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* FishOutOfTemporalWater: For all intents and purposes, Soldier Boy jumped directly from mid-80s to modern times. As a result, he has some issues catching up with all the changes around him.

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* FishOutOfTemporalWater: For all intents and purposes, Soldier Boy jumped directly from mid-80s mid-'80s to modern times. As a result, he has some issues catching up with all the changes around him.
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* SureLetsGoWithThat: During an interview, Homelander takes a wishy-washy approach to a ConspiracyTheory that Soldier Boy's attack in Manhattan was actually Stan Edgar's way to discredit him, even if he knows almost for sure it's a false lead.

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* SureLetsGoWithThat: During an interview, Homelander takes a wishy-washy approach to a ConspiracyTheory {{conspiracy theor|ist}}y that Soldier Boy's attack in Manhattan was actually Stan Edgar's way to discredit him, even if he knows almost for sure it's a false lead.
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** Hughie's explanation for how his teleporting works is [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia "I clenched my buttcheeks and jumped".]]
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* AmbiguousSituation: It isn't clear if Payback was in on the plan to have Soldier Boy killed or if it was only Crimson Countess, although she states that the rest of the group hated him as well.

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* AmbiguousSituation: It isn't clear if Payback was in on the plan to have Soldier Boy killed or if it was only Crimson Countess, although she states that the rest of the group hated him as well. Later it is revealed that indeed the rest of the group, with the exception of Gunpowder, was in on it.
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* CowardiceCallout: Starlight calls A-Train a coward after she's discovered that he betrayed Supersonic's trust by selling him out to Homelander ([[CruelAndUnusualDeath with a predictable end result for Supersonic]]) in his desperation to, in Starlight's words, "be with people who hate [him]". What prompts Starlight to use the trope's first word is A-Train not having the balls to even admit to what he did off the bat when she confronts him about it.
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** MM didn't wake up to find his father dead at his typewriter; Soldier Boy murdered him.

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** MM didn't wake up to find his father dead at his typewriter; MM's crusade against Soldier Boy murdered him.is based around a brutal murder.
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misuse. Actor Allusion is references to an actor's previous role. this is real-life material used in the production.


* ActorAllusion: Tons of real life photos of Paul Reiser with various celebrities are used to give The Legend a legendary history.
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* CamWhore: Turns out Crimson Countess has a side hustle as one of these.
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a second, but is quickly revealed as a fantasy sequence.
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imagine spots are brief cutaways from and back to reality. this is an extended scene, covered under Fantasy Sequence


* ImagineSpot: Kimiko once again has a brief fantasy sequence of being able to sing. It almost appears real for half a second, but is quickly revealed as a fantasy sequence.

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* ImagineSpot: Kimiko once again has a brief fantasy sequence of being able to sing. It almost appears real for half a second, but is quickly revealed as a fantasy sequence.
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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Because they haven't been at the hospital, Hughie and Butcher don't know that Soldier Boy's chest beam completely depowered Kimiko, so they don't know just how effective he could be against Homelander and Hughie's arguments to Annie aren't as convincing as they could be.

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* AssholeVictim: Crimson Countess made Soldier Boy one back in Nicaragua. He makes her one in the present.



* ImpossiblyCoolClothes: Soldier Boy has recovered his outfit, and it turns out it's somehow immune to his chest beam, even though it can tear down buildings.



* TheReveal: MM didn't wake up to find his father dead at his typewriter; Soldier Boy murdered him.

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* TheReveal: TheReveal:
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MM didn't wake up to find his father dead at his typewriter; Soldier Boy murdered him.him.
** Crimson Countess betrayed Soldier Boy to the Russians because he was such a {{Jerkass}}.

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* CamWhore: Turns out Crimson Countess has a side hustle as one of these.



* ImagineSpot: Kimiko once again has a brief fantasy sequence of being able to sing. It almost appears real for half a second, but is quickly revealed as a fantasy sequence.



* OhCrap: The whole boardroom has this reaction when it becomes apparent that even harmless business questions will get them in trouble, simply for making Homelander feel humiliated over his own incompetence.

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* OhCrap: OhCrap:
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The whole boardroom has this reaction when it becomes apparent that even harmless business questions will get them in trouble, simply for making Homelander feel humiliated over his own incompetence.


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** Crimson Countess freaks out when she learns Soldier Boy is still alive.
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* BlatantLies: Ashley claims Maeve has gone to rehab, at her own requests. Of course, Annie knows this is a lie, since Maeve has been sober for months.

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* ActorAllusion: Tons of real life photos of Paul Reiser with various celebrities are used to give The Legend a legendary history.



* ProstheticLimbReveal: The Legend taking off his prosthetic leg to the surprise of the Boys.

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* ProstheticLimbReveal: The Legend taking off his prosthetic leg to the surprise of the Boys.Hughie.
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** Turns out Edgar was correct, and Homelander immediately starts running Vought into the ground.


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* LastSecondWordSwap: When talking with A-Train, Blue Hawk is indignant at being accused of over-policing the black community.
-->'''Blue Hawk:''' Hey! This has nothing to do with [{{beat}}] African Americans!


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* TheReveal: MM didn't wake up to find his father dead at his typewriter; Soldier Boy murdered him.


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* TakeThat: Ashley scoffs at Lindsey Graham's flowers, calling him a gooch-licker.
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** A version with a ''candy bar'' happens when Anika first offers Starlight a half of her current chocolate. Once Annie learns from her the Deep has fired most of the Crime Analytics department, she digs on the candy.

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** A version with a ''candy bar'' happens when Anika first offers Starlight a half of her current chocolate.Almond Joy. Once Annie learns from her the Deep has fired most of the Crime Analytics department, she digs on the candy.
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** Hearing a Russian song in New York triggers Soldier Boy's powers and he ends up blowing a hole through a building. ** Hearing that Soldier Boy has surfaced in Manhattan triggers M.M.'s memory of what the Supe did to his family.

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** Hearing a Russian song in New York triggers Soldier Boy's powers and he ends up blowing a hole through a building. building.
** Hearing that Soldier Boy has surfaced in Manhattan triggers M.M.'s memory of what the Supe did to his family.

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