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'''Nico:''' If by "science" you mean high-tech magic, then sure...

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'''Nico:''' If by "science" you mean [[{{Magitek}} high-tech magic, magic]], then sure...


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* {{Magitek}}: The Staff of One. See DoingInTheWizard above.

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* IncompatibleOrientation: Chase gives Karolina a NowOrNeverKiss after they discovered that she can fly. Karolina is visibly uncomfortable, not helped that she previously almost came out to Nico.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Gert demands Karolina to admit her sexuality... in the middle of crowd of people. Given that she's ''already'' bullied for being 'church girl' and feels deeply insecured about her sexuality, this is pretty rude.



* MomentKiller: Gert and Molly enter Karolina's room during ShipTease moment between Karolina and Nico, much to Karolina's disappointment (they were invited by Nico). [[ChildrenAreInnocent Molly]] doesn't seem to notice, but [[ShipperWithAnAgenda Gert]] got the message that Karolina is into Nico.

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* MomentKiller: Gert and Molly enter Karolina's room during ShipTease moment between barge in when Karolina and Nico, much is about to Karolina's disappointment (they were invited by Nico).come out to Nico. [[ChildrenAreInnocent Molly]] doesn't seem to notice, but [[ShipperWithAnAgenda Gert]] got the message that Karolina is into Nico.
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** Chase reminds Victor that he has a brain tumor in front of Janet, Leslie and the Yorkeses

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** Chase reminds Victor that he has a brain tumor in front of Janet, Leslie and the YorkesesYorkeses.



-->'''Chase''': Sorry, I didn't realize putting your hand in a pile was some sort of legally binding contract.\\
'''Alex''': It's symbolic.

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-->'''Chase''': -->'''Chase:''' Sorry, I didn't realize putting your hand in a pile was some sort of legally binding contract.\\
'''Alex''': '''Alex:''' It's symbolic.



-->'''Jonah''': Tell me...how should I meet my daughter?

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-->'''Jonah''': -->'''Jonah:''' Tell me...how should I meet my daughter?
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Teaching Nico how to use the Staff, Tina says "do the first thing that comes to mind." The Staff lights up and suddenly, Tina's words are soundless. Tina is talking for a bit before Nico smiles that "you said do the first thing that came to mind." When she realizes what's happened, Tina "yells" but then has to laugh herself as she understands.

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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Teaching Nico how to use the Staff, Tina says "do the first thing that comes to mind." The Staff lights up and suddenly, Tina's words are soundless. Tina is talking for a bit before Nico smiles and exclaims that "you said do the first thing that came to mind." it works and she can't hear her. When she Tina realizes what's happened, Tina she "yells" but then has to laugh herself when Nico says "You said do the first thing that comes to mind" as she understands.
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* DoingInTheWizard: The Staff of One, which was purely magical in the comics and appeared as such in previous episodes ([[SchrodingersCanon and]] ''Film/DoctorStrange2016''), was apparently developed in Wizard laboratories and runs on neural impulses transmitted from the user's brain. Granted it's Tina explaining this, so she might be lying. It's also vaguely implied that it is SufficientlyAdvancedTechnology given by Jonah to Tina Minoru.

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* DoingInTheWizard: The Staff of One, which was purely magical in the comics and appeared as such in previous episodes ([[SchrodingersCanon and]] ''Film/DoctorStrange2016''), episodes, was apparently developed in Wizard laboratories and runs on neural impulses transmitted from the user's brain. Granted it's Tina explaining this, so she might be lying. It's also vaguely implied that it is SufficientlyAdvancedTechnology given by Jonah to Tina Minoru.
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* TheCaper: One of the episode's subplots revolves around Alex and Tina infiltrating Wizard to hack its servers.

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* TheCaper: One of the episode's subplots revolves around Alex and Tina Nico infiltrating Wizard to hack its servers.
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* SayingTooMuch: Molly accidentally clues Catherine in that she knows about PRIDE when she said that "[[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial she didn't see anything]]" and "weird robe".

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* GracefulLoser: Kincaid, after discovering that [[NotSoAboveItAll he can't beat Gert's high score]] in the retro ''Star Wars'' arcade game.



* MomentKiller: Gert and Molly enter Karolina's room during ShipTease moment between Karolina and Nico. Only [[ShipperWithAnAgenda Gert]] got the idea that Karolina is into Nico.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Kincaid, Tina's "fixer" who has been spying on her friends and is implied to have killed for her before, ends up playing a retro arcade game with Gert.

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* MomentKiller: Gert and Molly enter Karolina's room during ShipTease moment between Karolina and Nico. Only Nico, much to Karolina's disappointment (they were invited by Nico). [[ChildrenAreInnocent Molly]] doesn't seem to notice, but [[ShipperWithAnAgenda Gert]] got the idea message that Karolina is into Nico.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Earl the WIZARD receptionist ends up playing a retro ''Star Wars'' arcade game after attempting to scold Gert for playing it before. Then Kincaid, Tina's "fixer" who has been spying on her friends and is implied to have killed for her before, enters the room and scolds them both for playing the game before [[HypocriticalHumor ends up playing a retro arcade the game with Gert.himself]] while Gert and Earl watch.
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* MomentKiller: Gert and Molly enter Karolina's room during ShipTease moment between Karolina and Nico. Only [[ShipperWithAnAgenda Gert]] got the idea that Karolina is into Nico.



-->'''Jonah''': Tell me...how should I meet my daughter?

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-->'''Jonah''': Tell me...how should I meet my daughter?daughter?
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* NotSoAboveItAll: Kincaid, Tina's "fixer" who has been spying on her friends and is implied to have killed for her before, ends up playing a retro arcade game with Gert.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Teaching Nico how to use the Staff, Tina says "do the first thing that comes to mind." The Staff lights up and suddenly, Tina's words are soundless. When she realizes what's happened, she "yells" but then has to laugh herself as she understands.

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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Teaching Nico how to use the Staff, Tina says "do the first thing that comes to mind." The Staff lights up and suddenly, Tina's words are soundless. Tina is talking for a bit before Nico smiles that "you said do the first thing that came to mind." When she realizes what's happened, she Tina "yells" but then has to laugh herself as she understands.



** When Victor collapses, Chase blurts to the rest of the PRIDE how he has a brain tumor.
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** When Victor collapses, Chase blurts to the rest of the PRIDE how he has a brain tumor.
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* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Teaching Nico how to use the Staff, Tina says "do the first thing that comes to mind." The Staff lights up and suddenly, Tina's words are soundless. When she realizes what's happened, she "yells" but then has to laugh herself as she understands.



* DealWithTheDevil: Said verbatim by Geoffrey in the flashback when the PRIDE realize what the "ritual" entails and how they all agreed to Jonah's help without knowing the details. They then discover they've been filmed taking part in killing a kid with the footage already saved to a server and thus there's no turning back.



* WeNeedADistraction: Gert distracts Tina's receptionist by engaging him in conversation about the book he's reading, allowing Alex and Nico to slip past him and go up to Tina's office.

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* WeNeedADistraction: Gert distracts Tina's receptionist by engaging him in conversation about the book he's reading, allowing Alex and Nico to slip past him and go up to Tina's office.office.
* WhamLine: Jonah talking to Leslie about meeting Karolina.
-->'''Jonah''': Tell me...how should I meet my daughter?
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* DoingInTheWizard: The Staff of One, which was purely magical in the comics and appeared as such in previous episodes ([[SchrodingersCanon and]] ''Film/DoctorStrange2016''), was apparently developed in Wizard laboratories and runs on neural impulses transmitted from the user's brain. It is vaguely implied that it is SufficientlyAdvancedTechnology given by Jonah to Tina Minoru.

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* DoingInTheWizard: The Staff of One, which was purely magical in the comics and appeared as such in previous episodes ([[SchrodingersCanon and]] ''Film/DoctorStrange2016''), was apparently developed in Wizard laboratories and runs on neural impulses transmitted from the user's brain. It is Granted it's Tina explaining this, so she might be lying. It's also vaguely implied that it is SufficientlyAdvancedTechnology given by Jonah to Tina Minoru.

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* DoingInTheWizard: The Staff of One, which was purely magical in the comics and appeared as such in previous episodes ([[SchrodingersCanon and]] ''Film/DoctorStrange2016''), was apparently developed in Wizard laboratories (most likely it is SufficientlyAdvancedTechnology given by Jonah to Tina Minoru) and runs on neural impulses transmitted from the user's brain.

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* DoingInTheWizard: The Staff of One, which was purely magical in the comics and appeared as such in previous episodes ([[SchrodingersCanon and]] ''Film/DoctorStrange2016''), was apparently developed in Wizard laboratories (most likely it is SufficientlyAdvancedTechnology given by Jonah to Tina Minoru) and runs on neural impulses transmitted from the user's brain.brain. It is vaguely implied that it is SufficientlyAdvancedTechnology given by Jonah to Tina Minoru.



* DrowningMySorrows: Karolina takes an entire bottle of vodka up to the roof and apparently drinks most of it in an attempt to deal with her increasing despair.

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* DrowningMySorrows: Karolina takes an entire bottle of vodka up to the roof and apparently drinks most of it in an attempt to deal with her increasing despair.despair at her parents and church being evil, secretly being NotQuiteHuman, and her increasingly apparent feelings for Nico.
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: The flashback to the PRIDE's first sacrifice has both Tina and Stacey wear their hair down.



** Frank has blurry flashbacks to walking in on Leslie and Jonah having sex

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** Frank has blurry flashbacks to walking in on Leslie and Jonah having sexsex.
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'''Nico:''' If by "science" you mean high-tech magic, then yeah...

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'''Nico:''' If by "science" you mean high-tech magic, then yeah...sure...
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** Frank has blury flashbacks to walking in on Leslie and Jonah having sex

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** Frank has blury blurry flashbacks to walking in on Leslie and Jonah having sex

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* TheCaper: One of the episode's subplots revolt around Alex and Tina infiltrating Wizard to hack its servers.

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* TheCaper: One of the episode's subplots revolt revolves around Alex and Tina infiltrating Wizard to hack its servers.


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* MistakenForGay: When Chase tells Nico that their parents are having an affair, Nico's first assumption is her mom and his dad, followed by her mom and ''his'' mom.
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-->'''Tina:''' It is ''science,'' Nico.\\
'''Nico:''' If by "science" you mean high-tech magic, then yeah...
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* CreatorCameo: Creator/StanLee as the limo driver.
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* DoingInTheWizard: The Staff of One, which was purely magical in the comics and appeared as such in previous episodes ([[SchrodingersCanon and]] ''Film/DoctorStrange2016''), was apparently developed in Wizard laboratories (most likely it is SuficientlyAdvancedTechnology given by Jonah to Tina Minoru) and runs on neural impulses transmitted from the user's brain.

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* DoingInTheWizard: The Staff of One, which was purely magical in the comics and appeared as such in previous episodes ([[SchrodingersCanon and]] ''Film/DoctorStrange2016''), was apparently developed in Wizard laboratories (most likely it is SuficientlyAdvancedTechnology SufficientlyAdvancedTechnology given by Jonah to Tina Minoru) and runs on neural impulses transmitted from the user's brain.

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* DoingInTheWizard: The Staff of One, which was purely magical in the comics and appeared as such in previous episodes ([[SchrodingersCanon and]] ''Film/DoctorStrange2016''), was developed in Wizard laboratories and runs on neural impulses transmitted from the user's brain.

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*TheCaper: One of the episode's subplots revolt around Alex and Tina infiltrating Wizard to hack its servers.
*DefrostingIceQueen: Tina reconnects with Nico over the Staff and tries to do the same with Robert.
*DirtyOldMan: Kincaid, who is likely in his late thirties, hits on Gert.
* DoingInTheWizard: The Staff of One, which was purely magical in the comics and appeared as such in previous episodes ([[SchrodingersCanon and]] ''Film/DoctorStrange2016''), was apparently developed in Wizard laboratories (most likely it is SuficientlyAdvancedTechnology given by Jonah to Tina Minoru) and runs on neural impulses transmitted from the user's brain.



** Victor reveals to the rest of PRIDE and the public that Janet and Robert are having an affair.

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** Frank has blury flashbacks to walking in on Leslie and Jonah having sex
** Victor reveals to the rest of PRIDE and the public of the fundraiser that Janet and Robert are having an affair.affair.
** Chase reminds Victor that he has a brain tumor in front of Janet, Leslie and the Yorkeses
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* GeekyTurnOn: Gert's idea of flirting with the receptionist is talking about the themes of ''Literature/TheMetamorphosis''. And it works.
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* SeriousBusiness: Tina apparently takes that Star Wars arcade game in her office extremely seriously. An employee claims that she would "epically lose her shit" if she knew that anyone had touched it.
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* DoingInTheWizard: The Staff of One, which was purely magical in the comics, is revealed to be the result of neural impulses transmitted from the user's brain.

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* DoingInTheWizard: The Staff of One, which was purely magical in the comics, is revealed to be the result of comics and appeared as such in previous episodes ([[SchrodingersCanon and]] ''Film/DoctorStrange2016''), was developed in Wizard laboratories and runs on neural impulses transmitted from the user's brain.



* TeamHandStack: Lampshaded and parodied when the team tries to perform one at the coffee shop when discussing plans.

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* TeamHandStack: Lampshaded and parodied when the team tries to perform one at the coffee shop when discussing plans. After they perform one, Gert wonders aloud how long they're supposed to stay like that.
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-->'''Chase''': Sorry, I didn't realize putting your hand in a pile was some sort of legally binding contract.
-->'''Alex''': It's symbolic.

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-->'''Chase''': Sorry, I didn't realize putting your hand in a pile was some sort of legally binding contract. \n-->'''Alex''': \\
'''Alex''':
It's symbolic.
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-->'''Chase''': Sorry, I didn't realize putting your hand in a pile was some sort of legally binding contract.\\
'''Alex''': It's symbolic.

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-->'''Chase''': Sorry, I didn't realize putting your hand in a pile was some sort of legally binding contract.\\
'''Alex''':

-->'''Alex''':
It's symbolic.

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The teens hatch a plan to steal recordings of their parents' dealings from the Wizard servers at a gala fundraiser hosted by the Minorus as revelations continue to strain the PRIDE's internal relationships.

* CantTieHisTie: Alex has trouble tying his tie. Geoffrey offers to help him with it, but given the previous episode, Alex isn't too keen on it.



* ShipTease: This episode teases Nico/Karolina, given their extended sequence [[LipstickAndLoadMontage getting ready for the party]]. Gert even lampshades it, saying there was kind of a "vibe" when she and Molly entered the room.

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* ShipTease: This episode teases Nico/Karolina, given their extended sequence [[LipstickAndLoadMontage getting ready for the party]]. party together]] where Karolina heavily implies she has feelings for Nico. Gert even lampshades it, saying there was kind of a "vibe" when she and Molly entered the room.room.
* TeamHandStack: Lampshaded and parodied when the team tries to perform one at the coffee shop when discussing plans.
-->'''Chase''': Sorry, I didn't realize putting your hand in a pile was some sort of legally binding contract.\\
'''Alex''': It's symbolic.
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* DoingInTheWizard: The Staff of One, which was purely magical in the comics, is revealed to be the result of neural impulses transmitted from the user's brain.
* DrowningMySorrows: Karolina takes an entire bottle of vodka up to the roof and apparently drinks most of it in an attempt to deal with her increasing despair.
* TheGuardsMustBeCrazy: Not only is there ''no'' security by Tina's office or the Wizard servers (which is lampshaded), the sole person acting as security is the receptionist, whom Gert easily distracts.
* InternalReveal:
** Victor reveals to the rest of PRIDE and the public that Janet and Robert are having an affair.
** Molly accidentally clues Catherine in to the fact that she, at least, knows something about PRIDE.
* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: Alex easily guesses the password to Tina's office, which is apparently "password." Nico has her doubts.
* ShipTease: This episode teases Nico/Karolina, given their extended sequence [[LipstickAndLoadMontage getting ready for the party]]. Gert even lampshades it, saying there was kind of a "vibe" when she and Molly entered the room.
* TitleDrop: The episode takes its title from ''Literature/TheMetamorphosis'', which the receptionist at Wizard is reading.
* WeNeedADistraction: Gert distracts Tina's receptionist by engaging him in conversation about the book he's reading, allowing Alex and Nico to slip past him and go up to Tina's office.

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