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''Sapphire'' is essentially [[Spy Fiction]]; the stories are set during the [[Cold War]]; more specifically, [[The Seventies|the late 1970s]] and [[The Eighties|80s]]. But instead of regular Russians, the antagonists (and some of the minor protagonists) have [[Psychic Powers]].
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* [[Action Girl]]: Michiru.
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* [[Body Snatcher]]: Ivanka takes posession of Khina's body to save Alec. {{spoiler|It works, but she is discovered because Khina was two months pregnant.}}
* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: Boris takes over Khina's mind from afar to have her assassinate Elodie. {{spoiler|She fails.}}
* [[Brother
* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: Psychics do this sometimes, often in their native language. For example, the call for Boris's Blood Rose attack is "''Krov' roza''", [[Bilingual Bonus|which in fact is Russian for]] [[Exactly What It Says On the Tin|its own name]].
** And, of course, Michiru and Daisuke [[Gratuitous Japanese|call out their Ninjutsu attacks in Japanese,]] ''[[Naruto]]''-style.
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** {{spoiler|And again, when he sees Boris alive. The delay keep him from killing Boris [[Why Don't Ya Just Shoot Him|when he decides to just shoot him]]... not that it would do any good against a Psychic.}}
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Ivanka}} offers to be executed in {{spoiler|Alec's}} stead. {{spoiler|A [[Senseless Sacrifice]] is narrowly avoided.}}
* [[Highly
* [[Hollywood Atlas]]: A number of subtropes are averted, including:
** [[Big Applesauce]]: The Delta Defense Alliance HQ is based in [[Useful Notes/Philadelphia|Philadelphia]] ([[Retcon|formerly]] [[Washington DC]]). Alec and Andrew also live there, but were born in [[Joisey|Cape May]]. Only Gabriel was born in New York.
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* [[Katanas Are Just Better]]: Especially when it's the detonator for a bunch of exploding throwing stars.
* [[Karaoke Box]]
* [[Magic
* [[Marshmallow Hell]]: Happens to Alec by Khina in the Episode I Bonus chapter.
* [[Meganekko]]: Wendy Blume.
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** Or Khina during their first encounter(s).
* [[Paid Harem]]: The Altair base. And on a small scale, Gabriel Garnett.
* [[Paper
** Well, it was over seven years since they last met.
** [[Hair Metal|But she mistook him for a member of Poison]], [[Rule of Funny|so that must be okay]].
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** {{spoiler|Turns out it ''was'' senseless after all. You can imagine Alec's surprise when he saw Boris alive two years later.}}
* [[Shameless Self Promotion]]: [[Tropers/Spy Hunter 29|the author himself started this page]].
* [[Spell My Name With an "S"]]: Elodie Duchamp's first name was originally written without the accent mark. However, after the author did some research and learned that there is a French name with the accent mark but not without, it has been [[Retcon|retconned]] as such. The only reason it's not written like that on [[This Very Wiki]] is because the accented 'E' gets corrupted to 'É'.
* [[Spy Fiction]]: Martini, more so in Episode III than the first two. [[Psychic Powers|With eye of newt.]]
* [[Suck My Rose]]: Boris's 'Blood Rose' attack. Which involves killing the victim ''by teleporting it into his/her heart''.
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]: Khina Sabiri (although her hair is in a ponytail, and is medium-length besides) and Morgana Rubanenko.
* [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]]: Boris.
* [[Tear Jerker]]: {{spoiler|When Boris kills Ivanka.}}
* [[The Baroness]]: Khina and (more so) Morgana both fall into the Sexpot flavor of this trope.
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