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** When Riza is missing in ''Brilliancy'', a fevered Roy remarks that he's not surprised that he's sick, because he's been out in the rain ever since she was kidnapped. (For the Flame Alchemist, that's his way of saying he feels helpless.)
* [[Canine Companion]]: Riza's dog Black Hayate is this to both her and, after their marriage, Roy. He becomes something of a living [[Memento MacGuffin]] in ''Brilliancy''; Roy won't allow the dog out of his sight the entire time Riza is missing because, as Havoc points out, he's the closest thing they have to a child {{spoiler|at first}}.
* [[Can't Kill You - Still Need You]]: Played for laughs toward the end of ''Three Generals.'' {{spoiler|After Scar kills Acheron, he and Dong Bao return to the allies with the corpse. When General Armstrong expresses her surprise that he allowed Dong Bao to live, Scar's rationale is simply, "I needed him to carry the body."}}
* [[Captain Obvious]]: Invoked by Ed in ''Flowers of Antimony,'' when he addresses Roy as "General Obvious."
* [[The Cavalry]]: Ed, Roy and Riza, assisted by Jerso and Zampano, come to the aid of their friends in ''Flowers of Antimony.'' {{spoiler|Those same friends return the favor at Roy's execution in ''Three Generals''.}}
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* [[Dances and Balls]]: Just one, in ''Three Generals'', planned chiefly as a means of luring the enemy into attacking. {{spoiler|It doesn't work.}}
* [[Dangerously Genre Savvy]]: Kimblee, in ''Triumvirate'', quickly figures out a few things the others would rather he not know.
* [[Dead Guy, Junior]]: Averted hard in ''Three Generals,'' when Roy explains to Grumman why he and Riza have decided not to name their baby after Maes Hughes or anybody else.
** Played straight in the same story by Ling and Lan Fan, however, who named their first son Fu, after Lan Fan's grandfather.
* [[Death By Despair]]: Roy Mustang really, ''[[Living Emotional Crutch|really]]'' loves his wife. So much so that when she goes missing and he gets sick, Dr. Marcoh warns their friends that this might happen to him if she doesn't come back alive.
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* [[Do With Him As You Will]]/[[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: Acheron takes this attitude toward at least a few of his [[Mook|mooks]], even going so far as to offer the life of a specific one to Roy as a "consolation prize."
* [[The Dragon]]: {{spoiler|General Piper}} in ''Three Generals''.
* [[Drama
* [[Driven to Suicide]]: {{spoiler|Riza's pregnancy}} was first written into the story to prevent this from happening to her when {{spoiler|the time of Roy's execution passes.}}
* [[Element Number Five]]: Quintessence, the fifth element of [[Real Life]] alchemy, makes a brief appearance in the title and content of the last chapter of ''Flowers''.
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* [[Flash Back]]: ''Brilliancy'' has several of these; the revolving point of view allows different characters to remember different incidents. Not a case of [[Viewers Are Goldfish]], however, because while all of the flashbacks are connected to events from the canon, they usually showcase non-canonical details.
* [[Flat What]]: Ed's reaction to finding out that Ling basically invited himself (and by extension, the Fuhrer, and a large collection of Xing and Amestrian troops) to his and Winry's wedding.
* [[Four
* [[Four-Temperament Ensemble]]: The original members of Team Mustang. Havoc is sanguine, Breda is choleric, Falman is phlegmatic (type II), and Fuery is supine.
* [[Friend to All Children]]: {{spoiler|Grumman}}, in the finale, is shown to be this.
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* [[Hijacked By Ganon]]: In ''Three Generals'', {{spoiler|General Piper}} turns out to be merely [[The Dragon]] to Acheron, {{spoiler|who has teamed up with Dong Bao}}.
* [[Hope Bringer]]: Part of the reason the men send for Roy Mustang when Central City is attacked during ''Flowers'' is because they figure that having the Flame Alchemist in their midst will boost the morale of the Amestrian defenses. (It does.)
* [[Hundred
* [[If I Do Not Return]]: Roy in ''Brilliancy,'' when entering the building in the desert.
{{quote| '''Roy:''' Give me five minutes. And ''don't follow me''.}}
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* [[Stuff Blowing Up]]: The building explosion in ''Brilliancy''; {{spoiler|Grumman's office}} in ''Three Generals.''
* [[Subordinate Excuse]]: At Ed's bachelor party in ''Flowers of Antimony'', {{spoiler|a very un-drunk Fuhrer Grumman announces his intention to repeal the anti-fraternization law, making it possible for Roy and Riza to finally be together. He doesn't identify this as his reason, but seeing as he's a [[Shipper On Deck]] for them in the canon, it's not hard to figure out.}}
* [[Suddenly
* [[Switching POV]]: No character controls the narrative for more than one chapter at a time.
* [[Take a Third Option]]: Invoked in the FAQ at the end of the series, regarding the author's decision to {{spoiler|make Roy and Riza the parents of twins}}.
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* [[Trope Overdosed]]
* [[True Companions]]: The allies identify themselves as essentially this. Riza invokes it outright in ''Three Generals,'' referring to them collectively as "my family."
* [[Two
* [[Unbroken Vigil]]: When Roy falls ill in ''Brilliancy'', one of the allies (usually Winry) is appointed to hold one at all times.
* [[Undying Loyalty]]: As in the canon.
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* [[Wedding Day]]: Five of 'em<ref> Ed and Winry, Ling and Lan Fan, Roy and Riza, Al and Mei. The last pair had two weddings; one in Xing and one in Amestris</ref>, with a sixth taking place during the [[Time Skip]] between the last two chapters of the last story. [[Weddings for Everyone]]!
* [[Wedding Smashers]]: Somewhat subverted. The invasion in the first story doesn't really have anything to do with disrupting Ed and Winry's wedding; it's just that the ceremony is the reason that the real targets are available to attack.
* [[Wham! Episode]]: Arguably, several. All three stories have happy and peaceful openings only to be slammed with chaos after a few chapters. Special mention must go to {{spoiler|Roy's apparent suicide}} in ''Brilliancy'', which at least gets cleared up in the same chapter, and {{spoiler|Grumman's alleged murder}} in ''Three Generals'' - which not only is not immediately resolved, but has multiple follow-up Wham Episodes.
* [[Wham! Line]]: In ''Three Generals'', via telegram, a single word to let the allies know the outcome of the trial. {{spoiler|Checkmate}}
* [[When She Smiles]]: Riza, although considered pretty under normal circumstances, is shown this way in Dr. Marcoh's flashback in ''Brilliancy.''
* [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]]: ''Flowers of Antimony'' has this, with Ed thinking about what's happened to the rest of the cast since his wedding. Somewhat justified, since ''Flowers'' was supposed to be a stand-alone story and the epilogue was intended to wrap it up.
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