History WesternAnimation / SuicideSquadHellToPay

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Major characters ''alone'' include Deadshot, Waller, Harley Quinn, Captain Boomerang, Copperhead, Killer Frost, Vandal Savage, Scandal Savage, Knockout, Professor Pyg, Zoom, Silver Banshee, Blockbuster, and [[spoiler:a former Dr. Fate.]] It goes UpToEleven including all of the cameos and minor parts as well.

* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal:[[spoiler:Rather than just getting Knockout some medical attention, Vandal decides to shoot her (after already having his men filling her with bullets). Knockout's lover/Vandal's daughter, Scandal, is not very happy with dear old daddy doing this and sells him out to the Squad.]]

''Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay'' is an American animated film produced by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. It is the thirty-first film in the ''WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies'' series and the second story based on the ComicBook/SuicideSquad antihero team. Although ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham'' previously featured the Suicide Squad, that film is set in the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'' video game universe and this is part of the WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse. The voice cast includes Creator/ChristianSlater reprising his ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueAction'' role as ComicBook/{{Deadshot}}, Creator/TaraStrong reprising her role from ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'' and onward as Harley Quinn and Vanessa Williams as ComicBook/AmandaWaller. The film was released digitally on March 27, 2018, and physically on April 10.

* AbledInTheAdaptation: Professor Pyg is usually depicted unable to state any coherent thoughts due to his insane ramblings. Here, he's capable of proper communication and never seems out of control of his own actions [[note]]This is ironic, given that he is sane enough to be in control of his actions in a movie where he is nothing but a prisoner forced to work against his will, then unceremoniously killed.[[/note]]

** Killer Frost was victim of this in her childhood, and the reason why her powers manifested. [[SelfMadeOrphan It didn't end very well for Frost's parents]].

* AgentPeacock: [[spoiler: Steel Maxum is self absorbed and flirtatious. He was also one of the Doctor Fates until he lost the card.]]

* ArcWelding: [[spoiler: Professor Zoom is actually the same Zoom from ''[[WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox The Flashpoint Paradox]]'', and not a separate character.]]

* BigBadEnsemble: Vandal Savage, Zoom and [[spoiler:Waller]]. All three have the exact same goal and equally selfish reasons for wanting it, and all three are willing to kill as many people as it takes to get their hands on it.

* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: Zoom has a hole in his head from when Thomas Wayne shot him.]]

** This is also how [[spoiler: Professor Pyg]] is killed.

* CanonForeigner: There has never been a [[spoiler:ComicBook/DoctorFate named Steel Maxum before. {{Downplayed}} and PlayedForLaughs since he is ''so'' incompetent he loses the job after only two months, mind]].

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: [[spoiler:Killer Frost. She joins Zoom when he agrees to remove her detonator in exchange for helping him take the Card from Vandal. As soon as he achieves this, she promptly murders his minions and freezes him solid, taking the Card for herself with the intention of selling it for a large profit]].

* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: While Floyd's daughter is stated to still love her father, she also "kind of hates him" since he is a professional killer.

** [[spoiler: Bronze Tiger is notable as the only member of the field team aside from Nightshade to survive the entire original run (Deadshot and Boomerang survive as well, but spend lengthy sections of the book off of the team) and he retires to open a dojo. Here, he's killed by Zoom.]]

* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler: After he gets the card, Zoom tells Deadshot that he will make sure any wound the gunman inflicts on him is lethal.]]

* DoubleEntendre: "Of all the junk, the thing that Nabu cherished the absolute most was actually the smallest" (cut to a close-up of Dr. Fate's crotch).
* DramaPreservingHandicap: Obviously a team consisting of {{Badass Normal}}s and a single decently powerful metahuman would logically be nothing compared to a Speedster like Zoom. Consequently, the film explains that Zoom has been weakened [[spoiler: thanks to having to keep himself alive following being shot in the head.]]

** Subverted with [[spoiler:Punch and Jewelee]] in the opening. [[spoiler:They are portrayed as SickeninglySweethearts who seemingly play this trope straight... But then it turns out Jewelee was in league with Vertigo all along and she murders Punch in cold blood.]]

* FromBadToWorse: The comic picks up on what happened after the movie ended with [[spoiler:Waller not only finding out the Card got used up, but she has none other than Spectre, the Spirit of Vengeance devoted to punish the guilty for their crimes, after her too]].

* HappyFunBall: The [[spoiler:Get Out of Hell Free card]] is quite literally that: [[spoiler:a card with "Get Out of Hell Free" written on it, as if it were some mystical ''{{TabletopGame/Monopoly}}'' artifact]].

* HiddenInPlainSight: Invoked, Exaggerated and Deconstructed. Steel Maxum tries to do this by changing his name and becoming a special performance at a strip club when the government starts looking for him. He ends up making himself easier to find.

* ImmortalsFearDeath: More like [[spoiler:"Immortals Fear Going to Hell". Vandal lived for thousands of years without worrying about dying, but ever since superheroes started to appear, he had so many brushes with death that he realizes his time will come real soon and he wants to at least secure his afterlife by having the Card with him]].

* ItOnlyWorksOnce: [[spoiler:The Card has the power to send only one person straight to Heaven if they die holding it, and according to Jason Blood in the comics, it's unique in all of creation, given that Nabu kicked Maxum Steel out of his tower when he lost it. As such, several characters use this as leverage against their enemies knowing that if they are killed while holding the Card, they will be unable to use it afterwards]].

--> '''Waller:''' "Ugh. Of course ''she'' would live..."
* KarmaHoudini: The main villains' (as well as Waller's) motivation, in fact. [[spoiler:They are all after a "Get Out of Hell" Card that will automatically send them to Heaven when they die. Vandal Savage is immortal but not invincible, Waller has terminal cancer and doesn't have much left to live, and Zoom is pretty much ''already dead'' and is using the Speed Force to stretch out his death so he can live as long as possible. All of them want the Card for themselves so they can secure their afterlives. At the end of the movie, none of them do and its [[TheAtoner Bronze Tiger]] who goes to Heaven instead. Waller gets the card after it has been used up, thinking she will be this trope, but is unaware of her true fate]].

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: Major characters ''alone'' include Deadshot, Waller, Harley Quinn, Captain Boomerang, Copperhead, Killer Frost, Vandal Savage, Scandal Savage, Knockout, Professor Pyg, Zoom, Silver Banshee, Blockbuster, and [[spoiler:a former Dr. Fate]]. It goes UpToEleven including all of the cameos and minor parts as well.

* MercyKill: [[spoiler: Deadshot gives Jewelee one at the beginning of the film to spare her from the far more painful detonator in her neck after some tearful begging from the latter]].
* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal:[[spoiler: Rather than just getting Knockout some medical attention, Vandal decides to shoot her (after already having his men filling her with bullets). Knockout's lover/Vandal's daughter, Scandal, is not very happy with dear old daddy doing this and sells him out to the Squad.]]
* MrFanservice: Steel Maxum since he is a male stripper. Deadshot even refers to him as "Film/MagicMike" which doubles as a pun on [[spoiler:his status as a former Dr. Fate]].

* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:When Vandal Savage is confronted by the Squad after Scandal has sold him out, Vandal chooses to blame Scandal for being a "disrespectful" daughter. This is in spite of the fact that [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal Vandal bought the betrayal on himself by executing Knockout for no reason.]]]]
* NoodleIncident:

* NotSoStoic: In issue #6 of the sequel comic, Waller [[spoiler:is shown curled into a fetal position and trembling with fear after ComicBook/TheSpectre contacts her and assures her that all the evil she's done in her life has guaranteed her a place in Hell, which he will be sending her to very soon.]]

* PintSizedPowerhouse: Despite being the smallest member of the team, Killer Frost is also the most powerful. [[spoiler:She is able to kill Banshee and Blockbuster with ease, despite the trouble the two had given the entire team previously, successfully delayed Zoom long enough to claim the card, and would likely have killed Copperhead and gotten away had his explosive not taken the both of them out.]]

* PyrrhicVillainy: [[spoiler:Amanda Waller gets the card at the end... After it has been used up to send Bronze Tiger to Heaven. The comic revolves around her attempt to subvert this trope, having checked the card with Jason Blood and learning it was used up, and he informs her about the second best alternative to the card, a key that also evades eternal damnation (though it doesn't automatically send them to Heaven) and its even harder and more obscure to find]].

* SecretlyDying: [[spoiler: Professor Zoom is using the Speed Force to stretch out the moment of his death, which happened at the end of ''The Flashpoint Paradox''. He's desperately trying to find the Get Out Of Hell Free card before the moment runs out.]]

** Killer Frost's [[AnIcePerson cryokinesis]] allows her to [[spoiler:create frozen spikes inside her opponents' bodies, stabbing them from the inside]]. She is implied to conceal the true extent of her powers for most of the movie for the sake of surprising her enemies and cheapshotting them.
* StrongerThanTheyLook: '''Killer. Frost.''' While she is already one of the strongest members of the Squad for most of the movie, it's not until the last few minutes that her powers are revealed to be so extreme they allow her to [[spoiler:freeze people from the inside out]].
--> '''Killer Frost''': "You were right, speedy. Nobody knows what I'm capable of."

* TokenGoodTeammate: Bronze Tiger. He is explicitly the only member to have been a vigilante rather than a supervillain before being recruited.

** Copperhead [[spoiler:pins down Killer Frost and starts to strangle her, who begins freezing him in response. Instead of simply spitting acid on her face, he repeatedly tries and fails to take a bite out of his opponent, getting more of his body covered in ice with each attempt. When it's clear he is about to die, Waller decides to detonate the explosive in his head, killing them both.]]
** Count Vertigo has acquired a pen drive that Waller is interested in, but intends to sell its contents instead of delivering it to her as tasked. He is in perfect position to get away with his scheme, but takes his time to boast to Deadshot that he has outsmarted Waller. Since she is able to hear the entire conversation through Deadshot's ear piece, she immediately triggers the explosive embedded on Vertigo's neck, killing him on the spot.
* TooPowerfulToLive: The only members of the Suicide Squad to survive the events of the movie are [[spoiler:Deadshot, Harley Quinn and Captain Boomerang, who are all [[BadassNormal badass normals]]]]. [[spoiler:Zoom and his lackeys are all killed off as well]].

* UncertainDoom: [[spoiler:Knockout is last seen in a hospital bed in critical condition. Steel Maxum is last seen being approached by Zoom, with no indication of whether or not he is spared. Zoom himself might even apply; though his pre-Flashpoint incarnation is definitely dead with his gunshot from Flashpoint Batman finally getting caught up with him and his body disappearing since he died in a new timeline altogether, its implied that another Zoom from this new timeline created by Barry might still be around, considering Deadshot is familiar with him and notes pre-Flashpoint Zoom isn't as fast as he normally is.]]

** In the climax, Zoom takes off his cowl [[spoiler:to reveal a giant gaping hole in his head]].

* WorfHadTheFlu: Zoom is ''much'' slower than he usually is, something Deadshot quickly notices on when he is running after their badly-battered bus and being unable to keep up. If he was actually at his full strength, he would have easily entered the bus and slaughtered everyone. [[spoiler:This is because he is living on borrowed time after being shot by Flashpoint Batman, using the Speed Force to extend his life a little longer, and only has a finite supply of speed. The more he uses it, the quicker his certain death approaches]]. For the same reason he is also not exactly that good mentally, saying it feels like walking underwater sometime.

** [[spoiler:After he is [[BoomHeadshot shot in the head]] by Flashpoint Batman in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox'', Zoom uses the Speed Force to slow the moment of his death to a crawl. This extends his deadline by days, maybe weeks, but more of his life slips away whenever he uses the Speed Force.]]

* YouWouldntShootMe: Since the [[spoiler:Get Out of Hell Free card]] works precisely once, anyone holding it can invoke this to anyone who might wish to take it from them. [[spoiler:You can't just kill them, because that would burn the card out, so you have to be able to relieve them of it non-lethally. Theoretically, if the person holding it is genuinely heroic and wouldn't be going to Hell to begin with, you would be able to kill them if they were holding the card -- but that is a moot point because such a person would have no use for it to begin with]].

* {{Retcon}}: Jason Blood is shown to be alive and still bound to Etrigan, meaning that the events of ''Hell to Pay'' [[StealthPrequel take place prior]] to ''Justice League Dark'' instead of after. Jason Blood is confirmed to have been alive for 1000 to 1500 years as opposed to the 500 mentioned in the film, and he is given a prior association with Deadman that neither mentioned.

** Waller asks if the Spectre is [[GrimReaper Death]] but Blood clarifies that while Waller [[ComicBook/TheSandman will meet her]] when she dies, the Spectre is a seperate entity entirely.

* FriendlyEnemy: Jason and Vandal apparently had this due to both being immortal, though this didn't stop them from coming to blows.

* {{Retcon}}: Jason Blood is shown to be alive and still bound to Etrigan, meaning that the events of ''Hell to Pay'' take place prior to ''Justice League Dark'' instead of after. Jason is also confirmed to have been alive for 1000 to 1500 years as opposed to the 500 mentioned in the film, and he is given a prior association with Deadman that neither mentioned.

!!Tropes present in this movie:

** The movie takes after the ''ComicBook/New52'' version of the Squad, including slim!Waller and Harley Quinn as a member, but also features Bronze Tiger (a key member of the Ostrander Squad) and the Killer Frost used is Crystal Frost (whereas in the comics, Caitlin Snow joined the squad briefly, and Louise Lincoln was on the Squad in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham)''.

* AdaptationalJerkass: While still a villain, Jewlee did love Punch in the comics, went on a rampage after he was killed to get revenge on those responsible. Here, Jewlee's cheating on Punch and killed him herself.

* AdaptationalDyeJob: Rather, Adaptational-Lack-of-Dye-Job. Harley Quinn has no color to her hair aside from her natural blond, unlike most recent adaptations.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Invoked InUniverse; Bronze Tiger believes the Get Out Of Hell Free card is a sham, stating that only God's grace can save someone from eternal damnation. [[spoiler:He's wrong, as the card's magical nature is confirmed by both ex-Doctor Fate Steel Maxum in the movie and Jason Blood & Hex in the comic.]]

* BaitAndSwitch: During Steel Maxum's flashback scene he talks about [[spoiler:Nabu]] cherising the smallest thing in his collection while Steel is scratching the bulge in his pants. Immediately afterwards Steel clarifies that he was talking about [[spoiler:the Get Out of Hell Free card.]]

* ClothingConcealedInjury: Reverse-Flash is one of the main villains of the movie and one of many trying to get their hands on the fabled [[KarmaHoudini Get-Out-Of-Hell-Free Card]]. Then we find out why: [[spoiler: He takes off his mask and reveals a ''hole in his forehead''.]] This is the same Reverse-Flash from ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox'' who was [[spoiler: shot in the head by Thomasy Wayne, and he used his powers to slow his bodily processes split-seconds before dying, and he's desperate to find the card before his time runs out.]]

* FreezeFrameBonus: There are a larger number of visual gags, characters, and easter eggs all hidden in quick moments throughout the film.

* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:When Vandal Savage is confronted by the Squad after Scandal has sold him out, Vandal chooses to blame Scandal for being a "disrepectful" daughter. This is in spite of the fact that [[MistreatmentInducedBetrayal Vandal bought the betrayal on himself by executing Knockout for no reason.]]]]

** Killer Frost's [[AnIcePerson cryokinesis]] allows her to [[spoiler:create frozen spikes inside her opponents' bodies, stabbing them from the inside]]. She is implied to conceal the true extent of her powers for most of the movie for the sake of surprising her enemies and cheap shotting them.

** Count Vertigo has acquired a pendrive that Waller is interested in, but intends to sell its contents instead of delivering it to her as tasked. He is in perfect position to get away with his scheme, but takes his time to boast to Deadshot that he has outsmarted Waller. Since she is able to hear the entire conversation through Deadshot's ear piece, she immediately triggers the explosive embedded on Vertigo's neck, killing him on the spot.

* RealityEnsues:
** A minor example. While Floyd's daughter is stated to still love her father, she also "kind of hates him" since he is a professional killer.
** [[spoiler:Giving Steel the Dr. Fate mantle is probably not the best idea Nabu could have done.]]

* BatterUp: Harley's using her baseball bat exclusively here.

* BeastMan: Copperhead is a self-made Beast Man.

%%* BoxedCrook: Wouldn't be the Suicide Squad without this trope.

* ClothingConcealedInjury: Reverse-Flash is one of the main villains of the movie and one of many trying to get their hands on the fabled [[KarmaHoudini Get-Out-Of-Hell-Free Card]]. Then we find out why: [[spoiler: He takes off his mask and reveals a ''hole in his forehead''.]] This is the same Reverse-Flash from ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox'' who was [[spoiler: shot in the head by Batman, and he used his powers to slow his bodily processes split-seconds before dying, and he's desperate to find the card before his time runs out.]]
%%* ColdSniper: As always, Deadshot plays with this trope.
* CollapsibleHelmet: Deadshot's is set up as one of these.

* {{Fingore}}: [[spoiler:Zoom loses a couple of fingers to a knife thrown by Bronze Tiger.]]

* ShoutOut: The entrance of Pyg's lair was guarded by two disfigured men labeled [[Series/NipTuck "Nip" and "Tuck"]].

* HotterAndSexier: This film is the first of the DC Animated line to have explicitly shown nudity, as Knockout's nipple can be seen when she gets out of bath and when she embraces and kisses Scandal. There is also a shot of her crotch, although BarbieDollAnatomy seems to be at work, Or possibly she likes to keep thing trimmed.

* YourDaysAreNumbered: [[spoiler:After he is [[BoomHeadshot shot in the head]] by Flashpoint Batman in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueTheFlashpointParadox'', Zoom uses the Speed Force to slow the moment of his death to a crawl. This extends his deadline by days, maybe weeks, but more of his life slips away whenever he uses the Speed Force.]]

* GreyAndGrayMorality: [[spoiler:The entire plot is a three-way battle between morally dubious individuals fighting to escape the eternal damnation they've rightfully earned, and the characters not interested in the card are still only looking for personal gain in one way or another.]]

''Suicide Squad: Hell to Pay'' is an American animated film produced by Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. It is the thirty-first film in the ''WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies'' series and the second story based on the ComicBook/SuicideSquad antihero team. Although ''WesternAnimation/BatmanAssaultOnArkham'' previously featured the Suicide Squad, that film is set in the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'' video game universe and this is part of the WesternAnimation/DCAnimatedMovieUniverse. The slated voice cast includes Creator/ChristianSlater reprising his ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueAction'' role as ComicBook/{{Deadshot}}, Creator/TaraStrong reprising her role from ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamCity'' and onward as Harley Quinn and Vanessa Williams as ComicBook/AmandaWaller. The film was released digitally on March 27, 2018, and physically on April 10.

* FanDisservice: Steel Maxum is a source of fanservice for the ladies in-universe, but to the viewers he is deliberately portrayed in the most off-putting way possible. His design is oversexualized, he is shown enjoying having his face licked by Silver Banshee, and is introduced in a prolonged striptease scene that never seems to end.

* {{Gorn}}: The movie demonstrates its R-Rating from the very start with very detailed, bloody gunshots, lasers cutting off limbs, and [[spoiler:Vertigo's head blown up explicitly on screen, splattering Deadshot and Jewelee with his blood.]] And it doesn't slack for the rest of the runtime, either.

* AbledInTheAdaptation: Professor Pyg is usually depicted unable to state any coherent thoughts due to his insane ramblings. Here, he's capable of proper communication and never seems out of control of his own actions [[note]]Which is somewhat ironic, given that he is sane enough to be in control of his actions in a movie where he is nothing but a prisoner forced to work against his will then unceremoniously killed[[/note]].

* YouWouldntShootMe: Since the [[spoiler:Get Out of Hell Free card]] works precisely once, anyone holding it can invoke this to anyone who might wish to take it from them. [[spoiler:You can't just kill them, because that would burn the card out, so you have to be able to relieve them of it non-lethally. Theoretically, if the person holding it is genuinely heroic and good, you would be able to kill them if they were holding the card -- but that is a moot point because such a person would have no use for it to begin with]].