History Fanfic / FateZeroSense

* FalseReassurance[=/=]ExactWords: Kirei, in his natural element. He tells Caster/[[spoiler:Erza]] that someone made a replica of one of her swords, used it to kill Shinji Matou, making Shirou and Sakura come after her, that the culprit did so to finally have an excuse to take out a Servant, and that the culprit was none other than Assassin himself. She assumes he was talking about Sakura's Assassin. He's really talking about {{Deadpool}}.

* {{Deconstruction}}: The prequel and this story can be considered a deconstruction of fictional characters being introduced into the Nasuverse and breaking the Fourth Wall. Kirei [[GoMadWithTheRevelation goes insane with the information]] he is not real, many people still die despite heroic characters being around, and though some things have improved, horrible events still occur. Not to mention, even the Servants suffer throughout the course of the stories, Shinji being a prime example because despite living a happier life he's still riddled with guilt towards causing Third Impact. [[spoiler:Angra Mainyu constantly reminding him through NightmareFuel-level dreams do not help his sanity]].

* CoolVsAwesome: A regular occurance. Starting in this order: ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} almost defeating Saber ''with Monty Python References'', [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Gurren Lagann]] vs [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Eva Unit-01]], Sasuke's [[{{Naruto}} Susano'o]] vs Grimmjow's [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Gran Rey Cero]], ''more Monty Python references'', Vash's [[Anime/{{Trigun}} Angel Arm]] vs Saber's Excalibur [[spoiler:(Angel Arm wins)]], ''Grimmjow in Resurrecion vs ALL OF TEAM DAI-GURREN'', Gurren Lagann vs Eva Unit-01 rematch. Gurren Lagann wins[[spoiler:, although Rider dies from his wounds.]] And finally, MORE MONTY PYTHON REFERENCES. The HolyShitQuotient is surpassed at the first Monty Python reference. [[CrazyAwesome Yeah, it's that kind of fic.]]

* FaceDeathWithDignity: All Servants that pass on save for [[spoiler:Saber]], really. [[spoiler:Berserker]] in particular, despite losing epically to [[spoiler:Rider]], is at least content he went down fighting instead of being backstabbed.

* LoopholeAbuse: [[TheStoic Kirei]], unable to handle Deadpool's mouth, uses a Command Seal to make him never open his mouth again. ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} gets around this by ripping off his mouth and growing a new one.

* NoFourthWall: [[spoiler:Deadpool, later Kirei, and finally Taiga and Ilya in the Taiga's Dojo omakes.]]

* SeriousBusiness: Kirei considers it ''very'' serious business to find out how many times Kenny has been killed in ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark''.

* PrecisionFStrike: Avenger gives a loud one when Rider first shows up, either out of general frustration with the other Servants (minus Saber) all being very powerful anime characters or because he knows [[GameBreaker how powerful]] Rider is. He does it again when he sees [[spoiler:Zeruel]], and once more when he learns which version it is.

* OmniscientMoralityLicense: Though Kirei is most definitely NOT a hero, no one ever suspects him of being evil until the time is right. No matter how weird and blatantly evil he acts or how many times he breaks the FourthWall in front of people. However, this is justified because [[spoiler:he works for the author, who uses his powers to protect him.]]

Following ''Zero Sense'' is the sequel ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8429877/1/Fate_Stay_Away Fate: Stay Away]]'', set during the events of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''. It features ''Anime/BlackCat'' character [[spoiler: Ex-Number Train Heartnet]] as Archer, ''Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion'' character [[spoiler: Frozen girl, Rei Ayanami,]] as Lancer, ''Manga/FairyTail'' character [[spoiler: Erza Scarlet]] as Caster, ''Anime/CasshernSins'' character [[spoiler: the titular Casshern]] as Berserker, ''Manga/SoulEater'' character [[spoiler: the arrogant Black Star]] as Assassin, ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' character [[spoiler: Simon the Digger]] as Rider, and (amazingly) the ''Fate/Stay Night'' character [[spoiler: Counter Guardian [=EMIYA=]]] as Avenger.

** [[spoiler:Erza's]] Dying Curse has reduced her to this.
** Assassin personally believes that any Heroic Spirit who participates in the Holy Grail War has been reduced to this. [[HypocrisyNod Himself included.]]

* MythologyGag[=/=]TheStationsOfTheCanon: [[spoiler:Like in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', Bazett is screwed by Kirei, and like in ''VisualNovel/FateHollowAtaraxia'', Bazette summons Avenger.]] Just not necessarily in that order, in this fic.

* OmniscientMoralityLicense: While Kirei is most definitely NOT a hero, no one will ever suspects him of being evil until the time is right. No matter how weird and blatantly evil he acts or how many times he breaks the FourthWall in front of people. But this is justified because [[spoiler: he works for the author who uses his powers to protect him.]]

** [[DoubleSubversion Double subverted.]] [[spoiler:Matou is unceremonuosly killed by Kirei and Deadpool in a half-assed attempt to frame Caster.]] Oh, wait, [[spoiler:It's not half-assed anymore. It's ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome brilliant]]'' and ''[[KickTheDog sadistic]]'' at the same time. Did TIM takes the [[{{Awesome/Bleach}} "DIE YOU AIZ- Oh, wait, sorry, Momo,"]] scene into heart?]]
* OnlySaneMan: Assassin has ironically enough become this for Team Emiya.

* DeathIsCheap AND PlotArmor: Lancer/[[spoiler:Rei Ayanami]] can revive three times. In case it's not clear, [[MemeticMutation she doesn't die when she's killed.]]

* PrecisionFStrike: Avenger gives a loud one when he sees who Rider is.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Maiya delivers one to Kotomine. Kirei, who up until this point has been completely calm and in control, goes ballistic.

* SerialEscalation: In the first fic, Waver summons [[MemeticBadass Kamina]] as Rider. [[spoiler: In the sequel, he summons [[PhysicalGod Simon t]][[GameBreaker he Digger.]]]]
** Lancer!Shinji could summon [[spoiler: Unit 01]]. Lancer![[spoiler: Rei]] can become [[spoiler: the Zeruel/Rei fusion]].

* SeriousBusiness: Kirei considers it ''very'' SeriousBusiness to find out how many times Kenny has been killed in WesternAnimation/SouthPark.
* SoreLoser: The Sequel's [[spoiler:[[Manga/FairyTail Caster]]]] dies [[DyingCurse cursing]] everyone fighting in the war, and levels many accusations at the party; including that they're all so obsessed with having their wishes granted that they'd resort to unfair methods. Then she curses them for not letting her [[{{Hypocrite}} have HER wish granted]]. All in all, she does not [[FaceDeathWithDignity face her death]] [[SubvertedTrope with dignity]] like the others did...
* SquishyWizard: Averted with Caster/[[spoiler: Erza]]. More than one character pondered she might have been better as Saber.
* StepfordSmiler: Assassin has been hinted to be one.
* TakeThat: Surprisingly of his own humor and those who use the same premise of Zero Sense. TIM basically admits through Deadpool that his own humor sucks, and calls those who do the same type of fic and say they are 'inspired' by Zero Sense are not doing anything original and are even in some cases blatantly copy and pasting parts of the fic and claiming it as their own.

* [[spoiler:TrollingCreator: A strange in-universe example with TIM telling Kirei that he's going to win.]]
* {{Tsundere}}: While Rin is most obviously one (and Kirei will never let her forget it). Illya becomes an aborable {{Tsundere}} when trying to act like she doesn't care about Berserker/[[spoiler:Casshern]].
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Avenger refuses to believe that Kirei and Wade can break the FourthWall and constantly tells himself that they are just nuts.
** Avenger also reassures himself that [[spoiler:Waver]] couldn't possibly provide enough prana for [[spoiler:Rider to summon Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]. He's forgetting that [[spoiler:Team Dai-Gurren's motto is to go beyond the impossible and kick reason to the curb.]]

* WeakButSkilled: Archer, he may not have the utterly broken Noble Phantasms his opposition has, but he's probably as skilled as the canon fake Assassin. Best shown when he matched ''[[WorldsStrongestMan Rider]]'' blow for blow.
* WhamEpisode: While things started getting serious before Chapter 15, when that chapter came it solidified '''HARD'''. [[spoiler:How hard? If the first Servant killed in the war '''DECLARES A [=DYING CURSE=] ON THE GRAIL''', [[FromBadToWorse it's all downhill from there]].]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Furthers the tradition of small omakes of could-have-been Servants with [[spoiler: BOTH [[SamuraiChamploo Jin and Mugen]]]] as Assassin, [[spoiler:[[WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged Abridged!Mr. Popo]]]] as Caster, [[spoiler:[[SoulEater Death the Kid]]]] as Archer, [[spoiler:[[Manga/{{Bleach}} Madarame Ikkaku]]]] as Lancer, [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/AsurasWrath Asura]]]] as Berserker, [[spoiler:[[CowboyBebop Spike Spiegel]]]] as Rider, and [[spoiler:ThePunisher]] as Avenger.
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be That Weirdo?]]: Assassin is ''terrified'' by [[spoiler: Excalibur]], as in his series [[spoiler: Excalibur]] is even more egotistical than him and has a short temper. He also declares [[spoiler: Saber]] a hero because [[spoiler: she]] can deal with him.
* TheWorfEffect: Saber continues to be outclassed in the sequel by getting her ass handed to her by Assassin. Once again this is justified because all of the other Servants can screw the very strict laws of the Nasuverse on a whim. Taken to ButtMonkey levels in a recent {{Omake}}, in an alternate summoning of Berserker, [[spoiler:Asura]] [[DangerouslyGenreSavvy didn't even let Saber finish speaking]] [[TalkToTheFist before she gets]] {{Megaton Punch}}ed [[CurbStompBattle to the curb]].
** Everyone is worfed by Berserker. I repeat: every Servant got worfed. At the same time. Except [[GameBreaker Ri]][[PhysicalGod der]].
*** Then Berserker got BRUTALLY worfed by Avenger in Chapter 12. How is that possible? Four words: [[spoiler: Nine Lives Blade Works]].
**** [[spoiler: Taken to heartbreaking levels when Wade and Avenger are able to defeat Berserker, by launching a surprise attack and having him focus all his efforts on protecting Illya rather than fight them]].

* WrongGenreSavvy: [[spoiler:Illya thought she summoned Anime/CasshanRobotHunter when she heard his name as [[Anime/CasshernSins Casshern]]. One dream sequence later...]]

* PunchClockVillain: Kirei and Wade manage to be this ''and'' [[CardCarryingVillain Card-Carrying Villains]] at the same time. While they are both unrepentantly evil, they also [[spoiler: work for the author and follow his orders]] and when not being evil or breaking the FourthWall, they live rather normal lives.

* BashBrothers: Shinji and [[spoiler:Rei]] have very similar abilities as Servants, but Shinji has better stats and Personal Skills while [[spoiler:Rei]] has better Noble Phantasms, [[spoiler: mainly, she has three extra lives and the ability to summon [[TheJuggernaut Zeruel.]]]] Even more so when [[spoiler:Rei is from the RebuildOfEvangelion continuity]] and Shinji is from [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion the original series]].
* BreakoutVillain: While Kirei and Wade were always supposed to form a BigBadDuumvirate and be the main villains they proved to be so popular due to a mixture of EvilIsCool, LaughablyEvil, and being [[MagnificentBastard Magnificent Bastards]] that the author has so far modified the story so that they will appear in every chapter. [[spoiler: Later they become much more credible threats, committing atrocity after atrocity loaded with BlackHumor]].
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Assassin, aka [[spoiler: [[SoulEater Black*Star]]]], even moreso than his {{canon}} counterpart. He normally has his pre-CharacterDevelopment personality. But when a fight gets serious he reveals he has his manga counterparts competence. He kicks both Saber's and Shinji Ikari's asses.
* CurbStompBattle: Assassin's battle against Saber and Shinji was basically a dragged-out execution with Assassin as the executioner. Berserker dished out one to all Servants except Rider.
* {{Deconstruction}}: The prequel and this story can be considered a deconstruction of fictional characters being introduced into the Nasuverse and breaking the Fourth Wall. Kirei goes insane with the information he is not real, many people still die despite heroic character being around, and while some things have improved horrible events still occur. Not to mention even the Servants suffer throughout the course of the stories, Shinji being a prime example because despite living a happier life he's still riddled with guilt towards causing Third Impact [[spoiler: Angra Mainyu constantly reminding him through NightmareFuel level dreams do not help his sanity]].

* TheDragon: [[spoiler: Avenger]] has become this to [[BigBadDuumvirate Kirei and Wade.]]
* TheDreaded: Lancer has recently become this to everyone but Rider. While she herself is actually a rather sub-par Servant, her ability to transform into [[spoiler:[[TheJuggernaut Zeruel]]]] will cause both [[GameBreaker Berserker]] and [[GameBreaker Avenger]] to retreat without question.

* FallenHero: Avenger, a.k.a. [[spoiler:EMIYA]], even more than his {{canon}} counterpart. While [[spoiler:EMIYA]] was very twisted, he could still be called a hero, albeit a TragicHero. This version is perfectly willing to kill Illya his counterpart's MoralityPet. [[spoiler:Justified reaction because '''this''' EMIYA's MoralityPet is not Illya, but Sakura.]]

* GenreSavvy: Avenger. He watched nearly all the Anime the other Servants come from. He's even able to distinguish between alternate versions of a single character. [[spoiler:Then again, he's Counter Guardian EMIYA. What did you expect?]]
* GutPunch: Chapter 23 "Q NotePart II: Memento Mori", it has to be read to be believed.
* HeroicBSOD: Saber temporarily enters one upon meeting Rider. [[spoiler:Why? Because by following his Aniki's ideals, Saber realized that Kamina was right all along.]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: Kirei and Wade have this type of relationship while Waver and Rider are forming one.

* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: The Servant that Berserker somewhat killed not too long ago, Lancer, is the servant Illya is afraid of the most.]]

** In the Fourth War, the Assassin was Saber's ArchEnemy and she hated him, but has come to respect the Fifth War's Assassin and forms a powerful ActionDuo with him.
* ItsAllAboutMe: [[spoiler:Erza's]] Dying Curse has reduced her to this.

* TheJuggernaut: Following in Grimmjow's footsteps, Casshern has proved himself to be pretty much invincible, taking on Saber, Lancer, Archer, Caster, Assassin, ''and'' Avenger at the same time and WINNING! [[spoiler: He even killed Rei, [[DeathIsCheap sort of.]]]] It took [[GameBreaker Rider]] to stop him. That's right, Casshern was able to defeat SIX Servants. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis All. By. Himself.]]

* KickTheSonOfABitch: How Wade survived without the Orphan Farm. He stored up prana by killing a bunch of two-bit tyrants, warlords, murderers, etc. Basically he fed off of the scum of humanity.

* LetsGetDangerous: Assassin and Archer spend the majority of their time being jokes and embarrassing their Masters for differing reasons. But then they fight each other, they stopped being funny, and it was ''[[CrowningMomentOfAwesome glorious.]]''
* LightningBruiser: Berserker, also the Juggernaut. All his stats except [[MythologyGag luck]] are A-rank.
* MageKiller: As a result of [[spoiler:Maiya's survival]], Shirou is being taught his adoptive father's combat style and magecraft. [[spoiler:[[SpannerInTheWorks He really put a huge dent on]] Avenger's plans by using an [[AntiMagic Origin Bullet]] on his master Bazett.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Shinji Ikari, having NO CLUE that Zeruel is Rei, went out to fight her and nearly kills her if she didn't call out to him prompting this reaction.]]
* MythologyGag[=/=]TheStationsOfTheCanon: [[spoiler:Like in FateStayNight, Bazett is screwed by Kirei. And like in FateHollowAtaraxia, Bazette summons Avenger.]] Just not necessarily in that order, in this fic.
** Shirou finally got his... [[ItMakesSenseInContext "mana]] [[RunningGag transfer]] [[DontExplainTheJoke ritual"]]. [[spoiler:But he got Luvia instead Rin.]]
* NakedOnArrival: [[spoiler:Rei]] can bring herself back to life three times. But she is [[IncrediblyLamePun naked upon revival.]]
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: [[spoiler:Zeruel, the Angel of Might]] and it lives up to its name causing both [[GameBreaker Berserker]] and [[GameBreaker Avenger]] to run away from it really fast.

* AdaptationalBadass: Rider. While unquestionably awesome in the original anime, Kamina didn't have access to [[spoiler: a Reality Marble containing all of team Dai-Gurren]].
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Uryuu.]]
** [[spoiler:Zouken, even more so.]]
* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler: The entire fic was a massive BatmanGambit created by the author to make sure he had a proper BigBad, aka, Kirei for the sequel.]]
* [[spoiler: BiggerBad: One could argue that the author himself is this. Assassin and by the end of the story, Kirei, both take orders from him to progress the plot as his CoDragons.]]

* [[spoiler: BittersweetEnding]]: [[spoiler: Lots of people die and nobody gets the Grail, like in canon. But Shinji finally seems to have finally found some happiness, Waver begins to lead a Team Dai-Gurren at the Clock Tower, Kiritsugu stills gets to save Shirou, Zouken gets killed, and Maiya gets to live.]]
** [[spoiler: Thanks to Zouken getting killed, Sakura's lived a happier life and thinks that Kariya killed Zouken from beyond the grave, when it was Deadpool that killed Zouken, and then left again.]]

* BreakingTheFourthWall: Assassin[=/=]Deadpool [[spoiler: and Kotomine after getting Deadpool's insanity through osmosis.]]
* ButtMonkey: Waver has to put up with a lot from Rider.
** The same for Saber to Deadpool the Assassin, who just trolls her constantly with ''the politically correct references of Monty Python'', among other mocking tactics.
* CardCarryingVillain: Kirei and {{Deadpool}}, of course. But Kirei puts it best in the great words of Vegeta from ''WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged''.
--> Kirei: I'm fucking evil.
* CasanovaWannabe: Archer has the habit to hit on every adult female character he meets, including Maiya, Irisviel, and even ''Saber'' (though it required him to be drunk for the latter). He usually gets rejected (though Iri did blush).

* CoolVsAwesome: A regular occurance. Starting in this order. {{Deadpool}} almost defeating Saber ''with Monty Python References'', [[GurrenLagann Gurren Lagann]] vs [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Eva Unit-01]], Sasuke's [[{{Naruto}} Susano'o]] vs Grimmjow's [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Gran Rey Cero]], ''more Monty Python references'', Vash's [[{{Trigun}} Angel Arm]] vs Saber's Excalibur [[spoiler: Angel Arm wins]], ''Grimmjow in Resurrecion vs ALL OF TEAM DAI-GURREN'', Gurren Lagann vs Eva Unit-01 rematch. Gurren Lagann wins [[spoiler: although Rider dies from his wounds.]] And finally, MORE MONTY PYTHON REFERENCES. The HolyShitQuotient was surpassed at the first Monty Python reference. [[CrazyAwesome Yeah, it's that kind of fic.]]

* CuttingOffTheBranches: [[spoiler: The Heaven's Feel route of VisualNovel/FateStayNight is made impossible by the events of the epilogue.]]
* DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale: in one of the Omake, Tokiomi accidentally summon [[PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt Panty]] as Archer. Guess how that turns out.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Caster/[[spoiler:Sasuke]] is utterly disgusted by his master, and complains in his mind about needing to protect and even ''help'' him to get more energy instead of killing him just then and there.

** Deadpool himself, comments on how cold it was for Kirei to [[spoiler:kill Irisviel like he did]], which may be the reason [[spoiler:that he became TheStarscream as listed below.]]

* FaceDeathWithDignity: All Servants that passed on [[spoiler: save for Saber]] really. [[spoiler: Berserker in particular, despite losing epically to Rider, was at least content he went down fighting instead of being backstabbed.]]

* FanService: at one point, Maiya attempt to ambush Archer, only to fail to even get his attention, since he is only concerned with the fact she wrecked his doughnut. Eventually, while leaving, he mentions he could have groped her at least five times during the whole conversation. Then immediatly proceed to do so by opening her shirt without her even noticing, then squeezing her breast exactly five times.

** Considering that he helps [[spoiler:provide a fake identity to Sola-Ui and survived Lancer, and helps provide means to... ''exterminate'' Zouken]], you could say that he enters AffablyEvil territory [[spoiler:with Deadpool]].

* [[spoiler:ILetYouWin[=/=]IDieFree: Vash has defeated Saber, but because Kotomine tries to force him to betray his [[ThouShallNotKill code]] he asks her to kill him before he does so and resists having '''two''' command seals on this order. After she deals the final blow, Vash dies with peace of mind.]]
* InSpiteOfANail: {{Invoked}}, Zigzagged, and played straight. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for Kotomine, despite his plans to "destroy canon" many of the same events happen in order to allow for a {{Sequel}} set during FateStayNight.]]

* TheJuggernaut: Berserker, full stop, to the point were he's considered an in-universe GameBreaker. Archer and Saber can't hurt him. He shrugs off Caster's [[spoiler: Amaterasu]] like it's nothing and punches through his [[spoiler: Susano'o]] like it's made of cardboard. The only thing stopping him from slaughtering everyone but Rider is because Kariya is his Master. Even then it took [[spoiler: all of Team Dai-Gurren and a Giga Drill Breaker to take him down.]]
* KnightOfCerebus: In the first half of the story, Caster and Uryuu were the main source of drama and nothing about their actions were PlayedForLaughs; all of their murders were played dead straight and whenever they showed up, the laughs stopped. [[spoiler: Ironically, their deaths is what ''started'' the fic's CerebusSyndrome.]]
* LoopholeAbuse: [[TheStoic Kirei]], unable to handle Deadpool's mouth, uses a Command Seal to make him never open his mouth again. {{Deadpool}} gets around this by ripping off his mouth and growing a new one.
* MediumAwareness: {{Deadpool}} [[spoiler:and eventually Kotomine.]]
* NoFourthWall: [[spoiler:Deadpool, later Kirei, and finally Taiga and Ilya in Taiga's dojo.]]

* OutOfCharacter: Most characters. Kotomine being the stand-out example.
* PetTheDog: Berserker's entire relationship with Kariya is one gigantic PetTheDog. Berserker begins to actually care for him and goes out of his way to help him. In the end he uses Kariya and Sakura to motivate himself during his final battle with [[spoiler: Rider]].
** Kirei and Wade [[spoiler:killing Zouken and saving Sakura]] could also count. [[spoiler:Although the author might have ordered them to do it.]]

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Kamina gives one to Saber, stating that by not making her followers understand her dreams and ambitions so that they could continue without her, he does not consider her a leader or a hero.
* SanitySlippage: Kotomine. Though to be fair, having Deadpool as a Servant [[spoiler: and exposing him to the Fourth Wall]] can do that to a guy.

* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler: Sola-Ui lives as well as her servant Lancer. Sakura is spared from having the destroyed Grail embedded in her. Maiya lives to help Kiritsugu raise Shirou. And Aoi never becomes a vegetable.]]
* TheStationsOfTheCanon: Played with.
* TakeUpMySword: [[spoiler: Rider leaves Waver his nodachi moments before he dies, encouraging him to continue on as a member of Team Dai-Guren.]] [[spoiler: [[ChekhovsGun This would prove important in the sequel,]] as Waver summons Simon as the next Rider.]]
* TooDumbToLive: Archer, while your ThouShallNotKill [[HonorBeforeReason rule is admirable]], you're in the [[CrapsackWorld Nasuverse]] now. The power of love and peace tends to fail miserably, even in a FixFic.
* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: When Assassin falls into Angra Mainyu it immediatley spits him out and made him look like RyanReynolds so he would never bother it again. That's right. Angra Mainyu ''[[FridgeLogic fears]]'' {{Deadpool}}.

* VillainousBreakdown: Kirei has one when, [[spoiler:during his duel with Kiritsugu, things start going out of control for him and he starts to realize the Author had OutGambitted him. It's at this point that he stops acting confident and humoristic, and outright try to kill Kiritsugu with an insane look on his face.]]
* VillainousFriendship: Kirei and Deadpool are a clear-cut Type I. After Kirei [[spoiler:breaks the Fourth Wall]] and he and Deadpool form a BigBadDuumvirate, they become very good friends. They get along very well and [[VillainsOutShopping act rather normal]] when not being evil or [[spoiler: following the author's orders]]. They're practically BFF's. They watch GoldenGirls together, fanboy Bea Arthur, make tons of {{Shout Out}}s, mourn Heath Ledger's death, are also fans of Batman, practice their {{Evil Laugh}}s together, and make fun of the author's rather flimsy excuses to hide the existence of magecraft.

* [[WhatTheHellHero What The Hell, Saber?]]: [[spoiler: Kamina, Vash, and even Shinji think that what Saber wants is stupid, because what they want wouldn't cause a massive time paradox and at the same time make their Masters' wishes meaningless.]]

* WorfHadTheFlu: The only reason why Lancer/[[spoiler: Shinji]] was able to kill [[spoiler: Rider/Kamina]] was because he was heavily wounded after fighting Berserker. Even then, Rider managed to destroy [[spoiler: Unit-01]] before [[spoiler: he died.]]
** Archer vs Saber as well. Archer had won the fight. But then let Saber [[spoiler: kill him]] [[ThouShallNotKill because of his code]] and because he didn't want to be controlled by Kirei.
* WorldOfCardboardSpeech: Kariya gives one to Sakura [[spoiler: while he dies.]] It helped motivate Sakura into making actual friends.

* YouCantFightFate: [[spoiler: Kotomine tries to change his future by trying to actually kill Kiritsugu and prevent Shirou from being saved. No such luck.]]
* YouNeedToGetLaid: invoked by Kotomine when fighting Maiya:

!!The sequel, Fate: Stay Away, provides examples of:

* CryForTheDevil: [[spoiler: Caster Sasuke Uchiha, who was summoned from an AlternateUniverse where he did kill Naruto, as well as many other Leaf Ninja, before [[CycleOfRevenge Hinata killed him to avenge Naruto.]] In his last moments, he laments to Archer how he never got to kill Itachi, making his whole vengeance in vain, and how in the end [[HeWhoFightsMonsters he was no better than his brother]].]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Gives little omake shorts at the end of a few chapters of characters summoning different servants aside from the ones they were given in the story. They are [[spoiler: [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Asuka Langley Soryu]] as Lancer, [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Solf J. Kimblee]] as Caster, [[DeadmanWonderland Shiro]] as Berserker, [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Sui-Feng]] as Assassin, [[PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt Panty]] as Archer and [[{{FLCL}} Naoto Nandaba]] as Rider.]]

* SureWhyNot: According to Deadpool, TIM follows a reviewer's advice to help cover up the existence of the HGW, as well as two giant ''mechs'' fighting in broad daylight, through the cover of a movie being filmed by Creator/JamesCameron. [[HilariousInHindsight Kariya personally thinks that]] [[TakeThat it's barely a better excuse than]] [[FateStayNight gas leaks.]]
** Actually a case of LyingCreator since TIM mentioned his plan to use that excuse on his forums when he started writing the fic.

* CardCarryingVillain: Kirei and {{Deadpool}}, of course. But Kirei puts it best in the great words of Vegeta from DragonBallAbridged.

* EvilerThanThou: In Chapter 5's Omake short: [[spoiler: [[DragonBallAbridged Abridged!Popo]], for if he were ever summoned, he would call the grail effortlessly and drink Angra Mainyu's soul.]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Furthers the tradition of small omakes of could-have-been Servants with [[spoiler: BOTH [[SamuraiChamploo Jin and Mugen]]]] as Assassin, [[spoiler: [[DragonBallAbridged Abridged!Mr. Popo]]]] as Caster, [[spoiler:[[SoulEater Death the Kid]]]] as Archer, [[spoiler:[[Manga/{{Bleach}} Madarame Ikkaku]]]] as Lancer, [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/AsurasWrath Asura]]]] as Berserker, [[spoiler:[[CowboyBebop Spike Spiegel]]]] as Rider, and [[spoiler:ThePunisher]] as Avenger.

* SureWhyNot: According to Deadpool, TIM follows a reviewer's advice to help cover up the existence of the HGW, as well as two giant ''mechs'' fighting in broad daylight, through the cover of a movie being filmed by JamesCameron. [[HilariousInHindsight Kariya personally thinks that]] [[TakeThat it's barely a better excuse than]] [[FateStayNight gas leaks.]]

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8240891/1/Fate_Zero_Sense Fate:Zero Sense]]'' is a ''LightNovel/FateZero'' Crossover fanfic by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2328776/The_Infamous_Man The Infamous Man]] that is best classified as a {{dramedy}}, giving equal parts action, comedy, and drama.

* [=DyingCurse=]: Wow, [[spoiler:Caster!]] Taking a page from [[spoiler:[[FateZero Zero Lancer]]]], this is in [[spoiler:her]] own words:

* SoreLoser: The Sequel's [[spoiler:[[Manga/FairyTail Caster]]]] dies [[[=DyingCurse=] cursing]] everyone fighting in the war, and levels many accusations at the party; including that they're all so obsessed with having their wishes granted that they'd resort to unfair methods. Then she curses them for not letting her [[{{Hypocrite}} have HER wish granted]]. All in all, she does not [[FaceDeathWithDignity face her death]] [[SubvertedTrope with dignity]] like the others did...

* DyingCurse: Wow, [[spoiler:Caster!]] Taking a page from [[spoiler:[[FateZero Zero Lancer]]]], this is in [[spoiler:her]] own words:

* ItsAllAboutMe: [[spoiler:Erza's]] DyingCurse has reduced her to this.

* SoreLoser: The Sequel's [[spoiler:[[Manga/FairyTail Caster]]]] dies [[DyingCurse cursing]] everyone fighting in the war, and levels many accusations at the party; including that they're all so obsessed with having their wishes granted that they'd resort to unfair methods. Then she curses them for not letting her [[{{Hypocrite}} have HER wish granted]]. All in all, she does not [[FaceDeathWithDignity face her death]] [[SubvertedTrope with dignity]] like the others did...

* WhamEpisode: While things started getting serious before Chapter 15, when that chapter came it solidified '''HARD'''. [[spoiler:How hard? If the first Servant killed in the war '''DECLARES A {{DYING CURSE}} ON THE GRAIL''', [[FromBadToWorse it's all downhill from there]].]]

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8240891/1/Fate_Zero_Sense Fate:Zero Sense]]'' is a LightNovel/FateZero Crossover fanfic by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/2328776/The_Infamous_Man The Infamous Man]] that is best classified as a {{dramedy}}, giving equal parts action, comedy, and drama.

What makes it different from other VisualNovel/FateStayNight fanfics is the fact that ''all'' the servants except for Saber are fictional characters. Truly throwing a wrench into things is {{Deadpool}}, summoned by Kotomine as Assasin as well as [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]], summoned by Waver Velvet as Rider. Rounding out the cast are [[spoiler:[[Manga/{{Naruto}} Sasuke Uchiha]] as Caster, [[{{Trigun}} Vash the Stampede]] as Archer, [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Grimmjow Jaegerjaquez]] as Berserker, and [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji Ikari]] as Lancer]].

Following ''Zero Sense'' is the sequel ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8429877/1/Fate_Stay_Away Fate: Stay Away]]'', set during the events of VisualNovel/FateStayNight. It features [[spoiler: [[Anime/BlackCat Train Heartnet]] as Archer, [[Anime/RebuildOfEvangelion Rei Ayanami]] as Lancer, [[Manga/FairyTail Erza Scarlet]] as Caster, [[CasshernSins Casshern]] as Berserker, [[SoulEater Black Star]] as Assassin, [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Simon the Digger]] as Rider, and amazingly the [[{{Badass}} Counter Guardian EMIYA]] as Avenger.]]

The author also created another fanfic called ''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/8519883/1/Carnival-Frenzy Carnival Frenzy]]'', a Anime/CarnivalPhantasm version of ''Fate:Zero Sense'' and ''Fate:Stay Away'' together.

* ArchEnemy: Saber absolutley ''loathes'' Assassin with a hate that could be considered holy. Assassin promotes this trope both for his own amusement and [[spoiler: because the author told him to.]]

* BreakoutVillain: While Kirei and Wade were always supposed to form a BigBadDuumvirate and be the main villains they proved to be so popular due to a mixture of EvilIsCool, LaughablyEvil, and being [[MagnificentBastard Magnificent Bastards]] that the author has so far modified the story so that they will appear in every chapter.

** [[spoiler:"Hmph." Maiya muttered, grinning slightly as she looked at the man in front of her. "You are pathetic, Kotomine Kirei." Kirei's eyes widened in shock while Maiya continued. "You are not following a 'script'. You're just taking the easy way out of the problem you are in. I don't care if there is a God, or simply just a man on a computer. I came here to face you because I chose to do so. Protecting Shirou and fulfilling my order to Kiritsugu were my decisions, and even if what you said is true, I would never regret a single moment I lived my life. However you, Kotomine Kirei, are nothing more than a man scared of taking control of your life. You are a pathetic, empty, shell of a man."]]

* TakeThat: [[spoiler: Kotomine and Deadpool argue [[NoFourthWall of a reviewer's comment]] that ''Fate:Zero Sense'' is "a poor man's ''Fate: Inertia Dawn''". They further attack him, saying that he hasn't read TIM's author notes and probably never wrote a single fanfic in his life.]]

* WrongGenreSavvy: [[spoiler:Illya thought she summoned CasshanRobotHunter when she heard his name as [[CasshernSins Casshern]]. One dream sequence later...]]

* RyuAndKen: Shinji and [[spoiler:Rei]] have very similar abilities as Servants, but Shinji has better stats and Personal Skills while [[spoiler:Rei]] has better Noble Phantasms, [[spoiler: mainly, she has three extra lives and the ability to summon [[TheJuggernaut Zeruel.]]]] Even more so when [[spoiler:Rei is from the RebuildOfEvangelion continuity]] and Shinji is from [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion the original series]].

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Furthers the tradition of small omakes of could-have-been Servants with [[spoiler: BOTH [[SamuraiChamploo Jin and Mugen]]]] as Assassin, [[spoiler: [[DragonBallAbridged Abridged!Mr. Popo]]]] as Caster, [[spoiler:[[SoulEater Death the Kid]]]] as Archer, [[spoiler:[[Manga/{{Bleach}} Madarame Ikkaku]]]] as Lancer, [[spoiler:[[AsurasWrath Asura]]]] as Berserker, [[spoiler:[[CowboyBebop Spike Spiegel]]]] as Rider, and [[spoiler:ThePunisher]] as Avenger.

** [[CharacterFillibuster Kirei]] getting tired of ''someone else'' talking.

* CoolVsAwesome: A regular occurance. Starting in this order. {{Deadpool}} almost defeating Saber ''with Monty Python References'', [[GurrenLagann Gurren Lagann]] vs [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Eva Unit-01]], Sasuke's [[{{Naruto}} Susano'o]] vs Grimmjow's [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Gran Rey Cero]], ''more Monty Python references'', Vash's [[{{Trigun}} Angel Arm]] vs Saber's Excalibur [[spoiler: Angel Arm wins]], ''Grimmjow in Resurrecion vs ALL OF TEAM DAI-GURREN'', Gurren Lagann vs Eva Unit-01 rematch. Gurren Lagann wins [[spoiler: although Rider dies from his wounds.]] And finally, MORE MONTY PYTHON REFERENCES. The HolyShitQuotient was surpassed at the first Monty Python reference. [[CrazyAwesome Yeah, it's that kind of fic.]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Gives little omake shorts at the end of a few chapters of characters summoning different servants aside from the ones they were given in the story. They are [[spoiler: [[NeonGenesisEvangelion Asuka Langley Soryu]] as Lancer, [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Solf J. Kimblee]] as Caster, [[DeadmanWonderland Shiro]] as Berserker, [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Sui-Feng]] as Assassin, [[PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt Panty]] as Archer and [[{{FLCL}} Naoto Nandaba]] as Rider.]]

* RyuAndKen: Shinji and [[spoiler:Rei]] have very similar abilities as Servants, but Shinji has better stats and Personal Skills while [[spoiler:Rei]] has better Noble Phantasms, [[spoiler: mainly, she has three extra lives and the ability to summon [[TheJuggernaut Zeruel.]]]] Even more so when [[spoiler:Rei is from the RebuildOfEvangelion continuity]] and Shinji is from [[NeonGenesisEvangelion the original series]].