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* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: Negan enjoys gutting the Croat soldier he has at his mercy and taunting his comrades with the execution… and he seems to recognize it was a bad idea when he sees Maggie was there to witness it.
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* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: Negan enjoys puts on a show of enjoying gutting the Croat soldier he has at his mercy and taunting his comrades with the execution… and he seems to recognize it was a bad idea looks incredibly guilty when he sees Maggie was there to witness it.
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* HesBack: Questionably villainous example; Negan executes a Croat soldier showing much of the old sadism and childish glee he used to show when he would do the same back as leader of the Saviors.
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* HesBack: Questionably villainous example; Negan executes a Croat soldier showing much of the old sadism and childish glee he used to show when he would do the same back as leader of the Saviors. {{Subverted}} in the look he gives to Maggie immediately after; Negan is genuinely disgusted by his actions, but he knows that the spectacle of fearsome acts are always a powerful substitute when force is in short supply.
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* {{Squick}}: Negan's stunt of smashing the Croat's soldier into glass panes leaves him with shards of glass embedded into his hands. He is shown picking out the glass and bandaging his hands in a later scene.
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* RealityEnsues: Negan's stunt of smashing the Croat's soldier into glass panes leaves him with shards of glass embedded into his hands. He is shown picking out the glass and bandaging his hands in a later scene.
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* RealityEnsues: {{Squick}}: Negan's stunt of smashing the Croat's soldier into glass panes leaves him with shards of glass embedded into his hands. He is shown picking out the glass and bandaging his hands in a later scene.
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* RealityEnsues: Negan's stunt of smashing the Croat's soldier into glass panes leaves him with shards of glass embedded into his hands. He is shown picking out the glass and bandaging his hands in a later scene.
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Glamour Failure is a supernatural trope, there's nothing supernatural about this guy, Negan just doesn't like his look
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* GlamourFailure: Negan lambastes a Croat soldier for having both a neck beard and a rat tail.
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* GlamourFailure: FashionVictimVillain: [[invoked]] Negan lambastes a Croat soldier for having both a neck beard and a rat tail.
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** Mr. Aizawa introduces Ginny as coming from Oceanside, one of the communities from Virginia Hilltop was allied with.
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-->'''Maggie and Negan contend with a new group of survivors who are suspicious of them.'''
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** Negan guts the Croat soldier and rains his entrails on his comrades similar to how he sadistically executed Spencer Monroe in Season 7’s "Hearts Still Beating."
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: Negan enjoys gutting the Croat soldier he has at his mercy and taunting his comrades with the execution… and he seems to recognize it was a bad idea when he sees Maggie was there to witness it.
* DrunkOnTheDarkSide: Negan enjoys gutting the Croat soldier he has at his mercy and taunting his comrades with the execution… and he seems to recognize it was a bad idea when he sees Maggie was there to witness it.
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* HesBack: Questionably villainous example; Negan executes a Croat soldier showing much of the old sadism and childish glee he used to show when he would do the same back as leader of the Saviors.
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-->'''Maggie Rhee must do the unthinkable when her son Hershel is kidnapped.'''
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-->'''Maggie Rhee must do the unthinkable when her son Hershel is kidnapped.and Negan contend with a new group of survivors who are suspicious of them.'''
* BadLiar: Negan accuses Maggie of being this, and to his credit, he has a point given how the new group doesn’t seem to buy it.
* CallBack:
** Armstrong is caught in one of the traps that Negan narrowly saved Maggie from in the previous episode.
* CallBack:
** Armstrong is caught in one of the traps that Negan narrowly saved Maggie from in the previous episode.
* GlamourFailure: Negan lambastes a Croat soldier for having both a neck beard and a rat tail.
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* MythologyGag: In the flashback, Hershel says he’s going to someone named Xander’s. The former leader of Hilltop, Gregory, was played by Creator/XanderBerkeley.
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* MythologyGag: In the flashback, Hershel says he’s going to someone named Xander’s. The former leader of Hilltop, Gregory, was played by Creator/XanderBerkeley.Creator/XanderBerkeley.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: The "pigeon lady" brought Maggie and Negan in, only to be killed by one of the Croat’s men.
* NothingIsScarier: Negan can’t even bring himself to state just what the Croat did to the scout, and can only lament that she was just a young girl.
* WouldHurtAChild: The Croat disobeyed a direct order from Negan to continue his evil work on a young girl from the Kingdom.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: The "pigeon lady" brought Maggie and Negan in, only to be killed by one of the Croat’s men.
* NothingIsScarier: Negan can’t even bring himself to state just what the Croat did to the scout, and can only lament that she was just a young girl.
* WouldHurtAChild: The Croat disobeyed a direct order from Negan to continue his evil work on a young girl from the Kingdom.
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!!Season 1, Episode 2
-->'''Maggie Rhee must do the unthinkable when her son Hershel is kidnapped.'''
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* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Armstrong’s cohort has already reanimated by the time he comes to.
* ContinuityNod:
** In the flashback, Maggie wears a sleeveless shirt similar to her primary outfit during the first portions of Season 5 of ''The Walking Dead''.
** Negan mentions a skirmish the Saviors had with the Kingdom before Maggie and Rick’s group came to Virginia.
** Negan says he learned the Croat was a "rabid dog", recalling his AnimalMotifs of good and bad dogs he frequently alluded to in Season 9.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Negan says even well before meeting Rick’s group, he recognized the Croat was a complete monster that he personally tried to kill for his heinous actions.
* EvilIsNotAToy: Negan used the Croat as a reliable torturer and executioner, but to his dismay, the Croat was more than happy to disobey direct orders and do horrendous things he won’t even repeat to a young girl.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Negan is adamant that he was only a "monster" when he had to put on a show.
* IHatePastMe: Even though he insists the Croat went far beyond anything he was willing to do even as Savior leader, Negan is clearly ashamed he had such a monster as one of his henchmen for as long as he did.
* ItsPersonal: Negan affirms to Maggie that the Croat has a personal vendetta with him due to his failed attempt to execute him in the past.
* MythologyGag: In the flashback, Hershel says he’s going to someone named Xander’s. The former leader of Hilltop, Gregory, was played by Creator/XanderBerkeley.
-->'''Maggie Rhee must do the unthinkable when her son Hershel is kidnapped.'''
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* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: Armstrong’s cohort has already reanimated by the time he comes to.
* ContinuityNod:
** In the flashback, Maggie wears a sleeveless shirt similar to her primary outfit during the first portions of Season 5 of ''The Walking Dead''.
** Negan mentions a skirmish the Saviors had with the Kingdom before Maggie and Rick’s group came to Virginia.
** Negan says he learned the Croat was a "rabid dog", recalling his AnimalMotifs of good and bad dogs he frequently alluded to in Season 9.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Negan says even well before meeting Rick’s group, he recognized the Croat was a complete monster that he personally tried to kill for his heinous actions.
* EvilIsNotAToy: Negan used the Croat as a reliable torturer and executioner, but to his dismay, the Croat was more than happy to disobey direct orders and do horrendous things he won’t even repeat to a young girl.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Negan is adamant that he was only a "monster" when he had to put on a show.
* IHatePastMe: Even though he insists the Croat went far beyond anything he was willing to do even as Savior leader, Negan is clearly ashamed he had such a monster as one of his henchmen for as long as he did.
* ItsPersonal: Negan affirms to Maggie that the Croat has a personal vendetta with him due to his failed attempt to execute him in the past.
* MythologyGag: In the flashback, Hershel says he’s going to someone named Xander’s. The former leader of Hilltop, Gregory, was played by Creator/XanderBerkeley.
