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* [[spoiler: Yvette sold you out and has been working with Vasquez since the beginning.]] All that friendliness and loyalty at the beginning ''was an act''-she never really cared about you and Vaughn at all.

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* [[spoiler: Yvette sold you out and has been working with Vasquez since the beginning.]] All that friendliness and loyalty at the beginning ''was an act''-she never really cared about you and Vaughn at all.all, something [[spoiler:a disguised]] Rhys comes to accept after unsuccessfully trying to find something redeemable in her words and actions.
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* The photograph of Angel in Jack's office. If you scan it, Jack just tells you to look at something else. Dialogue reveals that Jack doesn't know that Angel is dead.

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* The photograph of Angel in Jack's office. If you scan it, Jack just tells you to look at something else. Dialogue reveals that Jack doesn't know that Angel is dead.dead and he temporarily glitches out after talking about her.
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* [[spoiler: Yvette sold you out and has been working with Vasquez since the beginning.]]

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* [[spoiler: Yvette sold you out and has been working with Vasquez since the beginning.]]]] All that friendliness and loyalty at the beginning ''was an act''-she never really cared about you and Vaughn at all.
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--->'''[[spoiler: Yvette]]''': They were dead the moment they set foot on Pandora [[spoiler: If I was going to lose them anyway might as well get something out of it]]

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--->'''[[spoiler: Yvette]]''': They were dead the moment they set foot on Pandora Pandora. [[spoiler: If I was going to lose them anyway anyway, I might as well get something out of it]]
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** The prompt that appears just before their death:
-->[[spoiler:Scooter will never forget you.]]
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** [[FridgeHorror And considering Vaughn attacked Vallory to buy Rhys time..]]

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** [[FridgeHorror And considering Vaughn attacked Vallory to buy Rhys time..]]
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* [[spoiler: Yvette sold you out and has been working with Vasquez since the beginning.]]

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* [[spoiler: Yvette sold you out and has been working with Vasquez since the beginning.]]]]
--->'''[[spoiler: Yvette]]''': They were dead the moment they set foot on Pandora [[spoiler: If I was going to lose them anyway might as well get something out of it]]
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** His last thoughts are of his Mother and sister, [[spoiler: Moxxi and Ellie]], telling Fiona to tell them that it's ok, because he's done some awesome shit.
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** Made worse is the heartbreaking BaitAndSwitch-his hand is stuck, and it looks like it's going to be another fakeout like Sasha's...[[spoiler: but his hand really is stuck, and you have no choice but to cut the engine.]]

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** Made worse is the heartbreaking BaitAndSwitch-his hand is stuck, and it looks like it's going to be another fakeout like Sasha's...Sasha's (the segment even gives Fiona the same dialogue prompts that Rhys had in that scene)... [[spoiler: but his hand really is stuck, and you have no choice but to cut the engine.]]
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** Made worse is the heartbreaking BaitAndSwitch-his hand is stuck, and it looks like it's going to be another fakeout like Sasha's...[[spoiler: but his hand really is stuck, and you have no choice but to cut the engine.]]

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* The photograph of Angel in Jack's office. If you scan it, Jack just tells you to look at something else. It's also implied that Jack doesn't know that Angel is dead.

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* The photograph of Angel in Jack's office. If you scan it, Jack just tells you to look at something else. It's also implied Dialogue reveals that Jack doesn't know that Angel is dead.dead.
* [[spoiler: Yvette sold you out and has been working with Vasquez since the beginning.]]
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* The photograph of Angel in Jack's office. If you scan it, Jack just tells you to look at something else. [[spoiler:It's also implied that Jack doesn't know that Angel is dead.]]

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* The photograph of Angel in Jack's office. If you scan it, Jack just tells you to look at something else. [[spoiler:It's It's also implied that Jack doesn't know that Angel is dead.]]
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* The photograph of Angel in Jack's office. If you scan it, Jack just tells you to look at something else.

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* The photograph of Angel in Jack's office. If you scan it, Jack just tells you to look at something else. [[spoiler:It's also implied that Jack doesn't know that Angel is dead.]]
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* [[spoiler: Scooter]]'s death, and the option to trade hats with him as well as everything he says. And then you get the chance to honor him with all the epicness that he deserves. [[spoiler: See you, Space Cowboy!]]

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* [[spoiler: Scooter]]'s death, and the option to trade hats with him as well as everything he says. And then you get the chance to honor him with all the epicness that he deserves. [[spoiler: See you, Space Cowboy!]]Cowboy!]]
* The photograph of Angel in Jack's office. If you scan it, Jack just tells you to look at something else.
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[[AC: Episode 4 - Escape Plan Bravo]]

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[[AC: Episode 4 - Escape Plan Bravo]]Bravo]]
*[[spoiler: Scooter]]'s death, and the option to trade hats with him as well as everything he says. And then you get the chance to honor him with all the epicness that he deserves. [[spoiler: See you, Space Cowboy!]]
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[[Episode 4-Escape Plan Bravo]]

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[[Episode 4-Escape [[AC: Episode 4 - Escape Plan Bravo]]
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** [[FridgeHorror And considering Vaughn attacked Vallory to buy Rhys time..]]

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** [[FridgeHorror And considering Vaughn attacked Vallory to buy Rhys time..]]]]

[[Episode 4-Escape Plan Bravo]]
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* After Vallory and her boys show up with Rhys and give Athena to the Vault Hunters which is a tearjerker in and of itself if you beg vallory not to hurt athena Rhys has one question that doesn't get answered.
--->'''Rhys:''' Vaughn? Where's Vaughn?
Considering Vaughn Attacked Vallory to buy Rhys time the obvious answer makes it a severe tearjerker.

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* After Vallory and her boys show up with Rhys and give Athena to the Vault Hunters which Hunters, (which is a tearjerker in and of itself if you beg vallory Vallory not to hurt athena Athena) Rhys has one question that doesn't get answered.
--->'''Rhys:''' Vaughn? Where's Vaughn?
Considering
''Where's Vaughn?''
** [[FridgeHorror And considering
Vaughn Attacked attacked Vallory to buy Rhys time the obvious answer makes it a severe tearjerker.time..]]
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* Fiona being unable to [[spoiler: save Athena from Brick and Mordecai]], especially since [[spoiler: Athena]] had started to become a mentor and friend. The fact one of the eventual dialogue options is to tell Valory that you will kill her for this, says everything about how much [[spoiler: Athena]] had really come to mean to her.

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* Fiona being unable to [[spoiler: save Athena from Brick and Mordecai]], especially since [[spoiler: Athena]] had started to become a mentor and friend. The fact one of the eventual dialogue options is to tell Valory that you will kill her for this, says everything about how much [[spoiler: Athena]] had really come to mean to her.her.
* After Vallory and her boys show up with Rhys and give Athena to the Vault Hunters which is a tearjerker in and of itself if you beg vallory not to hurt athena Rhys has one question that doesn't get answered.
--->'''Rhys:''' Vaughn? Where's Vaughn?
Considering Vaughn Attacked Vallory to buy Rhys time the obvious answer makes it a severe tearjerker.
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** Though he ends the conversation with venomous threats, Jack seems genuinely shocked and hurt if [[spoiler:Rhys decides not to trust him]], implying that his offer of partnership was a sincere one. On top of that, he makes it known that he's very well aware of how much people hate him; he just hoped that it would be different with Rhys.

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** Though he ends the conversation with venomous threats, Jack seems genuinely shocked and hurt if [[spoiler:Rhys decides not to trust him]], implying that his offer of partnership was a sincere one. On top of that, he makes it known that he's ''somehow'' very well aware of how much people hate him; he just hoped that it would be different with Rhys.
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*** No matter which option you choose, it cuts to Rhys looking heart-broken and Fiona swallowing whatever snide comment she has to offer once she sees him. This implies that no matter what, Rhys may come to regret trusting or not trusting [[spoiler: Jack]].

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*** ** No matter which option you choose, it cuts to Rhys looking heart-broken and Fiona swallowing whatever snide comment she has to offer once she sees him. This implies that no matter what, Rhys may come to regret trusting or not trusting [[spoiler: Jack]].

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* Though he ends the conversation with venomous threats, Jack seems genuinely shocked and hurt if [[spoiler:Rhys decides not to trust him]], implying that his offer of partnership was a sincere one. On top of that, he makes it known that he's very well aware of how much people hate him; he just hoped that it would be different with Rhys.
** From that same exchange, Jack tries to assure Rhys that he can be trusted. He tries to cite that Rhys [[VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel "can even ask Athena"]] that he always looks out for his team, but his normal irreverent tone briefly cracks into a quiet stutter as if ashamed of how badly he burned that bridge considering that half of the "team" he's trying to use as an example is [[BorderlandsTWo dead and the other half hates him.]]

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* Jack:
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Though he ends the conversation with venomous threats, Jack seems genuinely shocked and hurt if [[spoiler:Rhys decides not to trust him]], implying that his offer of partnership was a sincere one. On top of that, he makes it known that he's very well aware of how much people hate him; he just hoped that it would be different with Rhys.
** From that same exchange, Jack tries to assure Rhys that he can be trusted. He tries to cite that Rhys [[VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel "can even ask Athena"]] that he always looks out for his team, but his normal irreverent tone briefly cracks into a quiet stutter as if ashamed of how badly he burned that bridge considering that half of the "team" he's trying to use as an example is [[BorderlandsTWo [[VideoGame/{{Borderlands 2}} dead and the other half hates him.]]

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* Sasha did not respond well to [[spoiler: Felix's betrayal. She's brought close to tears in Atlas Mugged when she and Fiona find an [=ECHOcomm=] with him telling an apparent sob story about how he was trying to protect them from someone they'd never heard of.]]

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* Sasha did not respond well to [[spoiler: Felix's betrayal. She's brought close to tears in Atlas Mugged when she and Fiona find an [=ECHOcomm=] with him telling an apparent sob story about how he was trying to protect them from someone they'd never heard of.]][[AC:Episode 1 - Zer0 Sum]]




[[AC:Episode 2 - Atlas Mugged]]

* Sasha did not respond well to [[spoiler: Felix's betrayal. She's brought close to tears in Atlas Mugged when she and Fiona find an [=ECHOcomm=] with him telling an apparent sob story about how he was trying to protect them from someone they'd never heard of.]]

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** From that same exchange, Jack tries to assure Rhys that he can be trusted. He tries to cite that Rhys [[BorderlandsThePreSequel "can even ask Athena"]] that he always looks out for his team, but his normal irreverent tone briefly cracks into a quiet stutter as if ashamed of how badly he burned that bridge considering that half of the "team" he's trying to use as an example is [[BorderlandsTWo dead and the other half hates him.]]

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** From that same exchange, Jack tries to assure Rhys that he can be trusted. He tries to cite that Rhys [[BorderlandsThePreSequel [[VideoGame/BorderlandsThePreSequel "can even ask Athena"]] that he always looks out for his team, but his normal irreverent tone briefly cracks into a quiet stutter as if ashamed of how badly he burned that bridge considering that half of the "team" he's trying to use as an example is [[BorderlandsTWo dead and the other half hates him.]]
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*** No matter which option you choose, it cuts to Rhys looking heart-broken and Fiona swallowing whatever snide comment she has to offer once she sees him. This implies that no matter what, Rhys may come to regret trusting or not trusting [[spoiler: Jack]].

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*** No matter which option you choose, it cuts to Rhys looking heart-broken and Fiona swallowing whatever snide comment she has to offer once she sees him. This implies that no matter what, Rhys may come to regret trusting or not trusting [[spoiler: Jack]].Jack]].
* Fiona being unable to [[spoiler: save Athena from Brick and Mordecai]], especially since [[spoiler: Athena]] had started to become a mentor and friend. The fact one of the eventual dialogue options is to tell Valory that you will kill her for this, says everything about how much [[spoiler: Athena]] had really come to mean to her.
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** From that same exchange, Jack tries to assure Rhys that he can be trusted. He tries to cite that Rhys [[BorderlandsThePreSequel "can even ask Athena"]] that he always looks out for his team, but his normal irreverent tone briefly cracks into a quiet stutter as if ashamed of how badly he burned that bridge considering that half of the "team" he's trying to use as an example is [[BorderlandsTWo dead and the other half hates him.]]

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** From that same exchange, Jack tries to assure Rhys that he can be trusted. He tries to cite that Rhys [[BorderlandsThePreSequel "can even ask Athena"]] that he always looks out for his team, but his normal irreverent tone briefly cracks into a quiet stutter as if ashamed of how badly he burned that bridge considering that half of the "team" he's trying to use as an example is [[BorderlandsTWo dead and the other half hates him.]]]]
*** No matter which option you choose, it cuts to Rhys looking heart-broken and Fiona swallowing whatever snide comment she has to offer once she sees him. This implies that no matter what, Rhys may come to regret trusting or not trusting [[spoiler: Jack]].
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** From that same exchange, Jack tries to assure Rhys that he can be trusted. He tries to cite that Rhys [[BorderlandsThePreSequel "can even ask Athena"]] that he always look out for his team, but his normal irreverent tone briefly cracks into a quiet stutter as if ashamed of how badly he burned that bridge considering that half of the "team" he's trying to use as an example is [[Borderlands2 dead and the other half hates him.]]

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** From that same exchange, Jack tries to assure Rhys that he can be trusted. He tries to cite that Rhys [[BorderlandsThePreSequel "can even ask Athena"]] that he always look looks out for his team, but his normal irreverent tone briefly cracks into a quiet stutter as if ashamed of how badly he burned that bridge considering that half of the "team" he's trying to use as an example is [[Borderlands2 [[BorderlandsTWo dead and the other half hates him.]]
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* The reveal that [[spoiler: Vaughn]] made a deal with Vasquez to [[spoiler: double cross Rhys. It's especially painful if you had Rhys turn down the same offer Vasquez made earlier.]] The look on Rhys face says it all.

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* The reveal that [[spoiler: Vaughn]] made a deal with Vasquez to [[spoiler: double cross Rhys. It's especially painful if you had Rhys turn down the same offer Vasquez made earlier.]] The look on Rhys face says it all.all.
* Though he ends the conversation with venomous threats, Jack seems genuinely shocked and hurt if [[spoiler:Rhys decides not to trust him]], implying that his offer of partnership was a sincere one. On top of that, he makes it known that he's very well aware of how much people hate him; he just hoped that it would be different with Rhys.
** From that same exchange, Jack tries to assure Rhys that he can be trusted. He tries to cite that Rhys [[BorderlandsThePreSequel "can even ask Athena"]] that he always look out for his team, but his normal irreverent tone briefly cracks into a quiet stutter as if ashamed of how badly he burned that bridge considering that half of the "team" he's trying to use as an example is [[Borderlands2 dead and the other half hates him.]]
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* Sasha did not respond well to [[spoiler: Felix's betrayal. She's brought close to tears in Atlas Mugged when she and Fiona find an [=ECHOcomm=] with him telling an apparent sob story about how he was trying to protect them from someone they'd never heard of.]]

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* Sasha did not respond well to [[spoiler: Felix's betrayal. She's brought close to tears in Atlas Mugged when she and Fiona find an [=ECHOcomm=] with him telling an apparent sob story about how he was trying to protect them from someone they'd never heard of.]]]]
* The reveal that [[spoiler: Vaughn]] made a deal with Vasquez to [[spoiler: double cross Rhys. It's especially painful if you had Rhys turn down the same offer Vasquez made earlier.]] The look on Rhys face says it all.
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* Sasha did not respond well to [[spoiler: Felix's betrayal. She's brought close to tears in Atlas Mugged when she and Fiona find an ECHOcomm with him telling an apparent sob story about how he was trying to protect them from someone they'd never heard of.]]

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* Sasha did not respond well to [[spoiler: Felix's betrayal. She's brought close to tears in Atlas Mugged when she and Fiona find an ECHOcomm [=ECHOcomm=] with him telling an apparent sob story about how he was trying to protect them from someone they'd never heard of.]]
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* Sasha did not respond well to [[spoiler: Felix's betrayal. She's brought close to tears in Atlas Mugged when she and Fiona find an ECHOcomm with him telling an apparent sob story about how he was trying to protect them from someone they'd never heard of.]]

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