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* HeroesWantRedheads: Both Dennis and Shark are dating redheads; Dennis is dating Blaise, and Shark is dating Sinbad.
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: Possibly the case with Horse-Face's companion, according to "Tongue Made of Silver."
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* YourCheatingHeart: Goodwin is cheating on Jenni with her best friend Amy. [[spoiler:It ends extremely badly for everyone involved.]]
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* AnthropomorphicPersonification: [[spoiler: The Builder is evil itself.]]
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** [[spoiler: Horse-Face's companion hangs himself in Arc 9.]]
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* FacialHorror: Arc 9 finally reveals this as why [[spoiler: Harwood always covered one side of his face with his hair.]] [[spoiler: The damage was so great that he lost an eye as a result.]]
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: The Builder is quite adept with their throwing knife. [[spoiler: They manage to cut off Marc's arm, among other feats.]]
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* TraumaticCSection: The Builder subjects Silver to one in Arc 3, after slashing her neck. She is then left to die with only her (presumably) stillborn child for company.
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* AmbiguousGender: The Builder [[spoiler:and their Twin]] are only referred to with gender-neutral terms.
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* AmbiguousGender: The Builder [[spoiler:and their Twin]] are only referred to with gender-neutral terms. [[spoiler:Until Arc 9.]]
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* BrokenRecord: [[spoiler:Zmbie Shark]] to Annette in "Even in Death, You Could Have Lived". His speech is a loop of "I hate you" and [[spoiler:"give him back."]]
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* BrokenRecord: [[spoiler:Zmbie [[spoiler:Zombie Shark]] to Annette in "Even in Death, You Could Have Lived". His speech is a loop of "I hate you" and [[spoiler:"give him back."]]
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* ThatThingIsNotMyChild: Sinbad refuses to believe that Julian is his child. [[spoiler: Even though in another universe, he is.]]
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Shark delivers one to his incarcerated mother in "Seasonally Suggilated".
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* UnsettlingGenderReveal: In Arc 9, [[spoiler: when Annette discovers The Builder has become a woman.]] [[spoiler: It also happens with The Twin and the main group.]]
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''The Racket-Rotter Chronicles'' is a ''[[Videogame/TheSims3 Sims 3]]'' fanfic, considered to be the "bizarre companion piece" to the story ''Webcomic/EightCicadas''.
The story details the various events of Shark and Sinbad, two men in a relationship, and that of their family and friends. Initially starting as a fairly light-hearted story (with the occasional dramatic event), the tone shifts during Arc 2.
It can be found [[https://theracketrotterchronicles.wordpress.com here]].
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!!''The Racket-Rotter Chronicles'' provides examples of:
* AbnormalLimbRotationRange: The Builder is capable of doing this.
* AbusiveParents:
** Shark's mother Silver is a nasty alcoholic, and tries to kill him in Arc 1.
** Sinbad's mother Maria apparently treated him terribly in the first few years he was alive. As a result, Sinbad does not ever want children.
** According to Marc, his stepfather was an abusive man who beat Marc's mother Melanie to death.
* AmbiguousGender: The Builder [[spoiler:and their Twin]] are only referred to with gender-neutral terms.
* BarelyThereSwimwear: Sinbad ends up with this in "Pool Predicament", having it described as "less than modest" (and rendering Shark and Dennis nearly speechless). He predictably loses it after jumping into the pool.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Rackets as a whole are considered this.
* BloodierAndGorier: Arc 3, in comparison to the Arcs before it.
* BrainBleach: Sinbad reacts poorly to seeing [[spoiler:Annette and Bill naked in the back of his truck]] in "Disastrous Desires".
* BrokenPedestal: Shark feels this way towards Dennis in the beginning of Arc 4, after what he discovered about him. [[spoiler:They get better.]]
* BrokenRecord: [[spoiler:Zmbie Shark]] to Annette in "Even in Death, You Could Have Lived". His speech is a loop of "I hate you" and [[spoiler:"give him back."]]
* CanineCompanion: Sagebear, to Annette and later to Shark.
* CerebusSyndrome: The chapter "Rancor" marks the official point that the story truly becomes dark.
* CharacterOverlap: Annette is an import from ''Webcomic/EightCicadas'', and there are nods to other characters from ''Cicadas''.
* ColdBloodedTorture:
** In the chapters "Qualmless Question" and "Restless Rigamarole", [[spoiler:this happens to Goodwin.]]
** Also happens to [[spoiler:Shark]] between "Indecisive Insubordination" and "Lousy Liars".
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: The Builder is fond of causing them, especially in Arc 3.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: In Arc 5, [[spoiler:Sinbad reveals that he was used in dogfighting matches for a good portion of his life.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: Annette gets her ultimate one in "Tea-Totaled" [[spoiler:after The Builder throws her in a cell with the stuffed corpse of Samira, her daughter.]] [[spoiler:Though her encounter with the Julian clones and meeting zombie!Shark might count as lesser event horizons.]]
* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler:Harwood]] to [[spoiler:Marc and Sinbad]]. [[spoiler:Though Harwood gets better.]]
* DisproportionateRetribution: The Builder slaughters an entire town, over Annette drinking a bottle of their liquor.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Possibly the case with Horse-Face's companion, according to "Tongue Made of Silver."
* DownerEnding: In Arc 3. [[spoiler:The Builder gets away with the deaths they caused. Additionally, Shark breaks up with Sinbad after finding out he and Dennis were former criminals.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: Jenni is assumed to have done this after discovering [[spoiler:her fiancé slept with her best friend.]] [[spoiler:She didn't.]]
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Bill whenever he drives his golf cart.
* EasilyForgiven: Shark states in "Top of the World, Bottom of the Barrel" that he's already forgiven Sinbad [[spoiler:for biting him]].
* [[EvilDetectingDog Evil-Detecting Dog]]: Sagebear knows to bite Goodwin on the rear in "Courtship Cacophony", before anyone else thinks of harming him.
* EveryoneIsBi: As of "Grin and Bear All", every human in the main cast is bisexual to some degree (except for Shark, who's exclusively gay). Dennis and Harwood are the last to reveal it, as neither of them have any qualms making out with each other in Sinbad's truck.
* ExpendableClone: The Builder's store of "Julians". While they don't like the Julians dying suddenly, they're grown simply for them to mess around with or eat.
* EyeScream: "Memento Mori" reveals this is why [[spoiler:The Builder always wears sunglasses.]]
* GenreRoulette: The story seems to change genre with every Arc.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: The Builder is constantly smoking menthol cigarettes. Meanwhile, Sinbad has stated he's been trying to quit smoking.
* HalfHumanHybrid:
** Annette is one, though it's unclear what exactly her non-human side is.
** Ox-Head is a cambion (half-human, half-demon), making him one of these.
* HatesBeingTouched: Ox-Head screams if he's touched directly.
* HeroesLoveDogs: Shark is a big dog person, and lives to spoil Sagebear.
* HeroesWantRedheads: Both Dennis and Shark are dating redheads; Dennis is dating Blaise, and Shark is dating Sinbad.
* KnightOfCerebus: The Builder's arrival signals the onset of the story going down a park path.
* MarriedToTheJob: Dudley states this as the reason he doesn't find a spouse.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
** Sinbad has this reaction to [[spoiler:biting Shark]] in "Once Bitten, Twice Shy".
** At the end of Arc 4, [[spoiler:Shark feels this way after realizing Sinbad left.]]
* NakedPeopleAreFunny:
** Used in "Grin and Bear All", with the main cast going on their road trip naked. Much to almost everyone's discomfort.
** Harwood uses nudity in Arc 6 to mess around with his new neighbors.
* NoDialogueEpisode: The chapter "Bed 'n' Breakfast" has neither Shark nor Sinbad saying a word.
** In a later chapter, "Silent Visions", absolutely no dialogue is said (save for Marc moaning in his sleep).
* OffingTheOffspring: An inebriated Silver attempts this on Shark in "This Family is No Longer Working!".
* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Max is decapitated via high kick]] in "Technological Trashing".
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: In Arc 5, Annette finds some medication prescribed to "Dennis Racket, Jr." [[spoiler:It's Shark's medication.]]
* RaisedByGrandparents: Harwood tells Annette that his maternal grandparents raised him, much to her surprise. [[spoiler:This is because his parents were murdered when he was a child.]]
* SecondLove: Blaise is this to Dennis, after the latter divorced his wife.
* SinisterShades: The Builder constantly wears shades over their empty eye sockets.
* SonOfAWhore: [[spoiler:Sinbad's late mother was a prostitute.]]
* SpoiledBrat: Lolly. As a result, she doesn't take her new change in financial status very well.
* TeensAreMonsters: Lolly is portrayed as spoiled and very mean, especially when it comes to her older brother. [[spoiler:Even to the point of inflicting ColdBloodedTorture on him in Arc 3.]]
* TheAlcoholic: Silver. The Builder. [[spoiler:Zombie Shark.]]
* TheVoiceless: Sunny has yet to say a single word in the story.
** [[spoiler:The Builder's Twin]] is a variant of this. Trying to speak directly causes the location surrounding them to shake.
* TimeSkip: In Arc 5, a year has passed between the first two chapters. The differences shown between chapters:
** Blaise has married Dennis, and now lives with him and Shark.
** [[spoiler:Shark was sent to a psych ward, and now has to take medication.]]
** Sagebear has become very fat, presumably from being spoiled by Shark.
* WackyMarriageProposal: In "Ring Out at Mid-Gar", Sinbad proposes to Shark on [[spoiler:the head of a giant mutant fish. While using a teddy bear.]]
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Several of the characters don't really understand why Annette wants to be with Bill.
* YourCheatingHeart: Goodwin is cheating on Jenni with her best friend Amy. [[spoiler:It ends extremely badly for everyone involved.]]
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The story details the various events of Shark and Sinbad, two men in a relationship, and that of their family and friends. Initially starting as a fairly light-hearted story (with the occasional dramatic event), the tone shifts during Arc 2.
It can be found [[https://theracketrotterchronicles.wordpress.com here]].
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!!''The Racket-Rotter Chronicles'' provides examples of:
* AbnormalLimbRotationRange: The Builder is capable of doing this.
* AbusiveParents:
** Shark's mother Silver is a nasty alcoholic, and tries to kill him in Arc 1.
** Sinbad's mother Maria apparently treated him terribly in the first few years he was alive. As a result, Sinbad does not ever want children.
** According to Marc, his stepfather was an abusive man who beat Marc's mother Melanie to death.
* AmbiguousGender: The Builder [[spoiler:and their Twin]] are only referred to with gender-neutral terms.
* BarelyThereSwimwear: Sinbad ends up with this in "Pool Predicament", having it described as "less than modest" (and rendering Shark and Dennis nearly speechless). He predictably loses it after jumping into the pool.
* BigScrewedUpFamily: The Rackets as a whole are considered this.
* BloodierAndGorier: Arc 3, in comparison to the Arcs before it.
* BrainBleach: Sinbad reacts poorly to seeing [[spoiler:Annette and Bill naked in the back of his truck]] in "Disastrous Desires".
* BrokenPedestal: Shark feels this way towards Dennis in the beginning of Arc 4, after what he discovered about him. [[spoiler:They get better.]]
* BrokenRecord: [[spoiler:Zmbie Shark]] to Annette in "Even in Death, You Could Have Lived". His speech is a loop of "I hate you" and [[spoiler:"give him back."]]
* CanineCompanion: Sagebear, to Annette and later to Shark.
* CerebusSyndrome: The chapter "Rancor" marks the official point that the story truly becomes dark.
* CharacterOverlap: Annette is an import from ''Webcomic/EightCicadas'', and there are nods to other characters from ''Cicadas''.
* ColdBloodedTorture:
** In the chapters "Qualmless Question" and "Restless Rigamarole", [[spoiler:this happens to Goodwin.]]
** Also happens to [[spoiler:Shark]] between "Indecisive Insubordination" and "Lousy Liars".
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: The Builder is fond of causing them, especially in Arc 3.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: In Arc 5, [[spoiler:Sinbad reveals that he was used in dogfighting matches for a good portion of his life.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: Annette gets her ultimate one in "Tea-Totaled" [[spoiler:after The Builder throws her in a cell with the stuffed corpse of Samira, her daughter.]] [[spoiler:Though her encounter with the Julian clones and meeting zombie!Shark might count as lesser event horizons.]]
* DisappearedDad: [[spoiler:Harwood]] to [[spoiler:Marc and Sinbad]]. [[spoiler:Though Harwood gets better.]]
* DisproportionateRetribution: The Builder slaughters an entire town, over Annette drinking a bottle of their liquor.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Possibly the case with Horse-Face's companion, according to "Tongue Made of Silver."
* DownerEnding: In Arc 3. [[spoiler:The Builder gets away with the deaths they caused. Additionally, Shark breaks up with Sinbad after finding out he and Dennis were former criminals.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: Jenni is assumed to have done this after discovering [[spoiler:her fiancé slept with her best friend.]] [[spoiler:She didn't.]]
* DrivesLikeCrazy: Bill whenever he drives his golf cart.
* EasilyForgiven: Shark states in "Top of the World, Bottom of the Barrel" that he's already forgiven Sinbad [[spoiler:for biting him]].
* [[EvilDetectingDog Evil-Detecting Dog]]: Sagebear knows to bite Goodwin on the rear in "Courtship Cacophony", before anyone else thinks of harming him.
* EveryoneIsBi: As of "Grin and Bear All", every human in the main cast is bisexual to some degree (except for Shark, who's exclusively gay). Dennis and Harwood are the last to reveal it, as neither of them have any qualms making out with each other in Sinbad's truck.
* ExpendableClone: The Builder's store of "Julians". While they don't like the Julians dying suddenly, they're grown simply for them to mess around with or eat.
* EyeScream: "Memento Mori" reveals this is why [[spoiler:The Builder always wears sunglasses.]]
* GenreRoulette: The story seems to change genre with every Arc.
* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: The Builder is constantly smoking menthol cigarettes. Meanwhile, Sinbad has stated he's been trying to quit smoking.
* HalfHumanHybrid:
** Annette is one, though it's unclear what exactly her non-human side is.
** Ox-Head is a cambion (half-human, half-demon), making him one of these.
* HatesBeingTouched: Ox-Head screams if he's touched directly.
* HeroesLoveDogs: Shark is a big dog person, and lives to spoil Sagebear.
* HeroesWantRedheads: Both Dennis and Shark are dating redheads; Dennis is dating Blaise, and Shark is dating Sinbad.
* KnightOfCerebus: The Builder's arrival signals the onset of the story going down a park path.
* MarriedToTheJob: Dudley states this as the reason he doesn't find a spouse.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone:
** Sinbad has this reaction to [[spoiler:biting Shark]] in "Once Bitten, Twice Shy".
** At the end of Arc 4, [[spoiler:Shark feels this way after realizing Sinbad left.]]
* NakedPeopleAreFunny:
** Used in "Grin and Bear All", with the main cast going on their road trip naked. Much to almost everyone's discomfort.
** Harwood uses nudity in Arc 6 to mess around with his new neighbors.
* NoDialogueEpisode: The chapter "Bed 'n' Breakfast" has neither Shark nor Sinbad saying a word.
** In a later chapter, "Silent Visions", absolutely no dialogue is said (save for Marc moaning in his sleep).
* OffingTheOffspring: An inebriated Silver attempts this on Shark in "This Family is No Longer Working!".
* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Max is decapitated via high kick]] in "Technological Trashing".
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: In Arc 5, Annette finds some medication prescribed to "Dennis Racket, Jr." [[spoiler:It's Shark's medication.]]
* RaisedByGrandparents: Harwood tells Annette that his maternal grandparents raised him, much to her surprise. [[spoiler:This is because his parents were murdered when he was a child.]]
* SecondLove: Blaise is this to Dennis, after the latter divorced his wife.
* SinisterShades: The Builder constantly wears shades over their empty eye sockets.
* SonOfAWhore: [[spoiler:Sinbad's late mother was a prostitute.]]
* SpoiledBrat: Lolly. As a result, she doesn't take her new change in financial status very well.
* TeensAreMonsters: Lolly is portrayed as spoiled and very mean, especially when it comes to her older brother. [[spoiler:Even to the point of inflicting ColdBloodedTorture on him in Arc 3.]]
* TheAlcoholic: Silver. The Builder. [[spoiler:Zombie Shark.]]
* TheVoiceless: Sunny has yet to say a single word in the story.
** [[spoiler:The Builder's Twin]] is a variant of this. Trying to speak directly causes the location surrounding them to shake.
* TimeSkip: In Arc 5, a year has passed between the first two chapters. The differences shown between chapters:
** Blaise has married Dennis, and now lives with him and Shark.
** [[spoiler:Shark was sent to a psych ward, and now has to take medication.]]
** Sagebear has become very fat, presumably from being spoiled by Shark.
* WackyMarriageProposal: In "Ring Out at Mid-Gar", Sinbad proposes to Shark on [[spoiler:the head of a giant mutant fish. While using a teddy bear.]]
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Several of the characters don't really understand why Annette wants to be with Bill.
* YourCheatingHeart: Goodwin is cheating on Jenni with her best friend Amy. [[spoiler:It ends extremely badly for everyone involved.]]
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