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* InsaneTrollLogic: Ivanov's conspiracy theory is built entirely on placing Coulson near events and nothing else, which is kinda like presuming a firefighter is a serial arsonist or police officer is a mafia kingpin. He knows nothing of Coulson's ranking in S.H.I.E.L.D. or his motivations but wants to believe the man that once thwarted him is a mastermind of Earth's destruction by AlienInvasion that must be stopped.
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* KnifeNut: Ivanov shows off once again how skilled he is with knifes, both in combat and for torture.
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* StringTheory: In keeping with his role as a ConspiracyTheorist, Ivanov has a wall of pictures and string tying Coulson to all the events of the Film/MarvelCinematicUniverse.

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* StringTheory: In keeping with his role as a ConspiracyTheorist, Ivanov has a wall of pictures and string tying Coulson to all the events of the Film/MarvelCinematicUniverse.Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse.
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* PartyScattering: Everybody gets split up by the mission. Anyone and everyone could now be an LMD...
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* ColdBloodedTorture: Ivanov tortures Mace. For pretty much no reason at all, really.
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** Coulson and May needle each other over their respective S.H.I.E.L.D. Academies (Coulson was Communications, May was in Ops), referencing what we saw of the Academy system [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E12Seeds way back in Season One]].

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** Coulson and May needle each other over their respective S.H.I.E.L.D. Academies (Coulson was Communications, May was in Ops), referencing what we saw of the Academy system [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E12Seeds way back in Season One]]. This means that Coulson got into the the safety school of SHIELD.
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* StringTheory: In keeping with his role as a ConspiracyTheorist, Ivanov has a wall of pictures and string tying Coulson to all the events of the Film/MarvelCinematicUniverse.

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* OvershadowedByAwesome: Ivanov might be a competent fighter, but he's still a non-powered human. Even though he briefly holds his own against Daisy before she cuts loose, once she does, he's almost killed.



* RealityEnsues: Ivanov might be a competent fighter, but he's still a non-powered human. Even though he briefly holds his own against Daisy before she cuts loose, once she does, he's almost killed.
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* NotSoDifferent: Mack is worried that Fitz might lose himself like Radcliffe in his scientific obsession, which greatly angers Fitz. Simmons later assures him that they are actually NotSoSimilar.

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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: Mack is worried that Fitz might lose himself like Radcliffe in his scientific obsession, which greatly angers Fitz. Simmons later assures him that they are actually NotSoSimilar.
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--->'''Coulson:''' As far as I'm concerned you're just another redshirt, like so many others, who tried unsuccessfully to stop me from saving the world. [[BadassBoast 'Cause that's what I do.]] So cool origin story, bro. But this means ''nothing'' to me.

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--->'''Coulson:''' -->'''Coulson:''' As far as I'm concerned you're just another redshirt, like so many others, who tried unsuccessfully to stop me from saving the world. [[BadassBoast 'Cause that's what I do.]] So cool origin story, bro. But this means ''nothing'' to me.
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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: A rare heroic example. Coulson tells Ivanov that he has no personal meaning to him, he doesn't know who he is, and the mission that has formed the basis for the Superior's obsession with Coulson was merely one of hundreds he'd carried out and he can't even recall what the 0-8-4 was that he and May were sent to retrieve. [[ActorAllusion Bonus points]] for this case of the trope involving Creator/MingNaWen, participant in the original {{Trope Namer|s}}.

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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: A rare heroic example. Coulson tells Ivanov that he has no personal meaning to him, he doesn't know who he is, and the mission that has formed the basis for the Superior's obsession with Coulson was merely one of hundreds he'd carried out and he can't even recall what the 0-8-4 was that he and May were sent to retrieve. He delivers it just as cruelly and arrogantly as the villains usually do. [[ActorAllusion Bonus points]] for this case of the trope involving Creator/MingNaWen, participant in the original {{Trope Namer|s}}.
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** Mack refers to The Framework as Franchise/TheMatrix, which co-starred Creator/CarrieAnneMoss, who plays Jeri Hogarth in the Marvel Netflix shows, as well as Creator/HugoWeaving, who played Comicbook/RedSkull in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger''.

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** Mack refers to The Framework as Franchise/TheMatrix, which co-starred Creator/CarrieAnneMoss, who plays Jeri Hogarth in the Marvel Netflix shows, as well as Creator/HugoWeaving, who played Comicbook/RedSkull in ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger''. [[note]]Five months after this episode aired, it was announced a ''third'' Matrix alumnus would join the MCU: Laurence Fishburne (Morpheus), in ''Film/AntManAndTheWasp''[[/note]]
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* LiteralMetaphor: Coulson says Ivanov seems to have "more than a few skeletons in his closet." While standing in a closet in which Ivanov has literally left the skeletons of his former team.

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