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* [[David Versus Goliath]]: Oh, you have three guesses and the first two don't count.

* [[Deadly Decadent Court]]: Assassinations, machinations and politics, oh my.

* [[Depraved Homosexual]]: Subverted with Jack. He's both gay and a pretty bad guy, but the one thing has nothing to do with the other, and most of his [[Pet the Dog]] moments come when he starts to come to grips with his sexuality.

* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: Some of David's escapes are a little too lucky to be anything else...but then, this being the story it is, that's only to be expected.

* [[The Dragon]]: General Linus Abner, played by Wes Studi. King Silas has him arrange the deaths of anyone who annoys him. Including David in the second episode.

** Although a lampshade is hung on the fact that Thomasina, the king's loyal and incredibly powerful personal secretary, is actually his dragon as well.

* [[Evil Chancellor]]: Inverted: Perry is the ''good'' chancellor to an evil king.

* [[Evil Mentor]]: Abbadon, to Silas.

* [[Sadistic Choice]]: {{spoiler|Katrina Ghent}} forces Rose to choose whether Jack or Michelle is publicly humiliated in "Pilgrimage".

* [[Screw Destiny]]: Silas tries this to save his own ass, then [[Deus Ex Machina|God]] shows up and explicitly tells him [[You Can't Fight Fate|he can't fight fate]].

* [[Secret Other Family]]: Silas' wife and son in the countryside.

* [[Secret Relationship]]: Michelle and David, Jack and Joseph.

* [[Straight Gay]]: Jack.

* [[Tank Goodness]] : Gath's [[Meaningful Name|Goliath]] tanks ([[Awesome Yet Practical|though, yeah, they're clearly Russian T-55s in all but name]]). David becomes a celebrated war hero after rescuing the crown prince and [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|taking down one of the tanks single-handedly]].

* [[Those Two Guys]]: The palace guards.

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Though informed somewhat by {{spoiler|the revelation that she has vowed to do God's work regardless of the cost to herself}}, Princess Michelle falls into this trope with such stunning regularity that it's amazing she survives a season. One episode she's {{spoiler|deliberately exposing herself to an incurable plague}}, the next she can't come up with any potential downside to {{spoiler|David to have naked pictures of her}}.

* [[Utopia Justifies the Means]]: Belial practically uses these exact words when questioned by Jack on his plan to bring down both Gath and Gilboa, ushering in a new order.

* [[Villainous Breakdown]]: William Cross has a bit of one after {{spoiler|it turns out Silas is alive}}. And Silas has the full monty when {{spoiler|God tells him that David is now his favorite}}, and a less extreme but more public one when {{spoiler|Jack turns against him and accuses him of orchestrating the [[Kangaroo Court]] against David}}.

* [[Why Are You Not My Son]]: Oh, ''guess''.

* [[Wicked Cultured]]: Abbadon has fallen pretty far, but he can still tell a fine wine's maker and vintage from a single sip.