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* WhipItGood: The Angel of Death doesn't just use the whip for show, she can use it in combat too, tearing off limbs and more.

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* WhipItGood: WhipOfDominance: The Angel of Death carries a whip, fitting with her authoritative and domineering persona and she doesn't just use the whip for show, she can effectively use it in combat too, tearing off limbs and more.
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** Jesse finally gets it against Jody and Grandma.

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** Jesse finally gets it against Jody and Grandma.Marie.



* TakeAThirdOption: Subverted. Faced with the choice between [[KarmaHoudini letting Gran'ma off scott free]] or killing her (which she's ensured will mean that his soul belongs to Hell), Jesse instead just has her destroy all the souls she's acquired, meaning between that and both of her caretakers/enforcers having just died, she has no reasonable way of extending her life further and will likely die of natural causes soon. However, as he's leaving, Jesse realizes that unless he kills her personally, he'll always be haunted by the memory of her, so he goes back and [[HoistByHisOwnPetard straps her in her own soul-extraction machine.]]

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* TakeAThirdOption: Subverted. Faced with the choice between [[KarmaHoudini letting Gran'ma Marie off scott free]] or killing her (which she's ensured will mean that his soul belongs to Hell), Jesse instead just has her destroy all the souls she's acquired, meaning between that and both of her caretakers/enforcers having just died, she has no reasonable way of extending her life further and will likely die of natural causes soon. However, as he's leaving, Jesse realizes that unless he kills her personally, he'll always be haunted by the memory of her, so he goes back and [[HoistByHisOwnPetard straps her in her own soul-extraction machine.]]

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* InstantlyProvenWrong: Hoover claims that his newfound vampire status and his need to wear an umbrella hat during the day won't affect his job performance whatsoever. [[BadBoss Herr Starr]] heavily disagrees and has him burn to death immediately.



** Grandma dies of RapidAging after Jesse puts her into her own soul-sucking machine.

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** Grandma Marie dies of RapidAging after Jesse puts her into her own soul-sucking machine.machine.
** After selling out Les Enfants Du Sang to the Grail and having all but three of them killed, Hoover is killed by Herr Starr exposing him to sunlight, a weakness he had gained from becoming a vampire.
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* TakeAThirdOption: Subverted. Faced with the choice between [[KarmaHoudini letting Gran'ma off scott free]] or killing her (which she's ensured will mean that his soul belongs to Hell), Jesse instead just has her destroy all the souls she's acquired, meaning between that and both of her caretakers having just died, she has no reasonable way of extending her life further and will likely die of natural causes soon. However, as he's leaving, Jesse realizes that unless he kills her personally, he'll always be haunted by the memory of her, so he goes back and [[HoistByHisOwnPetard straps her in her own soul-extraction machine.]]

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* TakeAThirdOption: Subverted. Faced with the choice between [[KarmaHoudini letting Gran'ma off scott free]] or killing her (which she's ensured will mean that his soul belongs to Hell), Jesse instead just has her destroy all the souls she's acquired, meaning between that and both of her caretakers caretakers/enforcers having just died, she has no reasonable way of extending her life further and will likely die of natural causes soon. However, as he's leaving, Jesse realizes that unless he kills her personally, he'll always be haunted by the memory of her, so he goes back and [[HoistByHisOwnPetard straps her in her own soul-extraction machine.]]
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* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Hitler turns out to be this. Ridiculous as his new Nazi regime of store clerks seemed, he's apparently managed to turn them into a decent fighting force (outfitted with a ''tank'', somehow). And at the end of the episode, it looks like he's going to be taking over as King of Hell.

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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Cassidy saved Hoover from being eaten by Eccarius, only for Hoover to sell out Cassidy and Les Enfants du Sang to the Grail and have all but two of Les Enfants killed in the house raid.



* TakeAThirdOption: Subverted. Faced with the choice between [[KarmaHoudini letting Gran'ma off scott free]] or killing her (which she's ensured will mean that his soul belongs to Hell), Jesse instead just has her destroy all the souls she's acquired, meaning that she has no reasonable way of extending her life further and will be likely die of natural causes soon. However, as he's leaving Jesse realises that unless he kills her personally he'll always be haunted by the memory of her, so he goes back and [[HoistByHisOwnPetard straps her in her own soul-extraction machine.]]

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* TakeAThirdOption: Subverted. Faced with the choice between [[KarmaHoudini letting Gran'ma off scott free]] or killing her (which she's ensured will mean that his soul belongs to Hell), Jesse instead just has her destroy all the souls she's acquired, meaning between that and both of her caretakers having just died, she has no reasonable way of extending her life further and will be likely die of natural causes soon. However, as he's leaving leaving, Jesse realises realizes that unless he kills her personally personally, he'll always be haunted by the memory of her, so he goes back and [[HoistByHisOwnPetard straps her in her own soul-extraction machine.]]
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* TakeAThirdOption: Subverted. Faced with the choice between [[KarmaHoudini letting Gran'ma off scott free]] or killing her (which she's ensured will mean that his soul belongs to Hell), Jesse instead just has her destroy all the souls she's acquired, meaning that she has no reasonable way of extending her life further and will be likely die of natural causes soon. However, as he's leaving Jesse realises that unless he kills her personally he'll always be haunted by the memory of her, so he goes back and [[HoistByHisOwnPetard straps her in her own soul-extraction machine.]]
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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Hoover gets unceremonously killed by Herr Starr shortly before the end of the episode. Featherstone doesn't seem to mind much.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Saint is appaled when Satan smacks around Eugene for appealing to his better nature. He also lets him walk free after killing Satan.

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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Hoover gets unceremonously unceremoniously killed by Herr Starr shortly before the end of the episode. Featherstone doesn't seem to mind much.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Saint is appaled appalled when Satan smacks around Eugene for appealing to his better nature. He also lets him walk free after killing Satan.



** Grandma dies of RapidAging after Jesse puts her into her own soul sucking machine.

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** Grandma dies of RapidAging after Jesse puts her into her own soul sucking soul-sucking machine.



* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Jesse could have easily commanded Jody to kill himself, but he opts to beating his fathers murderer to death without Genesis.

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* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Jesse could have easily commanded Jody to kill himself, but he opts to beating beat his fathers father's murderer to death without Genesis.
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* EyeScream: The Saint gougs out The Angel of Death's eyes.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Both Jody and T.C. accept their respective ends calm and collected. Eccarius ''tries'' to at first, but ends up screaming shortly after.

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* EyeScream: The Saint gougs gouges out The Angel of Death's eyes.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Both Jody and T.C. accept their respective ends calm calmly and collected.collectedly. Eccarius ''tries'' to at first, but ends up screaming shortly after.



** Eccarius gets devoured by Les Enfants after they have all been secretly turned into Vampire.

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** Eccarius gets devoured by Les Enfants after they have all been secretly turned into Vampire.vampires.



* LaserGuidedKarma: The Angel of Death gets her eyes gouged out by the Saint, when she reminds him of his familys eyes being picked out by her crows.

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* LaserGuidedKarma: The Angel of Death gets her eyes gouged out by the Saint, when she reminds him of his familys family's eyes being picked out by her crows.



* YouWouldntShootMe: Marie repeadetly invokes this. In the end, she is proven wrong.

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* YouWouldntShootMe: Marie repeadetly repeatedly invokes this. In the end, she is proven wrong.
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** Grandma dies of RapigAging after Jesse puts her into her own soul sucking machine.

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** Grandma dies of RapigAging RapidAging after Jesse puts her into her own soul sucking machine.
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* BatmanGambit: Marie made a deal with Satan. Should Jesse kill her, he'll go to hell. She hopes this will keep him from killing her. She is proven wrong however.


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* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Saint is appaled when Satan smacks around Eugene for appealing to his better nature. He also lets him walk free after killing Satan.
* EyeScream: The Saint gougs out The Angel of Death's eyes.


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* IChooseToStay: Even though Jesse gives him the opportunity to run away, T.C. decides to burn alongside Jody as he has no place to go.
* KarmicDeath:
** Eccarius gets devoured by Les Enfants after they have all been secretly turned into Vampire.
** Grandma dies of RapigAging after Jesse puts her into her own soul sucking machine.


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* MadeOfIron: Jody takes a ''lot'' of punishment before he finally drops dead, including two nails embedded in his face and his skull being bashed open.


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* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Jesse and Jody have an absolutely brutal fight, which ends with Jesse bashing Jody's skull open against a wall.


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* SoProudOfYou: Jody's last words to Jesse before dropping dead.
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Jesse returns home for what he hopes is the last time but angers Starr and endangers Cassidy in the process; Tulip battles hell and Nazis.
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* AgonyOfTheFeet: T.C. shoots himself in the foot with a shotgun under Jesse's command.
* ApologeticAttacker: T.C. doesn't want to fight Jesse and tries to argue for a peaceful solution. This is probably the reason why Jesse doesn't hate him as much as Jody and Marie and opts to spare his life.
* BoomHeadshot: How the Saint disposes of Satan.
* CurbStompBattle: The Angel of Death and the Saint of Killers make pretty short and brutal work of the Nazis attacking them.
* DirtyCoward: Marie, Satan and the Angel of Death are all reduced to pathetic pleading once they realize that their respective opponent isn't screwing around.
* DroppedABridgeOnHim: Hoover gets unceremonously killed by Herr Starr shortly before the end of the episode. Featherstone doesn't seem to mind much.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Both Jody and T.C. accept their respective ends calm and collected. Eccarius ''tries'' to at first, but ends up screaming shortly after.
* GoThroughMe: Jody confronts Jesse saying this when the latter is about to kill Marie.
* LaserGuidedKarma: The Angel of Death gets her eyes gouged out by the Saint, when she reminds him of his familys eyes being picked out by her crows.
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Jesse could have easily commanded Jody to kill himself, but he opts to beating his fathers murderer to death without Genesis.
* MyGreatestFailure: Not killing his grandma earlier is this for Jesse.
* NayTheist: Tulip bluntly tells God that she doesn't need his love.
* {{Revenge}}:
** Jesse finally gets it against Jody and Grandma.
** Eugene joins the Saint of Killers in his hunt for Jesse due to being sent to Hell by him. The Saint himself also plans to kill God after Satan, for his role in his family's death.
* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Shortly after Hoover sold out Les Enfants, he is killed by Herr Starr over a perceived slight.
* TimeStandsStill: How God makes his entrance and saves Tulip from a tank shell.
* WhipItGood: The Angel of Death doesn't just use the whip for show, she can use it in combat too, tearing off limbs and more.
* YouAreInCommandNow: Hitler takes over Hell from Satan after the latter is killed by the Saint.
* YouWouldntShootMe: Marie repeadetly invokes this. In the end, she is proven wrong.

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