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* [[Absurdly Youthful Mother]]: Sunshine comes across as one of these to [[Muggles]] due to the ''complicated'' [[The Virus|nature of Succubae relationships]].
* [[A Father to His Men]]: Colonel Edwards.▼
* [[A Fate Worse Than Death]]: Being turned into a succubus, according to many, which is why it's a volunteer emergency procedure, rather than a universal one—the soldiers are free to judge for themselves which fate is worse, and choose accordingly.▼
* [[All the Myriad Ways]]: The other version of Ranma implies this trope.
* [[Exclusively Evil]]: Subverted, Inverted, Averted, and finally beaten up with a big stick.▼
* [[Amazon Brigade]]: Well, yes.
* [[Anvilicious]]: DarkStar lecturing Usagi on humanity, and Usagi [[Lampshading]] this.
* [[Apply Head Directly to Lap]]: Standard Succubus relaxation technique.▼
* [[The Artifact]]: Happosai. He is included just to complete the checklist of ''Ranma'' characters but serves little plot function and sits uncomfortably at odds with the tone of the rest of the series. Thankfully he appears to have been dropped for all purposes bar limited cameos.
** Also Ranma's curse, since the [[Gender Bender|genderbending]] is more than covered due to his being the reincarnation of <s>the Whore of Babylon</s> Queen DarkStar.
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* [[Big Brother Is Watching]]: Turned [[Up to Eleven]]
* [[Biker Babe]]: DarkStar and Eve.
* [[BFG (weapon)|BFG]]: Morrison and Morgan are thrilled to find out their new physiology allows them to handle [[Small Girl, Big Gun|even bigger guns]].
** Slight subversion in that while the standard succubus rifle fires a massive 17mm cartridge, the weapon itself is a rather compact, if heavy, bullpup design.
* [[BFS]]: Yuki's knives.▼
* [[Black and Gray Morality]]: Let's not kid ourselves, if the bad guys weren't such bastards this would be a [[Villain Protagonist]] story.
* [[Bloodier and Gorier]]: Bordering on [[Gorn]] at times.
* [[Blue and Orange Morality]]: trying to map human morality onto Succubae relationships will only give you a migraine, trust me on this.
* [[Boring Invincible Hero|Boring Invincible Protagonist]]: After defeating Alexia, DarkStar become this. Her superpowered attacks, Wolverine-esque healing factor, and [[Smug Snake|shield of self-righteousness]] make any confrontation a foregone conclusion. Exception below.▼
* [[Break the Cutie]]: This fic is so dedicated to breaking Usagi that it is verging on [[Humiliation Conga]] territory.
** It doesn't help that her powers were significantly [[Nerf]]ed with no reason yet given.
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** Not only that but the entire modern succubus language is this, being adapted from an abducted and converted Roman legion.
* [[Cape Busters]]: How The Company is presented as at the start.
* [[The Cedric]] -- {{spoiler|Aram and his van.}}▼
* [[Church Militant]]: Employed by the Vatican.
** The Assembly of Man ''appears'' to be this, but as is mentioned many times, the upper echelons are mostly nonbelievers employing the trappings of religion.
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* [[Colonel Badass]]: Colonel Edwards
** [[Informed Ability|Who is so awesome he doesn't even have to be awesome to be awesome!]]
* [[Color
* [[Combat Pragmatist]]/[[Pragmatic Villainy]]: WIC takes both approaches. Have we mentioned this is a [[Grey and Gray Morality]] series?
* [[Comes Great Responsibility]]: This, combined with the [[The Power of Trust]], is how Ranma is recruited to The Company, playing to his [[Honor Before Reason|Martial Artist's Code]].
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** "Which would be worse? An invasion from a place that could be described as Hell or one that could be described as Heaven?"
* [[Did We Just Have Tea with Cthulhu?]]: BlackSky can stay for dinner.
* [[Dirty Communists]]: Dirty Sexy Female Cyborg Mercenary Communists.
** With added nuclear powered magical [[Soviet Superscience]].
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* [[Evil Laugh]]: DarkStar's attempt at this is hampered by a missing lung. [[Good Thing You Can Heal|Good thing she can heal]].
* [[Evil Makeover]] -- {{spoiler|Mercury and Venus}}.
▲* [[Exclusively Evil]]: Subverted, Inverted, Averted, and finally beaten up with a big stick.
* [[Extra-Strength Masquerade]]: And how. Entire battles between supernatural and supernatural-aware forces are fought within an hour's drive of (or even just ''within'') Toronto, with no one outside of a small number of people even ''noticing''.
** Averted with Ranma's friends from school Naoko and Sam, who had figured out that Ranma and her daughters weren't normal humans, but couldn't decide on exactly ''what'' they were.
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** [[It Got Worse|It gets worse]], in battle, their tails extend writhing [[Absurdly Sharp Blade|filaments]]. The phrase [[Chainsaw Good|chainsaw]]: blender comes up. Decidedly not a [[Clean Cut]].
* [[Fashion Victim Villain]]: In-Universe spoofing with Alexia, Aurora and {{spoiler|Dark Mercury}} who are all soundly and mercilessly mocked by the heroes for their "evil" fashion sense (or lack thereof).
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▲* [[A Father to His Men]]: Colonel Edwards.
* [[Faux Symbolism]]: BlackSky is almost an English translation of Lilith (in one of the possible etymologies at least). It's even more telling when it's later translated into <s>Latin</s> [[Canis Latinicus|Demonic]]: Altercaela. She also ''is'' the queen of succubae in their own little dimension of Hell.
* [[Fictional Document]] -- ''Sylvia Succubus''.
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* [[Friendly Sniper]]: Morgan, post Succubisation at least.
* [[Fuku Fic]]: A dark and twisted version.
* [[Fundamentally Female Cast]]: The Brood, The Senshi, and the Russian Cyborgs are all female.▼
* [[Funny Background Event]]: Throughout the [[Automobile Opening]] -- keep an eye out for ads for ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' on buses, and trucks from [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|"A.S. Langley Transport"]] and [[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz|"Baum Whirlwind Transport"]] as well as intriguing graffiti, among many other things.
* [[Gambit Pileup]]: Setsuna's, Murdoch's, The Company's, and several others including Queen Serenity (which is a good trick since she has been dead for millennia).
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* [[Guns Akimbo]]: Ukyo's preferred style.
** [[Colonel Badass|Colonel Edwards]] also wears two sidearms, but we haven't seen him fight yet, despite his [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|nicknames]].
* [[H.P. Lovecraft]]: Part of the [[Backstory]] of [[The Masquerade]] involved the Company sending Lovecraft files to fictionalise.▼
* [[Hair Colors]]: Becoming a succubus almost guarantees a dye job, some [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|pretty outlandish]]. In fact, the only characters so far to have escaped this fate are [[Blondes Are Evil|Eve]] and [[Yamato Nadeshiko|Nariko]] (though her eyes changed.). With that in mind, let's rock:
** [[The Hero|Ranma]]: Ranma's hair is [[Evil Redhead|red]] in succubus form, same as [[Redheaded Hero|canon]].
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* [[Horny Devils]]: part of the basic premise.
* [[Horror Hunger]]: the succubi hunger for more than just sexual energy. They also hunger for flesh.
▲* [[H.P. Lovecraft]]: Part of the [[Backstory]] of [[The Masquerade]] involved the Company sending Lovecraft files to fictionalise.
* [[Hufflepuff House]]: House Vespar. They '''were''' a rival [[The Clan|clan]] of Succubae that teamed up with BlackSky [[Always a Bigger Fish|and invaded Earth]]. After DarkStar (Terran royal that BlackSky had captured and turned) was killed they were destroyed when BlackSky betrayed them with to Serenity. Serenity herself invaded the earth and took it over, while BlackSky retreated and took over Vespher's homelands. At least that's how BlackSky [[Villain with Good Publicity|tells it]]. No description given to Vesper than they act like [[Complete Monster|Alexia]]. The whole minion thing and all.
* [[Humanoid Abomination]]: it looks like DarkStar is heading down this route, her Grandmother BlacksSky qualified for this trope several millennia ago. Arguably {{spoiler|Sailor Pluto}} too.
* [[Humans Are Special]]: And the reason humans are special is because [[Humans Are the Real Monsters]].
* [[I Call It "Vera"]]: Misako calls it [[Team Fortress 2|"Sasha"]].
* [[I Just Want to Be Loved]]: The trope behind Eve's choice to ask to become a Succubus.
* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: As well as sex energy Succubae enjoy the other other ''other'' white meat.
** Though if given a choice... Yuki: "Succubae are great. Amazing flavor and great nutrients and energy."
* [[In Spite of a Nail]]: The Alt-Ranma from the crossover chapter, not demonic, but still stuck in female form and a [[Fuku Fic]] Senshi (and due to be a mother too).▼
▲* [[Fundamentally Female Cast]]: The Brood, The Senshi, and the Russian Cyborgs are all female.
* [[Inhumanable Alien Rights]]: Non-humans have none.
** Want to stop those military squads busting down your door at midnight and forcing you and your family into stress positions while they interrogate you, without a warrant? Hah, no chance you'll live where you are told (if they allow you live at all) and be subject to spot inspections (and possible execution on suspicion and nothing else) at any time.
** Been [[Mind Rape]]d, deprived of your property and forced into servitude? Well you'll be gunned down not rehabilitated.
** Just new in town and committed no crime? Well an off-duty merc can arrange an execution squad for you while you are on the way to do the shopping.
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▲* [[In Spite of a Nail]]: The Alt-Ranma from the crossover chapter, not demonic, but still stuck in female form and a [[Fuku Fic]] Senshi (and due to be a mother too).
* [[It Gets Easier]]: Hoooooo boy. The main character started off highly disturbed with her powers an rather adverse to killing, over time she changes to where she doesn't bat an eye at [[Gorn|graphically killing]] and eating dozens of people.
* [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique]]: Capt. Jarvis' job description is this trope.
* [[Just Desserts]]: basically the fate of any [[Big Bad]] dumb enough to get on DarkStar's bad side, most obviously {{spoiler|Alexia}}.
* [[Knight in Sour
* [[Lime]]: Believe it or not it may have sex demons as central characters, but despite the insinuations and innuendos the story never gets as explicit as implies it has.
* [[Lady of War]] -- [[Gender Bender|Ironically]], Nariko.
* [[Light Is Not Good]] --- "[[Eldritch Abomination|heaven]]."
* [[The Little Detecto]]: Pattern scanners. Useful items that can not only detect sentient life, but can also discriminate between a human, a disembodied spirit, and a human infected with lycanthropy with no problem ([[Its All There in the Manual|as there's a specific pattern for each]].) Not to mention more interesting yet easier to detect things like demons and sailor scouts. Used to give a [[Power Levels|"power reading"]] too, but that was abandoned after Ranma went [[Readings Are Off the Scale|over level 12 or so.]]
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* [[Magic Missile]]: Eclipse's shadows work like this.
* [[Mama Bear]]: Succubae's hat.
* [[Manipulative Bastard|Manipulative Bitch]]: Alexia, to a lesser degree Pluto, and eventually DarkStar herself.
* [[Mauve Shirt]]: Close examination reveals Mauve is the [[Red Shirt|new Red]].
* [[Meaningful Rename]]: Just about all of the main characters get one, examples will eventually be found on the [[The Return (fanfic)/Characters|characters page]] in order to avoid [[Spoiler]]s.
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* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Happens after the first time Ranma caves to her [[Horror Hunger]]. [[It Gets Easier]] though.
* [[My Greatest Failure]]: Ranma considers hers to be abandoning and subsequent neglect/mistreatment of Nariko after her conversion.
* [[Nakama]]: Oh yeah.▼
* [[Naughty Tentacles]]: Well, naughty tails anyway. [[Power Perversion Potential|Use your imagination]].
* [[Never a Self-Made Woman]]: Ukyo fills this unfortunately. {{spoiler|She's first introduced as [[Blood Knight|Ryoga]]'s [[Defector From Decadence|saner]] [[Odd Couple|partner]]. Tags along as a [[Badass Normal]] on a couple zany adventures, [[Stuffed Into the Fridge|gets mortally wounded]], [[Emergency Transformation|dons the blue shirt]] and now decides she's in love with the very same person she was introduced with. [[Happily Married|They become mates]].}}
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** played straight, [[He Had a Name|in that when an APC blows up we're quickly told the name of the now-dead driver]].
* [[Renegade Russian]]: The Cyborg Mercenary Communists are this.
* [[Schoolgirl Lesbians]]: In early chapters.
* [[She's Got Legs]]: Eve checking out her new body, it's [[Lampshaded]] how short her "regulation length" skirt looks because of this.
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** The ''Sailor Moon'' half of the fic isn't much better. The ''characters'' might be mostly intact but the ''setting'' is much [[Darker and Edgier]]..
* [[Traumatic Haircut]]: Eve cuts off Usagi's Odango to make a point about...[[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|er, something]]. Or possibly just to be a [[Jerkass]]. It just came across as pointlessly mean.
* [[Unfazed Everyman]]: Naoko and Sam.
* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: what happens when you hurt one of Sunshine's kids.
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