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* AbortedArc: The Albanian sex traffickers drop out of the series after two episodes. Several scenes establishing a romance between Andre's daughter and one of his goons ends without going anywhere.

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* AbortedArc: The Albanian sex traffickers drop out of the series after two episodes. Several scenes establishing a romance between Andre's daughter and one of his goons ends without going anywhere.ultimately go nowhere.



* DefensiveFeintTrap: [[spoiler: Miu runs in apparent fear from Nicklas, leading the audience to believe she's terrified of him and to be worried for her safety. Once she leads him into the pig pens, though, she turns to fight instead and obliterates him in a CurbStompBattle before leaving him for the pigs.]]

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* DefensiveFeintTrap: [[spoiler: Miu runs in apparent fear from Nicklas, leading the audience to believe she's terrified of him and to be is worried for her safety. Once she leads him into the pig pens, though, she turns to fight instead and obliterates him in a CurbStompBattle before leaving him for the pigs.]]



* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler: Miu reunite with the escaped sex slaves, Rakel dresses in a red suit which is the polar opposite of Miu's, Miu stand in clearing and suddenly comes tormented by a horrible sound while Rakel shoots beams from her eyes. Then Miroslav has a video call with Creator/HideoKojima, who sends him to find something he calls the Giants.]] It's not clear what any of this means.

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* GainaxEnding: [[spoiler: Miu reunite with the escaped sex slaves, Rakel dresses in a red suit which is the polar opposite of Miu's, Miu stand stands in clearing and suddenly comes becomes tormented by a horrible sound while Rakel shoots beams from her eyes. Then Miroslav has a video call with Creator/HideoKojima, who sends him to find something he calls the Giants.]] Giants]]. It's not clear what any of this means.



* LeaveTheCameraRunning: Several shots drags out for several minutes.

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* LeaveTheCameraRunning: Several shots drags drag out for several minutes.



* MysteriousPast: Miu's past is mostly left unclear. Miu mentions being sold at some point and has frosty relationship with her father, but the circumstances of this is left unclear. Even Miu has trouble remembering her past.

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* MysteriousPast: Miu's past is mostly left unclear. Miu mentions being sold at some point and has a frosty relationship with her father, but the circumstances of this is left unclear. Even Miu has trouble remembering her past.



* PigMan: Sven, who makes literal pig noises when beaten, and if you had to choose an animal to compare him to, a pig would be atop the list. (Although, frankly, this is unfair to the pigs.)

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* PigMan: Sven, who makes literal pig noises when beaten, and if you had to choose an animal to compare him to, a pig would be atop the list. (Although, frankly, this is unfair to the pigs.)



* SilenceIsGolden: As is standard for Refn, many scenes have long stretches without dialogue, often with characters simply striking a pose in silence or while the soundtrack blares.

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* SilenceIsGolden: As is standard for Refn, many scenes have long stretches without dialogue, often with characters simply striking a pose in silence or while the soundtrack blares.
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* NoEnding: [[spoiler:The show ends without resolution, just as the action seems to be reaching its apex, leaving the audience to ponder the show's many mysteries for themselves]].
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* NoEnding: [[spoiler: The show ends just as the action seems to be reaching its apex, leaving the audience to decode the show's many mysteries for themselves. (Or just simply enjoy the ambiguity.)]]
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* UndyingLoyalty: Aske, to Nicklas and his family. [[spoiler: Possibly a LiteralTrope.]]

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* UndyingLoyalty: Aske, to Nicklas and his family. [[spoiler: Possibly a LiteralTrope.literally.]]
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* UndyingLoyalty: Aske, to Nicklas and his family. [[spoiler: Possibly a LiteralTrope.]]
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* NoEnding: [[spoiler: The show ends just as the action seems to be reaching its apex, leaving the audience to decode the show's many mysteries for themselves.]]

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* NoEnding: [[spoiler: The show ends just as the action seems to be reaching its apex, leaving the audience to decode the show's many mysteries for themselves.]] (Or just simply enjoy the ambiguity.)]]
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* NoEnding: [[spoiler: The show ends just as the action seems to be reaching its apex.]]

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* NoEnding: [[spoiler: The show ends just as the action seems to be reaching its apex.apex, leaving the audience to decode the show's many mysteries for themselves.]]
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* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler: Nicklas, who is initially positioned as the true threat to Miu, but gets his ass handed to him when they finally meet and winds up horribly injured and disfigured by pigs. The BigBad baton is then passed to his sister, although the series ends just as she and Miu are likely to collide.]]

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* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler: Nicklas, who is initially positioned as the true threat to Miu, but gets his ass handed to him when they finally meet and winds up horribly injured and disfigured by pigs. The BigBad baton is then passed to his sister, sister Rakel, although the series ends just as she and Miu are likely to collide.]]
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* BigBadWannabe: [[spoiler: Nicklas, who is initially positioned as the true threat to Miu, but gets his ass handed to him when they finally meet and winds up horribly injured and disfigured by pigs. The BigBad baton is then passed to his sister, although the series ends just as she and Miu are likely to collide.]]
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* PigMan: Sven, who makes literal pig noises when beaten, and if you had to choose an animal to compare him to, a pig would be atop the list. (Although, frankly, this is unfair to the pigs.)
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* HiveMind: [[spoiler: Miu and the others she reunites with in the final episode.]]

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* HiveMind: [[spoiler: Miu and the others she reunites with in the final episode.]] Complete with matching blue tracksuits!]]
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* KillItWithFire: [[spoiler: Miu burns down Rosella's house, with Rosella tied to the bed inside. While certainly a horrible way to die, Rosella built up a ton of AssholeVictim points leading up to it.]]
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* AlienAbduction: Miu claims to have been abducted by aliens as a child, though it's not clear if she's telling the truth. [[spoiler: The final episode shows Miu approaching a glowing object in the forest, which is apparently a spaceship. The show ends before anything is clarified regarding her origins.]]

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* AlienAbduction: Miu claims to have been abducted by aliens as a child, though it's not clear if she's telling the truth. [[spoiler: The final episode shows Miu approaching a glowing object in the forest, which is apparently a spaceship. spaceship, along with the rest of what appear to be her HiveMind. The show ends before anything is clarified regarding her origins.]]
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* HeartbrokenBadass: [[spoiler: Chiang, who asks Miu to sleep beside her in the hopes of healing his broken heart. It seems to do the trick, but things sour quickly when it leads to an unwanted marriage proposal.]]
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* HiveMind: [[spoiler: Miu and the others she reunites with in the final episode.]]
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* TrappedOnTheAstralPlane: [[spoiler: Nicklas' sister Rakel, although she is summoned back to the material world by her family in the fifth episode as Nicklas is too injured to fight effectively.]]
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* {{Telepathy}}: Miu views some of Chiang's memories this way while using her HealingHands to treat him.
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* DefensiveFeintTrap: [[spoiler: Miu runs in apparent terror from Nicklas, leading the audience to believe she's terrified of him and to be worried for her safety. Once she leads him into the pig pens, though, she turns to fight instead and obliterates him in a CurbStompBattle before leaving him for the pigs.]]

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* DefensiveFeintTrap: [[spoiler: Miu runs in apparent terror fear from Nicklas, leading the audience to believe she's terrified of him and to be worried for her safety. Once she leads him into the pig pens, though, she turns to fight instead and obliterates him in a CurbStompBattle before leaving him for the pigs.]]


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* HiddenBadass: [[spoiler: In addition to all of her other mysterious qualities, Miu turns out to be a hell of a hand-to-hand fighter. Nicklas and Chiang both find this out the hard way.]]
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* LadyLooksLikeADude: Multiple characters note that Miu "looks like a boy," presumably due to her short hair and gender-neutral clothing.
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* ModelScam: André uses this trick to lure girls to his brothel before turning them into prostitutes, using the threat of violence and/or their lack of documentation to keep them in line.
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* RapeAsDrama: Sven frequently sleeps with the girls of the brothel against their will, taking cruel advantage of the leverage he has. Andre ends up charging him whenever he finds out. Really, this applies to all of the women at the brothel, as they were lured there under false pretenses and are kept captive under fear of death, as opposed to being voluntary sex workers.

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* RapeAsDrama: Sven frequently sleeps with the girls of the brothel against their will, taking cruel advantage of the leverage he has. Andre ends up charging him whenever he finds out. Really, this applies to all of the women at the brothel, as they were lured there under false pretenses and are kept captive under fear of death, as opposed to being voluntary sex workers.workers making an informed choice.
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* RapeAsDrama: Sven frequently sleeps with the girls of the brothel against their will, taking cruel advantage of the leverage he has. Andre ends up charging him whenever he finds out. Really, this applies to all of the women at the brothel, as they were lured there under false pretenses and are kept captive under fear of death, as opposed to being voluntary sex workers.

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