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* BaitAndSwitch: We see the well, hear screams and show three charred skeletons...then Laszlo, Nandor and Nandor are standing in the darkened part of the well, noting "That's just macabre."
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* TheSilentBob: The gang is thrown when the Baron's familiar reveals she can not only talk but in perfect English to make them look worse.

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!The Trail

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!The Trail
Trial



* BrickJoke: Laszlo mentions that he turned a baby into a vampire, which nearly landed him in hot water with the Vampiric Council. Near the end, when the council condemns the three vampires to death by sunlight for killing the Baron, a vampire baby is one of the council members calling for their death.



* ExtraStrengthMasquerade: the tribunal's messenger adds a sign to the floor plan of a civic building in New York saying "Basement: Vampire Tribunal" and no one [[IncrediblyLamePun bat's]] an eye.

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* ExtraStrengthMasquerade: the The tribunal's messenger adds a sign to the floor plan of a civic building in New York saying "Basement: Vampire Tribunal" and no one [[IncrediblyLamePun bat's]] bats an eye.



** The Tribunals' messenger.

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** The Tribunals' Tribunal's messenger.


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* NoOshaCompliance: Subverted. Guillermo believes that a torch could warm him up, but the messenger explains that the council had to use LED lights for their hallways because otherwise fire marshals would've litigated them for having so many torches in the basement.
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** Creator/DaveBautista as Garrett.
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--> '''Laszlo''': Wouldn't want to be him....

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--> '''Laszlo''': Wouldn't want to be him....him...



* RuleOfCool: the vampire tribunal has flickering LED torches, a Crazy long corridor leading to it, and a spooky choreographed dance number to open it. The tribunal messenger points out that this is all more or less just because it looks cool.

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* RuleOfCool: the The vampire tribunal has flickering LED torches, a Crazy crazy long corridor leading to it, and a spooky choreographed dance number to open it. The tribunal messenger points out that this is all more or less just because it looks cool.
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* TooDumbToLive: The three Household vampires are on trial for a capitol crime they know they (probibaly) didn't commit. They are constantly followed around by a film crew. They don't think to ask to see the footage of the crime that would instantly exonerate them.

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* TooDumbToLive: The three Household vampires are on trial for a capitol crime they know they (probibaly) (probably) didn't commit. They are constantly followed around by a film crew. They don't think to ask to see the footage of the crime that would instantly exonerate them.
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* CassandraTruth: Guillermo explains to the Vampiric Council how he killed the Baron. Nobody on the Council believes him (barring, presumably, Colin, who saw the whole thing), because they won't believe somebody as meek and unintimidating as Guillermo could do such a thing.

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* CassandraTruth: Guillermo explains to the Vampiric Council how he killed the Baron. Nobody on the Council believes him (barring, presumably, Colin, Colin Robinson, who saw the whole thing), because they won't believe somebody as meek and unintimidating as Guillermo could do such a thing.



* MundaneMadeAwesome: Emphasis on the "mundane" part: Colin uses a patio umbrella to save Nandor, Nadja, and Laszlo—and feeds on them by discussing the means by which he got it.

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* MundaneMadeAwesome: Emphasis on the "mundane" part: Colin Robinson uses a patio umbrella to save Nandor, Nadja, and Laszlo—and feeds on them by discussing the means by which he got it.



* SpannerInTheWorks: Throwing the vampires in the well would have killed them... had [[DayWalker Colin]] not come by with a huge umbrella.

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* SpannerInTheWorks: Throwing the vampires in the well would have killed them... had [[DayWalker Colin]] Colin Robinson]] not come by with a huge umbrella.



* TrueCompanions: Colin and the nightwalkers may have a [[VitriolicBestBuds vitriolic]] relationship with each other, but when the latter are in mortal danger, the former comes in and saves them.

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* TrueCompanions: Colin Robinson and the nightwalkers may have a [[VitriolicBestBuds vitriolic]] relationship with each other, but when the latter are in mortal danger, the former comes in and saves them.
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** Nearly every member of the tribunal is played by (or ''is'') a big-name actor. Such members include [[Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows Viago, Deacon, and Vladislav]], Tilda (Creator/TildaSwinton), Evan, Princess of the Undead (Creator/EvanRachelWood), Danny (Creator/DannyTrejo), Paul (Creator/PaulReubens) and Wesley the Daywalker (Creator/WesleySnipes).

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** Nearly every member of the tribunal is played by (or ''is'') a big-name actor. Such actor who's played a vampire (or a half one). The members include [[Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows Viago, Deacon, and Vladislav]], Vladislav (Creator/TaikaWaititi, [[Music/FlightoftheConchords Jemaine Clement]] and Jonny Brugh from the original ''Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows''), Tilda (Creator/TildaSwinton), (Creator/TildaSwinton, who was in ''Film/OnlyLoversLeftAlive''), Evan, Princess of the Undead (Creator/EvanRachelWood), (Creator/EvanRachelWood, who was in ''Series/TrueBlood''), Danny (Creator/DannyTrejo), (Creator/DannyTrejo, who was in ''Film/FromDuskTillDawn''), Paul (Creator/PaulReubens) (Creator/PaulReubens, who was in ''Film/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'') and Wesley the Daywalker (Creator/WesleySnipes).(Creator/WesleySnipes, who was in ''Film/{{Blade}}'').
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* OffScreenTeleportation: How the tribunal messenger moves in the building. Nadja keeps commenting on how impressive it looks.


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* RuleOfCool: the vampire tribunal has flickering LED torches, a Crazy long corridor leading to it, and a spooky choreographed dance number to open it. The tribunal messenger points out that this is all more or less just because it looks cool.


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* ThereWasADoor: Nandor is annoyed that the council sent [[RuleOfCool 500 ravens]] when they have a phone, and could have just called.
* TooDumbToLive: The three Household vampires are on trial for a capitol crime they know they (probibaly) didn't commit. They are constantly followed around by a film crew. They don't think to ask to see the footage of the crime that would instantly exonerate them.
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* ExtraStrengthMasquerade: the tribunal's messenger as a sign to the floor plan of a civic building in New York saying "Basement: Vampire Tribunal" and no one [[IncrediblyLamePun bat's]] an eye.

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* ExtraStrengthMasquerade: the tribunal's messenger as adds a sign to the floor plan of a civic building in New York saying "Basement: Vampire Tribunal" and no one [[IncrediblyLamePun bat's]] an eye.
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* ExtraStrengthMasquerade: the tribunal's messenger as a sign to the floor plan of a civic building in New York saying "Basement: Vampire Tribunal" and no one [[IncrediblyLamePun bat's]] an eye.


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* HollywoodTorches: The vampire tribunal is lit by spooky flickering torches. They're LED's. [[MundaneUtility The fire-marshal would have had a field day otherwise.]]

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* LargeHam: Paul likes ChewingTheScenery whenever the camera is on him.

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* LargeHam: LargeHam:
** The Tribunals' messenger.
---> '''Messenger''': We sent ravens. We sent '''''FIVE-HUNDRED RAVENS!!!'''''
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Paul likes ChewingTheScenery whenever the camera is on him.
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** Nearly every member of the tribunal is played by (or ''is'') a big-name actor. Such members include [[Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows Viago, Deacon, and Vladislav]], Tilda (Creator/TildaSwinton), Evan, Princess of the Undead (Creator/EvanRachelWood), Danny (Creator/DannyTrejo), Paul (Creator/PaulReubens), Wesley the Daywalker (Creator/WesleySnipes)

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** Nearly every member of the tribunal is played by (or ''is'') a big-name actor. Such members include [[Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows Viago, Deacon, and Vladislav]], Tilda (Creator/TildaSwinton), Evan, Princess of the Undead (Creator/EvanRachelWood), Danny (Creator/DannyTrejo), Paul (Creator/PaulReubens), (Creator/PaulReubens) and Wesley the Daywalker (Creator/WesleySnipes)(Creator/WesleySnipes).
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!The Train

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!The Train
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* AffablyEvil: While the Tribunal are all vampires who are willing to execute Laszlo, Nadja and Nandor for the Baron's death (even though none of them are all that beat up over the Baron being gone), they all come across as being {{Adorkable}} and camp in varying degrees.


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* TheCameo:
** Creator/KristenSchaal as the tribunal's messenger.
** Nearly every member of the tribunal is played by (or ''is'') a big-name actor. Such members include [[Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows Viago, Deacon, and Vladislav]], Tilda (Creator/TildaSwinton), Evan, Princess of the Undead (Creator/EvanRachelWood), Danny (Creator/DannyTrejo), Paul (Creator/PaulReubens), Wesley the Daywalker (Creator/WesleySnipes)


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* CouncilOfVampires: The International Tribunal of Vampires


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* TheFriendNobodyLikes:
** Wesley (who has to call in via Skype) is hated by every other member of the tribunal for being a VampireHunter and a {{Dhampir}}.
** The Tribunal has no lost love for the Baron, [[EvenEvilHasStandards everyone commenting that he was a psychotic weirdo even by their standards]] and only going through with the trial and execution [[LawfulEvil because its the law]].
* LargeHam: Paul likes ChewingTheScenery whenever the camera is on him.
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* ForTheEvulz: The reason Laszlo turned the baby.


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* SpannerInTheWorks: Throwing the vampires in the well would have killed them... had [[DayWalker Colin]] not come by with a huge umbrella.

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* PunchClockVillain: No one on the Vampiric Council is bothered by the Baron's death, but they are legally bound to exact punishment for it anyway.

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* PunchClockVillain: No one on the Vampiric Council is bothered by the Baron's death, death (aside, perhaps, from Deacon), but they are legally bound to exact punishment for it anyway.



* WhatTheHellHero: Nadja still chastises Laszlo for turning a baby 90 years ago.

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* WhatTheHellHero: Nadja still chastises Laszlo for turning a baby 90 years ago.ago.
* WouldHurtAChild: Laszlo. In fairness, he was bored.
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* ActuallyIAmHim: Garrett animatedly discusses the ways he would harm the vampire who framed him for baby-siring. He does this in front of Laszlo, the guilty party.
--> '''Garrett''': I can fill up this book with the ways I would torture that vampire.
--> '''Laszlo''': Wouldn't want to be him....



* TrueCompanions: Colin and the nightwalkers may have a [[VitriolicBestBuds vitriolic]] relationship with each other, but when the latter are in mortal danger, the former comes in and saves them.

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* TrueCompanions: Colin and the nightwalkers may have a [[VitriolicBestBuds vitriolic]] relationship with each other, but when the latter are in mortal danger, the former comes in and saves them.them.
* WhatTheHellHero: Nadja still chastises Laszlo for turning a baby 90 years ago.
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* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Laszlo confesses to have been Jack the Ripper.

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* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Laszlo confesses to have having been Jack the Ripper.



* EvenEvilHasStandards: Siring a baby is considered a serious crime among vampires, Laszlo getting away with it (only doing itbecause he was bored) because a different vampire took the blame instead.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Siring a baby is considered a serious crime among vampires, Laszlo getting away with it (only doing itbecause it because he was bored) because a different vampire took the blame instead.
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* CallBack: Deacon gets to do his erotic dance before the trial—and nobody interrupts him this time!

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* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: Laszlo confesses to have been Jack the Ripper.



* RealityEnsues: Guillermo is traumatized over having killed the Baron, to the point where he has a guilt-induced anxiety attack when he harms another vampire in self-defence.

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* RealityEnsues: Guillermo is traumatized over having killed the Baron, to the point where he has a guilt-induced anxiety attack when he harms another vampire in self-defence.self-defense.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Siring a baby is considered a serious crime among vampires, Laszlo getting away with it (only doing itbecause he was bored) because a different vampire took the blame instead.
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* PunchClockVillain: No one on the vampiric council is bothered by the Baron's death, but they are legally bound to exact punishment for it anyway.

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* PunchClockVillain: No one on the vampiric council Vampiric Council is bothered by the Baron's death, but they are legally bound to exact punishment for it anyway.
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* PetTheDog: Nandor defends Guillermo in front of the Council.
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* CassandraTruth: Guillermo explains to the Vampiric Council how he killed the Baron. Nobody on the Council believes him (barring, presumably, Colin, who saw the whole thing), because they won't believe somebody as meek and unintimidating as Guillermo could do such a thing.
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* RealityEnsues: Guillermo is traumatized over having killed the Baron, to the point where he has a guilt-induced anxiety attack when he harms another vampire in self-defence.
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* MundaneMadeAwesome: Emphasis on the "mundane" part: Colin uses a patio umbrella to save Nandor, Nadja, and Laszlo—and feeds on them by discussing the means by which he got it.
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* DistinctionWithoutADifference: Vladislav points out that "floating around" the idea of killing someone and "plotting" their death are "very similar" concepts.
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* PunchClockVillain: No one on the vampiric council is bothered by the Baron's death, but they are legally bound to exact punishment for it anyway.
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'''Season 1, Episode 7'''

!The Train

The main trio must stand trial before an international tribunal of vampires for what they did in the previous episode.

!!Tropes That Appear In This Episode:

* {{Crossover}}: With the [[Film/WhatWeDoInTheShadows original film]].
* TrueCompanions: Colin and the nightwalkers may have a [[VitriolicBestBuds vitriolic]] relationship with each other, but when the latter are in mortal danger, the former comes in and saves them.

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