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** and [[It Sucks to Be The Chosen One]]... ''Massively''...
** and [[It Sucks to Be The Chosen One]]... ''Massively''...
* [[Combat Clairvoyance]]
* [[Combat Clairvoyance]]
* [[Damn You Muscle Memory]]
* [[Damn You, Muscle Memory!]]
* [[Dark Messiah]]: Sort of... He wasn't really a [[Messianic Archetype]] to begin with, but kept being persuaded about it by people full of [[Wish Fulfillment|wishful thinking]] to the point where [[Your Mind Makes It Real|he started believing in being]] the embodiment of an idea he previously scoffed at.
* [[Dark Messiah]]: Sort of... He wasn't really a [[Messianic Archetype]] to begin with, but kept being persuaded about it by people full of [[Wish Fulfillment|wishful thinking]] to the point where [[Your Mind Makes It Real|he started believing in being]] the embodiment of an idea he previously scoffed at.
* [[Dreaming of Things to Come]]
* [[Dreaming of Things to Come]]
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* [[The Atoner]] : By the end of ''Dune Messiah'' and in ''Children of Dune''.
* [[The Atoner]] : By the end of ''Dune Messiah'' and in ''Children of Dune''.
* [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes]] : His whole life went all over the scale at different times. Even in the first book, ''Dune'', he goes from a very mild version of I to a genuinely scary version of V (particularly by the end of the book).
* [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes]] : His whole life went all over the scale at different times. Even in the first book, ''Dune'', he goes from a very mild version of I to a genuinely scary version of V (particularly by the end of the book).
* [[Stop Worshipping Me]] : What he honestly starts wishing for (towards most of the Fremen) since the events portrayed in ''Dune Messiah''. For one he weeps that the strong and independent friends that he had come to love were caught up in the fever too.
* [[Stop Worshipping Me!]] : What he honestly starts wishing for (towards most of the Fremen) since the events portrayed in ''Dune Messiah''. For one he weeps that the strong and independent friends that he had come to love were caught up in the fever too.
* [[Warrior Poet]] / [[Cultured Warrior]]
* [[Warrior Poet]] / [[Cultured Warrior]]
* [[Warrior Prince]]
* [[Warrior Prince]]
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* [[Young Conqueror]]
* [[Young Conqueror]]
* {{spoiler|[[Zen Survivor]]}} : A "living in secrecy version" in ''Children of Dune''.
* {{spoiler|[[Zen Survivor]]}} : A "living in secrecy version" in ''Children of Dune''.
** But since that apparently wasn't troperrific enough, Herbert combined this trope with {{spoiler|[[Badass Preacher]]}}. Evidenced in a scene in [[Co D]], where [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|Paul cleanses the courtyard of the temple in Arrakeen from vendors selling various Muad'Dib-related souvenirs, icons and relics]]. The [[Irony]] is not lost to Herbert : In a clever twist, one of the objectives of the old and weary version of Paul is to actually try ''[[Stop Worshipping Me|mocking and outright destroying]]'' the whole state religious cult built around him by the Fremen.
** But since that apparently wasn't troperrific enough, Herbert combined this trope with {{spoiler|[[Badass Preacher]]}}. Evidenced in a scene in [[Co D]], where [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|Paul cleanses the courtyard of the temple in Arrakeen from vendors selling various Muad'Dib-related souvenirs, icons and relics]]. The [[Irony]] is not lost to Herbert : In a clever twist, one of the objectives of the old and weary version of Paul is to actually try ''[[Stop Worshipping Me!|mocking and outright destroying]]'' the whole state religious cult built around him by the Fremen.


== [[God-Emperor]] Leto Atreides II ==
== [[God-Emperor]] Leto Atreides II ==
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* [[Creepy Twins|Creepy Twin]]
* [[Creepy Twins|Creepy Twin]]
* [[Dark Messiah]]
* [[Dark Messiah]]
* [[Dead Guy Junior]]
* [[Dead Guy, Junior]]
* [[Dreaming of Things to Come]]
* [[Dreaming of Things to Come]]
* [[The Emperor]]
* [[The Emperor]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Anyone Can Die]]: Is taken out by Leto's attempted [[Taking You With Me]], whose real target was the Baron. See also [[Contractual Immortality]] below.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Anyone Can Die]]: Is taken out by Leto's attempted [[Taking You With Me]], whose real target was the Baron. See also [[Contractual Immortality]] below.}}
* [[Awesome By Analysis]]
* [[Awesome By Analysis]]
* [[Contest Winner Cameo]] / [[Take That Critics]]: Possibly named for the American novelist Peter de Vries.
* [[Contest Winner Cameo]] / [[Take That, Critics!]]: Possibly named for the American novelist Peter de Vries.
* {{spoiler|[[Contractual Immortality]]: Subverted in the prequels--despite appearing in the original novel, he is killed in them. Turns out that the Piter from the prequels was simply another clone of the same Mentat and the Baron ordered a replacement}}.
* {{spoiler|[[Contractual Immortality]]: Subverted in the prequels--despite appearing in the original novel, he is killed in them. Turns out that the Piter from the prequels was simply another clone of the same Mentat and the Baron ordered a replacement}}.
* [[I Have You Now, My Pretty]]: He intended to do this, but the Baron convinced him that with Jessica it was a ''really'' stupid idea.
* [[I Have You Now, My Pretty]]: He intended to do this, but the Baron convinced him that with Jessica it was a ''really'' stupid idea.
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* [[Punch Clock Villain]]
* [[Punch Clock Villain]]
* [[Sexless Marriage]] : Obviously.
* [[Sexless Marriage]] : Obviously.
* [[My Master Right or Wrong]]
* [[My Master, Right or Wrong]]
* [[Not So Different]]: Even Paul admits this at the end.
* [[Not So Different]]: Even Paul admits this at the end.
* [[Retired Badass]] : Implied.
* [[Retired Badass]] : Implied.
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* [[Death World]]: All the Sardies get a [[Training From Hell]] upbringing on Salusa Secundus, the devastated former seat of House Corrino (a wasteland planet similarly harsh and inhospitable as Arrakis).
* [[Death World]]: All the Sardies get a [[Training From Hell]] upbringing on Salusa Secundus, the devastated former seat of House Corrino (a wasteland planet similarly harsh and inhospitable as Arrakis).
* [[Evil Army]] : At least from the Atreides and Fremen point of view. [[Justified Trope|But make no mistake]] - they can be cruel and thorough.
* [[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.
* [[False-Flag Operation]]: See [[Paper-Thin Disguise]] below.
* [[My Master Right or Wrong|Our Master Right Or Wrong]]
* [[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.
* [[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.
* [[Penal Colony]]: Where they are trained
* [[Penal Colony]]: Where they are trained

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House Atreides and supporters

Duke Leto Atreides

Lady Jessica Atreides

Paul Atreides

God-Emperor Leto Atreides II

Thufir Hawat

Dr Yueh

Gurney Halleck

An Atreides retainer and one of Paul's teachers.

Duncan Idaho

Another Atreides Retainer.

Fremen

Liet-Kynes

A half-fremen Planetologist continuing his hope of bringing water to Arrakis. Temporarily appointed Judge of the Change.

Stilgar

Fremen Chief who Mentored Paul

Harkonnens and Supporters

Baron Harkonnen

Piter de Vries

Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen

  • Badass Normal: Holds his own against the Kwisatz Haderach. Questionable how normal he is though.
  • Bastard Understudy
  • The Dragon
  • Evil Counterpart
  • The Sociopath: "On his seventeenth birthday, Feyd-Rautha Harkonnen killed his one hundredth slave-gladiator"

Imperial

Count Fenring

A councellor and friend of The Emperor; an assassin. Was one of the Bene Gesserit's recent failures.

Princess Irulan

Emperor's daughter who is forced to nominally marry Paul to secure him the throne. Also provides commentary at chapter headings.


The Sardaukar, the Army of The Emperor

  • Always Someone Better: The Sardaukar are so good because they are trained on the Death World of Salusa Secundus. Leto (and Paul) correctly figure out that Arrakis is an even worse Death World and so its inhabitants, the Fremen, will be able to beat the Sardaukar.
  • Asskicking Equals Authority
  • Back-to-Back Badasses: In close combat and when outnumbered, Sardaukar are trained to fight in formations of three so they never show their backs to the enemy.
  • Badass Army
  • Badass Decay: By the time of the first Dune book, the Sardaukar, though still considered formidable can't hold a candle to their glory days (considered to be on the tenth Ginaz level and matching the abilities of a Bene Gesserit adept), which might explain their comparatively poor performance against the Fremen. Farad'n's Sardaukar avert this, however.
  • Common Ranks: Their ranks are a combination of traditional Western ones and Arabic titles to go with Dune's cultural mix theme, such as "Colonel Bashar".
  • 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 From Hell upbringing on Salusa Secundus, the devastated former seat of House Corrino (a wasteland planet similarly harsh and inhospitable as Arrakis).
  • Evil Army : At least from the Atreides and Fremen point of view. But make no mistake - they can be cruel and thorough.
  • False-Flag Operation: See Paper-Thin Disguise below.
  • 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.
  • 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 From Hell : How they become as skilled as they are.
  • Villainous Valour
  • Weaponized Exhaust: The Sardaukar used this to barely eke out a victory/capture of some Fremen.
  • We Have Become Complacent: For many years, the Sardukar were able to coast on their reputation as being unbeatable in combat, and thus their skills atrophied, though they were still a force to be reckoned with by the time of the first book.
  • Worthy Opponent: To the Fremen, at least in comparison to Harkonnen Soldiers.
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