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=== Paul Atreides ===
* [[Awesomeness By Analysis]]: He was good before he got to Arrakis. However once the spice kicked in his analytical prowess [[Took a Level
* [[A God Am I]] : Subverted [[Deconstructor Fleet|brutally]].
* [[Blessed with Suck]] : While he at first seems like a near-perfect hero destined for great and noble deeds, his ultimate fate is as unglorious and miserable as it gets. Mainly because [[Humans Are Flawed]] and [[Humans Are
* Came Back Strong: He almost dies when he drinks the water of life, and when he wakes up he is the Kwisatz Haderach.
* [[The Chosen One]]
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* [[Foe-Tossing Charge]]
* [[Genetic Memory]]
* [[God-Emperor]]: The first of the two standard [[Trope Codifier
* [[Holy Child]]: As a kid, along with his twin sister Ghanima.
* [[Last of His Kind]]: As the last of the [[Sand Worm|sandworms]].
* [[Living Lie Detector]]
* [[Lonely
* [[Long Game]]
* {{spoiler|[[My Death Is Just the Beginning]] / [[Heroic Sacrifice]]}}
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Another Atreides Retainer.
* [[Ascended Extra]] : In later novels of the series.
* [[Back
* [[Butt Monkey]]: He is reincarnated as a ghola. {{spoiler|Again. And again. And again. And again. And killed (rather than dying of old age) only a slightly smaller number of times}}.
* [[The Casanova]]
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** [[Fridge Horror]]: One of Irulan's biographical chapter openings mentions having to dodge multiple assassination attempts in childhood, assassination attempts that ''her own father'' may likely have been behind. As well as being raised in a royal cloister by concubines and virtually never seeing her father. Paul may never have shown Irulan any personal tenderness or warmth but by actually making her a responsible part of his household and family (remember that Irulan, not Chani, is effectively Paul's chamberlain), actually talking to her every day, and oh, ''not trying to have her murdered'', Paul actually '''is''' treating Irulan with more kindness than she's ever known before in her life.
** re: 'kidnapping her' -- Irulan had known her entire life that she had exactly zero say in deciding who she would marry, being a nobleman's daughter in an environment rivaled only by Game of Thrones for aristocratic levels of suck. Given that her father just lost a war and got deposed, and her family is about to be dispossessed, an offer of 'How would you like to help the new Emperor solidify his claim with a marriage of state?' is by far a superior offer to anything else she can expect in her current bargaining position, such as 'How'd you like to be a poor exile we stuff in some kind of nunnery that we can never allow to have children with anyone else ever as they might be possible rivals?', or 'How would you like your stabbed corpse to piled right next to your father's?'. She's not in Stockholm Syndrome, she's just a cold-blooded pragmatist who is fully aware that while she might not be ''happy'' with what she's being offered it is still by leaps and bounds the best possible alternative compared to anything else that could be happening.
* [[The Woobie]]: While Irulan got off far easier than an inconveniently still-alive princess after the violent overthrow of a royal house usually gets, she is still trapped in a loveless marriage with a man that she only realizes she genuinely ''did'' love after he was killed, while every ally that she ''should'' have had (her own father, the Bene Gesserit, etc.) instead openly treats her as an expendable pawn. The only person who is
** For extra sad irony points, Chani is the person who actually suggested to Paul that he finally take Irulan to bed and give her his children, as she was unable to give him an heir. (This was admittedly before Chani found out ''why'' she was infertile, at which point she quite understandably had an urge to stab Irulan in the face for a while, but even then she eventually got over it because she understood she'd have done the same thing if the shoe was on the other foot.) If only Paul had actually accepted the offer, they could have ''all'' been happy.
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* [[Crazy Prepared]]: To the point of equipping themselves with fake toes (with stabbing implements!) and garrottes in their hair in the form of shigawire.
* [[Cultured Warrior]] : Well, Tiekanik and other higher ups are definitely an example.
* [[Death World]]: All the Sardies get a [[Training
* [[Evil Army]] : At least from the Atreides and Fremen point of view. [[Justified Trope|But make no mistake]] - they can be cruel and thorough.
* [[False-Flag Operation]]: See [[Paper-Thin Disguise]] below.
* [[My Master, Right or Wrong|Our Master Right Or Wrong]]
* [[Paper-Thin Disguise]]: Shaddam Corrino IV sends two full legions of Sardaukar in the guise of Harkonnen soldiers to bolster their assault on the Atreides after Yueh's bertayal. The Atreides pick up on this almost immediately, recognizing the incredibly distinct and vicious fighting style of the Sardaukar. The Sardaukar even attempt disguising themselves as Atreides soldiers during the assault.
** That last one actually works - the Spacing Guild is apparently entirely fooled by the ruse and has no idea it wasn't actually Atreides troops that sacked the Guild Bank during the confusion of the attack, and so respond by placing House Atreides under a travel ban and leaving any surviving members or troops trapped on Arrakis and unable to flee. (Of course, as the Guild Bank station chief on Arrakis was a Harkonnen agent, its entirely possible they knew all along and just pretended not to.)
* [[Penal Colony]]: Where they are trained
* [[Praetorian Guard]]
* [[The Spartan Way]]
* [[The Stoic]]: Captain Otto Aramsham, who refuses to submit under capture by Paul and the Fremen until he uses The Voice.
* [[Training
* [[Villainous Valour]]
* [[Weaponized Exhaust]]: The Sardaukar used this to barely eke out a victory/capture of some Fremen.
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