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* PlantAlien: The Lankin tentacles resemble vines and it acts rather like a plant.
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* CainAndAbel: Quill mentions her sister Orla'ath tried to kill her in the nest, but apparently all Quill sisters do that.
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* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: The Lankin morphs into deceased loved ones in order to ensnare people.
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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: After the Lankin is defeated nobody else remembers it. Quill lampshades how convenient this is, though Charlie responds the Lankin probably does it so it can come back and feed again.
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* AffectionateNickname: Jasper called Tanya puddle due to an incident when she was a child and jumped into a horse's urine, thinking it was a puddle.
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* SqueakyEyes: When the Jasper created by the Lankin blinks it makes a squelching sound.

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London is attacked through the Rift by an emotion-eating alien entity called the Lankin, which creates lures on the end of its multitude of tentacles in the form of people's dead loved ones. Tanya turns out to be its main target, as it creates a lure in the form of her dead father on the second anniversary of his death. Ram is visited by a lure based on his girlfriend Rachel, but flees in terror and teams up with April. They don't actually achieve much, but April confides in him about her family's tragedy and they end up kissing. Miss Quill is visited by an apparition of her sister, and is not impressed. Meanwhile, Matteusz turns up on Charlie's doorstep after being kicked out by his homophobic father.

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London is attacked through the Rift by an emotion-eating alien entity called the Lankin, which creates lures on the end of its multitude of tentacles in the form of people's dead loved ones. Tanya turns out to be its main target, as it creates a lure in the form of her dead father Jasper on the second anniversary of his death. Ram is visited by a lure based on his girlfriend Rachel, but flees in terror and teams up with April. They don't actually achieve much, but April confides in him about her family's tragedy and they end up kissing. Miss Quill is visited by an apparition of her sister, and is not impressed. Meanwhile, Matteusz turns up on Charlie's doorstep after being kicked out by his homophobic father.


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* EvilLaugh: "Jasper" gives one after telling Tanya she has weakened him... but not enough.
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* CombatTentacles: The Lankin's tentacles, which ensnare people.
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* DeadPersonImpersonation: The Lankin's tentacles appear as dead loved ones, claiming they have been brought back.
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* AttackItsWeakPoint: Quill drives through the main tentacle with a bus, forcing the Lankin to retreat, as cutting the other tentacles didn't work.
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* DeadPersonConversation: The Lankin tricks people into thinking this by appearing as deceased loved ones.
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* HydraProblem: When one of the Lankin's tentacles is cut through it reattaches.
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* SpeakInUnison: Not exactly the same, but very close, as in the last time of the TwoScenesOneDialogue entry:
--> --> '''Tanya's and Quill's Lankin''': Won't you take your father/sister's hand?


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* TwoScenesOneDialogue: Quill and Tanya's conversations with their Lankin tentacles:
--> '''Quill's Lankin''': You have to come the rest of the way.
--> '''Quill''': Why?
--> '''Tanya's Lankin''': Because souls never be forced, they can only be persuaded.
--> '''Tanya's Lankin''': What can I say to make you believe me?
--> '''Both Lankin''': Won't you take your father/sister's hand?
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London is attacked through the Rift by an emotion-eating alien entity called the Lankin, which creates lures on the end of its multitude of tentacles in the form of people's dead loved ones. Tanya turns out to be its main target, as it creates a lure in the form of her dead father on the second anniversary of his death. Ram is visited by a lure based on his girlfriend Rachel, but flees in terror and teams up with April. They don't actually achieve much, but April confides in him about her family's tragedy and they end up kissing. Miss Quill is visited by an apparition of her sister, and is not impressed. Meanwhile, Mateusz turns up on Charlie's doorstep after being kicked out by his homophobic father.

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London is attacked through the Rift by an emotion-eating alien entity called the Lankin, which creates lures on the end of its multitude of tentacles in the form of people's dead loved ones. Tanya turns out to be its main target, as it creates a lure in the form of her dead father on the second anniversary of his death. Ram is visited by a lure based on his girlfriend Rachel, but flees in terror and teams up with April. They don't actually achieve much, but April confides in him about her family's tragedy and they end up kissing. Miss Quill is visited by an apparition of her sister, and is not impressed. Meanwhile, Mateusz Matteusz turns up on Charlie's doorstep after being kicked out by his homophobic father.



* IHaveNoSon: Mateusz is kicked out by his father for dating another man.

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* IHaveNoSon: Mateusz Matteusz is kicked out by his father for dating another man.
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* TitleDrop: April talks about a folk tune her father wrote called "Nightvisiting", which refers to legends of dead people appearing at the windows of the bereaved, which usually [[Literature/WutheringHeights is not a good thing]].

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* TitleDrop: April talks about a folk tune her father wrote played called "Nightvisiting", which refers to legends of dead people appearing at the windows of the bereaved, which usually [[Literature/WutheringHeights is not a good thing]].


* GenreSavvy: Tanya sees her father, seemingly back from the dead. She doesn't buy it for a second.

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This seems more the implication about her feelings, strongly supported by the use of the scene in the following episode's recap.


* DudeWheresMyRespect: Miss Quill is clearly angry about the kids' failure to thank her for, or show any sign of being impressed by, her destruction of the Lankin's tentacle.



* WhatIsThisFeeling: Miss Quill is clearly affected after being somewhat of a team player and helped save the day. She doesn't like it.

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* FamilyAnnihilator: April confides in Ram about how her mother's disability is because her alcoholic father tried to kill all three of them by crashing a car.



* MurderSuicide: April confides in Ram about how her mother's disability is because her alcoholic father tried to kill all three of them by crashing a car.
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* WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys: Discussed when Ms. Quill reappears with a bus.

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* WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys: WhereDoesSheGetAllThoseWonderfulToys: Discussed when Ms. Quill reappears with a bus.

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Taking You With Me is in the context of a battle; sinkhole


* MurderSuicide: April confides in Ram about how her mother's disability is because her alcoholic father tried to kill all three of them by crashing a car.



* TakingYouWithMe: April confides in Ram about how her mother's disability is because her alcoholic father tried to kill all three of them by crashing a car.



* [[WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys Where Does She Get All Those Wonderful Toys?]]: Discussed when Ms. Quill reappears with a bus.

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* [[WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys Where Does She Get All Those Wonderful Toys?]]: WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys: Discussed when Ms. Quill reappears with a bus.
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* GenreSavvy: Tanya sees her father, seemingly back from the dead. She doesn't buy it for a second.


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* WhatIsThisFeeling: Miss Quill is clearly affected after being somewhat of a team player and helped save the day. She doesn't like it.

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* MustBeInvited: As the Lankin impersonating Tanya's father puts it, they can reach out, but the other person has to reach back.



* [[WhereDoesHeGetAllTheseWonderfulToys Where Does She Get All These Wonderful Toys?]]: Discussed when Ms. Quill reappears with a bus.

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* [[WhereDoesHeGetAllTheseWonderfulToys [[WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys Where Does She Get All These Those Wonderful Toys?]]: Discussed when Ms. Quill reappears with a bus.
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London is attacked through the Rift by an emotion-eating alien entity called the Lankin, which creates lures on the end of its multitude of tentacles in the form of people's dead loved ones. Tanya turns out to be its main target, as it creates a lure in the form of her dead father on the second anniversary of his death. Ram is visited by a lure based on his girlfriend Sharon, but flees in terror and teams up with April. They don't actually achieve much, but April confides in him about her family's tragedy and they end up kissing. Miss Quill is visited by an apparition of her sister, and is not impressed. Meanwhile, Mateusz turns up on Charlie's doorstep after being kicked out by his homophobic father.

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London is attacked through the Rift by an emotion-eating alien entity called the Lankin, which creates lures on the end of its multitude of tentacles in the form of people's dead loved ones. Tanya turns out to be its main target, as it creates a lure in the form of her dead father on the second anniversary of his death. Ram is visited by a lure based on his girlfriend Sharon, Rachel, but flees in terror and teams up with April. They don't actually achieve much, but April confides in him about her family's tragedy and they end up kissing. Miss Quill is visited by an apparition of her sister, and is not impressed. Meanwhile, Mateusz turns up on Charlie's doorstep after being kicked out by his homophobic father.
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* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: Tanya weakens the Lankin by giving it the "anger" part of her emotional response to bereavement instead of her grief.

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* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: Tanya weakens the Lankin by giving it the "anger" part of her emotional response to bereavement instead of her grief. Cue its ScrewThisImOuttaHere exit.
* [[WhereDoesHeGetAllTheseWonderfulToys Where Does She Get All These Wonderful Toys?]]: Discussed when Ms. Quill reappears with a bus.
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* TakeThat: When Tanya mentions that her mother used to worry about her policeman husband not coming home from work, the Lankin impersonating points out... ''"This isn't America!"''.

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* TakeThat: When Tanya mentions that her mother used to worry about her policeman husband not coming home from work, the Lankin impersonating him points out... ''"This isn't America!"''.
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* TakeThat: When Tanya mentions that her mother used to worry about her policeman husband not coming home from work, the Lankin impersonating points out... ''"This isn't America!"''.
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* ImpaledPalm: Miss Quill persuades Charlie to do this to the lure based on her sister, with a screwdriver.
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* TakingYouWithMe: April confides in Ram about how her mother's disability is because her alcoholic father tried to kill all three of them by crashing a car.
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* TitleDrop: April talks about a folk tune her father wrote called "Nightvisiting", which refers to legends of dead people appearing at the windows of the bereaved, which usually [[Literature/WutheringHeights is not a good thing]].
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London is attacked through the Rift by an emotion-eating alien entity called the Lankin, which creates lures on the end of its multitude of tentacles in the form of people's dead loved ones. Tanya turns out to be its main target, as it creates a lure in the form of her dead father on the second anniversary of his death. Ram is visited by a lure based on his girlfriend Sharon, but flees in terror and teams up with April. They don't actually achieve much, but April confides in him about her family's tragedy and they end up kissing. Miss Quill is visited by an apparition of her sister, and is not impressed. Meanwhile, Mateusz turns up on Charlie's doorstep after being kicked out by his homophobic father.

Eventually, Tanya tricks the Lankin into trying to consume her, but poisons it by feeding it the "anger" part of her reaction to bereavement instead of her grief. While it is distracted, Miss Quill smashes its main tentacle with a stolen double-decker bus, forcing it to withdraw through the Rift.
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* CarFu: Miss Quill smashes the Lankin's tentacles with a stolen double-decker bus.
* ColdBloodedTorture: Miss Quill attempts this on the Lankin construct of her sister, with Charlie and Mateusz's somewhat disturbed help, but the entity quickly withdraws.
* EmotionEater: The Lankin feeds on grief.
* IHaveNoSon: Mateusz is kicked out by his father for dating another man.
* RelationshipUpgrade: Mateusz moves in with Charlie after his parents kick him out for being actively gay. April and Ram kiss.
* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: Tanya weakens the Lankin by giving it the "anger" part of her emotional response to bereavement instead of her grief.
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