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[[Sherman Alexie]]'s take on being a homeless American Indian teenager...takes a science fiction twist, as he possesses the bodies of other men throughout time. In many ways, it was because he viewed ''[[Indian Killer]]'' as an [[Old Shame]].

 

* [[Abusive Parents|Abusive Foster Parents]]

* [[The Cassandra]]: Justified in one case, as he's mute.

* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: A partial one: Most Ethiopians are Christian, and their last name isn't X. A more direct one, the "Crazy Horse's father was white" story is apocryphal.

* [[Eyes of Gold]]: Crazy Horse

* [[Fail O'Suckyname]]: Zits? Zits? Also, Helda, lampshaded by Zits

* [[Four Is Death]]: Zits' fourth leap is...into the body of a pilot who [[Nice Job Breaking It, Hero|unwittingly helps an Islamic terrorist learn how to crash planes]]. [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|And he's cheating on his wife.]]

* [[Gainax Ending]]: In-universe with the Ghost Dance. The ending itself has one as well.

* [[Going Commando]]: "Okay, I now know Indian boys didn't wear anything under their loincloths."

* [[Malcolm Xerox]]: Justice

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Possessed by righteous indignation and a desire for vengaence? What is Zits' real name? {{spoiler|[[Archangel Michael|Michael]]}}

* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: The FBI agents, the Cavalry soldiers.

* [[Shotacon]]: Zits got molested by several of his foster dads. This is the only homosexual example in Alexie's work, and [[The Unfair Sex|the only time the boy hasn't been eager]].

* [[Steven Ulysses Perhero]]: Justice.

* [[Unwitting Instigator of Doom]]: The whole Ethiopian Islamic terrorist story makes the man Zits possesses one.

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