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* TheAtoner: Clyde is attempting to keep the BadFuture from coming to pass after he originally created the imprinting technology.



* TheDreaded: Arcane, the black, hulking figure that stalks between dreamworlds and murders people it finds. Somewhat undermined when he is revealed to be Clyde, a not-very-intimidating man.



* TheReveal: After a season and a half of foreshadowing, the true nature of the Attic is finally revealed. People sent there have their brains constantly pushed to an adrenaline-induced fear state, which Rossum leverages as processing power.



* TheAtoner: Clyde is attempting to keep the BadFuture from coming to pass after he originally created the imprinting technology.
* TheDreaded: Arcane, the black, hulking figure that stalks between dreamworlds and murders people it finds. Somewhat undermined when he is revealed to be Clyde, a not-very-intimidating man.
* TheReveal: After a season and a half of foreshadowing, the true nature of the Attic is finally revealed. People sent there have their brains constantly pushed to an adrenaline-induced fear state, which Rossum leverages as processing power.
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* NoodleIncident: As Echo points out dream elements from her various personalities, she sees a man in a white shirt, petting a rabbit while [[NightmareFuel his head warps all over the place]].

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* NoodleIncident: As Echo points out dream elements from her various personalities, she sees a man in a white shirt, petting a rabbit while [[NightmareFuel his head warps all over the place]].place.
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* WhatHaveIBecome: Although Topher and Ivy manage to revive Ballard by imprinting him with a copy of his own personality, he struggles with the fact that he's now technically an Active.

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* WhatHaveIBecome: Although Topher and Ivy manage to revive Ballard by imprinting him with a copy of his own personality, he struggles with the fact that he's now technically an Active.Active, with Active architecture in his brain.
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* WhatHaveIBecome: Although Topher and Ivy manage to revive Ballard by imprinting him with a copy of his own personality, he struggles with the fact that he's now technically an Active.

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* OnceMoreWithClarity: The end of the episode flashes back to Adelle's conversation with Echo before she sent her to the Attic, where she said, "but I think it's something much worse"... but this time includes her giving Echo instructions to discover what Rossum is hiding there and then escape.

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* OnceMoreWithClarity: The end of the episode flashes back to Adelle's conversation with Echo before she sent her and her friends to the Attic, where she said, "but I think it's something much worse"... but this time includes her giving Echo instructions to discover what Rossum is hiding there and then escape.
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* GoodAllAlong: It turns out Adelle was faking her FaceHeelTurn and is working with Echo to undermine Rossum.
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* OnceMoreWithClarity: The end of the episode flashes back to Adelle's conversation with Echo before she sends her to the Attic, where she says, "but I think it's something much worse"... but this time includes her giving Echo instructions to discover what Rossum is hiding there and then escape.

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* OnceMoreWithClarity: The end of the episode flashes back to Adelle's conversation with Echo before she sends sent her to the Attic, where she says, said, "but I think it's something much worse"... but this time includes her giving Echo instructions to discover what Rossum is hiding there and then escape.

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* OnceMoreWithClarity: The end of the episode flashes back to Adelle's conversation with Echo before she sends her to the Attic and saying, "but I think it's something much worse"... but this time includes her giving Echo instructions to discover what Rossum is hiding there and then escape.

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* OnceMoreWithClarity: The end of the episode flashes back to Adelle's conversation with Echo before she sends her to the Attic and saying, Attic, where she says, "but I think it's something much worse"... but this time includes her giving Echo instructions to discover what Rossum is hiding there and then escape.

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* OnceMoreWithClarity: The end of the episode flashes back to Adelle's conversation with Echo before she sends her to the Attic... but this time includes her giving Echo instructions to discover what Rossum is hiding there and then escape.

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* OnceMoreWithClarity: The end of the episode flashes back to Adelle's conversation with Echo before she sends her to the Attic...Attic and saying, "but I think it's something much worse"... but this time includes her giving Echo instructions to discover what Rossum is hiding there and then escape.
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Echo is deemed too dangerous and is sent into her worst nightmare, along with Victor and Sierra.

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Echo is deemed too dangerous and is sent into her worst nightmare, along with Victor and Sierra.
Sierra. Topher and Ivy work on reviving Paul Ballard, rendered braindead by Alpha.
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Victor's military past threatens his future with Sierra. Meanwhile, Echo is deemed too dangerous and is sent into her worst nightmare.

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Victor's military past threatens his future with Sierra. Meanwhile, Echo is deemed too dangerous and is sent into her worst nightmare.
nightmare, along with Victor and Sierra.
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* PsychologicalTormentZone: The Attic forces its inhabitants to relive their worst nightmares over and over. Echo's is a failed escape attempt where Victor and Sierra are killed. Sierra's involves being with Victor, who then turns into a dead, zombified Nolan. Victor's is a battle in Afghanistan. Clyde's is the future, the world after the imprinting technology gets out.

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* PsychologicalTormentZone: The Attic forces its inhabitants to relive their worst nightmares over and over. Echo's is a failed escape attempt where Victor and Sierra are killed. Sierra's involves being with Victor, who then turns into a dead, zombified Nolan. Victor's is a battle in Afghanistan.Afghanistan where he is forced to fight himself. Clyde's is the future, the world after the imprinting technology gets out.
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* TheDreaded: Arcane, the black, hulking figure that stalks between dreamworlds and murders people it finds. Somewhat undermined when he is revealed to be Clyde Ambrose, a rather

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* TheDreaded: Arcane, the black, hulking figure that stalks between dreamworlds and murders people it finds. Somewhat undermined when he is revealed to be Clyde Ambrose, Clyde, a rather not-very-intimidating man.
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'''Season 2, Episode 10''':
!The Attic

Victor's military past threatens his future with Sierra. Meanwhile, Echo is deemed too dangerous and is sent into her worst nightmare.

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!! Tropes present in this episode:

* AfterTheEnd: Clyde's dreamworld.
* DeadpanSnarker: Dominic.
-->'''Dominic''': [to Dream!Victor] You're in the Attic, none of this is real.
-->''[Dream!Victor vanishes]''
-->'''Dominic''': Oh, okay, fine.
* DreamLand: The Attic, although it's a massive biological supercomputer. Anyone who is aware of the fact they're in the attic can [[DreamWalker move between individual dreamscapes]].
* LotusEaterMachine: The Attic. Anyone trapped inside is forced to constantly loop through their worst nightmares while Rossum uses their brains for processing power.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Arcane. [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] when Clyde says he chose the name because it "sounded badass".
* NoodleIncident: As Echo points out dream elements from her various personalities, she sees a man in a white shirt, petting a rabbit while [[NightmareFuel his head warps all over the place]].
-->'''Echo''': And that... well, [[ItsALongStory that's a long story]].
* OnceMoreWithClarity: The end of the episode flashes back to Adelle's conversation with Echo before she sends her to the Attic... but this time includes her giving Echo instructions to discover what Rossum is hiding there and then escape.
* PsychologicalTormentZone: The Attic forces its inhabitants to relive their worst nightmares over and over. Echo's is a failed escape attempt where Victor and Sierra are killed. Sierra's involves being with Victor, who then turns into a dead, zombified Nolan. Victor's is a battle in Afghanistan. Clyde's is the future, the world after the imprinting technology gets out.
* ShoutOut: Echo doesn't want to ruin Dominic's [[Franchise/{{Highlander}} Highlander vibe]].
* TheAtoner: Clyde is attempting to keep the BadFuture from coming to pass after he originally created the imprinting technology.
* TheDreaded: Arcane, the black, hulking figure that stalks between dreamworlds and murders people it finds. Somewhat undermined when he is revealed to be Clyde Ambrose, a rather
* TheReveal: After a season and a half of foreshadowing, the true nature of the Attic is finally revealed. People sent there have their brains constantly pushed to an adrenaline-induced fear state, which Rossum leverages as processing power.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Arcane/Clyde is attempting to hamper Rossum's designs by killing off the components of their biological supercomputer.
* WetwareCPU: The Attic is a biological supercomputer, a network of individuals with their brains hooked together to be used as processing power. This has the side effect of causing people in the Attic to relive their worst nightmares over and over.
* YourMindMakesItReal: Arcane murdering the dream-selves of the Attic inhabitants kills them in real life, and causes the dreamworlds running in their brains to collapse.

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