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* AlwaysABiggerFish: There is not much Val can actually do to Charlie given her power and status far dwarfs his own even as one of the top three Overlords in hell. So instead he abuses Angel in response and gaslights him into protecting him from a pissed off Charlie.
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** Even if you mean well, don't interfere in situations that you don't fully understand - it could backfire and make things worse.
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** Even if you mean well, don't interfere in situations Inserting yourself into a situation that you don't fully understand - it could backfire understand, even with good intentions, can [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished backfire]] and [[NiceJobBreakingItHero make things worse.worse]].
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* BerserkButton: Angel Dust hates being called “fake”.
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* BerserkButton: Angel Dust hates being called “fake”."fake".
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* FanDisservice: The "Poison" sequence is pure, uncut this. Angel's workday of filming porno after porno, sex with Valentino and snorting drugs in-between is shown in ''excruciating'' detail. By the last lines of the song, he has retreated to his dressing room for a breather and this close to a breakdown.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Charlie and Vaggie find Husk's blunt call outs about Angel's behavior to be too harsh, but he's right about how Angel doesn't respect anyone's boundaries and is acting out to hide his problems. His no nonsense manner later proves to be the tough love Angel needs to finally start opening up.
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** You can't sugarcoat everything. Sometimes, helping someone means being blunt with them.
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** Even if you mean well, don't interfere in a situation until you fully know what's going on - it could backfire and make things worse.
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** Even if you mean well, don't interfere in a situation until situations that you don't fully know what's going on understand - it could backfire and make things worse.
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** Even if you mean well, don't try to take control of the situation until you fully know what's going on.
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** Even if you mean well, don't try to take control of the interfere in a situation until you fully know what's going on.on - it could backfire and make things worse.
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'''Angel''': I sold my soul to a psychopathic freak.\\
'''Husk''': And you think that makes you unique? Get outta here man.
'''Husk''': And you think that makes you unique? Get outta here man.
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'''Angel''': I sold my soul to a psychopathic freak.\\
freak!\\
'''Husk''': And you think that makes you unique? Get outtahere man.here, man!
'''Husk''': And you think that makes you unique? Get outta
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* NoOSHACompliance: While Charlie may have technically started the studio fire by tripping over the cord, it probably would have happened eventually given how over capacity the power strips were.
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* BaitAndSwitch: "Loser, Baby" starts off like your typical PepTalkSong, with Husk counting all the ways Angel's life sucks right now in a manner that implies he's going to say it's not as bad as Angel thinks - only for Husk to end the verse by telling Angel that he's right, his life really does suck ass. Subverted in that the song is in the end meant to cheer Angel up, but does so in a much more realistic way and without trying to downplay how horrible Angel's circumstances are.
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* BaitAndSwitch: "Loser, Baby" starts off like your typical PepTalkSong, with Husk counting all the ways Angel's life sucks right now in a manner that implies he's going to say it's not as bad as Angel thinks - thinks... only for Husk to end the verse by telling Angel that he's right, his life really does suck ass. Subverted in that the song is in the end meant to cheer Angel up, but does so in a much more realistic way and without trying to downplay how horrible Angel's circumstances are.
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* DeathSeeker: A downplayed example, since he is already dead, but Angel reveals to Husk during their confrontation that he purposely gets himself high, because if he becomes too broken from his self-destructive tendencies, Valentino wouldn’t see him as his favorite sex toy anymore, and thus he would eventually free him from his contract.
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* DeathSeeker: A downplayed example, since he is already dead, but Angel reveals to Husk during their confrontation that he purposely gets himself high, because if he becomes too broken from his self-destructive tendencies, Valentino wouldn’t see him as his favorite sex toy anymore, and thus he would might eventually free him from his contract.
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* IdiotBall: The V's have been established as terrified of Alastor making a deal with Charlie (albeit Vox was the most concerned by far). It never seems to occur to Valentino to even try to use Angel's soul as leverage for a deal of his own, even though Charlie clearly cares about Angel.
* InelegantBlubbering: After Angel Dust returns with Husk at the hotel and forgives Charlie for her involvement with the whole Valentino’s incident, the latter is reduced into a weeping mess, that Vaggie has to escort her to her room.
* InelegantBlubbering: After Angel Dust returns with Husk at the hotel and forgives Charlie for her involvement with the whole Valentino’s incident, the latter is reduced into a weeping mess, that Vaggie has to escort her to her room.
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* IdiotBall: The V's Vees have been established as terrified of Alastor making a deal with Charlie (albeit Vox was the most concerned by far). It never seems to occur to Valentino to even try to use Angel's soul as leverage for a deal of his own, even though Charlie clearly cares about Angel.
* InelegantBlubbering: After Angel Dust returns with Husk at the hotel and forgives Charlie for her involvement with the whole Valentino’s incident, the latter is reduced into a weeping mess, such that Vaggie has to escort her to her room.
* InelegantBlubbering: After Angel Dust returns with Husk at the hotel and forgives Charlie for her involvement with the whole Valentino’s incident, the latter is reduced into a weeping mess, such that Vaggie has to escort her to her room.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Charlie heads to Valentino's studio to convince him to give Angel more hours off. However this only makes things worse, as Valentino thinks Angel is using Charlie to get out of his contract, causing him to physically assault Angel.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Charlie heads to Valentino's studio to convince him to give Angel more hours off. However However, this only makes things worse, as Valentino thinks Angel is using Charlie to get out of his contract, causing him to physically assault Angel.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Husk calls out Angel Dust for being a "phony" with self-destructive behaviors that's always crossing his boundaries.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Husk calls out Angel Dust for being a "phony" with self-destructive behaviors that's always crossing his boundaries.
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-->'''Husk''': We're all eating from the same shit sandwich.
-->'''Angel''': I sold my soul, to a psychopathic freak.
-->'''Husk''': And you think that makes you unique? Get outta here man.
-->'''Angel''': I sold my soul, to a psychopathic freak.
-->'''Husk''': And you think that makes you unique? Get outta here man.
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-->'''Husk''': We're all eating from the same shit sandwich.
-->'''Angel''':sandwich.\\
'''Angel''': I sold mysoul, soul to a psychopathic freak.
-->'''Husk''':freak.\\
'''Husk''': And you think that makes you unique? Get outta hereman.man.
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'''Angel''': I sold my
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'''Husk''': And you think that makes you unique? Get outta here
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* MeaningfulEcho: Angel Dust complaining about memorizing the whole script and being told to improv just like Husk in the first episode forshadows their NotSoDifferent moment.
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* MeaningfulEcho: Angel Dust complaining about memorizing the whole script and being told to improv just like Husk in the first episode forshadows their NotSoDifferent NotSoDifferentRemark moment.
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* MeaningfulEcho: Angel Dust complaining about memorizing the whole script and being told to improv just like Husk in the first episode forshadows their NotSoDifferent moment.
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-->'''Angel''': I sold my soul, to a psychopathic freak.
-->'''Husk''': And you think that makes you unique? Get outta here man.
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* TheReveal: Husk reveals in his heart-to-heart with Angel that he was an Overlord who lost everything and made a deal with Alastor out of desperation.
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* DeathSeeker: A downplayed example, since he is already dead, but Angel reveals to Husk during their confrontation that he purposely gets high, because if he becomes too broken from his self-destructive tendencies, Valentino wouldn’t see him as his favorite sex toy anymore, and thus he would eventually free him from his contract.
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* DeathSeeker: A downplayed example, since he is already dead, but Angel reveals to Husk during their confrontation that he purposely gets himself high, because if he becomes too broken from his self-destructive tendencies, Valentino wouldn’t see him as his favorite sex toy anymore, and thus he would eventually free him from his contract.
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* AnAesop: You aren't alone in your suffering. There's always someone out there who's going through something as bad as if not worse than you are, and opening up to them is ''immensely'' more helpful than putting up walls and isolating yourself.
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* AnAesop: AnAesop:
** You aren't alone in your suffering. There's always someone out there who's going through something as bad as if not worse than you are, and opening up to them is ''immensely'' more helpful than putting up walls and isolatingyourself.yourself.
** Even if you mean well, don't try to take control of the situation until you fully know what's going on.
** You aren't alone in your suffering. There's always someone out there who's going through something as bad as if not worse than you are, and opening up to them is ''immensely'' more helpful than putting up walls and isolating
** Even if you mean well, don't try to take control of the situation until you fully know what's going on.
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* OhCrap!: Angel has a string of these when Charlie shows up at the studio.
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* OhCrap!: OhCrap: Angel has a string of these when Charlie shows up at the studio.
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* OhCrap!: Angel has a string of these when Charlie shows up at the studio.
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* IdiotBall: The V's have been established as terrified of Alastor making a deal with Charlie (albeit Vox was the most concerned by far). It never seems to occur to Valentino to even try to use Angel's soul as leverage for a deal of his own, even though Charlie clearly cares about Angel.
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* InelegantBlubbering: After Angel Dust returns with Husk at the hotel and forgives Charlie for her involvement with the whole Valentino’s incident, the latter is reduced into a weeping mess, that Vaggie has to escort her to her room.
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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: In the opening scene the hellhound “interrogating” Angel having a gold tooth is a pretty good indication that he also works for Valentino and this is one of his movies.
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* MythologyGag: Combined with continuity nod when Angel is wearing the gloves from his old design in the opening scene.
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Husk learns more about Angel Dust after Vaggie sends him out to make sure Angel comes back.
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Charlie tries to get Valentino to treat Angel Dust better, resulting in a reprisal that leads to Angel walking out of the hotel. Husk learns more about Angel Dust after Vaggie sends him out to make sure Angel comes back.
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* AnAesop: You aren't alone in your suffering. There's always someone out there who's going through something as bad as if not worse than you are, and opening up to them is ''immensely'' more helpful than putting up walls and isolating yourself.
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* DeathSeeker: A downplayed example, since he is already dead, but Angel reveals to Husk during their confrontation that he purposely gets high, because if he becomes too broken from his self-destructive tendencies, Valentino wouldn’t see him as his favorite sex toy anymore, and thus he would eventually free him from his contract.
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* BerserkButton: Angel Dust hates being called “fake”.
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* BaitAndSwitch: "Loser, Baby" starts off like your typical PepTalkSong, with Husk counting all the ways Angel's life sucks right now in a manner that implies he's going to say it's not as bad as Angel thinks - only for Husk to end the verse by telling Angel that he's right, his life really does suck ass. Subverted in that the song is in the end meant to cheer Angel up, but does so in a much more realistic way and without trying to downplay how horrible Angel's circumstances are.
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* PepTalkSong: "Loser" is a song Husk sings to cheer up Angel after learning they've both lost everything in deals with Overlords.
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* PepTalkSong: "Loser" "Loser, Baby" is a song Husk sings to cheer up Angel after learning they've both lost everything in deals with Overlords.
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: In a roundabout way, "Loser" is a song about this -- that both Angel and Husk are losers and it's okay for them to be.
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: In a roundabout way, "Loser" "Loser, Baby" is a song about this -- that both Angel and Husk are losers and it's okay for them to be.be.
* YouAreNotAlone: Essentially the message of "Loser, Baby". The song is Husk telling Angel that, yes, he's a loser in every sense of the word but so is Husk himself and pretty much everyone in Hell with them. And that Angel isolating himself because he thinks no one can understand what he's been through isn't going to make things better, bonding and opening up to fellow losers is.
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* YouAreNotAlone: Essentially the message of "Loser, Baby". The song is Husk telling Angel that, yes, he's a loser in every sense of the word but so is Husk himself and pretty much everyone in Hell with them. And that Angel isolating himself because he thinks no one can understand what he's been through isn't going to make things better, bonding and opening up to fellow losers is.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Charlie spends much of the episode being a bit of a pushover, due to worrying that using her power as the Princess of Hell to try and sway people to her side is "too mean". The moment she sees just ''how'' abusive Valentino is to Angel? She's ''pissed,'' and would probably have taken things further if Angel hadn't interrupted.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Charlie spends much of the episode being a bit of a pushover, due to worrying that using her power as the Princess of Hell to try and sway people to her side is "too mean". The moment she sees just ''how'' abusive Valentino is to Angel? She's ''pissed,'' and would probably have [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown taken things further further]] if Angel hadn't interrupted.
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* BewareTheNiceOnes: Charlie spends much of the episode being a bit of a pushover, due to worrying that using her power as the Princess of Hell to try and sway people to her side is "too mean". The moment she sees just ''how'' abusive Valentino is to Angel? She's ''pissed,'' and would probably have taken things further if Angel hadn't interrupted.
-->'''Charlie:''' (''[[OneWingedAngel going full demon]]'') What makes you think you can '''''[[VoiceOfTheLegion TREAT HIM LIKE THAT!?]]'''''
-->'''Charlie:''' (''[[OneWingedAngel going full demon]]'') What makes you think you can '''''[[VoiceOfTheLegion TREAT HIM LIKE THAT!?]]'''''
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* MamaBear: A friendship variant -- Charlie ''does not'' hesitate to call out Valentino for the way he treats Angel once she finally sees just ''how'' bad he is.
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* PepTalkSong: "Loser" is a song Husk sings to cheer up Angel after learning they've both lost everything in deals with Overlords.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Husk calls out Angel Dust for being a "phony" with self-destructive behaviours that's always crossing his boundries.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Husk calls out Angel Dust for being a "phony" with self-destructive behaviours behaviors that's always crossing his boundries.boundaries.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: In a roundabout way, "Loser" is a song about this -- that both Angel and Husk are losers and it's okay for them to be.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: In a roundabout way, "Loser" is a song about this -- that both Angel and Husk are losers and it's okay for them to be.
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* SlippingAMickey: One of the gangsters slips some kind of drug into Angel's drink. Husk intervenes and drags Angel out, only for him to reveal he knew perfectly well it was drugged, as it's his only escape from the nightmare Valentino puts him through every day.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Charlie heads to Valentino's studio to convince him to give Angel more hours off. However this only makes things worse, as Valentino thinks Angel is using Charlie to get out of his contract, causing him to physically assault Angel.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: While Husk dislikes Angel for being a phony and constantly harassing him with lewd remarks, Husk admits they are both losers who sold their souls to psychopaths and can relate to each other.
* SlippingAMickey: One of the gangsters slips some kind of drug into Angel's drink. Husk intervenes and drags Angel out, only for him to reveal he knew perfectly well it was drugged, as it's his only escape from the nightmare Valentino puts him through everyday.day.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Husk calls out Angel Dust for being a "phony" with self-destructive behaviours that's always crossing his boundries.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: While Husk dislikes Angel for being a phony and constantly harassing him with lewd remarks, Husk admits they are both losers who sold their souls to psychopaths and can relate to each other.
* SlippingAMickey: One of the gangsters slips some kind of drug into Angel's drink. Husk intervenes and drags Angel out, only for him to reveal he knew perfectly well it was drugged, as it's his only escape from the nightmare Valentino puts him through every
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Husk calls out Angel Dust for being a "phony" with self-destructive behaviours that's always crossing his boundries.
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* RealismInducedHorror: The fact that Valentino literally owns Angel's soul aside, everything else about their relationship is analogous to someone forced into sex work.
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* RealismInducedHorror: The fact that Valentino literally owns Angel's soul aside, everything else about their relationship is analogous to someone forced into sex work.DeathDealer: Husk can throw cards with lethal accuracy.
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* DealWithTheDevil: Husk reveals he used to be an Overlord, until a run of bad luck in gambling forced him to sell his soul to Alastor.
* RealismInducedHorror: The fact that Valentino literally owns Angel's soul aside, everything else about their relationship is analogous to someone forced into sex work.
* SlippingAMickey: One of the gangsters slips some kind of drug into Angel's drink. Husk intervenes and drags Angel out, only for him to reveal he knew perfectly well it was drugged, as it's his only escape from the nightmare Valentino puts him through every day.
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* DealWithTheDevil: Husk reveals he used to be an Overlord, until a run of bad luck in gambling forced him to sell his soul to Alastor.
* RealismInducedHorror: The fact that Valentino literally owns Angel's soul aside, everything else about their relationship is analogous to someone forced into sex work.
* SlippingAMickey: One of the gangsters slips some kind of drug into Angel's drink. Husk intervenes and drags Angel out, only for him to reveal he knew perfectly well it was drugged, as it's his only escape from the nightmare Valentino puts him through every day.
