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* [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]]: In the webcomic at least.

* [[Abusive Parents]]: Kenzi's stepfather is said to have locked her in a closet for as little as laughing too loud, and generally made her childhood miserable enough that she came close on several occasions to summoning Baba Yaga to kill him.

** In-universe as well. Bo even states, while smiling, that she loves it when Lauren "totally geeks out".

* [[All Myths Are True]]: All myths are fae. Including Phoenixes and Unicorns.

* [[Axe Crazy]]: Reynard, a Dark Fae who wants to restart the war between the Dark and the Light

* [[Baba Yaga]]: Kenzi drunkenly invokes her to put a curse on Dyson.

** Kenzi. In a series of supernaturals who can break her physically without trying and mentally with a glance, she manages to hold her own and repeatedly save Bo from other Fae.

** Although the fae tend to dismiss humans as a threat, a determined human can seriously hurt and/or kill a fae.

** Also Bo herself, with the supernaturally seductive touch and life draining kiss of death is one of the most moral characters in the show.

* [[Batman Gambit]]: {{spoiler|The Morrigan's assistant.}}

* [[Better to Die Than Be Killed]]: Or worse. So {{spoiler|The Morrigan's assistant}} graphically commits suicide when discovered.

* [[Betty and Veronica]]: Dyson and Lauren. Initially with safe, helpful Lauren as Betty and dangerous, smouldering Dyson as Veronica. {{spoiler|As their motivations are uncovered over the course of the season, things become more blurry.}}

* [[Bi the Way]]: Bo.

* [[Bikini Bar]]: Bo goes undercover in a high-class strip club during a job.

* [[Black and Gray Morality]]: The Fae world is divided between the Light Fae, who make some token efforts to avoid being completely [[Selfish Evil]], and the Dark Fae, who... really, really don't. The more heroic characters try to hold themselves to a higher standard, but even they are all a bit morally ambiguous.

* [[Blood Sport]]: A fae running a MMA gym starts running underground fights that he broadcasts over the internet to paying spectators. When his human champion proves to be too good for other human fighters, he starts pitting him against fae fighters like Ogres and [[Made of Iron|Obsidians]]. None of the fae seem too concerned that a human could easily be killed in such a matchup.

* [[Blue Blood]]: The noble families: five for the humans, and five for the fae. And then there's the mythic Blood King himself.

** The Morrigan also keeps handcuffs already cuffed to her bed frame. {{spoiler|This bites her in the ass}}. She also uses Pepper Spray for... something.

* [[Bounty Hunter]]: One shows up in "Original Skin" hunting an escaped Dark Fae mental patient.

* [[Bow Chicka Wow Wow]]: (One of) Kenzi's way(s) to describe Bo's side activities.

* [[By the Eyes of the Blind]]: Lightning birds can only be seen by human females.

* [[Cain and Abel]]: Liam takes out a hit on his brother due to a childhood grudge. {{spoiler|Subverted when he calls off the hit after his Dad admits he was the one who wronged him.}}

** Averted. It's not explicitly stated that the series takes place in Toronto (where it is filmed), but there are a few hints. Check the currency...

*** And the flag in the trailer park in the second episode...

** The Norn goes from calm, collected, and elderly to devouring the scenery like flipping a switch.

* [[Chronic Hero Syndrome]]: Bo has a case of it, as when she won't give up on a investigation simple once she's found the person she's looking for- she also has to ensure they aren't it/don't get into any more trouble.

* [[Conversed Trope]]: from the season 2 premiere:

{{quote|'''Bo''':Guy disappears for 3 weeks and leaves you hanging, usually the girl gets to be the pissy one, yes?

'''Kenzi''':That is how I've come to understand things from my education in [[Rom Com|romantic comedies]], yes. Also, girls with glasses are way smart and [[Cute Clumsy Girl|being klutzy is adorable]]. }}

* [[Cool Old Guy]]: Trick.

* [[Cop Boyfriend]]: Dyson

* [[Cursed with Awesome]]: Kenzi certainly thinks Bo's powers are cool. Bo's not so sure.

* [[Damsel in Distress]]: Kenzi when captured by the [[Baba Yaga]].

** The BOH-see ahn Ta-LAHV, a mystical ritual binding the Light Fae to a piece of land, requires the Ash to have sex with the [[Anthropomorphic Personification]] of the land, thereby consummating a mystical "marriage" to it. Furthermore, the ritual is powered by sexual energy siphoned from the surrounding crowd. This is apparently a common feature of Fae and pagan rituals.

* [[Dirty Cop]]: Dyson and Hale [[Playing with a Trope|play with this]]. While they take the "to serve and protect" part of their jobs seriously, they are primarily concerned with covering up evidence of fae activities.

*** Another Fae in episode 5 is immune to Bo's powers, but only because she's still young. He openly states that if she had more power or control, he wouldn't be able to resist her.

* [[Domino Revelation]]

* [[Dutch Angle]]: Done in the episode "Arachnofaebia" to show the fear and increasing insanity of the victims of the [[Monster of the Week]].

* [[Easily Forgiven]]: Averted, Bo is deeply hurt when its revealed Lauren was ordered to sleep with her and ignores her apologies and attempts to explain. The revelation that Trick and Dyson were ''also'' lying to her, seems to be what motivates Bo into forgiving her. Kenzi is seemingly still holding a grudge in Season 2.

* [[Embarrassing Middle Name]]: Det. Hale. His full name & title: Baronet William Haley Francoise Santiago.

* [[Embarrassing Nickname]]: Kenzi used to be known as "Meow Meow" on the street. One of her friends was [[Bambi|"Thumper"]].

** Lauren is also treated this way, as they see her as the property of the Ash.

* [[Film Noir]]: The entire series is dark lit, and often takes place in underground bars and abandoned buildings or an [[Abandoned Warehouse]]. The protaganist is an [[Badass Longcoat]] [[Anti-Hero]] [[Femme Fatale]] [[Private Detective]] who deals with [[The Mafia]], fae style. It even comes with [[Flash Forward]] and [[Flash Back]].

** Vex forces Siegfried to stick his hand down a sink trash disposal.

** Bo and Dyson question a Fae who recently lost a finger. When they ask how he lost it, he bites off another of his fingers to demonstrate. He likes to snack and the fingers apparently grow back.

** [[The Hero]]: Bo

** [[The Lancer]]: Kenzi

** [[The Big Guy]]: Dyson

** [[The Chick]]: Lauren

** [[The Sixth Ranger]]: Hale

* [[Forced Prize Fight]]: The pilot episode

* [[For Science!]]: Lauren's reason for working with the Fae. Well, that's the reason she gives anyway. The real reason is {{spoiler|her girlfriend was stricken ill, and then lapsed into a coma, by a disease that was supposed to only affect Fae. The Ash offered Lauren all the resources she wanted to finding a cure, in exchange for becoming a slave to the Light Fae.}}

* [[Freaky Is Cool]]: Kenzi sure seems to think so.

* [[Friends with Benefits]]: Bo and Dyson tried to be this in the first season.

* [[Genki Girl]]: Mayer's niece, Cassie, an oracle. She becomes quite serious when using her powers, though.

* [[Green Thumb]]: Landwights.

* [[Good Powers, Bad People]]: The landwights are nature Fae who bring amazing good fortune to anyone who eats the plants that grow on their land. The Dark Fae landwight seen in the show, however, is happy to use humans as plant food.

* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: Part of the reason Lauren and Dyson don't get along. Though he also seems dismissive of her because she's human, and a slave.

* [[Guns Are Useless]]: Averted. Fae aren't much more immune to bullets than the typical human, and Dyson coup-de-graces several with his service piece.

* [[Guttural Growler]]: The Ash. It's almost "Christian Bale"-esque [[Narm]].

* [[Happiness in Slavery]]:

** Lauren is the property of the Ash, leader of the light fae, but is generally content with her lot in life. She finds her scientific research into fae physiology to be intellectually rewarding, and her medical expertise, and the fact that she is owned by the leader of the light fae, gives her a fair amount of prestige and influence among the light fae. She is unmistakably a slave, however. {{spoiler|The happiness part of the trope may be in decline under the new Ash}}. The Ash also never openly refers to Lauren as his slave. However, {{spoiler|Lachlan, the new Ash, refers to Lauren as "chattel" and his property, to Bo's fury.}}

*** Possibly being deconstructed in the later seasons when we find out that {{spoiler|she actually joined the Ash to keep her girlfriend alive and to have a chance at curing the girlfriend's mysterious ailment, and it's later revealed that the Ash ordered her cursed to obtain Lauren as his slave in the first place.}} She also later admits to Bo that the five years she spent as slave have been rather bleak for her; and considering how reserved she is, that probably means horrible.

** Most Fae think that Kenzi also falls into this category since they consider her to be Bo's property. It does not cross their minds that Bo considers Kenzi to be an equal.

{{quote|'''Lauren:''' Well, physically you're fine.

'''Bo:''' But emotionally I'm a level 10 harpy. ''(One of Lauren's medical staff slams something down and storms off, giving Bo a dirty look)''. Is she...?

* [[Horny Devils]]: The protagonist and other succubi, including {{spoiler|her biological mother.}}

* [[Hot Scientist]]/ [[Hospital Hottie]]: Lauren, doctor/scientist for the Light Fae.

** Vex is captured by thugs and beaten with soccer balls.

** The Nain Rouge is chewed out by Bo and forced to drop her [[Creepy Child]] routine and admit her fear.

* {{spoiler|[[Kappa]]}}: The villain Fae of episode 3.

* [[I Ate What?]]: Kenzi does not take it well when she find out that she ate foot soup.

** Kenzi, but it was an accident.

** Baba Yaga

** Aswangs but they only eat dead humans. Seeing as they can also destroy any diseases that the body had they make for effective plague control.

* [[Hypocritical Humor]]: Kenzi's aunt Ludmilla claims that there's no such thing as an honest Ukrainian (Kenzi admits her family is a bit racist) after we see her making a living as a "psychic."

* [[Invisibility]]: Hamish's ability. Manifests as type 2 [[Visible Invisibility]] when fading in and out.

* [[It Tastes Like Feet]]: Averted. Foot soup actually tastes pretty good. So good in fact, Kenzi didn't know it was foot soup until she was told.

* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|Trick is Aife's father, and Bo's grandfather.}}

* [[Lzherusskie]]: Averted. Ksenia Solo is from Latvia.

* [[Make Me Wanna Shout]]: Sirens like Detective Hale.

* [[Marionette Master]]: Lichs, of dead people raised back to life.

* [[Masquerade]]: The Fae have been manipulating - and been a part of - human civilization since the beginning, but usually have kept themselves hidden, and have worked hard to make humanity believe that they are just myths.

** "Bo" sounds like "Beau", which means beauty.

** It may also be intended to be a backhanded reference to Little Bo Peep, only in this case Bo has lost her family and not her sheep.

** A title rather than a name, but the leader of the Dark Fae is given the title of "The Morrigan" which refers to the Celtic Goddess of war and strife. It translates as "phantom queen" or "great queen".

** When a fae reach a high enough political position, they assume the traditional title of the position as their name. So if a fae is only refered by his/her title, it means that you are dealing with someone really powerful.

** There seems to be a wide variety of ways for the Fae to manipulate humans. The Seniatta is a type of Fae that can change a human's inner motivations by touch. It is implied that some Fae know how to make potions that can cause different effects, such as erasing or rewriting memories.

* [[The Missus and the Ex]]: Kiara and Bo have reached a level of friendship as of "Can't See the Fae-rest".

** Again, the protagonist.

** And the Sidekick. And the [[Hello, Nurse!|Hot Doctor]]. And [[The Dragon]] of the Dark Fae. Almost every female character we see has cleavage... the whole show runs on [[Fan Service]].

* [[Monster of the Week]]

* [[More Teeth Than the Osmond Family]]: Morraghs.

** Any human trying to attack fae will usually end up in this situation.

** A rapist going after Bo in the pilot episode did not stand a chance and was not really mourned.

* [[Muggle Best Friend]]: Kenzi, the only non-fae in the main cast. Until Lauren joins the main cast in Season 2.

* [[My Beloved Smother]]: The Glaive has very strict instructions on what her daughter cannot do when she is out. They eliminate any 'fun' activities a young woman might want to to indulge in. Turns out some of them are actually quite reasonable considering the fae's nature. {{spoiler|Drinking coffee stops her heart.}}

* [[Mystery of the Week]]

** Kiara, for Dyson. Or at least someone he cared deeply for in a romantic sense even if they weren't in a relationship in the past.

* [[Nice Hat]]: Hale has one.

* [[No Good Deed Goes Unpunished]]: If you don't do anything after invoking Baba Yaga to curse your ex, you'll be fine. If you have second thoughts and want the curse removed, Baba Yaga will take you as a slave and eventually eat you.

* [[Occult Detective]]: Bo is one of the few female versions of this trope.

* [[Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping]]: Dyson during the flashbacks in "Brotherfae of the Wolves". Line by line it swings between normal Dyson, Irish, and somewhere in between.

* [[Our Fairies Are Different]]: All supernatural beings in this world, even vampires, succubi, and werewolves, are subtypes of Fae. There are also more traditional types of Fae such as banshees, will-o-the-wisps, etc. Most types of Fae prey on humans in some way, whether by feeding on emotions, [[Life Force]], body parts/fluids, or even by draining the luck from humans.

* [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: They can only be killed by having their heart cut out. They are also fairly low in the fae power structure and considered to be bottom-feeders.

* [[Paranoia Fuel]]: Literally caused by the Djieiene's venom.

* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Bo.

* [[Perky Goth]]: Kenzi

* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]: Velma, the Mongolian Death Worm. She might be senile but don't take away her portable TV for too long or you will regret it.

* [[Rape Is OK When It Is Female On Male]]: Bo's power is basically magical sexual harassment, and most of her past partners would probably not have consented if they knew she was going to eat them during sex. Granted, she's bi, but she's mostly only shown interacting with males. To be fair, most of her killings are implied to be accidental.

** Averted when Saskia rapes Dyson. It's creepy as hell and almost kills him. Notably Bo catches them, and is furious with Saskia.

* [[Reality Writing Book]]: The Blood King has one, and can use it to write the future. He needs to write in it with his own blood, and it never quite turns out as he intends it to.

* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Furies. If you look into their eyes you go insane, then die.

'''Bo:'''...Yeah exactly. }}

* [[Sex Slave]]: Played with. No one ever uses the word "slave" to refer to Lauren, but she does refer to herself as the "property" of the Ash, and for all the influence and prestige she enjoys among the light fae, she is clearly a slave. This trope comes into play when the Ash orders her to seduce and sleep with Bo. Granted, she very much liked and wanted Bo, but it's still the case that she didn't have a choice in the matter. Bo still holds it against her for awhile.

* [[Shirtless Scene]]: Hale in "Death Didn't Become Her". The sight of his six pack is enough to make Kenzi forget about her disgust at having had to remove his vomit-stained shirt.

* [[Shown Their Work]]: Every fairy, fae, and legendary creature they actually got right.....Sirens to Furies, Frost Giants to Thunder Birds. Someone REALLY knew their mythologies.

** In addition to the Light and Dark sides, {{spoiler|some people (like Dyson) are more closely allied with Trick, AKA The Blood King and ancient ruler of the fae.}}

* [[Taking the Bullet]]: At the end of "Fae Day," Sean takes a bullet meant for his brother Liam.

** The wife from the first couple later reveals that she and her husband have threesomes fairly often, as it keeps their century old marriage interesting.

* [[Tears of Blood]]: All the sick people in episode 6.

* [[This Is Gonna Suck]]: The only way to get a banshee to reveal who they've wailed for and when the person will die is to force it out of them since the information is hidden in their unconscious mind. Bo has to force-feed the banshee pureed liver (the iron causes the necessary reaction) and though the banshee is willing to go along with it, she's not too happy.

* [[To Serve Man]]: Certain types of Fae are carrion eaters. Kenzi accidentally has some dead guy soup in episode 6. Yummy.

* [[Two Words: Obvious Trope]]: When Trick is wondering how to attract more people to his bar, after Bingo failed, all Lauren has to say is:

{{quote|'''Lauren:''' Two words Trick. Mechanical Bull.}}

* [[Tyrant Takes the Helm]]: {{spoiler|Lachlan}} manages to make himself look worse than the old guy pretty quickly. He even gives a variation of the "there will be changes" line!

* [[Undying Loyalty]]: Wolf-fae are extremely loyal to their pack and their king. It took a massive betrayal by his king for Dyson to leave his service and the other members of the pack still protected the king even though they knew what happened.

* [[Urban Fantasy]]

* [[The Watcher]]: The Nain Rouge.

* [[Voice of the Legion]]: {{spoiler|Bo after draining the life force from a room full of people, all at once, to save Lauren.}}

* [[What Beautiful Eyes!]]: Ksenia Solo, who plays Kenzi, has very striking eyes, which are particularly noticeable due to the heavy eyeshadow she wears.

* [[What Happened to the Mouse?]]: What happened to {{spoiler|The First Ash}}?

** He either never woke up from his coma, or was thrown into dishonor

* [[Win Your Freedom]]: The stag of the hunt to decide the new Ash can win his or her freedom by ringing the bell, with all prior crimes being wiped away by their participation. The contestants for the title need to kill them before that.

** [[Condemned Contestant]]: Trick states the game is designed so that the stag wont win, and no stag ever has. They try to make it easier by having Hale, who wont hurt her, be one of the hunters. {{spoiler|They also have her lover, who can turn invisible be there to help. Ultimately, she is still shot right before she ring the bell, so they have Lauren revive her in a [[Loophole Abuse]]}}.

* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: Bo deduces that a lich stored his soul in a portrait and just like in [[The Picture of Dorian Gray]] she has to destroy it to kill the lich. When she cuts the picture up with a knife {{spoiler|the lich merely laughs at her}}.

** Bo laughs off Kenzi's initial belief that she is a vampire, explaining that she feeds on life force, not blood. Somehow, in the ''ten years'' she's been on the run, she never considered to simply search the words "Sex-vampire" on the internet, which would have told her that she was a succubus a long time ago.

* [[Yiddish as a Second Language]]: Mayer is an [[Alter Kocker]] and peppers his dialogue with a lot of Yiddish.

* [[You Can't Fight Fate]]: {{spoiler|No matter what you do, if a banshee wails for you, then you're as good as dead.}}

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