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Characters that appear in [[
== Anita Blake ==
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=== Tropes associated with Anita: ===
* [[Action Girl]]
* [[Anti
* [[Badass Abnormal]]
* [[Broken Bird]]: Dead mother, raised a dead thing as a kid, stepmom doesn't like her, first fiance dumped her for stupid reasons, the first guy she liked after him was killed to spite her, etc.
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* [[Cute Bruiser]]: Black belt in Judo with training in Kenpo.
* [[Deus Sex Machina]]: In the later novels.
* [[
* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: Hellz naw, it ain't.
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Tons of 'em, one of them shaped as a cross on her forearm.
* [[Hair
* [[Horny Devils]]: In ''Narcissus in Chains'', she gains the ardeur.
* [[Knight Errant]]: Jean-Claude even points out that Anita will go out of her way to right some wrong even if it would cost her almost nothing to leave it be.
** [[Knight in Sour Armor]]: To be fair, she doesn't always like it either.
*** [[Protagonist-Centered Morality]]: Later books will instead feature her going out of her way to wrong some right if it would please herself or one of her harem.
* [[Ladette]]
* [[Mega Manning]]: If a power has been used on her, chances are eventually, she'll gain the ability to use it herself.
* [[Necromancer]]: The most powerful one still living in America, natch.
* [[Pint
** [[Killer Rabbit]]
* [[The Pornomancer]]
* [[Raven Hair, Ivory Skin]]: No matter ''what'' [[Hollywood Homely|she thinks.]]
* [[Sociopathic Hero]]: She alternates between running towards and away from [[He Who Fights Monsters]].
* [[Spicy Latina]]: Try ''[[Hair
** In fact, she more often seems to treat her (very superficial) Latin traits with [[Unfortunate Implications|disdain]], apparently somehow blaming her supposed "unpopularity" on them.
* [[Unwanted Harem]], [[Too Many Love Interests]]: Let's leave it at that, [[Rule of Cautious Editing Judgment|shall we?]]
* [[Wangst]]: She does a ''lot'' of complaining about her supposed difficulties and the problems in her life, but the difficulties never seem to actually manifest and she never really does anything to try and solve the problems.
== Jean-Claude ==
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=== Tropes associated with Jean-Claude: ===
* [[Anti
* [[Bi the Way]]
* [[The Chessmaster]]
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** [[Vampires Are Sex Gods]]: Deliberately invokes this trope, as in line with [[Horny Devils|his specific sort of vampire.]]
* [[Pretty Boy]]
* [[Raven Hair, Ivory Skin]]
== Richard Zeeman ==
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* [[Mr. Fanservice]]
* [[Nice Guy]]: Until...
** [[Took a Level
* [[Shirtless Scene]]
* [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]]
== Edward ==
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=== Tropes associated with Edward: ===
* [[Anti
* [[Badass]]: Possibly the most badass character in the series.
** [[Badass Normal]]
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* [[Blue Eyes]]
** [[Icy Blue Eyes]]
* [[Good Ol' Boy]]: His civilian cover, complete with Texas accent.
** [[Becoming the Mask]]
* [[Hidden Depths]]
* [[Hyperspace Arsenal]]/[[Walking Armory]]: Played realistically. Edward is almost always armed. If you can't see anything, it usually means he's got at least five small weapons on him somewhere. If you see him holding a weapon outright, he's got at least ten others.
* [[Like Brother and Sister]]: Him and Anita, to the joy of the fanbase.
* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Edward is a MASTER at appearing harmless when he's not on assignment, or even while he's on assignment. And then he pulls out a knife. Or a gun. Or [[Kill It
* [[Papa Wolf]]: Touch his family and die.
* [[Sociopathic Hero]]
* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: With Anita. Doesn't find the fact that he thinks about killing her as any obstacle to their friendship.
* [[Where Does He Get All Those Wonderful Toys?]]: It is for this reason that Anita wonders if Edward is secretly Batman.
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