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* IdiotBall: You'd think Tulip would be smart enough to come at Featherstone with a gun the moment she discovered the truth. But instead she thought it would be a good idea to use a screwdriver instead.



* WhatAnIdiot: You'd think Tulip would be smart enough to come at Featherstone with a gun the moment she discovered the truth. But instead she thought it would be a good idea to use a screwdriver instead.
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* NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight: Since she's caught off guard and has to arm herself with the closest thing at hand, Tulip ends up trying to fight Featherstone with a glue gun. Featherstone has an ''actual'' gun. [[RealityEnsues The results are what you'd expect.]]

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* NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight: Since she's caught off guard and has to arm herself with the closest thing at hand, Tulip ends up trying to fight Featherstone with a glue gun. Featherstone has an ''actual'' gun. [[RealityEnsues The results are what you'd expect.]]
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* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: Hoover tries this as a last-moment attempt to get back into the ScaryBlackMan [[AbusiveSpouse Abusive Boyfriend]] persona he adopted to sell Featherstone's cover to Tulip. Since the sentence he adds "bitch" to is "you're out of moisturizer," the effect is less than convincing.

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* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: Hoover tries this as a last-moment attempt to get back into the ScaryBlackMan [[AbusiveSpouse [[DomesticAbuse Abusive Boyfriend]] persona he adopted to sell Featherstone's cover to Tulip. Since the sentence he adds "bitch" to is "you're out of moisturizer," the effect is less than convincing.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After the teenage Jesse kills the chicken in a fit of rage, he immidiately regrets it and asks his grandmother to bring it back.
* NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight: Since she's caught off guard and have to arm herself with the closest thing at hand, Tulip ends up trying to fight Featherstone with a glue gun. Featherstone has an ''actual'' gun. [[RealityEnsues The results are what you'd expect.]]

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After the teenage Jesse kills the chicken in a fit of rage, he immidiately immediately regrets it and asks his grandmother to bring it back.
* NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight: Since she's caught off guard and have has to arm herself with the closest thing at hand, Tulip ends up trying to fight Featherstone with a glue gun. Featherstone has an ''actual'' gun. [[RealityEnsues The results are what you'd expect.]]
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* EvilAllAlong: Hitler was apparently manipulating Eugene in order to escape Hell

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* EvilAllAlong: Hitler was apparently manipulating Eugene in order to escape HellHell.



** Hitler violently pushes a disbabled man to the ground, who wanted to ''[[UngratefulBastard help him]]'' after being run over by a car.

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** Hitler violently pushes a disbabled disabled man to the ground, who wanted to ''[[UngratefulBastard help him]]'' after being run over by a car.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The speech Starr prepared to Jesse decries the evils of the modern world, mentioning murder, rape, sedition, incest, and... lesbianism. Not homosexuality, mind you, but ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice specifically]]'' lesbianism. Apparently Starr does not think that GirlOnGirlIsHot?

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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The speech Starr prepared to Jesse decries the evils of the modern world, mentioning murder, rape, sedition, incest, and... lesbianism. Not homosexuality, mind you, but ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice specifically]]'' lesbianism. Apparently Starr does not think that GirlOnGirlIsHot?Presumably because lesbians don't want to have sex with Herr Starr.
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* WhatAnIdiot: You'd think Tulip would be smart enough to come at Featherstone with a gun the moment she discovered the truth. But instead she thought it would be a good idea to use a screwdriver instead.
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* NotWhatISignedUpFor: After the staged attack on the class, there is this exchange of words between Jesse an Starr:
-->'''Jesse:''' I didn't sign up for this shit!
-->'''Starr:''' Spoken like a true messiah.

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* NotWhatISignedUpFor: After the staged attack on the class, there is this exchange of words between Jesse an and Starr:
-->'''Jesse:''' I didn't sign up for this shit!
-->'''Starr:'''
shit!\\
'''Starr:'''
Spoken like a true messiah.
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* InternalReveal: Tulip leanrs the truth about Featherstone, and is promptly shot by her.

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* InternalReveal: Tulip leanrs learns the truth about Featherstone, and is promptly shot by her.
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* BroughtDownToBadass: Even without Genesis working, Jesse is more than able to fight of the Armenian terrorists with ease. Though since it was a staged assault, its not clear how much they were really trying.

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* BroughtDownToBadass: Even without Genesis working, Jesse is more than able to fight of off the Armenian terrorists with ease. Though since it was a staged assault, its not clear how much they were really trying.
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* BroughtDownToBadass: Even without Genesis working, Jesse is more than able to fight of the armenian terrorists with ease. Though since it was a staged assault, its not clear how much they were really trying.

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* BroughtDownToBadass: Even without Genesis working, Jesse is more than able to fight of the armenian Armenian terrorists with ease. Though since it was a staged assault, its not clear how much they were really trying.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After the teenage Jesse kills the chicken in a fit of rage, he immidiately regrets it and asks his grandmother to bring it back

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After the teenage Jesse kills the chicken in a fit of rage, he immidiately regrets it and asks his grandmother to bring it backback.
* NeverBringAKnifeToAGunFight: Since she's caught off guard and have to arm herself with the closest thing at hand, Tulip ends up trying to fight Featherstone with a glue gun. Featherstone has an ''actual'' gun. [[RealityEnsues The results are what you'd expect.]]
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* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: Hoover tries this as a last-moment attempt to get back into his ScaryBlackMan AbusiveBoyfriend persona he adopted to sell Featherstone's cover to Tulip. when he sees Tulip. Since the sentence he adds "bitch" to is "you're out of moisturizer," the effect is less than convincing.

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* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: Hoover tries this as a last-moment attempt to get back into his the ScaryBlackMan AbusiveBoyfriend [[AbusiveSpouse Abusive Boyfriend]] persona he adopted to sell Featherstone's cover to Tulip. when he sees Tulip. Since the sentence he adds "bitch" to is "you're out of moisturizer," the effect is less than convincing.

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* CallBack: Hitler and Eugene arrive the same way in the world of the living Fiore did.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: The episode starts with a flashback in Angelville, showing Jesse under the abusive control of two men named Jody and T.C.

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* CallBack: Hitler and Eugene arrive the same way in to the world of the living in the same way Fiore did.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: The episode starts with a flashback set in Angelville, showing Jesse under the abusive control of two men named Jody and T.C.



* EvilAllAlong: Hitler was apparently manipulating Eugene in order to escape Hell



* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: Hoover tries this as a last-moment attempt to get back into his ScaryBlackMan persona when he sees Tulip. Since the sentence he adds "bitch" to is "you're out of moisteriser," the effect is less than convincing.

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* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: Hoover tries this as a last-moment attempt to get back into his ScaryBlackMan AbusiveBoyfriend persona he adopted to sell Featherstone's cover to Tulip. when he sees Tulip. Since the sentence he adds "bitch" to is "you're out of moisteriser," moisturizer," the effect is less than convincing.



** For the first time ever, Denis starts speaking in English, asking his father if he can be a good lad too. Then his fathers gives it back to him, answering that he can't, not with him being around, and pushes him out of a window into the deadly sunlight.

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** For the first time ever, Denis starts speaking in English, asking his father if he can be a good lad too. Then his fathers father gives it back to him, answering that he can't, not with him being around, and pushes him out of a window into the deadly sunlight.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The speech Starr prepared to Jesse decries the evils of the modern world, mentioning murder, rape, sedition, incest, and... lesbianism.

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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The speech Starr prepared to Jesse decries the evils of the modern world, mentioning murder, rape, sedition, incest, and... lesbianism. Not homosexuality, mind you, but ''[[CrossesTheLineTwice specifically]]'' lesbianism. Apparently Starr does not think that GirlOnGirlIsHot?
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The speech Starr prepared to Jesse decries the evils of the modern world, mentioning murder, rape, sedition, incest, and... lesbianism.
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* EscapedFromHell: Eugene and Hitler finally succeed in leaving Hell.
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* EmergencyTransformation: When Tulip is dying, Cassidy wants to turn her into a vampire to save her. Jesse, having seen how that worked out for Denis, won't let him, and the two even come to blows over it.

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* JustAddBitch: Hoover tries this as a last-moment attempt to get back into his ScaryBlackMan persona when he sees Tulip. Since the sentence he adds "bitch" to is "you're out of moisteriser," the effect is less than convincing.


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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Charon seems like an easy-going fellow who abides by the rules and stands up to Mannering when she tries to exploit her position. Too bad it gets him killed.


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* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: Hoover tries this as a last-moment attempt to get back into his ScaryBlackMan persona when he sees Tulip. Since the sentence he adds "bitch" to is "you're out of moisteriser," the effect is less than convincing.
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* JustAddBitch: Hoover tries this as a last-moment attempt to get back into his ScaryBlackMan persona when he sees Tulip. Since the sentence he adds "bitch" to is "you're out of moisteriser," the effect is less than convincing.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: The cashier in the store obliquely references Tulip's race, takes overly long checking her [=ID=], and calls her "darling." Tulip slams his head into the glass pane hard enough to knock him out and leave a blood stain on it.

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* HeroWithAnFInGood: Tulip tries to make herself feel better by indulging in her regular "put odious white men in their place to stand up for downtrodden women and children" shtick, robbing an annoying cashier and giving the money to a down-on-her-luck mother. However, in this case the victim's [[PokeThePoodle obnoxiousness was so mild]] and Tulip's treatment of him [[DisproportionateRetribution so overly harsh]] that the supposed beneficiary [[EveryoneHasStandards doesn't want her help]] but walks off in disgust.



* NotWhatISignedUpFor: After the staged attack on the class, there is this exchange of words between Jesse an Starr
--->'''Jesse:''' I didn't sign up for this shit!
--->'''Starr:''' Spoken like a true messiah.

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* NotWhatISignedUpFor: After the staged attack on the class, there is this exchange of words between Jesse an Starr
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Starr:
-->'''Jesse:'''
I didn't sign up for this shit!
--->'''Starr:''' -->'''Starr:''' Spoken like a true messiah.



* VocalDissonance: Charon's voice is.....not what you would expect from the ferryman of the underworld. Though his voice deepens when he threatens Mannering.

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* VocalDissonance: Charon's voice is.....is... not what you would expect from the ferryman of the underworld. Though his voice deepens when he threatens Mannering.



* WhamLine: For the first time ever, Denis starts speaking in English, asking his father if he can be a good lad too. Then his fathers gives it back to him, answering that he can't, not with him being around, and pushes him out of a window into the deadly sunlight.

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* WhamLine: WhamLine:
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For the first time ever, Denis starts speaking in English, asking his father if he can be a good lad too. Then his fathers gives it back to him, answering that he can't, not with him being around, and pushes him out of a window into the deadly sunlight.sunlight.
** Starr tells Jesse that he can help his friends "and then you can come back for your soul," showing him a soul container. The car Jesse is in speeds off while Jesse is still sputtering in surprise.
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* ArtisticLicenseAnimalCare: While it goes without saying that you shouldn't keep your dog in a closet, you should also not just release it into a city.



* CallBack: Hitler and Eugene arrive the same way in the world of the living Fiore did.



* InternalReveal: Tulip leanrs the truth about Featherstone, and is promptly shot by her.
* KickTheDog:
** Hitler violently pushes a disbabled man to the ground, who wanted to ''[[UngratefulBastard help him]]'' after being run over by a car.
** Herr Starr orders Tulip's ambulance to be cancelled.



* TheUnreveal: The final scene ends in God's room, shown by the Dalmatian suit hanging over the bed, but when the bathroom door opens, only a bright light is seen.



* WhamLine: For the first time ever, Denis starts speaking in English, asking his father if he can be a good lad too. Then his fathers gives it back to him, answering that he can't, not with him being around, and pushes him out of a window into the deadly sunlight.

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* WhamLine: For the first time ever, Denis starts speaking in English, asking his father if he can be a good lad too. Then his fathers gives it back to him, answering that he can't, not with him being around, and pushes him out of a window into the deadly sunlight.sunlight.
* YankTheDogsChain: After several episodes of Hitler showing all the signs of being TheAtoner, he promptly runs off after being back in the world of the living, violently pushing a disabled man to the ground, indicating he might have been a BitchInSheepsClothing all this time.

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* WhereItAllBegan: Jesse has to return to Angelville to bring Tulip back from the dead.

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* BrokenAce: Genesis has now full-on stopped functioning.
* BroughtDownToBadass: Even without Genesis working, Jesse is more than able to fight of the armenian terrorists with ease. Though since it was a staged assault, its not clear how much they were really trying.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: The episode starts with a flashback in Angelville, showing Jesse under the abusive control of two men named Jody and T.C.
* EvilIsPetty: Mannering knows Eugene doesn't belong in hell, but wants to keep him nonetheless because he broke her stuff.
* FalseFlagOperation: The Armenians who attacked the class where Jesse was preaching had blanks in their guns, which leads Jesse to the conclusion that it was a mere PR stunt.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After the teenage Jesse kills the chicken in a fit of rage, he immidiately regrets it and asks his grandmother to bring it back
* NotWhatISignedUpFor: After the staged attack on the class, there is this exchange of words between Jesse an Starr
--->'''Jesse:''' I didn't sign up for this shit!
--->'''Starr:''' Spoken like a true messiah.
* OffingTheOffspring: Cassidy pushes Denis out of the window into bare sunlight because the latter proved to be a mentally unstable, bloodlusted individual and after he mocked his father for good measure.
* OhCrap: Eugene's reaction when he sees Hitler running off and violently pushing a disabled man to the ground who wants to help him.
* RageBreakingPoint:
** After being abused by Jody, the annoying Chicken pesters the teenage Jesse one too many times, he kills it by stomping on it.
** After Denis mocks Cassidy for his hypocrisiy of telling him to be good while having bad intentions himself, Cassidy loses it and pushes Denis out of the window, killing him by sunlight.
* ScrewTheRulesIMakeThem: Due to God being gone, Mannering blows Charon off when he tells her that he is the one to decide who can leave hell. She then kills him.
* VocalDissonance: Charon's voice is.....not what you would expect from the ferryman of the underworld. Though his voice deepens when he threatens Mannering.
* WhereItAllBegan: Jesse has to return to Angelville to bring Tulip back from the dead.dead.
* WhamLine: For the first time ever, Denis starts speaking in English, asking his father if he can be a good lad too. Then his fathers gives it back to him, answering that he can't, not with him being around, and pushes him out of a window into the deadly sunlight.
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Herr Starr stages a demonstration of Jesse's abilities in order to reveal him to the world. Cassidy and Tulip discover that they've been spied on; when Tulip goes to confront Featherstone/Jenny about this, she is shot. Cassidy tries to save her life by turning her into a vampire, but Jesse stops him; in order to bring her back to life, he must return to Angelville. Eugene and Hitler finally escape Hell.

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* BookEnds: The episode begins with a flashback to Angelville, and ends with Jesse returning there with Tulip's dead body.
* WhereItAllBegan: Jesse has to return to Angelville to bring Tulip back from the dead.

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