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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
* [[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
* [[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
* [[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
* [[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
* [[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
== 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
* [[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]].
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