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* CanadaEh: Ethan claims to be from Ontario; Hurley tries and fails to think of something distinctive about Canada, [[ActuallyPrettyFunny much to Ethan's amusement]].
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* ForWantOfANail: Had one of the pens worked during the adoption hearing, Claire would have signed her baby over to the couple and stayed in Australia.
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* ItBeganWithATwistOfFate: Had one of the pens worked during the adoption hearing, Claire would have signed her baby over to the couple and stayed in Australia.
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'''Season 1, Episode 10''':10:'''
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* {{Flashback}}: Claire is the centric character as the episode focuses on her pregnancy.
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* DisappearedDad: Thomas offhandedly mentions that Claire's father abandoned her when she was young, right before abandoning her and their unborn child.
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* RealDreamsAreWeirder: Charlie tries to reassure Claire about her nightmares by telling her about a dream of his where he's driving a bus when his teeth start falling out, his mother eats biscuits, and everything smells of bacon.
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* RealDreamsAreWeirder: Charlie tries to reassure Claire about her nightmares by telling her about a dream of his where he's driving a bus when his teeth start falling out, his mother eats biscuits, and everything smells of bacon.
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* RealDreamsAreWeirder: Charlie tries to reassure Claire about her nightmares by telling her about a dream StrawCharacter: Boone accuses Hurley of creating his where own Patriot Act by trying to make a census. Shannon snidely explains that he's driving a bus when his teeth start falling out, his mother eats biscuits, and everything smells of bacon.liberal.
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Malkin tells Claire that he's found a couple in Los Angeles, "good people" who can take care of the baby, and that it'll be safe with them. She's reluctant, and sceptical of Malkin's "ability", but he talks her into it.
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Malkin tells Claire that he's found a couple in Los Angeles, "good people" who can take care of the baby, and that it'll be safe with them. She's reluctant, and sceptical skeptical of Malkin's "ability", but he talks her into it.
* AccidentalMisnaming: Hurley initially mistakes Ethan for another survivor named Lance.
-->'''Hurley:''' Dude, that's right. Lance is a little skinny guy with glasses and red hair.\\
'''Ethan:''' [[DeadpanSnarker I can see how you'd confuse us.]]
* ActuallyPrettyFunny:
** Hurley's attempt and failure to come up with something nice to say about Canada gets a chuckle out of the supposedly Canadian Ethan.
** Sawyer is visibly amused by Hurley's attempt to convince him to just give Hurley the flight manifest to score some goodwill points with the other survivors, enough so that Sawyer just lets him take it with no conditions or snark.
-->'''Hurley:''' Dude, that's right. Lance is a little skinny guy with glasses and red hair.\\
'''Ethan:''' [[DeadpanSnarker I can see how you'd confuse us.]]
* ActuallyPrettyFunny:
** Hurley's attempt and failure to come up with something nice to say about Canada gets a chuckle out of the supposedly Canadian Ethan.
** Sawyer is visibly amused by Hurley's attempt to convince him to just give Hurley the flight manifest to score some goodwill points with the other survivors, enough so that Sawyer just lets him take it with no conditions or snark.
* CanadaEh: Ethan claims to be from Ontario; Hurley tries and fails to think of something distinctive about Canada, [[ActuallyPrettyFunny much to Ethan's amusement]].
* {{Cliffhanger}}: The episode ends with Ethan, revealed to be an imposter who was never on the plane, staring menacingly at Claire and Charlie.
* DirtyCoward: Claire's ex-boyfriend Thomas crumbles under the responsibility of parenthood and bows out of their relationship, having the gall to blame Claire for the whole thing to try and excuse his own selfishness.
* DramaticIrony: Much of the horror and tension in the episode's ending comes from the fact that, unlike the audience, Claire and Charlie don't realize just how much danger they're in from Ethan.
* FauxAffablyEvil: At the end of the episode, Ethan greets Claire and Charlie with a friendly "hello, there" before giving a menacing stare that clearly unsettles Claire.
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Sayid finds Jack just sitting at the caves with Ethan nowhere to be seen, despite Charlie sending Ethan to alert Jack to Claire's (false) labor. That very scene has Sayid tell Jack that the survivors are not alone on the Island, and is followed swiftly by Hurley's warning that one of the survivors wasn't on the plane and Ethan emerging from the jungle to confront Charlie and Claire.
* DramaticIrony: Much of the horror and tension in the episode's ending comes from the fact that, unlike the audience, Claire and Charlie don't realize just how much danger they're in from Ethan.
* FauxAffablyEvil: At the end of the episode, Ethan greets Claire and Charlie with a friendly "hello, there" before giving a menacing stare that clearly unsettles Claire.
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Sayid finds Jack just sitting at the caves with Ethan nowhere to be seen, despite Charlie sending Ethan to alert Jack to Claire's (false) labor. That very scene has Sayid tell Jack that the survivors are not alone on the Island, and is followed swiftly by Hurley's warning that one of the survivors wasn't on the plane and Ethan emerging from the jungle to confront Charlie and Claire.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Thomas passingly mentions that Claire's father abandonedher. her.
** While being questioned for the census, Ethan asks what the whole thing is about in an attempt at a casual tone.
* HypocriticalHumor: When Claire starts having (false) contractions, Charlie tries to reassure her and keep her calm... while obviously panicking himself, talking ridiculously fast and letting slip that he's a recovering addict.
* InternalReveal: Sayid tells Jack about Rousseau and her belief in the "others" on the Island.
** Thomas passingly mentions that Claire's father abandoned
** While being questioned for the census, Ethan asks what the whole thing is about in an attempt at a casual tone.
* HypocriticalHumor: When Claire starts having (false) contractions, Charlie tries to reassure her and keep her calm... while obviously panicking himself, talking ridiculously fast and letting slip that he's a recovering addict.
* InternalReveal: Sayid tells Jack about Rousseau and her belief in the "others" on the Island.
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* KickTheDog: Thomas bowing out of the responsibility of raising his and Claire's baby is bad enough, but he feels the need to throw her "daddy abandonment crap" in her face when she calls him on his own gutlessness.
* ManipulativeBastard: Claire comes to believe that Malkin knew all along that the plane would crash, and that he lied to her about a couple in Los Angeles who would adopt her baby in order to ensure that she would be on Flight 815 and end up on the Island, where she would have no choice but to raise the baby herself.
* ManipulativeBastard: Claire comes to believe that Malkin knew all along that the plane would crash, and that he lied to her about a couple in Los Angeles who would adopt her baby in order to ensure that she would be on Flight 815 and end up on the Island, where she would have no choice but to raise the baby herself.
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* MonochromaticEyes: Claire's dream at the start of the episode has Locke with a particularly creepy take on this; one of his eyes is totally black, the other totally white.
* NeverMyFault: While breaking up with Claire, Thomas has the gall to claim that he has done nothing wrong and accuses Claire of lying about being on the pill to pull TheBabyTrap ([[SelfServingMemory he, in fact, convinced her they could handle the responsibility of parenthood]]).
* NoodleIncident: Hurley tells Jack that his real name is Hugo Reyes, and that "Hurley" is a nickname, though he declines to say how he got it.
* NotEvenBotheringWithAnExcuse: Hurley feigns questioning another survivor after being weirded out by Locke, straight-up admitting to the random woman that he just wanted to get away from Locke.
* NotHelpingYourCase:
** While they panic over Claire's pregnancy, Thomas tries to reassure her that the test isn't reliable, bringing up his uncle who thought he has testicular cancer. Claire reminds Thomas that his uncle ''did'' have testicular cancer and died from it.
** While trying to reassure Claire that everything will be all right, Charlie lets it slip that he's a recovering heroin addict. Claire is understandably not reassured.
--->'''Charlie:''' If I can kick drugs, I can deliver a baby. ''[Claire stares]'' Let me explain. [[DiggingYourselfDeeper I'm a drug addict]]. [[VerbalBackspace I-I]] ''[[VerbalBackspace was]]'' [[VerbalBackspace a drug addict]]. I-I'm clean now!\\
'''Claire:''' Get Jack!
* NeverMyFault: While breaking up with Claire, Thomas has the gall to claim that he has done nothing wrong and accuses Claire of lying about being on the pill to pull TheBabyTrap ([[SelfServingMemory he, in fact, convinced her they could handle the responsibility of parenthood]]).
* NoodleIncident: Hurley tells Jack that his real name is Hugo Reyes, and that "Hurley" is a nickname, though he declines to say how he got it.
* NotEvenBotheringWithAnExcuse: Hurley feigns questioning another survivor after being weirded out by Locke, straight-up admitting to the random woman that he just wanted to get away from Locke.
* NotHelpingYourCase:
** While they panic over Claire's pregnancy, Thomas tries to reassure her that the test isn't reliable, bringing up his uncle who thought he has testicular cancer. Claire reminds Thomas that his uncle ''did'' have testicular cancer and died from it.
** While trying to reassure Claire that everything will be all right, Charlie lets it slip that he's a recovering heroin addict. Claire is understandably not reassured.
--->'''Charlie:''' If I can kick drugs, I can deliver a baby. ''[Claire stares]'' Let me explain. [[DiggingYourselfDeeper I'm a drug addict]]. [[VerbalBackspace I-I]] ''[[VerbalBackspace was]]'' [[VerbalBackspace a drug addict]]. I-I'm clean now!\\
'''Claire:''' Get Jack!
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* PetTheDog: When Hurley asks for it, Sawyer lets him have the flight manifest, no strings attached, amused at Hurley's argument that he should do it purely for the sake of goodwill.
* RewatchBonus: Hurley's interview with Ethan, on a first viewing, is nothing special. After TheReveal, it's clear that Ethan is trying to sound more casual than he feels as he realizes that his cover is in danger.
* ScreamingWoman: Claire lets out quite the scream after waking up from her nightmare at the start of the episode, and does it again after what turned out to ''not'' be a nightmare.
* RewatchBonus: Hurley's interview with Ethan, on a first viewing, is nothing special. After TheReveal, it's clear that Ethan is trying to sound more casual than he feels as he realizes that his cover is in danger.
* ScreamingWoman: Claire lets out quite the scream after waking up from her nightmare at the start of the episode, and does it again after what turned out to ''not'' be a nightmare.
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* StatingTheSimpleSolution: After Hurley spends a lot of time and energy interviewing people before Boone points out that he could just use the flight manifest as a makeshift census.
* RealDreamsAreWeirder: Charlie tries to reassure Claire about her nightmares by telling her about a dream of his where he's driving a bus when his teeth start falling out, his mother eats biscuits, and everything smells of bacon.
* {{Troll}}: While Hurley questions him as part of the census, Locke asks who's checking on Hurley, who stammers blankly before Locke admits that it was a joke.
* RealDreamsAreWeirder: Charlie tries to reassure Claire about her nightmares by telling her about a dream of his where he's driving a bus when his teeth start falling out, his mother eats biscuits, and everything smells of bacon.
* {{Troll}}: While Hurley questions him as part of the census, Locke asks who's checking on Hurley, who stammers blankly before Locke admits that it was a joke.
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* ForWantOfANail: Had one of the pens worked during the adoption hearing, Claire would have signed her baby over to the couple and stayed in Australia.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Thomas passingly mentions that Claire's father abandoned her.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Thomas passingly mentions that Claire's father abandoned her.
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* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Jack doesn't believe Claire when she says someone was trying to hurt her baby.
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** The Season 2 episode "?" [[spoiler:later confirms that Malkin was a fraud.]]
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* InternalReveal: When Claire starts having contractions a panicked Charlie tells her that if he can kick drugs he can handle delivering a baby. Claire is, understandably, a bit freaked out by this revelation.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: Thomas' reasons for walking out on Claire during her pregnancy are entirely selfish and based on how having a baby is going to affect ''him''.
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* IHaveToGoIronMyDog: After getting Locke's info, and being a bit creeped out, Hurley goes to another survivor even though he already talked to them just to get away from him.
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* WhamEpisode: Until the very end, this appears to be a fairly innocuous backstory episode for Claire, but then it is revealed that one of the survivors is an impostor who wasn't on the plane.
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->'''Claire:''' Danger?
->'''Malkin:''' Your nature, your spirit, your goodness, must be an influence in the development of this child.
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->'''Malkin:''' Your nature, your spirit, your goodness, must be an influence in the development of this child.
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->'''Claire:''' Danger?
->'''Malkin:''' Your nature, your spirit, your goodness, must be an influence
-->-- '''Hugo "Hurley" Reyes'''
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'''Malkin:''' This child parented by anyone else, anyone other than you -- danger surrounds this baby...
'''Claire:''' Danger?
'''Malkin:''' Your nature, your spirit, your goodness, must be an influence in the development of this child.
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->Written by Lynne E. Litt.
->Directed by Marita Grabiak.
'''Malkin:''' This child parented by anyone else, anyone other than you -- danger surrounds this baby...
'''Claire:''' Danger?
'''Malkin:''' Your nature, your spirit, your goodness, must be an influence in the development of this child.
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->Directed by Marita Grabiak.
'''Malkin:''' This child parented by anyone else, anyone other than you -- danger surrounds this baby...
'''Claire:''' Danger?
'''Malkin:''' Your nature, your spirit, your goodness, must be an influence in the development of this child.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Ethan's infiltration of the survivors' camp would have continued to go unnoticed if it hadn't been for Hurley making a census and Boone telling him to check it against the flight manifest.
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Claire wakes up at the caves, hearing a baby and discovering that she's not pregnant anymore. She follows the baby's cries into the jungle and finds Locke reading a pack of Tarot cards that make knife sounds. He tells her that "he was your responsibility but you gave him away, Claire. Everyone pays the price now." When he she looks up, one of Locke's eyes is white and the other is black. Claire keeps following the sounds of the baby and a crib sitting in the middle of the jungle, with a mobile of Oceanic airplanes. There's a sound like the plane crash and Claire starts digging through the crib's blankets; when she draws back, her hands are covered in blood--
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* ChekhvosGunman: Ethan, a MauveShirt survivor introduced in the previous episode, turns out to be a spy for The Others who was not on the plane.
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* ChekhvosGunman: Ethan, a MauveShirt survivor introduced in the previous episode, turns out to be a spy for The Others who was not on the plane.
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: It's not confirmed whether Richard Malkin is a real psychic who predicted the plane crash and knew Claire would be forced to take care of her baby on the Island or a fraud who spun her a wild story, though Claire suspects the former.
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* SelfServingMemory: Thomas accuses Claire of pulling TheBabyTrap on him, despite the fact that he was the one who convinced her to keep the baby in the first place.
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* ContinuityDrift: In a flashback, Claire worries about what her mother will think of her unexpected pregnancy. Later episodes establish that Claire's mother was in a coma at the time this flashback takes place.
* OrWasItADream:
** Subverted. The cold open ends with Claire waking up from a nightmare that ended with her plunging her hands into a pool of blood to discover that she actually does have blood on her hands. However, the very next scene reveals that there's a perfectly mundane explanation, as Claire's fear caused her to dig her nails into her palms and cut them while sleeping.
** Played with throughout the episode. Claire believes that somebody is injecting her stomach with an unknown substance in her sleep, but everybody except Charlie believes that she is just having disturbingly realistic nightmares. In the end, it turns out these dreams were real, and Ethan was the culprit.
* SignificantAnagram: Ethan Rom, the first Other we meet in the series, is an anagram of "Other Man".
* OrWasItADream:
** Subverted. The cold open ends with Claire waking up from a nightmare that ended with her plunging her hands into a pool of blood to discover that she actually does have blood on her hands. However, the very next scene reveals that there's a perfectly mundane explanation, as Claire's fear caused her to dig her nails into her palms and cut them while sleeping.
** Played with throughout the episode. Claire believes that somebody is injecting her stomach with an unknown substance in her sleep, but everybody except Charlie believes that she is just having disturbingly realistic nightmares. In the end, it turns out these dreams were real, and Ethan was the culprit.
* SignificantAnagram: Ethan Rom, the first Other we meet in the series, is an anagram of "Other Man".
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* TheBabyTrap: Thomas accuses Claire of doing this to him, selectively forgetting that ''he'' convinced ''her'' to keep the baby when they found out she was pregnant.
* ButWeUsedACondom: Claire got pregnant despite being on the pill. Thomas accuses her of lying about it when he walks out on her.
* WhamLine: Hurley revealing that Ethan's name isn't on the manifest meaning he wasn't on the plane.
* TheBabyTrap: Thomas accuses Claire of doing this to him, selectively forgetting that ''he'' convinced ''her'' to keep the baby when they found out she was pregnant.
* ButWeUsedACondom: Claire got pregnant despite being on the pill. Thomas accuses her of lying about it when he walks out on her.
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'''Season 1, Episode 10''':
!Raised by Another
!Raised by Another
