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Felix Castor is the main character of a series of novels written by sometime ''[[~~Hellblazer (Comic Book)|~~Hellblazer]]'' and ''[[Lucifer (Comic Book)|Lucifer]]'' author Mike Carey. He appears in the following novels:

Felix Castor is the main character of a series of novels written by sometime ''[[Hellblazer]]'' and ''[[Lucifer (Comic Book)|Lucifer]]'' author Mike Carey. He appears in the following novels:

* ''The Devil You Know''

* ''Vicious Circle''

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* [[A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing]]: Castor's sometime employer, Professor Jenna-Jane Mulbridge. Looks and acts like a sweet old lady, but performs horrendous experiments on captive undead [[For Science!]], and [[The Chessmaster|plots relentlessly]] for power and money to continue these. She claims to be just [[Well-Intentioned Extremist|misunderstood]], though her [[Manipulative Bastard|management style]] as well as her fundamental callousness towards her research subjects belies this.

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Pen, Castor's friend/landlady/lingering object of (unrequited) love, may seem like a [[Granola Girl]] most of the time, but you don't want to make her angry. Also once took down a demon with [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|bullets made from rosary beads]]. [[Shrinking Violet|Susan Book]] can be this when roused.

* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Castor bears a notable resemblance to [[Hellblazer ~~(Comic Book)~~|John Constantine]], a character Carey also wrote for a while, [[Word of God|drawing on]] his [[Self-Insert Fic|own]] Liverpool-to-London background for both. (Fix also gets ''part'' of Carey's own Oxford degree, before dropping out to [[Walk the Earth]] a while). Ajulutsikael also has some points of similarity with Carey's [[Character Development|take]] on [[The Sandman|Mazikeen]] in [[Lucifer (Comic Book)|Lucifer]] and with Hellblazer's succubus Chantinelle.

* [[Captain Ersatz]]: Castor bears a notable resemblance to [[Hellblazer|John Constantine]], a character Carey also wrote for a while, [[Word of God|drawing on]] his [[Self-Insert Fic|own]] Liverpool-to-London background for both. (Fix also gets ''part'' of Carey's own Oxford degree, before dropping out to [[Walk the Earth]] a while). Ajulutsikael also has some points of similarity with Carey's [[Character Development|take]] on [[The Sandman|Mazikeen]] in [[Lucifer (Comic Book)|Lucifer]] and with Hellblazer's succubus Chantinelle.

* [[The Chessmaster]]: Jenna-Jane and [[Church Militant]] leader Father Gwillam. And {{spoiler|Asmodeus.}}

* [[Church Militant]]: The Anathemata Curialis (technically excommunicated).

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* [[Conspiracy Kitchen Sink]]: How [[Our Zombies Are Different|Nicky Heath]] sees the world. He's not always wrong.

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Castor faces down everything from thugs to werewolves to demons from [[Hell]] with the same quippy attitude. Proving to be amusing has arguably saved his life more than once. Also Asmodeus, when not raging against his confinement. Also literally deadpan with Nicky, and appears to be a near-endemic condition in the police force, at least once into command level.

* [[Deal ~~With~~ the Devil]]: The gangsters in ''The Devil You Know'' have a deal with Ajulutsikael. Castor himself makes a deal with Moloch in ''Dead Men's Boots'', and with Asmodeus in ''Thicker Than Water''.

* [[Deal with the Devil]]: The gangsters in ''The Devil You Know'' have a deal with Ajulutsikael. Castor himself makes a deal with Moloch in ''Dead Men's Boots'', and with Asmodeus in ''Thicker Than Water''.

* [[Demonic Possession]]: Fix's friend Rafi is possessed by a powerful demon, Asmodeus, before the series even starts. One of Castor's big motivators is guilt for accidentally binding the demon and man together inseparably, which had the twin effects of preventing [[Hell On Earth]] and ruining Rafi's life.

* [[Demonic Possession]]: Fix's friend Rafi is possessed by a powerful demon, Asmodeus, before the series even starts. One of Castor's big motivators is guilt for accidentally binding the demon and man together inseparably, which had the twin effects of preventing [[Hell on Earth]] and ruining Rafi's life.

* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: A minor one happens in the first book, when Fix is talking about his flute being in D instead of C, because (as [[This Is Spinal Tap|David St. Hubbins]] said) "D is the saddest of keys" - the quote is obviously about D minor, while the flute is named after a major key, making the former nigh inaccessible. One could expect that in a series where the protagonist has powers relying strongly on music, the author should make sure to get the theory right.

* [[Did You Just Index Cthulhu]]: The series takes a ''serious'' [[Gotta Catch Them All]] approach to these tropes. [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]] and subtropes of this are most prominently featured, but nearly all the others have been invoked directly or foreshadowed heavily to feature in later stories. With the possible exception of the country-side ones, and even there, it may just be that Fix went through [[Home Counties|Surrey]] in too much of a rush. (Also, even these are [[Playing ~~With~~ a Trope|played with]] more indirectly, especially in the U.S. parts of ''Dead Men's Boots''). Fix bears the brunt of it, but {{spoiler|Ajulutsikael}} does her share, when she's not {{spoiler|the Cthulhu herself}}.

* [[Did You Just Index Cthulhu]]: The series takes a ''serious'' [[Gotta Catch Them All]] approach to these tropes. [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]] and subtropes of this are most prominently featured, but nearly all the others have been invoked directly or foreshadowed heavily to feature in later stories. With the possible exception of the country-side ones, and even there, it may just be that Fix went through [[Home Counties|Surrey]] in too much of a rush. (Also, even these are [[Playing with a Trope|played with]] more indirectly, especially in the U.S. parts of ''Dead Men's Boots''). Fix bears the brunt of it, but {{spoiler|Ajulutsikael}} does her share, when she's not {{spoiler|the Cthulhu herself}}.

* [[Dissonant Serenity]]: Ajulutsikael in fight mode; Father Gwillam and Professor Mulbridge nearly all the time.

* [[Driving Question]]: Why are the dead coming back? And, later {{spoiler|what was the Great Project?}}

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* [[First-Person Smartass]]

* [[Flat Earth Atheist]]: Fix.

* [[Friend On the Force]]: Gary Coldwood, to Castor.

* [[Friend on the Force]]: Gary Coldwood, to Castor.

* [[Handsome Devil]]: Rafi.

* [[Heel Realization]]: Quite a few, with Dennis Peace as the standout so far.

* [[Hell On Earth]]: Probably just around the corner, if not already breaking out, and sometimes you get a taster version.

* [[Hell on Earth]]: Probably just around the corner, if not already breaking out, and sometimes you get a taster version.

* [[Hello, Nurse!]]: ''Juliet''.

* [[Heroic Sociopath]]: Ajulutsikael, again.

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* [[Hollywood Voodoo]]: Subverted with Imelda Preston.

* [[Horny Devil]]: Ajulutsikael. {{spoiler|Juliet later partially averts this trope when she decides to become a [[Girls Love|lesbian]]. All of her demonic powers hinge on seducing and devouring ''men''; by dating a woman, she doesn't risk falling back into her old habits. Of course, she still has a, ahem, healthy sexual appetite and gets cranky when her girlfriend isn't putting out.}}

* [[Human Sacrifice]]: A plot point in ''Vicious Circle'', with a nasty side serving of [[Powered By a Forsaken Child]].

* [[Human Sacrifice]]: A plot point in ''Vicious Circle'', with a nasty side serving of [[Powered by a Forsaken Child]].

* [[Knights Templar]]: The Anathemata Curialis, and arguably Jenna-Jane Mulbridge.

* [[Ladykiller in Love]]: Rafi with Pen. Being demonically possessed rather cramps his style, though.