Darwin's Soldiers: Difference between revisions

{{quote|''"Well, after terrorists, mad scientists, ninjas, and a completely unnecessary trip to the troposphere, Europe's looking better everyday."''|'''Dr. Shelton''', succinctly summing up the first RP.}}

'''''Darwin's Soldiers''''' is an online [[Science Fiction]]/[[Furry Fandom|furry]] RP trilogy set primarily in Pelvanida Base, Nevada. Most of the story is written on the [https://web.archive.org/web/20131118211816/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?act=idx Gang of Five] forum, with a few unfinished RPs on [http://forums.furtopia.org/ Furtopia]. Other than the RPs, GOF user LettuceBacon&Tomato has written numerous [[Expanded Universe|tie-in stories]] that are also considered canon.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165134/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=4340 Darwin's Soldiers (Gang of Five)] - After the failure of the first RP, the creator Serris reposted the same concept on another forum. This one took off.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208171646/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=5381 Survival of the Fittest] - The sequel to the Gang of Five RP. Set shortly after the events of the first RP, it tells the story of the surviving scientists breaking back into Pelvanida to stop an illegal underground project called [[Playing with Syringes|Dragonstorm]].

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319 Disruptive Selection] - The third RP. The scientists learn about more Dragonstorm locations and search the West Coast to eliminate the remainders of the project.

Note that when this TV Tropes article refers to the first, second, or third RPs, it's talking about the Gang Of Five ones. The other two are commonly referred to as "The Furtopia RP" or "The rebooted/second Furtopia RP''.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208162727/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=4851&hl= Card of Ten]:Written by LettuceBacon&Tomato before there was even talk of a second RP, ''Card of Ten'' was one of Serris' motivations to start ''Survival of the Fittest'' (and he even considers its existence his [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]). Set immediately after the first RP, it tells of a team of scientists who travel through the [[Cool Gate|Einstein-Rosen Bridge]] to another universe and become trapped, and try to find a way home.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165935/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=6336&hl= Schrodinger's Prisoners] - Written by LettuceBacon&Tomato. Set before the first RP, it tells the story of LB&T's character Dr. Shelton as he test runs a [[Inside a Computer System|virtual reality machine]] which turns out to have malicious programming.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140209075717/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=6524&hl= Pavlov's Checkmate] - Written by LettuceBacon&Tomato. Set after the third RP, and tells the story of how the survivors from ''Card of Ten'' met up with the survivors from ''Disruptive Selection''.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208152802/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=6686 Darwin's Soldiers drabbles] - a scattering of short stories written by Serris that take place in the ''Darwin's Soldiers'' universe, of varying canon. [[Crack Fic|One of them]] is a ''Darwin's Soldiers''/''[[Land Before Time]]'' crossover.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208175657/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=6970&hl= Nietzsche's Soldiers:Will to Power] - Written by LettuceBacon&Tomato. Set between the second and third RPs, tells the story of Drs. Shelton and Kerzach [[The Mole|undercover]] in the Dragonstorm ranks.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208173105/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7514 Fool's Gold] - Written by Serris. Details Dr. Kerzach's career at a Dragonstorm refinery and what he finds there.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208164609/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=8041 Aftermath] - A one-off written by StarfallRaptor detailing the fates of his characters.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208185537/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=8223 Ship of State] - Written by LettuceBacon&Tomato. A sequel to ''Card of Ten'', detailing what happens to Hans and Werner, who were left behind in the original story.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140209152430/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=8224 Nietzsche's Soldiers 2] - Written by LettuceBacon&Tomato. Follows a team of Dragonstorm commandos sent to Alaska to see why Dragonstorm's energy provider stopped sending shipments.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208141710/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=8316 New Divide] - Written by MrDrake. It details Hailey's time in Trinity Facility and delves into the backstory of who Old Mother Hubbard is.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208151636/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=8710 Zero Hour] - Written by MrDrake. Follows the lives of Viper and Zara, two Dragonstorm experiments based in New York City.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208175242/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=9842 Gamer] - Written by MrDrake. A prequel story where Hailey gets trapped in a virtual reality machine by a rival.

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208152807/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=9882 Nietzsche's Soldiers 3: Super Men] - Written by LettuceBacon&Tomato. Chronicles the founding of Dragonstorm as a club in the fictional University of California Three Rivers (UC3R).

* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208115906/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=9883 Ground One] - Written by LettuceBacon&Tomato. Another sequel to ''Card of Ten,'' following the teammates left behind in the anti-matter universe.

* [[A Simple Plan]]: - In the third RP, Shelton's intimately detailed plan on how to infiltrate Lab 101 and maximize their chances of success falls apart really, really quickly. They [[Despite the Plan|still succeed in destroying the lab]].

* [[Achilles' Heel]]: - the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165134/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=4340&view=findpost&p=9035576 back of the neck], for Dragonstorm experiments.

* [[Action Girl]]: - Aisha, Dr. Joe, Snow...pretty much all of the female characters. Except Seska.

* [[Action Survivor]]: - The surviving scientists from the first RP. After that, they willingly bring pretty much everything upon them.

* [[Advancing Wall of Doom]]: - In ''Schrodinger's Prisoners'', Dr. Tinner included in his machine a [http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=6336&view=findpost&p=9125726 plane of green light]{{Dead link}} which could come out of the walls and [[Railroading|force the players to go where he wanted them to]].

* [[Aerith and Bob]]: - characters with names like Neku or Dr. James Zanasiu interact with people like Dr. Josephine Stephenson and Dr. Rudyard Shelton.

* [[After the End]]: - ''Card of Ten'' takes place in a post-apocalyptic antimatter universe. ''Ship of State'' is this for planet Gaman.

* [[A Handful for Anan Eye]]: - When Shelton escapes from the guards outside the Texas Base, he throws sand at one of the guards and runs to the SUV waiting for him.

* [[Air Vent Passageway]]: - [http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=6336&view=findpost&p=9126190 Played straight]{{Dead link}} with Shelton and Ridgeway in ''Schrodinger's Prisoners'', but subverted in the second RP when Hans suggests this as a way to get into Pelvanida and James points out how that wouldn't work.

* [[All the Myriad Ways]]: - Almost the entire team of anti-matter duplicates in ''Card of Ten'' is killed, but it has no effect on the main storyline.

* [[An Ice Person]]: - The [[Meaningful Name|aptly named]] experiment "Ice".

* [[Animorphism]]: - Dragore was a human boy before being turned into a dragon for [[For the Evulz|unstated reasons]].

* [[Author Appeal]]: - Serris ''really'' seems to like science, military hardware, weapons and gunplay.

* [[Antimatter]]: - The Antimatter universe, duh. Interestingly, the series states that antimatter and matter only annihilate each other if they're ''identical'' objects in contact, which is [[Artistic License|wrong]] but at least shows they checked the research.

* [[Anything That Moves]]: - Gustave's [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9214689 quote] about Roux says it all.

{{quote| '''Gustave:''' She likes to have sex. Lots of it. In every possible place, every conceivable position, any number of partners.}}

* [[Ascended Extra]]: - Zachary originally didn't even have a name; he was just James' assistant, and was originally intended to get killed off. It never happened, however, and he's now a fully established main character.

* [[All for Nothing]]: - In ''Fools Gold'' Dr. Kerzach risks his life and job to stop a Dragonstorm convoy. {{spoiler|His friend, Paul, was killed by Dr. Kerzach in a [[Heroic Sacrifice]]}} as the two battled to stop a truck that had lagged behind the convoy. What did Dr. Kerzach accomplish? {{spoiler|Nothing. The convoy still reaches Pelvanida and the truck he battled to stop was filled with cinderblocks}}.

* [[All Germans Are Nazis]]: - Subverted with Hans and Werner.

* [[Alternate Continuity]]: - The rebooted [[Darwin's Soldiers]] RP on Furtopia (''not'' the first incarnation) takes place in a totally different continuity than the trilogy and the original first RP. In turn, the trilogy is a totally different continuity than Furtopia RPs.

* [[An Arm and a Leg]]: - Two of MrDrake's characters have lost limbs. Aimee's back story involves having both her arms amputated. Jayden recently got his hand cut off by an intruder.

* [[Applied Phlebotinum]]: - Anti-Matter, for the Einstein-Rosen Bridge.

* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: - Even though she's a cold-hearted killer and a downright bitch...Trinity does have a taste for classical music.

* [[Autobots Rock Out]]: - in ''Fools Gold'', Paul suggests that Dr. Kerzach play some music to settle his nerves right before {{spoiler|they head out to chase the Dragonstorm convoy}}. What does he play? ''Blow Me Away'' by Breaking Benjamin. Later, {{spoiler|when they actually engage in a shootout with one of the straggling trucks}}, Dr. Kerzach puts on "Highway to Hell" by [[ACDC]].

* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: - Before the RP, Kozlov was attempting to build a flare ''shotgun''. [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] when someone mentions his funding had been cut.

* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: - Not his real name but [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9198424 Gustave Chiumbo's nickname is "Iron Crocodile"].

* [[Back for the Dead]]: - Head technician Marty, who [http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=6336&view=findpost&p=9126190 appeared]{{Dead link}} in ''Schrodinger's Prisoners'', was [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208171646/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=5381&view=findpost&p=9140442 brought back] in the third RP. {{spoiler|Dr. Tinner in ''Nietzche's Soldiers'' and Anti-Lockdown in ''Pavlov's Checkmate'' also work.}}

* [[Back Fromfrom the Dead]]: - Zenarchis, Murakami and Trinity have all managed to survive clearly fatal injuries without a scratch. Only Zenarchis' recovery has been [[Body Double|explained]].

* [[Badass Abnormal]]: - {{spoiler|Trinity is already extremely strong and agile but after she gets her hands on some [[Super Serum]] that her scientists were working on, she gains superhuman strength, speed and agility.}}

* [[Badass Bookworm]]: - If there is a scientist in this RP, there is a ''very'' high chance they can hold their own in combat.

* [[Badass Bystander]]: - The loggers in the 3rd RP help the heroes fight off a Dragonstorm ambush...and they do remarkably well.

* [[Badass Normal]]: - the nonpowered heroes (villians) usually put up a decent fight against the augmented villians (heroes). They sometimes win.

* [[Bait and Switch Gunshot]]: - A heroic version. Anti-Siberys has the villain King Gamas at gunpoint, and a shot is fired...{{spoiler|by Anti-James, who shot Siberys because he was stopping the rest of the team from escaping.}}

* [[Famous Last Words]]: - "[https://web.archive.org/web/20140208171646/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=5381&view=findpost&p=9140442 Lab 23...]"

* [[Battle Butler]]: - The MacLee family is famous for producing some of the finest bodyguards in the world. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140209152430/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=8224&view=findpost&p=9194955 Stetson MacLee], the only one we meet, is one of them that didn't pan out.

* [[The Bechdel Test]]: - It is very hard to find two women talking in general. One of the only examples is Sharon and Dr. Williams, who talk about [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9229538 Zachary]. The exception would be Roux and Aisha, who have numerous conversations about being lesbians.

* [[Berserk Button]]: - Don't call Aimee a cripple.

* [[The Berserker]]: - Gustave has a penchant for violence and has little regard for his personal safety. Of course, being a [[Funny Animal|anthropomorphic Nile Crocodile]] with thick muscle, thick scaly skin and scutes that essentially serve as body armor, "personal safety" might mean different things to him.

* [[Beware My Stinger Tail]]: - Gustave can use his massive tail as a pretty effective bludgeon.

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: - Alfred, the [[The Big Guy|massive]] construction worker, is rather easy going and not interested in physical violence. But if sufficiently pushed, he will remind his hapless victim that he has [[Super Strength]].

* [[BFG]]: - Gustave Chiumbo, a ''[[The Big Guy|massive]]'' Nile Crocodile, wields a double barreled 4-gauge shotgun. Clyco's prototype weapon from the second RP counts too.

* [[Bifurcated Weapon]]: - Not a weapon, but Shelton's signature radio-flashlight is a combination of two very useful pieces of equipment. In ''[[Card Of Ten]]'' it's revealed to have a [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|timer]] in it as well.

* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: - In the first RP, when terrorists are attacking the control room, Shelton is saved by Cobalt Squad busting through a window.

* [[Bio Augmentation]]: - The Pelvanida and Dragonstorm experiments

* [[Bi the Way]]: - Aimee's friend Hailey is bisexual. Though the fact that Hailey has joined a violent commando team called [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Terror Squad]] means she might be a [[Depraved Bisexual]].

* [[Black and Gray Morality]]: - Dragonstorm smashes the [[Moral Event Horizon]] several times but the heroes show a ''blatant'' disregard for laws in trying to stop them.

{{quote| '''Shelton''': I don't think any of us like what we're doing, but we have to take down Dragonstorm. That unfortunately involves doing things we might not want to do.}}

* [[Black Like Me]]: - Accidentally meta-invoked in the third RP of ''[[Darwin's Soldiers]]'', when author Mirumoto_Kenjiro mentioned a black woman exiting a car and calling herself Dr. Joe (one of his characters). Everybody else's characters reacted skeptically, since everyone had always assumed Dr. Joe was white. Kenjiro later admitted that he'd never mentioned beforehand that Dr. Joe was black.

* [[Blackmail]]: - Ricky does this to Hans, Cale, and Kerzach in ''Pavlov's Checkmate''. [[Two Out of Three Ain't Bad|It works with two of them]].

* [[Blasphemous Boast]]: Seen [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9197892 here]:

{{quote| '''Subject 19''': So come on! Give me a real challenge! Give me a fight against a God!}}

* [[Body Count Competition]]: - Hailey [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9208059 tries] to have one of these with Aimee. Aimee reminds her that they're not playing a game.

* [[Bond One-Liner]]: - Shelton, when Delta Leader has him cornered.

* [[Bookcase Passage]]: - Averted. Dr. Joe expects to find one of those in the Gaman library, but doesn't.

* [[Bottomless Magazines]]: - Averted. There are many cases of characters having to reload weapons.

* [[Brains and Bondage]]: - Implied with [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9246742 Sharon].

* [[Bring My Brown Pants]]: - Lupis from the rebooted Furtopia RP wets himself out of fear several times. Luckily, he spends a fair portion of the RP in diapers. [[Justified Trope|Justified]] by the fact that he is four years old and not fully toilet trained.

* [[Bulletproof Human Shield]]: - Subverted. Garrelli [http://forums.furtopia.org/index.php/topic,33419.msg656136.html#msg656136 uses a human shield] in the Furtopia RP but the bullets go through anyway.

* [[Bullying a Dragon]]: - Alfred is a hulking Bison with hands bigger than most people's heads and is strong enough to bend rebar with his bare hands. People pick fights with him anyways.

** Gustave is an even more extreme example. There have been multiple cases where people have tried to pick fights with him, despite being a massive scarred up, Nile Crocodile with a major anger management problem. Not to mention, he has several convictions for assault and he ''dismembered someone with his bare hands''.

* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: - Shelton has mentioned that he's not American, but other than a few odd colloquialisms and the use of "[https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165134/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=4340&view=findpost&p=9033857 zed]" instead of "z", he's pretty much the same as the rest of the team.

* [[Butt Monkey]]: - [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9183965 Shelton] [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165134/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=4340&view=findpost&p=9055770 gets] [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165134/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=4340&view=findpost&p=9041955 beat] [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208171646/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=5381&view=findpost&p=9131116 up] [http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=6970&view=findpost&p=9148958 a]{{Dead link}} [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9179211 lot].

* [[Bus Crash]]: - {{spoiler|Aydin}} is reported by a newspaper to have committed suicide in a Cornova, TX convenience store. The heroes find out about it from a local newspaper.

* [[Caligula's Horse]]: - Gilead Conch, the CEO of SORA Gas & Electric, is a block of coral. Siberys appointed him so that Siberys can call the shots as his "[[The Man Behind the Man|assistant]]."

* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: - "[https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9205633 Flaming Fist of Doom!]" Lampshaded by Aimee.

** And later... "[https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9205720 Flamethrower of Death!!!]"

{{quote| '''Aimee''': Hailey, you mind not giving each of your attacks a name? It sounds....stupid....}}

* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]: - The scientists that created Dragore in the Furtopia RP. The villains in the Gang Of Five RPs tend to be a little more rounded, or at least have clear motivations other than [[For the Evulz]].

* [[Carnivore Confusion]]: - avoided in the first RP, present in the second RP and semi-avoided in the third RP.

* [[Celibate Hero]]: - Zachary, Neville, Alfred, Cobalt Squad, Hans, Werner and PFC. Reynolds have absolutely no interest in romance.

* [[Chase Scene]]: - Most of the 2nd RP cast, through Las Vegas.

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: - ''The Complete Works of William Shakespeare''.

* [[Chef of Iron]]: - Dean Nixon, the Pelvanida chef, joins in the chase through Las Vegas.

* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]: - As an online role-playing series, characters belonging to writers who disappear between RPs are generally never heard from or mentioned again. Examples are Siberys after the first RP and Sgt. Clyco after the second RP. Averted with Shelton, whose author requested that his [[Put on a Bus|disappearance]] be explained<ref>And he ended up coming back, anyway</ref>.

* [[Clothing Damage]]: - [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9188102 Shakila] after her fight with Project Zeta.

** [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208151636/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=8710&view=findpost&p=9210050 Zara] suffers some as well in her first fight in ''Zero Hour''

{{quote| '''Zara:''' This was my favourite shirt...and you ruined it...}}

* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: - Pretty much everyone fights dirty but Dr. Kerzach seems to fight the dirtiest.

* [[The Constant]]: - {{spoiler|The file cabinet}}, in ''Pavlov's Checkmate''.

* [[Continuity Nod]]: - In the third RP, Dr. Zanasiu mentions he disarmed a rogue Pelvanida night watchman and killed him with his own knife. This is a reference to ''Pavlov's Checkmate''.

* [[Contractual Immortality]]: - Inevitable as each character is played by a different person.

* [[Cowboy Cop]]: - Arguably, Jayden. As he is helping the group without his superior's knowledge or permission.

* [[CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable]]: - [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9238227 Played straight] with Shelton and Shakila in Calchas' dungeon.

* [[Crew of One]]: - Averted. Every Humvee that fires a weapon has a crew of at least two.

* [[Curiosity Killed the Cast]]: - The expedition team in ''Card Of Ten''.

* [[Curse Cut Short]]: - When Shelton and Tinner were [http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=6336&view=findpost&p=9126079 communicating]{{Dead link}} from opposite sides of a freezer window.

{{quote| '''Tinner''': ''Congratulations. You survived Scenario #2. Now can you tell me where the gas originated?''<br />

'''Shelton''': ''F...U...C...''<br />

* [[Cut Lex Luthor a Check]]: - Dr. Tinner. If he had just worked around the flaws in his virtual reality machine rather than {{spoiler|using it to hide illegal projects in a big "screw you" to the world}}, he'd be a rich man.

* [[Cutting the Knot]]: - Alfred tends to do this quite a bit. Subverted in one case when a rogue scientist he is threatening pushes [[Big Red Button|the panic button]] and Alfred ''tears the entire button from the wall'' in an attempt to disable it. {{spoiler|It does not work}}.

* [[Cybernetics Eat Your Soul]]: - Played straight with Dragonstorm experiments. Subverted with [[Cyborg|Hawkeye]].

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: - Shelton

** The AI based off of him, ROSS, is sometimes [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9229780 even] [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9238459 worse].

* [[Deadly Gas]]: - The [http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=6336&view=findpost&p=9125894 second test]{{Dead link}} in ''Schrodinger's Prisoners'' is for the characters to contain an outbreak of "knockout gas." This would arguably justify why the gas is [[Hollywood Science|colored yellow]].

* [[Decoy Protagonist]]: - An unintentional example. In the Furtopia RP, James Zanasiu was quickly stuck in a room with Ender [[Mc Thair]], whose author left the RP. Serris created a scientist named Zachary so he could keep playing, and James disappeared from the story.

* [[Demoted to Extra]]: - Hans and Werner, since their author left the RP, have done little more than tag along and sometimes provide extra firepower, until they were finally [[Put on a Bus]].

* [[Depraved Bisexual]]: - Roux definitely counts. She strips and sexually assaults Aimee in public. And she works for Dragonstorm.

* [[Destination Defenestration]]: - Alfred throws someone through a reinforced window...with fatal results.

* [[Die Hard on an X]]: - The first RP could be described as "Die Hard in a secret military base".

* [[Disney Death]]: - Cale and Neku at the end of the first RP.

* [[Distracted by the Sexy]]: - Hailey, in ''New Divide'', gets [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208141710/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=8316&view=findpost&p=9203186 distracted] by some strippers at a strip club, whilst trying to pursue Subject 18.

* [[The Dividual]]: - Slash and Agito. Hicks and Montgomery never left each others' side in the first RP, but have since branched off.

* [[Directionless Driver|Doesn't Ask For Directions]]: - Averted. Apparently [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9209255 James] does.

* [[Doesn't Like Guns]]: - Shelton. Not for moral or political reasons, but because he [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165134/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=4340&view=findpost&p=9046168 sucks with them]. Shakila is no good with a gun, granted that she hasn't actually fired one before....well, except for a [[Nail'Em|nail gun]].

* [[Don't Explain the Joke]]: - Hailey does this to Kiara after seeing Neku activate his lightsaber, and even recieving a look from Kiara afterwards in regards to it, as seen in this small exchange between the two of them:

{{quote| '''Kiara''': Nice to see you too [[Star Wars|Skywalker]]<br />

* [[Does Not Know His Own Strength]]: - Alfred possess extreme strength. Most of the time he is in control of it but if he is angry then things tend to get destroyed. For instance, he crushed a piece of concrete that he was planning to use as an [[Improvised Weapon]]. A more extreme example was when he started pounding on Aisha's door and leaves the door looking like someone had taken a sledgehammer to it. And he accidentally knocked over a vending machine while trying to free a stuck snack.

* [[Doorstopper]]: - The second and third RPs are over 400 pages in length.

* [[Double Standard]]: - In-universe example. It is [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9208316 stated] that jurors do not take kindly to anthros who have [[Natural Weapon|natural weapons]] and use them on others-even in self-defense. Yet use of venom does not carry the same stigma.

* [[Drives Like Crazy]]: - The chase scene in the second RP. Everything from making U-turns in the middle of the highway to going 150 mph on a 65 mph zone.

* [[Dropped a Bridge on Him]]: - {{spoiler|Aydin}} is reported by a newspaper to have committed suicide in a Cornova, TX convenience store. This is also an example of a [[Bus Crash]].

* [[Drowning My Sorrows]]: - After {{spoiler|Gustave's death}}, Alfred spends several hours in a bar in the center of Platanna Town getting completely drunk.

* [[Dual-Wielding]] / [[Guns Akimbo]]: - This is how Trinity wields her twin pistols. The other characters more realistically only use one pistol at a time.

* [[The Dulcinea Effect]]: - There's no real reason why anti-James holds up their escape to rescue Seska, other then this.

* [[Dumb Muscle]]: - Brainpower is not exactly Hans's [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208171646/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=5381&view=findpost&p=9143734 forte].

* [[Duel to the Death]]: - Murakami challenges Kagetora to one in the first RP, who accepts. See [[Staying Alive]].

* [[Easy Amnesia]] / [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]: - Shelton and Eddie in ''Nietzsche's Soldiers''. Almost became [[Amnesia Danger]] at the end.

* [[Elaborate Underground Base]]: - A large portion of Pelvandia is underground.

* [[Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo]]: - The RPs only.

* [[Elemental Punch]]: - {{spoiler|Modified}} Hailey's [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9205633 Flaming Fist of Doom] as well as [[Shock and Awe|Cale's]] "[[Pokémon|thunderpunch]]".

* [[Emotion Bomb]]: - Famine manipulates the emotions of each team member to force them to fight each other.

* [[Enemy Mine]]: - Cale's [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165134/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=4340&view=findpost&p=9049830 rationale] for switching sides in the first RP.

* [[Equal Opportunity Evil]]: - Both Dragonstorm and the terrorists were composed of a uncountable amount of different species. Racism in general is only occasionally touched upon, and usually through isolated incidents with civilians.

* [[Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fighting]]: - many, many characters are quite proficient with firearms. [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in that firearms training and basic marksmanship are mentioned as being mandatory or that the employee in question enjoy recreational shooting.

* [[Every Bullet Is a Tracer]]: - Averted. Mounted autocannon and machineguns ''do'' use tracers but handheld weapons ''never'' carry tracers.

* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]: - The leader of Cobalt Squad is simply called "Cobalt Leader". Two other soldiers with him are simply referred to as "the Human soldier" or "the Mongoose soldier".

** Cobalt Leader now has a name. It is revealed in this [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9184943 post] to be be {{spoiler|Zachary Slavik}}. But every still calls him "Cobalt Leader".

* [[Everyone Went to School Together]]: - Averted for the most part, but Shelton and Tinner were in the same dorm at ETH Zürich. Also the core Dragonstorm cast met at the fictional UC3R (University of California Three Rivers).

* [[Evil Old Folks]]: - "Old Mother Hubbard" from ''New Divide'' is a 79 year old woman...who is a Dragonstorm scientist.

* [[Evil Versus Evil]]: - Averted. Dragonstorm never encounters the terrorists in the first RP, except for a single (later [[Orwellian Editor|retconned]]) terrorist in the lab shootout. The heroes merely alternate between fighting the terrorists and fighting Dragonstorm.

** Finally happens briefly in the third RP, when a [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9210787 Dragonstorm] plane is briefly attacked by the remainders of the terrorist camp.

* [[Expy]]: - Dr. James Zanasiu is an expy of James Miardian, the scientist from the first RP that Serris ever played: ''The Spreading Hazard''.

* [[Extremity Extremist]]: - Dr. Kerzach prefers to use a weapon in combat but when he fights unarmed, he will almost always use his feet. [[Justified Trope|Justified]] because as a Cassowary, he has sharp talons and ''very'' powerful leg muscles that can easily cause serious injuries.

* [[Exty Years From Now]]: - ''Pavlov's Checkmate'', set in 2010, jumped back to 1990.

* [[Eye Scream]]: - {{spoiler|The terrorist commander}} is shot through the eye [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165134/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=4340&view=findpost&p=9063952 when] {{spoiler|the heroes retake the auxiliary control room after the sublevel guards [[Face Heel Turn|go rogue]]}}

** [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9189232 Kain] gets [[Hoist by His Own Petard|his own]] [[Playing with Syringes|syringe]] through the eye when he tried to inject Aimee.

* [[Face Heel Turn]]: - In the first RP, {{spoiler|the sublevel guards plan to turn the base over to the invading terrorists}}.

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: - [[Snake People|Snakes]] are considered to be [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent|repulsive]] by other species.

* [[Fantastic Slurs]]: - The term "serpent" is considered to be a ''very'' offensive term (roughly equal to the N-word) for snakes in the Darwin's Soldiers universe.

* [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]]: - Vulpines are quite clearly supposed to be modern-day Native Americans. The depiction is [[Unfortunate Implications|not flattering]].

* [[Feather Fingers]]: - Based on a certain [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165134/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=4340&view=findpost&p=9035950 quote] by Shelton, Oli doesn't have these. He ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165134/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=4340&view=findpost&p=9035957 does]'' attempt to strangle Shelton, but he uses his feet.

* [[Feather Flechettes]]: - Hawkeye [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165134/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=4340&view=findpost&p=9033612 killed some terrorists in the AWTR] using this technique.

* [[Fetch Quest]]: - Protesilaus [https://web.archive.org/web/20140209152430/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=8224&view=findpost&p=9194955 complains] that their mission in ''Nietzsche's Soldiers'' is a glorified fetch quest.

* [[Fictional Counterpart]]: - Partial example. The fictional University of California campus UC3R (University of California Three Rivers).

** [[The Big Bad]]: - Zenarchis

** [[The Dragon]]: - O'Neill

** The [[Evil Genius]]: - Hicks, though really all of them

** [[The Brute]]: - Kozlov

**** [[The Big Bad]]: - Zenarchis

**** [[The Dragon]]: - Branston

**** The [[Evil Genius]]: - O'Neill

**** [[The Brute]]: - Montgomery

**** [[Dark Chick]]: - Trinity.

* [[Horsemen of the Apocalypse]]: - [[Vampiric Draining|Death]], Famine, Pestilence and War show up in the third RP

* [[For Science!]]: - Kain's rationale for experimenting on Aimee.

* [[Fourth Wall Mail Slot]]: - shared with multiple RPs in [http://gangoffive.net/index.php?showtopic=6893&st=0 this topic] on the Gang of Five forum.

* [[Frickin' Laser Beams]]: - A Humvee used in the second RP mounts a powerful experimental laser cannon. Also, laser rifles have been used on occasion.

* [[Full-Frontal Assault]]: - [http://gangoffive.net/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9243017 Spc. Crota] ends up confronting and fighting a Black Mamba assailant while completely naked.

* [[Funetik Aksent]]: - Stetson MacLee in ''Nietzsche's Soldiers 2''

* [[Furry Confusion]]: - Twice in the 3rd RP.

{{quote| '''Cpl. Stern''': So, Vipers. I understand that you can sense motion and heat differently than humans can. Does it works like a real snake's senses?}}

* [[Furry Reminder]]: - Canine, feline and equine characters often have their ears described as flattening or pivoting towards sounds and in response to various stimuli. Snake characters are always mentioned as slithering or having fangs or gulping down food whole. Avian characters are sometimes shown using their beaks as weapons.

** An extreme example is when Dr. Zanasiu reminds his girlfriend (who is a Dhole) that he has forty six chromosomes while she has seventy eight and thus reproduction is impossible. By the way, [[Shown Their Work|the chromosome counts are accurate]].

* [[Gender Is No Object]]: - Males and females are treated pretty much equally in this world.

* [[Genius Bruiser]]: - Zachary, Kozlov, O'Neill are Pelvanida scientists... and each possess enormous strength.

* [[Genre Savvy]]: - This tends to happen when most of the writers are tropers.

* [[The Ghost]]: - Dr. Kyle. See [[Running Gag]] below.

* [[Greasy Spoon]]: - Shelton and Kerzach visit one of these in a small Florida fishing town.

* [[Grievous Harm with a Body]]: - Rhino (his name and species) uses an [[Innocent Bystander]] as a projectile.

* [[Groin Attack]]: - In ''Fools Gold'', Paul punches Lu in the groin, allowing Dr. Kerzach to stab him.

{{quote| '''Icarus:''' Oh come on...will you give a guy a break?}}

* [[Go Look At the Distraction]]: - During his [[MacGyvering]] phase in the second RP, Shelton used a battery, propane tank, and steel wool to distract and slip past a Dragonstorm experiment guarding Lab 101.

* [[Good Guns, Bad Guns]]: - Averted. "Good guns" are frequently used by the bad guys and the "bad guns" are used equally by heroes and villains.

* [[Healing Factor]]: - Neku is implied to have at least a mild healing factor. Subject 19, Subject 18 and Dragore have instantaneous ones.

* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]: - Cale switches sides no less than four times, playing for almost every faction (experiments, terrorists, scientists, Dragonstorm) at some point. This is [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9202069 lampshaded] by Dr. Shelton.

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: - Hans and Cale in the first RP. Eddie in ''Nietzsche's Soldiers'' and Reynolds in the 2nd RP. Hailey in the 3rd RP, [[Heel Face Revolving Door|twice]]. And Gustave in the 3rd RP as well.

* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: - {{spoiler|Eddie in ''Nietzche's Soldiers'' and Hawkeye in ''Card of Ten''.}} {{spoiler|Ridley}} dies destroying a helicopter in the second RP [[Chase Scene]].

* [[Hero Stole My Bike]]: - In the second RP, after Alfred's pickup truck gets rammed through a cafe, Nixon steals a ''[[Cool Car|Lamborghini Gallardo]]'', Alfred steals an expensive convertible.

* [[Hey, Catch!]]: - In the first RP, O'Neill throws a burning flare at his captors, giving him time to run away.

* [[Highly-Visible Ninja]]: - Kagetora doesn't spend much of his screen time hiding.

* [[Hollywood Healing]]: - Werner gets injured over and over in the first RP, but he still manages to kick ass, and recovers in time for the finale. He's also fully recovered in time for ''Card of Ten'', which took place just days after the first RP. This happens with other characters sometimes, but Werner is the biggest case.

* [[Hotter and Sexier]]: - the third RP has several ''pages'' of sex scenes.

* [[Husky Russkie]]: - Evil example. Piotr Kozlov is a hulking Siberian Grizzly Bear with muscles to match his [[Genius Bruiser|brains]].

* [[Hypocritical Humor]] : [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9231250 from an AI, no less.]

{{quote| '''Shelton''': You're lightyears ahead of anything on a computer system made in Texas.<br />

'''ROSS''': Now let's not stereotype; Texas Instruments is one of the top hardware producers in the nation. On June 9th, 1997, you purchased a TI 83 from a [[Media Markt]] in Munich.<br />

'''Shelton''': Don't be stupid; I wasn't in Germany then. And how the hell would you know what I bought 13 years ago?<br />

* [[I Can Still Fight]]: - Subject 16 gets shot and it becomes obvious that he is rather badly injured, but refuses to accept any medical treatment, wanting to [[Honour Before Reason|finish off the mission first]] before recieving medical treatment. {{spoiler|[[He Didn't Make It|He ends up getting killed...]]by a [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot|Chimera!]]}}

* [[I Have Many Names]]: - Trinity tends to go by other names, known names she has used have been Selina Kyle, Raven and Gabriel.

* [[I Just Shot Marvin in the Face]]: - sarcastically used by Cobalt Leader in the 3rd RP when {{spoiler|he ''intentionally'' shoots a disarmed and incapacitated rogue soldier in the throat}}

{{quote| '''Cobalt Leader''': Oops. Safety slipped.}}

* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]: - [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9193980 Siberys] agrees to be the test subject for a bioweapon that permanently disables the [[Psychic Powers|powers]] of psi-experiments because he doesn't want his powers any more.

{{quote| '''Dr. Bradley''': Won't that rob him of his powers?<br />

* [[Iconic Item]]: - Shelton's radio-flashlight. Neku's lightsabers might count too.

* [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]]: - The bad guys never hit ''anybody''. If they do, the person is usually just injured. Justified because every main character is [[Contractual Immortality|being played by someone else]], and they rarely have NPC backup of any kind.

* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: - Shakila from the third RP has used everything from a [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9179210 nail gun] to a ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9187928 laptop]'' ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9187984 computer]'' to a [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9197005 screwdriver] as a weapon.

** Drake from ''New Divide'' uses a [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208141710/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=8316&view=findpost&p=9197904 flute] as his weapon of choice.

* [[Improvised Weapon]]: - ''Extremely'' common.

*** Arguably, Shelton's use of ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165134/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=4340&view=findpost&p=9062867 Lockdown's hand]'' to disintegrate a rogue soldier counts.

*** When Famine turns everyone on each other, Zachary and Gustave proceed to try and kill each other with a variety of improvised weapons. Zachary with a [[Kill It with Fire|welding torch]] and then a [[Deus Ax Machina|fire ax]]. Guistave uses a ''filing cabinet'' and then Zachary's dropped ax.

* [[Indy Ploy]]: - Subverted. Shakila starts off knowing what to do with Project Zeta, leading the creature to the power room. However, after that, she had to think on her feet on how to destroy the creature. {{spoiler|She does destroy it however}}

* [[Informed Ability]]: - Shelton's original character sheet mentioned he has a limited understanding of ufology. This has never been so much as mentioned since.

* [[Interquel]]: - ''Nietzche's Soldiers'' and Serris' story ''Fool's Gold''. ''Card of Ten'' doesn't qualify, because when it was started the sequel hadn't yet been conceived.

* [[Internal Homage]]: - [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9212704 In the third RP], a reference to [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165134/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=4340&view=findpost&p=9030849 this scene] from the first RP.

** When Shelton kills Achilles, he shouts to Kerzach that [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9222149 he's got this under control], the same line that Kerzach [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208171646/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=5381&view=findpost&p=9138451 told Shelton] when he killed Gallo.

* [[Invulnerable Knuckles]]: - Averted. Alfred ends up needing several stitches on his knuckles after he [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9212273 dishes out] a beating to {{spoiler|Hawkeye}}.

* [[Interspecies Romance]]: - Neku and Snow. <s>Stern</s>[[Strangled by the Red String|Aydin]] seems to be hoping for one of these with Aimee. Hailey seems to ''really'' like Kiara. Amphinomus and Camilla in ''Nietzsche's Soldiers 2''

* [[It Works Better with Bullets]]: - Shelton holds Hans at gunpoint before learning that Hans was on his team, and only afterward realized that his gun had been out of ammo.

* [[Ivy League for Everyone]]: - Dr. James Zanasiu is a graduate of Columbia University. Zachary Steven Johnson is a graduate of Cornell. Sharon Varma is a graduate of MIT. Shelton and Tinner were in the same dorm at ETH Zurich.

* [[Jail Bait Wait]]: - Shelton avoids this by ending his relationship with Shakila.

* [[James Bondage]]: - Shelton gets chained to a chair by a security team in the second RP. Unlike in normal James Bondage, however, he gets himself out, which also makes this [[Locking MacGyver in the Store Cupboard]].

* [[Jerkass]]: - Spc. Crota has a tendency to make offensive comments.

* [[Jossed]]: - For a while, it was thought that the anthropomorphic animals were originally [[Was Once a Man|Humans]] turned into animals via advanced technology. [[Word of God]] [http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=6970&view=findpost&p=9149810 states]{{Dead link}} that the anthropomorphic animals were merely "there" alongside Humans.

* [[Just Friends]]: - Aimee and Hailey. Hailey had told Aimee that she loves her, but Aimee hadn't returned the feelings back. The two of them however, remain as just being friends in the end.

* [[Kick the Dog]]: - A heroic example. Neku kills [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9239961 four] [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9240573 civilians] with lightning strikes just because he's angry {{spoiler|about Hailey's death}}.

* [[Kick Them While They Are Down]]: - After Dr. Branston looses conciousness, Aimee ends up kicking him at least twice while he's on the ground out of frustration.

* [[Kill'Em All]]: - Death's plan for the cities of the world, starting with Las Vegas, along with the help of War.

{{quote| '''Death:''' City by city shall fall....but as you are correct on one matter, this...Las Vegas you speak of....it can be the first to fall...}}

* [[Kill Sat]]: - The Dragonstorm defense satellites.

* [[Knife Nut]]: - Dr. Kerzach's [[Weapon of Choice]] is his amorphous metal switchblade. He is quite proficient with its use as a weapon too.

* [[Lampshade Hanging]]: - Shelton in ''Schrodinger's Prisoners'', which takes place before the RP:

{{quote| '''[http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic{{=}}6336&view{{=}}findpost&p{{=}}9125726 Shelton]''':This simulation is a little unrealistic, isn't it?<br />

'''Tinner''':What do you mean?<br />

* [[Large Ham]]: - Cpl. Thomas Stern

{{quote| '''[http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic{{=}}7319&view{{=}}findpost&p{{=}}9183923 Cpl. Thomas Stern]''': Say what you have to say, Vulpine, and be gone! My comrades seem oblivious to your warnings and mine, so I have to go in and fish them out of the fire. If there is a trap, tell me about it and tell me now!}}

* [[Leaning on the Fourth Wall]]: - Cpl. Thomas Stern from the 3rd RP gives us this little quote:

{{quote| '''Stern''':Its as if someone is watching us and giving us what we need in order to get through our problems. That's very odd. Too much like 'deus ex machina' for me.}}

* [[La Résistance]]: - The main characters in the first RP and the Gaman rebels at the end of ''Card of Ten''.

* [[Laser Blade]]: - Neku [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165134/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=4340&view=findpost&p=9034186 finds one] in the first RP and has used it infrequently since.

* [[Lethal Harmless Powers]]: - Cale from can use his electrical powers to fuse dust particles in the air into glass. This does not sound impressive when compared to his other power ([[Shock and Awe|electrokinesis]]). This sounds really lame until he shreds a group of [[Mooks]] with razor sharp glass shards he pulled out of thin air.

* [[Lightning Gun]]: - The most commonly recurring experimental weapon from Pelvanida's arsenal is the "electric rifle."

* [[Lions and Tigers and Humans, Oh My!]]: - there are as many human characters as there are anthro characters.

* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: - As an online RP which has had nineteen writers across two forums, and there's no limit to the amount of characters a writer can control, this is a given.

{{quote| '''James''':Thank you. Zach, Shelton, Cale, Neku, Sharon, Ædelwulf, Kagetora, Snow, Dr. Joe, Siberys, Cale, Slash, Agito, the Cobalt Squad. thank you all.}}

* [[Locked in a Freezer]]: - [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165134/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=4340&view=findpost&p=9040657 James] in the first RP, [http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=6336&view=findpost&p=9125894 Shelton and Ridgeway]{{Dead link}} in ''Schrodinger's Prisoners''.

* [[Locking MacGyver in the Store Cupboard|Locking MacGyver In The Store Closet]]: - Not, as you might expect, either of the examples above. In the second RP, Shelton gets himself out of a locked laboratory where he had been imprisoned. Kerzach does much of the same in ''Fool's Gold'', though this time it's actually a closet.

* [[Long-Lost Relative]]: - Hans, to Werner

* [[Lower Deck Episode]]: - ''Nietzsche's Soldiers 2'' and ''New Divide'' were both written to give more screen time to different [[Elite Mooks|Dragonstorm teams]] that only appeared briefly in the RP.

* [[Luckily, My Powers Will Protect Me]]: - AI Shelton tends to explain everything that happens in a battle, including whatever code he's manipulating to accomplish his tactics. Lampshaded when he mentions later that Drake never coded the part of him that could internally monologue.

* [[MacGyvering]]: - Shelton does this for a time once he arrives in the second RP, using mundane items to unchain himself from a chair, then escape the locked room, then get past a Dragonstorm experiment and into Lab 101.

* [[Made of Iron]]: - [[Scary Black Man|Marcus]], [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9184864 an ordinary Human Dragonstorm agent], should not have been able to continue fighting, let alone remain standing after being being punched several times by two beings with [[Super Strength]].

* [[Magic Genetics]]: - stated to be the reason for the psychic powers.

* [[Magic Music]]: - Drake from both ''New Divide'' and the 3rd RP uses his flute as a weapon. However, when he plays a tune on his flute, it causes the listner to dance, giving Drake time to either attack them or escape.

* [[Magnetic Weapons]]: - a Humvee used in the second RP mounts a fairly powerful railgun. Also, handheld coilguns (in rifle form) have been used as well.

* [[Make Me Wanna Shout]]: - Deathwind, a Dragonstorm experiment, can create a painful and ''very'' destructive noise by vibrating his wings.

* [[Man Bites Man]]: - In ''[http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=6524&view=findpost&p=9135974 Pavlov's Checkmate]'',{{Dead link}} [[Badass Bookworm|James]] [[The Hero|Zanasiu]] bites [[Funny Animal|Richard]] [[Big Bad|"Ricky"]] Warden during the climactic battle {{spoiler|inside a wormhole to break free from a chokehold to seize his knife and kill him with it.}}

* [[Mauve Shirt]]: - Most of the recurring public domain characters are this. Examples are Neville Ivers, Cobalt Squad, Wayne Anthony, PFC Reynolds...

* [[May-December Romance]]: - Shelton and Shakila end their relationship when they find out this is what they were doing.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: - Cpl. Thomas Stern is, as his name suggests, stern.

* [[Meanwhile Back At The]]: - The final post of ''Ship of State'' starts with: "[https://web.archive.org/web/20140208185537/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=8223&view=findpost&p=9213125 Meanwhile, back at the bridge]..."

* [[Meanwhile in the Future]]: - The beginning of the third RP established two concurrent stories: A group of characters from Crimson Base (played by Mirumoto_Kenjiro) attack a Dragonstorm oil tanker, and the other characters (played by everybody else) prepare to attack Lab 101. Since then, several days and nights have passed in the Lab 101 storyline, while the oil tanker storyline has been in the same day from the beginning, causing the time disparity between them to grow more and more with each post.

* [[Medal of Dishonor]]: - Not intentionally, but Shelton is embarrassed about the [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9195867 Commendation medal] he got while in Dragonstorm.

* [[Missing Episode]]: - Several writers in the Furtopia RP played out scenes via private messaging and never released the results, so parts of the role play have been [[Lost Forever]].

* [[Mission Control]]: - This is basically Shelton for the first half of ''Darwin's Soldiers''. He never leaves the control room.

* [[Mohs Scale of Science Fiction Hardness]]: - Fairly hard.

* [[The Mole]]: - Shelton and Kerzach in Dragonstorm is the most obvious example. Sir Beys was one in ''Nietzsche's Soldiers''. {{spoiler|Brut}} was one in ''Ship of State''.

* [[Monumental Damage]]: - In ''New Divide'' the Statue of Liberty is destroyed by a [[Car Fu|train]] thanks to the [[Evil Counterpart|corrupt Viper]].

* [[Never Mess with Granny]]: - "Old Mother Hubbard" from ''New Divide.'' {{spoiler|She built a Hydra in her basement.}}

* [[New Rules as the Plot Demands]]: - In the first RP, scientist player characters weren't allowed to carry heavy weaponry. For some time in the first RP, Zachary got to wield a bazooka and he wielded a RPG in the final battle.

* [[Nigh Invulnerability]]: - Tardigan, the villain from ''Ground One''. Among surviving numerous direct explosions and all forms of weaponry, he even grabs a [[Beam Sword|lightsaber]] blade with his bare hand and pulls it out of its owner's hand! In story, its apparently because he's a [[Artistic License|water bear]].

* [[Night Vision Goggles]]: - Used by Hans and James in ''Pavlov's Checkmate''. And apparently portrayed correctly as well.

* [[No Body Left Behind]]: - Lockdown's genetic modifications allow him to turn objects or people into [[Antimatter|anti-energy]]. This causes them to instantly vaporize.

* [[Not That Kind of Doctor]]: - Shelton in the first RP, when Hans is injured and no one else is around to help.

* [[Not What It Looks Like]]: - Said word for word [http://gangoffive.net/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9239671 by] a system admin after Montgomery walks in on him trying to delete a bunch of porn popups on his computer. A virus had hit his computer.

* [[Nuke'Em]]: - {{spoiler|Southport}} is nuked by the Dragonstorm defense satellite. {{spoiler|The Idaho Base}} is destroyed by a downed Dragonstorm defense satellite when it is bought down by an anti-sat missile.

* [[Plot Threads]]: - Every RP has a primary plot and secondary plot. In the first RP, the terrorist invasion is the primary plot, and Dragonstorm is a secondary plot. In the second RP, Dragonstorm is elevated to main plot, and the actions of Crimson Base serve as a secondary (if related) subplot. In the third RP, Dragonstorm is still the main plot, and Aimee's investigations into Trinity Facility are the secondary plot.

* [[Poisonous Person]]: - Snakes in this universe have working venom glands. Some snakes can actually ''spray'' their venom. This is [[Truth in Television]].

* [[Put on a Bus]]: - Hans, Werner and Cpl. Stern encounter an old friend of Cpl. Stern in a bar in New Mexico. The friend then offers to bring them back to Nevada where the [[Western Terrorists|terrorists]] from [[Call Back|first RP]] are trying to put their lives back together. The three then accept the offer.

* [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]]: - Kiara. Shelton also pretends to be one to try and get information from Trinity.

* [[Offscreen Teleportation]]: - Unintentional, but several times due to [[Poor Communication Kills|communication failure]] among authors, characters will spontaneously appear in places where they weren't seconds before. For example, a character who'd been in the control room for several pages will suddenly start talking and interacting with characters in the sublevels.

* [[Off with His Head]]: - Alfred decapitated a Dragonstorm experiment with a sledgehammer. Gustave ''[[Megaton Punch|punched]]'' off a Dragonstorm guard's head.

* [[Oh Crap]]: - the onlookers' response when an ''extremely'' pissed off Alfred tears a large pole out of the ground and starts trying to attack Marcus with it.

* [[Omnidisciplinary Scientist]]: - Dr. Shelton sort of fits this trope. He does know a lot of things technicians normally don't.

* [[Once Per Episode]]: - Shelton gets knocked out once in every RP.

* [[One-Letter Name]]: - O Donnell from the Furtopia RP was always written as such. Never with an apostrophe.

* [[One Steve Limit]]: - Subverted. Zachary Johnson and {{spoiler|Zachary Slavik}} (Cobalt Leader) are both important characters. Then there's {{spoiler|Sharon Redfield}} (Human Cobalt Soldier) and Sharon Varma from the first RP. Ethan the Dragonstorm assistant and Ethan Garner were also introduced at the same time.

** Lutra, a main character from the Furtopia RP, shares his name with Captain Lutra, a recurring [[Mauve Shirt]] in the third Gang Of Five RP.

** Mirumoto_Kenjiro recently added a character named [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9192165 Thomas] '''Sterm''', a single letter off from Noname's main character Thomas '''Stern'''.

* [[Only a Flesh Wound]]: - Mostly averted as characters tend to aim for the head and body. But two ''very'' notable aversions are in the second RP, {{spoiler|Hicks}} gets shot in the knee and dies. A sniper takes a bullet to the leg and bleeds to death in the second RP.

* [[Only One Name]]: - Cale, Siberys, Neku, Snow, Deathwind for starters. In general, the Pelvanida and Dragonstorm experiments are either given inventory numbers or just a single name.

* [[Opening a Can of Clones]]: - Averted. James Zanasiu has been seen in at least four different forms (regular, anti-matter, Furtopia regular, and AI) but they never interact, and so are easily distinguished.

* [[Orphaned Series]]: - The two Furtopia RPs were never finished.

* [[Our Zombies Are Different]]: - The infected that start to show up in Southport from what Subject 19 had created aren't zombies, yet, are able to to spread the virus within them much like how zombies do.

* [[Pants-Positive Safety]]: - Aisha keeps a pistol in her purse. Alfred kept a pistol in the glove box of his truck. Averted by Dr. Zanasiu, Zachary, Cpl. Stern and Cobalt Squad (Dr. Zanasiu and Zachary use a pump shotgun and an assault rifle, respectively; Cpl. Stern and Cobalt Squad have holsters to keep their pistols in).

* [[Police Are UselessPistol-Whipping]]: - the reasonHow Shelton feels safegenerally walkinguses arounda Culestongun, insince parthe's ofnot histrained Dragonstormfor uniformfirearms.

* [[Prequel]]: - ''Schrodinger's Prisoners''.

* [[Pretty Little Headshots]]: - Not really dwelt on as the descriptions are not graphic. However, two notable aversions occur:

* [[Private Military Contractors]]: - Pelvanida guards are explicitly stated to from an unnamed private security company.

* [[The Professor]]: - Invoked by name for an otherwise unnamed character briefly encountered in ''Card of Ten''.

* [[Psychic Powers]]: - The [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Psi-Experiments]] can wield a multitude of psionic powers.

** [[Mind Over Matter|Telekinesis]]: - Neku and Siberys

** [[Playing with Fire|Pyrokinesis]]: - Snow and Hailey

** [[Shock and Awe|Electrokinesis]]: - Neku and Cale

** [[Razor Wind]]: - Slash

* [[Public Domain Character]]: - Serris releases characters into the public domain every so often. LB&T has explicitly stated that every character he creates other than Shelton is public domain. Several authors (such as f-22 and lbt/cty_lover) do this with their main characters once they leave the RP.

* [[Punny Name]]: - Spc. Mitchell '''Crota''' and Sgt. Larry '''Masters'''. Spc. Crota is a Western Diamondback Rattlesnake ('''Crota'''lus atrox) and Sgt. Masters is a South American Bush'''master'''. Also Spc. Hannah Ophio is a King Cobra ('''Ophio'''phagus '''hannah''').

* [[Rasputinian Death]]: - Subject 18's final stand against Terror Squad in ''New Divide'' resulted in this '''after''' his healing ability had been stripped from him. It took shocks from the surrounding generators, being stabbed and his throat slit and multiple shots to his body before he finaly fell and accepted death.

* [[Rebel Leader]]: - Werner, on Gaman.

* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: - [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9262152 Famine]'s eyes glow red when he's controlling people's emotions.

* [[Red Shirt]]: - A rare main-character example. An author named Belmont2500 joined the 3rd RP and introduced his character, Ethan Garner, into a hospital shootout. However, Belmont just as quickly left the RP, and requested his character be killed off.

* [[Relationship Upgrade]]: - Shelton and Shakila after her [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9188496 near-death experience] (temporarily, see [[May-December Romance]]). Neku and Snow had one off-screen at some point. Hailey and Neku have also confessed their love to each other. Kiara and Kagetora seem to have fallen in love as well. Not to mention Aydin and Aimee.

* [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]]: - Pretty much averted. In the entire continuty, there are at several reptilian protagonists: Dr. Keith Bailey (Australian Monitor Lizard), Neku (an unspecified lizard), Cale (chameleon), Neville Ivers (iguana), Sgt. Larry Masters (Bushmaster) and Spc. Mitchell Crota (Western Diamondback Rattlesnake).

* [[Ringworld Planet]]: - Gaman.

* [[Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies]]: - the end of the second RP features a mild version of this when {{spoiler|Crimson Base levels Pelvanida with a massive airstrike}}. [[Word of God]] states this was done because the GM wanted the RP to end and it was starting to drag on.

* [[Running Gag]]: - Shelton's ambiguous nationality. Also, a Dr. Kyle is mentioned in every RP, but [[He Who Must Not Be Seen|never seen.]]

* [[Scary Black Man]]: - Marcus, a big black guy with a gun and [[Made of Iron|superhuman toughness]].

* [[See You in Hell]]: - The James AI in ''[http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=6336&view=findpost&p=9126446 Schrodinger's Prisoners]''.{{Dead link}}

* [[Seen It All]]: - Vic's [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165134/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=4340&view=findpost&p=9035274 response] in the first RP upon hearing about Dragonstorm.

* [[Self-Defenseless]]: - Averted. Dr. Kerzach wields pepper spray to great effect in the second RP when he {{spoiler|he escapes from a prison cell}}. Dr. Landon in the third RP uses pepper spray and a ''[[Improvised Weapon|medical dictionary]]'' to fend off some punks who pick a fight with the group.

** [[Shout-Out/To Shakespeare]]: - A [[Evil Twin|creepy clone]] of him is briefly seen in the first RP. {{spoiler|He posthumously plays a huge role in ''Card Of Ten''.}}

*** Aisha [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9207889 quotes] ''[[Hamlet]]'' in the 3rd RP.

* [[Sliding Scale of Anthropomorphism]]: - Between [[Petting Zoo People]] and [[Funny Animal]]. Yes, they act and think like Humans but they have some obviously nonhuman traits.

* [[Shallow Love Interest]]: - Aydin Marcos really has no defining personality traits other than the fact that he loves Aimee.

* [[Shameless Fanservice Girl]]: - Nixx. After her introduction scene, she heads off on her own, fights a few more robots and runs into another group to the point that her [[Clothing Damage|shirt has been torn rather badly]]. Her answer to that? Take off her badly damaged shirt and walk around and fight, all the while topless.

* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]: - Aimee corrects newcomer Shakila when she assumes that Aimee and Stern are dating.

* [[Shown Their Work]]: - It is rather obvious that "Serris" is pretty damn well versed in science.

* [[Shur Fine Guns]]: - Averted. The firearms rarely jam and when they do, it takes only a few moments to clear the jam.

* [[Smart People Play Chess]]: - Hicks mentions Shelton was [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165134/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=4340&view=findpost&p=9039838 chess champion] in a contest at Pelvanida.

* [[Sociopathic Soldier]]: - SSgt. Michael Garrelli from the first Furtopia RP fits this trope quite well. His backstory implies that he joined the Marines ''just'' so he can kill. Not to mention some of the actions he does in the RP are...questionable to say the least.

* [[Soft Glass]]: - Thoroughly averted. In the third RP, Alfred kills someone by flinging them through a pane of ''reinforced'' glass.

* [[So Last Season]]: - The terrorists become virtually unheard of after the first RP, replaced almost completely by Dragonstorm as the primary villains. In the third RP, Trinity Facility seemed to replace Dragonstorm (or at least receive much more screen time) until its destruction.

* [[Sole Survivor]]: - A running theme in the series is battles that leave a single person alive on one side (usually the enemy side):

* [[Someone Has to Die]]: - At the end of ''Card of Ten'', four teammates have to stay behind to keep the bridge open so the rest of the team can escape to Earth. {{spoiler|Later stories reveal only one of these characters died.}}

* [[Sorry I Left the BGM On]]: - In the second RP, Alfred turns on a Humvee's radio and ''Primo Victoria'' by Sabaton starts playing. Cpl. Stern then immediately orders him to turn it off. [[Word of God]] states that ''Primo Victoria'' is indeed supposed to be the background music.

* [[Space Is Noisy]]: - Twice averted: There's no sound whenever the shuttlecrafts from ''Card of Ten'' or ''Ship of State'' are out of Gaman's atmosphere, and when Ricky whispers to James inside a wormhole, James can't hear him because there's no medium for the sound to travel through.

* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]: - Siberys/Syberis from the first RP. The character was played by lbt/cty_lover, Serris, and LettuceBacon&Tomato at various times and none of them could keep their spelling standard. Also happened to Pietr Kozlov/Koslov in the first RP.

* [[Spy Speak]]: - Dragonstorm uses code names to refer to other team mates, locations, and projects.

* [[Squick]]: - where Shelton gets the implantable chips. {{spoiler|he removes them from through the noses of his dead teammates.}}

{{quote| '''Dr. Landon:''' A lewd [[Serial Escalation|12 way]] followed by a battle between three different dimensions, led by a guy dressed like the guy from [[Animal House]] screaming "Toga! Toga! Toga!".}}

** [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9214895 An implied] [[Three-Way Sex|Three-way]] between [[Snake People|Spc. Crota]], [[Funny Animal|Zachary]] and [[Anything That Moves|Roux]].

{{quote| '''Spc. Crota:''' What, you want her? We can share; he said multiple partners.}}

* [[Sssssnaketalk]]: - Averted. All snake characters speak normal English.

* [[Stating the Simple Solution]]: - Ridgeway [http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=6336&view=findpost&p=9126079 suggests]{{Dead link}} just shooting AI Zenarchis as a way to get past him in ''Schrodinger's Prisoners''. {{spoiler|It turns out that's pretty much what they do.}}

* [[Staying Alive]]: - [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165134/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=4340&view=findpost&p=9049169 Kagetora] [[Taking You with Me|blew himself and Murakami up]] in front of the entire cast, and subsequently appears with no explanation given for the final battle. Apparently [[Unexplained Recovery|he got better]].

* [[Stealth Pun]]: - In ''Fools Gold'' truck #71 is driven by a Giant Panda named Lu. {{spoiler|71 is the atomic number of the lanthanide '''Lu'''tetium. Its symbol in the periodic table is Lu. Lu is also a common Chinese surname.}}

* [[Stockholm Syndrome]]: - Cobalt Squad accuses Shelton of this after they meet him in the third RP. Shelton waffles between saying yes or no.

* [[Storming the Castle]]: - The main characters, in the second and third RPs and ''Pavlov's Checkmate''.

* [[Stout Strength]]: - Gustave has a potbelly and is described as being a little on the fat side. Despite that, he is '''''extremely''''' strong, capable of hoisting 800 pounds over his head or dismembering his opponents with his bare hands.

* [[Stripped to the Bone]]: - The final [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9210782 fate] of Ajax.

* [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]]: - This more or less happens between Aimee and Subject 19, to which Aimee mentions how she can see how Hailey thought that Subject 19 was cute.

* [[Super Serum]]: - Trinity Facility apparently produces some of this. And it is used none other than by {{spoiler|Trinity}}.

* [[Super Soldiers]]: - what Pelvanida's research is intended to create.

* [[Super Strength]]: - Aimee has some degree of this (demonstrated when she crushes the barrel of a pistol)

{{quote| '''Random Bystander''': Bovids naturally have incredible strength. Trust me, I once saw one tie a knot in a piece of rebar.}}

* [[Take That]]: - at ''Paris Hilton''

{{quote| '''Aisha''': "Look at Paris Hilton, or better yet, don't. Famous for being famous, not because she has anything approaching talent."}}

* [["Take That!" Kiss]]: - A textbook example: [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9185081 Trinity with Hailey].

* [[Taking You with Me]]: - Premier Jacade of Gaman {{spoiler|blew up the entire planet rather than let the rebels take power from him}}.

* [[Techno Babble]]: - Shelton seems especially prone to this. Here's a particularly egregious [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165134/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=4340&view=findpost&p=9035950 example].

* [[Telepathy]]: - It seems that Snow has some form of this power.

** [[Electronic Telepathy]]: - Some Dragonstorm operatives, {{spoiler|Shelton is one of them}}, have chips implanted nasally that allow them to send thoughts to each other. Later {{spoiler|James, Shakila, Hans, Dr. Landon and Cpl. Stern}} get the same implants ([[Squick|that were removed from the dead operatives]]).

* [[Terrorists Without a Cause]]: - Averted. The terrorists were originally concieved as this but later an ulterior motive was devised for them.

* [[Three-Way Sex]]: - [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9214895 An implied] [[Three-Way Sex|Three-way]] between [[Snake People|Spc. Crota]], [[Funny Animal|Zachary]] and [[Anything That Moves|Roux]].

{{quote| '''Spc. Crota:''' What, you want her? We can share; he said multiple partners}}

{{quote| '''Dr. Landon''': A lewd [[Up to Eleven|12 way]] followed by a battle between three different dimensions, led by a guy dressed like the guy from [[Animal House]] screaming "Toga! Toga! Toga!"}}

* [[Throw-Away Guns]]: - Averted. The characters (both good and bad) rarely discard firearms and will usually reload them instead.

* [[Time for Plan B]]: - Happens between Aimee and Kagetora when faced up against Subject 19

{{quote| '''Aimee''': We need a new plan<br />

'''Kagetora''': Looks that way. Got any suggestions?<br />

* [[Title Drop]]: - The final post of the first RP.

* [[Tomato in the Mirror]]: - Anti-James in ''Card Of Ten''.

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: - The scientist who created Dragore. He repeatedly insults Dragore and expresses the pleasure he gets from seeing Dragore in pain, while surround by ''armed'' characters who repeatedly threaten to kill him if he doesn't shut up.

* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: - Shelton starts off as a control room admin in the first RP, and by the third RP he's living as an undercover spy within the Dragonstorm ranks.

* [[Troperrific]]: - this happens when the gamemaster and some of the players are avid Tropers.

* [[Tuckerization]]: - Occurs several times

* [[TV Tropes]]: - Called out [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9180192 by name].

* [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]: - It is set in the early 2000s but yet laser weapons, [[Magnetic Weapons|railguns, gauss guns]] and fusion reactors exist. Not to mention advanced cybernetics technology.

* [[Unhand Them, Villain!]]: In the third RP, Jayden [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9201678 tells Trinity] to let Kiara go. Trinity obliges...and then drop-kicks Kiara into a tree.

* [[Unobtainium]]: - Diamontainium, used in Soundwave's own Rhino suit.

* [[Unskilled but Strong]]: - Gustave and Alfred have no martial arts training. Their tactic in a fight: beat the opponent with anything handy until they stop moving.

* [[Vague Age]]: - Ariol, Kain, Subject 19, Siren, Breathtaker and Stalker all have their age listed in their profiles as "unknown".

* [[Vigilante Man|Vigilante Group]]: - The heroes in the second and third RPs.

* [[Villain Episode]]: - The ''Nietzsche's Soldiers'' stories focus on Dragonstorm characters.

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: - Drake suffers one throughout the assault on his base as Hailey and Neku keep on escaping the various situations he puts them through in his virtual reality machine, to the point in breaking his calm talking to yelling and snapping.

* [[Villainous Crossdresser]]: - in the third RP, a female Dobermann bystander who calls 911 to report someone breaking into a car is actually a male German Shepherd spy working for Dragonstorm.

* [[Western Terrorists]]: - the villains in the first RP.

* [[Win to Exit]]: - Played with in ''Schrodinger's Prisoners'': If the players all die, they'll still be let out of the machine, but their memories will be wiped and they won't remember how dangerous the machine is.

* [[What Measure Is a Mook?]]: - The characters kill a ''lot'' of terrorists, rogue guards and other assorted [[mooks]] and no one seems to have a problem with it.

* [[What an Idiot!/Web Original|What An Idiot]]: - in the 3rd RP, a ''police officer'' opens a "suspicious package" in Aimee's room. Said "suspicious package" was a {{spoiler|a bomb and it destroys the Redwood Inn and kills quite a number of people}}.

* [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?]]: - [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=9210065 played straight], complete with both proper responses.

{{quote| '''Shelton''': [[You Just Had to Say It|Did you have to say that?]]<br />

* [[Where the Hell Is Springfield?]]: - The fictional town of Springwood. Aimee, while drunk, explains its location as being borded by the states of Maine, Washington, Hawaii and Brazil.

* [[White Void Room]]: - One of these plays a major [[Chekhov's Gun|plot point]] in ''Card of Ten''.

* [[Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]: - In the first RP, LettuceBacon&Tomato had only one primary character, Shelton. Whenever he needed dialogue and there were no public domain characters available, he'd just leave a line without specifying who the speaker was. See [http://gangoffive.net/index.php?showtopic=4340&view=findpost&p=9041175 this post] for an example.

* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]: - Shelton reveals a fear of flying in the third RP.

* [[Word Puree Title]]: - Serris came up with Dr. Zanasiu's last name by pounding random keys on his keyboard.

* [[World of Badass]]: - Everyone, everywhere, kicks ass. With few exceptions.

* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: - Done on both sides. The heroes have no problem killing female enemies. Likewise, the [[Mooks|rogue guards, terrorists, assorted bad guys]] have no problem trying to kill Aisha, Aimee and Sharon.

* [[Would Not Shoot a Good Guy]]: - Averted in the second RP's chase scene. One of the Humvees driven by the group rams a police cruiser off the road. Hans ''slices a SWAT truck in half'' with a Humvee mounted laser cannon after it tried to run him off the road. He cuts off part of a police helicopter's landing gear with the same weapon after a sniper on the helicopter tried to shoot him. Dr. Greene grenades a bunch of civilians who mistake his vehicle for a Dragonstorm escort vehicle and start shooting it.

* [[Wrench Wench]]: - Sharon used to work in the magnetic materials research division at Pelvanida. After {{spoiler|she got fired}}, she worked as an electrician and a mechanic in Southport.

* [[Wrestler in All of Us]]: - Alfred piledrives a guard with so much force that he cracks the concrete floor. Obviously, the guard is killed in the process.

* [[Write Back to the Future]]: - Anti-Shelton realizes they can do this in ''Pavlov's Checkmate'', when the team trapped in 1990 needs to contact Shelton in the present day.

* [[Writing by the Seat of Your Pants]]: - [[Word of God|Serris]] states that ''nearly everything'' he write was improvised on the fly, ''including the two sequels''.

* [[Writer on Board]]: - Aydin shares the same views and dislikes as his creator.

* [[X Meets Y]]: - the first RP is basically ''[[Die Hard]]'' meets ''[[X-Men]]'' meets ''[[Half Life]]'' meets ''[[Resident Evil]]'' meets [[Furry Fandom|furries]]

* [[Year Inside, Hour Outside]]: - The ''t''-coordinate of the Einstein-Rosen bridge causes this. You can adjust the coordinate to go wherever you want, but when you return to your starting point you only lose the amount of time you'd been gone.

* [[You Are in Command Now]]: - Happens to Shelton when he becomes the highest ranking survivor in the convoy during Dragonstorm's evacuation of Lab 101. He later uses this to promote Kerzach to DS-2.

* [[You Fail Nuclear Physics Forever]]: - Averted and played straight.

* [[You Got Murder]]: - Sort of. Trinity leaves a bomb in Aimee's room. She succeeds in blowing up the hotel, but Aimee was [[Genre Savvy|suspicious of the package]] and evacuated everyone in time.

* [[Younger Than They Look]]: - Most Pelvanida experiments are ''much'' younger than they look. This is totally [[Justified Trope|justified]] because they were grown with accelerated growth chambers.

* [[You Wake Up in a Room]]: - Happens to the ''Card of Ten'' away team, and to Shelton and Eddie in ''Nietzsche's Prisoners''.

* [[You Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Angry]]: - Subject 19 tends to get angry at anyone in particular, good or evil, and once she gets angry, it takes some time for her to calm back down again.

* [[Your Mind Makes It Real]]: - Averted in ''Schrodinger's Prisoners''. Tinner [http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=6336&view=findpost&p=9125748 explicitly states]{{Dead link}} that dying in the Virtual Reality machine simply returns you to a state on non-REM sleep, and all the characters wake up in the end.

* [[Zeroes and Ones]]: - Shelton incorrectly refers to binary as BASIC in the first RP.

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