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* ''Demons of the Ocean'' (2005)
* ''Tide of Terror'' (2006)
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There has yet to be a "rival" series with [[Fur Against Fang|werewolf]] ninjas.
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* [[Action Girl]]: Cheng Li and Cutlass Cate.
* [[Apocalypse How]]: The setting for the story is that global warming and melting ice caps have caused much of the world to be covered with water, hence the age of anachronistic piracy.
* [[Big No]]:Stukeley utters one near the end of ''Tide of Terror''.
* [[Badass Abnormal]]: {{spoiler|Connor}} after its revealed that he's a {{spoiler|[[Dhampir]]}}.
** Most of the Vampirates were in positions requiring martial skill before they died, while the rest just have centuries to practice surviving in a world of pirates with the benefit of being [[Nigh Invulnerable]].
* [[World of Badass]]: Most of the pirates Connor hangs out with have been Academy trained--trained in Piratical arts such as sailing and fencing since they were younger than ten years old. Given the short average life expectancy of an untrained pirate (it takes much less than ten years to become a skilled veteran), this amounts to graduates, who usually serve as officers but are numerous enough not to, having the competence and experience of pirates twice their age, coupled with military discipline. The lack of real-life experience seems to be more than offset by the disproportionate rigorous training.
** Almost every named pirate is naturally competent, experienced, or both.
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* [[Kill It with Fire]]: Attempted by Connor early on. It's pretty successful, except for {{spoiler|Jez and Sidorio, who somehow just get stronger for it.}}
* [[Nigh Invulnerable]]: Played with. Random vampires don't seem to be that hard to kill. However, older vampires, and those they sire seem to be immune to certain weaknesses.
** Case in point is Lola. After testing Hawthorne stakes, silver, and garlic/wolfsbane on Vampires and finding them lethal, the pirates try to kill Lola with a sword infused with all three elements. Stabbing her once doesn't work. Stabbing her twice doesn't work either. [[No Kill Like Overkill|so they decapitate her]]. {{spoiler|[[
* [[Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]: They're vampires '''and''' pirates!
* [[No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Dine]]: While The Feast is usually quite peaceful, Sidorio's part has elements of this.
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* [[Schizo-Tech]]: As mentioned above, there are cars, but no ranged weapons at all, which is just stupid considering the degree to piracy is formalized, and the resources that prominent pirates should have. Additionally, no boats use motors even though they exist. Melee combat is the preferred method of naval battle--no cannons or anything. Current fashion also seems to be all over the place.
* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]]
* [[Sliding Scale of Idealism Versus Cynicism]]: Extremely idealistic, despite being rather dark at times and rather cavalier about violence. The villains are capable of love and tend to be reasonable and even compassionate towards the protagonists later on in the series, despite being murderous sociopaths who have murdered the heroes' loved ones. The pirates, for their part, are ridiculously willing to give the pirates the benefit of the doubt or chat them up, even in the middle of pitched battles.
** The view of piracy becomes gradually more cynical as the series progresses, because almost all of them end up being legitimately murderous, unlawful, or backstabbing. However, the pirates themselves get teary eyed over how honorable their profession is, so its a bit of an odd example.
*** [[Moral Dissonance]]
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