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* BigBadWannabe: Starline's fate and the failure of "Operation: Remaster" cement him as this trope once and for all, and he even calls himself as much with his LastWords. Ironically, his UndignifiedDeath would invert this and prove he GaveUpTooSoon.
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* BreakTheHaughty: While Eggman could have defeated Starline sooner, he first wants to invoke this trope and crush his opponent's spirit. He succeeds in doing so, with Starline crossing the DespairEventHorizon as he dies.
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* BreakTheHaughty: While Eggman could have defeated Starline sooner, he first wants to invoke this trope and crush his opponent's spirit. He spirit, which he succeeds in doing so, with Starline crossing the DespairEventHorizon as he dies.doing.
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** Starline crosses it as part of his VillainousBreakdown. Seeing as he makes no attempt to save himself, he may well have [[DeathByDespair lost his will to live]].
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** Starline crosses it as part of his VillainousBreakdown. Seeing as he makes no attempt to save himself, he may well have [[DeathByDespair lost his will to live]]. The next several issues, however, would prove he GaveUpTooSoon.
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* RageAgainstTheReflection: Cover F has Surge punching against her reflection in a sheet of glass, which warps into showing her mixed with Sonic's image, with an angry scowl on her face.
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* ShoutOut: Cover D, according to Johnathan Gray, is based on [[https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/sonic/images/5/51/PersonaInspiration.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20220620012426 a piece of artwork]] from ''VideoGame/Persona5''.
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Surge is an Omnicidal Maniac who literally wants to kill Sonic, Eggman, all their allies and "every stupid city that threw 'em a parade". She may be a Tragic Villain at her core, but she's not morally grey.
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* WhiteAndGreyMorality: Sonic as the morally righteous hero, versus Surge, [[TragicVillain a victim turned villain]] out to destroy the status quo that created her.
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'''Surge:''' Oh, I ''know'' who you are. It's ''all'' I know, really. And ''that's'' the ''problem.'' I am ''your'' fault. Starline? Eggman? Sure, they're part of this and they'll get theirs, but it really comes down to ''you''. [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim If you had just taken them out]], [[CreateYourOwnVillain I wouldn't have been made]]! [[PrinciplesZealot Or if that goes against your precious]] [[ThouShaltNotKill "moral code,"]] [[KnowWhenToFoldEm you could've just rolled over and quit]]! But ''no!'' [[{{Determinator}} You keep on fighting]]! [[AllLovingHero You]] [[PacifismBackfire keep on giving idiots the freedom to repeat their awful mistakes]]! [[ViciousCycle And it just keeps on going]] ''[[ViciousCycle and going and going!]]'' [[LovedByAll And the whole world]] ''[[LovedByAll loves]]'' [[LovedByAll you for it]]. So I'm ending it. ''All'' of it. [[HeroKiller You]]. [[KickTheSonOfABitch The docs]]. [[OmnicidalManiac The world]]. It's what you all deserve.\\
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'''Surge:''' Oh, I ''know'' who you are. It's ''all'' I know, really. And ''that's'' the ''problem.'' I am ''your'' fault. Starline? Eggman? Sure, they're part of this and they'll get theirs, but it really comes down to ''you''. [[WhyDontYouJustShootHim If you had just taken them out]], [[CreateYourOwnVillain I wouldn't have been made]]! [[PrinciplesZealot Or if that goes against your precious]] [[ThouShaltNotKill "moral code,"]] [[KnowWhenToFoldEm you could've just rolled over and quit]]! But ''no!'' [[{{Determinator}} You keep on fighting]]! [[AllLovingHero You]] [[PacifismBackfire keep on giving idiots the freedom to repeat their awful mistakes]]! [[ViciousCycle And it just keeps on going]] ''[[ViciousCycle and going and going!]]'' [[LovedByAll And the whole world]] ''[[LovedByAll loves]]'' [[LovedByAll you for it]]. So I'm ending it. ''All'' of it. [[HeroKiller You]]. [[KickTheSonOfABitch [[PayEvilUntoEvil The docs]]. [[OmnicidalManiac The world]]. It's what you all deserve.\\
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* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Belle sees a [[VillainousBreakdown mentally broken]] Starline seemingly buried in rubble and assumes he is crushed to death (which WordOfGod confirms to be true). Sonic believes the same with Surge, who seemingly [[DisneyVillainDeath falls to her death in a pit]] as he tried to help her, though she survives.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: Eggman compares Belle's fixation with his "Mr. Tinker" persona to Starline's obsession with his normal self.
-->'''Eggman:''' "Father" this and "Father" that. Why are you both so blasted ''clingy?''
* NotSoDifferentRemark: Eggman compares Belle's fixation with his "Mr. Tinker" persona to Starline's obsession with his normal self.
-->'''Eggman:''' "Father" this and "Father" that. Why are you both so blasted ''clingy?''
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* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Belle sees a [[VillainousBreakdown mentally broken]] Starline seemingly get buried in rubble and assumes he is crushed to death (which WordOfGod confirms to be true). Sonic believes the same with Surge, who seemingly [[DisneyVillainDeath falls to her death in a pit]] as he tried to help her, though she survives.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: Eggman compares Belle's fixation with his "Mr. Tinker" persona to Starline's obsession with his normalself.
-->'''Eggman:''' "Father" thisself and "Father" that. Why are you dismisses them both as "clingy" for taking [[ButForMeItWasTuesday his usual attitude]] so blasted ''clingy?''personally.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: Eggman compares Belle's fixation with his "Mr. Tinker" persona to Starline's obsession with his normal
-->'''Eggman:''' "Father" this
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* WhamEpisode: Dr. Starline becomes the first IDW Sonic character to die on-page in realtime, and the fourth overall after Smithy, Slinger, and Claire (Whisper's fellow Diamond Cutters) in the ''[[Recap/SonicTheHedgehogIDWTangleAndWhisper Tangle & Whisper]]'' miniseries.
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* WhamEpisode: Dr. Starline becomes the first IDW Sonic character to die on-page in realtime, and the fourth overall after Smithy, Slinger, and Claire (Whisper's fellow Diamond Cutters) in the ''[[Recap/SonicTheHedgehogIDWTangleAndWhisper Tangle & Whisper]]'' miniseries.real-time.
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* WithUsOrAgainstUs: While Eggman [[PetTheDog lets Belle's refusal to join him slide]], he warns her that staying with the Restoration makes her his enemy regardless, even referring to this trope by name to make his point clear.
-->'''Eggman:''' "Father" this and "Father" that. [[NotSoDifferentRemark Why are you both so blasted clingy?]] (...) So! If you're not with me, than you're against me.
-->'''Eggman:''' "Father" this and "Father" that. [[NotSoDifferentRemark Why are you both so blasted clingy?]] (...) So! If you're not with me, than you're against me.
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* BigDamnReunion: Belle finally meets Eggman[=/=]ex-Mr. Tinker face to face for the first time since Rough and Tumble kidnapped him on Starline's orders some 40 issues ago. The reunion is, of course, bittersweet, as they're now on opposite sides, with Belle all but disowning her "father" before they part ways for good.
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* BigDamnReunion: Belle finally meets Eggman[=/=]ex-Mr. Tinker face to face for the first time since Rough and Tumble kidnapped him on Starline's orders some 40 issues ago. The reunion is, of course, is bittersweet, of course, as they're now on opposite sides, sides; [[ButForMeItWasTuesday Eggman doesn't think much of it anyhow]].
* BondVillainStupidity: Whereas Kit takes his fight withBelle all but disowning her "father" before they part ways for good.Tails [[NoNonsenseNemesis dead-seriously]], Surge stops to MotiveRant at Sonic after initially ambushing him, allowing him to regain his bearings and fight back.
* BreakTheHaughty: While Eggman could have defeated Starline sooner, he first wants to invoke this trope and crush his opponent's spirit. He succeeds in doing so, with Starline crossing the DespairEventHorizon as he dies.
* BondVillainStupidity: Whereas Kit takes his fight with
* BreakTheHaughty: While Eggman could have defeated Starline sooner, he first wants to invoke this trope and crush his opponent's spirit. He succeeds in doing so, with Starline crossing the DespairEventHorizon as he dies.
* ComeOutComeOutWhereverYouAre: Eggman and Starline's fight starts out as a cat-and-mouse game. Before Starline breaks out the Egg Robo, a frustrated Eggman condemns him for his cowardice and demands he FaceDeathWithDignity for once.
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* CrossCounter: Sonic and Surge do one near the end of their fight, albeit with kicks instead of punches. Neither hit results in a knockout due to their resilience.
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* CrossCounter: Sonic and Surge do one perform the kick variation near the end of their fight, albeit with kicks instead of punches. fight. Neither hit results in a knockout due to their resilience.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Downplayed, since Eggman already wrote Starline off a while ago. Since Starline didn't take the hint, however, Eggman reminds him at the end of their fight that his bridges are long burnt and he's now just another nuisance to the doctor.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Downplayed, but since Eggman already wrote Starline off a while ago. Since Starline didn't take the hint, however, hint when Eggman reminds fired him, the latter bluntly tells him at the end of after their fight that his bridges are long burnt and he's now just another nuisance to the doctor.now.
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* UndignifiedDeath: After all the harm he caused (especially to Belle, Surge, and Kit) in hopes of gaining Eggman's respect, Starline goes down a compete and utter ''joke'' to the very person he idolized, reducing him to a broken shell of a man as falling rubble crushes him dead. [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption Not that it mattered]], since even if he'd won, either his creations or the heroes would've thwarted "Operation: Remaster" anyhow; Eggman merely beats the others to the punch.
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* UndignifiedDeath: After all the harm he caused (especially to Belle, Surge, and Kit) in hopes of gaining Eggman's respect, Starline goes down a compete an ''absolute joke''; beaten and utter ''joke'' to rejected by the very person he idolized, reducing him reduced to a broken shell of a man as falling rubble crushes him dead.man, and ultimately crushed to death under rubble. [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption Not that it mattered]], since even if he'd won, either his creations or the heroes would've thwarted "Operation: Remaster" anyhow; Eggman merely beats the others to the punch.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Downplayed, but since Starline didn't take the hint the first time, Eggman feels obliged to remind him that he burned his bridges long ago and is now just another thorn in the doctor's side.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Downplayed, but since Eggman already wrote Starline off a while ago. Since Starline didn't take the hint the first time, hint, however, Eggman feels obliged to remind reminds him at the end of their fight that he burned his bridges are long ago burnt and is he's now just another thorn in nuisance to the doctor's side.doctor.
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* SquashedFlat: Dr. Starline's death.
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** Kit briefly explodes in rage while explaining to Tails about Starline, admitting that he hates the platypus for abusing him so much.
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** Kit briefly explodes in rage while explaining revealing Starline's plans to Tails about Starline, Tails, admitting that he hates the platypus for abusing him so much.
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* UncertainDoom: Both Surge and Starline have seemingly perished near the end of the issue, the former falling into a pit, the latter crushed by falling debris. While solicitations for the next few issues show that Surge survives, [[KilledOffForReal Starline is for sure dead]].
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* UncertainDoom: Both Surge and Starline have seemingly perished near the end of the issue, the former falling into a pit, the latter crushed by falling debris. While solicitations for the next few issues show that Surge survives, Zigzagged. [[KilledOffForReal Starline is for sure dead]].dead]], and Sonic presumes Surge is too after she falls out of sight down a garbage chute. Unbeknownst to him, she and Kit have Metal Virus-enhanced regenerative powers, and she'd turn up alive and well in subsequent stories.
* UndignifiedDeath: After all the harm he caused (especially to Belle, Surge, and Kit) in hopes of gaining Eggman's respect, Starline goes down a compete and utter ''joke'' to the very person he idolized, reducing him to a broken shell of a man as falling rubble crushes him dead. [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption Not that it mattered]], since even if he'd won, either his creations or the heroes would've thwarted "Operation: Remaster" anyhow; Eggman merely beats the others to the punch.
* UndignifiedDeath: After all the harm he caused (especially to Belle, Surge, and Kit) in hopes of gaining Eggman's respect, Starline goes down a compete and utter ''joke'' to the very person he idolized, reducing him to a broken shell of a man as falling rubble crushes him dead. [[FailureIsTheOnlyOption Not that it mattered]], since even if he'd won, either his creations or the heroes would've thwarted "Operation: Remaster" anyhow; Eggman merely beats the others to the punch.
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* WellTrainedButInexperienced: Despite all of Surge's power and training, Sonic has years of experience on her, including experience in fighting other speedsters. As a result, he [[CurbStompBattle easily wins their fight]]. The only reason that Surge wasn't defeated even faster was that [[WillfullyWeak Sonic went easy on her]].
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* WellTrainedButInexperienced: Despite all of Surge's power and training, Sonic has years of experience on her, including experience in fighting other speedsters. As a result, he [[CurbStompBattle easily wins their fight]]. The only reason that Surge wasn't defeated even faster was that [[WillfullyWeak Sonic went easy on her]]. Tails likewise easily defeats Kit despite the latter taking their own fight [[NoNonsenseNemesis even more seriously]], since Kit lacks his counterpart's experience with thinking and fighting independently.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Downplayed, but since Starline didn't take the hint the first time, Eggman feels obliged to remind him that he burned his bridges long ago and is now just another thorn in the doctor's side.
-->'''Eggman:''' I've made my mistakes. One of them was tolerating you for this long.
-->'''Eggman:''' I've made my mistakes. One of them was tolerating you for this long.
