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''El Cascador'' is the tenth album of the comic book series ''ComicBook/{{XIII}}''. It was published in 1994.
XIII is held prisoner in Roca Negra. Peralta tries to make him talk. Representatives of the Red Cross show up to visit the prison. Actually, they are Jones, Betty and Armand de Préseau, who want to free XIII with the help of the insurgents.
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!!''El Cascador'' provides examples of:
* AccuseTheWitness: When he defends XIII, Sean Mullway accuses Pr Simmel, a witness, then Angel, a judge.
* TheAlcatraz: Roca Negra, an island located 5 nautical miles from the coast, surrounded by a sea full of sharks.
* AlmostDeadGuy: Before dying, Garcia can tell Sean Mullway the nickname of the mole, "Condor".
* BadassInDistress: XIII is held prisoner in Roca Negra and Jones, Betty and Armand de Préseau have to free him with the help of the insurgents.
* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: The revolution was doomed to fail without the support of Minerco. [[spoiler:Angel]] accepted this support.
* BananaRepublic: The revolution ins Costa Verde, a fictional Latin American country, is backed by an American company, Minerco.
* BattleInTheRain: It rains when the rebels attack Roca Negra.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Maria seems to be in a surprisingly good shape when XIII meets her in Roca Negra, whereas the other prisoners (who are male) are pale, weak and skinny.
* TheCavalry: After crossing the mangrove, XIII and Maria are going to be caught by Ortiz's soldiers. The insurgents show up in the last second to rescue them.
* ChickMagnet: XIII does not try to charm XIII, but she falls in love with him and suggests him to have sex with her.
* ContrivedCoincidence: Minerco executives tried to rekindle the flame of the rebellion with the help of someone who would impersonate El Cascador, a dead rebel hero. They chose XIII, [[spoiler:who is actually the real El Cascador]].
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: The members of the board of Minerco, the CEO in particular.
* DamselInDistress: Maria Isabel des Los Santos. She is jailed in Roca Negra. When the insurgents seize the prison, Peralta kidnaps her. XIII frees her, but she is injured and XIII has to help her to cross a mangrove.
* DragonAscendant: The insurgents seize Puerto Pilar, capture and execute Ortiz, the dictator, but Peralta, the head of the secret police, takes refuge in the North of Costa Verde where he becomes the head of loyalist troops.
* DisregardThatStatement: The court informs Sean Mullway that it will disregard the interrogation of Pr Simmel, because it is unrelated to XIII's case.
* DrivenToSuicide: When his crimes are revealed by Sean Mullway during the trial, [[spoiler:Angel]] shoots himself down.
* AFoolForAClient: {{Subverted|Trope}}. XIII tells the court that he has no lawyer. Then Sean Mullway shows up and announces that he is a lawyer and that he will defend XIII.
* {{Frameup}}: [[spoiler:Angel]] frames XIII up twice.
** First, he forces him to sign a confession where XIII recognizes that he is El Cascador and that he disclosed the location of the headquarter of the insurgency after being caught three years ago, in order to save his life.
** Then, during the trial, he gets [[spoiler:Felicity]] to give false testimony: she tells that XIII is an impostor who worked as a mole inside the insurgency for Peralta.
* FullCircleRevolution: Angel's rule does not seem to be better than Ortiz's. He uses the same kind of wording than Ortiz in his first official speech. Moreover, he is ready for [[spoiler:killing fellow insurgents and loose ends, and for selling out his country's natural resources]] to get absolute power.
* GroinAttack: In Roca Negra, XIII delivers one to the torture technician, so that he can escape from him and two soldiers.
* HauledBeforeASenateSubCommittee: In the end, when their involvement in the revolution in Costa Verde is revealed, the executives of Minerco are summoned before a congressional committee.
* HellholePrison: Roca Negra. Torture is common. The cells are medieval. The prisoners ([[BeautyIsNeverTarnished except Maria]]) are not in good shape when they are freed.
* HeKnowsTooMuch:
** [[spoiler:Angel]] threatens to kill XIII, Jones, Betty, Armand de Préseau and Sean Mullway because they know too much about the role of Minerco in the revolution. Mullway lampshades that he was caught because he knows too much.
** Then he kills Garcia during XIII's trial because he is about the reveal the nickname of Peralta's mole inside the insurgency.
* InstantLeechJustFallInWater: When XIII and Maria cross the mangrove, leeches bite them.
* InterrogatedForNothing: XIII is tortured in Roca Negra, but he cannot disclose any information, because he does not know anything that Peralta does not already know.
* IWantThemAlive: When XIII escapes from his guards in Roca Negra, the torture technician tells the soldiers not to shoot him down, because Peralta wants him alive.
* KangarooCourt: The revolutionary court that tries XIII. A judge even [[spoiler:shoots down an embarrassing witness during the trial]].
* LukeIAmYourFather: In the end, [[spoiler:Sean Mullway reveals that he is XIII's biological father]].
* MeaningfulName: Sean Mullway tells XIII that his first name, ''Jason'', is a reference to [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek mythology]]: when he was a child, the hero Jason was raised by an adoptive father, the [[OurCentaursAreDifferent centaur]] Chiron.
* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: The crocodiles of the mangrove are placid according to Maria, but when she starts panicking, they become a real threat.
* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: XIII assumes that Peralta died in the crash of his helicopter. He survived.
* ProtagonistTitle: XIII was nicknamed ''El Cascador'' when he was a guerrilla hero three years ago.
* TheReveal:
** [[spoiler:Angel]] is the mole who gives Peralta information about the insurgency (so that El Cascador was caught and the headquarter of the insurgency was discovered three years ago, and XIII's cover as Karl Meredith was exposed).
** [[spoiler:Sean Mullway is XIII's biological father.]]
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: Jones is shocked by the fact that Padre Jacinto shot down a disarmed prisoner. Then he also shoots down another prisoner, the torture technician of Roca Negra. Then, [[spoiler:Angel]] threatens to kill XIII, Jones, Betty, Armand de Préseau and Sean Mullway.
* RomanticFalseLead: Maria falls for XIII and they have sex together. Jones, XIII's official love interest, is jealous.
* SameSurnameMeansRelated: Sean Mullway has the same name as Jason Mac Lane's mother Margareth Mullway. In the end, Sean tells that [[spoiler:he is XIII's father]].
* SequelHook: In the end, Sean Mullway start telling XIII about his family backstory.
* ShortLivedAerialEscape: Peralta kidnaps Maria and escapes in a helicopter, but XIII catches hold the helicopter and causes the helicopter to crash.
* {{Shoutout}}: When XIII is locked up with Jones, Betty, Armand de Préseau and Sean Mullway in Mullway's cellar, Jones compares him with Franchise/{{Zorro}}.
* SurpriseWitness: First the Prosecution calls Felicity Brown as a witness. Then Sean Mullway calls Pr Simmel and Garcia.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: The CEO of Minerco puts strychnine in the coffee of the other members of the board, because they intended to deny their responsibility in the involvement of the company in Costa Verde.
* TortureIsIneffective: XIII is tortured in Roca Negra, but he cannot disclose any information, because he does not know anything that Peralta does not already know.
* TortureTechnician: There is one at Roca Negra. Padre Jacinto (who is a former prisoner of Roca Negra) cannot stop himself from shooting him down.
* UsingYouAllAlong: XIII was used all along by Minerco, who wanted the insurgency to defeat Ortiz to seize Costa Verde's natural resources.
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XIII is held prisoner in Roca Negra. Peralta tries to make him talk. Representatives of the Red Cross show up to visit the prison. Actually, they are Jones, Betty and Armand de Préseau, who want to free XIII with the help of the insurgents.
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!!''El Cascador'' provides examples of:
* AccuseTheWitness: When he defends XIII, Sean Mullway accuses Pr Simmel, a witness, then Angel, a judge.
* TheAlcatraz: Roca Negra, an island located 5 nautical miles from the coast, surrounded by a sea full of sharks.
* AlmostDeadGuy: Before dying, Garcia can tell Sean Mullway the nickname of the mole, "Condor".
* BadassInDistress: XIII is held prisoner in Roca Negra and Jones, Betty and Armand de Préseau have to free him with the help of the insurgents.
* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: The revolution was doomed to fail without the support of Minerco. [[spoiler:Angel]] accepted this support.
* BananaRepublic: The revolution ins Costa Verde, a fictional Latin American country, is backed by an American company, Minerco.
* BattleInTheRain: It rains when the rebels attack Roca Negra.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: Maria seems to be in a surprisingly good shape when XIII meets her in Roca Negra, whereas the other prisoners (who are male) are pale, weak and skinny.
* TheCavalry: After crossing the mangrove, XIII and Maria are going to be caught by Ortiz's soldiers. The insurgents show up in the last second to rescue them.
* ChickMagnet: XIII does not try to charm XIII, but she falls in love with him and suggests him to have sex with her.
* ContrivedCoincidence: Minerco executives tried to rekindle the flame of the rebellion with the help of someone who would impersonate El Cascador, a dead rebel hero. They chose XIII, [[spoiler:who is actually the real El Cascador]].
* CorruptCorporateExecutive: The members of the board of Minerco, the CEO in particular.
* DamselInDistress: Maria Isabel des Los Santos. She is jailed in Roca Negra. When the insurgents seize the prison, Peralta kidnaps her. XIII frees her, but she is injured and XIII has to help her to cross a mangrove.
* DragonAscendant: The insurgents seize Puerto Pilar, capture and execute Ortiz, the dictator, but Peralta, the head of the secret police, takes refuge in the North of Costa Verde where he becomes the head of loyalist troops.
* DisregardThatStatement: The court informs Sean Mullway that it will disregard the interrogation of Pr Simmel, because it is unrelated to XIII's case.
* DrivenToSuicide: When his crimes are revealed by Sean Mullway during the trial, [[spoiler:Angel]] shoots himself down.
* AFoolForAClient: {{Subverted|Trope}}. XIII tells the court that he has no lawyer. Then Sean Mullway shows up and announces that he is a lawyer and that he will defend XIII.
* {{Frameup}}: [[spoiler:Angel]] frames XIII up twice.
** First, he forces him to sign a confession where XIII recognizes that he is El Cascador and that he disclosed the location of the headquarter of the insurgency after being caught three years ago, in order to save his life.
** Then, during the trial, he gets [[spoiler:Felicity]] to give false testimony: she tells that XIII is an impostor who worked as a mole inside the insurgency for Peralta.
* FullCircleRevolution: Angel's rule does not seem to be better than Ortiz's. He uses the same kind of wording than Ortiz in his first official speech. Moreover, he is ready for [[spoiler:killing fellow insurgents and loose ends, and for selling out his country's natural resources]] to get absolute power.
* GroinAttack: In Roca Negra, XIII delivers one to the torture technician, so that he can escape from him and two soldiers.
* HauledBeforeASenateSubCommittee: In the end, when their involvement in the revolution in Costa Verde is revealed, the executives of Minerco are summoned before a congressional committee.
* HellholePrison: Roca Negra. Torture is common. The cells are medieval. The prisoners ([[BeautyIsNeverTarnished except Maria]]) are not in good shape when they are freed.
* HeKnowsTooMuch:
** [[spoiler:Angel]] threatens to kill XIII, Jones, Betty, Armand de Préseau and Sean Mullway because they know too much about the role of Minerco in the revolution. Mullway lampshades that he was caught because he knows too much.
** Then he kills Garcia during XIII's trial because he is about the reveal the nickname of Peralta's mole inside the insurgency.
* InstantLeechJustFallInWater: When XIII and Maria cross the mangrove, leeches bite them.
* InterrogatedForNothing: XIII is tortured in Roca Negra, but he cannot disclose any information, because he does not know anything that Peralta does not already know.
* IWantThemAlive: When XIII escapes from his guards in Roca Negra, the torture technician tells the soldiers not to shoot him down, because Peralta wants him alive.
* KangarooCourt: The revolutionary court that tries XIII. A judge even [[spoiler:shoots down an embarrassing witness during the trial]].
* LukeIAmYourFather: In the end, [[spoiler:Sean Mullway reveals that he is XIII's biological father]].
* MeaningfulName: Sean Mullway tells XIII that his first name, ''Jason'', is a reference to [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek mythology]]: when he was a child, the hero Jason was raised by an adoptive father, the [[OurCentaursAreDifferent centaur]] Chiron.
* NeverSmileAtACrocodile: The crocodiles of the mangrove are placid according to Maria, but when she starts panicking, they become a real threat.
* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: XIII assumes that Peralta died in the crash of his helicopter. He survived.
* ProtagonistTitle: XIII was nicknamed ''El Cascador'' when he was a guerrilla hero three years ago.
* TheReveal:
** [[spoiler:Angel]] is the mole who gives Peralta information about the insurgency (so that El Cascador was caught and the headquarter of the insurgency was discovered three years ago, and XIII's cover as Karl Meredith was exposed).
** [[spoiler:Sean Mullway is XIII's biological father.]]
* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized: Jones is shocked by the fact that Padre Jacinto shot down a disarmed prisoner. Then he also shoots down another prisoner, the torture technician of Roca Negra. Then, [[spoiler:Angel]] threatens to kill XIII, Jones, Betty, Armand de Préseau and Sean Mullway.
* RomanticFalseLead: Maria falls for XIII and they have sex together. Jones, XIII's official love interest, is jealous.
* SameSurnameMeansRelated: Sean Mullway has the same name as Jason Mac Lane's mother Margareth Mullway. In the end, Sean tells that [[spoiler:he is XIII's father]].
* SequelHook: In the end, Sean Mullway start telling XIII about his family backstory.
* ShortLivedAerialEscape: Peralta kidnaps Maria and escapes in a helicopter, but XIII catches hold the helicopter and causes the helicopter to crash.
* {{Shoutout}}: When XIII is locked up with Jones, Betty, Armand de Préseau and Sean Mullway in Mullway's cellar, Jones compares him with Franchise/{{Zorro}}.
* SurpriseWitness: First the Prosecution calls Felicity Brown as a witness. Then Sean Mullway calls Pr Simmel and Garcia.
* TamperingWithFoodAndDrink: The CEO of Minerco puts strychnine in the coffee of the other members of the board, because they intended to deny their responsibility in the involvement of the company in Costa Verde.
* TortureIsIneffective: XIII is tortured in Roca Negra, but he cannot disclose any information, because he does not know anything that Peralta does not already know.
* TortureTechnician: There is one at Roca Negra. Padre Jacinto (who is a former prisoner of Roca Negra) cannot stop himself from shooting him down.
* UsingYouAllAlong: XIII was used all along by Minerco, who wanted the insurgency to defeat Ortiz to seize Costa Verde's natural resources.
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