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** It alters the story dynamic in ''Nuclear Crisis'' significantly from what it was in ''Ciem 2''. No longer is Candi racing to marry Donte because of a pregnancy. She's only planning a ceremony later on (complete with changing her last name from Levens to McArthur) 1) because her Flippo relatives have always wanted her to have one and 2) because it is the ultimate slap in Arfaas' face for Flippos to attend a wedding without fear.

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** It alters the story dynamic in ''Nuclear Crisis'' significantly from what it was in ''Ciem 2''. No longer is Candi racing to marry Donte because of a pregnancy. She's only planning a ceremony later on (complete with changing her last name from Levens to McArthur) [=McArthur=]) 1) because her Flippo relatives have always wanted her to have one and 2) because it is the ultimate slap in Arfaas' face for Flippos to attend a wedding without fear.

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The trilogy initially began as an AffectionateParody of the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'', and was a SpinOff of an obscure comic called ''The Battle for Gerosha'', before becoming an entity all unto itself. Due to its heavy reliance on VideoGame/TheSims and related {{Game Mod}}s as rendering tools, several tropes from that game are played with and repurposed rather freely.

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The trilogy initially began as an AffectionateParody of the ''Film/SpiderManTrilogy'', and was a SpinOff of an obscure comic called ''The Battle for Gerosha'', before becoming an entity all unto itself. Due to its heavy reliance on VideoGame/TheSims ''VideoGame/TheSims'' and related {{Game Mod}}s as rendering tools, several tropes from that game are played with and repurposed rather freely.



One afternoon, Candi decides to show up late for a party that her hacker sister Miriam is going to, so she can practice her [[WaifFu centi-fu]] fighting skills and say goodbye to her boyfriend before he goes off to war [[strike: on an alien planet]]. She doesn't detain him as long as she would've liked to. But as soon as he leaves, she ends up in a fight to the death with a NotBrainwashed ex-boyfriend from her grade school years, who is working for the genocidal Hebbleskin Gang. She learns that this Meethlite alien gang, led by Duke Arfaas, wants her and her sisters' heads as trophies, in an effort to fight back against an oracle in which a "Gifted One" of the "[[ProphecyTwist li Po]]" would destroy Arfaas' last remaining monsters, signifying the end of the Hebbleskin Gang.

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One afternoon, Candi decides to show up late for a party that her hacker sister Miriam is going to, so she can practice her [[WaifFu centi-fu]] fighting skills and say goodbye to her boyfriend before he goes off to war [[strike: on an alien planet]].war. She doesn't detain him as long as she would've liked to. But as soon as he leaves, she ends up in a fight to the death with a NotBrainwashed ex-boyfriend from her grade school years, who is working for the genocidal Hebbleskin Gang. She learns that this Meethlite alien gang, led by Duke Arfaas, wants her and her sisters' heads as trophies, in an effort to fight back against an oracle in which a "Gifted One" of the "[[ProphecyTwist li Po]]" would destroy Arfaas' last remaining monsters, signifying the end of the Hebbleskin Gang.



* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Most monsters created by the Hebbleskin Gang.

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* %%* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Most monsters created by the Hebbleskin Gang.



* AttemptedRape: Don attempts to rape Candi. So does Eddie, who also attempts to rape a skater named Amy. Jeff the Invisible had a perfect opportunity, but tried and failed to guillotine her instead.

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* AttemptedRape: AttemptedRape:
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Don attempts to rape Candi. So does Eddie, who also attempts to rape a skater named Amy. Jeff the Invisible had a perfect opportunity, but tried and failed to guillotine her instead.



** Miriam and Phil avoid the need for this, because both were of the age of consent at the time.
*** This doesn't make Miriam feel any better when Phil commits suicide.
* AuraVision / VirginVision: One of Candi's [[InformedAbility Informed Abilities]] in the first story is a (very limited) ability to psychically know, just by looking at the areas around someone's eyes, whether or not they're a virgin. Not pleasant for her when she can see her own experience in the mirror, but she gets used to it.

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** Miriam and Phil avoid the need for this, because both were of the age of consent at the time.
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time. This doesn't make Miriam feel any better when Phil commits suicide.
* AuraVision / VirginVision: One of Candi's [[InformedAbility Informed Abilities]] {{Informed Abilit|y}}ies in the first story is a (very limited) ability to psychically know, just by looking at the areas around someone's eyes, whether or not they're a virgin. Not pleasant for her when she can see her own experience in the mirror, but she gets used to it.



** There were once expanded universe plans for a male character who takes this up to eleven. He not only sees different-colored auras based on types of sexual experience (what went where,) but different shapes to those auras to indicate ''with whom''. Absolutely nobody can ever tell him a lie about their sexual past. The more you whore it up, the stronger your aura, the more convicted you are.
*** His life gets very miserable very quickly largely because everyone hates a man [[LivingLieDetector they cannot lie to about their sexual exploits]].

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** There were once expanded universe plans for a male character who takes this up to eleven. He not only sees different-colored auras based on types of sexual experience (what went where,) but different shapes to those auras to indicate ''with whom''. Absolutely nobody can ever tell him a lie about their sexual past. The more you whore it up, the stronger your aura, the more convicted you are.
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are. His life gets very miserable very quickly largely because everyone hates a man [[LivingLieDetector they cannot lie to about their sexual exploits]].



* BioPunk: The series has some elements of this, but avoids being completely true-to-form with this genre.

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* %%* BioPunk: The series has some elements of this, but avoids being completely true-to-form with this genre.



* ChestInsignia: The centipedes, the septagons on Emeraldon and Sapphire King's costumes, etc.

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* %%* ChestInsignia: The centipedes, the septagons on Emeraldon and Sapphire King's costumes, etc.






* DeadlyDodging / GunKata

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* %%* DeadlyDodging / GunKata



%%* {{Emo}}: Jeral/Botan, especially when being controlled by an AI backvisor.



* FlyingBrick: Emeraldon and Sapphire King

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* %%* FlyingBrick: Emeraldon and Sapphire King






* GoshDangItToHeck: Many of Miriam's lines.

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* %%* GoshDangItToHeck: Many of Miriam's lines.lines.
%%* GunKata



* OhCrap: Nearly [[CantGetAwayWithNuthin everyone has this feeling at least once]].

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* %%* OhCrap: Nearly [[CantGetAwayWithNuthin everyone has this feeling at least once]].



* SexyDiscretionShot / GaussianGirl: LOTS of them. To name a few: Miriam and Phil. Candi and Denny (both Candi's EroticDream and the couple's actual [[TheirFirstTime first time]]. Candi and Donte get a few as well. With Miriam and Steve, their addiction to sex is [[InformedFlaw only alluded to]].

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* %%* SexyDiscretionShot / GaussianGirl: LOTS of them. To name a few: Miriam and Phil. Candi and Denny (both Candi's EroticDream and the couple's actual [[TheirFirstTime first time]]. Candi and Donte get a few as well. With Miriam and Steve, their addiction to sex is [[InformedFlaw only alluded to]].



* SpiderSense: Depicted as a "phantom screaming" in Candi's ears.

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* %%* SpiderSense: Depicted as a "phantom screaming" in Candi's ears.



* WhatHaveIDone: Candi has several moments of feeling this way. Donte, Denny, and Jeral; also have moments like these.

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* %%* WhatHaveIDone: Candi has several moments of feeling this way. Donte, Denny, and Jeral; also have moments like these.



* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds / {{Emo}}: Jeral/Botan, especially when being controlled by an AI backvisor.

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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds / {{Emo}}: %%* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Jeral/Botan, especially when being controlled by an AI backvisor.



* DepravedBisexual: Poison Dart Eddie
* [[LightningCanDoAnything Exploding Computer Monitors Can Do Anything]]

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* %%* DepravedBisexual: Poison Dart Eddie
* [[LightningCanDoAnything Exploding Computer Monitors Can Do Anything]]
Eddie



* %%LightningCanDoAnything: Exploding Computer Monitors



* PrisonRape: Donte's capture, which doubles as an AlienAbduction.
** While not actually raped; he is [[BroughtDownToNormal stripped of his powers]], beaten, [[BodyHorror aged rapidly]], and given cancer.
** His loss of self esteem upon recovery makes him less concerned about protecting his (and Candi's) sexual integrity, and [[OneThingLedToAnother leads]] the two of them to sexual addiction to each other in the sequel.



* PromotionToParent: Erin Flippo, the oldest of the Flippo sisters.

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* PrisonRape: Donte's capture, which doubles as an AlienAbduction. While not actually raped; he is [[BroughtDownToNormal stripped of his powers]], beaten, [[BodyHorror aged rapidly]], and given cancer. His loss of self esteem upon recovery makes him less concerned about protecting his (and Candi's) sexual integrity, and [[OneThingLedToAnother leads]] the two of them to sexual addiction to each other in the sequel.
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PromotionToParent: Erin Flippo, the oldest of the Flippo sisters.



* [[ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything The Alien Hero Who Won't Do Anything]]: Ploribus. Played straight at first, but then subverted when he tries to battle Milp's Milliblob form with his HumongousMecha. [[SenselessSacrifice And fails to make much difference]]. (Although, by [[SpannerInTheWorks sheer luck]], he did injure her, making it easier [[spoiler: for Botan to kill her off]].)


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* ThePiratesWhoDontDoAnything: Ploribus. Played straight at first, but then subverted when he tries to battle Milp's Milliblob form with his HumongousMecha. [[SenselessSacrifice And fails to make much difference]]. (Although, by [[SpannerInTheWorks sheer luck]], he did injure her, making it easier [[spoiler: for Botan to kill her off]].)

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