Transmutation: New Blood/Tropes

This page consists of tropes that are used in Transmutation: New Blood.

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 * Action Girl: Rebecca. Cecilia and Gaby slowly become this after many volumes. Neftali. Haylee. Kelly becomes one in her final moments, sacrificing her life while killing dozens of biters in order to allow the group to save Homestead and defeat Blake Stevens. Any of the women who has survived for a long time has gradually became action girls in order to survive.
 * Adapted Out: In the original version of the series, there were a few characters by the names of Dawn, Jackie, Becca (not to be confused with Rebecca), and Samantha (not to be confused with Sam), that were scrapped. Dawn and Jackie were scrapped to make way for Robin and Amber. Becca and Samantha were scrapped in order to avoid confusion between Rebecca and Sam.
 * Adult Fear:
 * Due to fear that his entire family is dead, Will starts hallucinating a younger Brendan, as well as the family that he killed in self-defense. Due to his fear, he murders Sabrina, Michelle, and nearly Savannah, before he himself is killed by Louie Walker.
 * There have been many other cases of adult fear throughout the series.
 * The Alcoholic:
 * Bob Muyskens is the most notable alcoholic. Normally, he was good with his alcoholic intake. However, he has a bad reaction to beer, and after drinking too much, he destroys the interior of Larry Abraham's home and knocks the latter out when he tries to stop him. After this, Bob swears off alcohol completely.
 * Albert Drost, Harriet Drost, Wade, Mark, and Clifton Pierre are alcoholics, though their alcohol intake is moderated.
 * Brendan drinks several bottles of whiskey and gets drunk after having to kill Elaina, but Robert and Joe manage to snap him out of it. After this, Brendan never drinks alcohol again.
 * All Girls Want Bad Boys:
 * Jennifer Pia gets in a sexual relationship with Eddie Dagley, though it becomes one-sided and non-consensual not long after.
 * Gracelyn falls for Blake Stevens, not realizing how horrible of a person he truly is.
 * Rebecca dates Destiny for at least a few years, though it is only after the latter kills Audra and tries to kill Brendan that she realizes who she really was all along.
 * All Your Base Are Belong to Us:
 * Destiny attempts to take over by nearly killing Brendan, but she is stopped by Rebecca.
 * Anthony Callahan, Adam Collier, and Marisa try several times to take the prison and kill the survivors in it, but they ultimately fail due to their own group turning against them.
 * Adriel, Mary, and the Congregation of God successfully overruns the prison with a mega herd of biters, though the former two are killed by members of their own group.
 * Blake and Lance Parsons try several times to wipe out the inhabitants of Homestead. They actually succeed in overthrowing them once by killing Neftali and Dillon Ridgeway before enslaving them, but they both wind up dead within days regardless.
 * Gustav tries to starve Homestead out slowly by stealing their food, and later attempts to kill them himself, but he is killed instead. After this, Fruborn is abandoned and the remaining survivors either migrate to Homestead or go off on their own.
 * Almighty Janitor: Brendan, who had no idea what he was going to do with his life after high school, winds up as one of the leaders of his group, as well as helping create several communities throughout the series (the ranch, the prison, and Homestead). Additionally, he ends up encouraging the Nightmare Hideaway camp's residents to band together against the biters.
 * Alternate Universe: Like The Walking Dead, all media relating to zombies/the undead do not exist in the universe of Transmutation: New Blood.
 * An Axe to Grind:
 * Brendan owns and has been using the same axe since "Chapter 2".
 * Jerome Aceti wields a large battleaxe that he calls Betty.
 * Anyone Can Die:
 * Volume 1: Pete, George, Brian, Geoff, Kirk, all of the high school and soldier redshirts.
 * Volume 2: Sam, David, Steve, Bri, Damon, Anthony Rosa, James, Aliya, Justin, Shaun, Amber.
 * Volume 3: Elaina, Patrick, Destiny, Damion, Jim, Robin, Mark, Diane, Eddie, Ethan, Hudson.
 * Volume 4: Josue, Christopher, Bunty, Kirby, Megan, Mikey, Star, Christian, Petra, Otto, Kayla, several prisoner redshirts.
 * Volume 5: Haylee, Bella, Jeffrey, Ben, Anthony, Adam, Marisa, Luke, Justin, Logan, Mark, Clifton, Claudia, Coryne, Brooke, Isabel.
 * Volume 6: Aliyah, Neil, Taylor, Charles, Anna, Garry, Wyatt, Corey Lane, Quintrell, Eric.
 * Volume 7: Ricky, Seth, Amanda, Jennifer, Kasey, Erika, Kevin, Tia, Dave, Sarah, Derrick, Alice, Adriel, Arthur, Mary.
 * Volume 8: Will, Kaitlyn, Alyssa, Kristoff, Morgan, Lucy, Sabrina, Michelle, Harlan, Callaway, Frankie, Emily.
 * Volume 9: DeSantis, Nicole, Wade, Zoe, Tommy, Allen, Larry, Yvette, Gavin.
 * Volume 10: Sabian, Louie, Milo, Jelston, Mike, Beth, Manuel.
 * Volume 11: Neftali, Titania, Vanntey, Dillon, Conrad, Marty, Margaret, Faith, Gracelyn, Cindy, Noah, Gonzalo, Dane.
 * Volume 12: Kelly, Johnny, Lance, Foo, Blake, Maya, Ryan, Steven, Rose, Tammy, Lidia.
 * Volume 13: Ashaki, Kaylee, Giuseppe, Chase, Soledad, Dennis, Byron, Deshaun, Gustav, Kenji, Ms. Siena.
 * The Apocalypse Brings Out the Best in People:
 * Titania and Zoe, both of whom were selfish and bribing people in order to get what they wanted, end up sacrificing their lives to save other people. Titania for Giuseppe, and Zoe for the entire group.
 * Ricky. He was a lowlife and a drug user who ended up getting people killed while high, including a little girl. However, after being exiled by Albert, he changes his ways and becomes a better person. He saves his father's life from people he considered friends, apologized to Jacob (whose sister died because of his actions), and sacrificed his life to save the lives of Lola and Terrence; both turncoats from the Congregation of God.
 * Harshal. He went along with the cannibalistic ways of the Woodsmen and was among those to eat Sabian's legs, albeit unwillingly, and he renounced his cannibalistic ways after being taken prisoner by the group. He later is allowed to leave alive to start anew thanks to Sabian's dying wishes.
 * Sabian. Although he's always had good intentions, he sometimes put his smoking addiction first. Most notably, he nearly gets Neil killed by saving his cigarettes first. After this, he quits smoking with the help of Ben, and becomes a more productive member of the group.
 * There are several other examples of this trope throughout the series.

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 * Back for the Dead: Dennis disappears after "Chapter 5" when he leaves with most of Kirk's original convoy in search of their families. He returns in "Chapter 107", revealing he killed the entire convoy after finding out the fates of his mother and sister. He willingly lets Gaby kill him after his shortly-lived return.
 * Badass Crew: This applies to the Bristol Survivor Group ever since they defeated a large group of biters for the first time together in "Chapter 6".
 * Badass Gay: Rebecca, both bisexual and the current deuteragonist of the series, is one of the group's best fighters, known for being able to shoot proficiently with bows and crossbows. Kristoff and Neil, as well as Kaylee and Noriko, are Badass Couples. Corey is also bisexual and a good fighter, having taken out one of the people that helped kill his friends in the past. Alyssa was also bisexual, and dated Rebecca for several months, making them a Badass Couple as well.
 * Big Bad:
 * Anthony Callahan in Volumes 4 and 5.
 * Adriel and the Congregation of God in Volume 7.
 * Blake Stevens, Lance Parsons, and the majority of the Fruborn army in Volumes 11 and 12.
 * Thomas and the Sewer Rats, and Randy Bennett in Volume 13.
 * Blade Below the Shoulder:
 * Joe acquires an attachable knife for his prosthetic arm just before he leaves to start a new journey.
 * Johnny tapes a knife to his stump not long before attacking Fruborn on his own.
 * Bulletproof Human Shield: Savannah uses Marty's body as a shield against Lance and his small army of soldiers.
 * The Bus Came Back:
 * Ben, DeSantis, Dave, and Marisa all flee the high school after Pete and George are killed in "Chapter 2". Ben returns in "Chapter 9", while the other three return in "Chapter 37".
 * Kaitlyn leaves the group in "Chapter 14", and has a cameo in "Chapter 35", before making a full return at the end of the following chapter.
 * Ricky is exiled from the group in "Chapter 32", and isn't seen again until "Chapter 51".
 * Neftali is separated from the group in "Chapter 15", and finally makes a return in "Chapter 62".
 * Johnny's fate is left unclear after being wounded and escaping in "Chapter 20", until he shows up at the end of "Chapter 91".
 * Bob leaves the group temporarily in "Chapter 83", and makes a cameo at the end of "Chapter 91", before fully returning in "Chapter 95".
 * Titania is introduced via a flashback in "Chapter 64", before making her first physical appearance in "Chapter 72".
 * Mercedes is also introduced via a flashback in "Chapter 64", before making her first physical appearance in "Chapter 107".
 * Dennis, along with Byron and the other Fort Trumbull soldiers, leave towards the end of "Chapter 5", and later return in "Chapter 107". However, it is revealed that Dennis is the only survivor, while the rest were killed and allowed to reanimate into biters.
 * Bus Crash: Byron and the rest of the military convoy that left in "Chapter 5" (excluding Dennis) return in "Chapter 107" as biters.

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 * The Cameo:
 * Elaina returns twice in Volume 4 to haunt Brendan.
 * Kristian and David reappear in four consecutive chapters via flashbacks/dreams in Volume 5.
 * Aliyah hears the voices of Jeffrey, Haylee, Neftali, Sam, and Damion in her head in "Chapter 56".
 * Haylee, Aliyah, and Josue appear in flashbacks in "Chapter 64", with speaking lines as well.
 * Brendan hallucinates his father Will, his former girlfriend Amanda, and his friend Seth, as well as several members of his family throughout Volume 9.
 * Aliyah, Destiny, Sam, Bella, Bri, Will, and Bunty all return in flashbacks in "Chapter 89" that detail the pre-apocalypse lives of Brendan, Rebecca, Cecilia, Robert, Joe, Neftali, and Kelly.
 * Twenty deceased main characters return in flashbacks/as hallucinations in "Chapter 100".
 * Brendan hallucinates Neftali and Dillon in "Chapter 104" due to feeling responsible for their horrific deaths.
 * Characters Dropping Like Flies: Only five characters from Volume 1 are confirmed alive as of the end of Volume 13.
 * Clean Cut: Brendan and Harriet's machetes. Kaylee's sword. Jerome's battleaxe.
 * Cliffhanger:
 * Volume 1 ends with all the lights going out in the school.
 * Volume 2 ends with the group being forced to survive on the road, all while tensions are rising within the group.
 * Volume 4 ends with war being declared between the group and Anthony & Adam, as well as the return of Kaitlyn.
 * Volume 7 ends with the group split into different groups and separated from each other after the prison is overrun and close to half of the group's numbers being killed.
 * Volume 8 ends with the group beginning their journey to Florida in search of a cure.
 * Volume 10 ends with Johnny, Lance, and several others holding Brendan, Kaylee, and Pat at gunpoint, as well as Bob finding the bus that was previously being used by the group for transportation destroyed on the railroad tracks in North Carolina.
 * Volume 11 ends with Neftali and Dillon being executed on their knees, as well as the group being forced to agree to work for Blake as slaves.
 * Close-Call Haircut:
 * Brendan is grazed on the temple by a member of the Woodsmen.
 * Rebecca is shot across the cheek by a Fruborn soldier.
 * Cool Old Guy: Charles, DeSantis, Kirby, and Conrad.
 * Creepy Child: Kayla, Raheem, Tanju, and Soledad.

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