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** The autopsy continues.
-->'''Samir:''' You seem pretty disturbed by this particular corpse.
-->'''Yewll:''' What, are you a pet psychiatrist, too?
* Later, after Yewll has determined that [[spoiler: the murder victim is a clone of herself]]:
-->'''Samir:''' You know what would be weird? If that [[spoiler: was you on the table, and [[TomatoInTheMirror you're the clone]]. Or you're both clones. Or-"
-->'''Yewll:''' [[TranquilFury *cold stare*]]
-->'''Samir:''' I'll stop talking now.
-->'''Yewll:''' [[DeadpanSnarker That might be best.]]
* It's [[MoodWhiplash followed by]] a bit of NightmareFuel when [[spoiler: Yewll attacks Samir, potentially fatally, due to his discovery of her mind control implant]], but this gem still counts.
-- '''Samir:''' What's this thing on your neck?
-- '''Yewll:''' [[BlatantLies Bling.]] Makes me feel girlish.

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* Yewl has forgiven Amanda for skinning her to save the Omec. After giving a heartfelt reasoning about how [[AllLovingHero Amanda doesn't see some people as worth less than others]], she admits that it might just be because her ponytail is cute.

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* Yewl Yewll has forgiven Amanda for skinning her to save the Omec. After giving a heartfelt reasoning about how [[AllLovingHero Amanda doesn't see some people as worth less than others]], she admits that it might just be because her ponytail is cute.



-->'''Rahm:''' Why you?
-->'''Datak:''' They assumed you'd shoot whomever came out. Honestly, I'm surprised you didn't.
-->'''Rahm:''' Call me a sentimental old fart.

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-->'''Rahm:''' Why you?
-->'''Datak:'''
you?\\
'''Datak:'''
They assumed you'd shoot whomever came out. Honestly, I'm surprised you didn't.
-->'''Rahm:'''
didn't.\\
'''Rahm:'''
Call me a sentimental old fart.fart.

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* Doctor Yewll is performing an autopsy with her veterinarian-turned-doctor understudy.
-->'''Yewll:''' Keep your hands off my dead body.\\
'''Samir:''' You said I could apprentice, so let me apprentice.\\
'''Yewll:''' [[LampshadeHanging I was joking. Did you not pick up on my withering sarcasm?]]

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* Also, some of the dialog is darkly humorous:
-->'''Rahm:''' Why you?
-->'''Datak:''' They assumed you'd shoot whomever came out. Honestly, I'm surprised you didn't.
-->'''Rahm:''' Call me a sentimental old fart.
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[[AC:"My Name Is Datak Tarr and I Have Come to Kill You"]]
* There's some delicious BlackComedy in [[spoiler: the deaths of Rahm Tak and his raiding party]]. Not only is it all so well-deserved after all of the hardships they've caused, but the whole affair is backed by the musical stylings of Music/TheDoors, [[spoiler: befitting Rahm Tak's obsession with old Earth pop culture.]]
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* T'evgin's rather blunt admission that he's been [[spoiler:boning Stahma]], and Alak's subsequent [[TooMuchInformation reaction]].
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* [[ActuallyPrettyFunny Datak's genuine belly laugh]] when he realizes [[spoiler:Nolan was threatening to kill Alak to get Datak to talk... and Alak was in on it the whole time]].
* Yewl has forgiven Amanda for skinning her to save the Omec. After giving a heartfelt reasoning about how [[AllLovingHero Amanda doesn't see some people as worth less than others]], she admits that it might just be because her ponytail is cute.
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* The former Earth Republic engineer finds life in Defiance is interesting, to say the least, when Yewll and Amanda confirm that [[MyGodYouAreSerious the former really was skinned by the latter mere days ago]].
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* Datak doesn't take the failure of Stahma's poisoning gambit well, and suspects that Stahma had ulterior motives. Said later to baby Luke:
-->'''Datak (speaking Castithan):''' Grandma Stahma loves purple enchanter penis so much that she has forgotten all about your daddy Alak!
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* While meeting with an Earth Republic turncoat, Rahm Tak laments that they're now being entertained by showtune-singing Bio-men. After thoroughly venting his disgust at the man and his lack of morals, he heads back to the tent, "To see if the giant plant eats Audrey."
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* Doc Yewll's distinct lack of enthusiasm at Amanda's coined term:
-->'''Yewll:''' Now the arktech adapted itself, keeping the connection going through a spread-spectrum signal.\\
'''Amanda:''' Like Bluetooth?\\
'''Yewll:''' [[SarcasmMode You're adorable]]. But sure, why not, let's call it "Bluetooth for the brain."
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* Pottinger's bio-men being named after the Beatles. And the look on Nolan's face when he realises.
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* Stahma comes up with a plan to poison [[spoiler: the male Omec]] for Rahm Tak.
-->'''Stahma:''' I will fill a hidden needle, and inject [[spoiler: the Omec]] [[HoneyTrap during coitus]].
-->'''Datak:''' Coitus?!
-->'''Stahma:''' [[ComicallyMissingThePoint It's a human word.]] It means-
-->'''Datak:''' Yeah, I know what it means.
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* Nolan and Amanda encounter Pottinger in the former EMC's site, Arrowhead.
-->'''Nolan:''' Oh, ''nuts''.
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-->'''Rahm Tak''': I'll show you who the butcher is! I AM THE BUTCHER! THE BUTCHER OF-!... (''aside'') Where are we?
-->'''VC Soldier''': Tulsa, sir.
-->'''Rahm Tak''': I AM THE BUTCHER OF TULSA!

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-->'''Rahm Tak''': I'll show you who the butcher is! I AM THE BUTCHER! THE BUTCHER OF-!... (''aside'') OF-- ''[aside]'' Where are we?
-->'''VC
we?\\
'''VC
Soldier''': Tulsa, sir.
-->'''Rahm
sir.\\
'''Rahm
Tak''': I AM THE BUTCHER OF TULSA!

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** Also, when they get home, they catch their servant girl in their bath.
-->'''Datak''': [[DeadpanSnarker Testing the tub for leaks?]]




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* When Amanda confronts Datak over her unresolved anger concerning [[spoiler: Kenya's death]], his reaction is basically "You're still mad about ''that''?"
* [[GeneralRipper Rahm Tak]] is in full EvilIsHammy mode, holding Irisa hostage and threatening to kill her if Nolan doesn't surrender, mocking his RedBaron of "TheButcher of Yosemite":
-->'''Rahm Tak''': I'll show you who the butcher is! I AM THE BUTCHER! THE BUTCHER OF-!... (''aside'') Where are we?
-->'''VC Soldier''': Tulsa, sir.
-->'''Rahm Tak''': I AM THE BUTCHER OF TULSA!
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* Nolan is reading aloud from the sci-fi novel version of Irisa's hero story, and both he and Irisa are grinning as she tries to grab for the book and discard it while he gleefully recites from it and even shows off the "artistic rendering" of a rather well-endowed version of her as she attacks E-Rep soldiers.
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* Nolan and Irisa arguing over the fate of little Luke, who they have rescued from Peelar.

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* Nolan and Irisa arguing over the fate of little Luke, who they have rescued from Peelar.Pilar.
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* When Stahma and Datak return home after seven months and decide to take a bath, Datak goes into a rant about how he knows who to trust, and doesn't need Stahma's help. Then he realizes he's too stiff from his injuries to get in the bath, and asks for his help. She just smirks and ignores him.
* Datak nagging Stahma every step of the way while she's setting up the radio with the VC.
* Nolan and Irisa arguing over the fate of little Luke, who they have rescued from Peelar.
-->'''Nolan:''' Let's go. Leave him here.\\
'''Irisa:''' He's a baby!\\
'''Nolan:''' He seems pretty happy.\\
'''Irisa:''' He's a baby.\\
'''Nolan:''' We can't afford to lug him around.\\
'''Irisa:''' ''He's a baby''.\\
''[beat]''\\
'''Nolan:''' You're so demanding.

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-->'''Yewll:''' What this town needs is a sensitively worded obituary.

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-->'''Yewll:''' -->'''Amanda:''' This town needs a doctor.\\
'''Yewll:'''
What this town needs is a sensitively worded obituary.
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* When Nolan insinuates that the Omec woman licked him for non-feeding reasons, Irisa just groans and walks out.
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* Irisa's "hero tale" has been written like a 1950s sci-fi magazine, complete with a rather scantily-clad, large-breasted version of herself on the cover.
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[[AC:"The World We Seize"/"The Last Unicorn"]]
* Datak Tarr is distinctly put out by the Votan General hitting on Stahma and snarking about Datak's social climbing.
* Doc Yewll explains that she's leaving Defiance.
-->'''Yewll:''' What this town needs is a sensitively worded obituary.
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** So, [[FreudWasRight]] about Castithans as well?

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** So, [[FreudWasRight]] FreudWasRight about Castithans as well?
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** So, [[FreudWasRight]] about Castithans as well?
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* While wrestling with a super-advanced AI bent on terraforming the entire planet, Cai feels the needs to point out that Irisa's telepathic voice is too loud.

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* While wrestling with a super-advanced AI bent on terraforming the entire planet, Cai feels the needs need to point out that Irisa's telepathic voice is too loud.
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-->'''Yewll''': (''flatly'') Want me to check for lumps? (''pulls hand away briskly'')

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-->'''Yewll''': (''flatly'') Want me to check for lumps? (''Datak looks awkwardly at her. She pats him on his junk.'') Nope. You're good. (''pulls hand away briskly'')
away.'')
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* Stahma and Datak being shackled together in an abandoned shack in the middle of nowhere waiting for death somehow turns into a couples therapy session. Apparently, sometimes that's what it takes.

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* Stahma and Datak being shackled together in an abandoned shack in the middle of nowhere waiting for death somehow turns into a couples therapy session. Apparently, sometimes for some couples that's what it takes.
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* Mercado gets some more good snark in when he points out Pottinger's obvious favoritism to Amanda.
-->"Can't you just pay for sex like a normal person?"
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* Stahma and Datak being shackled together in an abandoned shack in the middle of nowhere waiting for death somehow turns into a couples therapy session. Apparently, sometimes that's what it takes.
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* Though the context is sad, Berlin is suddenly called to report to Viceroy Mercado while ''completely hammered''. After failing miserably to stand at attention, she bluntly admits to it when Mercado points out the obvious.
-->'''Mercado:''' You might want to gargle.

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