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* '''Cosmic Disorientation''': One's [[wikipedia:Pre-established harmony|pre-established harmony]] has been disrupted. Leads to an existential breakdown when body and soul feel like they're a wrong match, or like someone is trapped in the wrong body - somehow. A side effect of the [[Unwilling Roboticisation]] that occurs in Artificial Reincarnation. Similar to [[Grand Theft Me]].

* '''Crimson Owl Immunity''': A lampshaded, in-universe version of [[Contractual Immortality]] governed by the [[Applied Phlebotinum]] of that universe. Usually limited to only one character, and usually involves a [[Curse Escape Clause]] (such as [[Death By Sex|losing one's virginity]].)

** Will almost always be balanced by a [[Fox News Liberal|more civil homosexual character]] who will take pity on the Crooked mob's targets of violence and try to protect them. Expect lots of [[Refuge in Audacity]] and [[Crosses the Line Twice]] with this one. Will sometimes try to justify its portrayal with [[Ripped from the Headlines]] and [[But It Really Happened!]].

** [[Eats Babies]] and [[Extreme Omnisexual]] are optional. Being [[Ax Crazy]] / [[But You Screw One Goat!|depraved]] / suicidal enough [[Bullying a Dragon|to attempt raping angels]] is all but mandatory.

* '''Librions''': The creatures that result from Artificial Reincarnation.

* '''Mosquatlons''': A specific type of vampire that uses proboscises instead of fangs. A sub-trope of [[Our Vampires Are Different]].

* '''Phantomars''' and '''Phantomitic fields''': When writers attempt to [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshade]] and [[Hand Wave]] away [[Invisible Anatomy]].

* [[Resigned to The Call]]: The series ''wants'' credit for this, but it might have to settle for being the [[Trope Codifier]]. The actual trope is considerably older, however. ''[[The Bible (Literature)|The Bible]]'' contains examples which may qualify as an [[Ur Example]]. (E.g., Mary agreeing to carry Jesus, Jonah's attitude change about Ninevah, etc.)

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** Mantith looks like [[The Seventies]]. The Mosquatlons look like [[World War II|the 40s]]. Their Aviatet [[Fur Against Fang|rivals]] look like [[The Roaring Twenties]].

** Drizad goes back and forth between communes that look like [[The Dung Ages]] and palaces that look like [[Arabian Nights Days]] and spaceports that have [[The New Tens]] all over them. The cities are underground, beneath the commune farms. And they resemble [[Mordor]].

* [[City Noir]]: Nabijab City plays this one completely straight. Thanks to Astrabolo, most of the rest of Neothode is [[Crapsack World|not that different]].

* [[Cloudcuckooland]]: All the worlds view each other this way to an extent. Ironically, the fanatical politics and religious wars between a tiny minority of non-compromised church intellectuals and an entire world of paranoid anti-theists that makes up the human world of Mantith ends up fitting this ''better'' than worlds that are run by Pens and Markers trying to battle sex-crazed terrorist-pirates. Almost all parts of Inktacto have a few too many [[Red Shirt]] characters to truly qualify any of them as a [[World of Badass]].

* [[Demon Lords and Archdevils]]: The Dark Wanderer, analogous to Beelzebub as depicted in ''[[The Pilgrims Progress (Literature)|The Pilgrims Progress]]''. He is the Giver of Sorcery and Lord over Contracted Wizards. Thankfully, he is only seldom a threat to the Inktacto system. Part of this is because, like his master the [[Satan|Vile Chameleon]], he is bound to [[Hell|Depositalium]] such that he can only normally operate [[A Wizard Did It|by proxy]]. And his proxies have to get past the universe's [[Anti-Magic|firewall]], which is maintained by Levio the Nullfier. Mezelwradd and Lorkush [[Subverted Trope|are just]] the Chameleon's disguises, used to create Consto's religion and the Yehtzig cult, respectively.

* [[Diplomatic Impunity]]: Callously averted on Mantith, as the Antian president shows little to no interest in actually keeping his promises to keep the Voyagers safe. Sure, the government funds them and helps them find jobs, but they're on their own for protection. They are regularly harassed, threatened, and abducted. By governments and [[Civilian Villain]] types alike. The Antian government primarily abuses them as publicity stunts as well, even considering revoking the little immunity they have, just to appease gay special privileges groups who are out for their [[Bizarre Alien Biology|ink]].

* [[Don't Make Me Destroy You]]: The ''angels'', of all things, have to give this warning. Their targets seem to have a [[Too Dumb to Live|chronic defiance disorder]].

** Instead of Mary/Maria simply waking up one day pregnant, [[Negative Space Wedgie|the Muellex]] stops time save for one isolated locale, and a Chasm Tube opens up where the Trimalus strikes her like a bolt of lightning. [[Lightning Can Do Anything|A "divinospermato" instantly forms]], and with the aid of no other sperm cells, is able to fertilize an egg the same way sperm fertilizes an egg during artificial insemination.

** Actually makes her explanation for what happened ''[[Up to Eleven|even more]]'' of a [[Cassandra Truth]] to her parents, [[Go Mad From the Revelation|until]] [[Broken Masquerade|an alien crashes into the neighborhood and starts teleporting everywhere]].

** Played a little more straight in the ''Final Hope'' timeline: Philidrio and Verdegal used to date each other. Molly is the grandaughter of Liquimo, Liquidon's twin brother. Verdegal is the granddaughter of Monigo Lanchez, who helped two of the original Voyagers escape from prison.

* [[Furry Confusion]]: They're living pens and markers; but they keep journals with non-living "dolls." Then again, [[Nightmare Fuel|the alternative]] would have them writing with their own heads [[Squick|using their own blood]].

* [[Genocide Backfire]]: Because of this series, it could just as easily be called the [[Doomy Dooms of Doom|Dandelion Of Doom]]. Literally any time the Dandelion Effect is invoked, it is a reference to this. Not limited to just attacks [[Nice Job Breaking It, Herod|on babies]]. Is even [[Space Whale Aesop|compared]] to the [[Butterfly of Doom]], [[Anvilicious|just to get the point across]] to any villains who might be [[Genre Savvy]] [[Evil Overlord List|enough to listen]].

* [[Going Cosmic]]: Zigzagged. The series is heavy-handed from the very get-go. Becomes ''slightly'' [[Inverted Trope|less philosophical]] and more action-oriented with time, though [[Subverted Trope|at the expense]] of getting [[Satire|more political]].

* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: See the [[Stationery Voyagers/Characters|Character Sheet]] for examples.

* [[Invisible Anatomy]] / [[Psychic Powers]] / [[Mind Over Matter]]: Phantomitics and Phantomars (invisible arms.) [[Conversational Troping|Discussed]].

* [[Kung Fu Jesus]]: Minshus is the only being who can authorize large-scale muellexic tampering with the space-time continuum, he helps blow up an entire planet, he had a bodyguard for a short while that was made of [[Supernatural Martial Arts]], and when he came to raise an army of resurrected souls to lift other resurrects out of their graves and collect everyone around the world for [[The End of the World As We Know It|Judgment Day]], the news reported it as him starting a [[Zombie Apocalypse]].

* [[Serial Killer]]: [http://dozerfleetwiki2.wiki-site.com/index.php/Cybomec_%28Consto%29 Clandish Consto] toys around with the idea of making a career out of being a [[Serial Killer]]. Then, he decides to become a full-blown terrorist instead. (With plans to become [[A God Am I|a god]].)

* [[Shoot the Shaggy Dog]]: Think the story [[Cerebus Syndrome|can't get any darker]]? By the ''Final Hope'' timeline, {{spoiler|Astrabolo}} [[Human Popsicle|has returned]]. The PTG (UN substitute) has now become the [[People's Republic of Tyranny]], with {{spoiler|Astrabolo}} as [[The Caligula]]. {{spoiler|The original Voyagers}} are dead. All the characters we loved are dead or sent into hibernation/muellexic freeze. If {{spoiler|Astrabolo}} gets [[Who Would Be Stupid Enough|desperate enough]], he may release [[Omnicidal Maniac|Melchar]] ([[Sealed Evil in A Duel|and Alhox]]) from the Muellex. {{spoiler|Port Metaball}} is a nuclear wasteland. Our new heroes are a black dude whose family was killed in a fire, a girl who [[Video Game Lives|has unlimited lives]] if she remains a technical virgin, a monk, a chaplain/mechanic, a [[Spoiled Sweet|rich girl]] with a [[Rape As Drama]] [[Break the Cutie|motif]], and the grandniece of our favorite [[Walking Wasteland]]. They must stop the old evil from assembling a [[Death Ray]] that can wipe out an entire city at a time, by finding the hidden blueprints first. Meanwhile, signs point to [[The End of the World As We Know It]].

* [[Sixth Ranger]]: Neone, a subversion in that she was always meant to be part of the original team, but got delayed by reason of being on another planet.

** [[Magnetic Hero|Then]] there was Liquidon, who didn't fight the team but instead needed their help to [[Clear My Name|get his name cleared]] as he was mistaken for a terrorist.

* [[Steven Ulysses Perhero]]: Quite a few examples under the Trivia page.

* [[Straw Hypocrite]]: A judge in Braldon bans Oceanoe from visiting the country, based solely on the fact that he was a victimized by the Crooked Rainbow in their intolerance of the Voyagers' Minshan beliefs. Yet, the judge allows several of the exact same Crooked Rainbow members who victimized Oceanoe into Braldon for an all-expenses paid, taxpayer-funded (without taxpayer consent) trip, to spread propaganda for their lifestyle, in the name of "tolerance."

* [[Stuffed Into the Fridge]]: Usually averted, at least for women. Just as long as you don't cross paths with [[Serial Killer|Clandish]] "[[Psycho Electro|Cybomec]]" [[A God Am I|Consto]]. Granted, [[Our Vampires Are Different|the Mosquatlon heroine]] Cindy {{spoiler|turning into a bomb}} to save Liquidon; and then {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice|blowing herself up]]}} to defeat Varikton's monster is probably about the worst example. {{spoiler|Susani Malone}}'s death might count as this as well. {{spoiler|Hidicky Delft}}'s death is a ''very straight'' (albeit, gender-flipped) version of this.

* [[Take That]]: LOTS of them, ranging from [[Satire|American political examples]] to the occasional [[Deconstructive Parody]] of various films/shows. See the Trivia page for examples.