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In September 2003 the second Official BZPRPG came into existence on the island of Mua Nui. This marks the beginning of the end of player-run RPGs and begins to move towards Staff-run Official BZPRPG.
January 1 of 2004 found the RPers on the canon island of Metru Nui. This was the first full year of the Official BZPRPG, ending Christmas Day 2004. The highlights of this RPing year was the [[Shrouded in Myth|legendary]] Lightbringer/Darkbringer War and the rise and fall of the Dark Lord Vahki. It also heralded the rise of [[Magic
On December 25, 2004, we moved again to a massive planet/universe called Magna Iun. It hosted over 13 topics with two continents and a massive ocean between them. The highlight of this location was the plot of a Great Being named Dakura who tried to take over Magna Iun. The [[The Remnant|Darkbringers]] also resurfaced and gave the [[Church Militant|Lightbringers]] some payback after their defeat in Metru Nui, but the arc ended in the (most likely) destruction of the entire planet of Magna Iun. The players were moved from this location to Terros Nui on January 1, 2006.
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A complete list of tropes used here would probably break the skeleton of the internet, but here's a partial list:
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The BZPRPG Itself:
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* [[The Protagonist]]: Many people would LIKE to think they are this. Being essentially a group epic, however, there is almost never a defined protagonist of a story.
* [[Reference Overdosed]]: With so many players, of course there will be lots of references.
* [[Small Name, Big Ego]]: Several players
* [[Spell My Name With an "S"]]: It's rarely consistent as to whether the islands have hyphens in their names, but usually they don't.
* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: Or, in this case, Unreliable Players.
* [[Talking Is a Free Action]]: Almost always played straight and averted far less than it's subverted.
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* [[Badass Teacher]]: Lazok has become this, joining the Towers of the Scholars in Aensetr Derrum.
** Zyrul exemplifies this trope as an evil version.
* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Alta. Sweet? Check. Gentle? Check. Polite? Check. Nice? Check. Goes [[Unstoppable Rage|toe]] to [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|toe]] with [[Boring Invincible Villain|Zyrul]] and forces him to go all out to beat her? Check.
* [[BFS]]: Lazok's. It's as long as an average Toa is tall, and as wide as one's waist. Lazok's larger size and great strength (combined with tactile telekinesis) is what allows him to wield a weapon that would otherwise be reserved only for some Titan species.
** Barrakhii is another good example.
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* [[Blood Knight]]: Korruhn
* [[Bulletproof Human Shield]]: When [[Tranquil Fury|Mars]] and [[Split Personality Takeover|Zarayna]] duel for the first time, they respectively wield magnetism and [[Extra Ore Dinary]] power to protect themselves against the other's projectiles with the bodies from Zarayna's [[Kick the Dog|massacre of refugees]]. Justified as Mars' [[Abnormal Ammo|cordak bullets]] and Zarayna's arrows would not be able to go through dead bodies and into the person behind them.
* [[Card
* [[Casanova Wannabe]]: Takrah. After the death of his [[Temporary Love Interest|first lover]], he's flirted unsuccessfully with every single female PC that he's met...Even trying to interrupt a girl's wedding ceremony for one last attempt to hook up with her.
* [[The Chessmaster]]: Several.
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* [[Crap Saccharine World]]: The 2010 setting, Aensetr Derrum. Seemingly a relatively peaceful world, which despite its fair share of troubles, has a content population. That is, until you look under the surface. See Black and Gray Morality for the details.
* [[Crapsack World]]: 2009 setting, Locus Abeo. It didn't start off that way, though.
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: As with Badass, too many to list. You're welcome to try though.
* [[Death From Above]]: The Lightbringer Cruisers.
* [[Easily
* [[Enigmatic Minion]]: The Operative. Not only is he not exactly evil, per say, but he actually doesn't mind losing and has any number of taunts that hint to... Well, nothing, actually.
* [[
* [[Evil Overlord]]: Uhuraz from 2009/2010, and Zyrul from 2006.
* [[Five
** [[The Hero]]: Tommi - while never really leading the 'Rebels', had most of the qualities of the trope, especially his moral uprightness (which bordered on naivete).
** [[The Lancer]]: Rahkar - she was de facto leader of the Rebels, but fit better into this trope, providing [[Deadpan Snarker|the cynical]] to Tommi's optimistic.
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* [[Kaiju]]: A few ''player characters''.
* [[Large Ham]]: [[Evil Overlord|Daximos]], natch. And his [[Heterosexual Life Partners|heterosexual life partner]] Ragnarok.
* [[Laser
* [[Last of His Kind]]: A few, but [[Noble Savage|Exlaas]] and [[Impoverished Patrician|Phogu]] are the resident poster boys for it.
* [[Legacy Character]]: Toa Smeagol. Yes, that's a [[Shout Out|shout out]].
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** Unsurprising considering Viveloc's creator based his concept off that of [[Iron Man|War Machine]].
* [[The Protagonist]]: Joske Nimil is shaping up to be this in the 2010 storyline, though just like Aensetr Derrum overall has a bit of a grayer morality than the usual.
* [[Psychic Powers]]: Makuta Uhuraz, who focused only on developing his mental powers to their peak. Alien [[Spell My Name With an "S"|V'chth'alla]] also counts, as does Malika Sunrose.
* [[Psycho for Hire]]: Korruhn. While many of the Kin didn't personally believe in Saeras's teachings, Korruhn was the only one who often outright went against them. The only reason he sided with the Kin at all was more out of his sadism than any genuine desire to do good.
* [[Punctuation Shaker]]: Ak'Rei'An and Sha'i'tan, plus a lot of other characters.
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== New BZPRPG ==
* [[Bamboo Technology]]: How else could Icarin have gotten his [[Artificial Limbs]]?
* [[Bare
* [[Being Tortured Makes You Evil]]: In the case of Dreenan, an unfortunate Toa who was enslaved because she wasn't a good enough fighter, and then sold to [[Complete Monster|Joske Nimil]].
* [[Big Eater]]: Describes Gluttony to a T. The guy can literally eat ''anything'' due to a mutation in his saliva and stomach acids. He's also [[I'm a Humanitarian|a humanitarian]]
* [[Blood Splattered Warrior]]: Virtually any fight involving Lust will result in her becoming this.
* [[Break the Cutie]]: Nighting
* [[Broken Bird]]: [[The Cynic|Aexias]] was so [[Wide Eyed Idealist|cute ]] when she was [[Badass Adorable|younger]]...[[Dark and Troubled Past|Then]] [[You Killed My Father|stuff]] [[Break the Cutie|happened]] and she became a [[Shell
* [[The Brute]]: [[Dumb Muscle|Raknar]] to the rest of the Daedra. Gluttony could also qualify.
** Also what [[Obfuscating Stupidity|everyone thought Vezoro was]]-until he disappeared.
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** Seeing that some players have created new versions of their characters from the pre-reboot BZPRPG, they would count as well.
* [[Evil Mentor]]: Echelon was this to Kynaera.
* [[Gentleman and A Scholar]]: [[Not Evil, Just Misunderstood|Lemue]].
* [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: When it was discovered that the original Wrath had betrayed the Toa Daedra, he and Lust engaged in a short scuffle, during which he was dragged out of the room. Seconds later, Lust returned from the hallway - almost completely [[Blood Splattered Warrior|covered in blood]] and with little to say aside from, "The mole's taken care of."
* [[Grey and Grey Morality]]: Most of Nitro Frost's Characters are this.
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* [[The Medic]]: Virthee, Raashion, Team Kanohi Dragon, and Takimoc, to name a few
* [[My Greatest Failure]]: Jasik and Nighting feel this way about Dreenan's capture.
* [[Noble Savage]]: [[Not Evil, Just Misunderstood|Viper]]
* [[New Meat]]: Nova.
* [[No Sense of Direction]]: Cipher. The guy has managed to spend HOURS swimming towards the shore after jumping off of a boat, which was probably about [[Epic Fail|350 or so feet from the coastline]].
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* [[Disturbed Doves]]: After Hau gets out of the water and Kriigata beings to lead the group towards Ga-Koro again, he moves to follow her-and is stopped when he notices a flock of fishing birds fly from the water a dozen bio away. He then spends a few seconds trying to convince himself he doesn't believe in omens before moving on.
* [[Elemental Punch]]: A common attack of Toa and occasionally Skakdi and Turaga; most notably used by [[Playing With Fire|Salamander]] and [[Shock and Awe|Hau]].
* [[Hannibal Lecture]]: Darylhii delivers one to [[Mary Sue|Tahuva]], but he is [[Shut UP, Hannibal|completely ignored]].
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Lezuu experiences one. After waiting an entire fight to attack, he gets his chance and stabs Ferrin [[In the Back|in the right kidney]], coolly pulls his [[Butterfly Knife|balisong]] out, wipes it, and fans it closed...Then [[Shocking Defeat Legacy|fully realizes that Jianheim was destroyed]] (he previously was [[Watching Troy Burn]]). Cue BSOD for said [[Battle Butler]].
** Raehn experiences a minor one after accidentally 'killing' Decaia, breaking the Toa Code as a result. Fortunately (or unfortunately) for her, he survived.
* [[Honor Before Reason]]: [[The McCoy|Ramanox]] and [[The Spock|Keinju]] [[Discussed Trope|discuss]] this trope in a debate. [[The Fettered|Ramanox]] is all for it and states that one must keep their own [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]] [[Honor Before Reason|over all]] [[Thou Shalt Not Kill|by not killing]], concluding that [[He Who Fights Monsters]] will go into full effect for "[[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him]]" applying when fighting [[Big Bad|Makuta]]. [[The Unfettered|Keinju]] fires back that the [[Hopeless War]] cannnot be won permanently without [[Dirty Business]] and concludes that while Ramanox' [[The Hero|toa]] are [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]] and have their own place in the world, there is no leeway for [[Honor Before Reason]] in war and that [[Shell
{{quote| "[[There Are Two Kinds of People in The World|I'm no toa, I'm a soldier]]," [[Tall, Dark and Snarky|Keinju]] [[The Stoic|remarked casually]]. "[[Deadpan Snarker|You have shown wholly ludicrous capability in mixing the two up]]. The difference is that a [[The Fettered|toa]]," his eye glinted again, "Will put [[Honor Before Reason|honor before reason]]. [[The Unfettered|A true soldier]] will [[Shoot the Dog|throw honor to karzhani and save reason at any cost]]. [[No
* [[Life or Limb Decision]]: Sulov Koskium is forced to make one when the Great Mine explodes as he looks for a squadmate in it. A plinth lands on his left hand and pins it. While the plinth itself is not a problem, the fact that moving it would cause a cave-in of the rubble pocket he ends up in is. Sulov contacts his squadmates, waits for them to find him, has them tell him why his left hand is hurting (all sources of light were put out as the rubble fell), and then calmly orders one of them to sever his arm at the wrist.
** To extrapolate: While Sulov wouldn't have been without help, the pinning plinth had slammed down onto his left hand and opened several arteries. He would've bled out if it wasn't stopped. As such, it was necessary for his body to be moved.
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[[Earn Your Happy Ending|His malice defeated by good]]." }}
** [[Prophecies Rhyme All the Time]]
* [[The Unfettered]]: Surprisingly few; however, [[The Stoic|Keinju]] [[Combat Pragmatist|more]] [[Guile Hero|than]] [[I Did What I Had to Do|makes]] [[Shoot the Dog|up]] [[Screw the Rules, I Make Them|for]] [[Blue and Orange Morality|it]].
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