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* AmbiguouslyHuman: When Shadow asks Sam Black Crow if she is a supernatural entity like everyone else he has met, she sarcastically answers that she would be treated like one "back in the day" on account of being [[AmbiguousGender two-spirited]].
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* AmbiguouslyHuman: When Shadow asks Sam Black Crow if she is a supernatural entity like everyone else he has met, she sarcastically answers that she would be treated like one "back in the day" on account of being [[AmbiguousGender two-spirited]].two-spirited.
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* SignsOfDisrepair: The "Corn Palace" that Salim and the Jinn are supposed to go to is actually a strip club named "Porn Palace", but the neon signs forming the first letter "P" has been busted up so that it reads as a square-ish looking "C".
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* AttackItsWeakPoint: The tattoo on his neck is the most vulnerable spot on Argus, Wednesday instructing Laura to target it specifically to kill him.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: One of Argus's previous incarnations was a patron of The Great Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt right around the time when Julius Caesar had it burned to the ground.
* BizarreTasteInFood: Laura has to tell Mr. Ibis to stop eating [[ImAHumanitarian bits of her]] as he makes repairs, this apparently being a habit he has developed from the burial traditions of his original worshippers.
* ChristianRock: Sweeney inadvertently gets picked up by a Christian band "Faith of the Raptured" on the way to New Orleans, all attempts at getting there by himself proving disastrous with his terrible luck.
* EldritchLocation: When Mr. Wednesday and Laura take "the scenic route" through Argus's Facility, they wind up at the site of Argus's various deaths, finding his previous forms (freshly dead) and requiring the both of them to reenact the sacrifices they were present for.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: One of Argus's previous incarnations was a patron of The Great Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt right around the time when Julius Caesar had it burned to the ground.
* BizarreTasteInFood: Laura has to tell Mr. Ibis to stop eating [[ImAHumanitarian bits of her]] as he makes repairs, this apparently being a habit he has developed from the burial traditions of his original worshippers.
* ChristianRock: Sweeney inadvertently gets picked up by a Christian band "Faith of the Raptured" on the way to New Orleans, all attempts at getting there by himself proving disastrous with his terrible luck.
* EldritchLocation: When Mr. Wednesday and Laura take "the scenic route" through Argus's Facility, they wind up at the site of Argus's various deaths, finding his previous forms (freshly dead) and requiring the both of them to reenact the sacrifices they were present for.
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* AnimalMotifs: Argus is sometimes shown as a peacock during Thoth's retelling, and Wednesday plucks a wooden object shaped like a feather from his past incarnation's corpse for later use. In the original myths, Hera honors Argus' death by placing his eyes onto a peacock, giving it the signature feather pattern.
* ArtShift: The Greek myth of Io and Argus is retold by Mr. Ibis as he plays his praxinoscope, which provides animations in the style of traditional Egyptian art, before abruptly turning into modern photos of Argus' surveillance footages.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: The tattoo on his neck is the most vulnerable spot on Argus, Wednesday instructing Laura to target it specifically to killhim.
him.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: One of Argus's previous incarnations was a patron of The Great Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt right around the time when Julius Caesar had it burned to theground.
ground.
* BizarreTasteInFood: Laura has to tell Mr. Ibis to stop eating [[ImAHumanitarian bits of her]] as he makes repairs, this apparently being a habit he has developed from the burial traditions of his originalworshippers.
worshippers.
* ChristianRock: Sweeney inadvertently gets picked up by a Christian band "Faith of the Raptured" on the way to New Orleans, all attempts at getting there by himself proving disastrous with his terribleluck.
luck.
* EldritchLocation: When Mr. Wednesday and Laura take "the scenic route" through Argus's Facility, they wind up at the site of Argus's various deaths, finding his previous forms (freshly dead) and requiring the both of them to reenact the sacrifices they were present for.
* ArtShift: The Greek myth of Io and Argus is retold by Mr. Ibis as he plays his praxinoscope, which provides animations in the style of traditional Egyptian art, before abruptly turning into modern photos of Argus' surveillance footages.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: The tattoo on his neck is the most vulnerable spot on Argus, Wednesday instructing Laura to target it specifically to kill
* BeenThereShapedHistory: One of Argus's previous incarnations was a patron of The Great Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt right around the time when Julius Caesar had it burned to the
* BizarreTasteInFood: Laura has to tell Mr. Ibis to stop eating [[ImAHumanitarian bits of her]] as he makes repairs, this apparently being a habit he has developed from the burial traditions of his original
* ChristianRock: Sweeney inadvertently gets picked up by a Christian band "Faith of the Raptured" on the way to New Orleans, all attempts at getting there by himself proving disastrous with his terrible
* EldritchLocation: When Mr. Wednesday and Laura take "the scenic route" through Argus's Facility, they wind up at the site of Argus's various deaths, finding his previous forms (freshly dead) and requiring the both of them to reenact the sacrifices they were present for.
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* NaughtyTentacles: Argus' scopes double as these.
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* NaughtyTentacles: Argus' scopes and cables double as these.these, some of them wrapping around New Media and one of them even going up her skirt.
* NeutralityBacklash: Wednesday has Laura kill Argus because in his words, "he's been playing both sides", giving help to both the Old Gods and the New Gods. Technical Boy didn't stop her either because he's also fed up with him.
* NeutralityBacklash: Wednesday has Laura kill Argus because in his words, "he's been playing both sides", giving help to both the Old Gods and the New Gods. Technical Boy didn't stop her either because he's also fed up with him.
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* OneSteveLimit: When Wednesday mentions he "has a date with Argus", Ibis assumes he means Argos (Odysseus's dog) before Wednesday clarifies that he is referring to Argus Panoptes. This is a reference to a similar exchange in the book, where one of the Old Gods mishears "Media" as "{{Theatre/Medea}}" from Myth/GreekMythology.
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* OneSteveLimit: When Wednesday mentions he "has a date with Argus", Ibis assumes he means Argos (Odysseus's dog) before Wednesday clarifies that he is referring to Argus Panoptes.Panoptes, the many-eyed giant. This is a reference to a similar exchange in the book, where one of the Old Gods mishears "Media" as "{{Theatre/Medea}}" from Myth/GreekMythology.
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* SiblingRivalry: From the moment New Media manifests, Technical Boy is immediately put off by her and how quickly Mr. World seems to accept that Media has essentially ceased to exist and has been replaced by a total stranger.
* SinisterSurveillance: Argus's current (now deceased) American incarnation has since been employed by the New Gods as the God of Surveillance.
* SinisterSurveillance: Argus's current (now deceased) American incarnation has since been employed by the New Gods as the God of Surveillance.
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* SecondaryCharacterTitle: The actual raven that the episode is named after, Muninn, barely appears in the episode. He only shows up to check on Shadow, report to Mr. Wednesday, and presumably take down one of Argus' drones, and that's about it. Then again, the raven symbolises memory (Old Norse: Muninn), and part of this episode's plot has Wednesday and Laura going down Argus' memory lane.
* SenselessViolins: Iktomi has Gungnir stored inside a guitar case, which he gives to Salim and the Jinn to deliver to Wednesday.
* SiblingRivalry: From the moment New Media manifests, Technical Boy is immediately put off by her and how quickly Mr. World seems to accept that Media has essentially ceased to exist and has been replaced by a totalstranger.
stranger.
* SigilSpam: The Argus logo (an eye with two curves crossing it, somewhat forming the letter "A") is on his drones, and the walls of his headquarters. It also looks similar to the tattoo on his neck.
* SinisterSurveillance: Argus'scurrent (now deceased) most recent American incarnation has since been employed by the New Gods as the God of Surveillance.
* SenselessViolins: Iktomi has Gungnir stored inside a guitar case, which he gives to Salim and the Jinn to deliver to Wednesday.
* SiblingRivalry: From the moment New Media manifests, Technical Boy is immediately put off by her and how quickly Mr. World seems to accept that Media has essentially ceased to exist and has been replaced by a total
* SigilSpam: The Argus logo (an eye with two curves crossing it, somewhat forming the letter "A") is on his drones, and the walls of his headquarters. It also looks similar to the tattoo on his neck.
* SinisterSurveillance: Argus's
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* StylisticCallback: New Media quotes Marylin Monroe ("Happy Birthday...") in reference to herself. This is done as a sign that she really is Media's new self, the original Media having made the same quote while dressed as Marylin in "Lemon Scented You" while New Media does so using emoji graphics.
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* StylisticCallback: New Media quotes Marylin Marilyn Monroe ("Happy Birthday...") in reference to herself. This is done as a sign that she really is Media's new self, the original Media having made the same quote while dressed as Marylin Marilyn in [[Recap/AmericanGodsS1E5LemonScentedYou "Lemon Scented You" You"]] while New Media does so using emoji graphics. graphics.
* SurveillanceDrone: Argus uses bird-shaped drones (presumably as either a nod to or a mockery of Wednesday's own) among many of his other tools of trade to spy on people. One of them is destroyed by a raven right as it picks up Shadow's whereabouts.
* SurveillanceDrone: Argus uses bird-shaped drones (presumably as either a nod to or a mockery of Wednesday's own) among many of his other tools of trade to spy on people. One of them is destroyed by a raven right as it picks up Shadow's whereabouts.
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* NaughtyTentacle: Argus' scopes double as these.
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* NaughtyTentacle: NaughtyTentacles: Argus' scopes double as these.
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* NaughtyTentacle: Argus' scopes double as these.
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* OneSteveLimit: When Wednesday mentions he "has a date with Argus", Ibis assumes he means Argos (Odysseus's dog) before Wednesday clarifies that he is referring to Argus Panoptes. This is a reference to a similar exchange in the book, where one of the Old Gods mishears "Media" as "Theatre/Medea" from Myth/GreekMythology.
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* OneSteveLimit: When Wednesday mentions he "has a date with Argus", Ibis assumes he means Argos (Odysseus's dog) before Wednesday clarifies that he is referring to Argus Panoptes. This is a reference to a similar exchange in the book, where one of the Old Gods mishears "Media" as "Theatre/Medea" "{{Theatre/Medea}}" from Myth/GreekMythology.
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* OneSteveLimit: When Wednesday mentions he "has a date with Argus", Ibis assumes he means Argos (Odysseus's dog) before Wednesday clarifies that he is referring to Argus Panoptes.
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* OneSteveLimit: When Wednesday mentions he "has a date with Argus", Ibis assumes he means Argos (Odysseus's dog) before Wednesday clarifies that he is referring to Argus Panoptes. This is a reference to a similar exchange in the book, where one of the Old Gods mishears "Media" as "Theatre/Medea" from Myth/GreekMythology.
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* NotSoOmniscientAfterAll: Despite his many eyes and his role as the God of Surveillance, the lack of real worship has left him mostly blind.
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* NotSoOmniscientAfterAll: Despite his many eyes and his role as the God of Surveillance, the lack of real worship has left him Argus mostly blind.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: While Laura claims that she is doing everything for Shadow, Mr. Wednesday calls her out as doing everything for her own personal benefit.
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* TheWatson: While Mr. Ibis normally fulfills his role as MrExposition through narration and writing in his journal, here he explains Argus's backstory to his cat Bast.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: While Laura claims that she is doing everything for Shadow, Mr. Wednesday calls her out as doing everything for her own personal benefit.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: While Laura claims that she is doing everything for Shadow, Mr. Wednesday calls her out as doing everything for her own personal benefit.
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* TheWatson: While Mr. Ibis normally fulfills his role as MrExposition through narration and writing in his journal, here he explains Argus's backstory to his cat Bast. \n* WhatYouAreInTheDark: While Laura claims that she is doing everything for Shadow, Mr. Wednesday calls her out as doing everything for her own personal benefit.
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'''Season 2, Episode 3'''
!Muninn
As he is tracked by Mr. World, Shadow makes his way to Cairo, thanks to a ride from Sam Black Crow. Mr. Wednesday slyly gains Laura's help in forging an alliance with a powerful god. Mr. World introduces Technical Boy to New Media and assigns them a very important task.
!!Tropes That Appear In This Episode:
* AmbiguouslyHuman: When Shadow asks Sam Black Crow if she is a supernatural entity like everyone else he has met, she sarcastically answers that she would be treated like one "back in the day" on account of being [[AmbiguousGender two-spirited]].
* AttackItsWeakPoint: The tattoo on his neck is the most vulnerable spot on Argus, Wednesday instructing Laura to target it specifically to kill him.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: One of Argus's previous incarnations was a patron of The Great Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt right around the time when Julius Caesar had it burned to the ground.
* BizarreTasteInFood: Laura has to tell Mr. Ibis to stop eating [[ImAHumanitarian bits of her]] as he makes repairs, this apparently being a habit he has developed from the burial traditions of his original worshippers.
* ChristianRock: Sweeney inadvertently gets picked up by a Christian band "Faith of the Raptured" on the way to New Orleans, all attempts at getting there by himself proving disastrous with his terrible luck.
* EldritchLocation: When Mr. Wednesday and Laura take "the scenic route" through Argus's Facility, they wind up at the site of Argus's various deaths, finding his previous forms (freshly dead) and requiring the both of them to reenact the sacrifices they were present for.
* GovernmentConspiracy: Argus's facility is a site of many conspiracy theories, including the Deep State and TheIlluminati.
* GreenThumb: Iktomi is introduced making a seed sprout within seconds. It can be assumed that he uses this ability to grow his crop of marijuana.
* ImprobablyCoolCar: Not only is Wednesday's car not destroyed by the train, ''but there isn't a scratch on it.''
* NotSoOmniscientAfterAll: Despite his many eyes and his role as the God of Surveillance, the lack of real worship has left him mostly blind.
* OneSteveLimit: When Wednesday mentions he "has a date with Argus", Ibis assumes he means Argos (Odysseus's dog) before Wednesday clarifies that he is referring to Argus Panoptes.
* RevengeByProxy: When Zeus could not find his mistress Io (Hera having turned her into a cow for Argus to watch-over), he took out his anger on Argus, smiting him.
* SiblingRivalry: From the moment New Media manifests, Technical Boy is immediately put off by her and how quickly Mr. World seems to accept that Media has essentially ceased to exist and has been replaced by a total stranger.
* SinisterSurveillance: Argus's current (now deceased) American incarnation has since been employed by the New Gods as the God of Surveillance.
* StrawNihilist: Argus is uncooperative with Technical Boy because he believes that no matter who wins the war, it will all eventually fall to chaos in the end.
--> '''Argus:''' Entropy... leads logically to disorder. All systems evolve towards chaos. Even alliances with gods.
* StylisticCallback: New Media quotes Marylin Monroe ("Happy Birthday...") in reference to herself. This is done as a sign that she really is Media's new self, the original Media having made the same quote while dressed as Marylin in "Lemon Scented You" while New Media does so using emoji graphics.
* TheWatson: While Mr. Ibis normally fulfills his role as MrExposition through narration and writing in his journal, here he explains Argus's backstory to his cat Bast.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: While Laura claims that she is doing everything for Shadow, Mr. Wednesday calls her out as doing everything for her own personal benefit.
!Muninn
As he is tracked by Mr. World, Shadow makes his way to Cairo, thanks to a ride from Sam Black Crow. Mr. Wednesday slyly gains Laura's help in forging an alliance with a powerful god. Mr. World introduces Technical Boy to New Media and assigns them a very important task.
!!Tropes That Appear In This Episode:
* AmbiguouslyHuman: When Shadow asks Sam Black Crow if she is a supernatural entity like everyone else he has met, she sarcastically answers that she would be treated like one "back in the day" on account of being [[AmbiguousGender two-spirited]].
* AttackItsWeakPoint: The tattoo on his neck is the most vulnerable spot on Argus, Wednesday instructing Laura to target it specifically to kill him.
* BeenThereShapedHistory: One of Argus's previous incarnations was a patron of The Great Library of Alexandria in Alexandria, Egypt right around the time when Julius Caesar had it burned to the ground.
* BizarreTasteInFood: Laura has to tell Mr. Ibis to stop eating [[ImAHumanitarian bits of her]] as he makes repairs, this apparently being a habit he has developed from the burial traditions of his original worshippers.
* ChristianRock: Sweeney inadvertently gets picked up by a Christian band "Faith of the Raptured" on the way to New Orleans, all attempts at getting there by himself proving disastrous with his terrible luck.
* EldritchLocation: When Mr. Wednesday and Laura take "the scenic route" through Argus's Facility, they wind up at the site of Argus's various deaths, finding his previous forms (freshly dead) and requiring the both of them to reenact the sacrifices they were present for.
* GovernmentConspiracy: Argus's facility is a site of many conspiracy theories, including the Deep State and TheIlluminati.
* GreenThumb: Iktomi is introduced making a seed sprout within seconds. It can be assumed that he uses this ability to grow his crop of marijuana.
* ImprobablyCoolCar: Not only is Wednesday's car not destroyed by the train, ''but there isn't a scratch on it.''
* NotSoOmniscientAfterAll: Despite his many eyes and his role as the God of Surveillance, the lack of real worship has left him mostly blind.
* OneSteveLimit: When Wednesday mentions he "has a date with Argus", Ibis assumes he means Argos (Odysseus's dog) before Wednesday clarifies that he is referring to Argus Panoptes.
* RevengeByProxy: When Zeus could not find his mistress Io (Hera having turned her into a cow for Argus to watch-over), he took out his anger on Argus, smiting him.
* SiblingRivalry: From the moment New Media manifests, Technical Boy is immediately put off by her and how quickly Mr. World seems to accept that Media has essentially ceased to exist and has been replaced by a total stranger.
* SinisterSurveillance: Argus's current (now deceased) American incarnation has since been employed by the New Gods as the God of Surveillance.
* StrawNihilist: Argus is uncooperative with Technical Boy because he believes that no matter who wins the war, it will all eventually fall to chaos in the end.
--> '''Argus:''' Entropy... leads logically to disorder. All systems evolve towards chaos. Even alliances with gods.
* StylisticCallback: New Media quotes Marylin Monroe ("Happy Birthday...") in reference to herself. This is done as a sign that she really is Media's new self, the original Media having made the same quote while dressed as Marylin in "Lemon Scented You" while New Media does so using emoji graphics.
* TheWatson: While Mr. Ibis normally fulfills his role as MrExposition through narration and writing in his journal, here he explains Argus's backstory to his cat Bast.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: While Laura claims that she is doing everything for Shadow, Mr. Wednesday calls her out as doing everything for her own personal benefit.
