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1	->'''Joel:''' I'm boosting you up to have a look.\
2	'''Ellie:''' Oh. I hate being boosted.\
3	'''Joel:''' [[LampshadeHanging You'd think you'd be used to it by now.]]\
4	'''Ellie:''' Shitty level design.
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7	''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/9466914/1/The-Last-of-Them The Last of Them]]'' is an on-going ''VideoGame/TheLastOfUs'' fanfic by Red Priest.
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9	It's a story that continues the tale of ''The Last Of Us'' following directly on from the game. As such, it's dark, but not a DarkFic (because the original game was already pretty grim).
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12	!!''The Last of Them'' provides examples of the following tropes:
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14	* AbusiveParents: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] and [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]]. Joel, when thinking about his parents, recalls that his father was tough on him, but was a devoted family man.
15	* ActorAllusion: In chapter 4 when the trio meet [[spoiler:Ish]], the three of them give fake names. Joel gives his name as Trey, which is [[ThereAreNoCoincidences almost the name of his voice actor]], Troy Baker.
16	* AnyoneCanDie: Made clear when [[spoiler:Tommy is sacrificed]] in chapter 7.
17	* AxCrazy: One of Frances' lieutenants seems completely insane and happily lets her friends die to save herself. At the same time, she exhibits characteristics of [[DarkMistress fanatical devotion to Frances]].
18	* BewareTheNiceOnes: At the introduction of [[spoiler:Frances]], he is written to be very friendly, if slightly strange. It later becomes clear that he is completely deranged.
19	** It seems that [[WordOfGod the writer]] [[{{Retcon}} rewrote]] the section, with the original chapter having made his nature more obvious. The rewrite brought [[spoiler:Frances]] more in line with the character of [[spoiler:David]].
20	* BigBrotherMentor: Joel acts in this way to Tommy, having to keep an extra eye on him after he loses some of his fight, due to [[spoiler:Maria's death]].
21	* BoringButPractical: Joel, Ellie and Tommy spend a lot of time simply hiding or moving from place to place.
22	* CharacterDevelopment: The characters undergo changes from the game quite rapidly, but not unnaturally. At the end of the game, [[spoiler:Joel lies to Ellie about what happened with the Fireflies]], and as a result she's a little more unsure. In the same way, Tommy changes rapidly from what was seen in the game, as he's unhinged quickly [[spoiler:after Maria's death]].
23	* DeadpanSnarker: Just like the game, Ellie continues to embody this trope.
24	* DisasterDemocracy: When the trio encounter [[spoiler:Ish]] in the dam, it's clear that he is the leader of the group, but his power of them is tenuous at best. In the end, [[spoiler:he is [[TheStarscream murdered by his subordinates]]]].
25	* FallenStatesOfAmerica: Lydia controls the remnants of the government headed in Joel's hometown, but it seems that she has largely lost control of most sectors of the country, if not all. Her area differs from the quarantine zone of the original game in that there is a clearly defined structure, and she is at the top.
26	* GreyAndGrayMorality: Joel and Ellie do consistently bad things to survive, but never pay much attention to the ethics. Ellie feels guilt not for the people she physically kills, but the ones who have died around her or died trying to protect her.
27	* HumansAreTheRealMonsters: At no point in the game nor the continued fanfiction do the [[NotUsingTheZWord infected]] kill any of the main characters. [[spoiler:Tommy's]] death is at the hands of an infected, but it is [[spoiler:Frances]] that sets it loose on him intentionally.
28	* MagicalAntibiotics: Antibiotics are consistently the only way to treat wounds Â– and practically every open wound does get infected with something. Currently, a bullet wound inflicted upon [[spoiler:Ellie]] is infected and they are embarking to find antibiotics.
29	* MeaningfulName: Averted and lampshaded with Lydia.
30	-->'''Soldier:''' The name Lydia means noble one.\
31	'''Joel:''' Well, we'll wait and see. I don't put a lot of stock in names.
32	* NervousWreck: Subverted with Lydia. She initially seems high-strung and fidgety to the point of craziness, but when she is angered it becomes clear she puts on an act. Earlier on, a character makes a vague reference to her putting on different faces for different people, though the NervousWreck is the only one we see.
33	-->'''Ben:''' Well, she didn't keep any colours for any period of time. Lydia... was an actress. She'd present herself to the people one day as a leader, someone they all rallied behind; the next day she was a nervous wreck, all twitching. She was fearful and she was to be feared, she was hopeful and hopeless. She was the worst part of what humanity had left, and she was the best. She kept us going for a while. We trusted her.
34	* NightmareFuel: Certain points in the story are freakin' terrifying, for example, when Joel, Ellie and Tommy are [[spoiler:trapped in the cabin, surrounded by infected that are banging on the walls]].
35	* OnlyOneName: Just like the game, characters are not given surnames with the exception of Frances, but he later makes the point that he was probably lying.
36	* ReligionOfEvil: More of a cult than a religion, [[spoiler:Frances']] group worship the infected.
37	* SurvivorGuilt: Ellie continues to have a bad case of it, and when Joel returns to his hometown old feelings of survivor guilt are stirred up about [[spoiler:Tommy and Sarah]].
38	* TimeSkip: At the end of an 'arc', the story moves forward to the next setting wherein there are new conflicts.
39	* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: The Civilians and the government remnants are two sides of different coins, and even Joel makes clear that they're probably both the bad guys. This is later proven to be the case, when it's revealed [[spoiler:the Civilian leaders are simply leading their friends to the slaughter to get their son back, and Lydia has ordered spores to be used as weapons on them Â– again.]]
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