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* MatchCut: A scene transitions from Angela's eyes to the stained glass windows where Veidt's ShowTrial was held.

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* MatchCut: A scene transitions from Angela's eyes to the stained glass windows where Veidt's ShowTrial KangarooCourt was held.
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* MookHorrorShow: Petey goes to Wade’s house and finds the dead bodies of several Kavalrymen.

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* MookHorrorShow: Petey goes to Wade’s house and finds the dead bodies of several Kavalrymen.Kavalrymen killed by Wade.

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* AsYouKnow: Petey re-tells Laurie all the instructions she gave him about going to Wade’s house after Angela OD’d on Nostalgia.

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* AsYouKnow: Petey re-tells asks Laurie all whether she remembers the instructions she gave him about going to Wade’s Wade's house after Angela OD’d on Nostalgia.the suspicion that he might be working with the Seventh Kavalry. Lampshaded by Laurie in her response.
-->'''Laurie:''' I remember that as if I said all of that to you verbatim.

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* ABirthdayNotABreak: Angela lost her parents on her tenth birthday.



* AsYouKnow: Petey re-tells Laurie all the instructions she gave him about going to Wade’s house after Angela OD’d on Nostalgia.
* ABirthdayNotABreak: Angela lost her parents on her tenth birthday.



-->"The defense... rest."

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-->"The defense... rest.rests."



* GotTheWholeWorldInMyHand: Lady Trieu has a room that simply has a glowing globe that when you touch it, it reveals one of the messages someone sends to Doctor Manhattan from one of Trieu Enterprises’s Manhattan phonebooths.
* HollywoodHeartAttack: June has one right after getting a young Angela from the orphanage.
* HonorableElephant: The live source of the cerebral fluid used for Nostalgia overdose treatment is an elephant, which are renowned for their memory.



* HonorableElephant: The live source of the cerebral fluid used for Nostalgia overdose treatment is an elephant, which are renowned for their memory.


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* MatchCut: A scene transitions from Angela's eyes to the stained glass windows where Veidt's ShowTrial was held.
* MookHorrorShow: Petey goes to Wade’s house and finds the dead bodies of several Kavalrymen.
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-->''"So many prayers unanswered… You wouldn’t believe what people ask him for. They beg and beg and beg for his help. Beg for him to come down from the heavens, and make things better. But he ignores them, every single one. Do you know why? Because Dr. Manhattan isn’t listening. He’s not even on Mars."''
-->-- Lady Trieu

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-->''"So ->''"So many prayers unanswered… You wouldn’t believe what people ask him for. They beg and beg and beg for his help. Beg for him to come down from the heavens, and make things better. But he ignores them, every single one. Do you know why? Because Dr. Manhattan isn’t listening. He’s not even on Mars."''
-->-- Lady Trieu
'''Lady Trieu'''



-->'''Angela:''' Time to come out of the tunnel.

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-->'''Angela:''' --->'''Angela:''' Time to come out of the tunnel.



-->'''Angela:''' No, [[CanonCharacterAllAlong Jon]], '''you're''' not yourself.

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-->'''Angela:''' --->'''Angela:''' No, [[CanonCharacterAllAlong Jon]], '''you're''' not yourself.

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-->''"So many prayers unanswered… You wouldn’t believe what people ask him for. They beg and beg and beg for his help. Beg for him to come down from the heavens, and make things better. But he ignores them, every single one. Do you know why? Because Dr. Manhattan isn’t listening. He’s not even on Mars."''
-->-- Lady Trieu


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* ArmorPiercingQuestion: "If you don't want your kids to worry you're a cop, then why are you a cop?"


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-->"The defense... rest."

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* WhamLine: The episode has been building up to this twist, but this line by Angela basically confirms it:
--> '''Angela:''' Time to come out of the tunnel.

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* WhamLine: WhamLine:
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The episode has been building up to this twist, but this line by Angela basically confirms it:
--> '''Angela:''' -->'''Angela:''' Time to come out of the tunnel.tunnel.
** And if the previous line didn't set you off immediately:
-->'''Angela:''' No, [[CanonCharacterAllAlong Jon]], '''you're''' not yourself.
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* Gasshole: Veidt lets a loud fart out as a middle finger to the Game Warden and the various Phillips and Crookshanks clones present.

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* Gasshole: {{Gasshole}}: Veidt lets a loud fart out as a middle finger to the Game Warden and the various Phillips and Crookshanks clones present.
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* Gasshole: Veidt lets a loud fart out as a middle finger to the Game Warden and the various Phillips and Crookshanks clones present.
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* KangarooCourt: We see a rather literal example of this, as the jury for Veidt's trial consists of piglets, whose squeals the judge interprets as a "guilty" verdict.
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* AmnesiacGod: Cal turns out to be a human guise for Dr. Manhattan, who has deliberately forgotten his original identity.

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* AmnesiacGod: Cal turns out to be a the human guise for of Dr. Manhattan, who has deliberately forgotten his original identity.
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* AmnesiacGod: Cal turns out to be a human guise for Dr. Manhattan, who has deliberately forgotten his original identity.
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[[TwoLinesSomeWaiting Also]], Adrien Veidt is found "guilty" at his trial.

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[[TwoLinesSomeWaiting [[ThirdLineSomeWaiting Also]], Adrien Veidt is found "guilty" at his trial.

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!"An Almost Religious Awe"



Angela struggles to recover from Nostalgia poisoning; Lady Trieu reveals part of her plan; Agent Blake works the case.

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As the Millennium Clock activation nears, Angela struggles to recover from Nostalgia poisoning; poisoning in Lady Trieu's headquarters. She drifts in and out of Will's and her most vivid and traumatic memories.

Meanwhile, Agent Blake, having listened to recordings of Angela's delirious ramblings, deduces that the Seventh Kavalry are scheming to get Keene elected president and goes to confront Mrs. Crawford. Blake turns out to be right, but Mrs. Crawford was in on it, and Blake is captured by the Kavalry.
Lady Trieu reveals part explains to Angela that their plan is to capture Doctor Manhattan and use his powers for themselves. Fearful, Angela rushes home to bring "Cal" [[WhamLine out of her plan; Agent Blake works the case.
tunnel]], unaware that Kavalry members are watching their house...

[[TwoLinesSomeWaiting Also]], Adrien Veidt is found "guilty" at his trial.

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* HopeSpot: Angela is rescued from the orphanage. Briefly.

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* ABirthdayNotABreak: Angela lost her parents on her tenth birthday.
* EasyAmnesia: {{Discussed}}, Lady Trieu mentions that conveniently forgetting everything about your identity is very common in soap operas. Not the case in real life, which is why she's suspicious of Cal's accident.
* GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger: The prosecutor does this rather dramatically at Veidt when giving her closing statement. When he is found guilty, the entire court points at him while chanting "Guilty!".
* HopeSpot: Angela is briefly rescued from the orphanage. Briefly.orphanage by her grandmother...who then keels over after a heart attack.
* HonorableElephant: The live source of the cerebral fluid used for Nostalgia overdose treatment is an elephant, which are renowned for their memory.



* TraumaCongaLine: Angela's childhood in Saigon.
* WhamLine:

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* TrapDoor: The Crawfords have one in their living room. [[TrapDoorFail It takes a couple of tries to activate.]] Laurie sighs about the spectacle of it all.
* TraumaCongaLine: Angela's childhood in Saigon.
Saigon, where she loses her parents to a bomb blast and then has to live in an OrphanageOfFear. Her grandmother June comes to adopt her but dies before they can even leave the country.
* WhamLine:WhamLine: The episode has been building up to this twist, but this line by Angela basically confirms it:



** And if the previous line didn't set you off immediately:
--> '''Angela:''' No, [[CanonCharacterAllAlong Jon]], '''you're''' not yourself.
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* HopeSpot: Young!Angela is rescued from the orphanage. [[spoiler:Briefly.]]
* IdiotBall: Blake figures out what's going on and immediately explains it all to [[spoiler:Mrs Crawford]], who turns out to be in on it.

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* HopeSpot: Young!Angela Angela is rescued from the orphanage. [[spoiler:Briefly.]]
Briefly.
* IdiotBall: Blake figures out what's going on and immediately explains it all to [[spoiler:Mrs Crawford]], Mrs Crawford, who turns out to be in on it.



** And if the previous line didn't set you off immediately
--> '''Angela:''' No, [[spoiler: Jon,]] '''you're''' not yourself.

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** And if the previous line didn't set you off immediately
immediately:
--> '''Angela:''' No, [[spoiler: Jon,]] [[CanonCharacterAllAlong Jon]], '''you're''' not yourself.
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--> '''Angela:''' No, [[spoiler: Jon,]] ''''you're'''' not yourself.

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--> '''Angela:''' No, [[spoiler: Jon,]] ''''you're'''' '''you're''' not yourself.
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* WhamLine:
--> '''Angela:''' Time to come out of the tunnel.
** And if the previous line didn't set you off immediately
--> '''Angela:''' No, [[spoiler: Jon,]] ''''you're'''' not yourself.
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* KickTheDog: Angela's childhood in Saigon.

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* KickTheDog: TraumaCongaLine: Angela's childhood in Saigon.

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* HolyShitQuotient

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* WhamEpisode

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!! Air date: December 1, 2019

Angela struggles to recover from Nostalgia poisoning; Lady Trieu reveals part of her plan; Agent Blake works the case.

!! Tropes:

* HolyShitQuotient
* HopeSpot: Young!Angela is rescued from the orphanage. [[spoiler:Briefly.]]
* IdiotBall: Blake figures out what's going on and immediately explains it all to [[spoiler:Mrs Crawford]], who turns out to be in on it.
* KickTheDog: Angela's childhood in Saigon.
* WhamEpisode

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