History Recap / TrigunStampedeE01NomansLand

* AintTooProudToBeg: Once Vash aims his gun towards the falling missiles and realizes he has no ammo, he proceeds to cry and beg the townsfolk for a single bullet.

* DramaticIrony: Getting annoyed at Roberto constantly undermining her, Meryl tells him one day she'll be running the news stations at July in no time. Anyone who knows the source material for Trigun [[spoiler: knows that July will be wiped off the planet's face before Meryl will ever have a chance to rise up that high.]]
* EvilLaugh: Vash puts on a show of cackling evilly towards Meryl and Roberto. But once the two start to leave after finding him too creepy, he drops the act and begs to be untied. Nai does it with feeling in the flashback at the end of the episode, laughing gleefully as the ships fall, crash and burn.

* GleefulAndGrumpyPairing: Meryl is ambitious and eager to get a scoop for their paper on the Humanoid Typhoon, while Roberto tiredly waxes on how desolate life on Noman's Land is and the aggravation of being stuck with a newbie.

* HiddenDepths: Roberto is surprised to find that Vash knows a lot about Plants and asks if he's an engineer. Vash simply responds he not judge a book by its cover.
* HopeSpot: When Vash asks him about how dumb this duel business is, Captain Chuck Lee seems to see reason and throws away his gun. Vash's smile quickly falls when the captain pulls out a missile launcher, as he accidentally convinced him a spectacle is better than a duel.
* ImprovisedScatterShot: Running out of time, Vash grabs some rock from the ground beneath him and tosses it into the air. He then proceeds to shoot at it, causing the debris to scatter and hit all of the falling rockets.

* BlatantLies: Vash asks Rem why the ship's AI has declared they're in free fall, and Rem reassures him that it's only overreacting. Once the escape pod launches, it's clear the AI was, if anything, ''understating'' the crisis as entire fleet goes down. At Jeneora Rock, Vash tries to play off him saving the town as pure dumb luck, wondering if he should hit up some casinos when he leaves. Meryl, and especially Roberto don't buy this lie one bit.

* DodgeTheBullet: Vash dodges all of Chuck Lee's shots at point blank range without even flinching. Another hint that Vash is more than he lets on.

* GleefulAndGrumpyPairing: Meryl is all too eager to get a scoop for their paper on the Humanoid Typhoon, while Roberto tiredly waxes on how desolate life on Noman's Land is.

* HeWentThatWay: Instead of turning Vash over to the July police, Meryl points them in the opposite direction, claiming he went that way. In reality, she just wanted to get her scoop from Vash before turning him in.

* {{Pun}}: In the dub Vash jokingly asks "Need a hand?" after Meryl accidentally pulls off his prosthetic arm for a handshake. When the two reporters decide to walk away from Vash he wails, "Don't leave me hanging, friends!" Roberto reacts to the sight of the dangling bodies with a deadpan declaration of "Dead ahead."

* BlatantLies: Vash asks Rem if the ships were crashing, with her trying to calm him down and claim it was just the AI malfunctioning. At Jeneora Rock, Vash tries to play off him saving the town as pure dumb luck, wondering if he should hit up some casinos when he leaves. Meryl, and especially Roberto don't buy this lie one bit.

* HiddenDepths: Roberto is surprised to find that Vash knows a lot about Plants and asks if he was an engineer. Vash simply responds he not judge a book by its cover.
* HopeSpot: When Vash asks him about how dumb this duel business is, Chuck Lee seems to see reason and throws away his gun. Vash's smile quickly falls when the captain pulls out a missile launcher, as he accidentally convinced him a spectacle is better than a duel.

* {{Pun}}: In the dub Vash jokingly asks "Need a hand?" after Meryl accidentally pulls off his prosthetic arm for a handshake. When the two reporters decide to walk away from Vash he wails, "Don't leave me hanging, friends!"

* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Vash pretends to put on a cheerful front to the people of Jeneora Rock, but a close up on his face shows how much he ''really'' doesn't want to fight Chuck Lee.

* JustForPun: In the dub Vash jokingly asks "Need a hand?" after Meryl accidentally takes off his prosthetic arm for a handshake. When the two reporters decide to walk away from Vash he wails, "Don't leave me hanging, friends!"

* TheReveal: A short flashback to the Big Fall reveals that Nai was the one who orchestrated the crash, and he cackles madly over his work.

* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: Vash squares off to shoot the missiles as a DramaticWind blows, he whips out his gun in slow motion, takes aim...and is surprised to find it's out of bullets. Then he starts [[InelegantBlubbering wailing]].

* HiddenDepths: Roberto is surprised to find that Vash knows a lot about Plants and asks if he was an engineer. Vash simply responds he not judge a book by his cover.

* EvilLaugh: Vash puts on a show of cackling evilly towards Meryl and Roberto. But once the two start to leave after finding him too creepy, he drops the act and begs to be untied. Nai does it with feeling in the flashback at the end of the episode, cackling gleefully as the ships fall, crash and burn.

* DissonantSerenity: Nai looks all too calm as Rem walks them towards the escape pods, whereas Vash is holding onto Rem's hand in fright and panic. Even when he offers Rem his hand to join them in their escape pod, he still looks undisturbed by all of the explosions and alarms. It's possibly {{foreshadowing}} that he's responsible for what's happening.
* EvilLaugh: Vash puts on a show of cackling evilly towards Meryl and Roberto. But once the two start to leave after finding him too creepy, he drops the act and begs to be untied.

* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: Vash squares off to shoot the missiles as a DramaticWind blows, he whips out his gun in slow motion, takes aim...and is surprised to find it's out of bullets.

* ThrowingTheFight: Chuck Lee demands Vash draw his gun so they can do, but Vash continues to refuse to even put his hand near his weapon. It's only when Chuck Lee pulls out his missile launcher and uses it does Vash finally decide to draw his gun.
* UnwillingSuspension: How Meryl and Roberto first find Vash. Hanging upside down next to other corpses by the Bad Lads Gang.

* ObfuscatingStupidity: Vash allows himself to be dragged and pulled around by Meryl after she ties him up. Once the group make it to Jeneora Rock, Vash playfully shows he could have untied himself at any time.

* SayMyName: Vash practically screams himself hoarse calling for Rem as their escape pod flies them away from the exploding ship.

* BlatantLies: Vash asks Rem if the ships were crashing, with her trying to calm him down and claim it was just the AI malfunctioning. At Jeneora Rock, Vash tries to play off him saving the town as pure dumb luck, wondering if he should hit up some casinos when he leaves. Mery, and especially Roberto don't buy this lie one bit.
* DissonantSerenity: Nai looks all too calm as Rem walks them towards the escape pods, whereas Vash is holding onto Rem's hand in fright and panic. Even when he offers Rem his hand to join them in their escape pod, he still looks undisturbed by all of the explosions and alarms.