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* [[Black Bra and Panties]]: In "Blue Moon" they are specifically noted to be a matched set.
* [[Broken Bird]]:
** Presumably Anita, with her dead mother and broken engagement, is supposed to be one of
** Cherry: She was a nurse, until she was outed as a wereleopard. A swift boot followed, as well as a major personality shift.
* [[Casanova]]: Jean-Claude, until he met Anita, who made him (mostly) monogamous and Master of the City. He still plays the part at his club, though.
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* [[Contemptible Cover]]:
** The early ones, in which the books were actually about murders, necromancy, supernatural politics and so on. Later, of course, the covers became a perfectly accurate forecast of their content.
** Made worse by the most recent releases that just feature a sexy, half-naked woman staring up at the reader with no indication of supernatural anything. The former books would usually have some supernatural elements on the
* [[Creator Provincialism]]: The narrative focuses on Hamilton's hometown of St. Louis, but supernatural events take place all over the world, and Anita frequently travels for her work, especially later in the series.
* [[Dear Negative Reader]]: [[Trope Namer]].
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* [[Everyone Is Bi]]: Seems that way sometimes. Everyone except Anita, who may or may not be in the closet (especially when you consider how much she worries about being a good Christian...). {{spoiler|At least until ''Bullet'' where Anita embraces bisexuality as well.}}
* [[Everyone Looks Sexier If French]]: Jean-Claude and his entourage.
* [[Everything Is Better With Penguins]]: Anita's
* [[Extreme Doormat]]: Nathaniel. Who said all weres were [[Badass]]? Not this one; he's so pathetic he can't ask for ketchup on his burger. Until he eventually [[Took a Level in Badass|gets all ballsy and dominant]]... [[Broken Aesop|because Anita likes Tuff Manly Men]], and he wants to have sex with her.
* [[The Fair Folk]]: Seen occasionally as background characters, but has been retconned out of the series. Presumably in ''Bloody Bones'', the title character was some sort of magic-using trickster.
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* [[God Save Us From the Queen]]: Anita is queen of all the "were" groups, including wolf, leopard, tiger and she's clearly gearing up for lion queendom. She's also the human servant for the vampire master of St. Louis, whom she commands because she has necromancy powers. Unfortunately Anita rules by sexing the various male leaders into submission, as well as rape, physical infighting, illegal threats, and cold-blooded murder if you get in wrong with her.
* [[Good Ol' Boy]]: Edward plays this in one of his oft-used disguises. {{spoiler|...And is [[Becoming the Mask]]}}.
* [[Good People Have Good Sex]]: Despite the series' reputation for raunchiness, the vast vast majority of the
* [[Grandfather Clause]]: Briefly brought up when discussing Jean Claude's club. With vampires, it matters.
* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]: Everybody around Anita, and at times she herself, will admit she qualifies. It's pointed out enough to almost be a running gag that she's only comfortable when angry at somebody and the only way to coexist with her is to always let her have everything her way and try to never say anything she might be uncomfortable with (the term "mine field" has come up). The men in her life tend to consider this part of what makes her so desirable.
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* [[Mutilation Interrogation]]
* [[My Girl Is a Slut]]: Anita, after "Narcissus In Chains." In fact, if Anita goes for a few pages without sex, her boyfriends start [[Incredibly Lame Pun|chastising]] her and reminding her to let more guys bang her. In fact, saying no is now verboten. If she tries to insist that she doesn't want to have sex with X, Y or Z, then the guys start telling her that she's ruining their lives and must have sex with them to ensure their happiness. The whole risking-death of herself and other people may have something to do with it.
* [[New Powers as the Plot Demands]]: Anita, even in early
* [[One of the Boys]]: Particularly early Anita, aggressively
* [[One-Hour Work Week]]: After Jumping the Shark, Anita almost never goes to work at her supposed job at Animators, Inc. In the books prior to "Narcissus in Chains," she regularly went to work and got in fights with her mostly unethical boss Burt, but after [[Ni C]], she pretty much just shows up once in a blue moon to argue with potential clients. In true form with the trope, we're told her zombie raising skills earn her bucket loads of cash so that's why she never has any money problems.
* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]:
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** And of course Anita herself {{spoiler|having sex with a woman}} in ''Bullet''.
* [[Talking in Your Dreams]]: It's a human servant thing.
* [[Tenchi Solution]]: Kind of a moot point since half her harem would die without her [[Life Energy]]
* [[There Are No Therapists]]: So much of the recurring cast could use some couch time, especially Anita, who admits [[Hair-Trigger Temper|she's not happy if she's not pissed about something]], Nathaniel, [[The Load|who has no real will of his own]] and Asher who still bears physical, mental and emotional scars from [[Cosmic Plaything|pretty much everything]].
* [[Three-Way Sex]]: that's practically the minimum.
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