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removing 'heroic mime' because artyom talks a lot in the book
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* HeroicMime: Artyom, just like in the games (and unlike the first book).
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* BigBadFriend: Lyokha starts off as Artyom's closest companion and sidekick [[spoiler:until he betrays him near the end during their imprisonment by becoming Bessolov's TheDragon.]]
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* BigBadFriend: Lyokha starts off as Artyom's closest companion and sidekick [[spoiler:until he betrays him near the end during their imprisonment close to Arbat station by becoming Bessolov's TheDragon.]]
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** In the same fashion, ''Exodus''' DLC ''Sam's Story'' also follows this. In this original novel's ending [[spoiler:both Artyom and Anna were driven out from the Moscow Metro after failing to convince the residents regarding the truth of life above the surface and travelled 9000 kilometres all the way to Vladivostok to avoid the Watchers and Bessolov.]] ''Sam's Story'' also retcons this part of the ending, where the titular protagonist Sam is the one who goes eastward to Vladivostok to go back to the United States.
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* BigBadFriend: Lyokha starts off as Artyom's closest companion and sidekick [[spoiler:until he betrays him near the end by becoming Bessolov's TheDragon.]]
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* BigBadFriend: Lyokha starts off as Artyom's closest companion and sidekick [[spoiler:until he betrays him near the end during their imprisonment by becoming Bessolov's TheDragon.]]
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* BigBadFriend: Lyokha starts off as Artyom's closest companion and sidekick [[spoiler:until he betrays him near the end by becoming Bessolov's TheDragon.]]
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Added An Aesop obvious to a Russian reader
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* AnAesop: The whole novel is a metaphor [[spoiler: of the Russian government remaining in power by prioritizing heavily the financing and development of Moscow over the rest of the country, while simultaneously controlling the media to prevent exposing the citizens of Moscow to the harsh reality of life the rest of the country lives.]]
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* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: In the end, the Invisible Watchers (the Russian government remnants) and its leader Bessolov keep their control over the Metro, with none of the citizens but Anna believing Artyom's attempt to enlighten them on the truth.]]
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* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: In the end, the Invisible Watchers (the Russian government remnants) and its corrupt leader Bessolov keep their control over the Metro, with none of the citizens but Anna believing Artyom's attempt to enlighten them on the truth.]]
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* DisasterDominoes: [[spoiler:Lyokha's betrayal of Artyom by becoming Bessolov's TheDragon kickstarts the latter's fall into grace, when he is ultimately betrayed by everyone in the Moscow Metro.]]
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** First of all, [[spoiler: the Invisible Watchers are very much real, being TheRemnant of Russian government. And they not just merely influence the situation in the metro, but actively shape the political situation from behind. But most importantly, there are ''plentiful'' survivors outside of Moscow and the inhabitants of the metro were kept deliberately in the dark about it, while the few that do know about it were fed nothing but lies and propaganda to keep the rest in line]].
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** First of all, [[spoiler: the Invisible Watchers Watchers, later revealed to be led by Aleksei Bessolov, are very much real, being TheRemnant of Russian government. And they not just merely influence the situation in the metro, but actively shape the political situation from behind. But most importantly, there are ''plentiful'' survivors outside of Moscow and the inhabitants of the metro were kept deliberately in the dark about it, while the few that do know about it were fed nothing but lies and propaganda to keep the rest in line]].
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* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: In the end, the Invisible Watchers (the Russian government remnants) and Bessolov keep their control over the Metro, with none of the citizens but Anna believing Artyom's attempt to enlighten them on the truth.]]
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* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: In the end, the Invisible Watchers (the Russian government remnants) and its leader Bessolov keep their control over the Metro, with none of the citizens but Anna believing Artyom's attempt to enlighten them on the truth.]]
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* BigBad: Aleksei Bessolov. He is responsible [[spoiler: for the manipulation of the main Metro factions, as well as him being the primary mastermind behind Lyokha's betrayal into becoming his [[TheDragon second-in-command]] and Artyom and Anna's exile to Vladivostok, when he was successful in propagandizing the citizens of the Moscow Metro to turn against both of them.]]
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* BigBad: Aleksei Bessolov. He is responsible [[spoiler: for the manipulation of the main Moscow Metro factions, as well as him being the primary mastermind behind Lyokha's betrayal into becoming his [[TheDragon second-in-command]] and Artyom and Anna's exile to Vladivostok, when he was successful in propagandizing the citizens of the Moscow Metro to turn against both of them.]]
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* BigBad: [[spoiler: Aleksei Bessolov. He is responsible for the manipulation of the main Metro factions, as well as him being the primary mastermind behind Lyokha's betrayal into becoming his [[TheDragon second-in-command]] and Artyom and Anna's exile to Vladivostok, when he was successful in propagandizing the citizens of the Moscow Metro to turn against both of them.]]
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* BigBad: [[spoiler: Aleksei Bessolov. He is responsible [[spoiler: for the manipulation of the main Metro factions, as well as him being the primary mastermind behind Lyokha's betrayal into becoming his [[TheDragon second-in-command]] and Artyom and Anna's exile to Vladivostok, when he was successful in propagandizing the citizens of the Moscow Metro to turn against both of them.]]
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* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: In the end, the Invisible Watchers (the Russian government remnants) keep their control over the Metro, with none of the citizens but Anna believing Artyom's attempt to enlighten them on the truth.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Aleksei Bessolov. He is responsible for the manipulation of the main Metro factions, as well as him being the primary mastermind behind Lyokha's betrayal, as well as Artyom and Anna's exile to Vladivostok, when he was successful in propagandizing the citizens of the Moscow Metro to turn against both of them.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Aleksei Bessolov. He is responsible for the manipulation of the main Metro factions, as well as him being the primary mastermind behind Lyokha's betrayal, as well as Artyom and Anna's exile to Vladivostok, when he was successful in propagandizing the citizens of the Moscow Metro to turn against both of them.]]
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* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler: In the end, the Invisible Watchers (the Russian government remnants) and Bessolov keep their control over the Metro, with none of the citizens but Anna believing Artyom's attempt to enlighten them on the truth.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Aleksei Bessolov. He is responsible for the manipulation of the main Metro factions, as well as him being the primary mastermind behind Lyokha'sbetrayal, as well as betrayal into becoming his [[TheDragon second-in-command]] and Artyom and Anna's exile to Vladivostok, when he was successful in propagandizing the citizens of the Moscow Metro to turn against both of them.]]
* BigBad: [[spoiler: Aleksei Bessolov. He is responsible for the manipulation of the main Metro factions, as well as him being the primary mastermind behind Lyokha's
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* BigBad: [[spoiler: Aleksei Bessolov. He is responsible for the manipulation of the main Metro factions, as well as him being the primary mastermind behind Lyokha's betrayal, as well as Artyom and Anna's exile to Vladivostok, when he was successful in propagandizing the citizens of the Moscow Metro.]]
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* BigBad: [[spoiler: Aleksei Bessolov. He is responsible for the manipulation of the main Metro factions, as well as him being the primary mastermind behind Lyokha's betrayal, as well as Artyom and Anna's exile to Vladivostok, when he was successful in propagandizing the citizens of the Moscow Metro.Metro to turn against both of them.]]
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* BigBad: [[spoiler: Aleksei Bessolov. He is responsible for the manipulation of the main Metro factions, as well as him being the primary mastermind behind Lyokha's betrayal, as well as Artyom and Anna's exile to Vladivostok, when he was successful in propagandizing the citizens of the Moscow Metro.]]
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Dewicking per TRS.
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* WarIsHell: [[spoiler: Nazi put the enslaved laborers, including Artyom, as cannon fodders against the incoming Red Line soldiers after they were sealed off from behind to prevent their stations from being taken over. As the prisoners only had pickaxes and hammers, they had to resort to hand-to-hand combat in the pitch-black darkness. In the bloody conclusion, Artyom and surviving prisoners found out that they were fighting against similarly poorly-armed prisoners sent by the Red Line as meat-shields just as [[NotSoDifferent their own enemies did]].]]
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* WarIsHell: [[spoiler: Nazi put the enslaved laborers, including Artyom, as cannon fodders against the incoming Red Line soldiers after they were sealed off from behind to prevent their stations from being taken over. As the prisoners only had pickaxes and hammers, they had to resort to hand-to-hand combat in the pitch-black darkness. In the bloody conclusion, Artyom and surviving prisoners found out that they were fighting against similarly poorly-armed prisoners sent by the Red Line as meat-shields just as [[NotSoDifferent [[MirroringFactions their own enemies did]].]]
