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In the ending moments of the [[Fate/Zero|Fourth Holy Grail War]], certain people took a different tack to resolve the problem of the tainted grail. As a result, there was no fire that consumed Fuyuki City.
Ten years later, Shirou Urobuchi finds himself having the most harrowing day of his life. He is chased by a blue
''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6859461/1/I_Put_On_My_Robe_And_Wizard_Hat I Put On My Robe And Wizard Hat]'' is a ''[[Fate/stay night]]'' [[Fanfic]] written by Ol'Velsper. It is an attempt to reimagine the Fifth Holy Grail War [[Follow the Leader|in the same vein]] as the [[The Key to a Successful Interview|''Interview''-verse]] [[Beautiful Destroyer Sailor Moon|fics]] of The Sage of Toads. That means making people [[Genre Savvy]], [[One of Us]], and most importantly [[Crazy Awesome]].
The [[Sequel]], ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7083560/1/ Apostles in Leather Pants]'', takes place not long after the first story and reimagines Tsukihime. Let's not forget the side story, ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6931474/1/Reflections_of_the_Kaleidoscope Reflection of the Kaleidoscope]'', contain some what ifs and some crossovers.
Not to be confused with the [[Robe and Wizard Hat]] trope, or [https://web.archive.org/web/20170714115926/http://bash.org/?104383 the quote from] [[bash.org]] [[Memetic Mutation|that both were named for]].
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* [[Badass]]: [[Take a Level In Badass|Shirou is shaping up to be one]]. Then there are the Servants, Kiritsugu, and [[Merlin|Myrddin]] [[Child Mage|Emrys]].
* [[Big Damn Heroes|Big Damn Summon]]: Miyu accidentally triggered a servant summoning spell, just in time to call forth a replacement Rider-class who took down the zombies after her. {{spoiler|And not just any Rider class, but [[Fate/Zero|Iskander-Rider from the Fourth Grail War.]]}}
* [[Brain Bleach]]: Well... Lancer was certainly [[Squick|squicked]] by what he found out when Shirou asked his last question.
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* [[Happily Married]]: Kirutsugu and Taiga.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: Caster, Lancer, and Berserker during the final battle. (They may survive) {{spoiler|Archer and Shirou at the end.}}
* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: All chapters except for the first and the last three are named after [[Dungeons
* [[In Spite of a Nail]]: Despite no fire, Avalon is inserted into Shirou {{spoiler|in order to keep him from being overwhelmed by the awakening of his magic circuits.}}
* [[Merlin]]: While hallucinating during his Reinforcement training, Shirou encounters Myrddin Emrys in the guise of a cute 12-year-old boy.
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{{quote|'''{{spoiler|[[Badass Boast|Shirou]]}}'''{{spoiler|[[Badass Boast|: "All of Mankind's Evils...do you have enough trolls?"]]}}}}
* [[Set Right What Once Went Wrong]]: {{spoiler|Heroic Spirit UROBUCHI's goal, even though his original timeline would still exist. Apparently Fuyuki City was totally destroyed in the Fifth Holy Grail War, and Rin died at the hands of Zouken.}}
* [[She
* [[Shout-Out]]: The other main ingredient besides [[Rule of Cool]].
** The third chapter starts right out with Archer saying [[
** Archer demonstrating his Reality Marble to Rin has him adapting the [[The Man Your Man Could Smell Like|Isaiah Mustafa Old Spice commercials]].
** Shirou's family name is from Gen Urobuchi, the writer from [[Nitroplus]] responsible for [[Fate/Zero]].
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** While defending his reasons for holding back on his [[The Library of Babel|Reality Marble]], Archer-Urobuchi laments on how some of his friends would react. [[Touhou|The Witch]] would flay him alive, [[Discworld|The Librarian]] would sic the worms on him, and the last would [[Read or Die|slice him to pieces with paper]].
** [[Ranma ½|"I'm...um...Shirou Urobuchi,"]] The white haired man nervously chuckled. He closed his eyes as he dipped his head. [[The Stations of the Canon|"Sorry about this?"]]
** To convince Saber to fight with him (and not stab him in the back), Shirou says that Saber shouldn't believe in Kititsugu, but to [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|"Believe in me that believes in Kiritsugu!"]] To emphasize the shout out, Shirou then copies what Simon said when he declared that he wasn't Kamina.
{{quote|"Who the hell do you think I am? My name is Shirou Urobuchi!" His hands lashed out and grabbed onto the king's own, causing a spark to run up Arturia's hands. Only Irisviel had really been touchy with her during the Fourth War. "Not Kiritsugu Emiya! I'm me! Shirou the Wizard!"}}
** After shirou tells Caren about his life, Caren asks what answer Shirou got from it. His answer? [[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy|Forty-]][[42|Two]]
** After Kuro-Iliya mentions to Miyu that her water magic hasn't developed enough to heal people, Miyu asks if Kuro-Iliya [[Fullmetal Alchemist|"ever thought of clapping and then slamming your palms into the gro-"]]
{{quote|"Alchemy. Does. Not. Work. That. Way."}}
** "[[Warhammer
* [[Shown Their Work]]: The author gives appropriate nods throughout the [[Fanfic]] to the Servants' respective legends, as well as [[Word of God|Nasu's]] [[All in The Manual|data books]].
* [[Spared by the Adaptation]]: Bazette is still alive, and still Lancer's master.
* [[The Library of Babel]]: {{spoiler|Infinity Library Archives}}
* [[This Was His True Form]]: {{spoiler|Turns out Heroic Spirit UROBUCHI was using the Jeweled Sword of Zelretch in order to take the form of Counter Guardian EMIYA. When it became a Broken Phantasm due to the overflow of mana, he reverted to his natural form, and lost access to numerous abilities.}}
* [[Title Drop]]: In the final chapter.
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: {{spoiler|Rin's reaction to finding out Archer's backup plan is to use Medusa-Saver to purify the grail by killing her and letting her cancel out Angra Mainyu.}}
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