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On Halloween, Nick and Hank search for a figure from Mexican folklore who might be abducting children. Valentina Espinosa, an Albuquerque detective, arrives to offer the Portland PD her expertise on many similar trios of abductions, all ending in the childrens' midnight drowning. Meanwhile, Monroe tries to deal with some troublesome trick or treaters.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Yeah, this looks fine.]]
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* ThatWasTheLastEntry: Nick's ancestors couldn't make heads nor tails of La Llorona, despite several entries from Grimms who've encountered her. The last note is from a past Grimm just leaving to confront the demon. Nick fares better.
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* ThatWasTheLastEntry: Nick's ancestors couldn't make heads nor tails of La Llorona, despite several entries from Grimms who've encountered her. The last note is from a past Grimm just leaving to confront the demon. With Hank and Valentina as back-up, Nick fares better.
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* ArbitraryScepticism: Despite having The Big Bad Wolf on speedial, Nick and Hank are reluctant at first to consider an actual ghost their lead suspect. Even Valentina Espinosa, who's been on this case for years, just thinks she's a regular woman who ''thinks'' she's La Llorona. Then Nick finds ''multiple'' entries about La Llorona in the Grimm notebooks, leading to a rethink.
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* ArbitraryScepticism: ArbitrarySkepticism: Despite having The Big Bad Wolf on speedial, Nick and Hank are reluctant at first to consider an actual ghost their lead suspect. Even Valentina Espinosa, who's been on this case for years, just thinks she's a regular woman who ''thinks'' she's La Llorona. Then Nick finds ''multiple'' entries about La Llorona in the Grimm notebooks, leading to a rethink.
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* WoundedGazelleGambit: La Llorona's kidnapping method. She approaches the river where her intended victims are, crying loudly, and walks into the river as if she's trying to drown herself. When the adult with the child wades in to help, she leaves with the child.
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* WoundedGazelleGambit: La Llorona's kidnapping method. She approaches the river where her intended victims are, crying loudly, and walks into the river as if she's trying to drown herself. When the adult with the child wades in to help, she leaves with the child.child.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Despite this being the world of ''Grimm'', Valentina firmly believes that she is an otherwise ordinary cop hunting down an ordinarily psychotic serial child murderer who at the most ''believes'' she's La Llorona.
* WrongGenreSavvy: Despite this being the world of ''Grimm'', Valentina firmly believes that she is an otherwise ordinary cop hunting down an ordinarily psychotic serial child murderer who at the most ''believes'' she's La Llorona.
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* CassandraTruth: An older neighbour of the first victim's father knows all about La Llorona, and is able to deduce what happened to Juliette from seeing her cat scratch scar. Both Juliette and the father end up shouting angry with her, but Juliette at least later admits she's right.
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* CassandraTruth: An Pilar, an older neighbour of the first victim's father knows all about La Llorona, and is able to deduce what happened to Juliette from seeing her cat scratch scar. Both Juliette and the father end up shouting angry with her, but Juliette at least later admits she's right.
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On Halloween, Nick and Hank search for a figure from Mexican folklore who might be abducting children; meanwhile, Monroe tries to deal with some troublesome trick or treaters.
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On Halloween, Nick and Hank search for a figure from Mexican folklore who might be abducting children; meanwhile, children. Valentina Espinosa, an Albuquerque detective, arrives to offer the Portland PD her expertise on many similar trios of abductions, all ending in the childrens' midnight drowning. Meanwhile, Monroe tries to deal with some troublesome trick or treaters.
* CassandraTruth: An older neighbour of the first victim's father knows all about La Llorona, and is able to deduce what happened to Juliette from seeing her cat scratch scar. Both Juliette and the father end up shouting angry with her, but Juliette at least later admits she's right.
* CharmPerson: Seems to be how La Llorona makes her victims leave with her. One of them asks another if she's an angel.
* CharmPerson: Seems to be how La Llorona makes her victims leave with her. One of them asks another if she's an angel.
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* HiddenDepths: Juliette speaks fluent Spanish, having spent part of her childhood living in Spain with her grandmother.
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-->'''Monroe:''' Halloween for us, come on. That's like, bigger than Christmas. There's a long Wesen tradition of All Hallows' Eve Midnight Woge running through the woods, scaring the crap out of villagers. Literally, sometimes.
* HiddenDepths: Juliette speaks fluent Spanish, having spent part of her childhood living in Spain with her grandmother. This leads to her stepping in as translator for the first victim's Spanish-speaking father.
* HiddenDepths: Juliette speaks fluent Spanish, having spent part of her childhood living in Spain with her grandmother. This leads to her stepping in as translator for the first victim's Spanish-speaking father.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Every Hallowe'en, La Llorona abducts and drowns three children, hoping to exchange them for her own children, who she drowned when her husband left her for another woman.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Every Hallowe'en, La Llorona abducts and drowns three children, hoping to exchange them for her own children, who she drowned when her husband left her for another woman.woman.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: La Llorona's kidnapping method. She approaches the river where her intended victims are, crying loudly, and walks into the river as if she's trying to drown herself. When the adult with the child wades in to help, she leaves with the child.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: La Llorona's kidnapping method. She approaches the river where her intended victims are, crying loudly, and walks into the river as if she's trying to drown herself. When the adult with the child wades in to help, she leaves with the child.
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->''On many a dark night people would see her walking along the riverbank and crying for her children.''
On Halloween, Nick and Hank search for a figure from Mexican folklore who might be abducting children; meanwhile, Monroe tries to deal with some troublesome trick or treaters.
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!!This episode provides examples of:
* ArbitraryScepticism: Despite having The Big Bad Wolf on speedial, Nick and Hank are reluctant at first to consider an actual ghost their lead suspect. Even Valentina Espinosa, who's been on this case for years, just thinks she's a regular woman who ''thinks'' she's La Llorona. Then Nick finds ''multiple'' entries about La Llorona in the Grimm notebooks, leading to a rethink.
-->'''Hank:''' I thought we didn't believe in ghosts.\\
'''Nick:''' We didn't...
* HalloweenEpisode: La Llorona explicitly operates in the days leading up to Hallowe'en. Monroe goes ''all out'' decorating his house for trick or treaters (mostly with skulls).
* HiddenDepths: Juliette speaks fluent Spanish, having spent part of her childhood living in Spain with her grandmother.
* MuggingTheMonster: Some trick and treaters picked the ''wrong'' target when they broke Monroe's window.
* MundaneUtility: Nick goes to the trailer to fetch a real Morningstar for Monroe to use in his Hallowe'en decorations.
* ThatWasTheLastEntry: Nick's ancestors couldn't make heads nor tails of La Llorona, despite several entries from Grimms who've encountered her. The last note is from a past Grimm just leaving to confront the demon. Nick fares better.
* WouldHurtAChild: Every Hallowe'en, La Llorona abducts and drowns three children, hoping to exchange them for her own children, who she drowned when her husband left her for another woman.
On Halloween, Nick and Hank search for a figure from Mexican folklore who might be abducting children; meanwhile, Monroe tries to deal with some troublesome trick or treaters.
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!!This episode provides examples of:
* ArbitraryScepticism: Despite having The Big Bad Wolf on speedial, Nick and Hank are reluctant at first to consider an actual ghost their lead suspect. Even Valentina Espinosa, who's been on this case for years, just thinks she's a regular woman who ''thinks'' she's La Llorona. Then Nick finds ''multiple'' entries about La Llorona in the Grimm notebooks, leading to a rethink.
-->'''Hank:''' I thought we didn't believe in ghosts.\\
'''Nick:''' We didn't...
* HalloweenEpisode: La Llorona explicitly operates in the days leading up to Hallowe'en. Monroe goes ''all out'' decorating his house for trick or treaters (mostly with skulls).
* HiddenDepths: Juliette speaks fluent Spanish, having spent part of her childhood living in Spain with her grandmother.
* MuggingTheMonster: Some trick and treaters picked the ''wrong'' target when they broke Monroe's window.
* MundaneUtility: Nick goes to the trailer to fetch a real Morningstar for Monroe to use in his Hallowe'en decorations.
* ThatWasTheLastEntry: Nick's ancestors couldn't make heads nor tails of La Llorona, despite several entries from Grimms who've encountered her. The last note is from a past Grimm just leaving to confront the demon. Nick fares better.
* WouldHurtAChild: Every Hallowe'en, La Llorona abducts and drowns three children, hoping to exchange them for her own children, who she drowned when her husband left her for another woman.
