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* WeHardlyKnewYe: Two of Mr. Town's goons are named in the credits as Mr. Stone and Mr. Wood.[[note]](no clue as to whether or not the latter is the same character as the Mr. Wood that we see in [[Recap/AmericanGodsS1E5LemonScentedYou the first season]])[[/note]] They were both brutally killed by Laura and Sweeney with nary an introduction.
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* WeHardlyKnewYe: Two of Mr. Town's goons are named in the credits as Mr. Stone and Mr. Wood.[[note]](no clue as to whether or not the latter is the same character as the Mr. Wood that we see in [[Recap/AmericanGodsS1E5LemonScentedYou the first season]])[[/note]] They were both brutally killed by Laura and Sweeney with nary an introduction.introduction.
* YourHeadAsplode: Laura pins down one of Mr. Town's goons under her foot, and presses on his head so hard that it bursts open.
* YourHeadAsplode: Laura pins down one of Mr. Town's goons under her foot, and presses on his head so hard that it bursts open.
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why has no one talked about the whole Mr. Wood mess yet?
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* TheBusCameBack: Mr. Wood makes a reappearance (according to the end credits, anyway).
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* TheBusCameBack: Mr. Wood makes a reappearance (according to the end credits, anyway).anyway, which implies that he was one of the goons that ended up killed by Laura on the train).
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'''Mr. Wednesday:''' You are the standard of my world. Though it might not be your way, I honor you in the most holy way that I know. A looming locomotive is the flaming arrow that soars through the heavy air from the bow of a Viking king. Let it strike you true and light your path to Valhalla!\\
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'''Mr. Wednesday:''' You are the standard of my world. Though it might not be your way, I honor you in the most holy way that I know. A The looming locomotive is the flaming arrow that soars through the heavy air from the bow of a Viking king. Let it strike you true and light your path to Valhalla!\\
* SigilSpam: Mr. World pours a drink for Bilquis from a flask shaped like a globe (with a relief map of the world and its continents on it), into glasses with similar shapes.
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* TheWhitestBlackGuy: The kids who attack Shadow in the flashback do so because he speaks without any slang or accent and, and is polite when trying to make new friends. Coupled with having fairly light skin, they accuse him of being a 'white boy' and attack him.
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* TheWhitestBlackGuy: The kids who attack Shadow in the flashback do so because he speaks without any slang or accent and, and is polite when trying to make new friends. Coupled with having fairly light skin, they accuse him of being a 'white boy' and attack him.him.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Two of Mr. Town's goons are named in the credits as Mr. Stone and Mr. Wood.[[note]](no clue as to whether or not the latter is the same character as the Mr. Wood that we see in [[Recap/AmericanGodsS1E5LemonScentedYou the first season]])[[/note]] They were both brutally killed by Laura and Sweeney with nary an introduction.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Two of Mr. Town's goons are named in the credits as Mr. Stone and Mr. Wood.[[note]](no clue as to whether or not the latter is the same character as the Mr. Wood that we see in [[Recap/AmericanGodsS1E5LemonScentedYou the first season]])[[/note]] They were both brutally killed by Laura and Sweeney with nary an introduction.
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* TheBusCameBack: Mr. Wood makes a reappearance (according to the end credits, anyway).
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* AstonishinglyAppropriateInterruption: Happens during Sweeney and Laura's talk to each other during their car chase for Shadow.
-->'''Mad Sweeney:''' Where I'm from, it's the greatest sin. To betray your sworn true love is the crime of a coward...\\
'''Laura:''' [in unison] Cow.\\
[a cow suddenly appears in front of them, forcing Sweeney to quickly swerve]
* TheBusCameBack: Mr. Wood makes a reappearance (according to the end credits,anyway). anyway).
* CallBack:
** Mr. Town asks Shadow about the time he may or may not) made it snow, as seen in [[Recap/AmericanGodsS1E3HeadFullOfSnow "Head Full of Snow"]] from the last season. Shadow denies it happening, to which Mr. Town responds by torturing him even more.
** Technical Boy recalls Media's past appearances in the form of Music/DavidBowie, Creator/MarilynMonroe and [[Series/ILoveLucy Lucy]], mocking them for being "so fucking retro."
* CarFu: Mr. Wednesday parks his car in-front of the tracks of the train holding Shadow. He even gives it a eulogy that one would give to a Viking before they die an honorable death.
-->'''Mr. Wednesday:''' Betty. Betty the Barbarian. You were forged from blue-collar sweat in the heartland of a forcibly-Christian land. You are not what you came into this world as, but instead a Berserker, and worthy of a Berserker's honor.\\
'''Mr. Nancy:''' Aw, hell no.\\
'''Mr. Wednesday:''' You are the standard of my world. Though it might not be your way, I honor you in the most holy way that I know. A looming locomotive is the flaming arrow that soars through the heavy air from the bow of a Viking king. Let it strike you true and light your path to Valhalla!\\
'''Mr. Nancy:''' Valhalla? Ain't nobody going to ''[[PrecisionFStrike fucking]]'' Valhalla! I'll see you in Cairo.
-->'''Mad Sweeney:''' Where I'm from, it's the greatest sin. To betray your sworn true love is the crime of a coward...\\
'''Laura:''' [in unison] Cow.\\
[a cow suddenly appears in front of them, forcing Sweeney to quickly swerve]
* TheBusCameBack: Mr. Wood makes a reappearance (according to the end credits,
* CallBack:
** Mr. Town asks Shadow about the time he may or may not) made it snow, as seen in [[Recap/AmericanGodsS1E3HeadFullOfSnow "Head Full of Snow"]] from the last season. Shadow denies it happening, to which Mr. Town responds by torturing him even more.
** Technical Boy recalls Media's past appearances in the form of Music/DavidBowie, Creator/MarilynMonroe and [[Series/ILoveLucy Lucy]], mocking them for being "so fucking retro."
* CarFu: Mr. Wednesday parks his car in-front of the tracks of the train holding Shadow. He even gives it a eulogy that one would give to a Viking before they die an honorable death.
-->'''Mr. Wednesday:''' Betty. Betty the Barbarian. You were forged from blue-collar sweat in the heartland of a forcibly-Christian land. You are not what you came into this world as, but instead a Berserker, and worthy of a Berserker's honor.\\
'''Mr. Nancy:''' Aw, hell no.\\
'''Mr. Wednesday:''' You are the standard of my world. Though it might not be your way, I honor you in the most holy way that I know. A looming locomotive is the flaming arrow that soars through the heavy air from the bow of a Viking king. Let it strike you true and light your path to Valhalla!\\
'''Mr. Nancy:''' Valhalla? Ain't nobody going to ''[[PrecisionFStrike fucking]]'' Valhalla! I'll see you in Cairo.
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--> '''Mad Sweeney:''' Might be no coming back for that one.
--> '''Laura:''' Yeah, no shit. She's dead.
--> '''Salim:''' "Dead" does not seem to be as final as you're implying.
--> '''Laura:''' Yeah, no shit. She's dead.
--> '''Salim:''' "Dead" does not seem to be as final as you're implying.
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'''Laura:''' Yeah, no shit. She's
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'''Salim:''' "Dead" does not seem to be as final as you're implying.
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---> '''Mr. Town:''' We couldn't find any records of any family other than your mother, and your late wife. You know what that makes you, Shadow? Just another bastard. A nobody. A nobody who went to prison for a botched casino heist and aggravated assault. I know they had guns on your wife. So does that make the career criminal a good guy? Although not quite good enough apparently, because you couldn't keep your wife from sucking your best friend's cock.
** In his youth, Shadow tries making friends at a local park in New York. Having spent a portion of his life in France, Shadow underestimates the situation he is in and is quickly harassed and beaten up by a black gang for "talking funny" and behaving like a "white boy" with little to no provocation.
** In his youth, Shadow tries making friends at a local park in New York. Having spent a portion of his life in France, Shadow underestimates the situation he is in and is quickly harassed and beaten up by a black gang for "talking funny" and behaving like a "white boy" with little to no provocation.
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** In his youth, Shadow tries making friends at a local park in New York. Having spent a portion of his life in France, Shadow underestimates the situation he is in and is quickly harassed and beaten up by a black gang for "talking funny" and behaving like a "white boy" with little to no provocation.
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--> '''Laura:''' "God" is a fairy tale for grown-ups.
--> '''Mad Sweeney:''' Oh you're in the fairy tale now, aren't yah?
* AGodAmI: Annoyed that "Media" is hiding away in his domain, Technical Boy boasts about how he is "mankind's greatest achievement."
--> '''Mad Sweeney:''' Oh you're in the fairy tale now, aren't yah?
* AGodAmI: Annoyed that "Media" is hiding away in his domain, Technical Boy boasts about how he is "mankind's greatest achievement."
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'''Mad Sweeney:''' Oh you're in the fairy tale now, aren't yah?
* AGodAmI: Annoyed that "Media" is hiding away in his domain, Technical Boy boasts about how he is "mankind's greatest achievement.
* ICallItVera: Mr. Wednesday nicknames his car "Betty."
* InnocentBigot: [[PlayingWithATrope "Innocent" is debatable]], but Mr. Wednesday bought Anansi a bucket of fried chicken after asking if he's hungry. The disgusted Anansi just throws the entire bucket out of the car, lying to Wednesday that he ate it all.
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--> '''Mr. World:''' ...so I wonder: if you don't choose a side, will you be trampled by both?
* MysteriousWatcher: It is implied that Mr. Wednesday (or at least some god involved in current events) is what got Shadow into coin tricks in the first place.
* MysteriousWatcher: It is implied that Mr. Wednesday (or at least some god involved in current events) is what got Shadow into coin tricks in the first place.
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* MyHorseIsAMotorbike: Mr. Wednesday's car, Betty, ends up being implied to be an incarnation of his horse from the myths.
* MysteriousWatcher: It is implied that Mr. Wednesday (or at least some god involved in current events) is what got Shadow into coin tricks in the first
* NoYou: An exchange by Mr. Nancy and Sweeney after the latter is forced to go with Laura.
-->'''Mr. Nancy:''' You are the biggest, most unlucky leprechaun I have ever met!\\
'''Mad Sweeney:''' Bugger off!\\
'''Mr. Nancy:''' Bugger yourself off, [[ThisIsForEmphasisBitch bitch]]!
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* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Mr. Nancy realizes that Mr. Wednesday is going to sacrifice their car to stop the train, he decides that he has had enough of him and decides to go it alone.
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* ReflectiveEyes: Justified since it's a glass eye. Through Wednesday's eye, we see the train holding Shadow crashing right into his car which he had parked in the tracks, both vehicles exploding. A vision of a horse is seen leaping from the fires, implying that the car is indeed an incarnation of his horse.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Mr. Nancy realizes that Mr. Wednesday is going to sacrifice their car to stop the train, he decides that he has had enough of him and decides to go it alone.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Mr. Nancy realizes that Mr. Wednesday is going to sacrifice their car to stop the train, he decides that he has had enough of him and decides to go it alone.
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* WeaponizedCar: Mr. Wednesday parks his car in-front of the tracks of the train holding Shadow. He even gives it a eulogy that one would give to a Viking before it dies an honorable death.
--> '''Mr. Wednesday:''' Betty. Betty the Barbarian. You were forged from blue-collar sweat in the heartland of a forcibly-Christian land. You are not what you came into this world as, but instead a Berserker, and worthy of a Berserker's honor.
--> '''Mr. Nancy:''' Aw, hell no.
--> '''Mr. Wednesday:''' You are the standard of my world, for it might not be your way, I honor you in the most holy way that I know. A looming locomotive is the flaming arrow that soars through the heavy air from the bow of a Viking king. Let it strike you true and light your path to Valhalla!
--> '''Mr. Nancy:''' Valhalla? Ain't nobody going to ''[[PrecisionFStrike fucking]]'' Valhalla! I'll see you in Cairo.
--> '''Mr. Wednesday:''' Betty. Betty the Barbarian. You were forged from blue-collar sweat in the heartland of a forcibly-Christian land. You are not what you came into this world as, but instead a Berserker, and worthy of a Berserker's honor.
--> '''Mr. Nancy:''' Aw, hell no.
--> '''Mr. Wednesday:''' You are the standard of my world, for it might not be your way, I honor you in the most holy way that I know. A looming locomotive is the flaming arrow that soars through the heavy air from the bow of a Viking king. Let it strike you true and light your path to Valhalla!
--> '''Mr. Nancy:''' Valhalla? Ain't nobody going to ''[[PrecisionFStrike fucking]]'' Valhalla! I'll see you in Cairo.
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* PoliceBrutality: After getting chased from a gang for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, Shadow is ''immediately'' caught by a police officer who quickly restrains him without provocation.
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* PoliceBrutality: After getting chased from a gang for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, Shadow is ''immediately'' caught by a police officer who quickly restrains him without provocation. Though it's implied they let him go soon after when the next scene skips to him at home with his mother.
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--> '''Mr. Nancy:''' Valhalla? Ain't nobody going to ''[[PrecisionFStrike fucking]]'' Valhalla! I'll see you in Cairo.
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--> '''Mr. Nancy:''' Valhalla? Ain't nobody going to ''[[PrecisionFStrike fucking]]'' Valhalla! I'll see you in Cairo.Cairo.
* TheWhitestBlackGuy: The kids who attack Shadow in the flashback do so because he speaks without any slang or accent and, and is polite when trying to make new friends. Coupled with having fairly light skin, they accuse him of being a 'white boy' and attack him.
* TheWhitestBlackGuy: The kids who attack Shadow in the flashback do so because he speaks without any slang or accent and, and is polite when trying to make new friends. Coupled with having fairly light skin, they accuse him of being a 'white boy' and attack him.
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---> '''Mr. Town:''' We couldn't find any records of any family other than your mother, and your late wife. You know what that makes you, Shadow? Just another bastard. A nobody. A nobody who went to prison for a botched casino heist in aggravated assault. I know they had guns on your wife. So does that make the career criminal a good guy? Although not quiet good enough apparently, because you couldn't keep your wife from sucking your best friend's cock.
** In his youth, Shadow tries making friends at a local park in New York. Having spent a portion of his life in France, Shadow underestimates the situation he is in and is quickly harassed and beat up by a black gang for "talking funny" and behaving like a "white boy" for little to no provocation.
** In his youth, Shadow tries making friends at a local park in New York. Having spent a portion of his life in France, Shadow underestimates the situation he is in and is quickly harassed and beat up by a black gang for "talking funny" and behaving like a "white boy" for little to no provocation.
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---> '''Mr. Town:''' We couldn't find any records of any family other than your mother, and your late wife. You know what that makes you, Shadow? Just another bastard. A nobody. A nobody who went to prison for a botched casino heist in and aggravated assault. I know they had guns on your wife. So does that make the career criminal a good guy? Although not quiet quite good enough apparently, because you couldn't keep your wife from sucking your best friend's cock.
** In his youth, Shadow tries making friends at a local park in New York. Having spent a portion of his life in France, Shadow underestimates the situation he is in and is quickly harassed andbeat beaten up by a black gang for "talking funny" and behaving like a "white boy" for with little to no provocation.
** In his youth, Shadow tries making friends at a local park in New York. Having spent a portion of his life in France, Shadow underestimates the situation he is in and is quickly harassed and
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* EldritchLocation: The Horde where Mad Sweeney's gold comes from is described as being similar to the Backstage but smaller. When Laura and Sweeney use it as a shortcut to get to Shadow, [[ImNotDoingThatAgain the experience is unpleasant for the both of them]].
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* EldritchLocation: The Horde Hoard where Mad Sweeney's gold comes from is described as being similar to the Backstage but smaller. When Laura and Sweeney use it as a shortcut to get to Shadow, [[ImNotDoingThatAgain the experience is unpleasant for the both of them]].
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* ImNotDoingThatAgain: Laura and Sweeney are both clearly horrified after using the Horde as a shortcut to get to Shadow.
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* ImNotDoingThatAgain: Laura and Sweeney are both clearly horrified after using the Horde Hoard as a shortcut to get to Shadow.
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* FlatEarthAtheist: [[ArbitrarySkepticism Despite having personally met various gods, a leprechaun (who practically follows her everywhere) and a djinn, as well as being magically resurrected after her death]], Laura still insists to being an atheist. She then goes onto rationalize that the gods she has met do not count as gods because mankind created them and not the other way around, [[NayTheist accusing them]] of being AllTakeAndNoGive.
--> '''Laura:''' "God" is a fairy tale for grown-ups.
--> '''Mad Sweeney:''' Oh you're in the fairy tale now, aren't yah?
--> '''Laura:''' "God" is a fairy tale for grown-ups.
--> '''Mad Sweeney:''' Oh you're in the fairy tale now, aren't yah?
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* HollywoodAtheist: [[ArbitrarySkepticism Despite having personally met various gods, a leprechaun (who practically follows her everywhere) and a djinn, as well as being magically resurrected after her death]], Laura still insists to being an atheist. She then goes onto rationalize that the gods she has met do not count as gods because mankind created them and not the other way around, [[NayTheist accusing them]] of being AllTakeAndNoGive.
--> '''Laura:''' "God" is a fairy tale for grown-ups.
--> '''Mad Sweeney:''' Oh you're in the fairy tale now, aren't yah?
--> '''Laura:''' "God" is a fairy tale for grown-ups.
--> '''Mad Sweeney:''' Oh you're in the fairy tale now, aren't yah?
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* TrackTrouble: Mr. Wednesday parks his car in-front of the tracks of the train holding Shadow. He even gives it a eulogy that one would give to a Viking before it dies an honorable death.
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* TrackTrouble: WeaponizedCar: Mr. Wednesday parks his car in-front of the tracks of the train holding Shadow. He even gives it a eulogy that one would give to a Viking before it dies an honorable death.
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* MortonsFork: Being a LoveGoddess, Bilquis wishes to abstain from the coming conflict between the New and Old Gods because war is not in her nature. Mr. World retorts to her that the Old Gods sees her as a CategoryTraitor while the New Gods are the only ones that she can rely on, meaning disaster should she not fight for them. The horror of this realization is plane on her face.
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* MortonsFork: Being a LoveGoddess, Bilquis wishes to abstain from the coming conflict between the New and Old Gods because war is not in her nature. Mr. World retorts to her that the Old Gods sees her as a CategoryTraitor while the New Gods are the only ones that she can rely on, meaning disaster should she not fight for them. The horror of this realization is plane plain on her face.
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* PoliceBrutality: After getting chased from a gang for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, he is ''immediately'' caught by a police officer who quickly restrains him without provocation.
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* PoliceBrutality: After getting chased from a gang for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, he Shadow is ''immediately'' caught by a police officer who quickly restrains him without provocation.
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--> '''Mr. Nancy:''' Valhalla? Ain't nobody going to ''[[PrecisionFStrike fucking]]'' Valhalla!
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--> '''Mr. Nancy:''' Valhalla? Ain't nobody going to ''[[PrecisionFStrike fucking]]'' Valhalla!Valhalla! I'll see you in Cairo.
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* TheChosenZero: Mr. Town acknowledges that despite the fact that despite his wild-card status, Shadow is just a loser that Wednesday has developed an interest in. It is finding out that "why" that Mr. Town has kidnapped him.
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* TheChosenZero: Mr. Town acknowledges that despite the fact that despite his wild-card status, Shadow is just a loser that Wednesday has developed an interest in. It is finding out that "why" that Mr. Town has kidnapped him.
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* TheBusCameBack: Mr. Wood makes a reappearance (in human form of course).
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* TheBusCameBack: Mr. Wood makes a reappearance (in human form of course).(according to the end credits, anyway).
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Promising vengeance for the death of a beloved old god, Mr. Wednesday begins preparation for a great battle. Meanwhile Laura and Mad Sweeney chase Shadow’s diminishing light after he disappears. The Jinn and Salim set out to retrieve the Gungnir spear, and Shadow encounters an associate of Mr. World.
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* MortonsFork: Being a goddess of love, Bilquis wishes to abstain from the coming conflict between the New and Old Gods because war is not in her nature. Mr. World retorts to her that the Old Gods sees her as a CategoryTraitor while the New Gods are the only ones that she can rely on, meaning disaster should she not fight for them. The horror of this realization is plane on her face.
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* MortonsFork: Being a goddess of love, LoveGoddess, Bilquis wishes to abstain from the coming conflict between the New and Old Gods because war is not in her nature. Mr. World retorts to her that the Old Gods sees her as a CategoryTraitor while the New Gods are the only ones that she can rely on, meaning disaster should she not fight for them. The horror of this realization is plane on her face.
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--> '''Mr. Nancy:''' Valhalla? Ain't nobody going to ''[[ClusterFBomb fucking]]'' Valhalla!
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--> '''Mr. Nancy:''' Valhalla? Ain't nobody going to ''[[ClusterFBomb ''[[PrecisionFStrike fucking]]'' Valhalla!
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* DealWithTheDevil: While it is established that [[LoopholeAbuse a god cannot properly resurrect Laura due to the nature of her death]], Sweeney recalls "a Devil [in the] French Quart of New Orleans" that could do the job for her for a price.
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* DealWithTheDevil: While it is established that [[LoopholeAbuse a god cannot properly resurrect Laura due to the nature of her death]], Sweeney recalls "a Devil [in the] French Quart Quarter of New Orleans" that could do the job for her for a price.
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'''Season 2, Episode 2'''
!The Beguiling Man
!!Tropes That Appear In This Episode:
* AgonyOfTheFeet: While changing the tire on their car, Laura - who was holding the car up - accidentally drops it on Sweeney's foot.
* TheBusCameBack: Mr. Wood makes a reappearance (in human form of course).
* TheChosenZero: Mr. Town acknowledges that despite the fact that despite his wild-card status, Shadow is just a loser that Wednesday has developed an interest in. It is finding out that "why" that Mr. Town has kidnapped him.
* DealWithTheDevil: While it is established that [[LoopholeAbuse a god cannot properly resurrect Laura due to the nature of her death]], Sweeney recalls "a Devil [in the] French Quart of New Orleans" that could do the job for her for a price.
* DeathIsCheap: While Czernobog is in heavy mourning over Zorya Vechernyaya, Mama-Ji shrugs this off and just says that they will summon the "next Zorya." Considering she is a goddess of war and destruction, she is rather numb to the concept.
--> '''Mad Sweeney:''' Might be no coming back for that one.
--> '''Laura:''' Yeah, no shit. She's dead.
--> '''Salim:''' "Dead" does not seem to be as final as you're implying.
* DespairEventHorizon: After hitting a dead-end on the road, Laura lies down in the patch of flowers where the road should be, having finally decided to give up.
* EldritchLocation: The Horde where Mad Sweeney's gold comes from is described as being similar to the Backstage but smaller. When Laura and Sweeney use it as a shortcut to get to Shadow, [[ImNotDoingThatAgain the experience is unpleasant for the both of them]].
* EvilIsPetty:
** While they are torturing him, Mr. Town cannot help but prod Shadow with his own insignificance.
---> '''Mr. Town:''' We couldn't find any records of any family other than your mother, and your late wife. You know what that makes you, Shadow? Just another bastard. A nobody. A nobody who went to prison for a botched casino heist in aggravated assault. I know they had guns on your wife. So does that make the career criminal a good guy? Although not quiet good enough apparently, because you couldn't keep your wife from sucking your best friend's cock.
** In his youth, Shadow tries making friends at a local park in New York. Having spent a portion of his life in France, Shadow underestimates the situation he is in and is quickly harassed and beat up by a black gang for "talking funny" and behaving like a "white boy" for little to no provocation.
* AGodAmI: Annoyed that "Media" is hiding away in his domain, Technical Boy boasts about how he is "mankind's greatest achievement."
* HollywoodAtheist: [[ArbitrarySkepticism Despite having personally met various gods, a leprechaun (who practically follows her everywhere) and a djinn, as well as being magically resurrected after her death]], Laura still insists to being an atheist. She then goes onto rationalize that the gods she has met do not count as gods because mankind created them and not the other way around, [[NayTheist accusing them]] of being AllTakeAndNoGive.
--> '''Laura:''' "God" is a fairy tale for grown-ups.
--> '''Mad Sweeney:''' Oh you're in the fairy tale now, aren't yah?
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Shadow's mother tells him that the gang that beat on him and the police officers that profiled him did the things that they did because they are looking for an enemy to fight, [[IRejectYourReality creating conflict so that they can be validated in their own narratives]].
* ImNotDoingThatAgain: Laura and Sweeney are both clearly horrified after using the Horde as a shortcut to get to Shadow.
* KilledOffForReal: Czernobog claims that because no one believes in her anymore, Zorya Vechernyaya will stay dead. Though he also brings a HopeSpot in that a "new star" will fill in for her absence.
* MortonsFork: Being a goddess of love, Bilquis wishes to abstain from the coming conflict between the New and Old Gods because war is not in her nature. Mr. World retorts to her that the Old Gods sees her as a CategoryTraitor while the New Gods are the only ones that she can rely on, meaning disaster should she not fight for them. The horror of this realization is plane on her face.
--> '''Mr. World:''' ...so I wonder: if you don't choose a side, will you be trampled by both?
* MysteriousWatcher: It is implied that Mr. Wednesday (or at least some god involved in current events) is what got Shadow into coin tricks in the first place.
* PoliceBrutality: After getting chased from a gang for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, he is ''immediately'' caught by a police officer who quickly restrains him without provocation.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Mr. Nancy realizes that Mr. Wednesday is going to sacrifice their car to stop the train, he decides that he has had enough of him and decides to go it alone.
* ShoutOut: Mad Sweeney off-handedly refers to Mr. Nancy as "ComicBook/SpiderMan."
* TortureTechnician: Mr. Town has Shadow rigged to a machine that seems to be able to inflict pain on him in a variety of different ways, all the while Mr. Town belittles Shadow as he tries prodding information out of him.
* TrackTrouble: Mr. Wednesday parks his car in-front of the tracks of the train holding Shadow. He even gives it a eulogy that one would give to a Viking before it dies an honorable death.
--> '''Mr. Wednesday:''' Betty. Betty the Barbarian. You were forged from blue-collar sweat in the heartland of a forcibly-Christian land. You are not what you came into this world as, but instead a Berserker, and worthy of a Berserker's honor.
--> '''Mr. Nancy:''' Aw, hell no.
--> '''Mr. Wednesday:''' You are the standard of my world, for it might not be your way, I honor you in the most holy way that I know. A looming locomotive is the flaming arrow that soars through the heavy air from the bow of a Viking king. Let it strike you true and light your path to Valhalla!
--> '''Mr. Nancy:''' Valhalla? Ain't nobody going to ''[[ClusterFBomb fucking]]'' Valhalla!
!The Beguiling Man
!!Tropes That Appear In This Episode:
* AgonyOfTheFeet: While changing the tire on their car, Laura - who was holding the car up - accidentally drops it on Sweeney's foot.
* TheBusCameBack: Mr. Wood makes a reappearance (in human form of course).
* TheChosenZero: Mr. Town acknowledges that despite the fact that despite his wild-card status, Shadow is just a loser that Wednesday has developed an interest in. It is finding out that "why" that Mr. Town has kidnapped him.
* DealWithTheDevil: While it is established that [[LoopholeAbuse a god cannot properly resurrect Laura due to the nature of her death]], Sweeney recalls "a Devil [in the] French Quart of New Orleans" that could do the job for her for a price.
* DeathIsCheap: While Czernobog is in heavy mourning over Zorya Vechernyaya, Mama-Ji shrugs this off and just says that they will summon the "next Zorya." Considering she is a goddess of war and destruction, she is rather numb to the concept.
--> '''Mad Sweeney:''' Might be no coming back for that one.
--> '''Laura:''' Yeah, no shit. She's dead.
--> '''Salim:''' "Dead" does not seem to be as final as you're implying.
* DespairEventHorizon: After hitting a dead-end on the road, Laura lies down in the patch of flowers where the road should be, having finally decided to give up.
* EldritchLocation: The Horde where Mad Sweeney's gold comes from is described as being similar to the Backstage but smaller. When Laura and Sweeney use it as a shortcut to get to Shadow, [[ImNotDoingThatAgain the experience is unpleasant for the both of them]].
* EvilIsPetty:
** While they are torturing him, Mr. Town cannot help but prod Shadow with his own insignificance.
---> '''Mr. Town:''' We couldn't find any records of any family other than your mother, and your late wife. You know what that makes you, Shadow? Just another bastard. A nobody. A nobody who went to prison for a botched casino heist in aggravated assault. I know they had guns on your wife. So does that make the career criminal a good guy? Although not quiet good enough apparently, because you couldn't keep your wife from sucking your best friend's cock.
** In his youth, Shadow tries making friends at a local park in New York. Having spent a portion of his life in France, Shadow underestimates the situation he is in and is quickly harassed and beat up by a black gang for "talking funny" and behaving like a "white boy" for little to no provocation.
* AGodAmI: Annoyed that "Media" is hiding away in his domain, Technical Boy boasts about how he is "mankind's greatest achievement."
* HollywoodAtheist: [[ArbitrarySkepticism Despite having personally met various gods, a leprechaun (who practically follows her everywhere) and a djinn, as well as being magically resurrected after her death]], Laura still insists to being an atheist. She then goes onto rationalize that the gods she has met do not count as gods because mankind created them and not the other way around, [[NayTheist accusing them]] of being AllTakeAndNoGive.
--> '''Laura:''' "God" is a fairy tale for grown-ups.
--> '''Mad Sweeney:''' Oh you're in the fairy tale now, aren't yah?
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Shadow's mother tells him that the gang that beat on him and the police officers that profiled him did the things that they did because they are looking for an enemy to fight, [[IRejectYourReality creating conflict so that they can be validated in their own narratives]].
* ImNotDoingThatAgain: Laura and Sweeney are both clearly horrified after using the Horde as a shortcut to get to Shadow.
* KilledOffForReal: Czernobog claims that because no one believes in her anymore, Zorya Vechernyaya will stay dead. Though he also brings a HopeSpot in that a "new star" will fill in for her absence.
* MortonsFork: Being a goddess of love, Bilquis wishes to abstain from the coming conflict between the New and Old Gods because war is not in her nature. Mr. World retorts to her that the Old Gods sees her as a CategoryTraitor while the New Gods are the only ones that she can rely on, meaning disaster should she not fight for them. The horror of this realization is plane on her face.
--> '''Mr. World:''' ...so I wonder: if you don't choose a side, will you be trampled by both?
* MysteriousWatcher: It is implied that Mr. Wednesday (or at least some god involved in current events) is what got Shadow into coin tricks in the first place.
* PoliceBrutality: After getting chased from a gang for being in the wrong place at the wrong time, he is ''immediately'' caught by a police officer who quickly restrains him without provocation.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Mr. Nancy realizes that Mr. Wednesday is going to sacrifice their car to stop the train, he decides that he has had enough of him and decides to go it alone.
* ShoutOut: Mad Sweeney off-handedly refers to Mr. Nancy as "ComicBook/SpiderMan."
* TortureTechnician: Mr. Town has Shadow rigged to a machine that seems to be able to inflict pain on him in a variety of different ways, all the while Mr. Town belittles Shadow as he tries prodding information out of him.
* TrackTrouble: Mr. Wednesday parks his car in-front of the tracks of the train holding Shadow. He even gives it a eulogy that one would give to a Viking before it dies an honorable death.
--> '''Mr. Wednesday:''' Betty. Betty the Barbarian. You were forged from blue-collar sweat in the heartland of a forcibly-Christian land. You are not what you came into this world as, but instead a Berserker, and worthy of a Berserker's honor.
--> '''Mr. Nancy:''' Aw, hell no.
--> '''Mr. Wednesday:''' You are the standard of my world, for it might not be your way, I honor you in the most holy way that I know. A looming locomotive is the flaming arrow that soars through the heavy air from the bow of a Viking king. Let it strike you true and light your path to Valhalla!
--> '''Mr. Nancy:''' Valhalla? Ain't nobody going to ''[[ClusterFBomb fucking]]'' Valhalla!
