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* SparedByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Felix and Cora Babineau]] both survive the show.
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The second season of ''Series/MrMercedes'' is based on this book (making it the middle instalment of that show, rather than the final instalment of the series).
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Preceded by ''Literature/MrMercedes'' and ''Literature/FindersKeepers'' [[spoiler:and followed by ''Literature/TheOutsider2018'']].

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Preceded by ''Literature/MrMercedes'' and ''Literature/FindersKeepers'' [[spoiler:and followed by ''Literature/TheOutsider2018'']].
''Literature/TheOutsider2018'' and ''Literature/{{Holly}}'']].
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* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Jerome, in the climax, arrives just in time with a snowplow to save Hodges and Holly from Brady]]

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* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Jerome, [[spoiler:Jerome, in the climax, arrives just in time with a snowplow to save Hodges and Holly from Brady]]Brady.]]



* BodySurf: [[spoiler:Brady eventually uses his new GrandTheftMe abilities to permanently take over Dr. Babineau's body. And he plans to keep doing this with other host bodies in the future to endlesly extend his life]]

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* BodySurf: [[spoiler:Brady eventually uses his new GrandTheftMe abilities to permanently take over Dr. Babineau's body. And body, and he plans to keep doing this with other host bodies in the future to endlesly endlessly extend his life]]life.]]



* ChekhovsGun: the rather annoying text alert that Holly put on his phone (a pane of glass breaking, followed by a voice shouting "THATS A HOMERUN!") ends up saving Hodges during the climax; it [[spoiler: snaps him out of the zappit induced hypnosis just as Brady is about to take over his body]].
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Hartsfield]] dies, and fittingly enough, perhaps one of the most gruesome deaths in King's mythos: [[spoiler:suicide after being functionally torn in half by a snowplow]].
* DrivenToSuicide: Happens to the unfortunate people who have the [[spoiler:rigged Zappit games, as Brady can project himself into their minds through the Fishing Hole demo and convince them to kill themselves]].

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* ChekhovsGun: the The rather annoying text alert that Holly put on his phone (a pane of glass breaking, followed by a voice shouting "THATS A HOMERUN!") ends up saving Hodges during the climax; it [[spoiler: snaps [[spoiler:snaps him out of the zappit induced Zappit-induced hypnosis just as Brady is about to take over his body]].
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:Hartsfield]] dies, and [[spoiler:Hartsfield]]'s death is, fittingly enough, perhaps one of the most gruesome deaths ones in King's mythos: [[spoiler:suicide after being functionally torn in half by a snowplow]].
* DrivenToSuicide: Happens This happens to the unfortunate people who have the [[spoiler:rigged Zappit games, as Brady can project himself into their minds through the Fishing Hole demo and convince them to kill themselves]].



* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Brady, surprisingly]], feels some regret towards having to [[spoiler: destroy Dr. Babineau's core consciousness when he permanently takes over the latters body]], comparing it to [[TakeThat ISIS destroying ancient and irriplacable monuments]].
* GassyScare: At the start of the story, 2 ambulance drivers named Rob Martin and Jason Rapsis are send to check on a man named Harvey Galen, who is suffering from severe chest pains. However, after a few belches and "a trombone blast from the nether regions that had his social X-ray of a wife booking for the kitchen", he already feels much better.
* GenreShift: Compared to the previous two books. ''Literature/MrMercedes'' and ''Literature/FindersKeepers'' were both fairly grounded in reality, with no supernatural elements. This book however introduces telepathy, and the powers that come with it. This trend continues [[spoiler:in ''Literature/TheOutsider2018'', which features an EldritchAbomination.]]

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Brady, surprisingly]], surprisingly,]] feels some regret towards having to [[spoiler: destroy [[spoiler:destroy Dr. Babineau's core consciousness when he permanently takes over the latters latter's body]], comparing it to [[TakeThat ISIS destroying ancient and irriplacable irreplaceable monuments]].
* GassyScare: At the start of the story, 2 ambulance drivers named Rob Martin and Jason Rapsis are send sent to check on a man named Harvey Galen, who is suffering from severe chest pains. However, after a few belches and "a trombone blast from the nether regions that had his social X-ray of a wife booking for the kitchen", he already feels much better.
* GenreShift: Compared to the previous two books. ''Literature/MrMercedes'' and ''Literature/FindersKeepers'' were both fairly grounded in reality, with no supernatural elements. This book however book, however, introduces telepathy, and the powers that come with it. This trend continues [[spoiler:in ''Literature/TheOutsider2018'', which features an EldritchAbomination.]]EldritchAbomination]].



* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Brady Hartsfield, whose career as a serial killer began with with a gruesome vehicular massacre and ended with a telepathically-induced suicide epidemic, is [[LeaveBehindAPistol forced to kill himself]] after being crushed beneath a snowplow.]]

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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:Brady Hartsfield, whose career as a serial killer began with with a gruesome vehicular massacre and ended with a telepathically-induced telepathically induced suicide epidemic, is [[LeaveBehindAPistol forced to kill himself]] after being crushed beneath a snowplow.]]



* ShoutOut : [[Literature/TheShining Room 217.]] Also, Freddie's full name [[Literature/SilenceOfTheLambs Frederica Bimmel]] Linklatter.

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* ShoutOut : [[Literature/TheShining Room 217.]] 217]]. Also, Freddie's full name [[Literature/SilenceOfTheLambs is [[Literature/TheSilenceOfTheLambs Frederica Bimmel]] Linklatter.

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