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However, the references to pop culture are pervasive explaining the large number of tropes referenced here.
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* [[Action Girl]]: Primarily Xiong Mao, although Chance might also qualify.
* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]: Poor [[Citizen Kane (Film)|Rosebud]]!
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* [[Dhampyr]]: Alucrade.
* [[Dominatrix]]: Amanite to {{spoiler|Changelin after discovering his/her real, skinny male form. Actually has him on a leash, blindfolded, with a ball-gag and his arms tied behind his back for their villain project presentation. "Call me Hermione!"}}
* [[Door
* [[Dragons Up the Yin Yang]]: Wong Fei Long's [[Power Tattoo|magic tattoo]].
* [[Dream Sequence]]: Ombre and the animals of the forest hold meetings through these.
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* [[Elaborate University High]]: The F.E.A.H. and the surrounding campus.
* [[Embarrassing First Name]]: Xiong Mao. She takes great care to conceal that her name actually means "Little Panda".
* [[
* [[Expository Hairstyle Change]]: Xiong Mao and Ombre both have different hairstyles after {{spoiler|spending time in the underground forge}}.
* [[Fan Girl]]: {{spoiler|Amanite is apparently one for ''[[Harry Potter]]'', seeing as she forces Changlin to stay in his skinny male form, wear round glasses, and call her Hermione.}}
* [[Fan Service]]: Lampshaded. The university even gives classes of Fanservice for heroines.
* [[Fastball Special]]: Used by Chance and Ombre during the tactics exam.
* [[Five
** [[The Hero]] -- Xiong Mao
** [[The Lancer]] -- Chance
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* [[Girls Love Stuffed Animals]]: Subverted, since Ombre is the one who collects and make plushies (and he's pretty [[Real Men Wear Pink|embarassed when the girls find out]]). Nevertheless, also played straight as the girls seems to love them too.
* [[The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry]]: Xiong Mao and her sister. They even attend rival schools. {{spoiler|Actually half-sisters; it seems Xiong's mother wasn't Chinese. When the "heroes" of St. Ange ambush the FEAH students Xiong Mao's convinced she's being attacked personally.}}
* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Subverted with Funerailles as despite his nasty scars he is a much better person than {{spoiler|his younger brother, the president of F.E.A.H.}}
* [[The Grim Reaper]]: Appears in person in the second book.
* [[Hammerspace]]: Where Val gets her clothes from.
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* [[Important Haircut]]: {{spoiler|Actually, it's important when Xiong Mao decides NOT to cut her hair. She had previously kept it short due to being ashamed of how her curly hair exposed her mixed parentage. Once she accepts it, she wears her hair long.}}
* [[Improvised Golems]]: Amanite can summon very nice ones out of paper sheets or tennis balls.
* [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja]]: {{spoiler|Wong Fei Long's been posing as one to keep an eye on Xiong Mao. After she defeats him and he learns about St. Ange's plot he goes to train with an actual [[Ninja Warrior]] on a fishing boat.}}
** There's also Sablon, an Arabian K/Night-themed guy who never takes his mask off.
* [[Kill the Cutie]]: Ombre's bunny. Once released, he tastes the joy of freedom but gets eaten by a bird of prey.
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* [[Mask Power]]: One of Sablon's teammates is a girl named Venise who always wears masks, though we've yet to see her do anything particularly powerful.
** That said, Sablon himself, with his face-concealing turban, qualifies. (Chance claims to have seen his face.)
* [[May
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Everyone. Most notably Chance whose full name is Chance D'Estaing (Name of an ancient family of Central France, used because it sounds like the French word for "Destiny").
* [[Meganekko]]: Xiong Mao, in various occasions.
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* [[Beach Episode|Pool Episode]]: The last chapters of the first book.
* [[The Power of Love]]: Literally used as a magic ingredient to bring the gingerbread men to life.
* [[Power Trio]]: Xiong Mao (Ego), Chance (Id), and Ombre (Superego). Later expanded into a [[Five
* [[Real Place Background]]: Some stealth clues (license plates, tramway numbers, maps...) suggests the school is located in Villeurbanne, a university suburb of Lyon, France.
* [[Sealed Army in A Can]]: In order to conquer the world (which is a "science project" for the School), the group create an army of gingerbread soldiers. [[Gone Horribly Right|A little bit rebellious, still...]]
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* [[Settlers of Catan]]: Played by the students in the second book.
* [[Shout Out]]: Loads and loads...
* [[Sibling Yin
* [[Speaking Simlish]]: The Gingerbread Warriors say [[Monty Python and The Holy Grail|"Ni!"]] except for [[All of the Other Reindeer|Rosebud]] who says "Nou!".
* [[Split Personality]]: St. Ange student Requiem AKA {{spoiler|''PSYCHOPORN!!!'' He just wants more personal freedom.}}
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* [[Valkyries]]: Valkyrie (but you can call her Val).
* [[Wicked Witch]]: Amanite
* [[Year Inside, Hour Outside|Year Inside Month Outside]]
* [[You Fail Logic Forever]]: The cooking of pasta seems a very challenging problem for the demon-girl.
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