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* DisabledLoveInterest: Alan to Sin. It's one of the things they need to work through, because Sin has always looked down on Alan on principle for this reason.
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* HasTwoMommies - Matthias the piper. Mentioned very briefly when he arrives with them to tour the Goblin Market at the end of ''The Demon's Surrender.''

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* BuxomIsBetter - Mae, according to Nick's lingering eyeballs.
** "Thanks. I grew them myself."
** Also, Sin, who is described as having curves and using them.

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* BuxomIsBetter - Mae, BuxomBeautyStandard
** Mae has a well-endowed figure,
according to Nick's lingering eyeballs.
** "Thanks.-->"Thanks. I grew them myself."
** Also, Sin, who is described as having curves and [[IHaveBoobsYouMustObey using them.them]].

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Five Man Band is undergoing a wick-cleaning project, so zero-context examples, roles with little to no context, and examples featuring groups of more than five, will be deleted.


%%* EvilIsNotAToy: Gerald.

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%%* EvilIsNotAToy: %%zce* EvilIsN otAToy: Gerald.



* FiveManBand - While Mae, Alan and Jamie's roles are very obvious, Nick and Sin both have elements of TheLancer AND TheBigGuy. Before Sin joins the group, Nick fills both roles.
** TheHero - Mae
** TheLancer - Nick and later Sin
** TheSmartGuy - Alan
** TheBigGuy - Nick (or possibly Sin)
** TheChick - Jamie
** TheSixthRanger - Seb



* FreudianExcuse - [[spoiler:Gerald and Seb, possibly many more magicians as well.]]
%%* FriendToAllChildren: Alan is good with kids.

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* FreudianExcuse %%zce* Freudian Excuse - [[spoiler:Gerald and Seb, possibly many more magicians as well.]]
%%* FriendToAllChildren: %%zce* FriendToA llChildren: Alan is good with kids.
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* [[DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu Did You Just Romance a Demon]], Mae?

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* %%* [[DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu Did You Just Romance a Demon]], Mae?



* DyingMomentOfAwesome - [[spoiler:Olivia]]
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Nick.

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* %%* DyingMomentOfAwesome - [[spoiler:Olivia]]
* %%* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Nick.



* EvilIsNotAToy: Gerald.

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* %%* EvilIsNotAToy: Gerald.



* FriendToAllChildren: Alan is good with kids.

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* %%* FriendToAllChildren: Alan is good with kids.



* MagnificentBastard: Alan. He is introduced as a liar from the beginning, yet manages to repeatedly surprise everyone with how nearly he pulls the wool over their eyes.

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* %%* MagnificentBastard: Alan. He is introduced as a liar from the beginning, yet manages to repeatedly surprise everyone with how nearly he pulls the wool over their eyes.



* MoralityChain: Alan, Mae, and Jamie to Nick.

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* %%* MoralityChain: Alan, Mae, and Jamie to Nick.



* ShoutOutToShakespeare: [[AC:Romeo and Juliet wouldn't have lasted]]

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* %%* ShoutOutToShakespeare: [[AC:Romeo and Juliet wouldn't have lasted]]
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* ActionMom - Surprisingly, [[spoiler:Annabel Crawford.]]
* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Mae does, at least.

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* %%* ActionMom - Surprisingly, [[spoiler:Annabel Crawford.]]
* %%* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Mae does, at least.
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* KnifeNut: Nick. Another character points out that he carries the equivalent of a restaurant's cutlery drawer on him at all times. Sin embodies this trope, as well.

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Incest Is Relative is an index, not a trope


* BrotherSisterIncest: In a deleted scene revealed during the TDS launch chat, [[spoiler: Anzu]] kisses Nick [[spoiler: while in his brother Alan's body]]. It's noteworthy that demons don't care for taboos like incest and probably can't differentiate between sexual and platonic feelings.



* IncestIsRelative: In a deleted scene revealed during the TDS launch chat, [[spoiler: Anzu]] kisses Nick [[spoiler: while in his brother Alan's body]]. It's noteworthy that demons don't care for taboos like incest and probably can't differentiate between sexual and platonic feelings.
* InterspeciesRomance: [[spoiler:Mae and Nick]].

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* IncestIsRelative: In a deleted scene revealed during the TDS launch chat, [[spoiler: Anzu]] kisses Nick [[spoiler: while in his brother Alan's body]]. It's noteworthy that demons don't care for taboos like incest and probably can't differentiate between sexual and platonic feelings.
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%%* InterspeciesRomance: [[spoiler:Mae and Nick]].
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* [[BadassFamily Badass Families]]: Alan and Nick, Mae and Jamie.
* BadassNormal - Mae, full stop.

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* [[BadassFamily Badass Families]]: %%* BadassFamily: Alan and Nick, Mae and Jamie.
* %%* BadassNormal - Mae, full stop.



* BreakTheCutie: Jamie. To an extent, Seb.

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* %%* BreakTheCutie: Jamie. To an extent, Seb.



** [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments "Thanks. I grew them myself."]]

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** [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments "Thanks. I grew them myself."]]"



* TheChessmaster: Hello, Alan.
** By the time ''The Demon's Surrender'' ends, it's clear Mae is becoming a Chessmistress skilled enough to rival Alan.

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* %%* TheChessmaster: Hello, Alan.
** %%** By the time ''The Demon's Surrender'' ends, it's clear Mae is becoming a Chessmistress skilled enough to rival Alan.

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* KarmaHoudini - [[spoiler:Helen avoids any repercussions for killing Annabel by switching sides at an opportune time. Rather disturbingly, it seems like we're supposed to support this.]]

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* KarmaHoudini - KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Helen avoids any repercussions for killing Annabel by switching sides at an opportune time. Rather disturbingly, it seems like we're supposed to support this.]]



* KnifeNut - Nick. Another character points out that he carries the equivalent of a restaurant's cutlery drawer on him at all times. Sin embodies this trope, as well.

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* KnifeNut - KnifeNut: Nick. Another character points out that he carries the equivalent of a restaurant's cutlery drawer on him at all times. Sin embodies this trope, as well.



* LonersAreFreaks - Nick does try to fit in with the kids at school...sort of. It doesn't really take.

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* LonersAreFreaks - LonersAreFreaks: Nick does try to fit in with the kids at school...sort of. It doesn't really take.



* MagnificentBastard: Alan.
He is introduced as a liar from the beginning, yet manages to repeatedly surprise everyone with how nearly he pulls the wool over their eyes.

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* MagnificentBastard: Alan.
Alan. He is introduced as a liar from the beginning, yet manages to repeatedly surprise everyone with how nearly he pulls the wool over their eyes.



* TheMole: [[spoiler:Phyllis]]

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* %%* TheMole: [[spoiler:Phyllis]]



* ShipTease - YMMV, but take any two (or [[ThreeWaySex three]] or [[MultiWaySex four]]...) characters and chances are there's plenty of shipping fuel.

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* ShipTease - ShipTease: YMMV, but take any two (or [[ThreeWaySex three]] or [[MultiWaySex four]]...) characters and chances are there's plenty of shipping fuel.



* TallDarkAndSnarky - Nick.

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* TallDarkAndSnarky - %%* TallDarkAndSnarky: Nick.



* TroubledButCute - Nick notes that girls are just about always attracted to him.
* TwistEnding: More specifically, TomatoInTheMirror.

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* TroubledButCute - %%* TroubledButCute: Nick notes that girls are just about always attracted to him.
* %%* TwistEnding: More specifically, TomatoInTheMirror.



* UrbanFantasy

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* %%* UrbanFantasy



* WhoWantsToLiveForever: [[spoiler:Nick.]]
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Pink Hair]]: Mae, though it is dyed.

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* %%* WhoWantsToLiveForever: [[spoiler:Nick.]]
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Pink Hair]]: Mae, though it is dyed.
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* BadDreams - A side-effect of a second-tier mark, in which the demons let you know that they're coming for you.
** Mae starts to get them in ''The Demon's Covenant'' and eventually realizes that it's the demon Anzu trying to scare her out.
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** and:
-->'''Jamie''': You are my friend.
-->'''Nick''': Yeah, I am.
-->'''Jamie''': [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments But these stairs. They are not my friends.]]

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** and:
-->'''Jamie''':
and:\\
'''Jamie''':
You are my friend.
-->'''Nick''':
friend.\\
'''Nick''':
Yeah, I am.
-->'''Jamie''': [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments
am.\\
'''Jamie''':
But these stairs. They are not my friends.]]



* ConsummateLiar - Alan, to the point where speaking the truth - even simple truths with no potential whatsoever for harm - is uncomfortable and pained.

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* ConsummateLiar - ConsummateLiar: Alan, to the point where speaking the truth - even simple truths with no potential whatsoever for harm - is uncomfortable and pained.



* TwistEnding - More specifically, [[spoiler:TomatoInTheMirror]].

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* TwistEnding - TwistEnding: More specifically, [[spoiler:TomatoInTheMirror]].TomatoInTheMirror.
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* ReplacementLoveInterest: Sin for [[spoiler:Alan]].

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* ReplacementLoveInterest: %%* ReplacementGoldfish: Sin for [[spoiler:Alan]].
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** To the point where Mae makes being able to spit it out a condition to having a relationship with him.
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** In the second book, Alan's continued attachment to [[spoiler: his biological family]] causes Nick to [[spoiler: spark off a magical storm that wreaks havoc on the city]].
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* CrazyJealousGuy: Nick, in the first book, is an interesting non-romantic example. He has no problem with Alan's crushes, and is even supportive in a grudging way of Alan and Mae, but the thought that there are people who matter so much to Alan that Alan would keep them from Nick, which in a way implies they may mean more to him than Nick, to the point that Nick would steal a photo Alan is hiding and put out an ad looking for information in the newspaper where the photo was taken to get information on who the girl in the photo is, is pretty....extreme.
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* MagnificentBastard: Alan.
He is introduced as a liar from the beginning, yet manages to repeatedly surprise everyone with how nearly he pulls the wool over their eyes.


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** When [[spoiler: Alan gets possessed]]: Sunlight could not touch the flat black of his eyes, cold openings into another world.
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** [[CrowningMomentOfFunny "Thanks. I grew them myself."]]

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** [[CrowningMomentOfFunny [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments "Thanks. I grew them myself."]]



-->'''Jamie''': [[CrowningMomentOfFunny But these stairs. They are not my friends.]]

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-->'''Jamie''': [[CrowningMomentOfFunny [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments But these stairs. They are not my friends.]]
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''The Demon's Lexicon'' is written by debut author Sarah Rees Brennan. It's the first in a trilogy. The second, ''The Demon's Covenant'', was released in May 2010, and the third, ''The Demon's Surrender'', was released in June 2011.

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''The Demon's Lexicon'' is written by the debut book of author Sarah Rees Brennan.Creator/SarahReesBrennan. It's the first in a trilogy. The second, ''The Demon's Covenant'', was released in May 2010, and the third, ''The Demon's Surrender'', was released in June 2011.
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* AManIsNotAVirgin: Nick once slept with a teacher to get a passing grade. [[spoiler:Sin also notes Alan is no stranger to waking up with a girl in his bed.]]
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* LethalChef: Jamie.
-->'''Mae:''' I was there when you made that tin of beans explode.
-->'''Jamie:''' It was faulty. I am sure of this.
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* WalkingShirtlessScene: Nick.
-->'''Jamie:''' Oh my gosh, Nick. You're not wearing a shirt! This must be one of those exciting days ending in ''Y''.
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* WhamLine: [[spoiler: Did you ever think you were actually human?]]

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* WhamLine: [[spoiler: Did "Did you ever think you were actually human?]]human?"]]
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--> '''Nick:''' [[spoiler: I do not care. Just don't leave.]]

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--> '''Nick:''' [[spoiler: Betray me....Turn me over to the magicians, take the magic, do whatever you think you need to do, I do not care. Just But don't leave.]]

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