Line #5 Recap/FullmetalAlchemistBrotherhoodE54BeyondTheInferno


1	!Tropes present in this episode include:
2	* AchillesHeel: Olivier manages to find an exploitable weakness in the Mannequin Soldiers. Since they attack their targets by biting them, cutting off their upper jaws will keep them from eating anyone.
3	* AintTooProudToBeg: When Mustang reduces Envy to its foetus!form and crushes it under his foot, Envy begins crying and begging for its life.
4	* ArmorPiercingResponse: Although Scar admits he has no right to dissuade Mustang from killing Envy out of Vengeance and Anger, in the least, he voices he shudders to imagine Amestris being governed by a Flame Alchemist consumed with hatred. On two levels is this very powerful: not only is he letting Mustang know he'll be unfit to rule the country if he kills Envy in hatred, but reminds him his personal dream of governing Amestris was inspired by [[MoralityChainBeyondTheGrave Hughes]], who wouldn't want his friend to be a murderer.
5	* BadassBoast: Izumi's. "When people ask, I say I'm a housewife. It does make sense. But today I've shed that particular disguise. I AM AN ALCHEMIST!"
6	* BaitAndSwitch: When Riza reunites with Roy after a brief separation, she points a gun at his back. Is it Envy in disguise as her? No, it's the real Riza trying to determine if she's seeing the real Roy.
7	* BluffTheImpostor: Hawkeye successfully gets Envy to reveal itself by bluffing that Mustang calls her "Riza" when they're alone together.
8	* CharacterDeath: Envy finally kicks it, in a death that was a long time coming.
9	* DeathByIrony: '''Envy''' commits suicide after Ed accurately calls it out on the fact that its hatred for humans stems from the fact that it secretly, well, ''envies'' humans and their ability to overcome hardships by bonding with and supporting each other.
10	* DeathGlare: Roy has one and it gets more and more menacing when Envy keeps angering him.
11	* DontYouDarePityMe: Envy is humiliated and furious when it realizes that Edward, the human it claims it hates the most, has it completely pegged and pities it. It's enough to drive Envy to destroy its own Philosopher's Stone and kill itself.
12	* DrivenToSuicide:
13	** Riza comes close to this, admitting that, if Roy forces her to kill him, she'll kill herself afterwards, since she won't have anything left to live for with him gone.
14	** Envy, after Ed correctly deduces and calls it out on its jealousy of humans.
15	* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Envy is used to humans being so easily manipulated and made to turn on each other. When he first-hand witnesses Ed, Riza, Mustang and Scar put aside their differences ''despite his best efforts to put a wedge between them'', it leaves the little homunculus screaming with disbelief.
16	-->'''Envy:''' How could you four hope to team up? You're way beyond the point of kissing and making up. Right pipsqueak? Right Hawkeye? Mustang? ''Scar''? ({{Beat}}) There's no way. No, you can't! Never, never! It's impossible! How could you? How could you do it? '''''HOOOOOOOOW'''''?!
17	* EvilMakesYouMonstrous: When Mustang nearly goes over the edge in his insane desire for vengeance, Ed lampshades how horrifyingly monstrous his face looks.
18	* {{Eyecatch}}: Envy and Sloth.
19	* GreenEyedMonster: Edward realizes that this is the real reason Envy hates humans so much--it's secretly jealous of them, and their ability to persevere and bond with each other. Envy is so humiliated at being called out on this that it commits suicide on the spot, whereas before it was begging Mustang not to kill it.
20	* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Roy starts to reach this point, until Riza, Ed, and Scar help him see that he's taking his desire for vengeance too far.
21	* HypocrisyNod: Invoked and acknowledged in-story with Scar when they try to stop Roy from killing Envy. Scar says he won't stop Roy from giving into vengeance if that's his choice. After all, what right does ''he'' of all people have to stop someone from taking vengeance? Instead, he focuses on other avenues of trying to dissuade Roy.
22	* ILied: Riza says the trope name word-for-word after she succeeds in tricking Envy into revealing itself.
23	-->'''Hawkeye:''' When it’s just us, the Colonel calls me by my first name, Riza.\
24	'''Envy:''' So you two are that close, are you?\
25	'''Hawkeye:''' ''I lied''. ('''BANG''') But it was still very nice of you to fall for it, Envy.
26	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Alex once again impales Sloth through the mouth.
27	* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Narrowly averted by Mustang. He comes close, but Hawkeye, Edward, and Scar manage to make him see reason and calm him down.
28	* KarmicDeath: It's hard to argue that Envy's death wasn't [[HateSink a long time coming]] and then some.
29	* KillItWithFire: Envy shares Lust's fate in getting roasted over and over by Mustang's flames, though Roy is stopped short from delivering the final blow.
30	* LetsYouAndHimFight: Envy attempts to get Ed, Mustang, and/or Hawkeye to fight with Scar by reminding them of all the times they've wronged each other in the past. It fails, to its frustration.
31	* LoveHurts: A lot of it between Roy and Riza and this episode.
32	* MagneticHero: When a group of Central Soldiers rappel down the hole created by Sloths' fight between Olivier and Alex Armstrong they say they were under orders to arrest the Major General; only for Olivier to point out there was a much more pressing threat to worry about from the Mannequin Soldiers. The Central Soldiers immediately join her in fending off the Mannequin Soldiers while Alex holds off Sloth.
33	* MenacingStroll: Mustang never walks any faster than a leisurely stroll when hunting down Envy but it's terrifying nevertheless.
34	* MomentOfSilence: The EyeCatch showing Envy is silent, following their death.
35	* MurderSuicide: Riza admits that, if she's forced to kill Roy to keep him from going too far, she will kill herself afterwards. This is what finally fully convinces Roy to calm down.
36	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Downplayed example. As with the previous episode, by pursuing Envy and trying to avenge Hughes, Roy is wasting valuable time the heroes ''don't'' have as Father's countdown nears its end. Roy's actions also force Scar and Ed to break off from the Chimeras and May to stop him, thereby dividing their forces right in the heart of Central Command.
37	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Sloth punching Alex manages to fix Armstrong's dislocated arm, allowing him to pummel Sloth into submission.
38	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: It's a sign of how far Roy's gone off the deep end that Ed's not being flippant and sarcastic or even disrespectful towards Mustang when he and Scar try to intervene. Ed's sweating bullets and is visibly, if quietly terrified Roy might just actually try to nuke him with his Flame Alchemy if that means getting Envy.
39	* OhCrap: Envy has a major one when a livid Roy shows up in time to save Riza from the former.
40	* PatrickStewartSpeech: Ed giving one of these to Envy [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath drives the latter to commit suicide out of humiliation]].
41	* RevengeBeforeReason: Mustang's hate-fueled desire for vengeance against Hughes's killer almost drives him over the edge into HeWhoFightsMonsters territory, until his friends manage to reason with him.
42	* SaveTheVillain: Downplayed: Ed ''does'' stop Mustang from delivering the killing blow on Envy, but not out of any desire to help Envy. In fact, Hawkeye, Edward, and Scar all seem to agree that Envy does need to die. He simply refuses to allow Mustang to be the one to give the killing blow, because he would be doing so for the wrong reasons.
43	* SheatheYourSword: After Mustang cools down, a tiny Envy tries to incite Mustang, Riza, Ed and Scar to fight one another. He even goes as far to try and open old wounds about how [[CallBack Scar murdered Winry's parents and Nina]]. Instead, everyone wordlessly decides they're done being manipulated by Envy and choose to ignore their baser instincts. This is enough to leave Envy a mental wreck helplessly screaming over how [[ThisCannotBe impossible]] it is for these four humans to overcome their hatred.
44	* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Ed's PatrickStewartSpeech humiliates Envy into suicide.
45	* VillainousBreakdown: Envy has several in short succession: first when it is about to be killed by Mustang (being reduced to a sobbing, pleading wreck), then again when its attempts to turn the four heroes on each other don't work, and finally, when Edward sees through it and calls it out on its secret jealousy of humans. Envy commits suicide as a result.
46	* WouldHurtAChild: ''Very'' narrowly avoided when Ed steps in to shield Envy from Roy. The Flame Alchemist has gone so far off the deep end that he's actually ready and willing to burn Ed's automail arm to slag (and risk seriously injuring, if not outright killing Ed) just to get Envy.

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