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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Implied with Hiram's zoetrope.
-->'''Hiram:''' I got one of a plus-sized woman in a bubble bath. But it's... ahh, it's for my eyes only, if you get me.
-->'''Chris:''' [''flatly''] We get you.
-->'''Dan:''' Gahh.
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* [[TechnoPhobia Technophobia]]: Mentioning technology, in Hiram's presence, can anger him. If you admit to liking any form of technology, such as television, he will snap and have a psychotic breakdown. Matters worse, he will intend to kill and eat you.

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* [[TechnoPhobia Technophobia]]: Mentioning technology, in Hiram's presence, can anger him. If you admit to liking any form of technology, such as television, he will snap and have a psychotic breakdown. Matters To make matters worse, he will intend to kill and eat you.
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* TechnoPhobia: Mentioning technology, in Hiram's presence, can anger him. If you admit to liking any form of technology, such as television, he will snap and have a psychotic breakdown. Matters worse, he will intend to kill and eat you.

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* TechnoPhobia: [[TechnoPhobia Technophobia]]: Mentioning technology, in Hiram's presence, can anger him. If you admit to liking any form of technology, such as television, he will snap and have a psychotic breakdown. Matters worse, he will intend to kill and eat you.
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* Technophobia: Mentioning technology, in Hiram's presence, can anger him. If you admit to liking any form of technology, such as television, he will snap and have a psychotic breakdown. Matters worse, he will intend to kill and eat you.

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* Technophobia: TechnoPhobia: Mentioning technology, in Hiram's presence, can anger him. If you admit to liking any form of technology, such as television, he will snap and have a psychotic breakdown. Matters worse, he will intend to kill and eat you.
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* Technophobia: Hiram to a great degree. He hates any form of technology and is even willing to kill and/or torture anyone who likes technology. When Dan admits to liking television, Hiram snaps and plots to torture him, along with Chris, before killing him.
* TemptingFate: Chris decides to pull over so he can discuss the unpleasant similarities between Dan and Hiram. Dan suggests they keep driving because Hiram vowed to come after them. Chris says there's no way Hiram could catch up to their car after 30 miles, only for an ax to suddenly hit the hood of the car.

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* Technophobia: Hiram Mentioning technology, in Hiram's presence, can anger him. If you admit to a great degree. He hates liking any form of technology and is even willing to kill and/or torture anyone who likes technology. When Dan admits to liking technology, such as television, Hiram snaps he will snap and plots have a psychotic breakdown. Matters worse, he will intend to torture him, along with Chris, before killing him.
* TemptingFate: Chris decides to pull over so he can discuss the unpleasant similarities between Dan
kill and Hiram. Dan suggests they keep driving because Hiram vowed to come after them. Chris says there's no way Hiram could catch up to their car after 30 miles, only for an ax to suddenly hit the hood of the car.eat you.
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* Technophobia: Hiram to a great degree. He despises any form of technology and is even willing to kill or torture anyone who likes technology. When Dan admits to liking television, Hiram snaps and plots to torture him, along with Chris, before killing him.

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* Technophobia: Hiram to a great degree. He despises hates any form of technology and is even willing to kill or and/or torture anyone who likes technology. When Dan admits to liking television, Hiram snaps and plots to torture him, along with Chris, before killing him.
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* Technophobia: Hiram to a great degree. He despises any form of technology and is even willing to kill or torture anyone who likes technology. When Dan admits to liking television, Hiram snaps and plots to torture him, along with Chris, before killing him.
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* Technophobia: Hiram despises any form of technology, with the exception of cars.
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* Technophobia: Hiram despises any form of technology, with the exception of cars.

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* ChekhovsGunman: Hiram.

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BigNo: Barry, after being pinned to the wall by Elise. He does a slow motion version after Elise deactivates Ilsa.
* ChekhovsClassroom: Hiram's advice about ax-throwing ends up being how Dan destroys the headband controlling Elise.
* ChekhovsGunman: Hiram.Hiram seems to just be some random psycho, but he was actually Barry's business partner and went off the grid after being betrayed.


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* FunWithAcronyms: Ilsa, the '''I'''ndependent '''L'''ogistics and '''S'''ecurity '''A'''ndroid.


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* HillbillyHorrors: Hiram is an unstable, ax-wielding recluse that lives off the land and preys on stranded motorists.
* HopeSpot: Elise narrowly manages to slice off Ilsa's arms. Just as Elise is about to pummel Barry, Ilsa reactivates and manages to place the headband on her.


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* NoSell: Elise tries to take Ilsa out with a kick to the head, only to learn she's a robot.
* NonSequiturThud: After the car crash causes him to plow headfirst into the ground, Dan is left sputtering random statements (such as "rainbows are nature's rainbows") before passing out. Later, after Dan is back to his old self, Chris remarks he was even less coherent than usual.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: When Elise wants to fight Ilsa in order to settle a score, Dan immediately says he absolutely gets it.


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* RightForTheWrongReasons: After Elise slyly subdues Chris, Dan notices he's gone missing and wonders if he's evaporated. Dan then says that can't be right, but only because it's cold in the hallway.


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* StatingTheSimpleSolution: After arriving at Omnicron headquarters, Dan suggests sneaking in with grappling hooks. Chris responds by simply walking through the unlocked front door.
* SureLetsGoWithThat: Elise is amazed that Dan's ax throw cut off the mind control headband without injuring her. Dan says that, of course, that was what he intended from the start.
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* EvilLuddite

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* EvilLudditeEvilLuddite: Hiram becomes tech-avoidant after being treated unfairly by Ditmer. He also becomes a cannibalistic axe murderer with a lust for revenge.



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* RedEyesTakeWarning
* RidiculouslyHumanRobot

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* RedEyesTakeWarning
RedEyesTakeWarning: Ilsa, when firing up an attack to trap and subsequently mind control Elise.
* RidiculouslyHumanRobotRidiculouslyHumanRobot: Ilsa is capable of speaking fluid English and in practical situations is virtually indistinguishable from a real human.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: While Elise is perfectly willing to go act inline with her shadowy employer (and has a history of DisproportionateRetribution), she ditches her mission of enhancing the site's security when she realizes Ditmer's plan to operate a wide-range mind control device on society - against her boss's orders.



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* NotSoDifferent:
** Dan and Hiram are alike in that they will do anything to get revenge on those that wronged them.
** Dan and Elise share a hearty "Take that!" after Ditmer and his company go up in flames.
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* PurpleEyes: Ilsa, and then Elise when under MindControl.

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* {{Determinator}}: "[[AxCrazy To the ends of the Earth!]]"
* DidntSeeThatComing: Dan is surprised to learn that Hiram and Barry know each other.



* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine: Barry Ditmer is voiced by Dave Foley's ''Series/TheKidsInTheHall'' cast mate, Kevin [=McDonald=]. Alas, they don't actually share a scene, though.
* KindheartedCatLover: Dan only bought a computer because he learned about cat videos on the internet.



* NotSoDifferent:
** Dan and Hiram are alike in that they will do anything to get revenge on those that wronged them.
** Dan and Elise share a hearty "Take that!" after Ditmer and his company go up in flames.
* NotSoSimilar: Both Dan and Hiram hate technology, but for different reasons; Hiram lost his half of the company to Barry, while Dan was just inconvenienced once and wants to take it out on someone he hasn't even met yet. Hiram also explicitly avoids modern technology; while Dan hates computers, he still likes TV. (It's part of the reason Hiram turns on Dan.) And while Dan is a hothead, he generally has to be provoked before going after anyone; Hiram preys on any stranded motorist he can find.



* ShadowArchetype: Chris is worried that Dan will turn out just like Hiram, due to having similar tastes and anger issues. Dan admits there's a tenuous connection, but he thinks ending up like Hiram is a stretch.



* ToonPhysics: Hiram jumps out from behind a log much smaller than him.

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* SympathyForTheDevil: Dan feels some sympathy for Hiram after learning Barry stole his ideas and his half of the company.
-->'''Dan:''' ''[to Barry]'' How dare you treat this unstable cannibal that way?
* TemptingFate: Chris decides to pull over so he can discuss the unpleasant similarities between Dan and Hiram. Dan suggests they keep driving because Hiram vowed to come after them. Chris says there's no way Hiram could catch up to their car after 30 miles, only for an ax to suddenly hit the hood of the car.
* ToonPhysics: Hiram jumps out from behind a log much smaller than him.him.
* WeWillMeetAgain: Hiram says this isn't over, as Dan and Elise escape.
* WhatTheHellHero: Dan towards Elise for trying to kill him. She says she was under mind control, but Dan points out that she merely subdued Chris, so he thinks she had some kind of control here.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Dan's threat to take down Ditmer was overheard by a listening device in what was left of the computer, but because he had never owned a computer before, there's no record of his voice. Ilsa ignores the possibility that this is just some angry weirdo who never owned a computer before and who lives in awful conditions (i.e. exactly what Dan is); she instead suspects this is a credible threat from a team of professionals.
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* ShapedLikeItself: After hitting his head on a log, Dan remarks that "rainbows are nature's rainbows".
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* AffablyEvil: Barry Ditmer is a rather polite fellow, even after Elise finds out about his plan to mind-control the world population to force people to buy his products.
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* SophisticatedAsHell: Dan's review of "Dancing Cats Video Number 3,620".

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* HatesBeingTouched: Ditmer. He considers humans icky.



* IResembleThatRemark:
-->'''Dan:''' Who's angry? How dare you! I'll strangle you!



* SelfDemonstratingArticle:
-->'''Dan:''' Who's angry? How dare you! I'll strangle you!

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After Chris and Elise finally convince Dan to embrace the Internet, a new release sends his computer into instant obsoletion. Dan decides to get revenge on the billionaire technocrat behind the release. Along the way, Dan and Chris encounter a neo-Luddite drifter who soon turns AxeCrazy.
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After Chris and Elise finally convince Dan to embrace the Internet, a new release sends his computer into instant obsoletion. Dan decides to get revenge on the billionaire technocrat behind the release. Along release, along the way, Dan and Chris encounter a way encountering an AxeCrazy neo-Luddite drifter who soon turns AxeCrazy.
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with a connection to the technocrat. Meanwhile, Elise is sent to work for the billionaire, only to become a guinea pig in his diabolical MindControl plans.

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* CreepyMonotone

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* CreepyMonotoneCreepyMonotone: Elise, while under Ditmer's mind control.
* {{Cyborg}}: Elise, after Ditmer outfits her with a robotic catsuit.


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* MaleGaze: After Elise gets outfitted with a tight cyber catsuit, the camera sure does have a lot of shots from behind her.


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* MindControlDevice: Ditmer turns Elise into his enslaved minion with a mind control headband.
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-->'''Hiram:''' I got one of a plus-sized woman in a bubble bath. But it's... ahh, it's for my eyes, if you get me.

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-->'''Hiram:''' I got one of a plus-sized woman in a bubble bath. But it's... ahh, it's for my eyes, eyes only, if you get me.



* ObliviousToHisOwnDescription: Dan can't recognise the little "Dean" puppet with the black "Jerk" t-shirt. He has no problem recognising Dean's "big, dumb friend", of course.

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* ObliviousToHisOwnDescription: Dan can't recognise the little "Dean" 'Dean' puppet with the black "Jerk" Jerk t-shirt. He has no problem recognising Dean's "big, dumb friend", of course.
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* ObliviousToHisOwnDescription: Dan can't recognise the little "Dean" puppet with the black "Jerk" t-shirt. He has no problem recognising Dean's "big, dumb friend", of course.
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Implied with Hiram's zoetrope.
-->'''Hiram:''' I got one of a plus-sized woman in a bubble bath. But it's... ahh, it's for my eyes, if you get me.
-->'''Chris:''' [''flatly''] We get you.
-->'''Dan:''' Gahh.


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* MadEye: Hiram again!
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!!This episode provides examples of the following Tropes:

* AxeCrazy: Hiram the drifter.
* BigNo
* ChekhovsGunman: Hiram.
* CreepyMonotone
* EvilLuddite
* ImAHumanitarian: Hiram again.
* MoreThanMindControl
* PurpleEyes: Ilsa, and then Elise when under MindControl.
* RedEyesTakeWarning
* RidiculouslyHumanRobot
* SelfDemonstratingArticle:
-->'''Dan:''' Who's angry? How dare you! I'll strangle you!
* SpeakingSimlish
* ToonPhysics: Hiram jumps out from behind a log much smaller than him.

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