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''The 100'' is an American ScienceFiction series airing on Creator/TheCW. It is very loosely based on Kass Morgan's novel series of the same name.

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''The 100'' is an American ScienceFiction series airing that aired on Creator/TheCW. It is very loosely based on Kass Morgan's novel series of the same name.
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* AbortedArc: Many of them, in Season 1 Octavia kiss one than other character without devolpment later, in Season 2 there was humans mutants by radiation who scare Octavia and we never see it again.

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* AbortedArc: Many of them, in them. In Season 1 1, Octavia kiss one than other character kisses several characters without devolpment later, in any development later. In Season 2 2, there was were mutated humans mutants by radiation who scare scared Octavia and we but were never see it seen again.
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** The entire [[spoiler:BodyBackupDrive story arc about the Primes]] from Season 5 onwards seems directly inspired by the ''Literature/AlteredCarbon'' novels, only with less {{Cyberpunk}}.
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** The entire City of Light plotline has shades of this as its recruiting pitch.
** [[spoiler:The show ends with what's left of the human race transcending the physical universe on behalf of SufficientlyAdvancedAliens, leaving behind their bodies and turning into immortal [[EnergyBeing Energy Beings]]. That said, transcension is voluntary, and [[TrueCompanions the surviving core characters]] [[IChooseToStay choose to stay mortal]] and live out the rest of their lives in peace, together.]]

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** The entire City of Light plotline has shades of this as in its recruiting pitch.
** [[spoiler:The show ends with what's left of the human race transcending the physical universe on behalf of SufficientlyAdvancedAliens, leaving behind their bodies and turning into immortal [[EnergyBeing Energy Beings]]. That said, transcension transcendence is voluntary, and [[TrueCompanions the surviving core characters]] [[IChooseToStay choose to stay mortal]] and live out the rest of their lives in peace, together.]]

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* ArtisticLicenseEngineering: In the second season, Jaha descends to the ground using a nuclear missile. We can assume that it wasn't specifically converted into a shuttle because the warhead is still inside, yet it has a braking parachute and enough internal room for Jaha to climb aboard.

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* ArtisticLicenseEngineering: ArtisticLicenseEngineering:
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In the second season, Jaha descends to the ground using a nuclear missile. We can assume that it wasn't specifically converted into a shuttle because the warhead is still inside, yet it has a braking parachute and enough internal room for Jaha to climb aboard.aboard.
** The entire concept of the Praimfaya death wave in Season 4 is pure fantasy. [[spoiler:For starters, no nuclear powerplant in existence would last close to 100 years without any oversight or maintenance. In RealLife you could consider yourself lucky if they lasted 100 ''days'' before melting down. Furthermore, no meltdown, not even a simultaneous, collective one across an entire continent, would create a scorching plasma wave with enough thermal energy to cover the entire planet and incinerate human bodies before it even touches them. It ''would'' dangerously increase global radiation levels across the globe, leading to a surge of cancer patients, birth defects and similar radiation-induced illnesses in the surviving population, but it sure as hell wouldn't wipe out all organic life on Earth in one swoop.]]

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* AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence:
** The entire City of Light plotline has shades of this as its recruiting pitch.
** [[spoiler:The show ends with what's left of the human race transcending the physical universe on behalf of SufficientlyAdvancedAliens, leaving behind their bodies and turning into immortal [[EnergyBeing Energy Beings]]. That said, transcension is voluntary, and [[TrueCompanions the surviving core characters]] [[IChooseToStay choose to stay mortal]] and live out the rest of their lives in peace, together.]]



* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: The series proper is started with the discovery that the Ark's life support is failing, and a large number of its people need to be removed from the population in order to extend their existing air for long enough to repair the system. The Council believes that the population cannot be told of this information since it would lead to panic and unrest, while some of its members believe that the people deserve to know regardless. The Council's original plan was to have an "accident" to buy themselves the necessary time, but when the population does learn of this news, instead of rioting enough people volunteer to be culled in order to ensure the survival of their loved ones.

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* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism:
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The series proper is started with the discovery that the Ark's life support is failing, and a large number of its people need to be removed from the population in order to extend their existing air for long enough to repair the system. The Council believes that the population cannot be told of this information since it would lead to panic and unrest, while some of its members believe that the people deserve to know regardless. The Council's original plan was to have an "accident" to buy themselves the necessary time, but when the population does learn of this news, instead of rioting enough people volunteer to be culled in order to ensure the survival of their loved ones.ones.
** Generally speaking, although the show does have its share of idealistic events, it's mostly relentlessly cynical. Mankind as a whole is consistently portrayed as violent, vindictive, cruel and unable (or unwilling) to learn from past mistakes. The heroes grow progressively darker in their morals as the CrapsackWorld they live in keeps battering down their ideals. People die in droves, often entirely pointlessly, and any small flame of hope that dares to flicker on occasion is quickly extinguished by more violence, death and suffering. By the end of the final season, [[spoiler:the human race is down to less than a thousand specimen that avoid total extinction only by the skin of their teeth, while still deep in the process of wiping each other out.]]
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* JustForPun: The survivors of the Ark rename their settlement on Earth as ''"Arkadia"''
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** Charles Pike came down to Earth from Farm Station, which landed away from the location of Camp Jaha and never took part in the Ark/Grounder truce of the second season. He has a fanatical hatred of Grounders and believes that coexistence is impossible, and is nominated for Chancellor after trying to carry out a preemptive strike on a Grounder army that Lexa had sent to protect Arkadia. [[spoiler:He wins the election and is appointed Chancellor, and immediately orders the launch of preemptive strike]].

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** Charles Pike came down to Earth from Farm Station, which landed away from the location of Camp Jaha and never took part in the Ark/Grounder truce of the second season. He has a fanatical hatred of Grounders and believes that coexistence is impossible, and is nominated for Chancellor after trying to carry out a preemptive strike on a Grounder army that Lexa had sent to protect Arkadia. [[spoiler:He wins the election and is appointed Chancellor, and immediately orders the launch of a preemptive strike]].

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* AdaptationalRomanceDowngrade: Note that the show is an InNameOnly adaptation of the books.
** In the books, Wells and Clarke were in a relationship prior to his betrayal of her parents; in the show Wells clearly likes her but is offed before anything can come of it.
** In the books, Bellamy and Clarke get together fairly quickly and are an OfficialCouple. In the show, they are JustFriends and PlatonicLifePartners with the occasional ShipTease that goes nowhere. Instead, both are paired with multiple different characters throughout the show, and by the end, Clarke [[spoiler:kills Bellamy]].



* PromotedToLoveInterest: Inverted. Note that the show is an InNameOnly adaptation of the books.
** In the books, Wells and Clarke were in a relationship prior to his betrayal of her parents; in the show Wells clearly likes her but is offed before anything can come of it.
** Bellamy and Clarke, who get together fairly quickly in the books but show no explicit romantic interest in each other in the show despite clearly sharing a very strong bond. They do get a lot of ShipTease moments, though.

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* RelationshipUpgrade: Though their feelings for each other are apparent, Clarke and Lexa's actions throughout the second season and the beginning of the third are driven by the needs of their people, and they are thrown together and driven apart by circumstance and their own conflicting goals. In "Thirteen", they finally both admit their feelings for each other irrespective of the needs of their people. [[spoiler:[[DownerEnding Lexa is killed following their love scene]].]]



** Partially subverted in Season 7, in which Jackson (normally a medical doctor) starts acting as a therapist for Madi.
* TheyDo: Though their feelings for each other are apparent, Clarke and Lexa's actions throughout the second season and the beginning of the third are driven by the needs of their people, and they are thrown together and driven apart by circumstance and their own conflicting goals. In "Thirteen", they finally both admit their feelings for each other irrespective of the needs of their people. [[spoiler:[[DownerEnding Lexa is killed following their love scene]].]]

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** Partially subverted Subverted in Season 7, in which Jackson (normally a medical doctor) starts acting as a therapist for Madi.
* TheyDo: Though their feelings for each other are apparent, Clarke and Lexa's actions throughout the second season and the beginning of the third are driven by the needs of their people, and they are thrown together and driven apart by circumstance and their own conflicting goals. In "Thirteen", they finally both admit their feelings for each other irrespective of the needs of their people. [[spoiler:[[DownerEnding Lexa is killed following their love scene]].]]
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* DeathBySex: [[spoiler:Lexa is killed]] in the scene immediately following their sex scene.



** In the beginning of Season 3, Clarke sleeps with Niylah as part of her ongoing efforts to cope with her guilt and despair over the end of Season 2.

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** In the beginning of Season 3, Clarke sleeps with Niylah as part of her ongoing efforts to cope with her guilt guilt
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* SexSignalsDeath: [[spoiler:Lexa is killed]] in the scene immediately following her sex scene with Clarke.

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* IntimateArtistry: In the opening scene of the episode "Bitter Harvest", Clarke sketched a portrait of Lexa [[BeautifulDreamer as she slept]]. The sketching shows both Clarke's growing feelings for Lexa and also Clarke's general acceptance of Grounder living, as she hasn't done art since before being sent to the ground. After she awakes, [[SignificantSketchbook Lexa discovers the drawing.]]

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* IntimateArtistry: In the opening scene of the episode "Bitter Harvest", Clarke sketched a portrait of Lexa [[BeautifulDreamer as she slept]]. The sketching shows both Clarke's growing feelings for Lexa and also Clarke's general acceptance of Grounder living, as she hasn't done art since before being sent to the ground. After she awakes, [[SignificantSketchbook Lexa discovers the drawing.]]



* SignificantSketchbook: The series opens with an introduction to Clarke's artistic inclination, but during the constant conflict she is not able to indulge her hobby after being sent to the ground. Once she begins to settle into Polis, she begins to keep a collection of sketches, including one of Lexa [[BeautifulDreamer drawn while she was asleep]].
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* FiveManBand: Usually the 100 will split into this.
** The Core Characters:
*** TheLeader: TheProtagonist, Clarke.
*** TheLancer: Her {{Foil}}, Bellamy. Briefly replaced by her ShadowArchetype, Lexa, in Season 2.
*** TheSmartGuy: Wells. Later replaced by TeenGenius, Raven.
*** TheBigGuy: Finn. Later officially replaced by AloofAlly, Lincoln.
*** TheChick: Octavia.
*** SixthRangerTraitor: Murphy in Season 1. Lexa in Season 2.
** The Mt. Weather Group:
*** TheLeader: Jasper.
*** TheLancer: Maya.
*** TheSmartGuy: Monty.
*** TheBigGuy: Miller.
*** TheChick: Harper.

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