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* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: Argyus betrays the Republic and helps Ventress free Gunray, only to be literally backstabbed by her when he reveals his intent to take most of the credit for the operation.

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* FirstNameBasis: While fighting off Ventress in the climax, Luminara begins to call Ahsoka by her name, rather than "Padawan Tano" as she did before, symbolizing her newfound respect for the Togruta.



* IgnoredExpert: Downplayed. While Ahsoka certainly is not an expert in the Jedi ways by any means, she certainly has experience with fighting Asajj Ventress, and tries to warn Luminara about facing her alone. Luminara dismisses Ahsoka's warnings, but later comes to realize how correct she was in regards to how dangerous Ventress is. She lampshades this at the end of the episode.



* ProperlyParanoid: Luminara orders Ahsoka to stay in the detention level and guard Gunray just in case the Separatists have sent someone elite to rescue him. Ahsoka protests, but then ends up having to fight off Ventress.

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* ProperlyParanoid: Luminara orders Ahsoka to stay in the detention level and guard Gunray just in case the Separatists have sent someone elite to rescue him. Ahsoka protests, but then ends up having to fight off Ventress.Ventress when she makes her entrance. Doubly so in that Captain Faro Argyus was actually a Separatist mole who takes advantage of Ahsoka's absence later on to kill several clones in an attempt to break out Gunray.

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* DevilishHairHorns: Captain Argyus' ...interesting hairdo has small horn shapes at the back, foreshadowing his status as a traitor.



* HornedHairdo: Captain Argyus' ...interesting hairdo has small horn shapes at the back, foreshadowing his status as a traitor.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: After Gunray is rescued, Ventress kills Argyus.

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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: After Gunray is rescued, Ventress kills Argyus.
Argyus, though also because he makes the mistake of pissing her off.

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* FightingFingerprint: Luminara recognizes that Ventress fight using Dooku's style, but it's "undisciplined" and "sloppy".

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* FightingFingerprint: Luminara recognizes that Ventress fight fights using Dooku's style, but it's "undisciplined" and "sloppy".


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* HatesBeingNicknamed: A clone trooper is corrected for calling a droid "327" instead of "327T".


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* LoudGulp: Gunray gulps after Ahsoka suggests that the Separatists are there to kill him instead of rescue him.
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* AssholeVictim: Argyus is [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves rewarded]] with a [[InTheBack lightsaber strike from behind]], courtesy of Ventress.

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* AssholeVictim: Argyus is [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves rewarded]] rewarded for his treachery]] with a [[InTheBack lightsaber strike from behind]], courtesy of Ventress.
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* AssholeVictim: Argyus is [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves rewarded]] with a [[StabInTheBack lightsaber strike from behind]], courtesy of Ventress.

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* AssholeVictim: Argyus is [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves rewarded]] with a [[StabInTheBack [[InTheBack lightsaber strike from behind]], courtesy of Ventress.
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* AssholeVictim: Argyus is [[RewardedAsATraitorDeserves rewarded]] with a [[StabInTheBack lightsaber strike from behind]], courtesy of Ventress.

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* FightingFingerprint: Luminara recognizes that Ventress fight using Dooku's style, but it's "undisciplined" and "sloppy".




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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: After Gunray is rescued, Ventress kills Argyus.
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* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Argyus explains that he defected to the Separatists because he wanted a life beyond "empty servitude". Gree calls him out over how idiotic of a reason that is to betray the Republic.
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* TheBadGuyWins: The ''Tranquility'' is severely damaged, and Gunray escapes with Ventress and Argyus' help.

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* TheBadGuyWins: The ''Tranquility'' is severely damaged, damaged and Gunray escapes with Ventress and Argyus' help.
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* DisconnectedByDeath: Two of the clone troopers fighting in the hangar die while on the comms, one killed by a super battle droid and the other by Ventress.

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* DisconnectedByDeath: Two of the clone troopers fighting in the hangar of the Jedi Cruiser die while on the comms, one killed by a super battle droid and the other by Ventress.
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** Gree will live, since he, too, is in ''Revenge of the Sith'' as one of the two clone troopers who gets decapitated by Yoda during Order 66.

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** Gree will live, since he, too, is in ''Revenge of the Sith'' as one of the two clone troopers who gets are decapitated by Yoda during after Order 66.66 gets executed.
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* PistolWhipping: Gunray knocks out Commander Gree from behind by hitting him in the head with a blaster.
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** As hinted at in dialogue in the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E8BombadJedi previous episode]], Gunray getting rescued by his fellow Separatists was bound to happen. Also, Ventress won't kill him, either, since he's alive in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''.

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** As hinted at in dialogue in the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E8BombadJedi previous episode]], Gunray getting rescued by his fellow Separatists was bound to happen. Also, Ventress won't kill him, either, since he's alive in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''.
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** After Luminara leaves to fight Ventress by herself, Argyus is the one who encourages her to go help, leaving Gunray unguarded by any Jedi.

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** After Luminara leaves to fight Ventress by herself, Argyus is the one who encourages her Ahsoka to go help, leaving Gunray unguarded by any Jedi.

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* EscapePod: Ventress disembarks from the Jedi Cruiser in one before being picked up by the ship stolen by Argyus.
* ExplosionPropulsion: When preparing to escape the ''Tranquility'', Ventress uses an explosion to propel her down an air vent.
* EyeScream: Luminara gets steam in her eye when Ventress cuts open a pipe, leaving it red for the rest of the ensuing fight.



* EscapePod: Ventress disembarks from the Jedi Cruiser in one before being picked up by the ship stolen by Argyus.
* ExplosionPropulsion: When preparing to escape the ''Tranquility'', Ventress uses an explosion to propel her down an air vent.
* EyeScream: Luminara gets steam in her eye when Ventress cuts open a pipe, leaving it red for the rest of the ensuing fight.
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* HornedHairdo: Captain Argyus' ...interesting hairdo has small horn shapes at the back, foreshadowing his status as a traitor.
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** Gree will live, since he, too, is in ''Revenge of the Sith'' as one of the two clones who gets decapitated by Yoda during Order 66.

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** Gree will live, since he, too, is in ''Revenge of the Sith'' as one of the two clones clone troopers who gets decapitated by Yoda during Order 66.

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* ForegoneConclusion: As hinted at in dialogue in the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E8BombadJedi previous episode]], Gunray getting rescued by his fellow Separatists was bound to happen. Also, Ventress won't kill him, either, since he's alive in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''.

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* ForegoneConclusion: ForegoneConclusion:
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As hinted at in dialogue in the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E8BombadJedi previous episode]], Gunray getting rescued by his fellow Separatists was bound to happen. Also, Ventress won't kill him, either, since he's alive in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''.
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'''Luminara:''' If you're merely a pawn, than who are you protecting?

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'''Luminara:''' If you're merely a pawn, than then who are you protecting?
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** Gree will live, since he, too, is in ''Revenge of the Sith'' as one of the two clones who gets decapitated by Yoda during Order 66.
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* ForegoneConclusion: As hinted at in dialogue in the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E8BombadJedi previous episode]], Gunray getting rescued by his fellow Separatists was bound to happen. And Ventress won't kill him, either, since he's alive in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''.

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* ForegoneConclusion: As hinted at in dialogue in the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E8BombadJedi previous episode]], Gunray getting rescued by his fellow Separatists was bound to happen. And Also, Ventress won't kill him, either, since he's alive in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''.
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* WeNeedADistraction: Ventress sets off explosions in the engine room and lures the Jedi there to fight her so that Argyus can spring Gunray free without anyone previously suspecting him.

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* WeNeedADistraction: Ventress sets off explosions in the engine room and lures the Jedi there to fight her so that Argyus can spring Gunray free without anyone previously suspecting him.with much less difficulty.
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* WeaponStomp: Commander Gree and Captain Argyus are circling a blaster lying on the floor. When Argyus goes for it, Gree steps on the gun and punches him out. Unfortunately, Gree is then knocked out from behind by Nute Gunray.

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* DualWielding: One of the clone troopers seen fighting the super battle droids in the hangar is doing this with DC-15s.


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* GunsAkimbo: One of the clone troopers seen fighting the super battle droids in the hangar is doing this with DC-15s.
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->''Ignore your instincts at your peril.''

After the capture of Nute Gunray on Rodia, Jedi Master Luminara Unduli and Anakin Skywalker's Padawan Ahsoka Tano are sent by the Jedi Council to escort the Separatist leader to Coruscant under heavy guard. But Gunray's Separatist allies aren't just going to sit idly by and let the Republic take him into custody considering how many dirty secrets he knows: Asajj Ventress, Count Dooku's personal assassin, has been sent with a Separatist boarding party. But will she rescue Gunray, or kill him?

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* AirVentPassageway: Ventress travels around the ''Tranquility'' via the ducts.
* TheBadGuyWins: The ''Tranquility'' is severely damaged, and Gunray escapes with Ventress and Argyus' help.
* BladeBrake: Ventress uses her lightsabers for this when she jumps down the turbolift shaft.
* BlastingItOutOfTheirHands: Gree disarms Argyus this way when the traitorous Senate Commando is attempting to free Gunray from the detention block.
* BlatantLies:
-->'''Gunray:''' I am an innocent pawn in all of this!\\
'''Luminara:''' If you're merely a pawn, than who are you protecting?
* BoardingPod: The Separatist versions, first seen in this episode, use spikes to pierce holes in the Jedi Cruiser that are then sealed by the craft.
* ContinuityNod: Ahsoka and Ventress remember each other from their [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie previous encounter]].
* DisconnectedByDeath: Two of the clone troopers fighting in the hangar die while on the comms, one killed by a super battle droid and the other by Ventress.
* DualWielding: One of the clone troopers seen fighting the super battle droids in the hangar is doing this with DC-15s.
* ForegoneConclusion: As hinted at in dialogue in the [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E8BombadJedi previous episode]], Gunray getting rescued by his fellow Separatists was bound to happen. And Ventress won't kill him, either, since he's alive in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''.
* EscapePod: Ventress disembarks from the Jedi Cruiser in one before being picked up by the ship stolen by Argyus.
* ExplosionPropulsion: When preparing to escape the ''Tranquility'', Ventress uses an explosion to propel her down an air vent.
* EyeScream: Luminara gets steam in her eye when Ventress cuts open a pipe, leaving it red for the rest of the ensuing fight.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** En route to the ''Tranquility'', Gunray attempts to talk an irritated Commander Gree into a bribe. It turns out that one of the soldiers guarding the Viceroy on the ship is, in fact, corrupt and taking money from the Separatists.
** Sidious is skeptical of how much responsibility has been placed in Ventress' hands when Dooku informs him that she's been sent to either capture or kill Gunray.
** During the fight in the detention block, Ventress deflects fire to kill the two Senate Commandos with Argyus, but deals with the captain himself by Force-throwing him into the controls. It turns out she has a good reason not to kill him (at least, right now).
** After Luminara leaves to fight Ventress by herself, Argyus is the one who encourages her to go help, leaving Gunray unguarded by any Jedi.
* GoodCopBadCop: Luminara and Ahsoka end up unintentionally playing out this role while interrogating Gunray. Luminara, ever the ideal Jedi Master, tries to wear the Viceroy down by talking, but Ahsoka gets impatient and physically threatens him... which turns out to get more answers.
* GunStruggle: Between Commander Gree and the traitorous Senate Commando Captain Argyus. Gree wins, but then Gunray knocks him out with another blaster from behind.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Ventress' orders are to either rescue Gunray, or kill him if that's not possible given how many secrets he knows.
* HumanShield: Argyus uses Gunray as one during his fight with Commander Gree, knowing that the clone trooper won't dare shoot such an important prisoner.
* InTheBack: Argyus' fate when he makes the mistake of disparaging Ventress' skills.
* IOweYouMyLife: Luminara to Ahsoka at the end, while thanking her for the rescue earlier.
* ISurrenderSuckers: When Luminara and Ahsoka corner Ventress in the detention block, she puts her lightsabers away and raises her hands when the Jedi Master demands her surrender... only for the bombs she planted earlier to go off.
* KilledMidSentence: One of the clone troopers killed by Ventress.
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* TheMole: Captain Argyus of the Senate Commandos turns out to have sold his services to the Separatists.
* OffWithHisHead: Ventress decapitates the first clone trooper to see her boarding the ''Tranquility''.
* ProperlyParanoid: Luminara orders Ahsoka to stay in the detention level and guard Gunray just in case the Separatists have sent someone elite to rescue him. Ahsoka protests, but then ends up having to fight off Ventress.
* SequelHook: During the briefing at the end, it's mentioned that the Republic ship Gunray escaped on can be tracked, and Luminara says that she's already contacted Master Fisto with the coordinates since his fleet was near its last known position.
* TapOnTheHead: ''Nute Gunray'' of [[DirtyCoward all people]] knocks out Commander Gree from behind by hitting him in the head with a DC-15 blaster.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Luminara is confident that she can handle Ventress alone due to her "undisciplined fighting skills". Ahsoka says otherwise, and Luminara apologizes after Ahsoka saves her life in the ensuing duel.
* WeNeedADistraction: Ventress sets off explosions in the engine room and lures the Jedi there to fight her so that Argyus can spring Gunray free without anyone previously suspecting him.
* TheXOfY: "Cloak '''of''' Darkness".

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