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* [[Blah Blah Blah]]: John does this in the one time Soren's tactical meetings has been shown in story (Chapter 47). The situation results in John coming back to attention at the wrong time.

* [[BLAM Episode]]: The April Fool's Day chapter.

* [[Brick Joke]]: See [[Magic a Is Magic A]] below.

* [[Brick Joke]]: See [[Magic A Is Magic A]] below.

* [[But for Me It Was Tuesday]]: Ashnard's general reaction to just about every atrocity he's responsible for save for {{spoiler|killing Elincia's father.}}

* [[Butterfly of Doom]]: Okay, so technically John isn't time travelling, but he DOES know what's going to happen in the future thanks to [[Genre Savvy|playing the game god knows how many times]]. Sadly, his very presence in Tellius is enough to make sure that a LOT of stuff is changed.

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* [[Casual Danger Dialogue]]: Selena and Calill have a conversation about boys while attacked by beast laguz. One has to wonder if the author has any psychological dislike or distrust of his gender with how much male bashing is done in the story.

* [[Celibate Hero]]: John has traces of it, although this is more based on the fact that he fears he may still be drawn back into his own world - thus leaving the object of his affection alone - than it is an aversion to romance. After he comes to terms with the fact that he's probably not going back to his own world, he becomes a bit more like a mild case of [[Chaste Hero]] instead.

* [[Cluster F Bomb]]: John let one go in chapter 88 when they found themselves surrounded by tigers.

* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: John let one go in chapter 88 when they found themselves surrounded by tigers.

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: The 'chocolate cake' bit from when John first runs into Karla comes in handy {{spoiler|when Karel shows up}}.

* [[Chick Magnet]]: Arguable, depending on how you interpret the girls' friendships with John.

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* [[Demonic Possession]]: {{spoiler|Karel. Also Karla to a small extent.}}

* [[Denied Food As Punishment]]: Oscar seems to love leaving Tanith in charge of food when he was gone. One has to wonder what happened that Oscar would leave a punishment that even [http://www.literature.org/authors/poe-edgar-allan/amontillado.html Montressor] would shudder at.

* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu]]: Guess who defeats Ashnard after he's [[One Winged Angel|revived though the power of the medallion a la Hard Mode]]. No, it's not Ike. No, it's not one of the Laguz. Nope, not John. Given up yet? {{spoiler|It's PATRICK.}} He's about as surprised as the reader.

* [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?]]: Guess who defeats Ashnard after he's [[One-Winged Angel|revived though the power of the medallion a la Hard Mode]]. No, it's not Ike. No, it's not one of the Laguz. Nope, not John. Given up yet? {{spoiler|It's PATRICK.}} He's about as surprised as the reader.

* [[Disguised in Drag]]: {{spoiler|John has to dress up as a female whom he arbitrarily names Sophia Domivere. This is one of the uncommon cases where, overall, it isn't [[Played for Laughs]]}}

* [[Dope Slap]]: Ash delivers one to John in Chapter 86.

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* [[Eccentric Mentor]]: Lute. Just... Lute.

* [[Everyone Can See It]]: John and Jill. You know it's pretty bad when someone like Petrine made note of it.

* [[~~Everythings~~ Better With Princesses]]: Thankfully subverted in this portrayal. Although Princess Elincia fits this trope in the original game, the author has managed to essentially restructure her character into something less sue-ish and more useful and developed.

* [[Everything's Better With Princesses]]: Thankfully subverted in this portrayal. Although Princess Elincia fits this trope in the original game, the author has managed to essentially restructure her character into something less sue-ish and more useful and developed.

* [[Evil Overlord]]: {{spoiler|Ashnard}} in the first part of the fic.

* [[Face Heel Turn]]: {{spoiler|Patrick!}} And ''HOW!''

* [[Fauxlosophic Narration]]: Beginning of Chapter 13 seems to fall into this category.

* {{spoiler|[[First Law of Resurrection]]: John finds a way to come back to life twice. The first time, Gatrie takes the price. The second time, the other people in the camp are given a one-use staff that they use to bring John back to life.}}

* [[~~Firstperson~~ Smartass]]: John seems to be this a good deal of the time. Bonus points in that virtually no one gets his pop culture remarks when he does voice them. {{spoiler|Well... until [[Mass Vexations (Fanfic)|Ash]] comes along, anyway.}}

* [[First-Person Smartass]]: John seems to be this a good deal of the time. Bonus points in that virtually no one gets his pop culture remarks when he does voice them. {{spoiler|Well... until [[Mass Vexations (Fanfic)|Ash]] comes along, anyway.}}

* [[Freaky Friday Flip]]: As part of an [[April Fools Day]] prank, John and [[Mass Vexations (Fanfic)|Art]] found themselves in this situation.

* [[Freaky Friday Flip]]: As part of an [[April Fools' Day]] prank, John and [[Mass Vexations (Fanfic)|Art]] found themselves in this situation.

* [[Free Range Children]]: Nino, Linde, Mist... and a young man in charge of a massive revolutionary army.

* [[Free-Range Children]]: Nino, Linde, Mist... and a young man in charge of a massive revolutionary army.

* [[Fridge Horror]]: {{spoiler|The person who was responsible for the death of Gatrie as well as the cause of great amounts of torment for John early in the story just happened to be a time-travelling ex girlfriend who was also once a friend of Gatrie's and mourned his loss. She also happens to be the same person who killed John in the story. [[Ax Crazy]] much?}}

* [[Friendly Enemy]]: John and Petrine

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* [[Go Karting With Bowser]]: Chapter 33... the holiday celebration chapter.

* [[Groin Attack]]: John suffered a rather nasty one at the hands of Patrick. [[Ted Baxter|He considers it one of his many specialties.]]

* [[Hero of Another Story]]: It's a little known fact that [[Recurring Character|recurring]] [[Bit Character]] Patrick (that guy with a crush on Ilyana) is supposed to be one, with him being the main character of a [[Spin Off]] fanfic created by one of Foxwolf Jackson's friends. Sadly, his story is currently [[Dead Fic]]. {{spoiler|Subverted in that Patrick has now become a recurring antagonist instead.}}

* [[Hero of Another Story]]: It's a little known fact that [[Recurring Character|recurring]] [[Bit Character]] Patrick (that guy with a crush on Ilyana) is supposed to be one, with him being the main character of a [[Spin-Off]] fanfic created by one of Foxwolf Jackson's friends. Sadly, his story is currently [[Dead Fic]]. {{spoiler|Subverted in that Patrick has now become a recurring antagonist instead.}}

** In an entirely different way, there is a Supporting Protagonist of Another Story with {{spoiler|Ash. It's not explicitly stated in Foxwolf's fic itself, but those who have read [[Mass Vexations (Fanfic)|Mass Vexations]] can immediately catch that Ash is from that fic. She even mentions Art, the hero of that story, at one point. And then there's Chapter 83, in which this is outright stated to be the case in an A/N, as well as in Ash's descriptions of the ME universe.}}

* [[Heroes Want Redheads]]: John apparently really wants Jill.

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** "It was like some kind of comic relief in the middle of a heavily serious battle. If only my adventures on Tellius were some kind of self-insertion fanfiction, I am pretty sure the author just decided to do that to try to relieve tension." (Chapter 65)

** John seems to point out in his thoughts that the theory of [[Buxom Is Better]] had translated from the video game to reality.

* [[Laser Guided Karma]]: John saves {{spoiler|Petrine}} from the fate that {{spoiler|she}}, by all accounts, should have gotten. John eventually befriends the extra character slowly, but surely. The result is {{spoiler|Petrine saving John, Ike, and Mist from The Black Knight aka General Zelgius in the battle at Castle Nados leading to a [[Villainous Rescue]]}}.

* [[Laser-Guided Karma]]: John saves {{spoiler|Petrine}} from the fate that {{spoiler|she}}, by all accounts, should have gotten. John eventually befriends the extra character slowly, but surely. The result is {{spoiler|Petrine saving John, Ike, and Mist from The Black Knight aka General Zelgius in the battle at Castle Nados leading to a [[Villainous Rescue]]}}.

* [[Lethal Chef]]: Tanith, and how!

** This is from actual canon.

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'''John''': Three! Two to fight over who's going to do it and one to bark orders! }}

* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: This is Fire Emblem, after all. Not to mention that aside from the standard Path of Radiance cast, there's [[Canon Foreigner|other Fire Emblem characters]] such as [[Fire Emblem|Selena, Karla, Cormag, Linde, Nino...]] just to name a few as well as [[Soul Series|Carin {{spoiler|who is actually Cassandra Alexandra}}]] and [[Mass Vexations (Fanfic)|Ash]]. There are also some original characters, such as Gabriella, Phoenix Apollo Irving, Katrina... and so on. Many characters are introduced, given seeming importance, then [[Put On a Bus]] until convenient. That's just the story characters, too.

* [[Magic a Is Magic A]]: Exposited on a lot when John is learning how to use magic. {{spoiler|Later results in a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] when John uses fire, lighting, and wind magics in one spell and gets reprimanded by the other mages in the army in a [[Training From Hell|'training' session]].}}

* [[Magic A Is Magic A]]: Exposited on a lot when John is learning how to use magic. {{spoiler|Later results in a [[Crowning Moment of Funny]] when John uses fire, lighting, and wind magics in one spell and gets reprimanded by the other mages in the army in a [[Training From Hell|'training' session]].}}

* [[Marshmallow Hell]]: Happens at least once to poor [[Chaste Hero|John]]. Subverted, however, as the act was performed by Mia, and it was really more a result of the girl's [[Genki Girl|unbridled enthusiasm and obliviousness to John's pleas to let go]] rather than her chest size.

* [[Master of None]]: John is able to use Anima, Dark and Light magic, something that has only been seen a couple times in the Fire Emblem games. (Specifically Athos, a [[Eleventh Hour Superpower|very strong]] but [[Crutch Character|fully leveled]] [[Eleventh Hour Ranger]] character from Fire Emblem 7 and [[Cute Shotaro Boy|Ewan]] from Fire Emblem 8 as a [[Fan Nickname|Super]][[Magikarp Power|Pupil]], a [[Bragging Rights Reward]] [[Prestige Class|promotion]] only unlocked during a [[New Game Plus|third playthrough and onward]].) However, while he has great potential, John has a great deal of trouble applying it. This leaves him frequently overshadowed by more specialized spellcasters like Selena.

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* [[Papa Wolf]]: Do what you will to John, but you do '''''NOT''''' mess with his friends if you know what's good for you.

* [[Pop Cultured Badass]]: For those rare moments where John isn't [[You Suck|getting his ass royally handed to him]], he certainly qualifies. Patrick is perhaps even more of a contender, considering he was the one to {{spoiler|off Ashnard}}.

* [[Precision F Strike]]: Selena is always portrayed as a calm character, always being a gentle, kind guide to the rash hero of the story. However, Chapter 88 has a gem that is very rarely seen in the form of a rare moment of despair.

* [[Precision F-Strike]]: Selena is always portrayed as a calm character, always being a gentle, kind guide to the rash hero of the story. However, Chapter 88 has a gem that is very rarely seen in the form of a rare moment of despair.

** There is another one in chapter 91 with Selena as well.

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** And now in the Radiant Dawn arc, Ash facepalming at almost all of John's spoken pop culture references.

** Selena questioning John about his Pokemon Battles.

** There's also the artichoke, which is treated with [[What Do You Mean ~~Its~~ Not Awesome|such reverence]] that a newcomer to the story may think it's supposed to be a [[MacGuffin]].

** There's also the artichoke, which is treated with [[What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?|such reverence]] that a newcomer to the story may think it's supposed to be a [[MacGuffin]].

* [[Scry vs. Scry]]: {{spoiler|Patrick}} versus {{spoiler|Jay}}. Both have played the game. Both know the future. Yet one seems to want to fight against canon for unknown reasons while the other seems determined to help preserve it. Cue John, the former oracle, who seems to be nothing more than a pawn in this match now.

* [[Senseless Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Sothe, Gatrie, and Kieran. Jill, too, could qualify.}}

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* [[The Stations of the Canon]]: Lampshaded, both when they're being followed religiously and when they're not. {{spoiler|Being able to stick to the stations of the canon in Radiant Dawn is going to be exceptionally difficult given that he killed off Sothe and revealed the Black Knight's identity way earlier than it happened in either game.}}

* [[The Wonka]]: John. Just ask Selena or Micaiah.

* [[This Cannot Be]]: {{spoiler|Zelgius flies into a combination of this and [[Unstoppable Rage]] after he gets his ass kicked not by Ike, but by '''''Mist'''''.}}

* [[This Cannot Be!]]: {{spoiler|Zelgius flies into a combination of this and [[Unstoppable Rage]] after he gets his ass kicked not by Ike, but by '''''Mist'''''.}}

* [[This Is Sparta]]: This happens in the story a lot.

{{quote| '''John''': That. Is. AWESOME! (chapter 19... at the magic breakfast he got.)}}