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'''Tropes A-C''' | [[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)/Tropes D-F|Tropes D-F]] | [[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)/Tropes G-I|Tropes G-I]] | [[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)/Tropes J-L|Tropes J-L]] | [[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)/Tropes M-O|Tropes M-O]] | [[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)/Tropes P-R|Tropes P-R]] | [[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)/Tropes S-U|Tropes S-U]] | [[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)/Tropes V-Z|Tropes V-Z]]
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==== ''[[The Order of the Stick (Webcomic)|The Order of the Stick]]'' provides examples of the following tropes: ====
 
* [[20% More Awesome]]: An angel shows Roy [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0489.html a graph] of Belkar's evil against time, measured in kilonazis. The standard unit is based on a hypothetical lovechild of [[The Lord of the Rings (Literature)|Sauron]] and [[The Hundred and One Dalmatians|Cruella DeVille]]. Of course, in a ''[[Dungeons and Dragons (Tabletop Game)|Dungeons & Dragons]]''-based universe, "evil" really might be quantifiable...
* [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer]]: The [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0660.html "Obligatory Sewer-Themed Labyrinth"].
* [[Accidental Innuendo]]: In-universe parody.
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* [[All Your Base Are Belong to Us]]: Redcloak manages to successfully invade the base of the Azure City resistance {{spoiler|thanks to a polymorphed spy}}.
* [[All Your Powers Combined]]: The effect of Soul Splice.
* [[Always Chaotic Evil]]: [[Zig -Zagging Trope|Gets averted, subverted, inverted, doubly inverted, perverted, extraverted, and, just occasionally, played straight]]. Most often doubly inverted when a villain delivers a [[Break Them Byby Talking]] on how the hero is [[Not So Different]] and then immediately [[Kick the Dog|Kicks a Dog]].<br />[[Deconstruction|Deconstructed]], too: Goblins and other evil humanoids were declared by the gods to be [[Always Chaotic Evil]], designed only to be killed by player races. As sentient beings with their own society, they naturally feel persecuted by being forced into this role, {{spoiler|and are now executing a massive [[Rage Against the Heavens]] in order to change things.}} Though the deconstruction is more aimed at ''players'' who treat these races as such, despite the fact that most of their Monster Manual entries only list them as "''Usually'' X Evil"
* [[Ambiguous Gender]]: Vaarsuvius, and now his/her mate too... and their kids.... and his/her master... ah screw it: with a few exceptions, elves in general. [[Word of God|Word of the Giant]] is that any gender identification of Vaarsuvius (and other ambiguous elves) is strictly their own perception. And V's children are adopted. Make no assumptions; for all we know they could be a same-sex couple.
* [[Amplifier Artifact]]: Most common magic items are of this kind, like Roy's Belt of Giant Strength, Elan's Belt of Charisma or V's Ring of Wizardry. Lampshaded by Haley with a Potion of Glibness: she takes it from Elan to use herself, because while it would make him a good liar, she's already a good liar so it will make her an ''utterly amazing'' liar.
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''(cut to: Roy in a chair at a doctor's clinic, a stethoscope over his heart)''<br />
"Pulse rate is 60... blood pressure is 85 over 60... You pass. Next!" }}
* [[Anti -Human Alliance]]: The forces under Redcloak.
* [[Apocalypse How]]
** (Planetary/Physical Annihilation): At the dawn of time, {{spoiler|the Snarl unmade the creation of the planet and destroyed a whole pantheon of gods}}.
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** "The Crayons of Time" [[Flashback Effects]].
** [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0339.html And lampshaded here]. "What are these weird bumpy things between their eyes?"
* [[Ascended Meme]]: It's a running joke among ''[[Dungeons and Dragons (Tabletop Game)|Dungeons & Dragons]]'' fans that, due to a quirk of the 3.x Edition ruleset, a housecat will more often than not kill a Level 1 Commoner in a straight-up fight. One strip is even called, [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0780.html "The Duel Everyone's Been Waiting For"].
* [[As Long Asas It Sounds Foreign]]: Azure city naming schemes.
* [[Asskicking Equals Authority]]
** Why Qarr the imp tries to attach itself to V.
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** The Ancient Black Dragon
* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: Many of Nale's plans. His draft plan to kill Elan in Cliffport involved Sabine flying over carrying an anvil on a string. And Thog on ''rocket skates''. Their final plan kept the rocket skates.
* [[Back for Thethe Dead]]: Julio Scoundrél sincerely hopes never to cross paths with Elan again for precisely this reason.
* [[Back From the Dead]]: Pretty much anyone who's got a [[Death Is a Slap Onon The Wrist|friendly cleric with a Raise Dead spell nearby,]] including the Oracle, Roy, and Jirix.
* [[Badass Normal]]: Many characters who kick ass without any intrinsic magical ability. This includes Roy, Haley, Thog, Kazumi, Daigo and more. Belkar as well, despite the fact that as a ranger he ''could'' use spells. Theoretically. If he didn't have a Wisdom score normally reserved for lemmings.
* [[Bar Brawl]]
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** In [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0094.html "The Path to Victory"], as the Order goes through a secret tunnel, they pass through The Hall of Mysterious Runes, The Cavern of Very Easy Encounters, The Room With All the Spikes, The Chasm of Unnecessary Cliffs, The Tunnel With the Sort of Reddish Floor, The Passageway of Horrible Death for Other People... and The Corridor of ''Very Toxic Sulfur Fumes.'' (Which the team shakes off, anyway.)
** Tsukiko in [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0709.html "No Scry Zone"].
* [[Break Them Byby Talking]]
** In ''Start of Darkness'', Xykon delivers one to Dorukan {{spoiler|all while he Energy Drains the wizard to death}}.
** Shortly followed by one for Redcloak at the very end of ''Start of Darkness''.
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** O-Chul then tries a heroic version on the Monster in the Darkness.
** Xykon delivers an awesome one to V in [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0657.html "Second Chance"]. {{spoiler|It has opposite the intended effect; Xykon tells Vaarsuvius exactly what the elf needs to hear at that moment to cause a moment of redemption -- that power is not only found in spells, and that Vaarsuvius can still oppose Xykon despite not having any spells that could help. During all that talking, V decides to nab some healing potions and patch up the paladin O'Chul.}}
* [[Breaking the Fellowship]]: Following the battle of Azure City, the party is split, and one is [[Death Is a Slap Onon The Wrist|dead.]] They finally reunite over a hundred chapters (and several in-universe months) later.
* [[Brick Joke]]
** The Girdle of Femininity/Masculinity.
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** [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0788.html Apparently,] {{spoiler|Thog}} also doesn't care much about the people he kills, although that might be simple stupidity on his part.
* [[But He Sounds Handsome]]: Belkar, disguised as a fellow medium-sized, and Nale, disguised as Elan, both indulge into this.
* [[Call a Hit Point Aa Smeerp]]: The adventure game based on the comic uses the term "wound". The comic uses "HP", though.
* [[Call Back]]
** [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0449.html #449] to [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0277.html #277]. "Only the honor of a paladin is unbreakable."
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* [[Characterization Marches On]]
** In the cast page, Belkar is introduced as "the world's best tracker under four feet tall." As the strip moved on, his [[Stupid Evil]] nature was played up to the point where it turns out that he is a completely incompetent tracker, having spent all his skill points and feats on combat abilities (and gourmet cooking). Changing his alignment from [[Stupid Evil]] to [[Chaotic Evil]] also caused an enormous amount of [[Fan Dumb]], as many believe the two to be the same.
** The Monster in the Darkness started out as evil [[Minion Withwith an F In Evil|(just not very good at it)]], but has evolved into a good (or at least neutral) character being tricked and manipulated by his evil "friends."
** Redcloak in his first couple of appearances was basically just a regular goblin with a fancy cloak, who kowtowed endlessly to Xykon and whose unlevel eyes didn't exactly scream intelligence. Fast forward a few hundred strips, and Redcloak is the quintessential [[Dragon Withwith an Agenda]], as well as the resident [[Only Sane Employee]] and [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]], {{spoiler|who claims to have been [[The Chessmaster|expertly manipulating]] Xykon from the beginning.}}
* [[Charm Person]]: It's a ''D&D''-based trope, so of course this is here.
** Striking general example is Nale hypnotizing Belkar; he can't make Belkar kill the Order and give their magic items to him, but Nale ''is'' able to make Belkar try to kill the Order and keep their magic items for himself... [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0383.html while singing showtunes]...
* [[Chased Byby Angry Natives]]: During the exile of the Azurites.
* [[Chekhov's Gag]]: In [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0171.html "The Prisoner Dilemma"], Belkar claims to "know a guy who knows a guy" in the slave trades. [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0685.html 500 comics later...]
* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: All over the place. More of a [[Chekhov's Armoury]], really.
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** Xykon does it to O-Chul, knocking him below zero hit points with a Ray of Frost (a cantrip that does 1d3 points of damage).
** Belkar plays this straight with [[Dark Action Girl|Crystal]], first toying with her, then leaving her alive but humiliated.
* [[Chess Withwith Death]]: Or rather, [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0718.html Wet T-shirt Contest with Death].
* [[Circling Birdies]]
** [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0005.html Circling Stars] are [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0186.html not uncommon] [http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0200.html early on].
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