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* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: For the first several years they appeared together in the comic, Tarvek and Violetta were from all appearances mortal enemies. The actual truth is, Violetta is the one family member he genuinely loves unconditionally and vice versa.
** Was also this with Gilgamesh, until they reconciled enough that their sniping at each other is now something they both deliberately do just for the laughs. And to throw their enemies off guard.
* [[What You Are in the Dark]]: [http://www.girlgeniusonline.com/comic.php?date=20120601 The Vespiary Squad Rescue] chapter was written primarily to show that Tarvek would unselfishly risk his life to save others even under circumstances where nobody would ever know if he'd chosen to just drop the wounded to save both himself and the mission-critical intel. Which, given the gaping moral ambiguity he'd been portrayed with up to that point, was an [[Anvils That Needed to Be Dropped|Anvil That Needed to be Dropped]] before any readers would believe he actually had a conscience.
* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: At least ''[[Hero-Killer|that]]'' one.
* [[Xanatos Speed Chess]]: He tries to do this practically all the time, with varying degrees of success.
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