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3	->''"The first rule, you will all kill each other until only one remains. This is not a fantasy. This is not a lie. This is a fact and the reality you will face after you leave this room. All but one of you will die before this ends. If one of you intends to be that lone survivor, you will need to accept this fact wholeheartedly and place it at the center of everything else; before everything else. And by that, I mean your friends and family."''
4	-->-- '''Omatsu Reiko''', Program Supervisor
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6	''1st American Blitz'' is a FanFiction written by Terryllennium (the pen name of Terryll Preston), an ElsewhereFic based around the universe shared by the novel, film and manga adaptions of ''Literature/BattleRoyale.''
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8	This is an ElsewhereFic using the standard conventions of a typical Original Battle Royale (OBR) such as a CastHerd of [[CondemnedContestant OC's]] from {{Eagleland}} (or [[WriteWhatYouKnow any other country of the writers choice]]) stranded in a [[ClosedCircle abandoned area]] for a [[ThereCanOnlyBeOne kill or be killed]] [[DeadlyGame game]] with a [[PoliceState political]] [[HumansAreBastards backdrop]] of some type. All of these factors vary DependingOnTheWriter but remain largely consistent throughout the fandom.
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10	The Blitz is the American variant of the BR Survival Act, a regularly occuring government sanctioned act that uses the frequent mass killing of middle school students to lower teenage crime, juvenile delinquency and academic boycotting as a method of behavioural deterrence. The teenagers in question are a group of 29 high school students from across the states, all of whom are finalists for a ' [[ItMakesSenseInContext National French Essay Contest]]'. The Blitz was proposed as a solution to the high numbers of unwanted teen pregnancies, STD's in minors, juvenile crimes including rape, arson, vandalism, theft and murder as well as the future of the nation being flushed down the toilet due to an [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans apathetic generation of drug addicts and aspiring criminals]].
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12	The author achieves deep and rich characterization through the use of the ADayInTheLimelight method, making each chapter resolve around a certain student and their experiences within the game. It should be noted that this story is not for everyone, containing scenes of violence, death, sex, rape, foul language, drug references as well as numerous characters with politically incorrect stances. Whilst there hasn't been much bloodshed through the story so far, any deathscene is a combination of NauseaFuel and NightmareFuel. Viewer discretion is strongly advised.
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14	Whilst a work in progress, the 1st American Blitz is currently 25 chapters long and has a word count of 149,923 making it a potential DoorStopper. It can be found [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4220141/1/1st_American_Blitz here]].
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16	[[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Characters/FirstAmericanBlitz Now has it's own Character Sheet!]]
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18	!!This fanfiction/novel contains examples of:
19	* AbusiveParents: Charlene doesn't have the best of relationships with her father.
20	%%* ActionGirl: Leslie Thurston and [[CoolBigSis JoAnne Dechon]] have shades of this, however Charlene 'Charlie' Rae Dolan is a relatively straight example.
21	* ActionSurvivor: At least a dozen, however some are more capable and resourceful than others.
22	%%* ActualPacifist: Rahdi Patel.
23	* ADayInTheLimelight: How the author navigates around the [[CastHerd 29 competitors.]]
24	* AlliterativeName: Eduardo 'Eddy' Escobar.
25	* AllMenArePerverts: Almost all nightmares had by Brenda Hughes involve both herself and best friend Alisia Bennetti being brutally raped and/or killed by faceless boys.
26	* AntagonistInMourning: Omatsu-San admits to finding it hard coping with the death of her own daughter in a past Program, however, she still refers to [[BlackSheep Junko]] as her greatest failure.
27	%%* AnyoneCanDie
28	* AttemptedRape: [[spoiler: Trevor Gates to Brenda Hughes]], broken up in the [[{{Squick}} Squickiest]] of ways.
29	* TheBaroness: Omatsu-San is of the Rosa Klebb variety, although she isn't mentioned to be old or unattractive.
30	%%* BattleCouple: [[PapaWolf Jimmy Turner]] and [[FieryRedhead Leslie Thurston]].
31	* BettyAndVeronica: BigManOnCampus Nicholas 'Nick' Lang as Archie, HollywoodPudgy Victoria 'Vikki' Shaw as Betty and RichBitch Alisia 'Lisi' Benetti as Veronica.
32	* BigDamnHeroes: Robert 'Bobby' Cheveyo rescuing [[DamselInDistress Brenda Hughes]] from Trevor Gates.
33	* BigManOnCampus: Nicholas 'Nick' Lang, although he'd rather hang out with [[HollywoodPudgy Victoria]] [[HollywoodHomely 'Vikki']] Shaw.
34	* BodyHorror: The detonation of a PISCES PRC-001XD is this or [[BloodyHilarious Bloody Hilarity.]]
35	* BringMyBrownPants: A handful of students lose control of their bladder during and after the orientation session with Omatsu-San.
36	* TheChewtoy: Eduardo 'Eddy' Escobar can't seem to take a break. Every encounter so far with another competitor results in him getting beaten up.
37	%%* ClosedCircle: The Kasanagi-Eto.
38	* ColdSniper: [[ActionGirl Charlene 'Charlie' Rae Dolan]] is being crafted into one of these.
39	* ComeOutComeOutWhereverYouAre: [[ActualPacifist Rahdi Patel]] hides from Rob [=McKean=] in the Kasanagi-Eto Mess Hall, in his search for her he uses this exact line before moving on to threats.
40	* CrapsackWorld: Although with the exception of the US Government, nobody seems to care.
41	* CostumePorn: Whilst not overly excessive, details of each characters outfit are made whenever said character is introduced. The main offenders are [[RichBitch Rich Bitches]] Alisia Benetti and Brenda Hughes who are often written in both present time and flashbacks with designer clothing, including the specific brands of these garments and how they fit the shape of their bodies. Alisia even attempts to use one of her brand new pair of red Tory Burch Buckled Platform Sandals as an ImprovisedWeapon during her [[ADayInTheLimelight Day In The Limelight.]]
42	%%* DeadlyGame: The Blitz, in case you hadn't realised.
43	* TheDeterminator: Misty Greer is perfectly content with having no social life and being seen as a [[IceQueen bitch]], just as long as she comes closer to achieving her long term goals. She is quick to adopt the very same mindset when she is released from the Orientation Room on the [[ClosedCircle Kasanagi Eto.]]
44	%%* DragonLady: Omatsu Reiko's role as TheBaroness might overlap into this.
45	* DramatisPersonae: Around Chapter 20 for some reason.
46	* EscortMission: [=JoAnne=] will probably be having to protect her sister [[TheLoad Sadie]] for the duration of [[DeadlyGame The Blitz.]]
47	* EternalEngine / PipeMaze: The lower levels of the [[ClosedCircle Kasanagi Eto]] are these, complete with metallic flooring, twisting dark corridors and the constant stench of oil.
48	%%* TheEveryman: Robert 'Bobby' Cheveyo.
49	* EveryManHasHisPrice: Used by numerous competitors in flashbacks to their everday lives.
50	** [[SmugSnake Trevor Gates]] uses bribes to stay out of trouble with the law as well as hush money to shut the mouths of [[spoiler: girls he has raped]].
51	** [[TheDeterminator Misty]] [[IceQueen Greer]] stops her coach from cutting her from the varsity volleyball team after threatening to have him fired and his reputation ruined.
52	** The father of Jonathan [[HairTriggerTemper 'Jonny']] [[{{Jerkass}} Chiang]] throws money at problems caused by his sons constant fighting.
53	** [[RichBitch Alisia Bennetti]] uses her extreme wealth to deal with any problems that flies her way, including silencing the witnesses of any of her public outbursts. [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when she frantically offers Omatsu-San and the soldiers money in exchange for her freedom, but is instead tossed out the door of the Orientation Room and into the [[ClosedCircle Kasanagi Eto.]]
54	* {{Expy}}: Whilst most of the characters are wholly [[{{OC}} original]] in their creation, some could be considered an expy from characters in the source material, as well as other fandoms.
55	** ''Literature/BattleRoyale'': The more obvious ones being Wendy Prince and Trevor Gates being based off of Yukie Utsumi and Kazushi Niida respectively.
56	** Literature/TheHungerGames: Charlene 'Charlie' Rae Dolan shares a number of simularities with Katniss Everdeen.
57	** RealLife: WordOfGod states that Alisia Benetti and Brenda Hughes were based on Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie respectively, pre-breakup.
58	* EyeScream: The poison in the PISCES collar can result in [[{{Squick}} eyeballs nearly bursting from their sockets]] and TearsOfBlood.
59	%%* FieryRedhead: Leslie Thurston.
60	* {{Filler}}: The World We Live In, Personal Views & Opinions parts 1 & 2, Blitz Updates and the Dramatis Personae.
61	* {{Foreshadowing}}: This gem from Nicholas 'Nick' Lang: "Has anyone ever told you, Vikki, [[StepfordSmiler that being this happy]] often hides some sort of deep-seated, childhood trauma that leads to the person going nuts and murdering all of her closest friends?"
62	* FunTShirt: Sadie Dechon wears one saying "No, I'm the SMART one!".
63	%%* HairTriggerTemper: Jonathan 'Jonny' Chiang IS this trope.
64	%%** Also [[MoodSwinger Brian Addison]] when he hasn't had his medication.
65	* HandicappedBadass: Jonathan Chiang may have started the game with a [[spoiler: bullet in the thigh]], but that didn't stop him from beating [[TheChewtoy Eduardo 'Eddy' Escobar]] into a bloody pulp.
66	%%* HandsomeLech: Trevor Gates.
67	* HiddenDepths: At first Brenda Hughes seems like your average teenage RichBitch acting as TheDragon to her equally wealthy friend, but come her [[ADayInTheLimelight Day In The Limelight]] she is revealled to be a genuinely troubled and conflicted girl with an unstable family background and genuine dedication to Alisia Bennetti.
68	** Omatsu-San receives a background chapter that reveals a chilling motive behind her stern views and opinions.
69	* HystericalWoman: [[RichBitch Alisia Bennetti]] is reduced to one of these very early on into the story, it is unknown at this point if she'll get any better.
70	* IdiotBall: Given their situation and it being so early into the game, it's justified, if not a little annoying at times.
71	** Brenda Hughes backing herself into a small room with only one exit, choosing it as her hideout.
72	** Trevor Gates carrying out an [[spoiler: attempted rape]] in the middle of a corridor and leaving his firearm unattended.
73	** Wendy Prince approaching nearly everyone she sees [[WideEyedIdealist with a message of peace]], no matter how frantic or AxCrazy they may be.
74	** Rob [=McKean=] being so focused on finding Rahdi Patel's hiding place that he leaves his guard completely down.
75	** [[TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether The Higgins siblings]] and their poor, frantic attempt to eliminate Rochelle who may easily be [[OnlySaneMan the Only Sane Person]] on the [[ClosedCircle Kasanagi Eto]].
76	%%* IceQueen: [[TheDeterminator Misty]] [[JerkJock Greer.]]
77	%%** Also [[TheBaroness Omatsu-San.]]
78	* JerkJock: Subverted with Nicholas 'Nick' Lang who turns out to be a nice guy, even preferring the company of [[HollywoodPudgy Victoria 'Vikki' Shaw]] as opposed to [[RichBitch Alisia Bennetti and Brenda Hughes.]]
79	** Played straight with [[MeaningfulName Misty]] Greer who believes she was justified in breaking a teammates ankle to win a game of varsity volleyball, then threatening to have her coach fired when he tries to cut her from the team.
80	%%* JokeWeapon: 36in Axe Handle.
81	* LaserGuidedKarma: Some of the competitors are exceptionally awful in their flashback scenes, and whilst most of them don't deserve to be killed over their past actions, you can't exactly say that they do not deserve what's coming to them.
82	** This is also, for a lack of better words, how Omatsu-San describes the Blitz.
83	** Even though it was horrible, [[spoiler: Trevor Gates]] got his just desserts.
84	* TheLoad: Sadie Dechon to her sister [=JoAnne=].
85	** Also [[ActualPacifist Rahdi Patel]] to [[ActionGirl Charlene 'Charlie'Rae Dolan]].
86	* MacGuffin: Priscilla Barnes offers her virginity to [[spoiler: Trevor Gates]] in exchange for him withholding information that could ruin her sisters reputation. What this scandal is is never explained or elaborated on, only that [[KeepingSecretsSucks Priscilla is willing to sleep with her sisters supposed rapist]] for it to not become common knowledge.
87	* MaleGaze: Robert Cheveyo tries not to get caught staring at Peggy Ryman's breasts on the plane.
88	%%* ManipulativeBastard: Robert 'Rob' [=McKean=] tries to be one of these and fails.
89	* MoodSwinger: Brian Addison. After sneaking up on [[spoiler: Misty Greer]] he holds her under gunpoint in attempt to reason with her, however when she distracts and trips him he flies off the handle and attempts to [[DisproportionateRetribution gun her down as she flees.]] However, it is mentioned later on in that same chapter he is Bipolar.
90	* MyBelovedSmother: It is implied that [[TheDeterminator Misty]] [[IceQueen Greer's]] mother is partially to blame for her daughters behaviour.
91	%%* OnlySaneMan: Rochelle Meyers.
92	* PoisonIsCorrosive: When a collar detonates the subsequent death of the student can easily be described as a toned down version of what happens to a [[Franchise/EvilDead deadite]] once the [[ArtifactOfDoom Necronomicon Ex-Mortis]] is destroyed.
93	* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler: Trevor Gates]] is excessively rough when taking the virginity of [[CorruptTheCutie Priscilla Barnes]], refusing to slow down or stop when she screams out in agony. It's not only stated that a similiar scenario happened to her sister, but it's implied that this has happened with numerous other girls in their school.
94	* RecapEpisode: Chapter 11.
95	%%* RichBitch: The defining traits of Alisia Bennetti, Brenda Hughes and Trevor Gates.
96	%%** Whilst Trevor plays the [[RichBitch Rich Bastard]] trope [[ScrewTheRulesIHaveMoney straight]], Brenda displays HiddenDepths however it is still too early to comment on Alisia's characterization.
97	* RuleOfFunny: Alisia Benetti's attempt to wield a pair of designer pump sandals as an ImprovisedWeapon is either this, or depressing [[CurbStompBattle foreshadowing.]]
98	* SceneryPorn: Perhaps not the straightest of examples, but the author tends to go into meticulous detail of each students immediate surroundings, especially the humidity and smell of the air.
99	* SlashedThroat: [[TheLoad Rahdi Patel]] narrowly avoids this fate whilst being held hostage.
100	* SpeakIllOfTheDead: Several years after [[BlackSheep her daughter's]] death, Omatsu-San states "She was – and remains to this day – my greatest failure." for the sole reason of Junko being a wannabe ValleyGirl and something of a BrattyTeenageDaughter.
101	* TeenPregnancy: Both Leslie Thurston and the father of her unborn child Jimmy Turner are drafted into the Blitz. Understandably, Jimmy becomes something of a PapaWolf.
102	%%* TearsOfBlood: Of the {{Squick}} variety.
103	* TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: Madelyn and Andrew Higgins try to be this, but end up being nothing more than a poor QuirkyMinibossSquad.
104	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: A large fraction of the Orientation & Briefing speech is this, given by Program Supervisor [[TheBaroness Omatsu]] [[IceQueen Reiko]].
105	%%* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: [[ActionGirl Charlene 'Charlie' Rae Dolan]] and her best friend [[ActualPacifist Rahdi Patel]].
106	%%* [[ExplosiveLeash Toxic Leash]]: The PISCES PRC-001XD.
107	* TrashTalk: Pops up a fair bit.
108	** "I…I was wondering when I was gonna run into the 'baby-oil boy's club'. S'up guys? Too jacked up to lube each other's assholes with your dicks today?"
109	-->-- Jonathan 'Jonny' Chiang* TheVoiceless: Robert 'Bobby' Cheveyo. Whilst he's been playing this trope straight so far, it isn't yet known how much longer it will last for.
110	* VomitIndiscretionShot: The chapter [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin "Awake and Arrival"]] ends with Robert Cheveyo losing his lunch all over the floor.
111	* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler: Trevor Gates]] is killed exactly one chapter after his [[ADayInTheLimelight Day In The Limelight]], [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil although he probably won't be missed.]]

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