History Literature / TheBlackParade

* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Jordan vs. Belladonna. Jordan very nearly dies, but manages to get the upperhand and kills Belladonnna.]]

* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: Jordan vs. Belladonna.]]

* TakeThat: Jordan makes one at ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' when she finds out what Michael had been doing the day he met her (mainly creeping around her apartment while she slept.)

** Also one to ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' in "Gluttony II." "I'm an archangel, not Edward Cullen. I don't sulk."

%%zce* Face Heel Turn: [[spoiler: Belladonna.]]

* ActionDuo: Jordan and Michael, even moreso than in ''The Black Parade.''

* AlmostKiss: "Pride II" is centered around it.
** There's also one serious near miss in the bonus chapter.
* AloneWithThePsycho: Michael and Liz in "Greed III."
* BadAssNormal: Jordan. Two words, "Hey, fur-face!"

* CelibateHero: Michael. Discussed in detail in "Envy II."

* InnocentInnuendo: The entire point of "Lust II."

* IKissYourHand: Michael to Jordan In "Sloth III."

* PrecisionFStrike: By a demon in "Sloth III."

* ActionGirlfriend: Jordan. Or, more precisely, Action Wife.

* BattleCouple: Jordan and Michael, who are married.

** Michael asks if Jordan ever has a normal day and she replies with, "Once. It was a Thursday." The same question-and-answer occurred between Dr Calvin and Det Spooner in ''Film/IRobot''.

* TreacherousAdvisor: Belial.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: Avriel the rogue angel.]]

* HelloAgainOfficer: Jordan’s encounter with Det. Hughes.

* InLoveWithYourCarnage: Both Dustin and Belial.

* KnightInSourArmor: Most definitely Jordan.

* TheTease: Belial. For God’s sake, he makes Jordan play strip poker with him.

* WouldHitAGirl: Unsurprisingly, the demons.

%%* ArchangelGabriel: One of the main protagonists.
%%* ArchangelMichael: One of the main protagonists/love interests.
%%* ArchangelRaphael: One of the minor protagonists.
%%* ArmorPiercingQuestion: "Michael... are you jealous?"

* AudienceSurrogate: Michael in the first third of the novel.

* BadassInDistress: Michael in the hospital scene.

%%* BrokenBird: Jordan.

* CasualDangerDialogue: Usually Jordan.

%%zce* Cat Scare: Twice. By the same cat, no less.
%%zce* Catapult Nightmare: Jordan has a few of them.
%%zce* Celibate Hero: Gabriel, Raphael, and Michael [[spoiler:(initially)]]. They are angels, after all.

%%zce* Chaste Hero: Jordan, by choice, and the angels by duty.
%%zce* Chekhovs Gun: Gabriel's feather.

* ClosedDoorRapport: Jordan and Michael in Book Three.

%%* DeclarationOfProtection: Michael, full stop, and much to Jordan’s dismay.

* EmpoweredBadassNormal: The archangels.

* FemmeFatale: Mulciber.

* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Terrell.]]

* LikeBrotherAndSister: Gabriel and Jordan.

* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Belial [[spoiler: in his second body.]]

* MissingMom: Catalina Amador, Jordan's late mother.
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Jacob; Belial’s cat to a lesser extent.]]

* MuggleBestFriend: Lauren, a fellow waitress and Jordan's best friend.

* MyNameIsInigoMontoya: Jordan to Mulciber.

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Michael vs. Luka.

* PsychoPsychologist: Mulciber.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Hellhounds.

%%* SealedWithAKiss: The ending.
* SexGoddess: [[spoiler:Good enough that Michael remarks that he's impressed that Jordan doesn't have sex all day, every day because their first time was just that enjoyable. It's also implied they did it several times before Jordan fell asleep as it's been hours when she wakes up.]]

* SiblingTeam: Michael, Gabriel, and Raphael.

* SlapSlapKiss: Jordan and Belial, quite literally too.

* TheSnarkKnight: Jordan; Michael in his poltergeist form.

* SophisticatedAsHell: Belial and Mulciber, [[IncrediblyLamePun no pun intended.]]

* TalkingInYourDreams: Jordan speaks with Belial for the first time in a nightmare, but it’s also shown that it’s a form of communication used by angels and demons alike. Catalina mentioned speaking to Gabriel in a dream after her capture.

* UrbanFantasy: with hints of ParanormalRomance.

* VillainousCrush: Jordan for Belial.

* WickedCultured: Belial and Mulciber.

* YouAreWorthHell: Jordan to Michael, though subverted.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Belial wasn’t a fan of [[spoiler: his daughter Juliana, but it was clear he didn’t want her to come to harm.]]

** Michael has the same background screensaver of "You should be writing" as [[Series/{{Castle}} Richard Castle.]]

-->'''Michael''': Were you just going to let me get half-naked in front of you?
-->'''Jordan''': ''(shrugs)'' [[BlatantLies Didn't want to break your concentration.]]

** To the season three episode "[=3XK=]" of the crime dramedy ''Series/{{Castle}}'', when Michael is able to convey something is wrong to Jordan by telling her he loves her. See CovertDistressCode above.

** To ''Series/{{Castle}}''. She mentions Castle and Beckett by name.

* SaltAndPepper: Jordan and Michael. She is black and Spanish, he is Caucasian.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Belial tries to imply that it's possible Jordan's chronic dreams about him are a figment of her own imagination, so "having incredibly rough, but utterly satisfying sex with me right now wouldn't be cheating so much as masturbation."

As if that weren’t bad enough, two days before her deadline a handsome pain-in-the-ass poltergeist named Michael strolls into her life. His soul is the key to her salvation, but the cost just might be more than she can handle. Solving his death puts her right in the crosshairs of Belial: a vain, bloodthirsty archdemon who won’t rest until she’s his slave. Can she rescue Michael and save her own soul, or will they both be dragged down into the clutches of the eternal black parade?

[[folder: The Black Parade]]

* AboveTheInfluence: Michael manages not to take advantage of the drunken Jordan, but even he can’t resist kissing her before she falls asleep.
* AccidentalMurder: Jordan accidentally kills [[spoiler: Andrew]], mistaking him for a demon.

* ActionGirl: Jordan. [[spoiler: Turns out it's in her blood, as her mother, Catalina, was quite the ActionGirl too.]]
* AffablyEvil: Belial and Mulciber. They’ll tear you limb from limb, but they’ll be polite about it.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Played with, as Michael (while human/poltergeist) has some bad boy charm to him and Jordan likes him more than she's willing to admit, but once he [[spoiler: gets his body back,]] he's much more responsible and level-headed. It's ultimately averted with Belial, who manages to tempt her, but fails in winning her soul.

* AngelUnaware: [[spoiler: Michael. After securing the Spear, Belial essentially erased him from history entirely, causing a borderline AlternateUniverse until Michael and Gabriel meet again face-to-face. Gabriel's recognition undoes the spell and they're able to figure things out from there.]]

** One of the climatic moments of Book Three is [[spoiler: Jordan and Michael's hotel makeout session after he admits he's jealous of her going out on a "not-date" with her ex-boyfriend. It's implied that if Gabriel hadn't showed up, they would have slept together.]]

* BlackGalOnWhiteGuyDrama: Jordan gets a taste of this when she attends [[spoiler:Terrell’s funeral with Michael as Terrell’s mother disapproves of interracial dating]].
* BlackEyesOfEvil: [[spoiler: The false angel.]]
* BloodMagic: Mentioned as Belial needs Jordan’s blood to open a portal into Michael’s body.
* BodyguardCrush: Michael explains that his reason for becoming Jordan's bodyguard is that he owes her for [[spoiler: her sacrifice]] to restore his life, but that's not quite the whole story as their friendship continues. It's clear that he has some sort of feelings for her at that point, but neither of them have figured it out just yet so they leave the issue be.

* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Mulciber’s reaction to having a hand in Catalina’s death.

** Jordan learns to open up and stop rejecting human contact because of the nature of her job. She also forgives herself for killing [[spoiler: Andrew]] and falls in love.

%%zce* Chekhovs Gun: Gabriel’s feather.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The angels’ wings all have white bases with metallic sheens to them (Gabriel is gold, Michael is silver, Raphael is bronze) while the demons’ wings are dark, earthy colors (Belial is black, Mulciber is brown).

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Jordan spent her entire childhood being physically and emotionally abused by her aunt. As a result, she rarely discusses anything regarding before she accidentally killed [[spoiler: Andrew.]] It's also the main reason she refuses to let anyone in as she's afraid of being hurt again.

* DeadPersonConversation: [[spoiler: When Mulciber strangles Jordan, she enters a near-death state and ascends to the astral plane, where she finds her mother, Catalina, and Andrew Bethsaida. Both of them tell her the truth of what happened the night Catalina died and help Jordan figure out a way to stop the false angel.]]

* DeathByOriginStory: [[spoiler: Andrew Bethsaida and Catalina Amador.]] A minor example with Diana, the cute store clerk saleswoman Michael met who was the first human he connected with after his memory loss.

* DemonicPossession: Discussed. Demons cannot possess living human beings because two souls cannot share a body. They almost never attempt possessions because it is a violent process that rarely works out. [[spoiler: However, Belial skirts the rules a bit by first killing Jordan’s ex and using his body to lure her into his clutches. This only worked because he stayed far away enough from Michael that he didn’t know he was around.]]

[[folder: She Who Fights Monsters]]

* BookEnds: [[spoiler: The book begins and ends with Jordan and Michael kissing in the kitchen of her apartment.]]
* BorrowedCatchPhrase: [[spoiler: Michael borrows Jordan's signature line in the climax before killing Belial, adding his own spin on it.]]
-->'''Michael''': ''Vaya con dios'', you son of a bitch. ''(Cue stabbing)''

* YouGotSpunk: A portion of the reason why Belial desires Jordan’s soul.

* InnocentCohabitation: A subversion occurs with Jordan and Michael—he hasn’t moved in but he does spend most of his time taking care of her while she recovers in Book Two.

%%* CatScare: Twice. By the same cat, no less.
%%* CatapultNightmare: Jordan has a few of them.
* CelibateHero: Gabriel, Raphael, and Michael [[spoiler:(initially)]]. They are angels, after all.

* ChasteHero: Jordan, by choice, and the angels by duty.
* ChekhovsGun: Gabriel’s feather.

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: Belladonna.]]

* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: Jordan
** TheLancer: Michael
** TheBigGuy: Myra
** TheSmartGuy: Faust
** TheChick: Avriel

* [[EvilUncle Evil Aunt]]: Jordan's aunt Carmen was unmatched in her cruelty to Jordan when her mother was declared unfit to raise her and she was sent to live with their family instead. She beat Jordan at every available opportunity, to the point of scarring her back, and spent every waking moment telling her how worthless she was. Michael is so incensed on Jordan's behalf that he bestows one hell of a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech on her when they meet.

* ShesGotLegs: We find out Michael’s biggest turn on for Jordan is her legs, apparently.

* CoolPet: I mean, who ''wouldn't'' want a hellhound for a pet?

* HornyDevils: Belial. Demons can draw energy from humans through any sort of sin, but Belial enjoys doing so through sex. There are rumors that he’s sired literally ''thousands'' of children in his time.

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: [[spoiler:Good enough that Michael remarks that he's impressed that Jordan doesn't have sex all day, every day because their first time was just that enjoyable. It's also implied they did it several times before Jordan fell asleep as it's been hours when she wakes up.]]

* SealedWithAKiss: The ending.