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* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: She thankfully gets over it.
** After {{spoiler|semi-accidentally killing the bad-boy in question.}}
* {{spoiler|[[The Antichrist]]: Remains to be seen but Valkyrie is hoping to be an [[Anti-Anti-Christ]]. Then there's the whole Death Bringer thing...}}
* {{spoiler|[[Apocalypse Maiden]]}}
* [[Berserk Button]]: Harming Skulduggery or her family.
* [[Broken Pedestal]]: {{spoiler|When she finds out that Skulduggery is Lord Vile.}}
* [[The Chosen One]]: {{spoiler|The necromancers think she is their saviour, the Death Bringer. They later find a new one.}}
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Even without any combat experience, she instinctively knows to attack her opponents weak spot. She puts it to good use when stuck alone in a cell with Scapegrace.
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* [[Daddy's Girl]]
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[Determinator]]: Most notable in book four, when she rescues Skulduggery.
* [[Dissonant Serenity]]: {{spoiler|She was totally fine after being tortured by Melancholia. It was implied that ''Darquesse'' was the one calming her down.}} [[Oh Crap]].
* [[Elemental Powers]]
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* [[Tall, Dark and Snarky]]: According to [["The Reason You Suck" Speech|Fletcher]], she's become this. [[Took a Level in Jerkass|It sort of rings true.]]
* {{spoiler|[[Thanatos Gambit]]: When cornered by Lord Vile, she gets Melancholia to kill her on purpose. Darquesse comes to play instead.}}
* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: While she was always competent even as a normal 12 year old, once she discovers her magic and gets trained up by an [[Action Girl]], a [[Guile Hero]] and a [[Necromancer]] she becomes quite formidable. {{spoiler|Then she becomes Darquesse for two minutes and becomes ''terrifying.''}}
* [[Took a Level in Jerkass]]: She's a bit of a self absorbed jerk in ''Death Bringer.''
* [[The Watson]]
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** [[Badass in a Nice Suit]]
** [[Badass in Distress]]: Every now and then.
** [[Badass Longcoat]]: Has a tan overcoat as part of his disguise.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Hurt Valkyrie. I dare you.
** If you press the button, it might not turn off. The murder of his family {{spoiler|eventually led to him becoming Lord Vile so he could kill ''everything''.}}
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* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]
* [[The Dark Side Will Make You Forget]]
* [[The Dead Can Dance]]: Being a suave, four hundred year old [[Badass]] and all.
* [[Dead Guy on Display]]: He got better. Then he got angry.
* [[Dead Little Sister|Dead Wife And Child]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Jumping Off the Slippery Slope]]}}
* [[Morality Chain]]: Valkyrie is this for him but it turns out that he's one for her too.
** His family was his [[Morality Chain]] before he [[Back Fromfrom the Dead|"died"]]. Taking them away ended... [[Unstoppable Rage|badly.]]
* [[Mysterious Past]]
* [[Occult Detective]]
* [[Papa Wolf]]: Don't try to manipulate Valkyrie, don't threaten Valkyrie, don't date Valkyrie and for God's sake don't harm Valkyrie in any way. Best just leave her be.
** Tenebrae tells Valkyrie that the only reason she isn't dead by now, is that people know how Skulduggery will react if she is killed.
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: or at least four hundred.
* [[Revolvers Are Just Better]]
* [[Rousing Speech]]: Used to be quite good at these apparently. Not so much anymore, though he still has his moments.
* [[Sharp-Dressed Man]]
* {{spoiler|[[Split Personality Takeover]]}}
* [[Staying Alive]]
* {{spoiler|[[Super-Powered Evil Side]]: See Lord Vile for details.}} No. Really.
* [[That Man Is Dead|That Face Is Dead]]
* [[Tranquil Fury]]: When he's feeling homicidal.
{{quote|'''Skulduggery:''' You're waiting to see if I'm angry.
'''Ghastly:''' I already know you're angry. You're sitting very still and you're talking very quietly. You're getting ready to kill someone.
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* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Kenspeckle has given him a few verbal lashings for putting Valkyrie in danger.
** He got this from Valkyrie in ''Death Bringer.''
* {{spoiler|[[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: Do not. Set. Him off.}}
 
==== '''Ghastly Bespoke''' ====
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* [[Beauty Is Never Tarnished]]: Beauty is a fast healer at least.
* [[Berserk Button]]: She really doesn't like it when you accidentally disintegrate her books with the Sceptre of the Ancients.
* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[Break the Haughty]]: The end of ''Death Bringer.''
* [[Cain and Abel]]: With Mr. Bliss for some time.
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]
* [[Cool Big Sis]]: Replaces Tanith as this for Valkyrie {{spoiler|after Tanith is possessed by a remnant. [[Awful Truth|It doesn't last]].}}
* [[Dark Secret]]: One she's willing to kill for.
{{quote|{{spoiler|'''Crux:''' China Sorrows, China Sorrows. She's the one, she's the one. Nefarian Serpine killed Skulduggery Pleasant, but China Sorrows led his family into the trap.}} }}
** {{spoiler|As of ''Death Bringer'', the secret is out.}}
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* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]
* [[Femme Fatale]]
* [[The Fighting Narcissist]]
* [[Foe Yay]]: With Eliza Scorn.
* [[Geometric Magic]]
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* [[Lady of War]]
* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]: China is ''neutral'' to use her own word. But when she fights... she ''really'' fights.
* [[Manipulative Bitch]]: Isn't above using her magic to make people fall hopelessly in love with her just so she gets what she wants.
* [[Mysterious Past]]
* [[Neutral No Longer]]
* [[No Sympathy]]
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Acts this way towards Valkyrie every now and then.
* [[Raven Hair, Ivory Skin]]
* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: [[Captain Obvious|She wears it better than Skulduggery apparently.]]
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* [[Anime Hair]]: It defies both logic and reason.
* [[Break the Haughty]]
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]: Puts it to great use with fighting Pennant {{spoiler|and Caelan.}}
* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: Deconstructed, as {{spoiler|he ends up not having much of a life outside of being Valkyrie's boyfriend, and it's one of the reasons why they split up.}}
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* [[Non-Action Guy]]
* [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: With Valkyrie.
* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: At the end of ''Death Bringer.''
* [[Teleport Spam]]
* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: Valkyrie briefly wonders if it's problems with his father that causes Fletcher to try and get Skulduggery's approval.
 
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* [[Badass in a Nice Suit]]: A ''Victorian'' suit. They don't get much nicer than that!
* [[The Bad Guy Wins]]: Initially, anyway. {{spoiler|He not only managed to kill Skulduggery's wife and child, but ''Skulduggery himself.'' Too bad for him, [[Death Is Cheap|Skulduggery's death had been rigged.]] }}
* [[Bad Powers, Bad People]]: See [[Red Right Hand]] below. Not even the most extreme [[Anti-Hero]] could pull ''that'' off...
* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]
* [[Civilian Villain]]
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** [[Dragon Ascendant]]
* [[Evil Gloating]]: You can totally tell that his conversations with Skulduggery are the most fun he's had in years.
* [[Evil Is Hammy]]: Lampshaded.
{{quote|'''Nefarian''': So here we are again, detective. You, at my mercy, me, merciless.
'''Skulduggery''': You, ''talking.'' I thought you'd have grown out of the whole villainy thing by now, Nefarian. }}
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* [[Torture Technician]]
* [[The Unfettered]]
* [[Villain Ball]]: [[Unstoppable Rage|Surprisingly enough]], Skulduggery was just going to arrest him. He just had to go and point that [[Red Right Hand]] of his at Valkyrie.
* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: After his inevitable defeat at the hands of Skulduggery...well, let's just say he freaks out a little. A good sport he is not.
* [[Wicked Cultured]]
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* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]
* [[Eldritch Abomination]]
* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: They're the Faceless Ones. So, naturally, {{spoiler|the faces of the people they are possessing ''melt off''.}}
** Also, the Grotesquery.
* [[For the Evulz]]
* [[Go Mad Fromfrom the Revelation]]
* [[God Is Evil]]: ''Sweet Jesus.''
* [[The Grotesque]]: The aptly named Grotesquery.
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* {{spoiler|[[Animated Armor]]: Unless Skulduggery is wearing it.}}
* [[Axe Crazy]]
* {{spoiler|[[Back Fromfrom the Dead]]:}} Well, ''technically.''
* [[Badass]]
* [[Beware the Quiet Ones]]
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* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]
* [[Spikes of Villainy]]
* {{spoiler|[[Split Personality Takeover]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Suicidal Cosmic Temper Tantrum]]: He wants to kill everything. Including the ''bloody Faceless Ones.''}}
* [[Tin Tyrant]]
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* [[Unstoppable Rage]]
* {{spoiler|[[The Voiceless]]: He doesn't say much. The only thing that Lord Vile said in ''Death Bringer'' was "Valkyrie". Which was... strangely heart warming.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Would Hit a Girl]]: Has no qualms whatsoever about beating Darquesse or Melancholia into a bloody pulp. Thankfully, Skulduggery feels differently. At least about Valkyrie. Then there's Ghastly's mother...}}
 
==== ''' {{spoiler|Melancholia St Clair}} /The Death Bringer''' ====
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* [[Pet the Dog]]: Shows something vaguely resembling sympathy towards Valkyrie after she bites the...[[Mix-and-Match Critters|thing]] ... that was trying to kill her.
* [[Power Incontinence]]
* [[Oh Crap]]: {{spoiler|When she fights Lord Vile.}}
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]
* [[Save the Villain]]
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* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]
* [[Determinator]]: Much good it does him.
* [[Ho Yay]]: With Thrasher.
* [[I Can Still Fight]]: {{spoiler|With his head chopped off.}}
* [[Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain]]
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* [[Jerkass]]
* [[Jerkass Has a Point]]: Valkyrie did take an ''enormous'' risk bringing Skulduggery home.
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}: You almost feel sorry for her.
** ''[[Kick the Son of a Bitch|Almost.]]''
* [[Mismatched Eyes]]
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* [[Foe Yay]]: China and Eliza spend a lot of time either checking each other out or threatening to kill each other. Pet names are involved.
* [[Foil]]: To China.
* [[The Fundamentalist]]
* [[Kick Them While They Are Down]]
 
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==== '''Gordon Edgley''' ====
 
* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]: It is heavily implied that he is still in love with Melissa.
* [[Author Avatar]]: Landy managed to pull this trope off with a character ''who died in the first chapter.''
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]
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* [[Hidden Depths]]
* [[Jerkass]]: Both of them initially.
* [[Spoiled Brat]]
* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: Not so much a level, more of a small step, but hey... {{spoiler|they saved Valkyrie from a Remnant.}}
 
== Others ==
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* [[Aw, Look -- They Really Do Love Each Other]]: China and Mr. Bliss (the embodiment of [[Tranquil Fury]]) were "wary around each other" and [[Cain and Abel|she had tried to kill him a couple times]], but when Krav tries to kill her [[Papa Wolf|he loses it.]]
* [[Badass]]: Yes. Yes he is.
* [[Berserk Button]]: Harming China.
* [[Blue Eyes]]
* [[Cain and Abel]]: Previously with China.
* [[Defector From Decadence]]
* [[The Heretic]]
* {{spoiler|[[Killed Off for Real]]}}
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* [[Beware the Quiet Ones]]
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]
* [[Emotionless Girl]]
* {{spoiler|[[Murder Is the Best Solution]]:}} Bad Reflection! Stop being creepy!
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** Subverted, sort of. He says he's not this trope, but has still changed his behaviour and feels sorry about what he's done.
* [[Badass Pacifist]]: He hates fighting... but he will if he has to.
* [[Cool and Unusual Punishment]]: The pink hospital gown he makes Skulduggery wear.
* [[Demonic Possession]]: {{spoiler|He gets better... but not before ''nailing Tanith to a chair.''}}
* [[For Science!]]: Used to have this mindset. Grew out of it.
* [[Grumpy Old Man]]
* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Spends most of his time berating Skulduggery. ''Adores'' Valkyrie.
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* [[Clueless Detective]]
* [[Go Mad Fromfrom the Revelation]]: {{spoiler|Catches a glimpse of a Faceless One.}}
* [[Have You Told Anyone Else?]]
* [[He Knows Too Much]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Crazy Jealous Guy]]}}
* [[Friendly Neighbourhood Vampire]]: {{spoiler|Ultimately subverted.}}
* [[Hemo-Erotic]]: It certainly seems like this was the case.
* {{spoiler|[[Kill It with Water]]}}
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* [[Take That]]: A somewhat less than subtle jab at our mate [[Twilight (novel)|Eddie.]]
* [[Vampires Are Sex Gods]]:
* {{spoiler|[[Why Did You Make Me Hit You?]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Yandere]]}}: ''Dear Lord...''
 
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* [[Ambiguous Gender]]: Nobody is sure whether it's a he/she/whatever.
* [[And I Must Scream]]: Perpetrator and victim. Its eyes and mouth have been sewn shut at one point and someone cut off its nose.
* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: It has its moments.
* [[Mad Doctor]]
* {{spoiler|[[The Medic]]: Replaces grandfatherly and grumpy Kenspeckle in ''Death Bringer.''}}
* [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate]]
* [[Nothing Is Scarier]]: Barely described. Whatever is described seems... inhuman.
* [[Shout-Out]]: When it dissects the conscious Valkyrie on the operating table, it's very reminiscent of Claire Bennet's trials and tribulations in [[Heroes]].

Latest revision as of 00:21, 10 April 2017


Main Characters

Stephanie Edgley/ Valkyrie Cain/ Darquesse

Skulduggery Pleasant/ Lord Vile/ Detective Inspector Me

Baron Vengeous: Only a heathen brings a gun to a sword fight.
Skulduggery: Only a moron brings a sword to a gun fight.

Skulduggery: You're waiting to see if I'm angry.
Ghastly: I already know you're angry. You're sitting very still and you're talking very quietly. You're getting ready to kill someone.
Skulduggery: I just need a name.

Ghastly Bespoke

China Sorrows

Crux: China Sorrows, China Sorrows. She's the one, she's the one. Nefarian Serpine killed Skulduggery Pleasant, but China Sorrows led his family into the trap.

Tanith Low

Fletcher Renn

Major Villains

Nefarian Serpine

Nefarian: So here we are again, detective. You, at my mercy, me, merciless.
Skulduggery: You, talking. I thought you'd have grown out of the whole villainy thing by now, Nefarian.

Baron Vengeous

Batu/ Paddy

The Faceless Ones

Tesserect

Lord Vile

Melancholia St Clair /The Death Bringer

Recurring/Minor Villains

Vaurien Scapegrace

The Torment

Dusk

Billy-Ray Sanguine

Davina Marr

Eliza Scorn

The Necromancers

Solomon Wreath

Auron Tenebrae

Vandameer Craven

The White Cleaver

The Edgley Family

Desmond Edgley

Melissa Edgley

Gordon Edgley

Beryl Edgley

Fergus Edgley

Crystal and Carol Edgley

Others

Mr. Bliss

The Reflection

Finbar Wrong

Professor Kenspeckle Grouse

Clarabelle

Remus Crux

Anton Shudder

Caelan

Doctor Nye

Madame Mist

  1. ↑ Well, his only power, unless you include cutting people with a razor
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