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* BadassNormal
* DwindlingParty: By mid season three

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* %%* BadassNormal
* %%* DwindlingParty: By mid season three



* TrueCompanions

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* %%* TrueCompanions



* LaResistance: Aurora was originally one with Rene before their cell was wiped out. He managed to escape with him.



* MercyKill: [[spoiler:kills Rene so he won't be recaptured]]
* SecondLove: Falls in love with Alfred, after Rene

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* MercyKill: [[spoiler:kills [[spoiler:Kills Rene so he won't be recaptured]]
recaptured.]]
* LaResistance: Aurora was originally one with Rene before their cell was wiped out. He managed to escape with him.
* SecondLove: Falls in love with Alfred, after ReneRene.



* YouAreInCommandNow: After the events of "Pilot", Aurora was forced to command the team due to René missing.
** Taken further in "Sein Und Schein" [[spoiler:with René killed in action.]]

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* YouAreInCommandNow: After the events of "Pilot", Aurora was forced to command the team due to René missing.
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missing. Taken further in "Sein Und Schein" [[spoiler:with René killed in action.]]



* BattleCouple: with Miri in season 2

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* %%* BattleCouple: with Miri in season 2



* DeadpanSnarker: "As a general rule we like to stay away from anything burning. And Germans."

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* DeadpanSnarker: DeadpanSnarker:
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"As a general rule we like to stay away from anything burning. And Germans."



* HeartbrokenBadass: In season three.

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* %%* HeartbrokenBadass: In season three.



* TheLancer: To Aurora's Leader

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* %%* TheLancer: To Aurora's Leader



* ManlyTears: Quite frequently, actually.

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* %%* ManlyTears: Quite frequently, actually.



* PunchAWall: In "In Enemy Hands," Neil punches a brick wall repeatedly after realizing the German soldier he killed did not actually betray them.



* PunchAWall: In "In Enemy Hands," Neil punches a brick wall repeatedly after realizing the German soldier he killed did not actually betray them.



* TheCharmer

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* %%* TheCharmer



* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:In the season two finale]]

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* %%* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:In the season two finale]]



* CodeName: Bluewing

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* CodeName: BluewingBluewing.



* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: In "Promises"]]

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* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: In %%* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:In "Promises"]]



* TwoFirstNames

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* %%* TwoFirstNames



* FishOutOfWater: For the majority of season one.
* FlashbackEcho: Has flashbacks to being tortured while watching Faber get tortured by the Polish Resistance.

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* %%* FishOutOfWater: For the majority of season one.
* FlashbackEcho: FlashbackEcho:
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Has flashbacks to being tortured while watching Faber get tortured by the Polish Resistance.



* SecondLove: Is this to Aurora

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* SecondLove: Is this to AuroraAurora.



* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Once he lands in France, he helps the team take on German patrols in ambushes, bagging a few kills.



* CodeName: Creon

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* CodeName: CreonCreon.



* [[spoiler:DyingMomentOfAwesome: Kills a bunch of Nazis, allowing Neil to try to escape, and then takes out Oster]]

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* [[spoiler:DyingMomentOfAwesome: Kills DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:Kills a bunch of Nazis, allowing Neil to try to escape, and then takes out Oster]]



* RankScalesWithAsskicking: Once he lands in France, he helps the team take on German patrols in ambushes, bagging a few kills.



* WhatTheHellHero: In "Pilot" when Duncan Sinclair suggests to Camp X personnel that Sturmbanfürher Richter, the officer in charge of Villemarie, have his way with the inhabitants after the team reported that Rene got away despite shooting a [=SS=] officer in order to stir up anti-Nazi sentiment. When everyone in the operations room looked at him, as if he lost his mind, Sinclair continued to say that they need to prove to the Germans that they can still deal some serious damage.

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* WhatTheHellHero: WhatTheHellHero:
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In "Pilot" when Duncan Sinclair suggests to Camp X personnel that Sturmbanfürher Richter, the officer in charge of Villemarie, have his way with the inhabitants after the team reported that Rene got away despite shooting a [=SS=] officer in order to stir up anti-Nazi sentiment. When everyone in the operations room looked at him, as if he lost his mind, Sinclair continued to say that they need to prove to the Germans that they can still deal some serious damage.



--->'''Forst''': You can't possibly have feelings for that mongoloid? He's not a real son.
---> [Faber proceeds to beat Forst with his Luger pistol...and then shoots him, repeatedly]

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--->'''Forst''': -->'''Forst''': You can't possibly have feelings for that mongoloid? He's not a real son.
---> --> [Faber proceeds to beat Forst with his Luger pistol...and then shoots him, repeatedly]



** EvenEvilHasStandards: He really refuses to execute the villagers of Terre-du-Fils in "Black Flag", but [[EmbarrassingCoverUp he's forced to do it so that the world won't know that a Gestapo officer was complicit in the assassination of a Wehrmacht officer]] [[spoiler:Which is not really the case.]]
* ExBigBad: In season three

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** * EvenEvilHasStandards: He really refuses to execute the villagers of Terre-du-Fils in "Black Flag", but [[EmbarrassingCoverUp he's forced to do it so that the world won't know that a Gestapo officer was complicit in the assassination of a Wehrmacht officer]] [[spoiler:Which is not really the case.]]
* %%* ExBigBad: In season three



* JustFollowingOrders
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath: In the series finale, Faber finally does the right thing... via suicide bomb.]]

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* %%* JustFollowingOrders
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath: In RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:In the series finale, Faber finally does the right thing... via suicide bomb.]]



--->'''Janowski''': I want to make sure that you never, ever forget the choice you made. To put on that uniform and play your part. Either way, Fritz, things are going to be different when you look in the mirror now.
* [[spoiler:SuicideAttack: In the series finale]]

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--->'''Janowski''': -->'''Janowski''': I want to make sure that you never, ever forget the choice you made. To put on that uniform and play your part. Either way, Fritz, things are going to be different when you look in the mirror now.
* [[spoiler:SuicideAttack: In %%* SuicideAttack: [[spoiler:In the series finale]]



* WouldHurtAChild: Faber was not the same [[spoiler:after he was forced to kill his own son.]]

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* WouldHurtAChild: WouldHurtAChild:
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Faber was not the same [[spoiler:after he was forced to kill his own son.]]



* [[spoiler:HerHeartWillGoOn: Played straight but ultimately averted by real history HappyEndingOverride,]] we get a glimpse of her [[spoiler:joining the Polish Underground State resistance camp with Ania after Faber's death. However, the Soviets execute nearly every member when they took over Poland, about 40,000 ended up dying. They didn't like anyone organizing unless they were members of the local communist party or took orders from the party (Also, keeping 40,000 people alive who know how to wage guerilla war on your occupation isn't a bright idea). Soviet troops are known for their brutality and would likely do unmentionable things to all the females at the camp, especially Sabine because she's a German and her foster daughter because while the tv audience might know she's Polish, the Soviets will assume she's a German like her mom.]]

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* [[spoiler:HerHeartWillGoOn: Played HerHeartWillGoOn: [[spoiler:Played straight but ultimately averted by real history HappyEndingOverride,]] we get a glimpse of her [[spoiler:joining the Polish Underground State resistance camp with Ania after Faber's death. However, the Soviets execute nearly every member when they took over Poland, about 40,000 ended up dying. They didn't like anyone organizing unless they were members of the local communist party or took orders from the party (Also, keeping 40,000 people alive who know how to wage guerilla war on your occupation isn't a bright idea). Soviet troops are known for their brutality and would likely do unmentionable things to all the females at the camp, especially Sabine because she's a German and her foster daughter because while the tv audience might know she's Polish, the Soviets will assume she's a German like her mom.]]



* DeathOfAChild: In the first season finale

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* %%* DeathOfAChild: In the first season finale



* [[spoiler:BackForTheDead]]: Oster is absent for a large portion of season three, since he goes back to Germany while Faber goes to Poland. [[spoiler:When he finally returns in "Friendly Fire," he's killed at the end of the episode.]]

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* [[spoiler:BackForTheDead]]: BackForTheDead: Oster is absent for a large portion of season three, since he goes back to Germany while Faber goes to Poland. [[spoiler:When he finally returns in "Friendly Fire," he's killed at the end of the episode.]]



* DumbBlond: Averted. He's good at taking initiative, and is the only one to realize that Alfred's been hiding right under their noses.

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* DumbBlond: DumbBlond:
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Averted. He's good at taking initiative, and is the only one to realize that Alfred's been hiding right under their noses.



* DarkChick

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* %%* DarkChick



* BigBad: In season three

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* %%* BigBad: In season three



* [[spoiler: AnyLastWords: asked this by the Gestapo when they raid the camp. He spits in the soldiers face in response ]]

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* [[spoiler: AnyLastWords: asked [[spoiler:Asked this by the Gestapo when they raid the camp. He spits in the soldiers face in response response.]]



* SpitefulSpit: Spits on a Gestapo soldier right before [[spoiler: dying.]]

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* SpitefulSpit: Spits on a Gestapo soldier right before [[spoiler: dying.]][[spoiler:dying]].



* BattleCouple: With Neil

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* %%* BattleCouple: With Neil



* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: In "Masquerade."]]

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* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: In %%* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:In "Masquerade."]]



* [[spoiler:PublicExecution: Is hung in front of the citizens of a French village in an attempt to catch a Resistance leader.]]

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* [[spoiler:PublicExecution: Is PublicExecution: [[spoiler:Is hung in front of the citizens of a French village in an attempt to catch a Resistance leader.]]



* [[spoiler:DirtyCoward: Runs away because he afraid to fight ]]
* [[spoiler:DeceptiveDisciple: Betrays the team to the Gestapo ]]
* [[spoiler: RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Is shot by Neil for betraying the camp ]]
* StreetUrchin

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* [[spoiler:DirtyCoward: Runs DeceptiveDisciple: [[spoiler:Betrays the team to the Gestapo ]]
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:Runs
away because he afraid to fight ]]
* [[spoiler:DeceptiveDisciple: Betrays the team to the Gestapo ]]
* [[spoiler:
RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Is [[spoiler:Is shot by Neil for betraying the camp ]]
* %%* StreetUrchin



* BestFriend: Was best friends with Zosia's brother
* {{Foil}}: To Faber
* LaResistance: Of the Polish variety
* LastNameBasis
* TheLeader: Of his camp

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* BestFriend: Was best friends with Zosia's brother
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brother.
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{{Foil}}: To Faber
* %%* LaResistance: Of the Polish variety
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variety.
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LastNameBasis
* %%* TheLeader: Of his camp



* AScarToRemember: Gives one to Faber

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* %%* AScarToRemember: Gives one to Faber



* LaResistance: Of the Polish variety
* [[spoiler:TheLeader:]] Becomes this after [[spoiler:Jonowski's death]]



* TheLeader: Becomes this after [[spoiler:Jonowski's death]].
%%* LaResistance: Of the Polish variety.



* TheLancer: To Janowski
* NeckSnap: [[spoiler:how Faber kills him]]
* LaResistance: Of the Polish variety
* WouldHitAGirl: Cracks Sabine in the nose

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* %%* TheLancer: To Janowski
Janowski.
* NeckSnap: [[spoiler:how [[spoiler:How Faber kills him]]
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him.]]
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LaResistance: Of the Polish variety
variety.
* WouldHitAGirl: Cracks Sabine in the nosenose.



* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: On Harry

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* %%* FlorenceNightingaleEffect: On Harry



* NiceGirl

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* %%* NiceGirl
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Deleting Five Man Band ZCE as per cleanup requirement.


* FiveManBand: Possibly the straightest example going for a series set in the 40s.

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* WeaponOfChoice: Whatever weapons they can get their hands on in France, ranging from Luger P08s and Walther P38s to [=MP40=]s to the double-barrel shotgun. They later use Welrod pistols in an op to take out local Gestapo agents. Otherwise, they briefly use Sten Mk. [=IIs=].



* ActionGirl

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* ActionGirl%%* Action Girl



* ActionGirl: In season three.

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* ActionGirl: %%* Action Girl: In season three.



* ActionGirl

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* ActionGirl%%* Action Girl

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* CoolGuns/SubmachineGuns: Briefly used a Sten Mk. II in "Pilot".

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* CoolGuns/SubmachineGuns: Briefly used a Sten Mk. II in "Pilot".



* CoolGuns/SubmachineGuns: Whips out a [=MP40=] when needed.



* CoolGuns/SubmachineGuns: Uses a [=MP40=] briefly in "Kiss of Death" during a raid on Gestapo [=HQ=] in Poitiers.

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* CrusadingWidow: Plays on the German side because she believes they will help Ireland. Hates the British because she blames them for her husband's death.



* VengefulWidow: Plays on the German side because she believes they will help Ireland. Hates the British because she blames them for her husband's death.
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* GrumpyBear: In season one. Loosens up a bit in season two.
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* KnifeNut: Seemed a bit convenient that she just happened to have a knife on her when she needed to kill [[spoiler:Rene]], but it turns out Aurora always wears a knife on her leg, as seen in "Fatherland" and "Naqam."



* KnifeNut: Carries a Fairbarn-Sykes knife with him. Justified that he was a policeman in Shanghai and had received training there to handle one.
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Hollywood Nerd is now a disambiguation. Zero Context Examples and examples that don't fit existing tropes will be removed.


* HollywoodNerd: Played with, but he does have his moments with the team.
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** Krystina gives him another one [[spoiler: for refusing to let the team rescue Peter and David]], which gets even worse when [[spoiler: she realizes Sinclair sent them to Poland to die]]

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