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* AlasPoorVillain: A subtle example. Although Sean Webster is a [[AssholeVictim despicable, racist piece of garbage with a homicidal grudge against Arabic people]], the bitter reunion with his father in prison combined with the fact that Sean was taught to hate Arabs by his mother due to his father leaving them for an Arab woman kind of makes it hard not to feel a bit sorry for him. Upon being informed that [[KarmicDeath Sean was stabbed to death by friends of the Muslim inmate he had earlier killed whilst in lockup]], the detectives don't look happy or relieved.

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* AlasPoorVillain: A subtle example. Although Sean Webster is a [[AssholeVictim despicable, racist piece of garbage with a homicidal grudge against Arabic people]], the bitter reunion with his father in prison combined with the fact that [[TaughtToHate Sean was taught to hate Arabs by his mother mother]] [[FreudianExcuse due to his father leaving them for an Arab woman woman]] kind of makes it hard not to feel a bit sorry for him. Upon being informed that [[KarmicDeath Sean was stabbed to death by friends of the Muslim inmate he had earlier killed whilst in lockup]], the detectives don't look happy or relieved.
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* AlasPoorVillain: A subtle example. Although Sean Webster is a [[AssholeVictim despicable, racist piece of garbage with a homicidal grudge against Arabic people]], the bitter reunion with his father in prison combined with the fact that Sean was taught to hate Arabs by his mother due to his father leaving them for an Arab woman kind of makes it hard not to feel a bit sorry for him. Upon being informed that Sean was stabbed to death by friends of the Muslim inmate he had earlier killed whilst in lockup, the detectives don't look happy or relieved.

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* AlasPoorVillain: A subtle example. Although Sean Webster is a [[AssholeVictim despicable, racist piece of garbage with a homicidal grudge against Arabic people]], the bitter reunion with his father in prison combined with the fact that Sean was taught to hate Arabs by his mother due to his father leaving them for an Arab woman kind of makes it hard not to feel a bit sorry for him. Upon being informed that [[KarmicDeath Sean was stabbed to death by friends of the Muslim inmate he had earlier killed whilst in lockup, lockup]], the detectives don't look happy or relieved.
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* VillainousBreakdown: Sean loses it when the detectives bring his father in to confront him.

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* VillainousBreakdown: Sean loses it when the detectives bring his father in to confront him.him.
-->'''Sean''': I hate your stinking guts! If I had a gun right now, I'd shoot you in the head! And then I'd go back and I'd set your wife and your bastard kids on fire!
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* InTheBlood: The defense for a man who killed Arabs out of hate argues that he carried out the murders due to the fact that he was biologically and genetically driven to hate and kill Arabs as a result of his father, who fought in Desert Storm. [[spoiler: Ultimately averted: the father didn't hate Arabs and actually remarried to an Arab woman. His mother taught him to hate Arabs out of spite.]]

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* InTheBlood: The defense for a man who killed Arabs out of hate argues that he carried out the murders due to the fact that he was biologically and genetically driven to hate and kill Arabs as a result of his father, who fought in Desert Storm. [[spoiler: Ultimately averted: the father didn't hate Arabs and actually remarried to an Arab woman. His mother taught him to hate Arabs out of spite.]]
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* AlasPoorVillain: A subtle example. Although Sean Webster is a [[AssholeVictim despicable, racist piece of garbage with a homicidal grudge against Arabic people]], [[spoiler: the bitter reunion with his father in prison combined with the fact that Sean was taught to hate Arabs by his mother due to his father leaving them for an Arab woman kind of makes it hard not to feel a bit sorry for him. Upon being informed that Sean was stabbed to death by friends of the Muslim inmate he had earlier killed whilst in lockup, the detectives don't look happy or relieved]].

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* AlasPoorVillain: A subtle example. Although Sean Webster is a [[AssholeVictim despicable, racist piece of garbage with a homicidal grudge against Arabic people]], [[spoiler: the bitter reunion with his father in prison combined with the fact that Sean was taught to hate Arabs by his mother due to his father leaving them for an Arab woman kind of makes it hard not to feel a bit sorry for him. Upon being informed that Sean was stabbed to death by friends of the Muslim inmate he had earlier killed whilst in lockup, the detectives don't look happy or relieved]].relieved.



* FreudianExcuse: Sean Webster was raised by his mother to hate Arabs because [[spoiler: his father left them for an Arab woman]]. This pokes a hole in their InTheBlood defense.

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* FreudianExcuse: Sean Webster was raised by his mother to hate Arabs because [[spoiler: his father left them for an Arab woman]].woman. This pokes a hole in their InTheBlood defense.



-->'''Fin:''' I've got some words for you--killer, psycho.
-->'''Sean:''' Hey, I'm no psycho!

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-->'''Fin:''' I've got some words for you--killer, psycho.
-->'''Sean:'''
psycho.\\
'''Sean:'''
Hey, I'm no psycho!



** [[spoiler:Sean's mother Eleanor is also revealed to be this as she taught her son to hate Muslims after her husband left them for an Arab woman.]]
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Sean loses it when the detectives bring his father in to confront him.]]

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** [[spoiler:Sean's Sean's mother Eleanor is also revealed to be this as she taught her son to hate Muslims after her husband left them for an Arab woman.]]
woman.
* TaughtToHate: Sean's mother Eleanor taught him to hate Muslims after his father left them for an Arab woman.
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Sean Sean loses it when the detectives bring his father in to confront him.]]

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