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* AbsoluteCleavage



-->'''Fred:''' (looks away) Hm. Lilah.
-->'''Wesley:''' We were fighting on opposite sides, but it was the same war.
-->'''Fred:''' (rolls her eyes, scoffs) But you hated her...didn't you?
-->'''Wesley:''' (softly) [[FoeRomanceSubtext It's not always about holding hands...]]

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-->'''Fred:''' (looks away) ''[looks away]'' Hm. Lilah.
-->'''Wesley:'''
Lilah.\\
'''Wesley:'''
We were fighting on opposite sides, but it was the same war.
-->'''Fred:''' (rolls
war.\\
'''Fred:''' ''[rolls
her eyes, scoffs) scoffs]'' But you hated her...didn't you?
-->'''Wesley:''' (softly)
you?\\
'''Wesley:''' ''[softly]''
[[FoeRomanceSubtext It's not always about holding hands...]]



* EveryScarHasAStory
-->'''Gwen:''' You collect anything when you travel?
-->'''Gunn:''' Uh, yeah. I, uh, I got a big ol' scar on my thigh from Boyle Heights... A piece of vamp stake I picked up a while back in Alhambra... And a couple of burn marks on my hip from Encino... Yep, name a town, I'll show you the souvenir.

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* EveryScarHasAStory
EveryScarHasAStory:
-->'''Gwen:''' You collect anything when you travel?
-->'''Gunn:'''
travel?\\
'''Gunn:'''
Uh, yeah. I, uh, I got a big ol' scar on my thigh from Boyle Heights... A piece of vamp stake I picked up a while back in Alhambra... And a couple of burn marks on my hip from Encino... Yep, name a town, I'll show you the souvenir.



* FromTheMouthsOfBabes
-->I'm Aiko Morimoto, and when my daddy finds out you tried to hurt me, (points at Gunn) he's gonna kill you.

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* FromTheMouthsOfBabes
FromTheMouthsOfBabes:
-->I'm Aiko Morimoto, and when my daddy finds out you tried to hurt me, (points ''[points at Gunn) Gunn]'' he's gonna kill you.



* Magic8Ball: Literally.

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* %%* Magic8Ball: Literally.



* NavelDeepNeckline: One of the outfits Gwen wears has an open neckline that reaches her abdomen.



-->'''Morimoto:''' Put that on the desk, and step away. Set it down now.
-->'''Gwen:''' No.
-->'''Morimoto:''' [[YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith I don't think you realize who you're up against.]]
-->'''Gunn:''' (gestures to mooks) Just those two girls? I already kicked their ass once. (the mooks [[BiggerStick pull out guns]]) [[OnSecondThought But, when you put it like that, maybe we should.]]

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-->'''Morimoto:''' Put that on the desk, and step away. Set it down now.
-->'''Gwen:''' No.
-->'''Morimoto:'''
now.\\
'''Gwen:''' No.\\
'''Morimoto:'''
[[YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith I don't think you realize who you're up against.]]
-->'''Gunn:'''
]]\\
'''Gunn:'''
(gestures to mooks) Just those two girls? I already kicked their ass once. (the mooks [[BiggerStick pull out guns]]) [[OnSecondThought But, when you put it like that, maybe we should.]]



* ShockAndAwe

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* %%* ShockAndAwe



* TranslationTrainWreck
-->'''Wesley:''' I recognize the text. It's early Fallorian code system. Let's see... (translating) "The green cart-like vehicle eats...I am not a bucket head." It's a tricky language. An inverted serif can alter the meaning of an entire passage.
-->later...
-->'''Wesley:''' Something about "strangling poultry".
* WeNeedADistraction: Gwen pushes over a coffee table so Gunn can [[HandGagging grab the girl]]. Gwen then points out what Gunn is doing so she can rob the safe.

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* TranslationTrainWreck
TranslationTrainWreck:
-->'''Wesley:''' I recognize the text. It's early Fallorian code system. Let's see... (translating) "The green cart-like vehicle eats...I am not a bucket head." It's a tricky language. An inverted serif can alter the meaning of an entire passage.
-->later...
-->'''Wesley:'''
passage.\\
''[later]''\\
'''Wesley:'''
Something about "strangling poultry".
* WeNeedADistraction: Gwen pushes over a coffee table so Gunn can [[HandGagging grab the girl]]. Gwen then points out what Gunn is doing so she can rob the safe.safe.
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* CornerOfWoe: Connor's "[[Franchise/DocSavage Fortress of Solitude]]".

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* CornerOfWoe: Connor's "[[Franchise/DocSavage "[[Literature/DocSavage Fortress of Solitude]]".
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Wesley tries to translate a text and comes up with something about "[[UnusualEuphemism strangling]] [[ADateWithRosiePalms poultry]]".

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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Wesley tries GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to translate a text overwhelming and comes up with something about "[[UnusualEuphemism strangling]] [[ADateWithRosiePalms poultry]]".persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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* HilariousInHindsight: The waltz playing as Gunn and Gwen enter the party is "Gran Valz" -- including the bit that would soon become ubiquitous as the ringtone of Nokia phones.


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* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: One fourth-wall-breaking hint that Lorne's ceremony is fake is that the music he sings is just a more occult-sounding version of that scene's own background music.

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Gwen asks for Gunn's help pulling a caper. Angel seeks the identity of the Beastmaster.

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Gwen asks for Gunn's help pulling Raiden meets with a caper. shady contact who gives her some papers. She is struck suddenly by something and is knocked down.

The
Angel seeks team reacts to Cordelia's revelation of her pregnancy. Lorne is shocked that a mystical pregnancy occurred right under his nose and he didn't sense it. They decide to research and see if they can understand how she is so far along so quickly. Cordelia talks to Connor, who questions why she asked him to kill Angel.

Gwen returns to ask Gunn to help her rescue a little girl from a wealthy and powerful tycoon during a posh party at his high-tech security mansion.

Wesley and Fred talk to each other during research, and Wesley admits that he did have feelings for Lilah.

Upon their arrival at
the identity party, Gunn surprises everyone with his command of Japanese language and etiquette, even presenting the host with a gift (which he lifted from Gwen's apartment). Gwen uses him to cause a distraction while she goes off on her own mission.

Meanwhile, Angel and the rest of his team, researching Cordelia's sudden pregnancy, are hindered by an overprotective Connor.

After beating up a guard, Gunn realizes he has been tricked by Gwen: her target is actually a high-tech military device titled L.I.S.A. Although Gunn initially is angry with Gwen for lying to him, she observes that he's having more fun than he's had in a long time and he eventually relents and assists her.

Angel has managed to reconstruct a passage from a destroyed book through his photographic memory. Unfortunately, he was not quite able to get all
of the Beastmaster.
details right. Meanwhile, Lorne has managed to contact a demon called Wanda, who provided a spell that should restore his empathic abilities. It will require him to go off by himself, but he reassures the gang that completion of the ritual will allow him to tell what is inside Cordelia.

After retrieving the device from the safe, Gunn and Gwen are cornered by Morimoto and his guards. In a fit of rage, Gwen reveals that she is stealing the device for herself. She electrocutes the guards and she and Gunn escape from the house.

Lorne begins his ritual, while Cordelia looks on, unseen.

Back in her apartment, Gwen admits to Gunn that she has never been able to so much as hold hands. She tells Gunn that he's more than just muscle. She explains that the device will allow her to control her electrical powers and touch other people. In an intimate moment, they use the device, he places it on her back. After a brief scare, when they are unsure of what the device will do, Gunn touches her to test whether the device has worked, and when they both realize it has, the moment becomes more intimate. Although she is initially concerned that the device won't hold, Gunn reassures her, and the two sleep together.

Lorne continues with the ritual, which includes burning several substances, sprinkling ash on his skin, and then vocalizing while holding a hidden object. Unseen, Cordelia sneaks up on him with a knife, only to find herself cornered by the rest of the Angel Investigations team, with rifles. Lorne reveals that the ritual was a fake, designed to expose Cordelia, and that the object he's holding is a Magic-8 Ball. He asks it if Cordelia has been a bad girl, and it replies "Definitely".




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* {{Cliffhanger}}: [[spoiler:Cordelia is going to kill Lorne before he gets his empathic powers back, when the lights come on to reveal Angel, Wesley, and Fred all pointing weapons at her.]]

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* {{Cliffhanger}}: [[spoiler:Cordelia Cordelia is going to kill Lorne before he gets his empathic powers back, when the lights come on to reveal Angel, Wesley, and Fred all pointing weapons at her.]]



* [[spoiler:DecoyDamsel: Gwen tells Gunn she's been given a job to rescue the child of a client, being held hostage by a rival businessman. Actually she's the daughter of Mr Morimoto, the man whose house she is robbing.]]

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* [[spoiler:DecoyDamsel: DecoyDamsel: Gwen tells Gunn she's been given a job to rescue the child of a client, being held hostage by a rival businessman. Actually she's the daughter of Mr Morimoto, the man whose house she is robbing.]]



-->[[spoiler:I'm Aiko Morimoto, and when my daddy finds out you tried to hurt me, (points at Gunn) he's gonna kill you.]]
* FunWithAcronyms: [[spoiler:'Lisa' stands for Localized Ionic Sensory Activator.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Gwen:''' A covert device worn by black ops. Regulates body temp, heartbeat, body chemistry. Morimoto's company designed it, and I've been hired to steal the beta test.]]

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-->[[spoiler:I'm -->I'm Aiko Morimoto, and when my daddy finds out you tried to hurt me, (points at Gunn) he's gonna kill you.]]
you.
* FunWithAcronyms: [[spoiler:'Lisa' 'Lisa' stands for Localized Ionic Sensory Activator.]]
-->[[spoiler:'''Gwen:'''
Activator.
-->'''Gwen:'''
A covert device worn by black ops. Regulates body temp, heartbeat, body chemistry. Morimoto's company designed it, and I've been hired to steal the beta test.]]



* HiddenInPlainSight: [[spoiler:Gwen uses this to explain why Mr Morimoto's 'hostage' is at the party, as she's surrounded by guards (actually bodyguards).]]
* IJustWantToBeNormal: [[spoiler:As LISA can regulate one's physiology, Gwen thinks it will prevent her from zapping anyone she touches.]]

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* HiddenInPlainSight: [[spoiler:Gwen Gwen uses this to explain why Mr Morimoto's 'hostage' is at the party, as she's surrounded by guards (actually bodyguards).]]
bodyguards).
* IJustWantToBeNormal: [[spoiler:As As LISA can regulate one's physiology, Gwen thinks it will prevent her from zapping anyone she touches.]]



* IronicEcho: "It's not like HoldingHands." Gwen hopes that the [[spoiler:LISA device will at least allow her to hold hands with a man.]]

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* IronicEcho: "It's not like HoldingHands." Gwen hopes that the [[spoiler:LISA LISA device will at least allow her to hold hands with a man.]]



* MagicalDefibrillator: [[spoiler:A virginal Gwen is about to have sex with Gunn, and points out that LISA is only a prototype -- what if it fails while he's on the job? Gunn replies that if he goes OutWithABang, Gwen knows how to start him up again.]]

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* MagicalDefibrillator: [[spoiler:A A virginal Gwen is about to have sex with Gunn, and points out that LISA is only a prototype -- what if it fails while he's on the job? Gunn replies that if he goes OutWithABang, Gwen knows how to start him up again.]]



* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Gunn finding out the girl he's supposed to 'rescue' is not a hostage. Cordy when she gets caught red-handed sneaking up on Lorne, knife in hand.]]

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* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Gunn OhCrap:
** Gunn
finding out the girl he's supposed to 'rescue' is not a hostage. hostage.
**
Cordy when she gets caught red-handed sneaking up on Lorne, knife in hand.]]



* WeNeedADistraction: Gwen pushes over a coffee table so Gunn can [[HandGagging grab the girl]]. [[spoiler:Gwen then points out what Gunn is doing so she can rob the safe.]]

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* WeNeedADistraction: Gwen pushes over a coffee table so Gunn can [[HandGagging grab the girl]]. [[spoiler:Gwen Gwen then points out what Gunn is doing so she can rob the safe.]]
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* BloodKnight / PercussiveTherapy: After the apocalyptic soap opera shenannigans of the past few months, Gunn enjoys a chance to do some good 'ole {{mook}} pounding.

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* BloodKnight / PercussiveTherapy: After the apocalyptic soap opera shenannigans shenanigans of the past few months, Gunn enjoys a chance to do some good 'ole ol' {{mook}} pounding.



* FetusTerrible: Cordelia's stomach convulses in a sinster manner.

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* FetusTerrible: Cordelia's stomach convulses in a sinster sinister manner.



* InterchangeableAsianCultures: Japanese Morimoto's party is frequented by many guests in Chinese qipaos

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* InterchangeableAsianCultures: Japanese Morimoto's party is frequented by many guests in Chinese qipaosqipaos.



* Magic8Ball: Literally

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* Magic8Ball: LiterallyLiterally.
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* WeNeedADistraction: Gwen pushes over a coffee table so Gunn can [[PuttingAHandOverHerMouth grab the girl]]. [[spoiler:Gwen then points out what Gunn is doing so she can rob the safe.]]

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* WeNeedADistraction: Gwen pushes over a coffee table so Gunn can [[PuttingAHandOverHerMouth [[HandGagging grab the girl]]. [[spoiler:Gwen then points out what Gunn is doing so she can rob the safe.]]
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* CornerOfWoe: Connor's "[[DocSavage Fortress of Solitude]]".

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* CornerOfWoe: Connor's "[[DocSavage "[[Franchise/DocSavage Fortress of Solitude]]".
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* GoshDangItToHeck: Lorne's "Oh fudsicle."

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* GoshDangItToHeck: Lorne's "Oh fudsicle.fudgicle."



* ToplessnessFromTheBack Used to good effect when Gunn attaches the LISA device to Gwen's back so he can touch her skin.

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* ToplessnessFromTheBack ToplessnessFromTheBack: Used to good effect when Gunn attaches the LISA device to Gwen's back so he can touch her skin.
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-->'''Wesley:''' I recognize the text. It's early Fallorian code system. Let's see... (translating) "The green cart-like vehicle eats...I am not a bucket head. It's a tricky language. An inverted serif can alter the meaning of an entire passage.
-->later
-->'''Wesley:''' Something about strangling poultry.

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-->'''Wesley:''' I recognize the text. It's early Fallorian code system. Let's see... (translating) "The green cart-like vehicle eats...I am not a bucket head. " It's a tricky language. An inverted serif can alter the meaning of an entire passage.
-->later
-->later...
-->'''Wesley:''' Something about strangling poultry."strangling poultry".

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* InterchangeableAsianCultures: Japanese Morimoto's party is frequented by many guests in Chinese qipaos


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* IdenticalAsianCultures: Japanese Morimoto's party is frequented by many guests in Chinese qipaos

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* IdenticalAsianCultures: InterchangeableAsianCultures: Japanese Morimoto's party is frequented by many guests in Chinese qipaos
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* AllAsiansAreAlike: Japanese Morimoto's party is frequented by many guests in Chinese qipaos

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* AllAsiansAreAlike: IdenticalAsianCultures: Japanese Morimoto's party is frequented by many guests in Chinese qipaos
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Can You Hear Me Now has been split into Super Cell Reception and Cell Phones Are Useless. Bad examples and Zer Context material is being deleted.


* CanYouHearMeNow: Gwen tells Gunn not to worry about the impending apocalypse, 'cause Team Angel will call if they need help. The next episode, Gunn apologises for not turning up for the cliffhanger because being near Gwen [[DoubleEntendre screwed up his equipment]].

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* CanYouHearMeNow: CellPhonesAreUseless: Gwen tells Gunn not to worry about the impending apocalypse, 'cause Team Angel will call if they need help. The next episode, Gunn apologises for not turning up for the cliffhanger because being near Gwen [[DoubleEntendre screwed up his equipment]].
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-->'''Wesley:''' (softly) [[FoeYay It's not always about holding hands...]]

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-->'''Wesley:''' (softly) [[FoeYay [[FoeRomanceSubtext It's not always about holding hands...]]

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* SexyBack: Used to good effect when Gunn attaches the LISA device to Gwen's back so he can touch her skin.


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Incredibly Lame Pun is only a Pothole Magnet for troper puns; in-universe puns should be linked to Pun


* IncrediblyLamePun: Gunn re Pregnant!Cordy.
-->"As soon as you can say "Easy Bake Oven", there's a gigantic bun in hers."


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* {{Pun}}: Gunn regarding Pregnant!Cordy.
-->"As soon as you can say "Easy Bake Oven", there's a gigantic bun in hers."
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* AllAsiansAreAlike: Japanese Morimoto's party is frequented by many guests in Chinese qipaos
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* Magic8Ball: Literally
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* SawItInAMovieOnce: Gunn learnt enough basic Japanese ettiquete to impress Mr Morimoto by watching samurai movies. Justified in that Morimoto appreciates Gunn making the effort to be polite, rather than being bothered over whether he gets the details right.

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* SawItInAMovieOnce: Gunn learnt enough basic Japanese ettiquete etiquette to impress Mr Morimoto by watching samurai movies. Justified in that Morimoto appreciates Gunn making the effort to be polite, rather than being bothered over whether he gets the details right.
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-->'''Gunn:''' It feels good to be doing good.

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-->'''Gunn:''' [[GoodFeelsGood It feels good to be doing good.]]
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-->"You think this ''DungeonsAndDragons'' cloak is a fashion statement?"

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-->"You think this ''DungeonsAndDragons'' ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'' cloak is a fashion statement?"
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* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: Angel tries to recreate the passage from Lilah's "beasty book" but can't quite visualize it right:
-->'''Angel:''' I think that's it.
-->'''Wes:''' (translating) "The green cart-like vehicle eats. I am not a bucket-head."
-->'''Angel:''' Dammit!
-->'''Wes:''' It's a tricky language. An inverted serif can alter the meaning of an entire passage.
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* MyHovercraftIsFullOfEels: Angel tries to recreate the passage from Lilah's "beasty book" but can't quite visualize it right:
-->'''Angel:''' I think that's it.
-->'''Wes:''' (translating) "The green cart-like vehicle eats. I am not a bucket-head."
-->'''Angel:''' Dammit!
-->'''Wes:''' It's a tricky language. An inverted serif can alter the meaning of an entire passage.
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-->'''Morimoto:''' [[You HaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith I don't think you realize who you're up against.]]

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-->'''Morimoto:''' [[You HaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith [[YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith I don't think you realize who you're up against.]]
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-->'''Morimoto:''' [[YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith I don't think you realize who you're up against.

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-->'''Morimoto:''' [[YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith [[You HaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith I don't think you realize who you're up against.]]

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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall / {{Soaperizing}}: "Listen, I spent most of this year trapped in what I can only describe as a turgid supernatural soap-opera."


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* SupernaturalSoapOpera: "Listen, I spent most of this year trapped in what I can only describe as a turgid supernatural soap-opera."

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