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-->'''Cassidy''': When will you ijits learn, huh?

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-->'''Cassidy''': When will you ijits learn, huh?huh?
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* BloodKnight: When Jesse is finally provoked by Donnie into fighting, it is clear that Jesse deeply enjoys the violence. As soon as he blocks the first punch, he breaks into a big smile.
* BullyingADragon: Donnie acknowledges that Jesse has a reputation as a man who has "done things," but still picks a fight with him over interfering with his family. Jesse doesn't fight back until Donnie threatens to beat his son, at which point Jesse unleashes a CurbStompBattle on Donnie and his buddies.
* CurbStompBattle:
** Cassidy gives one to a plane full of vampire hunters in his [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduction scene]].
** Jesse also gives one to an abusive husband and his friends when said husband threatened to punish his son for telling on him.



* GroinAttack: Tulip stomps down on one of her attackers' groin during her EstablishingCharacterMoment.



* LudicrousGibs: The result of Genesis rejecting a host. Recipients being an African preacher, a Satanist, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and]] Creator/TomCruise.

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** Due to being a vampire, Cassidy survives jumping out of a plane without a parachute, but the impact destroys the lower part of his body. It's a bloody mess of mangled flesh with his intestines as the only recognizable organs.
* MadnessMantra: Under the influence of Genesis, the man who [[spoiler:kills himself in front of his mother]] spends the entire trip to see her repeating Jesse's instructions to himself. Everyone around him that notices is visibly weirded out.
* MatchCut: From Cassidy jumping out of an airplane without a parachute to ketchup splattering on a plate.



* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Tulip takes down a helicopter and an unknown number of heavily armed assassins with a homemade bazooka.



* PoliticalOvercorrectness: {{Parodied|Trope}} in the first episode as part of an EstablishingCharacterMoment for the town of Annville. A radio host references the change of Annville's mascot from [[CrossesTheLineTwice "Chief Red Savage"]] to the more "politically correct" mascot of "Pedro the Prairie Dog," and tells listeners to give the new mascot a "West Texas hello." This consists of a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown on the mascot and its apparent ''only supporter''. The next scene has the sheriff referring to "Chief" as a "beloved cultural icon." When [[OnlySaneMan Jesse]] insists that it could be worse, he says he knows about worse; [[ComicallyMissingThePoint worse is a Japanese man marrying his pillow]].
* PowerDynamicsKink: Jesse tries to convince one of his congregants to leave her physically abusive husband; he's unnerved by her admitting that she enjoys being punished as part of their sex life.



** Interestingly, it's ultimately not the ''wife'' bashing that sends him over the edge, since the man's wife indicated that she never told the police because she ''likes it'' (whether or not [[UnreliableExpositor she's lying]] is not revealed, but hardly unlikely). It takes the man boasting that he will be [[WouldHurtAChild taking it to his son]] that does him in.

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** Interestingly, it's ultimately not the ''wife'' bashing that sends him over the edge, since the man's wife indicated that she never told the police because she ''likes it'' (whether or not [[UnreliableExpositor she's lying]] is not revealed, but hardly unlikely). It takes the man boasting that he will be [[WouldHurtAChild taking it to his son]] that does him in.in.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Cassidy is attacked by hunters on an airplane using crossbows, wooden stakes, and axes. One pours holy water onto Cassidy's head but it has no effect, as sunlight is the only thing from vampire mythology that will actually hurt him.
-->'''Cassidy''': When will you ijits learn, huh?
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* EarlyBirdCameo: The Grail makes an appearance as the vampire hunters trying to kill Cassidy though they're not named or explained until Season 2.
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* AndShowItToYou: One of Jesse's pastors is told by Jesse, after acquiring the Word of God, to "Open his heart" to his mother. He takes it very literally by cutting his own heart out of his chest and showing it to his mother.

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* AndShowItToYou: One of Jesse's pastors is told by Jesse, after acquiring the Word of God, to "Open "open his heart" to his mother. He takes it very literally by cutting his own heart out of his chest and showing it to his mother.



** Interestingly, it's ultimately not the ''wife'' bashing that sends him over the edge, since the man's wife indicated that she never told the police because she ''likes it''(whether or not [[UnreliableExpositor she's lying]] is not revealed, but hardly unlikely). It takes the man boasting that he will be [[WouldHurtAChild taking it to his son]] that does him in.

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** Interestingly, it's ultimately not the ''wife'' bashing that sends him over the edge, since the man's wife indicated that she never told the police because she ''likes it''(whether it'' (whether or not [[UnreliableExpositor she's lying]] is not revealed, but hardly unlikely). It takes the man boasting that he will be [[WouldHurtAChild taking it to his son]] that does him in.
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* TemptingFate: A disheartened Jesse tells God "fuck you"...right before Genesis arrives to take him as its host.
** The African priest calls himself a Prophet after realizing what had just possessed him...and gets blown up for it.

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* TemptingFate: A disheartened Jesse tells God "fuck you"... right before Genesis arrives to take him as its host.
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* AGodAmI: After using the Word of God, the African priest quietly declares himself the Prophet and TheChosenOne before [[LudicrousGibs exploding]].



* GilliganCut: A radio announces the replacement of beloved but offensive town mascot "Chief Red Savage" with "Pedro the Prairie Dog" and urges Annville citizens to give the latter a "West Texas Welcome." Cut to a bunch of townsfolk, Chief Red Savage included, giving Pedro a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown.



-->'''Jesse's dad''': You stop that now, we Custers don't cry.

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-->'''Jesse's dad''': You stop that now, we Custers don't cry. [[DareToBeBadass We fight]].


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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Jesse immediately regrets kicking Donnie's ass and considers quitting being a preacher.
** Eugene Root is also still repentant for his attempted suicide despite his upbeat attitude, tearing up when he insists that he's sorry for what he's done.


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* PrecisionFStrike: Jesse gives a hearty "fuck you" to God when He fails to directly answer his prayer.


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* TemptingFate: A disheartened Jesse tells God "fuck you"...right before Genesis arrives to take him as its host.
** The African priest calls himself a Prophet after realizing what had just possessed him...and gets blown up for it.
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* {{Retraux}}: The segment showing Genesis arriving from Heaven to Earth has a shaky film grain applied to it. According to the creators, they weren't sure how much of a budget they were going to have, [[StylisticSuck so they did it in the most retro style they could.]]

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* {{Retraux}}: The segment showing Genesis arriving from Heaven to Earth has a shaky film grain applied to it.

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* {{Retraux}}: The segment showing Genesis arriving from Heaven to Earth has a shaky film grain applied to it. According to the creators, they weren't sure how much of a budget they were going to have, [[StylisticSuck so they did it in the most retro style they could.]]



* WifeBasherBasher: Jesse beats up an abusive husband and his friends.

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* WifeBasherBasher: Jesse beats up an abusive husband and his friends.friends.
** Interestingly, it's ultimately not the ''wife'' bashing that sends him over the edge, since the man's wife indicated that she never told the police because she ''likes it''(whether or not [[UnreliableExpositor she's lying]] is not revealed, but hardly unlikely). It takes the man boasting that he will be [[WouldHurtAChild taking it to his son]] that does him in.
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* OhCrap: Jesse's face screams this as he watches Genesis approach him.


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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Jesse realizes that Tulip was showering in the house of someone he was checking up on.
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* MythologyGag: Jesse's introduction is set against Music/WillieNelson's "Time of the Preacher," much like the opening scene of the comic.
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* INeedAFreakingDrink: Jesse takes a swig after watching "Pedro the Prairie Dog" get his ass kicked for trying to replace beloved town mascot "[[CrossesTheLineTwice Chief Red Savage]]."
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* ImprovisedWeapon: Tulip makes a rocket launcher out of paint cans and Army figurines, and uses it to take down a helicopter.
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* AndShowItToYou: One of Jesse's pastors is told by Jesse, after acquiring the Word of God, to "Open his heart" to his mother. He takes it very literally by cutting his own heart out of his chest and showing it to his mother.
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* MenDon'tCry: Jesse's father urges his son to not bawl his eyes out when the man's facing the end of a gun.

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* MenDon'tCry: Jesse's father urges his son to not bawl his eyes out when the man's facing the end of a gun.
-->'''Jesse's dad''': You stop that now, we Custers don't cry.
* MuggingTheMonster: Despite Jesse's reputation of having "done things" before becoming a preacher, Donnie doesn't believe them and proceeds to try to beat him up. Unfortunately, that got [[CurbStompBattle his friends' asses kicked and him a broken wrist]].
* NoSell: Cassidy's reaction to getting poured with holy water.
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* WifeBasherBasher: Jesse beats up an abusive husband and his friends.
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* {{Retraux}}: The segment showing Genesis arriving from Space to Earth has a shaky film grain applied to it.

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* LudicrousGibs: The result of Genesis rejecting a host. Recipients being an African preacher, a Satanist, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalkingand]] Creator/TomCruise.
* {Retraux}: The segment showing Genesis arriving from Space to Earth has a shaky film grain applied to it.

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* LudicrousGibs: The result of Genesis rejecting a host. Recipients being an African preacher, a Satanist, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalkingand]] [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and]] Creator/TomCruise.
* {Retraux}: {{Retraux}}: The segment showing Genesis arriving from Space to Earth has a shaky film grain applied to it.
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Jesse Custer struggles to escape a past that is slowly catching up to him. Meanwhile, a mysterious entity comes to earth, leaving a wave of destruction in its wake.
!!This episode contains examples of:
*LudicrousGibs: The result of Genesis rejecting a host. Recipients being an African preacher, a Satanist, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalkingand]] Creator/TomCruise.
*{Retraux}: The segment showing Genesis arriving from Space to Earth has a shaky film grain applied to it.

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