Line #10 Recap/BravestarrS1E26ThePrice


1	Bravestarr and Thirty-Thirty are dealing with a rash of problems related to a drug called Spin, which someone is peddling to New Texas miners, but things get that much worse when the drug-dealer targets younger customers.
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3	!!This episode includes examples of the following tropes:
4	* TheAggressiveDrugDealer: A drug dealer is pushing a drug called "spin," which causes feelings of intense euphoria but can later lead to extreme paranoia and even death. He is extremely suave and persuasive, but insists on targeting people with very little (or no) money, apparently just so he can persuade them to steal what they owe, suggesting he's more interested in [[TheCorrupter corrupting people]] rather than actually earning a profit. Also, he actually manufactures the drug himself rather than getting it from a supplier, and once Bravestarr takes out his factory, New Texas is freed from the devastating influence of spin, tying everything up in a neat little bow. Sadly, not before a young boy has died from the drug.
5	* CryIntoChest: A rare male-on-male example; Brad cries into Bravestarr's chest in sorrow that he didn't tell him about Jay's downward spiral earlier.
6	* DeathOfAChild: Jay, a pre-teen/teenage boy, dies after becoming an addict to drive home the message.
7	-->'''Thirty-Thirty:''' I'll call Doc Clayton.
8	-->'''Bravestarr:''' Don't...bother. It's too late.
9	* DescentIntoAddiction: A teenage boy named Jay becomes hooked on "spin" and gets progressively more focused on getting more.
10	* DownerEnding: Bravestarr busts up the drug ring, but Jay, the kid we've been following through the bulk of the episode, dies from his addiction, much to the grief of his mother and his friend Brad (who has to live with knowing Jay might be alive if he told someone sooner).
11	* DrugsAreBad: Jay actually does overdose and die. Shocking for a cartoon of that era, it's one of the best episodes of the series. The episode goes even further by having his death by overdose come as a result of the batch his drugs came from being tainted, which was a second part to the warning that is TruthInTelevision about illegal drugs.
12	* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: The drug dealer is never namedropped by any of the characters, only ever referred to by his occupation, which is what's really important to the show.
13	* FaintInShock: This happens to Brad at the sight of Jay's corpse in the clubhouse. Even worse, Brad was on the clubhouse ladder as he fainted, but thankfully Thirty-Thirty was there to catch him.
14	-->'''Thirty-Thirty:''' Easy son.
15	* HatsOffToTheDead: After Brad comes to him, Bravestarr tracks down Jay at the clubhouse. When he discovers Jay overdosed, he takes off his hat as he tells Thirty-Thirty that it's too late to call Doc Clayton.
16	* KilledOffscreen: Jay overdoses in his clubhouse with no one, including the viewer, seeing it. Bravestarr only finds his corpse after it's too late to help him.
17	* MushroomSamba: What users of Spin experience, if a high Jay's delirious mumbling about "smiling flowers" is anything to go by.
18	* NobodyLikesATattletale: Brad doesn't like Dealer and is suspicious of the effect he's having on Jay, but he doesn't want to tell on his friend. Jay exploits this by calling him a "fink" as his condition worsens. Shaman ultimately talks Brad around to the position that sometimes, one needs to spill a secret. However, by the time Bravestarr tracks Jay down, based on Brad's testimony, he's already taken the fatal dose. Dealer asks sarcastically if Brad's happy about telling on him to the law and Brad strangles out a reply that the only thing he regrets is not overcoming his reluctance sooner, before breaking down into Bravestarr's chest.
19	* TheStoolPigeon: Brad is suspicious of the drug dealer from the beginning, but initially doesn't say anything because he doesn't want to be a "fink." Jay takes advantage of this as his addiction progresses. Eventually, after some advice, Brad does tell Bravestarr about it for Jay's own good, but by that time, it's too late.
20	* TooDumbToLive: Brad wisely declines the Dealer's offer of Spin since he knows what it has done, but Jay takes it just to prove he's not a coward and calls Brad a chicken for not trying it. Even after when Brad informs his friend about all the Spin addicts in town who got locked up or taken to the hospital, Jay brushes it off as "they simply couldn't handle it but he can". This mindset costs him in the end.
21	* TranquilFury: When one of the Dingoes says that Spin is just "fun" and doesn't hurt anyone, Bravestarr grabs him by the lapels of his jacket and just from the fury in the Marshal's words you can tell he's ''barely'' keeping himself from breaking the crook's neck.
22	* UnexpectedlyDarkEpisode: You think you're in for another preachy DrugsAreBad episode, but then the ending hits you like a nuclear blast of feels. The episode deals with a kid who is turned onto a topical controlled substance called Spin. The perps are caught but the tag is tainted: The boy is found in his treehouse, dead of a Spin overdose. The episode ends with the boy's mother in agonized hysteria, with the final "pro-social message" scene showing Bravestarr laying a wreath at the boy's grave.

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