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* AdultFear: Michonne has to deal with not only a missing Judith both in the past and present, but one of her assailants actually successfully slashed at her very pregnant stomach. It’s a miracle RJ was ever born.

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* RealityEnsues: Judith is screaming for her mom when a walker grabs her legs, showing that no matter how LittleMissBadass she is, she's ''still'' an 11-year-old girl.


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* IWantMyMommy: Judith is screaming for her mom when a walker grabs her legs, showing that no matter how LittleMissBadass she is, she's ''still'' an 11-year-old girl.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Michonne is obviously reluctant to fight children, but when they keep attacking her she finslly stops holding back.

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* WouldHurtAChild: Michonne is obviously reluctant to fight children, but when they keep attacking her she finslly finally stops holding back.
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* Foreshadowing: There are a couple context clues early on that Jocelyn and the kids she's traveling with aren't quite right. For one, she never explains where she got her wound or why the group of children were separated in the first place. Then there's the kids themselves, who come off as somewhat stoic and creepy.

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* Foreshadowing: {{Foreshadowing}}: There are a couple context clues early on that Jocelyn and the kids she's traveling with aren't quite right. For one, she never explains where she got her wound or why the group of children were separated in the first place. Then there's the kids themselves, who come off as somewhat stoic and creepy.

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* Foreshadowing: There are a couple context clues early on that Jocelyn and the kids she's traveling with aren't quite right. For one, she never explains where she got her wound or why the group of children were separated in the first place. Then there's the kids themselves, who come off as somewhat stoic and creepy.



* TheFarmerAndTheViper: Michonne allows Jocelyn and her group into Alexandria, unaware that they are in fact AxCrazy survivalists.

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* TheFarmerAndTheViper: Michonne allows Jocelyn and her group into Alexandria, the safe zone, unaware that they are in fact AxCrazy survivalists.of her true nature.



* WouldHurtAChild: Michonne is obviously reluctant to fight children but when they keep attacking her with every intention of killing her, she doesn't hold back.

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* WouldHurtAChild: Michonne is obviously reluctant to fight children children, but when they keep attacking her with every intention of killing her, she doesn't hold finslly stops holding back.
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* WouldHurtAChild: Michonne is obviously reluctant to fight children but when they keep attacking her with every intention of killing her, she doesn't hold back.
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* TheFarmerAndTheViper: Michonne allows Jocelyn and her group into Alexandria, unaware that they are in fact AxCrazy survivalists.
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* CoolBigSis: Judith and another girl are shown teaching RJ how to ride bicycle.

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* CoolBigSis: Judith and another girl Gracie are shown teaching RJ how to ride bicycle.
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* ChildrenAreInnocent: In the flashback, Judith and other Alexandrian children "agreed" to be kidnapped because they were told it was just a game.


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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Though Jocelyn and most of her kids are killed by Michonne, one of them (Winnie) survives since Michonne doesn't want to kill anymore and tells the messed up kid to go away.
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* EveryScarHasAStory: We find out how Michonne and Daryl got their X-shaped scars on their backs.
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* CoolBigSis: Judith and another girl are shown teaching RJ how to ride bicycle.
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* RealityEnsues: Judith is screaming for her mom when a walker grabs her legs, showing that no matter how LittleMissBadass she is, she's ''still'' an 11-year-old girl.

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* TheBusCameBack: Frankie, who hasn't been seen since Season 8 finale, appears in the flashback and apparently has moved from Sanctuary to Alexandria. She's also shown to have an adopted daughter.



* WorfHadTheFlu: Due to being heavily pregnant, Michonne deeply struggles fighting Jocelyn’s group.

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* WorfHadTheFlu: Due to being heavily pregnant, Michonne deeply struggles fighting Jocelyn’s group.group.
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It's way too common to be a "shout out" to those specific shows.


* ShoutOut: The technique of back-and-forth switching of flashback and present day scenes is reminiscent of shows like ''Series/{{Lost}}'' and ''Series/{{Arrow}}''.
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* PregnantBadass: In the flashback, a visibly pregnant Michonne shows no restraints on fucking up her opponents.


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* ShoutOut: The technique of back-and-forth switching of flashback and present day scenes is reminiscent of shows like ''Series/{{Lost}}'' and ''Series/{{Arrow}}''.

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* WhamShot: The Whisperers witness Michonne’s party arriving at the Kingdom.

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* WhamShot: The Whisperers witness Michonne’s party a wagon arriving at the Kingdom.Kingdom, and prepare to go tell Alpha.
* WorfHadTheFlu: Due to being heavily pregnant, Michonne deeply struggles fighting Jocelyn’s group.
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** Michonne retells Carl’s death in Season 8’s “Honor” to Judith.



* EvilFormerFriend: Jocelyn was a good friend to Michonne pre-apocalypse, but post-apocalypse? Not so much.
* TheReveal: This episode finally details, in flashbacks, what happened at Alexandria that so severely hardened Michonne and brought on her isolationism.



* VillainsNeverLie: Negan professes that he has been completely honest with Judith and has answered her questions, to the extent that she knows he murdered Glenn and Abraham.

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* VillainsNeverLie: Negan professes that he has been completely honest with Judith and has answered her questions, to the extent that she knows he murdered Glenn and Abraham.Abraham.
* WhamShot: The Whisperers witness Michonne’s party arriving at the Kingdom.
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!Season 9, Episode 14

-->'''The truth of what happened at Alexandria during the second TimeSkip.'''

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* AdultFear: Michonne has to deal with not only a missing Judith both in the past and present, but one of her assailants actually successfully slashed at her very pregnant stomach. It’s a miracle RJ was ever born.
* CallBack:
** Aaron reminds Daryl of when he told him he’d make a good parent during “The Bridge”.
* ContinuityNod:
** Negan has told Judith of the events of Season 7’s “The Day Will Come When You Won’t Be” and “Sing Me A Song”; and of Season 8’s “Wrath”.
* EnfantTerrible: Jocelyn raised the children of her group to be fanatical murderers.
* EvilAllAlong: Jocelyn and her group turn out to be insane psychopaths who rob and torture Michonne and Daryl.
* VillainHasAPoint: Negan explains to Michonne that Judith might be more willing to speak to her if she was a bit more transparent with her.
* VillainsNeverLie: Negan professes that he has been completely honest with Judith and has answered her questions, to the extent that she knows he murdered Glenn and Abraham.

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