Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* RasputinianDeath: [[spoiler:Catcher gets what's coming to him in the final issue. Shot to pieces by Dash and Red Crow, beaten to a pulp by Dash, has his hand chopped off by Red Crow's tomahawk, and finally strangled by Nitz ''while'' both of them burn to death.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 75 (click to see context) from:
* TakingYouWithMe: As Wade slowly dies from a bullet wound, Catcher confesses [[spoiler:he murdered Gina]]. Wade responds by nearly strangling him before he succumbs. [[spoiler:Karmically fitting, Nitz finishes the job in the burning casino]].
to:
* TakingYouWithMe: As Wade slowly dies from a bullet wound, Catcher confesses [[spoiler:he murdered Gina]]. Wade responds by nearly strangling him before he succumbs. [[spoiler:Karmically fitting, Nitz finishes the job in the burning casino]].casino, literally taking Catcher with him]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Deleted line(s) 72,73 (click to see context) :
* TakingYouWithMe: As Wade slowly dies from a bullet wound, Catcher confesses [[spoiler:he murdered Gina]]. Wade responds by nearly strangling him before he succumbs. [[spoiler:Karmically fitting, Nitz finishes the job in the burning casino]].
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The death of [[spoiler: Diesel Engine. Dash shoots him in the legs, then shoots all his fingers off, then his elbows, his groin... and he only puts a bullet in his brain at the very end. All this because Diesel killed a kid Dash had taken under his wing when the kid came shooting at Diesel for murdering his mother.]]
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The death of [[spoiler: Diesel Engine. Dash shoots him in the legs, then shoots all his fingers off, then his elbows, his groin... and he only puts a bullet in his brain at the very end. All this because Diesel killed a kid Dash had taken under his wing when the kid came shooting at Diesel for murdering his mother.]]
Added DiffLines:
* TakingYouWithMe: As Wade slowly dies from a bullet wound, Catcher confesses [[spoiler:he murdered Gina]]. Wade responds by nearly strangling him before he succumbs. [[spoiler:Karmically fitting, Nitz finishes the job in the burning casino]].
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The death of [[spoiler: Diesel Engine. Dash shoots him in the legs, then shoots all his fingers off, then his elbows, his groin... and he only puts a bullet in his brain at the very end. All this because Diesel killed a kid Dash had taken under his wing when the kid came shooting at Diesel for murdering his mother.]]
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: The death of [[spoiler: Diesel Engine. Dash shoots him in the legs, then shoots all his fingers off, then his elbows, his groin... and he only puts a bullet in his brain at the very end. All this because Diesel killed a kid Dash had taken under his wing when the kid came shooting at Diesel for murdering his mother.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* BigDamnKiss: Between, of all people [[spoiler:Shunka and Red Crow. Shunka plants a huge kiss on his boss after being exiled from his service, leaving Red Crow stunned. In the moment it seems like a KissOfDeath, but Shunka is merely finally expressing his feelings]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* SpitefulSpit: Maggie Rock Medicine introduces herself to Dash by spitting in his face, enraged at his presence because he works for Red Crow. It makes it pretty funny when she eventually becomes Dash's lover.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* LightningBruiser: Dash's specialty, using his quickness and fisticuffs to take down multiple opponents various times.
** Diesel is built like a brick shithouse and moves ''fast,'' even able to outfight Dash in a martial arts brawl.
** Diesel is built like a brick shithouse and moves ''fast,'' even able to outfight Dash in a martial arts brawl.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 48 (click to see context) from:
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: A great deal of visions. It's left unclear if there are truly spirits. Catcher monologues how he unsure at times if he is 'prophet or madman.'
to:
* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: A great deal of visions. It's left unclear if there are truly spirits. Catcher monologues how he unsure at times if he is 'prophet or madman.'' Harder to explain logically is when Officer Falls Down is guided out of a boobytrapped cave by a fox [[spoiler:heavily implied to be Gina's spirit]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* TakingYouWithMe: As Wade slowly dies from a bullet wound, Catcher confesses [[spoiler:he murdered Gina]]. Wade responds by nearly strangling him before he succumbs. [[spoiler:Karmically fitting, Nitz finishes the job in the burning casino]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 9 (click to see context) from:
* AntiHero: Dash. He has all the tools to be a pretty great action hero (cool name, cool aignature weapon, muscle, martial arts skills), but is constantly held back by his personal problems with addiction, paranoia, and his own identity.
to:
* AntiHero: Dash. He has all the tools to be a pretty great action hero (cool name, cool aignature signature weapon, muscle, martial arts skills), but is constantly held back by his personal problems with addiction, paranoia, and his own identity.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* BigBeautifulWoman: Maggie Rock Medicine is notably more plump than many women in the series and more so after the TimeSkip. That doesn't seem to bother [[spoiler:Dash at all, as he starts a relationship with her when he returns to Prairie Rose, eventually leaving her pregnant.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: This comic ''loves'' to take a sledgehammer to some of TheWestern genre's favorite character types.
** Dashiell Bad Horse is a gritty AntiHero and CowboyCop, back on the rez in an effort to bring Lincoln Red Crow to justice for murder. We also get to see he's a mess of trauma and addiction problems, constantly paranoid that he's going to be discovered and murdered by Red Crow's crew. His antics as a tribal officer also tend to cause friction with the locals and his own FBI handler, and ultimately cause his downfall [[spoiler:When he kills Diesel and the body is eventually discovered]].
** Baylis Earl Nitz is the {{Determinator}}, working tirelessly to avenge two federal agents he believes were killed by Red Crow. Determination isn't a good quality when it leads to outright ''obsession''; Nitz wastes years of his life and untold man hours and taxpayer dollars trying to pin any murder on Red Crow, pisses away his own career, alienates his family, and has absolutely zero life outside of revenge. [[spoiler:He even ends up being completely wrong, and his determination leads to him burning alive in the casino as he throttles the real murderer in the middle of a fire]].
** Catcher is a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, and in a classic Western would be a CoolOldGuy and source of humorous Native wisdom. [[spoiler:In this one he's delusional and extremely dangerous, best shown when he murders Gina Bad Horse and after the TimeSkip when he hunts down and kills the former tribal elders and their families]].
** Lincoln Red Crow is a WellIntentionedExtremist who will do absolutely whatever dirty deeds needed to provide salvation to the rez and his people. This leads to him becoming a dangerous gangster who kills, bribes, or destroys almost everyone he encounters and loses him Carol, his only family. [[spoiler:He never finds peace until he finally gives up his goal and becomes a solitary hermit living off the land]].
** Dashiell Bad Horse is a gritty AntiHero and CowboyCop, back on the rez in an effort to bring Lincoln Red Crow to justice for murder. We also get to see he's a mess of trauma and addiction problems, constantly paranoid that he's going to be discovered and murdered by Red Crow's crew. His antics as a tribal officer also tend to cause friction with the locals and his own FBI handler, and ultimately cause his downfall [[spoiler:When he kills Diesel and the body is eventually discovered]].
** Baylis Earl Nitz is the {{Determinator}}, working tirelessly to avenge two federal agents he believes were killed by Red Crow. Determination isn't a good quality when it leads to outright ''obsession''; Nitz wastes years of his life and untold man hours and taxpayer dollars trying to pin any murder on Red Crow, pisses away his own career, alienates his family, and has absolutely zero life outside of revenge. [[spoiler:He even ends up being completely wrong, and his determination leads to him burning alive in the casino as he throttles the real murderer in the middle of a fire]].
** Catcher is a {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, and in a classic Western would be a CoolOldGuy and source of humorous Native wisdom. [[spoiler:In this one he's delusional and extremely dangerous, best shown when he murders Gina Bad Horse and after the TimeSkip when he hunts down and kills the former tribal elders and their families]].
** Lincoln Red Crow is a WellIntentionedExtremist who will do absolutely whatever dirty deeds needed to provide salvation to the rez and his people. This leads to him becoming a dangerous gangster who kills, bribes, or destroys almost everyone he encounters and loses him Carol, his only family. [[spoiler:He never finds peace until he finally gives up his goal and becomes a solitary hermit living off the land]].
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 9 (click to see context) from:
* AntiHero: Dash. He has all the tools to be a pretty great action hero (cool name, cool WeaponOfChoice, muscle, martial arts skills), but is constantly held back by his personal problems with addiction, paranoia, and his own identity.
to:
* AntiHero: Dash. He has all the tools to be a pretty great action hero (cool name, cool WeaponOfChoice, aignature weapon, muscle, martial arts skills), but is constantly held back by his personal problems with addiction, paranoia, and his own identity.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 9,10 (click to see context) from:
* AntiHero: Dash.
* AntiVillain: Red Crow. He genuinely wants to do right for the Rez [[spoiler: and seemed to really love Dash's mother.]]
* AntiVillain: Red Crow. He genuinely wants to do right for the Rez [[spoiler: and seemed to really love Dash's mother.]]
to:
* AntiHero: Dash. \n He has all the tools to be a pretty great action hero (cool name, cool WeaponOfChoice, muscle, martial arts skills), but is constantly held back by his personal problems with addiction, paranoia, and his own identity.
* AntiVillain: Red Crow. He genuinely wants to do right for the Rez [[spoiler: and seemed to really love Dash's mother.]]]] He is also willing to do ''absolutely anything'' to preserve his power over the reservation, from blackmail to murder and all points between.
* AntiVillain: Red Crow. He genuinely wants to do right for the Rez [[spoiler: and seemed to really love Dash's mother.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** [[spoiler:Shunka survives the first headshot Red Crow gives him with a big bullethole where his left eye used to be. He doesn't survive the second.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* MsFanservice: Deconstructed with Carol. She's a very beautiful, curvaceous woman and is often shown either fully naked or close enough, but it's also shown that her drug habit and sex addiction are making her miserable. Eventually she grows out of both with Granny Poor Bear's help and becomes responsible and mature, dressing more conservatively as she does.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Karnow]], trying to atone for his own misdeeds (not the least of which being [[spoiler: his lies about his past]]), wages war on Rath's drug gang [[spoiler: and dies doing so, though he [[TakingYouWithMe fatally cripples the Nebraska-based crime organization]] along the way]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 13 (click to see context) from:
* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Dashiell is an FBI agent yet he doesn’t have a college degree. In real life, anyone aspiring to become an FBI special agent must possess at least a Bachelor’s degree.
to:
* ArtisticLicenseLaw: ArtisticLicenseLawEnforcement: Dashiell is an FBI agent yet he doesn’t have a college degree. In real life, anyone aspiring to become an FBI special agent must possess at least a Bachelor’s degree.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* ArtisticLicenseLaw: Dashiell is an FBI agent yet he doesn’t have a college degree. In real life, anyone aspiring to become an FBI special agent must possess at least a Bachelor’s degree.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* BadgesAndDogTags: Prior to joining the FBI, Dashiell Bad Horse served in the U.S. Army and saw combat while on a peacekeeping mission in Kosovo.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 3,4 (click to see context) from:
''Scalped'' is an American comic book by Jason Aaron and R.M. Guera. The main focus is on Dashiell "Dash" Bad Horse, who left the Prairie Rose Indian Reservation as a teenager, only to come back, violently resisting all attempts at reconciling with his mother, and joining up with the police force.
to:
''Scalped'' is an American comic book by Jason Aaron Creator/JasonAaron and R.M. Guera. The main focus is on Dashiell "Dash" Bad Horse, who left the Prairie Rose Indian Reservation as a teenager, only to come back, violently resisting all attempts at reconciling with his mother, and joining up with the police force.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Deleted line(s) 6,8 (click to see context) :
Page NeedsWikiMagicLove.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
Useful Notes/ are not tropes
Deleted line(s) 43 (click to see context) :
* UsefulNotes/NativeAmericans: The majority of the cast belong to the Lakota people.
Changed line(s) 45 (click to see context) from:
* NecessaryEvil: Red Crow sees himself as this, willing to pay any price to make life better for his people.
to:
* NecessaryEvil: NecessarilyEvil: Red Crow sees himself as this, willing to pay any price to make life better for his people.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Stone cold killers Red Crow and Shunka are horrified by Mr. Brass.
Added DiffLines:
* NecessaryEvil: Red Crow sees himself as this, willing to pay any price to make life better for his people.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 70 (click to see context) from:
* YellowPeril: The only Asians in the story are the Hmong gangsters and Mr. Brass
to:
* YellowPeril: The only Asians Asian characters in the story are the Hmong gangsters and Mr. Brass
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 30 (click to see context) from:
** Later it even affected Karnow as he started to show a sense of his own failures, especially with the arrival of [[USMarshal a US marshal]] who is actually a decorated Vietnam veteran and give him TheReasonYouSuckSpeech on his conduct.
to:
** Later it even affected Karnow as he started to show a sense of his own failures, especially with the arrival of [[USMarshal a US marshal]] who is actually a decorated Vietnam veteran and give him TheReasonYouSuckSpeech on his conduct. [[spoiler: Later, he explained to one of his deputies that he never served in Vietnam at all.]]
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Changed line(s) 30 (click to see context) from:
** Later it even affected Karnow as he started to show a sense of his own failures, especially with the arrival of [[USMarshal a town marshal]] who is actually a decorated Vietnam veteran and give him TheReasonYouSuckSpeech on his conduct.
to:
** Later it even affected Karnow as he started to show a sense of his own failures, especially with the arrival of [[USMarshal a town US marshal]] who is actually a decorated Vietnam veteran and give him TheReasonYouSuckSpeech on his conduct.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
** Later it even affected Karnow as he started to show a sense of his own failures, especially with the arrival of [[USMarshal a town marshal]] who is actually a decorated Vietnam veteran and give him TheReasonYouSuckSpeech on his conduct.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
** Dash insulting his mother's honor or implying Red Crow had her killed is this for Red Crow.
Changed line(s) 60 (click to see context) from:
* TheSociopath: Diesel has shades of this, but Mr. Brass is this to a terrifying degree.
to:
* TheSociopath: Diesel has shades of this, but Mr. Brass is this to a terrifying degree. Also, Wesley Willeford who gets great joy out of lying to everyone and goes out of his way to manipulate and degrade a hooker that he sleeps with on multiple nights before coldly murdering her in bed.
Is there an issue? Send a MessageReason:
None
Added DiffLines:
* EvilVsEvil: Red Crow vs. Nitz with Dash caught in the middle.
