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** UnsettlingGenderreveal//{{Crossdresser}}: Birdo the Mystia, he says he likes wearing a dress.

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** UnsettlingGenderreveal//{{Crossdresser}}: UnsettlingGenderReveal[=/=]{{Crossdresser}}: Birdo the Mystia, he says he likes wearing a dress.
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** In Season 2, Max, Lyla's Reisen, is an obvious expy of [[SamAndMax Max]]

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** In Season 2, Max, Lyla's Reisen, is an obvious expy of [[SamAndMax [[Franchise/SamAndMaxFreelancePolice Max]]
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** [[WebVideo/KoishiKomeijisHeartThrobbingAdventure Hartie's hat is her friend. It helps her relax <3]].
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The sheer popularity of ''{{Pokemon}}'' has led to, among other things, countless {{Game Mod}}s and Romhacks of varying quality... such as ''{{Moemon}}'', whose entire gimmick is replacing every last pokemon with {{Moe}} [[MoeAnthropomorphism ginjinkas]] of the original {{Mons}}.

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The sheer popularity of ''{{Pokemon}}'' has led to, among other things, countless {{Game Mod}}s and Romhacks of varying quality... such as ''{{Moemon}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Moemon}}'', whose entire gimmick is replacing every last pokemon with {{Moe}} [[MoeAnthropomorphism ginjinkas]] of the original {{Mons}}.
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[[Crossovers/{{Touhou}} It was, perhaps, inevitable.]]

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[[Crossovers/{{Touhou}} [[FanficRecs/TouhouCrossover It was, perhaps, inevitable.]]
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* DarkerAndEdgier: The later chapters during the first season reveal that [[spoiler:Other!Amber and Daisy's AlternateDimension was destroyed by Sariel after Team Rocket attempted to capture him. Other!Amber is forced by Shingyoku to eliminate Amber and their battle results in the deaths of Bitch, Babs and Marisa)]].

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* DarkerAndEdgier: The later chapters during the first season reveal that [[spoiler:Other!Amber and Daisy's AlternateDimension was destroyed by Sariel after Team Rocket attempted to capture him. Other!Amber is forced by Shingyoku to eliminate Amber and their battle results in the deaths of Bitch, Babs and Other!Amber's Marisa)]].



** EX 2: [[http://www.doublepuma.com/thmon/comics/2011-08-04-ex2.png Silph Scope]] looks at Nineball and Marcia discussing about the Silph Scope. [[spoiler:This happened before Nineball's death. She promised that when she finished in playing with it, it would give the scope to Marcia. The last panel shows Marcia with the Silph Scope remembering Nineball's demise, and with a sad expression because Nineball couldn't fulfill her promise to Marcia]].

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** EX 2: [[http://www.doublepuma.com/thmon/comics/2011-08-04-ex2.png Silph Scope]] looks at Nineball and Marcia discussing about the Silph Scope. [[spoiler:This [[spoiler:That happened before Nineball's death. She promised that when she finished in playing with it, it would give the scope to Marcia. The last panel shows Marcia with the Silph Scope remembering Nineball's demise, and with a sad expression because Nineball couldn't fulfill her promise to Marcia]].

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* BrickJoke: Amber [[spoiler: leaves behind her hat]] at Lavender Town [[spoiler: in memory of her Touhou.]] During the Q & A segment we're a shown [[spoiler: a scruffy bearded man coming across and taking it as a "free hat."]]

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* BrickJoke: Amber [[spoiler: leaves behind her hat]] hat at Lavender Town [[spoiler: in memory of her Touhou.]] During the Q & A segment we're a shown [[spoiler: a scruffy bearded man coming across and taking it as a "free hat."]]



* CurbStompBattle: Nyah versus the [[spoiler: Vermillion Gym trainers]], Nineball versus the [[spoiler: Celadon Gym trainers]], Marcia versus [[spoiler: Blaine]].

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* CurbStompBattle: Nyah versus the [[spoiler: Vermillion Gym trainers]], trainers, Nineball versus the [[spoiler: Celadon Gym trainers]], trainers, Marcia versus [[spoiler: Blaine]].



* DarkerAndEdgier: The later chapters reveal that [[spoiler:Other!Amber and Daisy's AlternateDimension was destroyed by Sariel after Team Rocket attempted to capture him. Other!Amber is forced by Shingyoku to eliminate Amber and their battle results in the deaths of Bitch, Babs and Marisa)]].

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* DarkerAndEdgier: The later chapters during the first season reveal that [[spoiler:Other!Amber and Daisy's AlternateDimension was destroyed by Sariel after Team Rocket attempted to capture him. Other!Amber is forced by Shingyoku to eliminate Amber and their battle results in the deaths of Bitch, Babs and Marisa)]].



* [[LeaveHimToMe Leave Her To Me]]: Despite her type disadvantage, Bitch insists on taking on Other!Amber's starter Marisa every time they cross paths. Amber calls her on this in Magical Metronome, but [[spoiler:allows her to fight... until she takes a Master Spark in the gut, causing the demise of Bitch and Marisa]].
* PluckyGirl: Amber. Given the losses she's suffered, the fact she can drive forward at ''all'' is astonishing sometimes...

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* [[LeaveHimToMe Leave Her To Me]]: Despite her type disadvantage, Bitch insists on taking on Other!Amber's starter Marisa every time they cross paths. Amber calls her on this in Magical Metronome, but [[spoiler:allows her to fight... until she takes a Master Spark in the gut, causing the demise of Bitch and Other|Amber's Marisa]].
* PluckyGirl: Amber. Given LesYay: It was implied between Other!Amber and Daisy, [[spoiler:then pretty much confirmed in the losses she's suffered, the fact she can drive forward at ''all'' is astonishing sometimes...epilogue.]]



* NoSell: [[spoiler:Patchouli does this against Babs in the chapter 37. She received various attacks from her, but she only shrugs the efforts of Babs. After, Patchouli decided that she had enough of her useless efforts, and she kills Babs with Flamethrower]].
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: After being treated as a complete joke for sleeping through their first couple encounters, Other!Amber's Patchouli opens her eyes and [[spoiler: one-shots Nyah with Bubblebeam]].
** And she [[spoiler:kills Babs in Part 37, who defeated her in the chapter when Nyah dies.]]
** Surge's Chibi Shou. [[spoiler: It takes out Laughter.]]

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* NoSell: [[spoiler:Patchouli does this against Babs in the chapter 37. She received various attacks from her, but she only shrugs the efforts of Babs. After, Babs's efforts. After a while, Patchouli decided that she had enough of her useless efforts, and she attacks, then promptly kills Babs with Flamethrower]].
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: After being treated as a complete joke for sleeping through their first couple encounters, Other!Amber's Patchouli opens her eyes and [[spoiler: one-shots Nyah with Bubblebeam]].
** And she
Bubblebeam]]. Another proof? She also [[spoiler:kills Babs in Part 37, who defeated her in the chapter when Nyah dies.]]
** Surge's Chibi Shou. [[spoiler: It looked really inoffensive, [[spoiler:then it takes out Laughter.Laughter with Rock Slide.]]



* PluckyGirl: Amber. Given the losses she's suffered, the fact she can drive forward at ''all'' is astonishing sometimes...



* SequelHook: The ending seems to imply there may be another TouhoumonNuzlockeChallenge taking place in a different Touhoumon game.
** And now there is!

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* SequelHook: The ending seems to imply there may be another TouhoumonNuzlockeChallenge taking place in a different Touhoumon game.
** And now there is!
game. Then Season 2 was released.



** In Part 37, the first color seen in that strip is [[spoiler:a single red X at the end of a row of Xs... signifying the latest casualty]].

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** In Part 37, the first color seen in that strip is [[spoiler:a single red X at the end of a row of Xs... Xs, signifying the latest casualty]].casualty... Bitch]].



** Later attempted without the aid of a Destiny Bond. Instead, [[spoiler:Other!Amber's Marisa opts for a point-blank Master Spark in Bitch's gut, and by consecuence, both died]].

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** Later attempted without the aid of a Destiny Bond. Instead, in Season One, [[spoiler:Other!Amber's Marisa opts for a point-blank Master Spark in Bitch's gut, and by consecuence, both died]].



** EX 2: [[http://www.doublepuma.com/thmon/comics/2011-08-04-ex2.png Silph Scope]] looks at Nineball and Marcia discussing about the Silph Scope. [[spoiler:That was before the death of Nineball. She promised that when she finished in playing with it, it would give the scope to Marcia. The last panel shows Marcia with the Silph Scope remembering Nineball's demise, and with a sad expression because Nineball couldn't fulfill her promise to Marcia]].

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** EX 2: [[http://www.doublepuma.com/thmon/comics/2011-08-04-ex2.png Silph Scope]] looks at Nineball and Marcia discussing about the Silph Scope. [[spoiler:That was [[spoiler:This happened before the death of Nineball.Nineball's death. She promised that when she finished in playing with it, it would give the scope to Marcia. The last panel shows Marcia with the Silph Scope remembering Nineball's demise, and with a sad expression because Nineball couldn't fulfill her promise to Marcia]].
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It was, perhaps, inevitable.

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[[Crossovers/{{Touhou}} It was, perhaps, inevitable.
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** {{Subverted}} hard by [[spoiler:Flandre]] in Bohemian Archive in Burnt Red.

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** {{Subverted}} hard by [[spoiler:Flandre]] in Bohemian Archive in Burnt Red.

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* BystanderSyndrome: Steven Stone ''knows'' that Team Aqua's up to no good, but isn't bothering to do anything about it. Amber's attempts to call him out on this haven't been very effective...



* SomebodyElsesProblem: Steven Stone ''knows'' that Team Aqua's up to no good, but isn't bothering to do anything about it. Amber's attempts to call him out on this haven't been very effective...
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* AntiHero: Amber's more or less a [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type]] [[ClassicalAntihero I]] at the beginning.
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* EverythingsBetterWithBunnies: Babs and Babs Jr.
** Season Two adds Max to the group.
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** [[DroppedABridgetOnHim Dropped A Bridget On Her]]//{{Crossdresser}}: Birdo the Mystia, he says he likes wearing a dress.

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** [[DroppedABridgetOnHim Dropped A Bridget On Her]]//{{Crossdresser}}: UnsettlingGenderreveal//{{Crossdresser}}: Birdo the Mystia, he says he likes wearing a dress.
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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: [[MetalGearSolid Metal Gear Re-]] I mean EX-Nitori's ''Crotch Laser''.

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: [[MetalGearSolid [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Metal Gear Re-]] I mean EX-Nitori's ''Crotch Laser''.



* GiantMecha: Other!Amber's [=EX-Nitori=] pilots a [[MetalGearSolid Metal Gear Rex]], and the Lorelei's [=EX-Nitori=] pilots a [[MetalGearSolid Metal Gear Ray]].

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* GiantMecha: Other!Amber's [=EX-Nitori=] pilots a [[MetalGearSolid [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid Metal Gear Rex]], and the Lorelei's [=EX-Nitori=] pilots a [[MetalGearSolid [[VideoGame/MetalGearSolid2 Metal Gear Ray]].
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* NotSoHarmless: After being treated as a complete joke for sleeping through their first couple encounters, Other!Amber's Patchouli opens her eyes and [[spoiler: one-shots Nyah with Bubblebeam]].

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* NotSoHarmless: NotSoHarmlessVillain: After being treated as a complete joke for sleeping through their first couple encounters, Other!Amber's Patchouli opens her eyes and [[spoiler: one-shots Nyah with Bubblebeam]].
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** [[spoiler: [[PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Anko's TakingYouWithMe on Oktavia]]]].

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** [[spoiler: [[PuellaMagiMadokaMagica [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Anko's TakingYouWithMe on Oktavia]]]].

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* BottleFairy: ZUN.


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* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: ZUN.
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''TouhouProject'', meanwhile, boasts LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters -- enough, in fact, that fans saw fit to create their own crazy spin on the {{Mons}} genre with ''Touhoumon''.

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''TouhouProject'', ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', meanwhile, boasts LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters -- enough, in fact, that fans saw fit to create their own crazy spin on the {{Mons}} genre with ''Touhoumon''.



** By the nature of the game, all the cast members resemble the actual {{Touhou}} crew, but are distinctly different.

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** By the nature of the game, all the cast members resemble the actual {{Touhou}} VideoGame/{{Touhou}} crew, but are distinctly different.
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** '''Marcia''': When that baby (the S.S Cucumber) hits [[BackToTheFuture 88 mph]], we see some serious shit.

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** '''Marcia''': When that baby (the S.S Cucumber) hits [[BackToTheFuture [[Film/BackToTheFuture 88 mph]], we see some serious shit.
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* ACupAngst: [[spoiler:Implied to be the reason Violet is always so grumpy]].
-->'''Violet''': I-I have boobs! It's just, my clothes, they're kinda big and...
-->'''Windy Thing''': She doesn't have boobs.



* {{Pettanko}}/ACupAngst: [[spoiler:Implied to be the reason Violet is always so grumpy]].
-->'''Violet''': I-I have boobs! It's just, my clothes, they're kinda big and...
-->'''Windy Thing''': She doesn't have boobs.
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler: Curiosities of Rival Asia]] is more or less an entire update dedicated to one of these, [[spoiler: topped off with a combination of TearJerker and CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming.]]
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** In Season Two, Clarissa
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*** The text in that panel reads "And then there was the '''[[{{FinalFantasyV}} Clash on the Big Bridge]]'''"

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*** The text in that panel reads "And then there was the '''[[{{FinalFantasyV}} '''[[VideoGame/FinalFantasyV Clash on the Big Bridge]]'''"



** Bitch uses the [[StarTrek Vulcan Nerve Pinch]] on Sabrina's Hakurei.

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** Bitch uses the [[StarTrek [[Franchise/StarTrek Vulcan Nerve Pinch]] on Sabrina's Hakurei.
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** Lyla has a Chibi Minoriko named [[CourageTheCowardlyDog Eustace]].

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** Gadget, Lyla's Nazrin, may turn out to be an expy of Marcia, if she can survive...
** Amber's new Suwako, Anko, is an expy of [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Kyouko]].
*** Her name is even a reference to a FanNickname of Kyouko.

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** Gadget, Lyla's Nazrin, may turn out to be an expy of Marcia, if she can survive...
survive... She also is an {{Expy}} of Gadget Hackwrench from RescueRangers.
** Amber's new Suwako, Anko, is an expy of [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Kyouko]].
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Kyouko]]. Her name is even a reference to a FanNickname of Kyouko.

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* BigBad: Giovanni and [[BiggerBad Sariel]].
** In Season Two, it's Team Aqua.

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* BigBad: BigBad:
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** In Season Two, it's Team Aqua.Aqua and Team Magma.
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* EverythingsCoolerWithLava: Welcome to Cinnabar Island. We have a volcano!

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* EverythingsCoolerWithLava: LavaAddsAwesome: Welcome to Cinnabar Island. We have a volcano!
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*** Her name is even a reference to a FanNickname of Kyouko.
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[[caption-width-right:350:A girl and her cute killing machines.]]

-->"''The best Nuzlocke Comic this side of Gensokyo!''"

It was, perhaps, inevitable.

The sheer popularity of ''{{Pokemon}}'' has led to, among other things, countless {{Game Mod}}s and Romhacks of varying quality... such as ''{{Moemon}}'', whose entire gimmick is replacing every last pokemon with {{Moe}} [[MoeAnthropomorphism ginjinkas]] of the original {{Mons}}.

There's also the [[NuzlockeComics rules of Nuzlocke]], which have become a popular SelfImposedChallenge. Since Nuzlocke first presented his rules through a WebComic [[AfterActionReport detailing the results]], many who took on the challenge followed suit, creating their own records of whatever occured in ''their'' runs.

''TouhouProject'', meanwhile, boasts LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters -- enough, in fact, that fans saw fit to create their own crazy spin on the {{Mons}} genre with ''Touhoumon''.

Leo Modesto's ''[[http://www.doublepuma.com/thmon/ Touhoumon Nuzlocke Challenge]]'' is, therefore, the next logical step -- applying the rules of Nuzlocke to a [[VideoGame/TouhouNingyougeki Touhoumon]] game. Season 1 is based on Touhoumon Aqua+Yui, while Season 2 is based on Touhoumon Emerald 1.8.

Amber, our heroine, is an impulsive, stubborn young girl whose 'rival' is... another Amber from an AlternateDimension. Though this other Amber seems calmer and gentler, Amber is ''convinced'' that she simply '''must''' be an EvilTwin! Thus, after picking up her first Touhou -- a surly, foul-tempered Chibi Reimu whom she immediately dubs "Bitch" -- she immediately attacks her alternate, then sets out on her grand journey across Gensokyo--!

...Only to swiftly discover that just because Touhous are cute and almost everyone is raising and fighting them, it doesn't mean those battles [[KilledOffForReal don't have consequences]]... As with pretty much every Nuzlocke, ''Touhoumon Nuzlocke Challenge'' is filled with MoodWhiplash, swinging between silly, lighthearted humor, intense combat, and tragic loss.

Season 2, set in Hoenn as opposed to Kanto, stars Lyla, a science-oriented girl who begins her journey to fill the Touhoudex for research. She initially states a dislike for battling, but takes to it quickly, though she has a mysterious aversion to embracing fighting. An OlderAndWiser Amber has reappeared, making her way through Hoenn as well, and acting as a bit of a mentor/CoolBigSis to Lyla.
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!!!'''Touhoumon Nuzlocke Challenge''' contains examples of:

* AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: Season two stars a new heroine and a new rival.
* AnIcePerson: Nineball and Winter.
** Marcia knows Blizzard.
* ArtEvolution
* AscendedExtra: [[spoiler:Amber's Violet, Hitomi, [=WindyThing=], Kura, and Marcia]] became part of the main team right before the championship. [[spoiler:Amelia and Gregoria also earn this status after the Elite Four]].
** [[spoiler: Amelia and Gregoria in the postgame,]] not that they get much screentime or personality anyways.
** In Season Two, Amber's unused team members from the previous season will be used [[WordOfGod according to Leo]]. So far we've only seen Merchant.
* AlternateDimension: Amber's rival Amber comes from one. Nice girl, despite [[EvilTwin Amber's assumptions otherwise]].
** Later it is revealed that [[spoiler:Other!Amber's dimension was destroyed by Sariel after Giovanni attempted to capture him and use his powers]].
** [[spoiler: ZUN has the ability to travel through said dimensions and has claimed to see many others be destroyed.]]
* {{Anticlimax}}: {{Lampshaded}} by Nineball BreakingTheFourthWall to chastise Leo Modesto:
-->'''Nineball:''' That's what happens when you write a character as threatening and then in-game she's a wuss.
** [[spoiler: The Sabrina fight after Yukari gets KO'd]]
** {{Subverted}} hard by [[spoiler:Flandre]] in Bohemian Archive in Burnt Red.
* AntiHero: Amber's more or less a [[SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes Type]] [[ClassicalAntihero I]] at the beginning.
* BareFistedMonk: Jackie
* [[BashBrothers Bash Sisters]]/[[BuddyCopShow Buddy Cop]]: Babs and Nyah.
* BattleInTheRain: Part 36: Magical Metronome.
* BeachEpisode: The beginning of Part 27.
* BerserkButton: NEVER call Nyah, a useless kitten. Surge's EX-Luna Child finds this out the hard way.
* {{BFS}}: Kura's sword
* BigBad: Giovanni and [[BiggerBad Sariel]].
** In Season Two, it's Team Aqua.
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Daisy, Other!Amber, and Professor Oak's Sakuya save Myon from being killed by Sariel.]]
* BigEater: Max.
* BishieSparkle: Lance
* BlackComedy:
** While the others react with horror to every death, Bitch prefers to make snarky comments. She gets called out on this frequently.
** [[spoiler: Violet]] seems to have this attitude as well. [[spoiler: She hates being called out on this]].
* BladeOnAStick: Anko
* BloodKnight:
** Bitch, who would much prefer to kill everything they come across and is not pleased by Amber's insistence on catching other Touhous.
** [[spoiler: Violet]] as well. Much to her chagrin.
* BlowYouAway: Bitch and [=WindyThing=]
* BoisterousBruiser: Max, Lyla's male Reisen starter.
* BondOneLiner: Quite a few.
* BossSubtitles: Used to introduce the Gym Leaders is Season Two. Usually comes with a ShoutOut or two.
* BottleFairy: ZUN.
* BreakingTheFourthWall: The Silph Scope gives an awareness of the Fourth Wall.
--> '''Marisa''': Are you scared? Even after that melodramatic Flash update?
** During a conversation between Giovanni and Amber:
--> '''Jackie''': (after Giovanni states that this is not a game and that actions have consequences) Haha, it's funny cause this is actually -punched-
* BrickJoke: Amber [[spoiler: leaves behind her hat]] at Lavender Town [[spoiler: in memory of her Touhou.]] During the Q & A segment we're a shown [[spoiler: a scruffy bearded man coming across and taking it as a "free hat."]]
* BrilliantButLazy: Gregoria
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: The response from [[spoiler:the Other Amber's Patchouli to Babs with respect to Nyah's death]].
* ButtMonkey: Other!Amber's Momiji.
* ChekhovsGun: A trainer's mentioning of the [[spoiler: '''Winged Miracles.''']]
-->Lampshaded by Nineball: "What you thought they weren't? Even I knew that."
** Apparently, a good majority of what Leo's fans suggest he should do.
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: ZUN is the Champion.]]
** [[spoiler: Sakuya]]
* CoolShades: Babs.
** Nineball's Silph Scope, as well.
** [[spoiler: Kura]] wears a pair of Blackglasses.
* CueTheRain / WeatherOfWar: In Chapter 36, [[spoiler:Shingyoku (Male) makes it rain to set the atmosphere for Amber and Other!Amber's battle. That ends up helping Marcia to score a direct hit on Aya with Thunder.]]
* CurbStompBattle: Nyah versus the [[spoiler: Vermillion Gym trainers]], Nineball versus the [[spoiler: Celadon Gym trainers]], Marcia versus [[spoiler: Blaine]].
** [[spoiler:Amelia and Gregoria versus the SDM Flandres]].
** [[spoiler:Sariel versus ''lots'' of Touhous in strip 52.]]
--> [[spoiler:'''Sariel''': I am shitting myself right now.]]
** ''Most'' opposing Touhous tend to be defeated unceremoniously in one or two attacks, and many battles only last a page because there's five of them. Of course the flipside is that losses are usually even ''more'' sudden.
* CurseCutShort: Invoked by Amber, interrupting Nineball.
-->'''Nineball''': Eat ''Water Pulse'', [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch]]! Although, you're a cat so I guess I should call you a p-
-->'''Amber''': That's enough Nineball.
* CuteGhostGirl: Ms. Wright.
* DarkerAndEdgier: The later chapters reveal that [[spoiler:Other!Amber and Daisy's AlternateDimension was destroyed by Sariel after Team Rocket attempted to capture him. Other!Amber is forced by Shingyoku to eliminate Amber and their battle results in the deaths of Bitch, Babs and Marisa)]].
* DeadpanSnarker: Bitch, whose sense of humor tends towards [[BlackComedy the black]].
* DealWithTheDevil: As of Ghostly Backstory Club, [[spoiler:Other!Amber has agreed to kill Amber so that Sariel will not bring about Armeggeddon]].
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler: Bitch, Nineball, and Jackie all take down Kikuri, Kongala, and Yuugenmagan, respectively.]]
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: [[MetalGearSolid Metal Gear Re-]] I mean EX-Nitori's ''Crotch Laser''.
* DontExplainTheJoke: Amber explains to Laughter, a Chibi Medicine, just why she named her that. Bitch is not amused. Bitch is never amused.
** Once again in Part 38. [[spoiler: Violet is not amused]].
* TheDragon: Sabrina to Giovanni.
* DudeLooksLikeALady:
** Much like ''Moemon'', some of the Touhous Amber catches turn out to be male.
** [[DroppedABridgetOnHim Dropped A Bridget On Her]]//{{Crossdresser}}: Birdo the Mystia, he says he likes wearing a dress.
* DumbMuscle: According to Brawly's BossSubtitles, he only has five brain cells.
* EpicFail: [[spoiler: Giovanni's Meiling using Earthquake.]]
* EverythingsBetterWithBunnies: Babs and Babs Jr.
** Season Two adds Max to the group.
* EverythingsBetterWithSpinning: Holiday.
* EverythingsCoolerWithLava: Welcome to Cinnabar Island. We have a volcano!
* CuteKitten: Nyah. Inverted by the Team Rocket Chens.
* EverythingsFunkierWithDisco: Surge's Iku comes with Stayin' Alive playing in the background.
* EvilCostumeSwitch: When her attitude shifts from just trying to avoid her crazy counterpart to actively ''wanting'' to fight her, Other!Amber dons a small black mantle.
* EvilTwin: Parodied; Amber ''assumes'' the other Amber is this, and won't be told differently. Her bullheaded behavior towards her so-called rival leads to that Amber declaring "'''You're''' the bad one!"
** Zigzagged once again where it is revealed that [[spoiler:Other!Amber's Dimension was destroyed by Sariel after she failed to stop Team Rocket]]. Amber then thinks that [[spoiler:she's the bad one]]. Until Daisy says that Dimensions don't work that way.
* {{Expy}}:
** By the nature of the game, all the cast members resemble the actual {{Touhou}} crew, but are distinctly different.
** Blaine has a [[SonicTheHedgehog strangely familiar mustache.]]
** In Season 2, Max, Lyla's Reisen, is an obvious expy of [[SamAndMax Max]]
** Gadget, Lyla's Nazrin, may turn out to be an expy of Marcia, if she can survive...
** Amber's new Suwako, Anko, is an expy of [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Kyouko]].
* EyepatchOfPower: Kura and Ida
* EyesAlwaysShut: Bitch generally has an angry, closed-eyed expression. The first time she ''does'' open her eyes, it's accompanied by a SlasherSmile.
** Jackie as well, because he is Chinese after all.
* FadeToWhite: Used at the end of the Championship Fight, as [[spoiler:Hitomi calls down the Thunder]].
* FanArt: A decent amount for Season 1, and an explosion of it in Season 2.
* FanService: Two words. Hot Springs.
* FlatWhat: Lyla's rival Derek, upon realizing the battle he's just talked her into ended before he even realized it.
* FunSize: All Touhous start out as {{Chibi}}.
* FlippingTheTable: [[spoiler: Bruno's Mokou when having to fight Marcia]].
* FollowInMyFootsteps: Norman wants Lyla to become a gym leader just like him, even though she's more interested in becoming a researcher. Derek has a similar problem, as he'd rather become a gym leader than a boring scientist like ''his'' dad.
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: Ghost types are immune to Fighting type attacks but Jackie takes [[spoiler: Agatha's Youmu]] with his fists. [[spoiler: Leo states that Jackie was using Outrage, however]].
* GenkiGirl:
** Amber, though she's not so genki whenever she's just lost a party member.
** Hatate, who retains her cheerful attitude even as [[spoiler: she's dying from a critical hit]].
* GiantMecha: Other!Amber's [=EX-Nitori=] pilots a [[MetalGearSolid Metal Gear Rex]], and the Lorelei's [=EX-Nitori=] pilots a [[MetalGearSolid Metal Gear Ray]].
* GilliganCut: Amber upon returning home to Pallet Town.
-->''Amber'':Mom, how I missed you...
-->''Amber's Mom'': Aw, I missed you too, honey
-->''Amber'': ...r cooking! What's for dinner, ma?
-->(Next panel cuts to Amber with Daisy)
-->''Amber'': [[OrphanedPunchline And that's why I'm having dinner here tonight.]]
* GreenThumb: Jade, Laughter, Spring, and Autumn.
** The no longer permaboxed Amelia!
* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: Along with being able to see ghosts, the Silph Scope can also give one awareness of the FourthWall, read people's minds, and detect psychic and dark energies.
* [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend He Is Not My Boyfriend]]: Archie calls Amber Steven's girlfriend, which she denies.
* HeroAntagonist: Other!Amber.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: Anko in order to defeat Oktavia.]]
* HopeSpot: During the Championship Fight, [[spoiler:Marcia survives two attacks by hiding in her shell, and Amber is ''just'' about to heal her when her luck runs out]]. [[WordOfGod According with Leo]], [[spoiler:he predicted ZUN would use a Full Restore on EX Marisa, because her health was in red. He didn't]].
* IHitYouYouHitTheGround: Seen in Part 37 when [[spoiler:Jackie takes out Patchouli]].
* IdenticalStranger: The two Ambers. A RunningGag is that the gym leaders keep wondering why Amber keeps returning for another badge...
* ImAHumanitarian: Max frequently eats his opponents. PlayedForLaughs.
* ImpliedLoveInterest: [[spoiler: Babs to Jackie. Her death induces an UnstoppableRage in Jackie that takes out Other!Amber's Patchouli and Momiji]].
** And in Season Two, [[spoiler: Steven Stone to Amber.]]
* IronicEcho:
--> '''Koga''': Cirnos really aren't too bright. Did you forget that you're a water type now?
--> '''Nineball:''' Gym Leader's aren't too bright. Did you forget...that I'm the '''Strongest'''?
** [[spoiler:Once more near the end of series.]]
--> [[spoiler:'''Amber''' (in strip 51): I am shitting myself right now.]]
--> [[spoiler:'''Sariel''' (in strip 52): I am shitting myself right now.]]
* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Giovanni gets scott free from his attempt at taking over Silph Co. because he knows people in the police.]]
* KilledOffForReal: Final death tally for Amber's Touhous: [[spoiler: Birdo, Twinkle, Hatate, Baka, Bucket Girl, Autumn, Spring, Laughter, Nyah, Blue, Mona, Jade, Marisa, Nineball, Ms. Wright, Winter, Bitch, Babs, Marcia, Violet, and Hitomi]]. That's more than three times the size of your active party. Early on she lost them almost as fast as she gained them.
** Also, Other!Amber's [[spoiler: Youmu and Marisa]].
** In season 2, Lyla has lost: [[spoiler:Tomas]], while Amber has lost [[spoiler:Chirp and Anko]].
* KillTheCutie
* LackOfEmpathy: Bitch has a very cold attitude towards everyone. If someone dies, it's their own damn fault, though she's quick to harp on Amber for being upset and point out any and all mistakes she's made.
* [[LeaveHimToMe Leave Her To Me]]: Despite her type disadvantage, Bitch insists on taking on Other!Amber's starter Marisa every time they cross paths. Amber calls her on this in Magical Metronome, but [[spoiler:allows her to fight... until she takes a Master Spark in the gut, causing the demise of Bitch and Marisa]].
* PluckyGirl: Amber. Given the losses she's suffered, the fact she can drive forward at ''all'' is astonishing sometimes...
* MakingASplash: Marcia, Jade, Nineball, and Gregoria.
* MartialArtsHeadband: Amber [[spoiler: leaves behind her hat at Lavender Town in memory of all the Touhou she has lost]] and dons one of them instead.
* MeaningfulName: Bitch, just for starters.
* {{Meganekko}}: Lyla
* MegatonPunch: [[spoiler: Jackie takes out Lorelei's EX-Nitori with a Dynamic Punch]].
* {{Mons}}
* MotiveDecay: In Season 2, Amber worries if she's slipping into this, as she's not entirely sure ''why'' she's started over with another adventure.
* MythologyGag: Upon entering the [[spoiler: Scarlet Devil Mansion]], Jackie begins to feel that he shouldn't let them enter.
* NiceHat: Well it ''is'' a Touhou comic.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Amber [[spoiler: destroying the Winged Miracles basically, pisses off Sariel to the point where he considers to destroy the world.]]
* DarthWiki/NightmareFuel: [[spoiler: Destiny Bond, the sheer horror of losing your Pokemon in a Nuzlocke challenge is horrifying enough, but Other!Amber's Youmu's eyes freaking bleed after stabbing a Team Rocket Rumia.]]
* NintendoHard: ''Touhoumon'' games have a reputation for being quite difficult, and this bears out in the comic.
* NoodleImplements:
--> Lyla: Wait, aren't you a beast type user why is it called the ston-
--> Roxanne: ''''Some things man was not meant to know''''.
* {{Nosebleed}}: Jackie gets a bunch of these in the Q&A session.
* NoSell: [[spoiler:Patchouli does this against Babs in the chapter 37. She received various attacks from her, but she only shrugs the efforts of Babs. After, Patchouli decided that she had enough of her useless efforts, and she kills Babs with Flamethrower]].
* NotSoHarmless: After being treated as a complete joke for sleeping through their first couple encounters, Other!Amber's Patchouli opens her eyes and [[spoiler: one-shots Nyah with Bubblebeam]].
** And she [[spoiler:kills Babs in Part 37, who defeated her in the chapter when Nyah dies.]]
** Surge's Chibi Shou. [[spoiler: It takes out Laughter.]]
* OhCrap: [[spoiler: Jade's death at the hands of Other!Amber's EX-Nitori]].
** [[spoiler: Koga's EX-Hina using Explosion on Babs]].
** [[spoiler: Encountering Flandre in the Scarlet Devil Mansion.]]
** [[spoiler: Sariel's reaction to being cornered by Amber's team, Other!Amber's team and Professor Oak's Chibi Sakuya:]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Sariel''': I am shitting myself right now.]]
* TheOneGuy: Jackie
* ParentalNeglect: Lyla's father Norman cares about her... but not enough to pay child support. And he'd ''really'' prefer for her to follow '''his''' dreams rather than hers.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: Amber's treatment of her rival (including trying to kill her, PlayedForLaughs), who's not actually evil, as well as some Rocket Grunts, who are.
* {{Pettanko}}/ACupAngst: [[spoiler:Implied to be the reason Violet is always so grumpy]].
-->'''Violet''': I-I have boobs! It's just, my clothes, they're kinda big and...
-->'''Windy Thing''': She doesn't have boobs.
* PlotDevice: The Silph Scope. Lampshaded by Amber at one point.
* PsychicPowers: Babs.
** Sabrina but she can only use them when she's confident.
* RedShirt: The Team Rocket Grunt's Pokemon.
* TheRival: While the AU Amber would much rather be left alone at first, her Marisa makes a perfect {{Foil}} to Bitch; while she ''appears'' nicer at first, she has a disturbingly cavalier attitude towards life-and-death combat. The other Amber eventually ''does'' decide to seriously oppose her, in no small part since it's clear Amber would just keep attacking her ''anyway''.
* RunningGag:
** Other!Amber's Momiji being knocked out instantly when sent out.
** The Gym Leaders asking if they've fought Amber before. [[DontExplainTheJoke It was actually Other!Amber that fought them.]]
* SequelHook: The ending seems to imply there may be another TouhoumonNuzlockeChallenge taking place in a different Touhoumon game.
** And now there is!
* ShockAndAwe: Amber's Marisa, Other!Amber's Marisa, and Marcia after evolving.
* ShockwaveStomp: [[spoiler: Bruno's Tenshi and Yuugi.]]
* ShoutOut: Several of the names Amber gives her Touhous are references, such as to common [[Memes/{{Touhou}} Touhou Memes]] or other games.
** Babs' introduction has her attempting the JediMindTrick: "These are not the droids you're looking for!"
** The Nugget Bridge battles are summarized by a parody of classic-style ''FinalFantasy'' combat.
*** The text in that panel reads "And then there was the '''[[{{FinalFantasyV}} Clash on the Big Bridge]]'''"
** The Silph Scope resembles the headgear from ''SplinterCell''.
** Mount Moon. Named after [[TheWho Keith Moon]].
** Bitch uses the [[StarTrek Vulcan Nerve Pinch]] on Sabrina's Hakurei.
** Amber's mom is singing Kero 9 Destiny by Silver Forest in Part XXXII.
** '''Marcia''': When that baby (the S.S Cucumber) hits [[BackToTheFuture 88 mph]], we see some serious shit.
** In Season Two, Lyla has a Medecine that's nicknamed [[GuiltyGear Bridget]].
** Roxanne [[ThePolice doesn't have to put on the red light]].
** Lyla's Chen is nicknamed [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Felicia]].
** [[spoiler: [[PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Anko's TakingYouWithMe on Oktavia]]]].
* SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: Bitch is not exactly the most understanding or supportive of teammates.
* SinisterScythe: Gregoria the Komachi
* SomebodyElsesProblem: Steven Stone ''knows'' that Team Aqua's up to no good, but isn't bothering to do anything about it. Amber's attempts to call him out on this haven't been very effective...
* SourSupporter: Bitch, whose 'pep talks' aren't exactly peppy.
* SplashOfColor:
** The strips are mostly monochrome, but blood and the Rs on the uniforms are always painted red. Certain dramatic moments also get splashes of color, such as Patchouli [[PurpleEyes opening her eyes]] for the first time.
** Whenever one of the girls reaches their final form, she gets a panel where she's fully colored to show off her new look.
** In Part 37, the first color seen in that strip is [[spoiler:a single red X at the end of a row of Xs... signifying the latest casualty]].
* TheStinger: Each Flash animated episode has one:
** After [[http://www.doublepuma.com/thmon/20/ Curiosities of Rival Asia]], [[spoiler:Bitch informs Jade that her death had nothing to do with Team Rocket, painting it as a SenselessSacrifice]].
** At the end of [[http://www.doublepuma.com/thmon/28/ Bohemian Archive in Burnt Red]], [[spoiler:Bitch snaps the others out of their shock at Nineball's death with a warning that the fight isn't over yet]].
** At the end of [[http://www.doublepuma.com/thmon/42/ Lance]], after being defeated by Amber and [[spoiler: informing her of having to beat the most recent Champion]] he and his two Iku's start dancing to disco.
* StealthPun: In [[http://www.doublepuma.com/thmon/39/ Lorelei]], the song in the background is a rock remix of Mystia ''Lorelei's'' theme.
* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: [[spoiler: Hitomi when asked if she's reading pornography.]]
-->'''Hitomi''': The proper term is ''erotica''. I mean, no
* TakingTheBullet:
** [[spoiler: Birdo]] does this rather unintentionally when Amber shoves them into a fight to save Bitch.
--->'''Bitch:''' Hey, I thought it was a good strategy. [[spoiler:He]] was just CannonFodder, anyway.
** [[spoiler: Marisa taking an attack from Giovanni's Rumia that was aimed at Amber]].
* TakingUpTheMantle: [[spoiler: Marcia covers the Water and Ice attacks Nineball had]].
* TakingYouWithMe: Thanks to Destiny Bond, this is the fate of [[spoiler:Other!Amber's Youmu]].
** Later attempted without the aid of a Destiny Bond. Instead, [[spoiler:Other!Amber's Marisa opts for a point-blank Master Spark in Bitch's gut, and by consecuence, both died]].
** In Season Two, [[spoiler: Anko destroys herself and her "Soul Gem" in order to defeat Oktavia]].
* ThisIsGonnaSuck: The Portal Maze in Silph Co.
* TrainingMontage: It even included Eye of the Tiger!
** Another one occurs in Part 38, with [[spoiler:Jackie, Marcia, Violet, Windy Thing, Hitomi, and Kura]]. One of the scenes involves [[spoiler:Hitomi painting a fence]].
* TranquilFury: At the end of the Championship Fight, [[spoiler:Hitomi]] does not take [[spoiler:the deaths of Marcia and Violet]] well.
* TookALevelInBadass: Duh.
* TwoLinesNoWaiting: In Season Two, Amber is running a Randomlocke challenge at the same time that Lyla's starting her journey.
* UncannyValley: According to Kura, [[spoiler: the wireframe copies of Other!Amber's Touhou taste like this]]. [[invoked]]
* UnstoppableRage: In Part 37, [[spoiler:Jackie, following Babs' demise]].
* UnsympatheticComedyProtagonist: Amber has elements of this, before getting some CharacterDevelopment.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Flying attacks on Princess Wriggle.
-->"Bug/Grass? Seriously."
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Some of Amber's Touhou don't last very long at all. Most notable are [[spoiler: Baka and Bucket Girl]], who both lasted for only a couple of panels.
* WhamEpisode: Several of the late-run deaths effectively function as this.
* WhatTheHellHero: After Amber immediately attacks and beats up her just-obtained Marisa:
-->'''Other!Amber:''' '''You're''' the bad one!
** Much later, Amber calls out Other!Amber after [[spoiler:''both'' their starters die and her rival stoically continues the fight]].
-->'''Amber:''' [[spoiler:N-now look what you did...! T-they're dead! They're both dead... *Other!Amber calls EX Nitori* And you '''STILL''' wanna fight?]] '''ARE''' you nuts?
-->'''Other!Amber:''' [[DealWithTheDevil ...I have to]].
** And in Part 48, she calls out her counterpart again after realizing [[spoiler:she and Daisy are going to run away from the impending destruction of this dimension]].
* WholeEpisodeFlashback: Ghostly Backstory Club, as it name implies, explains the history of [[spoiler:Other!Amber and Daisy and how they ended up in Amber's dimension]].
** EX 1: [[http://www.doublepuma.com/thmon/comics/2011-07-21-ex1.png Starters]] looks at the starters' lives shortly before being picked by their trainers.
** EX 2: [[http://www.doublepuma.com/thmon/comics/2011-08-04-ex2.png Silph Scope]] looks at Nineball and Marcia discussing about the Silph Scope. [[spoiler:That was before the death of Nineball. She promised that when she finished in playing with it, it would give the scope to Marcia. The last panel shows Marcia with the Silph Scope remembering Nineball's demise, and with a sad expression because Nineball couldn't fulfill her promise to Marcia]].
** EX 3: [[http://www.doublepuma.com/thmon/ex3/ Return]] features Other!Amber returning home after [[spoiler: failing to kill Amber and cries in Daisy's arms.]]
* [[spoiler: WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue]]: [[spoiler: Jackie takes on a disciple to teach them how to be strong and use their strength for good. Kura becomes a Vigilante that protects people from youkai. [=WindyThingy=] publishes the groups adventures. Gregoria became a custom pony maker. Myon and Amelia decide to work on the best garden ever.]]
* WhyDontYouMarryIt: Frustrated by Lyla's attempt to make him feel better after Amber curbstomped him, he snaps "If you like her so much, why don't you marry her?"
* YaoiFangirl: [[spoiler: Inverted by Hitomi. Played straight with Amber.]]
** In Season 2, Roxanne.
* YouNeverAsked: Jackie's response when Amber asks why he didn't [[spoiler:toss the turtle out of the way]] in the first place.
* YouthfulFreckles: To help tell her apart from her rival, the Amber we follow has freckles dusting her nose.

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