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** Natalie Dormer as Margaery. The role is quite similar to her turn as Anne Boleyn in ''TheTudors''. Both are ambitious queens of dubious virginity with a close bond with their gay brother.
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** Natalie Dormer as Margaery. The role is quite similar to her turn as Anne Boleyn in ''TheTudors''. Both are ambitious queens of dubious virginity with a close bond with their gay brother.brother -- all that, and the fact that her house sigil (a rose) is almost ''exactly'' the same as that of TheHouseOfTudor.
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* CoolOldLady: Lady Olenna, starting in Season 3, who's able to match wits with the best of them and is ''fully'' willing to [[SelfDeprecation take the piss out of her own house]].
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* CoolOldLady: Lady Olenna, starting in Season 3, who's able to Olenna can match wits with the best of them and is ''fully'' willing to [[SelfDeprecation take the piss out of her own house]].
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* CoolOldLady: Lady Orell, starting in Season 3, who's able to match wits with the best of them and is ''fully'' willing to [[SelfDeprecation take the piss out of her own house]].
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* CoolOldLady: Lady Orell, Olenna, starting in Season 3, who's able to match wits with the best of them and is ''fully'' willing to [[SelfDeprecation take the piss out of her own house]].
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** [[spoiler: Talisa\Jeyne Westerling]], [[spoiler: Dagmer]] and [[spoiler: Lady Frey]] in Season Three.
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** [[spoiler: Talisa\Jeyne Westerling]], [[spoiler: Dagmer]] and [[spoiler:Daxos, Dagmer, Lady Frey]] in Season Three.Frey]].
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** [[spoiler: Talisa\Jeyne Westerling]], [[spoiler: Dagmer]] and [[spoiler: Lady Frey]] in Season Three.
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* DeathGlare: Brienne gives Jaime a ''very'' menacing one in "Dark Wings, Dark Words" when he goes way overboard with the gay jokes about Renly. She also shoots daggers from her eyes when the Kingslayer insults her for being unable to [[spoiler:protect her king]] in "Kissed by Fire."
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** Brienne gives Jaime a ''very'' menacing one in "Dark Wings, Dark Words" when he goes way overboard with the gay jokes about Renly. She also shoots daggers from her eyes when the Kingslayer insults her for being unable to [[spoiler:protect her king]] in "Kissed by Fire.""
** Tywin's threatening gaze in "Second Sons" is enough to silence wedding guests who are chuckling at Joffrey's prank.
** Brienne gives Jaime a ''very'' menacing one in "Dark Wings, Dark Words" when he goes way overboard with the gay jokes about Renly. She also shoots daggers from her eyes when the Kingslayer insults her for being unable to [[spoiler:protect her king]] in "Kissed by Fire.
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** Sandor ''hates'' the title "Ser."
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** Loras stands vigil over [[spoiler:Renly's body, and remains near his beloved even as Tyrell bannermen are panicking to flee the area before Stannis' fleet arrives. It's revealed in a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m1-xPObOLk deleted scene]] that Loras also buried Renly on his own, which is a detail taken from the novels.
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** One of the first things that Robert and Ned do in Winterfell is paying a visit to the burial site of Lyanna Stark. Ned burying her in a cold tomb in the North is the cause of some friction between the two friends.
** When Ser Hugh gets killed, Ser Barristan stands vigil for him a whole night, establishing early on that he is not like the average piece of meat who serves in the Kingsguard.
** Joffrey finding joy staring at the heads on a spike of his enemies and forcing Sansa to look at them is another facet of his deranged personality.
** When Ser Hugh gets killed, Ser Barristan stands vigil for him a whole night, establishing early on that he is not like the average piece of meat who serves in the Kingsguard.
** Joffrey finding joy staring at the heads on a spike of his enemies and forcing Sansa to look at them is another facet of his deranged personality.
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** One of Starks are buried in the first things that Robert and Ned do in catacombs of Winterfell in tombs adorned by statues of their likenesses. Robert's first request upon arriving is paying a to visit to the burial site tomb of Lyanna Stark. Ned burying her in a cold tomb in Robert dislikes the North is cold, dark catacombs.
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** Loras stands vigil over [[spoiler:Renly's body, and remains near his beloved even as Tyrell bannermen are panicking to flee the area before Stannis' fleet arrives. It's revealed in a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m1-xPObOLk deleted scene]] that Loras also buried Renly on his own, which is a detail taken from the novels. [[labelnote:From the books...]]He tells Jaime in ''A Storm of Swords'': "I buried him with mine own hands, in a place he showed me once when I was a squire at Storm's End. No one shall ever find him there to disturb his rest."[[/labelnote]]Renly's corpse is dressed in the exact same outfit that he wore when he watched Loras joust, including the green brocade cloak which symbolized his commitment to Loras as his "bride." Loras must have commanded the Silent Sisters to clothe the body in this manner so that he can later lay Renly to rest as his beloved "wife."]]
** A fallen comrade of The Night's Watch deserves a proper ceremony even if the unit is knee-deep in hostile territory in the far end of the world.
** The Hound [[VillainousDemotivator threatens]] to desecrate the corpse of any soldier who wavers during the battle of Blackwater.
** The villainy of [[spoiler:Walder Frey]] and his cronies hits a new low when they [[spoiler:decapitate Robb, attach Grey Wind's head on the stump and parade it around chanting "The King In the North"]] as mockery. Later on, some random soldiers who gloat about it [[PayEvilUntoEvil get a karmic death]] courtesy of [[spoiler:Arya and Sandor Clegane]].
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** The Hound [[VillainousDemotivator threatens]] to desecrate the corpse of any soldier who wavers during the battle of Blackwater.
** The villainy of [[spoiler:Walder Frey]] and his cronies hits a new low when they [[spoiler:decapitate Robb, attach Grey Wind's head on the stump and parade it around chanting "The King In the North"]] as mockery. Later on, some random soldiers who gloat about it [[PayEvilUntoEvil get a karmic death]] courtesy of [[spoiler:Arya and Sandor Clegane]].
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** Loras stands vigil over [[spoiler:Renly's body, and remains near his beloved even as Tyrell bannermen are panicking to flee the area before Stannis' fleet arrives. It's revealed in a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m1-xPObOLk deleted scene]] that Loras also buried Renly on his own, which is a detail taken from the novels. [[labelnote:From the books...]]He tells Jaime in ''A Storm of Swords'': "I buried him with mine own hands, in a place he showed me once when I was a squire at Storm's End. No one shall ever find him there to disturb his rest."[[/labelnote]]Renly's corpse is dressed in the exact same outfit that he wore when he watched Loras joust, including the green brocade cloak which symbolized his commitment to Loras as his "bride." Loras must have commanded the Silent Sisters to clothe the body in this manner so that he can later lay Renly to rest as his beloved "wife."]]\n
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** House Tully is introduced during the VikingFuneral of their patriarch. Edmure fumbling the arrow shot establishes him as a bit of a fuck-up.
** Daenerys arranges a massive funeral pyre for [[spoiler:Khal Drogo]], though she has additional uses for the fire.
** Disrespect to the dead is used by various characters to KickTheDog
*** Joffrey gloats over the heads he mounts on spikes, forcing [[spoiler:Sansa to look at the head of her father]].
*** The Hound [[VillainousDemotivator threatens]] to desecrate the corpse of any soldier who wavers during the battle of Blackwater.
** *** The villainy of [[spoiler:Walder Frey]] and his cronies hits a new low when they [[spoiler:decapitate Robb, attach Grey Wind's head on the stump and parade it around chanting "The King In the North"]] as mockery. Later on, some random soldiers who gloat about it [[PayEvilUntoEvil get a karmic death]] courtesy of [[spoiler:Arya and Sandor Clegane]].
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** House Tully is introduced during the VikingFuneral of their patriarch. Edmure fumbling the arrow shot establishes him as a bit of a fuck-up.
** Daenerys arranges a massive funeral pyre for [[spoiler:Khal Drogo]], though she has additional uses for the fire.
** Disrespect to the dead is used by various characters to KickTheDog
*** Joffrey gloats over the heads he mounts on spikes, forcing [[spoiler:Sansa to look at the head of her father]].
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** Loras stands vigil over [[spoiler:Renly's body, and remains near his beloved even as Tyrell bannermen are panicking to flee the area before Stannis' fleet arrives. It's revealed in a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m1-xPObOLk deleted scene]] that Loras also buried Renly on his own, which is a detail taken from the novels. [[labelnote:From the books...]]He tells Jaime in ''A Storm of Swords'': "I buried him with mine own hands, in a place he showed me once when I was a squire at Storm's End. No one shall ever find him there to disturb his rest."[[/labelnote]]]]"[[/labelnote]]Renly's corpse is dressed in the exact same outfit that he wore when he watched Loras joust, including the green brocade cloak which symbolized his commitment to Loras as his "bride." Loras must have commanded the Silent Sisters to clothe the body in this manner so that he can later lay Renly to rest as his beloved "wife."]]
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** In "Mhysa" two lesser lords laugh at Tyrion as he walks with Sansa and Shae. He begins to repeat their names ans Sansa asks if he is adding them to a kill list. He doesn't have such a list... but Sansa's own sister does.
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** In "Mhysa" two lesser lords laugh at Tyrion as he walks with Sansa and Shae. He begins to repeat their names ans and Sansa asks if he is adding them to a kill list. He doesn't have such a list... but Sansa's own sister does.
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** The attempted assassin sent by the Warlocks. It's unclear of it's an actual child or an adult Warlock disguised as a cchild.
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** Brienne and Loras. Both are [[KnightInShiningArmor knights in shining armor]] who are introduced as winners of a tourney event, earning their victory with the aid of CombatPragmatism. They are heirs to their respective Houses, but they love Renly so much that they would rather dedicate their whole ''lives'' to serving him as a member of his Kingsguard. They are completely devastated after [[spoiler:Renly is slain]], becoming [[KnightInSourArmor knights in sour armor]], and both swear vengeance against Stannis. Although they end up with different masters, Loras and Brienne remain devoted to Renly in their own way, and have performed at least one act of [[spoiler:UndyingLoyalty]].
** Margaery and Renly. They both believe that the MachiavelliWasWrong approach to ruling is best, and as a consequence, they have earned a HundredPercentAdorationRating among the smallfolk (the Stormlands for Renly and King's Landing for Margaery). Renly's desire to be TheGoodKing and the effort he puts into being AFatherToHisMen mirrors Margaery's ambition to be TheHighQueen and her FriendToAllChildren charity work. They are both well-suited for court life, intelligent, responsible, good-looking and charming. Margaery isn't at all bothered by the fact that Renly is sleeping with her brother, and unlike most Westerosi noblemen, Renly doesn't mind that his bride may not be a virgin. They both love Loras very much (in different ways, of course!).
** Sansa and Loras. Although neither of them are fully aware of the other's suffering in "The Climb," Sansa (an aspiring PrincessClassic) and Loras (an aspiring KnightInShiningArmour) have learned the hard way that life isn't a fairy tale. Both of them carried romantic ideals, believing that they would "live HappilyEverAfter" with their beloved Baratheon ("PrinceCharming" Joffrey for Sansa, "TheGoodKing" Renly for Loras). [[spoiler: Both have been crushed emotionally when their dreams transformed into nightmares (Joffrey turned out to be a sadistic psychopath and executed Sansa's father, while Renly was murdered not long after Loras pushed him to become king).]] Both have called Joffrey a monster.
** Brienne and Loras. Both are [[KnightInShiningArmor knights in shining armor]] who are introduced as winners of a tourney event, earning their victory with the aid of CombatPragmatism. They are heirs to their respective Houses, but they love Renly so much that they would rather dedicate their whole ''lives'' to serving him as a member of his Kingsguard. They are completely devastated after [[spoiler:Renly is slain]], becoming [[KnightInSourArmor knights in sour armor]], and both swear vengeance against Stannis. Although they end up with different masters, Loras and Brienne remain devoted to Renly in their own way, and have performed at least one act of [[spoiler:UndyingLoyalty]].
** Margaery and Renly. They both believe that the MachiavelliWasWrong approach to ruling is best, and as a consequence, they have earned a HundredPercentAdorationRating among the smallfolk (the Stormlands for Renly and King's Landing for Margaery). Renly's desire to be TheGoodKing and the effort he puts into being AFatherToHisMen mirrors Margaery's ambition to be TheHighQueen and her FriendToAllChildren charity work. They are both well-suited for court life, intelligent, responsible, good-looking and charming. Margaery isn't at all bothered by the fact that Renly is sleeping with her brother, and unlike most Westerosi noblemen, Renly doesn't mind that his bride may not be a virgin. They both love Loras very much (in different ways, of course!).
** Sansa and Loras. Although neither of them are fully aware of the other's suffering in "The Climb," Sansa (an aspiring PrincessClassic) and Loras (an aspiring KnightInShiningArmour) have learned the hard way that life isn't a fairy tale. Both of them carried romantic ideals, believing that they would "live HappilyEverAfter" with their beloved Baratheon ("PrinceCharming" Joffrey for Sansa, "TheGoodKing" Renly for Loras). [[spoiler: Both have been crushed emotionally when their dreams transformed into nightmares (Joffrey turned out to be a sadistic psychopath and executed Sansa's father, while Renly was murdered not long after Loras pushed him to become king).]] Both have called Joffrey a monster.
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** Sansa and Loras. Although neither of them are fully aware of the other's suffering in "The Climb," Sansa (an aspiring PrincessClassic) and Loras (an aspiring KnightInShiningArmour) have learned the hard way that life isn't a fairy tale. Both of them carried romantic ideals, believing that they would "live HappilyEverAfter" with their beloved Baratheon ("PrinceCharming" Joffrey for Sansa, "TheGoodKing" Renly for Loras). [[spoiler: Both have been crushed emotionally when their dreams transformed into nightmares (Joffrey turned out to be a sadistic psychopath and executed Sansa's father, while Renly was murdered not long after Loras pushed him to become king).]]
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** Sansa and Loras. Although neither of them are fully aware of the other's suffering in "The Climb," Sansa (an aspiring PrincessClassic) and Loras (an aspiring KnightInShiningArmour) have learned the hard way that life isn't a fairy tale. Both of them carried romantic ideals, believing that they would "live HappilyEverAfter" with their beloved Baratheon ("PrinceCharming" Joffrey for Sansa, "TheGoodKing" Renly for Loras). [[spoiler: Both have been crushed emotionally when their dreams transformed into nightmares (Joffrey turned out to be a sadistic psychopath and executed Sansa's father, while Renly was murdered not long after Loras pushed him to become king).]]]] Both have called Joffrey a monster.
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** Sansa and Loras. Although neither of them are fully aware of the other's suffering in "The Climb," Sansa (an aspiring PrincessClassic) and Loras (an aspiring KnightInShiningArmour) have learned the hard way that life isn't a fairy tale. Both of them carried romantic ideals, believing that they would "live happily ever after" with their beloved Baratheon ("PrinceCharming" Joffrey for Sansa, "TheGoodKing" Renly for Loras). [[spoiler: Both have been crushed emotionally when their dreams transformed into nightmares (Joffrey turned out to be a sadistic psychopath and executed Sansa's father, while Renly was murdered not long after Loras pushed him to become king).]]
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* DirtForcefield: Loras should be covered in blood, sweat and grime in [[spoiler:"Blackwater,"]] yet he's completely clean. The Knight of Flowers' immaculate appearance is further highlighted after Tywin arrives to the throne room because the old man's face is coated with blood splatter and dirt.
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** Brienne and Loras. Both are [[KnightInShiningArmor knights in shining armor]] who are introduced as winners of a tourney event, earning their victory with the aid of CombatPragmatism. They are heirs to their respective Houses, but they love Renly so much that they would rather dedicate their whole ''lives'' to serving him as a member of his Kingsguard. They are completely devastated after [[spoiler:Renly is slain]], becoming [[KnightInSourArmor knights in sour armor]], and both swear vengeance against Stannis. Although they end up with different masters, Loras and Brienne remain devoted to Renly in their own way, and have performed at least one act of [[spoiler:UndyingLoyalty.]]
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** Brienne and Loras. Both are [[KnightInShiningArmor knights in shining armor]] who are introduced as winners of a tourney event, earning their victory with the aid of CombatPragmatism. They are heirs to their respective Houses, but they love Renly so much that they would rather dedicate their whole ''lives'' to serving him as a member of his Kingsguard. They are completely devastated after [[spoiler:Renly is slain]], becoming [[KnightInSourArmor knights in sour armor]], and both swear vengeance against Stannis. Although they end up with different masters, Loras and Brienne remain devoted to Renly in their own way, and have performed at least one act of [[spoiler:UndyingLoyalty.]][[spoiler:UndyingLoyalty]].
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** Brienne and Loras. Both are [[KnightInShiningArmor knights in shining armor]] who are introduced as winners of a tourney event, earning their victory with the aid of CombatPragmatism. They are heirs to their respective Houses, but they love Renly so much that they would rather dedicate their whole ''lives'' to serving him as a member of his Kingsguard. They are completely devastated after [[spoiler:Renly is slain]], becoming [[KnightInSourArmor knights in sour armor]], and both swear vengeance against Stannis. Although they end up with different masters, Loras and Brienne remain devoted to Renly in their own way, and have performed at least one act of UndyingLoyalty.
** Sansa and Loras. Although neither of them are fully aware of the other's suffering in "The Climb," Sansa (an aspiring PrincessClassic) and Loras (an aspiring KnightInShiningArmour) have learned the hard way that life isn't a fairy tale. Both of them carried romantic ideals, believing that they would "live happily ever after" with their beloved Baratheon ("PrinceCharming" Joffrey for Sansa, "TheGoodKing" Renly for Loras). [[spoiler: Both have been crushed emotionally when their dreams transformed into nightmares (Joffrey turned out to be a sadistic psychopath and executed Sansa's father, while Renly was murdered not long after Loras pushed him to become king).]]
** Brienne and Loras. Both are [[KnightInShiningArmor knights in shining armor]] who are introduced as winners of a tourney event, earning their victory with the aid of CombatPragmatism. They are heirs to their respective Houses, but they love Renly so much that they would rather dedicate their whole ''lives'' to serving him as a member of his Kingsguard. They are completely devastated after [[spoiler:Renly is slain]], becoming [[KnightInSourArmor knights in sour armor]], and both swear vengeance against Stannis. Although they end up with different masters, Loras and Brienne remain devoted to Renly in their own way, and have performed at least one act of UndyingLoyalty.
** Sansa and Loras. Although neither of them are fully aware of the other's suffering in "The Climb," Sansa (an aspiring PrincessClassic) and Loras (an aspiring KnightInShiningArmour) have learned the hard way that life isn't a fairy tale. Both of them carried romantic ideals, believing that they would "live happily ever after" with their beloved Baratheon ("PrinceCharming" Joffrey for Sansa, "TheGoodKing" Renly for Loras). [[spoiler: Both have been crushed emotionally when their dreams transformed into nightmares (Joffrey turned out to be a sadistic psychopath and executed Sansa's father, while Renly was murdered not long after Loras pushed him to become king).]]
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* CainAndAbel: Stannis is the Cain to Renly's Abel.
* TheCaligula:
** Joffrey very quickly becomes this, revelling in his power over life and death and taking the cruel option at all times, whether or not it makes any political sense.
---> '''Everyone is mine to torment'''.
** The PosthumousCharacter Aerys Targaryen, the Mad King, was a bad enough ruler that his sworn guard Jaime was driven to kill him.
** Stannis and his EvilChancellor install a reign of terror on Dragonstone following his defeat at Blackwater.
* CallBack:
** "What do we say to the god of death? 'Not today.'"
** When Renly realizes that Loras is jealous of Brienne in Season 2, it mirrors the scene from Season 1 where Loras notices that Renly is jealous of Ned because Robert loves his friend more than his own brother.
** Loras told Renly in Season 1, "I've never fought in a war before, but I'd fight for you." [[spoiler:He keeps his promise to his dead lover by wearing Renly's armour during the Battle of Blackwater.]]
** After gleefully telling the injured Tyrion what a mess he's in, Grand Maester Pycelle flicks him a coin, saying, "For your trouble," calling back to when Tyrion arrested him in his bedroom and tipped his prostitute using the same words.
** In the House of the Undying, Daenerys rejects her vision of living with Drogo and their child by repeating the words said to her by Mirri Maz Duur, that she would have a child "when the sun rises in the west and sets in the east" and so forth. When Daenerys rejects the vision, Drogo's face also grows blank and expressionless like he was after the botched ritual.
** "Pig shit".
** In "Dark Wings, Dark Words," Sansa has to remind Loras of their first meeting when he gave her a red rose at the Tourney of the Hand. The audience knows that the reason why Loras doesn't remember Sansa is because he was too busy staring at Renly at the time.
** In "Walk of Punishment" Jaime explains to Locke his wide vocabulary is due to being forced to learn to read for hours as a child. In the previous season, Tywin tells a disguised Arya that Jaime is dyslexic, so Tywin had to teach him for hours every day how to read.
** The terrified way Brienne screams "NO!" in "Walk of Punishment" sounds similar to the cry she let out when she had [[spoiler:witnessed Renly's murder in Season 2]], the last traumatic event that she had experienced.
** The execution of [[spoiler:Rickard Karstark]] in "Kissed by Fire" strongly resembles that of [[spoiler:Rodrik Cassel]] in "The Old Gods and the New." The scenes share the same background music, the same weather (rain) and both of the condemned use their last words to insult their executioner. Both of these scenes harken back to Ned's execution of a Night's Watch deserter in Season 1, showing how Ned has influenced [[spoiler:Robb and Theon]]. [[spoiler:Theon]] botches the execution and makes an utter fool of himself, while [[spoiler:Robb]] takes the head off clean in one swing.
** When Loras describes how he dreamed of marrying a bride wearing a "beautiful gown of gold and green brocade", it's reminiscent of the richly decorative cape that Renly wore at the Tourney of the Hand.
** Littlefinger's speech to Varys ("chaos is a ladder") is eerily reminiscent to Varys' speech to Tyrion on the same topic ("power is a shadow on the wall"), albeit each character arrives at a very different conclusion after their insight.
** When Roose takes his leave of Harrenhal, Jaime tells him to give his regards to Robb Stark. [[spoiler:Several episodes later, Roose tells Robb, "The Lannisters send their regards" while impaling him]].
** In Season One, Sam admits that he always wanted to be a wizard. In Season Three, Gilly calls him a wizard, causing him to beam.
* CallingTheOldManOut:
** Theon throws all of Balon's abuse back in his face, pointing out that Balon is himself responsible for Theon being raised with the Starks. Balon slinks away without comment.
** Tyrion makes a few attempts to criticize his father for his poor treatment, but Tywin keeps trumping him.
* CameBackWrong:
** Khal Drogo, type SoullessShell, and the Wights, type DamagedSoul with some DemonicPossession.
** [[spoiler:Beric Dondarrion]] mentions that every time he's resurrected, he feels that he loses a bit of himself.
* CampStraight: Ser Lancel Lannister's appearance and demeanour are noticeably more effeminate than Ser Loras Tyrell's, but Lancel is heterosexual.
* CanonForeigner: A lot, which is expected, given how many characters the show has to condense from the novels. Leads also to many a CompositeCharacter.
* CassandraTruth:
** People keep warning about the White Walkers, but no one's doing anything about it. Even those who do seem concerned, like Tyrion and Ned, get distracted by other matters and seem to completely forget about them.
** "Winter is Coming," the Stark motto, could be considered this. While everyone is busy playing power games and coups--and indeed, each house's words reflect this--the Starks' only concern is the long and brutal winter that's on the horizon, which could last ''years''.
** Catelyn warning Robb to [[spoiler: "never trust a Greyjoy."]].
** King Robert regarding the threat of Dothraki invasion.
** Davos is certain that Melisandre can't be trusted and repeatedly tries to warn Stannis about this.
** "Walder Frey is a dangerous man to cross with."
** In one of the most ironic scenes in Season 3, King Joffrey (normally portrayed as short-sighted and stupid) demands his Hand investigate the rumors of Danys and her dragons, but Lord Tywin shoots him down with cold, implacable logic (no-one has been able to successfully breed a dragon in hundreds of years, and those ones were severely stunted).
* CastingGag:
** Natalie Dormer as Margaery. The role is quite similar to her turn as Anne Boleyn in ''TheTudors''. Both are ambitious queens of dubious virginity with a close bond with their gay brother.
** The series' regular audiobook narrator Roy Dotrice was going to play Pycelle, but health concerns forced him into a cameo as Pyromancer Hallyne.
** And of course, even those who hadn't read the books would be pessimistic of Ned Stark's survival chances when he turned up played by Sean Bean.
* CatapultNightmare:
** Sansa in "A Man Without Honor", dreaming of her traumatic AttemptedRape experience.
** Bran tends to wake up this way after one of his recurring nightmares.
* CatchPhrase:
** Each house has their own motto by which they are identified.
*** '''Stark:''' "Winter is coming."
*** '''Lannister:''' "A Lannister always pays his debts," is more renowned and used than their actual motto, "Hear me roar."
*** '''Targaryen:''' "Blood and fire."
*** '''Tyrell:''' "Growing strong."
--->'''Olenna Tyrell:'''"The dullest words of any house. ''Winter is Coming,'' now '''that's''' memorable..."
*** '''Tully:''' "Family, duty, honor."
*** '''Baratheon:''' "Ours is the fury."
*** '''Martell:''' "Unbowed, unbent, unbroken."
*** '''Greyjoy:''' "We do not sow."
** Ygritte: "You know nothing, Jon Snow!"
** Irri: "It is known."
** Sam: "I read it in a (very old) book."
** Syrio Forel: "Just so."
** Lady Olenna lampshades that Varys greets newcomers with the line, "The city has been made brighter by your presence."
* TheCavalry: Literal example in the Battle of Blackwater. [[spoiler: The mounted forces of Ser Loras Tyrell and Tywin Lannister arrive at the last moment and win the battle for the defenders driving back the second wave of Stannis' forces, prompting a general retreat by the attackers.]]
* CavalryBetrayal: During the last days of the Mad King, Tywin Lannister's forces entered King's Landing as allies and then proceeded to sack the city in Robert's name. Jaime knew too well his father was invoking a ruse, but [[CassandraTruth his warnings were not heard]].
* TheCharmer: In "Dark Wings, Dark Words," Sansa says that Renly was very gallant, and Olenna then adds "...charming and very clean. He knew how to dress and smile..." Mace Tyrell liked him enough to crown him king. People are naturally drawn to Renly's charisma, according to Loras in "The Wolf and the Lion."
-->'''Loras''': People love you. They want to serve you because you're kind to them. They want to be near you.
* ChekhovsGun:
** Jorah's talk with Rakharo about how [[spoiler:a Dothraki blade won't pierce plate armor.]]
** Also, the [[spoiler:dragon eggs]].
** The Lannister lion necklace that Tyrion gives Ros as a tip, seen in episode five of season one, gets her [[spoiler:implicated as Tyrion's whore in episode eight of season two.]]
** Daenerys teaching her dragons to breathe fire on command, first presented as a pet trick, becomes very important in season two finale "Valar Morghulis".
** When Littlefinger[[spoiler: threatens Ros about the story with the Lysenthi whore, he makes good on his promise when he finds out she's Varys' spy, by giving her to Joffrey.]]
** In Season 2 the Night's Watch discover a buried stash of obsidian blades beyond the Wall. [[spoiler:In Season 3 Samwell Tarly discovers they have a lethal effect on the White Walkers while steel blades only shatter on their touch.]]
* ChekhovsSkill:
** Bran's habit of climbing the walls and buildings of Winterfell is established early on in the pilot.
** Later on, Theon's archery skills, which he rightly boasts about.
* CherryTapping: Khal Drogo does this when Mago challenges his authority. He casually dodges Mago's attacks and completely disarms himself, then kills Mago with Mago's own weapon to show how many orders of magnitude more badass he is.
* AChildShallLeadThem:
** When Robb leaves Winterfell to fight against House Lannister, Bran becomes the acting Lord of Winterfell.
** Bran's cousin Robin Arryn is the Lord of the Eyrie.
** Then there's a [[TeensAreMonsters very dark example]] in the teenaged King of Westeros, Joffrey Baratheon.
** After Robert won his rebellion, he bestowed the title of Lord of Storm's End to his youngest brother Renly, who was only a child at the time. [[note]]In the novels, Renly was around 5 years old when he became the liege lord of the Stormlands.[[/note]]
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder:
** Even though the Freys are bannermen for House Tully, they have a history of refusing to help unless they have something to gain. The Starks and their more trustworthy allies are GenreSavvy enough to assume that House Frey could sell them out at any moment if they don't know the Starks or Tullys could give a better price.
** Littlefinger warns Ned Stark that the Gold Cloaks will only be loyal to whoever pays them the most.
** The Greyjoys led a rebellion against Robert in the backstory, leading to Theon being forced to live with the Starks as hostage. [[spoiler: The second Theon returns, to offer peace terms from Robb, Balon Greyjoy plots to rebel against the North ''again'', and Theon joins him.]]
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: The Greatjon is missing from seasons 2 and 3 due to scheduling conflicts with the actor. It's unclear whether the character will ever return.
* CityOfSpies: According to Littlefinger, just about everyone in King's Landing is a spy for someone.
* TheClan: Each of the major houses could be considered one, what with their long and complex histories, tangled branches, sigils and mottoes, and similar looks, [[spoiler:which become a plot point concerning Joffrey's parentage]]. House Frey is a notable example, with [[ThePatriarch Lord Walder Frey's]] multitudes of children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. People in the Seven Kingdoms joke Lord Frey is the only man in the Seven Kingdoms who could field an army out of his britches.
* ClickHello: Osha pulls this on Jojen, then gets it pulled on her by Meera.
* {{Cliffhanger}}:
** Season 1: [[spoiler:Sansa is held captive in the court of King's Landing. Tyrion becomes Hand of the King. Arya, disguised as a boy, joins a caravan of "volunteers" for The Wall. Robb is declared King in the North. Jon Snow and others of the Night's Watch venture out beyond The Wall. Daenerys puts Khal Drogo out of his misery and hatches her dragon eggs]].
** Season 2: [[spoiler:Sansa's engagement to Joffrey is nullified and Littlefinger offers to get her out of the city. Tywin and the Tyrells assume power in King's Landing. Tyrion loses power. Arya escapes Lannister custody and vows to return to her family. Robb breaks his marriage pact. Jon Snow goes to meet Mance Rayder. Daenerys gets back her dragons and loots riches for ships. Winterfell is razed, Theon is betrayed by his men and the Stark boys flee north. The White Walkers move to attack the rangers beyond the Wall]].
* [[ClingyJealousGirl Clingy Jealous Boy]]: Loras becomes jealous of Brienne after she defeats him in the melee, and he "punishes" Renly for accepting her into the Kingsguard by withholding sex.
* ClockPunk: Not the show itself, but the opening animation invokes it. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7L2PVdrb_8 Watch]] as King's Landing, Winterfell, the Wall, and land across the Narrow Sea come out of the ground. Later locations, like the Eyrie and the Twins, are depicted here as the show focuses on them.
* CoitusEnsues: Averted. Many episodes have at least one sex scene, yet the writers go out of their way to ensure the scene isn't just there for the sake of T&A. Although not the first production to combine actual plot movement with sex scenes, reviews of the series are responsible for coining the phrase "sexposition" to describe scenes that might otherwise stop the show dead, yet actually provide sometimes quite important plot information.
* ColdBloodedTorture:
** Gregor Clegane and his underlings employ it indiscriminately, and Roose Bolton advocates that Robb use it to gain information from Lannister prisoners.
** Theon is tortured when he's taken captive after losing Winterfell.
* ColorCodedCharacters:
** The Lannisters are [[BlondesAreEvil jerkass blondes]]. The Baratheons are all black-haired warriors. The Targaryens are all universally white haired and pale, because they're descended from Valyrians (also, incest). Actually plays a rather large part in the plot, especially considering hair color [[RoyallyScrewedUp isn't the only thing]] being passed down.
** Soldiers' uniforms: Stark soldiers wear grey and brown, Lannister soldiers wear black, red and gold, Baratheon soldiers wear light brown and orange, soldiers of the Vale wear blue, the Kingsguard wear bronze and white cloaks, the Night's Watch wear black and Greyjoy soldiers wear dark, Cambridge blue.
** The Wildlings wear [[GreyAndGreyMorality grey]].
* CombatPragmatist: Since this is a series where things don't go well for those who act [[HonorBeforeReason honorably]], there's multiple examples of characters winning fights by not fighting "fair":
** Loras Tyrell wins his joust with Gregor Clegane by riding a mare in heat (knowing Gregor would be riding a stallion). Characters disagree over whether or not this is cheating.
** Bronn wins his DuelToTheDeath because he didn't fight with honor and his opponent did. He avoided his heavily armoured opponent until the knight was too tired to fight.
** The Dothraki believe that armor is for the weak. Jorah fights one wearing armor, and the Dothraki's speed doesn't do much against plate and mail.
** Robb refuses to fight a CombatByChampion against one of the deadliest warriors in the Seven Kingdoms, because he knows he would lose.
** In a tournament between Brienne and Loras, Loras disarms Brienne, but she tackles him and draws a dagger, forcing him to yield.
** When Jaime fights Ned's bannerman, their swords lock together. Jaime suddenly pulls out a dagger with his other hand and stabs his opponent in the eye.
** Yoren threatens a mounted king's soldier by pointing a dagger at his femoral artery, stating that men are so worried about their necks that they often forget about everything below it.
** Lord Tywin scolds Jaime for sparing Lord Stark because of his desire for a clean fight and remarks to Tyrion that killing 10,000 men in an open battle is not more noble than slashing a dozen at dinner.
* CometOfDoom: Visible in the skies of Westeros in the season two premiere.
* ComfortingTheWidow: Littlefinger tries this on Catelyn after her husband dies. She pulls a knife on him and tells him to get out, since [[spoiler:he's the reason her husband is dead.]] To make it even more inappropriate, the reason he was meeting with her was to deliver her late husband's bones.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: In Season One, Sansa has a way with unintentional irony.
** When talking to Ned about Joffrey:
--->'''Ned:''' "When you're old enough I'll make you a match, someone that's worthy of you. Someone who's brave and gentle and strong."
---> '''Sansa:''' "I don't want someone brave and gentle and strong, I want ''him''."
** And to [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Cersei]]
---> '''Sansa:''' "I'll be a good wife to [Joffrey], you'll see. I'll be a queen ''just like you'', I promise! I won't hatch anything!"
* CompletelyUnnecessaryTranslator: Daenerys reveals that she was feigning the need for a translator in Astapor, being fluent in Valyrian.
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* CompositeCharacter: Too many to list. Due to the book series having LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, almost every supporting character takes on the roles and actions of several book characters.
* ConLang: Several have been created for the series by conlanger David Peterson, based only on the few scraps of {{Fictionary}} provided by the source material. It's [[http://www.vulture.com/2013/04/game-of-thrones-dothraki-language-inventor.html reached the point]] where GeorgeRRMartin consults ''him'' on the fragments of languages he puts in the later books.
** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dothraki_language Dothraki]], which [[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/12/arts/television/in-game-of-thrones-a-language-to-make-the-world-feel-real.html apparently]] has [[LanguageEqualsThought 14 words for 'horse' and no word for "thank you".]]
** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valyrian_languages High and Low Valyrian]], as spoken by Daenerys and Kraznys respectively; the setting's equivalents of Classical and Vulgar Latin.
* ConservationOfNinjitsu: Jorah Mormont, Gray Worm and Daario Naharis take on upwards of fifty guards without a scratch during the sack of Yunkai.
* ContinuityLockout: If you haven't read the books, you ''really'' have to start watching at the beginning to have any hope of following the story.
* CoolChair: The Iron Throne was forged in dragonfire by Aegon the Conqueror out of the swords of his defeated subjects. Many promotional shots for the show feature various characters sitting on it. As you might expect from a chair made from blades, it's bloody uncomfortable to actually sit on (which was Aegon's intention when he had the thing made).
-->'''Varys: '''Ugly, don't you think?\\
'''Baelish: '''Yet it has a certain appeal.
* CoolHelmet: [[http://www.valyriansteel.com/shop/swords/the-hounds-helm/prod_18.html The Hound]] and [[http://www.valyriansteel.com/shop/swords/loras-tyrell-helm/prod_32.html the Knight of Flowers]] have the most distinctive helms in the series.
* CoolPet:
** The Direwolves.
** Also, as of the season one finale, the dragons.
* CoolSword: The Starks' Valyrian steel greatsword Ice, Arya's Needle and Jon's Longclaw. Joffrey boasts he's named his sword Hearteater... but he flees the battle before taking the opportunity to use it.
* {{Corpsing}}: In-universe; Varys, who prides himself in his ability to act, struggles or fails to keep a straight face in public several times when Tyrion mocks Joffrey.
* CouchGag: The world map in the credits highlights the major areas featured in each episode.
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Tywin and Tyrion repeatedly point out that, if Joffrey hadn't killed Ned Stark, he could have been traded back, along with Sansa and Arya, to avoid the war with the Starks.
* CountryMatters:
** Joffrey's quick to use it, referring to Arya.
** The unforgettable moment when Jaime Lannister says he'd be willing to go to war with the king over his sister. "They can write a ballad about us. The War for Cersei's Cunt." (ArmorPiercingSlap from Cersei).
** Renly too, in reference to the Lannisters.
** Tyrion in regards to his father.
** Bronn spouts his own brand of unique, worldly wisdom with regards to Joffrey.
** Yara drops it on Theon at Winterfell. He tries to protest, but she just repeats it louder.
** Locke uses it to describe Catelyn.
* CourtlyLove: Gender-flipped with Renly Baratheon and Brienne of Tarth. She is a devoted knight who will do ''anything'' for her beloved king, and she is resigned to the fact that he will never return her feelings. (Brienne believes that Renly's lack of romantic interest is due to her ugly looks and lower social status, not because he's gay).
* CrapsackWorld: In the cutthroat world of Westeros the nobility are squabbling over the throne whilst hideous monsters are waking from their long sleep and will likely invade, but no-one is preparing [[AHouseDivided properly]] for it. Most of the smallfolk are treated horribly and many nobles think nothing of raping or murdering them. Winters can last for years and ''everybody'' worries about starvation; if there isn't enough food set aside, everyone will die. Meanwhile, in Essos, the Dothraki go around raiding, slaughtering and enslaving anyone who can't buy them off or get out of the way in time, and the cities to the East are pretty much dependent on slavery. To aggravate things some more, BeingGoodSucks.
* CreepyChild:
** The wildling child killed and turned into a wight by the White Walkers.
** The attempted assassin sent by the Warlocks. It's unclear of it's an actual child or an adult Warlock disguised as a cchild.
* CrossReferencedTitles: "Valar Morghulis"/"Valar Dohaeris," the season two finale and season three opener. The former is a Valyrian phrase taught to Arya by Jaqen meaning "all men must die," the latter the traditional response, "all men must serve."
* CrowdSurfing: Daenerys does this with the slaves she has just freed in Season 3 finale "Mhysa".
* CrownOfHorns: Robert, Joffrey and Renly wear crowns which feature stylized stag antlers; the latter's is arguably the most striking piece of headwear in the series. In fact, Renly is the image for the trope page.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Khal Drogo is an expert at this. Like ripping out someone's tongue for speaking ill of his wife. [[spoiler: Or dumping molten gold over a guy's head.]]
* CrystalDragonJesus:
** The Faith of the Seven is vaguely reminiscent of the Catholic Church. It worships One God with Seven Aspects (or "faces"). It has a hierarchy of celibate clergy, with Septons (priests) and Septas (nuns) at the bottom and a single High Septon at the top. Being part of the Faith (or at least paying lip service) is mandatory to become a knight (i.e., styled "Ser"). It's the official religion of the Seven Kingdoms, having been brought over through conquest to supplant the local, pagan religon of the "old gods."
** Mirri mentions the religion of the Lhazareen, in which "[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything all men are one flock, watched over by the Great Shepherd]]."
** Melisandre's Lord of Light, a fire deity who she constantly describes as the "one true God".
** The Drowned God faith, confined to the Iron Islands and inspired also by the Scandinavian mythology, is a monotheistic religion based on a figure that died but came back to life. The god has a more evil counterpart in the Storm God and initiation is marked by a baptism in sea water, considered holy.
* CyanidePill: Cersei procures a bottle of poison before the events of "Blackwater", just in case. [[spoiler:She intends to use it on herself and Tommen, but the cavalry arrive just in time.]]
* TheDandy: Ser Loras Tyrell and Lancel Lannister.
* DarkReprise:
** "You Win or You Die" (played at the climax of the eponymous episode) is this for "The King's Arrival" (which plays when Robert and his entourage arrive at Winterfell). Also reprised in "The North Remembers" as "The Throne is Mine", which plays over a vignette of the Gold Cloaks purging all of Robert's bastard children, [[spoiler:on Joffrey's orders]]. Inverted in the same piece, as a more triumphant rendition of the Baratheon theme "Black of Hair" plays when [[HeroicBastard Gendry]] escapes the purge.
** TheNational's "The Rains of Castamere" during the end credits of "Blackwater" acts as this for a far more cheery rendition performed by Bronn earlier in the episode.
** "The House of the Undying", played during BadFuture vision in [[ShapedLikeItself the House of the Undying sequence]] near the end of "Valar Morghulis". It's a grimmer rendition of "Finale", the track played over the reveal of the dragons at the end of the first season, mixed with elements of "The Wall".
** "Three Blasts", the music that accompanies the [[spoiler:march of the White Walkers]] at the end of the season 2 finale, is an extremely dark, foreboding, slowed-down variation on the series's main theme.
** Theon's Season 2 theme, "What Is Dead May Never Die," is first heard when he is returning to the Iron Islands. It is played again at the end of episode 7, this time sounding very twisted and dissonant, hinting at his deteriorating mental state. Taken even further in Season 3: The first half of "Reek", played when [[spoiler: Theon is escaping from The Boy's men early in the season]], is Theon's theme sped up and set to a drum beat, reflecting [[spoiler: his panic]]. The second half plays [[spoiler: in the season finale when Ramsay tortures Theon into accepting his new name]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Tyrion Lannister truly is the Lord of House Snark. His sellsword traveling companion Bronn, as well as Tyrion's older brother Jaime, can bring the snark plenty themselves. Sansa also becomes a master of subtle insults and back-handed compliments in later episodes. Davos Seaworth is likely the only man in Stannis' service comfortable enough to be this to his king's face.
* DeadlyDecadentCourt: King's Landing. Deadly for many characters, [[spoiler:including King Robert and Ned Stark.]]
* DeadlyUpgrade: Daenerys ''without'' then ''with'' her dragons
* DeadGuyJunior:
** While there have been many Brandon Starks throughout history, Bran is named for Ned's brother, who was brutally murdered by the Mad King.
** Talisa decides to name her and Robb's child Eddard if it is a boy.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler: Loras disguises himself as the recently deceased Renly in "Blackwater."]]
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Rakharo, Irri, and, it is implied, Xaro Xoan Daxos.]]
* DeathByChildbirth:
** Joanna Lannister when Tyrion was born, which makes his father and his sister treat him like he is some sort of [[SelfMadeOrphan murderer]].
** Rhaella Targaryen, Daenerys' mother, died giving birth to her on Dragonstone.
* DeathGlare: Brienne gives Jaime a ''very'' menacing one in "Dark Wings, Dark Words" when he goes way overboard with the gay jokes about Renly.
* DeathOfTheOldGods: The Faith of the Seven has largely replaced the Old Gods, who were worshipped by the original inhabitants of Westeros. The Northerners who pray to the old gods and the new are virtually the only worshippers left. The religion of R'hllor, a militant, monotheistic religion from the East, has taken a foothold in Dragonstone, where Stannis embraces the Lord of Light and burns the statues of the the Seven at the beginning of his bid for the throne. Arya is taught and adopts a Braavosi cult: there is only one god, and his name is Death.
* DecapitationPresentation:
** In "Second Sons", Daario presents Dany with the heads of his former bosses as proof of his loyalty.
** Joffrey threatens to present Robb's head to Sansa once he's raised his armies and defeated him. [[spoiler:After Walder Frey and Roose Bolton murder Robb, Joffrey demands to have Robb's head sent to King's Landing to follow through with his threat, but he's refused.]]
** On hearing that Dany has become leader of her own tiny khalasar, a rival khal sends her back one of her bloodriders with his head in the saddlebag of his horse.
* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: Arya throws the Lannister men off the trail of Gendry by claiming that a kid they'd already killed was Gendry. Luckily the dead kid had stolen Gendry's distinctive helm.
* DeclarationOfProtection: Faithfully serving Renly as a member of his Kingsguard is Brienne's quiet way of expressing her (unrequited) love for him.
* DecoyProtagonist:
** [[spoiler:Ser Waymar Royce.]]
** [[spoiler:Ranger Will, on Royce's service.]]
** [[spoiler:Ned Stark.]]
** [[spoiler:Viserys Targaryen]] is this trope's inversion, a Decoy Antagonist.
* DemotedToExtra: Several characters suffer from this, particularly members of the Kingsguard.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: From "The Ghost of Harrenhal"
--> '''Cersei''': "Aren't you always so clever, with your schemes and your plots!"
--> '''Tyrion''': "[[DeadpanSnarker Schemes and plots are the same thing]]."
* DescriptionCut:
** In 2x02, Cersei justifies not sending more men to the Wall on the basis that she's sure the members of the Night's Watch can ably defend the realm. Cut to Watch member Dolorous Edd amusing the others with fart jokes.
** Tyrion warns that for every enemy they kill, [[CycleOfRevenge two more will spring up in their place]]. Cut to [[spoiler:Sandor Clegane and Arya Stark just before they hack down some of their Frey allies. In the same episode, Bran tells a story of how the gods punish those who violate SacredHospitality; cut to Lord Walder Frey EvilGloating over his part in the Red Wedding.]]
* DidMomJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: Tyrion returns to his quarters to find [[TheSpymaster Varys]] chatting with his mistress Shae, who is supposed to be there secretly and her presence unknown to anyone else. Varys makes friendly conversation but obliquely references to Tyrion [[ShameIfSomethingHappened what a shame it would be]] if Tywin learned about her presence.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:King Renly collapses into Brienne's arms after he is stabbed through the heart, and she holds him for a moment before he dies.]]
* DirtyBusiness:
** "The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword" is a customary law in the North, where the incumbent Lord Stark [[JudgeJuryAndExecutioner judges, sentences and personally carries out every execution]]. It's meant as a safeguard against tyranny because a ruler who hides behind paid executioners soon forgets what death is and may become arbitrary.
** Ned [[ShootTheDog sacrifices Lady]] because she deserves better than a butcher, but he's afflicted by Robert's call.
** Stannis shows regret over killing Renly despite rationalizing that his brother wronged him by stealing his bannermen.
* DirtyOldMan:
** Walder Frey is an old man married to a 15 year old girl. He gropes her in public and brags about taking her to bed.
** The elderly Grand Maester Pycelle has more spunk than he lets on, and is seen in a rendezvous with the young prostitute Ros.
** Craster has them all beat. He had sex with his own daughters, and their daughters, and ''their'' daughters...
* DisposableSexWorker:
** Joffrey forces a prostitute to beat another so badly it is unclear whether she survives.
** Littlefinger reveals that he's not above letting his customers murder his prostitutes, especially if they displease him. In the third season, we see the truth of this claim when [[spoiler:he gives Roz to Joffrey for target practice because she spied on him for Varys]].
* DisproportionateRetribution:
** Common with Joffrey. Lampshaded by Tyrion when Joffrey orders that an unruly mob be slaughtered. "They threw a cowpie at you, so you decide to ''kill them all?!''"
** In "The Rains of Castamere", [[spoiler: The Red Wedding. Walder Frey's idea of making things even after Robb goes back on his word to marry one of his daughters, is to have him, his pregnant wife, his mother and most of his men slaughtered during a wedding. What makes it more galling is that he broke the sacred laws of hospitality. All because he lost his chance to become the father of the Queen of the North and the grandfather of the future king.]]
* DistaffCounterpart[=/=]SpearCounterpart: Sansa and Loras. Although neither of them are fully aware of the other's suffering in "The Climb," Sansa (an aspiring PrincessClassic) and Loras (an aspiring KnightInShiningArmour) have learned the hard way that life isn't a fairy tale. Both of them carried romantic ideals, believing that they would "live happily ever after" with their beloved Baratheon ("PrinceCharming" Joffrey for Sansa, "TheGoodKing" Renly for Loras). [[spoiler: Both have been crushed emotionally when their dreams transformed into nightmares (Joffrey turned out to be a sadistic psychopath and executed Sansa's father, while Renly was murdered not long after Loras pushed him to become king).]]
* DistractedByTheSexy:
** Jory gets so distracted by one of the ladies in Littlefinger's brothel that he doesn't notice his lord leaving.
** In a non-human example, Ser Gregor's stallion was extremely distracted by Ser Loras' mare, who was in heat.
* DiscOneFinalBoss:
** At first it seems that Viserys will be the Big Bad, but his plans are constantly ignored and delayed by Khal Drogo, and when Viserys makes his move, [[spoiler:he goes too far and gets himself killed.]]
** [[spoiler:Drogo becomes this as well. Now the runner-ups for BigBad are King Joffrey and Lord Tywin.]]
* DontLookBack: Dany doesn't look back as one of her dragons incinerates the soldiers on the wall behind her in Astapor.
* DoubleTake: Ned has a tiny one when he [[spoiler:sees Jaime Lannister killing Jory.]]
* DraconicHumanoid: Although not seen, Daenerys Targaryen's stillborn son Rhaego is described as having come into the world with draconic features such as scales and wings after a blood ritual in which he was sacrificed [[spoiler:in a sabotaged attempt to save Khal Drogo]], demonstrating that the Targaryens are the real blood of the dragon.
* TheDragon:
** The Hound to Joffrey.
** Ser Jaime Lannister to Lord Tywin.
** Bronn to Tyrion.
** Ser Vardis Egen to Lady Lysa Tully.
** Viserys considers Khal Drogo to be his Dragon (though he thinks he himself is "the Dragon" in a different sense). Drogo doesn't care what Viserys wants and [[spoiler:kills him off when he threatens Daenerys and her and Drogo's unborn son.]]
** Ser Jorah Mormont for Daenerys.
** Dagmer to Theon.
** Locke to Roose Bolton.
* DragonInChief: Nominally, Lord Tywin Lannister is second-in-command to King Joffrey, but in reality he is the true power behind the throne, and the enemy that anyone wishing to oppose Joffrey's reign must contend with, while Joffrey is little more than a figurehead.
* DramaticIrony:
** King Joffrey pitches a SmartBall when he worries about the menace of Daenerys Targaryen and her three dragons, but Lord Tywin dismisses the brewing threat because he has more pressing concerns and outdated intelligence.
** In "Mhysa" two lesser lords laugh at Tyrion as he walks with Sansa and Shae. He begins to repeat their names ans Sansa asks if he is adding them to a kill list. He doesn't have such a list... but Sansa's own sister does.
* TheDreaded:
** The White Walkers, the legendary and feared monsters of the North.
** Tywin Lannister became one after wiping out house Reyne of Castamere and sacking King's Landing. Tyrion defines Westeros as "Seven Kingdoms united in fear of Tywin Lannister" and even a vicious madman like Joffrey is intimidated in his presence.
* DressHitsFloor: A rare male version of this trope occurs in "The Wolf and the Lion" when Loras removes Renly's pants (and any undergarment the latter may be wearing) in one swift movement and letting them drop to the floor.
* DropDeadGorgeous: An episode ends on the dead body of [[spoiler:Ros the prostitute]], who has been shot to death with a crossbow. The camera pans across her body, and somewhere between her tousled red hair and the soft lighting, she ends up looking like a martyr in a Renaissance painting. She was also scantily clad, a former sex-worker, and killed whilst sitting tied to the end of a bed.
* DudeLooksLikeALady:
** Lancel Lannister is quite feminine-looking.
** Jaime describes Loras as a curly-haired little girl in "Dark Wings, Dark Words."
* DudeWheresMyRespect:
** Stannis, victorious defender of the [[ReducedToRatBurgers terrible siege]] of Storm's End, resents Robert because his older brother gave Storm's End to Renly, the sibling who never did any fighting.
** After holding the fort for the family during a brief but [[TheGoodChancellor good chancellorship]], Tyrion brings himself to ask his father for some recognition and consideration since he's the lawful heir, but Tywin rewards him with minor grants and a callous, devastating TheReasonYouSuckSpeech instead.
* DueToTheDead:
** One of the first things that Robert and Ned do in Winterfell is paying a visit to the burial site of Lyanna Stark. Ned burying her in a cold tomb in the North is the cause of some friction between the two friends.
** When Ser Hugh gets killed, Ser Barristan stands vigil for him a whole night, establishing early on that he is not like the average piece of meat who serves in the Kingsguard.
** Joffrey finding joy staring at the heads on a spike of his enemies and forcing Sansa to look at them is another facet of his deranged personality.
** Tyrion returning the remains of [[spoiler:Ned Stark]] is not only a political token of goodwill, but a humane gesture as well.
** Loras stands vigil over [[spoiler:Renly's body, and remains near his beloved even as Tyrell bannermen are panicking to flee the area before Stannis' fleet arrives. It's revealed in a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m1-xPObOLk deleted scene]] that Loras also buried Renly on his own, which is a detail taken from the novels. [[labelnote:From the books...]]He tells Jaime in ''A Storm of Swords'': "I buried him with mine own hands, in a place he showed me once when I was a squire at Storm's End. No one shall ever find him there to disturb his rest."[[/labelnote]]]]
** A fallen comrade of The Night's Watch deserves a proper ceremony even if the unit is knee-deep in hostile territory in the far end of the world.
** The Hound [[VillainousDemotivator threatens]] to desecrate the corpse of any soldier who wavers during the battle of Blackwater.
** The villainy of [[spoiler:Walder Frey]] and his cronies hits a new low when they [[spoiler:decapitate Robb, attach Grey Wind's head on the stump and parade it around chanting "The King In the North"]] as mockery. Later on, some random soldiers who gloat about it [[PayEvilUntoEvil get a karmic death]] courtesy of [[spoiler:Arya and Sandor Clegane]].
* DVDBonusContent: The first season Blu-ray release contains "In-Episode Guide", a series of pictures narrated by the actors over the history of Westeros especially Robert's Rebellion where each character tells the viewer of that event [[UnreliableNarrator from their point of view]].
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* CainAndAbel: Stannis is the Cain to Renly's Abel.
* TheCaligula:
** Joffrey very quickly becomes this, revelling in his power over life and death and taking the cruel option at all times, whether or not it makes any political sense.
---> '''Everyone is mine to torment'''.
** The PosthumousCharacter Aerys Targaryen, the Mad King, was a bad enough ruler that his sworn guard Jaime was driven to kill him.
** Stannis and his EvilChancellor install a reign of terror on Dragonstone following his defeat at Blackwater.
* CallBack:
** "What do we say to the god of death? 'Not today.'"
** When Renly realizes that Loras is jealous of Brienne in Season 2, it mirrors the scene from Season 1 where Loras notices that Renly is jealous of Ned because Robert loves his friend more than his own brother.
** Loras told Renly in Season 1, "I've never fought in a war before, but I'd fight for you." [[spoiler:He keeps his promise to his dead lover by wearing Renly's armour during the Battle of Blackwater.]]
** After gleefully telling the injured Tyrion what a mess he's in, Grand Maester Pycelle flicks him a coin, saying, "For your trouble," calling back to when Tyrion arrested him in his bedroom and tipped his prostitute using the same words.
** In the House of the Undying, Daenerys rejects her vision of living with Drogo and their child by repeating the words said to her by Mirri Maz Duur, that she would have a child "when the sun rises in the west and sets in the east" and so forth. When Daenerys rejects the vision, Drogo's face also grows blank and expressionless like he was after the botched ritual.
** "Pig shit".
** In "Dark Wings, Dark Words," Sansa has to remind Loras of their first meeting when he gave her a red rose at the Tourney of the Hand. The audience knows that the reason why Loras doesn't remember Sansa is because he was too busy staring at Renly at the time.
** In "Walk of Punishment" Jaime explains to Locke his wide vocabulary is due to being forced to learn to read for hours as a child. In the previous season, Tywin tells a disguised Arya that Jaime is dyslexic, so Tywin had to teach him for hours every day how to read.
** The terrified way Brienne screams "NO!" in "Walk of Punishment" sounds similar to the cry she let out when she had [[spoiler:witnessed Renly's murder in Season 2]], the last traumatic event that she had experienced.
** The execution of [[spoiler:Rickard Karstark]] in "Kissed by Fire" strongly resembles that of [[spoiler:Rodrik Cassel]] in "The Old Gods and the New." The scenes share the same background music, the same weather (rain) and both of the condemned use their last words to insult their executioner. Both of these scenes harken back to Ned's execution of a Night's Watch deserter in Season 1, showing how Ned has influenced [[spoiler:Robb and Theon]]. [[spoiler:Theon]] botches the execution and makes an utter fool of himself, while [[spoiler:Robb]] takes the head off clean in one swing.
** When Loras describes how he dreamed of marrying a bride wearing a "beautiful gown of gold and green brocade", it's reminiscent of the richly decorative cape that Renly wore at the Tourney of the Hand.
** Littlefinger's speech to Varys ("chaos is a ladder") is eerily reminiscent to Varys' speech to Tyrion on the same topic ("power is a shadow on the wall"), albeit each character arrives at a very different conclusion after their insight.
** When Roose takes his leave of Harrenhal, Jaime tells him to give his regards to Robb Stark. [[spoiler:Several episodes later, Roose tells Robb, "The Lannisters send their regards" while impaling him]].
** In Season One, Sam admits that he always wanted to be a wizard. In Season Three, Gilly calls him a wizard, causing him to beam.
* CallingTheOldManOut:
** Theon throws all of Balon's abuse back in his face, pointing out that Balon is himself responsible for Theon being raised with the Starks. Balon slinks away without comment.
** Tyrion makes a few attempts to criticize his father for his poor treatment, but Tywin keeps trumping him.
* CameBackWrong:
** Khal Drogo, type SoullessShell, and the Wights, type DamagedSoul with some DemonicPossession.
** [[spoiler:Beric Dondarrion]] mentions that every time he's resurrected, he feels that he loses a bit of himself.
* CampStraight: Ser Lancel Lannister's appearance and demeanour are noticeably more effeminate than Ser Loras Tyrell's, but Lancel is heterosexual.
* CanonForeigner: A lot, which is expected, given how many characters the show has to condense from the novels. Leads also to many a CompositeCharacter.
* CassandraTruth:
** People keep warning about the White Walkers, but no one's doing anything about it. Even those who do seem concerned, like Tyrion and Ned, get distracted by other matters and seem to completely forget about them.
** "Winter is Coming," the Stark motto, could be considered this. While everyone is busy playing power games and coups--and indeed, each house's words reflect this--the Starks' only concern is the long and brutal winter that's on the horizon, which could last ''years''.
** Catelyn warning Robb to [[spoiler: "never trust a Greyjoy."]].
** King Robert regarding the threat of Dothraki invasion.
** Davos is certain that Melisandre can't be trusted and repeatedly tries to warn Stannis about this.
** "Walder Frey is a dangerous man to cross with."
** In one of the most ironic scenes in Season 3, King Joffrey (normally portrayed as short-sighted and stupid) demands his Hand investigate the rumors of Danys and her dragons, but Lord Tywin shoots him down with cold, implacable logic (no-one has been able to successfully breed a dragon in hundreds of years, and those ones were severely stunted).
* CastingGag:
** Natalie Dormer as Margaery. The role is quite similar to her turn as Anne Boleyn in ''TheTudors''. Both are ambitious queens of dubious virginity with a close bond with their gay brother.
** The series' regular audiobook narrator Roy Dotrice was going to play Pycelle, but health concerns forced him into a cameo as Pyromancer Hallyne.
** And of course, even those who hadn't read the books would be pessimistic of Ned Stark's survival chances when he turned up played by Sean Bean.
* CatapultNightmare:
** Sansa in "A Man Without Honor", dreaming of her traumatic AttemptedRape experience.
** Bran tends to wake up this way after one of his recurring nightmares.
* CatchPhrase:
** Each house has their own motto by which they are identified.
*** '''Stark:''' "Winter is coming."
*** '''Lannister:''' "A Lannister always pays his debts," is more renowned and used than their actual motto, "Hear me roar."
*** '''Targaryen:''' "Blood and fire."
*** '''Tyrell:''' "Growing strong."
--->'''Olenna Tyrell:'''"The dullest words of any house. ''Winter is Coming,'' now '''that's''' memorable..."
*** '''Tully:''' "Family, duty, honor."
*** '''Baratheon:''' "Ours is the fury."
*** '''Martell:''' "Unbowed, unbent, unbroken."
*** '''Greyjoy:''' "We do not sow."
** Ygritte: "You know nothing, Jon Snow!"
** Irri: "It is known."
** Sam: "I read it in a (very old) book."
** Syrio Forel: "Just so."
** Lady Olenna lampshades that Varys greets newcomers with the line, "The city has been made brighter by your presence."
* TheCavalry: Literal example in the Battle of Blackwater. [[spoiler: The mounted forces of Ser Loras Tyrell and Tywin Lannister arrive at the last moment and win the battle for the defenders driving back the second wave of Stannis' forces, prompting a general retreat by the attackers.]]
* CavalryBetrayal: During the last days of the Mad King, Tywin Lannister's forces entered King's Landing as allies and then proceeded to sack the city in Robert's name. Jaime knew too well his father was invoking a ruse, but [[CassandraTruth his warnings were not heard]].
* TheCharmer: In "Dark Wings, Dark Words," Sansa says that Renly was very gallant, and Olenna then adds "...charming and very clean. He knew how to dress and smile..." Mace Tyrell liked him enough to crown him king. People are naturally drawn to Renly's charisma, according to Loras in "The Wolf and the Lion."
-->'''Loras''': People love you. They want to serve you because you're kind to them. They want to be near you.
* ChekhovsGun:
** Jorah's talk with Rakharo about how [[spoiler:a Dothraki blade won't pierce plate armor.]]
** Also, the [[spoiler:dragon eggs]].
** The Lannister lion necklace that Tyrion gives Ros as a tip, seen in episode five of season one, gets her [[spoiler:implicated as Tyrion's whore in episode eight of season two.]]
** Daenerys teaching her dragons to breathe fire on command, first presented as a pet trick, becomes very important in season two finale "Valar Morghulis".
** When Littlefinger[[spoiler: threatens Ros about the story with the Lysenthi whore, he makes good on his promise when he finds out she's Varys' spy, by giving her to Joffrey.]]
** In Season 2 the Night's Watch discover a buried stash of obsidian blades beyond the Wall. [[spoiler:In Season 3 Samwell Tarly discovers they have a lethal effect on the White Walkers while steel blades only shatter on their touch.]]
* ChekhovsSkill:
** Bran's habit of climbing the walls and buildings of Winterfell is established early on in the pilot.
** Later on, Theon's archery skills, which he rightly boasts about.
* CherryTapping: Khal Drogo does this when Mago challenges his authority. He casually dodges Mago's attacks and completely disarms himself, then kills Mago with Mago's own weapon to show how many orders of magnitude more badass he is.
* AChildShallLeadThem:
** When Robb leaves Winterfell to fight against House Lannister, Bran becomes the acting Lord of Winterfell.
** Bran's cousin Robin Arryn is the Lord of the Eyrie.
** Then there's a [[TeensAreMonsters very dark example]] in the teenaged King of Westeros, Joffrey Baratheon.
** After Robert won his rebellion, he bestowed the title of Lord of Storm's End to his youngest brother Renly, who was only a child at the time. [[note]]In the novels, Renly was around 5 years old when he became the liege lord of the Stormlands.[[/note]]
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder:
** Even though the Freys are bannermen for House Tully, they have a history of refusing to help unless they have something to gain. The Starks and their more trustworthy allies are GenreSavvy enough to assume that House Frey could sell them out at any moment if they don't know the Starks or Tullys could give a better price.
** Littlefinger warns Ned Stark that the Gold Cloaks will only be loyal to whoever pays them the most.
** The Greyjoys led a rebellion against Robert in the backstory, leading to Theon being forced to live with the Starks as hostage. [[spoiler: The second Theon returns, to offer peace terms from Robb, Balon Greyjoy plots to rebel against the North ''again'', and Theon joins him.]]
* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: The Greatjon is missing from seasons 2 and 3 due to scheduling conflicts with the actor. It's unclear whether the character will ever return.
* CityOfSpies: According to Littlefinger, just about everyone in King's Landing is a spy for someone.
* TheClan: Each of the major houses could be considered one, what with their long and complex histories, tangled branches, sigils and mottoes, and similar looks, [[spoiler:which become a plot point concerning Joffrey's parentage]]. House Frey is a notable example, with [[ThePatriarch Lord Walder Frey's]] multitudes of children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. People in the Seven Kingdoms joke Lord Frey is the only man in the Seven Kingdoms who could field an army out of his britches.
* ClickHello: Osha pulls this on Jojen, then gets it pulled on her by Meera.
* {{Cliffhanger}}:
** Season 1: [[spoiler:Sansa is held captive in the court of King's Landing. Tyrion becomes Hand of the King. Arya, disguised as a boy, joins a caravan of "volunteers" for The Wall. Robb is declared King in the North. Jon Snow and others of the Night's Watch venture out beyond The Wall. Daenerys puts Khal Drogo out of his misery and hatches her dragon eggs]].
** Season 2: [[spoiler:Sansa's engagement to Joffrey is nullified and Littlefinger offers to get her out of the city. Tywin and the Tyrells assume power in King's Landing. Tyrion loses power. Arya escapes Lannister custody and vows to return to her family. Robb breaks his marriage pact. Jon Snow goes to meet Mance Rayder. Daenerys gets back her dragons and loots riches for ships. Winterfell is razed, Theon is betrayed by his men and the Stark boys flee north. The White Walkers move to attack the rangers beyond the Wall]].
* [[ClingyJealousGirl Clingy Jealous Boy]]: Loras becomes jealous of Brienne after she defeats him in the melee, and he "punishes" Renly for accepting her into the Kingsguard by withholding sex.
* ClockPunk: Not the show itself, but the opening animation invokes it. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7L2PVdrb_8 Watch]] as King's Landing, Winterfell, the Wall, and land across the Narrow Sea come out of the ground. Later locations, like the Eyrie and the Twins, are depicted here as the show focuses on them.
* CoitusEnsues: Averted. Many episodes have at least one sex scene, yet the writers go out of their way to ensure the scene isn't just there for the sake of T&A. Although not the first production to combine actual plot movement with sex scenes, reviews of the series are responsible for coining the phrase "sexposition" to describe scenes that might otherwise stop the show dead, yet actually provide sometimes quite important plot information.
* ColdBloodedTorture:
** Gregor Clegane and his underlings employ it indiscriminately, and Roose Bolton advocates that Robb use it to gain information from Lannister prisoners.
** Theon is tortured when he's taken captive after losing Winterfell.
* ColorCodedCharacters:
** The Lannisters are [[BlondesAreEvil jerkass blondes]]. The Baratheons are all black-haired warriors. The Targaryens are all universally white haired and pale, because they're descended from Valyrians (also, incest). Actually plays a rather large part in the plot, especially considering hair color [[RoyallyScrewedUp isn't the only thing]] being passed down.
** Soldiers' uniforms: Stark soldiers wear grey and brown, Lannister soldiers wear black, red and gold, Baratheon soldiers wear light brown and orange, soldiers of the Vale wear blue, the Kingsguard wear bronze and white cloaks, the Night's Watch wear black and Greyjoy soldiers wear dark, Cambridge blue.
** The Wildlings wear [[GreyAndGreyMorality grey]].
* CombatPragmatist: Since this is a series where things don't go well for those who act [[HonorBeforeReason honorably]], there's multiple examples of characters winning fights by not fighting "fair":
** Loras Tyrell wins his joust with Gregor Clegane by riding a mare in heat (knowing Gregor would be riding a stallion). Characters disagree over whether or not this is cheating.
** Bronn wins his DuelToTheDeath because he didn't fight with honor and his opponent did. He avoided his heavily armoured opponent until the knight was too tired to fight.
** The Dothraki believe that armor is for the weak. Jorah fights one wearing armor, and the Dothraki's speed doesn't do much against plate and mail.
** Robb refuses to fight a CombatByChampion against one of the deadliest warriors in the Seven Kingdoms, because he knows he would lose.
** In a tournament between Brienne and Loras, Loras disarms Brienne, but she tackles him and draws a dagger, forcing him to yield.
** When Jaime fights Ned's bannerman, their swords lock together. Jaime suddenly pulls out a dagger with his other hand and stabs his opponent in the eye.
** Yoren threatens a mounted king's soldier by pointing a dagger at his femoral artery, stating that men are so worried about their necks that they often forget about everything below it.
** Lord Tywin scolds Jaime for sparing Lord Stark because of his desire for a clean fight and remarks to Tyrion that killing 10,000 men in an open battle is not more noble than slashing a dozen at dinner.
* CometOfDoom: Visible in the skies of Westeros in the season two premiere.
* ComfortingTheWidow: Littlefinger tries this on Catelyn after her husband dies. She pulls a knife on him and tells him to get out, since [[spoiler:he's the reason her husband is dead.]] To make it even more inappropriate, the reason he was meeting with her was to deliver her late husband's bones.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: In Season One, Sansa has a way with unintentional irony.
** When talking to Ned about Joffrey:
--->'''Ned:''' "When you're old enough I'll make you a match, someone that's worthy of you. Someone who's brave and gentle and strong."
---> '''Sansa:''' "I don't want someone brave and gentle and strong, I want ''him''."
** And to [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen Cersei]]
---> '''Sansa:''' "I'll be a good wife to [Joffrey], you'll see. I'll be a queen ''just like you'', I promise! I won't hatch anything!"
* CompletelyUnnecessaryTranslator: Daenerys reveals that she was feigning the need for a translator in Astapor, being fluent in Valyrian.
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* CompositeCharacter: Too many to list. Due to the book series having LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters, almost every supporting character takes on the roles and actions of several book characters.
* ConLang: Several have been created for the series by conlanger David Peterson, based only on the few scraps of {{Fictionary}} provided by the source material. It's [[http://www.vulture.com/2013/04/game-of-thrones-dothraki-language-inventor.html reached the point]] where GeorgeRRMartin consults ''him'' on the fragments of languages he puts in the later books.
** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dothraki_language Dothraki]], which [[http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/12/arts/television/in-game-of-thrones-a-language-to-make-the-world-feel-real.html apparently]] has [[LanguageEqualsThought 14 words for 'horse' and no word for "thank you".]]
** [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valyrian_languages High and Low Valyrian]], as spoken by Daenerys and Kraznys respectively; the setting's equivalents of Classical and Vulgar Latin.
* ConservationOfNinjitsu: Jorah Mormont, Gray Worm and Daario Naharis take on upwards of fifty guards without a scratch during the sack of Yunkai.
* ContinuityLockout: If you haven't read the books, you ''really'' have to start watching at the beginning to have any hope of following the story.
* CoolChair: The Iron Throne was forged in dragonfire by Aegon the Conqueror out of the swords of his defeated subjects. Many promotional shots for the show feature various characters sitting on it. As you might expect from a chair made from blades, it's bloody uncomfortable to actually sit on (which was Aegon's intention when he had the thing made).
-->'''Varys: '''Ugly, don't you think?\\
'''Baelish: '''Yet it has a certain appeal.
* CoolHelmet: [[http://www.valyriansteel.com/shop/swords/the-hounds-helm/prod_18.html The Hound]] and [[http://www.valyriansteel.com/shop/swords/loras-tyrell-helm/prod_32.html the Knight of Flowers]] have the most distinctive helms in the series.
* CoolPet:
** The Direwolves.
** Also, as of the season one finale, the dragons.
* CoolSword: The Starks' Valyrian steel greatsword Ice, Arya's Needle and Jon's Longclaw. Joffrey boasts he's named his sword Hearteater... but he flees the battle before taking the opportunity to use it.
* {{Corpsing}}: In-universe; Varys, who prides himself in his ability to act, struggles or fails to keep a straight face in public several times when Tyrion mocks Joffrey.
* CouchGag: The world map in the credits highlights the major areas featured in each episode.
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Tywin and Tyrion repeatedly point out that, if Joffrey hadn't killed Ned Stark, he could have been traded back, along with Sansa and Arya, to avoid the war with the Starks.
* CountryMatters:
** Joffrey's quick to use it, referring to Arya.
** The unforgettable moment when Jaime Lannister says he'd be willing to go to war with the king over his sister. "They can write a ballad about us. The War for Cersei's Cunt." (ArmorPiercingSlap from Cersei).
** Renly too, in reference to the Lannisters.
** Tyrion in regards to his father.
** Bronn spouts his own brand of unique, worldly wisdom with regards to Joffrey.
** Yara drops it on Theon at Winterfell. He tries to protest, but she just repeats it louder.
** Locke uses it to describe Catelyn.
* CourtlyLove: Gender-flipped with Renly Baratheon and Brienne of Tarth. She is a devoted knight who will do ''anything'' for her beloved king, and she is resigned to the fact that he will never return her feelings. (Brienne believes that Renly's lack of romantic interest is due to her ugly looks and lower social status, not because he's gay).
* CrapsackWorld: In the cutthroat world of Westeros the nobility are squabbling over the throne whilst hideous monsters are waking from their long sleep and will likely invade, but no-one is preparing [[AHouseDivided properly]] for it. Most of the smallfolk are treated horribly and many nobles think nothing of raping or murdering them. Winters can last for years and ''everybody'' worries about starvation; if there isn't enough food set aside, everyone will die. Meanwhile, in Essos, the Dothraki go around raiding, slaughtering and enslaving anyone who can't buy them off or get out of the way in time, and the cities to the East are pretty much dependent on slavery. To aggravate things some more, BeingGoodSucks.
* CreepyChild:
** The wildling child killed and turned into a wight by the White Walkers.
** The attempted assassin sent by the Warlocks. It's unclear of it's an actual child or an adult Warlock disguised as a cchild.
* CrossReferencedTitles: "Valar Morghulis"/"Valar Dohaeris," the season two finale and season three opener. The former is a Valyrian phrase taught to Arya by Jaqen meaning "all men must die," the latter the traditional response, "all men must serve."
* CrowdSurfing: Daenerys does this with the slaves she has just freed in Season 3 finale "Mhysa".
* CrownOfHorns: Robert, Joffrey and Renly wear crowns which feature stylized stag antlers; the latter's is arguably the most striking piece of headwear in the series. In fact, Renly is the image for the trope page.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Khal Drogo is an expert at this. Like ripping out someone's tongue for speaking ill of his wife. [[spoiler: Or dumping molten gold over a guy's head.]]
* CrystalDragonJesus:
** The Faith of the Seven is vaguely reminiscent of the Catholic Church. It worships One God with Seven Aspects (or "faces"). It has a hierarchy of celibate clergy, with Septons (priests) and Septas (nuns) at the bottom and a single High Septon at the top. Being part of the Faith (or at least paying lip service) is mandatory to become a knight (i.e., styled "Ser"). It's the official religion of the Seven Kingdoms, having been brought over through conquest to supplant the local, pagan religon of the "old gods."
** Mirri mentions the religion of the Lhazareen, in which "[[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything all men are one flock, watched over by the Great Shepherd]]."
** Melisandre's Lord of Light, a fire deity who she constantly describes as the "one true God".
** The Drowned God faith, confined to the Iron Islands and inspired also by the Scandinavian mythology, is a monotheistic religion based on a figure that died but came back to life. The god has a more evil counterpart in the Storm God and initiation is marked by a baptism in sea water, considered holy.
* CyanidePill: Cersei procures a bottle of poison before the events of "Blackwater", just in case. [[spoiler:She intends to use it on herself and Tommen, but the cavalry arrive just in time.]]
* TheDandy: Ser Loras Tyrell and Lancel Lannister.
* DarkReprise:
** "You Win or You Die" (played at the climax of the eponymous episode) is this for "The King's Arrival" (which plays when Robert and his entourage arrive at Winterfell). Also reprised in "The North Remembers" as "The Throne is Mine", which plays over a vignette of the Gold Cloaks purging all of Robert's bastard children, [[spoiler:on Joffrey's orders]]. Inverted in the same piece, as a more triumphant rendition of the Baratheon theme "Black of Hair" plays when [[HeroicBastard Gendry]] escapes the purge.
** TheNational's "The Rains of Castamere" during the end credits of "Blackwater" acts as this for a far more cheery rendition performed by Bronn earlier in the episode.
** "The House of the Undying", played during BadFuture vision in [[ShapedLikeItself the House of the Undying sequence]] near the end of "Valar Morghulis". It's a grimmer rendition of "Finale", the track played over the reveal of the dragons at the end of the first season, mixed with elements of "The Wall".
** "Three Blasts", the music that accompanies the [[spoiler:march of the White Walkers]] at the end of the season 2 finale, is an extremely dark, foreboding, slowed-down variation on the series's main theme.
** Theon's Season 2 theme, "What Is Dead May Never Die," is first heard when he is returning to the Iron Islands. It is played again at the end of episode 7, this time sounding very twisted and dissonant, hinting at his deteriorating mental state. Taken even further in Season 3: The first half of "Reek", played when [[spoiler: Theon is escaping from The Boy's men early in the season]], is Theon's theme sped up and set to a drum beat, reflecting [[spoiler: his panic]]. The second half plays [[spoiler: in the season finale when Ramsay tortures Theon into accepting his new name]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Tyrion Lannister truly is the Lord of House Snark. His sellsword traveling companion Bronn, as well as Tyrion's older brother Jaime, can bring the snark plenty themselves. Sansa also becomes a master of subtle insults and back-handed compliments in later episodes. Davos Seaworth is likely the only man in Stannis' service comfortable enough to be this to his king's face.
* DeadlyDecadentCourt: King's Landing. Deadly for many characters, [[spoiler:including King Robert and Ned Stark.]]
* DeadlyUpgrade: Daenerys ''without'' then ''with'' her dragons
* DeadGuyJunior:
** While there have been many Brandon Starks throughout history, Bran is named for Ned's brother, who was brutally murdered by the Mad King.
** Talisa decides to name her and Robb's child Eddard if it is a boy.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler: Loras disguises himself as the recently deceased Renly in "Blackwater."]]
* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Rakharo, Irri, and, it is implied, Xaro Xoan Daxos.]]
* DeathByChildbirth:
** Joanna Lannister when Tyrion was born, which makes his father and his sister treat him like he is some sort of [[SelfMadeOrphan murderer]].
** Rhaella Targaryen, Daenerys' mother, died giving birth to her on Dragonstone.
* DeathGlare: Brienne gives Jaime a ''very'' menacing one in "Dark Wings, Dark Words" when he goes way overboard with the gay jokes about Renly.
* DeathOfTheOldGods: The Faith of the Seven has largely replaced the Old Gods, who were worshipped by the original inhabitants of Westeros. The Northerners who pray to the old gods and the new are virtually the only worshippers left. The religion of R'hllor, a militant, monotheistic religion from the East, has taken a foothold in Dragonstone, where Stannis embraces the Lord of Light and burns the statues of the the Seven at the beginning of his bid for the throne. Arya is taught and adopts a Braavosi cult: there is only one god, and his name is Death.
* DecapitationPresentation:
** In "Second Sons", Daario presents Dany with the heads of his former bosses as proof of his loyalty.
** Joffrey threatens to present Robb's head to Sansa once he's raised his armies and defeated him. [[spoiler:After Walder Frey and Roose Bolton murder Robb, Joffrey demands to have Robb's head sent to King's Landing to follow through with his threat, but he's refused.]]
** On hearing that Dany has become leader of her own tiny khalasar, a rival khal sends her back one of her bloodriders with his head in the saddlebag of his horse.
* DeceasedFallGuyGambit: Arya throws the Lannister men off the trail of Gendry by claiming that a kid they'd already killed was Gendry. Luckily the dead kid had stolen Gendry's distinctive helm.
* DeclarationOfProtection: Faithfully serving Renly as a member of his Kingsguard is Brienne's quiet way of expressing her (unrequited) love for him.
* DecoyProtagonist:
** [[spoiler:Ser Waymar Royce.]]
** [[spoiler:Ranger Will, on Royce's service.]]
** [[spoiler:Ned Stark.]]
** [[spoiler:Viserys Targaryen]] is this trope's inversion, a Decoy Antagonist.
* DemotedToExtra: Several characters suffer from this, particularly members of the Kingsguard.
* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: From "The Ghost of Harrenhal"
--> '''Cersei''': "Aren't you always so clever, with your schemes and your plots!"
--> '''Tyrion''': "[[DeadpanSnarker Schemes and plots are the same thing]]."
* DescriptionCut:
** In 2x02, Cersei justifies not sending more men to the Wall on the basis that she's sure the members of the Night's Watch can ably defend the realm. Cut to Watch member Dolorous Edd amusing the others with fart jokes.
** Tyrion warns that for every enemy they kill, [[CycleOfRevenge two more will spring up in their place]]. Cut to [[spoiler:Sandor Clegane and Arya Stark just before they hack down some of their Frey allies. In the same episode, Bran tells a story of how the gods punish those who violate SacredHospitality; cut to Lord Walder Frey EvilGloating over his part in the Red Wedding.]]
* DidMomJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: Tyrion returns to his quarters to find [[TheSpymaster Varys]] chatting with his mistress Shae, who is supposed to be there secretly and her presence unknown to anyone else. Varys makes friendly conversation but obliquely references to Tyrion [[ShameIfSomethingHappened what a shame it would be]] if Tywin learned about her presence.
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:King Renly collapses into Brienne's arms after he is stabbed through the heart, and she holds him for a moment before he dies.]]
* DirtyBusiness:
** "The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword" is a customary law in the North, where the incumbent Lord Stark [[JudgeJuryAndExecutioner judges, sentences and personally carries out every execution]]. It's meant as a safeguard against tyranny because a ruler who hides behind paid executioners soon forgets what death is and may become arbitrary.
** Ned [[ShootTheDog sacrifices Lady]] because she deserves better than a butcher, but he's afflicted by Robert's call.
** Stannis shows regret over killing Renly despite rationalizing that his brother wronged him by stealing his bannermen.
* DirtyOldMan:
** Walder Frey is an old man married to a 15 year old girl. He gropes her in public and brags about taking her to bed.
** The elderly Grand Maester Pycelle has more spunk than he lets on, and is seen in a rendezvous with the young prostitute Ros.
** Craster has them all beat. He had sex with his own daughters, and their daughters, and ''their'' daughters...
* DisposableSexWorker:
** Joffrey forces a prostitute to beat another so badly it is unclear whether she survives.
** Littlefinger reveals that he's not above letting his customers murder his prostitutes, especially if they displease him. In the third season, we see the truth of this claim when [[spoiler:he gives Roz to Joffrey for target practice because she spied on him for Varys]].
* DisproportionateRetribution:
** Common with Joffrey. Lampshaded by Tyrion when Joffrey orders that an unruly mob be slaughtered. "They threw a cowpie at you, so you decide to ''kill them all?!''"
** In "The Rains of Castamere", [[spoiler: The Red Wedding. Walder Frey's idea of making things even after Robb goes back on his word to marry one of his daughters, is to have him, his pregnant wife, his mother and most of his men slaughtered during a wedding. What makes it more galling is that he broke the sacred laws of hospitality. All because he lost his chance to become the father of the Queen of the North and the grandfather of the future king.]]
* DistaffCounterpart[=/=]SpearCounterpart: Sansa and Loras. Although neither of them are fully aware of the other's suffering in "The Climb," Sansa (an aspiring PrincessClassic) and Loras (an aspiring KnightInShiningArmour) have learned the hard way that life isn't a fairy tale. Both of them carried romantic ideals, believing that they would "live happily ever after" with their beloved Baratheon ("PrinceCharming" Joffrey for Sansa, "TheGoodKing" Renly for Loras). [[spoiler: Both have been crushed emotionally when their dreams transformed into nightmares (Joffrey turned out to be a sadistic psychopath and executed Sansa's father, while Renly was murdered not long after Loras pushed him to become king).]]
* DistractedByTheSexy:
** Jory gets so distracted by one of the ladies in Littlefinger's brothel that he doesn't notice his lord leaving.
** In a non-human example, Ser Gregor's stallion was extremely distracted by Ser Loras' mare, who was in heat.
* DiscOneFinalBoss:
** At first it seems that Viserys will be the Big Bad, but his plans are constantly ignored and delayed by Khal Drogo, and when Viserys makes his move, [[spoiler:he goes too far and gets himself killed.]]
** [[spoiler:Drogo becomes this as well. Now the runner-ups for BigBad are King Joffrey and Lord Tywin.]]
* DontLookBack: Dany doesn't look back as one of her dragons incinerates the soldiers on the wall behind her in Astapor.
* DoubleTake: Ned has a tiny one when he [[spoiler:sees Jaime Lannister killing Jory.]]
* DraconicHumanoid: Although not seen, Daenerys Targaryen's stillborn son Rhaego is described as having come into the world with draconic features such as scales and wings after a blood ritual in which he was sacrificed [[spoiler:in a sabotaged attempt to save Khal Drogo]], demonstrating that the Targaryens are the real blood of the dragon.
* TheDragon:
** The Hound to Joffrey.
** Ser Jaime Lannister to Lord Tywin.
** Bronn to Tyrion.
** Ser Vardis Egen to Lady Lysa Tully.
** Viserys considers Khal Drogo to be his Dragon (though he thinks he himself is "the Dragon" in a different sense). Drogo doesn't care what Viserys wants and [[spoiler:kills him off when he threatens Daenerys and her and Drogo's unborn son.]]
** Ser Jorah Mormont for Daenerys.
** Dagmer to Theon.
** Locke to Roose Bolton.
* DragonInChief: Nominally, Lord Tywin Lannister is second-in-command to King Joffrey, but in reality he is the true power behind the throne, and the enemy that anyone wishing to oppose Joffrey's reign must contend with, while Joffrey is little more than a figurehead.
* DramaticIrony:
** King Joffrey pitches a SmartBall when he worries about the menace of Daenerys Targaryen and her three dragons, but Lord Tywin dismisses the brewing threat because he has more pressing concerns and outdated intelligence.
** In "Mhysa" two lesser lords laugh at Tyrion as he walks with Sansa and Shae. He begins to repeat their names ans Sansa asks if he is adding them to a kill list. He doesn't have such a list... but Sansa's own sister does.
* TheDreaded:
** The White Walkers, the legendary and feared monsters of the North.
** Tywin Lannister became one after wiping out house Reyne of Castamere and sacking King's Landing. Tyrion defines Westeros as "Seven Kingdoms united in fear of Tywin Lannister" and even a vicious madman like Joffrey is intimidated in his presence.
* DressHitsFloor: A rare male version of this trope occurs in "The Wolf and the Lion" when Loras removes Renly's pants (and any undergarment the latter may be wearing) in one swift movement and letting them drop to the floor.
* DropDeadGorgeous: An episode ends on the dead body of [[spoiler:Ros the prostitute]], who has been shot to death with a crossbow. The camera pans across her body, and somewhere between her tousled red hair and the soft lighting, she ends up looking like a martyr in a Renaissance painting. She was also scantily clad, a former sex-worker, and killed whilst sitting tied to the end of a bed.
* DudeLooksLikeALady:
** Lancel Lannister is quite feminine-looking.
** Jaime describes Loras as a curly-haired little girl in "Dark Wings, Dark Words."
* DudeWheresMyRespect:
** Stannis, victorious defender of the [[ReducedToRatBurgers terrible siege]] of Storm's End, resents Robert because his older brother gave Storm's End to Renly, the sibling who never did any fighting.
** After holding the fort for the family during a brief but [[TheGoodChancellor good chancellorship]], Tyrion brings himself to ask his father for some recognition and consideration since he's the lawful heir, but Tywin rewards him with minor grants and a callous, devastating TheReasonYouSuckSpeech instead.
* DueToTheDead:
** One of the first things that Robert and Ned do in Winterfell is paying a visit to the burial site of Lyanna Stark. Ned burying her in a cold tomb in the North is the cause of some friction between the two friends.
** When Ser Hugh gets killed, Ser Barristan stands vigil for him a whole night, establishing early on that he is not like the average piece of meat who serves in the Kingsguard.
** Joffrey finding joy staring at the heads on a spike of his enemies and forcing Sansa to look at them is another facet of his deranged personality.
** Tyrion returning the remains of [[spoiler:Ned Stark]] is not only a political token of goodwill, but a humane gesture as well.
** Loras stands vigil over [[spoiler:Renly's body, and remains near his beloved even as Tyrell bannermen are panicking to flee the area before Stannis' fleet arrives. It's revealed in a [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m1-xPObOLk deleted scene]] that Loras also buried Renly on his own, which is a detail taken from the novels. [[labelnote:From the books...]]He tells Jaime in ''A Storm of Swords'': "I buried him with mine own hands, in a place he showed me once when I was a squire at Storm's End. No one shall ever find him there to disturb his rest."[[/labelnote]]]]
** A fallen comrade of The Night's Watch deserves a proper ceremony even if the unit is knee-deep in hostile territory in the far end of the world.
** The Hound [[VillainousDemotivator threatens]] to desecrate the corpse of any soldier who wavers during the battle of Blackwater.
** The villainy of [[spoiler:Walder Frey]] and his cronies hits a new low when they [[spoiler:decapitate Robb, attach Grey Wind's head on the stump and parade it around chanting "The King In the North"]] as mockery. Later on, some random soldiers who gloat about it [[PayEvilUntoEvil get a karmic death]] courtesy of [[spoiler:Arya and Sandor Clegane]].
* DVDBonusContent: The first season Blu-ray release contains "In-Episode Guide", a series of pictures narrated by the actors over the history of Westeros especially Robert's Rebellion where each character tells the viewer of that event [[UnreliableNarrator from their point of view]].
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