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* [[Body Horror]]: "Prunusalvium." |
* [[Body Horror]]: "Prunusalvium." |
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* [[Bond One-Liner]]: "[[Talking Is a Free Action|Attacks are best kept concise.]]" |
* [[Bond One-Liner]]: "[[Talking Is a Free Action|Attacks are best kept concise.]]" |
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* [[Blessed |
* [[Blessed with Suck]]: Keti suffers from "Primary Protagonist Syndrome", meaning she'll always be drawn into the story even if she's not ready for it. |
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** Jin's werewolf hearing allows her to hear all the mean things the magical girls say about her behind her back. |
** Jin's werewolf hearing allows her to hear all the mean things the magical girls say about her behind her back. |
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* [[Butt Monkey]]: Jimmy, Daniel to a lesser extent. |
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Jimmy, Daniel to a lesser extent. |
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** An and Kitty are a much darker take on this trope. |
** An and Kitty are a much darker take on this trope. |
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* [[Doctor Jekyll and Mister Jack Daniels]]: The half-were twins [[Genki Girl|Jin]] and [[Deadpan Snarker|Daniel]] flip-flop their personalities when they get drunk. Cue Daniel launching [[Glomp|glomps]] on Keti and Jin being sarcastic. |
* [[Doctor Jekyll and Mister Jack Daniels]]: The half-were twins [[Genki Girl|Jin]] and [[Deadpan Snarker|Daniel]] flip-flop their personalities when they get drunk. Cue Daniel launching [[Glomp|glomps]] on Keti and Jin being sarcastic. |
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* [[Dropped a Bridge |
* [[Dropped a Bridge on Him]]: {{spoiler|Lars}} is unceremoniously and permanently turned into a terrier, {{spoiler|then killed setting off a trap for the pirates}}. |
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* [[Dropped a Bridget On Him|Dropped A Bridget On Her]]: {{spoiler|An, on Keti... who is shocked to discover she's still attracted to her.}} |
* [[Dropped a Bridget On Him|Dropped A Bridget On Her]]: {{spoiler|An, on Keti... who is shocked to discover she's still attracted to her.}} |
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* [[Dumb Blonde]]: Jin and Keti at [http://footloosecomic.com/footloose/pages.php?page=229 times] |
* [[Dumb Blonde]]: Jin and Keti at [http://footloosecomic.com/footloose/pages.php?page=229 times] |
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* [[Genre Savvy]]: Most of the fae are [[Genre Savvy]] and have a basic understanding of the [[Theory of Narrative Causality]]. They teach it, but it only sticks well with fae. |
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Most of the fae are [[Genre Savvy]] and have a basic understanding of the [[Theory of Narrative Causality]]. They teach it, but it only sticks well with fae. |
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* [[Groin Attack]]: Referenced when Keti passes her first test and Jin excitedly says to Keti, "Prada-sensei said that kick would have castrated any normal man!" Daniel shudders. |
* [[Groin Attack]]: Referenced when Keti passes her first test and Jin excitedly says to Keti, "Prada-sensei said that kick would have castrated any normal man!" Daniel shudders. |
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* [[Grows |
* [[Grows on Trees]]: There are croissant trees in Faerie. |
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* [[Half-Human Hybrid|Half Human Hybrids]]: Loads and loads. Keti is half human, a quarter nymph and a quarter werewolf, while Liame is half human and half imp. Other Fey hybrids exist, but the risk of mental instability rises the more species are involved. |
* [[Half-Human Hybrid|Half Human Hybrids]]: Loads and loads. Keti is half human, a quarter nymph and a quarter werewolf, while Liame is half human and half imp. Other Fey hybrids exist, but the risk of mental instability rises the more species are involved. |
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* [[Healing Factor]]: Werewolves and half-weres have this. Jin is at one point injured by a [[Humongous Mecha]], and is up the next day, though still covered with bruises. |
* [[Healing Factor]]: Werewolves and half-weres have this. Jin is at one point injured by a [[Humongous Mecha]], and is up the next day, though still covered with bruises. |
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* [[Instant Runes]] |
* [[Instant Runes]] |
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* [[If It's You It's Okay]]: {{spoiler|Keti regarding An, after she is revealed to be female.}} Although it could be argued that {{spoiler|Keti's}} sexuality hasn't been established either way - and indeed, at the end of the Emerald City arc, Iordan seems to have [http://footloosecomic.com/footloose/pages.php?page=440 the idea] that ''she's'' the rule and ''he's'' the exception - her anguish over liking {{spoiler|a now FEMALE An}} at least indicates that she is not comfortable with the idea of being attracted to another female. She seems to at one [http://www.footloosecomic.com/footloose/pages.php?page=328 point] reach a sense of acceptance, just in time to witness {{spoiler|the growing attraction between An and Daniel}}. Possibly related to [[Even the Girls Want Her]]. |
* [[If It's You It's Okay]]: {{spoiler|Keti regarding An, after she is revealed to be female.}} Although it could be argued that {{spoiler|Keti's}} sexuality hasn't been established either way - and indeed, at the end of the Emerald City arc, Iordan seems to have [http://footloosecomic.com/footloose/pages.php?page=440 the idea] that ''she's'' the rule and ''he's'' the exception - her anguish over liking {{spoiler|a now FEMALE An}} at least indicates that she is not comfortable with the idea of being attracted to another female. She seems to at one [http://www.footloosecomic.com/footloose/pages.php?page=328 point] reach a sense of acceptance, just in time to witness {{spoiler|the growing attraction between An and Daniel}}. Possibly related to [[Even the Girls Want Her]]. |
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* [[Journey to |
* [[Journey to the Center of the Mind]]: Keti's occasional conversations between her human, fae, and wolf aspects. |
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* [[Jumping the Gender Barrier]]: {{spoiler|An and Daniel}}. |
* [[Jumping the Gender Barrier]]: {{spoiler|An and Daniel}}. |
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* [[Kick Chick]]: "Kung Shoe" seems to be comprised mostly of thrown shoes and kicks to the head (or groin). |
* [[Kick Chick]]: "Kung Shoe" seems to be comprised mostly of thrown shoes and kicks to the head (or groin). |
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* [[Kick the Son of |
* [[Kick the Son of a Bitch]]: Captain Kitty is constantly tormenting Sparkle the [[Alpha Bitch]], despite having no idea who she is. |
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* [[Killed Mid-Sentence]]: An AI (a literal Plot Device) is shorted out {{spoiler|by Fey!Keti}} just before it's about to reveal the solution to their latest predicament. |
* [[Killed Mid-Sentence]]: An AI (a literal Plot Device) is shorted out {{spoiler|by Fey!Keti}} just before it's about to reveal the solution to their latest predicament. |
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* [[The Klutz]]: Keti, though she's slowly getting better. |
* [[The Klutz]]: Keti, though she's slowly getting better. |
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* [[Lady Land]]: A very mild case, but it's repeatedly stressed that men do not [[Writer |
* [[Lady Land]]: A very mild case, but it's repeatedly stressed that men do not [[Writer on Board|and should not]] have equal social standing in Faerie. Even the weakness of men's magic is artificially induced as social policy, not inherent. |
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* [[Lecture |
* [[Lecture as Exposition]]: Fails nearly every time Flibbage tries it - non-fae tend to have [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]] when it comes to Genrerics, the physical laws of the Faerie Realm, comparable to how physics rule the human world. |
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* [[Like Brother and Sister]]: Keti and Dan. Keti is [[Blatant Lies|blatantly lying]] when she [http://footloosecomic.com/footloose/pages.php?page=154 actually says so], but they really do interact like bickersome siblings, and quite sexlessly. |
* [[Like Brother and Sister]]: Keti and Dan. Keti is [[Blatant Lies|blatantly lying]] when she [http://footloosecomic.com/footloose/pages.php?page=154 actually says so], but they really do interact like bickersome siblings, and quite sexlessly. |
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* [[Locked Into Strangeness]]: Keti, after her experience with the Sword of Slayskull, now possesses dark stripes in her blond hair. |
* [[Locked Into Strangeness]]: Keti, after her experience with the Sword of Slayskull, now possesses dark stripes in her blond hair. |
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{{quote| '''Fey Keti:''' This is the pirate woman... First of all, she's a pirate! She has a sword AND a gun! }} |
{{quote| '''Fey Keti:''' This is the pirate woman... First of all, she's a pirate! She has a sword AND a gun! }} |
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* [[Take That]]: The authors get their little digs in at [[Gratuitous Japanese]] and [[Humongous Mecha]]. |
* [[Take That]]: The authors get their little digs in at [[Gratuitous Japanese]] and [[Humongous Mecha]]. |
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* [[Talk to |
* [[Talk to the Fist]]: Subverted when {{spoiler|Fey!Keti}} begins talking, then attacks in the middle of {{spoiler|her ''own''}} speech. |
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* [[Tempting Fate]]: invoked on at least two occasions: |
* [[Tempting Fate]]: invoked on at least two occasions: |
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{{quote| '''Iordan:''' But now you guys are here too, [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?|what could possibly go wr-]] ''(is promptly knocked down, bound, and gagged)''<br /> |
{{quote| '''Iordan:''' But now you guys are here too, [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?|what could possibly go wr-]] ''(is promptly knocked down, bound, and gagged)''<br /> |