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* TheVietnamWar: Leonard's a veteran. Subverted with Hap as he served prison time for refusing to be drafted.
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* UnskilledButStrong: T.J. in combat doesn't amount to more than a few wide haymakers and grabs, but he's strong and sturdy enough that knee and joint strikes don't bring him down, and he's able to fight both Hap and Leonard to a draw.
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* UnskilledButStrong: T.J. in combat doesn't amount to more than a few wide haymakers and grabs, clumsy grapples, but he's strong and sturdy enough that knee and joint strikes don't bring him down, and he's able to fight both Hap and Leonard to a draw.
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* UnskilledButStrong: T.J. in combat doesn't amount to more than a few wide haymakers and grabs, but he's strong and sturdy enough that knee and joint shots strikes don't bring him down, and he's able to fight both Hap and Leonard to a draw.
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* UnskilledButStrong: T.j.J. in combat doesn't amount to more than a few wide haymakers and grabs, but he's strong and sturdy enough that knee and joint shots don't bring him down, and he's able to fight both Hap and Leonard to a draw.
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*UnskilledButStrong: T.j. in combat doesn't amount to more than a few wide haymakers and grabs, but he's strong and sturdy enough that knee and joint shots don't bring him down, and he's able to fight both Hap and Leonard to a draw.
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** He may be a hard-ass following false assumptions and incorrect leads, but Marvin Hanson will follow every possible lead and is willing to give the benefit of the doubt.
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* TheDeterminator: Both Hap and Leonard fit this bill. Once they resolve to solve the Cooperstown Murders, they do not stop. Even the love-starved Hap isn't distracted by the prospect of a booty-call with an ex-girlfriend, or a rendezvous with Florida Grange.
** Trudy's will is nothing short of iron in the face of psychopaths like Soldier and Angel.
** Trudy's will is nothing short of iron in the face of psychopaths like Soldier and Angel.
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** Hap is anywhere from vindictive to outright hostile to anything relating to Beau Otis. To be fair, [[spoiler: Otis did kill his father.]]
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* AteHisGun: [[spoiler: Reverend Fitzgerald commits suicide via shotgun when cornered by the police and Hap & Leonard. The irony? They were there for Hap.]]
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* ShootTheDog: Soldier. No, he literally shoots a dog in a cage.
** [[spoiler: The circumstances by which T.J. is killed by Detective Charlie LeBlanc. He didn't need to die, and he was just as much a victim as any of the boys his brother killed.]]
** [[spoiler: The circumstances by which T.J. is killed by Detective Charlie LeBlanc. He didn't need to die, and he was just as much a victim as any of the boys his brother killed.]]
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* Badass Preacher: Reverend Fitzgerald is quite the boxer, able to keep up with Hap in a charity boxing match, [[spoiler: although Leonard beats him quite handily in a serious engagement.]]
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* Badass Preacher: BadassPreacher: Reverend Fitzgerald is quite the boxer, able to keep up with Hap in a charity boxing match, [[spoiler: although Leonard beats him quite handily in a serious engagement.]]
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* Badass Preacher: Reverend Fitzgerald is quite the boxer, able to keep up with Hap in a charity boxing match, [[spoiler: although he later suffers a [[Curb-StompBattle major beatdown]] at Leonard's hands in serious engagement.]]
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* Badass Preacher: Reverend Fitzgerald is quite the boxer, able to keep up with Hap in a charity boxing match, [[spoiler: although he later suffers a [[Curb-StompBattle major beatdown]] at Leonard's hands Leonard beats him quite handily in a serious engagement.]]
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* Badass Preacher: Reverend Fitzgerald is quite the boxer, able to keep up with Hap in a charity boxing match, [[spoiler: although he later suffers a [[Curb-StompBattle major beatdown]] at Leonard's hands in serious engagement.]]
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** Don't give drugs to Ivan, or else Leonard will burn down your house. In fact, messing with children and Leonard finding out about it is tantamount to suicide.
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* BreakTheCutie: Slow burn in the case of Hap. [[His father was killed by a drunken teenage Beau Otis, present day county judge in Laborde. Hap suffers with the psychological damage inflicted upon him as a child, while Otis prospers and barely gives thought to that fateful night.]]
** [[MeMaw literally dies when given the news that not only are her grandchildren dead, but the ones responsible for the string of child murders in Cooperstown.]]
** [[MeMaw literally dies when given the news that not only are her grandchildren dead, but the ones responsible for the string of child murders in Cooperstown.]]
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* BreakTheCutie: Slow burn in the case of Hap. [[His [[spoiler: His father was killed by a drunken teenage Beau Otis, present day county judge in Laborde. Hap suffers with the psychological damage inflicted upon him as a child, while Otis prospers and barely gives thought to that fateful night.]]
**[[MeMaw [[spoiler: MeMaw literally dies when given the news that not only are her grandchildren dead, but the ones responsible for the string of child murders in Cooperstown.]]
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* BreakTheCutie: Slow burn in the case of Hap. [[His father was killed by a drunken teenage Beau Otis, present day county judge in Laborde. Hap suffers with the psychological damage inflicted upon him as a child, while Otis prospers and barely gives thought to that fateful night.]]
** [[MeMaw literally dies when given the news that not only are her grandchildren dead, but the ones responsible for the string of child murders in Cooperstown.]]
** [[MeMaw literally dies when given the news that not only are her grandchildren dead, but the ones responsible for the string of child murders in Cooperstown.]]
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** MeMaw's burns on her arms come from trying to put out a church fire when she was a child.
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** Played straight with Reverend Fitzgerald in the penultimate episode of ''Mucho Mojo.''
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** Likewise, elements of ''Two-Bear Mambo'' shine through in ''Mucho Mojo,'' as well as a quick nod to ''Bad Chili.''
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** Threaten MeMaw and Reverend Fitzgerald in front of T.J. at your own peril.
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** MeMaw's childhood run-in with the Klu Klux Klan at her church, and in a way [[spoiler: MeMaw herself. Her grandsons, Reverend John Fitzgerald and T.J., are behind the series of grisly child murders in Cooperstown. And her old defunct church serves as the burial grounds for Fitzgerald's victims.]]
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* TheEighties: Season 1 is set in 1988.
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* AxCrazy: Jesus, Soldier and Angel play this trope '''EXTREMELY''' well
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* AxCrazy: Jesus, Soldier and Angel play this trope '''EXTREMELY''' well well.
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* BerserkButton: [[spoiler: Chub went tranquil bananas after Soldier called Leonard the N-word until out of blue, [[BoomHeadshot Paco shot him down.]]]]
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* BerserkButton: BerserkButton:
** [[spoiler: Chub went tranquil bananas after Soldier called Leonard the N-word until out of blue, [[BoomHeadshot Paco shot him down.]]]]
** [[spoiler: Chub went tranquil bananas after Soldier called Leonard the N-word until out of blue, [[BoomHeadshot Paco shot him down.]]]]
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* ShoutOut:
** Soldier shouting, "Hap and Leonard, [[Film/TheWarriors COME OUT AND PLAY!]]
** Soldier shouting, "Hap and Leonard, [[Film/TheWarriors COME OUT AND PLAY!]]
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* ShoutOut:
**ShoutOut: Soldier shouting, "Hap and Leonard, [[Film/TheWarriors COME OUT AND PLAY!]]
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* TheEighties: Season 1 is 1988.
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* TruthInTelevision: Chester's homophobic attitude toward his nephew Leonard's homosexuality is very common in the African American community.
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''Hap and Leonard'' is a Sundance Channel drama series based on the characters Hap and Leonard, created by novelist Joe R. Lansdale and adapted by his series of novels of the same name.
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''Hap and Leonard'' is a Sundance Channel drama series based on the characters Hap and Leonard, created by novelist Joe R. Lansdale and adapted by from his series of novels of the same name.
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** Hap tells Uncle Chester in no [[AssShove uncertain terms]] he will not abide anyone calling Leonard the f-word.
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* OddCouple: Hap is white, liberal, and heterosexual. Leonard is black, conservative, and ManlyGay.
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* ChekovsGun: In the first episode, Leonard mentions how Switch, one of his dogs, will attack anyone he thinks is doing Leonard harm. Sure enough, come episode five [[spoiler: Hap and Leonard use this as a ploy to incapacitate Soldier and Angel.]]
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* ChekovsGun: ChekhovsGun: In the first episode, Leonard mentions how Switch, one of his dogs, will attack anyone he thinks is doing Leonard harm. Sure enough, come episode five [[spoiler: Hap and Leonard use this as a ploy to incapacitate Soldier and Angel.]]
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* CulturalRebel: Leonard is a double example; his [[GayConservative political leanings]] puts him at odds with his boyfriend, and his uncle has all but disowned him for being openly gay.
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* CulturalRebel: Leonard is a double example; his [[GayConservative political leanings]] puts him at odds with his boyfriend, and his uncle has all but disowned him for being openly gay.
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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Leonard regularly eats vanilla cookies.
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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Leonard regularly eats vanilla cookies.cookies.
* WickedCultured: Soldier qualifies.
* WickedCultured: Soldier qualifies.
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* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler: Paco died, engulfed in flames!]]
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* NotQuiteDead: [[Spoiler: Angel!]]
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* NotQuiteDead: [[Spoiler: [[spoiler: Angel!]]
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* FemmeFatale: Trudy is guilty of this.
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** Soldier shouting, "Hap and Leonard, [[TheWarriors COME OUT AND PLAY!]]
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** Soldier shouting, "Hap and Leonard, [[TheWarriors [[Film/TheWarriors COME OUT AND PLAY!]]
