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* AdultFear: Allison spends the episode searching for her sister who is in the company of a known violent criminal.

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* RealityEnsues:
** Leonard tries to leave the hospital before the doctor clears him. A nurse stops him and tells him he has to sign voluntary discharge papers first since he's of sound mind.
** Allison's CompellingVoice makes her dangerous in the field and builds her acting career. When she uses them on her toddler daughter, the courts deem her unfit as a parent and mandate she must attend therapy sessions before she can have visitation rights.
** Allison tries to ride along with a cop. When he finds out she lied about having a movie role, he says he could lose his job until she reveals that she knows who the perpetrator of the "accident" is and can help catch him. When their main witness goes missing from the ICU, the cop tells her to stay in the hospital rather than go after her sister because it's ''dangerous'' going after a criminal alone and he'd be abandoning his civic duty letting her do that.


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** Leonard tries to leave the hospital before the doctor clears him. A nurse stops him and tells him he has to sign voluntary discharge papers first since he's of sound mind.
** Allison's CompellingVoice makes her dangerous in the field and builds her acting career. When she uses them on her toddler daughter, the courts deem her unfit as a parent and mandate she must attend therapy sessions before she can have visitation rights.
** Allison tries to ride along with a cop. When he finds out she lied about having a movie role, he says he could lose his job until she reveals that she knows who the perpetrator of the "accident" is and can help catch him. When their main witness goes missing from the ICU, the cop tells her to stay in the hospital rather than go after her sister because it's ''dangerous'' going after a criminal alone and he'd be abandoning his civic duty letting her do that.
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* BookEnds: The episode starts and ends with the tragic results of Allison using her powers on someone she loves.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: Leonard tells Vanya that the doctor has released him, only for the nurse to state a few seconds later that Leonard hasn't been discharged yet. This is an indicator of how easily he can lie to Vanya.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Allison Rumors her daughter when Claire unreasonably asks for another story and is on the verge of going into another tantrum. It shows Allison isn't good at calming people down. At the end of the episode, she tries to do the same thing when Vanya has a screaming anxiety attack, with more tragic results.
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Leonard tells Vanya that the doctor has released him, only for the nurse to state a few seconds later that Leonard hasn't been discharged yet. This is an indicator of how easily he can lie to Vanya.



* HopeSpot: For a moment, it seems that Vanya believes Allison about Leonard being a killer since Allison has the police report in the car. Vanya needs a moment to sit and process this because despite hearing this, she loves Leonard. Even so, she's willing to listen and seems like she'll get in the car, to safety. Then Allison reveals, at the ''worst time'', that she brainwashed Vanya as a child because Reginald made Allison do it. Vanya, already in a state of emotional turmoil, lashes out and screams at Allison to leave. Allison makes things worse by trying to Rumor Vanya again, and Vanya slashes her throat.



** Allison tries to ride along with a cop. When he finds out she lied about having a movie role, he says he could lose his job until she reveals that she knows who the perpetrator of the "accident" is and can help catch him. When their main witness goes missing from the ICU, the cop tells her to stay in the hospital rather than go after her sister because it's ''dangerous'' going after a criminal alone and he'd be abandoning his civic duty letting her do that.



** The reason Vanya had no memory of her training as "Number Seven" was because Reginald ordered Allison to use her powers to brainwash Vanya.

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** The reason Vanya had no memory of her training as "Number Seven" was because that Reginald ordered Allison to use her powers to brainwash Vanya.


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* WhatTheHellHero:
** The police cop chews out Allison for lying to him about researching for a movie role, since the truth that she's trying to find Vanya would have sufficed and she has valuable information on the case.
** Diego comforts Luther on the lie Reginald told his brother, but also tells him that he needs to shape up and find Allison because she needs help.
** Vanya doesn't react well on hearing that Allison Rumored her as a child. As she puts it, "You ruined my life!"

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* AdultFear: Allison spends the episode searching for her sister who is in the company of a known violent criminal.



* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Inverted; it's rather, neither side is right. Vanya is in denial that Leonard is bad news, and when she realizes Allison Rumored her, she accuses Allison of doing it because she was fearful of what Vanya could do and wanted to be more special. Allison tries to explain that Reginald made her do it, and Allison didn't know any better because she was four; these points are true, but doesn't really help Allison's case when she's a grown adult who has spent her life abusing her powers and is visibly terrified of Vanya's anger.



* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The scene of Patrick finding Allison Rumoring their daughter plays out like he caught her smacking Claire or belittling her. He stands in the doorway, looking at her with a mix of horror and anger, and walks away as she tries to say ICanExplain.

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The scene of Patrick finding Allison Rumoring their daughter plays out like he caught her smacking Claire or belittling her. Just as Claire falls in an induced sleep, Allison notices Patrick is watching. He stands in the doorway, looking at her with a mix of horror and anger, and walks away as she tries to say ICanExplain.



* NotHelpingYourCase: Allison finally has proof that Leonard is no good and a liar. Also, she's worried that he is endangering Vanya. But in the middle of her trying to convince Vanya, she reveals that she Rumored Vanya as a child. As Vanya puts it, ''why'' should she believe the sister that did a MindRape on her? Allison says she did it because Reginald asked and she didn't know any better. But as Vanya gets agitated, Allison tries to use her powers again.



** Leonard tries to leave the hospital before the doctor clears him. A nurse stops him and tells him he has to sign voluntary discharge papers first.

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** Leonard tries to leave the hospital before the doctor clears him. A nurse stops him and tells him he has to sign voluntary discharge papers first.first since he's of sound mind.


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* WasItAllALie: Along with the other truth bombs Allison has dumped on Vanya, she and Vanya remember that Allison Rumored Vanya when they were both four. Vanya lashes out and asks if Allison really cares about her, or was it a front for jealousy about Vanya being special.

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: The scene of Patrick finding Allison Rumoring their daughter plays out like he caught her smacking Claire or belittling her. He stands in the doorway, looking at her with a mix of horror and anger, and walks away as she tries to say ICanExplain.



* RealityEnsues: Allison's CompellingVoice makes her dangerous in the field and builds her acting career. When she uses them on her toddler daughter, the courts deem her unfit as a parent and mandate she must attend therapy sessions before she can have visitation rights.

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* RealityEnsues: RealityEnsues:
** Leonard tries to leave the hospital before the doctor clears him. A nurse stops him and tells him he has to sign voluntary discharge papers first.
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Allison's CompellingVoice makes her dangerous in the field and builds her acting career. When she uses them on her toddler daughter, the courts deem her unfit as a parent and mandate she must attend therapy sessions before she can have visitation rights.
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Opinion, and this happens in Episode 2.


* PapaWolf: It's revealed that Allison's husband divorced her and got custody of Claire because she compelled Claire to behave with her Rumoring. When Vanya sympathetically tries to say he sounds like an asshole, Allison lashes out because she knows that her ex is right that she crossed a line.

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* PapaWolf: It's revealed that Allison's husband divorced her and got custody of Claire because she compelled Claire to behave with her Rumoring. When Vanya sympathetically tries to say he sounds like an asshole, Allison lashes out because she knows that her ex is right that she crossed a line.
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* RealityEnsues: Allison's CompellingVoice makes her dangerous in the field and builds her acting career. When she uses them on her toddler daughter, the courts deem her unfit as a parent because it's clear proof she emotionally abused her child. And her husband refuses her visitation until she goes to counseling because he doesn't trust Allison or if their love was even real.

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* RealityEnsues: Allison's CompellingVoice makes her dangerous in the field and builds her acting career. When she uses them on her toddler daughter, the courts deem her unfit as a parent because it's clear proof and mandate she emotionally abused her child. And her husband refuses her must attend therapy sessions before she can have visitation until she goes to counseling because he doesn't trust Allison or if their love was even real.rights.

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* PapaWolf: It's revealed that Allison's husband divorced her and got custody of Claire because she compelled Claire to behave with her Rumoring. When Vanya sympathetically tries to say he sounds like an asshole, Allison lashes out because she knows that her ex is right that she crossed a line.



* TheReveal: Leonard paid the three guys to rough him up in front of Vanya in hope to invoke a TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening in her. It [[UnspokenPlanGuarantee worked out]].

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* TheReveal: RealityEnsues: Allison's CompellingVoice makes her dangerous in the field and builds her acting career. When she uses them on her toddler daughter, the courts deem her unfit as a parent because it's clear proof she emotionally abused her child. And her husband refuses her visitation until she goes to counseling because he doesn't trust Allison or if their love was even real.
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Leonard paid the three guys to rough him up in front of Vanya in hope to invoke a TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening in her. It [[UnspokenPlanGuarantee worked out]].


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** Allison lost custody of her child over the abuse of her CompellingVoice.
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* PullTheIV: We don't actually get to see it but when Vanya awakes from her UnbrokenVigil, Leonard has already gotten up from his hospital bed with the IV remaining on the sheet.
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* Foreshadowing: Leonard tells Vanya that the doctor has released him, only for the nurse to state a few seconds later that Leonard hasn't been discharged yet. This is an indicator of how easily he can lie to Vanya.

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* Foreshadowing: {{Foreshadowing}}: Leonard tells Vanya that the doctor has released him, only for the nurse to state a few seconds later that Leonard hasn't been discharged yet. This is an indicator of how easily he can lie to Vanya.
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* Foreshadowing: Leonard tells Vanya that the doctor has released him, only for the nurse to state a few seconds later that Leonard hasn't been discharged yet. This is an indicator of how easily he can lie to Vanya.
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** The reason Vanya had no memory of her training as "Number Seven" was because Reginald ordered Allison to use her powers to brainwash Vanya.
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* AccidentalMurder: Vanya didn't mean to do so, but two of the three men who attacked Leonard died when she lost control of her powers to protect them.

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I'm not sure that's the best trope for it...


* ActorAllusion: The song playing in the beginning as Allison drives through the rain is "Stormy Weather (Keep Rainin' All the Time)", which was performed by her actress Emmy Raver-Lampman.



-->'''Five''': So how'd the crazy bastard actually know to kill himself a week before the end of the world?
-->'''Klaus''': Well, you know...
-->'''Five''': Don't answer. That was purely rhetorical.

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-->'''Five''': So how'd the crazy bastard actually know to kill himself a week before the end of the world?
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world?\\
'''Klaus''':
Well, you know...
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know...\\
'''Five''':
Don't answer. That was purely rhetorical.
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* AdmiringTheAbomination: Leonard's triumphant look at Vanya after the latter sliced the throat of her sister.
* AngryCollarGrab: Diego does it to Patch's partner from within his jail cell.



* GlassShatteringSound: Vanya is shown in flashbacks to be able to break champagne glasses by amplifying the sound of a tuning fork. She even breaks Reginald's HighClassGlass this way.
* HangoverSensitivity: Luther shows sensitivity to sound the morning after his binge.



* ThePatientHasLeftTheBuilding: Leonard leaves the hospital in a hurry, but not without signing the voluntary discharge papers.
* TheReveal: Leonard paid the three guys to rough him up in front of Vanya in hope to invoke a TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening in her. It [[UnspokenPlanGuarantee worked out]].
* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: Defied by Five who tells Klaus not to answer his rhetorical question:
-->'''Five''': So how'd the crazy bastard actually know to kill himself a week before the end of the world?
-->'''Klaus''': Well, you know...
-->'''Five''': Don't answer. That was purely rhetorical.



* SuicideForOthersHappiness: Klaus and Pogo confirm that their father killed himself to bring them together to stop the apocalypse.

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* SuicideForOthersHappiness: Klaus and Pogo confirm that their father killed himself to bring them together to stop the apocalypse.apocalypse.
* UnbrokenVigil: Vanya spends the night by Leonard's bedside at the hospital.
* UnflinchingWalk: Cha-Cha walking away from the exploding diner without looking back.
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"I can't imagine how hard it is for you to hear this how you feel right now, but I love you, and I just wanna be here for you, as your sister."'']]



Klaus and Pogo tell Luther and Five that Reginald's death was a suicide. All four brothers arrive at the cabin, only to find Allison's body.

Cha-Cha burns down the doughnut shop out of spite and tries to follow Agnes and Hazel.

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Klaus and Pogo tell Luther and Five that Reginald's death was a suicide. All four Accompanied by Diego, who got out of jail thanks to his officer acquaintance, they shake Luther out of his funk. The brothers arrive at drive up to the cabin, cabin only to find Allison's body.

body bleeding out on the floor.

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Cha-Cha burns down the doughnut shop out of spite and tries to follow Agnes and Hazel.Hazel. The latter, however, leaves Agnes at a motel to wrap up unfinished business.


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* MythologyGag: Claire asks Allison to tell her the story about the Eiffel Tower, a reference to the first comic, where the children fight the Eiffel Tower itself.

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->''"...he asked me to do something I never understood until now."''
-->-- '''Allison'''




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Leonard discharges himself from the hospital; Vanya is shaken by the fact that she killed two of the attackers. Guided by Reginald's notes, he continues to try and awaken Vanya's powers. Allison finds Vanya's scarf outside the diner and convinces an officer at the scene to let her tag along on the investigation. The surviving perp reveals that Leonard hired them to rough him up. Vanya dregs up memories of her father training her to use her powers. Allison finds her in the cabin channeling her powers through the violin and informs her that Leonard is a murderer. Allison remembers that Reginald once made her convince Vanya that she was ordinary. Enraged, Vanya lashes out at Allison and slashes her throat by accident.

Klaus and Pogo tell Luther and Five that Reginald's death was a suicide. All four brothers arrive at the cabin, only to find Allison's body.

Cha-Cha burns down the doughnut shop out of spite and tries to follow Agnes and Hazel.



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* CatScare: When Allison first investigates the cabin, something shoots up by her head -- it's a bird.
* ItsForABook: Allison convinces a cop to let her accompany him by saying that she's researching the role of a small-town cop.
* ModestyBedsheet: Luther and his one-night stand awaken in his bedroom with the sheets covering their bodies.
* MustHaveCaffeine: Five.Five takes the coffee Klaus puts in front of Luther and gulps it down.
* SlashedThroat: Vanya accidentally slashes Allison's throat with her powers.
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** MustHaveCaffeine: Five.
* SuicideForOthersHappiness: Klaus and Pogo confirm that their father killed himself to bring them together to stop the apocalypse.
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"I Heard a Rumor" is the eighth episode of ''The Umbrella Academy'''s first season.


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