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* ContinuityNod: As in ''A New Hope'', Greedo holds his blaster in his left hand.

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As in ''A New Hope'', Greedo holds his blaster in his left hand.hand.
** Jabba holds his son in this scene to remind us of the kidnapping plot against him by the Separatists.
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* ContinuityNod: As in ''A New Hope'', Greedo holds his blaster in his left hand.


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* ExactWords: When Ahsoka uses the mind trick to get past the guard, she says he'll let her past. He does, then stops Chuchi, causing Ahsoka to grimace and change it to letting them ''both'' past.
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* BehindTheBlack: Sib Canay is the only one to look under the table to see if someone is hiding there. His interlocutor is still standing and therefore should have seen Ahsoka and Chuchi darting out to different hiding places.
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* ThrowingTheDistraction: Ahsoka uses the Force to make some décor move noisily so she and Chuch can sneak past a guard.

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* ThrowingTheDistraction: Ahsoka uses the Force to make some décor move noisily so she and Chuch Chuchi can sneak past a guard.
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The moon Pantora has been blockaded by the Trade Federation in an attempt by the Separatists to make it switch sides. Newly-elected chairman Baron Papanoida and Senator Chuchi are attempting to get the Republic to help before the Federation's senator, Lott Dod, can legitimize it. But then the Separatists decide to ramp up their pressure on the Pantorans by having the Baron's daughters kidnapped. It's up to the Pantorans, with some unofficial Jedi assistance, to rescue the women before the Separatists' efforts can become successful.

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The moon Pantora has been blockaded by the Trade Federation in an attempt by the Separatists to make it switch sides. Newly-elected chairman Chairman Baron Papanoida and Senator Chuchi are attempting to get the Republic to help before the Federation's senator, Lott Dod, can legitimize it. But then the Separatists decide to ramp up their pressure on the Pantorans by having the Baron's daughters kidnapped. It's up to the Pantorans, with some unofficial Jedi assistance, to rescue the women before the Separatists' efforts can become successful.



%%* BadassFamily: The Papanoidas, full stop.

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%%* * BadassFamily: The Papanoidas, full stop.
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* OffModel:
** Rex has a shot where his kama is missing.
** Baron Papanoida's half-cape is missing when he walks into Jabba's court.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: One of the Trade Federation flunkeys, while understanding that Sib Canay's profit margins with the Separatists can be considerable, objects to the kidnapping.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: EvenEvilHasStandards:
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One of the Trade Federation flunkeys, while understanding that Sib Canay's profit margins with the Separatists can be considerable, objects to the kidnapping.
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* AlienBlood: When the Baron is inspecting the room where his daughter went missing, he finds a clue: An ornament stained green with Rodian blood.

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* AlienBlood: When the Baron is inspecting the room where his daughter daughters went missing, he finds a clue: An ornament stained green with Rodian blood.
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* AlienBlood: When the Baron is inspecting the room where his daughter went missing, he finds a clue: An ornament stained green with Rodian blood.
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Zero Context Example. Doesn't explain why they're a Badass Family.


* BadassFamily: The Papanoidas, full stop.

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* %%* BadassFamily: The Papanoidas, full stop.
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* TheCameo: Rotta the Huttlet is seen snuggled up next to his father Jabba and is used by the Baron as an example of appealing from one father to another.


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** Jabba is more than willing to let Baron Papanoida do what he will with Greedo after being appealed to as a father who has also had his child kidnapped once.

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* AscendedExtra: Baron Papnoida was originally just a CreatorCameo for Creator/GeorgeLucas in ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith''. Here, he’s actually plot-relevant.



* AscendedExtra: Baron Papnoida was originally just a CreatorCameo for Creator/GeorgeLucas in Film/RevengeOfTheSith. Here, he’s actually plot-relevant.
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* AscendedExtra: Baron Papnoida was originally just a CreatorCameo for Creator/GeorgeLucas in Film/RevengeOfTheSith. Here, he’s actually plot-relevant.
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* AnachronicOrder: This episode is set after the three following episodes ([[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E5Corruption "Corruption"]], [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E6TheAcademy "The Academy"]] and [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E7Assassin "Assassin"]]) as well as [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E2ARCTroopers "ARC Troopers"]], but before [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E8EvilPlans "Evil Plans"]].

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* AnachronicOrder: This episode is set after the three following episodes ([[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E5Corruption "Corruption"]], [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E6TheAcademy "The Academy"]] "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E5Corruption Corruption]]", "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E6TheAcademy The Academy]]", and [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E7Assassin "Assassin"]]) "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E7Assassin Assassin]]" (3:05-07) as well as [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E2ARCTroopers "ARC Troopers"]], "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E2ARCTroopers ARC Troopers]]" (3:02), but before [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E8EvilPlans "Evil Plans"]]."[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E8EvilPlans Evil Plans]]" (3:08).



** Baron Papanoida makes reference to the events of [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie the movie]] while negotiating with Jabba regarding Greedo.

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** Baron Papanoida makes reference to the events of [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie the pilot movie]] while negotiating with Jabba regarding Greedo.



* PoliceAreUseless: Inspector Tan Divo is not particularly helpful in this manner, just as he will be in [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E15SenateMurders "Senate Murders"]]. He and his droids fail to find any evidence of foul play in the kidnapping of the Papanoida sisters, but the Baron finds evidence within minutes of entering the apartment.
* SeriesContinuityError: Ahsoka, suggesting that the Papanoida daughters are being held on the Trade Federation blockade ship, refers to Pantora as a planet — after [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E15Trespass "Trespass"]] had made its status as a '''moon''' very clear.

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* PoliceAreUseless: Inspector Tan Divo is not particularly helpful in this manner, just as he will be in [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E15SenateMurders "Senate Murders"]]."[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E15SenateMurders Senate Murders]]". He and his droids fail to find any evidence of foul play in the kidnapping of the Papanoida sisters, but the Baron finds evidence within minutes of entering the apartment.
* SeriesContinuityError: Ahsoka, suggesting that the Papanoida daughters are being held on the Trade Federation blockade ship, refers to Pantora as a planet — after [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E15Trespass "Trespass"]] "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E15Trespass Trespass]]" had made its status as a '''moon''' very clear.
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Pantora is caught in a bind, as the Trade Federation has blockaded the moon in an attempt by the Separatists to make it switch sides. Newly-elected chairman Baron Papanoida and Senator Chuchi are attempting to get the Republic to help before the Federation's senator, Lott Dod, can legitimize it. But then the Separatists decide to ramp up their pressure on the Pantorans by having the Baron's daughters kidnapped. It's up to the Pantorans, with some unofficial Jedi assistance, to rescue the women before the Separatists can pressure Pantora into joining them.

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The moon Pantora is caught in a bind, as has been blockaded by the Trade Federation has blockaded the moon in an attempt by the Separatists to make it switch sides. Newly-elected chairman Baron Papanoida and Senator Chuchi are attempting to get the Republic to help before the Federation's senator, Lott Dod, can legitimize it. But then the Separatists decide to ramp up their pressure on the Pantorans by having the Baron's daughters kidnapped. It's up to the Pantorans, with some unofficial Jedi assistance, to rescue the women before the Separatists Separatists' efforts can pressure Pantora into joining them.
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* SeriesContinuityError: Ahsoka, suggesting that the Papanoida daughters are being held on the Trade Federation blockade ship, refers to Pantora as a planet — after [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E15Trespass "Trespass"]] had made its status as a '''moon''' very clear.

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* OffModel: Rex has a shot where his kama is missing.

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Rex has a shot where his kama is missing.missing.
** Baron Papanoida's half-cape is missing when he walks into Jabba's court.
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* ActionDad: Chairman Papanoida, once he goes full PapaWolf to save his daughters. He tracks down one of the bounty hunters responsible for kidnapping his daughters, forces him to cooperate at knifepoint and then proceeds to blast his way out of a bar full of Greedo's associates.


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* BadassFamily: The Papanoidas, full stop.
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* BlatantLies: Lott Dod claims to the Senate that the Trade Federation no longer has anything to do with the extremist Nute Gunray, and that they are neutral, ''not'' affiliated with the Separatists. Despite the blatant untruth, they've managed to rustle up enough PlausibleDeniability that they can still operate in Republic space.

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* BlatantLies: Lott Dod claims to the Senate that the Trade Federation no longer has anything to do with the extremist Nute Gunray, and Gunray in addition to the fact that they are neutral, neutral and ''not'' affiliated with the Separatists. Despite the blatant untruth, they've managed to rustle up enough PlausibleDeniability that they can still operate in Republic space.

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* CallBack: The Trade Federation is still employing [[Film/ThePhantomMenace blockades]] in the service of their masters' goals.

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The Trade Federation is still employing [[Film/ThePhantomMenace blockades]] in the service of their masters' goals.goals.
** Baron Papanoida makes reference to the events of [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsMovie the movie]] while negotiating with Jabba regarding Greedo.
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* JediMindTrick: Ahsoka uses it for what she confirms is her first time to get into the detention block where Chi Eekway is being held.

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* JediMindTrick: Ahsoka uses it for what she confirms is her first time to get into the a detention block where Chi Eekway is being held.on Sib Canay's flagship.
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* OffModel: As happens with surprising frequency on this show, Rex has a shot where his kama is missing.

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* OffModel: As happens with surprising frequency on this show, Rex has a shot where his kama is missing.

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* ActionGirl: Ahsoka is naturally this, but the Pantorans Riyo Chuchi and Che Amanwe Papanoida also qualify as the former has no qualms with calling out the Trade Federation twice regarding their bullshit and the latter manages to injure Greedo with a religious icon whilst being kidnapped and later knocks out one of her father's assailants, pilfers his blaster and shoots another one in the shoulder during her rescue.



* BarBrawl: The rescue of Che Amanwe sparks a gunfight in a cantina.

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* BarBrawl: The rescue of Che Amanwe sparks a gunfight in a cantina. The cantina, in fact, with Greedo himself involved.



* PapaWolf: Baron Papanoida goes all-out when his daughters are kidnapped by the Separatists, personally rescuing Che Amanwe from bounty hunters.

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* PapaWolf: Baron Papanoida goes all-out when his daughters are kidnapped by the Separatists, personally rescuing Che Amanwe from going on the hunt for Greedo when he finds evidence of his involvement. When he finds Greedo and is held at gunpoint, he merely tells the bounty hunters.hunter to tell him where his daughters are or die, then wrestles his way out and holds Greedo at knifepoint for an audience with Jabba to get the truth of the matter before actually lifting the Rodian bodily from the ground and demanding to be taken to his daughters. Jabba's example of this trope is also acknowledged when the Baron reminds him of when his own son was kidnapped.



* TookALevelInBadass: Senator Chuchi went from being a timid and soft-spoken girl cowed by her homeworld's leader to a strong-willed and confident young woman who is willing to take on the Trade Federation in verbal warfare despite their renowned economic clout.



* WithMyHandsTied: Che Amanwe Papanoida smashes a bottle over the head of a Quarren aiming at her father, grabs a blaster and kills the Gotal about to shoot her father, all while handcuffed.

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* WithMyHandsTied: Che Amanwe Papanoida smashes a bottle over the head of a Quarren aiming at her father, grabs a blaster and kills shoots the Gotal about to shoot her father, all while handcuffed.
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* ThrowingTheDistraction: Ahsoka uses the Force to make some decor move noisily so she and Chuch can sneak past a guard.

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* ThrowingTheDistraction: Ahsoka uses the Force to make some decor décor move noisily so she and Chuch can sneak past a guard.
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* {{Gasp}}: Chuchi reacting thusly to learning that (one of) the Papanoida sisters are on the Trade Federation flagship, resulting in her and Ahsoka nearly getting discovered snooping.

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* {{Gasp}}: Chuchi reacting reacts thusly to learning that (one of) the Papanoida sisters are on the Trade Federation flagship, resulting in her and Ahsoka nearly getting discovered snooping.
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* VillainExitStageLeft; Greedo flees the scene when the rest of his associates are killed in the gunfight during Che Amanwe's rescue.

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* VillainExitStageLeft; VillainExitStageLeft: Greedo flees the scene when the rest of his associates are killed in the gunfight during Che Amanwe's rescue.
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* IHaveYourX: The Separatists attempt to pressure Baron Papanoida into submitting to their deal by kidnapping his daughters.

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* IHaveYourX: IHaveYourWife: The Separatists attempt to pressure Baron Papanoida into submitting to their deal by kidnapping his daughters.
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->''A child stolen is a hope lost.''

Pantora is caught in a bind, as the Trade Federation has blockaded the moon in an attempt by the Separatists to make it switch sides. Newly-elected chairman Baron Papanoida and Senator Chuchi are attempting to get the Republic to help before the Federation's senator, Lott Dod, can legitimize it. But then the Separatists decide to ramp up their pressure on the Pantorans by having the Baron's daughters kidnapped. It's up to the Pantorans, with some unofficial Jedi assistance, to rescue the women before the Separatists can pressure Pantora into joining them.

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* AnachronicOrder: This episode is set after the three following episodes ([[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E5Corruption "Corruption"]], [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E6TheAcademy "The Academy"]] and [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E7Assassin "Assassin"]]) as well as [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E2ARCTroopers "ARC Troopers"]], but before [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E8EvilPlans "Evil Plans"]].
* BarBrawl: The rescue of Che Amanwe sparks a gunfight in a cantina.
* BlackmailIsSuchAnUglyWord: Senator Chuchi calls her blackmailing of the Trade Federation executives responsible for the kidnapping "business".
* BlatantLies: Lott Dod claims to the Senate that the Trade Federation no longer has anything to do with the extremist Nute Gunray, and that they are neutral, ''not'' affiliated with the Separatists. Despite the blatant untruth, they've managed to rustle up enough PlausibleDeniability that they can still operate in Republic space.
* CallBack: The Trade Federation is still employing [[Film/ThePhantomMenace blockades]] in the service of their masters' goals.
* CallForward: [[Film/ANewHope Greedo]] still isn't the most competent of bounty hunters.
* DamselInDistress: Chi Eekway and Che Amanwe Papanoida are kidnapped to place political pressure on their father. It applies more to Chi Eekway, who's the quieter of the two.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: One of the Trade Federation flunkeys, while understanding that Sib Canay's profit margins with the Separatists can be considerable, objects to the kidnapping.
* {{Gasp}}: Chuchi reacting thusly to learning that (one of) the Papanoida sisters are on the Trade Federation flagship, resulting in her and Ahsoka nearly getting discovered snooping.
* GrievousBottleyHarm: Che Amanwe smashes a bottle over the head of a Quarren aiming at her father.
* GunsAkimbo: Chairman Papanoida wields two blaster pistols during the rescue of Che Amanwe.
* IHaveYourX: The Separatists attempt to pressure Baron Papanoida into submitting to their deal by kidnapping his daughters.
* ImprovisedWeapon: Che Amanwe uses a statuette as a bludgeon while fighting back against the bounty hunters sent to kidnap her and her sister. The blood left on it provides a clue as to who was responsible.
* InTheHood: Ahsoka wears a cloak as a disguise when going on a diplomatic mission to the Trade Federation flagship with Chuchi.
* ItsProbablyNothing: When the Papanoida sisters return home and discover the lights won't turn on, Chi Eekway sees someone moving around in the darkened apartment, but Che Amanwe dismisses it. It doesn't take her long to discover how wrong she was.
* JediMindTrick: Ahsoka uses it for what she confirms is her first time to get into the detention block where Chi Eekway is being held.
* LiteralMinded: The guard Ahsoka mind-tricks into letting her into the detention block only lets ''her'' in, blocking Senator Chuchi, so Ahsoka has to mind-trick him again so the Senator can get in.
* OffModel: As happens with surprising frequency on this show, Rex has a shot where his kama is missing.
* PapaWolf: Baron Papanoida goes all-out when his daughters are kidnapped by the Separatists, personally rescuing Che Amanwe from bounty hunters.
* PlausibleDeniability: The Trade Federation publicly claims that Nute Gunray is an extremist who is no longer affiliated with them so they can hide their Separatist ties, although senators like Padmé, Bail Organa and Riyo Chuchi know it's a lie. At the same time, though, the episode demonstrates that it can also hinder them.
* PlayingBothSides: The Trade Federation is using PlausibleDeniability to continue operating in the Republic even though they're part of the Separatists.
* PoliceAreUseless: Inspector Tan Divo is not particularly helpful in this manner, just as he will be in [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS2E15SenateMurders "Senate Murders"]]. He and his droids fail to find any evidence of foul play in the kidnapping of the Papanoida sisters, but the Baron finds evidence within minutes of entering the apartment.
* ThrowingTheDistraction: Ahsoka uses the Force to make some decor move noisily so she and Chuch can sneak past a guard.
* VillainExitStageLeft; Greedo flees the scene when the rest of his associates are killed in the gunfight during Che Amanwe's rescue.
* WithMyHandsTied: Che Amanwe Papanoida smashes a bottle over the head of a Quarren aiming at her father, grabs a blaster and kills the Gotal about to shoot her father, all while handcuffed.
* TheXOfY: "Sphere '''of''' Influence".

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