History Roleplay / HungerGamesSimulation

* [[OriginalTropes/HungerGamesSimulation Original Run Tropes]]
* [[TropesAToO/HungerGamesSimulation Convergence/Another Side, Another Story Tropes A-O]]
* [[TropesPToZ/HungerGamesSimulation Convergence/Another Side, Another Story Tropes P-Z]]

!!''HGS: Convergence'' and ''HGS: Another Side, Another Story'' provide examples of:

[[folder: Tropes P - T]]
* ParentalAbandonment:
** Both Mimi and Arcturus lost their parents at a very young age: the former never saw hers since they hid her egg when the "bad people" invaded her home, while the latter saw his being killed by Blackblood's soldiers before Arcturus was kidnapped by ??? [[spoiler:(actually Dark Bale)]]. Thankfully, both of them were HappilyAdopted by 6k1 and Billy, respectively.
** Alex's father Flint, who was a Charizard and a famed rescuer, passed away before Alex met Aaron. He also never knew his mother growing up because Charizard couples leave it to one parent to raise their children. Alex's teammate Tokage also lost his parents when he was younger, but he was later HappilyAdopted by Proteus.
** Reggie and Lizzie Dawnshire had loving parents, even if the latter supported Snow during his regime. They then neglected their kids when they worked at Neon Quarters before dying in the destruction during the Multiversal War. Thankfully, Dave and Fira rescued Reggie and Lizzie during their mission to save [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Sayaka Miki]] and decided to [[HappilyAdopted adopt them as their own.]]
** Marian's parents passed on before her introduction, and because of this, she can't ask them about [[spoiler:her half-Alebrije heritage.]]
* ParentsInDistress: Les and Reba got kidnapped by Dark Stanford not long after they reconciled with their daughter Wanda, and she must storm his lair in [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} ZDR]] to rescue them.
* PastLifeMemories: The nominators who participated in the Games in the OT generally remember it fully after surviving the Great Destruction. Only a few tributes from that timeline, usually those who have RippleEffectProofMemory such as time travelers like [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Frisk]], recall it too, because the dimensional rips leading to the Reboot Timeline cause brain damage and wipe the memories of those who pass through them. The OT nominators[[note]]barring 6k1 and Dave, who already have the immunity[[/note]], Franchise/{{Kirby}}[[note]]the one loyal to Mr. Star[[/note]], and CAC'S VideoGame/RushingBeat friends[[note]]though one can assume that he simply informed them of the OT after the jump[[/note]] are among the few without RippleEffectProofMemory to have their minds survive the jump between timelines. Billy, despite joining in the Reboot, also remembers the OT and how he survived the Great Destruction.
* PerilousMarriageProposal: At the Alebrijes' Land of Dreams, [[spoiler:Joaquin]] promised to marry [[spoiler:Veena, who's being atomized by Dark Stanford,]] after the mission to protect the Hypnos-Stone is all over, knowing that [[spoiler:she'll come back after it since she'll [[AndIMustScream just be contained in a beaker as a dormant liquid until her atoms are restored.]]]]
* PersonAsVerb: Ichi and Power's deep, intimate friendship ended up influencing Oscar and Lucian's that Aaron has affectionately called the latter's friendship "Ichistroking".
* PerspectiveFlip: The main thread's about the tributes fighting each other to death, while ''Convergence/ASAS's'' about the lives of the nominators, or the people sending in the tributes, along with their closest allies.
* PlaceBeyondTime:
** Being a spatial and temporal amalgamation of every possible universe, time doesn't make sense in the Voidlands. It's possible for it to be morning in one section and night in another, and time travel isn't possible there.
** Tempest Zone doesn't seem to operate on a normal timescale with the rest of the 'verse, and Ylva says that clocks don't work there. It's also implied that there's a timeskip to ''after'' the season at the Tempest Zone whenever their tributes are revived, explaining why from the perspective of the reader, they ''appear'' to be eliminated from the Arena immediately after their deaths without making any posthumous appearances[[note]]they actually do, but mostly offscreen[[/note]].
* PlanetOfHats: The Bugtrio and the Fiery Blue Wings went to a parallel version of Whispering Pines for their day trip, where everyone is either a clone of Henry or transformed into him. [[spoiler:They discover that this world's Henry became a corrupt prince who [[AssimilationPlot was manipulated by Evil Phoebe into transforming his subjects into his likeness and forcing them to worship him]] as payback for kicking him out of the island.]]
* PolarOppositeTwins: Between the [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Vaporeon]] Twins, [[EnergeticAndSoftSpokenDuo Penny is hyperactive while Jenny is reserved.]]
* PortalBook:
** Played with: [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]] uses books from other worlds as the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls Crystal Mirror's]] power source so she can go to those worlds through it.
** The Database Library has traditional Portal Books in its Restricted Section to ensure that visitors, especially young children, don't accidentally get lost inside them.
* PortalNetwork:
** One of the primary ways of travel between universes is through portals, and this is how most tributes enter Panem. Some nominators can [[ThinkingUpPortals summon them on their own]], like Dave, Mett, and Elliot. In addition, Billy's servants, George and Kayla, can summon portals, too.
** The [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Fountain of Darkness]] in Castle Town serves as a Multiversal portal for Ralsei, which opened itself to the Games after Kris and Susie sealed the Eastern Fountain in Card Kingdom and left. Its magic can also retain visitors' forms whenever they travel to worlds with FisherKingdom effects.
* PreInsanityReveal: A flashback scene reveals who Blood Moon used to be before he turned insane. [[spoiler:He was close comrades with Fire Eyes and Brave Spear since they were young [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Mawkin]] warriors, but during a dangerous mission on their home planet, Blood Moon was infected by an X Parasite and [[KillTheOnesYouLove was forced to kill his lover, Brave Spear.]] After Blood Moon fused with the X, his mind was warped with the parasite's primal instincts to feed on and infect others, and [[TheMourningAfter he never got over his murder of Brave Spear as a result.]] Blood Moon then used his insanity to torture and threaten Knox into doing his bidding, lest he get eaten as punishment. That is, until Knox managed to resist Blood Moon's attempted MindRape on him with the encouragement from Joaquin's soul inside Knox.]]
* PrivacyByDistraction: When 6k1[[note]]as a unicorn[[/note]] was having her friendship lessons with [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight]], she heard that "Bright Stardust"[[note]]who was actually Dave disguised as a unicorn[[/note]] would be visiting her. Not wanting him to intrude on their conversation, 6k1 told Spike to tell him once he arrived that Twilight was busy having a meeting with a census reporter named Bar Graph. She also removed her necklace, but felt that "Bright" would see through her PaperThinDisguise anyway since her scar showed through her pelt.
* PronouncingMyNameForYou: A variation where someone teaches another character how to pronounce a third character's name: When Old Justice met CAC's DistaffCounterpart, he thought of calling her "Stacy" because it rhymed with "CAC". Cue the following exchange:
--> '''The Smol One''': What? 'Stacy' doesn't rhyme with 'CAC'.\\
'''Robin''': He's pronouncing it 'CAC', not 'CAC'[[note]]"KAK"[[/note]].\\
'''Old Justice''': That's what I meant, 'C-A-C', 'Stacy'!
* ProtectiveCharm:
** Because they don't have it naturally, Power and Paper ordered RippleEffectProofMemory charms from Billy to protect their minds from forgetting tributes that are [[RetGone erased from existence]].
** After the [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Delta Warriors' mission in the Cyber World]], Ralsei made amulets containing the essence of the Fountain of Darkness to protect the Darkners from [[spoiler:turning into stone outside Castle Town since the Arena's protective magic until that point faded away.]]
* QueerEstablishingMoment:
** Towards the end of CVG, after helping her crew get rid of the Sphere Doomers at her base, Tabby got flattered when Andromeda carried her in her arms, hinting that Tabby's a lesbian.
** At one point in ASAS, CAC casually told his VideoGame/RushingBeat friends that he's aroace, and how he felt uncomfortable when he dated [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger Lavos]], [[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception the One Being]], and [[VideoGame/{{Yakuza}} Kazuma Kiryu]] in Reboot Season 2. He believed that the Arena temporarily made him feel romantic/sexual attraction towards them that season.
** When CAC nominated the bisexual flag for Season 272, Strawbrey looked at it and Letooce awkwardly and wondered why CAC "called [the former] out like that", implying that she identifies with the flag.
* RandomEventsPlot: Much like how the events of every season are randomized, the various arcs in the thread vary wildly. Between parties, rescue missions, nominators and tributes just hanging out together, and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick villainous organizations planning Multiversal domination]], there's no real MythArc other than the misadventures the main characters have besides watching the Hunger Games.
* RealityChangingMiniature: There's a miniature version of the solar system in the Voidlands that affects the real deal when someone interacts with them. When Valecor first visited it, he pretended to eat the mini-earth, causing the real one to go dark during Snow's party. He then shot down the mini-sun in his second visit, blotting out the real earth's sky for six hours before Reboot Season 68.
* RecursiveCanon: Because ''anything'' can be a tribute, both the universe where a tribute resides and its respective work can coexist. For example, 6k1 reads the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' books while nominating tributes from the Wizarding World, which she visited once to return Charlie Weasley to his family after being [[RetGone erased from existence]] in Reboot Season 133.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: The reptile-themed Reboot Season 125 featured reptile characters being horrible to each other in all manner of ways including a villain league composed entirely of them, but fourth-place finisher [[WesternAnimation/LittleBear No Feet]] was an especially notable case as the character, canonically a rare snake aversion to the trope, became such an [[TheUnfettered unfettered]] ManipulativeBastard that it bordered on AdaptationalVillainy. He was ultimately the BigBad of the season who tricked [[Music/StrayKids I.N and Changbin]] into killing each other.
* RequestForPrivacy: Before Dave got discharged from the Science Center's Recovery Room after his injuries from the failed attempt to raid Zorua's base had healed, he requested everyone but 6k1 to leave so that he could ask her on what to do after he realized that Fira had a crush on him.
* RescueArc: The nominators often go on rescue missions to save fellow nominators or tributes that were captured or banished into other dimensions or points in time.
* ResurrectionDeathLoop: "Timewrecking" involves forcing the victim to drink the [[Franchise/TouhouProject Hourai Elixir]] to grant them immortality and then repeatedly killing and reviving them through a myriad of ways. Such a fate is considered [[AFateWorseThanDeath worse than death]] because it's difficult to escape from like a ''ship''wreck, but [[Music/{{BTS}} Kim Taehyung aka V]], [[VideoGame/LegacyOfKain Kain]], and the [[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Black Eagles]] were luckily rescued by [[Franchise/TouhouProject Yukari]], Billy, and 6k1, respectively. Timewrecker and his forces were also subjected to this [[KarmicDeath as punishment for their atrocities]] during Villain Month but were [[TimeLoopTrap trapped in the loop for all of eternity.]]
* {{Retcon}}: Originally, Timewrecker analyzed the Arena in Reboot Season 68 and concluded that all the weirdness inside was residue from the Voidlands' creation because the Arena was in the epicenter of the Great Destruction. However, this was retconned in ASAS into either a mistake in his calculations or a lie about them because it didn't explain why the Arena behaved that way in the OT. It was revealed towards the end of CVG that the Gamemakers send a signal to the tributes to subconsciously manipulate them into behaving erratically.
* {{Retirony}}: Coatl, the Elder of the Alebrijes' Land of Dreams, planned to pass the crown to [[spoiler:his nephew, Knox, after the latter's late father (and Coatl's brother) Sebastian gave up his Alebrije powers to become a mortal coyote. However, Coatl declared Knox unfit for the throne for trying to steal the Hypnos-Stone and eating Alebrije souls, so he planned to pass the crown to Knox's adopted son Joaquin instead. Unfortunately, Coatl was then infected by an [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} X Parasite]], turning him into a mindless beast controlled by it and [[DeathOfPersonality killing the "real" him]] before he exploded from being defeated by the heroes.]]
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The Starbles are mischievous furball creatures that can eat almost anything in one gulp and without ill effects, shoot twin lasers from their antennae, and also heal wounds with them. 6k1 and Billy both own them as pets, and they both gave them a lot of trouble until they were equipped with muzzles and {{Translator Collar}}s.
* RidingIntoTheSunset: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Shelley when Odessa's pirate crew sails into the sunset after their adventure in the [[PortalBook magical pirate book.]] They decide to turn the ship around so they can hang out in the realm a little longer.
--> '''Shelley''': "If we go into the sunset, does that mean the story is over and we leave?"
* RobotBuddy: Zorua, 6k1, Bale, and Nine-Tailed Cat all have robot assistants, [=N0V-4=], the Databot (aka Ally), Xochi, and Majel, respectively, that help them with their jobs.
* RollercoasterMine: [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Ralsei]], Aaron, and James rode on one on the way to rescue Lucian, which crash-landed into the room where Kris was being held captive by Morgan, knocking out the latter during his fight against Susie.
* RonTheDeathEater:
** InUniverse. [[Music/{{BTS}} Jimin]] literally became a [[Literature/HarryPotter Death Eater]] during Reboot Season 60, as a result of being severely traumatized by how his bandmate, V, was killed by [[VideoGame/TheBattleCats Miko Mitama]], allowing [[Literature/HarryPotter Voldemort]] to corrupt him. He even got [[Series/{{Arrowverse}} metahuman]] powers too.
** [[ConversationalTroping Discussed]] by Power and Ichi when she shared with him her favorite fanfic, ''Fanfic/WhiteBox''. She didn't like that [[spoiler:[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Princess]] [[BigGood Celestia]] was implied to be the bad guy]], which was a common trend for fanfic writers back in the day.
* RuleOfDrama: [[ConversationalTroping Discussed]] by Power and [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Alphys]] when they were researching about data clones for the latter's cloning machine project and their callout for 6k1 about her thoughts on the matter. Alphys thought of modifying the clone so that they're as difficult to retrieve as the original if they died in the [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill V Incident]] to "preserve its integrity", but Power shut it down, believing that 6k1 must accept that its shock value has to be sacrificed for her tributes' safety. They'd still preserve the other events because they understand that she'd want to keep some aspects of the Games in some way.
* RunningGag:
** 6k1 being exasperated every time absurdly large group tributes are nominated.
** [[Music/StrayKids Lee Felix]] [[BerserkButton going berserk]] whenever he sees someone not following his [[PleasePutSomeClothesOn ridiculously high fashion standards.]] [[RunningGagged However]], he eventually [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone regretted it after the Stays weren't pleased with his actions]] in Reboot Season 79, remembering what Terminus warned him of when he fought him in a warehouse.
** Aaron the [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Lucario]] having to be careful not to impale people with his chest spike when hugging them, though he has since [[RunningGagged drank a potion to remove it.]]
* ScienceFantasy: ''CVG/ASAS'''s genre could be considered this, as the diversity of the universes the tributes come from allows for a harmonious blend of both magic and technology, though it leans more in favor of the former.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: During 6k1's vacation, [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Sans and Papyrus]] were confronted by their old enemy Flowey[[note]]who's from another Underground where he wasn't aware of the Genocide Timeline[[/note]] along with [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Bill Cipher]] in front of their house. They summoned their Gaster Blasters at them for offering them to form an EnemyMine against one or the other, and also for Bill pulling a cruel prank on them by flooding their house with swamp water. When Flowey transformed into his Photoshop form and Bill set their house on fire, they both made a run for Waterfall. Needless to say, they were ''[[{{Pun}} boned.]]''
* SeeWater: During the treasure hunt section of the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Las Pegasus]] funhouse, the room's magic passively granted the non-aquatic participants and those not wearing snorkels like Pinkie Pie underwater vision.
* ShareTheMalePain:
** In Reboot Season 95, the ''entire music fanbase'' was forced by Terminus's droid to collectively strike Dave Rogers in the groin. The scene was so painful to watch [[ExaggeratedTrope even Power, a unicorn mare, felt it.]]
** It happened again in Reboot Season 135 when ''the Multiverse'' punched [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Sakura Haruno and Sasuke Uchiha]] in their groins, causing Dave, Fira, and Hans to scream in unison. Power and [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Alphys]] also winced at the sight, but tried not to scream because they were watching in the Database Library.
** It also happened outside the Arena when Freyja, who was disguised as "Laura" in New Durango, kneed Scipion in the groin. All the men in the group who were assigned to retrieve [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Asriel's]] ring from the 'Brijes winced at the scene.
* ShowWithinAShow: President Snow has a [[SubvertedKidsShow "children's" show]] named "Future of Panem", which is just propaganda about him killing everyone who opposes him.
* SickeningSlaughterhouse: Snow's train passed through one while taking the nominators to the Arena for the 1st Reboot Nominator Games. The passengers, especially Starfall, Power, and [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Ralsei]] (who were two ponies and a goat, respectively), were understandably grossed out by the livestock being slaughtered right in front of them.
* SimpleSolutionWontWork: Because the Tempests are {{Domain Holder}}s, the smol one suggests just using that power to conjure medication for their untreated ADHD. Mintleaf, baffled that she hadn't ever considered this, tries it immediately, but it doesn't work, seemingly arbitrarily -- she chalks it up to [[MediumAwareness "fourth-wall reasons".]]
* SinkingShipScenario: While [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Noelle and Berdly]] were sailing aboard Benji's ship to Danjor Island, the former worried about how the Delta Warriors were doing fighting [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Kyurem]] outside the Expedition Society HQ. She {{imagine|Spot}}d herself and Susie reenacting ''Film/Titanic1997'', even its sinking, [[NotHisSled but unlike in the movie]], Susie, [[FurryReminder being a reptile]], froze to death before she could swim towards Noelle and the big piece of driftwood she was floating on.
* SkewedPriorities:
** Ichi is more concerned about seasons being delayed than whatever dangers are looming over Panem, even the Multiversal War.
** When 6k1 revealed that she was pretending to be Power at Haze's Halloween party, her guests, who were playing along with her, took offense that she used her disguise to lie to Bale about her thoughts on data clones... while [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Papyrus]] was surprised that [[ComicallyMissingThePoint her "ears" were detachable.]]
** In Reboot Season 133, Ally was more concerned about Ultimate finally showing himself after being reclusive for so long than his brief fight with Psyche in the Arena.
** When [[spoiler:Silas]] threatened to possess him, Henry was more afraid of his reputation being tarnished and [[WardrobeWound his tabard being stained]] than being psychologically damaged or forced to hurt his allies. [[spoiler:He ended up eating his own words when Silas went through with the threat by [[GrandTheftMe forcing his soul out of his body before possessing it.]]]]
** [[Roleplay/WeAreAllPiratesRevenge Belissima]], a vain ChestMonster, was more upset by her appearance being ruined when [[spoiler:the Voidlands Franchise/{{Metroid}} snatched her away and dropped her after destroying Eye-Sicle's lair.]]
* SnapBack: After Reboot Season 81, when [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Bebe]] dipped herself into [[Franchise/{{Kirby}} Magolor's]] vat of literal [[invoked]] SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel, she transformed into Nagisa. However, she was back to being Bebe in the Sayaka Mission with no explanation on how she transformed back.
* SpaghettiKiss: Lucian and Oscar invoked this on June and Aaron during their Christmas party at the [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Looniverse]] by stringing a candy necklace around their necks and watching them eat the opposite ends.
* SparedByTheAdaptation:
** In Reboot Season 41, the entire Legion of Doom got electrocuted by the Forcefield because of [[GravityScrew gravity reversal]], but in ''Convergence'', some of the members survived thanks to GASK and Valecor's intervention.
** Franchise/{{Kirby}} almost always escapes certain death in the Arena despite the main thread stating that he died. {{Subverted|Trope}} in Reboot Season 144, where [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair Kazuichi Souda]] ate him along with Ribbon in a primal craze, reducing them to souls.
** [[Literature/HarryPotter Errol]], the Weasley family owl, was presumed dead by the end of his source material because of his old age, but in ASAS, he was alive and well when 6k1 nominated him and Pigwidgeon for Reboot Season 129. After his revival, Errol delivered Arthur's letter to her after Season 133 to request the revival of his son Percy[[note]]his other son Charlie was [[RetGone erased from existence]], so he didn't remember him going to the Arena[[/note]].
** In ''Roleplay/WeHaveAllBecomePokemon'', Lyric was MIA after April's death but whether he died or not was unknown, but in ASAS, he's alive and well, but his family hasn't heard from him since he abandoned them after the tragedy. That is, until June encountered him when he tried kidnapping Oscar and Lucian.
* SpotTheImposter: To test her disguise revealer, 6k1 conducted an experiment to determine which of her tributes and staff members were shapeshifted into others and zap them with it. She used different methods to find the impostor such as looking for distinguishing features, noticing if they break character or are suddenly incompetent with their disguise's powers, and [[SpotTheThread finding inconsistencies in their claims.]]
* StargazingScene: Mr. Star's birthday happened during a meteor shower, and the guests were all invited to watch it. Power took this opportunity to invite Ichi to watch it with her for her early birthday celebration, too.
* StealthPun: One of the ways to revive a tribute is by reversing time on their body to restore their original state, which Billy's staff does as standard procedure if the body is irreparably damaged. In other words, time ''literally'' heals all wounds.
* StockAnimalName: The [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Sharpedo]] guard at the Blue Orb Shrine is named Film/{{Jaws}}. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Lugia:
--> "Not a very original name, I know."
* StorefrontTelevisionDisplay: 6k1 and Power found one while shopping for Christmas gifts in a mall in Seoul, letting them catch up with Reboot Season 78's Battle Royale.
* {{Teleportation}}: Another means of going around various worlds is by teleportation. Some tributes can do this naturally, while others and several nominators use teleporters. Teleport pads are also used to make deliveries.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: InUniverse. While data clones and their close equivalents had become widely accepted as temporary substitutes until the Simulator is implemented, some fans of the Games were upset about them. They complain that they don't "feel the same" as the originals despite the benefits, and in the case of inorganic replacements such as Android Ichi for the 4th Reboot Nominator Games, they think that their performance would still be affected.
* ThinDimensionalBarrier: The Webking House has a crack-shaped [[https://the-magnus-archives.fandom.com/wiki/The_Gap_in_Reality gap in reality]] by its terrace wall, where characters from other universes (such as Libre from the ''Roleplay/TropersTheSeries'' universe, and Klug and Sig from the ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' Fever universe) can end up in the main universe ''Another Side, Another Story'' takes place. [[spoiler:In actuality, this gap was made by a rogue [[VideoGame/LibraryOfRuina W Corp]] worker that had escaped to Panem, which is possible because W Corp weaponry can do {{Portal Cut}}s.]]
* ThreePlusTwo: The main [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Delta Warriors]] are composed of Kris, Susie, and Ralsei, but after they got Noelle and Berdly's help in defeating Evil Phoebe and [[spoiler:Vahirom]], Noelle and Berdly swore their loyalty to them, and they officially recognized them as honorary members. This team is now called the ''Expanded'' Delta Warriors when Noelle and Berdly are included.
* TimeTravelEpisode: Reboot Season 125 involved [[Music/StrayKids Yang Jeongin aka I.N]] receiving a warning from his future self about the dangers he would face in the season, and also that something bad would happen to his bandmate Changbin. This haunted him for the entire season, and he got bullied by the other tributes despite seeking comfort from Changbin, who then [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants became a petty villain over constantly failing his driving test.]] Towards the end, [[WesternAnimation/LittleBear No Feet]] tricked both I.N and Changbin into killing each other in a literal BattleOfTheBands, and I.N ran away and covered his eyes from the [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Spanish Inquisition]] Arena Event. Upon realizing that he was the last one standing, he requested to travel back to the first day [[StableTimeLoop to warn his past self of what he had been through.]]
* TimeyWimeyBall: The fact that [[NarniaTime time works differently across different places, resulting in discrepancies around them]], especially [[WebcomicTime in regards to Panem's time compared to that of]] [[RealLife Earth Prime]], tends to be {{lampshade|Hanging}}d, especially when [[AgeLift time-shifted]] tributes are nominated. This leads to Earth Prime holidays being celebrated on the same Panem day, and that's without mentioning the TimeTravel aspects, which can vary from one user to the next.
--> '''6k1''': Hey, Multiversal time is confusing, so don't think too much about it.
* TimeZonesDoNotExist:
** {{Averted|Trope}}, since Ally mentioned the Capitol following Mountain Standard Time since it's located in what used to be Wyoming. Additionally, the Arena has its ''own'' timezone due to the day-night cycles being controlled artificially. However, this gets [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged]] when several universes, which run on their own timezones, inexplicably have the same timezone as Panem in certain plots.
** The fact that most universes run on their own timezones became a plot point when CAC had a nightmare where he was berated by voices encouraging him to kill himself for [[KnightTemplar his outdated extremist views against all villains]], and then [[SuicideByCop he allowed Dark Stanford to atomize him for his crimes.]] [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]] wasn't able to [[DreamWalker rescue him from his nightmare]] because it was around noon in Equestria when he had it, and Twilight only does dream duty when it's nighttime for her.
* ToiletHumor: When Scipion was on the fence about attending Bale's Christmas party, he considered sending some gifts over to the guests there so he wouldn't bother them with his presence. This gave Morgan an idea:
--> '''Morgan''': What are you going to offer them? Shit?\\
'''Scipion''': No, not shit. Chocolate. Everyone likes chocolate.\\
''[He furiously growled when Morgan grinned further.]''\\
'''Scipion''': No. Chocolate ain't shit, Morgan. I know they're of the same color but still...
* TournamentArc:
** One of the events during Bale's party was a ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' tourney, where seven pairs of fighters faced each other in one-on-one matches before fighting in a free-for-all in the championships. [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Ferb Fletcher]] was crowned the champion towards the end of the party.
** Scipion hosted a Franchise/{{Pokemon}} tournament for his party, [[spoiler:but it was crashed during the semifinals by [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Flowey]]]].
* TrainingThePet: Mimi's overall character arc involves 6k1 training her to be more behaved and control her [[ExtremeOmnivore insatiable appetite.]] Despite challenges such as Mimi's puberty granting her new powers and her falling in love with Arcturus, 6k1 successfully tamed Mimi as she grew up.
* TreasureHuntEpisode: The travelers at the [[Franchise/FindingNemo Great Barrier Reef]] explored the ocean to look for treasure that's believed to grant them superpowers but cursed them with a terrible illness for all of eternity if they weren't worthy of it. [[WorthlessTreasureTwist It was just a legend, however, and the treasure did nothing, but everyone took some of it home as a remembrance of their adventure.]]
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[[folder: Tropes U - Z]]
* UniversalUniverseTime: While all the universes follow their respective time systems due to time flowing faster or slower than Earth, the nominators follow [[RealLife Earth Prime time]] to keep track of events.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The citizens of Panem have gotten so used to seeing tributes of various species fighting in the Arena that most of the time, they don't bat an eye whenever they see them outside it. They still panic whenever supernatural disasters are caused by them, however, like when [[spoiler:[[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 Giygas]] emerged in Neon Quarters and caused {{Mind Rape}}s that could be felt as far as District 1's neighbors]].
* VacationEpisode: In Reboot Season 56, 6k1 decided to take a long-overdue vacation to the VideoGame/{{Under|tale}}ground with [[WesternAnimation/BigHero6 Baymax]] and ComicBook/HarleyQuinn, mainly to visit the former's [[ParentalSubstitute mother figure]] Toriel. She also planned to explore the rest of the place, but had to cut it short due to Flowey[[note]]who was from another Underground since he isn't aware of the Genocide timeline[[/note]] and [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Bill Cipher]] presumably attacking Snowdin Town.
* VengefulVendingMachine: {{Exaggerated|Trope}} in Reboot Season 60, where it was one of the ''[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill many]]'' ways [[Music/{{BTS}} Kim Taehyung aka V]] was killed by [[VideoGame/TheBattleCats Miko Mitama]] -- by being trapped inside a vending machine, or in other words, a ''[[StealthPun V-ending]]'' machine. Coincidentally, [[Literature/HarryPotter Lord Voldemort]], who would then recruit V's bandmate Jimin as a Death Eater, also got trapped in one shortly before V was timewrecked, but he managed to get out using magic.
* VirtualTrainingSimulation:
** Both Billy and Bale have simulation rooms in their Mansion and base, respectively, where they can train themselves or their tributes, with Natalie Smirnoff operating Billy's. Bale has another room which simulates Hunger Games events, and the user can choose what kinds to experience.
** Hans also planned to reverse-engineer the [[Franchise/CompilationOfFinalFantasyVII Worldwide Network and its Synaptic Net Dive (SND) system]] for a personal simulator after [[VideoGame/DirgeOfCerberus Shelke Rui]] visited him in Dave's Home Base. This was eventually implemented in the Warehouse's simulation room, which 6k1 used to test Ally's functions [[spoiler:after it was rebuilt from the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Blights']] destruction of it.]]
** The Science Center's testing chamber has a transformation gun that not only transforms the target into a different species, it can also transform the entire room into a simulation of any environment.
** Dark 6k1's lab has a simulation room inspired by [[WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower Light Hope's]] where she and Dark Power train themselves to get stronger or test their disguises.
* VoicesAreMental:
** Normally the case for [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries Swapper]] when he swaps the bodies of his targets, but crossed over with VoicesAreNotMental when he swapped [[Roleplay/WeHaveAllBecomePokemon the Bugtrio]] around. Because she lost her voice in an attack, Tenn regained her deep, feminine voice when she swapped with Henry, but Shelley was rendered mute when she swapped with Tenn.
** Played straight in Season 253 when [[WesternAnimation/{{UP}} Dug]] and [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Starscream]] temporarily switched bodies. Because Dug needs his TranslatorCollar to talk like a human, his human speech wasn't transferred to him when he switched bodies. Thus, he could only bark in Starscream's body (albeit with an ElectronicSpeechImpediment) while Starscream found Dug's translator redundant since he spoke in his normal voice in the latter's body.
* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Said almost word-for-word by Starfall when he confronted [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Discord]] about his alleged relationship with Fluttershy, to try distracting him after he pranked Power during her assertiveness training with the pegasus. Discord [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend denied being in love with her]] and got furious at Starfall calling him out for his immaturity, which distracted the draconequus long enough for Fluttershy to find him and call him out the same.
* WhatDoTheyFearEpisode: The extreme path in Freddy's haunted house had Skyler exploiting the challengers' fears to frighten them to the near death. Here, it's shown that James is afraid of bugs, especially {{spiders|AreScary}}; Arthur is afraid of Mimikyus; Tenn is afraid of being transformed into a Kyurem again and being [[spoiler:forced to [[KillTheOnesYouLove kill her loved ones]] as one]]; Henry is afraid of becoming an arrogant despot like his counterpart in the alternate Whispering Pines; Miss Ball is afraid of failing to save her loved ones from danger; while [[TheUnReveal it's not revealed what]] [[Roleplay/WeAreAllPiratesRevenge Melody's]] afraid of, but from the looks of her in the entire challenge, whatever it was frightened even someone as courageous as her to the core. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that she's suffering a ShapeshifterIdentityCrisis, and Ira comforted her over it and gave her his Scale Cove pendant to help her remind herself who she is on the inside while taking on another form.]]
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: When [[WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}} Pythor]] teamed up with "Spoon", [[WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}} Overlord, and Skales]] to kill [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Berdly]][[note]]the one that was rescued from Eastboroughshiressex[[/note]], the LEGO python saw "Spoon" instantly make Berdly's door disappear. Pythor asked "Spoon" why he couldn't just make Berdly disappear the same way if he can do that, but "Spoon" says that it doesn't work on living things and also prefers watching them suffer under him.
* TheWindowOrTheStairs: After President Snow's party, he offered the nominators to take either the "relaxing" route or the "exciting" route to the Arena for the 1st Reboot Nominator Games. Some of them took the former, knowing the latter was an obvious trap, but their supposedly relaxing train ride turned out just as disastrous as it.
* WorldOfWeirdness: Thanks to the Gamemakers remodeling the Arena for the Multiversal Hunger Games, bizarre and improbable events happen in it and the tributes inside frequently. Their nominators often chalk up their unusual behavior in it as "Arena magic/influence", which is technically true because the Gamemakers send a signal to their minds to subconsciously manipulate them into doing what they do.
* YearInsideHourOutside:
** From the tributes' perspective, the average season lasts around a week or more, but to the viewers, they usually last from around a few minutes to a few hours[[note]]and even then, the runtime along with the broadcast schedule is inconsistent [[WebcomicTime to account for time passing on]] [[RealLife Earth Prime]][[/note]]. This is because the Gamemakers adjust the time in the Arena to trick the tributes into thinking that they're inside it for days instead of minutes or hours. [[TimeyWimeyBall And that's not counting all the time-warping events that can happen in the Arena.]]
** When Bale trained with [[Franchise/UltraSeries Ultraseven]] in preparation for his fight against [[spoiler:Dark Bale]], he spent a year in the latter's universe while only 12 hours passed back in Bale's base. This technically made him 24 years old instead of 23 when his Earth Prime birthday rolled around after that.
* YearOutsideHourInside:
** When 6k1 spends time in the past to gather information for the Database, what seems to be a few hours time hopping is actually several days in the present. Depending on how long she stays, 6k1 sometimes misses seasons because of this.
** Due to [[TimeCrash time itself being broken in the Voidlands]], both this trope and YearInsideHourOutside can happen at the same time. While several weeks have passed in the Reboot Timeline, only 1 hour had passed since Valecor, Kavaxas, and [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Queen Chrysalis]] entered the Voidlands to retrieve the souls stolen and/or eaten by Scipion after Reboot Season 50.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: After [[HouseFire the Database Library was set on fire]] by [[invoked]] [[MemeticMutation LOLW]] in Reboot Season 63, 6k1 [[HeroicBSOD fell to her knees and broke down crying, wondering where she went wrong as Manager.]] Her assistants gave her a hug, and several of her nominator friends such as Ichi, Dave, Mr. Star, Billy, and even ''[[HiddenHeartOfGold Scipion]]'' comforted her, reassuring her that she can bring herself back, and that they're always there to help her out. Even her tributes [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]], [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Toriel (and 6k1's honorary sibling Frisk)]], and [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Ralsei]] gave her words of encouragement, motivating her to spring back into action.
* YouMustBeThisTallToRide:
** {{Inverted}} in the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Las Pegasus]] Arc, where Twilight had to shrink Cleo in order to fit in the ferris wheel. The spell lasted a good while before Cleo started growing back to normal, but Twilight's attempted spell recasting failed from successive use. Luckily everyone inside got out before Cleo destroyed the cab, but she accidentally [[SquashedFlat squished Wanda Banks]] on the way out.
** Played straight in the [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Funland]] Arc, where Peridot sat out of riding the Appalachian with Wes and Millie because she was too short for it, so instead, she had Lapis carry her so she can watch them.
* YourMindMakesItReal:
** Paylor's Simulator, which she implemented starting in Season 258 and [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Alphys]] reverse-engineered for 6k1's Cloning Capsule, is a hyperrealistic VR simulation of the Hunger Games. The tribute can feel what their data clone feels in the Arena live, but they can die from the shock of their clone's death depending on its severity and the user's mental-emotional stability. Due to the sheer trauma one suffers from being [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill timewrecked]], the VR user will ''always'' die in real life if their data clone dies that way.
** When [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight]] {{Dream Walk|er}}s, whatever happens to her in a dream doesn't affect her in the waking world, except for dying [[spoiler:and being forced to wear the Dark Bracer by "Rodriguez" since it also appeared on her body back in Canterlot Castle.]] This was {{inverted|Trope}} when Spike's experiments with [[spoiler:the Dark Bracer]] affected her in the Alebrijes' Land of Dreams, which unwittingly worked in her favor since she was able to [[spoiler:[[CoincidentalDodge dodge]] [[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand Fecto Elfilis']] attacks.]]
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* AbortedArc:
** When the nominators tried raiding Unfortunate Zorua's base to call them out for nominating Tier 0 and nearly causing the 2nd Great Destruction, they detonated it, leading them to believe that [[spoiler:they committed suicide when in truth, they sent themself to their dimension and fell into a coma]]. Their robot assistant [=N0-V4=] picked up where they left off and drank literal [[invoked]] NightmareFuel to evolve into a robotic Zoroark and start its own villain league. However, they weren't seen again after they bombed Bale's base, which he repaired shortly after, and the Zorua who showed up for the Second Reboot Nominator Games (Season 100) was assumed to be an alt by the others.
** After the Second Reboot Nominator Games, [[VideoGame/Persona3 Minato Arisato]] warned the nominators that Erebus was unleashed and would destroy all dimensions next [[RealLife Earth Prime]] year. However, the apocalypse didn't happen on the supposed day of destruction, and no one commented on it.
** After their run in Reboot Season 147, [[WebAnimation/Twelve2016 Thistle]] dropped by Elliot's residence and questioned the purpose of the Games, planning a rebellion to stop it for good. However, that didn't come to fruition since Thistle was never seen again.
** [[VideoGame/{{Nefarious}} Crow]] and his army invaded Tempest Zone to raid it, and the Tempest System attempted to trap them in a secret dungeon underneath it. The plot was then left hanging for several Earth Prime months, the fate of the Tempest System and their home {{uncertain|Doom}}, until they {{lampshade|Hanging}}d it the following day, as if the raid didn't happen.
* AcceptableBreaksFromCanon: Given that {{Alternate Universe}}s exist, some aspects of the canon universes are changed for flexibility in the [=RPs=].
** Franchise/{{Pokemon}}:
*** Pokémon are allowed to use more than four moves from all the possible moves they can learn, including the moves that were excluded starting in the Generation VIII games, and be creative in what they can do with their moveset, akin to [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries the anime.]] [[OriginalCharacter Fakemons]] such as the Original Dragon [[spoiler:(Vahirom)]] and fake {{Super Mode}}s/variants such as Scipion's Mega Zoroark form and Sunshine's Gigantamax Wooloo form are also allowed since there are multiple Pokémon Worlds that run on slightly different rules, but they don't show up often.
*** Some Pokémon such as Scipion, Aaron, and Freyja are capable of Mega Evolving without a Mega Stone since they found alternative ways to do so.
*** Evolution methods are taken from all aspects of the franchise, not just the main series. Normally, Eevee evolves into Umbreon via high friendship at night, but Cassiopeia evolved into one by [[VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon offering a Lunar Ribbon to the Luminous Shrine.]] Some Pokémon also evolve going by how their Pokédex entries describe it, like how Yip and Yop were forcibly [[VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon fused with each other]] to evolve into a Vanilluxe named Yip-Yop.
*** Canonically, [[DistractedByTheSexy infatuation-inducing moves, Abilities, and items]] only affect Pokémon of the opposite gender of the user, but since Luna the Delcatty used Cute Charm to gain many admirers [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer including women]], it's implied that the effectivity of infatuation changes depending on the sexual/romantic orientation of the user and the target.
*** When R3 became a Rotom for Scipion's party, he could [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshift into his various Rotom forms]] without needing to possess an appliance like in canon.
** While the VideoGame/{{Under|tale}}ground where most of 6k1's tributes come from takes place in the True Pacifist timeline, Undyne and Mettaton have access to their respective Genocide timeline-exclusive forms, Undyne the Undying and Mettaton NEO.
** After [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Kris and Susie]] sealed the Eastern Fountain, Card Kingdom disappeared and its citizens turned into card and board game pieces in the unused classroom. But in CVG/ASAS, this Dark World was temporarily preserved by the Fountain of Darkness' magic surge until Kris transferred everyone from Card Kingdom to Castle Town. This explains how Ralsei went to Rouxls' shop in Card Castle to buy Power Stroke her watch party gift and how the other Darkners showed up in the Arena without turning into Light World items [[spoiler:or stone]] in between Chapters 1 and 2.
** Canonically, the Delta Warriors (and Noelle in Chapter 2) can only use their spells other than Kris's ACT command when they have enough [[ManaMeter Tension Points]], which is shared between them and starts at 0% in each battle, but in the [=RPs=], they can use them as early as the first round. They also have access to special spells that are canonically exclusive to certain bosses such as Kris's [[StatusBuff Courage]] (exclusive to King's fight) and Ralsei's [[BarrierWarrior [=FluffyGuard=]]] (exclusive to [[spoiler:Spamton NEO]]'s fight). Additionally, Noelle can summon an ice wall, something that she only canonically does [[spoiler:when defending herself in the [=SnowGrave=] Route]], and she can extend this to shield nearby allies.
** ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'':
*** Only Pearl[[note]]the one loyal to 6k1 since AR Pearl is loyal to Bale[[/note]] is shown to use her gemstone to [[BagOfHolding store as many items as needed]], while it's unclear if this ability is exclusive to her gem kind or not. In ASAS, it's implied that most, if not ''all'' Gems are capable of doing this, since Peridot[[note]]same case as Pearl[[/note]], despite lacking most Gem abilities such as shapeshifting due to being created with fewer resources, can store her trash can lid, which she uses as a sled or hoverboard, in her gemstone, too. Also, the local delicacies of Beach City are used as healing items like in [[VideoGame/AttackTheLight the]] [[VideoGame/SaveTheLight Light]] [[VideoGame/UnleashTheLight Trilogy.]]
*** {{Sizeshifting}} is only showcased by Amethyst[[note]]also the one loyal to 6k1[[/note]] in the show, but in ASAS, all Gems except for Peridot can temporarily shrink themselves like her.
* ActuallyADoombot:
** Whenever [[Literature/TheHungerGames President Snow]] is killed by a tribute, it's actually a Snowclone that gets killed instead of the real him. That was until Billy secretly staged a rebellion in Reboot Season 70 to destroy the clones and have the real Snow placed in the Arena as the tributes' punching bag along with Alma Coin.
** In Reboot Season 40, Dave the Assassin gave Snow a tape, which was something to use against Valecor, before jumping off a cliff to his death. It turned out to be a [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Replica]] of himself.
** Whenever Ichigo Montoya shows up in the Arena when he's not a tribute, like when he fought the VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents in Reboot Season 113, it's actually an android version of him, which he made in light of tribute-nominator events happening more frequently.
* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: In VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}, Lancer gladly takes over the throne as ruler of Card Kingdom after his [[AbusiveParents abusive father]] King gets overthrown/put to sleep, but in ASAS, he still has unresolved feelings for King despite being HappilyAdopted by Queen[[note]]though it's ambiguous if she's his biological mother[[/note]] and Rouxls Kaard. He gets jealous seeing other people who have reconciled with their parents or grandparents such as [[WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}} Mirabel]], who made amends with her Abuela after [[spoiler:Casita collapsed due to the family's instability caused by her strict parenting.]]
* AdaptationalExplanation: Explanations for the tributes' actions in seasons and their reasoning for committing some of them are naturally often given in the [=RPs=], especially for ''extremely'' out-of-character moments such as [[NiceGuy otherwise kind characters]] abruptly becoming [[CardCarryingVillain murderous card-carrying villains]] the minute the Bloodbath starts, why characters [[ForgotAboutHisPowers didn't use their powers to save themselves from fatal situations they could otherwise easily survive]] (such as characters who can fly not saving themselves from falling off or being thrown from a cliff, aquatic characters drowning in the water they already live in, etc.), and the like. Given how commonplace cloning tributes for seasons has become over time, the most common assumption is DuplicateDivergence, though other cases are frequently {{Hand Wave}}d as just the effects of the Arena brought about by the signal that subconsciously manipulates the tributes into doing what they do.
* AdaptationalHeroism: In VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}, it's implied that [[spoiler:Kris's heroic/kind actions aren't natural for them because it's actually their SOUL controlling them]], but in ASAS, they genuinely care about their friends. [[spoiler:It's possible that the SOUL is still influencing their actions, to Susie and Ralsei's concern after defeating Spamton with them, but they only know that "something about him shook Kris to the core", unaware of the truth.]]
* AdaptationalSexuality:
** Oftentimes, tributes in the Arena fall in love with other tributes even if they're [[IfItsYouItsOkay outside their canonical sexual orientation]] since [[EveryoneIsBi there are no restrictions as to whom they can feel attracted to]] as long as [[PaedoHunt the age gap doesn't violate the Watchlist]], though nominators are usually exceptions. Whether this persists after the season since it's primarily Arena influence varies between tributes.
** [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Peridot]] is a non-Arena example. Canonically, she's only confirmed by WordOfSaintPaul to be aroace, but in ASAS, it's all but outright stated that she, indeed, identifies as such. She suspects that 6k1 is on the a-spectrum just like her, and after the 5th Reboot Nominator Games (Season 250), Peridot wears [[QueerColors a purple scarf]], not just to [[IdenticalTwinIDTag tell her apart from AR Peridot]] (who's loyal to Bale), but also to help 6k1 cope with her questioning of her sexual identity.
---> '''Peridot''': There's a reason why I'm not into [[RomanticFusion fusion]] like the other Gems, especially Ruby and Sapphire.
* AdaptationalWimp: As of VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Chapter 2, Noelle Holiday[[spoiler:, after being afraid of Queen for most of it, stood up for herself to demand her to free her. However, Susie convinced Noelle after their adventure that everything that happened in Cyber World was just a dream, so she was back to being a coward in the Arena starting in Reboot Season 181. Then again, Noelle was pulled out of Queen's Mansion during the mission for that season, but her next appearance in Season 196 still had her freaking out. Noelle has since snapped out of it when she discovered the truth, and while she has become braver and more confident again, she still has her limits.]]
* AdaptationNameChange:
** [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Pinprick/Royal Pin]] in Reboot Season 113 is named Pokey Pierce in ASAS.
** [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSecurityBreach Burntrap]] in Reboot Seasons 240 and 247 is named ''Scorch''trap in ASAS.
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal:
** When Power was [[CannotSpitItOut desperately trying not to tell Ichi and Miranda directly that she suspects that 6k1 is aromantic/asexual]], she listed the other things [[NotSoDifferentRemark the DM had in common with CAC]], another aroace nominator, hoping they would get the hint.
---> '''Power''': They're both... '''a'''utistic, they have... '''a'''sphalt hair, they wear... '''a'''labaster clothes, they nominated... '''[[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} A]]'''[[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} sriel...]]
** In Season 290, [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Iggy]] bragged to the other tributes that he was the "big bad boss" of the Arena. [[VideoGame/DiceyDungeons The Inventor]] responded by saying that she "battled bigger badder bosses before."
* AerithAndBob:
** Besides the tributes having their fair share of unusual and ordinary names, the nominators have names such as 6k1, Gamechanger, Scipion, and Zanreo... and Dave, Billy, and Elliot.
** The Pokémon from the [[VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon Mystery Dungeon]] Worlds have varying names, from James and Arthur to Persephone and Cerberus to... [[ADogNamedDog Lugia and Ho-Oh.]]
* AfterActionHealingDrama: Usually happens when a nominator is sent to the Science Center's Medical Department to recover from severe injuries or their revival after their time in the Arena.
** After being killed by Nightmare Scipion, 6k1 was sent to the Recovery Room. She missed out on the first half of Reboot Season 51 due to her coma, and [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]] and [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Toriel]] dropped everything to visit her.
** After the failed mission to storm Zorua's base, Dave collapsed from the wounds caused by the base's destruction. 6k1, with the help of her nominator friends, provided him first aid and sent him to the Medical Department. She then watched over him at the Recovery Room while his assistants and some of 6k1's friends paid him a visit.
** [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipisMagic Pow]][[Tropers/TroperNo9001 er]] [[AuthorAvatar Stroke]] then had her turn after the 2nd Reboot Nominator Games. She and 6k1 stayed in the same room, and their friends and family paid them a visit. Ichigo and Psychedelicate also visited them to make amends with each other, and also to comfort Power. The pony then woke up and burst into tears just after Ichi left, worried about him, but Dr. Rosie gave her her crystal ball so she could still talk to him. Power even refused to have her traumatic memories of the last season wiped because she didn't want to forget Ichi, fearing that her good memories with him might be erased by accident.
** 6k1's second post-Nominator Games trip to the Recovery Room was more dramatic than the first, as she was distraught when Dave didn't visit her or even join her in Reboot Season 150. As usual, her friends and family comforted her and helped her learn to accept that she can press on without him, but the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Waterblight Ganon]] told her the harsh truth that Dave can't always be there for her.
* TheAlibi:
** [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight]] used a copy of Princess Luna's letter detailing the mission at [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Asriel's]] dream to clear her name after "Rodriguez" accused her of invading the Alebrijes' Land of Dreams to steal the Hypnos-Stone. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, "Rodriguez" turned out to be Blood Moon in disguise, and by the time Twilight returned to court with the letter, he had already escaped to the castle's basement while Coatl, who put Twilight and Joaquin on trial for the accusation, succumbed to the [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} X Parasite]] that Blood Moon secretly unleashed onto him and died to it.]]
** When 6k1 heard of Blood Moon accusing her and most of the other nominators of [[spoiler:killing his BloodBrother Fire Eyes]], she was quick to point out that during the alleged crime, she spent the past few days by herself and then was hospitalized for sharing her clone's injury she got at Hazemaster's Museum. [[spoiler:Fire Eyes then appeared to the rescue teams at the Library, alive and well, further proving the nominators' innocence.]]
* AlternateSelf: Besides AU versions of tributes that get regularly nominated, some of the nominators and their assistants have AU versions of themselves. Power Stroke, 6k1's [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic pony]] counterpart, is one of the most active alt selves, followed by Tay, Stanford Stokes' [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Yoshi]] counterpart. Stanford is confirmed to have more AU versions of himself than the other nominators and assistants (''[[ExaggeratedTrope millions]]'', in fact), but they're all captured by his EvilCounterpart [[spoiler:to be absorbed by him so he'll be the only Stanford in the Multiverse.]]
* AlternateUniverse: Many tributes come from alternate versions of canon universes, and some of them are just like in canon but with a few key differences.
** All of Vengeful Bale's tributes come from AR worlds, and they were all affected by the Multiversal Convergence. AR [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Equestria]], in particular, is mostly like the Equestria where 6k1 nominates her tributes, except that [[spoiler:Grogar is really Grogar instead of Discord in disguise. Tirek, Chrysalis, and Cozy Glow also defected from the Legion and were put under community service after the final battle instead of being turned into stone]].
*** There's ''another'' version of Equestria where the Changeling Kingdom's hive was destroyed, but the Changelings such as Thorax and Pharynx, the latter who's allied with Scipion, remained unreformed until around Reboot Season 162.
** The VideoGame/{{Under|tale}}ground, also where some of 6k1's tributes come from, had its barrier broken like in the True Pacifist Route, but Asgore opened it for tourism after hearing that the Hunger Games was opened to the Multiverse, and the monsters chose to stay there. The monsters are also fully aware of Frisk's [[MentalTimeTravel SAVE Powers]] since they presumably used them in the Arena in the OT. They're also aware of Gaster's existence since he showed up in the Arena a few times in the OT and Reboot Timelines, but he remains an enigma to them, even Sans and Papyrus.
** The [[Literature/HarryPotter Wizarding World]], again where some of 6k1's tributes come from, [[TheUnmasquedWorld had the International Statute of Secrecy revised to allow witches and wizards to participate in the Games]] as it was originally a Muggle sport and they were banned from them. This was part of the Ministry of Magic's efforts to forge and improve interuniversal and wizard-Muggle relations respectively, but there's still prejudice between them, particularly with the Muggles from their universe. Because of this, the Gamemakers are required to edit the broadcast for Muggle viewing while Muggles from other universes must keep their visits to the Wizarding World[[note]]they're given magical protection beforehand but their electronic gadgets still malfunction upon entry[[/note]] a secret from the locals, lest they have their memories wiped.
** Both [[Franchise/TouhouProject Gensokyo]] and [[VideoGame/LenEn Mugenri]], where Billy nominated all its denizens, had their barriers to the outside world broken, allowing free travel and access to technology.
** June's universe, loosely based on that of ''Roleplay/WeHaveAllBecomePokemon'', is treated as a parallel universe to the RP's existing ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon'' universe, with characters from the former who have appeared implied to not have a presence in the universe of the latter and vice versa, with the exceptions of Skyler and Dess, Scipion's counterpart in June's PMD World and vice-versa, at least to the knowledge of the characters in-universe. However, Dess is revealed to have actually come from yet another PMD World that's neither June's nor Scipion's, as Millie, who came from said universe, was looking for them alongside her rescue after Dess ended up there due to a space-time distortion in their [[VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus Hisui-like]] home universe.
** Two ''Franchise/SpyroTheDragon'' continuities are represented in the RP, specifically those of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyro'' (most notably through Dark Cynder, who is part of the Dark Sisterhood) and [[VideoGame/SpyroReignitedTrilogy the Reignited Trilogy]] (which is most heavily affiliated with Eye-Sicle and where [[WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens the Greens]] and [[WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}} Anne and the Plantars]] are currently hiding away from the Dark Stanford and his goons). This was lampshaded in Reboot S181, which Reignited Spyro and Dark Cynder both appeared in, and Spyro did not recognize Cynder (but nonetheless felt a sense of deja vu upon seeing her) while Cynder herself quickly deduced that this wasn't "her" Spyro.
** All of 6k1's tributes from the ''[[Literature/TheMagicSchoolBus Magic School Bus]]'' Universe are from the original show, with [[WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBusRidesAgain the reboot]] taking place in an alternate timeline where Ms. Frizzle's sister Fiona replaced her as their teacher. None of the Friz Kids are aware of this since their ''Rides Again'' counterparts have yet to appear in the Games[[note]]not counting their technical appearances in Massive Group Tributes such as EVERYTHING[[/note]], but 6k1 [[LockedOutOfTheLoop keeps their existence a secret from them.]]
** The [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries Experiments]] formally introduced in ''Anime/{{Stitch}}'' [[AdaptationalEarlyAppearance are activated in the timeline of]] ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries''[[note]]technically, they're mentioned in the credits of ''WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch'', presumably already activated[[/note]], although they [[InSpiteOfANail retain their personalities from the former.]] This, along with Stitch still living with Lilo, implies that the events of the anime haven't happened yet or take place in an AU [[spoiler:because there, it's revealed that Lilo grew up, went to college, and had a daughter after she and Stitch got separated]].
** Even Panem itself has drastically changed after the Original Rebellion against Snow since his death was intervened by GASK when they opened it to the Multiverse. After he was overthrown again in the second Rebellion secretly organized by Billy, Paylor was elected as president and is currently developing the country for the better. She also made travel between Districts unrestricted, but District 13 chose to remain autonomous.\\
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However, Ichi once flew his jet from District 10 to District 12 during Snow's regime but didn't get caught. 6k1 was also able to evacuate to Ichi's bunker[[note]]which was in District 10 while the Library was in the Capitol Arena[[/note]] when the Library was set on fire and again for Villain Month despite the restrictions. This implies that either the nominators are more privileged in travel than the average Panemian or Ichi had the tech to avoid detection.
** The universe from where [[VideoGame/LibraryOfRuina W Corp]] (and subseuquently, The City) comes from is already identified as a different universe from the one where Panem comes from, but in itself, said universe is implicitly different from the canon City shown in Creator/ProjectMoon's works - as Cassie mentions in a message implicitly revealing that [[Webcomic/{{Wonderlab}} Rose]], as well as [[VideoGame/LimbusCompany Ryoshu and Hong Lu]], work in W Corp, unlike their canon counterparts (who works for VideoGame/LobotomyCorporation and Limbus Company B respectively). The latter two cases are supported by said W Corp versions being available as [[AlternateSelf Identities]] in Limbus Company (the game).
* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Cecil and Celine, and Penny and Jenny, are two pairs of identical Pokémon twins. While Cecil and Celine are [[HalfIdenticalTwins half-identical]] Obstagoons, Penny and Jenny are Vaporeons, and it's unknown if the latter two chose to evolve into the same Eeveelution or if it was a lucky accident or coincidence.
* AmbiguouslyBi: In Reboot Season 162, [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Sky Stinger]] fell for the [[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Death Knight]], and then got a [[SomethingElseAlsoRises wingboner]] and kissed all the members of Music/MonstaX while thinking of his possibly romantic feelings for his ChildhoodFriend Vapor Trail, who [[PlotTriggeringDeath got a fatal heart attack during the Bloodbath.]] Sky's still [[FictionalFanRealCelebrity a fan of the K-POP group]], but it's unknown if he developed a CelebCrush on them outside the Arena, as his bisexuality may or may not have been part of the Arena's influence on him. When 6k1 asked Princess Cadance about him, [[TheUnReveal she refused to disclose how the discussion regarding his alleged bisexuality went.]]
* AmbiguouslyHuman: A variation with some of the nonhuman characters who aren't quite the species they claim to be:
** Dark Stanford appears physically identical to "our" Stanford, an anthropomorphic arctic fox, but is described as having flecks of multi-colored fur and surrounded by dark energy. [[spoiler:It turns out that his current form is kept stable with his bowtie, and without it, he transforms into his true form: an EldritchAbomination that was born from the Voidlands and corrupts anything near him within range.]]
** Kelby the [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Yellow Yoshi]] is stated ''not'' to be a Mushroom Kingdom native and that he [[FisherKingdom assumes the form of one]] when he visits it. His homeworld is yet to be revealed, and since he travels a lot, he has more knowledge of the Multiverse than the average Yoshi. A flashback shows what he was like as a child, [[TheUnReveal but his true form wasn't revealed.]] [[spoiler:After Blood Moon absorbed some of Kelby's atoms and disguised himself as him, his true form was revealed to be an anthropomorphic yellow spotted gecko with no powers whatsoever.]]
** In Season 259, [[WesternAnimation/SpaceGoofs Stereo]] thought that Chame-Cola was an alien just like them. Chame-Cola claimed that she's just a bottle of coke with shapeshifting powers, but it's possible that she was infused with the DNA of a shapeshifting alien.
* AmbiguousSituation:
** In one of 6k1's dreams, [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Chara]] confronted her for neglecting to attend Asriel's first day of school because she spent the whole day away from him discovering her identity as a-spec. Chara said that 6k1 was "lucky" that nothing bad happened to Asriel that day, but it could've been worse because Dark Stanford could've [[spoiler:turned him back into Flowey]] behind 6k1's back and forced him to find another Altford for him. While Light Stanford is revealed to have ''millions'' of {{Alternate Sel|f}}ves, it's unknown if there ''was'' an Altford from the real Underground who was captured by him offscreen, or if they simply don't exist because a few worlds such as Tempest Zone are confirmed to ''not'' have an Altford.
** [[Roleplay/WeHaveAllBecomePokemon Delilah Langley]] once dated a male Goodra, but broke up with him because she realized [[IncompatibleOrientation she's a lesbian.]] It's left ambiguous if that Goodra is [[MythologyGag Goobert]] or another unnamed one.
* AnimateInanimateObject: While the Games are no stranger to sentient objects fighting in the Arena, many others were brought to life by Star Energy, which came from the meteors that crashed on a hilltop just after Mr. Star's belated birthday party there.
* AppearanceIsInTheEyeOfTheBeholder: A few tributes manifest themselves as different characters depending on who's looking at them, and because of this, [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm nobody knows what their true forms look like.]] Due to their variable forms, they are designated with codenames based on [[EmpathicShapeshifter the factors that determine their appearance to the viewers.]]
** "Yonah Originum Ursprung" aka "YOU" assumes the form of the nominator looking at them, like a mirror, but to a non-nominator, they see "YOU" rapidly cycling between all the nominators at once.
** "Anything" manifests as whoever the viewer is thinking of at the moment, so their appearance changes quickly if the viewer thinks of somebody else while watching them.
** "Your Favorite Character" and "Your Most Hated Character" aka "YFC" and "YMHC" take on the forms of the one that the viewer loves and hates the most, respectively.
** "Whoever's the Funniest/Most Tragic/Most Awesome in This Event", aka "Comedy/Tragedy/Awesome" also relies on whoever the viewer is thinking of at the moment for their appearance, but their form shifts frequently and is dependent on the event they're involved in.
* ArcVillain:
** Valecor and Timewrecker for almost the entirety of ''Convergence''.
** The Legion of Doom from early ''Convergence'' until Reboot Season 99 in ''ASAS''.
* ArtificialLimbsAreStronger:
** After [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Bill Cipher]] bit off their hand, [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Frisk]] had it replaced with a prosthetic by Alphys. It's painted to look exactly like their other hand, and they can [[BarrierWarrior summon an anti-dark magic barrier around themself]] with it.
** Timewrecker lost his right arm to Detective Gamechanger during their fist fight in a warehouse and had it replaced with a PowerFist by Valecor.
* AtomicFBomb: Scipion dropped one when he got disqualified for getting trapped in the [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Minus World]] in the 2nd Reboot Nominator Games. [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Susie]] also let out a loud one when AR [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Lucina]], as a [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Shiny Gardevoir]], defeated her Krookodile form and sent her flying during the Pokémon tournament at Scipion's party.
* BackForTheDead: Activities related to the Webking House [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome went unknown]] for many seasons, last seen involving Libre being revived after he ended up in the Arena in Reboot Season 167, and other things. [[spoiler:By the time we see them again, most of them have been knocked out as Libre sets off a bomb that kills all of them except him and Lily, severing [[Podcast/TheMagnusArchives The Entities]] from the world.]]
* BadDate:
** Back when she was working in her universe's local library, Wanda Banks once went on a Valentine's date, but she [[PowerIncontinence lost control of her powers]] and accidentally destroyed the restaurant she and her date were in. He dumped her and she never saw him ever since.
** PlayedForLaughs in the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Las Pegasus]] Arc when [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Wendy O. Koopa]] dragged Alex into a date amidst the battle between the heroes and her brothers. WesternAnimation/{{Jabberjaw}} had to rescue Alex from the food court since he was trapped inside Wendy's water bubble, [[WhyDidItHaveTobeSnakes his worst fear.]]
* BagOfSpilling: Any powers or weapons the tributes acquire in the Arena can't be carried over to their next season. Originally, they can't use them outside since it was illegal, but Paylor legalized it after Reboot Season 118 under Hans' request. This revision only applies to powers and self-crafted weapons, as weapons provided by the sponsors are Arena property.
* BallroomBlitz: [[spoiler:Happened twice in Scipion's party, once when [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Mr. Mind]] secretly transformed Bale into a [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Skullcrawler]] during the latter's battle with [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Giorno]], and again when [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Flowey]] crashed the whole tournament to exact revenge on 6k1, believing that she abandoned him for the party.]]
* BatheHerAndBringHerToMe: How Tabby was prepared to be sacrificed to Rubyfrost by Akumo to free him from his deal with the latter: by having Rubyfrost's handmaidens wash her before forcing her to wear a see-through dress. Noire assisted him with the preparations, secretly trying to help Tabby to escape because of her feelings for her.
* BeachEpisode: Just before Reboot Season 223, Ally organized a vacation to the [[Franchise/FindingNemo Great Barrier Reef]] on behalf of 6k1, as it was her treat to Dave after their reunion, but she had to stay behind with the [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Dreemurrs]] after [[{{Patricide}} Asriel murdered Asgore]] in his [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Primal]] [[SuperpoweredEvilSide form]] in Season 220. Ally and her guests enjoyed themselves at the beach and also dove into the GBR to meet with Nemo and his family and friends and search for buried treasure.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents Jorgen von Strangle]] warned Ichi and Power that his wish-granting abilities [[YourMagicIsNoGoodHere might not work as intended outside his universe]], as he showed up at the latter's home in the [[UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}} Fillyppines]], which is in the same universe as Equestria, to scold them for breaking Da Rules by using a You-Doo Doll to force Snow to reduce Villain Month to just Villain Week. Timewrecker, overhearing the conversation using his advanced tech, mocked them for believing that they can just wish themselves out of trouble.
* TheBeforetimes: The timeline that occurred before the Great Destruction is called the Original Timeline, which encompassed the first 250 seasons of the Multiversal Hunger Games.
* BigBadEnsemble: Across both threads, there have been various villainous organizations that have gone out against the nominators more than once, most notably the Legion of Doom, Timewrecker's crew and the Dark Nominators, the League of Evil, ???'s [[spoiler:(actually Dark Bale's)]] Legion, the Gospel of Rubyfrost, "Scattered Brain" and the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Blight Ganons]], the Infinite Darkness, the Dark Sisterhood, and Dark Stanford's legion.
* BiggerOnTheInside:
** The Arena looks like it has the standard dimensions on the outside, but inside, it's big enough to house infinitely many tributes, even those larger than Earth, and host a wide array of environments. Strangely, people outside the Forcefield can see what's inside, but to them, its boundaries look smaller than they actually are.
** The Science Center's Resurrection Theater is magically fortified so that its interior can expand to fit giant patients without affecting the exterior. Despite this, the medical staff still temporarily shrink their patients or visitors to minimize the damage.
* BigNo: Power screamed this at the top of her lungs when [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Toriel]] played a [[TabletopGame/{{UNO}} Wild Draw 4 Card]] on her during Bale's party.
* BigWhat:
** In the interlude between Reboot Seasons 44 and 45, Dave and his travel group for Detective Gamechanger's party all had this reaction when 6k1 told them that they were running late.
** In the interlude between Reboot Seasons 47 and 48, [[Literature/TheMagicSchoolBus Carlos's classmates]] all had this reaction when he announced that he might be sent back to the Arena for the summer.
* {{Bizarrchitecture}}:
** CG's 12-floor apartment complex has Escher-style rooms with stairs that move every which way, walls that twist inside-out, and floating tiles that can be used as improvised stairs. It also has an elevator that takes visitors directly to the floors they want, but it appears extremely rarely.
** The buildings in the Alebrijes' Land of Dreams bend and twist in impossible ways thanks to the laws of physics not applying to the DreamLand.
* BizarreSeasons: Due to [[WebcomicTime the time dissonance between Panem Standard Time and Earth Prime Time]], the seasons in Panem change within a few days instead of every three months, leading to situations when it suddenly snows the next day, after a day with summery weather. This is justified in-universe by climate change severely affecting the post-apocalyptic continent, but [[NoEndorHolocaust the environmental damage brought about by the rapid change in weather is glossed over]].
* BodyDouble:
** Over the course of the Games, the nominators eventually decided to use digital clones of their tributes to protect them from the horrors of the Arena. These clones act exactly like their originals and the memories and powers they acquire can be transferred to them if they wish.
*** Starting sometime during Bale's party, Dave uses [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsCoded data recreation]] for some of his tributes so the real deals won't get traumatized in the Arena. Billy, inspired by him, also uses them for his tributes.
*** Starting in Reboot Season 118, Bale employs [[Series/UltramanMebius Maquette copies]] of the tributes he intends to nominate, which he programs to fight in the games.
*** Despite all the benefits they have over nominating tributes "traditionally", 6k1 refused to transition to them because she believed that they were [[ExpendableClone "digital meat shields"]] only designed to rob the originals of their placements. In truth, she was so used to nominating them the old way she struggled with coming to terms with the new method. Dave, who pioneered it, tried but failed to convince her to change, though Hans had better luck when he taught her to accept it but not forget the good things of the past. It wasn't until Power and [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Alphys]] built the Cloning Capsule for her, which was specially designed to ease her with the transition by preserving the impact of almost all the events, that she was finally convinced to data clone her tributes.
*** Starting in Reboot Season 143, Stanford built a cloning remote at the behest of Eye-Sicle to summon exact duplicates of his tributes. They disappear instantly if they're hit hard enough, and their memories are recorded in the remote.
** Ichi deploys android versions of himself whenever rogue tributes try to kill him or he gets forced into the Arena due to certain events. 6k1, Billy, and Eye-Sicle eventually followed suit by using bodyguard clones to protect themselves the same way, though the first one's willing to have her clone's memories transferred to her to "preserve the authenticity" of the event. An exception to 6k1's case is when Data 6k1 was forcibly summoned by her [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Wooloo]] in Reboot Season 223 and brainwashed into hacking the Control Room to sic all the tributes registered in their databases on the [[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Black Eagles]]. The original 6k1 was too traumatized by the event to have that memory transferred to her.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: In-universe, Billy seeks to have the seasons censored for his kid tributes, following his new policy at the time to protect them besides using data clones. 6k1 and Tabby, however, objected to this, the former fearing that he might demand the Capitol to broadcast it to the entire Multiverse and the latter calling him out [[ThinkOfTheChildren for his overprotectiveness.]]
* BraveTheRidePlot: One of the subplots of the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Las Pegasus]] Arc involved Power conquering her fear of rollercoasters that stemmed from a bad foalhood memory of her mom cancelling the family carnival trip after Power got sick on the ride when her cousins dared her to ride it. Inspired by her dream where Ichi helped her get over it, Power invited him to ride with her, and they both enjoyed it in the end. Aaron also rode with Lucian, not wanting him to ride alone, but the former ended up fainting from the speed while the latter enjoyed it thanks to the pills he took for his weak heart.
* BreakTheCutie:
** Poor [[Literature/TheMagicSchoolBus Mikey]] had it rough in the Games. His outings in the Battle Royale and Death Battle of Reboot Seasons 52 and 73, respectively, weren't his best, emotionally speaking.
*** He was doing just fine in the first half of Season 52. But then he lost his friend [[Franchise/FindingNemo Nemo]], accidentally killed his father with his new powers, and got himself into two fights in a row. By the end of the first week, he tried summoning the [[Film/Aladdin2019 Genie]] for his final wish, which was implied to be that he wanted to go home already, but cried when he couldn't because the latter had been killed by [[Franchise/KagerouProject Shuuya Kano]] earlier. Tuxedo [[Franchise/{{Kirby}} Meta Knight]][[note]]whom he didn't know was possessed by Snow after Kano transferred the former's soul to him[[/note]] then invited him to his camp as an apology for fighting him that day. [[HopeSpot This gave Mikey a chance to repay him by remodeling his camp]], only for them to have a [[PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure falling out due to a misunderstanding on Tux's part]] about Mikey's {{Patricide}}, resulting in Tux kicking him out of his camp and torturing him alongside [[Anime/DragonBallSuper Goku Black]].
*** Things didn't look up for him in Season 73, either. While he had bonding moments with BTS early on, he was [[SuperPersistentPredator constantly pursued for several days by Alatreon]], who tried killing him. While trying to escape the dragon's clutches, Mikey was concerned about BTS when they began [[SanitySlippage losing their sanity]] after being tortured by the Legion of Doom. After having his hand bitten of by Alatreon while trying to appease it with food, he bumped into [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries Kernel]], who [[InnocentlyInsensitive unwittingly offended him]] when he brought up the dragon winning the triathlon he competed in the other night. This stressed out Mikey so much that he killed [[WebAnimation/RedVsBlue Sarge's]] cat the next day just to vent, but Alatreon found that so unforgivable it [[KarmicDeath punished the boy by killing him.]]
** Like his schoolmate in the aforementioned seasons, Ralphie also had it rough in Season 62. After losing his classmate Arnold to [[TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering Daretti]] in the Bloodbath, he hosted a FanConvention in memory of him and wished that he went to Billy's Business School with him. Ralphie also bottled up his emotions until he took them out on [[VideoGame/{{Smite}} Bellona]] [[DisproportionateRetribution by killing her for taking too long to fix the ferris wheel.]] He then confessed at [[VideoGame/MarioPlusRabbidsKingdomBattle Dabbing Luigi's]] [[TropaholicsAnonymous Tribute Support Group]] about his feelings throughout the season, even saying sorry to 6k1 for venting on her by killing [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate Dharkon]] in Season 36, but despite their best efforts to comfort him, [[FromBadToWorse he was still a sobbing mess thanks to the]] [[VideoGame/TheSims Tragic Clown.]] Unfortunately, Ralphie met his tragic end when he failed to escape the environmental hazards in the [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Final Destination]] Arena Event, causing him to fall one place short of a podium finish.
** While Power went through trauma in the first four Nominator Games, she was put through a wringer in the 2nd one in the Reboot. She was severely wracked with grief when she witnessed Ichi being brutally murdered by [[SiblingMurder his own sister, Psyche,]] and the pony [[DrowningMySorrows drowned her sorrows]] to try relieving herself of her temptation to avenge him. It didn't work, and she was reduced to tears again when she saw [[Roleplay/TropersTheSeries TTS]]!Alivia [[HopeSpot reviving Ichi... only for him to shrivel up and die again.]] Power even started ignoring 6k1's concerns for her, and tried making amends with Psyche by making a crystal sculpture of themselves... [[YankTheDogsChain only for Psyche to reject it out of heartbreak.]] Power then met her tragic end when she [[TragicMonster mutated into a horrific dragon-pony hybrid after drinking a tainted energy drink]], and was put out of her misery by Sailor Tardis.
* BrickJoke:
** When Power planned to invite [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Ralsei]] to her watch party for Reboot Season 61 along with Ichigo, the latter thought of doing his best [[Literature/HarryPotter Hagrid]] impression when they met... and he did exactly that during the party itself.
---> '''Ichigo''': Yer a wizard, Harry.
---> '''Ralsei''': ''[looks at him with a derped expression on his face]'' Who's Harry?
** After learning from Ichigo that a desperate 6k1 had seriously considered turning herself into a Starble while attempting to communicate with Mimi, Power contemplated drawing a Starble-ized version of the Database Manager. Come their watch party for Season 61, she does just that.
** Just before Reboot Season 65 began, Ichi tried guessing Power's [[YouMeanXMas Nightmare Night]] costume, and predicted that she'd go as Ralsei. Three seasons later, he was right.
** During the [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Hotland]] Mission, Tabby suggested to Muffet a Spider Donut recipe that uses spider Franchise/{{Pokemon}} as one of the ingredients. When the Multiversal War began, Muffet stocked up on rations which included Joltik pastries.
** In the 2nd Reboot Nominator Games (Season 100), 6k1 came across a sign that said: "Eating carpet extremely prohibited". She quickly realizes that Mimi might've eaten the one in her basement just as she said that, and it turned out to be the case when the Starble apologized for it after the season.
** Before he and Power left for the [[Franchise/SpyroTheDragon Dragon Realms]] to rescue [[FreakyFridayFlip Wanda-in-Cleo's-body]], Ralsei, who was in Power's body at the time, told Ichi that Susie would love to wear the replica of [[VideoGame/{{Smite}} Ares's]] armor Ichi made for Power. Susie confirmed just that when she called them when they arrived at the Peace Keepers Homeworld... but she didn't want to wear the armor with the Twin Ribbon, which was originally Power's, that Ralsei wore with it.
** When [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Asriel]] met CAC's VideoGame/RushingBeat friends, he mispronounced Elfin's name as "[[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand Elfli]]''[[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand lin]]''". He mixed up the names again when he said goodbye to the real Elfilin after Bale's Christmas party.
** While Power was seeing her family off to be evacuated to Belissima to hide from Dark Stanford, Ichi idly wondered if 6k1 liked sheep more than goats since it appeared she had nominated several more of the former than the latter. The next day, Ichi asked 6k1 just that, and 6k1 clarified that while she nominated just as many sheep as goats at the time, she likes the latter more.
* CampfireCharacterExploration: On the way to GC's base for Billy's party, Power and some of 6k1's tributes set up camp in a forest clearing, where they exchanged stories about their adventures. It's also revealed there that 6k1 had a problem with "tribute theft", or when someone else nominates her tributes, causing her to feel hurt, especially if they make the Hall of Fame under their new nominator.
* CastFullOfGay: Besides the canonically LGBT+ tributes who are Arena regulars, the two [=RPs=] have large casts of [[OriginalCharacter original LGBT+ characters who play a major or semi-major role]]:
** Among the nominators, 6k1, Zanreo, CAC, and some members of the Tempest System are a-spec, Psyche and Bale are bi, Tabby is a lesbian, Scipion is "not straight" and prefers not to find a partner, while Kafka is nonbinary and goes by any pronouns.
** Among the supporting ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' cast, James, Arthur, and Nick are in a gay polyamorous relationship, Ribbons is a trans woman, Shelley and Shelby are lesbians, Dinah is bi and her spouse Benji is a genderless but male-identifying shapeshifter who's fine with assuming different genders in other forms, Skyler and Dess prefer not to use gender labels and are fine with any pronouns, while June is demisexual.
* CasualDangerDialogue:
** Being used to the harsh environment of [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} ZDR]], Fire Eyes casually informed the rescuers of its weather.
---> "The storm is a bit stronger than usual, I give you this..."
** During the attempted breach into Hanubia, Tenn casually asked Arthur and Nick if they're having fun beating up Raven Beak and Dark Stanford's army.
* CatUpATree: When [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Asgore and Asriel]] trained the Fire Department, which was composed of Woshuas, they assigned them to rescue a Temmie stuck up a tree in Snowdin for the last part of the training for the day. Toriel suggested that they should practice a rescue mission actually involving fire, but Asgore explained that they were teaching the Woshuas how to reach high places, an essential skill in firefighting.
* TheCavalryArrivesLate:
** As the rescue team tried defeating the [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Queen Metroid]] and her swarm during the Wednesday Mission, Greta calls Wednesday that she'd try busting him out of the hive. She only arrived just after the Metroid hatchling sucked out his bracer's energy under the Queen's orders, destroying it and freeing him from Dark Stanford's control.
** At the climax of the Phoebe Arc, the [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Legendary Pokémon]] of June's world prepared themselves to punish Evil Phoebe for releasing [[spoiler:Vahirom]] and threatening to destroy the world together. However, they only arrived after [[spoiler:Vahirom]] was defeated because it took them a long time to gather everyone.
* CellphonesAreUseless:
** While they were imprisoned in Scipion's makeshift lair, [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Kris]] tried calling Susie after they saw Scipion use an electronic device to check his Cooking "School" in the Arena. Susie wasn't able to answer the call because her phone was knocked into a mud puddle during her fight with Onox in the Gurgling Swamp. Alphys then tried calling Kris to tell them that her team's on the way, only for Kris's phone to die.
** The eldritch creature that turned the shack into a labyrinth and trapped an alternate [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Berdly]] and [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Pip Pirrip]] inside jammed all communications with its energy. Berdly Prime's[[note]]the one loyal to 6k1[[/note]] Smart Scouter and phone [[SuddenLackofSignal malfunctioned when he and the Expanded Delta Warriors entered the maze.]]
** While [[spoiler:infiltrating Belissima's realm as "Kelby"]], Blood Moon tried calling his comrade Fire Eyes for any updates from him, but he didn't respond because [[spoiler:[[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Proteus Ridley]] ripped out his communicator during his battle with him.]]
* CerebusSyndrome: While ''Convergence'' still has some comedic moments like in the main thread, things took a dark turn when Villain Month happened, where the villains were free to pull off nefarious deeds without the heroes stopping them. As a result, many nominators such as 6k1, Power, Ichi, and Psyche went into hiding while the others were exploring the Voidlands, but even then they were still affected to varying degrees.
* ChainedHeat: Group tributes can't separate from each other since the invisible tribute barrier will harmlessly zap them if they try doing so. The maximum distance varies DependingOnTheWriter, but it's generally big enough to allow some long-range combat with others, but not too big to let them separate within the barrier so easily.
* ChekhovsGunman:
** The [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Chozo Ghost]] who appeared in Season 252 is revealed to be [[spoiler:Brave Spear, Blood Moon's [[TheLostLenore lost lover]] and the former leader of his squad, whom Blood Moon was forced to kill when he was infected by an X Parasite]]. The Chozo Ghost confronted Knox at Durango-100 in Season 264 to make him relive his memories, and [[spoiler:Brave Spear blamed himself for failing to protect Blood Moon from the X, which turned him into the insane, ruthless warrior he is in the present.]]
** [[Ride/JourneyIntoImagination Figment]] appeared as one of several dragons in a group tribute consisting of multiple dragon characters from Creator/{{Disney}} media nominated by Eye-Sicle's Lair, without serving any plot relevance at the time. However, [[spoiler:it eventually turns out that Figment and his creator, the Dreamfinder, were the ones who inspired Kay and Tay's mysterious friend Kelby to keep working on his dimensional hopper after a chance meeting with them when Kelby was a child, leading to Kelby exploring the Multiverse in search of the duo to thank them and eventually landing in the Mushroom Kingdom where he made his new friends.]]
* ChildrenForcedToKill: Two episodes of "Future of Panem" involve President Snow forcing children to kill people they adored such as Literature/WinnieThePooh and Santa Claus. Another had him forcing a child to kill his father because the latter opposed Snow.
* ChristmasLightChaos: Just before Season 251, [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Peridot]] tripped on some Christmas lights on the way to meet 6k1, which got tangled in her head. She struggled with removing them and had to participate in the season stuck with them.
* CoaxThemOutOfTheCloset:
** [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Frisk]] unwittingly encouraged CAC to come out as aro/ace for the 5th Reboot Nominator Games by telling him to "[[BeYourself be [himself].]]" They said it to help him be comfortable with his shapeshifting and assumed that he'd present himself in his default form for the season, but [[ExactWords neither Frisk nor 6k1 expected him to come out as well.]]
** When 6k1 came out to [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Princess Cadance]] as a questioning a-spec person, she was unsure of whether or not to come out in public like CAC because she was overwhelmed by her self-discovery and she believed that she should hide it like him out of fear of prejudice. Cadance helped her come to terms with it and encouraged her to come out to her loved ones, but ''only'' if she is ready for it, and that it's still her choice if she wants to. Ally also gifted her aro/ace rings for her birthday so she can subtly express her identity while she's working on coming out to her loved ones personally, and 6k1 decided to wear them despite the risks of being outed for it.
* CoincidentalDodge: When [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight]] was [[spoiler:forced to wear the Dark Bracer by "Rodriguez" in the Alebrijes' Land of Dreams]], she had no idea how to operate it. Neither was Spike when he saw it appear on her body in the waking world, but since he couldn't manually remove it, he decided to tinker with it to discover its functions. While this caused several accidents at Canterlot Castle, this somehow helped Twilight dodge most of [[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand Fecto Elfilis']] attacks, and it helped her defeat them along with [[Franchise/Ben10 Vilgax]] with Joaquin. Spike was completely unaware that he saved Twilight there until he talked to her with [[spoiler:the bracer and accidentally gave himself away.]]
* ConvectionSchmonvection: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]] since the danger of heat exhaustion in lava-filled places varies between universes:
** When [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} the Delta Warriors]] visited [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Hotland]], Alphys applied cooling dirt on them to protect them from the heat, but Frisk, Asriel, and Chara can traverse it just fine without it even if they don't live there.
** There's a LethalLavaLand in the Voidlands, but heat exhaustion was a real hazard because the trope was averted there. Luckily, the first batch of travelers were far from the heat when the lava started melting the rollercoaster they were riding on.
** The lava in the [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mushroom Kingdom]] is only harmful to the touch, so while visitors won't die from heat stroke from standing near it, they'll still instantly lose a life if they fall into it.
** The glass bridge between [[VideoGame/MetroidDread Artaria and Cataris]] insulates travellers from the lava down below. [[spoiler:When the Corpius destroyed it in its chase towards the underground team, Aaron and Tokage, who are WeakToFire, immediately felt like they're about to burn up from the heat.]]
* CoolStarship: Billy's ''Eagle of the Universe'', which is based on a Kendorian scoutship, but heavily modified with features like a simulator, increased speed and agility, as well as having an external appearance as that of an eagle. Timewrecker's ''Cetus One'' also qualifies too, and so does Mr. Star's Spacepod.
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot:
** After removing Lyric's bracer with the [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Acid Armor]] potion to free him from Dark Stanford's control, which made his body melt for a while without his accessories going with him, Oscar realized that he could've just asked Phoebe to give him the same potion to remove his own bracer, but [[ForWantOfANail he wouldn't have befriended Lucian and Squishy at]] [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} SR388]] [[ForWantOfANail otherwise.]]
** While Ichi was willing to shelter 6k1, her assistants, and Power in his bunker during Villain Month, he initially refused to accommodate Power's [[TheClan large family]] when they were threatened by Dark Stanford, all because Ichi didn't want them making a mess there. This prompted Light Stanford to hide them away with the Altfords in [[Roleplay/WeAreAllPiratesRevenge Belissima]], [[spoiler:only for Blood Moon, disguised as Kelby, to infiltrate her realm and force Fair Trial to convince everyone to stay, no matter what they did, for Dark Stanford's greater plan.]] This made Ichi realize that he should've let Power's family stay with the two of them at the bunker in the first place.
* CrazyPrepared: 6k1, Ichigo, and Gamechanger always have plans in case of the worst case scenarios. Timewrecker is also this to terrifying degrees, putting him many steps ahead of the heroes.
* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Onox, the slow-witted [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Toxtricity]] henchman of Scipion, correctly concluded that [[spoiler:[[Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger Duke Org Rouki]], who absorbed AR [[Franchise/{{Kirby}} Meta Knight's]] soul, was [[TheMole secretly working against the team]] on [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} ZDR]].]]
* {{Cult}}: The Gospel of Alchemy, Science, and Knowledge, or GASK, is an evil cult who was responsible for the games in the first place.
* CureYourGays: One of [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Princess Cadance's]] clients, who was an aromantic/asexual unicorn, was bullied for not having a crush like the rest of their classmates and reluctantly asked their pegasus friend out to [[TheBeard pretend to be their date]] for them at the Crystal Ball. They both agreed to take the [[LovePotion Love Poison]] despite knowing the risks, but they ended up destroying the ballroom and injuring many ponies in their infatuated trance. The day after, the unicorn asked Cadance to cast her love spell on them to "fix" them, but she told them that she can't change a pony's sexual or romantic orientation because she failed to "fix" a gay stallion that way. However, the unicorn believed that Cadance didn't cast the spell correctly that time and demanded her to use it on them anyway, but she refused, so the unicorn insisted on copying and modifying the spell so they could "fix" ''themself'' with it. Cadance warned them of the risks of doing that since it's too dangerous for even the most magically gifted unicorns to replicate, but they stole her book on love magic and ran away, never to be seen again.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Elliot, at the very least, is said to have been [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15576410980A04187800&page=26#comment-641 abused]] [[AbusiveParents by his father]] at a young age, to the point where he tried to [[DrivenToSuicide kill himself]] over it.
* DayOfTheWeekName: Oscar's old gang of thieves he used to be part of has all its members go by codenames named after the days of the week. Among the seven, Brian is the last one to still go by his codename, Friday.
* DeadlineNews: Not even Leonard Sutton, the host of the Hunger Games since Reboot Season 69, is safe from the tributes. In Season 190, for example, the [[Literature/AllTomorrows Qu]] invaded his hosting box and threw him down from a great height. Thankfully, the Healers revived him so he could host the rest of the season, but since it took them the entire night to revive him, Gamemaker Stella took over as substitute host until then.
* DeathByAdaptation: While it applies to any tribute who dies in the Arena, there are a few KilledOffForReal examples:
** [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Snowdrake's mother]] is found alive in her home game, but after her death in Reboot Season 56, her nominator never revived her.
** Scipion nominated VideoGame/{{Ori|AndTheBlindForest}}'s adoptive mother Naru for Reboot Season 97, but didn't bother to revive her after she was killed by [[ComicBook/DoctorDoom Infamous Iron Man]] in the Bloodbath. [[spoiler:Canonically, Naru came BackFromTheDead at the end of her game.]]
* DeathIsCheap: Since tributes can be renominated, they're simply revived before being sent back to the Arena. The nominators also have their own revival methods in case they die, too, but it doesn't mean they won't fear death or recover easily from the trauma even if they know they'll be okay. However, even when data cloning is made mandatory for all tributes starting in Season 258, [[KilledOffForReal dying permanently is still possible in the setting]]. Examples include the deceased choosing to pass on for good, a ruthless villain going out of their way to [[DeaderThanDead make sure their victim stays dead]], and [[AllDeathsFinal the victim's injuries being too severe to be cured quickly and easily]], so the fear is not unfounded.
* DestroyTheSecurityCamera: During the Library heist, Greta, who was disguised as [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries Shortstuff]] by Morpholomew, made short work of the security cameras. Ally, who was watching the feed in the basement, immediately took notice as the cameras went down one by one, and quickly went to the first floor to confront her and the rest of the thieves.
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: While in Reboot Season 54, [[VideoGame/TheBattleCats Divine Kai]] had a fatal heart attack in both the main thread and ''Convergence'', she was accidentally killed by [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Yona]] when she tried giving her CPR in the latter.
* DontMakeMeDestroyYou:
** In Reboot Season 89, [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Vriska]] threatened to give [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Sans]] a "8aaaaaaaad time" if he didn't cooperate, meaning that she would {{brainwash|edAndCrazy}} him into obeying her every command if he refused to listen to her.
** During Letooce and her EvilDoppelganger's first meeting, the doppelganger warns her that though she doesn't want to, she'll get rid of her if she ever tells anyone about her.
* [[invoked]] DracoInLeatherPants: Literally, as there's a magical pair of leather pants that turns villainous tributes good or at least makes them less evil when worn. [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Oogie Boogie]] wore a pair in Reboot Season 187 and acted silly for the rest of the season.
* DreamEpisode: After everyone went home from their vacation at the [[Franchise/FindingNemo Great Barrier Reef]], there was an extended night sequence where [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight]], under Princess Luna's request, entered [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Asriel's]] nightmare to fight Nightmare CAC, who threatened to kill him for [[SelfMadeOrphan killing his parents]] in his [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Primal form]] within the dream. After Nightmare CAC was defeated, Twilight took Asriel to the dream nexus to console him over his fears, but she was called over by the [[Franchise/SpyroTheDragon Dream Weavers]] for another dream mission at the Alebrijes' Land of Dreams.
* DreamLand: Besides the various dreamscapes in some universes such as [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Equestria's]], there's also the Alebrijes' Land of Dreams, which is the homeworld of the [[OurAlebrijesAreDifferent Alebrijes]]. There are magical gates in Los Colinas de Colores, [[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand Forgo Dreams]], and the VideoGame/{{Under|tale}}ground Dreamscape that lead to it, but a special dance between two people is required to open them. Once inside, visitors can conjure up items or gain new powers by just saying or imagining them, as [[DreamWeaver anything goes within the realm.]]\\
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In the middle of the land is a castle that houses a magic crystal called the Hypnos-Stone that lets one view and enter the dreams of others, even outside New Durango, but the castle is protected with AntiMagic that prevents intruders from teleporting directly to it or inside it. They also can't teleport themselves or any items out of it since their dream powers are also suppressed, and only Elder Coatl knows how to disable the protective enchantment. [[spoiler:Blood Moon disabled it by infecting the Elder with an [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} X Parasite]] to [[NoOntologicalIntertia kill him.]]]]
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** Early in ''Convergence'', [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15358704370A99240800&page=174#comment-4341 before it was moved to its own thread from]] ''Beyond the Possibilities'', there was a council that rigorously vetted which tributes were allowed in the Arena. It wasn't mentioned again ever since because the Gamemakers only ban tributes that they consider "controversial".
** When [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Caliborn]] was nominated for Reboot Season 46, he talked "normally" instead of [[NoIndoorVoice using his usual Typing Quirk]] because according to Mr. X, the way he typed wasn't the same as the way he spoke. This presumably applied to everyone from the Homestuck Universe since [[VisualNovel/HiveswapFriendsim Galekh]] was shown speaking "normally" to 6k1 but using his footnote-based Typing Quirk when messaging her on [[FictionalSocialNetwork Chittr.]] However, [[SeriesContinuityError this contradicted with canon]] since the characters still used their Typing Quirks even while talking, so it was quietly dropped in ASAS.
** In CVG and early ASAS, the nominators used to watch Multiversal versions of ''Series/BigBrother'', ''Series/{{Survivor}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'', which were also forum game threads, and comment on them during or in between Hunger Games seasons. However, this was dropped due to their lack of popularity in-universe, but other Multiversal Hunger Games[[note]]offsite HGS threads/servers[[/note]] are alluded to, like Juan and Polar Vortex coming from one that went on a long hiatus after only a few seasons.
** Because of [[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 Ness's]] [[DemotedToExtra reduced significance in ASAS]], [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Frisk's]] friendship with him in CVG is barely brought up at all in the former RP.
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: Ichigo lives in an underground bunker, which contains laboratories, a computer room, an armory, a teleporter room, a training room, a garage housing an assortment of vehicles, and a rec room, among others. He also has robot servants that help run the place.
* EldritchLocation: The Realm of Unyielding Chaos, or Voidlands for short, is what used to be the universe of the Original Timeline, which was destroyed by Scipion, who turned into an EldritchAbomination from drinking too much literal [[invoked]] NightmareFuel, in Season 250. It's a fusion of ''all'' the universes that's inhabited by eldritch versions of the tributes of that time, some of them having drastically different powers from their Reboot counterparts. The place is so dangerous that only Eldritch Abominations can survive in it without needing protective equipment.
* EmbarrassingNickname:
** [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Bill Cipher's]] often called an "Egyptian Nacho", with Valecor being the first to call him as such. Many others, particularly [[MaliciousMisnaming those who oppose him]], caught on and began calling the pyramid demon that as well.
** Power Stroke's called "Pow-Pow" by her aunt Miranda Rights. It's her foalhood nickname, and Power's friend Ichi [[AffectionateNickname couldn't help but call her that as well.]]
*** After realizing that "Pow-Pow"'s not so embarrassing at all, [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipisMagic Crim]][[Tropers/VengefulBale son]] [[AuthorAvatar Gale]] called her "Powie" during Billy's party, which she silently cringed at.
*** One of her cousins used to call her "''Cower'' Stroke" due to her anxiety attacks, especially when he dared her to ride the rollercoaster as a filly.
** Morgan constantly calls Tabby [[MaliciousMisnaming "Tabbitch"]], much to her chagrin.
** Alex has also taken a liking to call Lucian "Lulu" and Oscar "Kiki".
* EmpathicEnvironment: The Alebrijes' Land of Dreams is a colorful realm where the alebrijes cheerfully go about their day when they're not traversing other people's dreams, [[spoiler:but when the Hypnos-Stone gets stolen by Blood Moon, the realm becomes a depressing land full of thunderstorms as the alebrijes slowly transform into Nightmares.]]
* EndingMemorialService: [[spoiler:Billy hosted GC's funeral after the latter died in the Voidlands. It served as the final arc for ''Convergence''.]]
* EternalEquinox: Other than a few times when the characters remark on the winter days getting shorter, sunrise and sunset in Panem are assumed to follow the equinox cycle regardless of season.
* EternalRecurrence: Except for the Great Destruction that happened in OT Season 250 and the attempted 2nd Great Destruction in Reboot Season 74, the apocalypse is an uncommon occurrence in the Arena. The extent of the destruction is mitigated by data cloning tributes that would cause it if killed and moving the surviving tributes to an identical Arena after the "end of the world". This has happened so many times that the nominators eventually treated it like any other season event.
* EvilCounterpart: The Dark Nominators are this to the regular ones, with some of them working for Timewrecker like Dark Billy.
* ExactWords: When [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Frisk]] suspected that CAC was hiding a lot of secrets, not just his shapeshifting, they advised him that "there's nothing wrong with [[BeYourself being [himself].]]" This gave CAC an idea for the following Nominator Games (Season 250), and 6k1 assumed that he'd just be presenting himself in his [[ShapeshifterDefaultForm default human form]]. While he did just that, he also decided to come out as aromantic/asexual, which threw 6k1 and Power[[note]]who was watching the season with Ichi at his bunker[[/note]] off-guard because they found it odd for him to be closeted when it has always been legal for LGBT+ tributes to participate in the Games. Because he did so in the Arena, unlike Tabby, who casually came out as a lesbian in the Science Center's Recovery Room after the 2nd Reboot Nominator Games, it also made 6k1 question her own sexual orientation, among the other things stressing her out before the season.
* ExceptionallyTolerant:
** While there's still some discrimination in the Multiverse, such as James, Arthur, and Nick keeping their polyamorous relationship a secret for most of ASAS and [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Roy]] making misogynistic comments, the nominators are generally tolerant and/or respectful towards minority groups. They use the right pronouns for trans/nonbinary people and are cool with LGBT+ couples, and don't make a big deal about their racial/species differences.
** Because it has always been legal for tributes of all gender, sexual, and romantic minorities to compete in the Games and the nominators are generally accepting of them, 6k1 and Power found it unusual that CAC decided to come out as aromantic/asexual in the 5th Reboot Nominator Games. They thought that he didn't need to hide it in the first place when Panem already has progressive values towards LGBT+ people.
* ExpositionParty: While the guests had fun for the most part, GC's party was just an excuse for him and Valecor to warn them of Nightmare Scipion and prepare to fight him.

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* FantasticSlurs: [[ExpendableClone "Digital meat shields"]] for data clones, as they're treated like the originals because they're designed to perfectly emulate them. Power took offense when Alphys {{innocent|Bigot}}ly brought up the concern about using them to counter tribute attacks on the nominators, then realized that she was also being unintentionally bigoted towards them when she described them to Ichi. 6k1, however, unironically used the term when expressing her hatred towards data clones, offending [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries Dupe]], who regularly summons her clone for her work. Due to a mutual misunderstanding on the topic, he temporarily left to give himself a timeout.
* FantasyCounterpartAppliance: In [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Equestria]], ponies use crystal balls like video phones to communicate with one another. Some like Power's family also have magic screen generators in their homes to watch the Games. Power herself also has the same cauldron that [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017 Tempest Shadow used to communicate with the Storm King]], which functions like a TV and also has "video call" in her bedroom.
* FeverDreamEpisode: When Joaquin caught a cold after the search for CG, he took all of Cleo's cough medicine for him. He then had a [[RealDreamsAreWeirder dream which was like an acid trip]], with his friends randomly morphing and living fruits singing nonsensical Spanish songs. The singing then became an ominous chant of [[DreamingOfThingsToCome what's to come for the 'Brijes]], and Zuma, a natural-born Alebrije who [[DreamWalker can traverse the dream realm]], advised Joaquin to control his True Alebrije form in preparation for the dangers ahead. Joaquin then woke up in the triage wondering [[OrWasItADream if the last part with Zuma was real]] because to him, it was the most "normal" part of the dream.
* FirstPetStory: Mimi's character arc in CVG was this, and 6k1 learned to love her after GC gave her to her as a gift. Despite all the trouble Mimi gave her owner as a mischievous Starble, 6k1 promised to take care of her after learning about her missing parents.
* FisherKingdom: Several universes such as [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Equestria]] and the VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon World transform outside visitors into their native species or alter their art styles, or even subject them to their universe laws such as the [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Looniverse's]] ToonPhysics. This effect can be bypassed using magic or protective devices such as anti-transformation portals while shapeshifters[[note]]usually those who can transform into anything[[/note]] can retain their forms at will[[note]]which was why [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents Jorgen von Strangle]] showed up in his default fairy form when he dropped by Power's home to reprimand her and Ichi for violating the Anti-[[VoodooDoll You-Doo Doll]] Rule[[/note]], whether or not they turn into Dittos upon entry like [[Roleplay/WeAreAllPiratesRevenge Ira and Melody.]]
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: A serendipitous case: During Reboot Season 153, shortly before the heist at the Library, WesternAnimation/PuffTheMagicDragon ran afoul of a copy of [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Flowey]] at the mall for villains and was taken out of the season by him, much to Asriel's unease. As the heist ultimately led to [[spoiler:Asriel being forcibly turned back into the real Flowey by the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Blight Ganons]],]] it makes what was originally just another fatal event in the season come off as rather ominous in hindsight.
* ForgottenFirstMeeting:
** While Power and Ichi did meet in the 2nd OT Nominator Games (Season 200), their friendship didn't take off until the 1st Reboot Nominator Games (Season 50). Power only realized this after the latter because she was possessed by [=WarioGuy=] when she met Ichi in the former.
** Scipion claimed that he only met Lucian at parties, forgetting the first time they met as young Franchise/{{Pokemon}}, when Aaron rescued them from a cave.
* FoulCafeteriaFood: Implied when [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Susie]] enjoyed the various Franchise/{{Pokemon}} food prepared by Freddy in Scipion's party, saying it was a lot better than the cafeteria food in her school. Whether this was just her opinion since she's a BigEater otherwise or if the cafeteria food objectively wasn't delicious was left ambiguous.
* FourIsDeath: In Reboot Season 113, [[Anime/{{Stitch}} Pop]] killed his nominator, 6k1, by blasting her out of the Database Library's conference room by inflating a balloon with his tail and popping it. It just so happened that the conference room was on the ''4th'' floor.
* FourthDateMarriage: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. After officially dating for three days ([[WebcomicTime or 4 months and 17 days on]] [[RealLife Earth Prime]]), Dave and Fira got engaged. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Spike]]:
--> "That's an awfully short time to make sure your relationship's secure."
* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: In-universe. Unlike Earth Prime, which is the in-universe depiction of the real world, The 4th World is the metafictional universe where the nominators' respective writers reside. It's separated from the rest of the Multiverse by the FourthWall, but it was destroyed at least twice when it was nominated as a tribute in OT Season 96 and Reboot Season 108. As a result, the writers are just as vulnerable as the nominators to rogue tribute attacks like being summoned to the Arena to kill another tribute. They can also be nominated as tributes by being part of massive real-world populations.
* FreakyFridayFlip:
** Besides temporary ones that happen in the Arena [[note]]and even then, they only last for a single day/night to avoid complications in determining who makes the Hall of Fame[[/note]] and a few cases where the tributes are body-swapped from the start, a massive one happened in June's cheer-up party for Stanford when Cleo, who swapped souls with Wanda after the former accidentally unleashed Soulstorm, tried teaching her to use the spell to try swapping them back, only for Wanda to fail and swap almost everyone else around instead. Power and [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Ralsei]] were among the ones not affected... until [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries Swapper]] tried swapping June and Scipion back to their own bodies, only for it to fail due to his powers working differently and swap the former two instead.
** Nate is an Alebrije who has the power to switch the consciousness of two or more dreamers. She did this to Les and Reba by switching their bodies with two commoners from their kingdom during their nightmare to convince them to stop being tyrant rulers of their kingdom.
** One-sided example: in Reboot Season 194, [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Rouxls Kaard]] [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse accidentally projected himself astrally into Swatch's body in his sleep.]] His voice [[VoicesAreNotMental didn't swap with him]] but he still kept his YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe accent, but he had to break into his own camp to slap his own body awake to return to it. Swatch woke up confused and was disappointed with the act, even if it was an accident.
* FurryConfusion: Anthropomorphic and non-anthro animals regularly meet up in the Arena and out, leading to some interesting interactions between them, especially if they're of the same species.
** While Franchise/{{Pokemon}} are officially classified as sapient creatures by the Gamemakers, Pokémon from the [[VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon Mystery Dungeon]] Worlds can talk and live like humans, though wild Pokémon like the ones from the "main series" Pokémon World live there, too.
** 6k1's Vaporeon, itself a regular Pokémon, was afraid of Sonic-style Alolan Vulpix because the latter was standing on two legs and could talk.
* GadgeteerGenius:
** Several nominators such as 6k1, Ichi, and GC are good with tech, and the latter prefers fighting with his inventions over having superpowers.
** Some of the nominators' assistants are just as skilled in gadgets as them, most notably Stanford and his numerous {{Alternate Sel|f}}ves.
** [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Alphys]], being the Underground's Royal Scientist, makes all sorts of useful inventions for her friends, like Frisk's prosthetic hand and special equipment for the Royal Guard such as goggles to correct Doggo's reverse object blindness.
** Lucian also has knowledge in gadgets and even built some for his friends.
* GagEcho: After seeing [[FreakyFridayFlip Power-in-Ralsei's-body]] lose control of her [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Stand]] while trying to use Ralsei's healing magic, Aaron and Ichi petted her to comfort her. She felt flustered by the gesture while Ralsei-in-Power's-body blushed at the scene because it felt surreal for him to watch "himself" in that situation. This was mirrored at the [[VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon1998 Peace Keepers Homeworld]], where Power blushed at watching "herself" being petted by Aaron after Ralsei accidentally teleported himself near him during their training.
* GenreSavvy: Over the course of ASAS, the nominators and a few of their tributes have started becoming aware of how the Arena works, but they're still subjected to its influence with only some degree of resistance depending on their mental resilience.
* GiantSpider: Some of Jace Webking's spiders are described to be far larger than the average spider, such as the spider that carried Tubbo's corpse and Tommy's sausage-turned remains to the Webking House in Reboot Season 148 being described as "motorcycle-sized".
* GlitchEntity:
** G-13 was a virus that threatened to destroy universes by turning them into glitchy messes without leaving a trace. It was one of Timewrecker's experiments that EscapedFromTheLab during the Great Destruction, and his group sought to destroy it because it went out of control and some of his members were from universes it destroyed.
** How every failed HGS save was depicted in-universe when nominated for Reboot Season 223; it's depicted as a glitched, ''WesternAnimation/{{Pibby}}''-esque amalgamation of the usual in-universe depiction of EVERYTHING. Its powers grow stronger with every failed save made by the Gamemakers.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation:
** In Reboot Season 95, the Music Fanbase underwent this when Immorticia pointed out that they were sent to the Arena by Terminus, driving them to kill her.
** In Reboot Season 123, [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaAnother Yamato Kisaragi]] outed [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Ugo]] as the shapeshifting [[AuthorAvatar CosmosAndChaos]], causing him to go insane for the rest of the season.
** Upon learning that [[spoiler:he's half-Alebrije because his late father Sebastian was a Full one, and that he's undergoing a {{metamorphosis}} into a Full Alebrije himself thanks to the Alebrije Touch and the Alebrije blood in his veins]], Knox freaked out and stormed out of Elder Coatl's quarters, not wanting to speak with him further.
* GrayRainOfDepression: In Reboot Season 52, [[Literature/TheMagicSchoolBus Mikey]] tried to summon the [[Film/Aladdin2019 Genie]] for his final wish, but couldn't because the latter had been killed by [[Franchise/KagerouProject Shuuya Kano]] earlier. It rained as soon as he started crying.
* HalloweenEpisode:
** After the Sayaka Mission, Haze decided to host a Halloween party at his museum to relax from it. It lasted well past Halloween itself because the guests had a [[TalentContest costume/talent contest]], with Dave winning it, Fira placing 2nd, and [[Literature/TheMagicSchoolBus Carlos]], [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Ralsei]], and Mr. Godzilla tying for 3rd. Dave and Fira even got engaged to cap it off.
** For Halloween on Earth Prime 2022, Freddy invited his guests to brave the challenges in his haunted house for some scary good fun, with Dess and Skyler volunteering to help him spook them with their illusions.
* HeistEpisode: In Reboot Season 152, [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries Bonnie and Clyde]] decided to raid the Library with the help of Wednesday and the 'Brijes after hearing 6k1[[note]]who was actually a data clone of herself[[/note]] tell their cousin PJ that she'd be going to a party. The following season, they tore through the Library's security systems and invaded the basement to steal her Database notes, only to try prying [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Asriel's]] ring out of him instead because of its value. [[spoiler:They didn't realize that it [[TransformationTrinket lets him power-up into his Hyperdeath form]], but at the cost of [[ArtifactOfDoom turning him back into Flowey if he loses it.]] The thieves learned this the hard way when the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Blight Ganons]] broke in and forcibly corrupted him back into his psychotic alter ego. The Blights then ordered them to keep the ring away from him so he can wreak havoc at the party in the VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon World.]]
* HeroesGoneFishing: The nominators often throw parties after a big mission or the Nominator Games to relax from them, but they're not without their own mishaps.
* HeroicBSOD: Fighting in the Games gives many tributes stress to the point that they break down. It also happens to them and several nominators even outside the Arena.
** Power Stroke, being a self-admitted NervousWreck, has several moments. In fact, she had broken down so many times, she was at greater risk of suffering from [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyRainbowRoadtrip Hopeless]] [[DespairEventHorizon Magic]] and [[ColorFailure losing her colors]] than Twilight before she took some much-needed friendship lessons.
*** In the interlude between Reboot Seasons 49 and 50, she mentally broke down during President Snow's party when she heard that OG universe still exists as the Voidlands, traumatized by what her (or 6k1's) tributes did in the old timeline and Wario Guy possessing her in the second Nominator Games (OG Season 200). She got better after Dave's group and [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Ralsei]] comforted her by reminding her that [[YouAreNotAlone she wasn't alone.]] Even Billy's tributes consoled her.
*** During the 1st Reboot Nominator Games (Season 50), she was reduced to tears after witnessing her friends Ralsei and Gale die. She eventually got better after the season, even forgiving Ichigo for [[DisproportionateRetribution killing the latter for yanking his hair.]]
*** Upon realizing that Psyche was among the many Australians who had perished in Season 58's Bloodbath, she broke down crying while discussing it with an equally shaken Ichigo, who wasted no time teleporting to Power's home in order to provide her with a shoulder to cry on while Vengeful Bale offered her some consoling words over the radio.
*** After witnessing [[VideoGame/TheBattleCats Miko Mitama's]] [[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill horrifically excessive murder]] of [[Music/{{BTS}} V]] on the ''first day'' of Reboot Season 60, then learning that her art school had been leveled and Pointy had died from her wounds in the aftermath despite the droids' best efforts, Power completely broke down. Thankfully, she got better when Twilight, [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Star]][[Tropers/DaveTheAssassin fa]][[AuthorAvatar ll]] and Ichigo paid her a visit in order to personally comfort her.
*** Upon seeing [[Franchise/FindingNemo Dory]], 6k1's ''own'' tribute, destroy Tier 0 aka EVERYTHING in Reboot Season 74, she cowered in a TroubledFetalPosition, just like when Valecor first told her about the Voidlands. Ichi instinctively teleported himself to her house to reassure her that the Second Great Destruction didn't happen because of that[[note]]due to Billy having the Gamemakers secretly replace it and the Outerverse with harmless copies[[/note]].
*** She broke down sobbing at her and Ichi's watch party for Reboot Season 80 after seeing the two versions of Twilight, the pony she idolizes and thinks the world of, who'd been nominated perish at the hands of [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Kilik]] and [[Franchise/StarWars Anakin Skywalker]]. She even had to leave the party early because of it.
*** [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Even after she learned to control her emotions, she still broke down upon seeing]] [[SiblingMurder Ichi being murdered by his adoptive sister Psyche in the 2nd Reboot Nominator Games.]] Thankfully, her friends and family visited her at the Recovery Room to cheer her up after the season, and she even called Ichi himself to make sure he was okay.
** Even Power's [[AlternateSelf human counterpart]] 6k1 breaks down on occasion.
*** In Reboot Season 54, she was anguished with grief after witnessing the Database, which had a copy of it downloaded into a robot resembling Power, get pulverized by VideoGame/{{the Messenger|2018}}. For her, it was like being forced to watch her child die while she was unable to do anything about it. Thankfully, GC made a new bot, which resembled Twilight, to comfort her the next day.
*** After the Database Library was set on fire by [[invoked]] [[MemeticMutation LOLW]] in Reboot Season 63, 6k1 fell to her knees and broke down crying, wondering where she went wrong as Manager. Thankfully, her assistants, nominator friends, and tributes gave her [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre words of encouragement]], motivating her to spring back into action.
*** When Timewrecker leaked her OT memories and time machine to the public, she was driven into catatonia. Thankfully, GC reassured her that that wouldn't be a big deal in the long run, [[YankTheDogsChain but that didn't stop Timewrecker from messing with her, anyway.]]
*** After witnessing Dory [[OmnicidalManiac destroy Tier 0 aka EVERYTHING]] in Reboot Season 74, she froze up and collapsed as memories of the First Great Destruction came back to her. It took her a while to regain consciousness, and Dave comforted her by vowing to [[UndyingLoyalty never leave her behind.]]
*** She fainted when what she thought was "her" Twilight was "stolen" in Reboot Season 97 when AR Twilight and her friends were forced into the Arena by the Legion of Doom. While "tribute theft" is not a big deal for him unless said "stolen" tribute performs better under their new nominator, Scipion was concerned for her because she overreacted. The other Twilight then gave her "friendship lessons" to help her overcome this.
*** Like Power after the 2nd Reboot Nominator Games, she fell into despair when Dave didn't visit her at the Recovery Room after the third one. As always, her friends and family comforted her and helped her learn to accept that she can press on without him, but the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Waterblight Ganon]] told her the harsh truth that Dave can't always be there for her.
** After learning just how traumatic the Great Destruction had been for 6k1 and Power, Ichigo was left feeling racked with sorrow and guilt over his decision to stay holed up in his bunker during that time instead of reaching out to not only them, but anyone else left reeling in the timeline-destroying catastrophe's wake. Fortunately, this prompted Power to visit his base in order to personally console him.
** Like Power, Lucian the Dusk Lycanroc is prone to panic attacks and almost always faints when frightened. He's been trying his best to stay calm, but his worst scare happened when he went on a dangerous mission in [[VideoGame/AnotherMetroid2Remake Planet [=SR388=]]] to destroy Wednesday's bracer and free him from Dark Stanford's control. Wednesday also did his best to comfort him during the treacherous journey, [[spoiler:but Lucian got severely injured and traumatized by an Omega Metroid, and then blacked out. Aaron was extremely worried about him when he arrived to rescue him, but thankfully, he consoled him when he broke down crying over lying to him about the mission as well as risking Wednesday's life and Colby's sacrifice.]]
** The quest to [=SR388=] similarly leaves Stanford very shaken up afterward due to him becoming aware of the atrocities committed by [[EvilCounterpart Dark Stanford]] in the worst possible way, along with he and Eye-Sicle nearly being [[KillAndReplace killed and replaced]] by a malevolent X Parasite. Stanford is so shaken up that [[EveryoneHasStandards even Scipion and Eye-Sicle are both sympathetic to him]] [[PetTheDog and insist he take time to mentally recuperate from the experience]].
* HiveMind: Group tributes generally are compelled to perform the same action because they're treated as one tribute by the Gamemakers, but there are exceptions depending on the members in question. Because of this, kills are always shared between them, even if not everyone contributed to the murder.
* HomeBase: Each nominator has a base of operations where they nominate their tributes and arrange for meetings with other nominators. Some of them such as 6k1, Ichi, and Eye-Sicle are based in Panem while others such as Scipion, Bale, and the Tempest System are stationed elsewhere in the Multiverse.
* HorrifyingTheHorror: In Reboot Season 216, [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Vaati]], in his OneWingedAngel form, had nightmares about being [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill timewrecked.]] It shows just how horrifying it is to suffer such AFateWorseThanDeath when even a terrifying villain like him fears it.
* HotSpringsEpisode: After defeating [[spoiler:Vahirom]], the Fiery Blue Wings, the Bugtrio, Team Cerulean, [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Susie, Noelle, and Berdly]] went to some hot springs near Dragonspiral Tower to relax from the stressful mission, enjoying each other's company before calling it a night.
* HulkSpeak: Haban-Arrow speak like this, and combined with YouNoTakeCandle and {{Pluralses}}, they're said to speak like [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Gollum]]. They also call people with simple descriptions instead of their names. Their manner of speaking even extends to their narration from their POV.
* HumanityEnsues: In Season 271, a mysterious light engulfed the entire Arena and permanently turned [[MassTransformation all the non-human tributes into humans]], some of them becoming LittleBitBeastly. Some of them like [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Photoshop Flowey]] [[RevelingInTheNewForm didn't mind their new forms]] while others like the [[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot Komodo Brothers]] were disgusted by them. This is the first instance of a mass humanization event, since another one happened in Season 277, where [[WebVideo/BackstrokeOfTheWest Ratio Tile]] was responsible for it.
* IdenticalTwinIDTag:
** Due to the prevalence of [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals identical]] {{Alternate Sel|f}}ves, some tributes wear accessories or have distinct markings to help the nominators tell them apart.
*** 6k1 invoked this when she visited [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Toriel]] during her Underground vacation by gifting her a snail bracelet to wear on her right hand. This is because 6k1 is aware of the various alternate Undergrounds since several alternate versions of Sans occasionally show up in the Arena.
*** [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]] wears a star-shaped mane clip while Fluttershy [[ExpositoryHairstyleChange keeps her short mane she got from Reboot Season 245]] so they won't be confused with their AR counterparts, who are loyal to Bale while they are loyal to 6k1. However, Dark 6k1 exploited the former when she infiltrated 6k1's disguise revealer experiment at the lab by shapeshifting into "her" Twilight, complete with her mane clip, to trick her into thinking it's the "real" Twilight she knows.
*** Starting in Season 251, 6k1's [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Peridot]] wears [[QueerColors a purple ace scarf]] even when it's not cold outside to differentiate herself from AR Peridot, who's loyal to Bale like the other AR tributes of his.
*** When 6k1 assigned [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Berdly]] to Eastboroughshiressex to meet with another Berdly, the former reluctantly dyed his crest red to tell themselves apart. 6k1's Berdly, who was nominated by Scipion in Reboot Seasons 201 and 208 but declared his loyalty to her after his mission at Danjor Island, got the idea from the latter season, when his data clone transformed into [[WesternAnimation/TurningRed a giant red panda]] after breaking a cursed weapon containing its spirit.
** June the Zoroark is the only one among her clones to wear a purple bobble, while her sisters July and August[[note]]not to be confused with August of the Cosmic Crusaders, who's a Luxio[[/note]] wear blue and green bobbles, respectively.
* IdenticalTwinMistake: Alluded to by the loony Penny when she and [[PolarOppositeTwins her calm identical twin sister Jenny]] saw [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Manaphy]] about to use [[FreakyFridayFlip Heart Swap]] when in distress.
--> '''Penny''': Would anybody really know the difference if Jenny and I swapped bodies?
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: When [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Zekrom]] trained Aaron how to fight, he transformed Lucian into a Midnight Lycanroc to teach him how to fight his own friend in dire situations. [[spoiler:This happened again when Lucian was possessed by a wild Spiritomb during Aaron and Scipion's duel in the latter's makeshift lair.]]
* ImAHumanitarian: Originally, cannibalism was illegal in the Games, with one tribute being eliminated as punishment, but it was legalized when Panem was opened to the Multiverse. As a result, there have been many instances of tributes preying on one another, and for some nominators such as 6k1, they have to manually and secretly extract the remains from their predators to revive them (before data cloning made the process easier).
* ImmortalBreaker: The Arena temporarily suppresses the immortality of some tributes, allowing them to be killed by others, mostly mortals. [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Dry Bones]] Jones was shocked to discover this in Reboot Season 130 when he [[RevivingEnemy couldn't pull his bones back together]] after being shot with an arrow by WesternAnimation/{{Grizzy|AndTheLemmings}}.
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: During Haze's Halloween party, 6k1 disguised herself as Power for fun, but decided to impersonate her and lie about liking data clones to Bale because she was tired of hearing him talk about them. While Bale fell for her lies at first, he eventually caught on when she ended up implicating herself.
--> '''6k1 (as Power)''': I'm just wondering if you're gonna transfer [[[Franchise/UltraSeries Maquette]]![[Franchise/YuGiOh Dinosaur Ryuzaki's]]] good Arena memories to the real Ryuzaki after [Reboot Season 130]. So that, y'know... he won't miss out.
--> '''Bale''': Since when were you this intersted [sic] in tribute's memories... ''"Power"''?
* InevitableWaterfall: James and Henry encountered one right after the [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Metroid Queen]] threw their cocoon out of their prison and into the stream down below. It led them back to the surface of Planet [=SR388=].
* InUniverseSoundtrack: Some of the tributes are fully aware of their {{Leitmotif}}s, which are often played in the Arena. They also play remixes in parties, and [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Chara]] recalls several alternate Frisks who killed all the monsters [[EvilIsPetty just to dance to Sans's boss theme.]]
* JawDrop: Whenever [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Sans or Papyrus]] witness something shocking, their jawbones [[VisualPun literally fall to the floor.]]
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[[folder: Tropes K - O]]
* KidFromTheFuture: Techra and Titania, AR [[Franchise/{{Kirby}} Meta Knight]] and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Lucina's]] [[FanCreatedOffspring daughters]], time travel from the distant future to join the Games.
* LargeAndInCharge:
** Elder Coatl of the Alebrijes' Land of Dreams is a colossal Alebrije, with his quarters being just as large as him. He towers over the already-giant Zuma and Rodriguez by three feet.
** Commander Cranium, leader of the [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Dry Bones]] army, is a Big Dry Bones, stands twice as tall as his soldiers.
* LarynxDissonance: When Power and [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Ralsei]] switched bodies, [[VoicesAreMental their voices swapped with them]], so they tried to sound like each other to hide from the [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} ex-Decepticons]] that they were swapped. It didn't work because they ended up sounding like boys going through puberty.
* LetsSplitUpGang:
** The rescue teams' strategy for raiding Scipion's makeshift lair to rescue [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Kris]] and Lucian. VideoGame/{{Und|ertale}}yne suggested doing so even if she was aware she was contradicting [[WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower Glimmer's]] advice to [[NeverSplitTheParty stick together]], only for Susie to immediately run off to look for Kris. While Morgan trapped Susie for her trouble, the plan worked in the rescue teams' favor as Aaron, James, and Ralsei split off to find her while the others fought off [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Ridley's crew]] and the [[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory Dark Star]].
** The [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Mystery Gang's]] tendency to split up to search for clues was {{lampshade|Hanging}}d when Shaggy counted to three just before Fred suggested splitting up to search for Kelby in [[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam Pi'illo Island.]]
* LieToTheBeholder: Before running away to New Durango, Freyja and Nyx gave magic stones to [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries Bonnie, Clyde]], and the 'Brijes that cast illusions that hide their true forms. They were still themselves under the disguises, but they have to hold the stones near them to retain them.
* LighterAndSofter: ''Another Side, Another Story'' is this to ''Convergence'', and while it still has its dark moments, there are more comedic and lighthearted moments than its predecessor.
* LoopholeAbuse: After data cloning was made mandatory for ''all'' tributes starting in Season 258, 6k1 and Ally got concerned about those potentially violating the rule such as the Tempest System creating magical tribute constructs and sending them to the Arena to make them "more real", meaning that they are not digitally cloned as defined by the law. However, the Gamemakers haven't stated the punishment yet, and those with their own cloning system are still allowed to use it, even non-digital clones because they didn't specify it has to be a ''data'' cloning system.
* LooseCanon: While ''Convergence/Another Side, Another Story'' takes place concurrently with the canon seasons, several liberties are taken with some parts of the canon to make the story work, like Snow's many deaths becoming [[ActuallyADoombot Snowclones being killed]] and several tributes [[SparedByTheAdaptation not actually dying]] despite being stated to do so.
* MadeOfEvil:
** Valecor is an Exterrerian, a being made of literal [[invoked]] NightmareFuel as a result of an experiment by Scientist Dave. GASK also experimented on these creatures in the OG timeline, but they failed because the beings weren't intelligent enough.
** [[Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa Nightmare]] is also the same species as Valecor, and this let the former secretly absorb the latter's essence while he was still active.
* MagicAIsMagicA: How magic works varies across universes, and some spells have complicated rules on how they are used:
** Power's art magic has complex rules governing it, given how long she had to learn to master it:
*** It requires full concentration or else the spell breaks. Bigger and more complex drawings are harder and take longer to summon, and she needs to rest if she summons a drawing as big as Franchise/KingKong, but she'll faint from exhaustion if she summons anything bigger than him.
*** While she can make her food drawings come to life, she can't make them taste like the real ones because she hasn't mastered that part of her spell yet.
*** It takes more willpower to successfully summon a living being than an inanimate object, and the spell only works perfectly on her drawings or the drawings of those she collaborated on because they were made in her vision, totally or partially. [[spoiler:Ralsei learned the hard way when he tried learning her art magic while in her body, as he tried but failed to summon a translator for Stanford-in-Sticky's-body that he drew up himself, [[LoopholeAbuse but that didn't stop him from using the spell on]] ''[[LoopholeAbuse her]]'' [[LoopholeAbuse drawings.]]]]
** [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Princess Cadance's]] love spell can make anyone fall in love with others, but it can't change their sexual or romantic orientation. For example, if she casts it on a gay stallion, then he'll always fall in love with another stallion instead of a mare or a non-binary pony. Cadance is, to date, [[SecretArt the only pony who mastered this spell]], and it's [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique extremely dangerous for even the most talented unicorns to replicate it.]]
* MagicalDefibrillator: Reviving a tribute that died from the mental shock of their data clone's death [[YourMindMakesItReal while using VR]] is as simple as using [[{{Magitek}} technomagically]] advanced defibrillators on them.
* MakeWayForTheNewVillains: ???'s [[spoiler:(actually Dark Bale's)]] Legion, who had been working in the background for their personal goals, [[spoiler:killed Markus after the fall of the Legion of Doom and then raided his churches to turn them into their new bases]].
* ManipulativeEditing:
** The Gamemakers sometimes edit the footage to make scenes more dramatic or cover up inconsistencies such as tributes not actually dying when they're supposed to. However, they sometimes slip up, so they review the footage after the fact and adjust the kill tally accordingly.
** [[spoiler:[[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Raven Beak]] doctored the footage of Fire Eyes' near-fatal defeat to Proteus Ridley to make it look like the nominators killed the Mawkin instead. He then showed this to Blood Moon to feed into his hatred against the nominators, thus forcing him to shed his Kelby disguise and capture all the Altfords hiding in [[Roleplay/WeAreAllPiratesRevenge Belissima]] in his grief-induced rampage.]]
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy:
** Fukuro and Imori, two workers at Dobu-2 Corp, may look like a woman and a man, respectively, but they're actually a [[LongHairedPrettyBoy long-haired man]] and a [[BoyishShortHair short-haired woman.]]
** Irene and Pedro, a married couple, are a brutish Tinkaton (an [[OneGenderRace all-female]] Franchise/{{Pokemon}} species) blacksmith and a flamboyant Quaquaval dancer (who's male and is of a predominantly male species), respectively.
* TheMasquerade: Some worlds must be kept secret from others, such as [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} the Dark World to the Light World]], so the Gamemakers censor the footage of their inhabitants so they wouldn't be exposed to other worlds in their local broadcasting. [[spoiler:[[BrokenMasquerade It got broken]] when Noelle realized that she wasn't dreaming about her last season at the time, Reboot Season 196, because she woke up with her watch stolen by [[Film/HomeAlone Harry and Marv]] after she was revived. She lashed out at Susie [[LiarRevealed for lying to her not just about her Arena experiences, but also her adventure in Cyber World]], but Kris explained that it was for her and Berdly's protection as revealing the Dark World's existence to the Lightners might [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt risk destroying both worlds with the Roaring.]] However, Noelle didn't forgive Susie immediately for the lie, though she and Berdly would do their best not to spread the secret to the other Lightners.]]
* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: Besides the ''sheer'' number of tributes from various universes that are nominated every season (including the massive group tributes like Tier 0 aka EVERYTHING), there are many characters who are [[CanonForeigner created specifically for the roleplay]] like the nominators and their assistants. Some of these characters are [[CanonImmigrant eventually nominated in the main thread.]]
* MassTransformation: There are a few events where all the tributes are transformed either into [[HumanityEnsues humans]], nonhumans, or clones of a random tribute. HilarityEnsues when some of them are [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot already transformed into something or someone else]], like when [[WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}} Alma Madrigal]] and Alma Coin suddenly turned into [[VideoGame/BattleForWesnoth Garak]] clones in Season 264, while already [[FreakyFridayFlip body-swapped]] with each other.
* MeaningfulEcho:
** When 6k1 fainted from seeing her own tribute [[Franchise/FindingNemo Dory]] [[OmnicidalManiac destroy Tier 0]] in Reboot Season 74, Dave told the others to continue the mission to storm Zorua's base without him, saying, [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII "let ME keep HER safe."]] When he collapsed from the wounds caused by Zorua detonating the base, 6k1 returned the favor by telling the others to go home ahead of them, saying almost the exact same line.
** When Power was anxious about the Reserve System temporarily being implemented starting in Reboot Season 185, Ichi assured her: "If time flies when you're havin' fun, Pow-Pow, the new sim'll prolly sneak up on ya while you're gettin' all wrapped up in the Games." She repeated this to him almost word-for-word when he was getting impatient with the delay of the 5th Reboot Nominator Games.
* MemoryWipingCrew:
** Zanreo, 6k1, and Bale all have their tributes' memories of the seasons wiped after they've been revived. [[AmnesiaMissedASpot The process hasn't been perfected, however]], but in 6k1's case, the Necromancy Department was eventually funded sufficiently so they can perfect it.
** Psyche also began wiping her tributes' memories starting in Reboot Season 73, after realizing that letting them retain them has caused them to suffer from the lasting trauma of being in the Games.
** [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Uxie]] is described as a "one-mon [[Literature/HarryPotter Obliviator]] team" by [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Ralsei]]. She can erase people's memories by opening her eyes in front of them, and she had been secretly wiping the Lightners' memories of seeing Darkners in the Arena before the events of Chapter 2.
* MentalHealthRecoveryArc: In Reboot Seasons 81 and 82, Power learned to control her anxiety attacks by taking lessons with Twilight and Fluttershy. While her assertiveness training with Fluttershy was cancelled due to Discord interrupting her and Starfall's visit at the pegasus' cottage, Power still learned to be more self-confident by just observing them talk Discord down for pranking her.
* MercyKill:
** "YOU" gave one to [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Sayaka]] in Reboot Season 25 by strangling her. [[EmpathicShapeshifter Their 6k1 persona]] took pity on her Arena sufferings and killed her in the Bloodbath.
** In Reboot Season 160, [[Film/Ghost1990 Sam Wheat]] did this upon '''all of humanity''' using a giant spoon after seeing them [[EldritchTransformation end up becoming eldritch horrors]] as a result of the Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} spiking their drinks with literal [[invoked]] NightmareFuel during the Feast.
* MergedReality:
** The ultimate goal of the Legion of Doom was to merge all the universes so they could rule them all at once. This resulted in various creatures appearing outside their home universes and freely roaming in the merged ones. [[spoiler:Once the Legion was defeated, the effects of the Multiversal Convergence were undone by using their superweapon to fix them.]]
** The Voidlands has an ever-shifting landscape that rapidly and unpredictably transforms into various universes, given its eldritch nature.
* MesACrowd: Several nominators and villains use clones of themselves to make their jobs more efficient.
** Both Dave and Valecor can make clones of themselves so they can be in many places at once. They can also mentally communicate with them. Dave's clones may be augmented by the power of [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda the Sheikah tribe]] for spying purposes, since the Sheikah are infamous for their ability to blend in the shadows.
** Dave also employs the use of man-made [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Replicas]], which are more independent compared to his shadow clones. The Replica models are human in pretty much every way, since they are based off of [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII Vexen's newest models for the Real Organization XIII.]]
** Downplayed with Billy, 6k1, and Power, who have only one clone each, but they help streamline their jobs.
*** Billy has an exact clone that was made by generating his body accurately in a chamber, before the clone was brought to life and had memories of Billy copied and transferred to it. However, it lacks Billy's combat skills.
*** 6k1 uses [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries Dupe]] to clone herself, but due to his defect, [[CloningSplitsAttributes her strength gets evenly divided between her and the clone.]]
*** Power draws weaker clones of herself in different art styles and assigns them to her art school, replacing them when they die. Her first was a minimalist self-portrait named [[PunnyName Pointy Stroke]], who died from the wounds inflicted by [[VideoGame/TheBattleCats Miko Mitama]] in Reboot Season 60. She was replaced by ''Paper'' Stroke, who was inspired by Twilight's form when she [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E12AmendingFences entered one of Moondancer's books to talk her out of her reclusiveness.]]
** Also downplayed with Elliot, since he and his clone are only different because of some time shenanigans. Elliot 1.0 and 2.0 were split around Reboot Season 52, when he was both sent back to his new body in his home multiverse and nominated for that season, as the Battle Royale was imminent then.
** Morgan the [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Morgrem]] can summon clones of himself during battles, which explode when they get hit.
** Deconstructed with "Archangel" Markus Hasselhoff. While he usually uses remote bodies to interact with the others, this is entirely a side effect [[EmergencyTransformation he never wanted in the first place]], [[spoiler:since he was burnt by the upper class people living in the Capitol using white phosphorus allotropes and he has to live inside a capsule for the rest of his life.]]
** June has used her abilities as a Zoroark to create illusionary duplicates of herself, such as during her performance at Hazemaster's Halloween party. While she doesn't use them in battle often, she did so during the final battle at the [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Genetics Lab in [=SR388=]]] to divert Knox's attention from Wednesday.\\
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She used Stanford's cloning remote to create perfect duplicates of herself to help her prepare the lair for her Valentine's party, but Stanford reprimanded her for it because the stray clones made a mess. She profusely apologized for using his remote without permission, and with the help of the guests, she rounded up her clones and built a funhouse for them near the lair.
** Stef can make a potion that splits the drinker into multiple copies depending on how much they drink it. She used this on herself to try escaping Dark Stanford without him noticing, [[spoiler:but he caught her red-handed when the Hypnos-Stone he stole detected her "apparently" locked in his prison and hiding in [[Roleplay/WeAreAllPiratesRevenge Belissima]] at the same time]]. Stef also used this to split Les and Reba into multiple copies to scatter them across the Multiverse to ensure Dark Stanford doesn't catch them.
* MirrorMatch:
** VideoGame/{{Und|ertale}}yne, [[FisherKingdom who was transformed into a Swampert when she entered the]] VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon World, had one against the [[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory Dark Star]] when it [[MirrorBoss transformed into Dark Undyne]] during the rescue mission for Lucian.
** Before it was nominated for Reboot Season 193, 6k1's [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Vaporeon]] fought against her Mew, [[DittoFighter which shapeshifted into it]], for her disguise revealer experiment. She had to determine which one of them was Mew before either of them fainted, but misjudged and accidentally zapped the real Vaporeon with her device. However, it was only stunned for a while, and Mew healed it before it went to the Arena.
* MisplacedWildlife: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d during the vacation at the [[Franchise/FindingNemo Great Barrier Reef]], where [[Literature/TheMagicSchoolBus Carlos]] questioned Bailey living in the coral reef when belugas like him live in the Arctic. [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIIReturnToTheSea Melody]] added that her penguin friend Dash is supposed to live farther south from her castle, so it wasn't that different from Bailey's situation.
* MistakenForImprisonment: Kenny and Heidi went to the outskirts of New Durango to rescue her twin sister Holly from a horde of bandits, but it turned out she was their leader and the cave where she was seemingly trapped in was their new lair.
* MistakenIdentity:
** [[AlternateSelf Alternate versions]] of canon characters (or "Prime Universe" selves) are regular tributes, and there are also alts of them who are ''[[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals near-perfect, if not exact copies]]'', all the way down to their backstories. The nominators learned how to tell them apart, but it's still easy to make mistakes.
*** While she's aware of them, 6k1 assumes that any tribute who shows up more than once is the same tribute from their first season for easier Database organization and because she believes that their experiences would be invalidated if an alt makes the Hall of Fame, [[AllForNothing rendering what seems to be many seasons of suffering just to get up there moot]]. While it ''is'' the case for her tributes, this came to a head when she thought the Legion of Doom forcibly nominated "her" Twilight into the Arena for Reboot Season 97 when it was AR Twilight instead, prompting the former to help her deal with her issues with "tribute theft". Twilight even wore a star-shaped clip so 6k1 [[IdenticalTwinIDTag can better tell her apart from other Twilights.]]\\
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[[spoiler:After accepting that the general public wouldn't care if the winning tributes are clones or alts, 6k1 made an exception for [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Sayaka Miki]] when she finally got 2nd Place along with her friends in Reboot Season 190. She had been suffering under an abusive nominator for so many Earth Prime years, 6k1 no longer cared if she was an alt or not in that season, as Mr. Star presumably nominated and/or cloned her instead of Psyche and "her" Sayaka needed to recover. However, her assumption of tributes being the same since their first season still stands for the first reason mentioned.]]
*** Power, being 6k1's counterpart, also assumes that her tribute friends are still themselves and not alts whenever someone else nominates them. On the contrary, Ichi assures her that they ''are'' alts so she wouldn't be worried, but this gets {{subverted|Trope}} when she calls them with her crystal ball to [[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay confirm with them that they're not.]]
*** Ichi also mistakenly believed that the [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Chara]] he nominated back in OT Season 21 wasn't the same Chara who owned the Locket that 6k1 used against [[spoiler:Photoshop Flowey]] in Scipion's [[VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon Mystery Dungeon World]] until they confirmed it otherwise themself when 6k1 confronted them in their old village.
** 6k2[[note]]who was cloned from 6k1 because she was busy testing her disguise revealer[[/note]] mistook Rebbeca, who was transformed into a [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Mismagius]] at [[Roleplay/WeHaveAllBecomePokemon Whispering Pines]], for Persephone, another Mismagius 6k2's familiar with. Tokage pointed out that Persephone is centuries older.
** In the 4th Reboot Nominator Games (Season 200), CAC mistook Scipion, [[FreakyFridayFlip who was in June's body at the time]][[note]]though he was technically using a June illusion by Skyler since he was already switched back by Wanda-in-Cleo's-body[[/note]], for being [[GenderBender gender-swapped]] because he was out of the loop about the mass body-swapping incident.
** A two-way example occurs at the Rose Quarters, where [[VideoGame/PuyoPuyon Doppelganger Arle]] (who [[MeaningfulRename renamed herself "Lily" to differentiate herself from the original Arle]]) reacts to the presence of the Tempest System's Arle under the pretense that she was the same one that died [[spoiler:in the explosion that destroyed the Webking House]], and [[VideoGame/PuyoPuyo7 Ringo Andou]] initially comes to the wrong conclusion, thinking Lily is "Diacute Bayoen Arle", not Doppelganger Arle.
* MobileFishbowl: [[Franchise/FindingNemo Nemo and Dory]] each use one that's designed like [[WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}} Minion's]] so they can move around more easily.
* ModernizedGod: Satan wore EmoTeen clothes when Valecor visited him, reasoning that he had to keep up with the times.
* MorphicResonance: Most shapeshifters retain one distinguishable part so they can be identified by others when in a different form, and it's also useful for reminding themselves of who they are on the inside so they won't suffer an [[ShapeshifterIdentityCrisis identity crisis.]]
* MusicalisInterruptus: During the VideoGame/{{Under|tale}}ground's 6th Anniversary Festival, the main cast hosted the closing ceremony with a talent show. Because Asriel and Chara were busy exploring the Ruins, the finale's [[WebVideo/UndertaleTheMusical musical number]] was awkwardly interrupted because Asriel wasn't there to sing the final line.
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch:
** [[VisualNovel/HiveswapFriendsim Galekh Xigisi]] believed that 6k1 nominated him in Reboot Season 37 under the assumption that [[AlwaysChaoticEvil all highbloods enjoyed slaughter]], which offended him.
** Venus threatened to add an "Asshole Tax" to the Cosmic Crusaders' bill after Charlotte assumed that all [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Purugly]] were "greedy, swindling pigs".
** Edgar, [[{{Hypocrite}} despite being a stereotypical greedy]] [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Murkrow]] who likes shiny objects, called out Scipion for assuming that ''all'' Murkrow are like this.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: A few Franchise/{{Pokemon}} from the [[VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon Mystery Dungeon Worlds]] are named after famous people, like Edgar the Murkrow being named after Creator/EdgarAllanPoe, author of ''The Raven'', and Vinci the Runerigus being an artist like his namesake Creator/LeonardoDaVinci.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: A lot of nameless {{Mooks}} that are nominated in ''Beyond the Possibilities'' are named in both RP threads. Examples include the [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Dry Bones]] in Reboot Seasons 127 and 130 being named Dry Bones Jones in ASAS, and various Franchise/{{Pokemon}} being given nicknames by their Trainers like Sunshine the Wooloo in Season 223.
* NeverSleepAgain: The Hypnos-Stone is a magical artifact hidden in Coatl's castle that allows an Alebrije to look into a person's dreams from anywhere in the Multiverse. [[spoiler:Blood Moon successfully stole it for Dark Stanford, who used it to locate the remaining alternate Stanfords in their sleep, so everyone who was under his threat worried about not being able to go to bed, just to avoid detection. This didn't matter anymore when Dark Stanford cracked the Hypnos-Stone's full potential as a Multiversal spy cam, allowing him to spy on anyone anytime, even when they're awake.]]
* NeverSplitTheParty: The basement team's strategy when they were investigating the Winter's End while the patrol team guarded it during the Sayaka Mission. However, Dave and Fira [[LetsSplitUpGang split from the others once]] when a voice beckoned them, which led them to being trapped by Dark Dave. Thankfully, he didn't seriously harm them, and he let them regroup with the others after confronting them about their relationship.
* NiceToTheWaiter: Reba, the queen of Rebassia, is shown to be generous when she tips the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic earth pony]] waiter while hiding in Belissima, to Wanda's surprise since Reba used to be a greedy, tyrannical ruler.
* NoEndorHolocaust: To an extent whenever a tribute [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverKill timewrecks]] another. Some of the ways they kill them cause massive collateral damage, but the other tributes seem to be conveniently out of range as they're not as severely affected as the victim for the rest of the season. However, the timewrecking in Reboot Season 60 was massive enough to destroy all the nominator schools and kill some of the teachers inside, but further measures were taken to prevent the destruction from happening again. Also, the Library didn't suffer any damage from the three timewrecking events in Seasons 60, 81, and 223 despite being inside the Arena.
* NonHumansLackAttributes: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Roy Koopa]] when he [[FreakyFridayFlip switched bodies with Kay the Birdo]] during June's cheer-up party for Stanford. He mentioned lacking... [[GenderBender certain parts]], despite neither of them having visible privates to begin with.
* NotHelpingYourCase: During the prelude to the 5th Reboot Nominator Games, Ana mentions that Sylvi got the system killed with alcohol in the previous Nominator Games. Sylvi points out that technically she got them killed with ''turpentine'', which Ana does not think is an improvement at all.
* OfficialCouple: Besides the unusual pairings that hook up in the Arena, the nominators and their tributes have found love outside it in one way or another. Some of the notable pairings are Dave/Fira as per Season 108, James/Arthur as per Season 115 [[{{Polyamory}} (with Nick being added after Season 141)]], Tabby/Noire as per Season 125, George/Kayla as per Season 146, [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Asgore/Toriel]] as per Season 167, Henry/Tenn as per Season 206, June/Aaron as per Season 222, and Kenny/Heidi as per Season 252.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight]] entered [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Asriel's]] nightmare to defend him from a [[DreamPeople nightmare version]] of CAC, one of his past nominators, who attempted to [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill timewreck]] him for [[SelfMadeOrphan murdering his parents in cold blood]] within the dream. The battle between Twilight and CAC wasn't shown, but she managed to restrain him with magical rope and [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech call him out for his extreme vigilantism]], although she had to [[TakenForGranite turn him into stone]] for refusing to change.
* OhMyGods: With deities being Arena regulars, it's not uncommon for nominators and tributes alike to invoke their names. [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Ponies]] go "Oh my Celestia!", [[spoiler:even if she retired and passed the crown to Twilight]]; Pokémon from the [[VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon Mystery Dungeon Worlds]] scream the names of Legendaries and Mythicals, not just Arceus; while Ichi once [[EmergencyMultifaithPrayer "prayed to every conceivable deity and even a few inconceivable ones"]] that 6k1 wouldn't come for him when ComicBook/{{Carnage}} gave Ally a death threat in Reboot Season 54.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted in general. With all the tributes coming from different universes, it's inevitable that many of them would share the same name. Notable aversions include:
** "Dave". There's Dave the Assassin, minor character ''Scientist'' Dave, and NPC ''[[VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies Crazy]]'' [[VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies Dave]].
** "Hal". There's Scientist Hal and [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey HAL 9000]][[note]]who was remodeled into a toaster and then a toilet[[/note]], where the former is named after the latter.
** "Ribeyrolles". One's a [[VideoGame/GirlsFrontline Tactical Doll]] while the other's a sentient bullet that was given life by Star Energy.
** "Ichigo", a name shared between a nominator and a [[Manga/TokyoMewMew Magical Girl.]] Power had to call them by their last names during Bale's party.
** "Wanda". One's a magical ''T-rex'', the other's [[Literature/TheMagicSchoolBus one of Ms. Frizzle's students]], while another's [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents a fairy]] who snapped and went on a murder spree after her husband Cosmo's death in Reboot Season 140. The first one had to go by "Wandabee" since she and Wanda Li both met at Haze's Halloween party, and she also {{lampshade|hanging}}d how many Wandas there are already.
** Dess the [[VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus Hisuian Zoroark]] coincidentally shares the same name as [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Noelle's]] [[TheGhost unseen sister]]. Hearing the Zoroark's name ends up upsetting Noelle the first time they meet because an unspecified but implied to be traumatic event happened to her sister when Noelle was a fawn and she never saw her ever since.
** During Ally's vacation to the [[Franchise/FindingNemo Great Barrier Reef]], [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ariel's]] daughter [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIIReturnToTheSea Melody]] met up with [[Roleplay/WeAreAllPiratesRevenge Ira's]] daughter, who's also named Melody. The former had to go by her nickname "Mel-Mel" while the latter had to go by her middle name "Kamea" to avoid confusion during the trip. There's also [[WesternAnimation/LittleEinsteins Melody the Music Pet]], who was struck with the [[Fanfic/BackgroundPony Background Tribute Curse]] in Reboot Season 134, which caused anyone who interacted with her to immediately forget about her.
** Nina is the sister of Vincent the [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Fire Piranha Plant]], but it's also the name of the stoic [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Cacturne]] of the Black Stars.
** The aversions were {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Power when she and [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Ralsei]] prepared to go home after the first Reboot Nominator Games.
---> '''Power''': ''[to Dave]'' Just so you know, Ralsei's Dark World's not to be confused with [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast that Dark World]] or [[Film/ThorTheDarkWorld that other Dark World]], you know what I mean?
---> '''Ralsei''': There's more than one Dark World?!
---> '''Power''': These Games are broadcasted across the entire multiverse, so that's to be expected!
* OpinionChangingDream: Les and Reba used to [[TerrifyingTyrannosaur live up to their species' name as tyrannical rulers of their kingdom]] and pushed their daughter Wanda into using her powers for evil just like them. Some time after she ran away from them, they were visited by an Alebrije called Nate in their dreams, who gave them a nightmare where they [[FreakyFridayFlip switched bodies with two of their commoners for a week.]] This made Les and Reba realize how much they hurt their daughter and the entire kingdom, and [[HeelFaceTurn they've been working on changing their ways since then.]] However, it took them years to convince the citizens that they've genuinely changed for the better, [[ReformedButRejected and Wanda initially didn't believe them]] when they find her at Eye-Sicle's lair.
* OurAlebrijesAreDifferent:
** The Alebrijes are winged magical creatures that range from MixAndMatchCritters to [[EldritchAbomination incomprehensible beings]] that glow a rainbow of colors and have different kinds of powers. They hail from New Durango's [[DreamLand Land of Dreams]] and can enter the dreams of others. They're also immortal creatures who have lived for thousands of years, but while they can't die naturally unless they give up their immortality along with their powers, they're still vulnerable to being killed. They [[AlienBlood spill rainbow blood]] when they die, and their souls are reduced to rainbow orbs that can be easily crushed by hand or absorbed. Alebrijes can also possess inanimate objects and assume their form and also possess living beings and control them, but by doing so, they destroy the host's soul, killing them.
** A curse called the Alebrije Touch can grant ordinary Durangians like Joaquin and the Sundown Bandits (the latter who renamed themselves the 'Brijes after their transformation) the powers of an Alebrije, but they can only [[NighttimeTransformation transform into them at sunset.]] Since Joaquin was closest to the urn that gave him the Touch, he can also [[SuperMode power himself up into a Full Alebrije when he taps into his maximum power.]] The Touch also [[NewBodyOldAbilities goes with the bearer whenever they switch bodies]], which was why Knox was still able to transform while in [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Wile E. Coyote's]] body. Mortal descendants of Alebrijes can also be temporarily granted the Touch in case of emergency.
** [[spoiler:If the Hypnos-Stone gets stolen, the Alebrijes slowly mutate into Nightmares, which make bad dreams instead of good ones. The stronger-willed an Alebrije is, the more resistant they are to the transformation.]]
* OverusedRunningGag: In Reboot Season 114, the Gamemakers received many complaints from the viewers and even Mr. Sutton about RussianReversal events occurring too frequently, so they held a poll on what to do with them. The ones that happen in the Bloodbath along with a few others were purged the following season.
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[[folder: Tropes P - T]]
* ParentalAbandonment:
** Both Mimi and Arcturus lost their parents at a very young age: the former never saw hers since they hid her egg when the "bad people" invaded her home, while the latter saw his being killed by Blackblood's soldiers before Arcturus was kidnapped by ??? [[spoiler:(actually Dark Bale)]]. Thankfully, both of them were HappilyAdopted by 6k1 and Billy, respectively.
** Alex's father Flint, who was a Charizard and a famed rescuer, passed away before Alex met Aaron. He also never knew his mother growing up because Charizard couples leave it to one parent to raise their children. Alex's teammate Tokage also lost his parents when he was younger, but he was later HappilyAdopted by Proteus.
** Reggie and Lizzie Dawnshire had loving parents, even if the latter supported Snow during his regime. They then neglected their kids when they worked at Neon Quarters before dying in the destruction during the Multiversal War. Thankfully, Dave and Fira rescued Reggie and Lizzie during their mission to save [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Sayaka Miki]] and decided to [[HappilyAdopted adopt them as their own.]]
** Marian's parents passed on before her introduction, and because of this, she can't ask them about [[spoiler:her half-Alebrije heritage.]]
* ParentsInDistress: Les and Reba got kidnapped by Dark Stanford not long after they reconciled with their daughter Wanda, and she must storm his lair in [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} ZDR]] to rescue them.
* PastLifeMemories: The nominators who participated in the Games in the OT generally remember it fully after surviving the Great Destruction. Only a few tributes from that timeline, usually those who have RippleEffectProofMemory such as time travelers like [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Frisk]], recall it too, because the dimensional rips leading to the Reboot Timeline cause brain damage and wipe the memories of those who pass through them. The OT nominators[[note]]barring 6k1 and Dave, who already have the immunity[[/note]], Franchise/{{Kirby}}[[note]]the one loyal to Mr. Star[[/note]], and CAC'S VideoGame/RushingBeat friends[[note]]though one can assume that he simply informed them of the OT after the jump[[/note]] are among the few without RippleEffectProofMemory to have their minds survive the jump between timelines. Billy, despite joining in the Reboot, also remembers the OT and how he survived the Great Destruction.
* PerilousMarriageProposal: At the Alebrijes' Land of Dreams, [[spoiler:Joaquin]] promised to marry [[spoiler:Veena, who's being atomized by Dark Stanford,]] after the mission to protect the Hypnos-Stone is all over, knowing that [[spoiler:she'll come back after it since she'll [[AndIMustScream just be contained in a beaker as a dormant liquid until her atoms are restored.]]]]
* PersonAsVerb: Ichi and Power's deep, intimate friendship ended up influencing Oscar and Lucian's that Aaron has affectionately called the latter's friendship "Ichistroking".
* PerspectiveFlip: The main thread's about the tributes fighting each other to death, while ''Convergence/ASAS's'' about the lives of the nominators, or the people sending in the tributes, along with their closest allies.
* PlaceBeyondTime:
** Being a spatial and temporal amalgamation of every possible universe, time doesn't make sense in the Voidlands. It's possible for it to be morning in one section and night in another, and time travel isn't possible there.
** Tempest Zone doesn't seem to operate on a normal timescale with the rest of the 'verse, and Ylva says that clocks don't work there. It's also implied that there's a timeskip to ''after'' the season at the Tempest Zone whenever their tributes are revived, explaining why from the perspective of the reader, they ''appear'' to be eliminated from the Arena immediately after their deaths without making any posthumous appearances[[note]]they actually do, but mostly offscreen[[/note]].
* PlanetOfHats: The Bugtrio and the Fiery Blue Wings went to a parallel version of Whispering Pines for their day trip, where everyone is either a clone of Henry or transformed into him. [[spoiler:They discover that this world's Henry became a corrupt prince who [[AssimilationPlot was manipulated by Evil Phoebe into transforming his subjects into his likeness and forcing them to worship him]] as payback for kicking him out of the island.]]
* PolarOppositeTwins: Between the [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Vaporeon]] Twins, [[EnergeticAndSoftSpokenDuo Penny is hyperactive while Jenny is reserved.]]
* PortalBook:
** Played with: [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]] uses books from other worlds as the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls Crystal Mirror's]] power source so she can go to those worlds through it.
** The Database Library has traditional Portal Books in its Restricted Section to ensure that visitors, especially young children, don't accidentally get lost inside them.
* PortalNetwork:
** One of the primary ways of travel between universes is through portals, and this is how most tributes enter Panem. Some nominators can [[ThinkingUpPortals summon them on their own]], like Dave, Mett, and Elliot. In addition, Billy's servants, George and Kayla, can summon portals, too.
** The [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Fountain of Darkness]] in Castle Town serves as a Multiversal portal for Ralsei, which opened itself to the Games after Kris and Susie sealed the Eastern Fountain in Card Kingdom and left. Its magic can also retain visitors' forms whenever they travel to worlds with FisherKingdom effects.
* PreInsanityReveal: A flashback scene reveals who Blood Moon used to be before he turned insane. [[spoiler:He was close comrades with Fire Eyes and Brave Spear since they were young [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Mawkin]] warriors, but during a dangerous mission on their home planet, Blood Moon was infected by an X Parasite and [[KillTheOnesYouLove was forced to kill his lover, Brave Spear.]] After Blood Moon fused with the X, his mind was warped with the parasite's primal instincts to feed on and infect others, and [[TheMourningAfter he never got over his murder of Brave Spear as a result.]] Blood Moon then used his insanity to torture and threaten Knox into doing his bidding, lest he get eaten as punishment. That is, until Knox managed to resist Blood Moon's attempted MindRape on him with the encouragement from Joaquin's soul inside Knox.]]
* PrivacyByDistraction: When 6k1[[note]]as a unicorn[[/note]] was having her friendship lessons with [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight]], she heard that "Bright Stardust"[[note]]who was actually Dave disguised as a unicorn[[/note]] would be visiting her. Not wanting him to intrude on their conversation, 6k1 told Spike to tell him once he arrived that Twilight was busy having a meeting with a census reporter named Bar Graph. She also removed her necklace, but felt that "Bright" would see through her PaperThinDisguise anyway since her scar showed through her pelt.
* PronouncingMyNameForYou: A variation where someone teaches another character how to pronounce a third character's name: When Old Justice met CAC's DistaffCounterpart, he thought of calling her "Stacy" because it rhymed with "CAC". Cue the following exchange:
--> '''The Smol One''': What? 'Stacy' doesn't rhyme with 'CAC'.\\
'''Robin''': He's pronouncing it 'CAC', not 'CAC'[[note]]"KAK"[[/note]].\\
'''Old Justice''': That's what I meant, 'C-A-C', 'Stacy'!
* ProtectiveCharm:
** Because they don't have it naturally, Power and Paper ordered RippleEffectProofMemory charms from Billy to protect their minds from forgetting tributes that are [[RetGone erased from existence]].
** After the [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Delta Warriors' mission in the Cyber World]], Ralsei made amulets containing the essence of the Fountain of Darkness to protect the Darkners from [[spoiler:turning into stone outside Castle Town since the Arena's protective magic until that point faded away.]]
* QueerEstablishingMoment:
** Towards the end of CVG, after helping her crew get rid of the Sphere Doomers at her base, Tabby got flattered when Andromeda carried her in her arms, hinting that Tabby's a lesbian.
** At one point in ASAS, CAC casually told his VideoGame/RushingBeat friends that he's aroace, and how he felt uncomfortable when he dated [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger Lavos]], [[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception the One Being]], and [[VideoGame/{{Yakuza}} Kazuma Kiryu]] in Reboot Season 2. He believed that the Arena temporarily made him feel romantic/sexual attraction towards them that season.
** When CAC nominated the bisexual flag for Season 272, Strawbrey looked at it and Letooce awkwardly and wondered why CAC "called [the former] out like that", implying that she identifies with the flag.
* RandomEventsPlot: Much like how the events of every season are randomized, the various arcs in the thread vary wildly. Between parties, rescue missions, nominators and tributes just hanging out together, and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick villainous organizations planning Multiversal domination]], there's no real MythArc other than the misadventures the main characters have besides watching the Hunger Games.
* RealityChangingMiniature: There's a miniature version of the solar system in the Voidlands that affects the real deal when someone interacts with them. When Valecor first visited it, he pretended to eat the mini-earth, causing the real one to go dark during Snow's party. He then shot down the mini-sun in his second visit, blotting out the real earth's sky for six hours before Reboot Season 68.
* RecursiveCanon: Because ''anything'' can be a tribute, both the universe where a tribute resides and its respective work can coexist. For example, 6k1 reads the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' books while nominating tributes from the Wizarding World, which she visited once to return Charlie Weasley to his family after being [[RetGone erased from existence]] in Reboot Season 133.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: The reptile-themed Reboot Season 125 featured reptile characters being horrible to each other in all manner of ways including a villain league composed entirely of them, but fourth-place finisher [[WesternAnimation/LittleBear No Feet]] was an especially notable case as the character, canonically a rare snake aversion to the trope, became such an [[TheUnfettered unfettered]] ManipulativeBastard that it bordered on AdaptationalVillainy. He was ultimately the BigBad of the season who tricked [[Music/StrayKids I.N and Changbin]] into killing each other.
* RequestForPrivacy: Before Dave got discharged from the Science Center's Recovery Room after his injuries from the failed attempt to raid Zorua's base had healed, he requested everyone but 6k1 to leave so that he could ask her on what to do after he realized that Fira had a crush on him.
* RescueArc: The nominators often go on rescue missions to save fellow nominators or tributes that were captured or banished into other dimensions or points in time.
* ResurrectionDeathLoop: "Timewrecking" involves forcing the victim to drink the [[Franchise/TouhouProject Hourai Elixir]] to grant them immortality and then repeatedly killing and reviving them through a myriad of ways. Such a fate is considered [[AFateWorseThanDeath worse than death]] because it's difficult to escape from like a ''ship''wreck, but [[Music/{{BTS}} Kim Taehyung aka V]], [[VideoGame/LegacyOfKain Kain]], and the [[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Black Eagles]] were luckily rescued by [[Franchise/TouhouProject Yukari]], Billy, and 6k1, respectively. Timewrecker and his forces were also subjected to this [[KarmicDeath as punishment for their atrocities]] during Villain Month but were [[TimeLoopTrap trapped in the loop for all of eternity.]]
* {{Retcon}}: Originally, Timewrecker analyzed the Arena in Reboot Season 68 and concluded that all the weirdness inside was residue from the Voidlands' creation because the Arena was in the epicenter of the Great Destruction. However, this was retconned in ASAS into either a mistake in his calculations or a lie about them because it didn't explain why the Arena behaved that way in the OT. It was revealed towards the end of CVG that the Gamemakers send a signal to the tributes to subconsciously manipulate them into behaving erratically.
* {{Retirony}}: Coatl, the Elder of the Alebrijes' Land of Dreams, planned to pass the crown to [[spoiler:his nephew, Knox, after the latter's late father (and Coatl's brother) Sebastian gave up his Alebrije powers to become a mortal coyote. However, Coatl declared Knox unfit for the throne for trying to steal the Hypnos-Stone and eating Alebrije souls, so he planned to pass the crown to Knox's adopted son Joaquin instead. Unfortunately, Coatl was then infected by an [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} X Parasite]], turning him into a mindless beast controlled by it and [[DeathOfPersonality killing the "real" him]] before he exploded from being defeated by the heroes.]]
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The Starbles are mischievous furball creatures that can eat almost anything in one gulp and without ill effects, shoot twin lasers from their antennae, and also heal wounds with them. 6k1 and Billy both own them as pets, and they both gave them a lot of trouble until they were equipped with muzzles and {{Translator Collar}}s.
* RidingIntoTheSunset: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Shelley when Odessa's pirate crew sails into the sunset after their adventure in the [[PortalBook magical pirate book.]] They decide to turn the ship around so they can hang out in the realm a little longer.
--> '''Shelley''': "If we go into the sunset, does that mean the story is over and we leave?"
* RobotBuddy: Zorua, 6k1, Bale, and Nine-Tailed Cat all have robot assistants, [=N0V-4=], the Databot (aka Ally), Xochi, and Majel, respectively, that help them with their jobs.
* RollercoasterMine: [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Ralsei]], Aaron, and James rode on one on the way to rescue Lucian, which crash-landed into the room where Kris was being held captive by Morgan, knocking out the latter during his fight against Susie.
* RonTheDeathEater:
** InUniverse. [[Music/{{BTS}} Jimin]] literally became a [[Literature/HarryPotter Death Eater]] during Reboot Season 60, as a result of being severely traumatized by how his bandmate, V, was killed by [[VideoGame/TheBattleCats Miko Mitama]], allowing [[Literature/HarryPotter Voldemort]] to corrupt him. He even got [[Series/{{Arrowverse}} metahuman]] powers too.
** [[ConversationalTroping Discussed]] by Power and Ichi when she shared with him her favorite fanfic, ''Fanfic/WhiteBox''. She didn't like that [[spoiler:[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Princess]] [[BigGood Celestia]] was implied to be the bad guy]], which was a common trend for fanfic writers back in the day.
* RuleOfDrama: [[ConversationalTroping Discussed]] by Power and [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Alphys]] when they were researching about data clones for the latter's cloning machine project and their callout for 6k1 about her thoughts on the matter. Alphys thought of modifying the clone so that they're as difficult to retrieve as the original if they died in the [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill V Incident]] to "preserve its integrity", but Power shut it down, believing that 6k1 must accept that its shock value has to be sacrificed for her tributes' safety. They'd still preserve the other events because they understand that she'd want to keep some aspects of the Games in some way.
* RunningGag:
** 6k1 being exasperated every time absurdly large group tributes are nominated.
** [[Music/StrayKids Lee Felix]] [[BerserkButton going berserk]] whenever he sees someone not following his [[PleasePutSomeClothesOn ridiculously high fashion standards.]] [[RunningGagged However]], he eventually [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone regretted it after the Stays weren't pleased with his actions]] in Reboot Season 79, remembering what Terminus warned him of when he fought him in a warehouse.
** Aaron the [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Lucario]] having to be careful not to impale people with his chest spike when hugging them, though he has since [[RunningGagged drank a potion to remove it.]]
* ScienceFantasy: ''CVG/ASAS'''s genre could be considered this, as the diversity of the universes the tributes come from allows for a harmonious blend of both magic and technology, though it leans more in favor of the former.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: During 6k1's vacation, [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Sans and Papyrus]] were confronted by their old enemy Flowey[[note]]who's from another Underground where he wasn't aware of the Genocide Timeline[[/note]] along with [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Bill Cipher]] in front of their house. They summoned their Gaster Blasters at them for offering them to form an EnemyMine against one or the other, and also for Bill pulling a cruel prank on them by flooding their house with swamp water. When Flowey transformed into his Photoshop form and Bill set their house on fire, they both made a run for Waterfall. Needless to say, they were ''[[{{Pun}} boned.]]''
* SeeWater: During the treasure hunt section of the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Las Pegasus]] funhouse, the room's magic passively granted the non-aquatic participants and those not wearing snorkels like Pinkie Pie underwater vision.
* ShareTheMalePain:
** In Reboot Season 95, the ''entire music fanbase'' was forced by Terminus's droid to collectively strike Dave Rogers in the groin. The scene was so painful to watch [[ExaggeratedTrope even Power, a unicorn mare, felt it.]]
** It happened again in Reboot Season 135 when ''the Multiverse'' punched [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Sakura Haruno and Sasuke Uchiha]] in their groins, causing Dave, Fira, and Hans to scream in unison. Power and [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Alphys]] also winced at the sight, but tried not to scream because they were watching in the Database Library.
** It also happened outside the Arena when Freyja, who was disguised as "Laura" in New Durango, kneed Scipion in the groin. All the men in the group who were assigned to retrieve [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Asriel's]] ring from the 'Brijes winced at the scene.
* ShowWithinAShow: President Snow has a [[SubvertedKidsShow "children's" show]] named "Future of Panem", which is just propaganda about him killing everyone who opposes him.
* SickeningSlaughterhouse: Snow's train passed through one while taking the nominators to the Arena for the 1st Reboot Nominator Games. The passengers, especially Starfall, Power, and [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Ralsei]] (who were two ponies and a goat, respectively), were understandably grossed out by the livestock being slaughtered right in front of them.
* SimpleSolutionWontWork: Because the Tempests are {{Domain Holder}}s, the smol one suggests just using that power to conjure medication for their untreated ADHD. Mintleaf, baffled that she hadn't ever considered this, tries it immediately, but it doesn't work, seemingly arbitrarily -- she chalks it up to [[MediumAwareness "fourth-wall reasons".]]
* SinkingShipScenario: While [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Noelle and Berdly]] were sailing aboard Benji's ship to Danjor Island, the former worried about how the Delta Warriors were doing fighting [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Kyurem]] outside the Expedition Society HQ. She {{imagine|Spot}}d herself and Susie reenacting ''Film/Titanic1997'', even its sinking, [[NotHisSled but unlike in the movie]], Susie, [[FurryReminder being a reptile]], froze to death before she could swim towards Noelle and the big piece of driftwood she was floating on.
* SkewedPriorities:
** Ichi is more concerned about seasons being delayed than whatever dangers are looming over Panem, even the Multiversal War.
** When 6k1 revealed that she was pretending to be Power at Haze's Halloween party, her guests, who were playing along with her, took offense that she used her disguise to lie to Bale about her thoughts on data clones... while [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Papyrus]] was surprised that [[ComicallyMissingThePoint her "ears" were detachable.]]
** In Reboot Season 133, Ally was more concerned about Ultimate finally showing himself after being reclusive for so long than his brief fight with Psyche in the Arena.
** When [[spoiler:Silas]] threatened to possess him, Henry was more afraid of his reputation being tarnished and [[WardrobeWound his tabard being stained]] than being psychologically damaged or forced to hurt his allies. [[spoiler:He ended up eating his own words when Silas went through with the threat by [[GrandTheftMe forcing his soul out of his body before possessing it.]]]]
** [[Roleplay/WeAreAllPiratesRevenge Belissima]], a vain ChestMonster, was more upset by her appearance being ruined when [[spoiler:the Voidlands Franchise/{{Metroid}} snatched her away and dropped her after destroying Eye-Sicle's lair.]]
* SnapBack: After Reboot Season 81, when [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Bebe]] dipped herself into [[Franchise/{{Kirby}} Magolor's]] vat of literal [[invoked]] SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel, she transformed into Nagisa. However, she was back to being Bebe in the Sayaka Mission with no explanation on how she transformed back.
* SpaghettiKiss: Lucian and Oscar invoked this on June and Aaron during their Christmas party at the [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Looniverse]] by stringing a candy necklace around their necks and watching them eat the opposite ends.
* SparedByTheAdaptation:
** In Reboot Season 41, the entire Legion of Doom got electrocuted by the Forcefield because of [[GravityScrew gravity reversal]], but in ''Convergence'', some of the members survived thanks to GASK and Valecor's intervention.
** Franchise/{{Kirby}} almost always escapes certain death in the Arena despite the main thread stating that he died. {{Subverted|Trope}} in Reboot Season 144, where [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair Kazuichi Souda]] ate him along with Ribbon in a primal craze, reducing them to souls.
** [[Literature/HarryPotter Errol]], the Weasley family owl, was presumed dead by the end of his source material because of his old age, but in ASAS, he was alive and well when 6k1 nominated him and Pigwidgeon for Reboot Season 129. After his revival, Errol delivered Arthur's letter to her after Season 133 to request the revival of his son Percy[[note]]his other son Charlie was [[RetGone erased from existence]], so he didn't remember him going to the Arena[[/note]].
** In ''Roleplay/WeHaveAllBecomePokemon'', Lyric was MIA after April's death but whether he died or not was unknown, but in ASAS, he's alive and well, but his family hasn't heard from him since he abandoned them after the tragedy. That is, until June encountered him when he tried kidnapping Oscar and Lucian.
* SpotTheImposter: To test her disguise revealer, 6k1 conducted an experiment to determine which of her tributes and staff members were shapeshifted into others and zap them with it. She used different methods to find the impostor such as looking for distinguishing features, noticing if they break character or are suddenly incompetent with their disguise's powers, and [[SpotTheThread finding inconsistencies in their claims.]]
* StargazingScene: Mr. Star's birthday happened during a meteor shower, and the guests were all invited to watch it. Power took this opportunity to invite Ichi to watch it with her for her early birthday celebration, too.
* StealthPun: One of the ways to revive a tribute is by reversing time on their body to restore their original state, which Billy's staff does as standard procedure if the body is irreparably damaged. In other words, time ''literally'' heals all wounds.
* StockAnimalName: The [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Sharpedo]] guard at the Blue Orb Shrine is named Film/{{Jaws}}. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Lugia:
--> "Not a very original name, I know."
* StorefrontTelevisionDisplay: 6k1 and Power found one while shopping for Christmas gifts in a mall in Seoul, letting them catch up with Reboot Season 78's Battle Royale.
* {{Teleportation}}: Another means of going around various worlds is by teleportation. Some tributes can do this naturally, while others and several nominators use teleporters. Teleport pads are also used to make deliveries.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: InUniverse. While data clones and their close equivalents had become widely accepted as temporary substitutes until the Simulator is implemented, some fans of the Games were upset about them. They complain that they don't "feel the same" as the originals despite the benefits, and in the case of inorganic replacements such as Android Ichi for the 4th Reboot Nominator Games, they think that their performance would still be affected.
* ThinDimensionalBarrier: The Webking House has a crack-shaped [[https://the-magnus-archives.fandom.com/wiki/The_Gap_in_Reality gap in reality]] by its terrace wall, where characters from other universes (such as Libre from the ''Roleplay/TropersTheSeries'' universe, and Klug and Sig from the ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' Fever universe) can end up in the main universe ''Another Side, Another Story'' takes place. [[spoiler:In actuality, this gap was made by a rogue [[VideoGame/LibraryOfRuina W Corp]] worker that had escaped to Panem, which is possible because W Corp weaponry can do {{Portal Cut}}s.]]
* ThreePlusTwo: The main [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Delta Warriors]] are composed of Kris, Susie, and Ralsei, but after they got Noelle and Berdly's help in defeating Evil Phoebe and [[spoiler:Vahirom]], Noelle and Berdly swore their loyalty to them, and they officially recognized them as honorary members. This team is now called the ''Expanded'' Delta Warriors when Noelle and Berdly are included.
* TimeTravelEpisode: Reboot Season 125 involved [[Music/StrayKids Yang Jeongin aka I.N]] receiving a warning from his future self about the dangers he would face in the season, and also that something bad would happen to his bandmate Changbin. This haunted him for the entire season, and he got bullied by the other tributes despite seeking comfort from Changbin, who then [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants became a petty villain over constantly failing his driving test.]] Towards the end, [[WesternAnimation/LittleBear No Feet]] tricked both I.N and Changbin into killing each other in a literal BattleOfTheBands, and I.N ran away and covered his eyes from the [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Spanish Inquisition]] Arena Event. Upon realizing that he was the last one standing, he requested to travel back to the first day [[StableTimeLoop to warn his past self of what he had been through.]]
* TimeyWimeyBall: The fact that [[NarniaTime time works differently across different places, resulting in discrepancies around them]], especially [[WebcomicTime in regards to Panem's time compared to that of]] [[RealLife Earth Prime]], tends to be {{lampshade|Hanging}}d, especially when [[AgeLift time-shifted]] tributes are nominated. This leads to Earth Prime holidays being celebrated on the same Panem day, and that's without mentioning the TimeTravel aspects, which can vary from one user to the next.
--> '''6k1''': Hey, Multiversal time is confusing, so don't think too much about it.
* TimeZonesDoNotExist:
** {{Averted|Trope}}, since Ally mentioned the Capitol following Mountain Standard Time since it's located in what used to be Wyoming. Additionally, the Arena has its ''own'' timezone due to the day-night cycles being controlled artificially. However, this gets [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged]] when several universes, which run on their own timezones, inexplicably have the same timezone as Panem in certain plots.
** The fact that most universes run on their own timezones became a plot point when CAC had a nightmare where he was berated by voices encouraging him to kill himself for [[KnightTemplar his outdated extremist views against all villains]], and then [[SuicideByCop he allowed Dark Stanford to atomize him for his crimes.]] [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]] wasn't able to [[DreamWalker rescue him from his nightmare]] because it was around noon in Equestria when he had it, and Twilight only does dream duty when it's nighttime for her.
* ToiletHumor: When Scipion was on the fence about attending Bale's Christmas party, he considered sending some gifts over to the guests there so he wouldn't bother them with his presence. This gave Morgan an idea:
--> '''Morgan''': What are you going to offer them? Shit?\\
'''Scipion''': No, not shit. Chocolate. Everyone likes chocolate.\\
''[He furiously growled when Morgan grinned further.]''\\
'''Scipion''': No. Chocolate ain't shit, Morgan. I know they're of the same color but still...
* TournamentArc:
** One of the events during Bale's party was a ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' tourney, where seven pairs of fighters faced each other in one-on-one matches before fighting in a free-for-all in the championships. [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Ferb Fletcher]] was crowned the champion towards the end of the party.
** Scipion hosted a Franchise/{{Pokemon}} tournament for his party, [[spoiler:but it was crashed during the semifinals by [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Flowey]]]].
* TrainingThePet: Mimi's overall character arc involves 6k1 training her to be more behaved and control her [[ExtremeOmnivore insatiable appetite.]] Despite challenges such as Mimi's puberty granting her new powers and her falling in love with Arcturus, 6k1 successfully tamed Mimi as she grew up.
* TreasureHuntEpisode: The travelers at the [[Franchise/FindingNemo Great Barrier Reef]] explored the ocean to look for treasure that's believed to grant them superpowers but cursed them with a terrible illness for all of eternity if they weren't worthy of it. [[WorthlessTreasureTwist It was just a legend, however, and the treasure did nothing, but everyone took some of it home as a remembrance of their adventure.]]
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* AnachronismStew:
** Tributes from different time periods compete in the Games, and sometimes they are sponsored by companies which haven't been established in their time, like [[VideoGame/KillerInstinct Ultratech]] sponsoring the UsefulNotes/RMSTitanic in OG Season 221.
** Birthday events can establish when a season began if the celebrant has a canon birthday and/or age. If it happens to another tribute with a birthday that's far from the first's, the timeline can become... [[TimeyWimeyBall complicated.]]
* AnArmAndALeg: Tributes can lose one or more of their limbs, whether through fighting or falling into traps. There's even an event where a tribute [[LifeOrLimbDecision amputates their arm to]] [[Film/OneHundredAndTwentySevenHours free themselves from being wedged between a boulder and a cliffside.]]
* AnimateInanimateObject: Any inanimate object nominated can somehow do things sentient tributes can do in the Games, such as in Reboot Season 147, where a [[VideoGame/{{Minecraft}} block of Netherite]] manages to become president and an Antique Yamaha Electone Organ turns muscular and boils five tributes in cheese.
* AnyoneCanDie: Oh yes. It doesn't matter how powerful or skilled a character is in their canon, everyone is fair game for getting killed by anything.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: One possible "death" scenario has a tribute do this rather than actually dying.
** One of the first tributes to ascend was [[Franchise/MegaMan Gutsman]][[MemeticMutation 's Ass]], of all things, in OG Season 66.[[note]]Technically, [[VideoGame/MetalGear Solidus Snake]] was the first one to ascend, but it wasn't counted as a "death" event in OG Season 27.[[/note]]
** [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Homura Akemi]] did this too in OG Season 68, [[spoiler:just like in canon, or at least the manga.]]
* AscendedFridgeHorror: In OG Season 208, [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Asgore Dreemurr]], an anthropomorphic goat, drank straight from a chocolate fountain. Despite chocolate being not just dog poison, but also ''goat'' poison, he miraculously survived. [[VideoGame/TaikoNoTatsujin Don-chan]] then exploited this by feeding Asgore just that, causing him to melt into a gray puddle.
* AuthorAvatar: Occasionally, players will enter ''themselves'' as a tribute. OG Seasons 100 and 200 were {{Milestone Celebration}}s in which ''every'' tribute was one of these.
* AxCrazy: Tributes with a high body count seem to be this, regardless of their canonical personalities and morals.
** [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Dragonite]] currently holds the record for the most kills made by any tribute, ending OG Season 32 with ''10'' kills, followed closely by [[WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty Mr. Meeseeks]], [[Franchise/DragonBall Goku]], Music/FrankSinatra, and [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} His Honorable Tyranny]], with ''9'' whopping kills each in OG Seasons 20, 31, 92, and 233, respectively.[[note]]Though His Honorable Tyranny technically killed an ''infinite'' number of [[Videogame/TheSims Sims.]][[/note]] [[labelnote:Technically...]]It should be noted that 'group tributes' (i.e. [[TheDividual multiple characters entered as a single tribute]]) only count towards one kill. When such tributes are broken down into individuals, certain tributes have been able to attain even ''higher'' killcounts. [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Eijirou Kirishima and Katsuki Bakugou]] (as one tribute) and [[WesternAnimation/FindingDory Dory]] are currently tied for the absolute record when taking group tributes into account, with '''''an infinity''''' in total; from '''''[[OmnicidalManiac destroying everything that has existed, is existing, and will exist]]''''' in OG Season 231 and Reboot Season 74, respectively, all because [[DisproportionateRetribution the former were offended by EVERYTHING'S Yo Mama jokes]], while the latter stole [[VideoGame/{{Hiveswap}} Xefros's CUEBATKIND ABSTRATUS]] and destroyed Tier 0 (which is another name for EVERYTHING according to Tropers/{{unfortunatezorua}}) with it. Following closely are the [[Literature/TheHungerGames Arena Forcefield]], which chopped up ''all previous HGS tributes'' in OG Season 203, and [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Bec Noir]] and [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Tweety Bird]], who ''obliterated the omniverse'' along with a few other tributes in OG Seasons 175 and 194, respectively. And of course there's the long-holding former record holder, Winter [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Amethyst]], who destroyed the ''multiverse'' and two others in OG Season 102.[[/labelnote]]
** Reboot Season 19 had ''more'' than its fair share of bloodthirsty and violent tributes, with [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Hardcase]] proving to be the most murderous of the bunch.
** [[VideoGame/MonsterHunter Alatreon]] ties Dragonite's record of ten kills in Reboot Season 56. Before that, [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Apu Nahasapeemapetilon]] had the record for most kills in Reboot, with 9 kills during Season 29.
** [[Series/TheHitchhikersGuideToTheGalaxy1981 Arthur Dent]] became the third tribute in the thread's existence to tie Dragonite and Alatreon's record of ten kills, doing so in Reboot Season 152 (a season that Arthur also won).
* BackFromTheDead: Whenever a tribute who was killed in a previous season is re-nominated in a future one; the biggest examples being the podium finishers in the Battle Royales that hadn't won their respective games.
** Reboot Season 56 infamously saw [[Series/{{Survivor}} Jason's Stick]] and Full Frontal experience events that were supposed to be fatal, but were coded incorrectly. None of them survived two days past that, however.
** Before that in Reboot Season 51, the HGS Discord server was also supposed to DieLaughing, but survived as it was incorrectly coded.
* TheBadGuyWins: Whenever a tribute who's a villain in their source material wins a season.
** Taken up to eleven in OG Seasons 113, 151, and 183, where [[VillainEpisode every tribute is a villain.]][[note]]Except for [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Eric Cartman]] in OG Season 183.[[/note]]
** OG Season 233 had Tamashii Hiroka win and [[Film/GodzillaVsSpaceGodzilla Spacegodzilla]] finishing second. [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext They were both revealed to be]] [[Literature/TheHungerGames President Snow]] [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext in that game.]]
* BadassNormal: Some tributes are this, particularly [[RealPersonFic if they're from real life]]. Some examples from the OG are [[Music/LinkinPark Chester Bennington]], his bandmate [[Music/FortMinor Mike Shinoda]], [[Music/ThePrettyReckless Taylor Momsen]], Creator/MarkHamill, Creator/WilliamShakespeare and more.
* BadassPacifist: In theory, it's possible for a tribute to win, or at least place very high, without killing anyone, as their opponents may also die of natural causes such as starvation, eating toxic berries, or [[BreadEggsMilkSquick dysentery]].
** In OG Season 23, the [[VideoGame/SuperPaperMario Dark Prognosticus]] became the first ever pacifist victor, despite being a ''book.''
** And in OG Season 26, [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Sayaka Miki]] survived ''both'' Arena events which took out almost all of her opponents, and she never made a single kill. In other words, her surviving the phantom invasions ''alone'' is what landed her in winner territory.
** In a similar situation as Sayaka's, [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} His Honorable Tyranny]] ironically survived and won OG Season 248, the final Murderers' Death Battle, without killing anyone, by surviving both arena events. This was a far cry from his first appearance in OG Season 233, where he lived up to his name and killed ''nine'' tributes[[note]]technically an ''infinite'' number due to killing ''all the [[VideoGame/TheSims Sims]]''[[/note]].
** [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} [=MissingNo.=]]] became the first pacifist champion in the Reboot, doing so in Season 9.
* BagOfSpilling: Any powerups or changes that a tribute acquires during a season don't carry over in their next appearance.
* BattleRapping: Two custom events involve two tributes having an [[WebVideo/EpicRapBattlesOfHistory epic rap battle]] and five having an epic rap war.
%%* BestialityIsDepraved:
%%** Season 78 featured no less than eight goats as tributes, so this was inevitable. ''[[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya Yuki Nagato]]'' of all people decided to have sex with a goat, specifically [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy Victor]].
%%** In Season 172, [[Film/{{Goldfinger}} Oddjob]] had sex with another tribute, to which he proclaimed that it was the best sex he ever had. The only problem with that? The tribute he had sex with was [[WesternAnimation/ThePenguinsOfMadagascar Private]], a ''penguin''.
%%** In Season 173, [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Kyoko Sakura]] was the ''only human'' in an orgy which consisted of a cat, a ''robotic'' cat, a raccoon, a fox, and an [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries experiment]]. In the ''same Season,'' [[VideoGame/RedDeadRedemption Jack Swift]] had the choice to go on a date with another human, but ''still'' went on a date with the robotic cat Manga/{{Doraemon}} instead.
%%*** This happened ''again'' in Season 224. This time, [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Natsu]] was the only human in an orgy consisting of [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Madjick]] (a monster), [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic the Pony of Shadows]] (a pony corrupted by darkness), the Behemoth (a robot), [[Film/WhoFramedRogerRabbit Roger Rabbit]] (a rabbit), and the ''VideoGame/DuckHunt'' duo (a dog and a bird).
%%** Season 174 had Music/JustinBieber getting on with [[Franchise/FindingNemo Marlin and Nemo]], who are a pair of ''[[{{Squick}} clownfish]]''. While the latter's friend and mother figure (in Nemo's case) (and also Season 63 champion) Dory had a brief relationship with [[Literature/HarryPotter Kingsley Shacklebolt]] in Season 63 (which is more of a standard CrackPairing), one of the things that makes this one far squickier is the fact that Nemo's only '''[[PaedoHunt a child]]'''.
%%** Season 179 has [[Franchise/TouhouProject Suika]] getting it on with the aforementioned Marlin and Nemo, due to the same reasons. Later in that same Season, she spies on a bathing [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Opal]], who's a cat.
%%** In Season 211, Nemo does this again, cementing a status as the Season's DirtyKid. He [[MisterSeahorse somehow]] [[HomosexualReproduction had a child]] with [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Bilbo]] [[Literature/TheHobbit Baggins]], and later slept with [[Literature/TheHungerGames President Coriolanus Snow]] himself. Tropers/TroperNo9001 [[NoYay wasn't amused]], nor was his nominator [[Tropers/DaveTheAssassin dave_the_assassin]].
%%** In Season 230, [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair Gundham Tanaka]] does the you-know-what with [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Star Swirl the Bearded]] and calls it the best sex ever. Mind you, Star Swirl's a [[PaedoHunt very old]] [[NoYay stallion]][[note]]and that's not even considering [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E25ShadowPlayPart1 his disappearance to Limbo]][[/note]], and Gundham is the Ultimate Breeder, meaning that his talent involves working with animals.
* BlackComedy:
** [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=14639073780A94605500&page=82#2037 The mass death in OG Season 16]], caused by [[KillerRabbit Murder Kittens]].
** In OG Season 181, [[WesternAnimation/WanderOverYonder Wander]] cracked open a cold one right as [[VideoGame/ShadowOfTheColossus the other Wander]] [[note]]whose name was intentionally misspelled as "Wand'''a'''r" to avoid confusion[[/note]] died of thirst.
** In the post-season gag save of OG Season 213, [[Franchise/MortalKombat Mokap]] set up a kissing booth, but no other tributes showed up. He was apparently so upset about it that he went into a [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} suicide booth]] the very next day.
** In Reboot Season 26, [[Franchise/StreetFighter Kolin]] killed herself because she couldn't find an Arby's.
** During Reboot Season 61's Bloodbath, [[Music/{{BTS}} Jungkook]] and [[VideoGame/TheBattleCats the Ultima Twinstars]] declared that it was "[[Series/BananasInPyjamas try to survive the Hunger Games time!]]", only for [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Deathstroke]] to almost immediately cut down the former on Day One.
* BlackDudeDiesFirst:
** In OG Season 8, [[Franchise/StarWars Finn]] was killed off ''immediately'' during the Bloodbath, courtesy of a [[InTheBack back stab]] by [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV Trevor Phillips]].
** OG Season 16 saw Music/SnoopDogg as its first casualty, having been dispatched by [[WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}} Duke Weaselton]]'s poison dart.
** In OG Season 98, [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 the Demo]][[MemeticMutation pan]] was killed alongside [[WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}} Robot Santa]] and ''the souls of every human who ever lived'' via [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Big the Cat]]'s explosive in the first fatal event of the season.
** OG Season 236 gave us [[VideoGame/Left4Dead Louis]] being fatally stabbed with a butterfly knife by [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Meowth]] in the Bloodbath.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: Several events involve the tributes breaking the Wall itself, or even interacting with their nominators, including ''[[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou killing]]'' them for nominating them in the first place.
* ButtMonkey:
** ''Franchise/DragonBall'' characters, ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' characters, Creator/{{Disney}} characters, ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' characters, and [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Kars]] were considered this during the earlier seasons of the Original Generation, usually being killed off either very quickly or in an undignified fashion. However, the successes of many tributes from the first four works eventually dispelled this status. [[Franchise/DragonBall Nappa's]] win in OG Season 11, along with [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Asriel]] getting third place in OG Season 21, [[Franchise/TheLionKing Mufasa's]] victory in the season right after, and the [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Draconian Dignitary's]] triumph in OG Season 132, helped to dispell this theory. Kars, on the other hand, maintained his status as this throughout all of his appearances... until OG Season 243, where he ''finally'' [[TookALevelInBadass broke his losing streak by getting 2nd Place.]]
** Also, superpowered or simply ''extremely'' powerful characters, who most often die first or die at the hands of a character much weaker than them.
** Special mention goes to [[Franchise/DragonBall Super Vegito]], who has died in the bloodbath of three out of the eight seasons that he was nominated for. Gohan follows closely behind, having [[WebVideo/DragonBallZAbridged failed to dodge]] his way out of certain death in ''three'' different seasons.
** Ever since the input of ''Franchise/Ben10'' tributes starting in OG Season 140, it seems that the simulator's RNG just ''really'' hates them. There have been ''many'' of them (more if you count the [[ShoddyKnockOffProduct bootleg Ben, Ten 10]], and when you note that the Ectonurite Twins and all four members of Shag Carpeting were [[TheDividual nominated as one tribute]]), four of which having died in the ''Bloodbath'', one who died on Day One, and one who died on Night One. Just about all of them aside from a few died unceremoniously and without a single kill to speak for. At least three of them were also on the receiving end of TheWorfEffect. Azmuth proved to be a fair exception in Season 179, where he got ''three'' kills and managed to make it to Night Seven. He actually ended up being TheScrappy for that season, due to how much of a {{Jerkass}} he was.
*** In OG Season 205, the aforementioned bootleg ''dubiously'' breaks this {{curse}} by actually ''winning'' the season ''and'' tying for Most Kills, making HGS history by becoming the very first tribute even ''remotely'' related to ''Ben 10'' to snag a place in the Hall of Fame. However, the RNG so far doesn't seem to have counted his win as a curse breaker, as subsequent ''Ben 10'' tributes after him went right back to performing poorly, and he didn't make the Hall of Fame again in Battle Royale that featured him.
*** The ''Ben 10'' Curse '''really''' came to a head in OG Season 247, where it was nominated as an actual tribute and WON.
*** The Reboot, on the other hand '''''finally''''' saw the curse being broken, when Azmuth placed third in Reboot Season 4, becoming the first canon ''Ben 10'' tribute to place in the Hall of Fame while Malware became the first champion by claiming first place in Season 7.
** Although several ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' tributes had been nominated over the course of at least 30 seasons, only two of them made it on the Hall of Fame - Tomura Shigaraki, a villain, and Rabbit, a fanmade incarnation of the popular Villain Izuku Midoriya archetype who was forced to do villain work at a very young age. The rest of the nominated tributes tended to die really early and/or in an undignified fashion. This has been dubbed the “MHA Hero Curse”, as the time a hero or hero-in-training from MHA enters the Hall of Fame remained to be seen. As of OG Season 231, however, heroes in training Eijirou Kirishima and Katsuki Bakugou, who were nominated as one tribute, seem to have broken this curse... to an extent. Although they’d just barely managed to scrape a podium finish, they got there at the cost of suffering from AdaptationalVillainy, cemented by [[OmnicidalManiac destroying literally E V E R Y T H I N G.]] Thus, even though they’re technically heroes of ''My Hero Academia '' who finally secured a spot on the Hall of Fame, by the time they got there, [[FaceHeelTurn they were essentially villains.]]
*** Four seasons later, pro hero Enji “Endeavour” Todoroki scored a spot on the Hall of Fame as well - but he, too, suffered from AdaptationalVillainy, as it was his high body count that cemented him as the season’s most murderous.
*** The curse is more-or-less truly broken as of OG Season 242, where Shota Aizawa placed second, with two kills. While he did go against his heroic code by killing two tributes, he otherwise remained mostly heroic, and his crimes can’t be reasonably compared to Endeavour’s or Eijirou and Katsuki’s.
** It seems that [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu]] can never catch a break. He was killed by a ''cupcake''[[note]] a food he’d most likely greatly enjoy, given his SweetTooth[[/note]]during OG Season 141, his first appearance, and from there he continued to suffer from early or unceremonious deaths despite his status as a {{Yakuza}} and being nominated fairly often. It doesn’t help that his classmate Kazuichi Souda placed second and tied for the most kills in OG Season 179, while his sister Natsumi scored the most kills in OG Season 217 (where he died in the Bloodbath; [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge she didn’t take it very well]]) despite him being nominated alongside them in both cases. What’s more, in a lost save for OG Season 238 that was intended to be a canon season, he ended up getting the most kills. He earns a spot on the Hall of Fame at last in OG Season 248, placing second.
** Outside of the tributes themselves, President Snow himself gets killed[[note]]though in ''Convergence'' it always ends up being [[ActuallyADoombot a Snowclone]] who is killed instead of the real deal[[/note]] or falls victim to some other sort of indignity or accident at the hands of one or more tributes practically OncePerEpisode, due to the myriad of events where such things happen to him.
* CardboardPrison: There are some events where a tribute goes to jail, but it's almost always implied that they escape on the next day/night.
* CarnivoreConfusion: In OG Season 174, [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing Molly]], a duck, munches on a bucket of popcorn chicken.
* ChainedToARailway: Some tributes try to kill others this way, but their victims are sometimes rescued.
* CharactersDroppingLikeFlies: Arena Events often slaughter massive numbers of tributes, but the biggest bloodshed in the entire history of the Games happened on the first day of OG Season 87, where a massacre caused by the phantom of [[VideoGame/{{Civilization}} Mahatma Gandhi]] brought up the body count to the record-breaking '''''39.'''''
* CheatersNeverProsper: A tribute can be VAC banned for different reasons, such as drinking too many [[VideoGame/DarkSouls estus flasks]], practicing [[ForumSpeak Thread Necromancy]], or being a MarySue.
* ChekhovsGag: Sometimes an event that happened previously can be used to explain the outcome of a future one.
** In OG Season 208, ''at least two'' {{Chekhovs Gun}}s went off at the same time in Day 8, where [[WesternAnimation/DuckDodgers Queen Tyr'ahnee]] (who was implied to have gained MagicalGirl powers) fought and won against 5 other tributes, including the blind[[note]]from [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext pleasuring herself]][[/note]] [[VisualNovel/AngelsWithScalyWings Adine]]. Had the latter not have been blinded by previous events, Tyr'ahnee may have lost that bout.
* ChildSoldiers: Since the minimum age for tributes in the [[Literature/TheHungerGames canonical Hunger Games]] is 12, any tribute younger than this, or at least childlike in appearance, counts as this trope.
* ChristmasEpisode: OG Seasons 101, 102, 191, and Reboot Seasons 21 and 79 all had tributes with a winter or Christmas theme. In case of the first two, it was like a two-part ChristmasSpecial because of the first one ending two days before the holiday itself.
* ChromosomeCasting: The casts of OG Seasons 154 and 235 are mostly dads, with some of them bringing their sons along. Fitting for the Father's Day Specials.
* ClumsyCopyrightCensorship: One of the possible death events involves a tribute being hit by a copyright violation, even if they're not copyrighted in the first place.
* ColorMotif: There've been two seasons where everyone was of the same color: OG Season 109, where everyone was yellow; and OG Season 210, where everyone was green.
* TheCorrupter:
** [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Tzeentch]] fit the bill in OG Season 8, recruiting a number of other Tributes to his cult. [[ThereCanBeOnlyOne All of them died except]] [[WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}} Dawn Bellwether.]]
** [[Literature/HarryPotter Lord Voldemort]] was this to [[Music/{{BTS}} Park Jimin]] in Reboot S60, exploiting the latter's grief over his bandmate and best friend, V, [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill getting killed by all of the (non-blacklisted) fatal events.]] He was very successful... [[GoneHorriblyRight to the point where the]] [[CorruptTheCutie newly-corrupted Jimin]] [[TheStarscream successfully killed him]] with the assistance of [[WebComic/{{Homestuck}} Diamonds Droog]] and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Navi the Fairy.]]
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: It's actually rare for a tribute to ''not'' die in this fashion.
* CuddleBug: Tributes who get involved in a lot of hugging events can be this if they're on the giving end, like [[Manga/LuckyStar Tsukasa Hiiragi]] in OG Season 53 and [[Creator/SrPelo WALUIGI]] in OG Season 104.
* CuteAndPsycho: Any tributes with a high body count that are considered to be cute where they come from. And boy, are there too many to count. Amongst the most notorious in the Original Generation are [[Franchise/{{Madagascar}} Mort]], [[VideoGame/LifeIsStrange Chloe Price]], [[WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}} Judy Hopps]], [[Literature/HarryPotter Cho Chang]], [[WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry Jerry]], [[Franchise/FindingNemo Marlin, Dory, Nemo]], [[Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks Brittany, Eleanor]] and [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Yoshi]].
** Special mention goes to [[Anime/PrettyCure Cure Echo]], who won OG Season 19 with the most kills as well. How does she conclude the season? By [[CruelAndUnusualDeath chopping off the limbs of]] [[Series/TopGear Jeremy Clarkson]], the sole remaining contestant besides her.
*** In the next two seasons she appeared in, she tied with other tributes for most kills as well, making her one of the most lethal tributes in the game.
** [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Liechtenstein]] in OG Season 27 is notable for having killed - or at least injured; it's hard to tell - her adopted older brother Switzerland. She's also tied with several other tributes for most kills, which is particularly jarring since she's one of the cutest and nicest girls in Hetalia.
** There's also [[Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya Mikuru]], who ended OG Season 33 with a bang by blowing up [[Franchise/DragonBall Bulma]] and [[VideoGame/GodOfWar Kratos]]. She's one of the last people you'd expect to ever kill even ''one'' person, but in her season of the Hunger Games, she kills ''seven and wins the season.''
** OG Season 96 sees [[VideoGame/Borderlands2 Tiny Tina]], who was already a few sandwiches short of a picnic in her home series, managing to skewer ''all of humanity'', [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth]], and Creator/GordonRamsay with an energy spear.
** OG Season 105 gives us the youngest mass murderer in the OG, [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Pound Cake]], a pegasus foal who skewered three tributes with an energy spear, pulled a sword from [[Webcomic/{{Namesake}} Warrick Chopper's]] abdomen, stabbed UsefulNotes/NeilDeGrasseTyson to death, and pummeled [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Grunkle Stan]], among others.
** Reboot Season 60 gives us two examples of this: [[VideoGame/TheBattleCats Miko Mitama]] and [[Music/{{BTS}} Park Jimin.]]
*** Mitama is infamous for subjecting Jimin's bandmate and best friend, V, to ''all of the previous (non-blacklisted) fatal events at once.'' She had no regrets about this, either, for she went on to attack Bell before [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsBirthBySleep transfering her heart into]] [[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Bernadetta]], [[GrandTheftMe turning her into her vessel]]. The worst part? ''She's only a child'' (or at least childlike in appearance).
*** Jimin himself takes V's fate very, very badly, not helped by [[Literature/HarryPotter Lord Voldemort]] [[CorruptTheCutie taking him under his wing shortly afterwards]] and being largely responsible for him becoming the ruthless, psychotic Death Eater that he is. It doesn't help that he was actually a genuine NiceGuy prior to the V Incident, since he'd willingly given [[Franchise/{{Kirby}} Bonkers]] a blood transfusion using his own blood.
* CutenessOverload: One of the custom events involves a tribute dying of heart failure because they find another tribute too adorable. HilarityEnsues when the other tribute isn't even remotely cute.
** An [[InvertedTrope inversion]] of the event also appears, which has [[JustForFun/TheUglyBarnacle a tribute who's so ugly that three other tributes just die.]] [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants The End.]]
** Another custom event has a tribute coming across an adorable fanart of themselves and dying from their own cuteness. There is also an [[InvertedTrope inversion]] where a tribute comes across [[MemeticMutation cursed]] fanart of themselves and dies from the sheer cringe of it.
* DeaderThanDead: If a tribute is DeadToBeginWith, then their "second" death counts as this.
* DealWithTheDevil: One custom event involves a tribute trying to exchange their soul for wealth and power, only to be told that [[TheSoulless they never had one in the first place.]] Another event involves one tribute being revealed to be the devil and striking a deal with another.
* DeathByIrony:
** In OG Season 63, ''both'' of the [[WesternAnimation/TheYearWithoutASantaClaus Miser Brothers]] died of hypothermia during a snowstorm, despite the fact that one of them can generate enough heat to melt steel on touch, and one of them ''lives'' in a sub-zero environment.
** Franchise/{{Kirby}} has died in an ironic fashion at least [[RuleOfThree three times]], all of which had something to do with what he does best: [[BigEater eating]].
*** First, in OG Season 75, he was devoured by [[Anime/ChargemanKen Maou-sama]].
*** More than 100 seasons later, in OG Season 192, he died of a heart attack upon [[IAteWhat realizing that he'd accidentally devoured a cockroach]]. Apparently, even an ExtremeOmnivore like Kirby [[EveryoneHasStandards has standards]].
*** Finally, in OG Season 250, [[VideoGame/{{Smite}} Bellona]] offed the pink puffball by tricking him into eating a poisoned apple.
** In OG Season 177, Franchise/DonkeyKong died by slipping on a banana peel while [[Anime/{{Hellsing}} Alucard]] had all of his bodily fluids (which includes his blood) drained by a giant leech.
** In OG Season 182, [[VideoGame/NinetyNineNights Tak Fujii]] killed a [[Videogame/GoatSimulator walking microwave]] by serving it... ''a deadly '''apple pie'''''. Later, [[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} Egon Spengler]], a Ghostbuster, was so scared by a ghost he ''died from heart failure''.
** In OG Season 189, [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Daybreaker]], who wields ThePowerOfTheSun, was destroyed by the light within [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsI the Door to Darkness]].
** In OG Season 212, [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} Junkrat]], a MadBomber, perished when he bought a bomb from [[VideoGame/{{Cuphead}} the Devil]] that exploded in his hands.
** In Reboot Season 308, [[Anime/ZombieLandSaga Sakura Minamoto]] dies by being electrocuted by the force field as she arrives to the arena too late. In the series where she originated with, as a zombie, she wouldn't be harmed by electricity, instead outright absorbing them.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: A rather odd example occurs in OG Season 141, where [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Bill Cipher]] subjects [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair Nagito Komaeda]] to an ironic FateWorseThanDeath using his powers. The two of them form an unlikely alliance straight afterwards, and spend the next few phases helping each other out and hanging out until Bill gets killed in a ball pit.
* DemonicPossession: In one of the custom events, a tribute possesses another tribute's body and uses it to kill a third tribute.
* DenserAndWackier: As the seasons progressed, more and more silly custom events were implemented, and some of the tributes started to become... unorthodox by Simulation standards.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Occurs whenever a character deemed to be a God or Godlike being in their source material is killed off by someone way below their weight class. Examples include [[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 Giygas]] getting pushed off a cliff by the rapper Viper, [[VideoGame/LifeIsStrange Chloe Price]] tracking down and killing the [[VideoGame/TheStanleyParable Divine Personification of Art]] (who had earlier been enslaved by a [[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiPartnersInTime Shroob Mook]]), [[WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfSonicTheHedgehog Dr. Robotnik]] somehow killing '''''the Hunger Games Simulator itself''''' by ''total accident'', ComicBook/{{Katana}} disembowling [[Website/SCPFoundation SCP-682]] before going on to strangle [[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory Dark Star]], [[Franchise/DragonBall Frieza]] bashing [[Franchise/TheElderScrolls Nocturnal's]] face in with a steel chair, and of course, the infamous killing of [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Tzeentch]] by [[WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck Dr. Fossil]], a senile dinosaur. There's also the three-time case of [[Franchise/DragonBall Super Vegito]] being killed in the opening Bloodbaths of OG Seasons 14, 15 and 173.
* DieLaughing: Several events have tributes literally dying from laughter.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Sometimes, tributes retaliate harshly to petty things done to them by others by killing them.
** In OG Season 179, it was down to the final three, which consisted of [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair Kazuichi Souda]], [[WesternAnimation/ToadPatrol Panther Cap]], and [[VideoGame/HyperDimensionNeptuniaV Croire]]. It was Night Nine when Croire was told to go get them all some supplies. They were unamused when she came back with only a banana. Panther Cap was so unamused, in fact, that he ''killed Croire'' the very next day. Even Kazuichi, [[{{Hypocrite}} who had been just as murderous as Panther Cap at that point]], called him a monster for it. That night, Panther Cap killed Kazuichi for calling him ugly, sealing his victory.
** In OG Season 183, [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Kurogiri]] groans at an incredibly corny joke that [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie Russ Cargil]] made. The ''very next day'', Russ ''kills'' Kurogiri by ''punching a hole in his chest''.
*** In that same season, [[Videogame/ShadowTheHedgehog OW]] [[MemeticMutation THE EDGE]] destroyed [[Film/TheJungleBook2016 Shere Khan's]] computer. Shere Khan then proceeded to stretch him to death the next day.
** In OG Season 224, [[VideoGame/Spyro2RiptosRage Fisher]] kills a DrosteImage with a herring after it accidentally read his porn magazine the night before.
** In OG Season 231, [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Eijirou Kirishima and Katsuki Bakugou]] has a "YourMom" battle against '''''everything that has existed, is existing, and will exist'''''. The jokes were so offending to the former that they straight up '''''[[OmnicidalManiac destroyed E V E R Y T H I N G.]]'''''
* TheDividual: Two or more characters nominated as a whole are counted as one "tribute."
* DisqualificationInducedVictory: How [[VideoGame/TheBattleCats Queen Mother V]] won Season 94 of the Reboot, due to her dying in a broken event where she was supposed to kill [[WebVideo/{{Vinesauce}} Two-Faced]], only for the latter to somehow kill the former instead. This is explained in-universe as Queen Mother V coming BackFromTheDead and Two-Faced getting [[CheatersNeverProsper her award taken away for cheating.]]
* DrivenToSuicide: Sometimes, it's all too much for a tribute, which results in them taking their own life.

** Some of the earlier seasons in the Original Generation pale in comparison to the later ones since custom events weren't implemented until OG Season 12.
** Many of the earlier seasons were rife with early arena events because the rules for making a "good save" weren't standardized until many seasons later.
** The earlier seasons also had a rudimentary hosting format. Bulletted lists weren't used and deaths weren't spoilered.
* EldritchAbomination: Some of the tributes are this to begin with, while others [[OneWingedAngel transform into them]] during a season, such as [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Starlight Glimmer]] in OG Season 146 and [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Rose Quartz]] in Reboot Season 22.
* EpicFail: Any tribute who dies in the bloodbath by stepping off their podium too soon counts as this.
* EveryoneIsBi: Tributes can fall in love with anyone, regardless of gender.
* EyeScream: Several events involve the tribute losing one or both of their eyes, or even going blind, whether it's self-inflicted or otherwise.
* TheFamilyThatSlaysTogether: Some tributes nominated with their family members are this, particularly if they're [[TheDividual nominated as one tribute]]. Examples include [[Franchise/FindingNemo Marlin and Nemo]] in OG Seasons 173 and 179; and [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Princesses Twilight Sparkle, Celestia, Luna and Cadance]] (the latter of whom are also RoyallyScrewedUp) in OG Season 219.
* FantasyKitchenSink: The Games welcomes a rather diverse cast of characters, including, among other things, monsters, anthropomorphic animals, superhumans, gods, aliens, [[EldritchAbomination otherworldly beings]], ordinary people, [[Webcomic/{{Polandball}} countryballs]], entire sports teams, tropers, real-world animals, inanimate objects, and abstract concepts.
* FatalMethodActing: InUniverse. One custom event has six tributes reenacting a [[Creator/WilliamShakespeare Shakespearean]] tragedy, where one of the actors kills everyone else.
* {{Filler}}: Gag saves, which were first implemented in OG Season 93[[note]]Although several screencaps from unshared saves appeared between OG Seasons 88 and 89[[/note]], carry the main purpose of tiding the players over while the canon season is being ran. While some of them are lackluster because they usually have early arena events, [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools some of them are actually good]]; so good, in fact, that some players wish that they were the canon season.
* ForgotAboutHisPowers:
** Franchise/{{Kirby}} seems to suffer from this, regardless of whether or not he has a Copy Ability.
*** In OG Season 14, he could've just inhaled the rope that [[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold Dr. Canus]] was using to strangle him.
*** In OG Season 110, he jumped off the wrong ledge while skiing, when he could've used his parasol to break his fall.
*** In OG Season 192, he didn't consider gaining a Copy Ability from eating a cockroach.
*** In OG Season 204, he didn't think about discarding his Copy Ability in order to eat some fettuccine, which somehow teamed up with [[VideoGame/RoboticOperatingBuddy R.O.B]] and [[Franchise/StarWars the]] ''[[Film/TheLastJedi Supremacy]]'' to kill him during the [[DeathByIrony Feast.]]
*** {{Averted|Trope}} in OG Seasons 241 and 242, where for once, he didn't forget to use his powers and got 2nd Place with [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy Kreuger]] in the former and got the most kills in the latter as Swiss Army Kirby.
*** In Reboot Season 40, he ate a tube of Superglue... [[EpicFail only to choke on it.]]
** In OG Season 14, a [[Franchise/{{Halo}} Jackal Ranger]] is [[DisneyVillainDeath pushed off a cliff and killed]]. This is in spite of the Jet Pack that all Covenant Rangers wear.
** It happens ''again'' in OG Season 21, with the victim this time being [[VideoGame/DustAnElysianTail Fidget]], which is even worse, as she naturally has wings and is canonically [[IronicFear afraid of heights.]]
** OG Season 174 has [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyV Shinryu]], who was pushed off a cliff by [[VideoGame/{{Tekken}} Yoshimitsu]], who told him to fly. Despite the fact that he has wings and is a very powerful dragon, he fails to do so.
** In OG Season 182, [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Mami Tomoe]] and [[WesternAnimation/SleepingBeauty Maleficent]] practice parkour, only for Maleficent to mess up and fall to her death, despite the fact that she can turn into a dragon and also could have used her own teleportation abilities to save herself. In the same season, [[Franchise/DragonBall Future Trunks]] attempted to dropkick [[Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} Egon Spengler]] off a cliff, only to miss and plummet to his death despite the fact that he can fly.
** In OG Season 204, [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Tsuyu Asui]] and WebVideo/{{Brutalmoose}} practice parkour, only for Tsuyu to misjudge the distance and fall to her death despite her frog-related Quirk and being a particularly athletic jumper in her respective canon.
* FourIsDeath:
** In general, whenever a tribute gets the 4th Place Curse, where they get 4th place without making the most kills, thus snubbing them of a Hall of Fame placement.
** In OG Season 81, [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Magical Kitty Len Len]] got 4th place and made four kills. Four seasons later, [[VideoGame/{{Driver}} Rio Cop]] also made the same placement and number of kills as him.
** In OG Season 205, UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper was inputted in District 4, got four kills[[note]]technically more, but [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Katsuki Bakugou and Eijirou Kirishima]] and the ''[[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Homura Army]]'' were each counted as [[TheDividual one tribute]][[/note]], took 4th place, ''and'' tied for the most kills.
** {{Inverted|Trope}} in OG Season 216. Day 4 was the only full day that was bloodshed free.
** In OG Season 225, the four Series/{{Teletubbies}} won and accumulated four kills[[note]]Technically five (just as much as the season mass murderers' kill count), but [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy]] were counted as one tribute[[/note]].
** In OG Season 237, [[Franchise/KungFuPanda Viper]] ''[[{{Pun}} fore]]''saw all four [[Franchise/SpyroTheDragon Dragon Guardians]] collectively falling for the 4th Place Curse from [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} buttercup poisoning.]]
* FreakyFridayFlip: Done to justify any mix-up with the pictures and names of the tributes.
** The traditional two-way switch happened to [[Anime/GurrenLagann Kamina]] and [[Series/DegrassiTheNextGeneration Adam Torres]] in OG Season 70.
** The one-way switch happened to [[Franchise/TouhouProject Yuuka Kazami]] and [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX Kuja]] in OG Season 108, [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsRebels Sabine Wren]] and [[Franchise/TouhouProject Shinmyoumaru Sukuna]] in OG Season 180, and [[Franchise/DragonBall Cooler]] and [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Jimmy Valmer]] in a gag save for OG Season 185.
** {{Averted|Trope}} with George Burns in OG Season 171, since he was originally intended to be ''the'' Creator/GeorgeBurns, but was passed off as a clone of [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Sour Cream]] instead, which carried over to the rest of his appearances.
** In Season 283, D. B. Cooper and [[WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse Eda the Owl Lady]] swap bodies, resulting in the Gamemakers having to (in-universe) reset the season to stop it. This lead to remarks that Cooper ''hijacked'' Eda’s body or [[InvertedTrope Eda hijacked his.]]
* FurryConfusion: Animals on various parts of the SlidingScaleOfAnthropomorphism compete in the Games, leading to some... confusing moments when they interact, especially if they're of the same species.
** In OG Season 161, [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Snips]], a magical talking pony, tamed a horse.
** In OG Season 190, [[WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}} Benjamin Clawhauser]], an anthropomorphic cheetah, also tried taming a horse like Snips did, only to [[DeathByIrony be trampled by it.]]
** In OG Season 204, [[WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTailFievelGoesWest Cat R. Waul]], an anthropomorphic cat, received a pet pomeranian from an unknown sponsor.
** In Reboot Season 51, [[Animation/NuPogodi Volk]], an anthropomorphic wolf, found a pet cat, which got killed by the Gorilla Glue Gorilla.
** In Reboot Season 72, [[WesternAnimation/HelpImAFish Joe]], a fish, won a pet goldfish in a bag from a stall, and had to save it when the bag leaked.
* GambitPileup: Naturally. As all tributes aim to come out on top, [[EnemyMine alliances are made]] [[ChronicBackstabbingDisorder and broken]] with alarming frequency.
* GrandFinale: OG Season 250 was this for the first thread, culminating with ''all the previous tributes and their souls'' being nominated as two separate tributes.
* GroinAttack: An uncommon occurrence in the Games, but {{exaggerated|Trope}} in Reboot Season 94 when the ''entire music fanbase'', composed of ''roughly less than 7.8 billion people'' at the time of nomination, collectively punched Dave Rogers in the groin.
* HalloweenEpisode: OG Seasons 82, 177, and Reboot Seasons 11 and 68 all had tributes who were scary or Halloween-themed. However, the first one suffered a ScheduleSlip and began the day ''after'' the holiday.
* HandicappedBadass: Tributes who are blind, deaf, amputees and/or have some other physical or mental disability and become a podium finisher qualify as these, whether the disability is canonical or brought about during the season.
** [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Toph Beifong]] and Helen Keller are the most notable OG examples of this, securing a spot on the Hall of Fame despite their blindness and deaf-blindness, respectively.
** In Reboot Season 14, ComicBook/IronMan managed to survive long enough to get 3rd Place while being tiny[[note]]from shrinking in the Bloodbath after drinking a strange drink[[/note]], [[DePower de-powered]][[note]]with [[VideoGame/PaperMario64 Peach Beam]] by [[Website/{{Google}} Google Chrome]][[/note]], and deaf[[note]]from [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Bulbasaur]] blowing a horn into his ears[[/note]], ''all at the same time.''
* HeroicSacrifice:
** OG Season 12 saw [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers America]] give his life to save [[Franchise/HowToTrainYourDragon Toothless]] from poisonous fog that had seeped into the arena.
** In Reboot Season 61, [[Film/TransformersAgeOfExtinction Galvatron]] died saving [[ComicBook/TransformersShatteredGlass SG!Megatron]] from a forest fire.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Quite a lot of tributes die because of their own antics.
* ImAHumanitarian: Occasionally, one tribute might kill and eat another in a primal craze. Saparmurat Niyazov is one of the many infamous cannibals in the Games, [[KarmicDeath devouring]] [[VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters Krizalid]] two days after the latter killed [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Forever]] and served him as a meal in OG Season 88. Niyazov's cooking in the following days was... questionable.
* ISurrenderSuckers: A tribute can trick another into sparing them to catch the other off-guard.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: The Games have seen several tributes who're this. However, the reigning champions are [[Franchise/FindingNemo Marlin, Dory and Nemo]], who infamously turned this trope into an art form in several of their appearances. Case in point:
** In OG Season 63, Dory, despite her short-term memory loss, somehow stabbed VideoGame/{{Doom}}guy with an icicle ''and'' bashed [[WesternAnimation/TUFFPuppy the Chameleon]]'s head in with a baseball bat. Then in OG Season 74, she somehow drilled holes into WebVideo/SolarSands and butchered [[Anime/ToumeiShounenTanteiAkira Z-Group Knifeman.]]
** In OG Season 174, Marlin and Nemo practically ''embody'' this trope. They stabbed [[Manga/MadeInAbyss Mitty]] with [[Webcomic/TheAdventuresOfDrMcNinja taped knives in their eyes]], bashed [[VideoGame/NightInTheWoods Bea's]] head against a rock and destroyed a (particularly murderous) guitar (with [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyro Cynder]] as collateral damage) with a '''rocket launcher.''' As emphasized by their nominator [[Tropers/DaveTheAssassin dave_the_assassin]] (who also ran the season) after the murder of Mitty:
--->'''Dave''': [commenting on Tropers/TroperNo9001's LampshadeHanging on the improbable murder] Yep, that's completely what I thought when Marlin and Nemo turned into taped-knife-in-the-eyes version [sic] of [[Franchise/MortalKombat Kano]] on Mitty as I ran this season.
** In OG Season 186, Nemo's sole kill was by spearing [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 the Spy]] in the abdomen. Then it escalated in OG Season 213, where he somehow knocked [[Franchise/Ben10 Azmuth]] out, then [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill dumped him into a plastic barrel and dissolved him with hydrofluoric acid]], somehow shot a blow dart at [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Lord Geo Dampierre]], and somehow launched a bottle rocket at [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Trubbish]] and [[VideoGame/DeadSpace Isaac Clarke]] (a hilarious and unintentional CallBack to the aforementioned rocket launcher antics with his father).
* InanimateCompetitor: Some of the tributes are inanimate objects, and they're just as capable of surviving the Games as the other "normal" tributes.
* InstantGravestone: Whenever an event involving the grave of the latest tribute to die happens at the same time as when said tribute dies.
* InterspeciesFriendship[=/=]InterspeciesAdoption: Both happen more than once, though not as often as Interspecies Romance.
* InterspeciesRomance: Happens quite often, given the diverse cast of tributes.
* KarmicDeath: Karmic retribution often comes quickly to notoriously murderous tributes, with countless examples.
** In OG Season 7, [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} May]], a ''Pokémon Trainer'', killed Sylveon, a [[VideoGame/PokemonXAndY Generation 6 Pokémon]], during the Bloodbath. She died of dysentery right after.
** In OG Season 36, four tributes ganged up on [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Vincent Valentine]] after he had pushed [[VideoGame/SuperMarioGalaxy Rosalina]] off a cliff the night before.
** In OG Season 85, after he had [[WouldHurtAChild killed]] [[WesternAnimation/TheLoudHouse the Loud Family]] earlier, [[VideoGame/FatalFury Terry Bogard]] later wound up being slaughtered and [[ImAHumanitarian cannibalized]] in a primal craze by [[Film/StarTrekIntoDarkness Khan]].
** In OG Season 144, [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Toriel]] burned a tree down. Not too long after, [[WesternAnimation/{{Tangled}} Mother Gothel]], [[EvenEvilHasStandards of all people]], took her out by impaling her with a tree branch.
*** And in OG Season 232, she [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness threw]] [[Literature/TheMagicSchoolBus Carlos]] ''[[WouldHurtAChild off a mountaintop]]'', only for him to jump back up and [[CallingTheOldWomanOut call her out for it.]] She then got her karmic retribution by having her port-a-potty tipped over by [[Film/JurassicWorldFallenKingdom Indoraptor]] and [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Wario and Waluigi]] while she was using it and then having her heart ripped out [[AndShowItToYou and shown to]] [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries Jessie]] by Burger Feet ''the very next day.''
** In OG Season 169, [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Papyrus]] bashes his brother Sans' head in with a mace during the Bloodbath and never shows remorse for it at any point. After being subjected to several karmic hardships beforehand, [[VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}} Djura]] takes him out with an arrow to the head during the Feast.
*** Also in OG Season 169, on Night 6, [[Music/LinkinPark Chester Bennington]] found [[VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends Vi]] and [[VideoGame/{{Overwatch}} Doomfist]] dying, and decided to leave them to their fates. In the next day's Feast, the Cornucopia ate him as retribution.
** In OG Season 191, TheKrampus wrongfully killed the innocent [[WesternAnimation/Frozen2013 Anna]] during the Bloodbath. Later in the same day, it got [[DeathByIrony frozen]] ([[AccidentalPun no pun intended]]) and [[LiterallyShatteredLives shattered]] by [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Delibird]].
** In OG Season 195, Music/{{BTS}}, a Korean boy band consisting of seven men at their 20s, [[PaedoHunt collectively propose to]] [[WesternAnimation/InsideOut Riley Andersen]], a 12-year-old preteen girl. Riley, despite the polygamy and large age gap, says yes, officially making all of the boys her fiancés, much to the [[NoYay shock]] and [[{{Squick}} disgust]] (no pun intended on one of Riley's emotions) of many HGS participants. Fortunately for the audience, at the very next day, [[Webcomic/{{Consolers}} Konami]] decides that [[EveryoneHasStandards child marriage is beyond her standards]] and kills the BTS members by stabbing each member to death with an icicle.
** In OG Season 250, after [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Fluttershy]] [[TookALevelInJerkass had taken a massive level in jerkass]] and ruthlessly tormented the other tributes, [[VideoGame/{{Smite}} Ares]] took it upon himself to put her down with a poisoned blowdart during the Feast.
** After [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Hardcase]] had spent the majority of Reboot Season 19 on a ruthless killing spree, the finale saw [[Series/TheGoodPlace Michael]] put an end to his rampage via a lethally booby-trapped chest.
* KilledOffscreen: Some events don't show how a tribute died, but only the aftermath. Some are from natural causes, while others imply that another tribute killed them.
* LeeroyJenkins: One custom event has a tribute screaming their name loudly as they charge at five other tributes, getting themselves killed.
* LethalChef: One custom event has a tribute try using a flamethrower to cook, with another tribute getting too close and being burnt up as a result.
* LethalJokeCharacter: In general, any tribute who isn't, for lack of a better term, a conventional tribute (e. g. an inanimate object) that ends up making the podium or the most kills at the end of a season.
** The [[VideoGame/SuperPaperMario Dark Prognosticus]] kicked off this trend when it somehow managed to win OG Season 23 [[WinsByDoingAbsolutelyNothing without killing anyone.]]
** In OG Season 90, Fugitive Baby, a baby in a toy car being chased by an army of police, killed quite a few tributes.
** In OG Season 187, [[VideoGame/{{Miitopia}} Running Nose]], a ''[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin literal running nose]]'', earned the most kills by offing a whopping ''seven'' tributes, with one of them a figurative case of TheWorfEffect.
** In OG Season 225, not only did the Series/{{Teletubbies}} get four kills, they also ''won''.[[note]]Technically, they got ''five kills'', but [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy]] were counted as one tribute.[[/note]]
* LongLostRelative: Occasionally, one tribute will reveal to another that they're long-lost siblings or [[LukeIAmYourFather the former is the latter's parent]], leading to some... unusual relations. It's worse if both of them are already related or in a relationship.
* TheLostLenore: Given [[ThereCanOnlyBeOne the nature of the Games,]] any romantic relationship established in any season is doomed to end in tragedy one way or another, and what typically happens is that one half of the couple gets killed off. Sometimes, however, the death leaves a [[HeroicBSOD notable impact]] on the tribute’s surviving lover. There are at least three notable cases of this happening: [[VideoGame/FireEmblemFates Corrin]]!Tropers/{{Revaryk}}’s grief over the death of her lover [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Mettaton]] in OG Season 84, [[StepfordSmiler the way]] [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Tomura Shigaraki]] copes with the death of his lover [[WesternAnimation/ToyStory2 Emperor]] [[WesternAnimation/BuzzLightyearOfStarCommand Zurg]] in OG Season 183, almost 100 seasons later, and [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair Kazuichi Souda’s]] HeroicBSOD and [[DrivenToSuicide possible suicide]] following the death of his lover Franchise/DonkeyKong.
* MadBomber: Any tribute that amasses a large number of kills using explosives could be considered one of these.
* ManEatingPlant: In Reboot Season 170, [[WebAnimation/DaThings the Bowling Berries]] are shown to eat meat due to "[[{{Pun}} having beef]]" with [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} Skywarp.]]
* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: More than 5000 characters from various works compete in the Games.
* MercyKill: Characters will often ask for this to be their fate. Most of the time, the other character doesn't go through with it. But sometimes, the other character will reluctantly agree to do it.
** [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Madoka Kaname]] did this to [[Franchise/StarWars Rey]] in OG Season 8, after the latter was distraught over the death of her friend, Finn.
** {{Exaggerated|Trope}} in Reboot Season 8, where [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Woshua]] asked ''[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill five other tributes]]'' to kill him because he [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone regretted going down the Genocide Route.]]

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* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Given the sheer number of transformation events, it's possible for a tribute to be a mishmash of various creatures, such as [[Manga/FruitsBasket Yuki Sohma]] in OG Season 223, who became a [[Franchise/MortalKombat Chaosrealmer]] who transforms into a rat when hugged by a girl or stressed, and [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony Kaede Akamatsu]] in Reboot Season 23, who became the Ultimate {{Psychic|Powers}} Website/{{SCP|Foundation}} [[OurMonstersAreDifferent Monster]] VideoGame/{{Turok}}.
* OffingTheOffspring: Alarmingly common, to the point where the [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure JoJo]] characters seem to have developed a tradition off it in the Original Generation. And if a parent and their child compete in the same season, this is often the inevitable cause of the child's death.
* OmnicidalManiac: Tributes who kill ''entire universes'' instantly become this, and most of time they ''technically'' become the most murderous in their respective seasons because they're usually counted as singular tributes.
** Winter [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Amethyst]] was the first tribute to cement herself as such, [[ThisIsADrill drilling holes]] in the ''multiverse'' in OG Season 102.
** [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Bec Noir]] and [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Tweety Bird]] then stepped up the game by '''obliterating the omniverse''' in OG Seasons 175 and 194, respectively.
** [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Eijirou Kirishima and Katsuki Bakugou]] ultimately became the most infamous universe destroyers in OG Season 231, wiping out '''''everything that has existed, is existing, and will exist''''', all because they [[DisproportionateRetribution were offended by their]] [[YourMom yo mama jokes.]]
** All of that culminated in the GrandFinale, where Tropers/Scipion3, after losing his hearing from fighting [[Literature/TheHungerGames Peacekeepers]], [[SanitySlippage slowly lost his sanity]] and '''''cooked the souls of all the previous tributes''''' and [[ImAHumanitarian fed them to]] [[Anime/OsomatsuSan Jyushimatsu Matsuno]] and [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Kanaya Maryam.]]
* OneHitPolykill: There's an event where one tribute kills two or three others with a single bullet. Taken up to eleven if one of the victims is an ''absurdly large'' group tribute.
* OneSteveLimit: {{Averted|Trope}} whenever two or more tributes with the same name participate. HilarityEnsues.
** Averted in OG Season 75, which had [[Webcomic/{{Polandball}} a pair of]] [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Switzerlands]], [[Webcomic/{{Polandball}} a pair of]] [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Swedens]], [[Anime/ChargemanKen a pair of]] [[Literature/TheDevilIsAPartTimer Maous]], [[WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends a pair of]] [[Webcomic/{{Sparklecare}} Cuddleses]], and ''[[WesternAnimation/VeggieTales a]] [[WesternAnimation/BobTheBuilder quartet]] [[Creator/BobSaget of]] [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Bobs.]]''[[note]]Though the last Bob was just Lapis masquerading as a human, who strangely appeared alongside her true self.[[/note]]
** Taken up to eleven in the season right after that, which had a grand total of ''eight'' Michaels. [[http://i.imgur.com/rvdyw2S.jpg The cast has to be seen to be believed.]]
** And [[SerialEscalation topping]] ''[[SerialEscalation that]]'' [[SerialEscalation one]] is [[https://s26.postimg.cc/pzn1nzcpj/Fire_Shot_Screen_Capture_077_Brant_Steele_Hung.png the cast of OG Season 92]], where ''almost everyone shares their name with at least one other tribute.''
** OG Season 165 also averted this in a similar way as OG Season 92, encouraging participants to submit tributes with the same name. [[https://postimg.cc/image/3utfvlkgv/ This was the result]].
** OG Season 185 averts this again, with the inclusion of [[WesternAnimation/OKKOLetsBeHeroes Joe Cuppa]] and [[WesternAnimation/CodenameKidsNextDoor Cuppa Joe]] as tributes, along with [[Anime/LuckyStar two different]] [[Anime/ToumeiShounenTanteiAkira Akiras]].
** OG Season 186 averts it as well, with [[Franchise/FindingNemo Nemo]] and his (probable) namesake ''[[Literature/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea Captain]]'' [[Film/TwentyThousandLeaguesUnderTheSea Nemo]].[[note]]Amusingly, both source materials have something to do with Creator/{{Disney}}, with the former being made by (the yet-to-be acquired) Creator/{{Pixar}}, and the film adaptation of the latter produced by Creator/WaltDisney himself.[[/note]]
** OG Seasons 206 and 207 avert this with two [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight different]] [[Franchise/StarTrek Sabers]][[note]]Funny enough, Saber is a class type in both source materials[[/note]].
** OG Season 208 also averts this with two different [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Gray]] [[Franchise/TheElderScrolls Foxes]] nominated.
** OG Season 233 does an In-Universe aversion; it turns out that there were two [[Literature/TheHungerGames President Snows]] competing in the Hunger Games.[[note]]They were in the form of Tamashii Hiroka and [[Film/GodzillaVsSpaceGodzilla Spacegodzilla]].[[/note]]
** Reboot Season 11 averted it with [[WesternAnimation/HotelTransylvania three]] [[Franchise/{{Castlevania}} Count]] [[WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy Draculas.]]
** Reboot Season 40 was another Season where participants were encouraged to submit tributes with the same name. [[https://i.postimg.cc/8DvyZ7KQ/01-Reboot-HGS-S40-Cast.png The Season's cast looked like this]].
** Reboot Season 53 saw an aversion by way of having [[WebAnimation/RedVsBlue two]] [[Series/AgentsOfSHIELD Sarges.]]
** Reboot Season 70 averted it with [[Franchise/ShinMegamiTensei two]] [[ComicBook/{{Lucifer}} Lucifers.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Due to the results being randomised, characters will often do things that they're unlikely to do in their source material (such as a pacifist killing several people in an explosion or a normally merciless character sparing someone). HilarityEnsues.
* TheOtherDarrin: InUniverse. A few custom events have tributes re-enacting several works, which means that another tribute may take a role someone else had played.
* PastLifeMemories: It's possible for a returning tribute to have horrifying flashbacks of their previous outings if they died previously.
* {{Patricide}}: In Reboot Season 52, [[Literature/TheMagicSchoolBus Mikey]] killed his own father along with [[ComicBook/BlackPanther Killmonger]], [[VideoGame/RiskOfRain2 Clay Dunestrider]], [[Anime/ChargemanKen Maou-sama]], and Music/{{BTS}} with a shadow dragon.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Quite a lot of tributes are smaller than the average human, but some of them are more than capable of holding off on their own, with some examples being [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Piplup]], [[WesternAnimation/TheLionGuard Kion]], [[WesternAnimation/ToadPatrol Fur Foot, Elf Cup, Panther Cap]], [[Franchise/FindingNemo Marlin, Nemo, Dory]], [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Peridot]], [[WesternAnimation/TheLEGOMovie Emmet]], [[WesternAnimation/TomAndJerry Jerry]], [[Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks Brittany and Eleanor]] in the OG, and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Navi]] in the Reboot (although Nemo and Emmet also made it far in the Reboot).
** OG Season 179, aptly named the Little Cup, has a [[https://s1.postimg.cc/4igoae338d/Screenshot-2017-11-7_Brant_Steele_Hunger_Games_Simulator_0.png cast]] composed entirely of tiny tributes.[[note]]Though [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair Kazuichi Souda]] is an exception, towering above everyone else at 5' 6".[[/note]]
** An in-universe example in the Reboot is [[WesternAnimation/Ben102016 Xingo]], where despite [[IncredibleShrinkingMan shrinking]] after eating a food labeled [[WesternAnimation/AliceInWonderland "Eat Me"]] in the Bloodbath, he managed do well in the pilot season, even killing WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse with a ''[[ImprobableWeaponUser teddy bear]]'' long before [[DeathByIrony being shrunk out of existence]] in the arena event.
** Another in-universe example in the Reboot is [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Vriska Serket]]. Like Xingo before her, she managed to do well in Season 8 despite shrinking early in the season because she made the same mistake as him. She turned her situation around by [[Series/{{Blackadder}} coming up with a cunning plan]], then managing to shove [[Film/TwoThousandAndOneASpaceOdyssey HAL-9000]] into a meat grinder and bash Soekarno's head against a rock, before being SwallowedWhole by [[MemeticMutation This Ain't It]]![[Manga/{{Naruto}} Kakashi.]]
* PottyEmergency: Some of the custom events involve this. There's one in which a tribute is holding up the line for the port-a-potty, and one of the tributes in line eventually gives up and uses a bush. There's another similar event where a tribute decides that another tribute is taking too long in the port-a-potty, so they forcibly remove them from the john with their pants still down.
* PowerCreepPowerSeep: Since the outcome of the season is determined by the RandomNumberGod, everybody, no matter how strong or weak they are in canon, is on equal footing.
* RealPersonFic: Real people can be nominated into the Games, and they are quite frequently.
* ReferenceOverdosed: There are ''many'' events that are [[ShoutOut Shout-Outs]] to various works, so many that the forum game [[ShoutOut/HungerGamesSimulation has its own Shout-Out page.]]
* RidiculouslyFastConstruction: Tributes can build various shelters such as shacks, houses, or even mansions in just a single day or night.
* RunningGag:
** ''Every'' season has a OneTruePairing, and ''every'' season has at least one "cute" character - usually female - who [[CuteAndPsycho goes on a murderous rampage]].
** Just about ''every'' season has a [[TheWorfEffect particularly powerful tribute dying at the hands of a much smaller or significantly less powerful tribute]].
** Tropers/TacoBadger either nominating a clone of another tribute or nominating {{original character}}s using stock photos.
** Tropers/ThatIdiotMan nominating "cursed" tributes in the Reboot.
** [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Starlight Glimmer]] killing Tropers/VengefulBale's tributes in the Reboot.
** Events involving [[Literature/TheHungerGames President Snow]], ''especially'' those in which he's [[TheyKilledKennyAgain killed]] or a tribute gets romantic with him.
* ShipTease: This can occur amongst the characters at night, where they hold hands and snuggle with each other.
* ShootTheMedicFirst: This happened to [[VideoGame/TeamFortress2 the Medic]] twice. First, he died in OG Season 14's bloodbath. Then, he returned in OG Season 85, only to die in the bloodbath again. {{Averted|Trope}} (''finally'') in OG Season 229, where he survived until Day 8.
* SiblingMurder: Many tributes die at the hands of their own siblings, whether they're [[CainAndAbel canonically at odds against each other]] or not.
** In OG Season 56, [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mario]] stabbed his brother Luigi to death. However, he still had the sympathy to visit his brother's grave.
** In OG Season 70, [[WesternAnimation/ToadPatrol Oyster]] ''immediately'' knifed her twin brother Slippery Jack during the bloodbath, though she [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone seemed to regret having done so]] for the rest of the game [[RedemptionEqualsDeath and was ultimately killed shortly after erecting a memorial]].
** In OG Season 142, [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Flim]] tried but failed to kill his twin brother Flam with an explosive, but eventually succeeded by flaying him alive then throwing him into a salt pit.
** The most infamous example was in OG Season 169, where [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Papyrus]] bashed his brother Sans' head in with a mace and showed no remorse for it.
** In OG Season 211, [[Franchise/StarWars Darth Maul]] did this [[AccidentalMurder by accident.]] He tried [[WilliamTelling shooting an apple off]] his brother [[WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars Savage Opress]]' head, but hit the latter instead.
%%** In OG Season 15, [[VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends Luxanna Crownguard]] teamed up with [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Alphys]] and [[WesternAnimation/{{Zootopia}} Nick Wilde]] to counter-ambush her brother Garen and his team.
%%** In OG Season 27, [[Webcomic/HetaliaAxisPowers Liechtenstein]] was involved in the death of her adopted brother Switzerland by counter-ambushing him along with [[WesternAnimation/ZigAndSharko Bernie]] and [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Asgore.]]
%%** In OG Season 36, [[Anime/PrettyCure Cure Bright]] joined forces with several other tributes to give her sister Cure Windy the [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill Aang treatment]].
%%** In OG Season 55, [[VideoGame/DanganronpaAnotherEpisodeUltraDespairGirls Komaru Naegi]] also gave her brother Makoto the Aang treatment by teaming up with [[Franchise/TouhouProject Fujiwara no Mokou]] and [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Mettaton.]]
%%** In OG Season 89, [[Series/{{Chucklevision}} Barry Chuckle]] wasn't able to convince his brother Paul not to kill him.
%%** In OG Season 188, [[Franchise/AlvinAndTheChipmunks Brittany]] sniped her sister Eleanor in a SniperDuel.
* SniperDuel: One of the custom events involves two tributes having one of these, with various possible outcomes.
* TheStarscream: With all the ChronicBackstabbingDisorder involved with the randomization, this is a tendency among tributes.
** The most famous one is [[Music/{{BTS}} Park Jimin]]'s betrayal of [[Literature/HarryPotter Lord Voldemort]], [[TheCorrupter who was responsible]] [[CorruptTheCutie for turning him into an insane Death Eater]], alongside [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Diamonds Droog]] and [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime Navi]]. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard This, however, ended up backfiring on Jimin]], since the very next day, he himself ended up getting backstabbed by Navi.
* TheStoner: A few of the custom events involve one or more tributes getting high, so it's certainly possible for a tribute to come across as one of these, with a notable OG example of such a tribute being [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} the Dolorosa]].
* StuffBlowingUp: One of the more dramatic ways for tributes to die involves this, often with multiple tributes dying at once. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard It's also not unknown for tributes to accidentally blow themselves up while trying to arm a landmine,]] and at least one tribute has managed to blow themselves up in the bloodbath by stepping off of their podium too early.
* SuperDrowningSkills: Anyone who falls into a frozen lake, [[FridgeLogic including those who can swim, breathe underwater, or control water.]] Even if there's a variant where they swim out of it safely.
* [[invoked]] TakeThatScrappy: OG Season 213 is composed of [[TheScrappy Scrappies]], [[BaseBreakingCharacter Base-Breaking Characters]], and {{Hate Sink}}s, whether within the HGS-universe (e. g. [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Papyrus]] in OG Season 169 and [[Franchise/Ben10 Azmuth]] in OG Season 179) or canonically in their source materials (e. g. [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Poochie]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack Quess Paraya]]). They were even given insulting nicknames to boot.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill:
** Up to five tributes can take down one. Bonus points if they're all very powerful while the victim is extremely weak. This is often referred to as 'the Aang treatment', after an incident late in OG Season 14 when [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender Aang]] got ''[[{{Pun}} gaanged]]'' up on by four other tributes.
** Sometimes, be it through the event above or through other means, a tribute getting themselves killed by somebody far stronger has this feeling.
** An unrelated event has a tribute killing another this way, [[ForTheEvulz just to spite a third tribute]].
** {{Exagerrated|Trope}} in Reboot Season 60, where [[VideoGame/TheBattleCats Miko Mitama]] infamously subjected [[Music/{{BTS}} Kim Taehyung aka V]] to '''''almost all the possible death events on the first day.''''' A few of those events involved the [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Infinite Death Loop]] and the [[Franchise/TouhouProject Hourai Elixir]], forcing V to die over and over again.
* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Any recurring tribute who dies early counts as this, but special mention has to go to [[Literature/TheHungerGames President Coriolanus Snow]] himself, since his addition to the events as an {{NPC}} in OG Season 155.[[note]]He first appeared in OG Season 133 as a tribute.[[/note]] By the time of OG Season 181, the Hunger Games' resident PresidentEvil along with his clone was nominated as ''two separate tributes'', they both got killed in the same season, and then he was kidnapped by [[WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}} Hades]] in the Underworld. Not that anyone has a problem, though, considering how much of an {{asshole|Victim}} he is.
** {{Averted|Trope}} in Reboot Season 40, where he TookALevelInBadass and [[TheBadGuyWins won]], even though [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Susie]] [[ItMakesSenseInContext somehow managed to kill him towards the end.]][[note]]The Snow who won was nominated was a tribute, while the one that Susie killed was an NPC in an event.[[/note]]
* TilMurderDoUsPart:
** In OG Season 76, [[WesternAnimation/The7D Hildy Gloom]] shot her husband Grim in the head with a molten rebar crossbow.
** In Reboot Season 29, [[WesternAnimation/Castlevania2017 Lisa]] shot her husband Dracula with a [[VideoGame/{{DOOM}} BFG 9000]]. It was also implied that they had [[AwfulWeddedLife marital problems]] throughout the season, since they also fought each other two days before that.
* ToiletHumor: Some events involve bodily functions, and a good amount of them involve farting.
* TooDumbToLive: Some tributes die from their own stupidity, such as when one presses a BigRedButton out of curiosity, causing the machine to explode on them.
* TooPowerfulToLive:
** [[WesternAnimation/DarkwingDuck Dr. Fossil]] after killing [[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Tzeentch]]. He was ultimately [[http://s19.postimg.cc/jg91ktv7n/Day_5.png drowned]], courtesy of [[WesternAnimation/SpaceGhostCoastToCoast Moltar]] and [[WesternAnimation/TaleSpin Thaddeus E. Klang]].
** [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu]] became this in OG Season 238, after [[Franchise/MortalKombat being appointed as the Protector of Earthrealm by the Elder Gods]] and falling into radioactive waste. He and his bodyguard, Peko Pekoyama, ended up being [[OneHitPolykill killed by the same bullet]], courtesy of the treacherous [[Franchise/JamesBond 00 agent]] [[Film/GoldenEye Alec Trevelyan]].f
* TookALevelInBadass: Occurs quite frequently. As AnyoneCanDie, it's entirely possible for characters who're completely unremarkable {{Muggles}} in their source material to triumph over city-destroying superhumans and ''literal Gods'' with ease.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood:
** There's a potential event where a tribute turns a [[ReducedToRatburgers rat]] or [[ImAHumanitarian another tribute]] into their favorite food and eats it.
** An example unrelated to the aforementioned event occurred in OG Season 174. [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyro Cynder]] ate a chicken parmesan sandwich two separate times. This event is a singular event, meant for only one tribute. With so many custom events, the odds of the same tribute being selected by the RNG for the same singular event more than once in a season are fairly low, so this could very much imply that chicken parmesan sandwiches are Cynder's favorite food.
*** A similar event happened to [[ComicBook/MyLittlePonyFIENDshipIsMagic Radiant Hope]] in OG Season 240, where she ate UsefulNotes/McDonalds [[AscendedToCarnivorism [=McRibs=]]] on two separate occasions.
*** In Reboot Season 55, [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony Kaito Momota]] eats [[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone an earwax-flavoured jellybean]], of all things, ''two updates in a row.'' This seems to imply that he has a bizarre taste in food.
** A tribute can exploit this by feeding another with food so delicious that they shoot straight up into the Forcefield. It's almost always implied that the food in question is the victim's favorite.
* TrapMaster: Some tributes are surprisingly good at trapmaking, a few notable ones being [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Snowdrake]] and [[VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeonExplorers Darkrai]], which was how they made the most kills in their respective debut seasons (OG Seasons 101 and 117).
* UnexpectedCharacter: {{Invoked|Trope}} for Reboot Season 45, where players were encouraged to submit tributes that differed from the kinds they usually nominated.
* UnexplainedRecovery: There are times when tributes lose a body part or turn into something they're not, only to go back to normal out of the blue. For instance, in Reboot Season 260, [[VideoGame/InazumaEleven Fubuki]] loses both of his eyes in an accident, but The Concept of Ducks is still able to rip his eyes out and bludgeon him to death with them afterwards.
* UngratefulBastard: There are times when tributes are kind to others, only for the recipients to repay them by hurting them, or worse, ''killing'' them.
** ''A mobile phone of all tributes'' was this towards the VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents in OG Season 216. After [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext somehow getting a life-saving blood transfusion]] from them courtesy of [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]], it killed all the Elite Beat Agents with a baseball bat covered in barbed wire.[[note]]It was then [[KarmicDeath killed off]] by [[VideoGame/{{Cuphead}} Baroness von Bon Bon]] in an Arena event immediately afterwards.[[/note]]
* ValentinesDayEpisode: OG Seasons 120 and 201 and Reboot Seasons 29 and 87 had tributes who were couples or have a love/Valentine's theme.
* WalkOnWater: There's a custom event in which a tribute walks on water, with varied results, as well as a variant that has a tribute walking on ''lava''.
* WelcomeToEvilMart: Several Arena Events involve the tributes going to the Villain Mall to buy weapons, fight the villains, or try to escape for their lives.
* WhamEpisode: Several seasons are this.
** OG Season 87 saw the bloodiest opening the Games has ever seen at the time, due to a Day 1 Arena Event[[note]]in which Phantom [[VideoGame/{{Civilization}} Mahatma Gandhi]] launched a nuclear massacre[[/note]], with '''''[[CharactersDroppingLikeFlies 39 out of 48 dead]]''''' at the end of the very first update. The season's aftermath saw the banning of all early arena events with high death tolls.
** OG Season 230 utterly ''shook'' the thread, due to the fact that [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair Gundham Tanaka]] [[BestialityIsDepraved called his]] [[NoYay sex with]] [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Star Swirl the Bearded]] [[PaedoHunt the best sex ever]][[note]]Star Swirl is already a very old stallion himself, and that's not counting [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS7E25ShadowPlayPart1 his over-a-thousand-year self-exile to Limbo]]; while Gundham is the Ultimate Breeder, which means his talent is working with animals[[/note]]. While there have been many cases of this before, this turned out to be the last straw for many players. This [[{{Scandalgate}} "Gunstargate"]] fiasco was the primary reason that the players ultimately decided to [[ContinuityReboot reboot]] HGS, and further steps were taken in the hopes that something like that would never happen again.
** Reboot Season 60 came as a huge surprise, when [[VideoGame/TheBattleCats Miko Mitama]] subjected [[Music/{{BTS}} V]] to all the ("Family friendly") death events, as it was pretty unprecedented.
** To a lesser extent, whenever a tribute considered a ButtMonkey actually lands in the Hall of Fame, especially if they win the season, with a few notable examples being [[Franchise/DragonBall Super Vegito]] winning in the aforementioned OG Season 87, [[Literature/HarryPotter Lord Voldemort]] both claiming 1st Place ''and'' tying for most kills in OG Season 148, [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Asgore Dreemurr]] getting 3rd Place in OG Season 208, [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Kars]] getting 2nd Place in OG Season 243, [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair Fuyuhiko Kuzuryuu]] earning 2nd place in OG Season 248, and [[Franchise/Ben10 Azmuth]] and [[WesternAnimation/Ben10Omniverse Malware]] claiming podium finishes in Reboot Seasons 4 and 7, respectively.
** Any season where a tribute, usually a canonically nice one, [[AxCrazy snaps and kills several tributes at once]] could also count as this to a lesser extent, with a few notable examples being [[Literature/HarryPotter Cho Chang]][[note]]who slaughtered four tributes in a berserk rage after having presumably been turned to the dark side by [[Franchise/StarWars Emperor Palpatine and Darth Vader]][[/note]] in OG Season 69, [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Yoshi]][[note]]who [[VideoGame/KatamariDamacy rolled five into a ball]] and bowled them off a cliff[[/note]] in OG Season 210, [[Music/LinkinPark Dave "Phoenix" Farrell]][[note]]Same as Yoshi[[/note]] in OG Season 225, WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse[[note]]who skinned five and ''[[GenuineHumanHide wore them all as flesh jackets]]''[[/note]] in OG Season 234, [[AuthorAvatar Detective]] [[Tropers/TheGamechanger Gamechanger]][[note]]who ''[[ImAHumanitarian cannibalized five]]'' because he was {{brainwashed|AndCrazy}} by [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Natu]][[/note]] in OG Season 240, and [[Literature/TheMagicSchoolBus Mikey]][[note]]who killed five including ''[[{{Patricide}} his own father]]'' [[Animation/BoBoiBoy with a shadow dragon]][[/note]] in Reboot Season 52.
* WhatTheHellPlayer:
** There exists a custom event in which a tribute calls out the player who nominated them for putting them in the Hunger Games. This can be PlayedForLaughs, but sometimes it may be [[PlayedForDrama more tragic]], such as the case in OG Season 208 where [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries James]] calls out Tropers/KLS2097 for nominating him and his [[PlatonicLifePartners partner in crime]], Jessie, shortly after the latter died. He then [[DrivenToSuicide commits suicide]] the following day.
** There's also an event where the tribute (somehow) outright [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou kills the player for doing so]], like when [[VideoGame/KatamariDamacy Cowbear]] and [[VisualNovel/HiveswapFriendsim Galekh Xigisi]] beat up their respective nominators Tropers/{{Zanreo}} and Tropers/TroperNo9001 to a bloody pulp in their respective Reboot Seasons 33 and 37.
* TheWorfEffect: It's certainly not unheard of for characters who're known to be quite powerful in their source material to be offed either early in the game and/or by someone way below their weight class.
** A figurative case occured in OG Season 187 with [[WesternAnimation/FindingNemo Dr. Philip Sherman]]. Although he's just a normal (if a bit idiotic/incompetent) dentist, most of the fish characters in ''Finding Nemo'' believe that HumansAreCthulhu, especially with their scuba gear (in fact, Dr. Sherman's the trope image); which makes his death at the hands of a literal [[VideoGame/{{Miitopia}} running nose]] and [[VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink Helmethead]] quite jarring.
* YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: One custom event involves this, with the thing not being grasped being [[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 a tribute's attack.]]
* YourMom: There's a custom event in which two tributes engages in a contest with this theme. A fatal version has one of them get so offended that they kill the other tribute.

!!''HGS: Convergence'' and ''HGS: Another Side, Another Story'' provide examples of:
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* AbortedArc:
** When the nominators tried raiding Unfortunate Zorua's base to call them out for nominating Tier 0 and nearly causing the 2nd Great Destruction, they detonated it, leading them to believe that [[spoiler:they committed suicide when in truth, they sent themself to their dimension and fell into a coma]]. Their robot assistant [=N0-V4=] picked up where they left off and drank literal [[invoked]] NightmareFuel to evolve into a robotic Zoroark and start its own villain league. However, they weren't seen again after they bombed Bale's base, which he repaired shortly after, and the Zorua who showed up for the Second Reboot Nominator Games (Season 100) was assumed to be an alt by the others.
** After the Second Reboot Nominator Games, [[VideoGame/Persona3 Minato Arisato]] warned the nominators that Erebus was unleashed and would destroy all dimensions next [[RealLife Earth Prime]] year. However, the apocalypse didn't happen on the supposed day of destruction, and no one commented on it.
** After their run in Reboot Season 147, [[WebAnimation/Twelve2016 Thistle]] dropped by Elliot's residence and questioned the purpose of the Games, planning a rebellion to stop it for good. However, that didn't come to fruition since Thistle was never seen again.
** [[VideoGame/{{Nefarious}} Crow]] and his army invaded Tempest Zone to raid it, and the Tempest System attempted to trap them in a secret dungeon underneath it. The plot was then left hanging for several Earth Prime months, the fate of the Tempest System and their home {{uncertain|Doom}}, until they {{lampshade|Hanging}}d it the following day, as if the raid didn't happen.
* AcceptableBreaksFromCanon: Given that {{Alternate Universe}}s exist, some aspects of the canon universes are changed for flexibility in the [=RPs=].
** Franchise/{{Pokemon}}:
*** Pokémon are allowed to use more than four moves from all the possible moves they can learn, including the moves that were excluded starting in the Generation VIII games, and be creative in what they can do with their moveset, akin to [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries the anime.]] [[OriginalCharacter Fakemons]] such as the Original Dragon [[spoiler:(Vahirom)]] and fake {{Super Mode}}s/variants such as Scipion's Mega Zoroark form and Sunshine's Gigantamax Wooloo form are also allowed since there are multiple Pokémon Worlds that run on slightly different rules, but they don't show up often.
*** Some Pokémon such as Scipion, Aaron, and Freyja are capable of Mega Evolving without a Mega Stone since they found alternative ways to do so.
*** Evolution methods are taken from all aspects of the franchise, not just the main series. Normally, Eevee evolves into Umbreon via high friendship at night, but Cassiopeia evolved into one by [[VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon offering a Lunar Ribbon to the Luminous Shrine.]] Some Pokémon also evolve going by how their Pokédex entries describe it, like how Yip and Yop were forcibly [[VideoGame/PokemonUltraSunAndUltraMoon fused with each other]] to evolve into a Vanilluxe named Yip-Yop.
*** Canonically, [[DistractedByTheSexy infatuation-inducing moves, Abilities, and items]] only affect Pokémon of the opposite gender of the user, but since Luna the Delcatty used Cute Charm to gain many admirers [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer including women]], it's implied that the effectivity of infatuation changes depending on the sexual/romantic orientation of the user and the target.
*** When R3 became a Rotom for Scipion's party, he could [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshift into his various Rotom forms]] without needing to possess an appliance like in canon.
** While the VideoGame/{{Under|tale}}ground where most of 6k1's tributes come from takes place in the True Pacifist timeline, Undyne and Mettaton have access to their respective Genocide timeline-exclusive forms, Undyne the Undying and Mettaton NEO.
** After [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Kris and Susie]] sealed the Eastern Fountain, Card Kingdom disappeared and its citizens turned into card and board game pieces in the unused classroom. But in CVG/ASAS, this Dark World was temporarily preserved by the Fountain of Darkness' magic surge until Kris transferred everyone from Card Kingdom to Castle Town. This explains how Ralsei went to Rouxls' shop in Card Castle to buy Power Stroke her watch party gift and how the other Darkners showed up in the Arena without turning into Light World items [[spoiler:or stone]] in between Chapters 1 and 2.
** Canonically, the Delta Warriors (and Noelle in Chapter 2) can only use their spells other than Kris's ACT command when they have enough [[ManaMeter Tension Points]], which is shared between them and starts at 0% in each battle, but in the [=RPs=], they can use them as early as the first round. They also have access to special spells that are canonically exclusive to certain bosses such as Kris's [[StatusBuff Courage]] (exclusive to King's fight) and Ralsei's [[BarrierWarrior [=FluffyGuard=]]] (exclusive to [[spoiler:Spamton NEO]]'s fight). Additionally, Noelle can summon an ice wall, something that she only canonically does [[spoiler:when defending herself in the [=SnowGrave=] Route]], and she can extend this to shield nearby allies.
** ''WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse'':
*** Only Pearl[[note]]the one loyal to 6k1 since AR Pearl is loyal to Bale[[/note]] is shown to use her gemstone to [[BagOfHolding store as many items as needed]], while it's unclear if this ability is exclusive to her gem kind or not. In ASAS, it's implied that most, if not ''all'' Gems are capable of doing this, since Peridot[[note]]same case as Pearl[[/note]], despite lacking most Gem abilities such as shapeshifting due to being created with fewer resources, can store her trash can lid, which she uses as a sled or hoverboard, in her gemstone, too. Also, the local delicacies of Beach City are used as healing items like in [[VideoGame/AttackTheLight the]] [[VideoGame/SaveTheLight Light]] [[VideoGame/UnleashTheLight Trilogy.]]
*** {{Sizeshifting}} is only showcased by Amethyst[[note]]also the one loyal to 6k1[[/note]] in the show, but in ASAS, all Gems except for Peridot can temporarily shrink themselves like her.
* ActuallyADoombot:
** Whenever [[Literature/TheHungerGames President Snow]] is killed by a tribute, it's actually a Snowclone that gets killed instead of the real him. That was until Billy secretly staged a rebellion in Reboot Season 70 to destroy the clones and have the real Snow placed in the Arena as the tributes' punching bag along with Alma Coin.
** In Reboot Season 40, Dave the Assassin gave Snow a tape, which was something to use against Valecor, before jumping off a cliff to his death. It turned out to be a [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Replica]] of himself.
** Whenever Ichigo Montoya shows up in the Arena when he's not a tribute, like when he fought the VideoGame/EliteBeatAgents in Reboot Season 113, it's actually an android version of him, which he made in light of tribute-nominator events happening more frequently.
* AdaptationalAngstUpgrade: In VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}, Lancer gladly takes over the throne as ruler of Card Kingdom after his [[AbusiveParents abusive father]] King gets overthrown/put to sleep, but in ASAS, he still has unresolved feelings for King despite being HappilyAdopted by Queen[[note]]though it's ambiguous if she's his biological mother[[/note]] and Rouxls Kaard. He gets jealous seeing other people who have reconciled with their parents or grandparents such as [[WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}} Mirabel]], who made amends with her Abuela after [[spoiler:Casita collapsed due to the family's instability caused by her strict parenting.]]
* AdaptationalExplanation: Explanations for the tributes' actions in seasons and their reasoning for committing some of them are naturally often given in the [=RPs=], especially for ''extremely'' out-of-character moments such as [[NiceGuy otherwise kind characters]] abruptly becoming [[CardCarryingVillain murderous card-carrying villains]] the minute the Bloodbath starts, why characters [[ForgotAboutHisPowers didn't use their powers to save themselves from fatal situations they could otherwise easily survive]] (such as characters who can fly not saving themselves from falling off or being thrown from a cliff, aquatic characters drowning in the water they already live in, etc.), and the like. Given how commonplace cloning tributes for seasons has become over time, the most common assumption is DuplicateDivergence, though other cases are frequently {{Hand Wave}}d as just the effects of the Arena brought about by the signal that subconsciously manipulates the tributes into doing what they do.
* AdaptationalHeroism: In VideoGame/{{Deltarune}}, it's implied that [[spoiler:Kris's heroic/kind actions aren't natural for them because it's actually their SOUL controlling them]], but in ASAS, they genuinely care about their friends. [[spoiler:It's possible that the SOUL is still influencing their actions, to Susie and Ralsei's concern after defeating Spamton with them, but they only know that "something about him shook Kris to the core", unaware of the truth.]]
* AdaptationalSexuality:
** Oftentimes, tributes in the Arena fall in love with other tributes even if they're [[IfItsYouItsOkay outside their canonical sexual orientation]] since [[EveryoneIsBi there are no restrictions as to whom they can feel attracted to]] as long as [[PaedoHunt the age gap doesn't violate the Watchlist]], though nominators are usually exceptions. Whether this persists after the season since it's primarily Arena influence varies between tributes.
** [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Peridot]] is a non-Arena example. Canonically, she's only confirmed by WordOfSaintPaul to be aroace, but in ASAS, it's all but outright stated that she, indeed, identifies as such. She suspects that 6k1 is on the a-spectrum just like her, and after the 5th Reboot Nominator Games (Season 250), Peridot wears [[QueerColors a purple scarf]], not just to [[IdenticalTwinIDTag tell her apart from AR Peridot]] (who's loyal to Bale), but also to help 6k1 cope with her questioning of her sexual identity.
---> '''Peridot''': There's a reason why I'm not into [[RomanticFusion fusion]] like the other Gems, especially Ruby and Sapphire.
* AdaptationalWimp: As of VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Chapter 2, Noelle Holiday[[spoiler:, after being afraid of Queen for most of it, stood up for herself to demand her to free her. However, Susie convinced Noelle after their adventure that everything that happened in Cyber World was just a dream, so she was back to being a coward in the Arena starting in Reboot Season 181. Then again, Noelle was pulled out of Queen's Mansion during the mission for that season, but her next appearance in Season 196 still had her freaking out. Noelle has since snapped out of it when she discovered the truth, and while she has become braver and more confident again, she still has her limits.]]
* AdaptationNameChange:
** [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Pinprick/Royal Pin]] in Reboot Season 113 is named Pokey Pierce in ASAS.
** [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddysSecurityBreach Burntrap]] in Reboot Seasons 240 and 247 is named ''Scorch''trap in ASAS.
* AddedAlliterativeAppeal:
** When Power was [[CannotSpitItOut desperately trying not to tell Ichi and Miranda directly that she suspects that 6k1 is aromantic/asexual]], she listed the other things [[NotSoDifferentRemark the DM had in common with CAC]], another aroace nominator, hoping they would get the hint.
---> '''Power''': They're both... '''a'''utistic, they have... '''a'''sphalt hair, they wear... '''a'''labaster clothes, they nominated... '''[[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} A]]'''[[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} sriel...]]
** In Season 290, [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Iggy]] bragged to the other tributes that he was the "big bad boss" of the Arena. [[VideoGame/DiceyDungeons The Inventor]] responded by saying that she "battled bigger badder bosses before."
* AerithAndBob:
** Besides the tributes having their fair share of unusual and ordinary names, the nominators have names such as 6k1, Gamechanger, Scipion, and Zanreo... and Dave, Billy, and Elliot.
** The Pokémon from the [[VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon Mystery Dungeon]] Worlds have varying names, from James and Arthur to Persephone and Cerberus to... [[ADogNamedDog Lugia and Ho-Oh.]]
* AfterActionHealingDrama: Usually happens when a nominator is sent to the Science Center's Medical Department to recover from severe injuries or their revival after their time in the Arena.
** After being killed by Nightmare Scipion, 6k1 was sent to the Recovery Room. She missed out on the first half of Reboot Season 51 due to her coma, and [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]] and [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Toriel]] dropped everything to visit her.
** After the failed mission to storm Zorua's base, Dave collapsed from the wounds caused by the base's destruction. 6k1, with the help of her nominator friends, provided him first aid and sent him to the Medical Department. She then watched over him at the Recovery Room while his assistants and some of 6k1's friends paid him a visit.
** [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipisMagic Pow]][[Tropers/TroperNo9001 er]] [[AuthorAvatar Stroke]] then had her turn after the 2nd Reboot Nominator Games. She and 6k1 stayed in the same room, and their friends and family paid them a visit. Ichigo and Psychedelicate also visited them to make amends with each other, and also to comfort Power. The pony then woke up and burst into tears just after Ichi left, worried about him, but Dr. Rosie gave her her crystal ball so she could still talk to him. Power even refused to have her traumatic memories of the last season wiped because she didn't want to forget Ichi, fearing that her good memories with him might be erased by accident.
** 6k1's second post-Nominator Games trip to the Recovery Room was more dramatic than the first, as she was distraught when Dave didn't visit her or even join her in Reboot Season 150. As usual, her friends and family comforted her and helped her learn to accept that she can press on without him, but the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Waterblight Ganon]] told her the harsh truth that Dave can't always be there for her.
* TheAlibi:
** [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight]] used a copy of Princess Luna's letter detailing the mission at [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Asriel's]] dream to clear her name after "Rodriguez" accused her of invading the Alebrijes' Land of Dreams to steal the Hypnos-Stone. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, "Rodriguez" turned out to be Blood Moon in disguise, and by the time Twilight returned to court with the letter, he had already escaped to the castle's basement while Coatl, who put Twilight and Joaquin on trial for the accusation, succumbed to the [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} X Parasite]] that Blood Moon secretly unleashed onto him and died to it.]]
** When 6k1 heard of Blood Moon accusing her and most of the other nominators of [[spoiler:killing his BloodBrother Fire Eyes]], she was quick to point out that during the alleged crime, she spent the past few days by herself and then was hospitalized for sharing her clone's injury she got at Hazemaster's Museum. [[spoiler:Fire Eyes then appeared to the rescue teams at the Library, alive and well, further proving the nominators' innocence.]]
* AlternateSelf: Besides AU versions of tributes that get regularly nominated, some of the nominators and their assistants have AU versions of themselves. Power Stroke, 6k1's [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic pony]] counterpart, is one of the most active alt selves, followed by Tay, Stanford Stokes' [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Yoshi]] counterpart. Stanford is confirmed to have more AU versions of himself than the other nominators and assistants (''[[ExaggeratedTrope millions]]'', in fact), but they're all captured by his EvilCounterpart [[spoiler:to be absorbed by him so he'll be the only Stanford in the Multiverse.]]
* AlternateUniverse: Many tributes come from alternate versions of canon universes, and some of them are just like in canon but with a few key differences.
** All of Vengeful Bale's tributes come from AR worlds, and they were all affected by the Multiversal Convergence. AR [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Equestria]], in particular, is mostly like the Equestria where 6k1 nominates her tributes, except that [[spoiler:Grogar is really Grogar instead of Discord in disguise. Tirek, Chrysalis, and Cozy Glow also defected from the Legion and were put under community service after the final battle instead of being turned into stone]].
*** There's ''another'' version of Equestria where the Changeling Kingdom's hive was destroyed, but the Changelings such as Thorax and Pharynx, the latter who's allied with Scipion, remained unreformed until around Reboot Season 162.
** The VideoGame/{{Under|tale}}ground, also where some of 6k1's tributes come from, had its barrier broken like in the True Pacifist Route, but Asgore opened it for tourism after hearing that the Hunger Games was opened to the Multiverse, and the monsters chose to stay there. The monsters are also fully aware of Frisk's [[MentalTimeTravel SAVE Powers]] since they presumably used them in the Arena in the OT. They're also aware of Gaster's existence since he showed up in the Arena a few times in the OT and Reboot Timelines, but he remains an enigma to them, even Sans and Papyrus.
** The [[Literature/HarryPotter Wizarding World]], again where some of 6k1's tributes come from, [[TheUnmasquedWorld had the International Statute of Secrecy revised to allow witches and wizards to participate in the Games]] as it was originally a Muggle sport and they were banned from them. This was part of the Ministry of Magic's efforts to forge and improve interuniversal and wizard-Muggle relations respectively, but there's still prejudice between them, particularly with the Muggles from their universe. Because of this, the Gamemakers are required to edit the broadcast for Muggle viewing while Muggles from other universes must keep their visits to the Wizarding World[[note]]they're given magical protection beforehand but their electronic gadgets still malfunction upon entry[[/note]] a secret from the locals, lest they have their memories wiped.
** Both [[Franchise/TouhouProject Gensokyo]] and [[VideoGame/LenEn Mugenri]], where Billy nominated all its denizens, had their barriers to the outside world broken, allowing free travel and access to technology.
** June's universe, loosely based on that of ''Roleplay/WeHaveAllBecomePokemon'', is treated as a parallel universe to the RP's existing ''VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon'' universe, with characters from the former who have appeared implied to not have a presence in the universe of the latter and vice versa, with the exceptions of Skyler and Dess, Scipion's counterpart in June's PMD World and vice-versa, at least to the knowledge of the characters in-universe. However, Dess is revealed to have actually come from yet another PMD World that's neither June's nor Scipion's, as Millie, who came from said universe, was looking for them alongside her rescue after Dess ended up there due to a space-time distortion in their [[VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus Hisui-like]] home universe.
** Two ''Franchise/SpyroTheDragon'' continuities are represented in the RP, specifically those of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfSpyro'' (most notably through Dark Cynder, who is part of the Dark Sisterhood) and [[VideoGame/SpyroReignitedTrilogy the Reignited Trilogy]] (which is most heavily affiliated with Eye-Sicle and where [[WesternAnimation/BigCityGreens the Greens]] and [[WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}} Anne and the Plantars]] are currently hiding away from the Dark Stanford and his goons). This was lampshaded in Reboot S181, which Reignited Spyro and Dark Cynder both appeared in, and Spyro did not recognize Cynder (but nonetheless felt a sense of deja vu upon seeing her) while Cynder herself quickly deduced that this wasn't "her" Spyro.
** All of 6k1's tributes from the ''[[Literature/TheMagicSchoolBus Magic School Bus]]'' Universe are from the original show, with [[WesternAnimation/TheMagicSchoolBusRidesAgain the reboot]] taking place in an alternate timeline where Ms. Frizzle's sister Fiona replaced her as their teacher. None of the Friz Kids are aware of this since their ''Rides Again'' counterparts have yet to appear in the Games[[note]]not counting their technical appearances in Massive Group Tributes such as EVERYTHING[[/note]], but 6k1 [[LockedOutOfTheLoop keeps their existence a secret from them.]]
** The [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries Experiments]] formally introduced in ''Anime/{{Stitch}}'' [[AdaptationalEarlyAppearance are activated in the timeline of]] ''WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries''[[note]]technically, they're mentioned in the credits of ''WesternAnimation/LeroyAndStitch'', presumably already activated[[/note]], although they [[InSpiteOfANail retain their personalities from the former.]] This, along with Stitch still living with Lilo, implies that the events of the anime haven't happened yet or take place in an AU [[spoiler:because there, it's revealed that Lilo grew up, went to college, and had a daughter after she and Stitch got separated]].
** Even Panem itself has drastically changed after the Original Rebellion against Snow since his death was intervened by GASK when they opened it to the Multiverse. After he was overthrown again in the second Rebellion secretly organized by Billy, Paylor was elected as president and is currently developing the country for the better. She also made travel between Districts unrestricted, but District 13 chose to remain autonomous.\\

However, Ichi once flew his jet from District 10 to District 12 during Snow's regime but didn't get caught. 6k1 was also able to evacuate to Ichi's bunker[[note]]which was in District 10 while the Library was in the Capitol Arena[[/note]] when the Library was set on fire and again for Villain Month despite the restrictions. This implies that either the nominators are more privileged in travel than the average Panemian or Ichi had the tech to avoid detection.
** The universe from where [[VideoGame/LibraryOfRuina W Corp]] (and subseuquently, The City) comes from is already identified as a different universe from the one where Panem comes from, but in itself, said universe is implicitly different from the canon City shown in Creator/ProjectMoon's works - as Cassie mentions in a message implicitly revealing that [[Webcomic/{{Wonderlab}} Rose]], as well as [[VideoGame/LimbusCompany Ryoshu and Hong Lu]], work in W Corp, unlike their canon counterparts (who works for VideoGame/LobotomyCorporation and Limbus Company B respectively). The latter two cases are supported by said W Corp versions being available as [[AlternateSelf Identities]] in Limbus Company (the game).
* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: Cecil and Celine, and Penny and Jenny, are two pairs of identical Pokémon twins. While Cecil and Celine are [[HalfIdenticalTwins half-identical]] Obstagoons, Penny and Jenny are Vaporeons, and it's unknown if the latter two chose to evolve into the same Eeveelution or if it was a lucky accident or coincidence.
* AmbiguouslyBi: In Reboot Season 162, [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Sky Stinger]] fell for the [[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Death Knight]], and then got a [[SomethingElseAlsoRises wingboner]] and kissed all the members of Music/MonstaX while thinking of his possibly romantic feelings for his ChildhoodFriend Vapor Trail, who [[PlotTriggeringDeath got a fatal heart attack during the Bloodbath.]] Sky's still [[FictionalFanRealCelebrity a fan of the K-POP group]], but it's unknown if he developed a CelebCrush on them outside the Arena, as his bisexuality may or may not have been part of the Arena's influence on him. When 6k1 asked Princess Cadance about him, [[TheUnReveal she refused to disclose how the discussion regarding his alleged bisexuality went.]]
* AmbiguouslyHuman: A variation with some of the nonhuman characters who aren't quite the species they claim to be:
** Dark Stanford appears physically identical to "our" Stanford, an anthropomorphic arctic fox, but is described as having flecks of multi-colored fur and surrounded by dark energy. [[spoiler:It turns out that his current form is kept stable with his bowtie, and without it, he transforms into his true form: an EldritchAbomination that was born from the Voidlands and corrupts anything near him within range.]]
** Kelby the [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Yellow Yoshi]] is stated ''not'' to be a Mushroom Kingdom native and that he [[FisherKingdom assumes the form of one]] when he visits it. His homeworld is yet to be revealed, and since he travels a lot, he has more knowledge of the Multiverse than the average Yoshi. A flashback shows what he was like as a child, [[TheUnReveal but his true form wasn't revealed.]] [[spoiler:After Blood Moon absorbed some of Kelby's atoms and disguised himself as him, his true form was revealed to be an anthropomorphic yellow spotted gecko with no powers whatsoever.]]
** In Season 259, [[WesternAnimation/SpaceGoofs Stereo]] thought that Chame-Cola was an alien just like them. Chame-Cola claimed that she's just a bottle of coke with shapeshifting powers, but it's possible that she was infused with the DNA of a shapeshifting alien.
* AmbiguousSituation:
** In one of 6k1's dreams, [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Chara]] confronted her for neglecting to attend Asriel's first day of school because she spent the whole day away from him discovering her identity as a-spec. Chara said that 6k1 was "lucky" that nothing bad happened to Asriel that day, but it could've been worse because Dark Stanford could've [[spoiler:turned him back into Flowey]] behind 6k1's back and forced him to find another Altford for him. While Light Stanford is revealed to have ''millions'' of {{Alternate Sel|f}}ves, it's unknown if there ''was'' an Altford from the real Underground who was captured by him offscreen, or if they simply don't exist because a few worlds such as Tempest Zone are confirmed to ''not'' have an Altford.
** [[Roleplay/WeHaveAllBecomePokemon Delilah Langley]] once dated a male Goodra, but broke up with him because she realized [[IncompatibleOrientation she's a lesbian.]] It's left ambiguous if that Goodra is [[MythologyGag Goobert]] or another unnamed one.
* AnimateInanimateObject: While the Games are no stranger to sentient objects fighting in the Arena, many others were brought to life by Star Energy, which came from the meteors that crashed on a hilltop just after Mr. Star's belated birthday party there.
* AppearanceIsInTheEyeOfTheBeholder: A few tributes manifest themselves as different characters depending on who's looking at them, and because of this, [[YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm nobody knows what their true forms look like.]] Due to their variable forms, they are designated with codenames based on [[EmpathicShapeshifter the factors that determine their appearance to the viewers.]]
** "Yonah Originum Ursprung" aka "YOU" assumes the form of the nominator looking at them, like a mirror, but to a non-nominator, they see "YOU" rapidly cycling between all the nominators at once.
** "Anything" manifests as whoever the viewer is thinking of at the moment, so their appearance changes quickly if the viewer thinks of somebody else while watching them.
** "Your Favorite Character" and "Your Most Hated Character" aka "YFC" and "YMHC" take on the forms of the one that the viewer loves and hates the most, respectively.
** "Whoever's the Funniest/Most Tragic/Most Awesome in This Event", aka "Comedy/Tragedy/Awesome" also relies on whoever the viewer is thinking of at the moment for their appearance, but their form shifts frequently and is dependent on the event they're involved in.
* ArcVillain:
** Valecor and Timewrecker for almost the entirety of ''Convergence''.
** The Legion of Doom from early ''Convergence'' until Reboot Season 99 in ''ASAS''.
* ArtificialLimbsAreStronger:
** After [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Bill Cipher]] bit off their hand, [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Frisk]] had it replaced with a prosthetic by Alphys. It's painted to look exactly like their other hand, and they can [[BarrierWarrior summon an anti-dark magic barrier around themself]] with it.
** Timewrecker lost his right arm to Detective Gamechanger during their fist fight in a warehouse and had it replaced with a PowerFist by Valecor.
* AtomicFBomb: Scipion dropped one when he got disqualified for getting trapped in the [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Minus World]] in the 2nd Reboot Nominator Games. [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Susie]] also let out a loud one when AR [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Lucina]], as a [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Shiny Gardevoir]], defeated her Krookodile form and sent her flying during the Pokémon tournament at Scipion's party.
* BackForTheDead: Activities related to the Webking House [[ChuckCunninghamSyndrome went unknown]] for many seasons, last seen involving Libre being revived after he ended up in the Arena in Reboot Season 167, and other things. [[spoiler:By the time we see them again, most of them have been knocked out as Libre sets off a bomb that kills all of them except him and Lily, severing [[Podcast/TheMagnusArchives The Entities]] from the world.]]
* BadDate:
** Back when she was working in her universe's local library, Wanda Banks once went on a Valentine's date, but she [[PowerIncontinence lost control of her powers]] and accidentally destroyed the restaurant she and her date were in. He dumped her and she never saw him ever since.
** PlayedForLaughs in the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Las Pegasus]] Arc when [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Wendy O. Koopa]] dragged Alex into a date amidst the battle between the heroes and her brothers. WesternAnimation/{{Jabberjaw}} had to rescue Alex from the food court since he was trapped inside Wendy's water bubble, [[WhyDidItHaveTobeSnakes his worst fear.]]
* BagOfSpilling: Any powers or weapons the tributes acquire in the Arena can't be carried over to their next season. Originally, they can't use them outside since it was illegal, but Paylor legalized it after Reboot Season 118 under Hans' request. This revision only applies to powers and self-crafted weapons, as weapons provided by the sponsors are Arena property.
* BallroomBlitz: [[spoiler:Happened twice in Scipion's party, once when [[ComicBook/{{Shazam}} Mr. Mind]] secretly transformed Bale into a [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} Skullcrawler]] during the latter's battle with [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Giorno]], and again when [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Flowey]] crashed the whole tournament to exact revenge on 6k1, believing that she abandoned him for the party.]]
* BatheHerAndBringHerToMe: How Tabby was prepared to be sacrificed to Rubyfrost by Akumo to free him from his deal with the latter: by having Rubyfrost's handmaidens wash her before forcing her to wear a see-through dress. Noire assisted him with the preparations, secretly trying to help Tabby to escape because of her feelings for her.
* BeachEpisode: Just before Reboot Season 223, Ally organized a vacation to the [[Franchise/FindingNemo Great Barrier Reef]] on behalf of 6k1, as it was her treat to Dave after their reunion, but she had to stay behind with the [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Dreemurrs]] after [[{{Patricide}} Asriel murdered Asgore]] in his [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Primal]] [[SuperpoweredEvilSide form]] in Season 220. Ally and her guests enjoyed themselves at the beach and also dove into the GBR to meet with Nemo and his family and friends and search for buried treasure.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents Jorgen von Strangle]] warned Ichi and Power that his wish-granting abilities [[YourMagicIsNoGoodHere might not work as intended outside his universe]], as he showed up at the latter's home in the [[UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}} Fillyppines]], which is in the same universe as Equestria, to scold them for breaking Da Rules by using a You-Doo Doll to force Snow to reduce Villain Month to just Villain Week. Timewrecker, overhearing the conversation using his advanced tech, mocked them for believing that they can just wish themselves out of trouble.
* TheBeforetimes: The timeline that occurred before the Great Destruction is called the Original Timeline, which encompassed the first 250 seasons of the Multiversal Hunger Games.
* BigBadEnsemble: Across both threads, there have been various villainous organizations that have gone out against the nominators more than once, most notably the Legion of Doom, Timewrecker's crew and the Dark Nominators, the League of Evil, ???'s [[spoiler:(actually Dark Bale's)]] Legion, the Gospel of Rubyfrost, "Scattered Brain" and the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Blight Ganons]], the Infinite Darkness, the Dark Sisterhood, and Dark Stanford's legion.
* BiggerOnTheInside:
** The Arena looks like it has the standard dimensions on the outside, but inside, it's big enough to house infinitely many tributes, even those larger than Earth, and host a wide array of environments. Strangely, people outside the Forcefield can see what's inside, but to them, its boundaries look smaller than they actually are.
** The Science Center's Resurrection Theater is magically fortified so that its interior can expand to fit giant patients without affecting the exterior. Despite this, the medical staff still temporarily shrink their patients or visitors to minimize the damage.
* BigNo: Power screamed this at the top of her lungs when [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Toriel]] played a [[TabletopGame/{{UNO}} Wild Draw 4 Card]] on her during Bale's party.
* BigWhat:
** In the interlude between Reboot Seasons 44 and 45, Dave and his travel group for Detective Gamechanger's party all had this reaction when 6k1 told them that they were running late.
** In the interlude between Reboot Seasons 47 and 48, [[Literature/TheMagicSchoolBus Carlos's classmates]] all had this reaction when he announced that he might be sent back to the Arena for the summer.
* {{Bizarrchitecture}}:
** CG's 12-floor apartment complex has Escher-style rooms with stairs that move every which way, walls that twist inside-out, and floating tiles that can be used as improvised stairs. It also has an elevator that takes visitors directly to the floors they want, but it appears extremely rarely.
** The buildings in the Alebrijes' Land of Dreams bend and twist in impossible ways thanks to the laws of physics not applying to the DreamLand.
* BizarreSeasons: Due to [[WebcomicTime the time dissonance between Panem Standard Time and Earth Prime Time]], the seasons in Panem change within a few days instead of every three months, leading to situations when it suddenly snows the next day, after a day with summery weather. This is justified in-universe by climate change severely affecting the post-apocalyptic continent, but [[NoEndorHolocaust the environmental damage brought about by the rapid change in weather is glossed over]].
* BodyDouble:
** Over the course of the Games, the nominators eventually decided to use digital clones of their tributes to protect them from the horrors of the Arena. These clones act exactly like their originals and the memories and powers they acquire can be transferred to them if they wish.
*** Starting sometime during Bale's party, Dave uses [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsCoded data recreation]] for some of his tributes so the real deals won't get traumatized in the Arena. Billy, inspired by him, also uses them for his tributes.
*** Starting in Reboot Season 118, Bale employs [[Series/UltramanMebius Maquette copies]] of the tributes he intends to nominate, which he programs to fight in the games.
*** Despite all the benefits they have over nominating tributes "traditionally", 6k1 refused to transition to them because she believed that they were [[ExpendableClone "digital meat shields"]] only designed to rob the originals of their placements. In truth, she was so used to nominating them the old way she struggled with coming to terms with the new method. Dave, who pioneered it, tried but failed to convince her to change, though Hans had better luck when he taught her to accept it but not forget the good things of the past. It wasn't until Power and [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Alphys]] built the Cloning Capsule for her, which was specially designed to ease her with the transition by preserving the impact of almost all the events, that she was finally convinced to data clone her tributes.
*** Starting in Reboot Season 143, Stanford built a cloning remote at the behest of Eye-Sicle to summon exact duplicates of his tributes. They disappear instantly if they're hit hard enough, and their memories are recorded in the remote.
** Ichi deploys android versions of himself whenever rogue tributes try to kill him or he gets forced into the Arena due to certain events. 6k1, Billy, and Eye-Sicle eventually followed suit by using bodyguard clones to protect themselves the same way, though the first one's willing to have her clone's memories transferred to her to "preserve the authenticity" of the event. An exception to 6k1's case is when Data 6k1 was forcibly summoned by her [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Wooloo]] in Reboot Season 223 and brainwashed into hacking the Control Room to sic all the tributes registered in their databases on the [[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Black Eagles]]. The original 6k1 was too traumatized by the event to have that memory transferred to her.
* {{Bowdlerise}}: In-universe, Billy seeks to have the seasons censored for his kid tributes, following his new policy at the time to protect them besides using data clones. 6k1 and Tabby, however, objected to this, the former fearing that he might demand the Capitol to broadcast it to the entire Multiverse and the latter calling him out [[ThinkOfTheChildren for his overprotectiveness.]]
* BraveTheRidePlot: One of the subplots of the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Las Pegasus]] Arc involved Power conquering her fear of rollercoasters that stemmed from a bad foalhood memory of her mom cancelling the family carnival trip after Power got sick on the ride when her cousins dared her to ride it. Inspired by her dream where Ichi helped her get over it, Power invited him to ride with her, and they both enjoyed it in the end. Aaron also rode with Lucian, not wanting him to ride alone, but the former ended up fainting from the speed while the latter enjoyed it thanks to the pills he took for his weak heart.
* BreakTheCutie:
** Poor [[Literature/TheMagicSchoolBus Mikey]] had it rough in the Games. His outings in the Battle Royale and Death Battle of Reboot Seasons 52 and 73, respectively, weren't his best, emotionally speaking.
*** He was doing just fine in the first half of Season 52. But then he lost his friend [[Franchise/FindingNemo Nemo]], accidentally killed his father with his new powers, and got himself into two fights in a row. By the end of the first week, he tried summoning the [[Film/Aladdin2019 Genie]] for his final wish, which was implied to be that he wanted to go home already, but cried when he couldn't because the latter had been killed by [[Franchise/KagerouProject Shuuya Kano]] earlier. Tuxedo [[Franchise/{{Kirby}} Meta Knight]][[note]]whom he didn't know was possessed by Snow after Kano transferred the former's soul to him[[/note]] then invited him to his camp as an apology for fighting him that day. [[HopeSpot This gave Mikey a chance to repay him by remodeling his camp]], only for them to have a [[PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure falling out due to a misunderstanding on Tux's part]] about Mikey's {{Patricide}}, resulting in Tux kicking him out of his camp and torturing him alongside [[Anime/DragonBallSuper Goku Black]].
*** Things didn't look up for him in Season 73, either. While he had bonding moments with BTS early on, he was [[SuperPersistentPredator constantly pursued for several days by Alatreon]], who tried killing him. While trying to escape the dragon's clutches, Mikey was concerned about BTS when they began [[SanitySlippage losing their sanity]] after being tortured by the Legion of Doom. After having his hand bitten of by Alatreon while trying to appease it with food, he bumped into [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries Kernel]], who [[InnocentlyInsensitive unwittingly offended him]] when he brought up the dragon winning the triathlon he competed in the other night. This stressed out Mikey so much that he killed [[WebAnimation/RedVsBlue Sarge's]] cat the next day just to vent, but Alatreon found that so unforgivable it [[KarmicDeath punished the boy by killing him.]]
** Like his schoolmate in the aforementioned seasons, Ralphie also had it rough in Season 62. After losing his classmate Arnold to [[TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering Daretti]] in the Bloodbath, he hosted a FanConvention in memory of him and wished that he went to Billy's Business School with him. Ralphie also bottled up his emotions until he took them out on [[VideoGame/{{Smite}} Bellona]] [[DisproportionateRetribution by killing her for taking too long to fix the ferris wheel.]] He then confessed at [[VideoGame/MarioPlusRabbidsKingdomBattle Dabbing Luigi's]] [[TropaholicsAnonymous Tribute Support Group]] about his feelings throughout the season, even saying sorry to 6k1 for venting on her by killing [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate Dharkon]] in Season 36, but despite their best efforts to comfort him, [[FromBadToWorse he was still a sobbing mess thanks to the]] [[VideoGame/TheSims Tragic Clown.]] Unfortunately, Ralphie met his tragic end when he failed to escape the environmental hazards in the [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Final Destination]] Arena Event, causing him to fall one place short of a podium finish.
** While Power went through trauma in the first four Nominator Games, she was put through a wringer in the 2nd one in the Reboot. She was severely wracked with grief when she witnessed Ichi being brutally murdered by [[SiblingMurder his own sister, Psyche,]] and the pony [[DrowningMySorrows drowned her sorrows]] to try relieving herself of her temptation to avenge him. It didn't work, and she was reduced to tears again when she saw [[Roleplay/TropersTheSeries TTS]]!Alivia [[HopeSpot reviving Ichi... only for him to shrivel up and die again.]] Power even started ignoring 6k1's concerns for her, and tried making amends with Psyche by making a crystal sculpture of themselves... [[YankTheDogsChain only for Psyche to reject it out of heartbreak.]] Power then met her tragic end when she [[TragicMonster mutated into a horrific dragon-pony hybrid after drinking a tainted energy drink]], and was put out of her misery by Sailor Tardis.
* BrickJoke:
** When Power planned to invite [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Ralsei]] to her watch party for Reboot Season 61 along with Ichigo, the latter thought of doing his best [[Literature/HarryPotter Hagrid]] impression when they met... and he did exactly that during the party itself.
---> '''Ichigo''': Yer a wizard, Harry.
---> '''Ralsei''': ''[looks at him with a derped expression on his face]'' Who's Harry?
** After learning from Ichigo that a desperate 6k1 had seriously considered turning herself into a Starble while attempting to communicate with Mimi, Power contemplated drawing a Starble-ized version of the Database Manager. Come their watch party for Season 61, she does just that.
** Just before Reboot Season 65 began, Ichi tried guessing Power's [[YouMeanXMas Nightmare Night]] costume, and predicted that she'd go as Ralsei. Three seasons later, he was right.
** During the [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Hotland]] Mission, Tabby suggested to Muffet a Spider Donut recipe that uses spider Franchise/{{Pokemon}} as one of the ingredients. When the Multiversal War began, Muffet stocked up on rations which included Joltik pastries.
** In the 2nd Reboot Nominator Games (Season 100), 6k1 came across a sign that said: "Eating carpet extremely prohibited". She quickly realizes that Mimi might've eaten the one in her basement just as she said that, and it turned out to be the case when the Starble apologized for it after the season.
** Before he and Power left for the [[Franchise/SpyroTheDragon Dragon Realms]] to rescue [[FreakyFridayFlip Wanda-in-Cleo's-body]], Ralsei, who was in Power's body at the time, told Ichi that Susie would love to wear the replica of [[VideoGame/{{Smite}} Ares's]] armor Ichi made for Power. Susie confirmed just that when she called them when they arrived at the Peace Keepers Homeworld... but she didn't want to wear the armor with the Twin Ribbon, which was originally Power's, that Ralsei wore with it.
** When [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Asriel]] met CAC's VideoGame/RushingBeat friends, he mispronounced Elfin's name as "[[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand Elfli]]''[[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand lin]]''". He mixed up the names again when he said goodbye to the real Elfilin after Bale's Christmas party.
** While Power was seeing her family off to be evacuated to Belissima to hide from Dark Stanford, Ichi idly wondered if 6k1 liked sheep more than goats since it appeared she had nominated several more of the former than the latter. The next day, Ichi asked 6k1 just that, and 6k1 clarified that while she nominated just as many sheep as goats at the time, she likes the latter more.
* CampfireCharacterExploration: On the way to GC's base for Billy's party, Power and some of 6k1's tributes set up camp in a forest clearing, where they exchanged stories about their adventures. It's also revealed there that 6k1 had a problem with "tribute theft", or when someone else nominates her tributes, causing her to feel hurt, especially if they make the Hall of Fame under their new nominator.
* CastFullOfGay: Besides the canonically LGBT+ tributes who are Arena regulars, the two [=RPs=] have large casts of [[OriginalCharacter original LGBT+ characters who play a major or semi-major role]]:
** Among the nominators, 6k1, Zanreo, CAC, and some members of the Tempest System are a-spec, Psyche and Bale are bi, Tabby is a lesbian, Scipion is "not straight" and prefers not to find a partner, while Kafka is nonbinary and goes by any pronouns.
** Among the supporting ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' cast, James, Arthur, and Nick are in a gay polyamorous relationship, Ribbons is a trans woman, Shelley and Shelby are lesbians, Dinah is bi and her spouse Benji is a genderless but male-identifying shapeshifter who's fine with assuming different genders in other forms, Skyler and Dess prefer not to use gender labels and are fine with any pronouns, while June is demisexual.
* CasualDangerDialogue:
** Being used to the harsh environment of [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} ZDR]], Fire Eyes casually informed the rescuers of its weather.
---> "The storm is a bit stronger than usual, I give you this..."
** During the attempted breach into Hanubia, Tenn casually asked Arthur and Nick if they're having fun beating up Raven Beak and Dark Stanford's army.
* CatUpATree: When [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Asgore and Asriel]] trained the Fire Department, which was composed of Woshuas, they assigned them to rescue a Temmie stuck up a tree in Snowdin for the last part of the training for the day. Toriel suggested that they should practice a rescue mission actually involving fire, but Asgore explained that they were teaching the Woshuas how to reach high places, an essential skill in firefighting.
* TheCavalryArrivesLate:
** As the rescue team tried defeating the [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Queen Metroid]] and her swarm during the Wednesday Mission, Greta calls Wednesday that she'd try busting him out of the hive. She only arrived just after the Metroid hatchling sucked out his bracer's energy under the Queen's orders, destroying it and freeing him from Dark Stanford's control.
** At the climax of the Phoebe Arc, the [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Legendary Pokémon]] of June's world prepared themselves to punish Evil Phoebe for releasing [[spoiler:Vahirom]] and threatening to destroy the world together. However, they only arrived after [[spoiler:Vahirom]] was defeated because it took them a long time to gather everyone.
* CellphonesAreUseless:
** While they were imprisoned in Scipion's makeshift lair, [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Kris]] tried calling Susie after they saw Scipion use an electronic device to check his Cooking "School" in the Arena. Susie wasn't able to answer the call because her phone was knocked into a mud puddle during her fight with Onox in the Gurgling Swamp. Alphys then tried calling Kris to tell them that her team's on the way, only for Kris's phone to die.
** The eldritch creature that turned the shack into a labyrinth and trapped an alternate [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Berdly]] and [[WesternAnimation/SouthPark Pip Pirrip]] inside jammed all communications with its energy. Berdly Prime's[[note]]the one loyal to 6k1[[/note]] Smart Scouter and phone [[SuddenLackofSignal malfunctioned when he and the Expanded Delta Warriors entered the maze.]]
** While [[spoiler:infiltrating Belissima's realm as "Kelby"]], Blood Moon tried calling his comrade Fire Eyes for any updates from him, but he didn't respond because [[spoiler:[[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Proteus Ridley]] ripped out his communicator during his battle with him.]]
* CerebusSyndrome: While ''Convergence'' still has some comedic moments like in the main thread, things took a dark turn when Villain Month happened, where the villains were free to pull off nefarious deeds without the heroes stopping them. As a result, many nominators such as 6k1, Power, Ichi, and Psyche went into hiding while the others were exploring the Voidlands, but even then they were still affected to varying degrees.
* ChainedHeat: Group tributes can't separate from each other since the invisible tribute barrier will harmlessly zap them if they try doing so. The maximum distance varies DependingOnTheWriter, but it's generally big enough to allow some long-range combat with others, but not too big to let them separate within the barrier so easily.
* ChekhovsGunman:
** The [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Chozo Ghost]] who appeared in Season 252 is revealed to be [[spoiler:Brave Spear, Blood Moon's [[TheLostLenore lost lover]] and the former leader of his squad, whom Blood Moon was forced to kill when he was infected by an X Parasite]]. The Chozo Ghost confronted Knox at Durango-100 in Season 264 to make him relive his memories, and [[spoiler:Brave Spear blamed himself for failing to protect Blood Moon from the X, which turned him into the insane, ruthless warrior he is in the present.]]
** [[Ride/JourneyIntoImagination Figment]] appeared as one of several dragons in a group tribute consisting of multiple dragon characters from Creator/{{Disney}} media nominated by Eye-Sicle's Lair, without serving any plot relevance at the time. However, [[spoiler:it eventually turns out that Figment and his creator, the Dreamfinder, were the ones who inspired Kay and Tay's mysterious friend Kelby to keep working on his dimensional hopper after a chance meeting with them when Kelby was a child, leading to Kelby exploring the Multiverse in search of the duo to thank them and eventually landing in the Mushroom Kingdom where he made his new friends.]]
* ChildrenForcedToKill: Two episodes of "Future of Panem" involve President Snow forcing children to kill people they adored such as Literature/WinnieThePooh and Santa Claus. Another had him forcing a child to kill his father because the latter opposed Snow.
* ChristmasLightChaos: Just before Season 251, [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Peridot]] tripped on some Christmas lights on the way to meet 6k1, which got tangled in her head. She struggled with removing them and had to participate in the season stuck with them.
* CoaxThemOutOfTheCloset:
** [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Frisk]] unwittingly encouraged CAC to come out as aro/ace for the 5th Reboot Nominator Games by telling him to "[[BeYourself be [himself].]]" They said it to help him be comfortable with his shapeshifting and assumed that he'd present himself in his default form for the season, but [[ExactWords neither Frisk nor 6k1 expected him to come out as well.]]
** When 6k1 came out to [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Princess Cadance]] as a questioning a-spec person, she was unsure of whether or not to come out in public like CAC because she was overwhelmed by her self-discovery and she believed that she should hide it like him out of fear of prejudice. Cadance helped her come to terms with it and encouraged her to come out to her loved ones, but ''only'' if she is ready for it, and that it's still her choice if she wants to. Ally also gifted her aro/ace rings for her birthday so she can subtly express her identity while she's working on coming out to her loved ones personally, and 6k1 decided to wear them despite the risks of being outed for it.
* CoincidentalDodge: When [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight]] was [[spoiler:forced to wear the Dark Bracer by "Rodriguez" in the Alebrijes' Land of Dreams]], she had no idea how to operate it. Neither was Spike when he saw it appear on her body in the waking world, but since he couldn't manually remove it, he decided to tinker with it to discover its functions. While this caused several accidents at Canterlot Castle, this somehow helped Twilight dodge most of [[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand Fecto Elfilis']] attacks, and it helped her defeat them along with [[Franchise/Ben10 Vilgax]] with Joaquin. Spike was completely unaware that he saved Twilight there until he talked to her with [[spoiler:the bracer and accidentally gave himself away.]]
* ConvectionSchmonvection: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged]] since the danger of heat exhaustion in lava-filled places varies between universes:
** When [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} the Delta Warriors]] visited [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Hotland]], Alphys applied cooling dirt on them to protect them from the heat, but Frisk, Asriel, and Chara can traverse it just fine without it even if they don't live there.
** There's a LethalLavaLand in the Voidlands, but heat exhaustion was a real hazard because the trope was averted there. Luckily, the first batch of travelers were far from the heat when the lava started melting the rollercoaster they were riding on.
** The lava in the [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Mushroom Kingdom]] is only harmful to the touch, so while visitors won't die from heat stroke from standing near it, they'll still instantly lose a life if they fall into it.
** The glass bridge between [[VideoGame/MetroidDread Artaria and Cataris]] insulates travellers from the lava down below. [[spoiler:When the Corpius destroyed it in its chase towards the underground team, Aaron and Tokage, who are WeakToFire, immediately felt like they're about to burn up from the heat.]]
* CoolStarship: Billy's ''Eagle of the Universe'', which is based on a Kendorian scoutship, but heavily modified with features like a simulator, increased speed and agility, as well as having an external appearance as that of an eagle. Timewrecker's ''Cetus One'' also qualifies too, and so does Mr. Star's Spacepod.
* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot:
** After removing Lyric's bracer with the [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Acid Armor]] potion to free him from Dark Stanford's control, which made his body melt for a while without his accessories going with him, Oscar realized that he could've just asked Phoebe to give him the same potion to remove his own bracer, but [[ForWantOfANail he wouldn't have befriended Lucian and Squishy at]] [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} SR388]] [[ForWantOfANail otherwise.]]
** While Ichi was willing to shelter 6k1, her assistants, and Power in his bunker during Villain Month, he initially refused to accommodate Power's [[TheClan large family]] when they were threatened by Dark Stanford, all because Ichi didn't want them making a mess there. This prompted Light Stanford to hide them away with the Altfords in [[Roleplay/WeAreAllPiratesRevenge Belissima]], [[spoiler:only for Blood Moon, disguised as Kelby, to infiltrate her realm and force Fair Trial to convince everyone to stay, no matter what they did, for Dark Stanford's greater plan.]] This made Ichi realize that he should've let Power's family stay with the two of them at the bunker in the first place.
* CrazyPrepared: 6k1, Ichigo, and Gamechanger always have plans in case of the worst case scenarios. Timewrecker is also this to terrifying degrees, putting him many steps ahead of the heroes.
* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Onox, the slow-witted [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Toxtricity]] henchman of Scipion, correctly concluded that [[spoiler:[[Series/HyakujuuSentaiGaoranger Duke Org Rouki]], who absorbed AR [[Franchise/{{Kirby}} Meta Knight's]] soul, was [[TheMole secretly working against the team]] on [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} ZDR]].]]
* {{Cult}}: The Gospel of Alchemy, Science, and Knowledge, or GASK, is an evil cult who was responsible for the games in the first place.
* CureYourGays: One of [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Princess Cadance's]] clients, who was an aromantic/asexual unicorn, was bullied for not having a crush like the rest of their classmates and reluctantly asked their pegasus friend out to [[TheBeard pretend to be their date]] for them at the Crystal Ball. They both agreed to take the [[LovePotion Love Poison]] despite knowing the risks, but they ended up destroying the ballroom and injuring many ponies in their infatuated trance. The day after, the unicorn asked Cadance to cast her love spell on them to "fix" them, but she told them that she can't change a pony's sexual or romantic orientation because she failed to "fix" a gay stallion that way. However, the unicorn believed that Cadance didn't cast the spell correctly that time and demanded her to use it on them anyway, but she refused, so the unicorn insisted on copying and modifying the spell so they could "fix" ''themself'' with it. Cadance warned them of the risks of doing that since it's too dangerous for even the most magically gifted unicorns to replicate, but they stole her book on love magic and ran away, never to be seen again.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Elliot, at the very least, is said to have been [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15576410980A04187800&page=26#comment-641 abused]] [[AbusiveParents by his father]] at a young age, to the point where he tried to [[DrivenToSuicide kill himself]] over it.
* DayOfTheWeekName: Oscar's old gang of thieves he used to be part of has all its members go by codenames named after the days of the week. Among the seven, Brian is the last one to still go by his codename, Friday.
* DeadlineNews: Not even Leonard Sutton, the host of the Hunger Games since Reboot Season 69, is safe from the tributes. In Season 190, for example, the [[Literature/AllTomorrows Qu]] invaded his hosting box and threw him down from a great height. Thankfully, the Healers revived him so he could host the rest of the season, but since it took them the entire night to revive him, Gamemaker Stella took over as substitute host until then.
* DeathByAdaptation: While it applies to any tribute who dies in the Arena, there are a few KilledOffForReal examples:
** [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Snowdrake's mother]] is found alive in her home game, but after her death in Reboot Season 56, her nominator never revived her.
** Scipion nominated VideoGame/{{Ori|AndTheBlindForest}}'s adoptive mother Naru for Reboot Season 97, but didn't bother to revive her after she was killed by [[ComicBook/DoctorDoom Infamous Iron Man]] in the Bloodbath. [[spoiler:Canonically, Naru came BackFromTheDead at the end of her game.]]
* DeathIsCheap: Since tributes can be renominated, they're simply revived before being sent back to the Arena. The nominators also have their own revival methods in case they die, too, but it doesn't mean they won't fear death or recover easily from the trauma even if they know they'll be okay. However, even when data cloning is made mandatory for all tributes starting in Season 258, [[KilledOffForReal dying permanently is still possible in the setting]]. Examples include the deceased choosing to pass on for good, a ruthless villain going out of their way to [[DeaderThanDead make sure their victim stays dead]], and [[AllDeathsFinal the victim's injuries being too severe to be cured quickly and easily]], so the fear is not unfounded.
* DestroyTheSecurityCamera: During the Library heist, Greta, who was disguised as [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries Shortstuff]] by Morpholomew, made short work of the security cameras. Ally, who was watching the feed in the basement, immediately took notice as the cameras went down one by one, and quickly went to the first floor to confront her and the rest of the thieves.
* DiesDifferentlyInAdaptation: While in Reboot Season 54, [[VideoGame/TheBattleCats Divine Kai]] had a fatal heart attack in both the main thread and ''Convergence'', she was accidentally killed by [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Yona]] when she tried giving her CPR in the latter.
* DontMakeMeDestroyYou:
** In Reboot Season 89, [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Vriska]] threatened to give [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Sans]] a "8aaaaaaaad time" if he didn't cooperate, meaning that she would {{brainwash|edAndCrazy}} him into obeying her every command if he refused to listen to her.
** During Letooce and her EvilDoppelganger's first meeting, the doppelganger warns her that though she doesn't want to, she'll get rid of her if she ever tells anyone about her.
* [[invoked]] DracoInLeatherPants: Literally, as there's a magical pair of leather pants that turns villainous tributes good or at least makes them less evil when worn. [[WesternAnimation/TheNightmareBeforeChristmas Oogie Boogie]] wore a pair in Reboot Season 187 and acted silly for the rest of the season.
* DreamEpisode: After everyone went home from their vacation at the [[Franchise/FindingNemo Great Barrier Reef]], there was an extended night sequence where [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight]], under Princess Luna's request, entered [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Asriel's]] nightmare to fight Nightmare CAC, who threatened to kill him for [[SelfMadeOrphan killing his parents]] in his [[SuperpoweredEvilSide Primal form]] within the dream. After Nightmare CAC was defeated, Twilight took Asriel to the dream nexus to console him over his fears, but she was called over by the [[Franchise/SpyroTheDragon Dream Weavers]] for another dream mission at the Alebrijes' Land of Dreams.
* DreamLand: Besides the various dreamscapes in some universes such as [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Equestria's]], there's also the Alebrijes' Land of Dreams, which is the homeworld of the [[OurAlebrijesAreDifferent Alebrijes]]. There are magical gates in Los Colinas de Colores, [[VideoGame/KirbyAndTheForgottenLand Forgo Dreams]], and the VideoGame/{{Under|tale}}ground Dreamscape that lead to it, but a special dance between two people is required to open them. Once inside, visitors can conjure up items or gain new powers by just saying or imagining them, as [[DreamWeaver anything goes within the realm.]]\\

In the middle of the land is a castle that houses a magic crystal called the Hypnos-Stone that lets one view and enter the dreams of others, even outside New Durango, but the castle is protected with AntiMagic that prevents intruders from teleporting directly to it or inside it. They also can't teleport themselves or any items out of it since their dream powers are also suppressed, and only Elder Coatl knows how to disable the protective enchantment. [[spoiler:Blood Moon disabled it by infecting the Elder with an [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} X Parasite]] to [[NoOntologicalIntertia kill him.]]]]
* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness:
** Early in ''Convergence'', [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=15358704370A99240800&page=174#comment-4341 before it was moved to its own thread from]] ''Beyond the Possibilities'', there was a council that rigorously vetted which tributes were allowed in the Arena. It wasn't mentioned again ever since because the Gamemakers only ban tributes that they consider "controversial".
** When [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Caliborn]] was nominated for Reboot Season 46, he talked "normally" instead of [[NoIndoorVoice using his usual Typing Quirk]] because according to Mr. X, the way he typed wasn't the same as the way he spoke. This presumably applied to everyone from the Homestuck Universe since [[VisualNovel/HiveswapFriendsim Galekh]] was shown speaking "normally" to 6k1 but using his footnote-based Typing Quirk when messaging her on [[FictionalSocialNetwork Chittr.]] However, [[SeriesContinuityError this contradicted with canon]] since the characters still used their Typing Quirks even while talking, so it was quietly dropped in ASAS.
** In CVG and early ASAS, the nominators used to watch Multiversal versions of ''Series/BigBrother'', ''Series/{{Survivor}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'', which were also forum game threads, and comment on them during or in between Hunger Games seasons. However, this was dropped due to their lack of popularity in-universe, but other Multiversal Hunger Games[[note]]offsite HGS threads/servers[[/note]] are alluded to, like Juan and Polar Vortex coming from one that went on a long hiatus after only a few seasons.
** Because of [[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 Ness's]] [[DemotedToExtra reduced significance in ASAS]], [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Frisk's]] friendship with him in CVG is barely brought up at all in the former RP.
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: Ichigo lives in an underground bunker, which contains laboratories, a computer room, an armory, a teleporter room, a training room, a garage housing an assortment of vehicles, and a rec room, among others. He also has robot servants that help run the place.
* EldritchLocation: The Realm of Unyielding Chaos, or Voidlands for short, is what used to be the universe of the Original Timeline, which was destroyed by Scipion, who turned into an EldritchAbomination from drinking too much literal [[invoked]] NightmareFuel, in Season 250. It's a fusion of ''all'' the universes that's inhabited by eldritch versions of the tributes of that time, some of them having drastically different powers from their Reboot counterparts. The place is so dangerous that only Eldritch Abominations can survive in it without needing protective equipment.
* EmbarrassingNickname:
** [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Bill Cipher's]] often called an "Egyptian Nacho", with Valecor being the first to call him as such. Many others, particularly [[MaliciousMisnaming those who oppose him]], caught on and began calling the pyramid demon that as well.
** Power Stroke's called "Pow-Pow" by her aunt Miranda Rights. It's her foalhood nickname, and Power's friend Ichi [[AffectionateNickname couldn't help but call her that as well.]]
*** After realizing that "Pow-Pow"'s not so embarrassing at all, [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipisMagic Crim]][[Tropers/VengefulBale son]] [[AuthorAvatar Gale]] called her "Powie" during Billy's party, which she silently cringed at.
*** One of her cousins used to call her "''Cower'' Stroke" due to her anxiety attacks, especially when he dared her to ride the rollercoaster as a filly.
** Morgan constantly calls Tabby [[MaliciousMisnaming "Tabbitch"]], much to her chagrin.
** Alex has also taken a liking to call Lucian "Lulu" and Oscar "Kiki".
* EmpathicEnvironment: The Alebrijes' Land of Dreams is a colorful realm where the alebrijes cheerfully go about their day when they're not traversing other people's dreams, [[spoiler:but when the Hypnos-Stone gets stolen by Blood Moon, the realm becomes a depressing land full of thunderstorms as the alebrijes slowly transform into Nightmares.]]
* EndingMemorialService: [[spoiler:Billy hosted GC's funeral after the latter died in the Voidlands. It served as the final arc for ''Convergence''.]]
* EternalEquinox: Other than a few times when the characters remark on the winter days getting shorter, sunrise and sunset in Panem are assumed to follow the equinox cycle regardless of season.
* EternalRecurrence: Except for the Great Destruction that happened in OT Season 250 and the attempted 2nd Great Destruction in Reboot Season 74, the apocalypse is an uncommon occurrence in the Arena. The extent of the destruction is mitigated by data cloning tributes that would cause it if killed and moving the surviving tributes to an identical Arena after the "end of the world". This has happened so many times that the nominators eventually treated it like any other season event.
* EvilCounterpart: The Dark Nominators are this to the regular ones, with some of them working for Timewrecker like Dark Billy.
* ExactWords: When [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Frisk]] suspected that CAC was hiding a lot of secrets, not just his shapeshifting, they advised him that "there's nothing wrong with [[BeYourself being [himself].]]" This gave CAC an idea for the following Nominator Games (Season 250), and 6k1 assumed that he'd just be presenting himself in his [[ShapeshifterDefaultForm default human form]]. While he did just that, he also decided to come out as aromantic/asexual, which threw 6k1 and Power[[note]]who was watching the season with Ichi at his bunker[[/note]] off-guard because they found it odd for him to be closeted when it has always been legal for LGBT+ tributes to participate in the Games. Because he did so in the Arena, unlike Tabby, who casually came out as a lesbian in the Science Center's Recovery Room after the 2nd Reboot Nominator Games, it also made 6k1 question her own sexual orientation, among the other things stressing her out before the season.
* ExceptionallyTolerant:
** While there's still some discrimination in the Multiverse, such as James, Arthur, and Nick keeping their polyamorous relationship a secret for most of ASAS and [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Roy]] making misogynistic comments, the nominators are generally tolerant and/or respectful towards minority groups. They use the right pronouns for trans/nonbinary people and are cool with LGBT+ couples, and don't make a big deal about their racial/species differences.
** Because it has always been legal for tributes of all gender, sexual, and romantic minorities to compete in the Games and the nominators are generally accepting of them, 6k1 and Power found it unusual that CAC decided to come out as aromantic/asexual in the 5th Reboot Nominator Games. They thought that he didn't need to hide it in the first place when Panem already has progressive values towards LGBT+ people.
* ExpositionParty: While the guests had fun for the most part, GC's party was just an excuse for him and Valecor to warn them of Nightmare Scipion and prepare to fight him.

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* FantasticSlurs: [[ExpendableClone "Digital meat shields"]] for data clones, as they're treated like the originals because they're designed to perfectly emulate them. Power took offense when Alphys {{innocent|Bigot}}ly brought up the concern about using them to counter tribute attacks on the nominators, then realized that she was also being unintentionally bigoted towards them when she described them to Ichi. 6k1, however, unironically used the term when expressing her hatred towards data clones, offending [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries Dupe]], who regularly summons her clone for her work. Due to a mutual misunderstanding on the topic, he temporarily left to give himself a timeout.
* FantasyCounterpartAppliance: In [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Equestria]], ponies use crystal balls like video phones to communicate with one another. Some like Power's family also have magic screen generators in their homes to watch the Games. Power herself also has the same cauldron that [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyTheMovie2017 Tempest Shadow used to communicate with the Storm King]], which functions like a TV and also has "video call" in her bedroom.
* FeverDreamEpisode: When Joaquin caught a cold after the search for CG, he took all of Cleo's cough medicine for him. He then had a [[RealDreamsAreWeirder dream which was like an acid trip]], with his friends randomly morphing and living fruits singing nonsensical Spanish songs. The singing then became an ominous chant of [[DreamingOfThingsToCome what's to come for the 'Brijes]], and Zuma, a natural-born Alebrije who [[DreamWalker can traverse the dream realm]], advised Joaquin to control his True Alebrije form in preparation for the dangers ahead. Joaquin then woke up in the triage wondering [[OrWasItADream if the last part with Zuma was real]] because to him, it was the most "normal" part of the dream.
* FirstPetStory: Mimi's character arc in CVG was this, and 6k1 learned to love her after GC gave her to her as a gift. Despite all the trouble Mimi gave her owner as a mischievous Starble, 6k1 promised to take care of her after learning about her missing parents.
* FisherKingdom: Several universes such as [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Equestria]] and the VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon World transform outside visitors into their native species or alter their art styles, or even subject them to their universe laws such as the [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Looniverse's]] ToonPhysics. This effect can be bypassed using magic or protective devices such as anti-transformation portals while shapeshifters[[note]]usually those who can transform into anything[[/note]] can retain their forms at will[[note]]which was why [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents Jorgen von Strangle]] showed up in his default fairy form when he dropped by Power's home to reprimand her and Ichi for violating the Anti-[[VoodooDoll You-Doo Doll]] Rule[[/note]], whether or not they turn into Dittos upon entry like [[Roleplay/WeAreAllPiratesRevenge Ira and Melody.]]
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: A serendipitous case: During Reboot Season 153, shortly before the heist at the Library, WesternAnimation/PuffTheMagicDragon ran afoul of a copy of [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Flowey]] at the mall for villains and was taken out of the season by him, much to Asriel's unease. As the heist ultimately led to [[spoiler:Asriel being forcibly turned back into the real Flowey by the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Blight Ganons]],]] it makes what was originally just another fatal event in the season come off as rather ominous in hindsight.
* ForgottenFirstMeeting:
** While Power and Ichi did meet in the 2nd OT Nominator Games (Season 200), their friendship didn't take off until the 1st Reboot Nominator Games (Season 50). Power only realized this after the latter because she was possessed by [=WarioGuy=] when she met Ichi in the former.
** Scipion claimed that he only met Lucian at parties, forgetting the first time they met as young Franchise/{{Pokemon}}, when Aaron rescued them from a cave.
* FoulCafeteriaFood: Implied when [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Susie]] enjoyed the various Franchise/{{Pokemon}} food prepared by Freddy in Scipion's party, saying it was a lot better than the cafeteria food in her school. Whether this was just her opinion since she's a BigEater otherwise or if the cafeteria food objectively wasn't delicious was left ambiguous.
* FourIsDeath: In Reboot Season 113, [[Anime/{{Stitch}} Pop]] killed his nominator, 6k1, by blasting her out of the Database Library's conference room by inflating a balloon with his tail and popping it. It just so happened that the conference room was on the ''4th'' floor.
* FourthDateMarriage: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. After officially dating for three days ([[WebcomicTime or 4 months and 17 days on]] [[RealLife Earth Prime]]), Dave and Fira got engaged. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Spike]]:
--> "That's an awfully short time to make sure your relationship's secure."
* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: In-universe. Unlike Earth Prime, which is the in-universe depiction of the real world, The 4th World is the metafictional universe where the nominators' respective writers reside. It's separated from the rest of the Multiverse by the FourthWall, but it was destroyed at least twice when it was nominated as a tribute in OT Season 96 and Reboot Season 108. As a result, the writers are just as vulnerable as the nominators to rogue tribute attacks like being summoned to the Arena to kill another tribute. They can also be nominated as tributes by being part of massive real-world populations.
* FreakyFridayFlip:
** Besides temporary ones that happen in the Arena [[note]]and even then, they only last for a single day/night to avoid complications in determining who makes the Hall of Fame[[/note]] and a few cases where the tributes are body-swapped from the start, a massive one happened in June's cheer-up party for Stanford when Cleo, who swapped souls with Wanda after the former accidentally unleashed Soulstorm, tried teaching her to use the spell to try swapping them back, only for Wanda to fail and swap almost everyone else around instead. Power and [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Ralsei]] were among the ones not affected... until [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries Swapper]] tried swapping June and Scipion back to their own bodies, only for it to fail due to his powers working differently and swap the former two instead.
** Nate is an Alebrije who has the power to switch the consciousness of two or more dreamers. She did this to Les and Reba by switching their bodies with two commoners from their kingdom during their nightmare to convince them to stop being tyrant rulers of their kingdom.
** One-sided example: in Reboot Season 194, [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Rouxls Kaard]] [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse accidentally projected himself astrally into Swatch's body in his sleep.]] His voice [[VoicesAreNotMental didn't swap with him]] but he still kept his YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe accent, but he had to break into his own camp to slap his own body awake to return to it. Swatch woke up confused and was disappointed with the act, even if it was an accident.
* FurryConfusion: Anthropomorphic and non-anthro animals regularly meet up in the Arena and out, leading to some interesting interactions between them, especially if they're of the same species.
** While Franchise/{{Pokemon}} are officially classified as sapient creatures by the Gamemakers, Pokémon from the [[VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon Mystery Dungeon]] Worlds can talk and live like humans, though wild Pokémon like the ones from the "main series" Pokémon World live there, too.
** 6k1's Vaporeon, itself a regular Pokémon, was afraid of Sonic-style Alolan Vulpix because the latter was standing on two legs and could talk.
* GadgeteerGenius:
** Several nominators such as 6k1, Ichi, and GC are good with tech, and the latter prefers fighting with his inventions over having superpowers.
** Some of the nominators' assistants are just as skilled in gadgets as them, most notably Stanford and his numerous {{Alternate Sel|f}}ves.
** [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Alphys]], being the Underground's Royal Scientist, makes all sorts of useful inventions for her friends, like Frisk's prosthetic hand and special equipment for the Royal Guard such as goggles to correct Doggo's reverse object blindness.
** Lucian also has knowledge in gadgets and even built some for his friends.
* GagEcho: After seeing [[FreakyFridayFlip Power-in-Ralsei's-body]] lose control of her [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure Stand]] while trying to use Ralsei's healing magic, Aaron and Ichi petted her to comfort her. She felt flustered by the gesture while Ralsei-in-Power's-body blushed at the scene because it felt surreal for him to watch "himself" in that situation. This was mirrored at the [[VideoGame/SpyroTheDragon1998 Peace Keepers Homeworld]], where Power blushed at watching "herself" being petted by Aaron after Ralsei accidentally teleported himself near him during their training.
* GenreSavvy: Over the course of ASAS, the nominators and a few of their tributes have started becoming aware of how the Arena works, but they're still subjected to its influence with only some degree of resistance depending on their mental resilience.
* GiantSpider: Some of Jace Webking's spiders are described to be far larger than the average spider, such as the spider that carried Tubbo's corpse and Tommy's sausage-turned remains to the Webking House in Reboot Season 148 being described as "motorcycle-sized".
* GlitchEntity:
** G-13 was a virus that threatened to destroy universes by turning them into glitchy messes without leaving a trace. It was one of Timewrecker's experiments that EscapedFromTheLab during the Great Destruction, and his group sought to destroy it because it went out of control and some of his members were from universes it destroyed.
** How every failed HGS save was depicted in-universe when nominated for Reboot Season 223; it's depicted as a glitched, ''WesternAnimation/{{Pibby}}''-esque amalgamation of the usual in-universe depiction of EVERYTHING. Its powers grow stronger with every failed save made by the Gamemakers.
* GoMadFromTheRevelation:
** In Reboot Season 95, the Music Fanbase underwent this when Immorticia pointed out that they were sent to the Arena by Terminus, driving them to kill her.
** In Reboot Season 123, [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaAnother Yamato Kisaragi]] outed [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Ugo]] as the shapeshifting [[AuthorAvatar CosmosAndChaos]], causing him to go insane for the rest of the season.
** Upon learning that [[spoiler:he's half-Alebrije because his late father Sebastian was a Full one, and that he's undergoing a {{metamorphosis}} into a Full Alebrije himself thanks to the Alebrije Touch and the Alebrije blood in his veins]], Knox freaked out and stormed out of Elder Coatl's quarters, not wanting to speak with him further.
* GrayRainOfDepression: In Reboot Season 52, [[Literature/TheMagicSchoolBus Mikey]] tried to summon the [[Film/Aladdin2019 Genie]] for his final wish, but couldn't because the latter had been killed by [[Franchise/KagerouProject Shuuya Kano]] earlier. It rained as soon as he started crying.
* HalloweenEpisode:
** After the Sayaka Mission, Haze decided to host a Halloween party at his museum to relax from it. It lasted well past Halloween itself because the guests had a [[TalentContest costume/talent contest]], with Dave winning it, Fira placing 2nd, and [[Literature/TheMagicSchoolBus Carlos]], [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Ralsei]], and Mr. Godzilla tying for 3rd. Dave and Fira even got engaged to cap it off.
** For Halloween on Earth Prime 2022, Freddy invited his guests to brave the challenges in his haunted house for some scary good fun, with Dess and Skyler volunteering to help him spook them with their illusions.
* HeistEpisode: In Reboot Season 152, [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries Bonnie and Clyde]] decided to raid the Library with the help of Wednesday and the 'Brijes after hearing 6k1[[note]]who was actually a data clone of herself[[/note]] tell their cousin PJ that she'd be going to a party. The following season, they tore through the Library's security systems and invaded the basement to steal her Database notes, only to try prying [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Asriel's]] ring out of him instead because of its value. [[spoiler:They didn't realize that it [[TransformationTrinket lets him power-up into his Hyperdeath form]], but at the cost of [[ArtifactOfDoom turning him back into Flowey if he loses it.]] The thieves learned this the hard way when the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Blight Ganons]] broke in and forcibly corrupted him back into his psychotic alter ego. The Blights then ordered them to keep the ring away from him so he can wreak havoc at the party in the VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon World.]]
* HeroesGoneFishing: The nominators often throw parties after a big mission or the Nominator Games to relax from them, but they're not without their own mishaps.
* HeroicBSOD: Fighting in the Games gives many tributes stress to the point that they break down. It also happens to them and several nominators even outside the Arena.
** Power Stroke, being a self-admitted NervousWreck, has several moments. In fact, she had broken down so many times, she was at greater risk of suffering from [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyRainbowRoadtrip Hopeless]] [[DespairEventHorizon Magic]] and [[ColorFailure losing her colors]] than Twilight before she took some much-needed friendship lessons.
*** In the interlude between Reboot Seasons 49 and 50, she mentally broke down during President Snow's party when she heard that OG universe still exists as the Voidlands, traumatized by what her (or 6k1's) tributes did in the old timeline and Wario Guy possessing her in the second Nominator Games (OG Season 200). She got better after Dave's group and [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Ralsei]] comforted her by reminding her that [[YouAreNotAlone she wasn't alone.]] Even Billy's tributes consoled her.
*** During the 1st Reboot Nominator Games (Season 50), she was reduced to tears after witnessing her friends Ralsei and Gale die. She eventually got better after the season, even forgiving Ichigo for [[DisproportionateRetribution killing the latter for yanking his hair.]]
*** Upon realizing that Psyche was among the many Australians who had perished in Season 58's Bloodbath, she broke down crying while discussing it with an equally shaken Ichigo, who wasted no time teleporting to Power's home in order to provide her with a shoulder to cry on while Vengeful Bale offered her some consoling words over the radio.
*** After witnessing [[VideoGame/TheBattleCats Miko Mitama's]] [[TheresNoKillLikeOverkill horrifically excessive murder]] of [[Music/{{BTS}} V]] on the ''first day'' of Reboot Season 60, then learning that her art school had been leveled and Pointy had died from her wounds in the aftermath despite the droids' best efforts, Power completely broke down. Thankfully, she got better when Twilight, [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Star]][[Tropers/DaveTheAssassin fa]][[AuthorAvatar ll]] and Ichigo paid her a visit in order to personally comfort her.
*** Upon seeing [[Franchise/FindingNemo Dory]], 6k1's ''own'' tribute, destroy Tier 0 aka EVERYTHING in Reboot Season 74, she cowered in a TroubledFetalPosition, just like when Valecor first told her about the Voidlands. Ichi instinctively teleported himself to her house to reassure her that the Second Great Destruction didn't happen because of that[[note]]due to Billy having the Gamemakers secretly replace it and the Outerverse with harmless copies[[/note]].
*** She broke down sobbing at her and Ichi's watch party for Reboot Season 80 after seeing the two versions of Twilight, the pony she idolizes and thinks the world of, who'd been nominated perish at the hands of [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Kilik]] and [[Franchise/StarWars Anakin Skywalker]]. She even had to leave the party early because of it.
*** [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness Even after she learned to control her emotions, she still broke down upon seeing]] [[SiblingMurder Ichi being murdered by his adoptive sister Psyche in the 2nd Reboot Nominator Games.]] Thankfully, her friends and family visited her at the Recovery Room to cheer her up after the season, and she even called Ichi himself to make sure he was okay.
** Even Power's [[AlternateSelf human counterpart]] 6k1 breaks down on occasion.
*** In Reboot Season 54, she was anguished with grief after witnessing the Database, which had a copy of it downloaded into a robot resembling Power, get pulverized by VideoGame/{{the Messenger|2018}}. For her, it was like being forced to watch her child die while she was unable to do anything about it. Thankfully, GC made a new bot, which resembled Twilight, to comfort her the next day.
*** After the Database Library was set on fire by [[invoked]] [[MemeticMutation LOLW]] in Reboot Season 63, 6k1 fell to her knees and broke down crying, wondering where she went wrong as Manager. Thankfully, her assistants, nominator friends, and tributes gave her [[YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre words of encouragement]], motivating her to spring back into action.
*** When Timewrecker leaked her OT memories and time machine to the public, she was driven into catatonia. Thankfully, GC reassured her that that wouldn't be a big deal in the long run, [[YankTheDogsChain but that didn't stop Timewrecker from messing with her, anyway.]]
*** After witnessing Dory [[OmnicidalManiac destroy Tier 0 aka EVERYTHING]] in Reboot Season 74, she froze up and collapsed as memories of the First Great Destruction came back to her. It took her a while to regain consciousness, and Dave comforted her by vowing to [[UndyingLoyalty never leave her behind.]]
*** She fainted when what she thought was "her" Twilight was "stolen" in Reboot Season 97 when AR Twilight and her friends were forced into the Arena by the Legion of Doom. While "tribute theft" is not a big deal for him unless said "stolen" tribute performs better under their new nominator, Scipion was concerned for her because she overreacted. The other Twilight then gave her "friendship lessons" to help her overcome this.
*** Like Power after the 2nd Reboot Nominator Games, she fell into despair when Dave didn't visit her at the Recovery Room after the third one. As always, her friends and family comforted her and helped her learn to accept that she can press on without him, but the [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaBreathOfTheWild Waterblight Ganon]] told her the harsh truth that Dave can't always be there for her.
** After learning just how traumatic the Great Destruction had been for 6k1 and Power, Ichigo was left feeling racked with sorrow and guilt over his decision to stay holed up in his bunker during that time instead of reaching out to not only them, but anyone else left reeling in the timeline-destroying catastrophe's wake. Fortunately, this prompted Power to visit his base in order to personally console him.
** Like Power, Lucian the Dusk Lycanroc is prone to panic attacks and almost always faints when frightened. He's been trying his best to stay calm, but his worst scare happened when he went on a dangerous mission in [[VideoGame/AnotherMetroid2Remake Planet [=SR388=]]] to destroy Wednesday's bracer and free him from Dark Stanford's control. Wednesday also did his best to comfort him during the treacherous journey, [[spoiler:but Lucian got severely injured and traumatized by an Omega Metroid, and then blacked out. Aaron was extremely worried about him when he arrived to rescue him, but thankfully, he consoled him when he broke down crying over lying to him about the mission as well as risking Wednesday's life and Colby's sacrifice.]]
** The quest to [=SR388=] similarly leaves Stanford very shaken up afterward due to him becoming aware of the atrocities committed by [[EvilCounterpart Dark Stanford]] in the worst possible way, along with he and Eye-Sicle nearly being [[KillAndReplace killed and replaced]] by a malevolent X Parasite. Stanford is so shaken up that [[EveryoneHasStandards even Scipion and Eye-Sicle are both sympathetic to him]] [[PetTheDog and insist he take time to mentally recuperate from the experience]].
* HiveMind: Group tributes generally are compelled to perform the same action because they're treated as one tribute by the Gamemakers, but there are exceptions depending on the members in question. Because of this, kills are always shared between them, even if not everyone contributed to the murder.
* HomeBase: Each nominator has a base of operations where they nominate their tributes and arrange for meetings with other nominators. Some of them such as 6k1, Ichi, and Eye-Sicle are based in Panem while others such as Scipion, Bale, and the Tempest System are stationed elsewhere in the Multiverse.
* HorrifyingTheHorror: In Reboot Season 216, [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Vaati]], in his OneWingedAngel form, had nightmares about being [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill timewrecked.]] It shows just how horrifying it is to suffer such AFateWorseThanDeath when even a terrifying villain like him fears it.
* HotSpringsEpisode: After defeating [[spoiler:Vahirom]], the Fiery Blue Wings, the Bugtrio, Team Cerulean, [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Susie, Noelle, and Berdly]] went to some hot springs near Dragonspiral Tower to relax from the stressful mission, enjoying each other's company before calling it a night.
* HulkSpeak: Haban-Arrow speak like this, and combined with YouNoTakeCandle and {{Pluralses}}, they're said to speak like [[Literature/TheLordOfTheRings Gollum]]. They also call people with simple descriptions instead of their names. Their manner of speaking even extends to their narration from their POV.
* HumanityEnsues: In Season 271, a mysterious light engulfed the entire Arena and permanently turned [[MassTransformation all the non-human tributes into humans]], some of them becoming LittleBitBeastly. Some of them like [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Photoshop Flowey]] [[RevelingInTheNewForm didn't mind their new forms]] while others like the [[VideoGame/CrashBandicoot Komodo Brothers]] were disgusted by them. This is the first instance of a mass humanization event, since another one happened in Season 277, where [[WebVideo/BackstrokeOfTheWest Ratio Tile]] was responsible for it.
* IdenticalTwinIDTag:
** Due to the prevalence of [[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals identical]] {{Alternate Sel|f}}ves, some tributes wear accessories or have distinct markings to help the nominators tell them apart.
*** 6k1 invoked this when she visited [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Toriel]] during her Underground vacation by gifting her a snail bracelet to wear on her right hand. This is because 6k1 is aware of the various alternate Undergrounds since several alternate versions of Sans occasionally show up in the Arena.
*** [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]] wears a star-shaped mane clip while Fluttershy [[ExpositoryHairstyleChange keeps her short mane she got from Reboot Season 245]] so they won't be confused with their AR counterparts, who are loyal to Bale while they are loyal to 6k1. However, Dark 6k1 exploited the former when she infiltrated 6k1's disguise revealer experiment at the lab by shapeshifting into "her" Twilight, complete with her mane clip, to trick her into thinking it's the "real" Twilight she knows.
*** Starting in Season 251, 6k1's [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Peridot]] wears [[QueerColors a purple ace scarf]] even when it's not cold outside to differentiate herself from AR Peridot, who's loyal to Bale like the other AR tributes of his.
*** When 6k1 assigned [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Berdly]] to Eastboroughshiressex to meet with another Berdly, the former reluctantly dyed his crest red to tell themselves apart. 6k1's Berdly, who was nominated by Scipion in Reboot Seasons 201 and 208 but declared his loyalty to her after his mission at Danjor Island, got the idea from the latter season, when his data clone transformed into [[WesternAnimation/TurningRed a giant red panda]] after breaking a cursed weapon containing its spirit.
** June the Zoroark is the only one among her clones to wear a purple bobble, while her sisters July and August[[note]]not to be confused with August of the Cosmic Crusaders, who's a Luxio[[/note]] wear blue and green bobbles, respectively.
* IdenticalTwinMistake: Alluded to by the loony Penny when she and [[PolarOppositeTwins her calm identical twin sister Jenny]] saw [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Manaphy]] about to use [[FreakyFridayFlip Heart Swap]] when in distress.
--> '''Penny''': Would anybody really know the difference if Jenny and I swapped bodies?
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: When [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Zekrom]] trained Aaron how to fight, he transformed Lucian into a Midnight Lycanroc to teach him how to fight his own friend in dire situations. [[spoiler:This happened again when Lucian was possessed by a wild Spiritomb during Aaron and Scipion's duel in the latter's makeshift lair.]]
* ImAHumanitarian: Originally, cannibalism was illegal in the Games, with one tribute being eliminated as punishment, but it was legalized when Panem was opened to the Multiverse. As a result, there have been many instances of tributes preying on one another, and for some nominators such as 6k1, they have to manually and secretly extract the remains from their predators to revive them (before data cloning made the process easier).
* ImmortalBreaker: The Arena temporarily suppresses the immortality of some tributes, allowing them to be killed by others, mostly mortals. [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Dry Bones]] Jones was shocked to discover this in Reboot Season 130 when he [[RevivingEnemy couldn't pull his bones back together]] after being shot with an arrow by WesternAnimation/{{Grizzy|AndTheLemmings}}.
* INeverSaidItWasPoison: During Haze's Halloween party, 6k1 disguised herself as Power for fun, but decided to impersonate her and lie about liking data clones to Bale because she was tired of hearing him talk about them. While Bale fell for her lies at first, he eventually caught on when she ended up implicating herself.
--> '''6k1 (as Power)''': I'm just wondering if you're gonna transfer [[[Franchise/UltraSeries Maquette]]![[Franchise/YuGiOh Dinosaur Ryuzaki's]]] good Arena memories to the real Ryuzaki after [Reboot Season 130]. So that, y'know... he won't miss out.
--> '''Bale''': Since when were you this intersted [sic] in tribute's memories... ''"Power"''?
* InevitableWaterfall: James and Henry encountered one right after the [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Metroid Queen]] threw their cocoon out of their prison and into the stream down below. It led them back to the surface of Planet [=SR388=].
* InUniverseSoundtrack: Some of the tributes are fully aware of their {{Leitmotif}}s, which are often played in the Arena. They also play remixes in parties, and [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Chara]] recalls several alternate Frisks who killed all the monsters [[EvilIsPetty just to dance to Sans's boss theme.]]
* JawDrop: Whenever [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Sans or Papyrus]] witness something shocking, their jawbones [[VisualPun literally fall to the floor.]]

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* KidFromTheFuture: Techra and Titania, AR [[Franchise/{{Kirby}} Meta Knight]] and [[VideoGame/FireEmblemAwakening Lucina's]] [[FanCreatedOffspring daughters]], time travel from the distant future to join the Games.
* LargeAndInCharge:
** Elder Coatl of the Alebrijes' Land of Dreams is a colossal Alebrije, with his quarters being just as large as him. He towers over the already-giant Zuma and Rodriguez by three feet.
** Commander Cranium, leader of the [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Dry Bones]] army, is a Big Dry Bones, stands twice as tall as his soldiers.
* LarynxDissonance: When Power and [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Ralsei]] switched bodies, [[VoicesAreMental their voices swapped with them]], so they tried to sound like each other to hide from the [[Franchise/{{Transformers}} ex-Decepticons]] that they were swapped. It didn't work because they ended up sounding like boys going through puberty.
* LetsSplitUpGang:
** The rescue teams' strategy for raiding Scipion's makeshift lair to rescue [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Kris]] and Lucian. VideoGame/{{Und|ertale}}yne suggested doing so even if she was aware she was contradicting [[WesternAnimation/SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPower Glimmer's]] advice to [[NeverSplitTheParty stick together]], only for Susie to immediately run off to look for Kris. While Morgan trapped Susie for her trouble, the plan worked in the rescue teams' favor as Aaron, James, and Ralsei split off to find her while the others fought off [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Ridley's crew]] and the [[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory Dark Star]].
** The [[Franchise/ScoobyDoo Mystery Gang's]] tendency to split up to search for clues was {{lampshade|Hanging}}d when Shaggy counted to three just before Fred suggested splitting up to search for Kelby in [[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiDreamTeam Pi'illo Island.]]
* LieToTheBeholder: Before running away to New Durango, Freyja and Nyx gave magic stones to [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries Bonnie, Clyde]], and the 'Brijes that cast illusions that hide their true forms. They were still themselves under the disguises, but they have to hold the stones near them to retain them.
* LighterAndSofter: ''Another Side, Another Story'' is this to ''Convergence'', and while it still has its dark moments, there are more comedic and lighthearted moments than its predecessor.
* LoopholeAbuse: After data cloning was made mandatory for ''all'' tributes starting in Season 258, 6k1 and Ally got concerned about those potentially violating the rule such as the Tempest System creating magical tribute constructs and sending them to the Arena to make them "more real", meaning that they are not digitally cloned as defined by the law. However, the Gamemakers haven't stated the punishment yet, and those with their own cloning system are still allowed to use it, even non-digital clones because they didn't specify it has to be a ''data'' cloning system.
* LooseCanon: While ''Convergence/Another Side, Another Story'' takes place concurrently with the canon seasons, several liberties are taken with some parts of the canon to make the story work, like Snow's many deaths becoming [[ActuallyADoombot Snowclones being killed]] and several tributes [[SparedByTheAdaptation not actually dying]] despite being stated to do so.
* MadeOfEvil:
** Valecor is an Exterrerian, a being made of literal [[invoked]] NightmareFuel as a result of an experiment by Scientist Dave. GASK also experimented on these creatures in the OG timeline, but they failed because the beings weren't intelligent enough.
** [[Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa Nightmare]] is also the same species as Valecor, and this let the former secretly absorb the latter's essence while he was still active.
* MagicAIsMagicA: How magic works varies across universes, and some spells have complicated rules on how they are used:
** Power's art magic has complex rules governing it, given how long she had to learn to master it:
*** It requires full concentration or else the spell breaks. Bigger and more complex drawings are harder and take longer to summon, and she needs to rest if she summons a drawing as big as Franchise/KingKong, but she'll faint from exhaustion if she summons anything bigger than him.
*** While she can make her food drawings come to life, she can't make them taste like the real ones because she hasn't mastered that part of her spell yet.
*** It takes more willpower to successfully summon a living being than an inanimate object, and the spell only works perfectly on her drawings or the drawings of those she collaborated on because they were made in her vision, totally or partially. [[spoiler:Ralsei learned the hard way when he tried learning her art magic while in her body, as he tried but failed to summon a translator for Stanford-in-Sticky's-body that he drew up himself, [[LoopholeAbuse but that didn't stop him from using the spell on]] ''[[LoopholeAbuse her]]'' [[LoopholeAbuse drawings.]]]]
** [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Princess Cadance's]] love spell can make anyone fall in love with others, but it can't change their sexual or romantic orientation. For example, if she casts it on a gay stallion, then he'll always fall in love with another stallion instead of a mare or a non-binary pony. Cadance is, to date, [[SecretArt the only pony who mastered this spell]], and it's [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique extremely dangerous for even the most talented unicorns to replicate it.]]
* MagicalDefibrillator: Reviving a tribute that died from the mental shock of their data clone's death [[YourMindMakesItReal while using VR]] is as simple as using [[{{Magitek}} technomagically]] advanced defibrillators on them.
* MakeWayForTheNewVillains: ???'s [[spoiler:(actually Dark Bale's)]] Legion, who had been working in the background for their personal goals, [[spoiler:killed Markus after the fall of the Legion of Doom and then raided his churches to turn them into their new bases]].
* ManipulativeEditing:
** The Gamemakers sometimes edit the footage to make scenes more dramatic or cover up inconsistencies such as tributes not actually dying when they're supposed to. However, they sometimes slip up, so they review the footage after the fact and adjust the kill tally accordingly.
** [[spoiler:[[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Raven Beak]] doctored the footage of Fire Eyes' near-fatal defeat to Proteus Ridley to make it look like the nominators killed the Mawkin instead. He then showed this to Blood Moon to feed into his hatred against the nominators, thus forcing him to shed his Kelby disguise and capture all the Altfords hiding in [[Roleplay/WeAreAllPiratesRevenge Belissima]] in his grief-induced rampage.]]
* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy:
** Fukuro and Imori, two workers at Dobu-2 Corp, may look like a woman and a man, respectively, but they're actually a [[LongHairedPrettyBoy long-haired man]] and a [[BoyishShortHair short-haired woman.]]
** Irene and Pedro, a married couple, are a brutish Tinkaton (an [[OneGenderRace all-female]] Franchise/{{Pokemon}} species) blacksmith and a flamboyant Quaquaval dancer (who's male and is of a predominantly male species), respectively.
* TheMasquerade: Some worlds must be kept secret from others, such as [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} the Dark World to the Light World]], so the Gamemakers censor the footage of their inhabitants so they wouldn't be exposed to other worlds in their local broadcasting. [[spoiler:[[BrokenMasquerade It got broken]] when Noelle realized that she wasn't dreaming about her last season at the time, Reboot Season 196, because she woke up with her watch stolen by [[Film/HomeAlone Harry and Marv]] after she was revived. She lashed out at Susie [[LiarRevealed for lying to her not just about her Arena experiences, but also her adventure in Cyber World]], but Kris explained that it was for her and Berdly's protection as revealing the Dark World's existence to the Lightners might [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt risk destroying both worlds with the Roaring.]] However, Noelle didn't forgive Susie immediately for the lie, though she and Berdly would do their best not to spread the secret to the other Lightners.]]
* MassiveMultiplayerCrossover: Besides the ''sheer'' number of tributes from various universes that are nominated every season (including the massive group tributes like Tier 0 aka EVERYTHING), there are many characters who are [[CanonForeigner created specifically for the roleplay]] like the nominators and their assistants. Some of these characters are [[CanonImmigrant eventually nominated in the main thread.]]
* MassTransformation: There are a few events where all the tributes are transformed either into [[HumanityEnsues humans]], nonhumans, or clones of a random tribute. HilarityEnsues when some of them are [[NinjaPirateZombieRobot already transformed into something or someone else]], like when [[WesternAnimation/{{Encanto}} Alma Madrigal]] and Alma Coin suddenly turned into [[VideoGame/BattleForWesnoth Garak]] clones in Season 264, while already [[FreakyFridayFlip body-swapped]] with each other.
* MeaningfulEcho:
** When 6k1 fainted from seeing her own tribute [[Franchise/FindingNemo Dory]] [[OmnicidalManiac destroy Tier 0]] in Reboot Season 74, Dave told the others to continue the mission to storm Zorua's base without him, saying, [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII "let ME keep HER safe."]] When he collapsed from the wounds caused by Zorua detonating the base, 6k1 returned the favor by telling the others to go home ahead of them, saying almost the exact same line.
** When Power was anxious about the Reserve System temporarily being implemented starting in Reboot Season 185, Ichi assured her: "If time flies when you're havin' fun, Pow-Pow, the new sim'll prolly sneak up on ya while you're gettin' all wrapped up in the Games." She repeated this to him almost word-for-word when he was getting impatient with the delay of the 5th Reboot Nominator Games.
* MemoryWipingCrew:
** Zanreo, 6k1, and Bale all have their tributes' memories of the seasons wiped after they've been revived. [[AmnesiaMissedASpot The process hasn't been perfected, however]], but in 6k1's case, the Necromancy Department was eventually funded sufficiently so they can perfect it.
** Psyche also began wiping her tributes' memories starting in Reboot Season 73, after realizing that letting them retain them has caused them to suffer from the lasting trauma of being in the Games.
** [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Uxie]] is described as a "one-mon [[Literature/HarryPotter Obliviator]] team" by [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Ralsei]]. She can erase people's memories by opening her eyes in front of them, and she had been secretly wiping the Lightners' memories of seeing Darkners in the Arena before the events of Chapter 2.
* MentalHealthRecoveryArc: In Reboot Seasons 81 and 82, Power learned to control her anxiety attacks by taking lessons with Twilight and Fluttershy. While her assertiveness training with Fluttershy was cancelled due to Discord interrupting her and Starfall's visit at the pegasus' cottage, Power still learned to be more self-confident by just observing them talk Discord down for pranking her.
* MercyKill:
** "YOU" gave one to [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Sayaka]] in Reboot Season 25 by strangling her. [[EmpathicShapeshifter Their 6k1 persona]] took pity on her Arena sufferings and killed her in the Bloodbath.
** In Reboot Season 160, [[Film/Ghost1990 Sam Wheat]] did this upon '''all of humanity''' using a giant spoon after seeing them [[EldritchTransformation end up becoming eldritch horrors]] as a result of the Franchise/{{Ghostbusters}} spiking their drinks with literal [[invoked]] NightmareFuel during the Feast.
* MergedReality:
** The ultimate goal of the Legion of Doom was to merge all the universes so they could rule them all at once. This resulted in various creatures appearing outside their home universes and freely roaming in the merged ones. [[spoiler:Once the Legion was defeated, the effects of the Multiversal Convergence were undone by using their superweapon to fix them.]]
** The Voidlands has an ever-shifting landscape that rapidly and unpredictably transforms into various universes, given its eldritch nature.
* MesACrowd: Several nominators and villains use clones of themselves to make their jobs more efficient.
** Both Dave and Valecor can make clones of themselves so they can be in many places at once. They can also mentally communicate with them. Dave's clones may be augmented by the power of [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda the Sheikah tribe]] for spying purposes, since the Sheikah are infamous for their ability to blend in the shadows.
** Dave also employs the use of man-made [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Replicas]], which are more independent compared to his shadow clones. The Replica models are human in pretty much every way, since they are based off of [[VideoGame/KingdomHeartsIII Vexen's newest models for the Real Organization XIII.]]
** Downplayed with Billy, 6k1, and Power, who have only one clone each, but they help streamline their jobs.
*** Billy has an exact clone that was made by generating his body accurately in a chamber, before the clone was brought to life and had memories of Billy copied and transferred to it. However, it lacks Billy's combat skills.
*** 6k1 uses [[WesternAnimation/LiloAndStitchTheSeries Dupe]] to clone herself, but due to his defect, [[CloningSplitsAttributes her strength gets evenly divided between her and the clone.]]
*** Power draws weaker clones of herself in different art styles and assigns them to her art school, replacing them when they die. Her first was a minimalist self-portrait named [[PunnyName Pointy Stroke]], who died from the wounds inflicted by [[VideoGame/TheBattleCats Miko Mitama]] in Reboot Season 60. She was replaced by ''Paper'' Stroke, who was inspired by Twilight's form when she [[Recap/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagicS5E12AmendingFences entered one of Moondancer's books to talk her out of her reclusiveness.]]
** Also downplayed with Elliot, since he and his clone are only different because of some time shenanigans. Elliot 1.0 and 2.0 were split around Reboot Season 52, when he was both sent back to his new body in his home multiverse and nominated for that season, as the Battle Royale was imminent then.
** Morgan the [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Morgrem]] can summon clones of himself during battles, which explode when they get hit.
** Deconstructed with "Archangel" Markus Hasselhoff. While he usually uses remote bodies to interact with the others, this is entirely a side effect [[EmergencyTransformation he never wanted in the first place]], [[spoiler:since he was burnt by the upper class people living in the Capitol using white phosphorus allotropes and he has to live inside a capsule for the rest of his life.]]
** June has used her abilities as a Zoroark to create illusionary duplicates of herself, such as during her performance at Hazemaster's Halloween party. While she doesn't use them in battle often, she did so during the final battle at the [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Genetics Lab in [=SR388=]]] to divert Knox's attention from Wednesday.\\
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She used Stanford's cloning remote to create perfect duplicates of herself to help her prepare the lair for her Valentine's party, but Stanford reprimanded her for it because the stray clones made a mess. She profusely apologized for using his remote without permission, and with the help of the guests, she rounded up her clones and built a funhouse for them near the lair.
** Stef can make a potion that splits the drinker into multiple copies depending on how much they drink it. She used this on herself to try escaping Dark Stanford without him noticing, [[spoiler:but he caught her red-handed when the Hypnos-Stone he stole detected her "apparently" locked in his prison and hiding in [[Roleplay/WeAreAllPiratesRevenge Belissima]] at the same time]]. Stef also used this to split Les and Reba into multiple copies to scatter them across the Multiverse to ensure Dark Stanford doesn't catch them.
* MirrorMatch:
** VideoGame/{{Und|ertale}}yne, [[FisherKingdom who was transformed into a Swampert when she entered the]] VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon World, had one against the [[VideoGame/MarioAndLuigiBowsersInsideStory Dark Star]] when it [[MirrorBoss transformed into Dark Undyne]] during the rescue mission for Lucian.
** Before it was nominated for Reboot Season 193, 6k1's [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Vaporeon]] fought against her Mew, [[DittoFighter which shapeshifted into it]], for her disguise revealer experiment. She had to determine which one of them was Mew before either of them fainted, but misjudged and accidentally zapped the real Vaporeon with her device. However, it was only stunned for a while, and Mew healed it before it went to the Arena.
* MisplacedWildlife: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d during the vacation at the [[Franchise/FindingNemo Great Barrier Reef]], where [[Literature/TheMagicSchoolBus Carlos]] questioned Bailey living in the coral reef when belugas like him live in the Arctic. [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIIReturnToTheSea Melody]] added that her penguin friend Dash is supposed to live farther south from her castle, so it wasn't that different from Bailey's situation.
* MistakenForImprisonment: Kenny and Heidi went to the outskirts of New Durango to rescue her twin sister Holly from a horde of bandits, but it turned out she was their leader and the cave where she was seemingly trapped in was their new lair.
* MistakenIdentity:
** [[AlternateSelf Alternate versions]] of canon characters (or "Prime Universe" selves) are regular tributes, and there are also alts of them who are ''[[InexplicablyIdenticalIndividuals near-perfect, if not exact copies]]'', all the way down to their backstories. The nominators learned how to tell them apart, but it's still easy to make mistakes.
*** While she's aware of them, 6k1 assumes that any tribute who shows up more than once is the same tribute from their first season for easier Database organization and because she believes that their experiences would be invalidated if an alt makes the Hall of Fame, [[AllForNothing rendering what seems to be many seasons of suffering just to get up there moot]]. While it ''is'' the case for her tributes, this came to a head when she thought the Legion of Doom forcibly nominated "her" Twilight into the Arena for Reboot Season 97 when it was AR Twilight instead, prompting the former to help her deal with her issues with "tribute theft". Twilight even wore a star-shaped clip so 6k1 [[IdenticalTwinIDTag can better tell her apart from other Twilights.]]\\
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[[spoiler:After accepting that the general public wouldn't care if the winning tributes are clones or alts, 6k1 made an exception for [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Sayaka Miki]] when she finally got 2nd Place along with her friends in Reboot Season 190. She had been suffering under an abusive nominator for so many Earth Prime years, 6k1 no longer cared if she was an alt or not in that season, as Mr. Star presumably nominated and/or cloned her instead of Psyche and "her" Sayaka needed to recover. However, her assumption of tributes being the same since their first season still stands for the first reason mentioned.]]
*** Power, being 6k1's counterpart, also assumes that her tribute friends are still themselves and not alts whenever someone else nominates them. On the contrary, Ichi assures her that they ''are'' alts so she wouldn't be worried, but this gets {{subverted|Trope}} when she calls them with her crystal ball to [[SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay confirm with them that they're not.]]
*** Ichi also mistakenly believed that the [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Chara]] he nominated back in OT Season 21 wasn't the same Chara who owned the Locket that 6k1 used against [[spoiler:Photoshop Flowey]] in Scipion's [[VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon Mystery Dungeon World]] until they confirmed it otherwise themself when 6k1 confronted them in their old village.
** 6k2[[note]]who was cloned from 6k1 because she was busy testing her disguise revealer[[/note]] mistook Rebbeca, who was transformed into a [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Mismagius]] at [[Roleplay/WeHaveAllBecomePokemon Whispering Pines]], for Persephone, another Mismagius 6k2's familiar with. Tokage pointed out that Persephone is centuries older.
** In the 4th Reboot Nominator Games (Season 200), CAC mistook Scipion, [[FreakyFridayFlip who was in June's body at the time]][[note]]though he was technically using a June illusion by Skyler since he was already switched back by Wanda-in-Cleo's-body[[/note]], for being [[GenderBender gender-swapped]] because he was out of the loop about the mass body-swapping incident.
** A two-way example occurs at the Rose Quarters, where [[VideoGame/PuyoPuyon Doppelganger Arle]] (who [[MeaningfulRename renamed herself "Lily" to differentiate herself from the original Arle]]) reacts to the presence of the Tempest System's Arle under the pretense that she was the same one that died [[spoiler:in the explosion that destroyed the Webking House]], and [[VideoGame/PuyoPuyo7 Ringo Andou]] initially comes to the wrong conclusion, thinking Lily is "Diacute Bayoen Arle", not Doppelganger Arle.
* MobileFishbowl: [[Franchise/FindingNemo Nemo and Dory]] each use one that's designed like [[WesternAnimation/{{Megamind}} Minion's]] so they can move around more easily.
* ModernizedGod: Satan wore EmoTeen clothes when Valecor visited him, reasoning that he had to keep up with the times.
* MorphicResonance: Most shapeshifters retain one distinguishable part so they can be identified by others when in a different form, and it's also useful for reminding themselves of who they are on the inside so they won't suffer an [[ShapeshifterIdentityCrisis identity crisis.]]
* MusicalisInterruptus: During the VideoGame/{{Under|tale}}ground's 6th Anniversary Festival, the main cast hosted the closing ceremony with a talent show. Because Asriel and Chara were busy exploring the Ruins, the finale's [[WebVideo/UndertaleTheMusical musical number]] was awkwardly interrupted because Asriel wasn't there to sing the final line.
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch:
** [[VisualNovel/HiveswapFriendsim Galekh Xigisi]] believed that 6k1 nominated him in Reboot Season 37 under the assumption that [[AlwaysChaoticEvil all highbloods enjoyed slaughter]], which offended him.
** Venus threatened to add an "Asshole Tax" to the Cosmic Crusaders' bill after Charlotte assumed that all [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Purugly]] were "greedy, swindling pigs".
** Edgar, [[{{Hypocrite}} despite being a stereotypical greedy]] [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Murkrow]] who likes shiny objects, called out Scipion for assuming that ''all'' Murkrow are like this.
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: A few Franchise/{{Pokemon}} from the [[VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon Mystery Dungeon Worlds]] are named after famous people, like Edgar the Murkrow being named after Creator/EdgarAllanPoe, author of ''The Raven'', and Vinci the Runerigus being an artist like his namesake Creator/LeonardoDaVinci.
* NamedByTheAdaptation: A lot of nameless {{Mooks}} that are nominated in ''Beyond the Possibilities'' are named in both RP threads. Examples include the [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Dry Bones]] in Reboot Seasons 127 and 130 being named Dry Bones Jones in ASAS, and various Franchise/{{Pokemon}} being given nicknames by their Trainers like Sunshine the Wooloo in Season 223.
* NeverSleepAgain: The Hypnos-Stone is a magical artifact hidden in Coatl's castle that allows an Alebrije to look into a person's dreams from anywhere in the Multiverse. [[spoiler:Blood Moon successfully stole it for Dark Stanford, who used it to locate the remaining alternate Stanfords in their sleep, so everyone who was under his threat worried about not being able to go to bed, just to avoid detection. This didn't matter anymore when Dark Stanford cracked the Hypnos-Stone's full potential as a Multiversal spy cam, allowing him to spy on anyone anytime, even when they're awake.]]
* NeverSplitTheParty: The basement team's strategy when they were investigating the Winter's End while the patrol team guarded it during the Sayaka Mission. However, Dave and Fira [[LetsSplitUpGang split from the others once]] when a voice beckoned them, which led them to being trapped by Dark Dave. Thankfully, he didn't seriously harm them, and he let them regroup with the others after confronting them about their relationship.
* NiceToTheWaiter: Reba, the queen of Rebassia, is shown to be generous when she tips the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic earth pony]] waiter while hiding in Belissima, to Wanda's surprise since Reba used to be a greedy, tyrannical ruler.
* NoEndorHolocaust: To an extent whenever a tribute [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverKill timewrecks]] another. Some of the ways they kill them cause massive collateral damage, but the other tributes seem to be conveniently out of range as they're not as severely affected as the victim for the rest of the season. However, the timewrecking in Reboot Season 60 was massive enough to destroy all the nominator schools and kill some of the teachers inside, but further measures were taken to prevent the destruction from happening again. Also, the Library didn't suffer any damage from the three timewrecking events in Seasons 60, 81, and 223 despite being inside the Arena.
* NonHumansLackAttributes: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Roy Koopa]] when he [[FreakyFridayFlip switched bodies with Kay the Birdo]] during June's cheer-up party for Stanford. He mentioned lacking... [[GenderBender certain parts]], despite neither of them having visible privates to begin with.
* NotHelpingYourCase: During the prelude to the 5th Reboot Nominator Games, Ana mentions that Sylvi got the system killed with alcohol in the previous Nominator Games. Sylvi points out that technically she got them killed with ''turpentine'', which Ana does not think is an improvement at all.
* OfficialCouple: Besides the unusual pairings that hook up in the Arena, the nominators and their tributes have found love outside it in one way or another. Some of the notable pairings are Dave/Fira as per Season 108, James/Arthur as per Season 115 [[{{Polyamory}} (with Nick being added after Season 141)]], Tabby/Noire as per Season 125, George/Kayla as per Season 146, [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Asgore/Toriel]] as per Season 167, Henry/Tenn as per Season 206, June/Aaron as per Season 222, and Kenny/Heidi as per Season 252.
* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight]] entered [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Asriel's]] nightmare to defend him from a [[DreamPeople nightmare version]] of CAC, one of his past nominators, who attempted to [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill timewreck]] him for [[SelfMadeOrphan murdering his parents in cold blood]] within the dream. The battle between Twilight and CAC wasn't shown, but she managed to restrain him with magical rope and [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech call him out for his extreme vigilantism]], although she had to [[TakenForGranite turn him into stone]] for refusing to change.
* OhMyGods: With deities being Arena regulars, it's not uncommon for nominators and tributes alike to invoke their names. [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Ponies]] go "Oh my Celestia!", [[spoiler:even if she retired and passed the crown to Twilight]]; Pokémon from the [[VideoGame/PokemonMysteryDungeon Mystery Dungeon Worlds]] scream the names of Legendaries and Mythicals, not just Arceus; while Ichi once [[EmergencyMultifaithPrayer "prayed to every conceivable deity and even a few inconceivable ones"]] that 6k1 wouldn't come for him when ComicBook/{{Carnage}} gave Ally a death threat in Reboot Season 54.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted in general. With all the tributes coming from different universes, it's inevitable that many of them would share the same name. Notable aversions include:
** "Dave". There's Dave the Assassin, minor character ''Scientist'' Dave, and NPC ''[[VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies Crazy]]'' [[VideoGame/PlantsVsZombies Dave]].
** "Hal". There's Scientist Hal and [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey HAL 9000]][[note]]who was remodeled into a toaster and then a toilet[[/note]], where the former is named after the latter.
** "Ribeyrolles". One's a [[VideoGame/GirlsFrontline Tactical Doll]] while the other's a sentient bullet that was given life by Star Energy.
** "Ichigo", a name shared between a nominator and a [[Manga/TokyoMewMew Magical Girl.]] Power had to call them by their last names during Bale's party.
** "Wanda". One's a magical ''T-rex'', the other's [[Literature/TheMagicSchoolBus one of Ms. Frizzle's students]], while another's [[WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddparents a fairy]] who snapped and went on a murder spree after her husband Cosmo's death in Reboot Season 140. The first one had to go by "Wandabee" since she and Wanda Li both met at Haze's Halloween party, and she also {{lampshade|hanging}}d how many Wandas there are already.
** Dess the [[VideoGame/PokemonLegendsArceus Hisuian Zoroark]] coincidentally shares the same name as [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Noelle's]] [[TheGhost unseen sister]]. Hearing the Zoroark's name ends up upsetting Noelle the first time they meet because an unspecified but implied to be traumatic event happened to her sister when Noelle was a fawn and she never saw her ever since.
** During Ally's vacation to the [[Franchise/FindingNemo Great Barrier Reef]], [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 Ariel's]] daughter [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaidIIReturnToTheSea Melody]] met up with [[Roleplay/WeAreAllPiratesRevenge Ira's]] daughter, who's also named Melody. The former had to go by her nickname "Mel-Mel" while the latter had to go by her middle name "Kamea" to avoid confusion during the trip. There's also [[WesternAnimation/LittleEinsteins Melody the Music Pet]], who was struck with the [[Fanfic/BackgroundPony Background Tribute Curse]] in Reboot Season 134, which caused anyone who interacted with her to immediately forget about her.
** Nina is the sister of Vincent the [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Fire Piranha Plant]], but it's also the name of the stoic [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Cacturne]] of the Black Stars.
** The aversions were {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Power when she and [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Ralsei]] prepared to go home after the first Reboot Nominator Games.
---> '''Power''': ''[to Dave]'' Just so you know, Ralsei's Dark World's not to be confused with [[VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast that Dark World]] or [[Film/ThorTheDarkWorld that other Dark World]], you know what I mean?
---> '''Ralsei''': There's more than one Dark World?!
---> '''Power''': These Games are broadcasted across the entire multiverse, so that's to be expected!
* OpinionChangingDream: Les and Reba used to [[TerrifyingTyrannosaur live up to their species' name as tyrannical rulers of their kingdom]] and pushed their daughter Wanda into using her powers for evil just like them. Some time after she ran away from them, they were visited by an Alebrije called Nate in their dreams, who gave them a nightmare where they [[FreakyFridayFlip switched bodies with two of their commoners for a week.]] This made Les and Reba realize how much they hurt their daughter and the entire kingdom, and [[HeelFaceTurn they've been working on changing their ways since then.]] However, it took them years to convince the citizens that they've genuinely changed for the better, [[ReformedButRejected and Wanda initially didn't believe them]] when they find her at Eye-Sicle's lair.
* OurAlebrijesAreDifferent:
** The Alebrijes are winged magical creatures that range from MixAndMatchCritters to [[EldritchAbomination incomprehensible beings]] that glow a rainbow of colors and have different kinds of powers. They hail from New Durango's [[DreamLand Land of Dreams]] and can enter the dreams of others. They're also immortal creatures who have lived for thousands of years, but while they can't die naturally unless they give up their immortality along with their powers, they're still vulnerable to being killed. They [[AlienBlood spill rainbow blood]] when they die, and their souls are reduced to rainbow orbs that can be easily crushed by hand or absorbed. Alebrijes can also possess inanimate objects and assume their form and also possess living beings and control them, but by doing so, they destroy the host's soul, killing them.
** A curse called the Alebrije Touch can grant ordinary Durangians like Joaquin and the Sundown Bandits (the latter who renamed themselves the 'Brijes after their transformation) the powers of an Alebrije, but they can only [[NighttimeTransformation transform into them at sunset.]] Since Joaquin was closest to the urn that gave him the Touch, he can also [[SuperMode power himself up into a Full Alebrije when he taps into his maximum power.]] The Touch also [[NewBodyOldAbilities goes with the bearer whenever they switch bodies]], which was why Knox was still able to transform while in [[WesternAnimation/WileECoyoteAndTheRoadRunner Wile E. Coyote's]] body. Mortal descendants of Alebrijes can also be temporarily granted the Touch in case of emergency.
** [[spoiler:If the Hypnos-Stone gets stolen, the Alebrijes slowly mutate into Nightmares, which make bad dreams instead of good ones. The stronger-willed an Alebrije is, the more resistant they are to the transformation.]]
* OverusedRunningGag: In Reboot Season 114, the Gamemakers received many complaints from the viewers and even Mr. Sutton about RussianReversal events occurring too frequently, so they held a poll on what to do with them. The ones that happen in the Bloodbath along with a few others were purged the following season.
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[[folder: Tropes P - T]]
* ParentalAbandonment:
** Both Mimi and Arcturus lost their parents at a very young age: the former never saw hers since they hid her egg when the "bad people" invaded her home, while the latter saw his being killed by Blackblood's soldiers before Arcturus was kidnapped by ??? [[spoiler:(actually Dark Bale)]]. Thankfully, both of them were HappilyAdopted by 6k1 and Billy, respectively.
** Alex's father Flint, who was a Charizard and a famed rescuer, passed away before Alex met Aaron. He also never knew his mother growing up because Charizard couples leave it to one parent to raise their children. Alex's teammate Tokage also lost his parents when he was younger, but he was later HappilyAdopted by Proteus.
** Reggie and Lizzie Dawnshire had loving parents, even if the latter supported Snow during his regime. They then neglected their kids when they worked at Neon Quarters before dying in the destruction during the Multiversal War. Thankfully, Dave and Fira rescued Reggie and Lizzie during their mission to save [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Sayaka Miki]] and decided to [[HappilyAdopted adopt them as their own.]]
** Marian's parents passed on before her introduction, and because of this, she can't ask them about [[spoiler:her half-Alebrije heritage.]]
* ParentsInDistress: Les and Reba got kidnapped by Dark Stanford not long after they reconciled with their daughter Wanda, and she must storm his lair in [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} ZDR]] to rescue them.
* PastLifeMemories: The nominators who participated in the Games in the OT generally remember it fully after surviving the Great Destruction. Only a few tributes from that timeline, usually those who have RippleEffectProofMemory such as time travelers like [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Frisk]], recall it too, because the dimensional rips leading to the Reboot Timeline cause brain damage and wipe the memories of those who pass through them. The OT nominators[[note]]barring 6k1 and Dave, who already have the immunity[[/note]], Franchise/{{Kirby}}[[note]]the one loyal to Mr. Star[[/note]], and CAC'S VideoGame/RushingBeat friends[[note]]though one can assume that he simply informed them of the OT after the jump[[/note]] are among the few without RippleEffectProofMemory to have their minds survive the jump between timelines. Billy, despite joining in the Reboot, also remembers the OT and how he survived the Great Destruction.
* PerilousMarriageProposal: At the Alebrijes' Land of Dreams, [[spoiler:Joaquin]] promised to marry [[spoiler:Veena, who's being atomized by Dark Stanford,]] after the mission to protect the Hypnos-Stone is all over, knowing that [[spoiler:she'll come back after it since she'll [[AndIMustScream just be contained in a beaker as a dormant liquid until her atoms are restored.]]]]
* PersonAsVerb: Ichi and Power's deep, intimate friendship ended up influencing Oscar and Lucian's that Aaron has affectionately called the latter's friendship "Ichistroking".
* PerspectiveFlip: The main thread's about the tributes fighting each other to death, while ''Convergence/ASAS's'' about the lives of the nominators, or the people sending in the tributes, along with their closest allies.
* PlaceBeyondTime:
** Being a spatial and temporal amalgamation of every possible universe, time doesn't make sense in the Voidlands. It's possible for it to be morning in one section and night in another, and time travel isn't possible there.
** Tempest Zone doesn't seem to operate on a normal timescale with the rest of the 'verse, and Ylva says that clocks don't work there. It's also implied that there's a timeskip to ''after'' the season at the Tempest Zone whenever their tributes are revived, explaining why from the perspective of the reader, they ''appear'' to be eliminated from the Arena immediately after their deaths without making any posthumous appearances[[note]]they actually do, but mostly offscreen[[/note]].
* PlanetOfHats: The Bugtrio and the Fiery Blue Wings went to a parallel version of Whispering Pines for their day trip, where everyone is either a clone of Henry or transformed into him. [[spoiler:They discover that this world's Henry became a corrupt prince who [[AssimilationPlot was manipulated by Evil Phoebe into transforming his subjects into his likeness and forcing them to worship him]] as payback for kicking him out of the island.]]
* PolarOppositeTwins: Between the [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Vaporeon]] Twins, [[EnergeticAndSoftSpokenDuo Penny is hyperactive while Jenny is reserved.]]
* PortalBook:
** Played with: [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]] uses books from other worlds as the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirls Crystal Mirror's]] power source so she can go to those worlds through it.
** The Database Library has traditional Portal Books in its Restricted Section to ensure that visitors, especially young children, don't accidentally get lost inside them.
* PortalNetwork:
** One of the primary ways of travel between universes is through portals, and this is how most tributes enter Panem. Some nominators can [[ThinkingUpPortals summon them on their own]], like Dave, Mett, and Elliot. In addition, Billy's servants, George and Kayla, can summon portals, too.
** The [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Fountain of Darkness]] in Castle Town serves as a Multiversal portal for Ralsei, which opened itself to the Games after Kris and Susie sealed the Eastern Fountain in Card Kingdom and left. Its magic can also retain visitors' forms whenever they travel to worlds with FisherKingdom effects.
* PreInsanityReveal: A flashback scene reveals who Blood Moon used to be before he turned insane. [[spoiler:He was close comrades with Fire Eyes and Brave Spear since they were young [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Mawkin]] warriors, but during a dangerous mission on their home planet, Blood Moon was infected by an X Parasite and [[KillTheOnesYouLove was forced to kill his lover, Brave Spear.]] After Blood Moon fused with the X, his mind was warped with the parasite's primal instincts to feed on and infect others, and [[TheMourningAfter he never got over his murder of Brave Spear as a result.]] Blood Moon then used his insanity to torture and threaten Knox into doing his bidding, lest he get eaten as punishment. That is, until Knox managed to resist Blood Moon's attempted MindRape on him with the encouragement from Joaquin's soul inside Knox.]]
* PrivacyByDistraction: When 6k1[[note]]as a unicorn[[/note]] was having her friendship lessons with [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight]], she heard that "Bright Stardust"[[note]]who was actually Dave disguised as a unicorn[[/note]] would be visiting her. Not wanting him to intrude on their conversation, 6k1 told Spike to tell him once he arrived that Twilight was busy having a meeting with a census reporter named Bar Graph. She also removed her necklace, but felt that "Bright" would see through her PaperThinDisguise anyway since her scar showed through her pelt.
* PronouncingMyNameForYou: A variation where someone teaches another character how to pronounce a third character's name: When Old Justice met CAC's DistaffCounterpart, he thought of calling her "Stacy" because it rhymed with "CAC". Cue the following exchange:
--> '''The Smol One''': What? 'Stacy' doesn't rhyme with 'CAC'.\\
'''Robin''': He's pronouncing it 'CAC', not 'CAC'[[note]]"KAK"[[/note]].\\
'''Old Justice''': That's what I meant, 'C-A-C', 'Stacy'!
* ProtectiveCharm:
** Because they don't have it naturally, Power and Paper ordered RippleEffectProofMemory charms from Billy to protect their minds from forgetting tributes that are [[RetGone erased from existence]].
** After the [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Delta Warriors' mission in the Cyber World]], Ralsei made amulets containing the essence of the Fountain of Darkness to protect the Darkners from [[spoiler:turning into stone outside Castle Town since the Arena's protective magic until that point faded away.]]
* QueerEstablishingMoment:
** Towards the end of CVG, after helping her crew get rid of the Sphere Doomers at her base, Tabby got flattered when Andromeda carried her in her arms, hinting that Tabby's a lesbian.
** At one point in ASAS, CAC casually told his VideoGame/RushingBeat friends that he's aroace, and how he felt uncomfortable when he dated [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger Lavos]], [[VideoGame/MortalKombatDeception the One Being]], and [[VideoGame/{{Yakuza}} Kazuma Kiryu]] in Reboot Season 2. He believed that the Arena temporarily made him feel romantic/sexual attraction towards them that season.
** When CAC nominated the bisexual flag for Season 272, Strawbrey looked at it and Letooce awkwardly and wondered why CAC "called [the former] out like that", implying that she identifies with the flag.
* RandomEventsPlot: Much like how the events of every season are randomized, the various arcs in the thread vary wildly. Between parties, rescue missions, nominators and tributes just hanging out together, and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick villainous organizations planning Multiversal domination]], there's no real MythArc other than the misadventures the main characters have besides watching the Hunger Games.
* RealityChangingMiniature: There's a miniature version of the solar system in the Voidlands that affects the real deal when someone interacts with them. When Valecor first visited it, he pretended to eat the mini-earth, causing the real one to go dark during Snow's party. He then shot down the mini-sun in his second visit, blotting out the real earth's sky for six hours before Reboot Season 68.
* RecursiveCanon: Because ''anything'' can be a tribute, both the universe where a tribute resides and its respective work can coexist. For example, 6k1 reads the ''Literature/HarryPotter'' books while nominating tributes from the Wizarding World, which she visited once to return Charlie Weasley to his family after being [[RetGone erased from existence]] in Reboot Season 133.
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent: The reptile-themed Reboot Season 125 featured reptile characters being horrible to each other in all manner of ways including a villain league composed entirely of them, but fourth-place finisher [[WesternAnimation/LittleBear No Feet]] was an especially notable case as the character, canonically a rare snake aversion to the trope, became such an [[TheUnfettered unfettered]] ManipulativeBastard that it bordered on AdaptationalVillainy. He was ultimately the BigBad of the season who tricked [[Music/StrayKids I.N and Changbin]] into killing each other.
* RequestForPrivacy: Before Dave got discharged from the Science Center's Recovery Room after his injuries from the failed attempt to raid Zorua's base had healed, he requested everyone but 6k1 to leave so that he could ask her on what to do after he realized that Fira had a crush on him.
* RescueArc: The nominators often go on rescue missions to save fellow nominators or tributes that were captured or banished into other dimensions or points in time.
* ResurrectionDeathLoop: "Timewrecking" involves forcing the victim to drink the [[Franchise/TouhouProject Hourai Elixir]] to grant them immortality and then repeatedly killing and reviving them through a myriad of ways. Such a fate is considered [[AFateWorseThanDeath worse than death]] because it's difficult to escape from like a ''ship''wreck, but [[Music/{{BTS}} Kim Taehyung aka V]], [[VideoGame/LegacyOfKain Kain]], and the [[VideoGame/FireEmblemThreeHouses Black Eagles]] were luckily rescued by [[Franchise/TouhouProject Yukari]], Billy, and 6k1, respectively. Timewrecker and his forces were also subjected to this [[KarmicDeath as punishment for their atrocities]] during Villain Month but were [[TimeLoopTrap trapped in the loop for all of eternity.]]
* {{Retcon}}: Originally, Timewrecker analyzed the Arena in Reboot Season 68 and concluded that all the weirdness inside was residue from the Voidlands' creation because the Arena was in the epicenter of the Great Destruction. However, this was retconned in ASAS into either a mistake in his calculations or a lie about them because it didn't explain why the Arena behaved that way in the OT. It was revealed towards the end of CVG that the Gamemakers send a signal to the tributes to subconsciously manipulate them into behaving erratically.
* {{Retirony}}: Coatl, the Elder of the Alebrijes' Land of Dreams, planned to pass the crown to [[spoiler:his nephew, Knox, after the latter's late father (and Coatl's brother) Sebastian gave up his Alebrije powers to become a mortal coyote. However, Coatl declared Knox unfit for the throne for trying to steal the Hypnos-Stone and eating Alebrije souls, so he planned to pass the crown to Knox's adopted son Joaquin instead. Unfortunately, Coatl was then infected by an [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} X Parasite]], turning him into a mindless beast controlled by it and [[DeathOfPersonality killing the "real" him]] before he exploded from being defeated by the heroes.]]
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: The Starbles are mischievous furball creatures that can eat almost anything in one gulp and without ill effects, shoot twin lasers from their antennae, and also heal wounds with them. 6k1 and Billy both own them as pets, and they both gave them a lot of trouble until they were equipped with muzzles and {{Translator Collar}}s.
* RidingIntoTheSunset: {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Shelley when Odessa's pirate crew sails into the sunset after their adventure in the [[PortalBook magical pirate book.]] They decide to turn the ship around so they can hang out in the realm a little longer.
--> '''Shelley''': "If we go into the sunset, does that mean the story is over and we leave?"
* RobotBuddy: Zorua, 6k1, Bale, and Nine-Tailed Cat all have robot assistants, [=N0V-4=], the Databot (aka Ally), Xochi, and Majel, respectively, that help them with their jobs.
* RollercoasterMine: [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Ralsei]], Aaron, and James rode on one on the way to rescue Lucian, which crash-landed into the room where Kris was being held captive by Morgan, knocking out the latter during his fight against Susie.
* RonTheDeathEater:
** InUniverse. [[Music/{{BTS}} Jimin]] literally became a [[Literature/HarryPotter Death Eater]] during Reboot Season 60, as a result of being severely traumatized by how his bandmate, V, was killed by [[VideoGame/TheBattleCats Miko Mitama]], allowing [[Literature/HarryPotter Voldemort]] to corrupt him. He even got [[Series/{{Arrowverse}} metahuman]] powers too.
** [[ConversationalTroping Discussed]] by Power and Ichi when she shared with him her favorite fanfic, ''Fanfic/WhiteBox''. She didn't like that [[spoiler:[[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Princess]] [[BigGood Celestia]] was implied to be the bad guy]], which was a common trend for fanfic writers back in the day.
* RuleOfDrama: [[ConversationalTroping Discussed]] by Power and [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Alphys]] when they were researching about data clones for the latter's cloning machine project and their callout for 6k1 about her thoughts on the matter. Alphys thought of modifying the clone so that they're as difficult to retrieve as the original if they died in the [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill V Incident]] to "preserve its integrity", but Power shut it down, believing that 6k1 must accept that its shock value has to be sacrificed for her tributes' safety. They'd still preserve the other events because they understand that she'd want to keep some aspects of the Games in some way.
* RunningGag:
** 6k1 being exasperated every time absurdly large group tributes are nominated.
** [[Music/StrayKids Lee Felix]] [[BerserkButton going berserk]] whenever he sees someone not following his [[PleasePutSomeClothesOn ridiculously high fashion standards.]] [[RunningGagged However]], he eventually [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone regretted it after the Stays weren't pleased with his actions]] in Reboot Season 79, remembering what Terminus warned him of when he fought him in a warehouse.
** Aaron the [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Lucario]] having to be careful not to impale people with his chest spike when hugging them, though he has since [[RunningGagged drank a potion to remove it.]]
* ScienceFantasy: ''CVG/ASAS'''s genre could be considered this, as the diversity of the universes the tributes come from allows for a harmonious blend of both magic and technology, though it leans more in favor of the former.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: During 6k1's vacation, [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Sans and Papyrus]] were confronted by their old enemy Flowey[[note]]who's from another Underground where he wasn't aware of the Genocide Timeline[[/note]] along with [[WesternAnimation/GravityFalls Bill Cipher]] in front of their house. They summoned their Gaster Blasters at them for offering them to form an EnemyMine against one or the other, and also for Bill pulling a cruel prank on them by flooding their house with swamp water. When Flowey transformed into his Photoshop form and Bill set their house on fire, they both made a run for Waterfall. Needless to say, they were ''[[{{Pun}} boned.]]''
* SeeWater: During the treasure hunt section of the [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Las Pegasus]] funhouse, the room's magic passively granted the non-aquatic participants and those not wearing snorkels like Pinkie Pie underwater vision.
* ShareTheMalePain:
** In Reboot Season 95, the ''entire music fanbase'' was forced by Terminus's droid to collectively strike Dave Rogers in the groin. The scene was so painful to watch [[ExaggeratedTrope even Power, a unicorn mare, felt it.]]
** It happened again in Reboot Season 135 when ''the Multiverse'' punched [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Sakura Haruno and Sasuke Uchiha]] in their groins, causing Dave, Fira, and Hans to scream in unison. Power and [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Alphys]] also winced at the sight, but tried not to scream because they were watching in the Database Library.
** It also happened outside the Arena when Freyja, who was disguised as "Laura" in New Durango, kneed Scipion in the groin. All the men in the group who were assigned to retrieve [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Asriel's]] ring from the 'Brijes winced at the scene.
* ShowWithinAShow: President Snow has a [[SubvertedKidsShow "children's" show]] named "Future of Panem", which is just propaganda about him killing everyone who opposes him.
* SickeningSlaughterhouse: Snow's train passed through one while taking the nominators to the Arena for the 1st Reboot Nominator Games. The passengers, especially Starfall, Power, and [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Ralsei]] (who were two ponies and a goat, respectively), were understandably grossed out by the livestock being slaughtered right in front of them.
* SimpleSolutionWontWork: Because the Tempests are {{Domain Holder}}s, the smol one suggests just using that power to conjure medication for their untreated ADHD. Mintleaf, baffled that she hadn't ever considered this, tries it immediately, but it doesn't work, seemingly arbitrarily -- she chalks it up to [[MediumAwareness "fourth-wall reasons".]]
* SinkingShipScenario: While [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Noelle and Berdly]] were sailing aboard Benji's ship to Danjor Island, the former worried about how the Delta Warriors were doing fighting [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Kyurem]] outside the Expedition Society HQ. She {{imagine|Spot}}d herself and Susie reenacting ''Film/Titanic1997'', even its sinking, [[NotHisSled but unlike in the movie]], Susie, [[FurryReminder being a reptile]], froze to death before she could swim towards Noelle and the big piece of driftwood she was floating on.
* SkewedPriorities:
** Ichi is more concerned about seasons being delayed than whatever dangers are looming over Panem, even the Multiversal War.
** When 6k1 revealed that she was pretending to be Power at Haze's Halloween party, her guests, who were playing along with her, took offense that she used her disguise to lie to Bale about her thoughts on data clones... while [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Papyrus]] was surprised that [[ComicallyMissingThePoint her "ears" were detachable.]]
** In Reboot Season 133, Ally was more concerned about Ultimate finally showing himself after being reclusive for so long than his brief fight with Psyche in the Arena.
** When [[spoiler:Silas]] threatened to possess him, Henry was more afraid of his reputation being tarnished and [[WardrobeWound his tabard being stained]] than being psychologically damaged or forced to hurt his allies. [[spoiler:He ended up eating his own words when Silas went through with the threat by [[GrandTheftMe forcing his soul out of his body before possessing it.]]]]
** [[Roleplay/WeAreAllPiratesRevenge Belissima]], a vain ChestMonster, was more upset by her appearance being ruined when [[spoiler:the Voidlands Franchise/{{Metroid}} snatched her away and dropped her after destroying Eye-Sicle's lair.]]
* SnapBack: After Reboot Season 81, when [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Bebe]] dipped herself into [[Franchise/{{Kirby}} Magolor's]] vat of literal [[invoked]] SugarWiki/SweetDreamsFuel, she transformed into Nagisa. However, she was back to being Bebe in the Sayaka Mission with no explanation on how she transformed back.
* SpaghettiKiss: Lucian and Oscar invoked this on June and Aaron during their Christmas party at the [[WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes Looniverse]] by stringing a candy necklace around their necks and watching them eat the opposite ends.
* SparedByTheAdaptation:
** In Reboot Season 41, the entire Legion of Doom got electrocuted by the Forcefield because of [[GravityScrew gravity reversal]], but in ''Convergence'', some of the members survived thanks to GASK and Valecor's intervention.
** Franchise/{{Kirby}} almost always escapes certain death in the Arena despite the main thread stating that he died. {{Subverted|Trope}} in Reboot Season 144, where [[VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair Kazuichi Souda]] ate him along with Ribbon in a primal craze, reducing them to souls.
** [[Literature/HarryPotter Errol]], the Weasley family owl, was presumed dead by the end of his source material because of his old age, but in ASAS, he was alive and well when 6k1 nominated him and Pigwidgeon for Reboot Season 129. After his revival, Errol delivered Arthur's letter to her after Season 133 to request the revival of his son Percy[[note]]his other son Charlie was [[RetGone erased from existence]], so he didn't remember him going to the Arena[[/note]].
** In ''Roleplay/WeHaveAllBecomePokemon'', Lyric was MIA after April's death but whether he died or not was unknown, but in ASAS, he's alive and well, but his family hasn't heard from him since he abandoned them after the tragedy. That is, until June encountered him when he tried kidnapping Oscar and Lucian.
* SpotTheImposter: To test her disguise revealer, 6k1 conducted an experiment to determine which of her tributes and staff members were shapeshifted into others and zap them with it. She used different methods to find the impostor such as looking for distinguishing features, noticing if they break character or are suddenly incompetent with their disguise's powers, and [[SpotTheThread finding inconsistencies in their claims.]]
* StargazingScene: Mr. Star's birthday happened during a meteor shower, and the guests were all invited to watch it. Power took this opportunity to invite Ichi to watch it with her for her early birthday celebration, too.
* StealthPun: One of the ways to revive a tribute is by reversing time on their body to restore their original state, which Billy's staff does as standard procedure if the body is irreparably damaged. In other words, time ''literally'' heals all wounds.
* StockAnimalName: The [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Sharpedo]] guard at the Blue Orb Shrine is named Film/{{Jaws}}. {{Lampshade|Hanging}}d by Lugia:
--> "Not a very original name, I know."
* StorefrontTelevisionDisplay: 6k1 and Power found one while shopping for Christmas gifts in a mall in Seoul, letting them catch up with Reboot Season 78's Battle Royale.
* {{Teleportation}}: Another means of going around various worlds is by teleportation. Some tributes can do this naturally, while others and several nominators use teleporters. Teleport pads are also used to make deliveries.
* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: InUniverse. While data clones and their close equivalents had become widely accepted as temporary substitutes until the Simulator is implemented, some fans of the Games were upset about them. They complain that they don't "feel the same" as the originals despite the benefits, and in the case of inorganic replacements such as Android Ichi for the 4th Reboot Nominator Games, they think that their performance would still be affected.
* ThinDimensionalBarrier: The Webking House has a crack-shaped [[https://the-magnus-archives.fandom.com/wiki/The_Gap_in_Reality gap in reality]] by its terrace wall, where characters from other universes (such as Libre from the ''Roleplay/TropersTheSeries'' universe, and Klug and Sig from the ''VideoGame/PuyoPuyo'' Fever universe) can end up in the main universe ''Another Side, Another Story'' takes place. [[spoiler:In actuality, this gap was made by a rogue [[VideoGame/LibraryOfRuina W Corp]] worker that had escaped to Panem, which is possible because W Corp weaponry can do {{Portal Cut}}s.]]
* ThreePlusTwo: The main [[VideoGame/{{Deltarune}} Delta Warriors]] are composed of Kris, Susie, and Ralsei, but after they got Noelle and Berdly's help in defeating Evil Phoebe and [[spoiler:Vahirom]], Noelle and Berdly swore their loyalty to them, and they officially recognized them as honorary members. This team is now called the ''Expanded'' Delta Warriors when Noelle and Berdly are included.
* TimeTravelEpisode: Reboot Season 125 involved [[Music/StrayKids Yang Jeongin aka I.N]] receiving a warning from his future self about the dangers he would face in the season, and also that something bad would happen to his bandmate Changbin. This haunted him for the entire season, and he got bullied by the other tributes despite seeking comfort from Changbin, who then [[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants became a petty villain over constantly failing his driving test.]] Towards the end, [[WesternAnimation/LittleBear No Feet]] tricked both I.N and Changbin into killing each other in a literal BattleOfTheBands, and I.N ran away and covered his eyes from the [[Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail Spanish Inquisition]] Arena Event. Upon realizing that he was the last one standing, he requested to travel back to the first day [[StableTimeLoop to warn his past self of what he had been through.]]
* TimeyWimeyBall: The fact that [[NarniaTime time works differently across different places, resulting in discrepancies around them]], especially [[WebcomicTime in regards to Panem's time compared to that of]] [[RealLife Earth Prime]], tends to be {{lampshade|Hanging}}d, especially when [[AgeLift time-shifted]] tributes are nominated. This leads to Earth Prime holidays being celebrated on the same Panem day, and that's without mentioning the TimeTravel aspects, which can vary from one user to the next.
--> '''6k1''': Hey, Multiversal time is confusing, so don't think too much about it.
* TimeZonesDoNotExist:
** {{Averted|Trope}}, since Ally mentioned the Capitol following Mountain Standard Time since it's located in what used to be Wyoming. Additionally, the Arena has its ''own'' timezone due to the day-night cycles being controlled artificially. However, this gets [[ZigZaggingTrope zig-zagged]] when several universes, which run on their own timezones, inexplicably have the same timezone as Panem in certain plots.
** The fact that most universes run on their own timezones became a plot point when CAC had a nightmare where he was berated by voices encouraging him to kill himself for [[KnightTemplar his outdated extremist views against all villains]], and then [[SuicideByCop he allowed Dark Stanford to atomize him for his crimes.]] [[WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic Twilight Sparkle]] wasn't able to [[DreamWalker rescue him from his nightmare]] because it was around noon in Equestria when he had it, and Twilight only does dream duty when it's nighttime for her.
* ToiletHumor: When Scipion was on the fence about attending Bale's Christmas party, he considered sending some gifts over to the guests there so he wouldn't bother them with his presence. This gave Morgan an idea:
--> '''Morgan''': What are you going to offer them? Shit?\\
'''Scipion''': No, not shit. Chocolate. Everyone likes chocolate.\\
''[He furiously growled when Morgan grinned further.]''\\
'''Scipion''': No. Chocolate ain't shit, Morgan. I know they're of the same color but still...
* TournamentArc:
** One of the events during Bale's party was a ''VideoGame/SuperSmashBrosUltimate'' tourney, where seven pairs of fighters faced each other in one-on-one matches before fighting in a free-for-all in the championships. [[WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb Ferb Fletcher]] was crowned the champion towards the end of the party.
** Scipion hosted a Franchise/{{Pokemon}} tournament for his party, [[spoiler:but it was crashed during the semifinals by [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Flowey]]]].
* TrainingThePet: Mimi's overall character arc involves 6k1 training her to be more behaved and control her [[ExtremeOmnivore insatiable appetite.]] Despite challenges such as Mimi's puberty granting her new powers and her falling in love with Arcturus, 6k1 successfully tamed Mimi as she grew up.
* TreasureHuntEpisode: The travelers at the [[Franchise/FindingNemo Great Barrier Reef]] explored the ocean to look for treasure that's believed to grant them superpowers but cursed them with a terrible illness for all of eternity if they weren't worthy of it. [[WorthlessTreasureTwist It was just a legend, however, and the treasure did nothing, but everyone took some of it home as a remembrance of their adventure.]]
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* OpinionChangingDream: Les and Reba used to [[TerrifyingTyrannosaur live up to their species' name as tyrannical rulers of their kingdom]] and pushed their daughter Wanda into using her powers for evil just like them. Some time after she ran away from them, they were visited by an Alebrije called Nate in their dreams, who gave them a nightmare where they [[FreakyFridayFlip switched bodies with two of their commoners for a week.]] This made Les and Reba realize how much they hurt their daughter and the entire kingdom, and [[HeelFaceTurn they've been working on changing their ways since then.]] However, it took them years to convince the citizens that they've genuinely changed for the better, [[ReformedButRejected and Wanda doesn't believe them]] when they find her at Eye-Sicle's lair.

* {{Patricide}}: In Reboot Season 52, [[Literature/TheMagicSchoolBus Mikey]] killed his own father along with Comicbook/{{Killmonger}}, [[VideoGame/RiskOfRain2 Clay Dunestrider]], [[Anime/ChargemanKen Maou-sama]], and Music/{{BTS}} with a shadow dragon.

** When [[Webcomic/{{Homestuck}} Caliborn]] was nominated for Reboot Season 46, he talked "normally" instead of [[NoIndoorVoice using his usual Typing Quirk]] because according to Mr. X, the way he typed wasn't the same as the way he spoke. This presumably applied to everyone from the Homestuck Universe since [[VisualNovel/HiveswapFriendsim Galekh]] was shown speaking "normally" to 6k1 but using his footnote-based Typing Quirk when messaging her on [[FictionalSocialNetwork Chittr.]] However, [[SeriesContinuityError this contradicted with canon]], so it was quietly dropped in ASAS, where all the tributes from the Homestuck Universe are shown using their Typing Quirks both in texting and in speaking.
** In CVG and early ASAS, the nominators used to watch Multiversal versions of ''Series/BigBrother'', ''Series/{{Survivor}}'', and ''WesternAnimation/TotalDrama'', which were also forum game threads, and comment on them during or in between Hunger Games seasons. However, this was dropped due to their lack of popularity in-universe, but other Multiversal Hunger Games[[note]]offsite HGS threads/servers[[/note]] are alluded to, like Polar Vortex coming from one that went on a long hiatus after only a few seasons.
** Because of [[VideoGame/EarthBound1994 Ness's]] [[DemotedToExtra reduced significance in ASAS]], [[VideoGame/{{Undertale}} Frisk's]] friendship with him in CVG is barely brought up at all in the latter RP.