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* AffectionateParody: Of 80s action movies and the AffectionateParody that most likely directly inspired this episode, ''Film/TheExpendibles''.
* BecomingTheMask: The various 80s action stars have taken on the persona to the point of treating the victims death like the death of a member of a military unit and setting up an operation to recover the evidence. On the other side the actor who played the drug dealing villain actually became a drug dealer.
* BecomingTheMask: The various 80s action stars have taken on the persona to the point of treating the victims death like the death of a member of a military unit and setting up an operation to recover the evidence. On the other side the actor who played the drug dealing villain actually became a drug dealer.
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* AffectionateParody: Of 80s action movies and the AffectionateParody that most likely directly inspired this episode, ''Film/TheExpendibles''.
''Film/TheExpendables''.
* BecomingTheMask: The various 80s action stars have taken on the persona to the point of treating the victims death like the death of a member of a military unit and setting up an operation to recover the evidence. On the other side the actor who played the drug dealing villain actually became a drug dealer.
* BecomingTheMask: The various 80s action stars have taken on the persona to the point of treating the victims death like the death of a member of a military unit and setting up an operation to recover the evidence. On the other side the actor who played the drug dealing villain actually became a drug dealer.
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* HeroicBSOD: When Brock Harmon invites Castle to come out drinking with the remaining Indestructibles, Castle just freezes.
-->'''Harmon:''' Castle? [waves hand in front of face, clicking fingers] Hey, Castle?
-->'''Harmon:''' Castle? [waves hand in front of face, clicking fingers] Hey, Castle?
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* BlandNameProduct: "The Indestructibles" serves as the in-universe version of Film/TheExpendables. "Hard Kill" and Hard Kill 2: The Blowback" stand in for ''Franchise/DieHard''. Perhaps the best is the direct-to-movie ''[[Franchise/IndianaJones Raiders of the Nubian Temple]]''
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* BlandNameProduct: "The Indestructibles" serves as the in-universe version of Film/TheExpendables. "Hard Kill" and Hard Kill 2: The Blowback" stand in for ''Franchise/DieHard''.''Franchise/DieHard'' (in name, at least; the scene looks more like ''Film/{{Desperado}}''. Perhaps the best is the direct-to-movie ''[[Franchise/IndianaJones Raiders of the Nubian Temple]]''
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* BlandNameProduct: "The Indestructibles" serves as the in-universe version of Film/TheExpendables. "Hard Kill" and Hard Kill 2: The Blowback" stand in for ''Franchise/DieHard''.
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* BlandNameProduct: "The Indestructibles" serves as the in-universe version of Film/TheExpendables. "Hard Kill" and Hard Kill 2: The Blowback" stand in for ''Franchise/DieHard''. Perhaps the best is the direct-to-movie ''[[Franchise/IndianaJones Raiders of the Nubian Temple]]''
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** Lance DeLorca is Creator/AntonioBanderas: he was born in Spain, was married to his one-time American co-star for decades before they got a divorce, and survived cancer, plus the scene of "Hard Kill" resembles the climatic scene in Banderas' action debut, Film/{{Desperado}}.
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** Lance DeLorca [=DeLorca=] is Creator/AntonioBanderas: he was born in Spain, was married to his one-time American co-star for decades before they got a divorce, and survived cancer, plus the scene of "Hard Kill" resembles the climatic scene in Banderas' action debut, Film/{{Desperado}}.
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* {{Expy}}: Rolph Magnus stands in for Creator/DolphLundgren, both Nordic action stars.
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* {{Expy}}: Rolph All of the stars of ''The Expendables'' have counterparts in ''The Indestructibles''.
** Lance DeLorca is Creator/AntonioBanderas: he was born in Spain, was married to his one-time American co-star for decades before they got a divorce, and survived cancer, plus the scene of "Hard Kill" resembles the climatic scene in Banderas' action debut, Film/{{Desperado}}.
** Brock Harmon is Creator/SylvesterStallone: created a franchise of action movies starring aging action stars and made porn at the beginning of his career
** Rolf Magnusstands in for Creator/DolphLundgren, both Nordic action stars.is Creator/DolphLundgren: former Scandinavian bodybuilder rumored to be a genius.
** Serafina is Creator/RondaRousey: female mixed martial arts champion with no previous movie experience that could be her co-stars' granddaughter.
** Lance DeLorca is Creator/AntonioBanderas: he was born in Spain, was married to his one-time American co-star for decades before they got a divorce, and survived cancer, plus the scene of "Hard Kill" resembles the climatic scene in Banderas' action debut, Film/{{Desperado}}.
** Brock Harmon is Creator/SylvesterStallone: created a franchise of action movies starring aging action stars and made porn at the beginning of his career
** Rolf Magnus
** Serafina is Creator/RondaRousey: female mixed martial arts champion with no previous movie experience that could be her co-stars' granddaughter.
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* CreditsGag: The opening card's typical music is replaced by a bombastic 80s action movie version.
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* {{Expy}}: Rolph Magnus stands in for Creator/DolphLundgren, both Nordic action stars.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Lance Delorca is an {{expy}} of Creator/DolphLundgren, who, while not as badass as Delorca, is an action star who's an actual badass.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Lance Delorca is an {{expy}} of Creator/DolphLundgren, who, while not as badass as Delorca, is an action star who's an actual badass.
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* VerbalBackspace: Castle has to stay out of trouble with Beckett.
-->'''Castle:''' SHE'S COMING HERE?! I HAD HER POSTER ON MY WALL FOR [DeathGlare from Beckett] [{{beat}}] a minute.
-->'''Castle:''' SHE'S COMING HERE?! I HAD HER POSTER ON MY WALL FOR [DeathGlare from Beckett] [{{beat}}] a minute.
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* BlandNameProduct: "The Indestructibles" serves as the in-universe version of Film/TheExpendables.
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* BlandNameProduct: "The Indestructibles" serves as the in-universe version of Film/TheExpendables. "Hard Kill" and Hard Kill 2: The Blowback" stand in for ''Franchise/DieHard''.
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* DarkAndTroubledPast: Subverted. While the victim claimed to have worked for Spanish intelligence and used his black ops experience to inform his movie role, in reality he was a goat herder and merely appropriated his friend's background to appear more mysterious.
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* YourSonAllAlong: The victim found out that he was the actual father of his co-star's supposed son, stemming from an affair he had with the co-star's wife. The wife had the victim silenced to prevent her marriage from being ruined.
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* YourSonAllAlong: The victim found out that he was the actual father of his co-star's supposed son, stemming from an affair he had with the co-star's wife. The wife had the victim permanently silenced to prevent her marriage from being ruined.
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* UnfoldingPlanMontage: Respective cuts and voiceover occur when Castle and the "Indestructibles" cast obtain the tape from Booth's office.
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* UnfoldingPlanMontage: Respective cuts and voiceover occur when Castle and the "Indestructibles" cast obtain the tape bugged model car from Booth's Boothe's office.
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* PlausibleDeniability: When Castle brings Beckett the bugged model car he stole with the Indestructibles, [[BlatantLies he claims that a "concerned citizen" dropped it off with him.]] When pressed, he refuses to elaborate and a disbelieving Beckett doesn't push further to avoid contaminating the evidence.
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* PlausibleDeniability: When Castle brings Beckett the bugged model car he stole with from the Indestructibles, drug dealer's office, [[BlatantLies he claims that a "concerned citizen" dropped it off with him.]] When pressed, he refuses to elaborate and a disbelieving Beckett doesn't push further to avoid contaminating the evidence.
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* PlausibleDeniability: When Castle brings Beckett the bugged model car he stole with the Indestructibles, [[BlatantLies he claims that a "concerned citizen" dropped it off with him. him.]] When pressed, he refuses to elaborate and a disbelieving Beckett doesn't push further to avoid contaminating the evidence.
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* YourSonAllAlong: The victim found out that he was the actual father of his co-star's supposed son, stemming from an affair he had with the co-star's wife. The wife had the victim silenced to prevent her marriage from being ruined.
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* BecomingTheMask: The various 80s action stars have taken on the persona to the point of treating the victims death like the death of a member of a military unit and setting up an operation to recover the evidence. On the other side the actor who played the drug dealing villain actually became a drug dealer.
* BlandNameProduct: "The Indestructibles" serves as the in-universe version of Film/TheExpendables.
* BlandNameProduct: "The Indestructibles" serves as the in-universe version of Film/TheExpendables.
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!! Tropes that appear in this episode:
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LongLastLook: Beckett, as she moves out of her old apartment.
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* LongLastLook: Beckett, as she moves out of her old apartment.apartment.
* UnfoldingPlanMontage: Respective cuts and voiceover occur when Castle and the "Indestructibles" cast obtain the tape from Booth's office.
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When a former action hero is found dead near a theater, it seems he was killed with a garrote for trying to stop a drug lord.
LongLastLook: Beckett, as she moves out of her old apartment.
LongLastLook: Beckett, as she moves out of her old apartment.
