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''The Saga of Darren Shan'' is a 12-part Fantasy Horror series by Irish author... Darren Shan (his real surname is ''O' Shaughnessy'', but [[Pen Name|that's not quite as marketable]]). It's very popular across the world and was made into [[Film of the Book|a movie]]. There is also a [[Manga]] adaptation... which, oddly enough, is actually made and published in Japan.
The Saga follows a perfectly normal Teenager in a [[No Name Given|perfectly normal town]] who after an unfortunate chain of events winds up ''faking his own death'' and living his life as a half-vampire [[The Apprentice|assistant]] to the vampire Mr. Crepsley. [[Hilarity Ensues|Hilarity]] and [[Nightmare Fuel
The books in the Saga are:
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* [[Arc Words]]: "Even in death, may you be triumphant!"
* [[Artifact Title]]: [[Market-Based Title|In America, the series is called 'Cirque du Freak' (the title of the first book)]]. This gets weird after Book 4 when the focus of the series shifts away from Cirque du Freak and onto the struggle between the Vampires and the Vampaneze. Ultimately, only about half of the books in the series prominently feature the Cirque.
* [[Ascend to
* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: Almost ''everyone''. Particularly a few: Larten Crepsley, Paris Skyle, Arra Sails, Debbie Hemlock.
* [[Awesome Moment of Crowning]]: {{spoiler|Darren hauled as Vampire Prince.}}
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* [[Dhampyr]]: Sort of. Darren is originally made a Dhampyr due to his young age.
* [[Downer Ending]]
* [[Divide
* [[Eats Babies]]: It is implied that Mr. Tiny likes to eat children.
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: {{spoiler|R.V. is horrified when Steve kills a child, and eventually turns against him because of this.}}
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** The vampaneze code also [[Doesn't Like Guns|prevents them from using projectile weapons]]. The vampires have a less restrictive one which [[Doesn't Like Guns|just disallows guns and bows]] (shurikens are fine). Then the vampaneze start to raise an army of human soldiers who are exempt from their code (and can thus lie and use guns), to the outrage of the vampires.
* [[I Hate You, Vampire Dad]]: In the beginning, Darren feels this way about Mr. Crepsley, but eventually grows to like him.
* [[Jerk
* [[Kick the Dog]]: Mr. Crepsley making Darren fake his death and make him sit through his own grieving funeral and burial. But at least he did it to save his best friends life, right? Too bad, as said best friend thinks Darren did it to spite him and vows to kill him. [[Break the Cutie|Break the cutie indeed]].
* [[I Should Write a Book About This]]: The series ties into the real world at the end, when {{spoiler|vampire Darren sends his journals of his vampire adventures to his alternate-timeline fiction-author self, to be published as a fiction novel}}.
* [[Impaled
* [[Infant Immortality]]: {{spoiler|Averted: Steve kills eight-year-old Shancus Von}}.
* [[It Gets Easier]]: Darren mourns the first vampaneze he kills. Years later, he has no problem with one of his friends torturing a man to death to get information.
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* [[The Only One Allowed to Defeat You]]: Literally. {{spoiler|If the Lord of the Vampaneze or his hunters are killed by someone who is not a member of the opposite party, the prophecy goes [[Off the Rails]] and everyone is doomed.}}
* [[Perpetual Frowner]]: Mr. Crepsley. {{spoiler|He only laughed once, when [[Crowning Moment of Funny|he found out about Gavner's elephant underpants]], and immediately felt sorry for it. But he often smirks.}}
* [[Pet the Dog]]: Mr Tiny shows a small capacity for love when he gives {{spoiler|his son, Mr Tall}} his [[Due to
* [[Proud Warrior Race Guy]]: Almost all vampires and vampaneze.
* [[Refused
** Then again it's understandable he didn't want to risk [[A Pupil of Mine Until He Turned to Evil]]. Esspecially since according to him Steve is [[Made of Evil]].
* [[Senseless Sacrifice]]: {{spoiler|Mr. Crepsley sacrifices himself to defeat what he considers to be the Lord of the Vampaneze, only for it to turn out to be an impostor.}}
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* [[Unreliable Narrator]]: In book 9, {{spoiler|an entire chapter is devoted to creating a deus ex machina to prevent the death of Mr. Crepsley. He then admits next chapter that this didn't actually happen}}.
* [[Vampire Monarch]]: The Vampire authority are the Princes, and to a lesser extent, the Generals.
* [[Vampire Vannabe]]: Steve. {{spoiler|When Mr. Crepsley [[Refused
* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: {{spoiler|Kurda}}
* [[Wham! Episode]]: "Killers of the Dawn", "The Lake of Souls" and "Lord of the Shadows" could all qualify.
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