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* IceQueen: Though the player can still choose abrasive or threatening dialogue responses, having A.J. back means Clementine acts much more like her old self in Episode 1. New character Violet can act this way depending on how Clementine treats her,[[spoiler:though in Violet's case its more because she's [[TheLostLenore still grieving for her dead girlfriend.]]]]
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* IceQueen: Though the player can still choose abrasive or threatening dialogue responses, having A.J. back means Clementine acts much more like her old self in Episode 1. New character Violet can act this way depending on how Clementine treats her,[[spoiler:though in Violet's case its more because she's [[TheLostLenore still grieving for her dead girlfriend.]]]]girlfriend]].]]
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* SeeYouInHell: In Episode 2, [[spoiler:when Lilly has Clem dead-to-rights in the final battle, Clem can choose to shoot her a DeathGlare and say this]].
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Clementine is now sixteen, and acting as a surrogate mother/big sister to A.J. has matured her further. [[spoiler:In Episode 2, Lilly remarks on how much Clem has changed -- though she disparagingly says that Lee would be ashamed of the woman Clem has grown up into.]]
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Clementine is now sixteen, and acting as a surrogate mother/big sister to A.J. has matured her further. [[spoiler:In Episode 2, Lilly remarks on how much Clem has changed -- though she disparagingly says that Lee would be ashamed of the woman Clem has grown up into.]]
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* CuttingOffTheBranches: Except for one brief mention of Javier, Gabe, and A.J. making a cryptic reference to something bad happening at the ranch where he was living, no mention is made of events from ''A New Frontier''. Justified though, since they're no longer anywhere near there.
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* CuttingOffTheBranches: Except for one brief mention of Javier, Javier and Gabe, and A.J. making a cryptic reference to something bad happening at the ranch where he was living, no mention is made of events from ''A New Frontier''. Justified though, since they're no longer anywhere near there.
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** In Episode 2, [[spoiler:Mitch is killed by Lilly by being stabbed in the neck and head.]]
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* BigBad: [[spoiler:The Ericsson kids are under threat by an as-yet unnamed group of raiders who've already demanded "payment" in the from of two girls a year before the opening of the game. Said raiders are implied to be led by Lilly, who makes a return from Season 1.]]
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* BigBad: [[spoiler:The Ericsson kids are under threat by an as-yet unnamed group of raiders who've already demanded "payment" who intend to use them as CannonFodder in the from a war with another group. One of two girls a year before the opening of the game. Said raiders are implied to be led by their top soldiers is Lilly, who makes a return from Season 1.]]
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* CuttingOffTheBranches: Except for one brief mention of Javier, Gabe, and A.J. making a cryptic reference to something bad happening at the ranch where he was living, no mention is made of events from ''A New Frontier''. Justified though, since they're no longer anywhere near there.
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* BrokenPedestal: How the other [[spoiler:Ericsson kids view Marlon after they learn he allowed Minerva and Sohpie to be taken, ''and'' covered it up by lying that they were killed by walkers.]]
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* BrokenPedestal: How the other [[spoiler:Ericsson kids view Marlon after they learn he allowed Minerva and Sohpie Sophie to be taken, ''and'' covered it up by lying that they were killed by walkers.]]
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* BigBad: [[spoiler:The Ericsson kids are under threat by an as-yet unnamed group of raiders who've already demanded "payment" in the from of two girls a year before the opening of the game. Said raiders are implied to be led by Lily, Lilly, who makes a return from Season 1.]]
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* BigBad: [[spoiler:The Ericsson kids are under threat by an as-yet unnamed group of raiders who've already demanded "payment" in the from of two girls a year before the opening of the game. Said raiders are implied to be led by Lilly, Lily, who makes a return from Season 1.]]
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[[spoiler:'''[[TheBusCameBack Lily]]''']]
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--> ''"You'll die protecting him. A walker you didn't spot... a bullet you couldn't dodge... a desperate cry for help that brings the Herd... It happened to Lee, and it'll happen to you."''
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--> ''"You'll die protecting him. A walker you didn't spot... a bullet you couldn't dodge... a desperate cry ''"... What? I aimed for help that brings the Herd... It happened to Lee, and it'll happen to you.head..."''
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->''"What do we do inside a new place?"''
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->''"We listen for monsters."''
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->''"After that?"''
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->''"Uh..."''
-->-- '''A.J.'''
->''"Come on, you remember. We...inside a new place, we always -- "''
-->--'''Clementine'''
-> ''"Find a way out."''
-->-- '''Clementine''' & '''A.J.''', "Done Running"
-->-- '''Clementine'''
->''"We listen for monsters."''
-->-- '''A.J.'''
->''"After that?"''
-->-- '''Clementine'''
->''"Uh..."''
-->-- '''A.J.'''
->''"Come on, you remember. We...inside a new place, we always -- "''
-->--'''Clementine'''
-> ''"Find a way out."''
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->''"We listen
->''"After that?"''
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->''"Uh..."''
-->-- '''A.J.'''
->''"Come on, you remember. We...inside a new place, we always -- "''
-->--'''Clementine'''
-> ''"Find a way out."''
-->-- '''Clementine''' & '''A.J.''', "Done Running"
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DswuXc0LPTc The trailer for the second episode]] shows [[[[https://www.gamerevolution.com/news/432733-the-walking-dead-the-final-season-episode-two-trailer-features-returning-season-one-character a familiar face returning after a long absence]].
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** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DswuXc0LPTc The trailer for the second episode]] shows [[[[https://www.[[https://www.gamerevolution.com/news/432733-the-walking-dead-the-final-season-episode-two-trailer-features-returning-season-one-character a familiar face returning after a long absence]].
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* WhamShot: [[spoiler:At the end of the episode, Clementine can convince Marlon to stay and help the group rescue Minerva and Sophie, but he falls after being shot dead...by A.J.]]
** [[spoiler:[[https://www.gamerevolution.com/news/432733-the-walking-dead-the-final-season-episode-two-trailer-features-returning-season-one-character A recent trailer for the second episode shows a familiar face...]]]]
** [[spoiler:[[https://www.gamerevolution.com/news/432733-the-walking-dead-the-final-season-episode-two-trailer-features-returning-season-one-character A recent trailer for the second episode shows a familiar face...]]]]
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* WhamShot: [[spoiler:At WhamShot:
** At the end of the first episode,Clementine [[spoiler:Clementine can convince Marlon to stay and help the group rescue Minerva and Sophie, but he falls after being shot dead...dead... by A.J.]]
**[[spoiler:[[https://www.[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DswuXc0LPTc The trailer for the second episode]] shows [[[[https://www.gamerevolution.com/news/432733-the-walking-dead-the-final-season-episode-two-trailer-features-returning-season-one-character A recent trailer for the second episode shows a familiar face...]]]]face returning after a long absence]].
** At the end of the first episode,
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* BigBad: [[spoiler:The Ericsson kids are under threat by an as-yet unnamed group of raiders who've already demanded "payment" in the from of two girls a year before the opening of the game. Said raiders are implied to be led by Lily, who makes a return from Season 1.]]
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* GuideDangIt: Episode 1 became started the first second game of the series to be released without a chapter select system, meaning that unless you make copies of your save file at certain points, if you don't get one of the collectibles or fail a missable Achievement/Trophy, your only recourse is to play through the ''entire episode again''.
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* IronicEcho[[spoiler:During the raid on the train station, Louis half-jokingly states that if he gets bitten "Walker Louis" is going after Clem and Violet first. When Louis initially refuses to help her if appealed to during the final confrontation, Clem can echo that statement by coldly telling him to bury her body deep because if she reanimates she's going after him first.]]
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* IceQueen: Though the player can still choose abrasive or threatening dialogue responses, having A.J. back means Clementine acts much more like her old self in Episode 1. New character Violet can act this way depending on how Clementine treats her, though in Violet's case its more because she's [[TheLostLenore still grieving for her dead girlfriend.]]
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->''"What do we do inside a new place?"''
-->-- '''Clemintine'''
->''"We listen for monsters."''
-->-- '''A.J.'''
->''"After that?"''
-->-- '''Clementine'''
->''"Uh..."''
-->-- '''A.J.'''
->''"Come on, you remember. We...inside a new place, we always -- "''
-->--'''Clementine'''
-> ''"Find a way out."''
-->-- '''Clementine''' & ''''A.J.'''', "Done Running"
''Be warned: this article may have spoilers. Proceed at your own discretion.''
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!! This video game contains the following tropes:
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* ActionGirl: Clementine, of course, but new character Violet also qualifies.
* AHouseDivided: [[spoiler:The end of Episode 1, as Marlon's actions drive the others to stand with Clementine against him.]]
* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler:Brody turns after Marlon kills her.]]
* AnyoneCanDie: Yet again par for the course with this series.
** In Episode 1, [[spoiler:Marlon kills Brody, who is then perma-killed by Clementine, and Marlon himself is killed shortly afterwards by A.J.]]
* ArtEvolution: The graphics have again received an upgrade over ''A New Frontier'', though mostly in shading and further reduced pop-in.
* BatterUp: Louis wields a nail-studded chair leg this way. Clementine can also reference Javier's weapon of choice from ''A New Frontier''.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Clementine again gets this treatment, but it pales [[spoiler:in comparison to A.J., who doesn't hesitate to threaten or kill anyone that could be a danger to himself, Clementine, or their new group.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler:The Ericsson kids are under threat by an as-yet unnamed group of raiders who've already demanded "payment" in the from of two girls a year before the opening of the game.]]
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Subverted; the first casualty in the game is [[spoiler:a forty-something white man.]]
* BlandNameProduct: At the train station, there are cans literally labeled "Mystery Meat".
* BoomHeadshot: How [[spoiler:A.J. kills Marlon.]]
* BootsOfToughness: Of the "Practical" variety. Clementine [[spoiler:and virtually all of the Ericsson kids]] wear calf-high leather boots, which of course would be very handy in preventing prone Walkers from biting your lower leg.
* BrokenPedestal: How the other [[spoiler:Ericsson kids view Marlon after they learn he allowed Minerva and Sohpie to be taken, ''and'' covered it up by lying that they were killed by walkers.]]
* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler:Tennessee's twin sisters Minerva and Sophie were (supposedly) killed by Walkers a year prior to the game. The first episode reveals that Minerva and Violet were girlfriends.]]
* CallBack:
** Clementine is still using the "kick Walkers in the knee and stab them in the head while they're down" technique that Jane taught her in Season 2. She's also become a much better driver.
* CuttingOffTheBranches: Except for one brief mention of Javier, and A.J. making a cryptic reference to something bad happening at the ranch where he was living, no mention is made of events from ''A New Frontier''. Justified though, since they're no longer anywhere near there.
* DeathEqualsRedemption: [[spoiler:Clementine can talk Marlon into dropping the gun and staying with the Ericsson kids in an effort to rescue Minnie and Sophie...right before A.J. shoots him in the head.]]
* EmpathicEnvironment: As the first episode comes to its dramatic end, a storm and lightning help reflect the intensity of the confrontation.
* FissionMailed:
** [[spoiler:AJ is seemingly taken away from Clementine again after the car crash shortly into Season 4 Episode 1, but not to worry, he was just being saved from the car crash by the residents of a school, and she reunites with AJ shortly after.]]
** [[spoiler:Regardless of whether you choose Louis or Violet to appeal to during the confrontation with Marlon, your appeal will initially fail, as Louis chooses to side with his best friend and Violet only met you two days ago. Not to worry, if you keep appealing to either Louis or Violet, the person in question will eventually be persuaded to step in front of Marlon's gun to protect you.]]
* {{Flashback}}: The opening cinema is a long one, as Clementine recounts the events of the previous three games over a stylized depiction of them. It doubles as a way for new players to make choices or for those importing a save file to change certain decisions.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** [[spoiler:When Clem opens the trapdoor at the train station, a distinctive pinging noise can be heard. A few seconds later, a now-activated hand grenade rolls into view...]]
** While talking to Violet, Clementine can learn that [[spoiler:two of the other kids, Minerva and Sophie, were killed on a hunting excursion with Marlon and Brody one year ago. Clementine doesn't seem suspicious, but the series has trained most players not to take anything at face value by this point.]]
* GrandFinale: As the title says, it's the finale of this series.
* GuideDangIt: Episode 1 became the first of the series to be released without a chapter select system, meaning that unless you make copies of your save file at certain points, if you don't get one of the collectibles or fail a missable Achievement/Trophy, your only recourse is to play through the ''entire episode again''.
* IceQueen: Though the player can still choose abrasive or threatening dialogue responses, having A.J. back means Clementine acts much more like her old self in Episode 1. New character Violet can act this way depending on how Clementine treats her, though in Violet's case its more because she's [[TheLostLenore still grieving for her dead girlfriend.]]
* IncrediblyLamePun: Louis almost can't stop making these at every turn.
* IronicEcho[[spoiler:During the raid on the train station, Louis half-jokingly states that if he gets bitten "Walker Louis" is going after Clem and Violet first. When Louis initially refuses to help her if appealed to during the final confrontation, Clem can echo that statement by coldly telling him to bury her body deep because if she reanimates she's going after him first.]]
* TheLostLenore: Violet is a snarky, sullen girl who is seemingly always angry. [[spoiler:It's later made clear that she and Tennessee's sister Minerva were girlfriends, and Violet hasn't gotten over her death.]]
* MythologyGag: Early promotional art showed Clementine with an axe in a protective stance with AJ reminiscent of artwork for the first game with Lee and Clementine in much the same way. The two images are also recreated as Book-Ends in the Story Builder that the first episode starts with.
* NoodleIncident: At some point prior to the beginning of the final season, Clem found Alvin Jr. on the farm where David left him in Season 3. Exactly what happened is left unsaid, but AJ remarks he was happy there before the blood.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: Clementine qualifies. She's still a force to be reckoned with in a fight, but whether she was always going to be short (because of genetics) or from her life (years of sub-optimal nutrition), she's barely five feet tall, if that.
* RealityEnsues: AJ has spent his entire life knowing nothing but distrust and hostility towards anyone that isn't Clementine. [[spoiler:When he arrives at the school, his first actions involve savagely biting Ruby, delivering a GroinAttack to Marlon and just causing trouble for everyone else around him. Because he's so desensitized to death, he kills Marlon despite Clem already having a handle on the situation.]]
* SadisticChoice: [[spoiler:In Episode 1, you can either surrender some food to Abel (and thus have less to bring back to the school), or you can attack him, which will let you keep all the food but risk him possibly coming back for revenge in the future.]]
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Clementine is now around 17, and acting as a surrogate mother/big sister to A.J. has matured her further.
* SweetieGraffiti: [[spoiler:The fishing shack has a carved heart on one wall with "V + M" in the center. AJ asks Clem what it means, and she can tell him that it means Violet and Minerva were a couple.]]
* TimeSkip: Set a few years after season 3. Clementine is now around 17 while AJ is at least 6 years old.
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:The unnamed couple at the train station who committed suicide while facing windows which have a view of the sunset.]]
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: This sums up A.J. in a nutshell. He shows almost no sympathy to anyone except Clementine, lashes out if he's approached unawares (this being referenced as due to a particularly traumatic experience in his past), and shows a remarkably blasé attitude toward death and killing. Not that surprising, since he's grown up in a zombie apocalypse and after all has no experience of how the world used to be.
* UnexpectedGameplayChange: It quickly becomes apparent that the gameplay is vastly different compared to the previous three seasons, and indeed other games in Telltale's repertoire; instead of the fixed camera angles present in other works, an over-the-shoulder camera is used with full freedom to move the camera, not unlike ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange''.
* WhamShot: [[spoiler:At the end of the episode, Clementine can convince Marlon to stay and help the group rescue Minerva and Sophie, but he falls after being shot dead...by A.J.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:When Marlon lets slip that he traded Sophie and Minnie to raiders and told everyone they were dead, Tenn steps forward and gives Marlon one of these.]]
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Dogs]]: After her experience with the dog attack in Season 2, Clementine is understandably scared the first time she sees [[spoiler:Rosie, the resident pit bull (it doesn't help that Rosie proceeds to crunch a Walker's head like a walnut shell). When Clem later encounters Rosie in an enclosed room, she's obviously petrified, and you can actually choose to have Clem just stand there as though she's too scared to move.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:Marlon has no qualms about giving his own people to the raiders for safety, intending to do so with AJ and having already done it with both of Tenn's sisters a year ago.]]
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->''"What do we do inside a new place?"''
-->-- '''Clemintine'''
->''"We listen for monsters."''
-->-- '''A.J.'''
->''"After that?"''
-->-- '''Clementine'''
->''"Uh..."''
-->-- '''A.J.'''
->''"Come on, you remember. We...inside a new place, we always -- "''
-->--'''Clementine'''
-> ''"Find a way out."''
-->-- '''Clementine''' & ''''A.J.'''', "Done Running"
''Be warned: this article may have spoilers. Proceed at your own discretion.''
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!! This video game contains the following tropes:
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* ActionGirl: Clementine, of course, but new character Violet also qualifies.
* AHouseDivided: [[spoiler:The end of Episode 1, as Marlon's actions drive the others to stand with Clementine against him.]]
* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler:Brody turns after Marlon kills her.]]
* AnyoneCanDie: Yet again par for the course with this series.
** In Episode 1, [[spoiler:Marlon kills Brody, who is then perma-killed by Clementine, and Marlon himself is killed shortly afterwards by A.J.]]
* ArtEvolution: The graphics have again received an upgrade over ''A New Frontier'', though mostly in shading and further reduced pop-in.
* BatterUp: Louis wields a nail-studded chair leg this way. Clementine can also reference Javier's weapon of choice from ''A New Frontier''.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Clementine again gets this treatment, but it pales [[spoiler:in comparison to A.J., who doesn't hesitate to threaten or kill anyone that could be a danger to himself, Clementine, or their new group.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler:The Ericsson kids are under threat by an as-yet unnamed group of raiders who've already demanded "payment" in the from of two girls a year before the opening of the game.]]
* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Subverted; the first casualty in the game is [[spoiler:a forty-something white man.]]
* BlandNameProduct: At the train station, there are cans literally labeled "Mystery Meat".
* BoomHeadshot: How [[spoiler:A.J. kills Marlon.]]
* BootsOfToughness: Of the "Practical" variety. Clementine [[spoiler:and virtually all of the Ericsson kids]] wear calf-high leather boots, which of course would be very handy in preventing prone Walkers from biting your lower leg.
* BrokenPedestal: How the other [[spoiler:Ericsson kids view Marlon after they learn he allowed Minerva and Sohpie to be taken, ''and'' covered it up by lying that they were killed by walkers.]]
* BuryYourGays: [[spoiler:Tennessee's twin sisters Minerva and Sophie were (supposedly) killed by Walkers a year prior to the game. The first episode reveals that Minerva and Violet were girlfriends.]]
* CallBack:
** Clementine is still using the "kick Walkers in the knee and stab them in the head while they're down" technique that Jane taught her in Season 2. She's also become a much better driver.
* CuttingOffTheBranches: Except for one brief mention of Javier, and A.J. making a cryptic reference to something bad happening at the ranch where he was living, no mention is made of events from ''A New Frontier''. Justified though, since they're no longer anywhere near there.
* DeathEqualsRedemption: [[spoiler:Clementine can talk Marlon into dropping the gun and staying with the Ericsson kids in an effort to rescue Minnie and Sophie...right before A.J. shoots him in the head.]]
* EmpathicEnvironment: As the first episode comes to its dramatic end, a storm and lightning help reflect the intensity of the confrontation.
* FissionMailed:
** [[spoiler:AJ is seemingly taken away from Clementine again after the car crash shortly into Season 4 Episode 1, but not to worry, he was just being saved from the car crash by the residents of a school, and she reunites with AJ shortly after.]]
** [[spoiler:Regardless of whether you choose Louis or Violet to appeal to during the confrontation with Marlon, your appeal will initially fail, as Louis chooses to side with his best friend and Violet only met you two days ago. Not to worry, if you keep appealing to either Louis or Violet, the person in question will eventually be persuaded to step in front of Marlon's gun to protect you.]]
* {{Flashback}}: The opening cinema is a long one, as Clementine recounts the events of the previous three games over a stylized depiction of them. It doubles as a way for new players to make choices or for those importing a save file to change certain decisions.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** [[spoiler:When Clem opens the trapdoor at the train station, a distinctive pinging noise can be heard. A few seconds later, a now-activated hand grenade rolls into view...]]
** While talking to Violet, Clementine can learn that [[spoiler:two of the other kids, Minerva and Sophie, were killed on a hunting excursion with Marlon and Brody one year ago. Clementine doesn't seem suspicious, but the series has trained most players not to take anything at face value by this point.]]
* GrandFinale: As the title says, it's the finale of this series.
* GuideDangIt: Episode 1 became the first of the series to be released without a chapter select system, meaning that unless you make copies of your save file at certain points, if you don't get one of the collectibles or fail a missable Achievement/Trophy, your only recourse is to play through the ''entire episode again''.
* IceQueen: Though the player can still choose abrasive or threatening dialogue responses, having A.J. back means Clementine acts much more like her old self in Episode 1. New character Violet can act this way depending on how Clementine treats her, though in Violet's case its more because she's [[TheLostLenore still grieving for her dead girlfriend.]]
* IncrediblyLamePun: Louis almost can't stop making these at every turn.
* IronicEcho[[spoiler:During the raid on the train station, Louis half-jokingly states that if he gets bitten "Walker Louis" is going after Clem and Violet first. When Louis initially refuses to help her if appealed to during the final confrontation, Clem can echo that statement by coldly telling him to bury her body deep because if she reanimates she's going after him first.]]
* TheLostLenore: Violet is a snarky, sullen girl who is seemingly always angry. [[spoiler:It's later made clear that she and Tennessee's sister Minerva were girlfriends, and Violet hasn't gotten over her death.]]
* MythologyGag: Early promotional art showed Clementine with an axe in a protective stance with AJ reminiscent of artwork for the first game with Lee and Clementine in much the same way. The two images are also recreated as Book-Ends in the Story Builder that the first episode starts with.
* NoodleIncident: At some point prior to the beginning of the final season, Clem found Alvin Jr. on the farm where David left him in Season 3. Exactly what happened is left unsaid, but AJ remarks he was happy there before the blood.
* PintsizedPowerhouse: Clementine qualifies. She's still a force to be reckoned with in a fight, but whether she was always going to be short (because of genetics) or from her life (years of sub-optimal nutrition), she's barely five feet tall, if that.
* RealityEnsues: AJ has spent his entire life knowing nothing but distrust and hostility towards anyone that isn't Clementine. [[spoiler:When he arrives at the school, his first actions involve savagely biting Ruby, delivering a GroinAttack to Marlon and just causing trouble for everyone else around him. Because he's so desensitized to death, he kills Marlon despite Clem already having a handle on the situation.]]
* SadisticChoice: [[spoiler:In Episode 1, you can either surrender some food to Abel (and thus have less to bring back to the school), or you can attack him, which will let you keep all the food but risk him possibly coming back for revenge in the future.]]
* SheIsAllGrownUp: Clementine is now around 17, and acting as a surrogate mother/big sister to A.J. has matured her further.
* SweetieGraffiti: [[spoiler:The fishing shack has a carved heart on one wall with "V + M" in the center. AJ asks Clem what it means, and she can tell him that it means Violet and Minerva were a couple.]]
* TimeSkip: Set a few years after season 3. Clementine is now around 17 while AJ is at least 6 years old.
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:The unnamed couple at the train station who committed suicide while facing windows which have a view of the sunset.]]
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: This sums up A.J. in a nutshell. He shows almost no sympathy to anyone except Clementine, lashes out if he's approached unawares (this being referenced as due to a particularly traumatic experience in his past), and shows a remarkably blasé attitude toward death and killing. Not that surprising, since he's grown up in a zombie apocalypse and after all has no experience of how the world used to be.
* UnexpectedGameplayChange: It quickly becomes apparent that the gameplay is vastly different compared to the previous three seasons, and indeed other games in Telltale's repertoire; instead of the fixed camera angles present in other works, an over-the-shoulder camera is used with full freedom to move the camera, not unlike ''VideoGame/LifeIsStrange''.
* WhamShot: [[spoiler:At the end of the episode, Clementine can convince Marlon to stay and help the group rescue Minerva and Sophie, but he falls after being shot dead...by A.J.]]
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:When Marlon lets slip that he traded Sophie and Minnie to raiders and told everyone they were dead, Tenn steps forward and gives Marlon one of these.]]
* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Dogs]]: After her experience with the dog attack in Season 2, Clementine is understandably scared the first time she sees [[spoiler:Rosie, the resident pit bull (it doesn't help that Rosie proceeds to crunch a Walker's head like a walnut shell). When Clem later encounters Rosie in an enclosed room, she's obviously petrified, and you can actually choose to have Clem just stand there as though she's too scared to move.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:Marlon has no qualms about giving his own people to the raiders for safety, intending to do so with AJ and having already done it with both of Tenn's sisters a year ago.]]
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