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* FailedAttemptAtDrama: Nandor tries intimidating the Borough Council with a dramatic speech about how infamous he is, but whatever tension and infamy he tried instilling did not take.

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* FailedAttemptAtDrama: Nandor tries intimidating the Borough Council with a dramatic speech about how infamous he is, but whatever tension and infamy he tried instilling did not take. take, as he fumbles with his microphone all the while.

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* EveryoneHasStandards: The female councillor is incredibly disturbed by Laszlo's "gift" of dead racoons, and when Nandor's hypnosis of Doug Peterson kicks in at the meeting, everybody—[[WhatTheHellHero including the other vampires]]—is understandably upset. (The exception to the latter is, of course, Colin Robinson—see above.)

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* EveryoneHasStandards: The female councillor Barbara Lazarro is incredibly disturbed by Laszlo's "gift" of dead racoons, and when Nandor's hypnosis of Doug Peterson kicks in at the meeting, everybody—[[WhatTheHellHero everybody -- [[WhatTheHellHero including the other vampires]]—is vampires]] -- is understandably upset. (The exception to the latter is, of course, Colin Robinson—see above.)



-->'''Doug Peterson:''' It is a grim portent of things to come if we don't surrender, you ignorant ''bitch''.\\
''(the audience gasps)''\\
'''Barbara Lazarro:''' ...What?\\
'''Nandor:''' ''Yes, Doug Peterson...''\\
'''Doug Peterson:''' I will rip your head from your body. And I will ''hang your entrails'' from the traffic light on Hylan Boulevard so our new masters will see that ''only those who submit will survive!''\\
'''Barbara Lazarro:''' Mr. Peterson, you are way out of order!



* VomitIndiscretionShot: Jenna projectile vomits during her transformation.

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* VomitIndiscretionShot: Jenna projectile vomits during her transformation.transformation.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: The female councillor is incredibly disturbed by Laszlo's "gift" of dead racoons, and when Nandor's hypnosis of Doug Peterson kicks in at the meeting, everybody—[[WhatTheHellHero including the other vampires]]—is understandably upset. (The exception to the latter is, of course, Colin Robinson—see above.)



* RealityEnsues: The female councillor is incredibly disturbed by Laszlo's "gift" of dead racoons, and when Nandor's hypnosis of Doug Peterson kicks in at the meeting, everybody—[[WhatTheHellHero including the other vampires]]—is understandably upset. (The exception to the latter is, of course, Colin Robinson—see above.)
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* ManchurianAgent: Nandor hypnotises Doug Peterson to give the Council the vampire's ultimatum. Unfortunately, the words he was constructed to give make him sound like a crazed loon.

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* ManchurianAgent: Nandor hypnotises Doug Peterson to give the Council the vampire's ultimatum. Unfortunately, the words he was constructed instructed to give make him sound like a crazed loon.
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* RagingStiffie: Colin does not leave with the other vampires when their plans fall apart because of this.
* RealityEnsues: The female councillor is incredibly disturbed by Laszlo's "gift" of dead racoons, and when Nandor's hypnosis of Doug Peterson kicks in at the meeting, everybody—[[WhatTheHellHero including the other vampires]]—is understandably upset. (The exception to the latter is, of course, Colin—see above.)

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* RagingStiffie: Colin Robinson does not leave with the other vampires when their plans fall apart because of this.
* RealityEnsues: The female councillor is incredibly disturbed by Laszlo's "gift" of dead racoons, and when Nandor's hypnosis of Doug Peterson kicks in at the meeting, everybody—[[WhatTheHellHero including the other vampires]]—is understandably upset. (The exception to the latter is, of course, Colin—see Colin Robinson—see above.)
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* PovertyForComedy: Nadja claims that before she became a vampire, she lived as a gypsy where her family was so poor that they could only fuel their campfires with donkey dung. When the dung ran out, they burned the donkey.

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* PovertyForComedy: Nadja claims that before she became a vampire, she lived as was a gypsy where her Romani whose family was so poor that they could only fuel their campfires with donkey dung. When the dung ran out, they burned the donkey.
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* PovertyForComedy: Nadja claims that before she became a vampire, she lived as a gypsy where her family was so poor that they could only fuel their campfires with donkey dung. When the dung ran out, they burned the donkey.
--> '''Nadja:''' So yes, I do know what it is like to be mocked, and teased, and to cry myself to sleep at night by the light of a burning donkey.
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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Councillor Lazarro responds to Nandor's ultimatum by explaining that that particular meeting was about zoning ordinances, and that he should come to the open meeting in a couple months' time to discuss his non-zoning concerns.
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The way Jenna talks about her boyfriend to Nadja suggests the boyfriend is real—and that he's sexually abusive.


* ClosetKey: While Jenna has a boyfriend -- [[SarcasmMode really, you guys, she totally has a boyfriend]] -- she seems a little too open to Nadja's advances when she thinks that they are entirely sexual. She reasons that [[ExperimentedInCollege it's college and she should experiment]].

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* ClosetKey: While Jenna has a boyfriend -- [[SarcasmMode really, you guys, she totally has a boyfriend]] -- boyfriend, she seems a little too open to Nadja's advances when she thinks that they are entirely sexual. She reasons that [[ExperimentedInCollege it's college and she should experiment]].
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* RealityEnsues: The female councillor is incredibly disturbed by Laszlo's "gift" of dead racoons, and when Nandor's hypnosis of Doug Peterson kicks in at the meeting, everybody—[[WhatTheHellHero including the other vampires]]—is understandably upset. (The exception to the latter is, of course, Colin—see above.)
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* TheBore: Colin Robinson visits the Staten Island Borough Council because the political activity that goes on in there is so soul-drainingly dull that he gets to feed there all he likes, and is even given a platform to bore people further.
* ClosetKey: While Jenna has a boyfriend - [[SarcasmMode really, you guys, she totally has a boyfriend]] - she seems a little too open to Nadja's advances when she thinks that they are entirely sexual. She reasons that [[ExperimentedInCollege it's college and she should experiment]].

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* TheBore: Colin Robinson regularly visits the Staten Island Borough Council because the political activity that goes on in there is so soul-drainingly dull that he gets to feed there all he likes, and is even given a platform to bore people further.
* ClosetKey: While Jenna has a boyfriend - -- [[SarcasmMode really, you guys, she totally has a boyfriend]] - -- she seems a little too open to Nadja's advances when she thinks that they are entirely sexual. She reasons that [[ExperimentedInCollege it's college and she should experiment]].
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* ClosetKey: While Jenna has a boyfriend - [[SarcasmMode really, you guys, she totally has a boyfriend]] - she seems a little to open to Nadja's advances when she thinks that they are entirely sexual. She reasons that [[ExperimentedInCollege it's college and she should experiment]].

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* ClosetKey: While Jenna has a boyfriend - [[SarcasmMode really, you guys, she totally has a boyfriend]] - she seems a little to too open to Nadja's advances when she thinks that they are entirely sexual. She reasons that [[ExperimentedInCollege it's college and she should experiment]].
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'''Season 1, Episode 2'''

!City Council

The vampires get embroiled in local Staten Island politics as their first step to world domination.

!!Tropes That Appear In This Episode:

* TheBore: Colin Robinson visits the Staten Island Borough Council because the political activity that goes on in there is so soul-drainingly dull that he gets to feed there all he likes, and is even given a platform to bore people further.
* ClosetKey: While Jenna has a boyfriend - [[SarcasmMode really, you guys, she totally has a boyfriend]] - she seems a little to open to Nadja's advances when she thinks that they are entirely sexual. She reasons that [[ExperimentedInCollege it's college and she should experiment]].
* DontSneakUpOnMeLikeThat: The Baron's familiar has a bad habit of appearing out of nowhere. Even the other vampires are put on edge by her.
* FailedAttemptAtDrama: Nandor tries intimidating the Borough Council with a dramatic speech about how infamous he is, but whatever tension and infamy he tried instilling did not take.
* ManchurianAgent: Nandor hypnotises Doug Peterson to give the Council the vampire's ultimatum. Unfortunately, the words he was constructed to give make him sound like a crazed loon.
* NerdyBully: The Head of the College [=LARPing=]-Group seems to take particular delight in tormenting Jenna, contradicting her at every corner, excluding her because her stats are not favorable and just generally being a dick to her.
* NotListeningToMeAreYou: According to Nadja and Laszlo, the Baron has a bad habit of giving his villainous decrees and orders right at the moment when he makes them orgasm, thus making it difficult for them to actually have his orders carried out. Though it is just as likely they are making excuses for why they haven't conquered America after all of this time.
* RagingStiffie: Colin does not leave with the other vampires when their plans fall apart because of this.
* RiversOfBlood: Nandor claims that he turned the Euphrates red with blood twice.
* VomitIndiscretionShot: Jenna projectile vomits during her transformation.

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