History WebOriginal / LawOfTalos

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Several of he contestants have technicolor hair. Teal/green and pink appear to be popular.

* ArtificialLimbs: Steffi's left leg.

* AxCrazy: Karl. Just... Karl.

* {{Bifauxnen}}: Kit Bates. See how Rellick [[SamusIsAGirl found out she was a girl]] [[http://exileddelusion.deviantart.com/gallery/5239644#/d1n8j7u]].
* BreakoutCharacter: Karl and Arma are possibly the biggest examples. ''[[DracoInLeatherPants The fangirls are everywhere.]]''
** You could also count the Chimbley Sweep.
** Don't forget Mizuno.
* CatGirl: Del.
* CloudCuckoolander: Murphy definitely qualifies.

* OutlawCouple: Annie and the Professor, to a tee.
* PowerSource: Karl's reason for entering the tournament.

* RuleOfFunny: [=ConcentrationMoon=] rarely portrayed Chimbley's opponents in-character, but rather parodied them, and [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments it is glorious]].

* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Steffi and Ben.

* SlasherSmile: Karl
* SteamPunk: Played pretty straight with the city of Taitle. It's got clockworks and everything.
* StreetUrchin: Chimbley Sweep

* RuleOfFunny: [=ConcentrationMoon=] rarely portrayed Chimbley's opponents in-character, but rather parodied them, and [[CrowningMomentOfFunny it is glorious]].

* BonusMaterial: Several artists were known for putting important plot material in their [[AllThereInTheManual between-round entries]].
** also... [[http://proffate.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d1z6ern Lincolo should have won]].

* SmallNameBigEgo: Zeurel (Spoiler) famously threw two temper tantrums over the course of the tournament. The second is the more well known, after he lost to [=ConcentrationMoon=] (Chimbley) in the second round; he ranted that inviting him had been a farce since the tournament was clearly rigged, or else he wouldn't have lost to such an "inferior artist". This was a MoralEventHorizon for some people; the stakes in an [[OriginalCharacterTournament OCT]] are so low that to react that badly to losing at any stage of the game is like beating up a six-year-old because they won a popsicle playing Guess The Number. (Though to be fair, the contest has been accepted as having been rigged by many of the followers and fans, and several contestants have confirmed this fact.)

* [[spoiler: BabiesEverAfter]]: The epilogue, for [[spoiler: Annie and the Professor]] anyway.
* [[spoiler: BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Go die in '''''New Jersey!''''']]

* [[spoiler: EverybodyLives]]: The result of the winning wish.
* [[spoiler: DeusExMachina: Literally]]

* [[spoiler:HumanityEnsues]]: [[spoiler:Having died over the course of the tournament, Karl and Murphy are turned into humans when the Professor wishes for [[EverybodyLives everyone to come back to life]].]]

* BritishAccents: Chimbley Sweep and Kit bates. The later even has a [[http://manic-pixie.deviantart.com/gallery/7032667#/d1ilxkv 'translation' reference sheet]] so people can understand how to write her dialog.

--> '''Karl:''' "Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to cut off your hand..." ''[cuts off his '''''head''']''

* ConsummateLiars: Karl. His friendly demeanor throws off most of his opponents, at least in the earlier matches. The stress of the tournament chips away at his cool head over time, but to be fair it's hard to look innocent when you're covered in blood.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Due to the nature of [[OriginalCharacterTournament OCTs]] to adopt only the canon of winning entries, a lot of potentially intriguing content will naturally be lost. For example, [[WellIntentionedExtremist Murphy naively pursing the wish to turn everyone into robots so no one would have to die.]]

* AdorableEvilMinions - Lilith's army is made of creepy dolls... but when you get to see them interact on [[http://endling.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d1ltwxe mission]] it's hard pressed not to like them.
* AnimateInanimateObject - Karl and Arma are type III, in keeping with many of the other characters borrowed from Unknown-Person's personal project, 'Castle of Nations'. In this case, they're actually [[LivingStatue concrete statues]].

* ArtificialLimbs - Steffi's left leg.
* AuthorAvatar - Del, Rellik's Artist ends up in a sticky situation when she gets dragged into the contest.
* AxCrazy - Karl. Just... Karl.
* [[spoiler: BabiesEverAfter]] - The epilogue, for [[spoiler: Annie and the Professor]] anyway.

* BerserkButton - Do NOT mess with Karl's ability to play the violin!
* {{Bifauxnen}} - Kit Bates. See how Rellick [[SamusIsAGirl found out she was a girl]] [[http://exileddelusion.deviantart.com/gallery/5239644#/d1n8j7u]].
* BonusMaterial - Several artists were known for putting important plot material in their [[AllThereInTheManual between-round entries]].

* BreakoutCharacter - Karl and Arma are possibly the biggest examples. ''[[DracoInLeatherPants The fangirls are everywhere.]]''

* BritishAccents - Chimbley Sweep and Kit bates. The later even has a [[http://manic-pixie.deviantart.com/gallery/7032667#/d1ilxkv 'translation' reference sheet]] so people can understand how to write her dialog.
* CatGirl - Del.
* CloudCuckoolander - Murphy definitely qualifies.
* ConsummateLiar - Karl. His friendly demeanor throws off most of his opponents, at least in the earlier matches. The stress of the tournament chips away at his cool head over time, but to be fair it's hard to look innocent when you're covered in blood.

* CulturedBadass - The Professor, with some shades of WickedCultured.
* {{Cyborg}} - Spoiler
* [[spoiler: EverybodyLives]] - The result of the winning wish.
* [[spoiler: Deus ex Machina : Literally]]
* FalseReassurance - In round three, Karl slices off a random guard's hand...
--> '''Karl:''' "Oh, I'm sorry! I didn't mean to cut off your hand..." *cuts off his ''head'*
* FuelMeterOfPower - Karl. It's implied that the living constructs from the Castle of Nations suffer from this when they leave the park.
* HeyYouHaymaker - A variation: Murphy, thanks to his encounter with the contestant whose spot he took, thinks this is the proper way to say hello in Taitle. The open-minded robot is perfectly happy to bow to local custom, which causes him some difficulty in the beginning.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold - "Josh has led a shit life, and he wants to do one good thing to make up for it."
* [[spoiler: HumanityEnsues]] - [[spoiler: Having died over the course of the tournament, Karl and Murphy are turned into humans when the Professor wishes for [[EverybodyLives everyone to come back to life]].]]
* InstantSedation - On of Rellik's more... interesting powers. Using the mild sedative in his saliva he subdued Kit Bates for his victory.
* KarmicTransformation - [[spoiler: After winning the tournament, the Professor wished to restore the lives everyone who lost one in the battles. However, the Wish Machine interprets this as restoring all lives to human bodies, turning Murphy and Karl into humans in the process. Mind you, Karl ''despises'' humans.]]
* LiteralMinded - Murphy, very much so.
* LivingStatue - Karl and Arma, though that aren't the colossus variety.
* LivingWeapon - Rip and Arma, The former being of the [[TalkingWeapon talking variety]] and the latter being of the [[MorphWeapon morphing kind]] with a default bird form.

* LoveMakesYouEvil - All-but-confirmed theory on Karl's backstory. For a violently sociopathic misanthropist, he's relatively civil to the red-haired gal in his hallucinations (later named Rachel), though little is certain about their relationship save for the fact that she taught him how to play the violin.

* MadnessMantra - "I killed your wife."
* ManicPixieDreamGirl - [[AuthorAvatar Del]] seems like this towards Rellik, whom she is constantly acting childish towards and gives nicknames.
* MorphWeapon - Arma
* NinjaPirateZombieRobot - Greg and Renfield the Vampwolves... Yes, Vampire Werewolves!
* OurDragonsAreDifferent - ''Very'' different in the case of [[http://kilojara16.deviantart.com/art/LoT-Ayshia-Nadya-91561422 Ayshia]]. She resembles a satyr far more, but she can apparently breathe fire.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent - Rellik and Faust. They don't really see eye to eye.
* OutlawCouple - Annie and the Professor, to a tee.
* PowerSource - Karl's reason for entering the tournament.
* RidiculouslyFastConstruction - Erik Pockets
* RuleOfFunny - [=ConcentrationMoon=] rarely portrayed Chimbley's opponents in-character, but rather parodied them, and [[CrowningMomentOfFunny it is glorious]].
* RunningGag - Chimbley's not much of a fighter (more of a 'flighter', really) so most of his opponents tend to get disqualified somehow. That is, until [[spoiler: Karl [[AxCrazy hacked the security to pieces]]]].
* ScaryShinyGlasses - The Professor, ''especially'' in the finale, in which they're [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]].
* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend - Steffi and Ben.
* ShellShockedVeteran - Todd. It appears that his partner, Ayshia, intended to wish away his PTSD.
* SlasherSmile - Karl
* SmallNameBigEgo - Zeurel (Spoiler) famously threw two temper tantrums over the course of the tournament. The second is the more well known, after he lost to [=ConcentrationMoon=] (Chimbley) in the second round; he ranted that inviting him had been a farce since the tournament was clearly rigged, or else he wouldn't have lost to such an "inferior artist". This was a MoralEventHorizon for some people; the stakes in an [[OriginalCharacterTournament OCT]] are so low that to react that badly to losing at any stage of the game is like beating up a six-year-old because they won a popsicle playing Guess The Number. (Though to be fair, the contest has been accepted as having been rigged by many of the followers and fans, and several contestants have confirmed this fact.)
* SteamPunk - Played pretty straight with the city of Taitle. It's got clockworks and everything.
* StreetUrchin - Chimbley Sweep

* SuperPoweredEvilSide - Spoiler's counterpart, Black Ace.
* TalkingApplianceSidekick - The Intelligent Bombs of the Vampwolves. Since nether Greg or Renfield can talk it's up to the bombs to supply all their dialog.
* TalkingToThemself - Mizuno, much the confusion of those around him.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech - Delivered to Karl by Rellik on the emptiness of Karl's life.
* TournamentArc - Every character in the tournament is competing for a free wish.
* TwitchyEye - Karl has this tic, though it gets gradually more frequent as the tournament goes on.
* VillainProtagonist - Karl, Lilith, The Vampwolves dominated the early parts of the contest but in the end only Karl was able to make it.
* WeCanRebuildHim - In Spoiler's backstory: He was in a car accident which caused him to lose most of his body, and his brother to lose his completely.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen - Due to the nature of [[OriginalCharacterTournament OCTs]] to adopt only the canon of winning entries, a lot of potentially intriguing content will naturally be lost. For example, [[WellIntentionedExtremist Murphy naively pursing the wish to turn everyone into robots so no one would have to die.]]
* WrenchWench - Steffi is this, even at the age of fourteen.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair - Several of he contestants have technicolor hair. Teal/green and pink appear to be popular.