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{{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.}}
It's 2008, in the lonely deserts of Nevada. A team of [[Western Terrorists|desert-based]] terrorists invade a remote government research station, hoping to steal some [[Minovsky Physics|supplies]] for a [[Cool Gate|secret project]]. They cut off communications, barricade the exits, and start [[Kill'Em All|clearing the base]].
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Unfortunately, the base just happens to be staffed completely by Badasses.
'''''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.
The Darwin's Soldiers universe includes:
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== Tropes A-D ==
* [[A Simple Plan]]:
* [[Achilles' Heel]]:
* [[Action Girl]]:
* [[Action Survivor]]:
* [[Advancing Wall of Doom]]:
* [[Aerith and Bob]]:
* [[After the End]]:
* [[A Handful for an Eye]]:
* [[Air Vent Passageway]]:
* [[All the Myriad Ways]]:
* [[An Ice Person]]:
* [[Animorphism]]:
** Sehack from the same RP was morphed into a Bengal Tiger for unknown reasons.
* [[Author Appeal]]:
* [[Antimatter]]:
* [[Anything That Moves]]:
{{quote|'''Gustave:''' She likes to have sex. Lots of it. In every possible place, every conceivable position, any number of partners.}}
* [[Ascended Extra]]:
** The First Dragonstorm Reconnaissance Team, or DS-1, were a team of commandos in the first RP who all got [[Red Shirt|quickly killed off]]. They then starred in the prequel story ''Nietzsche's Soldiers 2''.
** Alfred Byford from the second RP counts as well. Random unnamed construction worker who gets saved by Aisha. And he later turns into a full cast member.
** Jayden from the third RP was originally just a normal cop, but then his backstory expanded some more and he's now a full cast member too.
* [[All for Nothing]]:
* [[All Germans Are Nazis]]:
* [[Alternate Continuity]]:
** Almost. ''Card of Ten'' gives them a ''very'' little bit of crossover.
* [[An Arm and a Leg]]:
* [[Applied Phlebotinum]]:
* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]:
* [[Autobots Rock Out]]:
** In the second RP, {{spoiler|when the group returns to Pelvanida to force out some rogue soldiers,}} Alfred turns on the radio in his Humvee and Sabaton's ''Primo Victoria'' starts playing. Cpl. Stern orders him to turn it off.
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]:
* [[Awesome McCoolname]]:
* [[Back for the Dead]]:
* [[Back from the Dead]]:
* [[Badass]]
* [[Badass Abnormal]]:
* [[Badass Bookworm]]:
* [[Badass Bystander]]:
* [[Badass Normal]]:
** Trinity deserves a special mention. A normal human, she simultaneously fights someone with [[Super Strength|robotic arms]], someone with [[Playing with Fire|pyrokinetic powers]], and someone with not one but ''two'' [[Psychic Powers]]: [[Mind Over Matter|telekinesis]], and [[Shock and Awe|electrokinesis]]. Oh yeah, she ''beats them all at the same time''.
* [[Bait and Switch Gunshot]]:
* [[Famous Last Words]]:
* [[Battle Butler]]:
* [[The Bechdel Test]]:
** MrDrake's stories contain more female/female conversations than the rest of ''Darwin's Soldiers''. Other than conversations about story antagonists, they're all about other women.
* [[Berserk Button]]:
** Zara apparantly, does not like it when anyone threatens Viper while she's around either.
* [[The Berserker]]:
* [[Beware My Stinger Tail]]:
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]:
* [[BFG]]:
* [[Bifurcated Weapon]]:
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]:
* [[Bio Augmentation]]:
* [[Bi the Way]]:
** Well, she is no longer part of the team, {{spoiler|after her team mates were killed}} and with her [[Heel Face Turn|switching sides]]
* [[Black and Gray Morality]]:
{{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]]:
** This [[Fridge Logic|begs the question]] of how all the characters fought alongside Dr. Joe for ''three RPs'' without noticing her ethnicity.
* [[Blackmail]]:
* [[Blasphemous Boast]]: Seen [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319 here]:
{{quote|'''Subject 19''': So come on! Give me a real challenge! Give me a fight against a God!}}
* [[Body Count Competition]]:
* [[Bond One-Liner]]:
* [[Bookcase Passage]]:
** Played straight with the passage in the walk-in freezer.
* [[Bottomless Magazines]]:
* [[Brains and Bondage]]:
* [[Bring My Brown Pants]]:
* [[Bulletproof Human Shield]]:
* [[Bullying a Dragon]]:
** 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]]:
* [[Butt Monkey]]:
* [[Bus Crash]]:
* [[Caligula's Horse]]:
* [[Calling Your Attacks]]:
** And later... "[https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319 Flamethrower of Death!!!]"
{{quote|'''Aimee''': Hailey, you mind not giving each of your attacks a name? It sounds....stupid....}}
* [[Canon Discontinuity]]:
* [[Car Fu]]- Done several times.
** Alfred uses his truck to smash through a locked gate and run over some soldiers trying to shoot down an allied helicopter.
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** In the third RP, Alfred uses a ''bulldozer'' to ram a Chimera attacking Kiara and Hailey.
** In ''New Divide'', Rhino throws a motorcycle at Subject 18
* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]:
* [[Carnivore Confusion]]:
** However, [[Word of God]] is inconsistent on this matter; Serris said that anthro and "normal" animals exist and eating "normal" animals was acceptable. But he has also said to assume all meat is seafood.
* [[Celibate Hero]]:
* [[Chase Scene]]:
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]:
* [[Chef of Iron]]:
* [[Chuck Cunningham Syndrome]]:
* [[Clothing Damage]]:
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208151636/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=8710 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]]:
* [[The Constant]]:
* [[Continuity Nod]]:
* [[Contractual Immortality]]:
* [[Cowboy Cop]]:
* [[CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable]]:
* [[Crew of One]]:
* [[Curiosity Killed the Cast]]:
* [[Curse Cut Short]]:
{{quote|'''Tinner''': ''Congratulations. You survived Scenario #2. Now can you tell me where the gas originated?''
'''Shelton''': ''F...U...C...''
'''Tinner''': {cuts him off} ''Luckily...'' }}
** Happens in the third RP as well where the pilot of a helicopter is about to swear, only to be killed by Subject 19.
* [[Cut Lex Luthor a Check]]:
* [[Cutting the Knot]]:
** In ''Fools Gold'', Dr. Kerzach uses a sledgehammer to break down a door instead of finding the key and he cuts the chain securing an industrial shotgun to a post rather than unlock it.
* [[Cybernetics Eat Your Soul]]:
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]:
** The AI based off of him, ROSS, is sometimes [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319 even] [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319 worse].
* [[Deadly Gas]]:
* [[Decoy Protagonist]]:
* [[Demoted to Extra]]:
* [[Depraved Bisexual]]:
* [[Destination Defenestration]]:
* [[Deus Ax Machina]]
** The first weapon James gets in the Furtopia RP is a fire ax.
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** In ''Schrodinger's Prisoners'' Dr. Shelton grabs a fire ax from an emergency station and uses it to break into the control room.
** In the RP ''Disruptive Selection'', Dr. Pauline Wayne breaks down the door to her lab with a fire ax that she took from an emergency station in her lab. She then later uses it to kill a zombie that tried to get aboard the helicopter that she and two other survivors were going to evacuate on.
* [[Die Hard on an X]]:
** This is lampshaded in the third RP.
* [[Disney Death]]:
* [[Distracted by the Sexy]]:
* [[The Dividual]]:
* [[Directionless Driver|Doesn't Ask For Directions]]:
* [[Doesn't Like Guns]]:
* [[Don't Explain the Joke]]:
{{quote|'''Kiara''': Nice to see you too [[Star Wars|Skywalker]]
'''Hailey''': Hehe, Star Wars reference... }}
* [[Does Not Know His Own Strength]]:
* [[Doorstopper]]:
** The third RP alone has reached ''900'' pages!
* [[Double Standard]]:
* [[Drives Like Crazy]]:
* [[Dropped a Bridge on Him]]:
* [[Drowning My Sorrows]]:
* [[Dual-Wielding]] / [[Guns Akimbo]]:
** Werner generally carries two Berettas, but he doesn't often use both at the same time.
* [[The Dulcinea Effect]]:
* [[Dumb Muscle]]:
* [[Duel to the Death]]:
== Tropes E - J ==
* [[Easy Amnesia]] / [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]]:
** Also appears to have happened to Aimee in the third RP.
* [[Elaborate Underground Base]]:
* [[Oddly-Named Sequel 2: Electric Boogaloo]]:
** The first RP was simply titled ''Darwin's Soldiers''
** The second RP was titled ''Darwin's Soldiers: Survival of the Fittest''
** The third RP was titled ''Darwin's Soldiers: Disruptive Selection''
* [[Elemental Punch]]:
* [[Emotion Bomb]]:
* [[Enemy Mine]]:
* [[Equal Opportunity Evil]]:
* [[Everybody Was Kung-Fu Fighting]]:
** And yet Shelton got in somehow.
* [[Every Bullet Is a Tracer]]:
* [[Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep"]]:
** Likewise, the leaders of various security squads are just given bland call signs like "Rho Leader", "Omega Leader", etc.
** 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 post] to be be {{spoiler|Zachary Slavik}}. But every still calls him "Cobalt Leader".
* [[Everyone Went to School Together]]:
* [[Evil Old Folks]]:
* [[Evil Versus Evil]]:
** Finally happens briefly in the third RP, when a [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319 Dragonstorm] plane is briefly attacked by the remainders of the terrorist camp.
* [[Expy]]:
** Dr. Bailey, who first appeared in the rebooted Furtopia RP, was an expy of Dr. Shelton from the Gang of Five RPs, after the latter showed how useful it was to have a [[Non-Action Guy|non-action]] tech guy around.
* [[Extremity Extremist]]:
* [[Exty Years From Now]]:
* [[Eye Scream]]:
** Rhino from the third RP takes a bullet to his mechanical eye.
** Subject 16 had both his eyes gouged out by Subject 19 at Trinity's orders.
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319 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]]:
* [[Fantastic Racism]]:
* [[Fantastic Slurs]]:
* [[Fantasy Counterpart Culture]]:
* [[Feather Fingers]]:
* [[Feather Flechettes]]:
* [[Fetch Quest]]:
* [[Fictional Counterpart]]:
* [[Five-Bad Band]]
** [[The Big Bad]]:
** [[The Dragon]]:
** The [[Evil Genius]]:
** [[The Brute]]:
** This breaks down here though, since Montgomery is not [[Dark Chick|an evil chick]].
*** By the 3rd RP, the surviving Dragonstorm leaders fit one much better:
**** [[The Big Bad]]:
**** [[The Dragon]]:
**** The [[Evil Genius]]:
**** [[The Brute]]:
**** [[Dark Chick]]:
* [[Five-Man Band|Twenty Two Man Band]]
** [[The Hero]] — Dr. James Zanasiu
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*** Literally in the case of Alfred Byford, a construction worker. Largest of the cast (seven feet tall and 420 pounds) with superhuman strength.
** [[The Chick]] — Dr. Josephine Stephenson "Dr. Joe", Snow, Aisha Tennes, Aimee, Hailey, Kiara
* [[Horsemen of the Apocalypse]]:
* [[For Science!]]:
* [[Fourth Wall Mail Slot]]:
* [[Frickin' Laser Beams]]:
** ''However'', lasers in this RP behave like real ones. They cannot be dodged and the beam is invisible.
* [[Full-Frontal Assault]]:
* [[Funetik Aksent]]:
* [[Furry Confusion]]:
** Cpl. Stern has this to say:
{{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?}}
** Birds chirping outside the window wake up Shakila. Pretty damn sure that said birds are non anthro.
* [[Furry Reminder]]:
** 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]]:
* [[Genius Bruiser]]:
** Hans Donitz in the story ''Ship Of State'' is capable of understanding and explaining how the [[Cool Gate|Einstein-Rosen bridge]] works. He is also a huge man with great strength and extraordinary combat prowess.
* [[Genre Savvy]]:
* [[The Ghost]]:
* [[Greasy Spoon]]:
* [[Grievous Harm with a Body]]:
* [[Groin Attack]]:
** In ''New Divide'', Icarus gets punched in the groin...twice by Bianca
{{quote|'''Icarus:''' Oh come on...will you give a guy a break?}}
** In ''Disruptive Selection'', Spc. Crota shoots an enemy guard in the groin.
* [[Go Look At the Distraction]]:
* [[Good Guns, Bad Guns]]:
* [[Healing Factor]]:
* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]:
** In ''Pavlov's Checkmate'', Cale finally gets over this, refusing to switch sides when Ricky gives him the offer.
** All of Starfall's character have run into this, since joining a Dragonstorm counter-team called Oruboros, then claiming that none of them really meant it, except when they hack Crimson Base's mainframe and kill half a dozen guards...
* [[Heel Face Turn]]:
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]:
** {{spoiler|Paul Gamay in ''Fools Gold'' grabs hold of Lu, restraining him. In the process, he is fatally injured. He orders Dr. Kerzach to shoot Lu. Dr. Kerzach does so, killing Paul in the process.}}
* [[Hero Stole My Bike]]:
** Later, Dr. Zanasiu steals a Chevy Corvette from Pelvanida's parking lot.
* [[Hey, Catch!]]:
* [[Highly-Visible Ninja]]:
* [[Hollywood Healing]]:
** Ironically, in ''Ship of State'' Werner is like the only character who isn't wounded by the end.
* [[Hotter and Sexier]]:
* [[Husky Russkie]]:
* [[Hypocritical Humor]] : [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319 from an AI, no less.]
{{quote|'''Shelton''': You're lightyears ahead of anything on a computer system made in Texas.
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'''Shelton''': Don't be stupid; I wasn't in Germany then. And how the hell would you know what I bought 13 years ago?
'''ROSS''': You purchased it electronically, and the Germans are staunch record-keepers. }}
* [[I Can Still Fight]]:
* [[I Have Many Names]]:
* [[I Just Shot Marvin in the Face]]:
{{quote|'''Cobalt Leader''': Oops. Safety slipped.}}
* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]:
{{quote|'''Dr. Bradley''': Won't that rob him of his powers?
'''Siberys''': That's what I'm hoping. Then maybe I could live a normal life. }}
* [[Iconic Item]]:
* [[Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy]]:
** Averted in the case of Subject 16, Alfred and Neville.
* [[Improbable Weapon User]]:
** Drake from ''New Divide'' uses a [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208141710/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=8316 flute] as his weapon of choice.
* [[Improvised Weapon]]:
** ''Nietzsche's Soldiers'':
*** Eddie kills someone with a mop handle.
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** ''New Divide'':
*** Rhino throws a motorcycle at Subject 18.
* [[Indy Ploy]]:
* [[Informed Ability]]:
* [[Interquel]]:
* [[Internal Homage]]:
** When Shelton kills Achilles, he shouts to Kerzach that [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319 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 told Shelton] when he killed Gallo.
* [[Invulnerable Knuckles]]:
* [[Interspecies Romance]]:
* [[It Works Better with Bullets]]:
* [[Ivy League for Everyone]]:
** Dr. Yuri Kerzach is an exception: he is a graduate of Rutgers University. Also the core crew of Dragonstorm came from the fictional University of California Three Rivers.
* [[Jail Bait Wait]]:
* [[James Bondage]]:
* [[Jerkass]]:
* [[Jossed]]:
* [[Just Friends]]:
== Tropes K - P ==
* [[Kick the Dog]]:
* [[Kick Them While They Are Down]]:
* [[Kill'Em All]]:
{{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...}}
** {{spoiler|What the bio-bomb does to anti-Pelvanida and the complete cast of the Furtopia roleplay.}} It explains why the Furtopia roleplay cut off so abruptly...
* [[Kill Sat]]:
* [[Knife Nut]]:
* [[Lampshade Hanging]]:
{{quote|'''[http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic{{=}}6336&view{{=}}findpost&p{{=}}9125726 Shelton]''':This simulation is a little unrealistic, isn't it?
'''Tinner''':What do you mean?
'''Shelton''':Some enemy army invades the base? There's no way that would ever happen. }}
** Shelton seems to be especially prone to this since his stint in Dragonstorm. Among the tropes he's lampshaded are [[Police Are Useless]], [[Character-Magnetic Team]], [[Walking Disaster Area]], and Aimee's tendency to [[Stuff Blowing Up|blow stuff up]].
* [[Large Ham]]:
{{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]]:
{{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]]:
* [[Laser Blade]]:
* [[Lethal Harmless Powers]]:
* [[Lightning Gun]]:
* [[Lions and Tigers and Humans, Oh My!]]:
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]:
{{quote|'''James''':Thank you. Zach, Shelton, Cale, Neku, Sharon, Ædelwulf, Kagetora, Snow, Dr. Joe, Siberys, Cale, Slash, Agito, the Cobalt Squad. thank you all.}}
** And that was just from the ''first'' RP!
* [[Locked in a Freezer]]:
* [[Locking MacGyver in the Store Cupboard|Locking MacGyver In The Store Closet]]:
* [[Long-Lost Relative]]:
* [[Lower Deck Episode]]:
* [[Luckily, My Powers Will Protect Me]]:
* [[MacGyvering]]:
* [[Made of Iron]]:
** Dragonstorm experiments can survive extraordinary amounts of damage.
* [[Magic Genetics]]:
* [[Magic Music]]:
* [[Magnetic Weapons]]:
* [[Make Me Wanna Shout]]:
* [[Man Bites Man]]:
* [[Mauve Shirt]]:
* [[May-December Romance]]:
* [[Meaningful Name]]:
** It's quite a [[Contrived Coincidence|coincidence]] that a human boy named "'''Dragore''' Wing" got [[Animorphism|turned into a dragon]].
* [[Meanwhile Back At The]]:
* [[Meanwhile in the Future]]:
* [[Medal of Dishonor]]:
* [[Mind Screw]]:
* [[Missing Backblast]]:
** Played straight in the handheld prototype antitank rocket launchers used by the rogue scientists against some pursuing tanks. However, it is [[Justified Trope|justified]] by the fact that they used small plastic balls as a countermass. They were still dangerous, as one of the plastic balls knocked out a scientist who was too close to the launcher.
* [[Missing Episode]]:
* [[Mission Control]]:
* [[Mohs Scale of Science Fiction Hardness]]:
* [[The Mole]]:
** We just found out that {{spoiler|''all of Starfall's characters have been this since the first RP''.}}
*** {{spoiler|Except now they maybe weren't...see [[Heel Face Revolving Door]]}}
* [[Monumental Damage]]:
* [[The Movie]]:
* [[Mugging the Monster]]:
* [[My Instincts Are Showing]]:
{{quote|'''Capt. Storm:''' Instinct. What a love-hate relationship.}}
* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]:
* [[My Nayme Is]]:
* [[Name of Cain]]:
* [[Named After Somebody Famous]]:
* [[Natural Weapon]]:
** Also the experiments are blessed with a host of [[Psychic Powers]].
* [[Never Found the Body]]: Stern is too [[Genre Savvy]] to fall for this when Trinity is presumed dead.
* [[Never Mess with Granny]]:
* [[New Rules as the Plot Demands]]:
** The rule about "no heavy weaponry for scientists" was rescinded for the second and third RPs
* [[Nigh Invulnerability]]:
* [[Night Vision Goggles]]:
* [[No Body Left Behind]]:
* [[No Name Given]]:
* [[Nobody Poops]] - Averted. Pelvanida Base has all the facilities of a real military base. Bathrooms and all. And of course, in the third RP, Cpl. Stern avoids getting caught up in a massive fight because he had to go to the bathroom.▼
** And of course, see [[Potty Failure]] below.▼
* [[Non-Mammal Mammaries]] - Partially averted. Kiara, Aimee and Shakila (all non primate mammals) apparently have breasts. But reptiles do not have breasts (or any form of hair for that matter). And snakes in this universe have their genitals hidden inside a slit like real snakes.▼
** Exception: Neku does have hair but it is [[Justified Trope|justified]] in that he was created in a laboratory.▼
* [[No OSHA Compliance]] - Lampshaded by Kerzach in ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20140208173105/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7514 Fool's Gold]'':▼
* [[No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup]] - Subverted by the terrorists, or at least justified. The point of the raid was to gain the supplies necessary to build the bridge, and they brought a backup generator.▼
* [[Non-Action Guy]] - Shelton and Kerzach both start as this, but Kerzach is slowly morphing out of this. Shelton, however, still sucks with firearms. Bailey from the third RP plays this straight.▼
▲* [[No Name Given]] - Jayden, Aimee, Ariol and Trinity never have their last names mentioned. Likewise, Capt. Lutra's first name is never mentioned.
** Zachary's full name was hidden throughout the first RP. Through supplementary material, it is revealed his full name is {{spoiler|Zachary Steven Johnson}}
*** Which makes him one of three characters<ref>Himself, Shelton, and Dr. Zenarchis</ref> whose middle names have been revealed. It's been revealed that Drs. Zanasiu and Kerzach ''don't have middle names.''
** The main characters of ''Nietzsche's Soldiers 2'' are never referred to by their real names, only their code names. The exception is Hippolytes, who proudly boats that he's a [[The Clan|MacLee]].
▲* [[No OSHA Compliance]]:
* [[Noodle Incident]] - In the 3rd RP, Alfred mentions that he can easily tip over a 3 ton pickup truck. ''How'' he knows this is never mentioned.▼
▲* [[No Plans, No Prototype, No Backup]]:
▲* [[Nobody Poops]]:
▲** And of course, see [[Potty Failure]] below.
▲* [[Non-Action Guy]]:
▲* [[Non-Mammal Mammaries]]:
▲** Exception: Neku does have hair but it is [[Justified Trope|justified]] in that he was created in a laboratory.
▲* [[Noodle Incident]]:
** Sgt. Larry Masters [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319 is nicknamed Sgt. Pepper]. It is not explained how he got that nickname aside from the fact it involved some Tabasco sauce, his uniform and some beer.
* [[Not Distracted by the Sexy]]:
** Later, when [[Shameless Fanservice Girl|Nixx]] takes her top off right in front of him, turning the other man in the room into a drooling idiot, what is Shelton's response? Go right ahead with explaining his plan to infiltrate Soundwave's inner sanctum. (He does [[Please Put Some Clothes On|offer her his jacket]] once he's done explaining, though.)
* [[Not That Kind of Doctor]]:
* [[Not What It Looks Like]]:
* [[Nuke'Em]]:
* [[Plot Threads]]:
* [[Poisonous Person]]:
* [[Put on a Bus]]:
** A {{spoiler|temporary}} example in the second RP. [[The Smart Guy|Shelton]] is deported to Austria after the events of the first RP.
* [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]]:
* [[Offscreen Teleportation]]:
* [[Off with His Head]]:
* [[Oh Crap]]:
* [[Omnidisciplinary Scientist]]:
** However, LB&T has stated that almost all of it is things that he himself knew from years of [[Wiki Walk|reading Wikipedia in his spare time]]. Indeed, a lot of it is trivia that just happens to be useful or relevant to the given situation.
* [[Once Per Episode]]:
* [[One-Letter Name]]:
* [[One Steve Limit]]:
** 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 Thomas] '''Sterm''', a single letter off from Noname's main character Thomas '''Stern'''.
** Main character Kaylee Storm from ''Disruptive Selection'' and Kayle Storm from the Furtopia roleplay take a close second to the above.
* [[Only a Flesh Wound]]:
** Played straight with Alfred in the third RP. He takes a point-blank shot to the gut with a pistol and a ''.308 magnum'' round to the arm. After he is bandaged up, he is able to continue fighting as if nothing happened. Granted, it is mentioned that he has [[Made of Iron|superhuman toughness]].
* [[Only One Name]]:
* [[Opening a Can of Clones]]:
** On the other side of the coin, Rudyard Shelton has encountered all three of his doppelgängers (anti-matter, AI, and [[Expy|Keith Bailey]] but the problem of telling them apart never comes up since there are always superficial differences.
* [[Orphaned Series]]:
* [[Our Zombies Are Different]]:
* [[Pants-Positive Safety]]:
* [[The Password Is Always Swordfish]]:
** Lettuce, Serris, and Drake all use this trope in one of their stories. In ''New Divide'' Tricell's password was, well, Tricell.▼
* [[Playing with Syringes]] - Nixx's [http://gangoffive.net/index.php?showtopic=7319&view=findpost&p=22003633 modus operandi].▼
* [[
▲* [[Playing with Syringes]]:
* [[Police Are Useless]]: the reason Shelton feels safe walking around Culeston in part of his Dragonstorm uniform.
{{quote|'''Shelton: ''"The cops haven't proven themselves to be very observant in the past."''}}
* [[Portal Slam]]:
* [[Potty Failure]]:
* [[Pre-Mortem One-Liner|Pre Mortem]] / [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]]:
* [[Powered Armor]]:
** Omega Squad on board the ''Surrounded Sea'' uses a lighter form to enhance their strength and let them carry heavier armor.
* [[Prequel]]:
* [[Pretty Little Headshots]]:
** In ''Fools Gold'', {{spoiler|when Paul kills Jackson with a near-point blank shot to the head with a pistol. The result is quite bloody}}
** In the second RP, a sniper on a catwalk at one of Pelvanida's hangars kills several rogue soldiers. The wall near the entrance to the hangar is described as covered in blood.
* [[Private Military Contractors]]:
* [[The Professor]]:
* [[Psychic Powers]]:
** [[Mind Over Matter|Telekinesis]]:
** [[Playing with Fire|Pyrokinesis]]:
** [[Shock and Awe|Electrokinesis]]:
** [[Razor Wind]]:
* [[Public Domain Character]]:
* [[Punny Name]]:
** Also Capt. Lutra is a Eurasian Otter (''Lutra lutra'')
== Tropes R - Z ==
* [[Rasputinian Death]]:
* [[Rebel Leader]]:
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]:
* [[Red Shirt]]:
* [[Relationship Upgrade]]:
* [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]]:
** However, played straight in the 3rd RP where some people visibly flinch around Sgt. Masters and Spc. Crota. Corporal Stern is mentioned as having a dislike for snakes.
* [[Ringworld Planet]]:
* [[Rocks Fall, Everyone Dies]]:
* [[Running Gag]]:
* [[Scary Black Man]]:
* [[See You in Hell]]:
* [[Seen It All]]:
* [[Self-Defenseless]]:
* [[Shout-Out]]:
▲* [[The Shelton]] - Dr. Shelton of course. Former [[Trope Namer]].
▲* [[Shout-Out]] - Oh so many. The writers reveal themselves to be major fans of video games, science, and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|classical music]]...
** So many that it now has its own [[Darwin's Soldiers/Shout Out|page]].
** [[Shout-Out/To Shakespeare]]:
*** Aisha [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319 quotes] ''[[Hamlet]]'' in the 3rd RP.
* [[Sliding Scale of Anthropomorphism]]:
* [[Shallow Love Interest]]:
* [[Shameless Fanservice Girl]]:
* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]:
** Hailey also snaps at Aimee, thinking that she thought that she and Trinity used to be item.
** Hailey also tells Aimee that she only thinks that Subject 19 is cute, not that she is in love with her
* [[Shown Their Work]]:
* [[Shur Fine Guns]]:
* [[Smart People Play Chess]]:
* [[Sociopathic Soldier]]:
* [[Soft Glass]]:
* [[So Last Season]]:
* [[Sole Survivor]]:
** In the Furtopia RP, Zachary's team leaves one terrorist alive after a shootout so they can interrogate him.
*** Garrelli and O Donnell are both mentioned to be the only survivor of a squad killed by the terrorists. Dragore mentions that his "brothers and sisters" did not survive the invasion.
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** When Terror Squad attacks the Schutzhund competition, Hailey is the only survivor.
** Xanthus is the only surviving member of the hunters that attacked Viper.
* [[Someone Has to Die]]:
* [[Sorry I Left the BGM On]]:
* [[Space Is Noisy]]:
* [[Spell My Name with an "S"]]:
* [[Spy Speak]]:
* [[Squick]]:
** And Dr. Landon's sarcastic comment about the in-universe movie of the first RP:
{{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 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]]:
* [[Stating the Simple Solution]]:
* [[Staying Alive]]:
* [[Stealth Pun]]:
* [[Stockholm Syndrome]]:
** Recent events are showing that this may be a bigger struggle for Shelton than he's letting on. Especially since he's found himself back in the Dragonstorm ranks with several promotions under his belt.
* [[Storming the Castle]]:
* [[Stout Strength]]:
* [[Stripped to the Bone]]:
* [[Stupid Sexy Flanders]]:
* [[Super Serum]]:
** Zachary Johnson has also been working on one that would grant a [[Healing Factor]]. The downsides of it are [[Shown Their Work|fairly realistically]].
* [[Super Soldiers]]:
* [[Super Strength]]:
** Alfred clearly possesses this. And it has been demonstrated several times.
** It is mentioned that bovids in general have some degree of this.
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** Subject 18 from ''New Divide'' has this and it is further augmented by a set of experimental gloves he stole.
** Gustave Chiumbo has some degree of this. Whether he is stronger than Alfred remains to be seen.
* [[Take That]]:
{{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]]:
* [[Taking You with Me]]:
* [[Techno Babble]]:
* [[Telepathy]]:
** [[Electronic Telepathy]]:
* [[Terrorists Without a Cause]]:
* [[Three-Way Sex]]:
{{quote|'''Spc. Crota:''' What, you want her? We can share; he said multiple partners}}
** Dr. Landon's sarcastic comment about an in-universe movie about the first RP:
{{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!"}}
* [[Through a Face Full of Fur]]:
▲* [[The Cameo]] - Aimee makes a non talking appearence in ''New Divide''
* [[Token Human]]:
▲* [[The Medic]] - Vic and Dr. Joe. Dr. Landon appears to be filling this role while they're gone.
▲* [[The Movie]] - In the third RP, there's a rather humorous discussion about a Hollywood blockbuster being made based on the original terrorist invasion.
* [[The Tropeless Tale|The Tropeless Character]]:
▲* [[The Password Is Always Swordfish]] - Dr. Tinner's [http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=6336&view=findpost&p=9127033 password]{{Dead link}} on his virtual reality machine. Also Montgomery on his computer files, though at least he tacked a number onto the end.
▲** Lettuce, Serris, and Drake all use this trope in one of their stories. In ''New Divide'' Tricell's password was, well, Tricell.
▲* [[Through a Face Full of Fur]] - Played straight and averted in ''Ground One.'' After Snow (Siberian Husky) has almost all her fur burnt off by a carnivorous atmosphere, Neku mentions being able to see her blush for the first time. Then later in the story, Ender [[Mc Thair]] (jackal) reads a computer monitor and his face turns pale.
▲* [[Token Human]] - [http://forums.furtopia.org/index.php/topic,33419.msg654667.html#msg654667 James'] original function. Didn't really pan out when a lot of other writers chose to play as humans too.
▲* [[Torture Technician]] - Dragonstorm's is Calchas.
▲* [[The Tropeless Tale|The Tropeless Character]] - From the ''Darwin's Soldiers'' discussion thread on the Gang Of Five:
{{quote|'''Caustizer''': Hmm I must have done my job with Clyco pretty well... he was so atypical that he doesn't have any tropes attached to him.
'''LettuceBacon&Tomato''': [[Tropes Are Not Bad]]... }}
* [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]]:
* [[The Voiceless]] - Rhino never talks at all.▼
* [[This Is Not a Drill]]:
▲* [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]] - Shelton empties an entire pistol magazine killing Delta Leader. Justified, since he doesn't know how to use a weapon, and an unspecified majority of the bullets missed.
▲* [[This Is Not a Drill]] - Said by Shelton in the first RP. Visible in [[wikipedia:File:Darwin's Soldiers image.jpg|this]] image from [[That Other Wiki]].
▲* [[This Is Reality]] - In the second RP, this exchange occurs:,
{{quote|'''Zachary''': Hans, do you think this was a good idea, try to disguise ourselves as staff?
'''Hans''':It seems like a good idea but I was thinking about going in through the areas not covered by the security cameras and cutting the power long enough for us to get in and disguise ourselves like base personnel.
'''Zachary''':Also works but remember that the fusion reactor is in the basement and protected quite well by autoturrets and cameras. Also, few areas are not covered by cameras.
'''Aisha''':Uh, yeah this isn't like the Oceans 11 movies }}
* [[Throw-Away Guns]]:
** Played straight with Subject 19 in one instanst, she ends up stealing a gun and guns down the other guards in the room that she's in and without relaoding the gun or keeping it, she simply throws it away to the side.
* [[Time for Plan B]]:
{{quote|'''Aimee''': We need a new plan
'''Kagetora''': Looks that way. Got any suggestions?
'''Aimee''': Er, run? }}
** Aimee apparantly hadn't thought of a Plan C yet, which might also mean that [[Indy Ploy|she's making it up as she's going along]]
* [[Title Drop]]:
* [[Tomato in the Mirror]]:
* [[Too Dumb to Live]]:
* [[Took a Level in Badass]]:
* [[Troperrific]]:
* [[Tuckerization]]:
** See [[Named After Somebody Famous]]
** The fictional actor Stephen Di Georgi mentioned in the third RP is a fusion of the names of two people that Serris knows in real life.
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** [[Stan Lee]] appears as a scientist who discovered the in-universe mechanism by which the psychic powers work.
** Corporal Thomas Stern's last name comes from an old friend of Noname.
* [[TV Tropes]]:
* [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]:
* [[Undead Author]]: Averted in ''Pavlov's Checkmate'', regarding [s]Zachary[/s]Steven's book. He says he wants to write a book chronicling everything that happened in ''Card of Ten''. Luckily for him, at least one of the three surviving away team members was present at every major event of the story.
* [[Unhand Them, Villain!]]: In the third RP, Jayden [https://web.archive.org/web/20140208165941/http://z7.invisionfree.com/thegangoffive/index.php?showtopic=7319 tells Trinity] to let Kiara go. Trinity obliges...and then drop-kicks Kiara into a tree.
* [[Unobtainium]]:
* [[Unskilled but Strong]]:
* [[Vague Age]]:
* [[Vigilante Man|Vigilante Group]]:
* [[Villain Episode]]:
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]:
* [[Villainous Crossdresser]]:
* [[Weapon of Choice]]:
** Dr. James Zanasiu - Full size Remington 870 shotgun.
** Zachary - AR-15 rifle.
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** Shelton - Not a weapon, but his radio-flashlight is his most-used item.
** Gustave Chiumbo - double-barreled 4-gauge shotgun
* [[Western Terrorists]]:
* [[Win to Exit]]:
** Played straight with Hailey in ''Gamer''.
* [[What Measure Is a Mook?]]:
* [[What an Idiot!/Web Original|What An Idiot]]:
** The thugs at the mall arguably count for trying to mug somebody with ''robotic arms''.
* [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?]]:
{{quote|'''Shelton''': [[You Just Had to Say It|Did you have to say that?]]
'''Kerzach''': [[Tempting Fate|Don't tempt fate.]] }}
* [[Where the Hell Is Springfield?]]:
** [[Word of God]] though, states that it's suppose to be intentional, that the location Springwood would remain unknown.
* [[White Void Room]]:
* [[Whose Line Is It Anyway?]]:
* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]:
* [[Word Puree Title]]:
* [[World of Badass]]:
* [[Would Hit a Girl]]:
** Likewise {{spoiler|Dr. Shelton}} killing Delta Leader.
* [[Would Not Shoot a Good Guy]]:
** Anti-James also shoots Anti-Siberys in ''Card of Ten,'' after the latter goes a little too far in trying to get revenge on Gamas and puts the team in jeopardy.
* [[Wrench Wench]]:
* [[Wrestler in All of Us]]:
* [[Write Back to the Future]]:
* [[Writing by the Seat of Your Pants]]:
** The exception is LettuceBacon&Tomato, who plans out Shelton's story arcs ahead of time, sometimes months in advance. This doesn't stop him from improvising when things take an unexpected turn, though.
* [[Writer on Board]]:
* [[X Meets Y]]:
* [[Year Inside, Hour Outside]]:
* [[You Are in Command Now]]:
* [[You Fail Nuclear Physics Forever]]:
** In the second RP, when a commando team plants explosives on the fusion reactor and detonates them; nothing happens except the fusion reaction. except the fusion reactor shuts down because the magnets have been destroyed
** In the first RP, the soldiers are worried that a stray bullet could cause the small ''fusion'' reactor to explode in a mushroom cloud. Dr. Zanasiu tells them that it won't happen but using explosives will scatter radioactive material across the grounds of Pelvanida (However, do note that he mistakenly thinks that the reactor a ''fission'' reactor).
* [[You Got Murder]]:
* [[Younger Than They Look]]:
** Neku looks and acts like a seventeen year old but is six.
** Snow looks and acts like a twenty year old but is the same age as Neku.
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** Ice looks and acts like like a thirty two year old. He is the same age as Sabre 9.
** Walter "Wally" O'Pierce looks and acts like a thirty four year old. He is ten.
* [[You Wake Up in a Room]]:
* [[You Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Angry]]:
* [[Your Mind Makes It Real]]:
* [[Zeroes and Ones]]:
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