* TheBusCameBack: Manny is knocked out a window when the gang first attacks the Stone house, but later resurfaces many chapters later, having tracked down the group and with a nasty head wound that causes him to believe that Bond is his brother Louis for a while.
* ColdSniper: Strabo, who guns down fleeing soldiers with a rifle while grinning the whole time and making bets on how far he can hit them from.
* ColdSniper: Strabo, who guns down fleeing soldiers with a rifle while grinning the whole time and making bets on how far he can hit them from.
* PetTheDog: As Bond reaches the end of the Avenue of Death, all of the watching gangsters start getting invested in his struggle and cheering for him to survive regardless of the outcome it will have on the bets they've made.
* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler:Manny]] although he regrets it.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: One young servant at the villa is found knocked badly hurt and unconscious by another one, who keeps him from being drowned in the puddle he's passed out in right before being attacked himself. Later, Bond and Precious see the body of the second servants, but the first one is nowhere to be found and isn't mentioned again.
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* MythologyGag: The Avenue of Death is reminiscient of the DeathCourse that Bond has to go through in ''Literature/DrNo''. It even ends with a supposed no-win scenario against a waterbound beast.
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* MythologyGag: MythologyGag:
** The Avenue of Death is reminiscient of the DeathCourse that Bond has to go through in ''Literature/DrNo''. It even ends with a supposed no-win scenario against a waterboundbeast.beast.
** Japanese gangster Sakata is no doubt named after Japanese-Hawaiian wrestler and actor Harold Sakata, who played Oddjob in ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''.
** The Avenue of Death is reminiscient of the DeathCourse that Bond has to go through in ''Literature/DrNo''. It even ends with a supposed no-win scenario against a waterbound
** Japanese gangster Sakata is no doubt named after Japanese-Hawaiian wrestler and actor Harold Sakata, who played Oddjob in ''Film/{{Goldfinger}}''.
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* IronicHell: Theda Glass might look like a KarmaHoudini at first, but now she's become the idle rich on a paradise island... until her money runs out and she'll be worked to death farming for everyone else.
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* AintNoRule: Bond and Precious rely on this for their trip through ''la Avenida de Muerte'' - they cheat like crazy [[spoiler: animal repellent, bracing themselves against the walls, climbing over the next two challenges completely, metal plates to protect them from the scorching steel floor, and using preset explosives to blow out the final wall]]... and [[NobleDemon El Huracán]] lets them go, because the ''only'' condition was indeed to make it through the DeathCourse alive.
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* AintNoRule: Bond and Precious rely on this for their trip through ''la Avenida de Muerte'' - they cheat like crazy - [[spoiler: animal repellent, bracing themselves against the walls, climbing over the next two challenges completely, metal plates to protect them from the scorching steel floor, and using preset explosives to blow out the final wall]]... and [[NobleDemon El Huracán]] lets them go, because the ''only'' condition was indeed to make it through the DeathCourse alive.
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* AintNoRule: Bond and Precious rely on this for their trip through ''la Avenida de Muerte'' - they cheat like crazy [[spoiler: animal repellent, bracing themselves against the walls, climbing over the next two challenges completely, metal plates to protect them from the scorching steel floor, and using preset explosives to blow out the final wall]]... and [[NobleDemon El Huracán]] lets them go, because the only condition was indeed to make it through the DeathCourse alive.
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* AintNoRule: Bond and Precious rely on this for their trip through ''la Avenida de Muerte'' - they cheat like crazy [[spoiler: animal repellent, bracing themselves against the walls, climbing over the next two challenges completely, metal plates to protect them from the scorching steel floor, and using preset explosives to blow out the final wall]]... and [[NobleDemon El Huracán]] lets them go, because the only ''only'' condition was indeed to make it through the DeathCourse alive.
* CoolCar: Jack Stone's car, a "Doozy" - a Duesenberg SJ.
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* TheJailer: El Hurrican runs Lagrimas Negras as a hideaway for criminals on the run. Once on the island, they can never leave. While their money lasts, they live a life of luxury, but once their money runs out, he puts them to work as a slave labour force. El Hurrican does confide to Bond that he regards himself as the jailer of these criminals.
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* TheJailer: El Hurrican Huracán runs Lagrimas Negras as a hideaway for criminals on the run. Once on the island, they can never leave. While their money lasts, they live a life of luxury, but once their money runs out, he puts them to work as a slave labour force. El Hurrican Huracán does confide to Bond that he regards himself as the jailer of these criminals.
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* NobleDemon: El HuracánHuracán, who comes to an agreement with Bond in the end, and everyone goes their separate ways satisfied.
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* NobleDemon: El Huracán
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* RazorFloss: Fifth hazard in the Avenue of Death is a room with a panther in it and various razor-sharp lines blocking the exit.
* RedRightHand: The scalp of Mrs. Glass was shredded with gunfire in the past, leaving her bald on top of her head.
* RedRightHand: The scalp of Mrs. Glass was shredded with gunfire in the past, leaving her bald on top of her head.
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* RazorFloss: Fifth The fifth hazard in the Avenue of Death is a room with a panther in it and various razor-sharp lines blocking the exit.
* RedRightHand:The Mrs. Glass' scalp of Mrs. Glass was shredded with gunfire in the past, leaving her bald and scarred on top of her head.
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* BeefBandage: A doctor bandages a piece of bacon to Bond's back to draw the botfly maggots out of her infected wound.
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* BeefBandage: A doctor bandages a piece of bacon to Bond's back to draw the botfly maggots out of her his infected wound.
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Due to the events of [[Literature/DoubleOrDie the last book]], Literature/JamesBond has been spending the early weeks of the year 1934 together with his aunt Charmian. He accompanies her to Mexico, where she is set to go on an expedition to into the Amazon rainforest. Bond is swept away on an adventure when a bunch gang of criminals raid the place he is staying, and he has to embark on a journey to retrieve a set of stolen papers.
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* BeefBandage: Bond bandages a piece of bacon to Precious Stone's back to draw the botfly maggots out of her infected wound.
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* AintNoRule: Bond and Precious rely on this for their trip through ''la Avenida de Muerte'' - they cheat like crazy [[spoiler: animal repellent, bracing themselves against the walls, climbing over the next two challenges completely, metal plates to protect them from the scorching steel floor, and using preset explosives to blow out the final wall]]... and [[NobleDemon El Huracán]] lets them go, because the only condition was indeed to make it through the DeathCourse alive.
* BeefBandage:Bond A doctor bandages a piece of bacon to Precious Stone's Bond's back to draw the botfly maggots out of her infected wound.
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* DeadPersonImpersonation: Bond adopts the persona of Angel Corona, a street hoodlum killed in the hurricane, so that he and Garcia can join the criminals led by Mrs. Glass who have taken Precious and JJ hostage. Since his travels have left him very tanned and the criminals who have never really been into Mexico can't spot a real Mexican from a fake one, the ruse succeeds.
* DeathByChildbirth: El Huracán has been married four times, and he has outlived all of is wife. The first one died during childbirth.
* DeathCourse: The Avenue of Death is a series of tunnels containing nine specific hazards, which is used to punish those who break the rules of Lagrimas Negras. If one makes through it, they are free to go.
* DeathByChildbirth: El Huracán has been married four times, and he has outlived all of is wife. The first one died during childbirth.
* DeathCourse: The Avenue of Death is a series of tunnels containing nine specific hazards, which is used to punish those who break the rules of Lagrimas Negras. If one makes through it, they are free to go.
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* DeadPersonImpersonation: Bond adopts the persona of Angel Corona, a street hoodlum killed in the hurricane, so that he and Garcia can join the criminals led by Mrs. Glass who have taken Precious and JJ hostage. Since his travels have left him very tanned and the American criminals who have never really been into Mexico can't spot a real Mexican from a fake one, the ruse succeeds.
* DeathByChildbirth: El Huracán has been married four times, and he has outlived all ofis wife.his wives. The first one died during childbirth.
* DeathCourse:The Avenue ''La Avenida de Muerte, or the "Avenue of Death Death" is a series of tunnels containing nine specific hazards, which is used to punish those who break the rules of Lagrimas Negras. If one makes through it, they are free to go. [[spoiler: There's actually no escape. Until Bond and Precious break the rules.]]
* DeathByChildbirth: El Huracán has been married four times, and he has outlived all of
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* RisingWaterRisingTension: Bond attempts to drive the Stone children to town after the hurricane wrecks the mansion. The car gets caught in a sudden flood and JJ almost drowns.
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* BeefBandage: Bond bandages a piece of bacon to Precious Stone's back to draw the botfly maggots out of her infected wound.
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