Line #36 Recap/InkCityS3Aftershocks


1	With the [[Recap/InkCityS2WorldSplit broken City finally fixed]], most of its residents returned to their normal routines, thankful that the worst was over. But even as they celebrate various happy reunions and restorations, the Mayor frantically searches for [[VideoGame/MegamanBattleNetwork Bass]]. Meanwhile, the Net Navi settles down to analyze the data he'd swiped with Get Ability... and [[GoMadFromTheRevelation doesn't like what he finds]].
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3	WesternAnimation/{{R\|egularShow}}igby decides to hit [[WesternAnimation/AeonFlux Trevor]] where it hurts most: his [[VillainWithGoodPublicity beloved reputation]]. Using his communicator's Playback feature, he broadcasts a recording of Trevor's last major kidnapping attempt before the World Split, showing everyone who watches it exactly how the self-proclaimed savior operates. Among the viewers is [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Berri]], a Mew who had [[InnocenceLost very unpleasant experiences]] with {{Mad Scientist}}s back home. His broadcast brings all those memories flooding back, and she immediately sets about plotting to put an end to Goodchild and all others who practice it...
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5	[[WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}} Dot]] also catches Rigby's broadcast, and is outraged to see that her own brother was another one of Trevor's regular victims. Discreetly, she uses her comm to go on an ArchiveBinge, pulling up every video involving Yakko to see what ''else'' he hasn't bothered telling her or Wakko about. The [[TraumaCongaLine more she sees]], the angrier she gets... So the two younger Warners decide to stage an intervention.
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7	...Unfortunately, hoping to ensure he sticks around for it, they decide to spring it on him via surprise mallet knockout and kidnapping. In the process, they accidentally bring [[WesternAnimation/{{Nine}} Six]] along for the ride... and make their brother none too pleased. A painful argument ensues, with Yakko admitting he [[LockedOutOfTheLoop hadn't told them anything]] because he didn't WANT them to know... and that he's all too aware of how much he's changed, and isn't sure how or ''if'' he can go back to how he was. Still, the trio reconciles, with Dot promising that neither one will ''ever'' disappear on him again.
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9	After stalking Trevor for several days, gradually worming past his compound's defenses, Berri makes her move. Using his own paralytic fluid, she renders him helpless, then [[ColdBloodedTorture tortures him]] before leaving him [[AndIMustScream in a gruesome state]]. An anonymous video of the results is briefly broadcast to the City -- though thankfully, it doesn't automatically play for everyone -- followed by an equally anonymous text, proclaiming to have brought [[CallItKarma karmic retribution]] to the scientist.
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11	-->tell me, people of this cursed city
12	-->shall the one known as caroline become the next victim of human science?
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14	The City's answer is a resounding, empathetic '''NO!''' Most who see her video respond with horror and disgust, [[WhatTheHellHero calling out the unknown entity responsible]] for her extreme methods. Unable to cope with the thought of indirectly inspiring such torture, Rigby decides to save Trevor. Yakko agrees, and the two set out for his compound, meeting Crmsn along the way.
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16	But not everyone was disturbed. Bass' only complaint was that Mew had left Trevor ''alive'' rather than finding some permanent way of ending his threat. Arriving at the compound himself, he confronts the would-be rescuers -- and is shocked upon recognizing Crmsn. Sadly, his recognition comes too late -- as he's in the middle of aiming an [[KamehameHadoken Earthbreaker]] at the interlopers. The misdirected blast levels the compound, [[TotalPartyKill killing everyone inside]].
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18	Overhearing the explosion, Berri immediately realizes what must have happened and decides to lay low, using her [[ShapeShifting Transform]] ability to disguise herself as an ordinary young woman. Yakko is left to cope with his first death, as well as a ''very'' unhappy sister laying the mother of all guilt trips on him. The only upside is that an equally shaken Trevor accepts a truce...
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20	Meanwhile, the Mayor manages to catch Bass as he's crawling out of the Well and confronts him, ordering he return what he stole. Instead, Bass demands answers -- ''who'' and '''what''' are the voices he's been hearing? As always, the Mayor avoids direct answers, stating only "THEY are what I was trying to keep everyone away from!" He seems to wear Bass down into accepting his help... but the Net Navi was just luring him in for a sneak attack. More startled than wounded, the Mayor retreats: "Keep suffering, you brought it upon yourself. ''Have fun''."
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23	!!!This Event includes examples of:
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25	* AndIMustScream
26	* BigDamnHeroes: Though it didn't work out so well this time...
27	* CaughtOnTape
28	* CharacterDevelopment: Spending a year alone in Ink City left Yakko changed in ways that his siblings notice... and don't appreciate. Their attempts to [[CharacterRerailment rerail]] him meet with mixed results.
29	* CuteAndPsycho: Berri's brokenness comes out in full force.
30	* EngineeredPublicConfession
31	* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Trevor struggles to understand ''why'' two of his most irritating adversaries would risk their lives helping him.
32	* FlatWhat: Legato's reaction when Crmsn explains what happened.
33	* FourIsDeath: Her anonymous video of Trevor's punishment happens to be Berri's fourth community post.
34	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Wonder if Trevor even remembers how he used video to hurt Rigby before... He certainly didn't appreciate Berri's spin on things.
35	* ISurrenderSuckers: Bass pulls this on the Mayor rather than accept his help.
36	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: While Berri feels Trevor deserved what he got, she's extremely unhappy upon seeing that some of the very same people she was trying to ''protect'' got killed trying to 'fix' what she'd done.
37	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Poor Rigby didn't mean to inspire Mew's vengence; it just sort of ''happened''...!
38	** Berri wanted to ensure the safety of the rest of Ink City's non-MadScientist residents. Instead, her actions led to several others dying, including Trevor's two favorite victims.
39	* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished
40	* NotHelpingYourCase: When the Mayor finally catches Bass, he outright refuses to explain what he's been suffering through and just demands to have what was stolen returned. This doesn't help.
41	* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: [=GLaDOS=] informs Berri that Caroline is ''hers''.
42	* ScienceIsBad: Being experimented upon tends to cement one's distrust of science.
43	* TheyKilledKennyAgain: Due to his frequent deaths, Rigby takes what happens to them in Trevor's compound fairly well. He still needs a VomitDiscretionShot immediately after respawning, but copes far better than Yakko.
44	* TotalPartyKill
45	* WhatTheHellHero: Most viewers weren't too pleased with Berri's solution to the Trevor problem. Her declaration that Caroline was next didn't help.

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