Line #27 FanFic/RevengeOfTheEnergyVampire


1	Set after the series ends, ''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/11526069/1/Revenge-of-the-Energy-Vampire Revenge of the Energy Vampire]]'' ([[http://archiveofourown.org/works/4858895/chapters/11134763 alternate link]]) was written by Creator/BookwormGal and goes a bit DarkerAndEdgier than the cartoon while retaining everyone's characterization and showing what Nos-4-A2 is capable of doing on-screen rather than just hinting at it like in the show.
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4	!!''Revenge of the Energy Vampire'' provides examples of:
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6	%%* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Due to height differences, this is the most common way for the members of Team Lightyear to show physical affection towards XR. For his part, XR recognizes the spirit it's meant in and as such, is reluctant to tell them he can't feel it since that might make them stop altogether.
7	* AirVentPassageway: Savy uses the ventilation shafts to sneak around Star Command. She's a skinny kid, so that helps.
8	* BackFromTheDead: Nos-4-A2. A Brain Pod found his microprocessor and rebuilt him, hoping to use him against Zurg. Nos-4-A2 just left as soon as repairs were done.
9	* BerserkButton: Nos-4-A2 does not like having his plans ruined or losing. ''At all.''
10	* BigBrotherInstinct: XL goes into utter panic when XR goes missing and nearly has a breakdown when viewing the tape of Nos-4-A2 torturing his brother. Buzz, Mira and Booster aren't in much better shape.
11	* BizarreAlienSenses: Nos-4-A2 can sense energy.
12	* ColdBloodedTorture: What Nos-4-A2 does once he kidnaps [=XR=].
13	* ContinuityNod: A few important ones from the cartoon show up.
14	** Nos-4-A2 mentally goes through all his past defeats and who is to blame.
15	** [=XL's=] new position at Star Command after his HeelFaceTurn at the end of "Revenge of the Monsters."
16	** Nos-4-A2 repeats the graphic threat he described to [=XR=] during "The Slayer." This time, however, he gets to go through with it.
17	** Ty Parsec's stint as a wirewolf is mentioned several times.
18	** [=XL's=] past relationship with the Fixer.
19	* DidYouThinkICantFeel: XR isn't fond of the notion that all of the times his body has been destroyed are harmless since they ''hurt''.
20	* ElectricTorture: Nos-4-A2 uses a charger unit to recharge [=XR=], using high voltage while providing very few joules so it would hurt more than provide power. He combined it with the VampiricDraining to keep [=XR=] online and suffering as long as possible.
21	* ElectronicSpeechImpediment: When Team Lightyear manage to find XR, he's suffered enough damage to his systems that his voice stammers and is filled with static.
22	* EmotionBomb: One of the energy vampire's powers allows him to do this to robots.
23	%%* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The Fixer
24	* ExtendedDisarming: One of the first things that Nos-4-A2 does is remove anything [=XR=] might have that he could use against him somehow. Due to his DoAnythingRobot status, it takes a little while.
25	* FacePalm: Nebula does this when too many people eavesdropped on a private meeting.
26	%%* FangsAreEvil: Nos-4-A2
27	* ForcedToWatch: Nos-4-A2 tries to invoke this by sending a recording to Star Command. He later sends them a live broadcast, showing his handiwork. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard It backfires]]. ''[[HoistByHisOwnPetard Spectacularly]]''.
28	* GoodCopBadCop: When confronting the Fixer, Ty Parsec fills the role of good cop while Savvy and XL share the role of bad cop.
29	* GoodIsNotSoft: Celeste is a mother figure to those who work for her. This means she'll do things like bring a sick staff member soup and a blanket, offer a sympathetic ear to a heartbroken co-worker whose boyfriend cheated on her (and help destroy said boyfriend's belongings and put the fear of Celeste in that guy) and [[PlayfulHacker hack into Star Command's data banks for XL's birthday and his old body.]] And she's been mentioned to have pretty good aim with a weapon. She might do paperwork, but she's ''still'' a Space Ranger.
30	** Ty is perfectly willing to kill Nos-4-A2 for what he's done to XR.
31	* HeroicSacrifice: When XR blurts out Nos's location, it's with the full knowledge that he won't survive. Mercifully averted when Buzz and Mira find him in time.
32	* HiddenDepths: XL. While he might not have been the most clever of criminals, he still understands their mindset enough to deduce that Nos might have an [[TheRenfield accomplice]] helping him hide the bodies.
33	%%* HiveMind: As in the cartoon, the [[LittleGreenMen LGMs]].
34	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: When Nos-4-A2 [[ForcedToWatch sends a live broadcast to Star Command to show his handiwork]], XR uses to opportunity to reveal where he's being held. [[VillainousBreakdown Nos does not take it well]].
35	* HypocriticalHeartwarming: Downplayed since it's technically being referred to in the past tense but while trying to take down Nos-4-A2, XL yells "Hold still so I can blast you into scrap metal. No one hurts my little brother except ''me''. [[CharacterDevelopment And I don't do that anymore]]."
36	* LoopholeAbuse: When Lana begins tracking down his old body to help find XR, XL points out that this would be violating his probation. However, Lana just explains that there's a rule that says that it's okay so long as he has permission from his superior (ostensibly to help with any attacks on Star Command). And since Lana is his direct superior...
37	%%* LovesTheSoundOfScreaming: Nos-4-A2
38	* MySisterIsOffLimits: XL once took XR aside and told him ''very'' firmly that he was not to even flirt with Lana.
39	* ObfuscatingStupidity: XR pretends to have his will broken long enough [[HoistByHisOwnPetard to get an opening]].
40	* OminousOperaCape: Nos-4-A2 wears one, which even the Fixer notes is a bit strange for a robot.
41	* PapaWolf: Commander Nebula. This is his response to the aforementioned recording.
42	--> "I don't care how you do it. I don't care what it takes. XR ''will'' be found and Nos-4-A2 ''will'' pay for his actions."
43	* PinnedToTheWall: Well, XR gets pinned to an exam table. With bolts drilled through his ''arms and legs.''
44	* PragmaticVillainy: The main reason that [[WretchedHive Tradeworld]] [[AndroidsArePeopleToo is pro-robo equality]] is less to do with any actual morality and more so that said robots are able to engage in commerce/be liable for taxes.
45	* RedEyesTakeWarning: Nos-4-A2. The Fixer even [[{{Lampshade}} notes that most people prefer robots without red eyes]].
46	* ReminiscingAboutYourVictims: Nos-4-A2 does this a bit, mentioning a robot he kept alive for two days [[ColdBloodedTorture with the method he's using on XR.]]
47	* TheRenfield: The Fixer vaguely takes on this role, agreeing to some minor favors in exchange for the off-lined robots Nos-4-A2 hunts.
48	** The Guardbots that Nos-4-A2 bite so they would provide him with information from Star Command.
49	%%* {{Revenge}}: Nos-4-A2's main motivation this time around.
50	* {{Sadist}}: Nos-4-A2 enjoys the pain of others, which bites him in the butt.
51	* [[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay Something Only She Can Do]]: When the rescue party shows up for XR, he's completely blind and mostly deaf due to his torture and as such, reacts to his friends like Nos-4-A2, further endangering his life. Finally Mira manages to get through to him by using her ghosting powers, a sensation he recognizes and immediately realizes could only be from her, which calms him down enough for them to get him stable enough to move; interestingly this was completely unintentional on her part since she was just trying to get him loose from the table he was pinned to as she believed that would calm him down a bit but ended up calming him down completely.
52	* SpannerInTheWorks: During one of his hunts, Nos-4-A2 get knocked into a dumpster and brings back a flyer stuck to his cape. This flyer is for a restaurant found only on Tradeworld, which XR sees,and later uses to screw over Nos-4-A2 one last time.
53	%%* TeamMom: [[OriginalCharacter Lana Celeste]] serves this role among those who perform clerical work for Star Command, including [=XL=]
54	* TermsOfEndangerment: Just like in the show, Nos-4-A2 tends to refer to XR as "Little One."
55	* VampireBitesSuck: Being drained by the energy vampire is unpleasant, to say the least.
56	* VampiricDraining: Nos-4-A2 does this to [=XR=]. [[ColdBloodedTorture Repeatedly]].
57	* VillainProtagonist: Nos-4-A2 is the character who gets the most focus in the story and the title character. He is also the one who is hunting other robots and torturing XR.
58	* VillainousBreakdown: After XR [[HoistByHisOwnPetard ruins his fun]] Nos-4-A2 take his rage out on the poor robot ranger, ripping out parts before crushing his motor.
59	* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Mentioned both in the Author's Notes and in the story itself. Rather than a single unified set of laws throughout the Galactic Alliance, different planets have different rights concerning robots and whether they're treated as citizens. Surprisingly [[WretchedHive Tradeworld]] is one of the planets where a sentient robot has [[AndroidsArePeopleToo equal rights as anyone else]].
60	* TheXOfY: ''Revenge of the Energy Vampire''
61	* YoungerThanTheyLook: XR, who by this point is only two years old. Lampshaded after Mira show suprise at this (and the realization that the day she first met him was his ''second day alive''), XR notes that it's not like [[BornAsAnAdult robots have childhoods]].

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