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{{quote|''“Don't care. Doesn't bother me.” Sara said, falling over on the couch in time to another of the behemoth's steps.''|A quote from the [http://s1.zetaboards.com/ShadowsideRPG/topic/3746727/1 history of one character], providing a bit of insight to the setting.}}

 

 

It is set in a world in which an event called "Evos Dawn" which resulted in several thousand children and teenagers (as well as a few animals...) becoming what can best be described as X-Men style mutants ("Evotellurics") in year 2007 (it is set in present time). Also, it is a world in which several different sorts of magic and and advanced technology have (through an extremely complex web of various types of [[Applied Phlebotinum]]) remained, for the most part, fairly unknown to the world at large. This serves as the primary excuse for allowing a vast range of unique characters that run the gamut from [[Petting Zoo People]] and Mythological Beings to Androids and Magi. (This is in fact a conservative look at the range of characters.)

* [[Aerith and Bob]] - The natural result of having characters from such a ridiculously wide variety of backgrounds in one place.

* [[A God Am I]] - Limbus.

*** "Actually I was given the mission to conquer Earth before the others tried to. I don't think I can do that alone, so I better forget the mission for the time being..."

* [[All Your Base Are Belong to Us]] - Limbus attacks the Dual Campus in the first CSL, in the second when a groups is sent to the future, it appears that he has succeeded in conquering the campus (And the world in general...)

* [[Apathetic Citizens]] - See [[City of Weirdos]], below.

* [[Apocalypse How]] - Several plotlines, as well as the "Central Story Lines" threaten this, on various parts of the scale. In fact, the current one, <nowiki>CSL #2</nowiki>, is still up in the air about what will happen.

* [[Badass Abnormal]] - A few characters have come on the site listed as "Evotelluric", but not gotten their powers until later on.

* [[Badass Adorable]] - Plenty. If they're in the school- even if it's a twelve-year old girl who spends her days like any normal child- even if it's the cutest thing oyu've ever seen- they can almost certainly do ''something'' superhuman. And it is very, very likely to be something that involves [[Your Head Asplode|blowing your brains out.]]

* [[Butt Monkey]] - Lucas, to the point that his merely being present has lead at least one character to realize that bad things are about to happen.

* [[Casual Danger Dialog]] - Voluntary or not, Lucas often turns extremely dangerous circumstances in jokes... To the point of having renamed a crystal golem called Billy to Dilly... While the Golem tried to kill him and his group...

* [[Character Customization]] - Endless.

* [[City of Weirdos]] - The residents of Fukuoka would be [[Seen It All|hard-pressed to be surprised by ANYTHING anymore]]. If Godzilla entered the city, they may not pay it any more mind than complain about it blocking traffic. (Godzilla might be put in shock, though.)

* [[Cute Monster Girl]] - A few.

* [[Death Is Cheap]] - 6 credits or a short storyline later...

{{quote|-- ''"KICK HER ASS!" Akane cheered, Looks looking extremely ticked off as she held onto her wand. Thinking about her comment and the situation, Akane immediately retracted her statement, "WAIT WAIT WAIT! DON'T KICK HER ASS! NOT THE FACE! DON'T HIT HER TAILS."'' }}

* [[Elaborate University High]] - Slightly more compact- though equally elaborate- after the first central story line.

* [[Fridge Logic]] - See [[Acceptable Breaks From Reality]], above. Often, such things can be immediately reconstructed by some [[Wild Mass Guessing|creative]] [[Fridge Brilliance]].

* [[Fun with Acronyms]] - [[Translator Microbes|Poly Linguistic Enlightenment And Service Extension Device: P.L.E.A.S.E.D.]]

* [[Guns and Gunplay Tropes]] - A lot of these actually, a tad strange considering that gunners are uncommon at the board.

* [[Hollywood Atlas]] - Every single one of these tropes is averted. In fact, it is set in Fukuoka, rather than a more cliche'd setting like New York, London, or Tokyo.

* [[Le Parkour]] - A fairly common skill among characters.

* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]] - Roughly 300, and counting. Justified in that each member has at least one (often more) character. The variety here is also shocking.

** In general, this site has lasted a lot longer than most Forum-Based Role-Playing Games and doesn't appear to be going away anytime soon.

* [[Love Dodecahedron]] - The characters Chad Wulf (a bisexual, canine [[Petting Zoo People|petting zoo person]]) and Casimiro Alvarez (a psychopathic pervert) have enormous Love Dodecahedrons around them. This has led some people to pair them up. (See [[Crack Pairing]], above.)

** Claire.

** Evy and Sevens. Yes, you get two for the price of one.

* [[Nakama]] - There are a few rather tight-nit circles of friends in the school.

* [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast]] - The Grimmnocht.

** The member Falque [[Meta Fiction|actively set out to attain every single trope in the Tentacles index]]. He's making quick progress.

* [[No Fourth Wall]] - There is a topic in Fun and Games where the players having a conversation with their own characters is RP'd out.

** OneBoneLess' character, Walter J.M. Lee, often speaks about the medium, addresses his writer. IC, there is [[Justified]] in that Walter has several mental illnesses, and, depending on the specifics of the mention, other characters (Including his "familiar", Tear) either don't know what he is talking about, or (correctly) think he is insane.

* [[Older Than They Look]] - There are a few, but the most prominent example is Lore Lecuyer, looking like a pre-pubescent boy when being past 15 and behaving sometimes as well past thirty.

** Arguably, not going through puberty would [[Hormone-Addled Teenager|make it easier for him to mature mentally]]...

* [[Our Monsters Are Different]] - External and Internal. It uses various excuses/explanations to allow for a great deal of variety even among two werewolves or such.

* [[Petting Zoo People]] - Several dozen, especially wolves.

** Though, to be perfectly fair, not everyone was effected so severely that they ripped each others' clothes off.... only four fifths of the campus.

* [[Power Limiter]] - Present and accounted for in the form of the Safeguard Pendant.

** Some characters use this for a magical character that has shown incredible abilities in their history, [[Game Breaker|but is now at a more acceptable level]].

* [[Raised by Wolves]] - Some characters have found themselves raised by a wolf pack only to come back in to the real world.

* [[Required Secondary Powers]] - Unlike most fiction, a great many of these are actually addressed, and almost every ability and practical skill of the characters are well-defined.

* [[Reptiles Are Abhorrent]] - There are a few reptile characters, all of whom tend to get much more stigma than the [[Petting Zoo People|mammalian-humanoids]].

** [[Ignorance Is Bliss|Where's Walmart?]]

** It is generally stated that [[Multiple Head Case|Calvin]] has a few more heads down there...

* [[Seen It All]] - It's been just a few years since Evos Dawn. That's just enough time that [[Your Mileage May Vary|some people can still be surprised by absurd events, while others run the gamut between the three subtypes of this trope]].

* [[Shout-Out]] - Several stories are titled after songs, and a few plotlines involve things like Sentai Teams or Superheroes, which are as strange to see in this world as they would be in the real world. ([[Seen It All|Not that most people are really surprised by strange occurences, mind.]])

* [[The Unmasqued World]] - After Evos Dawn, the world is still in various states of shock as more and more magic users, supernatural creatures, super-technology, government conspiracies, and [[Conspiracy Kitchen Sink|aliens]] come out into the open. Some, however, can take it in stride.

* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]] - Fairly common, though ''arguably'' justified by the setting in most cases.

* [[The Wiki Rule]] - [http://shadowsiderpg.wikia.com/wiki/Shadowside_RPG_Wiki Though it never really took off.]

* [[Professor X Likes Watching Teenagers Sweat|Wessix Likes Watching Teenagers Sweat]] - Probably the main reason a lot of the on-campus hijinks are allowed to happen in the first place.