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* EarlyBirdCameo: Mr. Town's name is mentioned but he is otherwise not seen. He is ordered by Mr. World via email to send the ambush on the Old Gods.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: Mr. Town's name is mentioned but he is otherwise not seen.seen (he would later appear in the very next episode). He is ordered by Mr. World via email to send the ambush on the Old Gods.
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* DiedInYourArmsTonight: Zorya Vechernyaya dies in Wednesday's arms after being shot through the chest. Czernobog declares vengeance on whoever killed her and curses them.
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* TheCameo: Some of the Old Gods who appear during the meeting with Wednesday (ones that are named in the credits, at least) are [[Myth/JapaneseMythology Ame-no-Uzume]], [[UsefulNotes/{{Zoroastrianism}} Ahura Mazda]], and Frau Holle.
* DownerEnding: The New Gods managed to ambush and kill some of the Old Gods (including Wednesday's LoveInterest, Zorya Vechernyaya), and abduct Shadow after he defeats the sniper that ambushed them, while Laura can only watch.
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* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: When Shadow and the Old Gods meet "backstage" to discuss the matter of war with the New Gods, the world takes the form of a Viking Longhouse along a Nordic beach, Bilquis claiming that it is all taking place within his Mr. Wednesday's mind.
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* EarlyBirdCameo: Mr. Town's name is mentioned but he is otherwise not seen. He is ordered by Mr. World via email to send the ambush on the Old Gods.
* GratuitousLatin: The bullets used to kill the Old Gods have the phrase "DEUS MORTUORUM"[[note]]"GOD IS DEAD"[[/note]] inscribed on them.
* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: When Shadow and the Old Gods meet "backstage" to discuss the matter of war with the New Gods, the world takes the form of a Viking Longhouse along a Nordic beach, Bilquis claiming that it is all taking place withinhis Mr. Wednesday's mind. mind.
* LandmarkOfLore: The titular House on the Rock, a real-life Wisconsin tourist attraction, is the place where the Old Gods gather to discuss their plans.
* GratuitousLatin: The bullets used to kill the Old Gods have the phrase "DEUS MORTUORUM"[[note]]"GOD IS DEAD"[[/note]] inscribed on them.
* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: When Shadow and the Old Gods meet "backstage" to discuss the matter of war with the New Gods, the world takes the form of a Viking Longhouse along a Nordic beach, Bilquis claiming that it is all taking place within
* LandmarkOfLore: The titular House on the Rock, a real-life Wisconsin tourist attraction, is the place where the Old Gods gather to discuss their plans.
* PlaceOfPower: Wednesday explains that there have always been places around the world that people are naturally drawn to, where they then decided to build houses of worship, landmarks, or even tourist attractions on.
--> '''Mr. Wednesday:''' So, over the centuries, people in other countries felt called to places of power. They knew there was an energy there, a focus point, a channel, a window to the imminent, and they built churches, cathedrals, or they'd erect [[CircleOfStandingStones a stone circle]]. Well, you get the idea.
* RousingSpeech: Shadow gives one in the middle of the Old Gods' meeting, encouraging them to trust in Mr. Wednesday and help him regain humanity's faith in them that they've lost over the years.
--> '''Mr. Wednesday:''' So, over the centuries, people in other countries felt called to places of power. They knew there was an energy there, a focus point, a channel, a window to the imminent, and they built churches, cathedrals, or they'd erect [[CircleOfStandingStones a stone circle]]. Well, you get the idea.
* RousingSpeech: Shadow gives one in the middle of the Old Gods' meeting, encouraging them to trust in Mr. Wednesday and help him regain humanity's faith in them that they've lost over the years.
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--> '''Mr. World:''' The President is a cardboard cutout. I am the man, behind the man, behind the man. Operation Paperclip, [[MoonLandingHoax the Moon-Landing]], [[RoswellThatEndsWell Roswell]], the Compton Crack-Wars; ''you'' work for ''me''. ''You'' have always worked for ''me.'' So when I say "I need to see through the Eyes of Argus", ''you make the connection''.
* SlowTransformation: While "backstage", the various gods progressively look more and more like their traditional, mythological selves.
* TranquilFury: Mr. World is successfully able to intimidate both Technical Boy and the Caretaker without so much as raising his voice.
* SlowTransformation: While "backstage", the various gods progressively look more and more like their traditional, mythological selves.
* TranquilFury: Mr. World is successfully able to intimidate both Technical Boy and the Caretaker without so much as raising his voice.
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--> '''Mr. World:''' The President is a cardboard cutout. I am the man, behind the man, behind the man. Operation Paperclip, [[MoonLandingHoax the Moon-Landing]], Moon Landing]], [[RoswellThatEndsWell Roswell]], the Compton Crack-Wars; Crack Wars; ''you'' work for ''me''. ''You'' have always worked for ''me.'' So when I say "I need to see through the Eyes of Argus", ''you make the connection''.
* SlowTransformation: While "backstage", the various gods progressively look more and more like their traditional, mythologicalselves.
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* TranquilFury: Mr. World is successfully able to intimidate both Technical Boy and the Caretaker without so much as raising hisvoice. voice.
* VanityLicensePlate: The car belonging to the golfer at the beginning of the episode has the very on-the-nose license plate that says "PAR TEE"; "par" and "tee" being golfing terms.
* SlowTransformation: While "backstage", the various gods progressively look more and more like their traditional, mythological
* TranquilFury: Mr. World is successfully able to intimidate both Technical Boy and the Caretaker without so much as raising his
* VanityLicensePlate: The car belonging to the golfer at the beginning of the episode has the very on-the-nose license plate that says "PAR TEE"; "par" and "tee" being golfing terms.
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* IWillFindYou: Media has gone missing, so Mr. World tasks Technical Boy with finding her.
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-> ''"Forty years ago, Alex Jordan — his face is on the token you have palmed in your right hand, Shadow — began to build a house on a high jut of rock in a field he did not own, and even he could not have told you why. And people came to see him build it - the curious, and the puzzled, and those who were neither and who could not honestly have told you why they came. So he did what any sensible American male of his generation would do: he began to charge them money - nothing much. A nickel each, perhaps. Or a quarter. And he continued building, and the people kept coming.''
-> ''"So he took those quarters and nickels and made something even bigger and stranger. He built these warehouses on the land beneath the house, and filled them with things for people to see, and then the people came to see them. Millions of people come here every year."''
-->-- '''Mr. Wednesday''' to '''Shadow'''
-> ''"So he took those quarters and nickels and made something even bigger and stranger. He built these warehouses on the land beneath the house, and filled them with things for people to see, and then the people came to see them. Millions of people come here every year."''
-->-- '''Mr. Wednesday''' to '''Shadow'''
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* DrivesLikeCrazy: The episode starts with Technical Boy driving his limo through a golf course, running down a random old man as he does so. Even Mr. World is horrified.
--> '''Mr. World:''' You could have killed m-me.
--> '''Mr. World:''' You could have killed m-me.
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* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: When Black Briar tries to deny Mr. World access to their surveillance system, citing that only the President of the United States is allowed to use it, Mr. World cites that he is above the President.
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* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: When Black Briar the Caretaker tries to deny Mr. World access to their surveillance system, citing that only the President of the United States is allowed to use it, Mr. World cites that he is above the President.
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* TranquilFury: Mr. World is successfully able to intimidate both Technical Boy and Black Briar without so much as raising his voice.
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* TranquilFury: Mr. World is successfully able to intimidate both Technical Boy and Black Briar the Caretaker without so much as raising his voice.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: By sending an assassin to mow down the Old Gods at the restaurant, all he did was validate Mr. Wednesday's argument. It also did not help that one of the casualties was Zorya Vechernyaya, spurring her cousin Czernobog (who was only there after losing a bet and having no personal reasons to be involved), now adamant to kill the New Gods for revenge.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: By sending an assassin to mow down the Old Gods at the restaurant, all he Mr. World did was validate Mr. Wednesday's argument. It also did not help that one of the casualties was Zorya Vechernyaya, spurring her cousin Czernobog (who was only there after losing a bet and having no personal reasons to be involved), now adamant to kill the New Gods for revenge.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: By sending an assassin to mow down the Old Gods at the restaurant, all he did was validate Mr. Wednesday's argument. It also did not help that one of the casualties was Zorya Vechernyaya, spurring Czernobog (who was only there after losing a bet and having no personal reasons to be involved) now adamant to kill the New Gods for revenge.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: By sending an assassin to mow down the Old Gods at the restaurant, all he did was validate Mr. Wednesday's argument. It also did not help that one of the casualties was Zorya Vechernyaya, spurring her cousin Czernobog (who was only there after losing a bet and having no personal reasons to be involved) involved), now adamant to kill the New Gods for revenge.
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Following the epic showdown at Easter's party, Mr. Wednesday continues his quest to pitch the case for war to the Old Gods with Shadow, Laura and Mad Sweeney in tow. Meanwhile, Mr. World plans revenge and Technical Boy goes on the hunt for Media. First stop – the House on the Rock, where Shadow is taken "backstage."
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* CategoryTraitor: Bilquis is the only Old God that Mr. Wednesday didn't invite, it being public knowledge that she has willingly joined the New Gods.
--> '''Bilquis:''' You invited the Old Gods to your party. I was old in the desert before they sacrificed the first horse to you. I will be heard... unless you're afraid?
--> '''Mr. Wednesday:''' The weight and wisdom of Queen Bilquis defeated King Solomon.
* IWillFindYou: Media has gone missing, so Mr. World tasks Technical Boy with finding her.
--> '''Bilquis:''' You invited the Old Gods to your party. I was old in the desert before they sacrificed the first horse to you. I will be heard... unless you're afraid?
--> '''Mr. Wednesday:''' The weight and wisdom of Queen Bilquis defeated King Solomon.
* IWillFindYou: Media has gone missing, so Mr. World tasks Technical Boy with finding her.
* OrphanedSetup: When the Fortune Telling Machine gives Mr. Wednesday his fortune, he apparently finds it very amusing. When Shadow asks him what it is, Mr. Wednesday tells him that "a man's fortune is his own business."
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--> '''Mr. World:''' The President is a cardboard cutout. I am the man, behind the man, behind the man. Operation Paperclip, the Moon-Landing, Roswell, the Compton Crack-Wars; ''you'' work for ''me''. ''You'' have always worked for ''me.'' So when I say "I need to see through the eyes of Argus", you make the connection.
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--> '''Mr. World:''' The President is a cardboard cutout. I am the man, behind the man, behind the man. Operation Paperclip, [[MoonLandingHoax the Moon-Landing, Roswell, Moon-Landing]], [[RoswellThatEndsWell Roswell]], the Compton Crack-Wars; ''you'' work for ''me''. ''You'' have always worked for ''me.'' So when I say "I need to see through the eyes Eyes of Argus", you ''you make the connection.connection''.
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'''Season 2, Episode 1'''
!House of the Rock
-> ''"Forty years ago, Alex Jordan — his face is on the token you have palmed in your right hand, Shadow — began to build a house on a high jut of rock in a field he did not own, and even he could not have told you why. And people came to see him build it - the curious, and the puzzled, and those who were neither and who could not honestly have told you why they came. So he did what any sensible American male of his generation would do: he began to charge them money - nothing much. A nickel each, perhaps. Or a quarter. And he continued building, and the people kept coming.''
-> ''"So he took those quarters and nickels and made something even bigger and stranger. He built these warehouses on the land beneath the house, and filled them with things for people to see, and then the people came to see them. Millions of people come here every year."''
-->-- '''Mr. Wednesday''' to '''Shadow'''
!!Tropes That Appear In This Episode:
* CallBack: While Ostara has agreed to side with the Old Gods, she refuses to be there at the House on the Rock because Mr. Wednesday had run over her rabbits on the way to her house.
* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: When Shadow and the Old Gods meet "backstage" to discuss the matter of war with the New Gods, the world takes the form of a Viking Longhouse along a Nordic beach, Bilquis claiming that it is all taking place within his Mr. Wednesday's mind.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: By sending an assassin to mow down the Old Gods at the restaurant, all he did was validate Mr. Wednesday's argument. It also did not help that one of the casualties was Zorya Vechernyaya, spurring Czernobog (who was only there after losing a bet and having no personal reasons to be involved) now adamant to kill the New Gods for revenge.
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: When Black Briar tries to deny Mr. World access to their surveillance system, citing that only the President of the United States is allowed to use it, Mr. World cites that he is above the President.
--> '''Mr. World:''' The President is a cardboard cutout. I am the man, behind the man, behind the man. Operation Paperclip, the Moon-Landing, Roswell, the Compton Crack-Wars; ''you'' work for ''me''. ''You'' have always worked for ''me.'' So when I say "I need to see through the eyes of Argus", you make the connection.
* SlowTransformation: While "backstage", the various gods progressively look more and more like their traditional, mythological selves.
* TranquilFury: Mr. World is successfully able to intimidate both Technical Boy and Black Briar without so much as raising his voice.
* WhamLine:
--> '''Mr. World:''' ''You'' need to find her. Find Media.
!House of the Rock
-> ''"Forty years ago, Alex Jordan — his face is on the token you have palmed in your right hand, Shadow — began to build a house on a high jut of rock in a field he did not own, and even he could not have told you why. And people came to see him build it - the curious, and the puzzled, and those who were neither and who could not honestly have told you why they came. So he did what any sensible American male of his generation would do: he began to charge them money - nothing much. A nickel each, perhaps. Or a quarter. And he continued building, and the people kept coming.''
-> ''"So he took those quarters and nickels and made something even bigger and stranger. He built these warehouses on the land beneath the house, and filled them with things for people to see, and then the people came to see them. Millions of people come here every year."''
-->-- '''Mr. Wednesday''' to '''Shadow'''
!!Tropes That Appear In This Episode:
* CallBack: While Ostara has agreed to side with the Old Gods, she refuses to be there at the House on the Rock because Mr. Wednesday had run over her rabbits on the way to her house.
* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: When Shadow and the Old Gods meet "backstage" to discuss the matter of war with the New Gods, the world takes the form of a Viking Longhouse along a Nordic beach, Bilquis claiming that it is all taking place within his Mr. Wednesday's mind.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: By sending an assassin to mow down the Old Gods at the restaurant, all he did was validate Mr. Wednesday's argument. It also did not help that one of the casualties was Zorya Vechernyaya, spurring Czernobog (who was only there after losing a bet and having no personal reasons to be involved) now adamant to kill the New Gods for revenge.
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: When Black Briar tries to deny Mr. World access to their surveillance system, citing that only the President of the United States is allowed to use it, Mr. World cites that he is above the President.
--> '''Mr. World:''' The President is a cardboard cutout. I am the man, behind the man, behind the man. Operation Paperclip, the Moon-Landing, Roswell, the Compton Crack-Wars; ''you'' work for ''me''. ''You'' have always worked for ''me.'' So when I say "I need to see through the eyes of Argus", you make the connection.
* SlowTransformation: While "backstage", the various gods progressively look more and more like their traditional, mythological selves.
* TranquilFury: Mr. World is successfully able to intimidate both Technical Boy and Black Briar without so much as raising his voice.
* WhamLine:
--> '''Mr. World:''' ''You'' need to find her. Find Media.
