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%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
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* ContinuityNod: In conversation with Barbra, Strickler tells a PG rated version of the ending of "[[Recap/TrollhuntersS1E4GnomeYourEnemy Gnome Your Enemy]]" (where he leads a security guards to Bular to be eaten) as a humorous routine.
--> "So I said to my co-worker, 'I brought you a midnight snack.' To bad for him he had indigestion for days. Well that's the problem with eating Italian."
--> "So I said to my co-worker, 'I brought you a midnight snack.' To bad for him he had indigestion for days. Well that's the problem with eating Italian."
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* ContinuityNod: In conversation with Barbra, Strickler tells a PG rated version of the ending of "[[Recap/TrollhuntersS1E4GnomeYourEnemy Gnome Your Enemy]]" (where he leads a security guards guard to Bular to be eaten) as a humorous routine.
-->"So "So, I said to my co-worker, 'I brought you a midnight snack.' To Too bad for him he had indigestion for days. Well Well, that's the problem with eating Italian."
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-->[''Bell Rings''] "One last lesson. Who can tell me where Napoleon kept his armies? [[IncrediblyLamePun In his sleevies]]." [''students groan as Strickler laughs'']
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-->[''Bell Rings''] "One last lesson. Who can tell me where Napoleon kept his armies? [[IncrediblyLamePun [[{{Pun}} In his sleevies]]." [''students groan as Strickler laughs'']
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* XanatosGambit: Strickler when he goes to Jim's house for dinner has the whole situation in the palm of his hand. If Jim handed over the amulet for his mother's safety, then problem is solved. He can also fight Jim for it. He and Jim are evenly matched for the moment. Meanwhile he's planted a trap in his office, since he knows Jim would have Toby, Blinky and Aargh investigate. Then it's revealed he packed a fake amulet, and switched it on getting the chance. Either way he would have won.
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* XanatosGambit: Strickler when he goes to Jim's house for dinner has the whole situation in the palm of his hand. If Jim handed over the amulet for his mother's safety, then problem is solved. He can also fight Jim for it. He and Jim are evenly matched for the moment. Meanwhile he's planted a trap in his office, since he knows Jim would have Toby, Blinky and Aargh investigate. Then it's revealed he packed a fake amulet, amulet and switched it on getting the chance. Either way he would have won.
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* FailedASpotCheck: No one upstairs hears Claire's scream. Draal does, since he's standing right in front of her.
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* FailedASpotCheck: No one upstairs hears Claire's scream. Draal does, since he's standing right in front of her. Although Jim somehow reacts, which implies he heard something besides Barbara in the kitchen, but Strickler attacks him.
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* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Toby accidentally finds Strickler's fetch (a miniature portal to the Darklands). When asked about what he found, Toby incorrectly thinks that it is a donut cushion.
--> '''Blink:''' Tobias, do you realize what you've just discovered?\\
'''Toby:''' Strickler's got hemorrhoids?\\
'''Blinky:''' No, it's a "fetch," an artifact of great power, a pinhole-sized breach into the Darklands.
--> '''Blink:''' Tobias, do you realize what you've just discovered?\\
'''Toby:''' Strickler's got hemorrhoids?\\
'''Blinky:''' No, it's a "fetch," an artifact of great power, a pinhole-sized breach into the Darklands.
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%% * GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Toby accidentally finds Strickler's fetch (a miniature portal GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the Darklands). When asked about what he found, Toby incorrectly thinks that it is a donut cushion.
--> '''Blink:''' Tobias, do you realize what you've just discovered?\\
'''Toby:''' Strickler's got hemorrhoids?\\
'''Blinky:''' No, it's a "fetch," an artifact of great power, a pinhole-sized breach intofuture, please check the Darklands.trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.
--> '''Blink:''' Tobias, do you realize what you've just discovered?\\
'''Toby:''' Strickler's got hemorrhoids?\\
'''Blinky:''' No, it's a "fetch," an artifact of great power, a pinhole-sized breach into
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* FreezeFrameBonus: Watch closely and you can see the moment where Stricker replaces the amulet with a fake several frames before the WhamShot.
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* ForYourOwnGood: Strickler claims that he is only there himself in order to protect Jim and Barbara from the arguably more dangerous Bular, who would not be so hesitant to kill them.
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* TheBadGuyWins: Strickler snatches the amulet, with Jim none the wiser.
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* FailedASpotCheck: No one upstairs hears Claire's scream. Draal does, since he's standing right in front of her.
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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Since she hasn't been kept up to date on the troll hunter duties, Claire is utterly confused about what Strickler and Jim are talking about. She also is confused about the bridge that Toby and Jim mention.
* OhCrap:
** Jim when Draal doesn't respond to the signal.
** Claire when she sees Draal.
** Jim when Strickler reveals his true form.
* OhCrap:
** Jim when Draal doesn't respond to the signal.
** Claire when she sees Draal.
** Jim when Strickler reveals his true form.
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* TapOnTheHead: Claire is knocked out when she bangs her head on the pipe. By the next episode she seems to be fine.
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* WhamShot:
** Strickler turning into a changeling to fight Jim.
** Strickler reveals to Not Enrique that he switched the amulet for a fake.
* XanatosGambit: Strickler when he goes to Jim's house for dinner has the whole situation in the palm of his hand. If Jim handed over the amulet for his mother's safety, then problem is solved. He can also fight Jim for it. He and Jim are evenly matched for the moment. Meanwhile he's planted a trap in his office, since he knows Jim would have Toby, Blinky and Aargh investigate. Then it's revealed he packed a fake amulet, and switched it on getting the chance. Either way he would have won.
* YouWillBeSpared: Strickler says that if Jim hands over the amulet, he won't kill his "favorite" student. Even though Jim refuses to hand it over and demands the location of the bridge, Strickler takes the opportunity to switch the amulets.
** Strickler turning into a changeling to fight Jim.
** Strickler reveals to Not Enrique that he switched the amulet for a fake.
* XanatosGambit: Strickler when he goes to Jim's house for dinner has the whole situation in the palm of his hand. If Jim handed over the amulet for his mother's safety, then problem is solved. He can also fight Jim for it. He and Jim are evenly matched for the moment. Meanwhile he's planted a trap in his office, since he knows Jim would have Toby, Blinky and Aargh investigate. Then it's revealed he packed a fake amulet, and switched it on getting the chance. Either way he would have won.
* YouWillBeSpared: Strickler says that if Jim hands over the amulet, he won't kill his "favorite" student. Even though Jim refuses to hand it over and demands the location of the bridge, Strickler takes the opportunity to switch the amulets.
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* ShameIfSomethingHappened: During the dinner standoff, Strickler takes note of the people Jim cares about, and that he knows that Toby, Aaarrrgghh!!! and Blinky are sneaking into his office.
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* SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat: Finding a piano in Strickler's office, he casually plays an impressive tune on it briefly.
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* SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat: Finding Upon finding a piano in Strickler's office, he Blinky casually plays an impressive tune on it briefly.
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* ReverseGrip: Jim starts out the fight with Strickler holding his steak knife like this.
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* ChaosWhileTheyreNotLooking: Jim and Strickler act cordial and enjoy their dinner. When Barbra leaves the room to tend to her apple pie, they both try to kill each other for the Amulet of Daylight. Jim conjures his armor, Strickler returns to his true form and throws his knives, but when Barbra returns, they are both out of "combat mode" and are sitting at the dinner table. The second time she walks in, they pretend that they are looking for Strickler's contact-lens.
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* SoMuchForStealth: Thanks to some dust dislodged when Jim gave Draal the signal, Claire ends up sneezing, causing Draal to say "gazoontight" and accidentally alert Claire of his presence.
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* SoMuchForStealth: Thanks to some dust dislodged when Jim gave Draal the signal, Claire ends up sneezing, causing Draal to say "gazoontight" "gesundheit" and accidentally alert Claire of his presence.
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* IKnowYouKnowIKnow: The dinner conversation starts off with this.
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* TroubleEntendre: The parts of the dinner conversation in front of Barbara, and some that take place when she's gone.
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* CallBack: In conversation with Barbra, Strickler tells a PG rated version of the ending of "[[Recap/TrollhuntersS1E4GnomeYourEnemy Gnome Your Enemy]]" (where he leads a security guards to Bular to be eaten) as a humorous routine.
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* CallBack: ContinuityNod: In conversation with Barbra, Strickler tells a PG rated version of the ending of "[[Recap/TrollhuntersS1E4GnomeYourEnemy Gnome Your Enemy]]" (where he leads a security guards to Bular to be eaten) as a humorous routine.
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* CrypticBackgroundReference: During Jim's fight with Strickler (in his true form), one could spot a portrait of a man similar looking to Jim but with glasses and wearing a naval uniform. This could possibly be [[spoiler:Jim's absent father James Lake Sr]].
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* CrypticBackgroundReference: During Jim's fight with Strickler (in his true form), one could spot a portrait of a man similar looking to Jim but with glasses and wearing a naval uniform. This could possibly be [[spoiler:Jim's Jim's absent father James Lake Sr]].father.
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* VillainOverForDinner: Essentially the premise of the episode.
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* VillainOverForDinner: Essentially the premise of the episode.episode.
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* KnockOnWood: When Jim mentioned how "it will be a shame when [he] won't have [him] as a teacher anymore," Strickler knocks on the door frame briefly, evoking the trope literally.
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* KnockOnWood: When Jim mentioned how "it will be a shame when [he] won't have [him] as a teacher anymore," Strickler knocks on the door frame briefly, evoking the trope literally.
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Claire's suspicions grow. Jim's mother invites Strickler over for a tension-filled dinner.
!! Tropes for this episode include:
* CallBack: In conversation with Barbra, Strickler tells a PG rated version of the ending of "[[Recap/TrollhuntersS1E4GnomeYourEnemy Gnome Your Enemy]]" (where he leads a security guards to Bular to be eaten) as a humorous routine.
--> "So I said to my co-worker, 'I brought you a midnight snack.' To bad for him he had indigestion for days. Well that's the problem with eating Italian."
* CoolTeacher: Strickler lightens the mood at the beginning of the episode by cracking jokes about how bored some of his students are by the class and even cracks a {{pun}} as class ends.
-->[''Bell Rings''] "One last lesson. Who can tell me where Napoleon kept his armies? [[IncrediblyLamePun In his sleevies]]." [''students groan as Strickler laughs'']
* CrypticBackgroundReference: During Jim's fight with Strickler (in his true form), one could spot a portrait of a man similar looking to Jim but with glasses and wearing a naval uniform. This could possibly be [[spoiler:Jim's absent father James Lake Sr]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: After finding the secret room hidden in Strickler's office, they find scrap-pieces of a pocket watch strewn about on a table. Later on, it is revealed that Strickler constructed a fake Amulet of Daylight to be swapped with the real one.
* ForkFencing: Strickler and Jim briefly with forks and knives while Barbra fixes her pie.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Toby accidentally finds Strickler's fetch (a miniature portal to the Darklands). When asked about what he found, Toby incorrectly thinks that it is a donut cushion.
--> '''Blink:''' Tobias, do you realize what you've just discovered?\\
'''Toby:''' Strickler's got hemorrhoids?\\
'''Blinky:''' No, it's a "fetch," an artifact of great power, a pinhole-sized breach into the Darklands.
* HandSignals: Jim tells Draal that if he stomps once, everything is fine, he stomps twice and he comes up and helps him fight off Strickler. This winds up going wrong due to a combination of Strickler messing up the signal intentionally and Claire's presence complicating things.
* LethalChef: In an effort to make an apple pie for Jim and Strickler, Barbra ends up having to put out a fire with a generous amount of whipped cream.
* LineOfSightName: It is hinted that Aaarrrgghh!!!'s name came from how others reacted to him when he was a savage Gumm-Gumm.
--> '''Aaarrrgghh!!!:''' People ran away. Scream, "Aaaarrrgghh!!! No. No. Stop."
* RearWindowInvestigation: Finding Jim and his antics more and more suspicious, Claire sneaks into his basement to see if she can find out what he is up to. She winds up encountering Draal as a result, screaming before accidentally knocking herself out against a pipe.
* TheReveal: In ''The Book of Ga-huel'', it is revealed to Toby that Aaarrrgghh!!! was once a ruthless member of the Gumm-Gumms.
* SealedEvilInACan: Hidden in a crystal in Strickler's office as security lurks an Antramonstrum, an amorphous smoke-monster "dormant until disturbed, shockingly fierce, and excellent at erasing snaky-snakes."
* SoMuchForStealth: Thanks to some dust dislodged when Jim gave Draal the signal, Claire ends up sneezing, causing Draal to say "gazoontight" and accidentally alert Claire of his presence.
* SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat: Finding a piano in Strickler's office, he casually plays an impressive tune on it briefly.
* VillainOverForDinner: Essentially the premise of the episode.
!! Tropes for this episode include:
* CallBack: In conversation with Barbra, Strickler tells a PG rated version of the ending of "[[Recap/TrollhuntersS1E4GnomeYourEnemy Gnome Your Enemy]]" (where he leads a security guards to Bular to be eaten) as a humorous routine.
--> "So I said to my co-worker, 'I brought you a midnight snack.' To bad for him he had indigestion for days. Well that's the problem with eating Italian."
* CoolTeacher: Strickler lightens the mood at the beginning of the episode by cracking jokes about how bored some of his students are by the class and even cracks a {{pun}} as class ends.
-->[''Bell Rings''] "One last lesson. Who can tell me where Napoleon kept his armies? [[IncrediblyLamePun In his sleevies]]." [''students groan as Strickler laughs'']
* CrypticBackgroundReference: During Jim's fight with Strickler (in his true form), one could spot a portrait of a man similar looking to Jim but with glasses and wearing a naval uniform. This could possibly be [[spoiler:Jim's absent father James Lake Sr]].
* {{Foreshadowing}}: After finding the secret room hidden in Strickler's office, they find scrap-pieces of a pocket watch strewn about on a table. Later on, it is revealed that Strickler constructed a fake Amulet of Daylight to be swapped with the real one.
* ForkFencing: Strickler and Jim briefly with forks and knives while Barbra fixes her pie.
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: Toby accidentally finds Strickler's fetch (a miniature portal to the Darklands). When asked about what he found, Toby incorrectly thinks that it is a donut cushion.
--> '''Blink:''' Tobias, do you realize what you've just discovered?\\
'''Toby:''' Strickler's got hemorrhoids?\\
'''Blinky:''' No, it's a "fetch," an artifact of great power, a pinhole-sized breach into the Darklands.
* HandSignals: Jim tells Draal that if he stomps once, everything is fine, he stomps twice and he comes up and helps him fight off Strickler. This winds up going wrong due to a combination of Strickler messing up the signal intentionally and Claire's presence complicating things.
* LethalChef: In an effort to make an apple pie for Jim and Strickler, Barbra ends up having to put out a fire with a generous amount of whipped cream.
* LineOfSightName: It is hinted that Aaarrrgghh!!!'s name came from how others reacted to him when he was a savage Gumm-Gumm.
--> '''Aaarrrgghh!!!:''' People ran away. Scream, "Aaaarrrgghh!!! No. No. Stop."
* RearWindowInvestigation: Finding Jim and his antics more and more suspicious, Claire sneaks into his basement to see if she can find out what he is up to. She winds up encountering Draal as a result, screaming before accidentally knocking herself out against a pipe.
* TheReveal: In ''The Book of Ga-huel'', it is revealed to Toby that Aaarrrgghh!!! was once a ruthless member of the Gumm-Gumms.
* SealedEvilInACan: Hidden in a crystal in Strickler's office as security lurks an Antramonstrum, an amorphous smoke-monster "dormant until disturbed, shockingly fierce, and excellent at erasing snaky-snakes."
* SoMuchForStealth: Thanks to some dust dislodged when Jim gave Draal the signal, Claire ends up sneezing, causing Draal to say "gazoontight" and accidentally alert Claire of his presence.
* SuddenlyAlwaysKnewThat: Finding a piano in Strickler's office, he casually plays an impressive tune on it briefly.
* VillainOverForDinner: Essentially the premise of the episode.
