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== Tropes all Claymores have in common ==
* [[Action Girl]]: A whole [[Amazon Brigade]] of them, though there have been male Claymores in the past. It didn't work out.
* [[BFS]]: [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|Note the title]].
* [[Blessed Withwith Suck]]
* [[Bounty Hunter]]: Their services to mankind do not come free of charge.
* [[Broken Bird]]: [[Dark and Troubled Past|Every.]] [[Break the Cutie|Single.]] [[The Woobie|One.]]
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* [[Demon Slayer]]: Well, yoma and awakened beings.
* [[Detect Evil]]: Claymores can sense yoki, which is what gives Yoma, Awakened Beings, and Claymores their power.
* [[Enemy Detecting Radar]]: All Claymore's have the ability to detect Yoma and Yoki. Amongst themselves they have [[The Force Is Strong Withwith This One]]. This is mentioned again in the characters who specialize in it.
* [[Gray Eyes]]: Hence the name "Silver Eyed Witches"
* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]
* [[Healing Factor]]: Losing a limb is usually only a minor, temporary inconvenience to a Claymore.
* [[Heroic Albino]]
* [[Hot Chick Withwith a Sword]]
* [[I Cannot Self-Terminate]]: Claymores will frequently invoke this trope when they think their [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] is getting too strong.
* [[Immortality]]: Type II; Claymores do not age.
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* [[The Glomp]]: She does it to Teresa several times in the backstory.
* [[Green Eyes]]: Clare's natural eye color before her transformation. Her personality didn't seem to match her eye color though...
* [[Harmful to Minors]]: Technically, all of the Claymores have backstories with this as part of their [[Break the Cutie]] ordeal, but Clare had it particularly bad when she was a kid. As if having her older brother turned into a youma, eating their parents, and then possibly molesting her was bad enough, she then gets booted out of her village and then gets picked up and abused by ''another'' youma. She gets a break for awhile when she meets and starts traveling with Teresa, but then [[It Got Worse|it just gets worse]] from there when gets abducted and beaten by bandits, Teresa gets marked for death for protecting her, and then to top it off, {{spoiler|she has to see Teresa get killed [[Off Withwith His Head|in very graphic manner]] for a child to experience.}}
* [[Heartwarming Orphan]]: In the backstory for a brief period.
* [[I Was Just Passing Through]]: Mixed with a bit of [[Chronic Hero Syndrome]] in volume one. When Rubel gives Clare a team assignment to eliminate a group of yoma in a village that have already killed 27 people, he informs her that the rest of the party would take a few days to meet at the village - and in the meantime, about four or five people were probably going to die, more or less. Clare decides to go on ahead, claiming that she hates waiting and that she just wants to get the job done early. Yeah right, girl.
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* [[Multi-Armed and Dangerous]]: Grows several bladed appendages when she partially Awakens.
* [[Plucky Girl]]: Clare was this when she was a little girl who followed Teresa around no matter what the former said to discourage her. Goes full-blown [[Determinator]] when she becomes a super human.
* [[Rape Asas Backstory]]: It was strongly implied that the yoma that took Clare captive as a child was at least molesting her. Some speculate that the yoma that killed her family and masqueraded as her brother [[Rape Asas Drama|took it a step further...]]
* [[Super Speed]]: When she taps way too far into the [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]. Unfortunately, unlike Miria's [[Flash Step|Phantom]], the Law of Conservation of Momentum ''is'' working, but she initially addresses it with a [[Blade Brake]].
* {{spoiler|[[Taking You Withwith Me]]: After being absorbed into the Destroyer, Clare (and possibly some very, very small part of Raphaela) absorb and seal Priscilla into herself.}}
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: She took several.
* [[The Force Is Strong Withwith This One]]: One of Clare's specialties, before she began mega-manning, was sensing auras.
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: '''WARNING!''' Side effects of Unstoppable Rage include: Going completely [[Hot-Blooded]], tapping far, far deeper into the [[Super-Powered Evil Side]] than is conceivably safe, a one-track mindset (kill), a single-target mindset, and raising [[Determinator]] status from already ridiculously epic levels to fully-fledged [[Implacable Man|Implacable Woman]] status.
* [[Weak but Skilled]]: Theoretically, she's the Organization's weakest warrior besides Clarice. However, she has at least one inherent skill {{spoiler|inherited from her sort-of-mother, [[Badass|Teresa]]}} that she's ''VERY'' hard to top at. Oh and she [[Training From Hell|trains]] and [[Mega Manning|mega-mans like crazy.]]
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* [[The Captain]]
* [[Chronic Hero Syndrome]]: Called out on this in 123 by Deneve.
* {{spoiler|[[Dropped a Bridge Onon Him|Dropped A Bridge On Her]]: As of Chapter 107. Turns out that [[He's Back|she isn't actually dead after all.]]}}
* [[Flash Step]]: Her signature move — she moves so fast that she leaves after-images.
** In her battle with Hysteria, she has to push it even further, not quite reaching her [[Intangible Man]] status, but she does succeed at a more brutal version. Intentional [[Tele Frag|telefraging]].
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* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: For fans of ''[[Soul Eater]]'', you might recognize Helen's English voice actor as Elizabeth "Liz" Thompson.
* [[Hot-Blooded]]: Compared to most other [[The Stoic|Claymores]], Helen is very Hot Blooded.
* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]: Is a complete and utter bitch to Clare when they first meet, mocking her low rank, calling her utterly useless and is mentioned to have come close to killing humans over disputes as well as being a natural born troublemaker. Despite being a bit of a bully, she's also one of the most selfless, loyal, caring friends anyone could hope to have.
* [[Oh Crap]]: Being one of the more emotionally expressive Claymores, she often has this.
* [[Plucky Comic Relief]]: She provides the only laughs in an otherwise somber series.
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* [[Dynamic Entry]]: Does this often post-timeskip, together with the other of the "ghosts".
* [[Good Thing You Can Heal]]: While all Claymores carry a pretty strong [[Healing Factor]], Deneve's is the strongest, making her somewhat unusually prone to wounds that will kill anyone else. This is partially justified: it's Deneve's style to fight almost like she's suicidal, intentionally drawing attacks that might otherwise be directed towards less resilient, [[Glass Cannon|Offensive-type Claymores]].
* [[Grievous Harm Withwith a Body]]: With her own. Seriously. She ''rips off her own infected arm and throws it'', sword still in hand, ''at her opponent and scores a headshot''!
* [[Only Sane Employee]]: Beside yoma-slaying, Deneve's job is to [[What Were You Thinking?|smack]] [[What the Hell, Hero?|the]] [[Senseless Sacrifice|stupid]] [[Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!|out]] of her comrades.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: She is the blue one, with Helen as the red Oni.
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* [[Team Mom]]: In the crisis of Rabona, to the other Claymores.
* [[Red Baron]]: "God Eye."
* [[The Force Is Strong Withwith This One]]: Her specialty, sensing energy over long ranges.
* [[He Knows Too Much|She Knows Too Much]]: This is what {{spoiler|made her desert}}
 
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* [[Dead Little Sister|Dead Older Brother]]
* {{spoiler|[[Death Equals Redemption]]: Once she realizes she has awakened. She actually yells at Clare when it looks like her [[Heroic Resolve]] is faltering, and warns Clare to finish her off before she can regenerate. That, and she finally realizes that her brother didn't regret dying by Priscilla's hands, because all he wanted was for his sister to be safe from danger. With that, Ophelia gives a "[[Take Up My Sword]]" parting to Clare, making her swear that she will defeat Priscilla for the both of them.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Face Death Withwith Dignity]]: She got a little teary-eyed but all in all, [[Go Out with a Smile|Ophelia was at peace when she finally died.]]}}
* [[Failed a Spot Check]]: She doesn't notice that {{spoiler|she's Awakened until [[Rage Against the Reflection|she sees herself in the lake.]] [[Fridge Logic|Makes one wonder]] what she told herself as she was [[Scaled Up|slithering]] through the forest after Clare.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Famous Last Words]]}}: {{spoiler|"''I'll see you in the next world... We'll be together again...''" (speaking of her brother as she lay dying)}}
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{{quote| Voiced by: [[Kotono Mitsuishi]] (JP), [[Laura Bailey]] (EN)}}
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* [[Defiant to Thethe End]]: After her other comrades were killed at the hands of Riful's torture, only Jean was left. Riful gives her one last chance to just give in and join her side. Jean's response?
{{quote| '''Jean''': "[[Precision F-Strike|Fuck you.]]"}}
* [[Glass Cannon]]: The Drill Sword is a very powerful attack, but since it requires a long setup Jean is basically a sitting duck while preparing and needs allies to distract her target.
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* [[Dual-Wielding]]
* [[Dumb Muscle]]
* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]: as Deneve put it, despite her rude behavior, she cares deeply of her subordinates.
* {{spoiler|[[My Greatest Failure]]: Her angsty backstory, and the reason why she bulked up so much.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Sacrificial Lion]]}}
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* [[Enemy Detecting Radar]]
* [[The Force Is Strong Withwith This One]]
* [[Undying Loyalty]]: Has no other plans for her life other than assisting [[The Captain|Miria.]]
* [[You Are in Command Now]]: {{spoiler|After Miria's [[Unexplained Recovery|"death"]]}}, Tabitha leads the team.
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* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]: Thinks she's this out of the seven survivors. She's the only one who thinks so.
* [[Can't Catch Up]]: Subverted. She thinks she's the [[The Load|useless one]] among the seven, but later realizes that this is far from the case. She was just [[Overshadowed Byby Awesome]].
* [[Combat Medic]]: She has learned the yoki manipulation from Cynthia and may, in fact, be even better at it than her teacher, considering the ridiculous amounts of damage she managed to heal on her first attempt (namely, she fully restored {{spoiler|Cynthia herself}} after the latter's body was reduced to just the upper torso minus both arms and the head).
* [[How Dare You Die Onon Me!]]
* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: [[Throwing Your Sword Always Works]]... except you have to [[Reality Ensues|be able to get it back too.]]
* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: And how!
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* [[Scarily Competent Tracker]]
* [[The Stoic]]
* {{spoiler|[[Taking You Withwith Me]]: It's implied that she's the other part of the [[Buffy-Speak|"Destroyer lump"]] that's trying to keep Priscilla sealed, besides [[Determinator|Clare]].}}
 
== '''Alicia and Beth''' ==
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** {{spoiler|[[Single-Minded Twins]]}}: Literally.
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: They do this to the Awakened Beings Isley sends to attack the Organization, {{spoiler|and are themselves curb stomped by Priscilla.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Dropped a Bridge Onon Him]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[One-Winged Angel]]}}
 
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* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]: She had the personality, and she used to have the looks before becoming a Claymore.
* [[There Was a Door]]: Quite literally. Apparently found cutting a door in half easier than simply opening it when [[Not a Morning Person|roomservice came knocking]].
* {{spoiler|[[Surprisingly-Sudden Death]]}}: The way that Teresa {{spoiler|[[Off Withwith His Head|was killed]] was so sudden and traumatizing for both [[Alas, Poor Yorick|Clare]] and [[Tear Jerker|the audience.]] She didn't see it coming at all - and neither did we.}}
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Those bandits ''reeeeeeally'' shouldn't have pushed her...
* [[Worth Living For]]: She refuses to be executed because Clare is this to her.
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* {{spoiler|[[Mentor Occupational Hazard]]: Assumed. It hasn't been confirmed whether or not Raphaela killed her or not.}}
* [[Older and Wiser]]: Since she knew Teresa, who was a mother figure to Clare, Irene definitely knew Clare in a way any other mentors she would ever have could not.
* [[Our Elves Are Better]]: Irene's not a real elf, but she does have this air around her that makes her appear very [[JRRJ. TolkienR. (Creator)R. Tolkien|Tolkien]]-esque, something that sets her apart from other claymores. [[Pointy Ears|Her ears,]] [[White-Haired Pretty Girl|flowing platinum hair,]] [[The Stoic|stature,]] and the fact that [[Can't Argue Withwith Elves|you just can't seem to argue with her]] help a lot.
* [[Pointy Ears]]
* [[Red Baron]]: "Flash Sword."
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* [[And Then John Was a Zombie]]
* [[Attack of the Fifty50 Foot Whatever]]
* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: She never stood a chance against {{spoiler|Teresa}}.
* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: Look at her brief bio. Yeah.
* [[One-Winged Angel]]: Think the [[Aliens|Alien queen]] combined with the [[Star Trek: First Contact|Borg queen.]]
* [[You Monster!]]: To {{spoiler|Teresa}}, not that she can talk.
 
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* [[Badass and Child Duo]]: A bit of an inversion since Miata is more of the badass, [[Took a Level In Badass|at least at first.]]
* [[The Chick]]: Although she is a Claymore, she's a very ineffectual fighter and mostly serves as a mother figure to Miata, which is the only reason that Clarice (and, by extension, the Organization) can exert any control over her.
* [[Kid Withwith the Leash]]: Not exactly a kid but definitely the one holding Miata's leash.
* [[Promotion to Parent]]: see [[The Chick]]
** She even has a [[Mama Bear]] moment against ''Agatha'' of all people.
* [[Overshadowed Byby Awesome]]: Let's be honest here, if she were hanging around [[Muggles]] as opposed to the likes of Miata and the Seven Ghosts she would probably not be considered a wimp by any stretch of the imagination.
** [[Took a Level In Badass]]: She is getting better though, even if she's still being overshadowed.
 
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* [[Dissonant Serenity]]
* [[The Dreaded]]
* {{spoiler|[[Dying Asas Yourself]]: [[Averted Trope|Averted]]: As Hysteria is dying, [[Grand Theft Me|Priscilla's personality asserts itself]], emerges as a ghostly apparition, and attacks Mira before being dispersed.}}
* [[Earn Your Title]]: She's called [[The Magnificent|"The Elegant"]] because of the precise and efficient way [[Flash Step|she moves and kills.]]
* {{spoiler|[[Even Evil Has Standards]]: having become an Awakened Being with Miria's sword still jammed through her neck (she's unhappy about that because she cant [[I Am a Humanitarian|eat]] as long as it's there), she promises to spare the life of the Claymore who pulls the sword out. One takes her up on the offer and does just that. Just when you think a cruel "[[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]" moment is about to go down, Hysteria casually reassures her that she always keeps her word, leaves her alone, and goes after the other Claymores.}}
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* {{spoiler|[[A Plague Onon Both Your Houses]]: "Keep eating shit for the rest of your life." to Cassandra.}}
* {{spoiler|[[All Your Powers Combined]]: She has Uranus's Ugly Sword technique, Nadeen's youki perception, and Elizabeth's Beautiful Sword technique.}}
* [[Ascended Fangirl]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Ghost Amnesia]]: Averted, and she pokes fun at Cassandra for not remembering. Somewhat justified by her abilities and skill-set relying on memory.}}
* {{spoiler|[[From Nobody to Nightmare]]: She started at 35. Died as number 1.}}
* {{spoiler|[[In Love Withwith Your Carnage]]: She would [[Stalker Withwith a Crush|more or less stalk a more powerful Claymore]] until she figured out their technique. Shortly afterwards, the Claymore in question would get killed [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness|somehow.]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Irritation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery]]: Besides stealing the technique of the Claymore she was emulating, she would occasionally mimic their appearance somewhat. It did not take long for this to freak out the Claymores.}}
* [[Jerkass]]: What it all comes down is that Roxanne is nothing more than a bully who psychologically torments Cassandra mainly [[For the Evulz|just for the kicks.]]
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* [[Smug Super]]: She certainly has reason to be but she's altogether too pleased with her various misdeeds.
* [[The Sociopath]]
* {{spoiler|[[Stalker Withwith a Crush]]: See [[In Love Withwith Your Carnage]] and [[Irritation Is the Sincerest Form of Flattery]].}}
* [[The Vamp]]: she certainly has vampish tendencies, although she attacks women rather than men.
* [[Would Hurt a Child]]: Said that she didn't like having children as her opponent, but nevertheless, {{spoiler|she stabbed the twins in the face.}}
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* [[Handicapped Badass]]
* [[Hot-Blooded]]
* [[The Force Is Strong Withwith This One]]
 
=== '''Uranus''' ===
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* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]
* [[Pet the Dog]]: {{spoiler|Saves Raki from [[The Virus]] by implanting her own arm into his back, despite telling him that he had [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness|outlived his usefulness to her]] and that she was she was hungry.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Sealed Evil in Aa Duel]]: Courtesy of Claire and the Destroyer.}}
* [[Selective Slaughter]]: As mentioned above, she does not kill young girls. However, some of those girls - namely Clare and Ophelia - didn't feel that grateful.
* [[Skilled but Naive]]: What it all came down to when she was first introduced. She was a warrior of remarkable skill and perception, but was too naive to weigh-in certain repercussions maturely.
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* [[Why Won't You Die?]]: Anyone who attempts to fight Priscilla is guaranteed to say this at least once.
** Provided said anyone survives long enough to get to this point, {{spoiler|and since even Abyssal Ones [[Curb Stomp Battle|can't keep up with her insane speed and overwhelming strenght]] that doesn't leave a lot of candidates...}}
* [[Wide -Eyed Idealist]]: Ironically, she started out as this.
* [[Winged Humanoid]]: Her Awakened form.
 
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* [[Macross Missile Massacre]]
* [[Meet Cute]]: His first meeting with Riful, even if it's a little creepy, if [[Fridge Horror|you stop and think about it.]]
* [[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"]]: Dolph or Dauf? Or is it Duph? We're still unsure.
* [[Torture Technician]]: He's charged with doing this to any Claymore unfortunate enough to fall into he and Riful's grasps.
* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]]
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* [[Attack Its Weak Point]]: {{spoiler|Her hair, which connects her fake and real body.}}
* [[Attack of the Fifty50 Foot Whatever]]: Her [[Spider Tank]] body is BIG.
* [[Blood Lust]]: Agatha LOVES blood.
* [[Combat Tentacles]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Big Bad Wannabe]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Face Death Withwith Dignity]]}}: {{spoiler|He doesn't even try to escape the rebellion. He simply waits underground for Miria to find him so he can show her the monsters the Organization was formed to fight and [[Mr. Exposition|confirm her theories while adding some details of his own]], knowing full well that she will kill him.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Off Withwith His Head]]}}: Courtesy of {{spoiler|Miria}}.
* [[Nerves of Steel]]: When the {{spoiler|rebellion occurs at the doorstep of the Organization's headquarters}}, he simply assesses the situation and issues some orders while maintaining his iconic emotionless expression. Notable in that, moments beforehand, {{spoiler|he was formulating plans for future generations of Warriors in such a way that suggested he did not consider the rebellion worth his attention.}}
* [[The Stoic]]
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* [[Heroic Build]]: ''Damn'', Raki got buff too.
** [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Yagi knew what he was doing when he re-introduced Raki after the [[Time Skip]].
* [[Kid Withwith the Leash]]: TWICE! First with Clare, in preventing her from going fully Awakened Being in the holy city. Then played supremely straight with Priscilla.
* [[Look What I Can Do Now!]]: First thing we see him do after the time skip is kill a yoma.
* [[Made of Iron]]: He fights pretty well during his bout with Ophelia.
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** {{spoiler|He refuses to be seduced by Agatha, though.}}
* [[Knife Nut]]: His weapons of choice are throwing knives.
* [[Jerk Withwith a Heart of Gold]]
* [[Sacred First Kiss]]: He steals Clare's, to Raki's horror. Clare [[The Stoic|doesn't seem too bothered]], though.
 
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