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* SpecialEffectsFailure: Two examples during the diving sequence:
** Another diver appears behind West in one of the shots facing him from the front.
** Another such shot shows Jim's hair being dry when it's wet in every other part of the dive.
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* SpecialEffectsFailure: Two examples during the diving sequence:
** Another diver appears behind West in one of the shots facing him from the front.
** Another such shot shows Jim's hair being dry when it's wet in every other part of the dive.
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Merged with The Con


* MassiveMultiplayerScam: The efforts to discredit West involve various elaborate cons run by multiple members of Calamander's gang.
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Disguised used by Artie: [[http://photobucket.com/gallery/http://s385.photobucket.com/user/l8dreamr/media/Artemus%20Gordon%20Disguises/longshoremanTurncoat.jpg.html?sort=6&o=75&ref=1 Docker/Longshoreman]] ; [[http://photobucket.com/gallery/http://s385.photobucket.com/user/l8dreamr/media/Artemus%20Gordon%20Disguises/longshoremanTurncoat.jpg.html?sort=6&o=75&ref=1 Waiter]]; [[http://photobucket.com/gallery/user/l8dreamr/media/bWVkaWFJZDoxODcwMDA0Mw==/?ref=1 Mailman]]

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Disguised used by Artie: [[http://photobucket.com/gallery/http://s385.photobucket.com/user/l8dreamr/media/Artemus%20Gordon%20Disguises/longshoremanTurncoat.jpg.html?sort=6&o=75&ref=1 Docker/Longshoreman]] Docker/Longshoreman]][[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3kh5l3 (12:25)]] ; [[http://photobucket.com/gallery/http://s385.photobucket.com/user/l8dreamr/media/Artemus%20Gordon%20Disguises/longshoremanTurncoat.jpg.html?sort=6&o=75&ref=1 Waiter]]; Waiter]][[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3kh5l3 (24:00)]]; [[http://photobucket.com/gallery/user/l8dreamr/media/bWVkaWFJZDoxODcwMDA0Mw==/?ref=1 Mailman]]
Mailman]][[https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x3kh5l3 (39:05)]]
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Disguised used by Artie: [[http://photobucket.com/gallery/http://s385.photobucket.com/user/l8dreamr/media/Artemus%20Gordon%20Disguises/longshoremanTurncoat.jpg.html?sort=6&o=75&ref=1 Docker/Longshoreman]] ; [[http://photobucket.com/gallery/http://s385.photobucket.com/user/l8dreamr/media/Artemus%20Gordon%20Disguises/longshoremanTurncoat.jpg.html?sort=6&o=75&ref=1 Waiter]]; [[http://photobucket.com/gallery/user/l8dreamr/media/bWVkaWFJZDoxODcwMDA0Mw==/?ref=1 Mailman]]

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* ClearMyName: The basis of the entire plot.



* WeWereRehearsingAPlay: Jim causes a public disturbance and Artie passes it off as a scene from "Fabian Repvogel's thrilling new play, ''Because She's Your Sister, Son!''" which their "troupe" is about to premiere elsewhere in town.

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* WeWereRehearsingAPlay: Jim causes a public disturbance and when he's accused of physically assaulting a preacher (one of Calamander's men). Artie passes it off as a scene from "Fabian Repvogel's Raplogel's thrilling new play, ''Because She's Your Sister, Son!''" which their "troupe" is about to premiere elsewhere in town.Son!'', playing all this week at the Haymarket Theater!"
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* {{Unobtainium}}: Cylesium, the deadly chemical that Calamander wants Jim to help steal . There's only one sample in existence, so Calamander can name his price for it.

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* {{Unobtainium}}: Cylesium, the deadly chemical that Calamander wants Jim to help steal .steal. There's only one sample in existence, so Calamander can name his price for it.

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* EvilVersusEvil: Calamander wants Jim to help him steal the cylesium from Golem, the MadScientist who's hiding it in his ElaborateUndergroundBase.



* IdiotBall: Elisha Calamander hires Jim to steal a vial of "cylesium" without telling him that's what it is. Calamander obviously knows what it is, but somehow doesn't know that it gives off a deadly gas when it heats up...
* IndenturedServitude: Song is Calamander's slave for life because he bought her from her parents.

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* IdiotBall: Elisha Calamander hires Jim to steal a vial of "cylesium" without telling him that's what it is. Calamander obviously knows what it is, but somehow doesn't know that it gives off a deadly gas when it heats up...
up. Artie even warns him not to go after the cylesium, but Calamander doesn't believe him, which he lives to regret (but not for long).
* IndenturedServitude: Song is Song, Calamander's Chinese servant, is essentialy his slave for life because he bought her from her parents.


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* MinionWithAnFInEvil: Song serves Calamander reluctantly and never participates in his schemes, so she goes free while he and the rest of his gang are either killed or arrested. The last scene has Jim taking her to dinner.
* NoMacGuffinNoWinner: A variation. Calamander gets the cylesium, but it kills him and several of his henchmen (along with Golem and all his henchmen). Then the government seals up the cave so the gas can't escape.

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* TheCorrupter: Elisha Calamander. The plan is to discredit Jim in the eyes of the Secret Service, get him fired and then lure him with offers of money and revenge into doing Calamander's bidding.

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* TheCorrupter: Elisha Calamander. The plan is to discredit Jim in the eyes of the Secret Service, get him fired and then lure him with offers of money and revenge {{revenge}} into doing Calamander's bidding.



* IdiotBall: Elisha Calamander hires Jim to steal a vial of "kilesium" without telling him that's what it is. [[spoiler: Calamander obviously knows what it is, but somehow doesn't know that it gives off a deadly gas when it heats up...]]

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* IdiotBall: Elisha Calamander hires Jim to steal a vial of "kilesium" "cylesium" without telling him that's what it is. [[spoiler: Calamander obviously knows what it is, but somehow doesn't know that it gives off a deadly gas when it heats up...]]



* VerbalTic: Elisha Calamander’s habit of saying “one would” instead of “I do.” Naturally, West snarks him for it.
* WeWait: After Jim is captured by Calamander, Artie and Colonel Richmond have no choice but to wait to hear from him--which Artie admits is the toughest part ofthe plan.

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* {{Unobtainium}}: Cylesium, the deadly chemical that Calamander wants Jim to help steal . There's only one sample in existence, so Calamander can name his price for it.
* VerbalTic: Elisha Calamander’s habit of saying “one would” instead of “I do.” Naturally, West snarks him for it.
* WeWait: After Jim is captured by Calamander, Artie and Colonel Richmond have no choice but to wait to hear from him--which Artie admits is the toughest part ofthe of the plan.
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** OutGambitted: One of Calamander's {{mooks}} takes the menu. However, Jim anticipates this and hides an ink blotter beneath the tablecloth so Artie can retrieve the message anyway.
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A number of strange things begin happening to West and he flies off the handle, leading to his dismissal from the Secret Service. He is soon recruited by a mysterious gang led by Elisha Calamander. They engineered the events leading up to West's dismissal in the hope that he would eventually join them and perform a particular, very difficult task. They are unaware that West and Gordon have been playing along the entire time in order to find out what that task is and prevent it from being carried out.

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A number of strange things begin happening to West and he flies off the handle, leading to his dismissal from the Secret Service. He is soon recruited by a mysterious gang led by criminal mastermind Elisha Calamander.Calamander (John [=McGiver=]). They engineered the events leading up to West's dismissal in the hope that he would eventually join them and perform a particular, very difficult task. They are unaware that West and Gordon have been playing along the entire time in order to find out what that task is and prevent it from being carried out.



* TheCorrupter: Elisha Calamander (John [=McGiver=). The plan is to discredit Jim in the eyes of the Secret Service, get him fired and then lure him with offers of money and revenge into doing Calamander's bidding.

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* TheCorrupter: Elisha Calamander (John [=McGiver=).Calamander. The plan is to discredit Jim in the eyes of the Secret Service, get him fired and then lure him with offers of money and revenge into doing Calamander's bidding.
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* IndenturedServitude: Song is Calamander's slave for life because he bought her from her parents.

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* AllPartOfTheShow: After the fake fight in the hotel elevator, Artie convinces the witnesses that the incident was just a scene from "Fabian Repvogel's thrilling new play, ''Because She's Your Sister, Son!''"
* TheCorrupter: Elisha Calamander. The plan is to discredit Jim in the eyes of the Secret Service, get him fired and then lure him with offers of money and revenge into doing Calamander's bidding.

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* AllPartOfTheShow: After the fake fight in the hotel elevator, Artie convinces the witnesses that the incident was just a scene from "Fabian Repvogel's thrilling new play, ''Because She's Your Sister, Son!''"
* TheCorrupter: Elisha Calamander.Calamander (John [=McGiver=). The plan is to discredit Jim in the eyes of the Secret Service, get him fired and then lure him with offers of money and revenge into doing Calamander's bidding.



* WeWereRehearsingAPlay: Jim causes a public disturbance and Artie passes it off as a scene from a play which their "troupe" is about to premiere elsewhere in town.

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* WeWait: After Jim is captured by Calamander, Artie and Colonel Richmond have no choice but to wait to hear from him--which Artie admits is the toughest part ofthe plan.
* WeWereRehearsingAPlay: Jim causes a public disturbance and Artie passes it off as a scene from a play "Fabian Repvogel's thrilling new play, ''Because She's Your Sister, Son!''" which their "troupe" is about to premiere elsewhere in town.
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* AllPartOfTheShow: After the fake fight in the hotel elevator, Artie convinces the witnesses that the incident was just a scene from "Fabian Repvogel's thrilling new play, ''Because She's Your Sister, Son!''"
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A number of strange things begin happening to West and he flies off the handle as a result, leading to his dismissal from the Secret Service. He is soon recruited by a mysterious gang led by Elisha Calamander. They engineered the events leading up to West's dismissal in the hope that he would eventually join them and perform a particular, very difficult task. They are unaware that West and Gordon have been playing along the entire time in order to find out what that task is and prevent it from being carried out.

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A number of strange things begin happening to West and he flies off the handle as a result, handle, leading to his dismissal from the Secret Service. He is soon recruited by a mysterious gang led by Elisha Calamander. They engineered the events leading up to West's dismissal in the hope that he would eventually join them and perform a particular, very difficult task. They are unaware that West and Gordon have been playing along the entire time in order to find out what that task is and prevent it from being carried out.
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Jim's temper flares as he seems to be under stress and making many mistakes, resulting in his resignation from the Secret Service. Shortly afterwards he is recruited by a member of the underworld who seeks to capitalize on his misfortune.

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Jim's temper flares as he seems A number of strange things begin happening to be under stress West and making many mistakes, resulting in he flies off the handle as a result, leading to his resignation dismissal from the Secret Service. Shortly afterwards he He is soon recruited by a member of mysterious gang led by Elisha Calamander. They engineered the underworld who seeks events leading up to capitalize on his misfortune.
West's dismissal in the hope that he would eventually join them and perform a particular, very difficult task. They are unaware that West and Gordon have been playing along the entire time in order to find out what that task is and prevent it from being carried out.



* TheCorrupter: Elisha Calamander.
* DeliveryGuyInfiltration: Artie poses as a mail carrier.
* FatBastard: Elisha Calamander.

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* TheCorrupter: Elisha Calamander.
Calamander. The plan is to discredit Jim in the eyes of the Secret Service, get him fired and then lure him with offers of money and revenge into doing Calamander's bidding.
* DeliveryGuyInfiltration: Artie poses as a mail carrier.
carrier in order to get inside the place where the MacGuffin is being hidden.
* FatBastard: Elisha Calamander.Calamander, of the greedy, hedonistic, evil variety.



* MassiveMultiplayerScam: The efforts to discredit West.
* PublicSecretMessage
* SuperDickery

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* MassiveMultiplayerScam: The efforts to discredit West.
West involve various elaborate cons run by multiple members of Calamander's gang.
* PublicSecretMessage
PublicSecretMessage: Jim passes information on to Artie by doodling on a restaurant menu. The doodles are actually a secret code.
* SuperDickerySuperDickery: Jim's actions include shooting an unarmed man, attacking a preacher, physically and mentally abusing his fiancée and, to top it all off, punching Artie. ''Apparently''.



* WeWereRehearsingAPlay: How Artie explains away a public disturbance Jim causes.
* WickedCultured: Elisha Calamander.

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* WeWereRehearsingAPlay: How Artie explains away Jim causes a public disturbance Jim causes.
and Artie passes it off as a scene from a play which their "troupe" is about to premiere elsewhere in town.
* WickedCultured: Elisha Calamander.Calamander, who is extremely fond of the finer things in life and doesn't care how he gets them.

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Doesn\'t fit the new definition of the trope. Seems to fit Idiot Ball, though.


* IdiotBall: Elisha Calamander hires Jim to steal a vial of "kilesium" without telling him that's what it is. [[spoiler: Calamander obviously knows what it is, but somehow doesn't know that it gives off a deadly gas when it heats up...]]



* PlotInducedStupidity: Elisha Calamander hires Jim to steal a vial of "kilesium" without telling him that's what it is. [[spoiler: Calamander obviously knows what it is, but somehow doesn't know that it gives off a deadly gas when it heats up...]]
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* PlotInducedStupidity: Elisha Calamander hires Jim to steal a vial of "kilesium" without telling him that's what it is. [[spoiler: Calamander obviously knows what it is, but somehow doesn't know that it gives off a deadly gas when it heats up...]]
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* DeliveryGuyInfiltration: Artie poses as a mail carrier.
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Jim's temper flares as he seems to be under stress and making many mistakes, resulting in his resignation from the Secret Service. Shortly afterwards he is recruited by a member of the underworld who seeks to capitalize on his misfortune.

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!!Tropes present in this episode:
* TheCorrupter: Elisha Calamander.
* FatBastard: Elisha Calamander.
* MassiveMultiplayerScam: The efforts to discredit West.
* PublicSecretMessage
* SuperDickery
* VerbalTic: Elisha Calamander’s habit of saying “one would” instead of “I do.” Naturally, West snarks him for it.
* WeWereRehearsingAPlay: How Artie explains away a public disturbance Jim causes.
* WickedCultured: Elisha Calamander.
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