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* ContentWarnings: The episode ends with a list of suicide prevention resources because of the scene where Paul purposefully falls to his death.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Paul commits suicide by jumping off the roof of the family mansion on the morning after Grace's wedding.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Paul commits suicide by jumping off the roof of the family mansion on [[WeddingDeathJuxtaposition the morning after Grace's wedding.wedding]].
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* WeddingDeathJuxaposition: Paul kills himself the morning after his sister's wedding.
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* WeddingDeathJuxaposition: Paul kills himself the morning after his sister's wedding.
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* WholeCostumeReference: Grace's [[https://brotherconstant.tumblr.com/post/723223851685789696/edwardian-purple-gown-designed-by-deborah-lynn purple dress]] in the gazebo scene is the same as Ruth [=DeWitt=] Bukater's in ''Film/Titanic1997'' (although the lace collar is slightly different).
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* DramaticThunder: TheClimax of the episode takes place inside a church while a thunderstorm rages outside. The thunderclaps imbue the scene with a foreboding ambience, which is an apt setting for Lestat to murder the three people present (two priests and Louis, although the latter is revived as an undead vampire).
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* MoodWhiplash: The touching heart-to-heart talk between the two de Pointe du Lac brothers abruptly switches to abject horror for Louis when Paul throws himself off the roof without warning and kills himself.
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* QuakingWithFear: In the climax, Louis is visibly trembling with terror when Lestat growls, "I'm not the Devil. You were wrong about that." Louis doesn't understand yet that Lestat is a vampire, but he still knows that he isn't human, and Louis being Catholic means that he naturally assumes that a supernatural creature who mauls a priest to death with his fangs must be demonic.
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* QuakingWithFear: In the climax, Louis is visibly trembling with terror when Lestat growls, "I'm not the Devil. You were wrong about that." Louis doesn't understand yet that Lestat is a vampire, but he still knows that he isn't human, and Louis being Catholic means that he naturally assumes that a supernatural creature who mauls a priest to death with his fangs [[FangsAreEvil fangs]] must be demonic.
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* ForeignLanguageTirade: When Paul inadvertently sets off [[HollywoodAtheist the staunch atheist]] Lestat's BerserkButton by inquiring about the latter's Christian background, Lestat's diatribe eventually switches to French as an indicator of just how pissed off the Frenchman is, although Louis interrupts him before Lestat can finish his sentence.
-->'''Lestat''': ''J'espère que cela satisfera les oiseaux perchés dans le cage de votre es[prit]''--! [[note]]The direct translation is "I hope this will satisfy the birds perched in the cage of your mind!", although the on-screen caption has "I hope that satisfies the birds perching in your mind's cage!"[[/note]]
-->'''Lestat''': ''J'espère que cela satisfera les oiseaux perchés dans le cage de votre es[prit]''--! [[note]]The direct translation is "I hope this will satisfy the birds perched in the cage of your mind!", although the on-screen caption has "I hope that satisfies the birds perching in your mind's cage!"[[/note]]
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* TheMuse: A young male violinist of "infinite beauty and sensitivity" was the inspiration behind the song that Lestat wrote which plays in his music box from France.
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* TheMuse: A young male violinist of "infinite beauty and sensitivity" was the inspiration behind the song that Lestat wrote which plays in his [[NostalgicMusicBox music box from France.France]].
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* BerserkButton: Mentioning God, Jesus or Christianity in general is a ''major'' one for Lestat, who's a HollywoodAtheist with a grudge against his raised religion. When Paul brings it up, Lestat drops his manners and gets genuinely angry, and he later becomes furious at Louis for trying to seek salvation through his faith. Lestat's response is to burn the pews at St. Augustine Church and murder the two priests present in grisly fashion.
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* BilingualBonus: Louis threatens Paul with "I'll bleed ya like a ''cochon'' [[note]]misspelled as "kochon" in the official English subtitles[[/note]]," which is French for "pig."
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* QuakingWithFear: In the climax, Louis is visibly trembling with terror when Lestat growls, "I'm not the Devil. You were wrong about that." Louis doesn't understand yet that Lestat is a vampire, but he still knows that he isn't human, and Louis being Catholic means that he naturally assumes that a supernatural creature who mauls a priest to death with his fangs must be demonic.
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* MissKitty: Miss Carol is the madam of the Fairplay Saloon.
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* DueToTheDead: The de Pointe du Lac family arrange a jazz funeral (which is traditional in New Orleans) for Paul, and the procession walk along the streets of the city until they reach the St. Augustine Church cemetery, where Paul's body will be interred in the family mausoleum. It's followed by a wake, although this is not shown on-screen.
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** Lampshaded by Lestat when he tells Louis that he has a "pretty head" and a "beautiful face."
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** Lampshaded by Lestat when he tells Louis that he has "such a "pretty pretty head" and a "beautiful face."
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* AllGaysLoveTheater:
** The bisexual Lestat is a big fan of the opera, and he takes his LoveInterest Louis on a date to watch a live performance of ''Theatre/{{Iolanta}}''.
** Louis enjoyed the show, but [[BlatantLies he acted dismissively and disinterested about it]] to his family when Lestat brings up that they attended the opera together -- to a brief surprised expression from Lestat. Louis is [[ClosetGay firmly closeted and in denial of his homosexuality]], so he deliberately tries to avoid this trope's implications. Louis and Lestat [[DiscussedTrope discuss]] it after the dinner.
--->'''Louis''': You sayin' I got shame?\\
'''Lestat''': The lie you told about leaving the opera house early. You were near weeping when the curtain fell. Why hide that from your family?\\
'''Louis''': Don't everybody need to know what I do.\\
'''Lestat''': Dishonesty breeds dishonesty.\\
'''Louis''': They sit in judgment. Paul is the only one to say it to my face, but I know my ma and Grace think it, too.
** The bisexual Lestat is a big fan of the opera, and he takes his LoveInterest Louis on a date to watch a live performance of ''Theatre/{{Iolanta}}''.
** Louis enjoyed the show, but [[BlatantLies he acted dismissively and disinterested about it]] to his family when Lestat brings up that they attended the opera together -- to a brief surprised expression from Lestat. Louis is [[ClosetGay firmly closeted and in denial of his homosexuality]], so he deliberately tries to avoid this trope's implications. Louis and Lestat [[DiscussedTrope discuss]] it after the dinner.
--->'''Louis''': You sayin' I got shame?\\
'''Lestat''': The lie you told about leaving the opera house early. You were near weeping when the curtain fell. Why hide that from your family?\\
'''Louis''': Don't everybody need to know what I do.\\
'''Lestat''': Dishonesty breeds dishonesty.\\
'''Louis''': They sit in judgment. Paul is the only one to say it to my face, but I know my ma and Grace think it, too.
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* CrazyJealousGuy: Lestat murders Lily after Louis avoids him for an extended period of time in order to isolate him emotionally, therefore making a vulnerable Louis more receptive to the idea of becoming Lestat's immortal companion.
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* CrazyJealousGuy: Lestat murders Lily [[TheBeard Lily]] after Louis [[ClosetGay Louis]] avoids him for an extended period of time in order to isolate him emotionally, therefore making a vulnerable Louis more receptive to the idea of becoming Lestat's immortal companion.
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* DisposableSexWorker: Before meeting Lestat, Louis has been appearing to carry on an affair with a prostitute named Lily. Lestat kills Lily as part of his effort to draw Louis towards him.
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* DisposableSexWorker: Before meeting Lestat, Louis [[ClosetGay Louis]] has been [[PlatonicProstitution appearing to carry on an affair with a prostitute prostitute]] named Lily.[[TheBeard Lily]]. Lestat kills Lily as part of his effort to draw Louis towards him.
* PrettyBoy:
** Lampshaded by Lestat when he says that a young violinist he once knew was "a boy of infinite beauty."
** Lampshaded by Lestat when he tells Louis that he has a "pretty head" and a "beautiful face."
** Lampshaded by Lestat when he says that a young violinist he once knew was "a boy of infinite beauty."
** Lampshaded by Lestat when he tells Louis that he has a "pretty head" and a "beautiful face."
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* ReplacementGoldfish: Disturbingly subverted with Lily, a prostitute whom Lestat spent more time with when he realized that Louis was avoiding him after he and Louis had sex for the first time. While Lestat places Lily in the same category as Louis in terms of their looks (they're both biracial "misfit beauties," as he calls them), he must have found her personality sorely lacking because in his words, she "proved herself a poor substitute." Louis later discovers that Lestat had murdered her.
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* ReplacementGoldfish: Disturbingly subverted with Lily, a prostitute whom Lestat spent more time with when he realized that Louis was avoiding him after he and Louis had sex for the first time. While Lestat places Lily in the same category as Louis in terms of their looks (they're both [[MixedAncestryIsAttractive biracial "misfit beauties," beauties,"]] as he calls them), he must have found her personality sorely lacking because in his words, she "proved herself a poor substitute." Louis later discovers that Lestat had murdered her.
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* DespairEventHorizon: Louis [[NotAfraidToDie loses the will to live]] after his younger brother Paul (whom Louis "loved more than anyone on Earth" and promised their dying father to take care of him) commits suicide. Overwhelmed by the profound loss and feeling like a total failure, Louis undergoes a nervous breakdown while confessing his sins and exclaims in anguish "I wanna die!" Lestat grants him his wish by murdering Louis as a human and then turning him into a vampire.
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* NotAfraidToDie: Louis suffers from a nervous breakdown after the death of his brother Paul, and while confessing his sins to Father Matthias, it's plain that he wants to follow Paul to the grave. Louis is wracked with guilt and shame over his numerous failures. It's because he's so broken that he later accepts Lestat's offer to kill him as a human and be reborn as a vampire.
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* NotAfraidToDie: Louis suffers from a nervous breakdown after [[DespairEventHorizon the death of his brother Paul, Paul]], and while confessing his sins to Father Matthias, it's plain that he wants to follow Paul to the grave. Louis is wracked with guilt and shame over his numerous failures. It's because he's so broken that he later accepts Lestat's offer to kill him as a human and be reborn as a vampire.
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* EyeColourChange: As part of Louis' transformation into vampire, his brown eyes become green.
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* TearsOfBlood: The episode ends with a bloodied tear running down from Louis' left eye after he recounts to Daniel how he died as a human and was reborn as a vampire.
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* EyeColourChange: As part of Louis' transformation into vampire, his brown eyes become green.
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* BigLittleBrother: Louis is the eldest of the de Pointe du Lac siblings, but his younger brother Paul is slightly taller than him.
-->'''Paul''': You remember the day I got taller than you?\\
'''Louis''': Always bringin' that up.\\
'''Paul''': Shot up like a Nuttall oak. Daddy said I was gonna look down on you for the rest of days.\\
'''Louis''': Yeah, yeah. Half an inch.\\
'''Paul''': That was a good month, that month.
-->'''Paul''': You remember the day I got taller than you?\\
'''Louis''': Always bringin' that up.\\
'''Paul''': Shot up like a Nuttall oak. Daddy said I was gonna look down on you for the rest of days.\\
'''Louis''': Yeah, yeah. Half an inch.\\
'''Paul''': That was a good month, that month.
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* PoppingButtons: Jokingly lampshaded by Louis after Paul lists all the food that he ate during Grace's wedding.
-->'''Paul''': Five pieces of checkered cake, the Pompano fillet, three boudins, dirty rice, beef, green beans, five, six wines.\\
'''Louis''': Eat anything else, the buttons on your vest gonna pop off like cannon balls, take down the neighborhood.
-->'''Paul''': Five pieces of checkered cake, the Pompano fillet, three boudins, dirty rice, beef, green beans, five, six wines.\\
'''Louis''': Eat anything else, the buttons on your vest gonna pop off like cannon balls, take down the neighborhood.
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* FrequentlyFullMoon: The full moon is in the night sky when Louis and Lestat's backs are facing towards the camera as they stroll towards the latter's townhouse, and it becomes brighter as the clouds drift away. Moonlight is romantic and vampires are nocturnal, so it's fitting that on the evening the vampire Lestat has chosen to seduce his human LoveInterest Louis, the moon is at its most luminous, shining on their blossoming BoyMeetsGhoul romance.
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* ThunderEqualsDownpour: There's suddenly thunder and torrential rain when Louis is walking towards the Fairplay Saloon after Paul's funeral.
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* ThunderEqualsDownpour: There's Thunder suddenly thunder and rumbles at the end of Paul's funeral which is then quickly followed by torrential rain when as Louis is walking walks towards the Fairplay Saloon after Paul's funeral.Saloon.
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** Lestat tells Louis and Lily that he disembarked in New Orleans because of the music and dancing, "but then there was food." While the local cuisine was served at this public gathering, as a vampire, Lestat would've eaten a couple of humans that night for his meal.
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* GracefulLadiesLikePurple: Grace, an upper-class ProperLady, wears two different purple dresses in this episode: the first is when she eats breakfast with her family, and the second is when she and Louis discuss their brother Paul while relaxing at the gazebo in their backyard.
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* AdaptationalLocationChange: In the ''Interview with the Vampire'' novel, Lestat transforms Louis into a vampire at the latter's indigo plantation outside of New Orleans, but in the TV series, this event takes place in the city proper at St. Augustine Church.
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-->'''Louis''': My business and my raised religion were at odds, and the, uh... latencies within me, well, I beat those back with a lie I told myself about myself -- that I was a red-blooded son of the South, seeking ass before absolution.
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-->'''Louis''': My business and my raised religion were at odds, and the, uh... latencies within me, well, I beat those back with a lie I told myself about myself -- that I was a red-blooded son of the South, seeking ass before absolution.\\
'''Daniel''': And you maintained this delusion how exactly?\\
'''Louis''': A particular [[TheBeard woman]] who worked for the competition.
'''Daniel''': And you maintained this delusion how exactly?\\
'''Louis''': A particular [[TheBeard woman]] who worked for the competition.
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* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: Louis is the caretaker of his brother Paul, who is mentally ill.
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* SwordCane: Louis owns a cane with a concealed knife that he unsheathes twice in this episode. He intimidates Paul by placing the blade against his brother's chest, and in the climax, Louis stabs Lestat several times in the back.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: Grace is so sick and tired of Louis and Paul's daily arguments at the breakfast table that she wishes she could have a quiet breakfast. She gets exactly that in the worst way possible because both of her brothers die by the end of the episode -- Paul to suicide, Louis to vampirism. Being an undead vampire means that Louis can never join Grace for breakfast ever again because [[WeakenedByTheLight sunlight would destroy him]].
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* MetaphoricalMarriage: The climax of the episode is a wedding-like scene between Lestat and Louis. It takes place in a Catholic church. It involves something rather like a vow -- Lestat declaring his love and asking Louis to enter this union with him. They then kiss on the steps of an altar. The solemnization of their "nupitals," though, is Lestat turning Louis into a vampire, exchanging blood instead of rings.
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* MetaphoricalMarriage: The climax of the episode is a wedding-like scene between Lestat and Louis. It takes place in at the altar of a Catholic church. It involves something rather like a vow -- Lestat declaring his love and asking Louis to enter this union with him. They then kiss on the steps of an altar.The vow is followed by a kiss. The solemnization of their "nupitals," though, is Lestat turning Louis into a vampire, exchanging blood instead of rings.
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: During Louis and Lestat's first meeting, the former briefly appears to be "bewitched" by the latter, and Louis tells Daniel that it felt like he was unable to move. It's never clarified if Lestat had utilized his vampiric PsychicPowers on Louis for part of their conversation, or if Louis was simply intrigued by Lestat's good looks and charm. It's worth noting that Louis perceives the live piano music as being distorted after Lestat says "cinnamon" (which indirectly refers to Louis' skin tone), and then it's reduced to an indistinct humming noise after Lestat speaks the word "''frère''" [[note]]French for "brother"[[/note]]. The music only sounds normal again after Lestat slams the table, which breaks the "spell"; Louis abruptly gulps in a lot of air because he doesn't realize that he has been holding his breath. Later, Louis recognizes that Lestat has put Paul into a trance and orders him to stop, so it's possible that Lestat did the same thing to Louis.
-->'''Louis''': I couldn't move. My body was seized with weakness. His gaze tied a string around my lungs, and I found myself immobilized.
-->'''Louis''': I couldn't move. My body was seized with weakness. His gaze tied a string around my lungs, and I found myself immobilized.
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-->'''Lestat:''' You just have to nod your beautiful head and say yes. I love you, Louis. You are loved. I send my love to you, and you send it back round to me. And this circle, this home we barely had a glimpse of, I know it frightens me as much as it does you. Be my companion, Louis. Be all the beautiful things you are, and be them without apology. For all eternity.
-->'''Lestat:''' You just have to nod your beautiful head and say yes. I love you, Louis. You are loved. I send my love to you, and you send it back round to me. And this circle, this home we barely had a glimpse of, I know it frightens me as much as it does you. Be my companion, Louis. Be all the beautiful things you are, and be them without apology. For all eternity.
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* MysteriousStranger: Lestat is initially presented as one to the audience. We don't see his face in our tantalizing first glimpse of him because he's filmed from the back, which is then followed by a shot of his hands flipping through a [[RedLightDistrict Storyville]] blue book (a guide to prostitution for visitors to the district), so this item establishes him as an out-of-towner. When he's on-screen again a few minutes later, his visage is finally revealed when he removes his hat and turns towards the camera as [[LoveAtFirstSight his enamoured eyes follow Louis]] walking past him. Although this currently unnamed blond, blue-eyed man remains enigmatic at the end of the scene, his FrozenFashionSense and the MysteriousMist behind him hint that he's a vampire.
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** While reminiscing about a young violinist he once knew, Lestat describes him as "a boy of infinite beauty and sensitivity" as he looks Louis straight in the eye and hands him a drink. It's apparent that Lestat deems Louis to be equally beautiful and sensitive as the violinist.
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* HollywoodAtheist: After having been educated by monks, Lestat had lost all faith in God when his father and brothers kidnapped him from the monastery as he'd wanted to join the clergy, which they beat and starved him for, saying Jesus never coming to his aid caused him to turn his back on religion (although becoming a vampire probably didn't help later). He is shown as contemptuous of Christianity when he's asked.
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* HollywoodAtheist: After having been educated by monks, Lestat had lost all faith in God when his father and brothers kidnapped him from the monastery as he'd wanted to join the clergy, which they beat and starved him for, saying Jesus never coming to his aid caused him to turn his back on religion (although becoming a vampire probably didn't help later). He is shown as contemptuous of Christianity when he's asked. In the climax, he denies God exists in front of Louis, a Catholic.
-->'''Lestat''': I can give you that death you begged your feeble, blind, degenerate, nonexistent god for.
-->'''Lestat''': I can give you that death you begged your feeble, blind, degenerate, nonexistent god for.
