The Dresden Files/Turn Coat: Difference between revisions

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* [[Clarke's Third Law]]: Harry is caught in the rain and is glad that the armor spells he put onto his [[Badass Longcoat|leather duster]] also made it stain and waterproof. He also notes that, despite being so tough and powerful, it still breathes and allows a good flow of oxygen, something not even the best coats manufactured by the best technology can accomplish. Afterwards, he smugly thinks about how magic has accomplished something that technology will probably never be able to equal.

* [[Cold Blooded Torture]]: The [[Break the Cutie|Thomas abuse]]. {{spoiler|Shagnasty kidnapped him, then proceeded to tear off strips of skin over and over, straining his vampire [[Healing Factor]] to its limit. Then he fed him someone and started the whole thing over again. The point was to get him to give up on his attempts at being a [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampire]].}}

* [[Cold-Blooded Torture]]: The [[Break the Cutie|Thomas abuse]]. {{spoiler|Shagnasty kidnapped him, then proceeded to tear off strips of skin over and over, straining his vampire [[Healing Factor]] to its limit. Then he fed him someone and started the whole thing over again. The point was to get him to give up on his attempts at being a [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampire]].}}

* [[Cool Car]]: Lara Raith's [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolls-Royce_Silver_Wraith Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith] leads to a few expressions of pure awe. The power of this car is such that it alone gives Harry hope. As he finds out that {{spoiler|his harboring of Morgan has been tipped off to the Wardens}}, another character points out that this car is ''far too cool'' for Harry to die in. Harry agrees.

* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: "I punched it in the nose. Now we're friends."

* [[Downer Ending]]: While a downer overall, Harry is determined not to let it stay that way.

* [[Et Tu Brute]]

* [[Et Tu, Brute?]]

* [[Famed in Story]]: Harry, especially apparent here.

* [[Fingore]]: Shagnasty bites off a few fingers of one of Lara Raith's sisters.

* [[Genius Loci]]: Demonreach.

* [[Get It Over With]]: Harry pulls this on the skin-walker, shocking it.

* [[Green Eyed Monster]]

* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: After seeing an [[Eldritch Abomination]] Harry crashed his car and was a gibbering wreck for a good hour or so.

* [[Horror Hunger]]: Happens to Thomas, which leads to him nearly killing his girlfriend and almost {{spoiler|raping Molly to death. Only quick thinking and Harry's protection spell kept her safe.}}

* [[I Have Boobs You Must Obey]]: Molly uses this to great effect to get information out of the PI shadowing Harry. Morgan jumps to the conclusion that she's going to use mind-control magic. All Molly has to do is take off her bra and go talk to the guy in his very air-conditioned car. As Harry observes, "He didn't stand a chance."

* [[I Have Boobs - You Must Obey!]]: Molly uses this to great effect to get information out of the PI shadowing Harry. Morgan jumps to the conclusion that she's going to use mind-control magic. All Molly has to do is take off her bra and go talk to the guy in his very air-conditioned car. As Harry observes, "He didn't stand a chance."

* [[Killed to Uphold The Masquerade]]: {{spoiler|Morgan}}, although in this case the Masquerade was that the White Council is strong and united rather than the supernatural does not exist.

* [[Lonely Funeral]]: Morgan's, because even though he had been a hero to the White Council almost all his life, he died framed for political reasons.

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* [[Nuclear Option]]: Wizard Morgan is known to have once killed a skinwalker (a powerful Native American [[Eldritch Abomination]]) by luring it to a location that would shortly be used as A-bomb testing site. Can we say [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]]?

* [[Obstructive Bureaucrat]]: Wizard Peabody {{spoiler|and it turns out he was trying to be.}}

* [[Pre Ass Kicking One Liner]]: [[Magical Native American|Injun Joe Listens-To-Wind]] gets one on the [[Eldritch Abomination|skinwalker]]: "Ain't gonna bind or banish ya, old spirit. Just gonna kick your ass up between your ears."

* [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]]: [[Magical Native American|Injun Joe Listens-To-Wind]] gets one on the [[Eldritch Abomination|skinwalker]]: "Ain't gonna bind or banish ya, old spirit. Just gonna kick your ass up between your ears."

* [[Pronoun Trouble]]: This was the phrase Harry was looking for when he was complaining about what to call Shagnasty.

** Turned into a [[Brick Joke]]: during their final battle, Harry yells at it, "Bring it on, you dickless freak!"

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* [[To Absent Friends]]: The end, since they are not allowed a [[Meaningful Funeral]].

* [[Training From Hell]]: Harry learns that Morgan's teacher (Luccio) used rocks in an exercise where Justin had used baseballs and Harry had used snowballs.

* [[You Called Me X It Must Be Serious]]: Harry calls Captain Luccio "Stacy", a diminutive of "Anastasia" he knows she ''hates,'' just to make sure she is not an impostor.

* [[You Called Me "X" - It Must Be Serious]]: Harry calls Captain Luccio "Stacy", a diminutive of "Anastasia" he knows she ''hates,'' just to make sure she is not an impostor.

* [[You Cannot Grasp the True Form]]: The [[Eldritch Abomination|Naagloshii]] is a shape shifter, so it's mundane form is never fixed. However, when Harry looks at it using his wizard sight the overwhelming wrongness effectively [[Brown Note|blasts his mind]] and renders him senseless.