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* ImportedAlienPhlebotinum: Since the 1940's, [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-21-791 there's the idea]] to use Grey technology to build a US-own spaceship on Area 51, but the acquired tech knowledge of several races is also used in other ways, for example the hyper-speed subway that Majestic uses for travelling.
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* RemovedFromThePicture: Rose's mom has been ripped out of a family photo. [[spoiler:Which she did herself, to hide from her daughter that she's indeed a Nordic.]]

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* DisappearedDad: Rose's father was depressive and [[TheAlcoholic drank himself to death]] two years ago.



* EveryoneLovesBlondes: Phillis.



* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Roger seems to be undergoing one during the latest chapters, going from easy-going goofball fish out of water to almost, sadistic glee at chasing down and hurting Hue, possibly justified slightly due to Hue not actually leaving Rose alone. And then he starts behaving [[SanitySlippage increasingly paranoid and abusive]] towards Rose, [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-20-777 culminating in slapping her hard across the face.]]]]

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* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Roger seems to be undergoing one during the latest chapters, going from easy-going goofball fish out of water to almost, almost sadistic glee at chasing down and hurting Hue, possibly justified slightly due to Hue not actually leaving Rose alone. And then he starts behaving [[SanitySlippage increasingly paranoid and abusive]] towards Rose, [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-20-777 culminating in slapping her hard across the face.]]]]

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* ActionGirl: Pigment kicks ass and takes names. [[spoiler: In the fight against Roger, it's her who does most of the kicking, while her partner restricts himself to [[IShallTauntYou verbal lashing]] and looking cool]].

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* ActionGirl: Pigment kicks ass and takes names. [[spoiler: In the fight against Roger, it's her who does most of the kicking, while her partner partner, after dishing out the first hit, restricts himself to [[IShallTauntYou verbal lashing]] and looking cool]].



* ArrangedMarriage: Gracelis notes that she didn't choose her fiance Magnus herself; her superiors picked him for her. It's implied they don't like each other very much, though Magnus shows a certain possessiveness of Gracelis.



* AttractiveBentGender: [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-20-763 Shapeshifted Quazky]] makes for a cute girl.



* BastardBoyfriend: Roger begins to show shades of this towards Rose, lying to her about what had happened to her, treating her in a condescending manner, and just deciding over her head that he's moving in with her, not to mention that he tosses some of her clothing in the trash without asking her before. [[spoiler:Then he slips into outright physical abuse.]]



* BigDamnHeroes: Guinea and Pig's introduction in chapter 19, where they kick Roger's ass six ways 'til Sunday in saving both Hue's and Quazky's lives.

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* BigDamnHeroes: Guinea and Pig's introduction in chapter 19, where they kick Roger's ass six ways 'til Sunday in Sunday, saving both Hue's and Quazky's lives.
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* PsychicLink: [[spoiler: [=EBE1=] develops one with Phyllis. [[BlessedWithSuck It transmits ''pain'']], and with it, even [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-17--584 physical injuries]].]]

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* PsychicLink: [[spoiler: [=EBE1=] develops one with Phyllis. [[BlessedWithSuck It transmits ''pain'']], pain]], and with it, even [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-17--584 physical injuries]].]]
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* PsychicLink: [[spoiler: [=EBE1=] develops one with Phyllis. [[BlessedWithSuck It transmits ''pain'']].]]

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* PsychicLink: [[spoiler: [=EBE1=] develops one with Phyllis. [[BlessedWithSuck It transmits ''pain'']].''pain'']], and with it, even [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-17--584 physical injuries]].]]
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* StayInTheKitchen: [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/?id=146 Walter's attitude]] towards Phillis, though it fits with the 1940s setting.

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* StayInTheKitchen: [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/?id=146 com/comic/chapter-5--141 Walter's attitude]] towards Phillis, though it fits with the 1940s setting.
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* PleaseIWillDoAnything: When Dr. Glasner and the commanders of Area 51 suggest that [=EBE1=] will be euthanized due to his hostile behavior, Phillis pleads with Glasner, saying she'll do anything to stop this. Glasner repeats ominously "anything", then concedes to her wish. Whether or not her current condition is the price she had to pay is yet to be seen.
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---> Phillis: Every time a ''red'' cloud appears, I can't seem to keep the earth in my pot from falling into the darkness.

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---> Phillis: '''Phillis''': Every time a ''red'' cloud appears, I can't seem to keep the earth in my pot from falling into the darkness.

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** [[spoiler:The catatonic Phillis has red eyes.]]
** [[spoiler:Abigail's journal has red covers.]]]

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** [[spoiler:The catatonic Phillis has red pupils. This appeared for the first time when [=EBE1=] initiated their telepathic bond and seemed to become [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-20-750 more frequent]] since then. Phillis also appears in a nightmare / vision of Hue with blank, completely red eyes.]]
** When [=EBE1=] joins Phillis in the base's chapel, one of the candles' flames turns red for no apparent reason.
** [[spoiler:Abigail's journal has red covers.]]]]]
** In every vision she appears to Rose, Phillis tells her something regarding "red", i. e. trying to sell her a red watch or showing her a red ''rose'' that fell out of its flower pot.
---> Phillis: Every time a ''red'' cloud appears, I can't seem to keep the earth in my pot from falling into the darkness.



** [[spoiler:Upon meeting Rose, [=EBE1=] asks her to "let him see her red".]]



* PetTheDog: Longus' relationship with Don, a young gay boy.

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* %%* PetTheDog: Longus' relationship with Don, a young gay boy.boy. %%Doesn't qualify for this trope; Longus was never established as a negative character in the first place.
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** Also [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-8-244 a recurring theme]] [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-15--512 with]] [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-19--683 several]] [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-16--556 background]] [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-16--557 characters]].

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** Also [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-8-244 a recurring theme]] recurring]] [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-15--512 with]] theme]] [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-19--683 several]] with]] [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-16--556 background]] several]] [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-16--557 background]] [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-19-730 characters]].

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* ScaryShinyGlasses: Dr. Glasner has these [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-18--676 occasionally]].

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* ScaryShinyGlasses: Dr. Glasner has these [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-5-169 has]] [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-18--676 occasionally]].these]] [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-21-799 occasionally]].
** Also [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-8-244 a recurring theme]] [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-15--512 with]] [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-19--683 several]] [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-16--556 background]] [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-16--557 characters]].
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* CreatorCameo: More than once. [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-15--512 Here are]] [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-19--683 a few examples.]]

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* CreatorCameo: More than once. [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-15--512 com/comic/chapter-12--392 Here are]] [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-15--512 a few]] [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-19--683 a few examples.]]
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* FieryRedhead: Rose, at least when hanging around [[spoiler:[=EBE1=]]]. Except her hair is dyed.

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* FieryRedhead: Rose, at least when hanging around [[spoiler:[=EBE1=]]]. Except her hair is dyed. [[spoiler: Except it's not dye. It's due to her being Half-Nordic, their hair grows red while fertile. Rose's has been red since she was 13]]

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* ImAHumanitarian: The Reptoids in general, though they have varying attitudes about this. Magnus considers eating livestock instead of humans unsatisfying, while Longus honestly prefers pig and has never killed a human himself - he has eaten humans when they were dead and dished to him, but meanwhile, having lived twenty-something years among humans on earth, he finds the idea pretty weird to still regard them as food.



* TinMan: The Greys. Even more apparent when they use the Trying Human units.

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* TinMan: The Greys. Even more apparent when they use the Trying Human ''Trying Human'' units.


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* ToServeMan: The Reptoids in general eat human and animal flesh alike, though they have varying attitudes about this. Magnus considers eating livestock instead of humans unsatisfying, while Longus honestly prefers pig and has never killed a human himself - he has eaten humans when they were dead and dished to him, but meanwhile, having lived twenty-something years among humans on earth, he finds it weird to regard them as food.
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* ImAHumanitarian: The Reptoids in general, though they have varying attitudes about this. Magnus considers eating livestock instead of humans unsatisfying, while Longus honestly prefers pig and has never killed a human himself - he has eaten humans when they were dead and dished to him, but meanwhile, having lived twenty-something years among humans on earth, he finds the idea pretty weird to still regard them as food.
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* FairyGodmother: Gracelis sort of fulfills this role for Hue, as she gets him the ''Trying Human'' device that he needs to look human and visit Rose. She also instructs Quazky to help Hue with wooing Rose, as she has noticed how lonely Hue is and wants him to have someone in his life who makes him happy.
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* ArrangedMarriage: Gracelis notes that she didn't choose her fiance Magnus herself; her superiors picked him for her. It's implied they don't like each other very much, though Magnus shows a certain possessiveness of Gracelis.
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* HandshakeRefusal: Seems to be a Reptoid thing - Longus declines a handshake with Roger, Quazky with Don. In Quazky's case, one could argue with not understanding human customs, but Longus has lived on earth among humans for a long time and seems seriously offput by the idea to shake Roger's hand.
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* SmokingIsGlamorous: Gracelis, a high-class Draconian, wears a fur coat and uses a cigarette holder in both human and Reptoid form.

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* SmokingIsGlamorous: Gracelis, a high-class Draconian, [[PrettyInMink wears a fur coat coat]] and uses a cigarette holder in both human and Reptoid form.
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* CreatorCameo: More than once. [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-15--512 Here is the latest.]]

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* CreatorCameo: More than once. [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-15--512 Here is the latest.are]] [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-19--683 a few examples.]]
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* BadassAndChildDuo: Sort of how the [[PunnyName Guinea and Pig]] started, although she's a grownup (if small) from the beginning and every inch as capable as her companion. But they [[WalkingTheEarth walk the Earth]], fighting the good fight together.

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* BadassAndChildDuo: Sort of how the [[PunnyName Guinea and Pig]] started, although she's a grownup (if small) from the beginning and every inch as capable as her companion. But they [[WalkingTheEarth walk the Earth]], fighting the good fight together.

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* DisappearedDad: Rose's father was depressive and [[TheAlcoholic drank himself to death]] two years ago.



* InformedJudaism: Don. All we have is his own word.

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* InformedJudaism: Don. All we have is his own word.word; he mentions that he's had a Bar Mitzvah. Then again, Don is also a vegetarian, which at least spares him some of the finesses of Jewish diet laws.


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** Grey [=EBE1=] and human Phillis definitely had ''something'' going on, though the exact nature of their relationship is still a bit unclear.
** Hue is in love with Rose, and recently, it seems she has begun reciprocating. Hue is a Grey, Rose [[spoiler:half Nordic, half]] human.
** Guinea and Pig, human and Grey respectively, have either this or a profound InterspeciesFriendship.
** Longus, a Terran Reptoid, and Don, a human teenager.
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* AttractiveBentGender: [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-20-763 Shapeshifted Quazky]] makes for a cute girl.

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* BigDamnHeroes: Guinea and Pig's introduction in chapter 19, where they kick Roger's ass six ways 'til Sunday in saving Hue's life.

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* BigDamnHeroes: Guinea and Pig's introduction in chapter 19, where they kick Roger's ass six ways 'til Sunday in saving both Hue's life.and Quazky's lives.


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*** There's also chapter 19, where [[spoiler:Roger goes off the deep end, trying to murder Hue and Quazky just because he has seen them near Rose's apartment and then going home to slap Rose ''hard'' across the face.]]
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* BigDamnHeroes: Guinea and Pig's introduction in chapter 19, where they kick Roger's ass six ways 'til Sunday in saving Hue's life.

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* BastardBoyfriend: Roger begins to show shades of this towards Rose, lying to her about what had happened to her, treating her in a condescending manner, and just deciding over her head that he's moving in with her, not to mention that he tosses some of her clothing in the trash without asking her before. [[spoiler:Then he slips into outright physical abuse.]]



* BastardBoyfriend: Roger begins to show shades of this towards Rose, lying to her about what had happened to her, treating her in a condescending manner, and just deciding over her head that he's moving in with her, not to mention that he tosses some of her clothing in the trash without asking her before. [[spoiler:Then he slips into outright physical abuse.]]
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* BastardBoyfriend: Roger begins to show shades of this towards Rose, lying to her about what had happened to her, treating her in a condescending manner, and just deciding over her head that he's moving in with her. [[spoiler:Then he slips into outright physical abuse.]]

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* BastardBoyfriend: Roger begins to show shades of this towards Rose, lying to her about what had happened to her, treating her in a condescending manner, and just deciding over her head that he's moving in with her.her, not to mention that he tosses some of her clothing in the trash without asking her before. [[spoiler:Then he slips into outright physical abuse.]]

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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: The Greys use a type of memory altering that [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/?id=53 lets the abductee fill in the blanks as to what happened to them]].

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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: The Greys use a type of memory altering that [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/?id=53 com/comic/chapter-2--51 lets the abductee fill in the blanks as to what happened to them]].



* MrFanservice: [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/?id=521 Longus]]. Seriously, lizard men were NEVER meant to be that sexy.

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* MrFanservice: [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/?id=521 com/comic/chapter-15--511 Longus]]. Seriously, lizard men were NEVER meant to be that sexy.



* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: 8, [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/?id=325 repeatedly]] and [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/?id=314 not just]] to Roger.

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* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: 8, [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/?id=325 com/comic/chapter-10--315 repeatedly]] and [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/?id=314 com/comic/chapter-10--304 not just]] to Roger.


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* NunsNRosaries: Phillis is shown to be of distinctly Catholic belief; she grasps for the rosary in her pocket when she's afraid, and she prays a "Hail Mary" in the base's chapel in fluent Latin.
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* BetweenMyLegs: [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/?id=457 This page]] when [[spoiler:8 and Glasner have their extracurricular activities]].

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* BetweenMyLegs: [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/?id=457 com/comic/chapter-14--443 This page]] when [[spoiler:8 and Glasner have their extracurricular activities]].



* CloseCallHaircut: Rose gets one [[http://tryinghuman.com/?id=422 here]].

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* CloseCallHaircut: Rose gets one [[http://tryinghuman.com/?id=422 [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/comic/chapter-13--408 here]].



* CreatorCameo: More than once. [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/?id=527 Here is the latest.]]

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* CreatorCameo: More than once. [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/?id=527 com/comic/chapter-15--512 Here is the latest.]]



* EarlyBirdCameo: [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/?id=18 In Chapter 1]] guess who's sitting behind Roger on the plane?

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* EarlyBirdCameo: [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/?id=18 com/comic/chapter-1--17 In Chapter 1]] guess who's sitting behind Roger on the plane?



* HalfHumanHybrid: It's heavily implied that 6 is in fact half-alien, though he [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/?id=311 vehemently denies being "half"-anything]].

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* HalfHumanHybrid: It's heavily implied that 6 is in fact half-alien, though he [[http://www.tryinghuman.com/?id=311 com/comic/chapter-10--301 vehemently denies being "half"-anything]].

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