- Cargo Ship:
- Shirou's reaction to Derflinger had shades of this."Shirou," Louise said, her eye twitching, and her fists clenched as she eyed me strangely. "I'm glad you like the sword, but could you please stop rubbing your cheek against it? It's disturbing."
- The Zero Fighter. No wonder no woman can seduce him, since his love is only for weapons of mass destruction."I gave into the urge myself, and embraced the machine guns. "Oh! The armies we'll slaughter together!" I crooned, rubbing my face against the weapons."
- Shirou's reaction to Derflinger had shades of this.
- Fan-Preferred Couple: Shirou and Henrietta. Many believed that the one that got knocked up at the end was her.
- Fridge Horror: When the comparison of Shirou to Lancelot is made. So, Fate/Zero's Berserker has the power to take control of any weapon he lays his hands on, and he's fixated on Saber...
- Hilarious in Hindsight: The 2012 The Familiar Of Zero anime gives us, for the first time, Disintegration Void Magic. Several years after it appeared in this fic.
- Ho Yay: This line about Shirou and Head Chef:'He had invited me to his room after his shift was done so we could discretely begin working on the book in privacy later that night.'
- Memetic Mutation: This fic gave birth to the short-lived but highly present swear "By The Root."explaination
- Once Original, Now Overdone: Thanks to Follow the Leader after this story made waves, the plot that was once really unusual and a major draw for readers is now the first one used for all The Familiar of Zero fanfics ever.
- They Copied It, So It Sucks!: A common criticism is that the story is essentially the same as The Familiar of Zero, but with a cooler protagonist. This springs from the fact that most of the major plot points from the original light novel are essentially copied, with very little divergence despite Shirou's presence.
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