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* ArtImitatesLife: In-Universe. In an especially twisted version, Morten's [[LoonyFan loony fans]] made comic books of his murders and then additional ones of subsequent killings he could have done.

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* ArtImitatesLife: In-Universe. In an especially twisted version, Morten's [[LoonyFan loony fans]] {{Loony Fan}}s made comic books of his murders and then additional ones of subsequent killings he could have done.



* JackTheRipoff: Cecilia tries to win Morton back by killing women and arranging them in a particular fashion. At the trial, he (who considers his killings true art) looks over the crime scene and says that her work "lacks enthusiasm". He wants nothing more to do with her.



* MonsterFangirl: Robert Morten has almost a dozen followers who commit murders, as he encourages them to be creative and to impress him. In the end, he gets sent to a supermax prison where he will have no contact with anyone on the outside.



-->"Somebody tried to bust my eardrums, I'm gonna bust their ass!"
* VillainousBreakdown: Morton has a great one when he realizes just how much Casey screwed him (see ExactWords).

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-->"Somebody -->''"Somebody tried to bust my eardrums, I'm gonna bust their ass!"
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Morton has a great one when he realizes just how much Casey screwed him (see ExactWords).



-->'''Elliot:''' I gotta go home, my pregnant wife is looking for peanut butter and tacos.
-->'''Chester:''' Dude, say no more.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Cecilia faked her kidnapping and gave herself shallow cuts on her breasts to look like a victim.

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-->'''Elliot:''' I gotta go home, my pregnant wife is looking for peanut butter and tacos.
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tacos.\\
'''Chester:'''
Dude, say no more.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Cecilia faked her kidnapping and gave herself shallow cuts on her breasts to look like a victim.victim.
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* SmallReferencePools: The detectives find a blood painting referencing the ''Art/VenusDeMilo''. It still took them running it trough symbol recognition software to recognize it.

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* SmallReferencePools: The detectives find a blood painting referencing the ''Art/VenusDeMilo''. It still took them running it trough through symbol recognition software to recognize it.
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* IndirectSerialKiller: Morten has multiple crazy fans who believe that he's a great artist and want to do his work for him after he's imprisoned for the series of murders that he physically committed. One of his fans sends a pizza bomb to Olivia (though it doesn't go off), and Cecilia murders a woman and then fakes her own kidnapping.

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* IndirectSerialKiller: Morten has multiple crazy fans who believe that he's a great artist and want to do his work for him after he's imprisoned for the series of murders that he physically committed. One of his fans sends a pizza bomb to Olivia (though it doesn't go off), had a fault so it didn't kill anyone), and Cecilia murders a woman and then fakes her own kidnapping.
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* IndirectSerialKiller: Morten has multiple crazy fans who believe that he's a great artist and want to do his work for him after he's imprisoned for the series of murders that he physically committed. One of his fans sends a pizza bomb to Olivia (though it doesn't go off), and Cecilia murders a woman and then fakes her own kidnapping.
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* SmallReferencePools: The detectives find a blood painting referencing ''Venus de Milo''. It still took them running it trough symbol recognition software to recognize it.

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* SmallReferencePools: The detectives find a blood painting referencing ''Venus de Milo''.the ''Art/VenusDeMilo''. It still took them running it trough symbol recognition software to recognize it.
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* LetMeAtHim: After Morten leads the detectives to where Cecilia buried Tina Snow's breasts, Morten smugly asks for a "peek". A disgusted Benson tries to attack him, but is stopped by Stabler.

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* LetMeAtHim: After Morten leads the detectives to where Cecilia buried Tina Snow's breasts, Morten [[KickTheDog smugly asks for a "peek". "peek".]] A disgusted Benson tries to attack him, but is stopped by Stabler.
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-->"Somebody tried to bust my eardrums, I'm gonna bust they ass!"

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-->"Somebody tried to bust my eardrums, I'm gonna bust they their ass!"
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* InterrogationByVandalism: Elliot tears one of Morten's pictures to motivate him to talk.
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* SmallReferencePools: The detectives find a blood painting referencing ''Venus de Milo''. It still took them running it trough symbol recognition software to recognize it.
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A college student, Tina Snow, is found murdered in an attack that bears the hallmarks of infamous serial killer Robert Morten (Creator/JaredHarris). Detectives Benson and Stabler investigate Morten and discover his loyal following, which includes a man whose comic books glorify Morten's murders. When Cecilia (Creator/ShannonWoodward), who was the last person to have seen the victim alive, goes missing, the detectives are pressed to save her life. Benson also finds herself in danger when the investigation angers Morten's followers.

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A college student, Tina Snow, is found murdered in an attack that bears the hallmarks of infamous serial killer Robert Morten (Creator/JaredHarris). Detectives Benson and Stabler investigate Morten and discover his loyal following, which includes a man whose comic books glorify Morten's murders. When Cecilia (Creator/ShannonWoodward), who
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* JusticeByOtherLegalMeans: Morten can't be prosecuted for the events of the episode because of his immunity deal. That said, due to [[ExactWords a loophole in the deal's wording]] he can be transferred to the infamous ADX Florence supermax prison since he's proved himself to be extremely dangerous even when imprisoned.


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* TheSvengali: Morten, hence the title.

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* LetMeAtHim: After Morten leads the detectives to where Cecilia buried Tina Snow's breasts, Morten smugly asks for a "peek". A disgusted Benson tries to attack him, but is stopped by Stabler.



* LetMeAtHim: After Morten leads the detectives to where Cecilia buried Tina Snow's breasts, Morten smugly asks for a "peek". A disgusted Benson tries to attack him, but is stopped by Stabler.
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* LetMeAtHim: After Morten leads the detectives to where Cecilia buried Tina Snow's breasts, Morten smugly asks for a "peek". A disgusted Benson tries to attack him, but is stopped by Stabler.

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* CatFight: One briefly breaks out in the ''courtroom'' between Cecilia and some other female LoonyFan who is also in love with Morton.

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* CatFight: One briefly almost breaks out in the ''courtroom'' between Cecilia and some other female LoonyFan who is also in love with Morton.


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* IronicEcho: "How do you like ''my'' work?"


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** Cecilia has one when Morton denounces her work as that of a "talentless hack".

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* ArtImitatesLife: In-Universe. In an especially twisted version, Morten's [[LoonyFan loony fans]] made comic books of his murders and then additional ones of subsequent killings he could have done.
** LifeImitatesArt: The murder follows the comic books, and resembles Issue #9 (the first fictional killing) and Cecilia's (faked kidnapping and murder) is for Issue #10.
* CatFight: One briefly breaks out in the ''courtroom'' between Cecilia and some other female LoonyFan who is also in love with Morton.



* ExactWords: To have Robert Morten as a rebuttal witness against Cecilia, Morten requested to be transferred to a Federal prison since they supposedly have [[LuxuryPrisonSuite better food and better facilities]]. Novak honors that agreement...but since Morten didn't specify which Federal prison it was, Novak selected [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADX_Florence "Florence Supermax]] which, to an AttentionWhore like Morten, is pretty much a HellholePrison

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* {{Cult}}: Morton's {{Loony Fan}}s are essentially a cult of psychos devoted to a murderer.
* ExactWords: To have Robert Morten as a rebuttal witness against Cecilia, Morten requested to be transferred to a Federal prison since they supposedly have [[LuxuryPrisonSuite better food and better facilities]]. Novak honors that agreement...but since Morten didn't specify which Federal prison it was, Novak selected [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADX_Florence "Florence Supermax]] which, to an AttentionWhore like Morten, is pretty much a HellholePrisonHellholePrison.



-->"Somebody just busted my eardrums, I'm gonna bust they ass!"

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-->"Somebody just busted tried to bust my eardrums, I'm gonna bust they ass!"ass!"
* VillainousBreakdown: Morton has a great one when he realizes just how much Casey screwed him (see ExactWords).
* WackyCravings: Briefly mentioned:
-->'''Elliot:''' I gotta go home, my pregnant wife is looking for peanut butter and tacos.
-->'''Chester:''' Dude, say no more.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Cecilia faked her kidnapping and gave herself shallow cuts on her breasts to look like a victim.
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* TemptingFate: Finn gives Lake a pizza box, and cautions him "It'll kill ya". A few seconds later, the box explodes.
* ThisMeansWar: Finn is less than happy about a bomb going off in the squad room.

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* TemptingFate: Finn Fin gives Lake a pizza box, and cautions him "It'll kill ya". A few seconds later, the box explodes.
* ThisMeansWar: Finn Fin is less than happy about a bomb going off in the squad room.

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* MadBomber: A fan of Morten's tries to kill Benson by putting a bomb in a pizza box and delivering it to SVU. It luckily didn't kill anyone.

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* LongerThanLifeSentence: It's mentioned that Morten is serving multiple life sentences. As such, when Casey tells him if he doesn't testify on behalf of the prosecution he'll be found in contempt of court, he simply scoffs.
* MadBomber: A fan of Morten's tries to kill Benson by putting a bomb in a pizza box and delivering it to SVU. It luckily didn't kill anyone.anyone.
* TemptingFate: Finn gives Lake a pizza box, and cautions him "It'll kill ya". A few seconds later, the box explodes.
* ThisMeansWar: Finn is less than happy about a bomb going off in the squad room.
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* GroupieBrigade: Morten has an entire fan club of [[LoonyFan loony fans]] who idolize him and even publish graphic art based on his work.

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* GroupieBrigade: Morten has an entire fan club of [[LoonyFan loony fans]] who idolize him and even publish graphic art based on his work.work.
* MadBomber: A fan of Morten's tries to kill Benson by putting a bomb in a pizza box and delivering it to SVU. It luckily didn't kill anyone.
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* ExactWords: To have Robert Morten as a rebuttal witness against Cecilia, Morten requested to be transferred to a Federal prison since they supposedly have [[LuxuryPrisonSuite better food and better facilitie]]. Novak honors that agreement...but since Morten didn't specify which Federal prison it was, Novak selected [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADX_Florence "Florence Supermax]] which, to an AttentionWhore like Morten, is pretty much a HellholePrison

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* ExactWords: To have Robert Morten as a rebuttal witness against Cecilia, Morten requested to be transferred to a Federal prison since they supposedly have [[LuxuryPrisonSuite better food and better facilitie]].facilities]]. Novak honors that agreement...but since Morten didn't specify which Federal prison it was, Novak selected [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADX_Florence "Florence Supermax]] which, to an AttentionWhore like Morten, is pretty much a HellholePrison

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* GoryDiscretionShot: When investigators find a woman's chopped-off and buried breasts the camera pans up as the box is opened, so all we see is the disgusted reaction of the investigator.

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* ConsultingAConvictedKiller: The SVU need the assistance of convicted serial killer Robert Morten to catch a perp that appears to be copying (and continuing) his work. Morten is a MadArtist who poses his victims in grotesque ways, supposedly for art.
* ExactWords: To have Robert Morten as a rebuttal witness against Cecilia, Morten requested to be transferred to a Federal prison since they supposedly have [[LuxuryPrisonSuite better food and better facilitie]]. Novak honors that agreement...but since Morten didn't specify which Federal prison it was, Novak selected [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ADX_Florence "Florence Supermax]] which, to an AttentionWhore like Morten, is pretty much a HellholePrison
* GoryDiscretionShot: When investigators find a woman's chopped-off and buried breasts the camera pans up as the box is opened, so all we see is the disgusted reaction of the investigator.investigator.
* GroupieBrigade: Morten has an entire fan club of [[LoonyFan loony fans]] who idolize him and even publish graphic art based on his work.
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A college student, Tina Snow, is found murdered in an attack that bears the hallmarks of infamous serial killer Robert Morten (Creator/JaredHarris). Detectives Benson and Stabler investigate Morten and discover his loyal following, which includes a man whose comic books glorify Morten's murders. When Cecilia (Creator/ShannonWoodward), who was the last person to have seen the victim alive, goes missing, the detectives are pressed to save her life. Benson also finds herself in danger when the investigation angers Morten's followers.

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A college student, Tina Snow, is found murdered in an attack that bears the hallmarks of infamous serial killer Robert Morten (Creator/JaredHarris). Detectives Benson and Stabler investigate Morten and discover his loyal following, which includes a man whose comic books glorify Morten's murders. When Cecilia (Creator/ShannonWoodward), who was the last person to have seen the victim alive, goes missing, the detectives are pressed to save her life. Benson also finds herself in danger when the investigation angers Morten's followers.followers.

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* GoryDiscretionShot: When investigators find a woman's chopped-off and buried breasts the camera pans up as the box is opened, so all we see is the disgusted reaction of the investigator.
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A college student, Tina Snow, is found murdered in an attack that bears the hallmarks of infamous serial killer Robert Morten (Creator/JaredHarris). Detectives Benson and Stabler investigate Morten and discover his loyal following, which includes a man whose comic books glorify Morten's murders. When Cecilia (Creator/ShannonMarieWoodward), who was the last person to have seen the victim alive, goes missing, the detectives are pressed to save her life. Benson also finds herself in danger when the investigation angers Morten's followers.

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A college student, Tina Snow, is found murdered in an attack that bears the hallmarks of infamous serial killer Robert Morten (Creator/JaredHarris). Detectives Benson and Stabler investigate Morten and discover his loyal following, which includes a man whose comic books glorify Morten's murders. When Cecilia (Creator/ShannonMarieWoodward), (Creator/ShannonWoodward), who was the last person to have seen the victim alive, goes missing, the detectives are pressed to save her life. Benson also finds herself in danger when the investigation angers Morten's followers.
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Directed By Creator/DavidPlatt

A college student, Tina Snow, is found murdered in an attack that bears the hallmarks of infamous serial killer Robert Morten (Creator/JaredHarris). Detectives Benson and Stabler investigate Morten and discover his loyal following, which includes a man whose comic books glorify Morten's murders. When Cecilia (Creator/ShannonMarieWoodward), who was the last person to have seen the victim alive, goes missing, the detectives are pressed to save her life. Benson also finds herself in danger when the investigation angers Morten's followers.

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