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* [[Mind Over Matter]]: Francis comes from a long line of Movers.
* [[Mirror Match]]: Twice, Sullivan has to go head-to-head with his brother, pitting gravity powers against gravity powers. See also Faye vs. Toshiko
* [[Near
* [[Necromancer]]: In-setting, an Active (such as Hiroyasu) that can raise and command zombies is called a "Lazarus."
* [[Nietzsche Wannabe]]: The Chairman's philosophy has elements of this; Madi takes those elements and runs with 'em as far as they can go.
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** Then, of course, robots show up in the sequel ''Spellbound''.
* [[Noble Bigot]]: Travelin' Joe hates the Okies that pass by his farm, but not so much that he doesn't adopt one to keep her from killing herself with her power.
* [[One Person, One Power]]: an in-setting rule of thumb to which Chairman Okubo Tokugawa is the sole exception as far as anyone knows. {{spoiler|By the end of the first book however, both Faye and Sullivan have gone some way towards disproving it}}.
* [[Pet the Dog]]: In a very human and even kind moment, the Chairman {{spoiler|consoles Sullivan over Delilah's death and helps him come to terms with it; Sullivan even sincerely thanks him for it. . . right before saying that he still plans on killing him regardless.}}
* [[Playing With Fire]]: Torches. Most Torches are actually employed to ''put out'' fires, especially on zeppelins.
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* [[She Cleans Up Nicely]]: Faye turnes out to look really good in a nice dress.
* [[Shock and Awe]]: Cracklers, although they prefer to be called "Edisons."
* [[Shout
* [[Sky Pirate]]: The last piece of the Geo-Tel is protected by Southunder, who preys on Imperium ships in the Pacific ocean from his zeppelin.
* [[Super Fun Happy Thing of Doom]]: Tesla's "Peace Ray."
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* [[The Dragon]] / [[The Heavy]]: Madi, to the Chairman.
* [[Training From Hell]]: Madi has this in his backstory. Presumably, the other Iron Guards did as well.
* [[Un
* [[Walking the Earth]]: The Chairman's backstory includes a long period of doing this.
* [[What Happened to The Mouse?]]: In the assault on OCI headquarters, Lance manages to hijack a Siberian tiger. Then everything goes to hell, almost literally. What happened to the tiger is never explained.
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