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* [[Vetinari Job Security]]: In ''The Weakness'' Jake goes out of town for a week and [[Blood Knight|Rachel]] becomes leader in his absence. The consequences aren't pretty.
* [[Vetinari Job Security]]: In ''The Weakness'' Jake goes out of town for a week and [[Blood Knight|Rachel]] becomes leader in his absence. The consequences aren't pretty.
* [[The Worf Effect]]: {{spoiler|[[Sixth Ranger Traitor|David]]}} subjects him to this in ''The Threat''.
* [[The Worf Effect]]: {{spoiler|[[Sixth Ranger Traitor|David]]}} subjects him to this in ''The Threat''.
* [[Young and In Charge]]
* [[Young and in Charge]]
* [[Young Conqueror]]
* [[Young Conqueror]]


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* [[Surrounded by Idiots]]: In ''The Return''. {{spoiler|He manages to recruit two henchmen, but they're both bumbling idiots who ultimately end up [[The Dog Bites Back|turning on him]].}}
* [[Surrounded by Idiots]]: In ''The Return''. {{spoiler|He manages to recruit two henchmen, but they're both bumbling idiots who ultimately end up [[The Dog Bites Back|turning on him]].}}
* [[Take a Third Option]]: {{spoiler|Caught between the Animorphs and the Yeerks, neither of whom he trusts. He eventually turns on them both.}}
* [[Take a Third Option]]: {{spoiler|Caught between the Animorphs and the Yeerks, neither of whom he trusts. He eventually turns on them both.}}
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]
* [[Took a Level in Badass]]
** {{spoiler|[[From Nobody to Nightmare]]}}
** {{spoiler|[[From Nobody to Nightmare]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Tricking the Shapeshifter]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Tricking the Shapeshifter]]}}
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* [[Villainous Rescue]]: Without him those kids would have been ''screwed'' by the Nartec.
* [[Villainous Rescue]]: Without him those kids would have been ''screwed'' by the Nartec.
* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]: And how!
* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]: And how!
* [[You Have Failed Me]]: A ''lot.'' Visser One notes that he's executed subordinates "by the poolful," which basically means thousands or more. He does this so reliably that Marco's able to bluff his way out of a situation where three flunkies were expected by saying, "I think Visser Three killed them for doing something wrong". He chastises himself for this, calling it the worse lie he's ever told, only for it to be believed.
* [[You Have Failed Me...]]: A ''lot.'' Visser One notes that he's executed subordinates "by the poolful," which basically means thousands or more. He does this so reliably that Marco's able to bluff his way out of a situation where three flunkies were expected by saying, "I think Visser Three killed them for doing something wrong". He chastises himself for this, calling it the worse lie he's ever told, only for it to be believed.
* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: He has a form devoted to this, a Vanarx, which can suck the Yeerk out of its host and eat it.
* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: He has a form devoted to this, a Vanarx, which can suck the Yeerk out of its host and eat it.


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* [[No Name Given]]: Tom's second Yeerk. Even among fellow Yeerks, he is referred to simply as Tom.
* [[No Name Given]]: Tom's second Yeerk. Even among fellow Yeerks, he is referred to simply as Tom.
* [[Panthera Awesome]]: He's acquired a jaguar battle morph, though we never get to see it.
* [[Panthera Awesome]]: He's acquired a jaguar battle morph, though we never get to see it.
* [[Polite Villains Rude Heroes]]: Deliberately invoked in ''The Answer'':
* [[Polite Villains, Rude Heroes]]: Deliberately invoked in ''The Answer'':
{{quote|'''Tom''': Oh, you're a surly bunch, aren't you? No one talks to me. No one but Rachel, who told me to... well, you can guess what Rachel told me to do.
{{quote|'''Tom''': Oh, you're a surly bunch, aren't you? No one talks to me. No one but Rachel, who told me to... well, you can guess what Rachel told me to do.
'''Jake''': Whatever she said goes for all of us.
'''Jake''': Whatever she said goes for all of us.
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* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Animorphism]]
* [[Animorphism]]
* [[Back From the Dead]]: In ''The Prophecy''.
* [[Back from the Dead]]: In ''The Prophecy''.
* [[Break the Cutie]]: In the first fifty pages of ''The Hork-Bajir Chronicles'' she loses her pride, her home, and her entire family.
* [[Break the Cutie]]: In the first fifty pages of ''The Hork-Bajir Chronicles'' she loses her pride, her home, and her entire family.
* [[Bratty Teenage Daughter]]: At first.
* [[Bratty Teenage Daughter]]: At first.