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** Flash doesn't wear the pelt of a lion, he wears one of [[GenuineHumanHide other wrestlers he's defeated.]]

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** Flash doesn't wear the pelt of a lion, he wears one of [[GenuineHumanHide other wrestlers he's defeated.]]''[[GenuineHumanHide the opponents he killed]].''

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* '''Played for Drama''': Flash wore the mountain lion hide because it was once his pet that had to be put down.
* '''Played for Horror''': Flash wears the hide of a mountain lion. Said mountain lion has gone through some severe BodyHorror. And as such, Flash looks like an absolute fucking ''demon'' walking into that ring.

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* '''Played for Drama''': Drama''':
** While training to survive in the wild Flash had multiple run-ins with this mountain lion, most of these ended with Flash barely making it out alive. Eventually slaying the lion and wearing its pelt is symbol that his training is complete.
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Flash wore the mountain lion hide because it was once his pet that had to be put down.
* '''Played for Horror''': Horror''':
** Flash doesn't wear the pelt of a lion, he wears one of [[GenuineHumanHide other wrestlers he's defeated.]]
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Flash wears the hide of a mountain lion. Said mountain lion has gone through some severe BodyHorror. And as such, Flash looks like an absolute fucking ''demon'' walking into that ring.
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** The lion's pelt is [[NighInvulnerable nigh impenetrable]] yet lightweight, so it makes great armor.
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--> '''Flash''': "I personally made it after killing and skinning the mountain lion that attacked me on our hunting trip."

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--> '''Flash''': "I personally made "Made it after killing and skinning the myself. Remember that mountain lion that attacked me on our hunting trip.the huntin' trip, that I then killed? Yep, that's the one."

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* '''Parodied''': ???

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* '''Parodied''': ???Flash wears a hide comprising of ''the entire fucking animal kingdom'' to the ring.



** Flash does this as an IntimdationDemonstration.

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** Flash does this as an IntimdationDemonstration.IntimidationDemonstration.



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* '''Conversed''': ???AliceAndBob ponder on how they managed to tan a mountain lion hide in between the hunting trip and Flash's fight.
* '''Implied''': Flash is seen wearing a large coat, but nobody can tell if it's a genuine mountain lion hide or a mock fur coat.
* '''Deconstructed''': Flash is targeted by an AnimalWrongsGroup for wearing a mountain lion hide to the ring.
* '''Reconstructed''': Flash defends himself by saying that the mountain lion was stalking him and that he defended ''himself''. Now, as for the mountain lion hide, he defends that if the animal's remains are used in a meaningful way, then it's not ''really'' animal cruelty.
* '''Played for Laughs''': Flash wears the remains of an [[WickedWasps oversized wasp]] to the ring. It's ''barely'' big enough to fit his head.
* '''Played for Drama''': Flash wore the mountain lion hide because it was once his pet that had to be put down.
* '''Played for Horror''': Flash wears the hide of a mountain lion. Said mountain lion has gone through some severe BodyHorror. And as such, Flash looks like an absolute fucking ''demon'' walking into that ring.



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'''Basic Trope''': Character kills a creature and skins it to wear its hide.
* '''Straight''': World Octuple (Now Heavyweight) Champion Flash Young wears the hide of a mountain lion he once fought in a hunting trip gone wrong to the boxing ring as a sign of respect (and also as a neat little IntimidationDemonstration) during his early years as a Junior Welterweight.
* '''Exaggerated''':
** Flash wears a hide that's comprised of multiple animals that he personally punched to death.
** Flash wears the skin '''''[[DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu of Cthulhu himself]]'''''.
* '''Downplayed''': Flash wears a coat made that's made of the hide of the mountain lion, but it's not in the sense that he's wearing the mountain lion itself.
* '''Justified''':
** Flash wanted to show respect to the mountain lion that actually put up a good fight, unlike the boxers he's faced in his time.
** Flash does it as an IntimidationDemonstration.
** Flash simply thought [[RuleOfCool it would look cool]].
* '''Inverted''': The mountain lion wears ''[[GenuineHumanHide Flash's very corpse]]'' as a sign of respect.
* '''Subverted''': Flash decides it would be better to just hang it up as a decoration.
* '''Double Subverted''': Although, a fight's coming up and he needs a good IntimidationDemonstration right now...
* '''Parodied''': ???
* '''Zig-Zagged''': Whether or not Flash's coat when he comes to the ring is genuine animal hide or mock cotton fabric is very ambiguous.
* '''Averted''': Flash doesn't wear any animal hide. Or even animal furred clothing, for that matter.
* '''Enforced''': RuleOfCool.
* '''Lampshaded''':
--> '''Clay''': "Sick jacket Flash, where'd you find it?"
--> '''Flash''': "I personally made it after killing and skinning the mountain lion that attacked me on our hunting trip."
* '''Invoked''': Flash's girlfriend Alicia urges him to skin the mountain lion, [[RuleOfCool thinking it'd look cool]].
* '''Exploited''':
** Flash does this as an IntimdationDemonstration.
** One of Flash's rivals uses this as evidence to give to the AnimalWrongsGroup in order to defame Flash.
* '''Defied''': Coach Billy does ''not'' want those rabid {{Animal Wrongs Group}} knocking on the door, so he demands that nobody wear any animal hides to the ring. Plus it'd be pretty damn expensive.
* '''Discussed''': Alicia, Flash, Clay, and Ulysses are discussing on what animals they should skin next.
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Get comfy in the cool hide you've made after the arduous process of NemeanSkinning.
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