History Literature / RatedR2014

* Ninja: Yoshida Tanaka is very much this.

* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: The video store is one of these.

* ConspiracyKitchenSink: The mysterious [[spoiler: Graveyard company]] is said to have been involved in the JFK assassination, the recovery of crashed alien spacecraft, and MKUltra, as well as some other notorious events.

* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Victor is that kind of evil turned UpTo11. He has "Rape God" tattooed on his chest. He attempts to rape [[spoiler: Lily]] and [[spoiler: Helen]] and is implied to have raped [[spoiler:Lily's mother]] and [[spoiler:Amy]].

* StuffedInTheFridge: Discussed as "Women In Refrigerators". Helen namedrops this trope when Sid opens a refrigerator at a crime scene. He finds [[spoiler:steak]] in the fridge.

* WomenInRefrigerators: Helen namedrops this trope when Sid opens a refrigerator at a crime scene. He finds [[spoiler: steak]] in the fridge.

Rated R is the first novel in the exaggeratedly self-aware GenreBusting adventure series The Postmodern Adventures of Kill Team One, by Mike Leon. The series focuses on the everyday exploits of the titular Kill Team One, Sid Hansen. Sid is a teenage super soldier believed to be the deadliest man in the world. In a bizarre act of teenage rebellion, he decided to quit super soldiering and try to live like normal everyday Americans. Unfortunately, his social skills are complete garbage and he seems to have very little understanding of accepted cultural norms. In his defense, he was conditioned to murder people since before he could walk...

Rated R is the first novel in the exaggeratedly self-aware genre-blending adventure series The Postmodern Adventures of Kill Team One, by Mike Leon. The series focuses on the everyday exploits of the titular Kill Team One, Sid Hansen. Sid is a teenage super soldier believed to be the deadliest man in the world. In a bizarre act of teenage rebellion, he decided to quit super soldiering and try to live like normal everyday Americans. Unfortunately, his social skills are complete garbage and he seems to have very little understanding of accepted cultural norms. In his defense, he was conditioned to murder people since before he could walk...

* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Victor is that kind of evil turned up to 11. He has "Rape God" tattooed on his chest. He attempts to rape [[spoiler: Lily]] and [[spoiler: Helen]] and is implied to have raped [[spoiler:Lily's mother]] and [[spoiler:Amy]].

* Main/Ninja: Yoshida Tanaka is very much this.

* Ninja: Yoshida Tanaka is very much this.

* MacGuffin: The MacGuffin. Lily calls it that throughout the book. [[spoiler: It is actually a device that rips holes into reality, allowing the denizens of other hellish parallel universes to come pouring into this one.]]

* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Victor is that kind of evil turned up to 11. He has the word "RapeGod" tattooed on his chest. He attempts to rape [[spoiler: Lily]] and [[spoiler: Helen]] and is implied to have raped [[spoiler:Lily's mother]] and [[spoiler:Amy]].

* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Victor is that kind of evil turned up to 11. He has the word 'RapeGod' tattooed on his chest. He attempts to rape [[spoiler: Lily]] and [[spoiler: Helen]] and is implied to have raped [[spoiler:Lily's mother]] and [[spoiler:Amy]].

* NINJA: Yoshida Tanaka is very much this.

In this first book, Sid gets a job at a video rental store and meets Lily Hoffman, the vampy little movie geek with a lot of issues. Hilarity and a ridiculous amount of violence ensues.

* SlasherMovie: The Ghoul. Mask? Check. Perpetually [[NotQuiteDead]]? Check. SuperStrength? Check. Panoply of stabby weapons? Check. He even [[spoiler: tries to kill Lily in the video store horror aisle.]]

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* PlotArmor: Sid has this and it is [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] liberally. Possibly subverted. He [[spoiler: actually has an alien deflector shield that redirects bullets so they always miss him]].

* FemmeFatale: Lily after she turns 18.

Rated R is the first novel in the exaggeratedly self-aware genre-blending adventure series The Postmodern Adventures of Kill Team One, by Mike Leon. The series focuses on the everyday exploits of the titular Kill Team One, Sid Hansen. Sid is a teenage super soldier believed to be the deadliest man in the world. Unfortunately, his social skills are complete garbage and he seems to have very little understanding of accepted cultural norms.

Rated R is the first novel in the exaggeratedly self-aware genre-blending adventure series The Postmodern Adventures of Kill Team One. The series focuses on the everyday exploits of the titular Kill Team One, Sid Hansen. Sid is a teenage super soldier believed to be the deadliest man in the world. Unfortunately, his social skills are complete garbage and he seems to have very little understanding of accepted cultural norms.

The series has a dry and irreverent style, often drawing attention to its own shortcomings and overused action adventure tropes, or subverting them altogether.