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* ClassicalMythology: The book is entirely about Greek gods in the modern world.
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* OhCrap: A pantheon-wide brawl screeches to a complete halt when the gods realize that someone [[spoiler: has managed to release the Titans from their prison]].
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* {{Geas}}: Any oath sworn by the River Styx (figuratively or literally) is binding, even for a god. Hermes even wiretaps the Styx so he can spy on anyone who utters such an oath in secret or in unthinking rage, and uses this to [[spoiler: blackmail Zeus]].
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* AllMythsAreTrue: Averted. Hera specifically states that while the Olympian gods ARE real, but other gods such as Thor, Loki, Anubis, and Elvis Presley are not.
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* DeusExMachina: At one point when Apollo saves them, Leif comments that he doesn't mind being on the receiving end of a ''Deus Ex Machina''. Thalia immediately laments that they've therefore become cliché.
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* ShapeShifting: Many of the immortal characters do this at some point, from turning into animals to simply disguising themselves as other people.
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* ImmortalsFearDeath: The fact that SOMEone discovered a way to KILL Zeus freaks out the entire rest of the pantheon to the point where even talking about the murder becomes nearly taboo.
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* ImmortalsFearDeath: The fact that SOMEone someone discovered a way to KILL ''kill'' Zeus freaks out the entire rest of the pantheon to the point where even talking about the murder becomes nearly taboo.
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* JerkassGods: Multiple instances, including: The gods sink Iceland in order to raise Atlantis just so they can return to the world with some style. One god, purely for kicks, tosses a minotaur into the mix during the running of the bulls in Spain. Aphrodite collapses a supermodel's clifftop home for trying to sue her over a botched facelift.
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* JerkassGods: Multiple instances, including: The gods sink Iceland in order to raise Atlantis just so they can return to the world with some style. One god, purely for kicks, tosses a minotaur into the mix during the running TheHedonist: Dionysus. Hedonism is part of the bulls in Spain. Aphrodite collapses a supermodel's clifftop home for trying to sue her over a botched facelift. his divine purview.
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* DaddysGirl: Aphrodite. Zeus outright declares her his favorite.
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* ALadyOnEachArm: Dionysus is first seen sitting on his recliner-throne playing video games while flanked by no less than three women, two of whom are dressed as ''cheerleaders''.
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->'''Hermes:''' He's actually a decent enough chap. A bit inexorable. A tad strict, perhaps, but it's his job to keep the dead out of the world of the living. You don’t want someone like me in charge of that. One good distraction and wham! Zombie apocalypse!
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->''"You cannot resurrect a god by accident."''
->''"Won't know until you don't try!"''
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->''"Won't know until you don't try!"''
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* ZombieApocalypse: Invoked by Hermes at a press conference when speaking of [[EverybodyHatesHades Hades]]: "He's actually a decent enough chap. A bit inexorable. A tad strict, perhaps, but it's his job to keep the dead out of the world of the living. You don’t want someone like me in charge of that. One good distraction and wham! Zombie apocalypse!"
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* ZombieApocalypse: Invoked by Hermes at a press conference when speaking of [[EverybodyHatesHades Hades]]: "He's Hades]]:
->'''Hermes:''' He's actually a decent enough chap. A bit inexorable. A tad strict, perhaps, but it's his job to keep the dead out of the world of the living. You don’t want someone like me in charge of that. One good distraction and wham! Zombieapocalypse!"apocalypse!
->'''Hermes:''' He's actually a decent enough chap. A bit inexorable. A tad strict, perhaps, but it's his job to keep the dead out of the world of the living. You don’t want someone like me in charge of that. One good distraction and wham! Zombie
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** Leif. He may even be a little ''too'' genre-savvy, as certain things he expects to happen just don't. Still, he gets it right more often than not. [[Spoiler: Zeus eventually recruits him for this very reason.]]
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->''"You cannot resurrect a god by accident."''
->''"Won't know until you don't try!"''
-->-- '''Apollo''' and '''Leif''', ''Zeus Is Dead: A Monstrously Inconvenient Adventure''
->''"Won't know until you don't try!"''
-->-- '''Apollo''' and '''Leif''', ''Zeus Is Dead: A Monstrously Inconvenient Adventure''
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* AllMythsAreTrue: Averted. Hera specifically states that while the Olympian gods ARE real, but other gods such as Thor, Loki, Anubis, and Elvis Presley are not.
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* GodJob: Arguably, Marcus, who apparently got tricked into an agreement with Charon and now has to spend six months out of the year taking Charon's place running the Acheron ferry to Hades.
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* ImmortalityInducer: [[spoiler: The Large Hadron Collider at CERN]]
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* MonsterOfTheWeek: The concept behind the in-universe reality TV show ''Monster Slayer''. Jason Powers stalks and kills a new monster each week.
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* SelfFulfillingProphecy: The gods' original withdrawal was Zeus's attempt to outwit a prophecy of his murder, which, eventually, made it come true.
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* DivineParentage: One key to bringing Zeus back lies with one of his mortal children. The trouble is figuring out just which mortal it is.
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* GlamourFailure: Invisibility, when used against humans, works pretty well, but gods can still spot other invisible gods if they concentrate.
** Hermes spots Apollo, despite his appearing in disguise, because Apollo apparently has a habit of re-using faces.
* GlobalWarming: Artemis seems to have come up with global warming in an effort to get mortals to respect the environment more.
** Hermes spots Apollo, despite his appearing in disguise, because Apollo apparently has a habit of re-using faces.
* GlobalWarming: Artemis seems to have come up with global warming in an effort to get mortals to respect the environment more.
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Just about 3,000 years ago, Zeus, the immortal king of the Olympian gods, commanded the entire pantheon to withdraw from the mortal world. That changed in 2009 when ''someone'' finds a way to assassinate him. With Zeus out of the way, the Olympians returned to the public eye, and soon had their own temples, casinos, and media empires. Some of them are even on Twitter.
The only god not having a grand time of things? Apollo. With a global population of 7 billion, and a bursting portfolio that includes the sun, literature, music, medicine, truth, light, prophecy, archery, gelatin desserts, etc., the amount of email he receives from rapacious mortals turns his life into a living hell.
The only god not having a grand time of things? Apollo. With a global population of 7 billion, and a bursting portfolio that includes the sun, literature, music, medicine, truth, light, prophecy, archery, gelatin desserts, etc., the amount of email he receives from rapacious mortals turns his life into a living hell.
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Just about 3,000 years ago, Zeus, the immortal king of the Olympian gods, commanded the entire pantheon to withdraw from the mortal world. That changed in 2009 nine months ago when ''someone'' finds found a way to assassinate him. With Zeus out of the way, the Olympians returned to the public eye, and soon had their own temples, casinos, and media empires. Some of them are even on Twitter.
The only god not having a grand time of things? Apollo. Witha the modern global population of at over 7 billion, and a bursting portfolio that includes the sun, literature, music, medicine, truth, light, prophecy, archery, gelatin desserts, etc., the amount of email he receives from rapacious mortals turns his life into a living hell.
The only god not having a grand time of things? Apollo. With
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* CallToAdventure: Leif refuses this, for a little while, when Apollo comes calling, reasoning that refusing to help Apollo is less risky than helping him and getting a bunch of other gods angry.
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* GenreSavvy:
** Leif. He may even be a little ''too'' genre-savvy, as certain things he expects to happen just don't. Still, he gets it right more often than not. [[Spoiler: Zeus eventually recruits him for this very reason.]]
** The Muses could be considered to be this, too, since they spend most of their time helping craft stories.
** Leif. He may even be a little ''too'' genre-savvy, as certain things he expects to happen just don't. Still, he gets it right more often than not. [[Spoiler: Zeus eventually recruits him for this very reason.]]
** The Muses could be considered to be this, too, since they spend most of their time helping craft stories.
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* ZombieApocalypse: Invoked by Hermes at a press conference when speaking of Hades: "He's actually a decent enough chap. A bit inexorable. A tad strict, perhaps, but it's his job to keep the dead out of the world of the living. You don’t want someone like me in charge of that. One good distraction and wham! Zombie apocalypse!"
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* ZombieApocalypse: Invoked by Hermes at a press conference when speaking of Hades: [[EverybodyHatesHades Hades]]: "He's actually a decent enough chap. A bit inexorable. A tad strict, perhaps, but it's his job to keep the dead out of the world of the living. You don’t want someone like me in charge of that. One good distraction and wham! Zombie apocalypse!"
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** The Orthlaelapsian Wraith, which [[spoiler: guards the nine cans in which the Titans are imprisoned...in the back room of an antiques shop in Swindon]]
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* ZombieApocalypse: Invoked by Hermes at a press conference when speaking of Hades: "He's actually a decent enough chap. A bit inexorable. A tad strict, perhaps, but it's his job to keep the dead out of the world of the living. You don’t want someone like me in charge of that. One good distraction and wham! Zombie apocalypse!"
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* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: [[spoiler: Jason.]] "Oh, gods! No one survives a plummet!"
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* KeeperOfForbiddenKnowledge: The Moirae (a.k.a. The Fates), though they're not evil so much as they are very, very detached. And strict.
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* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Thalia tries this against the Erinyes. [[spoiler: It doesn't work so well. It does, at least, delay them long enough for Apollo to arrive and do it better.]]
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* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Thalia tries this against the Erinyes. [[spoiler: It doesn't work so well. It does, at least, delay them long enough for Apollo to arrive and do it better.]]]]
* ThresholdGuardians:
** The "guardian-tree" at Zeus's old temple.
** Marcus, who runs the ferry to Hades six months out of the year when Charon takes vacation
** Cerberus, guarding the gates to Hades
** The Orthlaelapsian Wraith, which [[spoiler: guards the nine cans in which the Titans are imprisoned...in the back room of an antiques shop in Swindon]]
* ThresholdGuardians:
** The "guardian-tree" at Zeus's old temple.
** Marcus, who runs the ferry to Hades six months out of the year when Charon takes vacation
** Cerberus, guarding the gates to Hades
** The Orthlaelapsian Wraith, which [[spoiler: guards the nine cans in which the Titans are imprisoned...in the back room of an antiques shop in Swindon]]
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* MobileMenace: The swarms of "razorwings" (i.e. playfully feral kittens with bat wings who spit paralytic poison, chew through metal, and bifurcate when killed) that roam the southeastern United States, not to mention gods who can teleport if they know where to find you.
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* ManipulativeEditing: On a ''Monster Slayer'' shoot outside Las Vegas, Tracy mentions that they can edit out some of the monster's cuter moments to make Jason killing it seem more heroic. [[spoiler: The monster in question becomes far more fearsome shortly thereafter.]]
* RealityTV: Since mythological creatures returned soon after the gods, there is a show called ''Monster Slayer'' that's akin to DirtyJobs but with the star traveling around slaying monsters.
* RealityTV: Since mythological creatures returned soon after the gods, there is a show called ''Monster Slayer'' that's akin to DirtyJobs but with the star traveling around slaying monsters.
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* ArtifactOfDoom: The Unmaking Nexus
* BrotherSisterTeam: Apollo and Artemis, though Apollo spends some of the book keeping Artemis in the dark because he doesn't want to risk her safety.
* ClassicalMythology: The book is entirely about Greek gods in the modern world.
* JerkassGods: Multiple instances, including: The gods sink Iceland in order to raise Atlantis just so they can return to the world with some style. One god, purely for kicks, tosses a minotaur into the mix during the running of the bulls in Spain. Aphrodite collapses a supermodel's clifftop home for trying to sue her over a botched facelift.
* IdiotBall: The Muses have access to the actual Idiot Ball, which is usually kept safely in conceptual form in their Hall of Creative Abstract Concepts on Olympus. [[spoiler: Thalia has the other muses coalesce it into physical form for her as part of a plan to free Leif and Tracy from Dionysus's casino. Then she loses track of it.]] Problemsoccur.occur.
* RunningGag: Tracy's recurring craving for an ice cream sundae.
* SealedEvilInACan: Literally. Zeus and his siblings sealed the nine most dangerous Titans in actual cans.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Thalia tries this against the Erinyes. [[spoiler: It doesn't work so well. It does, at least, delay them long enough for Apollo to arrive and do it better.]]
* BrotherSisterTeam: Apollo and Artemis, though Apollo spends some of the book keeping Artemis in the dark because he doesn't want to risk her safety.
* ClassicalMythology: The book is entirely about Greek gods in the modern world.
* JerkassGods: Multiple instances, including: The gods sink Iceland in order to raise Atlantis just so they can return to the world with some style. One god, purely for kicks, tosses a minotaur into the mix during the running of the bulls in Spain. Aphrodite collapses a supermodel's clifftop home for trying to sue her over a botched facelift.
* IdiotBall: The Muses have access to the actual Idiot Ball, which is usually kept safely in conceptual form in their Hall of Creative Abstract Concepts on Olympus. [[spoiler: Thalia has the other muses coalesce it into physical form for her as part of a plan to free Leif and Tracy from Dionysus's casino. Then she loses track of it.]] Problems
* RunningGag: Tracy's recurring craving for an ice cream sundae.
* SealedEvilInACan: Literally. Zeus and his siblings sealed the nine most dangerous Titans in actual cans.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Thalia tries this against the Erinyes. [[spoiler: It doesn't work so well. It does, at least, delay them long enough for Apollo to arrive and do it better.]]
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The only god not having a grand time of things? Apollo. With a global population of 7 billion, and a bursting portfolio that includes the sun, literature, music, medicine, truth, light, prophecy, archery, gelatin desserts, etc., the amount of email he receives from rapacious mortals turns his life into a living hell.
His only way out may be to somehow bring Zeus--and his withdrawal decree--back to life. With the aid of Thalia, the muse of comedy and science fiction, Apollo will
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