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* VillainHasAPoint: [[spoiler:Adam, the leader of the Smoke Eaters, is opposed to Christian's idea that the time loop grants an anarchistic paradise where the consequences do not matter, in which he points out that it only causes people to be stagnate and extremely unease to live the same day repeatedly.]]

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* VillainHasAPoint: [[spoiler:Adam, the leader of the Smoke Eaters, is opposed to Christian's idea that the time loop grants an anarchistic paradise where the consequences do not matter, in which he points out that it only causes people to be stagnate stagnant and extremely unease to live the same day repeatedly.]]

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* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: A Smoker Eater tries to convince Christian to give up “The Source” in exchange for walking away alive. But his riding companion quickly spoils it.
-->'''Smoker Eater #1''': Just give us what we want, Christian! We'll let you walk away from this.
-->'''Smoker Eater #2''': No we won't.
-->'''Smoker Eater #1''': Shut up, woman!



* DeathIsTheOnlyOption: The only way to end [[spoiler:the time loop]] is to kill the person [[spoiler:("The Source"/Grant)]] responsible.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Every characters calls the amnesiac man 'The Source.' [[spoiler:It is later reveal after 'The Source' held Christian at gunpoint that his real name is Grant. He is called 'The Source' is because he had swallowed a machinery component that is causing the time loop.]]

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* BlatantLies: A Smoker Eater tries to convince Christian to give up 'The Source' in exchange for walking away alive. But his riding companion quickly spoils it.
-->'''Smoker Eater #1''': Just give us what we want, Christian! We'll let you walk away from this.
-->'''Smoker Eater #2''': No we won't.
-->'''Smoker Eater #1''': Shut up, woman!
* DeathIsTheOnlyOption: The only way to end [[spoiler:the time loop]] is to kill the person [[spoiler:("The Source"/Grant)]] [[spoiler:('The Source'/Grant)]] responsible.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Every characters calls the amnesiac man 'The Source.' [[spoiler:It is later reveal after 'The Source' held Christian at gunpoint that his real name is Grant. He is called 'The Source' is because he had swallowed a machinery component component, the ''source'' of a destroyed time machine, that is causing the time loop.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Christian vaguely explains to 'The Source' how he had already found a "loophole" to indulge his vices without suffering the consequences. [[spoiler:That "loophole" is a time loop.
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* MeleeATrois: The Smoker Eaters and Tomorrow Men are hellbent on killing “The Source” [[spoiler:to end the time loop]] but they are opposed to each other, as the Tomorrow Men claimed the Smoker Eaters are working for people who want the [[spoiler:component (that is inside Grant) causing the time loop]] and exploit it for their own ends.

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* MeleeATrois: The Smoker Eaters and Tomorrow Men are hellbent on killing “The Source” 'The Source' [[spoiler:to end the time loop]] but they are opposed to each other, as the Tomorrow Men claimed the Smoker Eaters are working for people who want the [[spoiler:component (that is inside Grant) causing the time loop]] and exploit it for their own ends.
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* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: A Smoker Eater tries to convince Christian to give up Grant in exchange for walking away alive. But his riding companion quickly spoils it.

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* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: A Smoker Eater tries to convince Christian to give up Grant “The Source” in exchange for walking away alive. But his riding companion quickly spoils it.



* MeleeATrois: The Smoker Eaters and Tomorrow Men are hellbent on killing Grant [[spoiler:to end the time loop]] but they are opposed to each other, as the Tomorrow Men claimed the Smoker Eaters are working for people who want the [[spoiler:component (that is inside Grant) causing the time loop]] and exploit it for their own ends.

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* MeleeATrois: The Smoker Eaters and Tomorrow Men are hellbent on killing Grant “The Source” [[spoiler:to end the time loop]] but they are opposed to each other, as the Tomorrow Men claimed the Smoker Eaters are working for people who want the [[spoiler:component (that is inside Grant) causing the time loop]] and exploit it for their own ends.
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* TheReveal: In issue three. [[spoiler:'The Source' is a scientist named Grant who was part of a [[FreakLabAccident scientific experiment that had gone awry]] resulting in a shrinking, temporal causality field which has a [[GroundhogDayLoop Groundhog Day effect]] on a whole host of people. According to Christian the time loop is getting a little shorter than the time before. Grant is the source of the time loop as he had swallowed an integral component of the machine causing the time loop at the behest of a dying colleague to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands. The Tomorrow Men and The Smoke Eaters are eager to kill Grant in order to end the time loop.]]

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* TheReveal: In issue three. two. [[spoiler:'The Source' is a scientist named Grant who was part of a [[FreakLabAccident scientific experiment to create a [[TimeMachine time machine]] [[FreakLabAccident that had gone awry]] resulting in a shrinking, temporal causality field which has a [[GroundhogDayLoop Groundhog Day effect]] on a whole host of people. According people]]. In issue three, [[spoiler:according to Christian the time loop is getting a little shorter than the time before. Grant is the source of the time loop as he had deliberately swallowed an integral component of the time machine causing the time loop at the behest of a dying colleague to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands. The Tomorrow Men and The Smoke Eaters are eager to kill Grant in order to end the time loop.]]
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* DeathIsTheOnlyOption: The only way to end the time loop is to kill the person responsible.

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* DeathIsTheOnlyOption: The only way to end the [[spoiler:the time loop loop]] is to kill the person [[spoiler:("The Source"/Grant)]] responsible.
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-->'''Smoker Eater #1''': Just give us what we want. Christian! We'll let you walk away from this.

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-->'''Smoker Eater #1''': Just give us what we want. want, Christian! We'll let you walk away from this.

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''The Field'' is a 2014 four-issue comic book miniseries created by Ed Brisson and Simon Roy, and published by Image Comics.

A [[AmnesiacHero amnesiac man]] wakes up in a field wearing nothing but his underwear and finding a cell phone on which he receives mysterious texts warning him of impending danger. Danger like Christian, an ex-bible sales-man in the middle of a crime spree fueled by [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking dirty sex, meth, murder, and Christian Rock]], while being pursued by a [[AllBikersAreHellsAngels biker gang]] and fanatical {{Trekkie}}s who are out to kill him.

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''The Field'' is a 2014 four-issue comic book miniseries created by Ed Brisson and Simon Roy, and published by Image Comics.Creator/ImageComics.

A [[AmnesiacHero amnesiac man]] wakes up in a field [[NakedOnArrival wearing nothing but his underwear underwear]] and finding a cell phone on which he receives mysterious texts warning him of impending danger. Danger like Christian, an ex-bible sales-man in the middle of a crime spree fueled by [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking dirty sex, meth, murder, and Christian Rock]], while being pursued by a [[AllBikersAreHellsAngels biker gang]] and fanatical {{Trekkie}}s who are out to kill him.



* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: A Smoker Eater tries to convince Christian to give up Grant in exchange for walking away alive. But his riding companion quickly spoils it.
-->'''Smoker Eater #1''': Just give us what we want. Christian! We'll let you walk away from this.
-->'''Smoker Eater #2''': No we won't.
-->'''Smoker Eater #1''': Shut up, woman!



* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Every characters calls the amnesiac man 'The Source.' [[spoiler:It is later reveal after 'The Source' held Christian at gunpoint that his real name is Grant.]]
* GoshDangItToHeck: Despite being a sociopath Christian doesn't like swearing at all and this is best demonstrated when he [[PistolWhipping pistol whipped]] 'The Source' for profaning.

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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Every characters calls the amnesiac man 'The Source.' [[spoiler:It is later reveal after 'The Source' held Christian at gunpoint that his real name is Grant. He is called 'The Source' is because he had swallowed a machinery component that is causing the time loop.]]
* GoshDangItToHeck: Despite being a violent sociopath Christian doesn't like swearing at all and this is best demonstrated when he [[PistolWhipping pistol whipped]] 'The Source' for profaning.profaning.
* MeleeATrois: The Smoker Eaters and Tomorrow Men are hellbent on killing Grant [[spoiler:to end the time loop]] but they are opposed to each other, as the Tomorrow Men claimed the Smoker Eaters are working for people who want the [[spoiler:component (that is inside Grant) causing the time loop]] and exploit it for their own ends.



* TheReveal: In issue three. [[spoiler:'The Source' is a scientist named Grant who was part of a [[FreakLabAccident scientific experiment that had gone awry]] resulting in a shrinking, temporal causality field which has a Groundhog Day effect on a whole host of people. The Tomorrow Men and The Smoke Eaters are hunting down Christian and Grant to kill the latter and end the time loop.]]

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* TheReveal: In issue three. [[spoiler:'The Source' is a scientist named Grant who was part of a [[FreakLabAccident scientific experiment that had gone awry]] resulting in a shrinking, temporal causality field which has a [[GroundhogDayLoop Groundhog Day effect effect]] on a whole host of people. According to Christian the time loop is getting a little shorter than the time before. Grant is the source of the time loop as he had swallowed an integral component of the machine causing the time loop at the behest of a dying colleague to prevent it from falling into the wrong hands. The Tomorrow Men and The Smoke Eaters are hunting down Christian and Grant eager to kill the latter and Grant in order to end the time loop.]]



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%%* SternChase* SternChase: The entire premise is about Christian and 'The Source' being pursued by the Smoke Eaters and Tomorrow Men.
* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: [[spoiler:Christian doesn't want the time loop to end as he sees it allows people to do whatever they want and that no one can truly die since they can relive time all over again, so long Grant (the ''source'' of the time loop) remains alive.]]
* VillainHasAPoint: [[spoiler:Adam, the leader of the Smoke Eaters, is opposed to Christian's idea that the time loop grants an anarchistic paradise where the consequences do not matter, in which he points out that it only causes people to be stagnate and extremely unease to live the same day repeatedly.]]
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* NoEnding: Christian and the Tomorrow Men are killed, but the Smoke Eaters are too late to kill Grant as time repeats itself again.

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* NoEnding: Christian [[spoiler:Christian and the Tomorrow Men are killed, but the Smoke Eaters are too late to kill Grant as time repeats itself again.again]].



* SociopathicHero: Christian is very protective and close of 'The Source' yet very violent and murdering people on the whim.

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* SociopathicHero: Christian is very protective and close of 'The Source' yet very violent and murdering people on the whim. [[spoiler:He isn't really bothered by the killings is because the murdered people will come back in the next time loop (as long 'The Source'/Grant remains alive).]]

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