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* [[Absurdly Youthful Mother]]: Sunshine comes across as one of these to [[Muggles]] due to the ''complicated'' [[The Virus|nature of Succubae relationships]].

* [[All the Myriad Ways]]: The other version of Ranma implies this trope.

* [[Amazon Brigade]]: Well, yes.

* [[Anvilicious]]: DarkStar lecturing Usagi on humanity, and Usagi [[Lampshading]] this.

* [[The Artifact]]: Happosai. He is included just to complete the checklist of ''Ranma'' characters but serves little plot function and sits uncomfortably at odds with the tone of the rest of the series. Thankfully he appears to have been dropped for all purposes bar limited cameos.

** Also Ranma's curse, since the [[Gender Bender|genderbending]] is more than covered due to his being the reincarnation of <s>the Whore of Babylon</s> Queen DarkStar.

* [[Big Brother Is Watching]]: Turned [[Up to Eleven]]

* [[Biker Babe]]: DarkStar and Eve.

** Slight subversion in that while the standard succubus rifle fires a massive 17mm cartridge, the weapon itself is a rather compact, if heavy, bullpup design.

* [[Black and Gray Morality]]: Let's not kid ourselves, if the bad guys weren't such bastards this would be a [[Villain Protagonist]] story.

* [[Bloodier and Gorier]]: Bordering on [[Gorn]] at times.

* [[Blue and Orange Morality]]: trying to map human morality onto Succubae relationships will only give you a migraine, trust me on this.

* [[Break the Cutie]]: This fic is so dedicated to breaking Usagi that it is verging on [[Humiliation Conga]] territory.

** It doesn't help that her powers were significantly [[Nerf]]ed with no reason yet given.

* [[Breather Episode]]: Two: the first is basically an [[Info Dump]] on the background of The Company, the second is a rather amusing crossover with another ''Ranma'' [[Fuku Fic]] allowing two different [[Fanfic]] continuities to meet and compare notes.

* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: Eclipse, Yuki, Aurora, Ryouga (twice).

** {{spoiler|Ryouga}} is considered a total write-off.

* [[Break the Badass]]: Essentially what Alexia does to {{spoiler|Ryouga}}.

** Not only that but the entire modern succubus language is this, being adapted from an abducted and converted Roman legion.

* [[Cape Busters]]: How The Company is presented as at the start.

* [[Church Militant]]: Employed by the Vatican.

** The Assembly of Man ''appears'' to be this, but as is mentioned many times, the upper echelons are mostly nonbelievers employing the trappings of religion.

* [[Colonel Badass]]: Colonel Edwards

** [[Informed Ability|Who is so awesome he doesn't even have to be awesome to be awesome!]]

* [[Combat Pragmatist]]/[[Pragmatic Villainy]]: WIC takes both approaches. Have we mentioned this is a [[Grey and Gray Morality]] series?

* [[Comes Great Responsibility]]: This, combined with the [[The Power of Trust]], is how Ranma is recruited to The Company, playing to his [[Honor Before Reason|Martial Artist's Code]].

* [[Corrupt Church]]: The Assembly of Man, whose hat is [[Knight Templar]].

* [[Costume Porn]]: You will find many long, multi-paragraph passages which linger lovingly on Ranma's various outfits -- not just her skimpy leather garb, but her Company uniforms, personal armor and even Senshi uniforms/gowns. Sometimes it seems like Ranma can't change outfits without five paragraphs on every detail of her new clothes.

* [[Cryptic Conversation]]: This is Murdoch's hat.

* [[Cute Little Fangs]]: At least when they aren't being used to crack your bones and strip out the marrow.

** "Which would be worse? An invasion from a place that could be described as Hell or one that could be described as Heaven?"

* [[Did We Just Have Tea with Cthulhu?]]: BlackSky can stay for dinner.

* [[Dirty Communists]]: Dirty Sexy Female Cyborg Mercenary Communists.

** With added nuclear powered magical [[Soviet Superscience]].

* [[Emergency Transformation]]: Initially to save Nariko's life, then made company policy in the D-Program (which is strictly ''voluntary'' given the potential [[Nightmare Fuel|side effects]]).

** Program members have a special mark on their dog-tags. In the case of mortal-wounding it serves as consent.

* [[Evil Costume Switch]]: {{spoiler|Dark Mercury's costume and Venus's evil outfit}}.

* [[Evil Laugh]]: DarkStar's attempt at this is hampered by a missing lung. [[Good Thing You Can Heal|Good thing she can heal]].

* [[Extra-Strength Masquerade]]: And how. Entire battles between supernatural and supernatural-aware forces are fought within an hour's drive of (or even just ''within'') Toronto, with no one outside of a small number of people even ''noticing''.

** Averted with Ranma's friends from school Naoko and Sam, who had figured out that Ranma and her daughters weren't normal humans, but couldn't decide on exactly ''what'' they were.

** [[It Got Worse|It gets worse]], in battle, their tails extend writhing [[Absurdly Sharp Blade|filaments]]. The phrase [[Chainsaw Good|chainsaw]]: blender comes up. Decidedly not a [[Clean Cut]].

* [[Fashion Victim Villain]]: In-Universe spoofing with Alexia, Aurora and {{spoiler|Dark Mercury}} who are all soundly and mercilessly mocked by the heroes for their "evil" fashion sense (or lack thereof).

* [[First Law of Gender Bending]]: When it kicks in it marks the point where pretty much the last of any [[Original Flavor]] ''Ranma'' is abandoned.

** If I were a male character in this series I'd be very [[Nightmare Fuel|worried]] indeed. Especially given the personality changes that seem to occur. Several mortally-wounded agents when given the choice have declined being turned, for just such a reason -- they might lose themselves, and there's no going back afterwards.

* [[Foe Yay]]: In addition to beating each other to hell, DarkStar shot [[Worthy Opponent|Galina]] in the [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|crotch repeatedly]], has [[Daydream Surprise|daydreams]] about fighting her again. It's suggested Galina for her part cut off DarkStar's tail (why else would a being that [[Good Thing You Can Heal|can heal]] even bother to bandage a minor wound) and seems to be obsessive to the point of scaring her "men".

* [[Friendly Neighborhood Vampire|Friendly Neighbourhood Succubae]]: At first anyway.

* [[Friendly Sniper]]: Morgan, post Succubisation at least.

* [[Fuku Fic]]: A dark and twisted version.

* [[Gambit Pileup]]: Setsuna's, Murdoch's, The Company's, and several others including Queen Serenity (which is a good trick since she has been dead for millennia).

** Murdoch eventually admits that he has no idea what's going on, and just occasionally drops cryptic hints to the involved parties that make it ''look'' like he caused the latest twist.

* [[Good Guy Bar]]: The Red Turtle, or Protagonist's bar anyway.

* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: As Ranma rather forcibly reminds Usagi.

** Answer: In many ways the Soviet Cyborg Mercenaries seem less murderous and manipulative than the Brood.

* [[Groin Attack]]: DarkStar repeatedly shoots an opponent in the crotch. In a training session Eve is referred to as punching Ranma somewhere that hurt women just as much as men.

* [[Guns Akimbo]]: Ukyo's preferred style.

** [[Colonel Badass|Colonel Edwards]] also wears two sidearms, but we haven't seen him fight yet, despite his [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|nicknames]].

* [[Hair Colors]]: Becoming a succubus almost guarantees a dye job, some [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|pretty outlandish]]. In fact, the only characters so far to have escaped this fate are [[Blondes Are Evil|Eve]] and [[Yamato Nadeshiko|Nariko]] (though her eyes changed.). With that in mind, let's rock:

** [[The Hero|Ranma]]: Ranma's hair is [[Evil Redhead|red]] in succubus form, same as [[Redheaded Hero|canon]].

** [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold|Cecilia]] -- [[High-Class Call Girl|lavender]]

* [[Hand Cannon]]: The standard succubus pistol.

** Subverted somewhat given their strong urges and empathic connections make it extremely easy for succubae to pair up.

** [[Single-Target Sexuality]] anyone?

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: Aurora, Eclipse, Ukyou, Yuki, and DarkStar in the original timeline.

* [[Hell-Bent for Leather]]: DarkStar's outfit.

* [[Hooker with a Heart of Gold]]: Cecilia.

* [[Hotter and Sexier]]: a good portion of the cast are ''succubae''. What did you expect, a convent?

* [[Horned Hairdo]]: In her Sailor Earth form Ranma has a literal one of these with [[Odango Hair]] braided over her horns.

* [[Hufflepuff House]]: House Vespar. They '''were''' a rival [[The Clan|clan]] of Succubae that teamed up with BlackSky [[Always a Bigger Fish|and invaded Earth]]. After DarkStar (Terran royal that BlackSky had captured and turned) was killed they were destroyed when BlackSky betrayed them with to Serenity. Serenity herself invaded the earth and took it over, while BlackSky retreated and took over Vespher's homelands. At least that's how BlackSky [[Villain with Good Publicity|tells it]]. No description given to Vesper than they act like [[Complete Monster|Alexia]]. The whole minion thing and all.

* [[Humans Are Special]]: And the reason humans are special is because [[Humans Are the Real Monsters]].

* [[I Just Want to Be Loved]]: The trope behind Eve's choice to ask to become a Succubus.

* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: As well as sex energy Succubae enjoy the other other ''other'' white meat.

** Though if given a choice... Yuki: "Succubae are great. Amazing flavor and great nutrients and energy."

* [[Inhumanable Alien Rights]]: Non-humans have none.

** Want to stop those military squads busting down your door at midnight and forcing you and your family into stress positions while they interrogate you, without a warrant? Hah, no chance you'll live where you are told (if they allow you live at all) and be subject to spot inspections (and possible execution on suspicion and nothing else) at any time.

** Been [[Mind Rape]]d, deprived of your property and forced into servitude? Well you'll be gunned down not rehabilitated.

** Just new in town and committed no crime? Well an off-duty merc can arrange an execution squad for you while you are on the way to do the shopping.

* [[It Gets Easier]]: Hoooooo boy. The main character started off highly disturbed with her powers an rather adverse to killing, over time she changes to where she doesn't bat an eye at [[Gorn|graphically killing]] and eating dozens of people.

* [[Jack Bauer Interrogation Technique]]: Capt. Jarvis' job description is this trope.

* [[Just Desserts]]: basically the fate of any [[Big Bad]] dumb enough to get on DarkStar's bad side, most obviously {{spoiler|Alexia}}.

* [[Lime]]: Believe it or not it may have sex demons as central characters, but despite the insinuations and innuendos the story never gets as explicit as implies it has.

* [[The Little Detecto]]: Pattern scanners. Useful items that can not only detect sentient life, but can also discriminate between a human, a disembodied spirit, and a human infected with lycanthropy with no problem ([[Its All There in the Manual|as there's a specific pattern for each]].) Not to mention more interesting yet easier to detect things like demons and sailor scouts. Used to give a [[Power Levels|"power reading"]] too, but that was abandoned after Ranma went [[Readings Are Off the Scale|over level 12 or so.]]

* [[Little Miss Badass]]: Yuki({{spoiler|Nabiki}}), who can pass for a middle-schooler despite her [[Most Common Superpower|succubus sized chest]], wields a pair of cam assisted folding knives oddly reminiscent of straight razors and can create an armor piercing thermobaric weapon with magic. She's about as [[Lawful Evil]] as Misako is [[Chaotic Evil]].

* [[Magic Missile]]: Eclipse's shadows work like this.

* [[Mama Bear]]: Succubae's hat.

* [[Mauve Shirt]]: Close examination reveals Mauve is the [[Red Shirt|new Red]].

* [[Meaningful Rename]]: Just about all of the main characters get one, examples will eventually be found on the [[The Return (fanfic)/Characters|characters page]] in order to avoid [[Spoiler]]s.

* [[The Mind Is a Plaything of the Body]]: debatable. There are arguments for and against this due to the intricacies of being turned (for more see the discussion page). However there does seem to be something in this even in the best case scenario. Even if it is just a higher sex drive and less inhibitions.

* [[Mind Rape]]: Alexia's favourite recruitment tool.

* [[Mook Horror Show]]: The [[Villain Protagonist|"heroes"]] are man-eating demons which have [[Emotion Bomb]] powers.

** Played with, when an [[Super Registration Act|unregistered]] brood is attacked by [[Badass Normal|Canadian Special Forces.]] Though the real Nightmare Fuel hits when DarkStar does arrive: "Please! Kill them now! Don't let Her get them."

* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Happens after the first time Ranma caves to her [[Horror Hunger]]. [[It Gets Easier]] though.

* [[My Greatest Failure]]: Ranma considers hers to be abandoning and subsequent neglect/mistreatment of Nariko after her conversion.

* [[Naughty Tentacles]]: Well, naughty tails anyway. [[Power Perversion Potential|Use your imagination]].

* [[Never a Self-Made Woman]]: Ukyo fills this unfortunately. {{spoiler|She's first introduced as [[Blood Knight|Ryoga]]'s [[Defector From Decadence|saner]] [[Odd Couple|partner]]. Tags along as a [[Badass Normal]] on a couple zany adventures, [[Stuffed Into the Fridge|gets mortally wounded]], [[Emergency Transformation|dons the blue shirt]] and now decides she's in love with the very same person she was introduced with. [[Happily Married|They become mates]].}}

* [[Non-Answer]]: When Ranma asks what gender Cecilia was as a human, she replies "[[Gender Blender Name|My name was Casey]]"

* [[No Sense of Personal Space]]: Succubae seem to have [[No Sense of Personal Space]] when instigating interaction (including humans) especially within their brood, but when it is humans doing the instigating it is [[Hates Being Touched]] (except for the [[Cooldown Hug|crying]] succubus [[All There in the Manual]] rule)

** Granted they are sex demons with "[[Blue and Orange Morality|many different kinds of sex]]." As far as relationships go, things are pretty stable.

* [[One-Gender Race]]: Succubae are all female. [[Hermaphrodite|kinda]]

* [[Over and Under the Top]]: Ranma's brood is over, and Eve's brood is decidedly under.

* [[Overshadowed by Awesome]]: Usagi and the Senshi; originally seen as desirable by the company as allies, key to staving off the Reality Collapse. Now they're seen in [[The Load|need of protecting]] and severe training in order to keep them alive until the Stars Are Right.

** Cyborgs and supposedly golems are stated to be "pattern V's" as well.

** Given their hats, Alexia is more of a [[Complete Monster]] by succubus standards than human.

* [[Perky Goth]]: Getting turned into a succubus seems to involve also turning into one of these, especially Yuki.

** played straight, [[He Had a Name|in that when an APC blows up we're quickly told the name of the now-dead driver]].

* [[Renegade Russian]]: The Cyborg Mercenary Communists are this.

* [[Schoolgirl Lesbians]]: In early chapters.

* [[She's Got Legs]]: Eve checking out her new body, it's [[Lampshaded]] how short her "regulation length" skirt looks because of this.

** The aversion is then subverted hard in the when Ranma fights Galina. She comes home perfectly healthy, if a little [[Horror Hunger|hungry]], her armor however is [[Clothing Damage|all but gone]]. What's the point of wearing bulky armor when it's less [[Immune to Bullets]] than you are?

* [[Sufficiently Analyzed Magic]]/[[Post-Modern Magik]]: The Company is dedicated to both approaches.

* [[Super Registration Act]]: If you are a registered Non-Human and play nice you are fine, unregistered Non_Humans are fair game, The Company alternates between type 1 and type 3 (currently it's type 3 with Ranma and Eve's broods).

* [[The Tease]]: Ranma likes pulling this on Usagi and Pluto in early chapters.

* [[Technicolor Eyes]]: Becoming a succubus almost guarantees an eye color change, some pretty outlandish. In fact, the only characters so far to have escaped this fate are [[All Germans Are Nazis|Eve]] and Akane (though her hair changed). Also they all have [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]] which can lead to [[Eye Beams]]. With that in mind, let's rock (again):

** [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|Nariko]]: A sign when [[Yamato Nadeshiko|big sister]] has been pushed too far.

** [[Action Girl|Akane]]: Keeps her [[Brown Eyes]]

** [[Badass]] [[Moe]] Morrison—Green another case of [[Curtains Match the Window]].

* [[Tempting Fate]]: When Agent Morrison wonders how he'd feel if he was turned into a Succubus, there are no prizes for guessing what happens in the next chapter. Also {{spoiler|Nabiki}} says she isn't a real target, a rare slip for a normally [[Genre Savvy]] character.

* [[Those Two Guys]]: Naoko and Sam, Sunshine's schoolfriends.

* [[Transplanted Character Fic]]: On the ''Ranma'' side. The ''Sailor Moon'' stuff is clearly the same characters, but the ''Ranma'' stuff would not be recognizable as such with a few changed names

** The ''Sailor Moon'' half of the fic isn't much better. The ''characters'' might be mostly intact but the ''setting'' is much [[Darker and Edgier]]..

* [[Traumatic Haircut]]: Eve cuts off Usagi's Odango to make a point about...[[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|er, something]]. Or possibly just to be a [[Jerkass]]. It just came across as pointlessly mean.

* [[Unfazed Everyman]]: Naoko and Sam.

* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: what happens when you hurt one of Sunshine's kids.

* [[Unorthodox Reload]]: Nariko can reload her handgun by dropping the empty mag, slicing open a magazine carrier with her tail, slamming her gun onto the falling mag, and finally hitting the slide release. All this while engaging in a sword duel with her right hand.

* [[Wake Up, Go to School, Save the World]]: In early chapters.

* [[Warm Bloodbags Are Everywhere]]: And resistance is steadily faltering.

* [[Web Serial Novel]]

** also present in Morgan, though it's harder to spot, since it's not about [[Author Appeal|gender]] so much as becoming a demon, as well as her being quite possibly the most stoic of all in the two broods. Granted the author did devote a whole scene to her [[What Have I Become?]] moment.

* [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]]: Explored.

* [[Winged Humanoid]]

* [[The Worf Effect]]: Ryouga is introduced as just slightly below Ranma's demonic power level and looks like he might be the [[Big Bad]] of the arc, naaaaaaah. it's just so he can be beaten up {{spoiler|and converted}} by Alexia.

* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: Being the big sister of the brood Nariko embodies this. Slightly subversion given [[Gender Bender|her]] past and [[Sword and Gun|fighting]] [[Katanas Are Just Better|style]].

 

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