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* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:After eavesdropping on the Head Southern Witch [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech gleefully laying out what a colossal failure he is as a ruler]] to Abigail, a huge serum-dosed Dang [[KickTheSonOfABitch sends the Witch flying with one punch]] and falls to his knees, admitting that he's been just as awful as they said he was. And when Abigail responds to his plea for forgiveness by [[AmnesiacHero asking him who he is]], Dang punches the ground in anger...and then laughs mirthlessly about [[BigBadWannabe how he's a nobody]].]]

* AccidentalMarriage: Due to a combination of factors, including a ticket and an explanation of what love is, [[spoiler:Daniel and Abigail]] accidentally end up married in [[LasVegas Daggum]].

** Among Accursed's townfolk, one can be seen dressed as Franchise/SpiderMan, and Mr. S resembles [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons Ned Flanders]].

* AxCrazy: As it turns out, [[spoiler:the Head Southern Witch]] is completely out of [[spoiler:their]] gourd. [[spoiler:During their confrontation with Abigail in King Dang's palace, they go on one hell of a MotiveRant: they were born from the earth the same way Abigail was, and spent their apparently-endless lifespan observing the world grow and change. But then...[[ModernStasis it stopped changing.]] And they decided that, if civilization was going to come to a halt, [[OmnicidalManiac it all deserved to burn]], and outright admits that [[ItsAllAboutMe they see themself as justified because they're an immortal being who can do whatever they want to stave off their existential boredom.]]]]

** Odious is seemingly ruled from the shadows by the mysterious Queenie and her mafia-church-gang group. [[spoiler: Unlike most of the previous ArcVillains, Queenie is powerful enough to openly defy Dang.]]

* TheHero: Abigail is the main protagonist but she comes off as more of a Nominal due to her attitude and intent.

* CasualDangerDialog: Abigail asks Daniel to open a bottle for her while he has a gun to his head.

* CurbStompBattle: The fight against Crannie is the first in which Abigail stands no chance at all, what with Crannie being ''[[UpToEleven stronger than]] [[SuperStrength Abigail]]'' and an extremely skilled and experienced arena fighter. Though she only gets warm; what ''really'' gets to Abigail is when Crannie begins to [[BreakThemByTalking take all her achievements, motivations and intentions apart]].

* RealityEnsues: [[spoiler: "Damned" Heat has revealed his true identity, along with the truth behind Accursed, and orders the townfolk to attack Abigail! ...The townsfolk proceed to stand around talking in a confused jumble as they try and make sense of what just happened.]]
--> "What?! You all betray me?"
--> "What's to betray? We were only acting!"

* AxCrazy: As it turns out, [[spoiler:the Head Southern Witch]] is completely out of [[spoiler:their]] gourd. [[spoiler:During their confrontation with Abigail in King Dang's palace, they go on one hell of a MotiveRant: they were born from the earth the same way Abigail was, and spent their time observing the world grow and change. But then...[[ModernStasis it stopped changing.]] And they decided that, if civilization was going to come to a halt, [[OmnicidalManiac it all deserved to burn]], and outright admits that [[ItsAllAboutMe they see themself as justified because they're an immortal being who can do whatever they want to stave off their existential boredom.]]]]

* BigBad: King Dang, the despotic ruler of the world. He's is more of the GreaterScopeVillain for the main plot, as the various {{Arc Villain}}s tend to be his subordinates, but he himself doesn't directly interact with Abigail and Daniel.
** [[spoiler: However, as explored later, Dang's actual hold on the world is pretty feeble, maintained with the aforementioned superpowered individuals in the outer cities, while in the inner ones he has an internal power struggle with Queenie, who in turn is in direct contact with Frick, who is ''supposed'' to be Dang's [[TheDragon dragon]] but is in fact TheMole for the Society of Clocks. On top of it all, the Head Witch is working on covert with King Dang for an unknown purpose, and is implied to be TheManBehindTheMan.]]
* BigGood:[[spoiler: The Society of Clocks, which oversees the wellbeing of the world and has contacted and directed both Princess Darn and Abigail.]]

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: In chapter 7, the leader of the Society of Clocks refers to "Mr. Nook", husband of "Cranny"; when the story reaches Daggum three chapters later, ''Knook'' is a woman (though she still seems to be the lover of ''Crannie'').

* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:After eavesdropping on the Head Southern Witch [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech gleefully laying out what a colossal failure he is as a ruler]] to Abigail, a huge serum-dosed Dang [[KickTheSonOfABitch sends the Witch flying with one punch]] and falls to his knees, admitting that he's been just as awful as they said he was. And when Abigail responds to his plea for forgiveness by [[AmnesiacHero asking him who he is]], Dang punches the ground in anger...and then laughs mirthlessly about how he's a nobody.]]

* VivaLasVegas: The city of Daggum is Back's equivalent to Vegas. Lot's of casinos, Elvis impersonators, marriages, and stage shows. Sherlock ends up with a gambling problem, [[spoiler:Abigail and Daniel get married]], and the Sheriff of the town challenges Abigail to a highly televised fight.

* ApocalypseHow: The world of BACK seems to be set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland and references to some sort of sanity-eroding 'Crack' are made.

* VisualPun: Frick is the king's right hand man. RIGHT HAND MAN.