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== General Tropes ==

* [[Ambidextrous Sprite]]: Your items will switch hands depending on which way you're facing. Perhaps most easily seen by bumping your own posts.

** And if you'd [[My Eyes Are Up Here|look up]] [[Male Gaze|from]] [[Gag Boobs|Vanessa's tits]]...

* [[Moe Anthropomorphism]]: During the Great Plot Drought of 2007, some GCDers decided to start a project by creating their own plot manga. How? They took some of Gaia's many forums and turned them into anthro'd girls ala the OS-tans, each with personalities fitting the general view of the forum they're based on. Examples include GD-tan, who looks rather trashy and talks like it; Exchange-tan, who wears expensive clothing as a result of her experiences... exchanging; and even Chatterbox-tan, who dresses "randomly" and talks semi-literately. (Accounts based on these characters are actually out there and did interact with the forums at some point, perhaps an homage to the old Gaia days where NPC accounts posted in the forums alongside actual Gaians.) It was such a huge success that Gaia took notice and mentioned the comic's website in an announcement. This was the beginning for Gaia's first Summer Festival.

** Followed by Gaia-sama, a [[Bizarro Universe]] [[Office Lady]] equivalent.

*** And [[Spear Counterpart|Gaia-kun]].

** "[[Lampshade Hanging|Lex is breaking the fourth wall!]]", from the Lexbox RIG. How is this an example? Well, not only is it lampshading itself, but the art is of Lex using a tablet stylus to draw the stage of the Lexbox (creating an infinite loop)!

* [[No Smoking]]: On November 20, 2009, as part of an ill-conceived sponsorship deal with the American Cancer Society, all cigarettes and related items were pulled from Gaia shops and owned ones were soulbound to the players so they couldn't be sold in the marketplace. It was repealed three days later by [[Word of God|Lanzer]], so Gaia has learned [[An Aesop]] from this: Censorship = [[Internet Backdraft]].

*** Either [[Take That]] or ''fanservice''. The new poses were generally pretty well received, especially since many users had suggested something like that as an alternative to the poorly-communicated and poorly-implemented ban.

*** Fanservice, since many users had equipped items to make it look like their avatar was smoking and an sign that read S.O.S. (i.e. Save Our Smokes). Not to mention the fact that it was one employee who implemented the ban. Lanzer removed the ban after the weekend, no one at Gaia HQ works weekends, and most users spent 3 days, as the ban started on a Friday, protesting.

* [[Our Orcs Are Different]]: Although at the moment, not much is known about Gaia's orcs except that some of them smoke, wear leather, and live in caves.

** So what you're saying is...that the orcs are [[The Outsiders|Greasers]].

** The Nightmare's recent evolution has variant vampires from other cultures, such as the [[Body Horror|Penanggalan]] mentioned above. And who could forget the ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' [[Shout-Out|Sparkling Skin]] [[Product Placement|sponsor item]]?

*** Let's not forget the Halloween 2K9 Zomg event. It's not really clear why they were floating around surrounded by rings of blood with which they also attack, other than the fact that it looks [[Rule of Cool|cool]]. It's been suggested that the [[Big Bad]] of a future story arc in zOMG! will be a lady vampire.

*** And, despite that, sells for a pretty good price.

** "[[Schedule Slip|The]] [[Incredibly Lame Pun|Cold Case]] [[Schedule Slip|of Pietro]]". However, since the artist didn't make it clear it was ''herself'' [[Take That Me|she was dissing]], this was taken the wrong way by [[Serious Business|the GCD]], who [[Internet Backdraft|freaked out]].

*** Admittedly, the smoke ban had been done by a staff member gone rogue, so it might just have been a [[Take That]] to ''them''.

* [[Technicolor Eyes]]: Bright colors in themselves, in an Animesque do-it-yourself character creator like Gaia, are nothing new. However, the artists can be incredibly inconsistent with the NPCs' eye colors from update to update, unless said eye colors are a plot point (Johnny Gambino always has red eyes, vampires always have gray eyes, etc.).

** "Fremere's Copyright Infringement". GCD McSourface was not particularly displeased with that pose.

** "The Cake of Pietro": now no longer [[The Cake Is a Lie|a lie!]]

* [[Bilingual Bonus]]: Several, of note is the "Untoten Gegner", which is German for 'undead opponent'. [[Nazi Germany|Hint hint.]]

* [[Blade on a Stick]]: Spear of Chaloc, Spartan Spear, the Ancient Naginata, and a pose from the Reve Rouille.

* [[Blood Knight]]: From the Checkmate, we have the Black King, who enters battle with a sadistic expression on his face.

** And another was themed on the Four Horsemen, though there was less squirming about that.

*** Or for the Holy Gauntlets...

** Cindy Donovinh's work outfit has Grade A.

** This troper finally managed to get grade A with Gaia's stockings although a skirt wasn't used so much as a sash.

* [[Canon Discontinuity]]: The Moira/Louie Relationship from the animated shorts was ''so awkward'' that Gaia had Moira take the vampire cure and break up with Louie by the next update.

** Though that's since been mended to a "love-hate" relationship; rumor has it Moira's profile lists Louie as both "Like" and "Dislike".

** Peyo, is the creator of [[The Smurfs|those little blue and white creatures]] in the forest.

** Vladimir Von Helson, lord of Gaia's vampires <s> until his [[Dropped a Bridge on Him|untimely demise]]</s>, had the voice actor of Dracula from ''[[Castlevania]]: Symphony of the Night''.

** Vladimir Von Helson's doll confirms him to have (had?) [[Mismatched Eyes]], one of which is red.

* [[Screw the Rules, I Have Money]]: Johnny K. Gambino. Oh, the shenanigans he's gotten into over the years. Interestingly enough, he began life penniless and made his fortune gambling ...

* [[Scout Out]]: The Wing Scouts, [[Call Back|made up of some of the orphans from the Christmas 2007 event]], who can exchange Wing Stickers for items.

* [[Ship Sinking]]: Mainly Ian/Louie/Gino (all outed as siblings in '07, amidst drama), Kuro/Devin ("[[Breaking the Fourth Wall|Seriously, guys. This isn't canon.]]"), Ivan/Meredith ("... she's my ''[[Squick|cousin]]''."), and most recently Jaws/Overseer ("WTF is this $#17").

* [[Social Services Does Not Exist]]: Inverted. There is apparently some kind of Child Protection Services in the Gaia universe, but it ''sucks''. Examples:

 

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