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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.
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* [[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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* [[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-Out]]: To ''[[Karate Kid]]'', in the [http://www.tehgladiators.com/?p=89 big showdown] between Death Knight Trevor and Luke. Also, in the same sequence, there are numerous references to speeches and locations in various raid dungeons.
* [[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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