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* [[Alternate Continuity]]/[[Fanon]]: Although it follows the broad elements of ''Burning Crusade'' and ''Wrath of the Lich King'', the comic's plot is radically different from the official story line. With ''Cataclysm'', the author openly stopped even trying.
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Gorrok, who became a gladiator through a series of mischances involving Onyxia, terrible luck at dice, and a poorly timed use of the Bloodrage ability. Spin and Vallant would qualify except that they're so ineffectual that it's hard to label them "heroes".
* [[Attack! Attack! Attack!]]: Parodied in the ''Cataclysm'' Tauren, who are so stubbornly militaristic that they sacrifice half their population in an attack on a door. That they had a key to open.
* [[Berserk Button]]: For Vallant, threatening Trevor ({{spoiler|or Leeroy}}). For Yolanda, harming Vallant.
* [[Bizarro Universe]]: The comic's version of ''Cataclysm'' turns Azeroth into this, with complete role reversals for the various races: Orcs are pacifists; Humans are moronic cannibals; Gnomes are nature worshippers; Tauren are militaristic; etc. The landscape and many major NPCs are similarly turned on their heads. Oh, and Teh Glads ''succeed in their quests''. Truly disturbing.
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* [[Death Is Cheap]]/[[Non-Lethal KO]]/[[Plotline Death]]: These tropes are mixed up in a rather schizophrenic manner. Defeated Arena foes may simply show up again for the next match, or they may be [[Killed Off for Real]]. It's also unclear which deaths in the main story are supposed to be permanent. Teh Glads themselves never seem to suffer anything more than a [[Non-Lethal KO]] no matter how much injury they take; but then there's the death of {{spoiler|Trevor}}. It's possible that this is deliberately making fun of the same tendencies in WoW.
* [[Deus Ex Machina]]: Arguably, the ending to both the ''Burning Crusade'' Arena arc and the ''Wrath of the Lich King'' arc, as the former ends with {{spoiler|Vallant accidentally aggroing Illidan}}, and the latter ends with {{spoiler|every single raid boss in the game fighting against the Lich King}}.
* [[Disaster Dominoes]]: Expertly achieved by Vallant in the near total destruction of Booty Bay, [https://web.archive.org/web/20110113204311/http://www.tehgladiators.com/?p=38 here].
* [[The Ditz]]: Vallant and Leeroy.
* [[Dropped a Bridget On Him]]: Reversed. The Murlocs are named ''Sharon'' and ''Yolanda'', as Vallant finds out to his horror.
* [[The End of the World
* [[Evil Twin]]: Death Knight Trevor, for Luke, sort of -- see below.
* [[Face Palm]]: Gorrok's favorite gesture of disgust for his companions' idiocy, with bashing his head against a wall as a close second.
* [[Funny Background Event]]: When Thrall and Bolvar are surveying the wreckage caused by X32A [https://web.archive.org/web/20101231123432/http://www.tehgladiators.com/?p=37 here], look at Thrall's horse. Also the [[Running Gag]] in the ''Cataclysm'' arc with the savage human chomping on Spin's hindquarters.
* [[Gladiator Games]]: The Arena, obviously.
* [[God Mode Sue]]: What the Scroll of Unconditional Victory accidentally turns Teh Gladiators into, in universe.
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* [[Heel Face Turn]]: The X33A.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: [[Manly Tears|*sniff*]]... {{spoiler|poor Trevor}}.
* [["I Know You
* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: The post-''Cataclysm'' humans are cannibalistic savages.
* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Yolanda and Vallant. Well, from Yolanda's point of view, anyway. Vallant is far too [[Squick|squicked]] to reciprocate.
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* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|Leeroy is Vallant's dad. Which should surprise nobody, given their natures}}.
** This trope is also parodied and [[Invoked Trope|invoked]] ''by name'' between Death Knight Trevor and, well, Luke, Vallant's new pet. [[Rule of Funny|Who didn't know his name was Luke beforehand.]] [[Crowning Moment of Funny|And is more concerned that his name is Luke.]]
* [[Mad Scientist]]: The Murlocs, who assemble a Frankenstinian monster using a medley of parts taken from defeated Arena foes. They do it a second time on Arthas' behest in the ''Lich King'' arc, and yet again in the ''Cataclysm'' arc using quest items dropped from various old world raid bosses.
* [[Mind Screw]]: The ending of the ''Wrath of the Lich King'' arc, [[Lampshaded]] within the comic itself.
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'''Vallant:''' "I have no idea!" }}
* [[My God, What Have I Done?|My God, What Have We Done?]]: The reaction of Bolvar Fordragon and Thrall after realizing that giving Teh Gladiators the Scroll of Unconditional Victory has made the X32A invincible.
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* [[Only Sane Man]]: Gorrok, an actual Warrior and arena trainer.
* [[Pinball Projectile]]: Forms the basis of Vallant's [[Accidental Aiming Skills]], such as when he fires straight forward and somehow kills a Rogue sneaking up on him ''from behind''.
* [[Shout
* [[The Guards Must Be Crazy]]: Teh Glads bluff their way into Thunder Bluff in the ''Cataclysm'' arc by exploiting the Tauren guards' [[Literal
* [[This Cannot Be!]]: Quoted literally by Arthas.
* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Leeroy and crab cakes, which makes fun of the [[Memetic Mutation]] from the [[Trope Namer]]. They're also a [[Chekhov's Gun]], as Vallant uses them to {{spoiler|bring Leeroy back to his senses}}.
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