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*** [[The Chick]] - Allrianne

** During book three:

*** [[The Chick]] - Allrianne again, also Beldre

** It could be argued that Breeze is a male version of [[The Chick]] considering that he uses his powers and manipulation to soothe other characters to calm, including {{spoiler|bringing Sazed and Tindwyl together}}, and his lack of fighting skills.

* [[No Guy Wants an Amazon]]: Averted by {{spoiler|Elend's}} relationship with the Mistborn Vin. Doesn't stop her from worrying about it, though.

* [[No-Holds-Barred Beatdown]]: The final battle of the first book, where the Lord Ruler effortlessly wipes the floor with Vin and Marsh at the same time, while casually proclaiming his divinity. {{spoiler|And then Vin got ahold of his [[Immortality Talisman|bracers]]...}}

** Also Spook, to a degree. Though he's pretty tough, having grown up on the streets, the fact that he's a Tineye means he can't really compete with most of the other characters on a physical level and knows better than to try. {{spoiler|He also Takes A Level In Badass in ''Hero of Ages''.}}

* [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero]]: Multiple examples across the whole trilogy, thanks to the [[Gambit Pileup]] going on. {{spoiler|It finally turns out that, from start to everything leading up to the end, the entire series, including the post-apocalyptic setting, was the result of good people trying to do good things and getting screwed over.}}

* [[Planet of Hats]]: According to the annotations for Chapter 78 of ''Hero of Ages'' found on his website, Brandon Sanderson deliberately tried to avoid this trope, specifically citing how boring [[Our Dwarves Are All the Same]] gets after a while. Lampshaded by Sazed in that same chapter when he says, referring to {{spoiler|1=TenSoon}}: "There is a {{spoiler|kandra}} who fits in with his people as poorly as I do with my own."

* [[Plea of Personal Necessity]]: {{spoiler|The Lord Ruler, "You don’t know what I do for mankind." Surprisingly, he was largely telling the truth. On the other hand, he may have no longer had the sanity left to do what needed done.}}

* [[Powered by a Forsaken Child]]: ''Hemalurgy''. {{spoiler|Sometimes literally, as is the case with Vin's earring, made from her baby sister's soul}}.

* [[Power Parasite]]: Called Hemalurgy. By killing a person with a metal spike and implanting that spike in your own body, you can steal one Allomantic, Feruchemic, or human power from them. Some Hemalurgists, like the Steel Inquisitors, might have up to twenty spikes.

* [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]]: The Kandra's own law forbids them from killing humans. Those who break it are confined for life.

* [[Together in Death]] {{spoiler|Elend and Vin.}}

** Elend also takes a level in the third book, after {{spoiler|becoming a mistborn at the end of the second.}}

* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: Vin is almost this ensemble in one person, considering the disparity between her [[The Chick|noblewoman]] and [[Badass|Mistborn]] personas {{spoiler|which she eventually comes to terms with}}. A more traditional example happens in the second book, whenever Vin and Allrianne interact.

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