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Grunts!

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Grunts!	comment	Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })Grunts! is a a fantasy novel by British author Mary Gentle and originally published in 1992. It is told from the point of view of a band of Orcs (the titular "grunts"). It riffs on the ideas explored by Gentle and others in the anthology, Villains: Who Needs Heroes Anyway? published in the same year, writing High Fantasy from the perspective of the villain. At the time, this was a new idea in fantasy writing and Villains and Grunts! were considered pretty innovative for it.Samhain is fast approaching and the Last Battle between the forces of Light and Darkness with it. Mighty armies and noble heroes gather. The Dark Lord's forces are legion and the wings of his dragons and wyverns shall blot out the sky. The forces of Light are outnumbered and full of reckless, headstrong heroes whose idea of tactical thought is discussing which way they're going to charge. They'll win, of course. And orcs, the poor dumb sword fodder on the frontline for the Dark Lord will die in droves. This is the way of things. So it has been and so it shall be.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Ashnak, a War Captain of the Agaku, is ordered by the Nameless Necromancer to steal powerful artifacts from a dragon's hoard. It turns out that said dragon is dead, and that the dragon with her dying breath cursed the hoard, to turn every thief into that which was stolen. The dragon was also the multiverse's keenest collector of weapons and militaria. Guess which US Military branch's equipment the orcs steal.The novel involves a lot of Black Comedy, Refuge in Audacity, and generally reveling in subverting a bunch of fantasy and Hollywood war and action movie stereotypes. Gentle wrote the novel while recovering from injuries she suffered in a car crash, which caused chronic pain.
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Grunts! / int_116a648e	type	Half-Identical Twins
Grunts! / int_116a648e	comment	Half-Identical Twins: The nameless necromancer and The Named. The first time Ashnak meets The Named, he is certain that she is her brother.
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Grunts! / int_12c65d9b	type	Abnormal Ammo
Grunts! / int_12c65d9b	comment	Abnormal Ammo: Tech-Captain Ugarit comes up with a lot of this in his attempt to get around the vulnerability of the orcs' modern firearms to simple magic; ceramic swords, teflon-coated arrowheads. Later, during a Shout-Out to Aliens a sentry gun is loaded with smart bullets.
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Grunts! / int_14c04cad	type	Butch Lesbian
Grunts! / int_14c04cad	comment	Butch Lesbian: Sgt. Varimnak and her unit of Badgurlz. Non-feminine job or attire? Well, soldiering is generally considered less than feminine and guns, fatigues, tattoos, mohawks and belts covered in spikes aren't either.
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Grunts! / int_1645005b	type	Evil Versus Evil
Grunts! / int_1645005b	comment	Evil Versus Evil: The Light is a bunch of monumental jerks, the orcs are at best Faux Affably Evil. Played for laughs.
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Grunts! / int_1649e053	type	Your Mom
Grunts! / int_1649e053	comment	Your Mom:
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Grunts! / int_18bf4326	type	Anti-Magic
Grunts! / int_18bf4326	comment	Anti-Magic: Talismans which create a field of this are how the orcs get around the problem of their guns being vulnerable to simple spells to stop them working. The orcs wear them as dog-tags.
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Grunts! / int_1a303edf	type	Our Orcs Are Different
Grunts! / int_1a303edf	comment	Our Orcs Are Different: Not so much Warhammer orcs, per se, as an odd blend of the Tolkien and Warhammer varieties with modern military influences. Big, burly, sharp-toothed, vulgar, and aggressive, with skin that varies from black through shades of green and gray to pure white. Prone to Comedic Sociopathy. And they have green blood.
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Grunts! / int_21d70919	type	Crapsack World
Grunts! / int_21d70919	comment	Crapsack World:
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Grunts! / int_22071825	type	I'm a Humanitarian
Grunts! / int_22071825	comment	I'm a Humanitarian:
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Grunts! / int_222dc873	type	Black Comedy
Grunts! / int_222dc873	comment	Black Comedy: As anthracite. War crimes trials, rape, torture and eating your own wounded played for laughs. Pretty much the whole book, to the point where, if you don't like that kind of humor, you won't like it. It's not a case of getting past the cannibalistic rapist burglar hobbits and orcs with machine guns riffing off Full Metal Jacket; these sorts of things are the the point of the book.
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Grunts! / int_24ae6005	type	The Political Officer
Grunts! / int_24ae6005	comment	The Political Officer: Having spent a lot of time reading over the political philosophy texts in Dagurashibanipal's hoard, Marine Razitshakra turns into Marine Commissar Razitshakra, complete with Commissar Cap and Russian Army greatcoat, monitoring her fellow orcs for "idealogical instability".
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Grunts! / int_24f4c82a	type	Semper Fi
Grunts! / int_24f4c82a	comment	Semper Fi: As soon as they start taking the cursed weapons from Dagurashibanipal's hoard, the orcs begin aping marine manarisms, and almost instantly become true believes in the myth of the marine as a blood-thirsty powerhouse of a warrior.
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Grunts! / int_269e82c1	type	Death of a Child
Grunts! / int_269e82c1	comment	Death of a Child: A Newt Expy gets eaten. And the Brandiman brothers kill a human toddler within the first two chapters.
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Grunts! / int_2767953f	type	Blood Sport
Grunts! / int_2767953f	comment	Blood Sport: Orcball a game strongly resembling American Football and/or Rugby and played with the severed head of a fallen enemy. Or sometimes, when you want a game and there's a paucity of fallen enemies...
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Grunts! / int_437cbac5	type	Sound Off
Grunts! / int_437cbac5	comment	Sound Off:
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Grunts! / int_4a4d6f7c	type	Comedic Sociopathy
Grunts! / int_4a4d6f7c	comment	Comedic Sociopathy: Most of the major characters invoke this to some degree - Ashnak and the orcs savagery, rape, cannibalism and cheerful commission of war crimes and election rigging are definitely being played for laughs.
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Grunts! / int_4c851777	type	Black Comedy Rape
Grunts! / int_4c851777	comment	Black Comedy Rape: "Pass me another elf, this one's split" also qualifies as Harmful to Minors.
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Grunts! / int_4f6d87f7	type	Huge Guy, Tiny Girl
Grunts! / int_4f6d87f7	comment	Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: General Ashnak (leader of the Fighting Agaku orc tribe) and Magda Brandiman (hobbit dominatrix).
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Grunts! / int_57b80b45	type	Fantastic Racism
Grunts! / int_57b80b45	comment	Fantastic Racism: Where to start? Well, let's see...everyone?
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Grunts! / int_585db628	type	Vote Early, Vote Often
Grunts! / int_585db628	comment	Vote Early, Vote Often: Upon his return, the Dark Lord declares that war is passe and he wishes to conquer the world via politics instead. Eager to please their Evil Overlord, and ensure his victory and their own continued success, Ashnak and the orcs get down to some serious ballot box stuffing.
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Grunts! / int_6375f746	type	Drill Sergeant Nasty
Grunts! / int_6375f746	comment	Drill Sergeant Nasty: Immediately after falling victim to Dagurashibanipal's curse, self-appointed Gunnery Sergeant Ashnak turns into a classic case of this.
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Grunts! / int_6bcfbc7e	type	Fantasy Gun Control
Grunts! / int_6bcfbc7e	comment	Fantasy Gun Control: Averted, since the book explores what would happen if a band of orcs stumbled upon a dragon hoard filled with modern firearms.
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Grunts! / int_6e429667	type	Fantastic Slurs
Grunts! / int_6e429667	comment	Fantastic Slurs: "Greenies" (for orcs) and "squeakies" (for elves) are what immediately springs to mind.
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Grunts! / int_70c06a09	type	The Undead
Grunts! / int_70c06a09	comment	The Undead: Unsurprisingly, given they work for the Nameless Necromancer (at least initially) there are some Undead Orcs. They, being magical, can't use the nullity talismans and decide to devote themselves to covert commando operations, forming the Special Undead Services, Motto: "Death Then Glory."
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Grunts! / int_779c9d25	type	The Trope without a Title
Grunts! / int_779c9d25	comment	The Trope Without a Title: The nameless necromancer, and his sister, The Named.
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Grunts! / int_7969f21e	type	No One Gets Left Behind
Grunts! / int_7969f21e	comment	No One Gets Left Behind: The wounded are gathered to be field rations for the march-capable.
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Grunts! / int_7b50237d	type	Distinction Without a Difference
Grunts! / int_7b50237d	comment	Distinction Without a Difference:
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Grunts! / int_7c862b8a	type	Chronic Backstabbing Disorder
Grunts! / int_7c862b8a	comment	Chronic Backstabbing Disorder: Will and Ned Brandiman, halfling thieves. Backstabbed Ashnak and his small band who were escorting them to start with and promptly sold the Nameless Necromancer's plans to the Named shortly after. Moved on to double-crossing the forces of Light. They were trying to double-cross the orcs again when they brought the nullity talismans to Nin-Edin, but hadn't banked on Ashnak still being alive and recognising them.
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Grunts! / int_8204a6ad	type	The Magic Versus Technology War
Grunts! / int_8204a6ad	comment	The Magic Versus Technology War: It starts after the Orcs get their hands on a cache of modern weaponry from our world, which is cursed so that they become Marines.
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Grunts! / int_8430699a	type	Alternate Universe
Grunts! / int_8430699a	comment	Alternate Universe: Dagurashibanipal's cave also contained several stable portals to other worlds / universes, which is where the dragon collected her militaria from.
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Grunts! / int_8f1450ba	type	Pint-Sized Powerhouse
Grunts! / int_8f1450ba	comment	Pintsized Powerhouse: Will and Ned Brandiman and Barashkukor turns into one after the bugs turn him into a Cyborg Orc.
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Grunts! / int_906365a2	type	Demonic Possession
Grunts! / int_906365a2	comment	Demonic Possession: It's what the Dark Lord does to The Named.
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Grunts! / int_95b7c400	type	Faux Affably Evil
Grunts! / int_95b7c400	comment	Faux Affably Evil: The orcs.
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Grunts! / int_97b5e1f9	type	Bug War
Grunts! / int_97b5e1f9	comment	Bug War: Near the end, when a race of insectoid aliens appear.
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Grunts! / int_984ef9ef	type	"Not So Different" Remark
Grunts! / int_984ef9ef	comment	"Not So Different" Remark: In one scene, Ashnak and an elven wizard have a conversation, sharing that they both have to deal with superiors who are very difficult to deal with on a good day. Later, during a truce with some alien bug invaders, the bugs' one officer, who is speaking as a representative, tells him that the bugs just like to kill things - Ashank doesn't fault him for that, as he too likes to kill things.
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Grunts! / int_9c092ab0	type	Armed Farces
Grunts! / int_9c092ab0	comment	Armed Farces: Military joking aplenty, oddly enough. From the hapless recruits under Gunnery Sergeant Ashnak early in the evolution of the Orc Marines to the equally hapless elf recruits and their orc trainer Sgt. Dakashnit later on. Dakashnit's advice for her recruits on what to do if their parachute fails, in particular.
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Grunts! / int_9d1fa121	type	Alien Catnip
Grunts! / int_9d1fa121	comment	Alien Catnip: The bugs really love tea. When they discover it, a few of them seem to get sleepy and forget what they were fighting about.
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Grunts! / int_a6bd0685	type	Died in Your Arms Tonight
Grunts! / int_a6bd0685	comment	Died in Your Arms Tonight: During the Siege of Nin-Edin Amarynth's closest battle companion Kazra is killed by an orc sniper. Amarynth cradles the dead dwarf and emits a Skyward Scream of grief.
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Grunts! / int_aa2bd65c	type	Mordor
Grunts! / int_aa2bd65c	comment	Mordor: A glance at the maps in the frontispieces of Grunts! quickly tell you where the Dark Lord lives. Yep, over there, in the East. Where it says "The Dark Lands"; separated from the rest of the world by a huge mountain range littered with orc forts and a Necromancer's Tower.
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Grunts! / int_af696bef	type	Fish out of Water
Grunts! / int_af696bef	comment	Fish out of Water: Sgt. Stryker, USMC, was fending off some hooligans outside an English pub when he was ripped from his world and deposited on a battlefield in a magical fantasy land. After a brief Heroic BSoD, he craps his pants and runs away screaming in panic.
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Grunts! / int_b327e120	type	Courtroom Antic
Grunts! / int_b327e120	comment	Courtroom Antic: When Ashnak is placed on trial for war crimes and election rigging, his supporters put on so many, it's difficult to even list half of them - false witnesses, lying under oath, threatening the jury, bringing in weapons, causing damage to the courtroom. Ultimately, the judge decides to find Ashnak innocent of the crimes he's been accused of, has ever been accused of, or will ever to be accused of, if only to make sure that there's still a courtroom.
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Grunts! / int_b38b6147	type	Science Fantasy
Grunts! / int_b38b6147	comment	Science Fantasy
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Grunts! / int_b40bb08a	type	Living Weapon
Grunts! / int_b40bb08a	comment	Living Weapon: the aforementioned Aliens grow chitin machine guns from special organs on their stomachs.
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Grunts! / int_bb69f413	type	Medals for Everyone
Grunts! / int_bb69f413	comment	Medals for Everyone: Barashkukor really, really wants this to happen.
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Grunts! / int_c0091e94	type	Dragon Hoard
Grunts! / int_c0091e94	comment	Dragon Hoard: Parodied — it's not a deposit of treasure, but a collection of weapons.
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Grunts! / int_c2e295cd	type	Curse
Grunts! / int_c2e295cd	comment	Curse: Dagurashibanipal's horde of weapons came equipped with a powerful curse, "You Will Become What You Steal," causing the orcs to take on the mannerisms of the original owners of the stolen arms. It was also flavoured with a geas encouraging them to teach others their ways and thus, spread the curse further.
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Grunts! / int_c2f7db18	type	Alien Blood
Grunts! / int_c2f7db18	comment	Alien Blood: The orcs have green blood.
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Grunts! / int_c75df49a	type	Shout-Out
Grunts! / int_c75df49a	comment	Shout-Out. So. Many. To give a few examples, no 80's sci-fi/action movie is left unscathed. Alien and Terminator references figure prominently. The "man-smart, fighting Agaku" are an Expy for Tolkien's "fighting Uruk-hai!," i.e a breed of Orc smarter, larger and nastier than the common greenskin. Orcball, a violent version of American Football played by orcs, halflings, elves and other fantasy races. Sounds familiar... .
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Grunts! / int_d30cc292	type	Swirly Energy Thingy
Grunts! / int_d30cc292	comment	Swirly Energy Thingy: It's how a United States Marine finds himself transported to the Orcs world.
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Grunts! / int_d88e125e	type	Our Dragons Are Different
Grunts! / int_d88e125e	comment	Our Dragons Are Different: Because we've fitted them with a cloaking device and turned them into a stealth bomber.
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Grunts! / int_dd60caca	type	Severed Head Sports
Grunts! / int_dd60caca	comment	Severed Head Sports: Orcball until it's gentrified.
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Grunts! / int_de5f028b	type	Barbarian Hero
Grunts! / int_de5f028b	comment	Barbarian Hero: Lord Blond Wolf, is a northern barbarian; complete with wolf-fur boots and cloak, huge blond braids and a really big axe. However, he's only 2' 7".
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Grunts! / int_e1ff8ff6	type	Fantasy Kitchen Sink
Grunts! / int_e1ff8ff6	comment	Fantasy Kitchen Sink: Orcs, humans, wizards, halflings, elves, dwarves, trolls and horrible aliens from space.
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Grunts! / int_e5421161	type	Expy
Grunts! / int_e5421161	comment	The "man-smart, fighting Agaku" are an Expy for Tolkien's "fighting Uruk-hai!," i.e a breed of Orc smarter, larger and nastier than the common greenskin.
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Grunts! / int_f2dadf81	comment	Evil Twin: The Named and the Nameless Necromancer are twins. The former is female and on the side of Light, in case the Necromancer part hadn't given away which side the Nameless was on.
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