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* [[Author Appeal]]. From the "About the Author" page: "Larry Correia is hopelessly addicted to two things: guns and B-horror movies."
* [[BFG]]: [[I Call It Vera|Abomination]] is a fully automatic shotgun with attached grenade launcher, which gets a more detailed description than most of the human (or otherwise) characters.
* [[Badass Normal]]: The bulk of the Hunters are normal humans who undergo [[Training
* [[Badass Abnormal]]: {{spoiler|Earl Harbinger, who is the only werewolf in the world not covered by monster bounties.}}
* [[Badass Bookworm]]: Albert Lee, former librarian, and former demolitions expert for the [[Semper Fi|United States Marine Corps]].
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* [[Those Two Bad Guys]]: Agents Myers & Franks. Myers is the polite, educated one, and Franks is the quiet, brutal one who's quite capable of [[Curb Stomp Battle|curb-stomping]] the hero, Owen Pitt.
* [[Steel Ear Drums]]: Averted. Owen is repeatedly forced to fire before he can put his earpieces in and notes his is the worst of the group at the end.
* [[Training
** In Monster Hunter Alpha, it's revealed that Harbinger spent his days throwing himself off cliffs to control his werewolf side.
* [[Ugly Guy, Hot Wife]]: Not married, but Julie is described as much more attractive than Owen. Correia claims this is autobiographical, but hasn't provided any sexy pictures of his wife to confirm.
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== Monster Hunter Vendetta adds the following tropes ==
* [[Achievements in Ignorance]]: Crossing over with [[Children Are Innocent]], a young Julie Shackleford befriends a {{spoiler|shoggoth}}.
* [[All Trolls Are Different]]: The trolls here seem to conform to the classic [[Dungeons
* [[Badass Abnormal]]: Agent Franks is shown to actually be {{spoiler|Frankenstein's Monster}}.
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: Owen earns the respect of the gnomes after fending off a swarm of them.
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