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* [[Big Brother Is Watching]] -- turned [[Up to Eleven]]
* [[Biker Babe]] -- Darkstar and Eve.
* [[BFG]] -- Morrison and Morgan are thrilled to find out their new physiology allows them to handle [[Small Girl, Big Gun|even bigger guns]].
** 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.
* [[BFS]] -- Yuki's knives.
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* [[Break the Badass]] -- Essentially what Alexia does to {{spoiler|Ryouga}}.
* [[Broken Bird]] -- Eve and Kasumi.
* [[Brother
* [[Butt Monkey]] -- tying in with [[Break the Cutie]], Usagi is, by chapter 24, now verging on this [[Trope]].
* [[Call a Human A Meatbag]] -- Misako's favourite word to describe humans. She gets better (with prodding).
* [[The Call Knows Where You Live]] -- boy does it ever.
** Good thing company agents [[Genre Savvy|carry at all times]], [[Fan Service|even when lounging around the house in underwear.]] Right Morgan?
* [[Canada, Eh?]] -- Where the action is relocated to, for some reason.
* [[Canis Latinicus]] -- For some reason, succubae<ref> see YMMV for Genius Bonus</ref> is the preferred plural form of succubus in this fic.
** Not only that but the entire succubus language is this, being adapted from an abducted and converted Roman legion.
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* [[The Clan]] -- Succubae Broods have distinct aspects of this, especially Darkstar's which comprises several human members as well as Succubae. Also have shades of [[Cannibal Clan]] as well.
* [[Cleanup Crew]] -- One the many departments within the company. Probably on triple overtime pay since Ranma joined.
** [[Its All There in the Manual|They]] [[Word of God|wear]] [[Dress
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]] -- Usagi, although Ranma sees her more as a [[Dumb Blonde]].
* [[Colonel Badass]] -- Colonel Edwards
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* [[Devil but No God]] -- played straight, until Russian cyborgs threaten to pierce the veil
** "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.
* [[Did Not Do the Research]] -- [[Gun Porn|A lot of research]] was actually done in designing the guns carried by the brood, however the SSP is described as being based on the [[Rule of Cool|Desert Eagle]], only with a .500 S&W magnum cartridge instead of the usual. A quick jump to [[The Other Wiki]] mentions that the total length of the round is 2.2 inches. Adding the metal in the magazine and the grip itself (the magazine inserts into the grip, btw.), and you might not have [[Hand Cannon|the most comfortable weapon]] in the world to give to [[Small Girl, Big Gun|a girl who can squeeze into a size 6 dress]], [[Cute Bruiser|despite her being able to bench press you]].
* [[Dirty Communists]] -- Dirty Sexy Female Cyborg Mercenary Communists.
** With added nuclear powered magical [[Soviet Superscience]].
* [[Discount Lesbians]] -- They're actually a [[One
* [[The Dragon]] -- Aurora to Alexia.
* [[Dream Sequence]] -- Some rather disturbing ones.
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* [[Extra Strength Masquerade]] -- and how.
* [[Face Heel Turn]] -- Aurora, Eclipse, {{spoiler|Orion, Mercury, and Venus}}.
* [["Failure to Save" Murder]] -- Darkstar and Eve tell Usagi that because the bad guys attacked her, in ''her'' home, that she should be the one liable and responsible for the civilian casualties not the evil, murdering, Russian Cyborg mercs.
* [[Fantastic Arousal]] -- Succubus horns are very Sensitive, it's also implied that their tails may act as a pseudo-inseminator. [[Brain Bleach|You may now wash your brain]].
** [[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|clean cut]].
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** [[Lady of War|Nariko]] -- keeps her [[Dragon Lady|black Asian tresses]].
** [[Action Girl|Akane]] -- Goes from black to some [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|bluish grey color]].
** [[White
** [[Blood Knight|Misako]] -- Orange. Combination of [[Blondes Are Evil|Blonde]] and [[Fiery Redhead|Redhead]]. In otherwords, [[Heroic Sociopath|fitting]]
** [[Little Miss Badass|Yuki]] -- Goes a [[Shy Blue
** [[All Germans Are Nazis|Eve]] -- Stays [[Nazi Germany|Blonde haired and blue eyed.]]
** [[Violent Glaswegian|Morgan]] -- Goes from [[Badass Normal|brown]] to [[Scotireland|carrot top]]
** [[Badass]] [[Moe]] Morrison -- Green, yea.
** [[Straw Feminist|Sophie]] -- Changed to a [[Only Sane Man|normal]] [[Eerie Pale
** [[Hooker With a Heart of Gold|Cecilia]] -- [[High Class Call Girl|lavender]]
* [[Hand Cannon]] -- The standard succubus pistol.
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* [[Heel Face Revolving Door]] -- Aurora and Eclipse.
* [[Heel Face Turn]] -- Aurora, Eclipse, Ukyou, Yuki, and Darkstar in the original timeline.
* [[Hell
* [[Heroic BSOD]] -- Usagi after the battle in the toystore, complete with [[Shower of Angst]]. It's implied Ranma had one of these after being turned into a Succubus before the story starts.
* [[Hooker With a Heart of Gold]] -- Cecilia.
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** Played with, when an [[Super Registration Act|unregistered]] brood is attacked by [[Badass Normal|Canadian Special Forces.]] Though the real Nightmarefuel hits when Darkstar does arrive: "Please! Kill them now! Don't let Her get them."
* [[Morality Pet]] -- The broodlings are this. Subverted in that their needs push Ranma away from human values and identity and towards those of a succubus brood mother.
** Later Ranma is this to Javis. The [[Gender Bender|icequeen]] [[Defrosting Ice Queen|defrosts]] but the [[Cold
* [[More Dakka]] -- Company policy.
* [[Ms. Fanservice]] -- Ranma, or course, but also any other Succubus character, principally Eve.
* [[Muggles Do It Better]] -- The Demons and [[Eldritch Abomination|Eldritch Abominations]] have all these fantastic powers, but Humans have inventiveness and are much better at being bastards.
** Part of why in the eyes of a succubus humans are the ones bordering on [[Always Chaotic Evil]].
* [[Murder the Hypotenuse]] -- Eve, Ranma's [[Brother
* [[Mutilation Interrogation]] -- Part of Capt. Jarvis' repertoire.
* [[Mutual Disadvantage]] -- Ranma and Galina have the '''[[Padded Sumo Gameplay|Mutual Invulnerability]]''' variant. Each has a different version: [[Healing Factor]] versus [[Made of Iron]], but neither can permanently put the other down. Given the unbalanced power both have this leads rapidly to [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]].
* [[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.
* [[Nakama]] -- Oh yeah.
* [[Naughty Tentacles]] -- Well, naughty tails anyway. [[Power Perversion Potential|Use your imagination]].
* [[Never a Self
* [[NGO Superpower]] -- The company.
* [[Noble Demon]] -- Subverted. While [[Dark Star]] is demonic royalty, she doesn't fit the "noble demon" style: no qualms about killing or eating her enemies, doesn't try to prove she's evil. Related to the [[Always Chaotic Evil]] subversion.
** BlackSky however, fits this to a T, even though she claims to be a [[Retired Monster]].
** Depends, she might be more [[Villain With Good Publicity]]. She's only popped up once.
* [[Non
* [[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)
* [[No Loves Intersect]] -- [[Horny Devils|Succubae]] are [[Our Demons Are Different|actually]] strictly [[Happily Married|monogomous]].
** 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
* [[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.
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** 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.
* [[Pint
** Ditto for Morgan and Yuki.
* [[Powered Armor]]/[[Mini Mecha]]/[[Clingy Costume]] -- Serenity gains what is best described as a suit of armour that mated with a battleship and [[Queen Victoria]] complete with [[Pimped
* [[Power Creep, Power Seep]] -- Usagi and the Senshi are nerfed to the point of uselessness, Ranma (and every other character) are power boosted to the point even normal humans have combat super-powers.
* [[The Power of Love]] -- This is explicitly stated to be the Succubae's other hat.
* [[Power of Trust]] -- Col. Edwards uses this to bring Ranma onboard, it pays off big time. A lesson Ranma learns to her benefit and one that Pluto doesn't to her cost.
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* [[Shout Out]] -- Loads of them, including (but not limited to): ''[[Stargate]]'', ''[[Babylon Five]]'', ''[[The Prisoner]]'', ''[[Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'', ''[[Star Trek]]'', ''[[The X Files]]'', ''[[The Poky Little Puppy]]'', ''[[Team Fortress 2 (Video Game)|Team Fortress 2]]'' and many, many others.
* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]] -- The fic ping-pongs from one end to the other.
* [[Small Girl, Big Gun]] - [http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y44/sunshinetemple/FanArt_not_on_site/morgan_morrison_12.jpg Morgan and her rifle].
* [[Smug Snake]] -- Murdoch, although the author clearly thinks he's a [[Magnificent Bastard]], but he really isn't.
** Darkstar herself rapidly becomes one in later chapters.
* [[Sniper Duel]] -- in Chapter 21 with the introduction of the Russians.
* [[Spell My Name With a "The"]] -- The Drake.
* [[Stages of Monster Grief]] -- The Company has skilfully guided Ranma all the way to the cusp of stage four (they may not realise how close she is to it though).
* [[Staking the Loved One]] -- Done with a twist, Kasumi non-fatally shoots Akane specifically so that Nariko and Ranma will be able to give her an [[Emergency Transformation]]
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** [[Red Eyes Take Warning|Nariko]] -- A sign when [[Yamato Nadeshiko|big sister]] has been pushed too far.
** [[Action Girl|Akane]] -- Keeps her [[Brown Eyes]]
** [[White
** [[Green Eyes|Misako]] -- Fitting as she's a [[Green
** [[Little Miss Badass|Yuki]] -- Ice [[Blue Eyes]] and [[Curtains Match the Window]]
** [[All Germans Are Nazis|Eve]] -- Stays [[Nazi Germany|Blonde haired and blue eyed.]]
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* [[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]]
* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]] -- BlackSky is almost an English translation of Lilith (in one of the possible etymologies at least). It's even more telling when it's later translated into <s>Latin</s> [[Canis Latinicus|Demonic]]: AlterCaela. She also IS the queen of succubae in their own little dimension of Hell
* [[What Have I Become?]] -- Mostly absent, Ranma apparently did this [[Backstory|before the start of the story]] but definatly present with {{spoiler|Nabiki and Morrison}}, despite the latter having volunteered (apparently didn't think it through fully).
** 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
* [[What the Hell, Hero?]] -- Ranma calls this on Usagi more than once.
* [[Wide Eyed Idealist]] -- Usagi.
* [[Winged Humanoid]]
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