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* RedShirtReporter: The local Miami news station sends a reporter out to cover a tropical storm. She stands in water near downed power lines. [[spoiler: It Gets Worse when the station starts sending vehicles out, finally culminating in a helicopter crash. Ultimately, nine of the station's reporters are dead, representing 100% of the people killed by the storm.]]
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Reverse Mole is being merged into The Mole per TRS https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=1602756782069074900
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%%* TheMole: [[spoiler: Bobby Kemp in the conch suit]].
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%%** [[spoiler: Bobby Kemp in the conchsuit]].suit]].
%%** [[spoiler: Fay]].
%%** [[spoiler: Bobby Kemp in the conch
%%** [[spoiler: Fay]].
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%%* ReverseMole: [[spoiler: Fay]].
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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Joe arriving at a customer's house to find him fishing his belongings out of the pool which his wife keeps throwing back in. Joe greets them and says he can come back later, both of them greet him quite civilly and ay it's no problem, then get back to yelling each other over the husband's infidelity.
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* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Joe arriving at a customer's house to find him fishing his belongings out of the pool which his wife keeps throwing back in. Joe greets them and says he can come back later, both of them greet him quite civilly and ay say it's no problem, then get back to yelling each other over the husband's infidelity.
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* YourCheatingHeart: All over the place.
** Wally's ex-fiancée Amanda cheated on him with her boss (who, to make things worse, was also ''Wally's'' boss).
** Fay's ex-husband was apparently cheating on her with AnythingThatMoves.
** In his past life as TheCasanova, Eddie repeatedly slept with married women while working as a ship's officer on a big cruise liner. Then an angry husband complained and got him blacklisted from the cruise industry.
** Jock cheats on his girlfriend Tina with Connie, the "grieving divorcée". Tina is ''not'' happy when she finds out about this.
** Lou Tarant cheats on his wife with his SexySecretary, Dee Dee.
** The male and female news anchors are cheating on their respective spouses with each other.
** Joe the bartender tells Fay a story from his pool-cleaning days about a lawyer who cheated on his wife. When the wife found out, she started throwing all her husband's clothes into the pool. Joe walked in just as the lawyer was fishing them out.
** Wally's ex-fiancée Amanda cheated on him with her boss (who, to make things worse, was also ''Wally's'' boss).
** Fay's ex-husband was apparently cheating on her with AnythingThatMoves.
** In his past life as TheCasanova, Eddie repeatedly slept with married women while working as a ship's officer on a big cruise liner. Then an angry husband complained and got him blacklisted from the cruise industry.
** Jock cheats on his girlfriend Tina with Connie, the "grieving divorcée". Tina is ''not'' happy when she finds out about this.
** Lou Tarant cheats on his wife with his SexySecretary, Dee Dee.
** The male and female news anchors are cheating on their respective spouses with each other.
** Joe the bartender tells Fay a story from his pool-cleaning days about a lawyer who cheated on his wife. When the wife found out, she started throwing all her husband's clothes into the pool. Joe walked in just as the lawyer was fishing them out.
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Can't be Knight Of Cerebus, it's only a single installment.
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* VileVillainSaccharineShow: Well the book isn't exactly saccharine, but Tark is noticeably played far more seriously, with most of his scenes emphasizing his psychotic nature, rather than funny things happening to him.
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* UuuallyUninterestingSight: Joe arriving at a customer's house to find him fishing his belongings out of the pool which his wife keeps throwing back in. Joe greets them and says he can come back later, both of them greet him quite civilly and ay it's no problem, then get back to yelling each other over the husband's infidelity.
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* UuuallyUninterestingSight: UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Joe arriving at a customer's house to find him fishing his belongings out of the pool which his wife keeps throwing back in. Joe greets them and says he can come back later, both of them greet him quite civilly and ay it's no problem, then get back to yelling each other over the husband's infidelity.
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* UuuallyUninterestingSight: Joe arriving at a customer's house to find him fishing his belongings out of the pool which his wife keeps throwing back in. Joe greets them and says he can come back later, both of them greet him quite civilly and ay it's no problem, then get back to yelling each other over the husband's infidelity.
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* FutureLoser: Some of the main characters were in a band in high school. The problem is they're still in that band, well into their 20s and barely making rent.
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* FutureLoser: Some of the main characters were in a band in high school. The problem is they're still in that band, well into their 20s early 30s and barely making rent.
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* NasalTrauma: After Frank comes to after being knocked out he [[spoiler: wakes up to Tark shoving Juan's nose in his face. Tark had cut it off, and then [[GroinAttack decides to go further]].]]
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* HealthcareMotivation: Having already served a prison sentence for smuggling cocaine in TheEighties, Eddie had ''no'' desire to work for TheMafia ever again. But he agreed to take the job as captain of the ''Extravaganza'' because his young stepson needed a heart operation, and he had no other way to pay for it (as the man who came to hire him helpfully pointed out).
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* SexyFigureGesture: While Phil is chatting with some El Salvadoran gamblers, one asks him if he was playing roulette at the table "with the lady" (i.e. Tina). He makes "the international hand gesture for large bosoms" to illustrate his point.
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* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: Nobody knows the real name of the homeless guy who wears the Conrad Conch costume, so everybody just calls him "Conrad". It's suggested that the guy ''himself'' might not remember his real name.
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* VillainousBreakdown:
** Louis Tarant has an epic one when he realizes that [[spoiler: Kemp is planning to steal from him]]. This culminates in him getting so mad that he orders his men [[spoiler: start a small boat and [[TooDumbToLive race out at high speed in the middle of a tropical storm]] to the ''Extravaganza''.]] This doesn't end well for him.
** Tark has a more low-key one when he realizes [[spoiler: he lost his inflatable boat with all the money he put on it.]] He panics and curses some, but quickly recovers. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for him, this distracts him from Frank coming up from behind to strangle him...]]
** Louis Tarant has an epic one when he realizes that [[spoiler: Kemp is planning to steal from him]]. This culminates in him getting so mad that he orders his men [[spoiler: start a small boat and [[TooDumbToLive race out at high speed in the middle of a tropical storm]] to the ''Extravaganza''.]] This doesn't end well for him.
** Tark has a more low-key one when he realizes [[spoiler: he lost his inflatable boat with all the money he put on it.]] He panics and curses some, but quickly recovers. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for him, this distracts him from Frank coming up from behind to strangle him...]]
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* GibberishOfLove: Wally, to Fay. It's bad enough the first time around ([[CaptainObvious "The boat is going out."]]), but then he tries to plan out his opening lines beforehand, make a joke about the weather...
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* GibberishOfLove: Wally, to Fay. It's bad enough the first time around ([[CaptainObvious "The boat is going out."]]), but then he tries to plan out his opening lines beforehand, make a joke about the terrible weather...
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** Joe the bartender tells Fay a story from his pool-cleaning days about a lawyer who cheated on his wife. When the wife found out, she started throwing all her husband's clothes into the pool. Joe walked in just as the lawyer was fishing them out.
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* MoodWhiplash: In the most blatant example, we cut from a scene of one of Wally's bandmates comically failing to remember the lyrics to "My Funny Valentine" to a genuinely disturbing scene of ColdBloodedTorture.
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* DirtyOldMan:
** The "grandfatherly man" near the roulette tables who asks Fay for cranberry juice...and a sex act.
** Arnie flirts outrageously with Mara, but they're friends and she's in on the joke.
** The "grandfatherly man" near the roulette tables who asks Fay for cranberry juice...and a sex act.
** Arnie flirts outrageously with Mara, but they're friends and she's in on the joke.
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* YourCheatingHeart: All over the place.
** Wally's ex-fiancée Amanda cheated on him with her boss (who, to make things worse, was also ''Wally's'' boss).
** Fay's ex-husband was apparently cheating on her with AnythingThatMoves.
** In his past life as TheCasanova, Eddie repeatedly slept with married women while working as a ship's officer on a big cruise liner. Then an angry husband complained and got him blacklisted from the cruise industry.
** Jock cheats on his girlfriend Tina with Connie, the "grieving divorcée". Tina is ''not'' happy when she finds out about this.
** Lou Tarant cheats on his wife with his SexySecretary, Dee Dee.
** The male and female news anchors are cheating on their respective spouses with each other.
** Wally's ex-fiancée Amanda cheated on him with her boss (who, to make things worse, was also ''Wally's'' boss).
** Fay's ex-husband was apparently cheating on her with AnythingThatMoves.
** In his past life as TheCasanova, Eddie repeatedly slept with married women while working as a ship's officer on a big cruise liner. Then an angry husband complained and got him blacklisted from the cruise industry.
** Jock cheats on his girlfriend Tina with Connie, the "grieving divorcée". Tina is ''not'' happy when she finds out about this.
** Lou Tarant cheats on his wife with his SexySecretary, Dee Dee.
** The male and female news anchors are cheating on their respective spouses with each other.
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* GibberishOfLove: Wally, to Fay. It's bad enough the first time around ([[CaptainObvious "The boat is going out."]]), but then he tries to plan out his opening lines beforehand, make a joke about the weather...
-->''[What Wally planned to say]''\\
'''Wally:''' Lovely evening, isn't it? Hey, I don't want to make you nervous, but I think I saw [[Film/Titanic1997 Leonardo DiCaprio]] over by the craps table.\\
''[How the conversation actually went]''\\
'''Wally:''' Oh, hey there.\\
'''Fay:''' Hi. I'm just on my way out to...\\
'''Wally:''' Lovely weather, huh?\\
'''Fay:''' Yeah, well, I don't mean to be rude, but...\\
'''Wally:''' I thought I saw Leonardo da Vinci.\\
'''Fay:''' What?\\
'''Wally:''' ''[=DiCaprio=]'', I mean. Leonardo [=DiCaprio=].\\
'''Fay:''' Leonardo [=DiCaprio=]?\\
'''Wally:''' From the ''Titanic''. Leonardo [=DiCaprio=]. So I don't want to make you nervous. [[LaughingAtYourOwnJokes Ha]] [[MirthlessLaughter ha!]]
-->''[What Wally planned to say]''\\
'''Wally:''' Lovely evening, isn't it? Hey, I don't want to make you nervous, but I think I saw [[Film/Titanic1997 Leonardo DiCaprio]] over by the craps table.\\
''[How the conversation actually went]''\\
'''Wally:''' Oh, hey there.\\
'''Fay:''' Hi. I'm just on my way out to...\\
'''Wally:''' Lovely weather, huh?\\
'''Fay:''' Yeah, well, I don't mean to be rude, but...\\
'''Wally:''' I thought I saw Leonardo da Vinci.\\
'''Fay:''' What?\\
'''Wally:''' ''[=DiCaprio=]'', I mean. Leonardo [=DiCaprio=].\\
'''Fay:''' Leonardo [=DiCaprio=]?\\
'''Wally:''' From the ''Titanic''. Leonardo [=DiCaprio=]. So I don't want to make you nervous. [[LaughingAtYourOwnJokes Ha]] [[MirthlessLaughter ha!]]
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* TheMafia: Lou Tarant is a high-ranking member, and Manny is one of his trusted underlings. They have full control over the ''Extravaganza of the Seas'',[[note]]Bobby Kemp is technically still the owner of the ship, and gets to keep the ''legitimate'' profits...but he's not in charge.[[/note]] and use it for money laundering and drug deals.
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* TheMafia: Lou Tarant is a high-ranking member, and Manny Arquero is one of his trusted underlings. They have full control over the ''Extravaganza of the Seas'',[[note]]Bobby Kemp is technically still the owner of the ship, and gets to keep the ''legitimate'' profits...but he's not in charge.[[/note]] and use it for money laundering and drug deals.
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* SexySecretary: Dee Dee. It's the sole reason Bobby Kemp hired her, and the reason Lou Tarant stole her away.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Bobby Kemp, who made his fortune restoring air bags that had been deployed (it was cheaper to just throw whatever refuse was handy in the compartments and hope no one got in an accident), conch fritters without any conch in them (turns out the conch is the least appeatizing part of the fritter), and bargain eye surgery (the guy was a drug-addicted ex-veterinarian who'd learned from a video, and wasn't half bad if your appointment was early enough in the day).
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Bobby Kemp, who made his fortune restoring air bags that had been deployed (it was cheaper to just throw whatever refuse was handy in the compartments and hope no one got in an accident), conch fritters without any conch in them (turns out the conch is the least appeatizing appetizing part of the fritter), and bargain eye surgery (the guy was a drug-addicted ex-veterinarian who'd learned from a video, and wasn't half bad if your appointment was early enough in the day).
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* DescriptionCut: When the guys on the ''Extravaganza'' are talking about the small boat they're meeting in the storm.
-->"Because I wouldn't want to be them," said Eddie, looking at his radar. "Can't be comfortable, a boat like that, out in this."\\
"They're fine," said Wilde. "They're professionals."\\
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In the main cabin of the Ship of Puke, Frank, gagging, struggled to a sitting position, his back against the counter.
-->"Because I wouldn't want to be them," said Eddie, looking at his radar. "Can't be comfortable, a boat like that, out in this."\\
"They're fine," said Wilde. "They're professionals."\\
***\\
In the main cabin of the Ship of Puke, Frank, gagging, struggled to a sitting position, his back against the counter.
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* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub:
** The Chum Bucket bar and restaurant ([[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants no relation]]), which is a front for Lou Tarant's organization and the casting-off point for the ''Extravaganza of the Seas''. The Coast Guard knows all about it (referring to "our friends at the Chum Bucket"), but they haven't been able to prove anything yet.
** The ''Extravaganza of the Seas'' itself is a downplayed example. It's a legitimate casino as far as the customers are concerned, and most of the employees are just ordinary workers who aren't in on the secret. Still, most of the employees who have been there long enough have figured out that ''something'' shady is going on, even if they aren't eager to find out the details.
** The Chum Bucket bar and restaurant ([[WesternAnimation/SpongeBobSquarePants no relation]]), which is a front for Lou Tarant's organization and the casting-off point for the ''Extravaganza of the Seas''. The Coast Guard knows all about it (referring to "our friends at the Chum Bucket"), but they haven't been able to prove anything yet.
** The ''Extravaganza of the Seas'' itself is a downplayed example. It's a legitimate casino as far as the customers are concerned, and most of the employees are just ordinary workers who aren't in on the secret. Still, most of the employees who have been there long enough have figured out that ''something'' shady is going on, even if they aren't eager to find out the details.
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Removed bad example. Taking place in the same universe is not enough to make something a Stealth Sequel. Aside from this small detail, there is no direct connection; no characters or plotlines appear in both Big Trouble and this book. So it's just a Continuity Nod, which is already on this page.
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* StealthSequel: To ''Literature/BigTrouble''. The song "I want your sex pootie" is in both of them.
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* IdentityConcealmentDisposal: When the guy on the ship in the Conrad Conch costume finally takes the costume off. [[spoiler:It's Bobby Kemp.]] He's among his accomplices at that point, so he has no reason to keep wearing it.
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Bobby Kemp, who made his fortune restoring air bags that had been deployed (it was cheaper to just throw whatever refuse was handy in the compartments and hope no one got in an accident), conch fritters without any conch in them (turns out the conch is the least appeatizing part of the fritter), and bargain eye surgery (thr guy was an ex-vetinarian who'd learned from a video, and wasn't half bad if your appointment was early enough in the day).
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* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Bobby Kemp, who made his fortune restoring air bags that had been deployed (it was cheaper to just throw whatever refuse was handy in the compartments and hope no one got in an accident), conch fritters without any conch in them (turns out the conch is the least appeatizing part of the fritter), and bargain eye surgery (thr (the guy was an ex-vetinarian a drug-addicted ex-veterinarian who'd learned from a video, and wasn't half bad if your appointment was early enough in the day).
