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* SparedByTheAdaptation: Black Lorren. Most likely subverted with Doreah, who died early in this season's corresponding book and has now been sealed inside an impenetrable vault.

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* SparedByTheAdaptation: Agarr and Black Lorren. Most likely subverted with Doreah, who died early in this season's corresponding book and has now been sealed inside an impenetrable vault.
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** Brienne killing the third Northman slowly, driving her sword through his crotch.
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* NotSoDifferent[=/=]ObligatoryWarCrimeScene: The women hanged by Northern soldiers for "laying with lions", one of them killed slowly.
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* AbsoluteCleavage: Margaery's new dress.

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more appropriate trope since they will die eventually


* AndIMustScream: Doreah and Xaro are locked inside Xaro's impenetrable vault.

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* AndIMustScream: Doreah and Xaro are locked inside Xaro's impenetrable vault.


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* FateWorseThanDeath: Doreah and Xaro are locked inside Xaro's impenetrable vault.

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* ChekhovsSkill: The codeword Daenerys uses to order her dragons to breath fire.



** Also, several of the Ironborn, particularly Wex Pyke.



* KarmicDeath: Xaro is sealed inside his own impenetrable vault to die.
* KillItWithFire: How Daenarys deals with Pyat Pree.

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* KarmicDeath: Xaro is sealed inside his own impenetrable impenetrable, empty vault to die.
* KickTheDog: Pycelle telling Tyrion that he's no longer Hand of the King. And then giving him a copper ''"[[IronicEcho for [his] trouble]]"''
* KillItWithFire: How Daenarys Daenerys deals with Pyat Pree.



* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: Theon's RousingSpeech is immediately followed by his men knocking him out and taking him prisoner to hand over to the Starks.

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* TheMole: Jon becomes this by killing Qhorin Halfhand.
* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: Theon's RousingSpeech is immediately followed by his men knocking him out and taking him prisoner to hand over to the Starks.Northmen.


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* TheStarscream: Dagmer Cleftjaw
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* BluffingTheImpostor: Some Stark bannermen call out Brienne and Jaime on their ruse (that Jaime is a common thief) by demanding that they both say his name at the same time.

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* BluffingTheImpostor: BluffTheImpostor: Some Stark bannermen call out Brienne and Jaime on their ruse (that Jaime is a common thief) by demanding that they both say his name at the same time.

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* BluffingTheImpostor: Some Stark bannermen call out Brienne and Jaime on their ruse (that Jaime is a common thief) by demanding that they both say his name at the same time.



* BondOneLiner: "Two quick deaths."



* DemotedToExtra: With Littlefinger offering to sneak Sansa himself, [[spoiler: Ser Dontos']] role from the books appears to be omitted.



* LastStand: Subverted with the Ironborn, teased with respect to the Watchmen on the Fist.
* MercyKill: Maester Luwin asks Osha to kill him with her blade rather than suffer a slow death by bleeding.



* PragmaticAdaptation: Tyrion keeps his nose.



* TheRedSonja: Jaime accuses Brienne of being this.



* TheReveal: We finally see a White Walker up close.

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* HumanoidAbomination: The White Walkers of course


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* HellIsThatNoise: The screech of the White Walkers.
* HumanoidAbomination: The White Walkers of course
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** Jon when he sees the massive encampment of the wildling army united under Mance Rayder


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* RealityEnsues: While Tywin waits atop his white destrier to enter the Iron Throne room to be proclaimed Savior of the City and officially taking his place as Hand of the King, guess what said white horse does?. Consider it AdaptationDistillation from the books, in which the horse does his business INSIDE the throne room.

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* ArcWords: "Valar morghulis" for Arya.

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* ArcWords: "Valar morghulis" Morghulis" for Arya.


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* HumanoidAbomination: The White Walkers of course


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* RaisingTheSteaks: The White Walkers ride atop undead horses.


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* [[VoluntaryShapeshifting Voluntary Faceshifting]]: Jaqen
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* ArcWords: "Valar morghulis" for Arya.
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Adaptation Decay only applies to in-universe stuff


* AdaptationDecay: Many fans are not happy with Robb breaking his oath to the Freys just because he feels like it, rather than trying to make his wife an honest woman after taking her maidenhead in a moment of horrible grief.
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* AdaptationDecay: Many fans are not happy with Robb breaking his oath to the Freys just because he feels like it, rather than trying to make his wife an honest woman after taking her maidenhead in a moment of horrible grief.
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* ArrangedMarriage: One is made (Joffrey/Margaery) and two are broken Joffrey/Sansa and Robb/Walder Frey's daughter.

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* ArrangedMarriage: One is made (Joffrey/Margaery) and two are broken Joffrey/Sansa (Joffrey/Sansa and Robb/Walder Frey's daughter.daughter).

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* ArrangedMarriage: One is made (Joffrey/Margaery) and another is broken (Joffrey/Sansa).

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* ArrangedMarriage: One is made (Joffrey/Margaery) and another is two are broken (Joffrey/Sansa).Joffrey/Sansa and Robb/Walder Frey's daughter.
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* TrashTheSet: Winterfell is burnt to the ground.

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* TrashTheSet: Winterfell is burnt to the ground.ground.
* WhamEpisode

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* OhCrap:

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* OhCrap: OhCrap:
** Ros when she realizes that her "client" is Varys.
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* TrashTheSet: Winterfell is burnt to the ground by Ramsay Snow.

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* TrashTheSet: Winterfell is burnt to the ground by Ramsay Snow.ground.
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* BroughtDownToNormal: Tyrion awakens to find that most of his power and allies have been stripped from him.
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** Sam's face when a saddled White Walker turns and looks directly at him. Fortunately for Sam, said Other appeared not to care.

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** Sam's face when a saddled White Walker turns and looks directly at him. Fortunately for Sam, said Other White Walker appeared not to care.
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* AndIMustScream: Doreah and Xaro are locked inside Xaro's impenetrable vault.
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* KarmicDeath: Xaro is sealed inside his own impenetrable vault to die.


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* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: Theon's RousingSpeech is immediately followed by his men knocking him out and taking him prisoner to hand over to the Starks.

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we don\'t need spoiler markup on a recap page.


* DeathByAdaptation: Definitely Pyat Pree. Most likely Xaro.



* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Three horn blasts for White Walkers.]]
** [[spoiler:Sam's face when a saddled White Walker turns and looks directly at him. Fortunately for Sam, said Other appeared not to care.]]

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* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Three NoOntologicalInertia: Pyat Pree's copies disappear completely after he dies.
* OhCrap:
** Three
horn blasts for White Walkers.]]
Walkers.
** [[spoiler:Sam's Sam's face when a saddled White Walker turns and looks directly at him. Fortunately for Sam, said Other appeared not to care.]]



* TheReveal: [[spoiler: We finally see a White Walker up close.]]

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* TheReveal: [[spoiler: We finally see a White Walker up close.]]close.
* RousingSpeech: Theon gives an epic one, finally proving his worth to his men. Subverted when, rather then going out and having a glorious last stand, they choose to knock Theon out and save their own skins.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Black Lorren. Most likely subverted with Doreah, who died early in this season's corresponding book and has now been sealed inside an impenetrable vault.
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* EldritchLocation: The House of the Undying appears to be this.


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* TheReveal: [[spoiler: We finally see a White Walker up close.]]
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* KillItWithFire: How Daenarys deals with Pyat Pree.
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Three horn blasts for White Walkers.]]
** [[spoiler:Sam's face when a saddled White Walker turns and looks directly at him. Fortunately for Sam, said Other appeared not to care.]]
* PreAssKickingOneLiner: ''"Dracarys."''

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* ArrangedMarriage: One is made (Joffrey/Margaery) and another is broken (Joffrey/Sansa).
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Inverted. Maester Luwin asks Osha to kill him with her blade rather than suffer a slow death by bleeding.



* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Inverted. Maester Luwin asks Osha to kill him with her blade rather than suffer a slow death by bleeding.
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Tyrion awakens to a changed situation. King Joffrey doles out rewards to his subjects. As Theon stirs his men to action, Luwin offers some final advice. Brienne silences Jaime; Arya receives a gift from Jaqen; Dany goes to a strange place; Jon proves himself to Qhorin.

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Tyrion awakens to a changed situation. King Joffrey doles out rewards to his subjects. As Theon stirs his men to action, Luwin offers some final advice. Brienne silences Jaime; Arya receives a gift from Jaqen; Dany goes to a strange place; Jon proves himself to Qhorin.Qhorin.

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!!Tropes in this episode:
* BloodFromTheMouth: Maester Luwin.
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: Inverted. Maester Luwin asks Osha to kill him with her blade rather than suffer a slow death by bleeding.
* BodyguardBetrayal: The Ironborn to Theon.
* TrashTheSet: Winterfell is burnt to the ground by Ramsay Snow.
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Tyrion awakens to a changed situation. King Joffrey doles out rewards to his subjects. As Theon stirs his men to action, Luwin offers some final advice. Brienne silences Jaime; Arya receives a gift from Jaqen; Dany goes to a strange place; Jon proves himself to Qhorin.

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