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~~===~~ The books of ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' have many, many tropes. These are tropes A through M. You can find tropes N through Z [[The Dresden Files/Tropes N-Z|here]]. ~~===~~

<big>'''The books of ''[[The Dresden Files]]'' have many, many tropes. These are tropes A through M. You can find tropes N through Z [[The Dresden Files/Tropes N-Z|here]].'''</big>

'''Please make sure spoilers are properly tagged.''' [[Spoilered Rotten|The series has a lot of them,]] so try not to ruin everyone else's fun.

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* [[Blue and Orange Morality]]: The Fae, who simply do not view the world the same way humanity does. Lea, for example, honestly does not understand why Harry would object to being "protected" by being turned into a faerie dog.

* [[Book Dumb]]: Played with. Harry is clearly pretty well-read and generally seems well-educated, but he never finished high school and compared to most of the White Council he is hopelessly ignorant. In ''Turn Coat'', when he was in a room full of wizards that contained a guy who went back to med school every ten years or so to stay current and others who had so many doctoral degrees their stoles were stretched from the little markers, he considered that he would like to embroider "GED" on his in red, white, and blue.

** The fact that Harry never finished high school probably has less to do with his intelligence and academic aptitude and more with the whole shebang with Justin ~~[[Du Morne]]~~, He Who Walks Behind and the Doom of Damocles that hit the fan when he was 16.

** The fact that Harry never finished high school probably has less to do with his intelligence and academic aptitude and more with the whole shebang with Justin DuMorne, He Who Walks Behind and the Doom of Damocles that hit the fan when he was 16.

* [[Boom Stick]]: Harry's blasting rod is basically a stick he uses to burn everything in sight.

* [[Boring but Practical]]: Despite being incredibly boring, Martin is an incredible fighter and gun master. He is boring for a reason, and uses his unobtrusiveness to his advantage, easily blending into crowds and being able to take on other appearances.

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** Maeve tried to ruin Billy and Georgia's wedding by having a friend take Georgia's place. During the [[Race Against the Clock]] Harry tries to figure out when it would be to late to stop it. At the vows? No it's the kiss that seals the deal.

* [[Male Gaze]]: Pretty much constant, and not exclusive to Harry's narration either. Even when ''Murphy'' is the viewpoint character, mention is made of a female werewolf having 'curves that drew the eye'.

* [[Master Apprentice Chain]]: Harry is actually part of three different chains. The first is Merlin > Over a thousand years worth of Masters and Apprentices > Ebenezar's master > Ebenezar > Harry > Molly. The second is Simon Pietrovich > Justin ~~[[Du Morne]]~~ > Harry > Molly.

* [[Master Apprentice Chain]]: Harry is actually part of three different chains. The first is Merlin > Over a thousand years worth of Masters and Apprentices > Ebenezar's master > Ebenezar > Harry > Molly. The second is Simon Pietrovich > Justin DuMorne > Harry > Molly.

* [[Master of Your Domain]]: Lash teaches Harry quite a few tricks.

* [[Master Swordsman]]: Shiro of the Knights of the Cross is said to be an artist with his blade. The RPG codifies this, giving him a Weapons skill of 6, with stunts to boost it further in certain situations (for reference, skills top out at 4 or 5 for most non-wizard, non-"[[Plot Device]] level" characters), and outright says if you try to take him on one-on-one, you are going to lose. Even Nicodemus, who hates Shiro, grudgingly respects Shiro's abilities. Nicodemus himself is also pretty good due to having more then 2000 years to practice.