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* ExtinctInTheFuture: When Spike and Jet first lay eyes on Ein, they stare at the Welsh corgi in fascination because dogs are incredibly rare, as only the rich could afford to bring their pets with them during the HomeworldEvacuation.

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* ExtinctInTheFuture: When Spike and Jet first lay eyes on Ein, [[MundaneObjectAmazement they stare at the Welsh corgi in fascination fascination]] because dogs are incredibly rare, as only the rich could afford to bring their pets with them during the HomeworldEvacuation.
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* PreciousPuppy: The VillainOfTheWeek's family was left behind to die during the HomeworldEvacuation, while [[TheElitesJumpShip the rich]] evacuated their pets instead. So he kidnaps their dogs intending to kill them out of revenge, but can't go through with it on seeing their PuppyDogEyes and realising the dogs are blameless for their owners' sins. When Spike and Jet catch up with him, he's happily playing with the dogs instead.

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* PreciousPuppy: The VillainOfTheWeek's family was left behind to die during the HomeworldEvacuation, while [[TheElitesJumpShip the rich]] evacuated [[TreatedWorseThanThePet their pets instead.instead]]. So he kidnaps their dogs intending to kill them out of revenge, but can't go through with it on seeing their PuppyDogEyes and realising the dogs are blameless for their owners' sins. When Spike and Jet catch up with him, he's happily playing with the dogs instead.
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* FanDisservice: Vicious' slave workers are kept nude- but they're all blinded (with a closeup of sewn-shut eyelids), and ''then'' we watch them gunned down in slow-motion.
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* SuperheroSobriquets: A {{black market}}eer introduces himself as "The Black Market Santa", "The Pimp of Playthings", and "The Man With The Bag" before [[DispenseWithThePleasantries Jet interrupts him to get down to business]].

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* SuperheroSobriquets: A {{black market}}eer introduces himself as "The Black Market Santa", "The Pimp of Playthings", and "The Man With The Bag" before [[DispenseWithThePleasantries Jet interrupts him to get down to business]].business]].
* SpySpeak: "I hear the sake here on Mars is only good when it rains."
* WretchedHive: Subverted; there's seventy toy stores but only two low-rent brothels in Tharsis City. There's hope for the solar system yet.
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* HolographicDisguise: The Face Changer Hakim uses to disguise himself. They're mainly used by sex workers for matching their clints' preferences.

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* HolographicDisguise: The Face Changer Hakim uses to disguise himself. They're mainly used by sex workers for matching their clints' preferences. clients' preferences, so Spike and Jet track it down from the brothel he'd have had to buy it from.
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A bounty is stealing dogs from rich people prompting Spike and Jet to go after him while Jet likewise is in the midst of a search for a popular doll for his daughter. All the while Spike likewise discreetly tries to find out what Vicious is up to without Jet knowing.

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A bounty The Bounty of the Week is stealing dogs from rich people prompting Spike and Jet to go after him while Jet likewise is in the midst of a search people. Jet, meanwhile, searches for a popular doll for his daughter. All the while Spike likewise discreetly tries to find out what Vicious is up to without Jet knowing.
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* AllForNothing: Jet switches his gift for his daughter, trying to give her Ein as a present which his daughter loves. However his ex-wife refuses to let her keep it as she doesn't have the income to support raising it, along with the sketchy way Jet got it, forcing Jet to take it back. He does promises his daughter he'll have Ein come visit once in awhile.

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* AllForNothing: Jet switches his gift for his daughter, trying to give her Ein as a present which his daughter loves. However However, his ex-wife refuses to let her keep it as she doesn't have the income to support raising it, along with the sketchy way Jet got it, forcing Jet to take it back. He does promises his daughter he'll have Ein come visit once in awhile.



* ExtinctInTheFuture: When Spike and Jet first lay eyes on Ein, they stare at the Welsh corgi in fascination because dogs are so rare, as only the rich could afford to bring their pets with them during the HomeworldEvacuation.

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* ExtinctInTheFuture: When Spike and Jet first lay eyes on Ein, they stare at the Welsh corgi in fascination because dogs are so incredibly rare, as only the rich could afford to bring their pets with them during the HomeworldEvacuation.



** Our heroes have Hakeem cornered and even managed to get him to give up willingly and peacefully. The bounty is in the bag---and then he gets shot dead by police.

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** Our heroes have Hakeem cornered and even managed to get him to give up willingly and peacefully. The bounty is in the bag---and bag... and then he gets shot dead by police.



* IKnowYoureWatchingMe: Spike and Jet are watching CCTV footage of the kidnapper when they realise he's SpikingTheCamera to make sure it has a good image of his face. Jet then realises the kidnapper is wearing technology that [[ShapeShifter can change his appearance]].

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* IKnowYoureWatchingMe: Spike and Jet are watching CCTV footage of the kidnapper when they realise realize he's SpikingTheCamera to make sure it has a good image of his face. Jet then realises realizes the kidnapper is wearing technology that [[ShapeShifter can change his appearance]].

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* BlackLikeMe: Hakim uses a Face Changer to look like an afro-sporting black man.



* ExtinctInTheFuture: When Spike and Jet first lay eyes on Ein, they stare at the Welsh corgi in fascination because dogs are so rare, as only the rich could afford to bring their pets with them during the HomeworldEvacuation.

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* EscapePod: Woodcock and Hakim imply they were the main method for leaving the EarthThatUsedToBeBetter. Rich people put their dogs on them and let poor people die.
* ExtinctInTheFuture: When Spike and Jet first lay eyes on Ein, they stare at the Welsh corgi in fascination because dogs are so rare, as only the rich could afford to bring their pets with them during the HomeworldEvacuation.HomeworldEvacuation.
* HolographicDisguise: The Face Changer Hakim uses to disguise himself. They're mainly used by sex workers for matching their clints' preferences.


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* RedLightDistrict: Where Spike and Jet spend most of their time chasing Hakim.


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* SplashOfColor: The Walking Sally doll ad at the start is in black and white apart from the doll and some text.
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* BadBoss: Vicious has [[FutureSlang fugees]] with their [[EyeScream eyes sewn shut]] producing Red Eye for him. When he's forced to temporarily shut down his operation thanks to the Elders, he tells his mooks to put them up in a nice hotel, keeping them fed and on the payroll until they need them again.
-->'''Mook:''' Really?
-->'''Vicious:''' [[BaitTheDog No, you brainless fleck of mediocrity!]] We will [[WeHaveReserves find new fugees]] when we bring the business back on line. ''(Vicious and his mooks gun down the workers)''
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* SuperheroSobriquets: A black marketeer introduces himself as "The Black Market Santa", "The Pimp of Playthings", and "The Man With The Bag" before [[DispenseWithThePleasentaries Jet interrupts him to get down to business]].

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* SuperheroSobriquets: A black marketeer {{black market}}eer introduces himself as "The Black Market Santa", "The Pimp of Playthings", and "The Man With The Bag" before [[DispenseWithThePleasentaries [[DispenseWithThePleasantries Jet interrupts him to get down to business]].
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--> '''Vicious''': FEARLESS!!!!

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--> '''Vicious''': FEARLESS!!!!FEARLESS!!!!
* SuperheroSobriquets: A black marketeer introduces himself as "The Black Market Santa", "The Pimp of Playthings", and "The Man With The Bag" before [[DispenseWithThePleasentaries Jet interrupts him to get down to business]].
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* MythologyGag: Hakeem's face changing tech is one to his facial surgery in the anime which he tried to use to disguise himself from bounty hunters (Spike and Jet only found out because the doctor who did the work was a friend of theirs and informed them as revenge for Hakeem trampling him). The AfroAsskicker look is likewise one to the face he changed to in his anime episode.
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* MasterOfUnlocking: The digital combination lock on the dogbox holding Ein mysteriously decodes and unlocks, hinting that Ein is more than it appears.
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* AfroAsskicker: The villain shapeshifts into one to take on Spike. Given that Spike already knew the villain's real identity, maybe he's a {{blaxploitation}} fan?


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* IKnowYoureWatchingMe: Spike and Jet are watching CCTV footage of the kidnapper when they realise he's SpikingTheCamera to make sure it has a good image of his face. Jet then realises the kidnapper is wearing technology that [[ShapeShifter can change his appearance]].

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* CorruptCop: The police that kill Hakeem, doing so to keep Spike and Jet from getting their bounty.

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* ComicSutra: A dominatrix prostitute gripes to Spike and Jet that the bounty they're searching for is too cheap to pay for the "Alabama Anaconda".
* CorruptCop: The police that ISSP kill Hakeem, doing Hakeem so they won't have to keep pay the bounty to Spike and Jet from getting their bounty.Jet.



* DissonantSerenity: Jet does a DivingSave to stop Spike falling to his death, just grabbing his ankle. Spike's response is to light up and wait for Jet to pull him back onto the roof.
* ExtinctInTheFuture: When Spike and Jet first lay eyes on Ein, they stare at the Welsh corgi in fascination because dogs are so rare, as only the rich could afford to bring their pets with them during the HomeworldEvacuation.



** Jet manages to get the doll for his daughter, but on the way to go to back up Spike against Hakeem, it ends up damaged beyond the point of recognition: he drops it in a street where a vehicle runs it over, its hair gets set on fire and he has to drop it to prevent Spike from falling over a building where it falls into a river. Spike does retrieve it but Jet doesn't even entertain the idea of giving it to his daughter. Likewise he manages to find a store that sells one afterward, but is 1,000 Woolongs short to get it.

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** Jet manages to get the doll for his daughter, but on the way to go to back up Spike against Hakeem, it ends up [[PricelessMingVase damaged beyond the point of recognition: recognition]]: he drops it in a street where a vehicle runs it over, its hair gets set on fire fire, and he has to drop it to prevent Spike from falling over a building where it falls into a river. Spike does retrieve it but Jet doesn't even entertain the idea of giving it to his daughter. Likewise he manages to find a store that sells one afterward, but is 1,000 Woolongs short to get it.



* IfIWantedYouDead: Spike puts Vicious in the sights of a sniper rifle but doesn’t fire until he gets inside his bulletproof car, firing a shot that stars the glass, sending a [[PaperCutting splinter of glass flying into Vicious' cheek]].



* ImprobableAimingSkills: Spike threaten Vicious over the phone to back off pursuing him. When Vicious doesn't relent, Spike shoot at him with a ''sniper rifle from afar'' and somehow just manages to graze Vicious' cheek.

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* ImprobableAimingSkills: NotSoAboveItAll: Spike threaten Vicious over does a LastSecondWordSwap that implies he might have his own favorite girl at the phone cheap brothel they're investigating, and seems quite familiar with BDSM etiquette.
* PreciousPuppy: The VillainOfTheWeek's family was left behind
to back off pursuing him. die during the HomeworldEvacuation, while [[TheElitesJumpShip the rich]] evacuated their pets instead. So he kidnaps their dogs intending to kill them out of revenge, but can't go through with it on seeing their PuppyDogEyes and realising the dogs are blameless for their owners' sins. When Vicious doesn't relent, Spike shoot at him and Jet catch up with a ''sniper rifle from afar'' and somehow him, he's happily playing with the dogs instead.
* ARareSentence: When Jet tells Spike he's right about an idea he
just manages had, Spike makes him repeat it to graze Vicious' cheek.commemorate this event.



--> '''Vicious''': FEARLESS!!!!
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Hakeem reveals he was stealing dogs because their rich owners wouldn't treat them right and treated them as possessions rather then living beings.

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--> '''Vicious''': FEARLESS!!!!
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Hakeem reveals he was stealing dogs because their rich owners wouldn't treat them right and treated them as possessions rather then living beings.
FEARLESS!!!!
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-->'''Jet:''' [[YourTelevisionHatesYou I swear this doll is mocking me!]]
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* AGlassInTheHand: Vicious crushes a glass in his hand after Shin and Lin inform him that Spike (or Fearless as he was called in the Syndicate) is alive as he was told in the previous episode.
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* AGlassInTheHand: Vicious crushes a glass in his hand after Shin and Lin inform him that Spike (or Fearless as he was called in the Syndicate) is alive as he was told in the previous episode.
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** Jet manages to get the doll for his daughter, but on the way to going to back up Spike against Hakeem, it ends up damaged beyond the point of recognition (he drops it in a street where a vehicle runs it over, it's hair get set on fire and he has to drop it to prevent Spike from falling over a building where it falls into a river. Spike does retrieve it but Jet doesn't even entertain the idea of giving it to his daughter). Likewise he manages to find a store that sells one afterward, but is 1,000 Woolongs short to get it.
** Our heroes have Hakeem cornered and even managed to get him to give up willingly and peacefully. The bounty is in the bag...and then he gets shot dead by police.

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** Jet manages to get the doll for his daughter, but on the way to going go to back up Spike against Hakeem, it ends up damaged beyond the point of recognition (he recognition: he drops it in a street where a vehicle runs it over, it's its hair get gets set on fire and he has to drop it to prevent Spike from falling over a building where it falls into a river. Spike does retrieve it but Jet doesn't even entertain the idea of giving it to his daughter).daughter. Likewise he manages to find a store that sells one afterward, but is 1,000 Woolongs short to get it.
** Our heroes have Hakeem cornered and even managed to get him to give up willingly and peacefully. The bounty is in the bag...and bag---and then he gets shot dead by police.
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* INeedToGoIronMyDog: Spike keeps making up excuses to split off from Jet under the guise of looking for their bounty. In truth he's using his old syndicate connections to find out what Vicious is doing.
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* ImprobableAimingSkills: Spike threaten Vicious over the phone to back off pursuing him. When Vicious doesn't relent, Spike shoot at him with a ''sniper rifle from afar'' and somehow manages to graze Vicious' cheek.

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* ImprobableAimingSkills: Spike threaten Vicious over the phone to back off pursuing him. When Vicious doesn't relent, Spike shoot at him with a ''sniper rifle from afar'' and somehow just manages to graze Vicious' cheek.
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* AllForNothing: Jet switches his gift for his daughter, trying to give her Ein as a present which his daughter loves. However ex-his wife refuses to let her keep it as she doesn't have the income to support raising it, along with the sketchy way Jet got it, forcing Jet to take it back. He does promises his daughter he'll have Ein come visit once in awhile.

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* AllForNothing: Jet switches his gift for his daughter, trying to give her Ein as a present which his daughter loves. However ex-his wife his ex-wife refuses to let her keep it as she doesn't have the income to support raising it, along with the sketchy way Jet got it, forcing Jet to take it back. He does promises his daughter he'll have Ein come visit once in awhile.



** Jet manages to get the doll for his daughter, but on the way to going to back up Spike against Hakeem, it ends up damaged beyond the point of recognition. Likewise he manages to find a store that sells one afterward, but is 1,000 Woolongs short to get it.

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** Jet manages to get the doll for his daughter, but on the way to going to back up Spike against Hakeem, it ends up damaged beyond the point of recognition.recognition (he drops it in a street where a vehicle runs it over, it's hair get set on fire and he has to drop it to prevent Spike from falling over a building where it falls into a river. Spike does retrieve it but Jet doesn't even entertain the idea of giving it to his daughter). Likewise he manages to find a store that sells one afterward, but is 1,000 Woolongs short to get it.
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** Jet manages to get the doll for his daughter, but on the way to going to back up Spike against Hakeem, it ends up damaged before the point of recognition. Likewise he manages to find a store that sells one afterward but is 1,000 Woolongs short to get it.

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** Jet manages to get the doll for his daughter, but on the way to going to back up Spike against Hakeem, it ends up damaged before beyond the point of recognition. Likewise he manages to find a store that sells one afterward afterward, but is 1,000 Woolongs short to get it.

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* BrokenRecord: The doll commercial Jet watches, his monitor gets up glitching with the doll saying "Come and get me" over and over before he manages to shut it off.

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* BrokenRecord: The doll commercial Jet watches, his monitor gets ends up glitching with the doll saying "Come and get me" over and over before he manages to shut it off.



* SayMyName: Somewhat, Vicious yells out Spike's old Red Dragon name after he gets knicked in the cheek.
--> '''Vicious''': FEARLESS!!!!

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* SayMyName: Somewhat, Vicious yells out Spike's old Red Dragon name after he gets knicked nicked in the cheek.
--> '''Vicious''': FEARLESS!!!!FEARLESS!!!!
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Hakeem reveals he was stealing dogs because their rich owners wouldn't treat them right and treated them as possessions rather then living beings.

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* ImprobableAimingSkills: Spike threaten Vicious over the phone to back off pursuing him. When Vicious doesn't relent, Spike shoot at him with a ''sniper rifle from afar'' and somehow manages to graze Vicious cheek.

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* ImprobableAimingSkills: Spike threaten Vicious over the phone to back off pursuing him. When Vicious doesn't relent, Spike shoot at him with a ''sniper rifle from afar'' and somehow manages to graze Vicious' cheek.
* SayMyName: Somewhat,
Vicious cheek.yells out Spike's old Red Dragon name after he gets knicked in the cheek.
--> '''Vicious''': FEARLESS!!!!
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* AllForNothing: Jet switches his gift for his daughter, trying to give her Ein as a present which his daughter loves. However ex-his wife refuses to let her keep it as she doesn't have the income to support rising it forcing Jet to take it back. He does promises his daughter he'll have Ein come visit once in awhile.

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* AllForNothing: Jet switches his gift for his daughter, trying to give her Ein as a present which his daughter loves. However ex-his wife refuses to let her keep it as she doesn't have the income to support rising it raising it, along with the sketchy way Jet got it, forcing Jet to take it back. He does promises his daughter he'll have Ein come visit once in awhile.
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* AllForNothing: Jet switches his gift for his daughter, trying to give her Ein as a present which her daughter loves. However his wife refuses to let her keep it as she doesn't have the income to support rising it forcing Jet to take it back. He does promises his daughter he'll have Ein come visit once in awhile.

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* AllForNothing: Jet switches his gift for his daughter, trying to give her Ein as a present which her his daughter loves. However his ex-his wife refuses to let her keep it as she doesn't have the income to support rising it forcing Jet to take it back. He does promises his daughter he'll have Ein come visit once in awhile.
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A bounty is stealing dogs from rich people prompting Spike and Jet to go after him while Jet likewise is in the midst of a search for a popular doll for his daughter. All the while Spike likewise discreetly tries to find out what Vicious is up to without Jet knowing.

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* AdaptedOut: The scientists who were after Ein in the anime aren't present here.
* AllForNothing: Jet switches his gift for his daughter, trying to give her Ein as a present which her daughter loves. However his wife refuses to let her keep it as she doesn't have the income to support rising it forcing Jet to take it back. He does promises his daughter he'll have Ein come visit once in awhile.
* BoomHeadshot: How Hakeem dies in the version, shot in the head from afar.
* BrokenRecord: The doll commercial Jet watches, his monitor gets up glitching with the doll saying "Come and get me" over and over before he manages to shut it off.
* CorruptCop: The police that kill Hakeem, doing so to keep Spike and Jet from getting their bounty.
* DeathByAdaptation: In the original anime, Hakeem survived the events of his episode, merely being arrested when he ended up crashing into a police station after a chase. Here he's shot dead by corrupt police to keep Spike and Jet from getting their bounty.
* HopeSpot:
** Jet manages to get the doll for his daughter, but on the way to going to back up Spike against Hakeem, it ends up damaged before the point of recognition. Likewise he manages to find a store that sells one afterward but is 1,000 Woolongs short to get it.
** Our heroes have Hakeem cornered and even managed to get him to give up willingly and peacefully. The bounty is in the bag...and then he gets shot dead by police.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Spike threaten Vicious over the phone to back off pursuing him. When Vicious doesn't relent, Spike shoot at him with a ''sniper rifle from afar'' and somehow manages to graze Vicious cheek.

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