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* IKnowYoureWatchingMe: It doesn't occur to Wrecker that a Force Sensitive can sense when they're being watched, even from a distance, so he's freaked out when Ventress stares directly at him from the boat.

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* IKnowYoureWatchingMe: It doesn't occur to Wrecker that a Force Sensitive can sense when they're being watched, even from a large distance, so he's freaked out when Ventress stares directly at him (while on his binoculars) from the boat.

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* IKnowYoureWatchingMe: It doesn't occur to Wrecker that a Force Sensitive can sense when they're being watched, even from a distance, so he's freaked out when Ventress stares directly at him from the boat.



* NoSell: It doesn't occur to Wrecker that a Force Sensitive can sense when they're being watched, even from a distance.
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* NoSell: It doesn't occur to Wrecker that a Force Sensitive can sense when they're being watched, even from a distance.
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* BackFromTheDead: Ventress has somehow returned to life after her painful death at the hands of Count Dooku in ''Literature/DarkDisciple''. She provides no explanation for this beyond stating she has a few lives left. It's probable that the approach the writers took was that if something happened in spin-off media rather than on-screen, they did not have to acknowledge it.

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* BackFromTheDead: Ventress has somehow returned to life after her painful death at the hands of Count Dooku in ''Literature/DarkDisciple''. She provides no explanation for this beyond stating she has a few lives left. It's probable It has been confirmed that the approach details around her survival will be revealed in the writers took was that if something happened in spin-off media rather than on-screen, they did not have to acknowledge it. future.
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* NeverMyFault: Downplayed. When the Batch call Ventress out on being a war criminal, she claims she was merely a pawn in the conflict [[NotSoDifferentRemark just like them.]] While she was Dooku's, and by extension Palpatine's, UnwittingPawn, she still freely and intentionally committed those war crimes and wasn't tricked or deceived into them.
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Misuse, Its All About Me is for when a character believes the world should revolve around them, that they're an egotist, Ventress doesn't and isn't. What she meant was that she is a Wild Card.


* ItsAllAboutMe: When asked what side she's on by Crosshair, Ventress responds by saying that the only side she's on is her own.

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* TookALevelInKindness: Ventress is still no Omega, but she demonstrates she's mellowed even more since her last appearance. She's very patient even when the crew come gunning for her and is all but said to be concerned for the fate of Omega, and by extension, the fate of the innocents on Pabu given she tells the Batch they need to leave. Pulling a Grogu on the sea monster is also quite a notable change from how she likely would've dealt with it during the Clone Wars.

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Ventress is still no Omega, but she demonstrates she's mellowed even more since her last appearance. She's very patient even when the crew come gunning for her and is all but said to be concerned for the fate of Omega, and by extension, the fate of the innocents on Pabu given she tells the Batch they need to leave. Pulling a Grogu on the sea monster is also quite a notable change from how she likely would've dealt with it during the Clone Wars.
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* CurbStompBattle: Ventress subdues Hunter, Wrecker, and Crosshair while barely trying. Even after they recover their blasters, the next time they're seen, Ventress has Hunter and Crosshair floored and Wrecker in a [[PsychicStrangle Force-choke]].

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* CurbStompBattle: Ventress subdues Hunter, Wrecker, and Crosshair while barely trying. Made all the more impressive in that aside from disarming the Batch of their blasters with the Force at the onset, most of her curb-stomping was done via hand-to-hand combat taking them on 3-on-1. Even after they the Batch recover their blasters, blasters and escalate the fight, forcing Ventress to use her lightsaber, the next time they're seen, Ventress has Hunter and Crosshair floored and Wrecker in a [[PsychicStrangle Force-choke]].
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** Crosshair is seen actively interacting with and helping the citizens of Pabu, who seem to like him. Crosshair is also more overtly protective of Omega, even going out of his way to research Ventress due to being suspicions of the bounty hunter's intentions for the girl.

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* BackFromTheDead: Ventress has somehow returned to life after her painful death at the hands of Count Dooku in ''Literature/DarkDisciple''. She provides no explanation for this beyond stating she has a few lives left.

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* BackFromTheDead: Ventress has somehow returned to life after her painful death at the hands of Count Dooku in ''Literature/DarkDisciple''. She provides no explanation for this beyond stating she has a few lives left. It's probable that the approach the writers took was that if something happened in spin-off media rather than on-screen, they did not have to acknowledge it.
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* WasntThatFun: Following the encounter with the sea monster, Omega gasps that it was "pretty fun", earning her funny looks from Crosshair, Wrecker and Ventress.
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Asajj Ventress arrives on Pabu to inform the Bad Batch about why the Empire wants Omega.



* IHaveMyWays: Ventress refuses to explain how she tracked the Batch to Pabu beyond "I have my ways."



* PsychicStrangle: Omega returns from her retrieval task to find Hunter at lightsaber-point and Wrecker being lifted by a Force choke. Ventress then releases him to demonstrate that she could have killed them and is choosing not to.



* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Alluded to by Ventress, who warns the Batch that their sanctuary on Pabu isn't as safe as they think.

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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Alluded to by Ventress, who warns the Batch that their sanctuary on Pabu isn't as safe as they think. After all, she found them without being told.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: When asked what side she's on by Crosshair, Ventress responds by saying that the only side she's only is her own.

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* ItsAllAboutMe: When asked what side she's on by Crosshair, Ventress responds by saying that the only side she's only on is her own.
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* ItsAllAboutMe: When asked what side she's on by Crosshair, Ventress responds by saying that the only side she's only is her own.
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* InternalReveal: While they're no closer to finding out exactly what Hemlock is doing, the Bad Batch learn that "M-count" is shorthand for "midichlorian count", and that a high count (like Omega's) is a sign of Force-sensitivity.

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* InternalReveal: While they're no closer to finding out exactly what Hemlock is doing, the Bad Batch learn that "M-count" is shorthand for "midichlorian count", and that a high count (like Omega's) is a sign of potential Force-sensitivity.

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** Ventress claims that as far as she can tell, Omega doesn't have an elevated M-count; Hunter quickly clocks that she's lying, but Ventress, without confirming that he's right, simply warns him that the Batch isn't as safe on Pabu as they think, and that [[CouldSayItBut if Omega does have an elevated M-count]], she'd need to be trained in the Force, which would require taking her away from the Batch.

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** Ventress claims that as far as she can tell, Omega doesn't have an elevated M-count; Hunter Crosshair quickly clocks that she's lying, but Ventress, without confirming that he's right, simply warns him and Hunter that the Batch isn't as safe on Pabu as they think, and that [[CouldSayItBut if Omega does have an elevated M-count]], she'd need to be trained in the Force, which would require taking her away from the Batch.



* DramaticIrony: The audience is already aware of Omega's elevated M-count, so Ventress' claim that the young clone isn't Force-sensitive is immediately obvious as a lie even without Hunter calling her on it.

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* DramaticIrony: The audience is already aware of Omega's elevated M-count, so Ventress' claim that the young clone isn't Force-sensitive is immediately obvious as a lie lie, even without Hunter Crosshair calling her on it.



* NotUsingTheZWord: Averted. Ventress openly uses the word "midichlorian" whereas works since "[[Recap/TheMandalorianS2E4Chapter12TheSiege The Siege]]" have used simply "m-count".

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* NotUsingTheZWord: Averted. Ventress openly uses the word "midichlorian" "midichlorian", whereas works since "[[Recap/TheMandalorianS2E4Chapter12TheSiege The Siege]]" have used simply "m-count".



* WildCard: Challenged by Hunter over what side she's on, Ventress simply replies "my own".
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Alluded to by Ventress, who warns the Batch that their sanctuary on Pabu isn't as safe as they think.

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* WildCard: Challenged by Hunter Crosshair over what side she's on, Ventress simply replies "my own".
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Alluded to by Ventress, who warns the Batch that their sanctuary on Pabu isn't as safe as they think.think.
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* OvershadowedByAwesome: Despite Clone Force 99 being an EliteArmy, they're completely and utterly outclassed against Ventress, who has fought and beaten the likes of [[TheChosenOne Anakin Skywalker]] and [[MageKiller General Grievous]] in single combat.
* OutOfFocus: Echo's absent again like in the previous episode.
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* ContinuityNod: Ventress's presence in particular leads to a lot of nods to the rest of the franchise.
** Ventress was forced to desert the Separatists after Count Dooku was forced to try to execute her to assure Darth Sidious of his loyalty back in "[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E12Nightsisters Nightsisters]]".
** Omega's first test has her trying to balance on one foot, recalling both Yoda's training of Luke in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack'' and Luke's own training of Grogu in ''[[Recap/TheBookOfBobaFettS1E6FromTheDesertComesAStranger From the Desert Comes a Stranger]]".
** When Omega fumbles during her first test, Ventress instructs her to try again with a sharp "again", recalling Anakin's training of Ahsoka in ''WesternAnimation/TalesOfTheJedi''.
** Ventress asks Omega to try to reach out and feel an affinity with "everything" as Luke will eventually do with Rey on Ach-To in ''Film/TheLastJedi''.
** Ventress is able to calm the sea monster attacking them and gently touch it with her hand, as Grogu will do with Boba's rancor in "[[Recap/TheBookOfBobaFettS1E7InTheNameOfHonor In the Name of Honor]]".



* NotUsingTheZWord: Averted. Ventress openly uses the word "midichlorian" whereas works since "[[Recap/TheMandalorianS2E4Chapter12TheSiege The Siege]]" have used simply "m-count".



* TookALevelInKindness: Ventress is still no Omega, but she demonstrates she's mellowed even more since her last appearance. She's very patient even when the crew come gunning for her and is all but said to be concerned for the fate of Omega, and by extension, the fate of the innocents on Pabu given she tells the Batch they need to leave. Pulling a Grogu on the sea monster is also quite a notable change from how she likely would've dealt with it during the Clone Wars.



* WildCard: Challenged by Hunter over what side she's on, Ventress simply replies "my own".

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* WildCard: Challenged by Hunter over what side she's on, Ventress simply replies "my own".own".
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Alluded to by Ventress, who warns the Batch that their sanctuary on Pabu isn't as safe as they think.

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* BlatantLies: Ventress claims that as far as she can tell, Omega doesn't have an elevated M-count; Hunter quickly clocks that she's lying, but Ventress, without confirming that he's right, simply warns him that the Batch isn't as safe on Pabu as they think, and that [[CouldSayItBut if Omega does have an elevated M-count]], she'd need to be trained in the Force, which would require taking her away from the Batch.

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* BlatantLies: BlatantLies:
** Omega's [[IHaveThisFriend claim that the Batch's interest in M-counts is for a friend]] is shaky enough that Ventress clearly doesn't buy it even before Omega ends up giving the truth away.
** Wrecker tries to claim that the Batch were holding their own against Ventress, even after Omega arrived to find them totally at her mercy.
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Ventress claims that as far as she can tell, Omega doesn't have an elevated M-count; Hunter quickly clocks that she's lying, but Ventress, without confirming that he's right, simply warns him that the Batch isn't as safe on Pabu as they think, and that [[CouldSayItBut if Omega does have an elevated M-count]], she'd need to be trained in the Force, which would require taking her away from the Batch.



* CurbStompBattle: Ventress subdues Hunter, Wrecker, and Crosshair while barely trying.

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* CurbStompBattle: Ventress subdues Hunter, Wrecker, and Crosshair while barely trying. Even after they recover their blasters, the next time they're seen, Ventress has Hunter and Crosshair floored and Wrecker in a [[PsychicStrangle Force-choke]].
* DramaticIrony: The audience is already aware of Omega's elevated M-count, so Ventress' claim that the young clone isn't Force-sensitive is immediately obvious as a lie even without Hunter calling her on it.



* IHaveThisFriend: Omega tries to disguise the Batch's interest in M-counts as being for a friend of hers. The pretense, thin enough to begin with (Omega's hesitation and referring to her friend as "she" made the claim suspicious from the start_, falls apart when Ventress explains that those with high M-counts can be Force-sensitive, prompting Omega to exclaim her surprise that she could be a Jedi.

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* IHaveThisFriend: Omega tries to disguise the Batch's interest in M-counts as being for a friend of hers. The pretense, thin enough to begin with (Omega's hesitation and referring to her friend as "she" made the claim suspicious from the start_, start), falls apart when Ventress explains that those with high M-counts can be Force-sensitive, prompting Omega to exclaim her surprise that she could be a Jedi.



* InternalReveal: While they're no closer to finding out exactly what Hemlock is doing, the Bad Batch learn that "M-count" is shorthand for "midichlorian count", and that a high count (like Omega's) is a sign of Force-sensitivity.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ventress, as ever, is aloof and dismissive, but Omega quickly zeroes in on her having some soft spots, saying that Ventress actually likes her and the Batch, which Ventress doesn't deny and later proves by going out of her way to save Omega's life, which endears her to the rest of the Batch.



** Fennec didn't bother to inform the Bad Batch that she sent Ventress to find them, and Ventress herself didn't announce her arrival until Omega found her hidden ship, leaving the first meeting between the Batch and Ventress tense from the get-go.

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** Fennec didn't bother to inform the Bad Batch that she sent Ventress to find them, and Ventress herself didn't announce her arrival until Omega found her hidden ship, leaving the first meeting between the Batch and Ventress tense from the get-go. Ventress further makes a bad first impression by finding them on Pabu without needing coordinates, apparently not caring how it would look for a bounty hunter to turn up in their safe refuge unannounced.



* UnexplainedRecovery: Ventress obliquely alludes to her apparent death in ''Literature/DarkDisciple'' by saying she has "a few lives left", but doesn't mention how she is alive now. Since the Bad Batch seem unaware of her prior fate (or that she ever left the Separatists in the first place), no one thinks to ask.

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* UnexplainedRecovery: Ventress obliquely alludes to her apparent death in ''Literature/DarkDisciple'' by saying she has "a few lives left", but doesn't mention how she is alive now. Since the Bad Batch seem unaware of her prior fate (or that she ever left the Separatists in the first place), no one thinks to ask.ask.
* WildCard: Challenged by Hunter over what side she's on, Ventress simply replies "my own".

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* BlatantLies: Ventress claims that as far as she can tell, Omega doesn't have an elevated M-count; Hunter quickly clocks that she's lying, but Ventress, without confirming that he's right, simply warns him that the Batch isn't as safe on Pabu as they think, and that [[CouldSayItBut if Omega does have an elevated M-count]], she'd need to be trained in the Force, which would require taking her away from the Batch.



* NotSoDifferentRemark: Ventress says she and the Bad Batch were pawns in the Clone Wars and they all lost at the end of it.

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* ExactWords: When Omega asks if she was once a Jedi, Ventress denies it while simply saying that she "knows some of their ways", disguising her past as a Sith assassin and alluding to her training under Ky Narec without explaining the source of her knowledge.
* IHaveThisFriend: Omega tries to disguise the Batch's interest in M-counts as being for a friend of hers. The pretense, thin enough to begin with (Omega's hesitation and referring to her friend as "she" made the claim suspicious from the start_, falls apart when Ventress explains that those with high M-counts can be Force-sensitive, prompting Omega to exclaim her surprise that she could be a Jedi.
* ImmuneToBullets: The sea monster that attacks Omega and Ventress has an outer shell so tough that it only seems annoyed by the ''Havoc Marauder'' opening fire on it.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: After they realize Ventress' identity, the Batch's already present distrust of her quickly escalates into a fight, not helped by [[ReformedButNotTamed Ventress' bad attitude]].
* NotSoDifferentRemark: Ventress says she and the Bad Batch were pawns in the Clone Wars and they all lost at the end of it.it.
* PoorCommunicationKills:
** Fennec didn't bother to inform the Bad Batch that she sent Ventress to find them, and Ventress herself didn't announce her arrival until Omega found her hidden ship, leaving the first meeting between the Batch and Ventress tense from the get-go.
** Tech's Republic file was apparently never updated to account for Ventress' [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS3E12Nightsisters desertion from the Separatists]] or [[Literature/DarkDisciple her presumed death]], leaving Hunter, Wrecker, and Crosshair to take her past as a Separatist assassin at face value.
* UnexplainedRecovery: Ventress obliquely alludes to her apparent death in ''Literature/DarkDisciple'' by saying she has "a few lives left", but doesn't mention how she is alive now. Since the Bad Batch seem unaware of her prior fate (or that she ever left the Separatists in the first place), no one thinks to ask.

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* BackFromTheDead: Ventress has somehow returned to life after her painful death at the hands of Count Dooku in ''Literature/DarkDisciple''. She provides no explanation for this beyond stating she has a few lives left.
* TheBusCameBack: Ventress makes her first chronological appearance since her apparent death in ''Literature/DarkDisciple'' and her first appearance onscreen since season 5 of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''.



* NotSoDifferentRemark: Ventress says she and the Bad Batch were pawns in the Clone Wars and they all lost at the end of it.
* TheBusCameBack: Ventress makes her first chronological appearance since her apparent death in ''Literature/DarkDisciple'' and her first appearance onscreen since season 5 of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''.

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* NotSoDifferentRemark: Ventress says she and the Bad Batch were pawns in the Clone Wars and they all lost at the end of it.
* TheBusCameBack: Ventress makes her first chronological appearance since her apparent death in ''Literature/DarkDisciple'' and her first appearance onscreen since season 5 of ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''.
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* TheBusCameBack: Ventress makes her first chronological appearance since her apparent death in ''Dark Disciple'' and her first appearance onscreen since season 5 of ''TheCloneWars''.

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* TheBusCameBack: Ventress makes her first chronological appearance since her apparent death in ''Dark Disciple'' ''Literature/DarkDisciple'' and her first appearance onscreen since season 5 of ''TheCloneWars''.''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars''.
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* NotSoDifferentRemark: Ventress says she and the Bad Batch were pawns in the Clone Wars and they all lost at the end of it.

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* NotSoDifferentRemark: Ventress says she and the Bad Batch were pawns in the Clone Wars and they all lost at the end of it.it.
* TheBusCameBack: Ventress makes her first chronological appearance since her apparent death in ''Dark Disciple'' and her first appearance onscreen since season 5 of ''TheCloneWars''.
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* NotSoDifferentRemark: Ventress says she and the Bad Batch are pawns in the Clone Wars and they all lost at the end of it.

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* NotSoDifferentRemark: Ventress says she and the Bad Batch are were pawns in the Clone Wars and they all lost at the end of it.
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* CurbStompBattle: Ventress subdues Hunter, Wrecker, and Crosshair while barely trying.
* NotSoDifferentRemark: Ventress says she and the Bad Batch are pawns in the Clone Wars and they all lost at the end of it.

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