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** Or the fact the monarch killed off by the epidemic was the ''king'' -- at a time when, in our history, Victoria had been ruling for at least 22 years.
* [[Ancient Tradition]]: The Grandfathers and the Grandmothers
** Less on the Grandmothers, more on the Grandfathers; the grumpy old men can't even hear someone respond, while the grannies are more sanity and helpfulness.
* [[Arc Words]]: ''"Does Not Happen"'' is said by more people than just Mau and ''"End of the World"'' {{spoiler|is referenced : geographically (Nation/England, mythologically, (the flood from the time when things were otherwise), culturally with Daphne's new life, Mau's with the wave and Locha's other worlds.}}
* [[Ascend to a Higher Plane of Existence]]: Subverted: Locaha offers to take Mau to Imo's "Perfect World." Mau refuses, wanting to stay and making ''this'' world perfect. Locaha says {{spoiler|everyone refuses}}.
** Of course, {{spoiler|that's the whole point of the offer.}}
* [[Atlantis]]: One possible interpretation.
* [[Awesome Moment of Crowning]]: Played with: Mau is already the Chief of the Nation, it's Daphne's father who is crowned King.
* [[Ax Crazy]]: First Mate Cox. There's a reason that if a ship already has a first mate, they'll quickly ask to be second mate if First Mate Cox comes aboard.
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* [[Don't Try This At Home]]: There's an afterword discussing the truth behind some implausible-sounding things that happen in the story; most of them are accompanied with warnings that you should not try this at home. The last one ends, instead, with "Whether you try it at home is up to you."
* [[Duel to the Death]]: Between Mau and First Mate Cox.
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]:
* [[Embarrassing First Name]]: Daphne, who is ''not'' Ermintrude.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: ''Cannibals'' don't like First Mate Cox.
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* [[Genre Savvy]]: Daphne, and she knows it too:
{{quote|"There was something in the brain that said: Sinister-looking valley + half dead trees + ominous doorway {{=}} skulls in a bowl, or possible on a stick. But even by listening to it, she felt she was being unfair to Mau and Cahle and the rest of them."}}
* [[Good Cannot Comprehend Evil]]: Daphne has a hard time explaining Cox's behavior to the islanders. They can cope with cannibals, but not someone who shoots people because they're there.
* [[The Grim Reaper]]: Locaha. And he's not as nice as Pratchett's other [[Discworld|Grim Reaper]].
** He acts cruelly uncaring, though some or even all of this might be [[Stealth Mentor|a ploy to make Mau figure things out himself]]. He's also more eager to claim lives than the [[Discworld]] Grim Reaper. However, the [[Just-So Story]] that opens the book depicts his creation as a necessity to avoid overpopulation and shows him taking a stand against Imo when Imo wants to wipe out the already-populated world and start over.
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* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: The cannibal Raiders. Cox joins forces with them, but claims not to have adopted the diet.
* [[In Spite of a Nail]]: Despite the [[Alternate History]] aspects of the story, the present day epilogue suggests many major scientific figures still exist and work in the same fields.
* [[Istanbul (Not Constantinople)]]: The Great Southern Pelagic Ocean is the Pacific under an assumed name.
* [[Kick the Dog]]: First Mate Cox is the embodiment of this trope.
* [[Klingon Promotion]]: What Daphne's afraid may have happened after 137 people die, leaving her father as king.
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*** Not so much the coffin as the fact that her little brother will be separated from his mother in death...
** [[Disappeared Dad]]: Daphne's father went off to be the head of a colony. She was going to follow him a few months later, but then the wave happened...
* [[Narrative Profanity Filter]]: The parrot says a lot of words that girls Daphne's age shouldn't know, although the words she ''really'' doesn't know concern her even more.
** The last few chapters also contain a lot of "Cox swore" -- but then he ''is'' the one who taught the parrot.
* [[Nay Theist]]: Mau claims not to believe in the gods, but he also hates them. For not existing.
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'Me,' said the girl.
'Huh, yes, ''six minutes'',' said the boy. }}
* [[Small Secluded World]]: the main character's world only includes a few islands since no one in his tribe ever sailed far enough to see the continent.
* [[Smite Me Oh Mighty Smiter]]: Mau is angry not only with the gods (which he refuses to believe in), but the Grandfathers, who shout in his head.
* [[Spirited Young Lady]]: Daphne.
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