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The entry for "Let Them Die Happy" is INCORRECT. I don't think there's any subtext about him being able to let go knowing that Vi and Powder are safe. Quite the contrary: Silco is still alive, as far as he knows. So no, he dies because he was beaten bloody and stabbed twice, and the Shimmer wears off eventually. He did all he could, and now he's reached his limit. This trope does not apply to this scene.


* LetThemDieHappy: Well, not exactly 'happy' but unlike Vi, Vander never sees the shattered remains of Powder's cymbal monkey bomb and thinks she may have been caught in the blast, allowing him to die once he's gotten Vi out of the burning building thinking that he's at least managed to save one of his adoptive daughters and she'll look after the other.
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* LiteralMetaphor: A coin from the money bag Silco hands Marcus falls into the pool of blood, making it blood money.

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* LiteralMetaphor: A coin from the money bag Silco hands Marcus makes a deal with Silco to alert him when they move in on an arrest, giving Silco a chance at Vander. When Silco's arrival causes the death of Enforces, including Grayson, Marcus is horrified as he never intended that to happen. Silco just says that the plan changed and tosses Marcus a purse full of coin, some of which falls into one of the pool pools of blood, making it blood on the ground. Literal blood money.
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* MoralLuck: Powder sets off a huge Hexgem-fueled explosion to help her sister and friends free their adoptive father. Unfortunately, her timing is unwittingly so bad that she causes their deaths, instead. And just when they managed to make a safe opening. Vi, overwhelmed by anger, mourning, and trauma, blames Powder for it, calling her a jinx and even going as far as hitting her. {{Subverted}} because, immediately after the fact, Vi comes to regret this her actions. Unfortunately, since Powder admires her big sister so much and they don't get a chance to talk it out, she keeps blaming herself for years. It's further PlayedForDrama when this is what causes her to go insane.

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* AlmostDeadGuy: Vander lives long enough to deliver a LastRequest to Vi about her taking care of Powder.

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* AlmostDeadGuy: Vander lives long enough to deliver a LastRequest to Vi about her taking to [[TakeCareOfTheKids take care of Powder.Powder]].


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* TakeCareOfTheKids: With his dying breath Vander asks Vi to take care of Powder.
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* WhamEpisode: Grayson, Deckard, Benzo, Singed, Mylo, Claggor, and Vander all die, Vi and Powder have a falling out over the deaths of their family which Powder inadvertently caused, Silco takes Powder in after said falling out, and Vi is drugged and taken by Marcus.

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* WhamEpisode: Grayson, Deckard, Benzo, Singed, Mylo, Claggor, and Vander all die, Vi and Powder have a falling out over the deaths of their family which Powder inadvertently caused, Silco takes Powder in after said falling out, and Vi is drugged and taken by Marcus.

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* BattleAmongstTheFlames: The fight between Vander, Deckard and Silko after the explosion ensues while the building is aflame.



* CliffhangerCopout: The previous episode ending with a CliffHanger of Vi apparently turning herself in to the authorities. When this episode starts, it turns out it was Vander and Benzo approuching the door.



* TheGlomp: Powder straight up tackles Silco off his feet with the force of her desperate hug.

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* TheGlomp: Powder straight up straight-up tackles Silco off his feet with the force of her desperate hug.



* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Non-villainous example: furious that Powder carelessly got their family killed, Vi slaps her, cruelly called her a jinx, and stormed off away from her as Powder wailed and begged for her to come back. When she turned back and saw Silco standing over Powder, Vi desperately started to run to her to save her but was captured by Marcus before she could make amends with her. As such, Powder thought Vi abandoned her and sought Silco's love and guidance.

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* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Non-villainous example: furious that Powder carelessly got their family killed, Vi slaps her, cruelly called calls her a jinx, and stormed storms off away from her as Powder wailed wails and begged begs for her to come back. When she turned turns back and saw sees Silco standing over Powder, Vi desperately started starts to run to her to save her but was is captured by Marcus before she could make amends with her. As such, Powder thought thinks Vi abandoned her and sought seeks Silco's love and guidance.



* HeroHarassesHelpers: Vi harshly rejects Powder's wish to come along on the mission to save Vander.



* InstantSedation: Marcus sedated Vi instantly with chloroform.



* ItsTheOnlyWay: Vander's response to Grayson asking why he turns himself in.



* LiteralMetaphor: A coin from the money bag Silco hands Marcus falls into the pool of blood, making it blood money.



* OhCrap:
** Silco is visibly terrified when he sees Vander amped on Shimmer.

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OhCrap: Silco is visibly terrified when he sees Vander amped on Shimmer.



* TheseHandsHaveKilled: At the end, after slapping Powder in the face, Vi looks at her hand in horror.



* WhamEpisode: Grayson, Deckard, Mylo, Claggor, and Vander all die, Vi and Powder have a falling out over the deaths of their family which Powder inadvertently caused, Silco takes Powder in after said falling out, and Vi is drugged and taken by Marcus.

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* WhamEpisode: Grayson, Deckard, Benzo, Singed, Mylo, Claggor, and Vander all die, Vi and Powder have a falling out over the deaths of their family which Powder inadvertently caused, Silco takes Powder in after said falling out, and Vi is drugged and taken by Marcus.
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** Powder rigs up the CymbalBangingMonkey into a crude impact trigger for the hex crystals, never stopping to consider that she has no way to focus the explosion. She already knows one crystal has enough energy to blow up an entire apartment, and she loaded the monkey with at least ''[[NoKillLikeOverkill three]]''. The resulting explosion not only fails to kill her intended target but also ends up killing nearly everyone she was trying to save except for Vi.

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** Powder rigs up the CymbalBangingMonkey into a crude impact trigger for the hex crystals, never stopping to consider that she has no way to focus the explosion. She already knows one crystal has enough energy to blow up an entire apartment, and she loaded the monkey with at least ''[[NoKillLikeOverkill ''[[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill three]]''. The resulting explosion not only fails to kill her intended target but also ends up killing nearly everyone she was trying to save except for Vi.
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: All Powder wanted was to prove she was capable of helping Vi and the others save Vander, but her desperate attempt to do gets everyone killed and her sister Vi separated from her. What's worse is that said separation lands her straight into the arms of Vander's enemy.

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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: All Powder wanted was to prove she was capable of helping Vi and the others save Vander, but her desperate attempt to do be useful gets everyone most of her adopted family killed and her sister Vi separated from her. What's worse is that said separation lands her straight into the arms of Vander's enemy.
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* MomentOfWeakness: Vi goes through one after Powder unintentionally makes things worse when her bomb ends up killing Mylo and Claggor. When Powder arrives while bragging about how her bomb finally worked, Vi loses control of herself and hits Powder, calling her a "jinx" and (not incorrectly) blaming her for their adopted family's deaths. While she soon [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes the gravity of her actions]] and leaves to cool her head, she's captured and taken away by Marcus before she can go back to Powder and apologize. While Vi's reaction was only human, it's still the cause of major trauma for Powder and marks her StartOfDarkness as Jinx.

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* MomentOfWeakness: Vi goes through one after Powder unintentionally makes things worse when her bomb ends up killing Mylo and Claggor. When Powder arrives while bragging about how her bomb finally worked, Vi loses control of herself and hits Powder, calling her a "jinx" and (not incorrectly) blaming her for their adopted family's deaths. While she soon [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes the gravity of her actions]] and leaves to cool her head, she's so she won't hurt Powder any further, this only makes Powder think Vi is abandoning her, and Vi is captured and taken away by Marcus before she can go back to Powder and apologize. While Vi's reaction was only human, it's still the cause of major trauma for Powder and marks becomes part of her StartOfDarkness as Jinx.

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