History Recap / WhatWeDoInTheShadowsS2E5ColinsPromotion

-->'''Nandor:''' There were so many villages... So ''many'' villages!

* HiddenDepths: Colin expresses ennui over the fact that whenever he is in SincerityMode, he does not know how to express it in a way that doesn't come across as him trying to feed off of people.

* KickedUpstairs: Much to Colin's chagrin, he gets a promotion in spite of the fact that all he ever does is irritate his coworkers. He even admits that he has no idea what the company actually does.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: When Nadja is accusing Nandor of being the one to raid her village (after discovering a painting depicting the event), Laszlo tries to play DevilsAdvocate and state they don't know that for sure... which promptly ends when she points out that Nandor ''is in the painting''.

* ObliquelyObfuscatedOccupation: It turns out Colin doesn't actually know what business his company is in and never has -- his species apparently just gravitates to a StandardOfficeSetting and embeds themselves in it without ever having formally been hired.

* ThePowerOfHate: While Colin normally feeds on boredom and frustration, he learns that genuine hatred - whether it is the repressed hatred that comes with being a person's boss or the anger in his roommates fighting - is much more potent. It is even implied that Nadja and Nandor's heated argument is being fueled by Colin's presence.
* PromotionNotPunishment: Colin is interrupted from a typical morning of irritating all his coworkers and disrupting their ability to function to be called into his manager's office -- and told that this behavior has ''[[TheDilbertPrinciple gotten him a promotion]]'', instead of the firing he was expecting.

** All Colin ever does is annoy his peers at work -- not even knowing what his job even does -- and somehow he gets a promotion.
** Colin said that he didn't actually sign up for his new job at the end of the episode. He just showed up, picked a cubicle and will most likely not be found out.

* RealityEnsues: Colin's mass feeding at his old workplace actually proved to be a heavy financial burden to the company because everyone was too drained to do their jobs. By the end of the episode, Colin has found a new desk job similar to the old one.

* LifeDrain: Eventually, Colin's VampiricDraining becomes so potent that he can literally knock people unconscious (even kills a potted plant instantly) with a gesture. Prolonged exposure to it causes the other vampires to [[RapidAging rapidly age]].

* ArtisticLicenceHistory: Invoked In-universe. The painting of Nadja's hometown is revised to have Laszlo as a savior and Nandor in one of the burning buildings.

* FakingTheDead: The surviving Colin clone play possum long enough to hear his eulogy.
* HiddenDepths: Colin expresses ennui in the fact that whenever he is in SincerityMode, he does not know how to express it that doesn't just come across as him trying to feed off of people.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Colin's clones begin to feed on themselves and kill each other (well, 2 of them, one [[FakingTheDead was just faking]]).
* KickedUpstairs: Much to Colin's chagrin, he gets a promotion in-spite of the fact that all he ever does is irritate his coworkers. He even admits that he has no idea what the company actually does.

* MesACrowd: Colin gains the power of duplication

* OutOfCharacterAlert: It does not go unnoticed when Colin is uninterested in boring his roommates half-to-death about his workday.

** All Colin ever does is annoy his peers at work - not even knowing what his job even does - and somehow he gets a promotion.

* BeenThereShapedHistory: One of Nadja's keepsakes is a piece of Creator/{{Pablo Picasso}}'s ''Art/{{Guernica}}'' that had her as a model.

* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Nandor doesn't remember raiding Nadja's home.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Colin's clones begin to feed on themselves and kill each other (well, 2 of them, one [[FakingTheDead was just faking]])

[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Colin revives a promotion at work]] and grows more powerful with every passing moment. Meanwhile, Nadja discovers a painting depicting Nandor raiding her hometown.

* ArtisticLicenceHistory: Invoked In-universe. The painting of Nadja's hometown is revised to have Lazzlo as a savior and Nandor in one of the burning buildings.

* DrunkWithPower: Colin starts overfeeding on his coworkers and roommates after the promotion

* RapidHairGrowth: Colin's hair grows back as he builds strength.

* HoistedByHisOwnPetard: Colin's clones begin to feed on themselves and kill each other (well, 2 of them, one [[FakingTheDead was just faking]])