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* InternalReveal: Nandor learns that his hypnotism [[NoSell no longer works]] on Guillermo, and Guillermo is thus very much capable of killing him.


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* LetsYouAndHimFight: Nandor and Guillermo get into a brawl, which Guillermo wins by subduing Nandor with a crucifix.

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* BackForTheFinale: The Baron, The Sire and the hellhound make a return appearance for the new portrait.



* BaitAndSwitchComment: Laszlo, Nadja, and the Guide are questioning Guillermo being part of the portrait due to his humanity, and it sounds like Nandor immediately steps up to defend him as an important member of the team, until he continues "...even though he is a dog."

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* BaitAndSwitchComment: Laszlo, Nadja, and the Guide are questioning Guillermo being part of the portrait due to his humanity, and it sounds like Nandor immediately steps up to defend him as an important member of the team, until he continues "...even though he is a dog."", revealing he was talking about the Hellhound.


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* CreepyChild: Baby Colin Robinson is quite uncanny.


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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: When helping Nadja and Lazlo set sail, Guillermo wonders why Lazlo bothered to bring regular food and water with him for the journey, since he can't eat/drink any of it. Turns out it was for Guillermo, as Lazlo locks him into the crate he himself was supposed to get shipped to England in.
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* ActorAllusion: When Guillermo is on his way to talk to Lazlo about his disdain for the United Kingdom, we can hear the latter briefly playing “Take my Hand” on the piano, the theme to Matt Berry’s show ''Series/ToastOfLondon''.

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* ActorAllusion: When Guillermo is on his way to talk to Lazlo Laszlo about his disdain for the United Kingdom, we can hear the latter briefly playing “Take my Hand” on the piano, the theme to Matt Berry’s show ''Series/ToastOfLondon''.



* BaitAndSwitchComment: Laszlo, Nadja, and the Guide are questioning Guillermo being part of the portrait due to his humanity, and it sounds like Nandor immediately steps up to defend him as an important member of the team until he continues "...even though he is a dog."
* BornAgainImmortality: It seems energy vampires have this, living 100 years before dying and having an infant version of themselves crawling from the husk.

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* BaitAndSwitchComment: Laszlo, Nadja, and the Guide are questioning Guillermo being part of the portrait due to his humanity, and it sounds like Nandor immediately steps up to defend him as an important member of the team team, until he continues "...even though he is a dog."
* BornAgainImmortality: It seems that energy vampires have this, living 100 years before dying and having an infant version of themselves crawling from the husk.



* BrickJoke: Viago asks the cameraman if the new Vampiric Council tape is overwriting ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'' when it starts and right as the recording ends, it cuts to [=RuPaul=]'s show.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Nandor doesn't understand the implications of the other vampires questioning Guillermo in the picture, believing they are talking about the Hellhound.

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* BrickJoke: Viago asks the cameraman if the new Vampiric Council tape is overwriting ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'' when it starts starts, and right as the recording ends, it cuts to [=RuPaul=]'s show.
* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Nandor doesn't understand the implications of the other vampires questioning Guillermo in the picture, believing that they are talking about the Hellhound.



* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Nandor's request of Guillermo to join him on a world trip, promise of turning him at a specific time and place, and Guillermo's reactions to said request play out exactly like a marriage proposal. It's even similar to the one that Nandor tried to make to Gail earlier in the season, which makes it all the more tragic when their plan is foiled.
* HistoricalInJoke: Nandor remarks that he can't wait to see the beautiful unmarked face of the Sphinx, when in reality, its nose has been famously missing for centuries. Even worse for Nandor, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon (historical existence uncertain, but believed to have destroyed in the first century BCE) and the Colossus of Rhodes (destroyed by an earthquake in 226 BCE) are long gone (and in fact would have been long before Nandor was alive ''as a human'').

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* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Nandor's request of Guillermo to join him on a world trip, promise of turning to turn him at a specific time and place, and Guillermo's reactions to said request request, play out exactly like a marriage proposal. It's even similar to the one that Nandor tried to make to Gail earlier in the season, which makes it all the more tragic when their plan is foiled.
* HistoricalInJoke: Nandor remarks that he can't wait to see the beautiful unmarked face of the Sphinx, when in reality, its nose has been famously missing for centuries. Even worse for Nandor, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon (historical existence uncertain, but believed to have been destroyed in the first century BCE) and the Colossus of Rhodes (destroyed by an earthquake in 226 BCE) are long gone (and in fact would have been long before Nandor was alive ''as a human'').



* NotQuiteDead: When Laszlo goes to the basement to pay his respects to Colin Robinson, he finds the corpse's torso is torn open with a trail of fluid leading to another room...where he finds [[BornAgainImmortality a baby with Colin Robinson's face.]]
* StoodUp: Laszlo's decision to kidnap Guillermo to aid Nadja while he goes home to help the baby Colin Robinson results in Nandor waiting alone at the train station until it is time to leave with [[DramaticIrony no knowledge of why Guillermo didn't show]].

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* NotQuiteDead: When Laszlo goes to the basement to pay his respects to Colin Robinson, he finds that the corpse's torso is torn open with a trail of fluid leading to another room...room... where he finds [[BornAgainImmortality a baby with Colin Robinson's face.]]
* StoodUp: Laszlo's decision to kidnap Guillermo to aid Nadja while he goes home to help the baby Colin Robinson results in Nandor waiting alone at the train station until it is time to leave leave, with [[DramaticIrony no knowledge of why Guillermo didn't show]].



* WalkingTheEarth: Since he can't become human or go in a Super Slumber if everyone's leaving the house, Nandor opts to go on a cross-country trip to find some new meaning to his life as a vampire.
* WhamLine: Nandor after three seasons of dragging heels and making excuses and vague claims, makes an unsolicited promise to turn Guillermo at a specific time and place. Sadly, this plan is foiled thanks to Laszlo.

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* WalkingTheEarth: Since he can't become human or human, and can't go in into a Super Slumber if everyone's leaving the house, Nandor opts to go on a cross-country trip to find some new meaning to his life as a vampire.
* WhamLine: Nandor Nandor, after three seasons of dragging heels and making excuses and vague claims, makes an unsolicited promise to turn Guillermo at a specific time and place. Sadly, this plan is foiled thanks to Laszlo.
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* WhamShot: Laszlo finds a baby with Colin Robinson's head, holding his glasses, in the basement, which is the final shot of the episode before credits and serves as his motivation for letting Nadja go to England alone while he stays in the US.

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* WhamShot: Laszlo finds a baby with Colin Robinson's head, holding his glasses, in the basement, which is the final shot of the episode before credits and serves as his motivation for letting Nadja go to England alone while he stays in the US.US.
* YankTheDogsChain: Nandor makes a promise to Guillermo to take him on a world trip and make him a vampire while there, and has every intention of keeping it... However, Laszlo kidnaps him at the last minute, preventing the trip from happening.
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* BaitAndSwitchComment: Laszlo, Nadja, and the Guide are questioning Guillermo being part of the portrait due to his humanity, and it sounds like Nandor immediately steps up to defend him as an important member of the team until he continues "...even though he is a dog"

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* BaitAndSwitchComment: Laszlo, Nadja, and the Guide are questioning Guillermo being part of the portrait due to his humanity, and it sounds like Nandor immediately steps up to defend him as an important member of the team until he continues "...even though he is a dog"dog."

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* BadassBoast: "The only reason you're alive is that I let you live", courtesy of VampireHunter Guillermo refusing to allow Nandor to leave him behind.
* BaitAndSwitchComment: Laszlo, Nadja, and the Guide are questioning Guillermo being part of the portrait due to his humanity, and it sounds like Nandor immediately steps up to defend him as an important member of the team until he continues "...even though he is a dog"



* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Nandor doesn't understand the implications of the other vampires questioning Guillermo in the picture, believing they are talking about the Hellhound.



* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Nandor's request of Guillermo to join him on a world trip, promise of turning him at a specific time and place, and Guillermo's reactions to said request play out exactly like a marriage proposal. It's even similar to the one that Nandor tried to make to Gail earlier in the season, which makes it all the more tragic when their plan is foiled.



* NotQuiteDead: When Lazlo goes to the basement to pay his respects to Colin Robinson, he finds the corpse's torso is torn open with a trail of fluid leading to another room...where he finds [[BornAgainImmortality a baby with Colin Robinson's face.]]

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* NotQuiteDead: When Lazlo Laszlo goes to the basement to pay his respects to Colin Robinson, he finds the corpse's torso is torn open with a trail of fluid leading to another room...where he finds [[BornAgainImmortality a baby with Colin Robinson's face.]]]]
* StoodUp: Laszlo's decision to kidnap Guillermo to aid Nadja while he goes home to help the baby Colin Robinson results in Nandor waiting alone at the train station until it is time to leave with [[DramaticIrony no knowledge of why Guillermo didn't show]].
* UnPerson: The way the vampires mourn the death of their friends and family is by systematically removing them from pictures and getting brand new group portraits made without them. This carries to the credits, where all Colin Robinson pictures are removed or covered up.


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* WhamLine: Nandor after three seasons of dragging heels and making excuses and vague claims, makes an unsolicited promise to turn Guillermo at a specific time and place. Sadly, this plan is foiled thanks to Laszlo.
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* HistoricalInJoke: Nandor remarks that he can't wait to see the beautiful unmarked face of the Sphinx, when in reality, its nose has been famously missing for centuries. Even worse for Nandor, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon (historical existence uncertain, but believed to have destroyed in the first century BCE) and the Colossus of Rhodes (destroyed by an earthquake in 226 BCE) are long gone.

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* HistoricalInJoke: Nandor remarks that he can't wait to see the beautiful unmarked face of the Sphinx, when in reality, its nose has been famously missing for centuries. Even worse for Nandor, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon (historical existence uncertain, but believed to have destroyed in the first century BCE) and the Colossus of Rhodes (destroyed by an earthquake in 226 BCE) are long gone.gone (and in fact would have been long before Nandor was alive ''as a human'').
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* HistoricalInJoke: Nandor remarks that he can't wait to see the beautiful unmarked face of the Sphinx, when in reality, its nose has been famously missing for centuries. Even worse for Nandor, the hanging gardens of Babylon (historical existence uncertain, but believed to have destroyed in the first century BCE) and the Colossus of Rhodes (destroyed by an earthquake in 226 BCE) are long gone.

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* HistoricalInJoke: Nandor remarks that he can't wait to see the beautiful unmarked face of the Sphinx, when in reality, its nose has been famously missing for centuries. Even worse for Nandor, the hanging gardens Hanging Gardens of Babylon (historical existence uncertain, but believed to have destroyed in the first century BCE) and the Colossus of Rhodes (destroyed by an earthquake in 226 BCE) are long gone.
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* HistoricalInJoke: Nandor remarks that he can't wait to see the beautiful unmarked face of the Sphinx, when in reality, its nose has been famously missing for centuries.

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* HistoricalInJoke: Nandor remarks that he can't wait to see the beautiful unmarked face of the Sphinx, when in reality, its nose has been famously missing for centuries. Even worse for Nandor, the hanging gardens of Babylon (historical existence uncertain, but believed to have destroyed in the first century BCE) and the Colossus of Rhodes (destroyed by an earthquake in 226 BCE) are long gone.
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* BornAgainImmortality: It seems energy vampires have this, living 100 years before dying and having an infant version of themselves crawling from the husk.


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* NotQuiteDead: When Lazlo goes to the basement to pay his respects to Colin Robinson, he finds the corpse's torso is torn open with a trail of fluid leading to another room...where he finds [[BornAgainImmortality a baby with Colin Robinson's face.]]
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* ActorAllusion: When Guillermo is on his way to talk to Lazlo about his disdain for the United Kingdom, we can hear the latter briefly playing “Take my Hand” on the piano, the theme to Matt Berry’s show ''Series/ToastOfLondon''.

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With the death of Colin Robinson, everyone must figure out what to do with themselves and where they want to go in life now that they're

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With the death of Colin Robinson, everyone must figure out what to do with themselves and where they want to go in life now that they're their group is one person smaller than it has been in a decade.


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* CouchGag: PlayedForDrama. All of Colin Robinson's pictures in the opening credits have either been completely removed or torn to censor his face by the vampires.
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With the death of Colin Robinson, everyone must figure out what to do with themselves and where they want to go in life now that they're
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* BookEnds: Nadja's arc in season 3 starts and ends with promotions to higher ranks in the Vampiric Council.
* BrickJoke: Viago asks the cameraman if the new Vampiric Council tape is overwriting ''Series/RuPaulsDragRace'' when it starts and right as the recording ends, it cuts to [=RuPaul=]'s show.
* CreatorCameo: Taika Waititi has one final cameo for the season as Viago to grant Nadja her new rank on VCR.
* HistoricalInJoke: Nandor remarks that he can't wait to see the beautiful unmarked face of the Sphinx, when in reality, its nose has been famously missing for centuries.
* JumpScare: Baby Colin Robinson suddenly screaming mid-credits as Laszlo is adjusting the group portrait behind him on the mantlepiece.
* WalkingTheEarth: Since he can't become human or go in a Super Slumber if everyone's leaving the house, Nandor opts to go on a cross-country trip to find some new meaning to his life as a vampire.
* WhamShot: Laszlo finds a baby with Colin Robinson's head, holding his glasses, in the basement, which is the final shot of the episode before credits and serves as his motivation for letting Nadja go to England alone while he stays in the US.

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