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* ProductPlacement: Apparently Kun Lun provides its disciples with [=iPods=].

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* ProductPlacement: Apparently Kun Lun K'un-L'un provides its disciples with [=iPods=].



* WellDoneSonGuy: Ward was apparently trying to gain his fathers approval throughout his life.
* YoureInsane: Ward says this to Danny after seeing him again alive for the first time.

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* WellDoneSonGuy: Ward was apparently trying to gain his fathers father's approval throughout his life.
* YoureInsane: Ward says this to Danny after seeing him again alive for the first time.time in fifteen years.
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* UnusuallyUninsterstingSight: While Danny is trying to use the elevator to reach the top executive floors, one of the Rand Corporation employees enters the elevator and then exits on her floor without even noticing the clearly homeless guy literally behind her.

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* UnusuallyUninsterstingSight: UnusuallyUninterestingSight: While Danny is trying to use the elevator to reach the top executive floors, one of the Rand Corporation employees enters the elevator and then exits on her floor without even noticing the clearly homeless guy literally behind her.
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* UnusuallyUninsterstingSight: While Danny is trying to use the elevator to reach the top executive floors, one of the Rand Corporation employees enters the elevator and then exits on her floor without even noticing the clearly homeless guy literally behind her.
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** Doubles as a MythologyGag; Power Man and Iron Fist were paired in the comics.

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* CallBack: As if acknowledging [[Series/LukeCage the previous Netflix Marvel series,]] the episode proper kicks off with a hiphop tune despite taking place in a very upmarket and white neighborhood.

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* CallBack: As if acknowledging [[Series/LukeCage the previous Netflix Marvel series,]] series]], the episode proper kicks off with a hiphop tune despite taking place in a very upmarket and white neighborhood.



* FanOfThePast: Big Al thinks humanity was perfect as hunter-gatherers, not like the so-called advanced, civilized society.



* ProductPlacement: Apparently Kun Lun provides its disciples with [=iPods.=]

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* ProductPlacement: Apparently Kun Lun provides its disciples with [=iPods.=][=iPods=].
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* FakingTheDead: Harold Meachum faked dying of cancer years ago for reasons yet unknow.

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* FakingTheDead: Harold Meachum faked dying of cancer years ago for reasons yet unknow.unknown.



* PaperThinDisguise: While being chased by Ward's security guards, Danny picks up a chinese mask at a festival, which naturally helps him for only a few moments.

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* PaperThinDisguise: While being chased by Ward's security guards, Danny picks up a chinese Chinese mask at a festival, which naturally helps him for only a few moments.
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* NotHelpingYourCase: Danny doesn't seem to get being gone and presumed death for fifteen years and showing up without any proof of who he is makes it hard to believe him. Then he decides to forces his way in and almost kill Ward twice to make him talk.

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they called it that in the show


* MythologyGag: That hiphop tune in the opening might well be on Danny's mp3 player, a neat little nod to how he and Luke Cage are famously bros in the comics.

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* MythologyGag: That hiphop tune in the opening might well be on Danny's mp3 player, [=iPod=], a neat little nod to how he and Luke Cage are famously bros in the comics.


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* ProductPlacement: Apparently Kun Lun provides its disciples with [=iPods.=]
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* CallBack: As if acknowledging [[Series/LukeCage the previous Netflix Marvel series,]] the episode proper kicks off with a hiphop tune despite taking place in a very upmarket and white neighborhood.


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* MythologyGag: That hiphop tune in the opening might well be on Danny's mp3 player, a neat little nod to how he and Luke Cage are famously bros in the comics.
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*CuckooNest: Danny is drugged by Joy and sent to an asylum, where his claims of being Danny Rand will be ignored.
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* WeHardlyKnewYe: Danny befriends a homeless man named Big Al, and they share two scenes together. When Danny sees him a third time, he's overdosed on drugs.
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* RealityEnsues: If you just walk right into a million dollar company looking like a hobo and claiming you are the long lost son of the previous owner, off course everybody is going to be skeptical. Acting extremely aggravated, beating up security guards and breaking into the home of somebody is definitely NotHelpingYourCase.

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* RealityEnsues: If you just walk right into a million dollar company looking like a hobo and claiming you are the long lost son of the previous owner, off of course everybody is going to be skeptical. Acting extremely aggravated, beating up security guards and breaking into the home of somebody is definitely NotHelpingYourCase.

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* AngryGuardDog: {{Subverted}} with Joy's Rottweiler, who get's calmed down by Danny quite easily, despite breaking into her home.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Despite the world they live in, Joy and especially Ward have some serious trouble believing that Danny is who he claims to be. Harold is more open to the idea.

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!!This episode provides examples of the following tropes:

* AngryGuardDog: {{Subverted}} {{Subverted|Trope}} with Joy's Rottweiler, who get's gets calmed down by Danny quite easily, despite breaking into her home.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Despite the world they live in, Joy and especially Ward have some serious trouble believing that Danny is who he claims to be. However, Harold is more open to the idea.idea:



* YoureInsane: Ward says this to Danny after seeing him again alive for the first time.

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* YoureInsane: Ward says this to Danny after seeing him again alive for the first time.time.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Harold's remark about Kyle ("Get them while they are young. Give them twice what they are worth; it inspires loyalty") foreshadows the cult like methods the Hand use for recruitment.
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* ContinuityNod: The phone article about the deaths of Danny's parents is from the ''[[Series/Daredevil2015 New York Bulletin]]''.

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* ContinuityNod: The phone article about the deaths of Danny's parents is and the supposed death of Harold Meachum are from the ''[[Series/Daredevil2015 New York Bulletin]]''.
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* NotMeThisTime: Ward thinks that Danny is one of Harold's little [[SecretTestOfCharacter secret tests of character]]. Harold assures him that it's not.
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-->''Stranger things have happened''.

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-->''Stranger -->'''Harold:''' Stranger things have happened''.happened.



* RealityEnsues: If you just walk right into a million dollar company looking like a hobo and claiming you are the long lost son of the previous owner, off course everybody is going to be skeptical. Acting extremely aggravated, beating up Security Guards and breaking into the home of somebody is definitely NotHelpingYourCase.

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* RealityEnsues: If you just walk right into a million dollar company looking like a hobo and claiming you are the long lost son of the previous owner, off course everybody is going to be skeptical. Acting extremely aggravated, beating up Security Guards security guards and breaking into the home of somebody is definitely NotHelpingYourCase.
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* TheBully: As shown in a flashback of Danny, Joy, and Ward playing Monopoly, Ward was this to Danny as a child, constantly picking on him for seemingly no reason other than his father telling him that rules are for pussies. Despite this, Ward still seems to have thought of Danny as a friend back then and denies any of that happened.

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* TheBully: As shown in a flashback of Danny, Joy, and Ward playing Monopoly, Ward was this to Danny as a child, constantly picking on him for seemingly no reason other than his father telling him that rules are for pussies. Danny later also mentions a few other times he tormented him. Despite this, Ward still seems to have thought of Danny as a friend back then and denies any of that happened.
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* ContinuityNod: The phone article about the deaths of Danny's parents is from the ''[[Series/Daredevil2015 New York Bulletin]]''.
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* TheBully: Ward Meachum was this to Danny as a child, constantly picking on him for seemingly no reason other than his father telling him that rules are for pussies. Despite this, Ward still seems to have thought of Danny as a friend back then and denies any of that happened.

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* TheBully: As shown in a flashback of Danny, Joy, and Ward Meachum playing Monopoly, Ward was this to Danny as a child, constantly picking on him for seemingly no reason other than his father telling him that rules are for pussies. Despite this, Ward still seems to have thought of Danny as a friend back then and denies any of that happened.
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* GangstaStyle: One of the men who comes to shoot Danny dead fires his gun this way from a distance.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Ward was apparently trying to gain his fathers approval througout his life.

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* WellDoneSonGuy: Ward was apparently trying to gain his fathers approval througout throughout his life.
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The first episode of ''Series/IronFist2017''.
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* ArbitrarySkepticism: Despite the world, they live in, Joy and especially Ward have some serious trouble believing that Danny is who he claims to be. Harold is more open to the idea.

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* ArbitrarySkepticism: Despite the world, world they live in, Joy and especially Ward have some serious trouble believing that Danny is who he claims to be. Harold is more open to the idea.
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* ArbitrarySkepticism: Despite the world, they live in, Joy and especially Ward have some serious trouble believing that Danny is who he claims to be. Harold is more open to the idea.
-->''Stranger things have happened''.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Ward was apparently trying to gain his fathers approval througout his life.

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* WellDoneSonGuy: Ward was apparently trying to gain his fathers approval througout his life.life.
* YoureInsane: Ward says this to Danny after seeing him again alive for the first time.
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* PaperThinDiguise: While being chased by Ward's security guards, Danny picks up a chinese mask at a festival, which naturally helps him for only a few moments.

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* PaperThinDiguise: PaperThinDisguise: While being chased by Ward's security guards, Danny picks up a chinese mask at a festival, which naturally helps him for only a few moments.

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* AngryGuardDog: {{Subverted}} with Joy's Rottweiler, who get's calmed down by Danny quite easily, despite breaking into her home.



* PaperThinDiguise: While being chased by Ward's security guards,

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* PaperThinDiguise: While being chased by Ward's security guards,guards, Danny picks up a chinese mask at a festival, which naturally helps him for only a few moments.



* ViciousAttackDog: {{Subverted}} with Joy's Rottweiler, who get's calmed down by Danny quite easily, despite breaking into her home.
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After fifteen years in the Himalaya and thought dead, Danny Rand returns to his home in New York City, only to see that much has changed and proving others that it is really him is not as easy as he thought.
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* TheBully: Ward Meachum was this to Danny as a child, constantly picking on him for seemingly no reason other than his father telling him that rules are for pussies. Despite this, Ward still seems to have thought of Danny as a friend back then and denies any of that happened.
* DrivenToSuicide: Big Al, the friendly hobo Danny meets, apparently commits suicide by overdose.
* FakingTheDead: Harold Meachum faked dying of cancer years ago for reasons yet unknow.
* TheManBehindTheMan: The supposedly dead Harold Meachum is this for his son Ward.
* PaperThinDiguise: While being chased by Ward's security guards,
* RealityEnsues: If you just walk right into a million dollar company looking like a hobo and claiming you are the long lost son of the previous owner, off course everybody is going to be skeptical. Acting extremely aggravated, beating up Security Guards and breaking into the home of somebody is definitely NotHelpingYourCase.
* ViciousAttackDog: {{Subverted}} with Joy's Rottweiler, who get's calmed down by Danny quite easily, despite breaking into her home.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Ward was apparently trying to gain his fathers approval througout his life.

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