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* RobbingTheDead: Looting the ''Kittur Chennamma'' is framed this way, as they're stealing supplies from a Martian vessel full of dead people that just recently died in battle. Ironically, had they not, they wouldn't have stumbled upon the few survivors of that ship.

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* RobbingTheDead: Looting the ''Kittur Chennamma'' is framed this way, as they're stealing supplies from a Martian vessel full of dead people that just recently died in battle. Ironically, had they not, they wouldn't have stumbled upon the few survivors of that ship.ship, a fact Alex uses against Bobbie when she expresses her displeasure upon realizing what they're doing.



* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: By the end of the episode, it's revealed that the exposure to the protomolecule has driven Katoa insane (or it is gaining control of his mind, changing it to become more like it), and that he has dismembered and dissected his nurse in a grotesquely horrific manner, splaying out the corpse organ-from-organ and limb-from-limb, in a pattern reminiscent of the disaggregation performed upon the ''Arboghast'' over Venus.
* UngratefulBastard: The ''Rocinante'' rescues Sinopoli, Loftis and Ranhofer from the wreckage of the ''Kittur Chennamma'', a rescue that in all likelihood never would have come otherwise. After discovering that the identity of the ''Rocinante'', the three survivors immediately attempt to take over the ship and begin by violently assaulting Alex.
-->'''Alex:''' This is starting to feel a little bit ungrateful. ''[gets pistol-whipped]''

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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: By the end of the episode, it's revealed that the exposure to the protomolecule has driven Katoa insane (or it is gaining control of his mind, changing it him to become more like it), serve its purpose), and that he has dismembered and dissected his nurse in a grotesquely horrific manner, splaying out the corpse organ-from-organ and limb-from-limb, in a pattern reminiscent of the disaggregation performed upon the ''Arboghast'' over Venus.
* UngratefulBastard: The ''Rocinante'' rescues Sinopoli, Loftis and Ranhofer from the wreckage of the ''Kittur Chennamma'', a rescue that in all likelihood never would have come otherwise. After discovering that the identity of the ''Rocinante'', their saviors, the three survivors immediately attempt to take over the ship and begin by violently assaulting Alex.
-->'''Alex:''' This is starting to feel a little bit ungrateful. ''[gets pistol-whipped]''pistol-whipped]''
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The ''Rocinante'' tends to wounded Martian soldiers in exchange for supplies; Avasarala struggles with how to disseminate a key piece of evidence despite being in hiding.

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The ''Rocinante'' tends to the wounded Martian soldiers in exchange for supplies; Avasarala struggles with how to disseminate a key piece of evidence despite being in hiding.



* BloodyHorror: Katoa, possessed by the protomolecule, kills and takes apart his nurse laying out his organs and body parts to examine them.

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* BloodyHorror: Katoa, possessed by the protomolecule, kills and takes apart his nurse nurse, laying out his organs and body parts to examine them.



* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Once the Martian survivors are confronted by Bobbie, Sinopoli immediately surrenders knowing full well he will get straight up murdered against a Martian Marine in a fight and he actively encourages Loftis to surrender as well.

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* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Once the Martian survivors are confronted by Bobbie, Sinopoli immediately surrenders knowing full well he will get straight up murdered against a Martian Marine in a fight fight, and he actively encourages Loftis to surrender as well.



* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Anna gives a withering one to Esteban after he takes the speech she wrote and twists it to one invoking war against Mars:

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Anna gives a withering one to Esteban Sorrento-Gillis after he takes the speech she wrote and twists it to one invoking war against Mars:



* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: By the end of the episode, it's revealed that the exposure has driven Katoa insane and that he has dismembered and dissected his nurse in a grotesquely horrific manner, splaying out the corpse organ-from-organ and limb-from-limb, in a pattern reminiscent of the disaggregation performed upon the ''Arboghast'' over Venus.

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* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: By the end of the episode, it's revealed that the exposure to the protomolecule has driven Katoa insane (or it is gaining control of his mind, changing it to become more like it), and that he has dismembered and dissected his nurse in a grotesquely horrific manner, splaying out the corpse organ-from-organ and limb-from-limb, in a pattern reminiscent of the disaggregation performed upon the ''Arboghast'' over Venus.



-->'''Alex:''' This is staring to feel a little bit ungrateful. ''[gets pistol-whipped]''

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-->'''Alex:''' This is staring starting to feel a little bit ungrateful. ''[gets pistol-whipped]''
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* HypocriticalHumor: Avasarala tells Sinopoli that the only way the war can be stopped is on the front, away from the politicians. Sinopoli is about to point out the obvious, but thinks better of it, so Avasarala addresses it.
-->'''Avasarala:''' I am aware of the irony.
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* FailedASpotCheck: Though understandable given their near-death experience, it takes the Martian survivors a fair bit longer than it should have to realize their saviors are (save Alex) out of uniform, at which point they start to notice everything else.

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* TheCavalryArrivesLate: Amos is busy on the ''Kittur Chennamma'' salvaging parts and fails to notice the master alarm on his comm device until Bobbie has talked Loftis down.
-->'''Amos:''' Shit! Did I miss it?
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: This is lampshaded about Holden. Holden is staying out of the war for now, but Avasarala recognizes he's doing it against his nature, so she does her best to push him into helping. She gets him to budge a little bit by sending a covert message to Anna, much to Naomi's displeasure, but Sinopoli and his crew provide an alternative later that sidesteps any need for Holden to risk the ''Roci''.
* IfIWantedYouDead: Holden points out he could have shot Loftis in the head after she turned to face Bobbie, using it as proof that they don't want to hurt the Martians if it can be avoided.
* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: Ranhofer is sent to raid the armory for better guns to take over the ship, only for Holden to stumble upon him just as he's taken a gun off the rack. Fortunately, the crew don't keep the weapons loaded and it clicks empty, allowing Holden to subdue him.



* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Sinopoli is tasked with delivering Avasarala's message to Souther, as his willingness to surrender to Bobbie marks him as the most reasonable of the three.



* RobbingTheDead: Looting the ''Kittur Chennamma'' is framed this way, as they're stealing supplies from a Martian vessel full of dead people that just recently died in battle. Ironically, had they not, they wouldn't have stumbled upon the few survivors of that ship.
* ThrownOutTheAirlock: Avasarala threatens to have Holden to this to Sinopoli and his crew if Sinopoli doesn't play along, for being "intolerable idiots".



* UngratefulBastard: The ''Rocinante'' rescues Sinopoli, Loftis and Ranhofer from the wreckage of the ''Kittur Chennamma''. After discovering that the identity of the ''Rocinante'', the three survivors immediately attempt to take over the ship and begin by violently assaulting Alex.

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* UngratefulBastard: The ''Rocinante'' rescues Sinopoli, Loftis and Ranhofer from the wreckage of the ''Kittur Chennamma''. Chennamma'', a rescue that in all likelihood never would have come otherwise. After discovering that the identity of the ''Rocinante'', the three survivors immediately attempt to take over the ship and begin by violently assaulting Alex.Alex.
-->'''Alex:''' This is staring to feel a little bit ungrateful. ''[gets pistol-whipped]''
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* UngratefulBastard: The ''Rocinante'' rescues Sinopoli, Loftis and Ranhofer from the wreckage of the ''Kittur Chennamma''. After discovering that the identity of the''Rocinante'', the three survivors immediately attempt to take over the ship and begin by violently assaulting Alex.

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* UngratefulBastard: The ''Rocinante'' rescues Sinopoli, Loftis and Ranhofer from the wreckage of the ''Kittur Chennamma''. After discovering that the identity of the''Rocinante'', the ''Rocinante'', the three survivors immediately attempt to take over the ship and begin by violently assaulting Alex.
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* BloodyHorror: Katoa, possessed by the protomolecule, kills and takes apart his nurse laying out his organs and body parts to examine them.
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* RousingSpeech: Made by Secretary General Sorrento-Gillis to the UN and Earth after the Mars attack last episode.
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* UngratefulBastard: The ''Rocinante'' rescues Sinopoli, Loftis and Ranhofer from the wreckage of the ''Kittur Chennamma''. After discovering that the identity of the''Rocinante'', the three survivors immediately attempt to take over the ship and begin by violently assaulting Amos.

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* UngratefulBastard: The ''Rocinante'' rescues Sinopoli, Loftis and Ranhofer from the wreckage of the ''Kittur Chennamma''. After discovering that the identity of the''Rocinante'', the three survivors immediately attempt to take over the ship and begin by violently assaulting Amos.Alex.

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* ActionSurvivor: Sinopoli, Loftis and Ranhofer are the only survivors in an entire ''fleet''.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Once the Martian survivors are confronted by Bobbie, Sinopoli immediately surrenders knowing full well he will get straight up murdered against a Martian Marine in a fight and he actively encourages Loftis to surrender as well.



* UngratefulBastard: The ''Rocinante'' rescues some survivors from the ''Kittur Chennamma''. After discovering that the identity of the''Rocinante'', the three survivors immediately attempt to take over the ship and begin by violently assaulting Amos.

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* UngratefulBastard: The ''Rocinante'' rescues some survivors Sinopoli, Loftis and Ranhofer from the wreckage of the ''Kittur Chennamma''. After discovering that the identity of the''Rocinante'', the three survivors immediately attempt to take over the ship and begin by violently assaulting Amos.
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'''Season 3, Episode 4''':
!Reload

The ''Rocinante'' tends to wounded Martian soldiers in exchange for supplies; Avasarala struggles with how to disseminate a key piece of evidence despite being in hiding.

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Anna gives a withering one to Esteban after he takes the speech she wrote and twists it to one invoking war against Mars:
-->'''Anna''': What the hell was that? You made me part of everything that I hate about all of this! I can't believe I fell for this again! I am such an idiot. You snapped your fingers, and I am right back to following you around, mopping up the blood... And you didn't need to be [Errinwright's] hand puppet. You could've been better than this. You should have been more than this. I used to believe that there was a decent man somewhere inside you, buried under all that ambition. I'm sorry I was so wrong.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: By the end of the episode, it's revealed that the exposure has driven Katoa insane and that he has dismembered and dissected his nurse in a grotesquely horrific manner, splaying out the corpse organ-from-organ and limb-from-limb, in a pattern reminiscent of the disaggregation performed upon the ''Arboghast'' over Venus.
* UngratefulBastard: The ''Rocinante'' rescues some survivors from the ''Kittur Chennamma''. After discovering that the identity of the''Rocinante'', the three survivors immediately attempt to take over the ship and begin by violently assaulting Amos.

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