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* {{Expy}}: Most of the characters are expies of Literature/HarryPotter characters [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation as]] [[DivergentCharacterEvolution inter]][[{{Jossed}} preted]] by Creator/CassandraClare's old fanfic The Fanfic/DracoTrilogy:
** Clary Fray is Ginny Weasley.
** Jace Wayland is Draco Malfoy.
** Simon Lewis is a CompositeCharacter of Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Seamus Finnigan.\\
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In universe he starts to take on many aspects of the biblical Caine thanks to Clary inscribing His mark onto him.
** Isabelle Lightwood is Blaise Zabini.
** Alec Lightwood is Harry Potter.
** Valentine Morgenstern is a CompositeCharacter of Lord Voldemort and Lucius Malfoy.
** Luke Garroway is Sirius Black.
** Jocelyn Fray is Narcissa Malfoy.
** Hodge Starkweather is Peter Pettigrew.
** Sebastian is [[spoiler:Tom Riddle]].
** Clary Fray is Ginny Weasley.
** Jace Wayland is Draco Malfoy.
** Simon Lewis is a CompositeCharacter of Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Seamus Finnigan.\\
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** Isabelle Lightwood is Blaise Zabini.
** Alec Lightwood is Harry Potter.
** Valentine Morgenstern is a CompositeCharacter of Lord Voldemort and Lucius Malfoy.
** Luke Garroway is Sirius Black.
** Jocelyn Fray is Narcissa Malfoy.
** Hodge Starkweather is Peter Pettigrew.
** Sebastian is [[spoiler:Tom Riddle]].
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%% ** Clary Fray is Ginny Weasley.
%% ** Jace Wayland is Draco Malfoy.
%% ** Simon Lewis is a CompositeCharacter of Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Seamus Finnigan.\\
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%% In universe he starts to take on many aspects of the biblical Caine thanks to Clary inscribing His mark onto him.
%% ** Isabelle Lightwood is Blaise Zabini.
%% ** Alec Lightwood is Harry Potter.
%% ** Valentine Morgenstern is a CompositeCharacter of Lord Voldemort and Lucius Malfoy.
%% ** Luke Garroway is Sirius Black.
%% ** Jocelyn Fray is Narcissa Malfoy.
%% ** Hodge Starkweather is Peter Pettigrew.
%% ** Sebastian is [[spoiler:Tom Riddle]].
%% ** Clary Fray is Ginny Weasley.
%% ** Jace Wayland is Draco Malfoy.
%% ** Simon Lewis is a CompositeCharacter of Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Seamus Finnigan.\\
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%% In universe he starts to take on many aspects of the biblical Caine thanks to Clary inscribing His mark onto him.
%% ** Isabelle Lightwood is Blaise Zabini.
%% ** Alec Lightwood is Harry Potter.
%% ** Valentine Morgenstern is a CompositeCharacter of Lord Voldemort and Lucius Malfoy.
%% ** Luke Garroway is Sirius Black.
%% ** Jocelyn Fray is Narcissa Malfoy.
%% ** Hodge Starkweather is Peter Pettigrew.
%% ** Sebastian is [[spoiler:Tom Riddle]].
** Apart from her rude questions to Simon, which are probably due to naivety and FantasticRacism then genuine malice, Aline Penhallow is fairly polite and even explains to Clary why she kissed Jace.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: In the books, Valentine Morgenstern is described as having white-blonde hair and black eyes. In the film, he's portrayed by Creator/JonathanRhysMeyers who has dark brown hair and blue eyes.
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** In the books both Clary Fray and her mother, Jocelyn, have green eyes. Here they have brown eyes, also their red hair is darker than described appearing almost brownish.
** Jace Wayland has golden eyes in the book, but blue eyes here.
** Simon Lewis has brown eyes in the book, but has green eyes here.
** The Lightwood siblings went from having black hair in the books, to being brunettes here. Also Isabelle’s eyes went from dark brown to blue.
** Luke Garroway has blue eyes in the books and brown eyes here.
** Emile Pangborn has grey hair in the books and black hair here.
** Samuel Blackwell is a redhead in the books but black haired here.
** Valentine Morgensternis described as having has white-blonde hair and black eyes. In eyes in the film, he's portrayed by Creator/JonathanRhysMeyers who books. Here he has dark brown hair and blue eyes.
** In the books both Clary Fray and her mother, Jocelyn, have green eyes. Here they have brown eyes, also their red hair is darker than described appearing almost brownish.
** Jace Wayland has golden eyes in the book, but blue eyes here.
** Simon Lewis has brown eyes in the book, but has green eyes here.
** The Lightwood siblings went from having black hair in the books, to being brunettes here. Also Isabelle’s eyes went from dark brown to blue.
** Luke Garroway has blue eyes in the books and brown eyes here.
** Emile Pangborn has grey hair in the books and black hair here.
** Samuel Blackwell is a redhead in the books but black haired here.
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A television series has [[http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/constantin-to-produce-tv-series-based-on-resident-evil-mortal-instrument-franchises-1201328293/ been announced for development]].
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A television series entitled ''Series/{{Shadowhunters}}'' has [[http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/constantin-to-produce-tv-series-based-on-resident-evil-mortal-instrument-franchises-1201328293/ been announced for development]].
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* HollywoodNerd: Clary's best friend Simon is a shy, awkward, D&D-loving nerd who can't get her to notice that he's in love with her (and is eventually rejected in favor of the dashing hero Jace.) He is played by the ''gorgeous'' RobertSheehan.
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* HollywoodNerd: Clary's best friend Simon is a shy, awkward, D&D-loving nerd who can't get her to notice that he's in love with her (and is eventually rejected in favor of the dashing hero Jace.) He is played by the ''gorgeous'' RobertSheehan.Creator/RobertSheehan.
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* SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic: The Spiral Labyrinth is a hidden library and research facility where warlocks with a scholarly bent study and experiment with both existing spells as well as developing new ones. They also accept commissions (such as from the Clave) to develop specific magic as needed. The Silent Brothers do similar work in the City of Bones, but are more narrowly-focused since they must work within the bounds of the runic knowledge granted to the Nephilim by the Angel Raziel.
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* SufficientlyAnalyzedMagic: The Spiral Labyrinth is a hidden library and research facility where warlocks with a scholarly bent study and experiment with both existing spells as well as developing new ones. They also accept commissions (such as from the Clave) to develop specific magic as needed. The Silent Brothers do similar work in the City of Bones, but are more narrowly-focused since they must work within the bounds of the runic knowledge granted to the Nephilim by the Angel Raziel.
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* TrainingTheGiftOfMagic: Warlocks and Shadowhunters have the potential ability to use magic courtesy of their demonic and angelic heritages respectively. But in both cases they require some education in order to really use their powers. Warlocks study magical languages, writing and spells. Shadowhunters are taught how to scribe runes from the Gray Book using a ''stele''.
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* TrainingTheGiftOfMagic: Warlocks and Shadowhunters have are an example of this. Warlocks are the potential HalfHumanHybrid offspring of demons and possess an innate ability to use magic courtesy of their demonic and angelic heritages respectively. wield magic. But in both cases they require some education can only do so in order to really use their powers. Warlocks study the most crude ways without training in magical languages, writing and spells. Likewise, the Shadowhunters are taught how have angelic blood that gives them the potential to scribe runes [[GeometricMagic magical runes]] from the Gray Book language of Heaven. However, this is akin to learning calligraphy, as the runes are often very complex. They also have to be drawn with focused intent using an implement called a ''stele''. ''stele'' (analogous to a wand) in order to work. Most Shadowhunters only know a fraction of runes originally given to them by the [[CelestialParagonsAndArchangels Angel Raziel]].
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* DieOrFly: A key part of Clary's role as protagonist. Despite having been raised with no knowledge of her Nephilim ancestry she starts to exhibit an intuitive, and encyclopedic, knowledge of angelic runes once she gets caught up in the events of the Shadow World. She is even able to come up with powerful runes that other Shadowhunters have never seen before. [[spoiler: It turns out that the captive angel Ithuriel had been putting them into her mind, and this aspect of her abilities starts to diminish after he is freed, such that she can no longer pull new runes out of her head at will]].
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* DieOrFly: A key part of Clary's role as protagonist. Despite having been raised with no knowledge of her Nephilim ancestry she starts to exhibit an intuitive, and encyclopedic, knowledge of angelic runes once she gets caught up in the events of the Shadow World. She is even able to come up with powerful runes that other Shadowhunters have never seen before. [[It turns out that the captive angel Ithuriel had been putting them into her mind, and this aspect of her abilities starts to diminish after he is freed, such that she can no longer pull new runes out of her head at will]].
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* DieOrFly: A key part of Clary's role as protagonist. Despite having been raised with no knowledge of her Nephilim ancestry she starts to exhibit an intuitive, and encyclopedic, knowledge of angelic runes once she gets caught up in the events of the Shadow World. She is even able to come up with powerful runes that other Shadowhunters have never seen before. [[It [[spoiler: It turns out that the captive angel Ithuriel had been putting them into her mind, and this aspect of her abilities starts to diminish after he is freed, such that she can no longer pull new runes out of her head at will]].
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** Simon's sister Rebecca becomes increasingly concerned about Simon's cutting communications with her over the fifth book, and eventually manages to meet with him. When she briefly believes that their mother has brainwashed or harmed him in some way, the way she reacts indicated it would ''not'' have gone well for their mom if that had been the case. [[spoiler: And when he reveals his vampirism to her, she accepts it almost immediately after getting over the shock, and assures him she'll love him no matter what.]]
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** Simon's sister Rebecca becomes increasingly concerned about Simon's cutting communications with her over the fifth book, course of ''City of Lost Souls'', and eventually manages to meet with him. When she briefly believes that their mother has brainwashed or harmed him in some way, the way she reacts indicated it would ''not'' have gone well for their mom if that had been the case. [[spoiler: And [[spoiler:And when he reveals his vampirism to her, she accepts it almost immediately after getting over the shock, and assures him she'll love him no matter what.]]what]].
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** Simon's sister Rebecca becomes increasingly concerned (offscreen) about Simon's cutting communications with her over the fifth book, and eventually manages to meet with him. When she briefly believes that their mother has brainwashed or harmed him in some way, the way she reacts indicated it would ''not'' have gone well for their mom if that had been the case. [[spoiler: And when he reveals his vampirism to her, [[CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming she accepts it almost immediately after getting over the shock, and assures him she'll love him no matter what.]]]]]]
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* SharedUniverse: As well as ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices'' prequel series, this seems to be set in the same universe as the ModernTalesOfFaerie by HollyBlack. Val and Luis from Valiant are the homeless kids Clary sees in the first book and Simon listens to Stepping Razor, Ellen's band from Tithe.
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* SharedUniverse: As well as ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices'' prequel series, this seems to be set in the same universe as the ModernTalesOfFaerie ''Literature/ModernFaerieTales'' by HollyBlack. Val and Luis from Valiant are the homeless kids Clary sees in the first book and Simon listens to Stepping Razor, Ellen's band from Tithe.
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Not long later, she goes home to discover that her apartment's been trashed and her mother's gone missing. Soon she and her ChildhoodFriend, Simon, are dragged into the world of Shadowhunters. The three teenagers, [[TroubledButCute Jace]], [[StraightGay Alec]], and [[GirlyBruiser Isabelle]], explain their world to her: [[AllMythsAreTrue mythical creatures such as vampires and werewolves do exist]], known to them as Downworlders, and that Shadowhunters are a special "breed" of people that act like supernatural policemen, making sure that Mundanes are safe and never find out about the demons that are invading their dimension.
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Not long later, she goes home to discover that her apartment's been trashed and her mother's gone missing. Soon she and her ChildhoodFriend, Simon, [[MuggleBestFriend Simon]], are dragged into the world of Shadowhunters. The three teenagers, [[TroubledButCute Jace]], [[StraightGay Alec]], and [[GirlyBruiser Isabelle]], explain their world to her: [[AllMythsAreTrue mythical creatures such as vampires and werewolves do exist]], known to them as Downworlders, and that Shadowhunters are a special "breed" of people that act like supernatural policemen, making sure that Mundanes are safe and never find out about the demons that are invading their dimension.
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Not long later, she goes home to discover that her apartment's been trashed and her mother's gone missing. Soon she and her ChildhoodFriend, Simon, are dragged into the world of Shadowhunters. The three teenagers, [[TroubledButCute Jace]], Alec, [[StraightGay Alec]], and [[GirlyBruiser Isabelle]], explain their world to her: [[AllMythsAreTrue mythical creatures such as vampires and werewolves do exist]], known to them as Downworlders, and that Shadowhunters are a special "breed" of people that act like supernatural policemen, making sure that Mundanes are safe and never find out about the demons that are invading their dimension.
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Not long later, she goes home to discover that her apartment's been trashed and her mother's gone missing. Soon she and her ChildhoodFriend, Simon, are dragged into the world of Shadowhunters. The three teenagers, Jace, [[TroubledButCute Jace]], Alec, and [[GirlyBruiser Isabelle]], explain their world to her: [[AllMythsAreTrue mythical creatures such as vampires and werewolves do exist]], known to them as Downworlders, and that Shadowhunters are a special "breed" of people that act like supernatural policemen, making sure that Mundanes are safe and never find out about the demons that are invading their dimension.
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* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: SCANDAL's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIPWF1ZVuDg "Rainy"]] is the theme song for the Japanese release of the film.
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* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: SCANDAL's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIPWF1ZVuDg com/watch?v=vjisx_lUFHA "Rainy"]] is the theme song for the Japanese release of the film.
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* ToBeLawfulOrGood: A common quandary for Shadowhunters. The [[NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering Clave]] is often [[LawfulStupid rather clueless]], even about the actions and motives of its own members. As a result the heroes must often struggle with deciding whether to follow the Law, or do what is necessary and/or right.
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** A common quandary for Shadowhunters. The [[NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering Clave]] is often [[LawfulStupid rather clueless]], even about the actions and motives of its own members. As a result the heroes must often struggle with deciding whether to follow the Law, or do what is necessary and/orright.right.
** This is the default stance of the Clave, although some members take it all the way to LawfulEvil or just plain LawfulStupid. Maryse Lightwood also counts, as she allows the Inquisitor to behave rather barbarically towards Jace, her adopted son, until the Inquisitor openly violates the Law and she can justify defying her.
** A common quandary for Shadowhunters. The [[NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering Clave]] is often [[LawfulStupid rather clueless]], even about the actions and motives of its own members. As a result the heroes must often struggle with deciding whether to follow the Law, or do what is necessary and/or
** This is the default stance of the Clave, although some members take it all the way to LawfulEvil or just plain LawfulStupid. Maryse Lightwood also counts, as she allows the Inquisitor to behave rather barbarically towards Jace, her adopted son, until the Inquisitor openly violates the Law and she can justify defying her.
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* MuggleAndMagicalLoveTriangle: Clary has Simon (muggle, at least for the first book and a half), and Jace (magical).
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* MuggleAndMagicalLoveTriangle: Clary Fray has her childhood friend Simon (muggle, at least for the first book Lewis, a normal boy [[spoiler:(until halfway through ''City of Ashes'')]] who is in love with her and she herself has a half), and crush on demon-slaying Shadowhunter, Jace (magical).Wayland.
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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: All over the place. Isabelle dates anybody but other Shadowhunters. [[spoiler:Alec]] winds up in a gay relationship with a warlock. Jocelyn isn't wild about her daughter dating the boy [[spoiler:that Valentine raised]]. Jocelyn and Luke's relationship has caused them no end of grief over the years. Valentine forced Stephan Herondale to divorce Amatis simply because she was Luke's sister. Aline and Helen's lesbian relationship is controversial for Shadowhunters. Somewhat invoked and somewhat subverted when Maia and Simon date: A werewolf and a [[spoiler:vampire]] dating is controversial but their mutual surrogate father figure, Luke, doesn't care and thinks highly of both of them. Worth noting that while these relationships are all said to be taboo, actual opposition or fallout is very low-key, if it's seen at all.
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* DatingWhatDaddyHates: All over the place. Isabelle dates anybody but other Shadowhunters. [[spoiler:Alec]] Shadowhunters, intentionally bringing home boys she knows her parents would disapprove of, Jace says it's to get attention, it works - in the wrong way. Alec winds up in a gay relationship with a warlock. Jocelyn isn't wild about her daughter dating the boy [[spoiler:that Valentine raised]]. Jocelyn and Luke's relationship has caused them no end of grief over the years. Valentine forced Stephan Herondale to divorce Amatis simply because she was Luke's sister. Aline and Helen's lesbian relationship is controversial for Shadowhunters. Somewhat invoked and somewhat subverted when Maia and Simon date: A werewolf and a [[spoiler:vampire]] dating is controversial but their mutual surrogate father figure, Luke, doesn't care and thinks highly of both of them. Worth noting that while these relationships are all said to be taboo, actual opposition or fallout is very low-key, low-key if it's seen at all.
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** [[spoiler:Valentine is Clary and Jace's father]].
** Though ''City of Glass'' reveals that [[spoiler:Jace's father was actually Stephen Herondale. Valentine adopted him after his mother died, but [[SecretOtherFamily he kept him a secret from the ''real'' Jonathan, and vice versa]]]]. Cue the relieved sighs of shippers.
** Though ''City of Glass'' reveals that [[spoiler:Jace's father was actually Stephen Herondale. Valentine adopted him after his mother died, but [[SecretOtherFamily he kept him a secret from the ''real'' Jonathan, and vice versa]]]]. Cue the relieved sighs of shippers.
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** [[spoiler:Valentine is [[spoiler:Jonathan Clark, the man Jocelyn told Clary and was her father, was just a mere acquaintance. Clary’s real father is Valentine Morgenstern]].
** [[spoiler:Michael Wayland was never Jace'sfather]].
**father. Valentine Morgenstern is, he raised Jace while under the guise of Michael Wayland]]. Though ''City of Glass'' reveals that [[spoiler:Jace's father was actually Stephen Herondale. Valentine adopted him after his mother died, but [[SecretOtherFamily he kept him a secret from the ''real'' Jonathan, his real son, and vice versa]]]]. Cue the relieved sighs of shippers.versa]]]].
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** [[spoiler:Once you get to ''City of Glass'', you find out that Jace and Clary ''aren't'' related, and that Clary's actual brother is Sebastian]].
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An [[UrbanFantasy urban fantasy]] series by CassandraClare following [[PluckyGirl Clary Fray]] after she witnesses three teenagers apparently commit murder in a nightclub - but [[InvisibleToNormals no one else can see them]].
Not long later, she goes home to discover that her apartment's been trashed and her mother's gone missing. Soon she and her ChildhoodFriend, Simon, are dragged into the world of Shadowhunters. The three teenagers, Jace, Alec, and Isabelle, explain their world to her: [[AllMythsAreTrue mythical creatures such as vampires and werewolves do exist]], known to them as Downworlders, and that Shadowhunters are a special "breed" of people that act like supernatural policemen, making sure that Mundanes are safe and never find out about the demons that are invading their dimension.
But things aren't over for Clary just yet. There's a war on the horizon - the Shadowhunters against massive demon forces conjured by the man who took her mother, [[BigBad Valentine]]. Clary's personal life is not without its own drama - her relationship with Simon,is slowly getting more and more complicated, and what is she to do about the beautiful and elusive Jace, who seems ''very'' attracted to her?
Originally concieved as a trilogy, dangling plot threads were meant to be tied up in a graphic novel. The author found that dissatisfactory, however, and added [[TrilogyCreep another three books to the series]], and began working on several other series set in the [[SharedUniverse shared universe]].
A [[FilmOfTheBook film version]] was released August 2013, with Creator/LilyCollins and JamieCampbellBower having been cast as Clary and Jace; the sequel was scheduled to start filming in 2014, [[StillbornFranchise but has since been cancelled.]]
A television series has [[http://variety.com/2014/tv/news/constantin-to-produce-tv-series-based-on-resident-evil-mortal-instrument-franchises-1201328293/ been announced for development]].
This series has a [[Characters/MortalInstruments character sheet]]. Please put all character-related tropes there.
[[AC: ''The Mortal Instruments'':]]
* ''City of Bones''
* ''City of Ashes''
* ''City of Glass''
* ''City of Fallen Angels''
* ''City of Lost Souls''
* ''City of Heavenly Fire''\\
[[AC: Supplementary materials:]]
* ''The Bane Chronicles''
* ''The Shadowhunter Codex''
* ''Tales From the Shadowhunter Academy''
* ''The Secret Treasons''\\
[[AC: Spin-off Series:]]
* ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices''
* ''The Dark Artifices''
* ''The Last Hours''
* ''The Wicked Powers''\\
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!!The Book series provides examples of:
* AdultsAreUseless:
** Every single higher-up is at a Clave meeting. ''All of them.'' While Jace's group of inexperienced youths are pursuing the Mortal Instruments, the maniacal Valentine, and attempting to stop TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt. Anyone who isn't is either insane with power, revenge, or a spy.
** Subverted with Magnus Bane. Physically he looks to be about nineteen, slightly older than the protagonists. But he is actually centuries old and thus technically more of an "adult" than even the oldest Shadowhunters. He is also incredibly useful.
* TheAgeless: Warlocks are this. They do not age after reaching adulthood, but are not significantly more resistant to physical injury than humans. This is also implied to be the case with the Fair Folk. Vampires are a little closer to {{Immortality}}, as they possess HealingFactor, although they can still be killed, most obviously by sunlight.
%% * AllMythsAreTrue: Lampshaded explicitly several times.
* AlternateUniverse: [[spoiler:Edom is actually a parallel Earth, that even had its own Alicante and Shadowhunters, but which was laid waste to by the demons and is now part of the territory held by Asmodeus and Lilith, and basically rented out to Sebastian]].
* AltumVidetur: Gratuitous Latin is in widespread usage here. Partly justified in that Idris is located in Western Europe and has been around since the Middle Ages, when Latin was still the common language of the educated class in that region. Sometimes abused by Shadowhunters as part of their [[SmartPeopleKnowLatin smug routine]]. OminousLatinChanting is also popular.
%% * AmbiguousDisorder: Subverted in Ty Blackthorn. WordOfGod is that he is on the autistic spectrum.
* AncestralWeapon:
** Clary is given her mother's stele in ''City of Ashes''. [[spoiler: Subverted since she loses it]].
** In ''City of Heavenly Fire'', Clary gets one of two swords her father commissioned that was specifically meant to be an Ancestral weapon. Sebastion/Jonathon already has the other. Emma's Cortana also counts.
* AngelUnaware:
** [[spoiler:Clary unintentional, as Valentine didn't know Jocelyn was pregnant when he experimented on her with angel's blood]].
** [[spoiler:Jace intentionally as the angel's blood that Valentine used to experiment on him with gave him certain characteristics (such as the ability to jump supernaturally high)]].
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Clary gets one from Simon and another from Jace, while [[spoiler:Jocelyn gets one from Luke in ''City of Glass'']]. Magnus's is more of an Irritated Declaration Of Love, when [[spoiler:Alec demands to know why he hasn't called him back]], resulting in this exchange:
-->Magnus: You're an idiot.
-->[[spoiler:Alec]]: Is ''that'' why you didn't call me? Because I'm an idiot?
-->Magnus: No. I didn't call you because I'm tired of you only wanting me around when you need something. [[AllLoveIsUnrequited I'm tired of watching you be in love with someone else]]- someone, incidentally, [[IncompatibleOrientation who will never love you back]]. Not the way I do.
-->[[spoiler:Alec]]: You ''love'' me?
-->Magnus: You stupid [[spoiler:{{Nephilim}}]]. Why else am I here? Why else would I have spent the past few weeks patching up all your moronic friends everytime they got hurt? And getting you out of every ridiculous situation you found yourself in? Not to mention helping you win a battle against Valentine. And all completely free of charge!
-->[[spoiler:Alec]]: I hadn't looked at it that way.
-->Magnus: Of course not. You never looked at it in any way. I'm seven hundred years old, [[spoiler:Alexander]]. I know when something isn't going to work. You won't even admit I exist to your parents.
** Magnus also gives one to Alec one book earlier though the love part is only implied.
* AnimalEyes:
** Magnus Bane has greenish-yellow eyes with vertically-slit pupils, like a cat.
** In humanoid form Asmodeus has catlike eyes.
* ApologisesALot: Many of the characters are prone to making profuse and dramatic apologies, Clary Fray most of all.
* AppliedPhlebotinum: The runes, though there is some stuff that they can't do.
* ArcWords:
** ''City of Bones'' has "all the stories are true".
** In ''City of Heavenly Fire'', Clary dreams of a rune several times and describes it as "a shape like two wings joined by a single bar".
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority:
** On more than one occasion when Luke has needed to acquire some allies in a hurry his solution has been to find the nearest werewolf pack, kill the Alpha and take over as leader.
** In ''City of Heavenly Fire'', [[spoiler:Maia takes down an usurper of the New York Clan in an absolutely vicious CurbStompBattle which leads to her becoming temporary head and later permanent head of the New York Clan after Luke's retirement]].
* AwkwardKiss: Clary has one of these with Sebastian in ''City of Glass'', saying it felt just "wrong". [[spoiler:Turns out that's because he's her real (demonic) brother]].
%% * BattleCouple:
%% ** [[spoiler: When Alec and Magnus go into the final battle as partners]]
%% ** Also Luke and [[spoiler: Clary's Mother]].
%% ** Also Maryse and Robert Lightwood, though not explicitly given screen time as such.
* TheBeautifulElite: All the Nephilim are somehow good-looking (with the possible exception of Hodge and [[spoiler: The REAL Sebastian Verlac]]). The vampires, too.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: {{Lampshaded}} in ''City of Ashes'' when Alec, Jace, and Isabelle return from fighting a demon in a subway tunnel and Alec questions why Izzy never gets any dirt on her. Her response? "I'm pure at heart. It repels the dirt."
* BeleagueredAssistant: It could be argued that Alec and Isabelle are this for Jace. While he ''is'' a very talented DemonSlayer, he is also extremely reckless and very frequently ends up as a DistressedDude. Early on it is noted that Alec has never killed a demon, despite being the oldest of their PowerTrio, mostly because his attention is focused on keeping Jace (and to a lesser extent Isabelle) from serious harm. This trope spreads, almost like a disease, when Clary enters the picture, giving her her own set (mostly Simon and Luke, although Isabelle and the others also take turns). Magnus eventually starts feeling like this for the entire group, since [[AWizardDidIt his magic]] is needed by just about everyone.
%% * {{Beta Couple}}: Alec and Magnus; Luke and [[spoiler: Jocelyn]]. [[spoiler: Simon and Isabelle]] at the end of the third book and during the fourth.
* BigApplesauce: The first two books, as well as the fourth. The third book is set in Idris, but the trope is still in play, as the representatives of the faeries, vampires, warlocks and werewolves that come to Idris (which is located between France and Germany) are all from New York City. The prequel trilogy is set in VictorianLondon.
* BigBrotherInstinct:
** Alec takes his job as the oldest Lightwood sibling very seriously. And he's also the only one of them to be at least eighteen, making him legally an 'adult'.
%% ** Jace too, despite not being their real brother.
* BigDamnKiss:
** Alec [[spoiler:[[ComingOutStory finally outs himself]] in ''City of Glass'' by kissing Magnus in front of, well, everybody]].
** Jace and Clary's first kiss in ''City of Bones'', and their kiss in the faerie court in ''City of Ashes'', also count.
* BioAugmentation: [[spoiler:Valentine unknowingly added angel's blood to Clary before she was born. He also added angel's blood to Jace before he was born, through the naivete of his birth mother Celine Herondale]].
* BittersweetEnding:
** In the first half, [[spoiler:Valentine is defeated, Jace and Clary can pursue a relationship, Alec came out without any immediate backlash, and the Downworlders have gained representatives on the Council. On the other hand, Max was murdered, Simon is bearing the Mark of Cain, Sebastian's body has vanished, and the Seelie Queen is holding a grudge against Clary.]]
** In the second half, [[spoiler:Sebastian and his Endarkened are defeated with minimal casualties to the main cast, and everyone's relationships are either going well or getting back on track. Unfortunately, the Clave has passed legislature against faeries that is sure to backfire, Mark is abandoned to the Wild Hunt, Helen is sent away, and Julian was forced to kill his father in front of his younger siblings.]]
* BlackAndGreyMorality: The impetus of the series is Valentine Morgenstern's belief that all Downworlders should be exterminated, despite Shadowhunter laws that protect him. Pretty evil right? Then you learn that despite these supposed protections, prejudice against Downworlders is pretty heavily ingrained into Shadowhunter culture. The issue is lampshaded several times throughout the series, but it comes to a head at the end of ''City of Heavenly Fire'' when [[spoiler: the Clave begins passing legislature [[FantasticRacism inhibiting the freedom of faeries]], despite Magnus' warnings that it will only cause future problems. If that wasn't enough, they also begin discriminating against Shadowhunters with faerie blood, abandoning one who was kidnapped by faeries and risked his life to leak vital intelligence]]. The author herself says that was intended to make the readers realize that the Clave isn't just flawed and in need of a few tweaks, but crippled by its own prejudice.
* BlackEyesOfEvil:
** Valentine Morgenstern's eyes are described as black. He's also the genocidal BigBad.
** Thanks to the demon blood, [[spoiler:Sebastian[=/=]Jonathan]] had these at birth. Jocelyn was so repulsed by him she refused to care for him.
** [[spoiler:Amatis Herondale when under the influence of the Infernal Cup]].
* BlueCollarWarlock: This is apparently not unusual for warlocks in general. They typically cast spells for a living.
** Magnus Bane lives in a warehouse loft, throws wild house parties, generally behaves like a New York hipster and otherwise seems entrenched in modern urban culture despite his great age. Also does spellcasting for a fee as his primary source of income.
** Catarina Loss is shown to work in a hospital as a nurse.
%% * {{Brainwashed}}: [[spoiler: Jonathan]] does this to [[spoiler: Jace]] in ''City of Lost Souls''.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy:
** [[spoiler: Amatis Herondale in ''City of Lost Souls'', after Sebastian captures her and forces her to drink from the Infernal Cup, turning her into a Dark Shadowhunter]].
%% ** [[spoiler:Jace in ''City of Fallen Angels'', courtesy of Lilith.]]
* BrattyTeenageDaughter:
** Clary Fray from is often almost insanely self-absorbed. Even though she is unconcerned about things like popularity, she can be rather spectacularly heedless of other people's feelings, tends to jump into dangerous situations without thinking about it and will do whatever she wants even if it literally results in endangering the entire world. Luke calls her out on it one time, [[spoiler:when she tries to blindly Portal to Idris]] and she is shocked because he has never chastised her before.
** Isabelle Lightwood has some shades of this, constantly complaining and lashing out at her parents. [[spoiler:It turns out it's mostly a ploy to distract their parents from Alec's homosexuality]].
* BrotherSisterIncest:
** In ''City of Bones'' [[spoiler:a fortune teller tells Jace that he will "Love the wrong person". He falls in love with Clary, who turns out to be his sister.]]
** [[spoiler:Subverted.They end up not related.]] Jace [[spoiler:is the son of his supposed Father's second second-in-command.]] And Clary [[spoiler:ends up with Jace, though only after meeting and kissing a boy she finds out is her REAL brother. Oops.]]
** In ''City Of Lost Souls'' [[spoiler:Sebastian/Jonathan is shown to actually want Clary, backing her up against a wall and forcefully kissing her, while going on about how they can be evil and rule the world together.]]
* ButNotTooForeign: Every character of a different ethnicity who appears in the series always turns out to be biracial, (usually half Caucasian). Magnus is half Dutch[=/=]half Indonesian, Aline is half Japanese[=/=]half Caucasian, Maia is half black[=/=]half Caucasian. See a trend here?
* CallingTheOldManOut:
** For the entire duration of Jocelyn's kidnapping and subsequent coma, Clary is completely devoted to bringing her back. When Jocelyn finally is cured and returned, the very first thing Clary does is tear into her for depriving Clary of her Sight and not preparing her for the Shadowhunters' world.
%% ** [[spoiler:A difficult feat for Jace, even after years of having been abandoned by Valentine.]]
%% * CanNotTellALie: The fairies. This should not be mistaken to mean that they are always honest.
* CapturedSuperEntity: ''City of Glass'', has Jace and Clary finding [[spoiler:an angel]] in Valentine's basement.
* CassandraTruth:
** [[AdultsAreUseless Maia Robert's parents never believed her]] when she told them her brother was abusive.
** In ''City Of Glass'', Jace's outright dislike and suspicion of Sebastian raises a ''lot'' of eyebrows [[spoiler:despite the fact that he was right all along.]]
* CelebrityParadox: Clary has a "Still Not King" pin. Who wrote ''Fanfic/TheVerySecretDiaries'' that inspired that pin in this 'verse?
* CelestialParagonsAndArchangels: Raziel, who created the Shadowhunters. Also, [[ArchangelMichael Michael]], [[ArchangelGabriel Gabriel]] and many others are mentioned but do not appear. Raziel explicitly states that {{God}} exists, but what degree of direct interest He takes in earthly affairs is ambiguous.
* ChekhovsGun:
** In ''City of Bones'', [[spoiler: Madame Dorothea's tarot cards: the Ace of Cups was the Mortal Cup.]]
** Also, the lake that Clary and Luke fall into during ''City of Glass'' turns out to be [[spoiler: the Mortal Glass.]]
* CodeOfHonour: The Shadowhunters' Law, which provides a moral framework for what they do, but which is often very restrictive. Both the [[NeutralGood heroes]] and [[NeutralEvil villains]] have a distinct tendency to try to circumvent it, even while accepting it in principle.
* ComicallyMissingthePoint: More than once during the Anguished Declaration of Love as seen above, where[[spoiler: Alec Lightwood]] seems more concerned with the fact that [[spoiler: Magnus didn't return his calls and lied about his age than the fact the city is under attack and Magnus is explaining all the pain Alec's closeted-ness and his love is causing him.]] Leading us to this little gem where they BOTH end up missing the point of their conversation:
-->"You told me you were three hundred! You're seven hundred years old?"
-->"Well, eight hundred, but I don't look it."
* ComingOutStory:
** [[spoiler:In ''City of Glass'', Alec Lightwood comes out rather awesomely by kissing Magnus in the middle of the entire Clave, including his parents]].
** Parodied, when Luke gets Simon a pamphlet called 'How To Come Out to Your Parents' when he becomes [[spoiler:a vampire]] and tells him to adapt it to suit the situation. Neither Simon nor Clary is amused.
* CommonCrossover: This series and ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices'' don't have a huge crossover file yet, but it's steadily building. Considering the fact that ''The Infernal Devices'' is really just a prequel and many characters are either ancestors of characters here or present in both series (such as Magnus Bane and various vampires), it's not surprising.
* ContemptibleCover: The first book, as seen on the page picture. Jace doesn't [[ShirtlessScene go shirtless]] at all in the first book, and hardly ever throughout the whole series. A more accurate cover artwork would probably [[http://www.impawards.com/2013/posters/mortal_instruments_city_of_bones.jpg look something like this, the teaser poster for the film adaptation.]]
* CoveredInScars: Shadowhunters are covered in scars from years of being marked with runes.
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: All over the place. Isabelle dates anybody but other Shadowhunters. [[spoiler:Alec]] winds up in a gay relationship with a warlock. Jocelyn isn't wild about her daughter dating the boy [[spoiler:that Valentine raised]]. Jocelyn and Luke's relationship has caused them no end of grief over the years. Valentine forced Stephan Herondale to divorce Amatis simply because she was Luke's sister. Aline and Helen's lesbian relationship is controversial for Shadowhunters. Somewhat invoked and somewhat subverted when Maia and Simon date: A werewolf and a [[spoiler:vampire]] dating is controversial but their mutual surrogate father figure, Luke, doesn't care and thinks highly of both of them. Worth noting that while these relationships are all said to be taboo, actual opposition or fallout is very low-key, if it's seen at all.
* DeadPersonImpersonation:
** [[spoiler:Valentine killed Michael Wayland and his infant son (using that baby to make Jocelyn believe her son Jonathan was dead) and took over Michael Wayland's identity while raising Jace (who was Stephen Herondale's son, whom he cut out of her dead mother's womb)]]. It's complicated.
** [[spoiler:The ''real'' Sebastian Verlac's actually been DeadAllAlong, with Jonathan Christopher having taken over his identity after he murdered the former.]]
* DeathSeeker:
** Jace is explicitly described as being this. Isabelle flat-out says that Jace is "in love with the idea of dying" and she and her brother Alec put considerable effort into saving him from his own recklessness.
%% ** [[spoiler:Luke was also one for a time, after Valentine set him up to be bitten by a werewolf]].
* DefrostingIceQueen:
** Like her brother, Isabelle Lightwood is not very fond of Clary at first. Later, though, she begins to open up to her.
** Imogen Herondale starts out frosty and unapproachable, but suffers several humbling failures and by the end of ''City of Ashes'' she [[spoiler:performs a HeroicSacrifice to save Jace after learning that he was her grandson]].
* DemonLordsAndArchDevils: [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]], Azazel, Samael, Asmodeus, {{Lilith}} and many others. At least some are [[FallenAngel fallen angels]]. Asmodeus in particular is one of the nine most powerful, and subordinate only to [[{{Satan}} Lucifer]].
%% * DemonSlaying: The Shadowhunters' whole schtick.
%% * DevilInPlainSight: Some demons, [[spoiler: Sebastian]]
* DidTheyOrDidntThey: In ''City of Ashes'', [[spoiler:Alec]] has a key to Magnus's apartment, but given [[spoiler: his]] inexperience and secretive nature, it's left open as to just what happens between them. But by ''City of Lost Souls'', it's made clear that they do.
* DistinguishingMark:
** Jace Wayland has a star-shaped mark on his shoulder [[spoiler:which is a birthmark of the Herondale family]].
** [[spoiler:Simon gains the ability to walk in sunlight, nicknaming him "Daylighter" and the Mark of Cain, though he later loses the latter]].
* DoesNotLikeShoes: Clary, Isabelle and Jace usually go barefoot indoors.
* TheDreaded: Agramon in ''City of Ashes'' is made of this trope. Of course, he is the Greater Demon of Fear within the setting and kills people by appearing to them as their greatest terror. Gets {{narm}}tastic when he appears to Jace as [[spoiler: Clary's corpse]], despite the many, ''many'' other things that would make [[FridgeLogic more sense]] with [[FreudianExcuse Jace's]] [[AbusiveParents backstory]].
%% * DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: Simon]], in City of Ashes. [[spoiler: He can't pray because he's a vamp]], so he instead goes out saying simply [[spoiler: "Clary."]] [[spoiler: He gets better.]]
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** The first three books [[InformedAttribute barely make note]] of the ''parabatai'' bond. Strange, considering how important it is in the [[Literature/TheInfernalDevices prequel series]]. The second half of the series compensates by emphasizing the bond several times.
** The Forsaken are only significant in ''City of Bones''. After that, they are barely mentioned at all.
%% * EtTuBrute: [[spoiler: Sebastian to Clary, although to be fair he was TheMole all along and she didn't even know they were related.]]
* {{Epigraph}}: ''City of Bones'' begins with quotes from ''Theatre/JuliusCaesar'' and ''Literature/ParadiseLost''.
%% * EverybodysDeadDave: Isabelle, Alec, and Clary do this in ''City of Ashes'' when they realize that all the silent brothers are dead.
* EvilCounterpartRace: [[spoiler: The "Endarkened" Shadowhunters that Sebastian Morgenstern creates using the Infernal Cup and Lilith's blood. They are stronger and faster than regular Shadowhunters, but cannot use their Runes or angelically aligned weapons. They are given demonic equivalents]].
%% * EvilPlan: Driving the plot in every book. In the first three it is Valentine's. In the fourth it is [[spoiler: Lilith's]] and the fifth and sixth center on [[spoiler: Sebastian's]].
* {{Expy}}: Most of the characters are expies of Literature/HarryPotter characters [[AlternateCharacterInterpretation as]] [[DivergentCharacterEvolution inter]][[{{Jossed}} preted]] by Creator/CassandraClare's old fanfic The Fanfic/DracoTrilogy:
** Clary Fray is Ginny Weasley.
** Jace Wayland is Draco Malfoy.
** Simon Lewis is a CompositeCharacter of Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Seamus Finnigan.\\
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In universe he starts to take on many aspects of the biblical Caine thanks to Clary inscribing His mark onto him.
** Isabelle Lightwood is Blaise Zabini.
** Alec Lightwood is Harry Potter.
** Valentine Morgenstern is a CompositeCharacter of Lord Voldemort and Lucius Malfoy.
** Luke Garroway is Sirius Black.
** Jocelyn Fray is Narcissa Malfoy.
** Hodge Starkweather is Peter Pettigrew.
** Sebastian is [[spoiler:Tom Riddle]].
* ExtraStrengthMasquerade: The Shadow World is generally invisible to [[{{Muggles}} Mundanes]]. Many Downworlders strut around fairly openly, relying on humanity's natural WeirdnessCensor to cause people to not see them for what they really are. The Shadowhunters, being almost human, put a modest amount of magical effort into rendering themselves unnoticeable in everyday society. Also, their ''country'' [[HiddenElfVillage apparently doesn't exist]].
* TheFairFolk: Fairies are rarely trustworthy. Although they cannot lie, they are masters of evasion. They also have a definite sadistic streak and will ally with good or evil depending on where they think their interests are best served.
-->'''Simon''': They can't be worse than vampires, and you did all right with them.
-->'''Jace''': ''All right?'' By which I take it you mean we survived?
-->'''Simon''': Well...
-->'''Jace''': Faeries are the offspring of [[VillainSue angels and demons]], with the beauty of angels and the viciousness of demons. A [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]] might attack you, if you entered its domain, but a faerie could make you dance until you died with your legs ground down into stumps, trick you into going for a midnight swim and drag you screaming underwater until your lungs burst, fill your eyes with faerie dust until you gouged them out at the roots--
-->'''Clary''': Jace! Shut up. Jesus. That's enough.
-->'''Jace''': Look, it's easy to outsmart a [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent werewolf]] or [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]]. They're no smarter than anyone else. But faeries live for hundreds of years and they're as cunning as snakes. They [[CannotTellALie can't lie]], but they love to engage in creative truth-telling. They'll find out whatever it is you want most in the world and give it to you -- with a sting in the tail of the gift that will make you regret you ever wanted it in the first place. They're not about helping people. More harm disguised as help.
* FantasyKitchenSink: Warlocks, werewolves, vampires, faeries, demons, angels, and Nephilim are the main fantasy creatures; however, many others are mentioned in passing. In fact, in ''City of Bones'' Jace tells Clary that "all the stories are true." Except for mummies. No one believes in mummies[[note]]This was [[AdaptationSpeciesChange changed]] to zombies in [[FilmOfTheBook the movie]][[/note]].
* FantasticRacism:
** Shadowhunters are notorious for their sense of superiority. At best, they consider mundanes to be helpless and useless; at worst, they consider Downworlders to be dangerous criminals that need to be kept in check. The elitism of the Shadowhunters is often {{Lampshaded}} by outsiders, notably Clary and Simon, as well as Downworlders.\\
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Taken UpToEleven in ''City of Heavenly Fire'' when [[spoiler: Helen and Mark Blackthorn are considered tainted by their half-faerie status despite the former having fought for the Shadowhunters and the latter having actually leaked vital intelligence to the Shadowhunters. It's even sold by the Shadowhunters as saving the family from the future pain of being betrayed despite both clearly caring for their family]].\\
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''The Shadowhunter Codex'' reveals that throughout history, there have been ''several'' attempts to wipeout Downworlders and that torturing them and robbing them was quite legal for some time. Things began to change with the Accords, but the racism lingers in Shadowhunter culture.
-->Clary: So progressive, we couldn't murder Downworlders in the street anymore.
-->Jace: Big change, though--from "Downworlders are basically demons" to "Downworlders are basically humans."
** Raphael Santiago discriminates against anyone who isn't a vampire.
* FascinatingEyebrow: Clary is annoyed when Jace does this at her, because it is an ability she has always envied. She gets even more annoyed when Magnus Bane turns out to be able to do it too.
* FireAndIceLoveTriangle: Simon and Jace from the first half of the series. Jace is arrogant, cold, and distant while Simon is dorky, caring, and an UnluckyChildhoodFriend.
* {{Foil}}:
** Isabelle Lightwood is the seasoned, snobbish, girly Nephilim to Clary Fray's naïve idealist tomboy.
** [[spoiler:Sebastian[=/=]Jonathan Morgenstern]] to Jace: [[spoiler:He was experimented on with demon's blood while Jace was experimented on with angel's blood. Valentine raised him to be cold, cruel, and sadistic, while Jace is more compassionate and kind.]]
** Aline Penhallow to Isabelle Lightwood; she's conservative and shy where Isabelle is outspoken and outgoing.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** In ''City of Bones'', Simon makes a joke about Jewish Vampires. [[spoiler:That's exactly what he ends up becoming]].
** [[spoiler:The Lightwoods have a history of marital troubles. Isabelle is noted as wishing she had her parents' blue eyes instead of her own dark ones. Blue eyes are a recessive genetic trait, it's impossible for two blue-eyed parents to have a child that's not blue-eyed]].
* ForgottenPhlebotinum: The Alliance Rune. After ''City of Glass'' it's never used again, even when Shadowhunters and Downworlders are going into battle ''right next to each other''.
* FunctionalMagic: Primarily Inherent Gift, as one of the defining attributes of being "human" is the inability to use magic and thus free access to magic is generally limited to Downworlders and Shadowhunters. Warlocks (who are half-demon) are the primary practitioners of magic, although the Shadowhunters have their Runes and the Fairies possess strange powers.
* FurAgainstFang:
** The vampires and werewolves do not get on well; this is because the two demon species which originally infected humans, giving rise to the vampires and werewolves, were rivaling species who hated one another.
** In ''City of Ashes'', werewolf Maia Roberts dislikes [[spoiler:Simon]] at first. ''Very'' much. [[spoiler:Until they both end up being captured by Valentine]].
* GeometricMagic: This is the primary form of magic employed by the Shadowhunters, who use Angelic Runes to perform a variety of functions, including giving themselves superhuman physical abilities. Clary's special aptitude with Runes is essential to the plot.
* GodAndSatanAreBothJerks: The greater demon Azazel, and the greater angel Raziel are summoned at different points during ''City of Lost Souls'', by the main characters, who desperately need a weapon that can break a demonic bond. The demon Azazel offered a solution at the price of being set free, which the good guys had to decline, while the Angel Raziel was extremely insulted at being summoned 'like a dog' by someone who did not carry 'The Mortal Instruments', and only gave the heroes the weapon they needed as opposed to killing the one who summoned him because the summoner, Simon, had a rune which would kill anyone who tried to hurt him.
%% * AGoodNameForARockBand: ORGY IN HOBOKEN!
* GratuitousGreek: Interestingly averted despite the regular use of GratuitousLatin and the fact that Shadowhunters are usually educated in both Classical languages. While it is mentioned that some texts, such as the Book of the White, are written in Greek, nobody seems to drop any Greek phrases to anybody that would not be expected to already know the language anyway, even though they often do so with Latin.
* GuineaPigFamily: [[spoiler:Valentine experimented on his own children ''in the womb'' to create better Shadowhunters. He infused Jonathan/Sebastian with demon blood, which made him horrifically strong but had the unfortunate side-effects of making him soulless and Jocelyn depressed. To make her feel better he gave her angel blood, not knowing she was pregnant with Clary at the time...]]
* HalfHumanHybrid: Warlocks are the progeny of couplings between humans and demons. They are themselves generally infertile.
* HarmfulToMinors:
** Although Shadowhunters, like most of modern society, do not consider children to be adults until they are eighteen (which is the youngest age at which they can even attend Clave meetings), it is apparently acceptable for children much younger than that to participate in DemonSlaying without adult supervision. At the start of ''City of Bones'', Alec is the oldest of the protagonists being only one that is eighteen years old. The movie seems to try to avert this by making all the characters a few years older than they are in the books.
** Jace's childhood, basically, the least of which involved his father murdering his pet falcon.
* HeterosexualLifePartners:
** Jace Wayland and Alec Lightwood. Alec's sexuality and initial attraction to Jace notwithstanding, the two share a "parabatai" bond which is explicitly stated as being a permanent bond of partnership even stronger than that of brothers.
** Jonathan Shadowhunter with David the Silent, inspired by their [[Literature/TheBible Biblical namesakes]] who were also examples of this trope. They were the very first ''parabatai''.
%% * HiddenElfVillage: Idris and the Faerie Realm.
%% * HolyHandGrenade: The Heavenly Fire. Also the ''skeptron'' [[spoiler: developed by the Shadowhunters of the parallel Earth now known as Edom]].
* HookedUpAfterwards: [[spoiler:Luke Garroway and Jocelyn Fray]] at the end of ''City of Glass''. They planned to get married in ''City of Fallen Angels'' but the marriage was postponed indefinitely, with [[spoiler:Jace's possession by Lilith and subsequent disappearance]].
* TheHunter: The Shadowhunters protect humanity from supernatural creatures. Subverted somewhat in that the Shadowhunters are themselves supernatural in nature.
* {{Hypocrite}}:
** Valentine Morgenstern from , expresses hatred and disdain for the mixed-breed Downworlders, and contends that the Shadowhunters must keep the world safe from demons. [[spoiler:But he deliberately taints his own son with demon blood, making him into a strange human/angel/demon hybrid, and even tried using demon blood to change himself with unclear results. He also readily summons and uses large numbers of demons to fight for him, as well as dealing with the powerful Greater Demon Lilith. Raziel calls him out on it]].
** The vampire Raphael Santiago badgers [[spoiler:Simon]] relentlessly about the need to accept that he is dead to humanity and must sever all ties to his former life. However it's said that he puts on a cross and visits his family every Sunday.
* IdiotBall:
** At the end of ''City Of Glass'', Clary decides to [[spoiler:wish Jace back to life. Which is great except she seems to have forgotten about all the other shadowhunters that died.]] Real considerate there, Clary. Though considering what happens [[spoiler: it causes Jonathan to come back to life and create an anti-nephilium group]], this might not be a bad thing.\\
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She usually grabs the IdiotBall and runs with it whenever Jace is involved, [[spoiler:like when possessed!Jace is able to trick her into mind-control just by batting his eyelashes at her and playing on her hormones]].
** Jace grabs it with a bloody deathgrip when he refuses to tell anyone about the possible [[spoiler:prophetic dreams he's having about murdering Clary until it's almost too late, nearly starves himself to death, doesn't sleep... oh, and ends up getting himself possessed by Sebastian. What an IDIOT.]]
* IdiosyncraticCoverArt: All the books have busts of the main characters over a city horizon. And shining covers, as does ''[[GreatBigBookOfEverything The Shadowhunter's]] [[AllThereInTheManual Codex]]''.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: All of the books in the series are called "City of X". The titular ''City of Bones'' is the Silent City, while the titular ''City of Glass'' is Alicante.
* IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer: Subverted, when Jace prepares himself for this speech from Simon, his girlfriend Clary's protective best friend. Of course, Clary is a demon-slaying Shadowhunter.
-->'''Jace''':Is this the part where you tell me if I ever do anything to hurt her, you'll kill me?
-->'''Simon''':No. If you hurt Clary, she's quite capable of killing you herself. Possibly with a variety of weapons.
* IHaveYourWife: In ''City of Fallen Angels'', [[spoiler:Lilith]] tells Simon that [[spoiler:she]] has his girlfriend. Due to the fact that he [[spoiler:had just broken up with Maia and Isabelle]] he does nothing, and assumes that it's an empty threat, until he discovers [[spoiler:Maureen has been killed due to her crush on him]].
* ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty: This is the case with warlocks. As [[HalfHumanHybrid half-human/half-demons]], they age more or less normally until they reach adult, and then their aging just stops.
* ImpartialPurposeDrivenFaction: The Silent Brothers and The Iron Sisters. They don't take part in the disputes of the Clave and Downworlders, instead the former devoting their time to writing all of it down, with the latter residing in Idris and forging weapons.
* InfantImmortality: Subverted. In ''City of Glass'', all the teenage protagonists survive the final battle.... [[spoiler:but Max; the cute, manga-reading youngest Lightwood who wasn't allowed to fight is brutally murdered]].
* InformedAttribute: The ''parabatai'' bond. Although it supposedly makes two Nephilim "closer than brothers", Alec and Jace usually seem to have little or no ability to read each other. Alec often fails to get when Jace is being sarcastic (despite the fact that Jace is almost ''always'' sarcastic). Jace had no idea that Alec was just pretending to side with the Inquisitor in order to keep her from suspecting that he intended to help Jace. Despite the alleged combat advantages of the bond, they do not really seem any more effective when fighting together than they do with others, such as Isabelle. Cassandra appears to have noticed this problem and plays up the bond considerably in ''City of Heavenly Fire'' as compared to the earlier books.
* InterspeciesRomance: Played straight with [[spoiler:Magnus and Alec]]. No [[CampGay pun]] [[StraightGay intended]]. Every witch and warlock is the offspring of a human and a demon (though Word of says that most of these cases are rape, not romance), in ''City of Ashes'' Isabelle is dating a faerie knight. The fey themselves are the offspring of demons and angels. Jocelyn and Luke and [[spoiler:Isabelle and Simon, as of ''City of Lost Souls'']], are in the same vein as Tonks and Lupin from ''Literature/HarryPotter'', with their lycanthropy and vampirism respectively being more like diseases than a genetic trait, though there are born werewolves in-universe. Helen and Mark Blackthorn are half-fey as well.
* InvisibleToNormals: Shadowhunters, demons, and Downworlders are all invisible to normal people, or 'mundanes', until they've been bitten by a werewolf, forced to focus, or otherwise pulled in.
%% * ItsAllAboutMe: So pervasive that listing all the characters this trope applies to would be natter.
* JesusTaboo: Judeo-Christian theology is frequently referenced as background. {{God}}, ArchangelMichael, ArchangelGabriel and other CelestialParagonsAndArchangels are explicitly stated as being real characters. The same goes for {{Satan}}, {{Lilith}} and various DemonLordsAndArchdevils. Jesus, however, is mentioned only once, and in jest.
* JoinOrDie: In ''City of Heavenly Fire'', [[spoiler:Jonathan/Sebastian does this while turning the Endarkened Ones using the Infernal Cup]]. If they're too young or old to be turned he just kills them.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia:
** Prior to ''City of Bones'', Jocelyn brought Clary to Magnus Bane every two years to have her memories of the Shadowhunter world wiped.
** In ''City of Heavenly Fire'', [[spoiler:Asmodeus takes all of his memories of Clary and the Shadow World from him as part of the deal to return everybody from Edom to Earth. This is both because he relishes human memories and he knows it will hurt all of Simon's friends, especially Isabelle, to be forgotten by him. Magnus is able to restore some fragments of Simon's memories, but for the most part he has to start over from scratch]].
** Magnus Bane can induce it, such as his work on Clary. However, he can't undo it.
* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: ''City of Heavenly Fire'' introduces Emma Carstairs, hero of the upcoming sequel trilogy, ''The Dark Artifices''.
* LateArrivalSpoiler: The cover of ''City of Lost Souls'' spoils the romantic plot arc of the first three books of the series, revealing that [[spoiler:Clary and Jace are not brother and sister and, indeed, are in a romantic relationship]].
* LawfulStupid: The Clave, to the point where their leadership is basically a NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering. Actual LawfulGood Shadowhunters frequently find themselves in ToBeLawfulOrGood situations simply because the Clave is hopelessly bogged down trying to figure out the most lawful way of dealing with just about anything.
* LetterMotif: In ''City of Bones'', "JC" is a significant pair of initials. It's for Clary's [[spoiler: false]] father Jonathan Clark, her [[spoiler:not really dead]] brother Jonathan Christopher, the latter name of which serves as the basis for Jace's name [[spoiler:which pushed up the drama when he and Clary thought they were siblings]].
* LieBackAndThinkOfEngland: Jace tells Clary to do this before they kiss in front the fairy court in ''City of Ashes''. More like "Close your eyes and think of England."
* LikeBrotherAndSister:
** Simon and Clary come off as this at first, until Simon gains the status of UnluckyChildhoodFriend before moving rather briefly into VictoriousChildhoodFriend and then going back to JustFriends.
** Jace with Isabelle, with whom he has a purely platonic relationship.
* LiteralMinded:
** Jace once told Clary; "If there were such a thing as terminal literalism, you would have died at birth."
** Alec has a tendency to misinterpret sarcasm.
* LongLostRelative:
** [[spoiler:Jace and Clary end up being siblings... though not before they've sort of fallen in love with each other. Oops...]]
** [[spoiler:Once you get to ''City of Glass'', you find out that Jace and Clary ''aren't'' related, and that Clary's actual brother is Sebastian]].
* LotusEaterMachine: ''City of Heavenly Fire'' has a demon which can do this. However, its imagined worlds always have a flaw, as it always leaves something out (and in one case thought a good guy was evil).
* LoveDodecahedron: Clary falls for Jace. [[MuggleBestFriend Long time best friend Simon]] has always loved Clary, but Clary [[ObliviousToLove doesn't find out until later]]. Alec has a crush on [[spoiler:[[HoYay Jace]]]], who doesn't find out at all. Simon has a crush on Isabelle, Alec's sister. She loathes him when they first meet but he [[JustFriends grows on her]]. By the end of ''City of Bones'', Jace has fallen for Clary as well. Later, [[OurWerewolvesAreDifferent Maia]] is introduced. She likes Simon, and he likes her back. [[spoiler:[[FurAgainstFang But we can't let anything in this story be simple]]. [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Sorry Simon.]]]]. By now, [[CampGay Magnus Bane]] has been introduced. Guess who ends up with him? In ''City of Glass'', yet another player is introduced, Sebastian. Clary has a short fling with him. Only it turns out that [[spoiler:Jace and Clary ''aren't'' actually related. But in Sebastian aka Jonathan's case, it's for real. [[{{Squick}} And he knew it]]]]. Then there's Jocelyn's love history, which is simpler ([[ObliviousToLove Lucian]] / [[BigBad Valentine]]), or other side love interests like Isabelle's fling with Meliorn or Maia's ex Jordan. As of ''City of Lost Souls'', [[spoiler:Clary/Jace is on with difficulties, Alec/Magnus is off, Jocelyn/Lucian is on, and Maia/Jordan is on]].
* LoveMartyr: Clary, Jace and Simon could all qualify.
** Clary is devoted to Jace, despite the fact that he is a DeathSeeker and/or a positive magnet for MindControl.
** [[invoked]] Jace and Simon are devoted to Clary, despite her being a DamselScrappy. Simon in particular [[IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy hangs in there]] even after it is absolutely clear that Clary wants to be with Jace and he himself begins to date other (supernatural) girls.
* LukeIAmYourFather:
** [[spoiler:Valentine is Clary and Jace's father]].
** Though ''City of Glass'' reveals that [[spoiler:Jace's father was actually Stephen Herondale. Valentine adopted him after his mother died, but [[SecretOtherFamily he kept him a secret from the ''real'' Jonathan, and vice versa]]]]. Cue the relieved sighs of shippers.
* MacGuffin: The titular Mortal Instruments: A cup, a sword, and a mirror
* MagicalSociety: The Shadowhunters most definitely, complete with their own [[HiddenElfVillage magically-concealed country]] located on the border of France and Germany. The Fair Folk likewise count for much the same reasons. Vampires and werewolves are a less organized variation, being organized into local clans and packs respectively, and they live within mundane cities. The warlocks are an aversion, being mostly free agents bound primarily by individual relationships.
* {{Magitek}}: The flying motorcycles the vampires ride, which are powered by "demon energies". Also, those who look closely will notice that Magnus Bane's television is not actually plugged in. The Shadowhunters have Magitek home conveniences in Idris.
* MagicVersusScience: The extensive wards that conceal and protect Idris also appear to interfere with technology. Hence the Shadowhunters do not use things like automobiles to get around within the country, even though those that live elsewhere are quite familiar with them. Witchlight is used to provide things like illumination that would normally be powered by electricity in other countries. Elaborate mechanical devices, possibly related to phonographs, are used to play music. There is no cellular coverage or internet access naturally, and the only working phone in the country was [[{{Magitek}} enchanted by a warlock]]. It is also noted that Runes interfere with the proper ignition of gunpowder, which is why Shadowhunters do not make use of firearms.
* MamaBear:
** Despite her hatred for children, Imogen Herondale in ''City of Ashes'' acknowledges this trope, coming to the conclusion that Valentine would do anything for his son like she would.
** [[spoiler:Lilith considers Jonathan her "son" due to him being tainted by her blood, and takes measures to protect him throughout the second trilogy]].
* MarkOfTheSupernatural: Warlocks have a distinguishing mark that's unique to each one. Magnus Bane has cat eyes, Catarina Loss has blue skin and white hair, and Ragnor Fell has ram horns, green skin and an extra joint in each finger.
* MayflyDecemberRomance: [[spoiler:Alec Lightwood is eighteen and dating Magnus Bane is around 400 years old. The fact the Magnus is an immortal warlock while Alec is human becomes a plot point in ''City of Fallen Angels'']].
* MeaningfulName:
** Clary Fray. Clary sage is a plant historically used to help clear the eyes, so Clary is a name suitable for a heroine who sees the Shadow world, which most people are blind to. The meaning behind her name is mentioned by Jace upon learning it in ''City of Bones''.\\
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Subverted, in that her father wanted to name her Seraphina, which derives from [[spoiler: "seraphim", a class of [[AngelUnaware angels]]]]. Her mother named her Clarissa instead.
** Valentine Morgenstern. "Morgenstern" means "morning star" - signifying, of course, Lucifer.
** Luke Garroway sounds like [[spoiler: ''loup-garou'', French for ''werewolf'']].
%% * MedievalEuropeanFantasy: Idris positively screams this, and thus ''City of Glass'' could be seen as fitting this genre, whereas the rest of the setting is UrbanFantasy, especially being focused mostly on [[BigApplesauce New York City]].
%% * {{Mind Rape}}: [[spoiler: Lilith to Jace in Book 4]]
* MixedAncestry: Technically anyone of note in this series. Shadowhunters are half-angel half-human, Warlocks are half-demon half-human, Faeries are half-angel half-demon, etc etc.
* MomentKiller: Every time Jace and Clary seem to be about to exchange a moment that could turn into a RelationshipUpgrade it is inevitably interrupted.
* MuggleAndMagicalLoveTriangle: Clary has Simon (muggle, at least for the first book and a half), and Jace (magical).
* {{Muggles}}: Mundanes. Anyone who has no knowledge of Downworlders or Shadowhunters is a mundane or a "mundie". Clary is included in this because even though she is a Shaddowhunter, she knows nothing about their world.
* MundaneUtility: Jace to Magnus: "Nearly unlimited supernatural power, and all you do is use it to watch reruns. What a waste."
* NaginatasAreFeminine: In ''City of Ashes'' Isabelle walks in with her trademark whip and a naginata. When Alec asks if the naginata is for him, she tells him to get his own weapon, promptly giving it to their mother.
* NarrativeProfanityFilter: The series uses this. Examples include, in ''City of Bone'', Alec said something that sounded like 'ducking glass mole' and in ''City of Ashes'', has Jace suggested that the whole cast of Gilligan's Island could do something anatomically possible to themselves.
* {{Nephilim}}: The series, while keeping the angelic origin, has the Nephilim as essentially enhanced humans descended from angels who [[DemonSlaying slay demons]] and look beautiful doing it.
* NiceGuy:
** In ''City of Glass'', Clary describes Sebastian Verlac as someone she thinks is easy to have fun with. [[spoiler:Only applies to the ''real'' Sebastian, who by now is a PosthumousCharacter]].
%% ** Isabelle Lightwood.
* NotGoodWithRejection: Really, it gets to the point where should-be TrueCompanions are abandoning each other to vampires and demons for slights like "I can't believe you like her/him more than me!" and "It wasn't my fault!" Kind of sends the underlying message that this is all teens are capable of.
* NotListeningToMeAreYou: In the opening scene of ''City of Bones'', Clary and Simon are at a club, when Clary spots a mysterious, handsome young man. As she stares at him, Simon tries to get her attention with a series of increasingly outrageous comments, culminating with him telling her that he was sleeping with her mother and considering taking up crossdressing.
%% * NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering: The Clave more often than not.
* NumberTwo:
** Raphael Santiago to Camille Belcourt.
** Stephen Herondale to Valentine Morgenstern, when he was still alive, [[spoiler:after Valentine cast out Luke for becoming a werewolf]].
* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler:Jace and Clary]].
%% * OfficialCoupleOrdealSyndrome: To put it mildly. All the more notable considering that Jace and Clary have only known each other for ''months'' in-universe. [[spoiler: Alec and Magnus seem to have gotten ensnared in this as well, as have Isabelle and Simon. It all works out in the end, more or less]].
%% * OnlyInItForTheMoney: Magnus is, at least until [[spoiler:he falls in love with Alec]].
* OnlySaneMan:
** Simon Lewis. Recognized that loving Clary was a dead end, and had enough self-respect to let her go and move on to [[spoiler:Isabelle and Maia]].
%% ** Alec Lightwood, sometimes. It's implied he was this to Isabelle and Jace before the series began.
%% * OurAngelsAreDifferent: In many ways.
%% * OurVampiresAreDifferent: They're able to pass for normal humans.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: There are werewolves of the variety where they are forced to change at the full moon, but can change shape at will at other times; they mostly retain their human minds, although at the full moon their minds become less human. They can be hurt by silver, while the condition is semi-contagious, with about half of all bites transmitting lycanthropy.
* PosthumousCharacter:
** Despite being dead for years at the beginning of the series, we learn a lot about Stephen Herondale through recollections and his relationships with other characters.
** Celine Herondale's suicide takes place long before the story proper, but her relationships with current characters make her important.
%% * PowerGlows: The seraph blades, the angels and Magnus' hands all do this.
* PowerTattoo:
** The Shadowhunters have the ability to carve (usually temporary, occasionally permanent) tattoos on themselves, giving them a variety of abilities, such as SuperStrength, SuperSpeed, etc. However, not all of these are good. [[spoiler:Valentine's endgame plan is to have the entire Clave enslaved and under his control by having all Shadowhunters accept a permanent Obedience Rune.]]
** In ''City of Glass'', Simon receives [[spoiler:the Mark of Cain, which dates way back to the book of Genesis. Clary puts it on him to save his life. It actually comes in handy several times during ''City of Fallen Angels'', as anybody who tries to lay hands on him gets punishment laid down on them sevenfold. In ''City of Lost Souls'', the angel Raziel removes the Mark of Cain when Simon summons him, in exchange for a heavenly sword to sever the bond beyond Jace and Johnathan/Sebastian]].
* PowerTrio: Jace, Alec and Isabelle start out the series as this. However, the group dynamic changes when Clary and Simon come along, and still further when [[spoiler: Jace and Clary become an OfficialCouple, as do Alec and Magnus Bane]] resulting in a more complex set of relationships.
* TheProudElite:
** A female example: Isabelle Lightwood, who has RavenHairIvorySkin, is extremely cold and proud, and actively partakes in Shadowhunters' FantasticRacism. She defrosts rather quickly, though.
** Raphael Santiago is in some cases an even better example than Isabelle, but it's played with as while he's certainly proud and he does ''see'' himself and vampires as elite, the magical world (re:the Clave) does not see them as so.
* PurpleProse: Clare's writing is on the borderline of this. She seems to be [[TropesAreTools completely aware of this]], and occasionally uses it for comic effect or to [[GoshDarnitToHeck skirt around curse words]]. Prime example:
-->"Jace suggested that the cast of GilligansIsland could go do [[GoshDarnitToHeck something anatomically unlikely]] with themselves."
* TheReveal:
** ''City of Bones'':
*** [[spoiler:Clary is a Shadowhunter]].
*** [[spoiler:Jocelyn was married to Valentine]].
*** [[spoiler:Alec is gay]].
*** [[spoiler:The Mortal Cup was hidden in [[ChekhovsGun a playing card]] in Dorothy's apartment]].
*** [[spoiler:Alec is in love with Jace]].
*** [[spoiler:Hodge was a traitor to the Clave]].
*** [[spoiler:Luke is a werewolf]].
*** [[spoiler:[[LukeIAmYourFather Valentine is Clary's father]]]].
*** [[spoiler:Valentine is Jace's father, making Clary and Jace siblings]].
** ''City of Ashes'':
*** [[spoiler:Alec and Magnus are in a relationship]].
*** [[spoiler:The Inquisitor had hid a tracking device in Jace's shard of the mirror]].
** ''City of Glass'':
*** [[spoiler:Sebastian Verlac was someone else in disguise]].
*** [[spoiler:Sam was actually Hodge]].
*** [[spoiler:The Mortal Glass was actually Lake Lyn]].
*** [[spoiler:Clary and Jace are part angel]].
*** [[invoked]][[spoiler:A bunch of reveals come all at once: [[CaptainObviousReveal Jace isn't Clary's brother]], Sebastian/Jonathan is, Jace is part of the Herondale family, Valentine is Sebastian/Jonathan's father, [[IAmNotYourFather not Jace's]], and Jonathan was disguising as Sebastian]].
*** [[spoiler:[[DaywalkingVampire Simon can walk in daylight]] because he drank angel blood]].
*** [[spoiler:One of the high-ranking clave members was a traitor to Valentine]].
** ''City of Fallen Angels'':
*** [[spoiler:Kyle is actually Jordan, and he's a werewolf]].
*** [[spoiler:Camille was working for Lilith the entire time]].
* SecretOtherFamily: [[spoiler: Jace was unaware of Sebastian's existence, which led him to believe that he was Valentine's real son.]] [[spoiler: Also Clary's father and brother.]]
%% * ShapeShifter: Eidolon demons.
* SharedUniverse: As well as ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices'' prequel series, this seems to be set in the same universe as the ModernTalesOfFaerie by HollyBlack. Val and Luis from Valiant are the homeless kids Clary sees in the first book and Simon listens to Stepping Razor, Ellen's band from Tithe.
* ShipTease:
** In ''City of Glass'', Sebastian Verlac has some sexual tension with Clary and Isabelle, which goes nowhere.
%% ** Simon with both Isabelle and Maia.
%% * ShouldntWeBeInSchoolRightNow
* ShoutOut:
** The Herondales are a Shadowhunter family with a birthmark of a star. [[spoiler: Jace's]] is on the back of his shoulder. Now, [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure where have I heard of that before?]]
** Val and Luis from Holly Black's [[Literature/ModernTalesOfFaerie Valiant]] are seen at one point.
** A badge on Clary's bag says 'Still Not King', a reference to Clare's famous ''Film/TheLordOfTheRings'' fanfic ''FanFic/TheVerySecretDiaries.''
** Best of all, two extra characters have a debate on which fictional gay wizard would win in a fair fight, [[Literature/HarryPotter Dumbledore]], or Magnus.
** A reference to ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'' is made when Clary thinks about how a church looks like "one of her favorite anime scenes involving a vampire priest".
** Max is frequently seen reading ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''.
** In ''City of Glass'', Max is also seen reading Angel Sanctuary, a manga about a reincarnated angel who is in a romantic relationship with his sister. It has a case of Does This Remind You of Anything as well as bringing to question why a nine year old with fairly strict parents would be reading it. But then again, his parents have quite a lot of marital issues. So his reading choices likely passed largely unnoticed. Besides, they probably thought that that something called AngelSanctuary would be clean and proper.
** Happens often with animanga, given that Simon is characterized as a typical {{Geek}}. At one point Clary asks him if he wants to spend the evening with her watching ''Manga/TriGun''.
** Simon is described in the fourth book as wearing [[Webcomic/QuestionableContent Jeph Jacques's "Clearly I Have Made Some Bad Decisions" shirt]], and Cassandra Clare also mentions his [[ShowWithinAShow in-universe series "Magical Love Gentlemen"]].
** Church (the Persian cat from the New York Institute) shares his name with [[PetSematary another famous cat]].
* SiblingYinYang: Isabelle and Alec Lightwood. Isabelle is not averse to showing off her beauty, is generally nicer, and like Jace, always rushing headfirst into demon-slaying. Unlike her, Clary notes that Alec is shyer, easier to guilt, and tries everything he can to downplay the good looks he shares with his sister.\\
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[[spoiler:It's implied that Isabelle is the way she is in part because she wants to draw attention from her brother's homosexuality, as she does not want her parents to find out when he wasn't ready]].
* SlashedThroat:
** In ''City of Ashes'', [[spoiler:Valentine does this to collect Simon's blood. [[UnexplainedRecovery he gets better.]]]]
** [[spoiler:Clary comes very close to this in ''City of Fallen Angels'', courtesy of Jace (to be fair, he was under Lilith's MindRape at the time).]]
** [[spoiler:Maureen Brown is found in a dumpster with her throat slit.]]
* SlidingScaleOfVampireFriendliness: The vampires in the series go back and forth on this. On one hand, when [[spoiler:Simon]] is turned, he gets the bloodlust and can't go out in daylight, and can't even [[HolyBurnsEvil say a single bible verse, or the name of God.]] But his attitude stays pretty much the same. Nearly all of the ''other'' vampires, on the other hand, are assholes.
* SmartPeopleKnowLatin: Shadowhunters are quite into this, especially when trying to assert intellectual superiority over mundanes.
-->'''Simon:''' "Basia coquum". Or whatever their motto is.
-->'''Alec:''' It's "Descensus Averno facilis est." "The descent into hell is easy." You just said "Kiss the cook".
-->'''Simon:''' Dammit, I knew Jace was screwing with me.
* SpellBook: The Gray Book is dedicated to the [[GeometricMagic Angelic Runes]] used by Shadowhunters, and the Book of the White with spells [[TheNecromancer affecting life and death]] among other things. Shadowhunters and Warlocks are prone to collecting spell books, the former to keep them under lock and key, the latter in order to use them.
* StarbucksSkinScale: Found in the series, where for example the biracial character Maia is introduced as having "honeyed" skin. Author Creator/CassandraClare discussed her choices in describing skin tones in a [[http://cassandraclare.tumblr.com/post/23181390945/magnus blog post]], where she admitted that she risked coming off as ethnocentric due to not giving similar descriptions to Caucasian characters.
* TheStarscream:
** [[spoiler:Raphael Santiago. According to Camille, he was the reason she left - he killed mundanes and blamed them on her, causing her to flee. When she did so, he seized her position and told the rest of the New York vampire clan that she was struck with wanderlust and a desire to travel (something that was not unheard of in vampires.)]]
%% ** [[spoiler:Valentine saw Luke as this, although he really wasn't]].
* StraightGay: [[spoiler:Alec Lightwood]], doesn't have any stereotypical gay traits, although several people manage to figure it out anyway. Generally the only way gays could be without being expelled from the Clave. Interestingly, homosexuality is not in fact prohibited by the Law. Shadowhunters just tend to look down on it, possibly as a reflection of their slightly archaic culture.
%% * SummoningArtifact: The titular Mortal Instruments.
* SummoningRitual: The [[SummoningArtifact Mortal Instruments]] are required to summon the angel Raziel, a ritual that can only be done once every millennium. Once they have all three, Raziel will come to them and will grant any single wish the summoner wants. Or rather, he won't smite them the moment he appears and might consider granting that single wish. Well...
* SupernaturalElite: The Shadowhunters tend to see themselves as this and act accordingly. The Downworlders are not especially happy about it, but lack the necessary unity to do much about it.
* SurpriseIncest: Subverted. [[spoiler:Clary and Jace are revealed to be siblings at the end of ''City of Bones''. They spend all of ''City of Ashes'' and most of ''City of Glass'' angsting about their attraction, until it's revealed that[[NotBloodSiblings Jace was adopted.]] Played straight with Sebastian/Jonathan, Clary's ''actual'' brother, [[VillainousIncest who kisses her despite knowing full well that she's his sister.]]]]
* SwordOfPlotAdvancement: Much of the action in the first three novels involves locating and recovering the titular Mortal Instruments, one of which is literally a sword, "Maellartach". Some other items, like the Book of the White, are also the subject of quests. Then in ''City of Lost Souls'' it is again literally a sword, in this case [[spoiler: "Glorious", the sword of the ArchangelMichael]].
* TangledFamilyTree: All over the place.
** Clary is raised by her mother Jocelyn, and thinks of her mother's devoted, if platonic, boyfriend Luke [[spoiler: who is really a Shadowhunter named Lucian Graymark that was turned into a werewolf]] as her stepfather. [[spoiler: He later gets a RelationshipUpgrade with Jocelyn]]. She believes her biological father was a soldier killed in action, but he is really [[spoiler: the BigBad Valentine Morgenstern]].
** Jace is [[spoiler: supposedly the son of Michael Wayland. But then it turns out that Michael was murdered and the man who supposedly fathered him was really Valentine Morgenstern, leading to a BrotherSisterIncest problem with Clary. It later turns out that his actual biological father was Valentine's right-hand man Stephen Herondale]]. Needless to say, Jace goes through a great many surname changes, although he often uses Lightwood after his adoptive parents and siblings. [[spoiler: Worth noting that Stephen had previously been married to Luke's sister]]
** [[spoiler: Valentine did in fact have an actual son with Jocelyn, Jonathan, whom he raised in secret. Jonathan disguises himself as Sebastian Verlac, a cousin of the prominent Penhallow family. Later he magically coerces Jace into regarding him as a brother. Jonathan also has a BrotherSisterIncest vibe with Clary]].
* TeensAreShort: It is called out repeatedly that the main characters whose biological parents are still running around look very much like their parents, only shorter.
* ThouShaltNotKillMuggles: Shadowhunters and Downworlders are forbidden by the Law to hurt mundanes.
* ToBeLawfulOrGood: A common quandary for Shadowhunters. The [[NotSoOmniscientCouncilOfBickering Clave]] is often [[LawfulStupid rather clueless]], even about the actions and motives of its own members. As a result the heroes must often struggle with deciding whether to follow the Law, or do what is necessary and/or right.
* TokenMinority: Simon is [[NiceJewishBoy Jewish]] ([[spoiler:this is especially hard for him once he becomes a vampire]]), Maia is [[ButNotTooBlack biracial]], and Magnus is part Asian.
%% * TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Clary and Isabelle. Played with in that Clary starts out as TheChick and evolves into a {{Badass}} while Isabelle is a {{Badass}} ActionGirl.
* TrilogyCreep: First, there was the original trilogy (''City of Bones'', ''City of Ashes'', and ''City of Glass''). Then, it was announced that Clare was writing ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices'', a steampunk prequel trilogy set in Victorian London (''The Clockwork Angel'', ''The Clockwork Prince'', and ''The Clockwork Princess''). ''Then'', a fourth book centered around the Simon character of the first trilogy was revealed to be in the works (''City of Fallen Angels''). '''''Then''''' Clare decided to add two more books to ''The Mortal Instruments'' story (''City of Lost Souls'' and ''City of Heavenly Fire'') while also stating that this new trilogy of MI books would no longer focus solely on Simon but rather on the entire cast. This YA fantasy book series literally tripled in size. Almost humorously, after writing ''City of Glass'' Clare stated in an interview that she liked half-open endings, and deliberately left hers that way, and that she had no intention of continuing it.\\
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It has far more than tripled now. In addition to ''The Mortal Instruments'' and the ''The Infernal Devices'', there are three new trilogies in the works; ''The Dark Artifices'', ''The Last Hours'' and ''The Wicked Powers''. Note that all of these are separate series within the same universe, and each trilogy (not including the double-trilogy of ''The Mortal Instruments'') is written so that it can be read on its own.
* TrueCompanions: At the beginning of the series, Alec, Isabelle, and Jace are this. Over the course of the series, the group expands to include Clary, Simon, and Magnus. By ''City of Heavenly Fire'', all six would go (quite literally) to hell and back for one another and, with the former three each falling in love with one of the latter, form a sort of family.
* TwoGuysAndAGirl: Jace Wayland, Clary Fray and Simon Lewis.
* TwoPartTrilogy: ''City of Fallen Angels'' was originally supposed to be a one-shot [[ComicBookAdaptation Graphic Novel]] follow-up to the original trilogy, until Creator/CassandraClare decided to make it the start of a second trilogy. It shows.
* UrbanFantasy: Shadowhunters, warlocks, werewolves, vampires and fairies, all in modern day [[BigApplesauce New York City]].
* VampireWerewolfLoveTriangle: The series has an unusual variation on this. There's a werewolf-vampire-human love triangle—but the ''vampire'' is at the center of it.
* VampiresAreSexGods: Discussed and Averted, as Jace makes clear to Simon:
-->'''Jace:''' There’s no such thing as vampire mojo.
* TheVerse: ''The Shadowhunter Chronicles'' consisting of this series, prequel series ''Literature/TheInfernalDevices'', sequel series ''The Dark Artifices'', ''The Last Hours'' (sequel to ''The Infernal Devices'') and ''The Wicked Powers'' (sequel to ''The Dark Artifices''), all taking place in the Shadowhunter world.
* ViralTransformation: Common from exposure to angelic or demonic influences and/or bodily fluids.
** The Shadowhunters received their special abilities from drinking the blood of the angel Raziel given to them in the Mortal Cup. New Shadowhunters can also be created this way, although the process is risky. [[spoiler: Jonathan Morgenstern arranged the creation of the Infernal Cup, tainted by the blood of Lilith, which can turn humans and Shadowhunters into [[EvilCounterpartRace Endarkened Shadowhunters]].]]
** Consumption of angel or demon blood generally, even in dried form, can result in changes to a person or their offspring. [[spoiler: Valentine, Jocelyn, Clary, Jace and especially Jonathan were all altered to some extent in this way due to Valentine's experimentation with the blood]].
** Vampires and werewolves are the descendants of two different species of demons. They can transmit their condition to humans, and even Shadowhunters, via bite.
* WeirdnessCensor: [[{{Muggles}} Mundanes]] cannot see the Shadow World or most individuals belonging to it as they really are. The Shadowhunters, being mostly human, would normally be visible to them, but a simple bit of magic renders them unnoticeable as well. Locations, including an entire ''country'' are hidden from human perception this way.
* WelcomedToTheMasquerade: It's brooding, experienced love interest Jace that first demonstrates Clary's Shadowhunter capabilities. Later, [[MrExposition Hodge Starkweather]] expounds on them.
%% * WellDoneSonGuy: Jace spent most of his life being this - until he found out who his father really was. And even then....
%% * WhatTheHellHero: Luke calls Clary out (with good reason) at the beginning of the third book.
%% * WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Idris.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart:
** Valentine Morgenstern is white-blond and, oh, ''aims to wipe out all Downworlders''.
** [[spoiler:Sebastian[=/=]Jonathan Morgenstern]] is white-haired and just as evil as his dad.
%% * WhoYouGonnaCall: Shadowhunters
* WillTheyOrWontThey: Jace and Clary, to ridiculous levels. Nothing much ever seems to happen until they figure out[[spoiler: they aren't related.]]
%% * WingedHumanoid: Jace in Clary's dream and sketch
%% * WolfMan: [[spoiler: Luke]], Maia and her pack.
* WordSaladLyrics:
** The lyrics to any song by Lawn Chair Crisis/Sea Vegetable Conspiracy/Sexist Pigs/Rock Solid Panda/Salacious Mold/Millennium Lint/Dangerous Stain/Dichotomous Lemur are like this.
** Not to mention Eric's poetry readings:
--> Come, my faux juggernaut, my nefarious loins! Slather every protuberance with arid zeal! Turgid is my torment! Agony swells within!
%% * WorldOfSnark: Granted, most of the protagonists are teenagers.
%% * WouldntHurtAChild: Subverted by Sebastian.
* YouKillItYouBoughtIt:
** In ''City of Lost Souls'', [[spoiler:Maureen Brown becomes leader of the New York vampire clan after killing Camille Belcourt]].
%% ** How [[spoiler: Luke]] becomes the new werewolf pack leader.
* YourDaysAreNumbered: In ''City of Ashes'', when Clary [[spoiler:destroys Valentine's ship with a single mark]], an awed Valentine says "Mene mene tekel upharsin", in reference to the Biblical quote above. It's given an IronicEcho later in ''City of Glass'', when [[spoiler:Clary engineers the failure of all his plans as well as his own death]]. He's sealed her mouth, so she writes "[[ShutUpHannibal MENE MENE TEKEL UPHARSIN]]" in the sand at his feet.
!!The Film Adaptation provides examples of:
* AdaptationDyeJob: In the books, Valentine Morgenstern is described as having white-blonde hair and black eyes. In the film, he's portrayed by Creator/JonathanRhysMeyers who has dark brown hair and blue eyes.
* AdaptationInducedPlothole: In the book Simon was abducted by vampires because he'd been turned into a rat, and they mistook him for one of them. In the movie, they took him as a hostage because they wanted the Mortal Cup. The movie failed to give us any possible use Vampires could have for the Cup.
* AlternativeForeignThemeSong: SCANDAL's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gIPWF1ZVuDg "Rainy"]] is the theme song for the Japanese release of the film.
* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Music/JohannSebastianBach is stated to have been a Shadowhunter and wrote chords that repel demons into his music.
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: [[spoiler:Madame Dorothea, played by CCH Pounder, is the first named character to kick the bucket courtesy of DemonicPossession]].
* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: The film has a ''ludicrously'' [[http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m8m16jjK3y1rdyda1o1_500.jpg attractive array of males]] in the cast - the females are pretty too, but there's much fewer of them.
* CastingGag: In the film, all of the Shadowhunters have British accents. Clary who is the daughter of one is played by Creator/LilyCollins who is also the daughter [[Music/PhilCollins a Brit]].
* ExtendedDisarming: Madame Dorothea refuses to let Shadowhunter Jace inside her apartment armed. He drops his sword in her umbrella stand, followed by a knife. Then another sword, another knife, more knives...and ''still'' more knives. When he's "finished" and starts walking towards the door, she raises her eyebrows, points to his boot, and he removes one more large knife to add to the collection.
* FilmOfTheBook
* FollowTheLeader: The film was green-lit as an attempt to fill the void of "teen paranormal romance" films left behind once the last ''Literature/{{Twilight}}'' film was released.
* HeldGaze: Magnus and Alec have one when they first meet. Cue the squeals of fangirls everywhere.
--> "Him. The one with the blue eyes."
* HollywoodNerd: Clary's best friend Simon is a shy, awkward, D&D-loving nerd who can't get her to notice that he's in love with her (and is eventually rejected in favor of the dashing hero Jace.) He is played by the ''gorgeous'' RobertSheehan.
* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: Simon confronts Clary about her decision to associate with Jace when Jace steps out of the room:
--> '''Simon:''' *whispering* Your mom is [[spoiler: ''gone'']], and you're hanging out with some dyed-blond-wanna-be-goth-wierdo?
--> ...
--> '''Jace:''' *re-entering room with a phone* You need to check this. Oh, and for the record, my hair is naturally blond.
%% * OrangeBlueContrast: The 2013 [[http://www.imdb.com/media/rm1227610624/tt1538403 movie poster]].
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