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* BigBad:
** David Robert Jones in Seasons 1 and 4 [[spoiler:with William Bell as the TheManBehindTheMan in the latter.]]
** Walternate in Seasons 2 and 3.
** Captain Windmark in Season 5.
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* OminousHairLoss: [[spoiler:Peter starts to lose his hair, along with his humanity, when he puts Observer tech into his brain.]]
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* AwfulTruth: [[spoiler:Peter is not Walter's son. Walter abducted him from the other side after his son died.]]
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* ArcSymbol: The White Tulip.


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** "Be a better man than your father."
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* AnimalMotifs: The Observers are often likened to lizards.
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* AllForNothing: Peter's plan to devastate the Observer's supply chain from the future in "An Origin Story" accomplishes absolutely nothing.
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* SuicideByCop: [[spoiler:Done by the killer in "Making Angels".]]
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* FantasticDrug: The killer in "Dream Logic" gets high on people's ''dreams''.
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* AlasPoorVillain: More sympathetic villains who cause their own deaths typically get this reaction, in episodes like "Dream Logic", "One Night In October", "Wallflower" and "Making Angels".

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* AlasPoorVillain: More sympathetic villains who cause their own deaths typically get this reaction, in episodes like "Dream Logic", "One "[[FantasticDrug Dream Logic]]", "[[ForWantOfANail One Night In October", "Wallflower" October]]", "[[PowerIncontinence Wallflower]]" and "Making Angels"."[[SuicideByCop Making Angels]]".
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* AlasPoorVillain: More sympathetic villains who cause their own deaths typically get this reaction, in episodes like "Dream Logic", "One Night In October", "Wallflower" and "Making Angels".
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** What happened to Tyler?

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** What happened to Tyler?The Carson-Penrose experiments run by Massive Dynamic teased in the ending of "Of Human Action" that somehow linked Claus Penrose (from "The Same Old Story"), Tyler Carson, and several identical clones of Tyler never comes up again.

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* WhamShot: The final shot of Season 1, which confirmed that Olivia was in another universe by [[spoiler: revealing that the office building she's in is located in the (still intact) World Trade Center]].

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The final shot of Season 1, which confirmed that Olivia was in another universe by [[spoiler: revealing that the office building she's in is located in the (still intact) World Trade Center]].Center]].
** Olivia walking into the typewriter store in "Over There, Part 2", [[spoiler:revealing she is actually Fauxlivia and Olivia is trapped in the other universe.]]

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* VomitIndiscretionShot
** Flight 627. What happened to the passengers [[spoiler:and John Scott]] is ''not'' pretty.
** The shot of [[spoiler:Charlie Francis]]'s belly crawling with maggots under the skin.
** [[spoiler:David Robert Jones getting cut in half due to Peter abruptly closing the dimensional portal.]]
** "Immortality" gives us the delight of watching insects burrow their way out of live people.

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* VomitIndiscretionShot
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VomitIndiscretionShot: Happens on Flight 627. What happened to 627, when the passengers [[spoiler:and John Scott]] is ''not'' pretty.
** The shot of [[spoiler:Charlie Francis]]'s belly crawling with maggots under the skin.
** [[spoiler:David Robert Jones getting cut in half due
biological agent starts to Peter abruptly closing the dimensional portal.]]
** "Immortality" gives us the delight of watching insects burrow their way out of live people.
take effect and patient zero vomits onto a stewardess.

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* VehicleVanish: The Observer does this.

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* VehicleVanish: VehicleVanish:
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The Observer does this.this.
** Done by the killer of the week in "Making Angels" at a bus stop, leaving a corpse behind.
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* RoaringRampageOfRescue: [[spoiler:Olivia and Peter dump several Fringe biohazards into the air vents of Observer HQ to rescue Broyles in the GrandFinale.]]


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* StormingTheCastle: [[spoiler:Olivia and Peter storm Observer HQ to rescue Broyles in the GrandFinale.]]
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* SoundtrackDissonance: The Marionette.

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* SoundtrackDissonance: The Marionette.Anson Carr listening to "The Friends Of Mr. Cairo" while he siphons the pheromones out of a screaming man he's abducted.
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* [[spoiler:Olivia will cross between universes. Usually, but not always, reserved for the season finales.]]

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* ** [[spoiler:Olivia will cross between universes. Usually, but not always, reserved for the season finales.]]
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* [[spoiler:Olivia will cross between universes. Usually, but not always, reserved for the season finales.]]
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** In the altered timeline of Season 4, William Bell killed himself in a deliberate car crash after he was diagnosed with lymphoma. [[spoiler:However, it turns out her was FakingTheDead.]]

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** In the altered timeline of Season 4, William Bell killed himself in a deliberate car crash after he was diagnosed with lymphoma. [[spoiler:However, it turns out her he was FakingTheDead.]]
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* DoomsdayDevice: Walternate is developing one.

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* DoomsdayDevice: Walternate is developing one.The Machine, also known as The Vacuum, has the capacity to destroy universes. [[spoiler:Or save them.]]
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* RaceAgainstTheClock: "Ability" has Olivia racing to complete a test of psychic abilities for David Robert Jones before a time bomb with a chemical weapon detonates in downtown Boston.


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* RedRightHand: Anson Carr, the killer in "A Short Story About Love" with an extensively scarred face.
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* PosthumousCharacter: Carla Warren.
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* OutlawCouple: Olivia and Peter in Season 5.

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* OrbitalKiss: [[spoiler: Peter and Olivia at the end of "A Short Story About Love."]]


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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Olivia using one of Bell's phosphorous grenade prototypes in "Over There, Part 2". [[spoiler:And, presumably, her fight with Fauxlivia that immediately followed it where Fauxlivia managed to take her place.]]


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* OrbitalKiss: [[spoiler: Peter and Olivia at the end of "A Short Story About Love."]]
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* UnaffectedBySpice: The Observers. They put ludicrous amounts of pepper and hot sauce on their food, yet still appear to taste nothing.
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* GroundhogDayLoop: "White Tulip" has the Fringe team investigating time traveler Walter Peck over and over as he jumps back to the same event that puts them on his trail in the first place. [[spoiler:Walter breaks the loop by telling Peck how to jump back to his desired destination.]]
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* FatalFlaw: Walter's hubris. After having pieces of his brain removed prior to the events of the series, it's less of a concern than it was in his DarkAndTroubledPast, but it comes back into play briefly [[spoiler:in Season 5 when the pieces of his brain are restored and he starts falling back into bad habits.]]
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* FailedAttemptAtDrama: David Robert Jones in Season 4's alternate timeline is always slightly annoyed when his grand entrances are undercut by Olivia or Peter mentioning that they've already met (and killed) him before.

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* EleventhHourSuperpower

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* EleventhHourSuperpowerElevatorFailure: In "Power Hungry", an elevator fails so spectacularly it is actually powered into the ground.
* EleventhHourSuperpower:
** [[spoiler:Olivia's HealingFactor in Season 4.]]
** [[spoiler:Olivia getting her telekinetic Cortexiphan powers back in the GrandFinale.]]
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** In the altered timeline of Season 4, William Bell killed himself in a deliberate car crash facing a battle with lymphoma. [[spoiler:However, it turns out her was FakingTheDead.]]

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** In the altered timeline of Season 4, William Bell killed himself in a deliberate car crash facing a battle after he was diagnosed with lymphoma. [[spoiler:However, it turns out her was FakingTheDead.]]

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