rolls in, Gina's immediately suspicious and rallies the police force against them to save the town, eventually teaming up with Moshe and earning his respect despite his mistrust of humans.]]
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* ComingAndGoing: [[spoiler:Alice gave birth to her baby while Presidio was slaughtering her people nearby, including her husband Omari.]]

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* ComingAndGoing: [[spoiler:Alice gave birth to her baby babies while Presidio was slaughtering her people nearby, including her husband Omari.]]

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''October Faction'' is a Creator/{{Netflix}} series that premiered on January 23rd, 2020. It is created by Damian Kindler, and based on the comic of the same name by Steve Niles and Damien Worm.

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''October Faction'' is a Creator/{{Netflix}} series that premiered on January 23rd, 2020. It is was created by Damian Kindler, and based on the comic of the same name by Steve Niles and Damien Worm.



* AdultFear: All of your friends and family are murdered by people who believe you are scum to be eradicated--except for your children, who are stolen by your enemies and raised in ignorance of their true heritage. (Albeit [[spoiler: they were stolen to save their lives, as Presidio has no problem killing warlock children, and raised lovingly]], but still.)

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* AdultFear: All of your friends ActionGirl:
** Deloris is skilled at combat, often using a baton. As one ([[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome unseen]]) example, she once managed to take on multiple bikers at the same time
and family are murdered by people who believe you are scum to be eradicated--except for your children, who are stolen by your enemies got away.
** Gina Fernandez is the female sheriff of Barrington-on-Hudson,
and raised in ignorance of their true heritage. (Albeit [[spoiler: they were stolen though she doesn't get into too much action is still trained to save their lives, as Presidio has no problem killing warlock children, and raised lovingly]], but still.)use firearms.


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* AttemptedRape: Viv fends off a {{date rape}} which she [[{{Seers}} foresaw]] using her power.


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* BattleCouple:
** Fred and Deloris Allen serve as monster hunters with a group called the Presidio, frequently fighting them side by side.
** Another couple, both Muslim, are also seen (whom Alice kills).
* BloodMagic: Alice's ability to [[PsychicAssistedSuicide make people shoot themselves and others against their will]] is called this.
* ComingAndGoing: [[spoiler:Alice gave birth to her baby while Presidio was slaughtering her people nearby, including her husband Omari.]]
* ComingOutStory: [[spoiler:Phillip comes clean and tells Madison that he's gay, leading her to break up with him.]]
* CrimeOfSelfDefense: Viv stops a guy at her school from raping her, and then he accuses her of assaulting him. She then hits him angrily over this, and gets suspended.
* DarkActionGirl: Alice, the main antagonist of the series, is a female warlock who's skilled in combat (though she uses magic mostly). She takes down multiple armed male opponents with relative ease when they hunt her.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: [[spoiler:Presidio experimenting on supernatural beings (this includes vivisection) is explicitly compared with Nazi medical crimes. Alice accuses Fred and Deloris of genocide as they are its agents (though neither knew about these atrocities), since the organization seeks to kill [[FinalSolution all]] supernatural beings ultimately, dangerous or not.]]


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* FinalSolution: [[spoiler:Presido wiped out Alice's people, the warlocks, and intend to kill all supernatural beings everywhere.]]


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* HunterOfMonsters: Deloris and Fred, along with the Presidio generally, have the mission to destroy dangerous monsters (however some turn out [[spoiler:[[VanHelsingHateCrimes out bening or neutral at least]]]]).
* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: Presidio's agents pretend to be FBI when they take over the town in the series finale.
* ISeeDeadPeople: Geoff's individual power is being able to see ghosts.
* LastOfHisKind: Alice is the last warlock, [[spoiler:along with Viv and Geoff, since she's their birth mother]].


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* MalignedMixedMarriage: Fred's dad doesn't explicitly say he objects to him marrying Deloris because she's black, but it was strongly implied as being a factor.


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* MercyKill: Moshe euthanizes a supernatural being who's been vivisected by some Presidio doctors in one of their facilities using a shot to the head.
* MindRape: Alice inflicts it on Fred and Deloris, making both of them feel all the pain they caused to supernatural beings across the years.
* MinorityPoliceOfficer: Gina Fernandez, a Latina, is the sheriff of Barrington-on-Hudson, a small mostly white town in upstate New York. Years before her, Deloris' father, a black man, had held the post.
* MistakenForRacist: Basil's dad flatly orders Deloris out of his store, with her family thinking this is because she's black. It turns out to be becauise he blames her for Basil doing time in prison.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler:Alice was identified by Presidio when she saved a woman using telekinesis because she almost stepped in front of a truck. This led to her being captured and sent off to a dire fate (although she freed herself, their agents still found her people's refuge, killing them).]]


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* PowerNullifier: It turns out that [[spoiler:Fred and Deloris have been drugging their kids with “vitamins” which suppress their powers for years. Alice was also drugged by a woman she thought of as her friend to suppress her powers so she'd get captured by Presidio agents. Presidio used some sonic weapon to neutralize warlocks' powers and slaughter them in their refuge too.]]
* PsychicAssistedSuicide: Alice makes people shoot themselves on different occasions through controlling them with {{telekinesis}}.


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* {{Seers}}: Viv can see the near future beforehand.
* SerialRapist: Rob, it turns out, {{date rape}}d at least three other girls before he tried to do this with Van. When she publicly accused him, they all come forward to back her up.
* TalkingDownTheSuicidal: Geoff talks [[spoiler:Phillip]] out of killing himself over having gotten a friend killed (who he was also [[spoiler:attracted to]]).


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* TragicStillbirth: Deloris was injured and miscarried while pregnant, which devastated her. It turns out that she couldn't conceiver after that, and her later twins were born via surrogate [[spoiler:(or so it's said-they actually stole them from Alice)]].


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* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Alice can take on the form of people she encounters.


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* WitchSpecies: Warlocks are identical to humans outwardly, but another species and can do magic as a hereditary ability.
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* VanHelsingHateCrimes: As it turns out, [[spoiler: Presidio makes no distinction between actually bad supernaturals and those who are good people just trying to live their lives.]] The show also takes the tack of making these stack with ''actual'' hate crimes--a black warlock points out to his wife [[spoiler: Alice]] that his ancestors weren't just targeted for having magic, they were ''lynched'', and she needs to understand that because their future children will face it as well.

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* VanHelsingHateCrimes: As it turns out, [[spoiler: Presidio makes no distinction between actually bad supernaturals and those who are good people just trying to live their lives.]] The show also takes the tack of making these stack with ''actual'' hate crimes--a crimes--Omari, a black warlock warlock, points out to his wife [[spoiler: Alice]] that his ancestors weren't just targeted for having magic, they were ''lynched'', and she needs to understand that because their future children will face it as well.

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* ArmouredClosetGay: [[spoiler:Phillip, who bawled out Geoff for being a "fag" when they first met, is himself in the closet]].



* BoomerangBigot: [[spoiler:Phillip, who bawled out Geoff for being a "fag" when they first met, is himself in the closet]].
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The series was canceled after one season of ten episodes.
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* BarBrawl: One treated realistically. When an asshole in a bar messes with Delores, she whips out a baton and kicks his ass. The bystanders in the bar are promptly freaked out that she just assaulted someone and she's banned from the bar.



* RealityEnsues: When an asshole in a bar messes with Delores, she whips out a baton and kicks his ass. The bystanders in the bar are promptly freaked out that she just assaulted someone and she's banned from the bar.
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* GrandTheftMe: A dead warlock can be summoned into a living body, provided their ashes are on hand. [[spoiler: This is Alice's plan--she has the ashes of every warlock Presidio murdered when they destroyed her home, and she summons them back on a mass scale. However, they are not all on board with this, feeling that they have moved on and it's not fair to the people whose bodies they're inhabiting.]]

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* GrandTheftMe: A dead warlock can be summoned into a living body, provided their ashes are on hand. [[spoiler: This is Alice's plan--she has the ashes of every warlock Presidio murdered when they destroyed her home, and she summons them back on a mass scale. However, they are not all on board onboard with this, feeling that they have moved on and it's not fair to the people whose bodies they're inhabiting.]]
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* AdultFear: All of your friends and family are murdered by people who believe you are scum to be eradicated--except for your children, who are stolen by your enemies and raised in ignorance of their true heritage. (Albeit [[spoiler: they were stolen to save their lives, as Presidio has no problem killing warlock children, and raised lovingly]], but still.)



* TheEnemyOfMyEnemy: In the season finale, [[spoiler: Delores and Alice team up, despite Alice's initial hatred for Delores, as they--and more importantly to them, Viv and Geoff--are threatened by Edith more than by each other.]]



* VanHelsingHateCrimes: As it turns out, [[spoiler: Presidio makes no distinction between actually bad supernaturals and those who are good people just trying to live their lives.]] The show also takes the tack of making these stack with ''actual'' hate crimes--a black warlock points out to his wife [[spoiler: Alice]] that his ancestors weren't just targeted for having magic, they were ''lynched'', and she needs to understand that because their future children will face it as well.

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* VanHelsingHateCrimes: As it turns out, [[spoiler: Presidio makes no distinction between actually bad supernaturals and those who are good people just trying to live their lives.]] The show also takes the tack of making these stack with ''actual'' hate crimes--a black warlock points out to his wife [[spoiler: Alice]] that his ancestors weren't just targeted for having magic, they were ''lynched'', and she needs to understand that because their future children will face it as well.well.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Edith tells Viv that [[spoiler: she should join Presidio and help them study supernatural creatures. Viv flatly refuses.]]
* WonderTwinPowers: Viv and Geoff [[spoiler: each have their own warlock powers, but together, their blood magic is truly exceptional, busting through the PowerNullifier drug like it isn't there.]]
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* AntiVillain: [[spoiler: Alice.]] This character's methods are extreme, but [[spoiler: her village was massacred, including, she thought, her children, and she just wants vengeance and her people back.]]


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* HeelRealization: [[spoiler: Fred and Delores have always believed they were protecting innocents by working for Presidio, and are horrified to learn they actually assisted in a genocide.]]


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* PoliceAreUseless: At first. Gina, the Sheriff, tries to arrest Delores while she's confronting Alice (although to be fair, it does look like Delores is menacing an unarmed woman with a gun to anyone who doesn't know Alice is a warlock), and nearly gets them both killed. However, eventually she wises up to the fact something strange is going on and becomes much more helpful. [[spoiler: In fact, when Presidio rolls in, Gina's immediately suspicious and rallies the police force against them to save the town, eventually teaming up with Moshe and earning his respect despite his mistrust of humans.]]

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Fred and Delores Allen, along with their teenage children Viv and Geoff, make a visit to upstate New York follwoing the death of Fred's father to settle his affairs. The twist: Fred and Delores, as long as Fred's deceased father, are members of the international monster hunting agency Presidio, and a short trip becomes a much longer stay as they discover the small town is much less idyllic than it seems.

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Fred and Delores Allen, along with their teenage children Viv and Geoff, make a visit to upstate New York follwoing following the death of Fred's father to settle his affairs. The twist: Fred and Delores, as long as Fred's deceased father, are members of the international monster hunting agency Presidio, and a short trip becomes a much longer stay as they discover the small town is much less idyllic than it seems.



* GrandTheftMe: A dead warlock can be summoned into a living body, provided their ashes are on hand. [[spoiler: This is Alice's plan--she has the ashes of every warlock Presidio murdered when they destroyed her home, and she summons them back on a mass scale. However, they are not all on board with this, feeling that they have moved on and it's not fair to the people whose bodies they're inhabiting.]]
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: Alice is Viv and Geoff's biological mother.]]



* TimeStandsStill: Alice's favorite way to spy on people is to freeze everything but herself and just walk wherever she wants to snoop around.

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* TimeStandsStill: Alice's favorite way to spy on people is to freeze everything but herself and just walk wherever she wants to snoop around.around.
* VanHelsingHateCrimes: As it turns out, [[spoiler: Presidio makes no distinction between actually bad supernaturals and those who are good people just trying to live their lives.]] The show also takes the tack of making these stack with ''actual'' hate crimes--a black warlock points out to his wife [[spoiler: Alice]] that his ancestors weren't just targeted for having magic, they were ''lynched'', and she needs to understand that because their future children will face it as well.
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''October Faction'' is a Creator/{{Netflix}} series that premiered on January 23rd, 2020. It is created by Damian Kindler, and based on the comic of the same name by Steve Niles and Damien Worm.

Fred and Delores Allen, along with their teenage children Viv and Geoff, make a visit to upstate New York follwoing the death of Fred's father to settle his affairs. The twist: Fred and Delores, as long as Fred's deceased father, are members of the international monster hunting agency Presidio, and a short trip becomes a much longer stay as they discover the small town is much less idyllic than it seems.
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* BoomerangBigot: [[spoiler:Phillip, who bawled out Geoff for being a "fag" when they first met, is himself in the closet]].
* GhostlyGoals: Steve remains bound to the world due to his regret over his last meeting with Phillip, as well as Phillip's own inability to get over Steve's death.
* {{Masquerade}}: Monsters and the supernatural are hidden from the world at large, not by magic but by the efforts of Presidio.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: They don't seem to be undead and lack the typical weaknesses and powers of vampires. They keep they typical fangs, but instead of being longer canines they're retractable and protrude forward from their mouths. They are created from normal humans though.
* RealityEnsues: When an asshole in a bar messes with Delores, she whips out a baton and kicks his ass. The bystanders in the bar are promptly freaked out that she just assaulted someone and she's banned from the bar.
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: [[spoiler:Samuel Allen's death was faked by Presidio]].
* TimeStandsStill: Alice's favorite way to spy on people is to freeze everything but herself and just walk wherever she wants to snoop around.

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