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* AdultFear: Lincoln is kidnapped while coming home late at night. Naturally, his family is worried sick about him, and Clyde's parents refuse to let him leave the house out of fear that HE will be kidnapped next [[spoiler: (which was indeed part of Dirk's plot)]]. Also the Loud sisters take it upon themselves to find their brother and not only does Luna nearly drown during the investigation, but the girls end up tangling with Lincoln's kidnapper, who [[WouldHurtAChild attacks Lucy, who only escapes harm because]] [[BigSisterInstinct Lynn intervenes]].


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* MissingChild: Lincoln is kidnapped while coming home late at night. Naturally, his family is worried sick about him, and Clyde's parents refuse to let him leave the house out of fear that HE will be kidnapped next [[spoiler: (which was indeed part of Dirk's plot)]]. Also the Loud sisters take it upon themselves to find their brother and not only does Luna nearly drown during the investigation, but the girls end up tangling with Lincoln's kidnapper, who [[WouldHurtAChild attacks Lucy, who only escapes harm because]] [[BigSisterInstinct Lynn intervenes]].

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* AdultFear: Lincoln is kidnapped while coming home late at night. Naturally, his family is worried sick about him, and Clyde's parents refuse to let him leave the house out of fear that HE will be kidnapped next [[spoiler: (which was indeed part of Dirk's plot)]]. Also the Loud sisters take it upon themselves to find their brother and not only does Luna nearly drown during the investigation, but the girls end up tangling with Lincoln's kidnapper, who [[WouldHurtAChild attacks Lucy, who only escapes harm because]] [[BigSisterInstinct Lynn intervenes]].



* RealismInducedHorror: Lincoln is kidnapped while coming home late at night. Naturally, his family is worried sick about him, and Clyde's parents refuse to let him leave the house out of fear that HE will be kidnapped next [[spoiler: (which was indeed part of Dirk's plot)]]. Also the Loud sisters take it upon themselves to find their brother and not only does Luna nearly drown during the investigation, but the girls end up tangling with Lincoln's kidnapper, who [[WouldHurtAChild attacks Lucy, who only escapes harm because]] [[BigSisterInstinct Lynn intervenes]].

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* AdultFear: Lincoln is kidnapped while coming home late at night. Naturally, his family is worried sick about him, and Clyde's parents refuse to let him leave the house out of fear that HE will be kidnapped next [[spoiler: (which was indeed part of Dirk's plot)]]. Also the Loud sisters take it upon themselves to find their brother and not only does Luna nearly drown during the investigation, but the girls end up tangling with Lincoln's kidnapper, who [[WouldHurtAChild attacks Lucy, who only escapes harm because]] [[BigSisterInstinct Lynn intervenes]].


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* RealismInducedHorror: Lincoln is kidnapped while coming home late at night. Naturally, his family is worried sick about him, and Clyde's parents refuse to let him leave the house out of fear that HE will be kidnapped next [[spoiler: (which was indeed part of Dirk's plot)]]. Also the Loud sisters take it upon themselves to find their brother and not only does Luna nearly drown during the investigation, but the girls end up tangling with Lincoln's kidnapper, who [[WouldHurtAChild attacks Lucy, who only escapes harm because]] [[BigSisterInstinct Lynn intervenes]].
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* BittersweetEnding: Mildly since the epilogue is mostly heartwarming with the Loud family contentedly enjoying being reunited and Lincoln is safe. However, the Full House Gang movie has been canceled and will likely be in DevelopmentHell for a while because of what Dirk did to Lincoln and Ginny has also been arrested for her part in Lincoln's kidnapping, despite her regret about the whole mess and her helping rescue him. On the other hand, Dirk can never hurt Ginny again due to her finally being done with her father’s abuse.

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* BittersweetEnding: Mildly since the The epilogue is mostly heartwarming with heartwarming, as the Loud family are contentedly enjoying being reunited and Lincoln is safe. However, the Full House Gang movie has been canceled and will likely be in DevelopmentHell for a while because of what Dirk did to Lincoln and Ginny has also been arrested for her part in Lincoln's kidnapping, despite her regret about the whole mess and her helping rescue him. On the other hand, Dirk can never hurt Ginny again due to her finally being done with her father’s abuse.

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* DeconstructedTrope: Lori is concerned about Lisa being able to look after Lily on her own. Lisa may be a genius, but she's still four years old.
** Similarly, while Lily is a BrainyBaby, at the end of the day, she's still a baby and as the section from her POV demonstrates, she doesn't always understand things she sees or hears.
** Outside of an actual in-use movie set or stage, people aren't going to stick to a script just because you tell them to. Especially if they're [[BerserkButton furious]] [[WouldHurtAChild you kidnapped]] [[BigSisterInstinct their brother]].
** [[spoiler: Dirk O'Donnell's goal seems to be to invoke this trope in the sense that [[TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin you don't win just because you're good]]. Instead, it ensues right back at him in the sense that sometimes, the good guys really ''do'' win.]]





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** Lori is concerned about Lisa being able to look after Lily on her own. Lisa may be a genius, but she's still four years old.
** Similarly, while Lily is a BrainyBaby, at the end of the day, she's still a baby and as the section from her POV demonstrates, she doesn't always understand things she sees or hears.
** Outside of an actual in-use movie set or stage, people aren't going to stick to a script just because you tell them to. Especially if they're [[BerserkButton furious]] [[WouldHurtAChild you kidnapped]] [[BigSisterInstinct their brother]].
** [[spoiler: Dirk O'Donnell's goal seems to be to invoke this trope in the sense that [[TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin you don't win just because you're good]]. Instead, it ensues right back at him in the sense that sometimes, the good guys really ''do'' win.]]
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* PrimaDonnaDirector: Dirk.

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* DeconstructedTrope: Lori is concerned about Lisa being able to look after Lily on her own. Lisa may be a genius, but she's still four years old.
** Similarly, while Lily is a BrainyBaby, at the end of the day, she's still a baby and as the section from her POV demonstrates, she doesn't always understand things she sees or hears.
** Outside of an actual in-use movie set or stage, people aren't going to stick to a script just because you tell them to. Especially if they're [[BerserkButton furious]] [[WouldHurtAChild you kidnapped]] [[BigSisterInstinct their brother]].
** [[spoiler: Dirk O'Donnell's goal seems to be to invoke this trope in the sense that [[TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin you don't win just because you're good]]. Instead, it ensues right back at him in the sense that sometimes, the good guys really ''do'' win.]]



* RealityEnsues: Lori is concerned about Lisa being able to look after Lily on her own. Lisa may be a genius, but she's still four years old.
** Similarly, while Lily is a BrainyBaby, at the end of the day, she's still a baby and as the section from her POV demonstrates, she doesn't always understand things she sees or hears.
** Outside of an actual in-use movie set or stage, people aren't going to stick to a script just because you tell them to. Especially if they're [[BerserkButton furious]] [[WouldHurtAChild you kidnapped]] [[BigSisterInstinct their brother]].
** [[spoiler: Dirk O'Donnell's goal seems to be to invoke this trope in the sense that [[TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin you don't win just because you're good]]. Instead, it ensues right back at him in the sense that sometimes, the good guys really ''do'' win.]]

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* RealityEnsues: Lori is concerned about Lisa being able to look after Lily on her own. Lisa may be a genius, but she's still four years old.
** Similarly, while Lily is a BrainyBaby, at the end of the day, she's still a baby and as the section from her POV demonstrates, she doesn't always understand things she sees or hears.
** Outside of an actual in-use movie set or stage, people aren't going to stick to a script just because you tell them to. Especially if they're [[BerserkButton furious]] [[WouldHurtAChild you kidnapped]] [[BigSisterInstinct their brother]].
** [[spoiler: Dirk O'Donnell's goal seems to be to invoke this trope in the sense that [[TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin you don't win just because you're good]]. Instead, it ensues right back at him in the sense that sometimes, the good guys really ''do'' win.]]

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** The culprit even has an Ace Attorney-styled breakdown.

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** The In this chapter, the culprit even has an Ace Attorney-styled breakdown.breakdown, and Leni and Lisa get into a version of the [[RunningGag stepladder-vs-ladder debate]].

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* ShoutOut: Chapter 6 is one to [[VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth Ace Attorney Investigations 2: Prosecutor's Path]], as the title is a reference to the Logic Chess mechanic, and Lisa's narration implies that she is doing something similar.
** In addition, the Confrontation chapters are in the style of the confrontations in the ''Ace Attorney Investigations'' games, and Chapter 26 is titled "The Full House Turnabout," which follows the convention of using the word "turnabout" that is used in the vast majority of cases in the Franchise/AceAttorney series.

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* ShoutOut: The entire fic seems to be a reference to Franchise/AceAttorney.
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Chapter 6 is one to [[VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth Ace Attorney Investigations 2: Prosecutor's Path]], as the title is a reference to the Logic Chess mechanic, and Lisa's narration implies that she is doing something similar.
** In addition, the Confrontation chapters are in the style of the confrontations in the ''Ace Attorney Investigations'' games, and games.
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Chapter 26 is titled "The Full House Turnabout," which follows the convention of using the word "turnabout" that is used in the vast majority of cases in the Franchise/AceAttorney series.series.
** The culprit even has an Ace Attorney-styled breakdown.
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** In addition, the Confrontation chapters are in the style of the confrontations in the ''Ace Attorney Investigations'' games, and Chapter 26 is titled "The Full House Turnabout," which follows the convention of using the word "turnabout" that is used in the vast majority of cases in the Franchise/AceAttorney series.

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* ShoutOut: Chapter 6 is one to VisualNovel/{{Ace Attorney Investigations 2: Path of the Prosecutor|AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth}}, as the title is a reference to the Logic Chess mechanic, and Lisa's narration implies that she is doing something similar.

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* ShoutOut: Chapter 6 is one to VisualNovel/{{Ace [[VisualNovel/AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth Ace Attorney Investigations 2: Path of the Prosecutor|AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth}}, Prosecutor's Path]], as the title is a reference to the Logic Chess mechanic, and Lisa's narration implies that she is doing something similar.
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* ShoutOut: Chapter 6 is one to VisualNovel/{{Ace Attorney Investigations 2: Path of the Prosecutor|AceAttorneyInvestigationsMilesEdgeworth}}, as the title is a reference to the Logic Chess mechanic, and Lisa's narration implies that she is doing something similar.
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* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: InUniverse, Ginny feels great sympathy and fondness for Gin Rummy Prime, who most of the Ace Savvy fan base sees as nothing but a villain.
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* AdultFear: Lincoln is kidnapped while coming home late at night. Naturally, his family is worried sick about him, and Clyde's parents refuse to let him leave the house out of fear that HE will be kidnapped next [[spoiler: (which was indeed part of Dirk's plot)]]. Also the Loud sisters take it upon themselves to find their brother and not only does Luna nearly drown during the investigation but the girls end up tangling with Lincoln's kidnapper who [[WouldHurtAChild attacks Lucy, who only escapes harm because]] [[BigSisterInstinct Lynn intervenes]].

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* AdultFear: Lincoln is kidnapped while coming home late at night. Naturally, his family is worried sick about him, and Clyde's parents refuse to let him leave the house out of fear that HE will be kidnapped next [[spoiler: (which was indeed part of Dirk's plot)]]. Also the Loud sisters take it upon themselves to find their brother and not only does Luna nearly drown during the investigation investigation, but the girls end up tangling with Lincoln's kidnapper kidnapper, who [[WouldHurtAChild attacks Lucy, who only escapes harm because]] [[BigSisterInstinct Lynn intervenes]].



* AntiVillain: Ginny helped her father kidnap Lincoln but she felt sick about it and started interfering as soon as she found a way and given the way Lincoln calls out to her when his sisters find him, she clearly treated him pretty well while her father was holding him.

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* AntiVillain: Ginny helped her father kidnap Lincoln Lincoln, but she felt sick about it and started interfering as soon as she found a way way, and given the way Lincoln calls out to her when his sisters find him, she clearly treated him pretty well while her father was holding him.



** Lindsey nearly succeeds at doing this to Lola by implying she cares more about the spotlight than Lincoln but Lana helps snap her out of it.

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** Lindsey nearly succeeds at doing this to Lola by implying she cares more about the spotlight than Lincoln Lincoln, but Lana helps snap her out of it.



* EveryoneHasStandards: Lucy openly admits to loving the macabre and having surrendered to the darkness but between him kidnapping her brother just to make the incident one of his publicity stunts, trying to force everyone to share his opinion and [[AbusiveParents the way he treats his daughter]], Dirk's ''very existence'' disgusts her.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: Lucy openly admits to loving the macabre and having surrendered to the darkness darkness, but between him kidnapping her brother just to make the incident one of his publicity stunts, trying to force everyone to share his opinion and [[AbusiveParents the way he treats his daughter]], Dirk's ''very existence'' disgusts her.



* NotSoStoic: Lynn is miserable about having to skip looking for Lincoln to play in her football game but holds up decently. Then Hank and Hawk taunt her about Lincoln's disappearance and suddenly Lucy needs to pull her off the field before she ends up in hysterics.

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* NotSoStoic: Lynn is miserable about having to skip looking for Lincoln to play in her football game game, but holds up decently. Then Hank and Hawk taunt her about Lincoln's disappearance disappearance, and suddenly Lucy needs to pull her off the field before she ends up in hysterics.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: A major wrench is thrown into Dirk's plan when Clyde's parents refuse to let him out of the house after Lincoln goes missing: Clyde was also supposed to be kidnapped.
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* AdultFear: Lincoln is kidnapped while coming home late at night. Naturally, his family is worried sick about him, and Clyde's parents refuse to let him leave the house out of fear that HE will be kidnapped next [[spoiler: (which was indeed part of Dirk's plot)]].

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* AdultFear: Lincoln is kidnapped while coming home late at night. Naturally, his family is worried sick about him, and Clyde's parents refuse to let him leave the house out of fear that HE will be kidnapped next [[spoiler: (which was indeed part of Dirk's plot)]]. Also the Loud sisters take it upon themselves to find their brother and not only does Luna nearly drown during the investigation but the girls end up tangling with Lincoln's kidnapper who [[WouldHurtAChild attacks Lucy, who only escapes harm because]] [[BigSisterInstinct Lynn intervenes]].
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* BittersweetEnding: Mildly since the epilogue is mostly heartwarming with the Loud family contentedly enjoying being reunited but there are the two sad facts that the Full House Gang movie has been canceled and will likely be in DevelopmentHell for a while and Ginny has been arrested for her part in Lincoln's kidnapping, despite her regret about the whole mess and her help in the rescue.

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* BittersweetEnding: Mildly since the epilogue is mostly heartwarming with the Loud family contentedly enjoying being reunited but there are the two sad facts that and Lincoln is safe. However, the Full House Gang movie has been canceled and will likely be in DevelopmentHell for a while because of what Dirk did to Lincoln and Ginny has also been arrested for her part in Lincoln's kidnapping, despite her regret about the whole mess and her help in helping rescue him. On the rescue.other hand, Dirk can never hurt Ginny again due to her finally being done with her father’s abuse.



* EveryoneHasStandards: Lucy openly admits to loving the macabre and having surrendered to the darkness but between him kidnapping her brother, trying to force everyone to share his opinion and [[AbusiveParents the way he treats his daughter]], Dirk's ''very existence'' disgusts her.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: Lucy openly admits to loving the macabre and having surrendered to the darkness but between him kidnapping her brother, brother just to make the incident one of his publicity stunts, trying to force everyone to share his opinion and [[AbusiveParents the way he treats his daughter]], Dirk's ''very existence'' disgusts her.
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* BigShutUp: Lola does this before helping Lynn take Dirk down.
-->'''Lola''': Oh, would you just shut up about your dumb script already?!


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* EvilGloating: Dirk does this when the Louds confront him at the end.


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* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Dirk expects the Louds to do this since it's written that way in his script, and when they don't, he begins to lose his cool.


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* MotiveRant: Dirk gives one after he's surrounded by the Loud sisters. The sheer pettiness he displays only serves to make the Louds that much more determined to take him down.


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* OhCrap: Dirk reacts this way after Lisa's HARV device plays back video of him destroying a piece of evidence.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Dirk, Dirk, DIRK. Between his delusions of grandeur as a director, his attempts to force his opinion on everyone else, and his scripts, his behavior skirts dangerously close to AGodAmI.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: Dirk, Dirk, DIRK. Between his delusions of grandeur as a director, his attempts to force his opinion on everyone else, [[spoiler:sabotaging Ginny's contest entry,]] and his scripts, his behavior skirts dangerously close to AGodAmI.AGodAmI territory.
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* BecauseDestinySaysSo: Dirk fully expects (and practically ''orders'')the Louds to just give up and let him win because that's the way he wrote it in his script. Much to his shock and irritation, [[ScrewDestiny they don't.]]

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* BecauseDestinySaysSo: Dirk fully expects (and practically ''orders'')the ''orders'') the Louds to just give up and let him win because that's the way he wrote it in his script. Much to his shock and irritation, [[ScrewDestiny they don't.]]

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* BecauseDestinySaysSo: A villainous example, as Dirk expects the Louds to just give up and let him win because that's the way he wrote it in his script. [[ScrewDestiny They don't.]]

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* BecauseDestinySaysSo: A villainous example, as Dirk fully expects the (and practically ''orders'')the Louds to just give up and let him win because that's the way he wrote it in his script. Much to his shock and irritation, [[ScrewDestiny They they don't.]]



* {{Hypocrite}}: Although Dirk keeps insisting the Louds are nothing but a bunch of immature kids, he utterly loses it and acts like a petulant child after his plan is ruined. Lori even lampshades it:

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* {{Hypocrite}}: Although Dirk keeps insisting the Louds are nothing but a bunch of immature kids, he utterly loses it and acts like a petulant child after his plan is ruined. Lori even lampshades it:


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* ItsAllAboutMe: Dirk, Dirk, DIRK. Between his delusions of grandeur as a director, his attempts to force his opinion on everyone else, and his scripts, his behavior skirts dangerously close to AGodAmI.
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* ThisIsReality: Invoked by [[spoiler: Dirk, who wanted a more melancholy Ace Savvy movie. However, it is clear he believes the world revolves around his own direction, which leads to this being thrown back at him]].
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* TheSocialExpert: Leni, surprisingly enough, can tell how troubled Ginny is by the small gestures she makes.
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* AirVentEscape: Pulled off by Lana when Lindsey locks her in a dressing room; more plausible than some other examples given that Lana is 6 and thus pretty small.
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* DrowningPit: Luna nearly drowns in the sewage at the Sewage Treatment Plant.
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** [[spoiler: Dirk O'Donnell's goal seems to be to invoke this trope in the sense that [[TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin you don't win just because you're good]]. Instead, it ensues right back at him in the sense that sometimes, the good guys really ''do'' win.]]
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* SmallNameBigEgo: Dirk O'Donnell, a film director who fancies himself a genius when he's really a mean-spirited, obsessive, immature ControlFreak.
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* BittersweetEnding: Mildly since the epilogue is mostly heartwarming with the Loud family contentedly enjoying being reunited but there are the two sad facts that the Full House Gang movie has been canceled and will likely be in DevelopmentHell for a while and Ginny has been arrested for her part in Lincoln's kidnapping, despite her regret about the whole mess and her help in the rescue.

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* BecauseDestinySaysSo: A villainous example, as Dirk expects the Louds to just give up and let him win because that's the way he wrote it in his script. [[ScrewDestiny They don't.]]



* ButThouMust: Dirk believes everything and everyone should follow his scripts ''to the letter,'' and anyone who steps out of line is wrong. His stubborn adherence to this trope ultimately proves to be his undoing.

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* ButThouMust: Dirk believes everything and everyone should follow his scripts ''to the letter,'' and anyone who steps out of line is wrong.expects them to play their roles accordingly. His stubborn adherence to this trope ultimately proves to be his undoing.


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* ControlFreak: Dirk, both towards Ginny and life in general by means of his scripts.


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* ScrewDestiny: The sisters defy Dirk's orders to act like they do in his script, with their behavior driving him to a VillainousBreakdown.
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* TrueArtIsAngsty: Dirk is of this opinion.

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