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* [[Empathic Weapon]]: A lot of the future tech seen is telepathically controlled, and quite intelligent as well. |
* [[Empathic Weapon]]: A lot of the future tech seen is telepathically controlled, and quite intelligent as well. |
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* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: In keeping with the environmentalism, the Dannites. Some can even communicate on a near-telepathic level with animals. |
* [[Friend to All Living Things]]: In keeping with the environmentalism, the Dannites. Some can even communicate on a near-telepathic level with animals. |
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* [[Half-Human Hybrid]]: The Dark Army is made up of genetically engineered mutants, cyborgs, and chimeras ("chimera" here referring to anyone with more than one type of DNA in them). |
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* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]: Jack. He recognizes the importance of the war being fought, but would, all things considered, much rather leave it to the Dannites. Combined with [[Screw Destiny]], since the Dannites have quite a few prophecies concerning him. |
* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]: Jack. He recognizes the importance of the war being fought, but would, all things considered, much rather leave it to the Dannites. Combined with [[Screw Destiny]], since the Dannites have quite a few prophecies concerning him. |
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* [[Instant Expert]]: Jack learns martial arts, telepathy, how to sense his environment in the dark, and various other skills pretty quick. [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in that it's implied that he had these abilities all along, and just needed to learn to tap into them. |
* [[Instant Expert]]: Jack learns martial arts, telepathy, how to sense his environment in the dark, and various other skills pretty quick. [[Justified Trope|Justified]] in that it's implied that he had these abilities all along, and just needed to learn to tap into them. |
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* [[Large Ham]]: Gisco. Seriously, if there was ever an [[Animated Adaptation]] of the books, he'd be a huge telepathic ham. |
* [[Large Ham]]: Gisco. Seriously, if there was ever an [[Animated Adaptation]] of the books, he'd be a huge telepathic ham. |
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* [[Long-Lost Relative]]: {{spoiler|Dargon claims to be Jack's cousin. A distant one, but nonetheless...}} |
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* [[MacGuffin]]: Firestorm from the first book |
* [[MacGuffin]]: Firestorm from the first book |
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* [[No Name Given]]: The Dark Lord. When dealing with people from this era, he goes by the pseudonym "Colonel [[Meaningful Name|Aranha]]". |
* [[No Name Given]]: The Dark Lord. When dealing with people from this era, he goes by the pseudonym "Colonel [[Meaningful Name|Aranha]]". |