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=== Tropes associated with ''Summer Knight'': === |
=== Tropes associated with ''Summer Knight'': === |
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* [[Anti-Magic]]: The Unraveling, which can undo any enchantment, {{spoiler|including a person turned into a vampire}}. |
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* [[Battle Cry]]: Two memorable ones. |
* [[Battle Cry]]: Two memorable ones. |
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** '''Harry Dresden:''' I DON'T BELIEVE IN FAIRIES! |
** '''Harry Dresden:''' I DON'T BELIEVE IN FAIRIES! |
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** {{spoiler|'''Toot-toot:'''}} In the name of the Pizza Lord! Charge! |
** {{spoiler|'''Toot-toot:'''}} In the name of the Pizza Lord! Charge! |
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* [[Beard of Sorrow]]: Harry starts the book on the tail end of a [[Heroic BSOD]] due to losing Susan in the [[The Dresden Files (Literature)/Grave Peril|previous book]], during which he neglected his business and grooming. |
* [[Beard of Sorrow]]: Harry starts the book on the tail end of a [[Heroic BSOD]] due to losing Susan in the [[The Dresden Files (Literature)/Grave Peril|previous book]], during which he neglected his business and grooming. |
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* [[Busman's Holiday|Busman's Holiday:]] Billy invites Harry to his house to play some [[Dungeons and Dragons|Arcanos]] with the Alphas. Harry grumbles that it sounds too much like his day job. {{spoiler|He plays a barbarian instead. A "Hulk Smash" barbarian, even.}} |
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* [[Big Good]]: {{spoiler|The Queen Mothers of Summer and Winter, who generally know what has caused the problems in the book but let Harry work out the problem himself when he meets them.}} |
* [[Big Good]]: {{spoiler|The Queen Mothers of Summer and Winter, who generally know what has caused the problems in the book but let Harry work out the problem himself when he meets them.}} |
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* [[Call Back]]: Harry insists he really had nothing to do with the [[The Dresden Files (Literature)/Storm Front|broken elevator in his office. It certainly wasn't because of a magical scorpion trying to kill him.]] |
* [[Call Back]]: Harry insists he really had nothing to do with the [[The Dresden Files (Literature)/Storm Front|broken elevator in his office. It certainly wasn't because of a magical scorpion trying to kill him.]] |
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* [[Take a Third Option]]: At the beginning, when all levels of Fae are choosing Summer or Winter's side, Toot-toot and his allies have not. {{spoiler|In the final battle, they choose to side with Harry "Pizza Lord" Dresden who, while working with Winter at this time, is not one of their common allies.}} |
* [[Take a Third Option]]: At the beginning, when all levels of Fae are choosing Summer or Winter's side, Toot-toot and his allies have not. {{spoiler|In the final battle, they choose to side with Harry "Pizza Lord" Dresden who, while working with Winter at this time, is not one of their common allies.}} |
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* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]: From the view points of the Queen Mothers of Summer and Winter who have been around for millions of years, they see Albert Einstein as this, calling him a Sage for his insight that energy can neither be created nor destroyed. |
* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]: From the view points of the Queen Mothers of Summer and Winter who have been around for millions of years, they see Albert Einstein as this, calling him a Sage for his insight that energy can neither be created nor destroyed. |
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* [[Yank the Dog's Chain]]: Harry briefly hoped {{spoiler|he might use the [[Anti-Magic|Unraveling]] to cure Susan, but it's stolen from him and used by the [[Big Bad]] before he has a chance to do anything with it.}} |
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