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* CementShoes: Implied by Fi when she mentions she got rid of her gun by tossing it in the river and adding that she wished she could have "thrown Natalie in with it".
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* HonorAmongThieves: Natalie claims that, [[NoHonorAmongThieves contrary to what some might think]], this trope does still apply as long as Team Westen goes along with her blackmail. She ''technically'' wasn't lying in that she gave the blackmail gun back, though she neglected the part where she steals the chemical weapon from Sam afterwards.
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* AssholeVictim: After killing him, Natalie reveals Stuart was just a scam artist preying on cancer patients when she found herself in need of a patsy.
* BatmanGambit: After realizing how Natalie duped them, Michael thinks to use her listening device against her by claiming aloud that she simply stole a decoy and that the real chemical weapon is in elsewhere. He correctly banks on how she can't take any chances with who she plans to sell to, ensuring that all she acquires is a tracking device leading the team to where she plans to make the sale.
* BatmanGambit: After realizing how Natalie duped them, Michael thinks to use her listening device against her by claiming aloud that she simply stole a decoy and that the real chemical weapon is in elsewhere. He correctly banks on how she can't take any chances with who she plans to sell to, ensuring that all she acquires is a tracking device leading the team to where she plans to make the sale.
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* BrandishmentBluff: To survive an encounter with those looking to buy the chemical weapon, Michael pulls on a gun on the fake canister full of tear gas that Fiona and Jesse whipped up. He spooks everyone else by describing the horrible results of being exposed to the gas and then opens fire. Everyone else clears out in a panic, while Michael calmly grabs the real chemical weapon.
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* CallBack: When Jesse asks who they're dealing with here, Natalie brags about [[Recap/BurnNoticeS3E8FriendsLikeThese stealing Barry's ledger]] and expresses disappointment Mike and Fi never told the new guy that story.
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* DidntSeeThatComing: Michael gets the drop on Natalie before she can sell the chemical weapon, but it turns out her buyers are just entering from the other side of the building rather than still a while away.
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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: When Natalie kills Stuart and reveals herself at the docks, she's wearing gloves. Her blackmail stunt hinges on her fingerprints not being on the gun she just used.
* {{Greed}}: Natalie so much so that she thinks the $20 million she'd get for selling the chemical weapon is worth the full weight of the authorities coming down on her.
-->'''Sam:''' Natalie, you take that weapon, you're in a world of hurt. The Feds, the military--all Hell's gonna rain down on you!\\
'''Natalie:''' I dunno, Sam! $20 million will buy me one helluva an umbrella!
* {{Greed}}: Natalie so much so that she thinks the $20 million she'd get for selling the chemical weapon is worth the full weight of the authorities coming down on her.
-->'''Sam:''' Natalie, you take that weapon, you're in a world of hurt. The Feds, the military--all Hell's gonna rain down on you!\\
'''Natalie:''' I dunno, Sam! $20 million will buy me one helluva an umbrella!
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Upon realizing Natalie duped them with a listening device, Michael opts to use it to con her and find out where she stashed the chemical weapon.
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* ItsAllMyFault: After Natalie successfully ambushes him and escapes with the goods, Sam is kicking himself for letting a chemical weapon slip through his fingers so it could be sold to the highest bidder.
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* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: In her first appearance, Natalie's scheme was foiled, and she didn't get her money, but she was still able to escape. This time, she's left handcuffed and awaiting being arrested by the FBI, with her only other option being hunted down and killed by her now angry buyers.
* LampshadeHanging:
** After revealing she used Fiona's gun to kill Stuart, Natalie points out using a car to store weapons was a very poor choice.
** Marv points out the unusualness of Jesse working with the guy that got him burned and wrecked his career. Jesse admits it is indeed an odd situation to be in.
* LeeroyJenkins: Once the group finds where Natalie intends to sell the weapon, Fiona wants to go in guns blazing. Michael has to point out what happens to themselves and the surrounding area should the chemical weapon's canister get hit in the crossfire. She also wants to go in when Mike is surrounded by five mooks armed with automatic weapons, with Sam noting Mike would get cut down before she could really do anything.
* PassiveAggressiveKombat: As part of their TeethClenchedTeamwork, Michael and Jesse keep exchanging little barbs that wouldn't seem so bad for those not knowing the full context.
* PetTheDog: As Sam kicks himself for getting ambushed by Natalie and losing the chemical weapon, Fiona reminds him there was nothing he could do and that he's lucky to be alive.
* LampshadeHanging:
** After revealing she used Fiona's gun to kill Stuart, Natalie points out using a car to store weapons was a very poor choice.
** Marv points out the unusualness of Jesse working with the guy that got him burned and wrecked his career. Jesse admits it is indeed an odd situation to be in.
* LeeroyJenkins: Once the group finds where Natalie intends to sell the weapon, Fiona wants to go in guns blazing. Michael has to point out what happens to themselves and the surrounding area should the chemical weapon's canister get hit in the crossfire. She also wants to go in when Mike is surrounded by five mooks armed with automatic weapons, with Sam noting Mike would get cut down before she could really do anything.
* PassiveAggressiveKombat: As part of their TeethClenchedTeamwork, Michael and Jesse keep exchanging little barbs that wouldn't seem so bad for those not knowing the full context.
* PetTheDog: As Sam kicks himself for getting ambushed by Natalie and losing the chemical weapon, Fiona reminds him there was nothing he could do and that he's lucky to be alive.
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* WeMeetAgain: Natalie to Fiona right after killing Stuart.
* WhoAreYou: The buyer asks this of Michael. Natalie refers to him as the guy trying to wreck the deal, but Michael does her one better.
-->'''Michael:''' You wanted to know who I was, Karl? I'm the guy holding a gun on a can of Novichok agent.
* WhoAreYou: The buyer asks this of Michael. Natalie refers to him as the guy trying to wreck the deal, but Michael does her one better.
-->'''Michael:''' You wanted to know who I was, Karl? I'm the guy holding a gun on a can of Novichok agent.
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* ProperlyParanoid: Sam spots the bomb in the road moments before driving over it, and so doesn't die.
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* ByNoIMeanYes: Jesse isn't asking Marv for five million dollars for an unsanctioned op. Yes he is.
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* BrickJoke: Natalie gets the team to get dinner at a Japanese restaurant where you don't wear shoes. Sam complains. Later, we learn she did that so an accomplice could plant bugs in their shoes so she could stay a step ahead.
* HiddenWire: Marv tries to record Jesse.
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* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Mike and Jesse aren't getting along. The former got the latter burned, the latter shot the former. It takes a stern talking to from Maddy to get them back on track.track.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Natalie kills Stuart with one of Fi's guns in order to blackmail the team into helping her.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Natalie kills Stuart with one of Fi's guns in order to blackmail the team into helping her.
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* ShownTheirWork: Yup. Natural gas is odorless and the terrible smell is deliberately added so people know when there's a leak (to prevent mass suffocation, as occasionally happened in the early days of gaslight).
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Stuart, this week's client, has a sister getting beaten by her boyfriend, a Venezuelan diplomat. Stu even flew down to Caracas to get her and bring her home, only for the asshole to come and take her back.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Stuart, this week's client, has a sister getting beaten by her boyfriend, a Venezuelan diplomat. Stu even flew down to Caracas to get her and bring her home, only for the asshole to come and take her back. Too bad it's just a cover.
* TheBusCameBack: It's Natalie. She shows up out of nowhere to kill the client (Stu), a patsy.
* TheBusCameBack: It's Natalie. She shows up out of nowhere to kill the client (Stu), a patsy.
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* HollywoodSilencer: When Natalie shoots Marco, it sounds like someone slapping a desk with a pencil.
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* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: The team are questioning Stuart, trying to find out what Marco is really hiding when he suddenly gets shot to death by Natalie.
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* ItsPersonal: Fi has a thing for lost little sisters.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Stuart, this week's client, has a sister getting beaten by her boyfriend, a Venezuelan diplomat. Stu even flew down to Caracas to get her and bring her home, only for the asshole to come and take her back.
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* DirtyBusiness: Jesse goes along with it, but he's upset about blackmailing Marv to get movement going on recovering the list from the guy who stole it.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Mike and Jesse aren't getting along. The former got the latter burned, the latter shot the former. It takes a stern talking to from Maddy to get them back on track.
* DirtyBusiness: Jesse goes along with it, but he's upset about blackmailing Marv to get movement going on recovering the list from the guy who stole it.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Mike and Jesse aren't getting along. The former got the latter burned, the latter shot the former. It takes a stern talking to from Maddy to get them back on track.
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* BavarianFireDrill: Mike can't pull his usual stunts to escape the police station in the open, so he pretends to be in charge and directs the search in another direction then just walks away.
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