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'''Four teens. Four cats. Four elements.'''

But what happens if the cats get connected back to the kids?

 

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* [[Applied Phlebotinum]]: Explanation for the transformation, though justified because there ''is'' a scientific explanation for it. (May be [[Techno Babble]].) But, Leo probably explains it best: "[[A Wizard Did It|Magic]]".

* [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking]]: The three rules of Panthera: 1) Never reveal your secret identity to anyone, 2) Obey the team leader in all team-related matters, 3) Anyone who makes a cat-related pun [[The Swear Jar|puts $5 in that jar]].

* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: {{spoiler|Gyeoknoho, the North Korean [[Humongous Mecha]]}}. [http://www.pantheracomic.com/?p=1641 Leo] [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] this. Aside from that, someone in the forums mentions that {{spoiler|[[More Dakka|having guns for claws]]}} is a really stupid move, since they break really easily.

* [[Battle Couple]]: Jason/Leo and Kira/Tigris.

* [[Broken Pedestal]]: [http://www.pantheracomic.com/?p=1269 Tigris explains].

* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: [http://www.pantheracomic.com/?p=1680 Chapter 6, page 21]. [[Genre Savvy|Pardus]] [[Lampshade Hanging|lampshades]] it.

* [[Car Fu]]: [http://www.pantheracomic.com/?p=1389 Leo and Pardus team up for it]. {{spoiler|Oosterhuis proceeds to break the car in half and send it flying back.}}

* [[Carnivore Confusion]]: Onca's human side shows through [http://www.pantheracomic.com/?p=1620 here].

* [[Elemental Powers]]: Duh?

** [[Dishing Out Dirt]]: Leo.

** [[Blow You Away]]: Pardus.

** [[Making a Splash]]: Onca.

* [[Fan Service]]: There's a nice [[Panty Shot|upskirt]] of Jang [http://www.pantheracomic.com/?p=1641 here], which [[Word of God]] claims to be a coloring accident. In a non-main-comic example, [http://www.pantheracomic.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=299 this] [[NSFW]] was pretty popular in the forums.

* [[Fighting Your Friend]]: The aforementioned cat fight just barely qualifies in terms of "friend", as Tigris hated Onca from the start and Onca more or less handed her the perfect reason to try and clobber her.

* {{spoiler|[[Five-Bad Band]]}}: {{spoiler|Ari is setting one up as of the last page of chapter seven.}}

** {{spoiler|[[Shock and Awe]]}}

** [[The Chick]]: Taylor

** Note that after {{spoiler|Ari's [[The Reveal|Reveal]] and subsequent death}}, the dynamics have shifted slightly.

** One could also include Aristotle in the ensemble as such (based on personalities): Ari is Phlegmatic, Onca is Supine, Pardus is Sanguine, and Leo and Tigris are mixes of Choleric and Melancholic.

* [[Foreshadowing]]: Valeska's tidbit in [http://www.pantheracomic.com/?p=1169 panel four].

* [[Hurricane of Puns]]: Courtesy of CJ. "Oh, sure, Fletch's a '''''cool cat'''''. I'm pawsitive our purrsonal relationship is a '''''roaring''''' success. Some club can't change his spots, no kitten. Pard-on me, I feel-ine late for our class. Cat-cha later." (That makes $45 for the [http://www.pantheracomic.com/?p=690 cat-pun jar], if you were wondering.)

* [[Knight Templar Big Brother]]: Jason has shades of this when it comes to Fletcher and Taylor. [http://www.pantheracomic.com/?p=1761 Ouch.]

* [[The Mole]]: The current plot seems to be setting up {{spoiler|Sarah Pavlopoulos}} as one of these.

* [[Mugging the Monster]]: [http://www.pantheracomic.com/?p=1581 here].

* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Leo develops a case of this after they get out of Korea. Minor case: after promising to rip Fletcher's throat out if he [[Knight Templar Big Brother|hurts Taylor in any way, shape or form]], because Fletcher is a good kid and probably the only person in the world who knows what she's going through besides Jason himself and Kira. A more serious example happens after they get back from Korea - after {{spoiler|Ari's [[The Reveal|Reveal]] and death}}, Jason realises that a lot of the things he always assumed were true or the right thing to do don't make sense anymore in light of {{spoiler|their drastically-shortened lifespan}} and has one of these when he realises that he pulled his own sister into this mess.

* [[My Hovercraft Is Full of Eels]]: Poor Onca as she tries to learn Growl: apparently she likes [http://www.pantheracomic.com/?p=914 boiling flowers and fucking fruit.]

** He seems painfully aware of it later, though. When Fletcher takes Taylor to a concert, Jason makes it crystal clear that if anything whatsoever happens, [http://www.pantheracomic.com/?p=1761 bad things will happen]. To be fair, though, those tickets are apparently really expensive, it's not that much of a stretch...

* [[Naive Newcomer]]: Onca. To be fair, she had no idea what she was getting into.

* [[Nice Hat]]: [http://www.pantheracomic.com/?p=1627 Oh Pardus]

* [[No One Could Survive That]]: {{spoiler|Leo in the collapsing Ovid-building.}}

* [[Oh Crap]]: All of Panthera when {{spoiler|1=[http://www.pantheracomic.com/?p=1274 Ari goes] [[One-Winged Angel]] on them.}}

** Usually coupled with [[Wide Eyes and Shrunken Irises]] in this series.

** Chin-Hwa gets a moment one [http://www.pantheracomic.com/?p=1614 here].

** [http://www.pantheracomic.com/?p=1761 Fletcher] can't catch a break when Jason goes big brother over Taylor...

* [[Poor Communication Kills]]: Somewhat, as Onca tries to communicate to Tigris that {{spoiler|they've been fighting for the wrong side}} even though she's horrible at using Growl, though subverted as Tigris ''does'' get the gist of it anyway. Thus starts the epic battle.

** Though as bad as she is at Growl, Onca somehow nonetheless manages to express new words like "Hobbes" or even "Euphrates"(!) in it.

* [[The Reveal]]: {{spoiler|Ari/Oosterhuis}} going [[One-Winged Angel]] and demonstrating [[A God Am I|his powers]].

* [[Right Behind Me]]: Done perfectly [http://www.pantheracomic.com/?p=1629 here].

* [[Say My Name]]: Done for drama [http://www.pantheracomic.com/?p=1779 here].

'''Leo''': {{spoiler|...no. "Leo" is the lion mask I wear into battle. And yes, the mask is deeply a part of me. But my mind -- my soul -- is '''''human'''''. My name is '''''Jason''''', and it's '''''me''''' who has to live with the things I do.}} }}

* [[Shut UP, Hannibal]]: Done to {{spoiler|Oosterhuis}} [http://www.pantheracomic.com/?p=1389 here].

** [[Calling the Old Man Out]]: Pardus: " {{spoiler|I only serve ONE [[A God Am I|God]], and it ain't YOU.}}"

* [[Sink or Swim Mentor]]: Tigris to Onca, in a way. A bit heavy on the "Sink Or Swim", less so on "Mentor".

* [[Super Window Jump]]: [http://www.pantheracomic.com/?p=1353 Here].

** Also used in [http://www.pantheracomic.com/?p=1914 8.06], complete with [[Dramatic Shattering]].

* [[Talking Animal]]: Averted; the members of ''Panthera'' invented their own language, Growl, "a language of panther-friendly sounds... Sorta like Esperanto meets death metal".

* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]: Kira.

** From a more recent chapter:

* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Kira and Taylor.

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]:

 

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