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* [[Abusive Dad]]: Will's father, Colonel Wagner, is not winning any prizes for being the parent of the year. He is cutting towards Marco, who has a good reason to hate the guy, and is strict towards Will, refusing to see him as a person. While Marco resents that Will is the favored child, Will has to point out he doesn't ''want'' to be the apple of his father's eye. You would expect the reaction to his son nearly being shot in the rain would be relief that he's unhurt, but instead {{spoiler|he ''kicks Will out'' for politely saying that he doesn't want to go to military school}}.
* [[All Guys Want Cheerleaders]]: Jennifer
* [[Alpha Bitch]]: Subverted with Jennifer who comes off as this the first half of the novel. Once we get to know her she turns out to be more of a [[Spoiled Sweet]] along with a [[Dumb Blonde]].
* [[BFS]]: The sword Ellie's dad is studying, [[Chekhov's Gun|especially later in the story]]
* [[Big Man on Campus]]: Will
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: How ''Avalon High'' ends. While Elle manages to stop {{spoiler|Marco from murdering Will, thanks to a well-placed sword and [[The Reveal]] that she is the Lady of the Lake, Will is still dealing with the emotional ramifications that his stepmother is actually his mother and Marco tried to kill him. Marco has to go to juvie, though Mr. Morton hopes that the forces of evil will leave him alone. Will attempts at an honest conversation with Colonel Wagner and refusing to go to military school leads to the man kicking him out, so he moves in with Elle's family for the timebeing.}}
* [[Cassandra Truth]]: Elle keeps telling Mr. Morton and Marco with increasing frustration that she is not a reincarnation of Elaine, the Lady of Shalott. She doesn't have a crush on Lance, and she's not a woman that would drown herself over a guy. {{spoiler|They find out that she's right; Elaine is the Lady of the Lake, the one who empowers Arthur's sword}}.
* [[The Chosen One]]
* [[Cool Sword]]: [[Double Subversion]]; The sword being studied by Ellie's father is just a boring old sword. {{spoiler|And it's not Excalibur, but it still ends up being pretty cool.}}
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** [[Averted Trope|Not exactly]]. In the book, according to Mr. Morton, the legend repeats every generation with the students ''corresponding'' to the characters of the tales. In the film the characters ''are'' [[Reincarnation|Reincarnations]] according to an old prophecy.
* [[Shipper on Deck]]: Mr. Morton for his [[Ship Mates]], Will/Jennifer and Lance/Ellie.
* [[Spoiled Sweet]]: Jennifer is not the smartest girl, but she is rather nice.
* [[Tears of Remorse]]: Elle happens to overhear Jennifer crying in the bathroom after {{spoiler|the school finds out she was cheating on Will. She's guilty about how Will is so calm about it, and how the whole school is viewing her as disloyal}}.
* [[Those Two Guys]]: Ellie's friends Stacy and Liz
* [[The Uriah Gambit]]: Will's father apparently pulled this with Marco's father so he could begin [[Comforting the Widow]].
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