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* TheCon: Zed retires from the MIB and is neuralyzed. Alpha decides to take advantage of this to exact revenge on Zed. Scanning Jay's memories reveals that Zed is in Antarctica. Zed hasn't actually retired, though, the MIB just wants to lure Alpha into a location where they can monitor him.



* MassiveMultiplayerScam: Zed retires from the MIB and is neuralyzed. Alpha decides to take advantage of this to exact revenge on Zed. Scanning Jay's memories reveals that Zed is in Antarctica. Zed hasn't actually retired, though, the MIB just wants to lure Alpha into a location where they can monitor him.

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* SpottingTheThread: After Elle exlains that Zed's retirement was a plot to lure Alpha into a trap, Jay recalls how he noticed that Zed's eyes didn't have the same glassy look that one get's after bein neurolized. [[ExplainExplainOhCrap Elle quickly realizes that if Jay noticed this, then Alpha, who read Jay's mind, would too]].



* WhamLine: When Jay mentions that the Worms got a new coffee machine during his complaint that he feels he's getting the short end of the stick, Jay cuts him off with this line:

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* WhamLine: When Jay mentions that the Worms got a new coffee machine during his complaint that he feels he's getting the short end of the stick, Jay Kay cuts him off with this line:
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* TheMole: Alpha mentions to Jay that he learned about Zed's retirement from Frank the Pug. Elle later reveals that he was in on the scheme as well.
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* MindRape: Alpha intends to obtain all of Zed's secrets before killing him.

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* MindRape: Alpha intends to obtain all of Zed's MIB's secrets from Zed before killing him.

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* SpannerInTheWorks: Jay wasn't told the plan so that Alpha wouldn't find out when reading his mind. However, Jay had noticed that Zed didn't have a glassy-eyed expression when neuralized, which is how Alpha anticipates the trap.

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* SpannerInTheWorks: Jay wasn't told the plan so that Alpha wouldn't find out when reading his mind. However, Jay had noticed that Zed didn't have a glassy-eyed expression when neuralized, [[SpottingTheThread which is how Alpha anticipates the trap.trap]].
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The poor fisherman who triggered the episode by bringing Alpha back up from the ice.


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* WhamLine: When Jay mentions that the Worms got a new coffee machine during his complaint that he feels he's getting the short end of the stick, Jay cuts him off with this line:
-->"Hold on, Slick. I didn't order a coffee machine".


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* WhenLifeGivesYouLemons: When the Worms console Jay over losing Kay as a partner due to his promotion, Jay isn't bothered, saying he'll make lemonade out of the lemons life gave him. Due to being coffee-lovers, the analogy disgusts the Worms.

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* BroughtDownToNormal: Thanks to Jay, all of Alpha's alien parts are destroyed, leaving him a regular, if deformed human.
* CameBackStrong: With his current body breaking apart due to frostbite, Alpha needed replacement parts. By harvesting parts from a prison-ship full of high-level criminals, he becomes more powerful than ever.



* DudeWheresMyRespect: Jay feels like this throughout the episode ever since Zed retired.

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* DudeWheresMyRespect: Jay feels like this throughout the episode ever since Zed retired. He still feels this a bit at the end where, even though he's praised for his actions in bringing in Alpha, he's still not allowed to drive the LTD.



* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Alpha's cyclop eye would be his downfall.

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Alpha's cyclop cyclops eye would be his downfall.



* MindProbe: One of Alpha's new alien parts is a brain with the ability to read minds without the need for interrogation.



* WhatTheHellHero: Jay yells at Elle, an rightfully so, about how she and the rest of [=MIB=] sacrificed him to get Alpha.

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* WhatTheHellHero: Jay yells at Elle, an and rightfully so, about how she and the rest of [=MIB=] sacrificed used him as a patsy to get Alpha.
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* MassiveMultiplayerScam: Zed retires from the MIB and is neuralyzed. Alpha decides to take advantage of this to exact revenge on Zed. Scanning Jay's memories reveals that Zed is in Antarctica. Zed hasn't actually retired, though, the MIB just wants to lure Alpha into a location where they can monitor him.



* WhatTheHellHero: Jay yells at Elle, an rightfully so, about how she and the rest of [=MIB=] sacrificed him to get Alpha.

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* WhatTheHellHero: Jay yells at Elle, an rightfully so, about how she and the rest of [=MIB=] sacrificed him to get Alpha.Alpha.
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* AstralProjection: Alpha reveals one of his new powers is an alien version of this, though Zed initially thinks it's just a {{Hologram}}.


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* BadassBoast: "Did you really believe you could outwit me? You see, Zed, I possess the combined intellect of four superior races and the brute force of one stupid one. You're out of your league, old boy."


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* MindRape: Alpha intends to obtain all of Zed's secrets before killing him.


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* SealedEvilInACan: Alpha is placed in a chamber that allows no movement. That in turn is in the most secure cell MIB has, with blasters trained on him and a series of metal doors.
* SoProudOfYou: Zed commends Jay for his performance. Still won't let him drive the LTD, though.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Jay wasn't told the plan so that Alpha wouldn't find out when reading his mind. However, Jay had noticed that Zed didn't have a glassy-eyed expression when neuralized, which is how Alpha anticipates the trap.
* VillainBall: During the climax, Alpha has surrounded Jay and Zed with astral copies of himself, but he offers to give them a sporting chance rather than attack while they're distracted. It leads to his defeat.

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* BackToBackBadasses:

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* BackToBackBadasses:BackToBackBadasses: Jay and Zed team up to fight Alpha off.



* CruelMercy: Zed and [=MIB=] decide to keep Alpha in lockup rather than giving the satisfaction of being destroyed.



* HoistByHisOwnPetard:

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard:HoistByHisOwnPetard: Alpha's cyclop eye would be his downfall.



* LaserGuidedKarma: The [=MIB=] gets wiped out by Alpha. This would give them an idea next time when they think carefully about keeping Jay OutOfTheLoop.

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* LaserGuidedKarma: The [=MIB=] gets wiped out by Alpha. This would give them an idea next time when they think carefully about keeping Jay OutOfTheLoop.LockedOutOfTheLoop.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatDown: Surprisingly, Jay completely pummels Alpha despite he being a colossal brute.

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* TheBait: Elle says

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* TheBait: Elle sayssays that Jay was this but the latter turns it around and says that Zed is the real bait, he's just the messenger.



* ItsATrap:
* LaserGuidedKarma:
* WhatTheHellHero: Jay yells at Elle, an rightfully so, about how she and the rest of [=MIB=] sacrificed him

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* ItsATrap:
HoistByHisOwnPetard:
* LaserGuidedKarma:
LuredIntoATrap: [=MIB's=] plan was to have Zed be the bait to lure Alpha into one. However, Alpha was more than ready for this.
* LaserGuidedKarma: The [=MIB=] gets wiped out by Alpha. This would give them an idea next time when they think carefully about keeping Jay OutOfTheLoop.
* WhatTheHellHero: Jay yells at Elle, an rightfully so, about how she and the rest of [=MIB=] sacrificed himhim to get Alpha.

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* TheBait:

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* TheBait:TheBait: Elle says



* ItsATrap:



* WhatTheHellHero:

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* WhatTheHellHero:WhatTheHellHero: Jay yells at Elle, an rightfully so, about how she and the rest of [=MIB=] sacrificed him

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* GoryDiscretionShot: This episode is probably the most violent in the series as Alpha has committed several mutilations upon humans and aliens. [[FridgeHorror The fishermen in the beginning probably has it the worse]].

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* BackToBackBadasses:
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* DudeWheresMyRespect: Jay feels like this throughout the episode ever since Zed retired.
* GoryDiscretionShot: This episode is probably the most violent in the series as Alpha has committed several mutilations upon humans and aliens. [[FridgeHorror The fishermen fisherman in the beginning probably has it the worse]].worse]].
* LaserGuidedKarma:
* WhatTheHellHero:
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* GoryDiscretionShot: This episode is probably the most violent in the series as Alpha has committed several mutilations upon humans and aliens. [[FridgeHorror The fishermen in the beginning probably has it the worse]].

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