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* AmbiguousSituation: Tezcatcatl goes after the hearts of heroes. It's discussed, but never resolved, if it's meant to be literal cannibalism or a mythical abstraction.
* CynicismCatalyst: Número Cinco lost his enthusiasm for the good fight after the loss of his brothers. Over time people stopped calling, his brothers' reputation became a joke and [[BetterLivingThroughEvil Wolfram & Hart hired him]] as DumbMuscle. Even worse, because Tezcatcatl returns every 50 years, his brothers fought and died for nothing (in his view). It's no wonder he became a DeathSeeker.
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* DeathSeeker: Número Cinco. His brothers died defeating the demon. He alone remained, and his community forgot him as a hero. He took a job with Hell Inc. just to pay the bills, and ended up a bitter, lonely, washed up old man delivering inter-office mail. So when the demon returned, he took the opportunity to trick it into killing him. In so doing, he [[RedemptionEqualsDeath earned his place in heaven with his brothers]].
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* DeathSeeker: Número Cinco. His brothers died defeating the demon. He alone remained, and his community forgot him as a hero. He took a job with Hell Inc. just to pay the bills, and ended up a bitter, lonely, washed up Cinco has became an old man delivering inter-office mail. So when the demon returned, he took the opportunity to trick it into killing him. In so doing, he [[RedemptionEqualsDeath earned him, to end his place in heaven with his brothers]].life.
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* HeroicBSOD: Número Cinco lost his enthusiasm for the good fight after the death of his brothers. Eventually people stopped calling and [[BetterLivingThroughEvil Wolfram & Hart hired him]] as DumbMuscle.
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* HeroicBSOD: Número Cinco lost GuileHero: Numero Cinco, in contrast to his enthusiasm for more direct battling brothers, uses indirect tactics to protect the good fight after the death of talisman from Tezcatcatl. In his brothers. Eventually people stopped calling and [[BetterLivingThroughEvil Wolfram & Hart hired him]] as DumbMuscle.last moments he considers that while it may not have been properly heroic, it was a smart move that succeeded.
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* JadedWashout: Número Cinco.
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* JadedWashout: Número Cinco.Cinco ended up a bitter, lonely, washed up old man delivering inter-office mail.
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* LogicalWeakness: Spike considers that a mythical creature that eats hearts should have its own heart as its weak point, due to the irony being appropriate for
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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: While Numero Cinco had suffered a deep depression due to his history, he continued to protect the talisman as best as he could, and this finally earns him the reunion with his brothers and going with them into the afterlife.
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On the Mexican Day of the Dead, Angel has a run-in with a masked Wolfram & Hart employee who's connected to an Aztec warrior demon named Tezcatcatl, who preys on the hearts of heroes. This leads Angel to wrestle with some personal issues when he learns about "Los Hermanos Numeros", a family of five Mexican wrestlers who helped the helpless until one day they were slain by Tezcatcatl, except for the fifth brother. Angel helps the last member, "Number Five", discover the hero inside, which he lost when his family was killed.
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On the Mexican Day of the Dead, Angel has a run-in with a masked Wolfram & Hart employee who's connected with a connection to an Aztec warrior demon named Tezcatcatl, who preys on the hearts of heroes. This leads Angel to wrestle with some personal issues when he learns about "Los Hermanos Numeros", a family of five Mexican wrestlers who helped the helpless until one day they all but the fifth brother were slain by Tezcatcatl, except for the fifth brother.Tezcatcatl. Angel helps the last member, "Number Five", discover the hero inside, which he lost when his family was killed.
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* BashBrothers / SiblingTeam: ''Los Hermanos Números!''
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* BashBrothers / SiblingTeam: BashBrothers[=/=]SiblingTeam: ''Los Hermanos Números!''
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* StockScream: The Wilheim scream is used for Carlos' death.
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* StockScream: The Wilheim Wilhelm scream is used for Carlos' death.
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* CouldntFindAPen: Angel has to sign his legal documents in blood.
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* CouldntFindAPen: Angel has to sign his legal documents in blood.blood (which ''is'' in a pen, however).
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Averted
-->'''Spike:''' Not much choice really is there? Can't drink, smoke, [[UnusualEuphemism fiddle my willy]]; doesn't leave much to do.
-->'''Spike:''' Not much choice really is there? Can't drink, smoke, [[UnusualEuphemism fiddle my willy]]; doesn't leave much to do.
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* ToTheBatNoun: ''"¡Ándale!"''
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* TheChampion
* DanceBattler: ''Los Hermanos Números'' use synchronised wrestling to defeat their enemies.
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* TheChampion
TheChampion: The focus of the episode, and setting up one of the season's arcs. Angel is lost, he no longer believes himself to be a champion, no longer believes there's anything to be a champion ''of''. Número Cinco's sacrifice and his own acceptance by the other brothers in the fight against Tezcatcatl convince him he needs to rediscover his purpose.
* DanceBattler: ''Los Hermanos Números'' use synchronised wrestling to defeat their enemies. They're luchadores, after all.
* DanceBattler: ''Los Hermanos Números'' use synchronised wrestling to defeat their enemies. They're luchadores, after all.
* DeathSeeker: Número Cinco. His brothers died defeating the demon. He alone remained, and his community forgot him as a hero. He took a job with Hell Inc. just to pay the bills, and ended up a bitter, lonely, washed up old man delivering inter-office mail. So when the demon returned, he took the opportunity to trick it into killing him. In so doing, he [[RedemptionEqualsDeath earned his place in heaven with his brothers]].
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Spike discovers that the Shanshu Prophecy applies to "the vampire with a soul" rather than Angel specifically. This sets up their fight in "[[Recap/AngelS05E08Destiny Destiny]]".
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Spike discovers that the Shanshu Prophecy applies to "the vampire with a soul" rather than Angel specifically. This sets up their fight in "[[Recap/AngelS05E08Destiny Destiny]]".Destiny]]"[[note]]Word of god says it's Angel, FYI. Because reasons?[[/note]].
* HeroicSacrifice: Combined with DeathSeeker. Número Cinco tells Tezcatcatl that he swallowed the talisman both to fool it and to earn himself a warrior's death. Not only is he successful on both counts, but he also summons his brothers on El Día de los Muertos to defeat the demon and earn his place with them.
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* ImprovisedWeapon: The ornamental spikes surrounding a grave are used as weapons.
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* ImprovisedWeapon: The ornamental spikes surrounding a grave are used as weapons. And impromptu assisted-jumping-bars.
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* LoafingInFullCostume: PlayedForLaughs. A flashback scene shows the brothers in their glory days chilling out, lifting weights, or romancing women with their masks on.
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* LoafingInFullCostume: PlayedForLaughs. A flashback scene shows the brothers in their glory days chilling out, drinking, smoking, lifting weights, or romancing women with their masks on.
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-->'''Wesley:''' ... El Diablo Robótico...\\
'''Angel:''' Nobody tells me anything.
'''Angel:''' Nobody tells me anything.
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* WeakButSkilled: Número Cinco is just an ordinary man, an old man, in fact, but he can throw Angel through a plate glass window and hold his own, for a few blows at least, against Tezcatcatl.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Número Cinco, convinced for decades that he survived because he was unworthy, unlike his brothers, is finally rewarded by their return on El Día de los Muertos. They also convince Angel that he can still be a hero, because they invite him to join them in the slaying of the demon.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Número Cinco, convinced for decades that he survived because he was unworthy, unlike his brothers, is finally rewarded by their return on El Día de los Muertos. They also convince Angel that he can still be a hero, because they invite him to join them in the slaying of the demon.
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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Number 5 is recounting the tale of his brothers when Angel interrupts to clarify if they actually wore their masks all the time.
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* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Tezcatcatl rises every 50 years. Last time, he killed 4/5 of Los Hermanos Numeros. [[spoiler: This time he killed the fifth one. And he'll rise again in 50 years.]]
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* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Tezcatcatl rises every 50 years. Last time, he killed 4/5 of Los Hermanos Numeros. [[spoiler: This time he killed the fifth one. And he'll rise again in 50 years.]]
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** Wesley, though, ''has'' heard of it:
--->'''Angel:''' Did you know the Devil built a robot?
--->'''Wesley:''' ''(nods)'' ''El Diablo Robótico''. Why?
--->'''Angel:''' Nobody ever tells me the good stuff...
--->'''Angel:''' Did you know the Devil built a robot?
--->'''Wesley:''' ''(nods)'' ''El Diablo Robótico''. Why?
--->'''Angel:''' Nobody ever tells me the good stuff...
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* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Apparently, there was a robot built by the Devil 50 years ago. Not to mention [[spoiler: revenant luchadores!]]
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* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Apparently, there was a robot built by the Devil 50 years ago. Not to mention [[spoiler: revenant luchadores!]]luchadores!
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* ADateWithRosiePalms: Averted
-->'''Spike:''' Not much choice really is there? Can't drink, smoke, [[UnusualEuphemism fiddle my willy]]; doesn't leave much to do.
-->'''Spike:''' Not much choice really is there? Can't drink, smoke, [[UnusualEuphemism fiddle my willy]]; doesn't leave much to do.
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-->'''Spike:''' Not much choice really is there? Can't drink, smoke, [[UnusualEuphemism fiddle my willy]]; doesn't leave much to do.
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* ContinuityNod: The [[MyCard business card]] of the unseen W&H lawyer who recruits Number 5 reads "Holland Manners".
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* ContinuityNod: ContinuityNod:
** The [[MyCard business card]] of the unseen W&H lawyer who recruits Number 5 reads "Holland Manners".
** The [[MyCard business card]] of the unseen W&H lawyer who recruits Number 5 reads "Holland Manners".
* ADateWithRosiePalms: Averted
-->'''Spike:''' Not much choice really is there? Can't drink, smoke, [[UnusualEuphemism fiddle my willy]]; doesn't leave much to do.
-->'''Spike:''' Not much choice really is there? Can't drink, smoke, [[UnusualEuphemism fiddle my willy]]; doesn't leave much to do.
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* TheFaceless / {{Kayfabe}} / LoafingInFullCostume: In a flashback ''Los Hermanos Números'' are shown relaxing, exercising and romancing women -- all with their masks on.
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* TheFaceless / {{Kayfabe}} / LoafingInFullCostume: {{Kayfabe}}: In a flashback ''Los Hermanos Números'' are shown relaxing, exercising and romancing women -- all with their masks on.
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* FiveManBand of {{Masked Luchador}}s!
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Spike discovers that the Shanshu Prophecy applies to "the vampire with a soul" rather than Angel specifically. This sets up their fight in "Destiny".
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Spike discovers that the Shanshu Prophecy applies to "the vampire with a soul" rather than Angel specifically. This sets up their fight in "Destiny"."[[Recap/AngelS05E08Destiny Destiny]]".
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* JadedWashout: Número Cinco
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* JadedWashout: Número CincoCinco.
* LoafingInFullCostume: PlayedForLaughs. A flashback scene shows the brothers in their glory days chilling out, lifting weights, or romancing women with their masks on.
-->'''Angel''': Wait a second. So you guys always wore your masks?
-->'''Numero Cinco''': What you are failing to see, my friend, is that we had to be ever-vigilant, ready for action at a moment's notice.
* LoafingInFullCostume: PlayedForLaughs. A flashback scene shows the brothers in their glory days chilling out, lifting weights, or romancing women with their masks on.
-->'''Angel''': Wait a second. So you guys always wore your masks?
-->'''Numero Cinco''': What you are failing to see, my friend, is that we had to be ever-vigilant, ready for action at a moment's notice.
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* {{Mayincatec}}: Tezcatcatl
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* ProWrestlingEpisode
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Angel needs the help of a disillusioned former champion to defeat an Aztec demon warrior.
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On the Mexican Day of the Dead, Angel needs the help of has a disillusioned former champion run-in with a masked Wolfram & Hart employee who's connected to defeat an Aztec warrior demon warrior.
named Tezcatcatl, who preys on the hearts of heroes. This leads Angel to wrestle with some personal issues when he learns about "Los Hermanos Numeros", a family of five Mexican wrestlers who helped the helpless until one day they were slain by Tezcatcatl, except for the fifth brother. Angel helps the last member, "Number Five", discover the hero inside, which he lost when his family was killed.
Meanwhile, Spike researches the Shanshu Prophecy and thinks that he, not Angel, may be the vampire who will become human.
Meanwhile, Spike researches the Shanshu Prophecy and thinks that he, not Angel, may be the vampire who will become human.
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* MustBeInvited: Apparently, being pulled in by the person living somewhere counts as "being invited".
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Army Of The Dead has been renamed to Cavalry Of The Dead per TRS. Night Of The Living Mooks covers undead armies in general.
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* RiseFromYourGrave: Número Cinco's brothers rise from their graves to [[ArmyOfTheDead fight Tezcatcatl once again]].
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* RiseFromYourGrave: Número Cinco's brothers rise from their graves to [[ArmyOfTheDead [[CavalryOfTheDead fight Tezcatcatl once again]].
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* TheFaceless / {{Kayfabe}}: In a flashback ''Los Hermanos Números'' are shown relaxing, exercising and romancing women -- all with their masks on.
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* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Apparently, there was a robot built by the Devil 50 years ago. Not to mention [[spoiler: Zombie luchadores!]]
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* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Apparently, there was a robot built by the Devil 50 years ago. Not to mention [[spoiler: Zombie revenant luchadores!]]
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* RockBottom: From champion to mailman.
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* RockBottom: From champion of the common people to mailman.mailman for EvilInc.
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* FlashbackEcho: Angel remembering the talisman on Número Cinco's shrine to his dead brothers.
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* RiseFromYourGrave: Número Cinco's brothers rise from their graves to fight Tezcatcatl once again.
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* RiseFromYourGrave: Número Cinco's brothers rise from their graves to [[ArmyOfTheDead fight Tezcatcatl once again.again]].
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-->'''Spike:''' Not much choice really is there -- can't there? Can't drink, smoke, [[UnusualEuphamism [[UnusualEuphemism fiddle my willy]]; doesn't leave much to do.
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-->'''Spike:''' Not much choice really is there - -- can't drink, smoke, [[UnusualEuphamism fiddle my willy, willy]]; doesn't leave much to do.
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** In-universe: The Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) is a Mexican holiday that occurs on November 2. The previous episode happened on Halloween.
