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* ForgotAboutHisPowers: When trying to get into Hulce's car Henry totally forgets that she could teleport in.
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* ForgotAboutHisPowers: When trying to get into Hulce's car Henry totally forgets that she could teleport in. Justified, as she ''literally'' forgets; when she remembers, she actually makes an "oh, right, ''duh''" gesture then teleports in.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: In the last two episodes of Season 2, Nicholai tries to give Henry a YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre speech after she asks for his help, thinking what she needs is to believe in herself to be able to solve whatever problem she has. He also decides now is finally time to come clean about what happened between him and her father. [[spoiler:He's unaware of the fact Henry's "problem" is that she kind of stranded Hulce in a cave somewhere in a moment of blind panic and is now struggling to find a way to fix it, which has her completely on-edge. Because of that, he completely misreads her mental state at the time and doesn't know that it would be a 'very'' bad idea to tell her how he killed her father, which ends up resulting in Henry ''killing'' Nicholai in her grief-stricken rage, and this ends up making her forget about Hulce until it's too late to save her.]] All of this that could have been avoided had he been willing to let her explain what her problem was.
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* DownerEnding: Due to being cancelled after two seasons; [[spoiler:in desperation, Henry left Hulce in a random cave, but when she returned she was gone and may be dead. Henry's friends have turned on her, Cleo and Tom broke up, and Henry had to ruin her her relationship with her mother in order to break their tether. She also discovered that her father was long dead and Nicholai killed him, and out of anger Henry beat Nicholai ''to death''. She's got enough cash to survive for now and has gained enough control of her powers to live anywhere, but this little bit of positivity does ''nothing'' to contrast the rest of what happened.]]
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* CleanupCrew: The company "researching" teleportation has a crew to clean up after Nicholai.
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* CleanupCrew: The company "researching" teleportation has a crew to clean up after Nicholai. They serve as ThoseTwoGuys until one of them gets promoted.
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* DarkLordOnLifeSupport: Nicholai's adopted dad, in the present day. His daughter, Elaine, is keeping him alive in order to prove her worth to him. PlayedWith though as he's not really a "Dark Lord", and is overall a loving father to Nicholai, but [[AbusiveParents his influence]] turned [[WellDoneSonGuy Elaine]] into a CorruptCorporateExecutive PlayingWithNeedles to impress him.
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* DarkLordOnLifeSupport: Nicholai's adopted dad, in the present day. His daughter, Elaine, is keeping him alive in order to prove her worth to him. PlayedWith though as he's not really a "Dark Lord", and is overall a loving father to Nicholai, but [[AbusiveParents his influence]] turned [[WellDoneSonGuy Elaine]] into a CorruptCorporateExecutive PlayingWithNeedles PlayingWithSyringes to impress him.
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* ForcedOutOfTheCloset: Henry spills the beans on Jenna being gay but only to protect herself from being outed as a teleporter by Jenna.
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* ForcedOutOfTheCloset: Henry spills the beans on Jenna being gay gay, but only to protect herself from being outed as a teleporter by Jenna. She regrets it immediately,
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* BurgerFool: In season two, Henry starts working at a pizza place where she has to great customers with "Welcome to Surf N' Pizza where we 'surf up' the best pizza in upstate New York. Hang loose, and how can I help you today?". Naturally, she is not amused.
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* BurgerFool: In season two, Henry starts working at a pizza place where she has to great greet customers with "Welcome to Surf N' Pizza where we 'surf up' the best pizza in upstate New York. Hang loose, and how can I help you today?". Naturally, she is not amused.
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* AbusiveParents: Nicholai's adopted father, though not to him nor his other son, Wesley, but to his daughter, Elaine. His wife/her mother, died during childbirth and the girl had asthma, so he's got a cold, sometimes cruel demeanour with her. He spent her entire life crushing any confidence or identity she had outside of him, which seemingly only stopped when he became sickly and bedridden. Nicholai is conflicted between the love he has for the man who took him in and treated him like his own son, and his horror at seeing what he did to his own daughter.
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* AbusiveParents: Nicholai's adopted father, though not to him nor his other son, Wesley, but to his daughter, Elaine. His wife/her mother, died during childbirth and the girl had asthma, so he's got a cold, sometimes cruel
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** Nicholai to a lesser extent; he never wanted his powers or the life he's gotten, but is somewhat trapped in villainy due to needing the medication to deal with his teleportation-induced health issues.
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** Nicholai to a lesser extent; he never wanted his powers or the life he's gotten, gotten but is somewhat trapped in villainy due to needing the medication to deal with his teleportation-induced health issues.
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* BullyHunter: Henry clearly didn't appreciate witnessing how their science teacher bullied Townes because of his autism, so she called him out and humiliated him in front of class. When his violent reaction induces a seizure, he tries to downplay what he did and essentially weasel out of apologising, which despite the trauma she's currently going through is enough to motivate Henry into putting it aside to make sure he does ''not'' get away with it.
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* BullyHunter: Henry clearly didn't appreciate witnessing how their science teacher bullied Townes because of his autism, so she called him out and humiliated him in front of class. When his violent reaction induces a seizure, he tries to downplay what he did and essentially weasel out of apologising, apologizing, which despite the trauma she's currently going through is enough to motivate Henry into putting it aside to make sure he does ''not'' get away with it.
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** Hulce worked for the NYPD, but then her (white) partner shot an unnarmed black teenager, and Hulce (a black woman) defended him. Because of this, she's felt immense guilt for choosing the badge over her community, which also caused almost her entire family, save her sister, to cut ties with her.
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** Hulce worked for the NYPD, but then her (white) partner shot an unnarmed unarmed black teenager, and Hulce (a black woman) defended him. Because of this, she's felt immense guilt for choosing the badge over her community, which also caused almost her entire family, save her sister, to cut ties with her.
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** Nicholai is an AntiVillain at worst, who genuinely cares for both his adopted family and deerly loved his younger brother, and Wesley.
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** Nicholai is an AntiVillain at worst, who genuinely cares for both his adopted family and deerly dearly loved his younger brother, and Wesley.
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* HeManWomanHater: Clay Boone, who is a sport star, treats women like objects, cheated on his last girlfriend and tried to rape Henry, kicking off much of the plot. He continues to deny any wrongdoing and later comes to see her as a freak who attacked ''him'', despite admitting to his dad that he probably ''did'' try to rape her. He's also shown laughing about a "hilarious prank" he pulled where he dated a girl solely to get her to send nudes, all so he could then leak them to humiliate her brother (and still laughs about it, even while his friends are disturbed by it).
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* HeManWomanHater: Clay Boone, who is a sport sports star, treats women like objects, cheated on his last girlfriend and tried to rape Henry, kicking off much of the plot. He continues to deny any wrongdoing and later comes to see her as a freak who attacked ''him'', despite admitting to his dad that he probably ''did'' try to rape her. He's also shown laughing about a "hilarious prank" he pulled where he dated a girl solely to get her to send nudes, all so he could then leak them to humiliate her brother (and still laughs about it, even while his friends are disturbed by it).
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* SequelSeries: Serves as one to ''Film/{{Jumper}}'', being based on the same book series and produced by the director and some other producers from the film, and following a different character dealing with the same powers. Their connection isn't focused on, though, so most people watching it probably wouldn't realise it was this.
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* SequelSeries: Serves as one to ''Film/{{Jumper}}'', being based on the same book series and produced by the director and some other producers from the film, and following a different character dealing with the same powers. Their connection isn't focused on, though, so most people watching it probably wouldn't realise realize it was this.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: The Boones are well liked by the community because of how much business they bring in, and the fact Clay is a local hero with the school's basketball team. There's some rumour of their criminal dealings but most seem to see it as a necessary evil, and after his "accident", the entire town rallies behind Clay. Part of the reason Henry never goes public about his AttemptedRape on her is that the town would probably not take her side.
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* VillainWithGoodPublicity: The Boones are well liked well-liked by the community because of how much business they bring in, and the fact Clay is a local hero with the school's basketball team. There's some rumour rumor of their criminal dealings but most seem to see it as a necessary evil, and after his "accident", the entire town rallies behind Clay. Part of the reason Henry never goes public about his AttemptedRape on her is that the town would probably not take her side.
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* AbusiveParents: Nicholai's adopted father, though not to him nor his other son, Wesley, but to his daughter. His wife/her mother, died during childbirth and the girl had asthma, so he's got a cold, sometimes cruel demeanour with her. As adults, she remarks that he always liked Nicholai more.
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* AbusiveParents: Nicholai's adopted father, though not to him nor his other son, Wesley, but to his daughter.daughter, Elaine. His wife/her mother, died during childbirth and the girl had asthma, so he's got a cold, sometimes cruel demeanour with her. As adults, He spent her entire life crushing any confidence or identity she remarks that had outside of him, which seemingly only stopped when he always liked became sickly and bedridden. Nicholai more.is conflicted between the love he has for the man who took him in and treated him like his own son, and his horror at seeing what he did to his own daughter.
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* DarkLordOnLifeSupport: Nicholai's adopted dad, in the present day. His daughter, Elaine, is keeping him alive in order to prove her worth to him. PlayedWith though as he's not really a "Dark Lord", and is overall a loving father to Nicholai, but [[AbusiveParents his influence]] turned [[WellDoneSonGuy Elaine]] into a CorruptCorporateExecutive PlayingWithNeedles to impress him.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Elaine Kido, Nicholai's boss and also adopted sister, pretty much sacrificed ''everything'' to try and earn her father's love and affection, as he's nothing but cruel to her. Nicholai is conflicted between the love he has for the man who took him in and treated him like his own son, and his horror at seeing what his abuse did to his own daughter.
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* HeManWomanHater: Clay Boone, who is a sport star, treats women like objects, cheated on his last girlfriend and tried to rape Henry, kicking off much of the plot. He continues to deny any wrongdoing and later comes to see her as a freak who attacked ''him'', despite admitting to his dad that he probably ''did'' try to rape her. He's also shown laughing about a "hilarious prank" he pulled where he dated a girl solely to get her to send nudes, all so he could then leak them to humiliate her brother (and still laughs about it, even while his friends are disturbed by it).
** The men in the Mennonite church, who oppose Esther leading the congregation and generally treat their women like crap. Lucas, while living with them, finds the religious principles admirable but he's disturbed by the rampant misogyny.
** The men in the Mennonite church, who oppose Esther leading the congregation and generally treat their women like crap. Lucas, while living with them, finds the religious principles admirable but he's disturbed by the rampant misogyny.
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* ReplacementGoldfish:
** Literally, Nicholai keeps a single goldfish as a good luck charm, and as a token to his friend Wesley. When it dies, he's shown to just casually buy a new one.
** Nicholai's bond with the Kido family (his adopted family) seems to act as something of this for his own lost family; in particular his bond with Elaine (including encouraging her piano playing) mirrors the bond he had with his brother Milos, and he follows his adopted father in the same way he did his uncle. He also seems to see Henry in a similar light to Elaine/Milos.
** When Lucas joins the Mennonite church, he's taken in by Esther Miller, the mother of Amos (the man he killed), who knows full-well he killed her son. Rather than be angry at him, however, she chooses to forgive him and try to convert him to their church...while also giving him Amos' clothes, giving him his bed, and doting on him like a mother. When he leaves, she actually breaks down in the same way she did when Amos died, as it was evident she was using him as a replacement for her son (who, again, Lucas himself killed).
** Literally, Nicholai keeps a single goldfish as a good luck charm, and as a token to his friend Wesley. When it dies, he's shown to just casually buy a new one.
** Nicholai's bond with the Kido family (his adopted family) seems to act as something of this for his own lost family; in particular his bond with Elaine (including encouraging her piano playing) mirrors the bond he had with his brother Milos, and he follows his adopted father in the same way he did his uncle. He also seems to see Henry in a similar light to Elaine/Milos.
** When Lucas joins the Mennonite church, he's taken in by Esther Miller, the mother of Amos (the man he killed), who knows full-well he killed her son. Rather than be angry at him, however, she chooses to forgive him and try to convert him to their church...while also giving him Amos' clothes, giving him his bed, and doting on him like a mother. When he leaves, she actually breaks down in the same way she did when Amos died, as it was evident she was using him as a replacement for her son (who, again, Lucas himself killed).
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* AbusiveParents: Nicholai's adopted father, though not to him nor his other son, Wesley, but to his daughter. His wife/her mother, died during childbirth and the girl had asthma, so he's got a cold, sometimes cruel demeanour with her. As adults, she remarks that he always liked Nicholai more.
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* TheAtoner: Lucas is a good man who did very bad things, [[spoiler: like killing an innocent Mennonite on his father's orders]]. His character arc following this is an attempt to atone for this.
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Nicholas executes Henry's father this way]].
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Nicholas executes Henry's father this way]].
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* TheAtoner: TheAtoner:
** Lucas is a good man who did very bad things, [[spoiler: like killing an innocent Mennonite on his father's orders]]. His character arc following this is an attempt to atone for this.
** Nicholai to a lesser extent; he never wanted his powers or the life he's gotten, but is somewhat trapped in villainy due to needing the medication to deal with his teleportation-induced health issues.
* BoomHeadshot:[[spoiler:Nicholas [[spoiler:Nicholai executes Henry's father this way]].
** Lucas is a good man who did very bad things, [[spoiler: like killing an innocent Mennonite on his father's orders]]. His character arc following this is an attempt to atone for this.
** Nicholai to a lesser extent; he never wanted his powers or the life he's gotten, but is somewhat trapped in villainy due to needing the medication to deal with his teleportation-induced health issues.
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* CleanupCrew: The company "researching" teleportation has a crew to clean up after Nicholas.
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* CleanupCrew: The company "researching" teleportation has a crew to clean up after Nicholas.Nicholai.
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* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Played with. For a long time, it looked like Henry's father left the family to protect them. [[spoiler:In reality, he was killed by Nicholas]].
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* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Played with. For a long time, it looked like Henry's father left the family to protect them. [[spoiler:In reality, he was killed by Nicholas]].Nicholai]].
* DarkAndTroubledPast:
** Hulce worked for the NYPD, but then her (white) partner shot an unnarmed black teenager, and Hulce (a black woman) defended him. Because of this, she's felt immense guilt for choosing the badge over her community, which also caused almost her entire family, save her sister, to cut ties with her.
** Nicholai survived Occupied Romania during the late 80s, first jumping during a terrorist attack that killed the rest of his family. His criminal uncle and him lived together, stealing to survive, until he befriended an injured Canadian national who promised to help get them out. They were betrayed by his uncle (who killed his friend, Wesley), resulting in Nicholai beating him to death. After the Revolution Nicholai found Wesley's family, who adopted him and helped him develop his powers...and founded the morally questionable teleport-experimenting company he now works for.
* DarkAndTroubledPast:
** Hulce worked for the NYPD, but then her (white) partner shot an unnarmed black teenager, and Hulce (a black woman) defended him. Because of this, she's felt immense guilt for choosing the badge over her community, which also caused almost her entire family, save her sister, to cut ties with her.
** Nicholai survived Occupied Romania during the late 80s, first jumping during a terrorist attack that killed the rest of his family. His criminal uncle and him lived together, stealing to survive, until he befriended an injured Canadian national who promised to help get them out. They were betrayed by his uncle (who killed his friend, Wesley), resulting in Nicholai beating him to death. After the Revolution Nicholai found Wesley's family, who adopted him and helped him develop his powers...and founded the morally questionable teleport-experimenting company he now works for.
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* DisposingOfABody: [[spoiler:Nicholas dissolves Bill Boones in an AcidPool]].
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* DisposingOfABody: [[spoiler:Nicholas [[spoiler:Nicholai dissolves Bill Boones in an AcidPool]].
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* ExtremeMeleeRevenge: Young Nicholas [[spoiler:pummels his uncle with a piece of metal for shooting Wesley]].
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* ExtremeMeleeRevenge: YoungNicholas Nicholai [[spoiler:pummels his uncle with a piece of metal for shooting Wesley]].
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* IHaveAFamily: According to Nicholas, Simon Coles dropped this line when threatened to be killed.
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* HitmanWithAHeart: Nicholai is an experienced teleporter-hunter who has killed people in the past, but he would rather bring teleporters in peacefully and train them without causing any harm, and seems to genuinely care for Henry's well-being.
* HunterOfHisOwnKind: Again, Nicholai hunts teleporters, like himself. He doesn't like it though, and he'd prefer to help teleporters learn to control their powers without the torturous methods his company seems to prefer.
* IHaveAFamily: According toNicholas, Nicholai, Simon Coles dropped this line when threatened to be killed.
* HunterOfHisOwnKind: Again, Nicholai hunts teleporters, like himself. He doesn't like it though, and he'd prefer to help teleporters learn to control their powers without the torturous methods his company seems to prefer.
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* InNameOnly: The only element the series shares with the novel of the same name is the existence of humans who have the ability to teleport. None of the characters or situations in the show are taken from the novel, though they could conceivably be set in the same universe.
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* InNameOnly: The only element the series shares with the novel of the same name is the existence of humans who have the ability to teleport. None of the characters or situations in the show are taken from the novel, novel[[note]]though Henry's experience with RapeAsDrama leading to her powers developing is similar to the events of ''Jumper'', the novel which ''Impulse'' was a sequel to, and using her powers as a metaphor for recovering from abuse is heavily reminiscent of that book[[/note]], though they could conceivably be set in the same universe.
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* MinorityPoliceOfficer: Hulce seems to be the only black member of the law enforcement in Reston.
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* MinorityPoliceOfficer: Hulce seems to be the only black member of the law enforcement in Reston.Reston, as well as the only woman. It's explicit that she's from NYC and moved to Reston after issues back in the city.
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* OffstageVillainy: We never see Nicholas kill [[spoiler:Sam]] probably to keep the audience's sympathy he earned via his OriginsEpisode.
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* OffstageVillainy: We never see Nicholas Nicholai kill [[spoiler:Sam]] probably to keep the audience's sympathy he earned via his OriginsEpisode.
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* PleaseWakeUp: Nicholas' sister has this reaction when finding [[spoiler:her father dead on his hospital bed.]]
* PowerAtAPrice: Teleportation gives Nicholas health issues. He cannot survive "jumps" without a serum called "Factor".
* PowerIncontinence: Until Nicholas teaches her how to control her abilities, Henry would trigger the teleport powers whenever she is in distress.
* PowerAtAPrice: Teleportation gives Nicholas health issues. He cannot survive "jumps" without a serum called "Factor".
* PowerIncontinence: Until Nicholas teaches her how to control her abilities, Henry would trigger the teleport powers whenever she is in distress.
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* PleaseWakeUp: Nicholas' Nicholai's sister has this reaction when finding [[spoiler:her father dead on his hospital bed.]]
* PowerAtAPrice: Teleportation givesNicholas Nicholai health issues. He cannot survive "jumps" without a serum called "Factor".
* PowerIncontinence: UntilNicholas Nicholai teaches her how to control her abilities, Henry would trigger the teleport powers whenever she is in distress.
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* SickbedSlaying: How Nicholas [[spoiler:kills his adoptive father]].
* SpreadWingsFrameShot: There is a shot of Nicholas before a mural of wings at the Romanian church that lines up perfectly to [[https://imgur.com/uA3SLfY make it look]] like he has angel wings.
* SpreadWingsFrameShot: There is a shot of Nicholas before a mural of wings at the Romanian church that lines up perfectly to [[https://imgur.com/uA3SLfY make it look]] like he has angel wings.
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* SequelSeries: Serves as one to ''Film/{{Jumper}}'', being based on the same book series and produced by the director and some other producers from the film, and following a different character dealing with the same powers. Their connection isn't focused on, though, so most people watching it probably wouldn't realise it was this.
* SickbedSlaying: HowNicholas Nicholai [[spoiler:kills his adoptive father]].
* SpreadWingsFrameShot: There is a shot ofNicholas Nicholai before a mural of wings at the Romanian church that lines up perfectly to [[https://imgur.com/uA3SLfY make it look]] like he has angel wings.
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* TeleporterAccident: In season two, the company Nicholas is working for loses its best teleporter through such an accident. That's why they can't wait to get their hands on Henry.
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* TeleporterAccident: In season two, the company Nicholas Nicholai is working for loses its best teleporter through such an accident. That's why they can't wait to get their hands on Henry.
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* TheyWouldCutYouUp: Townes receives videotapes with footage of teleporters being tortured to invoke their power. It's pretty obvious this would also happen to Henry once she gets in the clutches of Nicholas' company.
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* TheyWouldCutYouUp: Townes receives videotapes with footage of teleporters being tortured to invoke their power. It's pretty obvious this would also happen to Henry once she gets in the clutches of Nicholas' Nicholai's company.
* UglyGuyHotWife: They're not married, but Tom and Cleo (which, when we see Cleo's previous track record, seems to be a pattern of her's). Lampshaded early on, where Henry is shown looking at Tom and visibly questioning ''what'' her mom could possibly find attractive about him. Justified in his case at least, as he's nothing but a kind and understanding man and she's evidently attracted to how genuinely nice he is.
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* VillainEpisode: Episode four of the second season is fully committed to exploring Nicholas' [[OriginsEpisode backstory]].
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* VillainEpisode: Episode four of the second season is fully committed to exploring Nicholas' Nicholai's [[OriginsEpisode backstory]].backstory]].
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: The Boones are well liked by the community because of how much business they bring in, and the fact Clay is a local hero with the school's basketball team. There's some rumour of their criminal dealings but most seem to see it as a necessary evil, and after his "accident", the entire town rallies behind Clay. Part of the reason Henry never goes public about his AttemptedRape on her is that the town would probably not take her side.
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: The Boones are well liked by the community because of how much business they bring in, and the fact Clay is a local hero with the school's basketball team. There's some rumour of their criminal dealings but most seem to see it as a necessary evil, and after his "accident", the entire town rallies behind Clay. Part of the reason Henry never goes public about his AttemptedRape on her is that the town would probably not take her side.
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* BullyHunter: Henry clearly didn't appreciate witnessing how their science teacher bullied Townes because of his autism, so she called him out and humiliated him in front of class. When his violent reaction induces a seizure, he tries to downplay what he did and essentially weasel out of apologising, which despite the trauma she's currently going through is enough to motivate Henry into putting it aside to make sure he does ''not'' get away with it.
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* DirtyCop: Hulce's entire department besides her seems to be in the pocket of Boones' drug ring.
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* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Henry with Josh. It stands in complete contrast to her [[AttemptedRape experience with Clay]] as Josh, before and after the sex, is nothing but kind and supportive, and so the sex is clearly good for her. Unfortunately deconstructed as, while he's a good man and they ''enjoy'' the sex, it also triggers the trauma she suffered from Clay and causes her panic attacks after.
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* SelfServingMemory: Played straight and subverted, both in regard to Clay forcing himself on Henry.
** Subverted for Henry; the following days after show her recalling the event, and several times she re-remembers it as ''her'' being the one to make the first move, or that Clay was kind and stopped when she asked. This is more wishful thinking on her part and it's part of her processing what happened.
** Played Straight with Clay himself; when describing the accident to others, he makes it sound like him and Henry went all the way and plays it off as a simple hook-up. When confronted with reality, he angrily denies it and then when remembering it, he remembers initiating and her saying no, but his memory downplays how much she fought him and makes it seem more like QuestionableConsent, which in his mind is apparently OK.
** Subverted for Henry; the following days after show her recalling the event, and several times she re-remembers it as ''her'' being the one to make the first move, or that Clay was kind and stopped when she asked. This is more wishful thinking on her part and it's part of her processing what happened.
** Played Straight with Clay himself; when describing the accident to others, he makes it sound like him and Henry went all the way and plays it off as a simple hook-up. When confronted with reality, he angrily denies it and then when remembering it, he remembers initiating and her saying no, but his memory downplays how much she fought him and makes it seem more like QuestionableConsent, which in his mind is apparently OK.
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* TomboyishName: "Henry" isn't typically what a girl would go by. Lampshaded in episode 5, where Henry is stuck in Vermount with an old lady; when she says her name the woman comments that it's a dumb name.
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* DieOrFly: Bill Boone attempts to shoot Henry in order to invoke her power. [[spoiler:He pays dearly for seeing it happen]].
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* DieOrFly: Bill Boone attempts to shoot Henry in order to invoke her power. [[spoiler:He [[spoiler:[[KarmicDeath He pays dearly for seeing it happen]].happen]]]].
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: For all his vices, Bill Boones cares deeply about his two sons.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: For all his vices, Bill Boones cares deeply about his two sons. It gets {{deconstructed|Trope}} as he's willing to cover-up Clay sexually assaulting Henry, which is something [[MamaBear Cleo]] is enraged by.
* NeverMyFault: Clay is angered when he discovers that Henry is responsible [[TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening (albeit unintentionally)]] for crippling him. He refuses to acknowledge the fact that Henry only did so because of Clay forcing himself on her. Even when his mother tries to tell him about what he did, he refuses to admit to any wrongdoing.
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* VillainEpisode: Episode four of the second season is fully committed to exploring Nicholas' [[OriginsEpisode backstory]].
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* WildTeenParty: The Boones brothers throw a party at their house. There is another one in season two that gets dissolved by the police checking for underage drinking.
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* VillainEpisode: Episode four of the second season is fully committed to exploring Nicholas' [[OriginsEpisode backstory]].
* WildTeenParty:The Boones brothers throw Clay throws a party at their his house. There is another one in season two that gets dissolved by the police checking for underage drinking.
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* MinorityPoliceOfficer: Hulce seems to be the only black member of the law enforcement in Reston.
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* ForgotAboutHisPowers: When trying to get into Hulce's car Henry totally forgets that she could teleport in.
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* RememberedICouldFly: When trying to get into Hulce's car Henry totally forgets that she could teleport in.
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* OffstageVillainy: We never see Nicholas kill [[spoiler:Sam]] probably to keep the audience's sympathy he earned via his OriginsEpisode.
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* DigYourOwnGrave: Lucas, TheAtoner, digs his own grave but gets pardoned.
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* TeleporterAccident: In season two, the company Nicholas works for loses its best teleporter through such an accident. That's why they can't wait to get their hands on Henry.
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* TeleporterAccident: In season two, the company Nicholas works is working for loses its best teleporter through such an accident. That's why they can't wait to get their hands on Henry.
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* AnAesop: Forcing yourself onto someone is a serious crime with terrible consequences for the victim. You should make extra sure there is [[QuestionableConsent consent]].
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* AnAesop: Forcing yourself onto someone is a serious crime with terrible consequences for the victim. You should make extra sure there is [[QuestionableConsent consent]].no QuestionableConsent.
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* TraumaButton: Men touching her or her being close to the truck will lead to this.
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* TraumaButton: Men Henry being touching her by men or her being close to the truck will lead to this.
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* AdaptationDeviation: The only element the series shares with the novel of the same name is the existence of humans who have the ability to teleport. None of the characters or situations in the show are taken from the novel, though they could conceivably be set in the same universe.
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* InNameOnly: The only element the series shares with the novel of the same name is the existence of humans who have the ability to teleport. None of the characters or situations in the show are taken from the novel, though they could conceivably be set in the same universe.
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* ThickerThanWater: Family before else is a recurring theme.
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* ToplessnessFromTheBack: When Henry and her former boyfriend have sex, for a short moment she is seen in bed topless from behind. Then they start making out under a ModestyBedsheet.
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* OriginsEpisode: Episode four of the second season is fully committed to exploring [[ADayInTheLimelight Nicholas]]' backstory.
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* DieOrFly: Bill Boone attempts to shoot Henry in order to invoke her power. [[spoiler:He pays dearly for seeing it happen]].
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* FlyOrDie: Bill Boone attempts to shoot Henry in order to invoke her power. [[spoiler:He pays dearly for seeing it happen]].
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The series follows withdrawn 16-year-old Henrietta "Henry" Coles (played by Maddie Hasson) as she moves with her mother into a new town, Reston, New York. Here she discovers she has the ability to teleport but has no control over her destination. The first time she realizes this, she is in a truck with her high school's basketball captain and star, Clay Boone, who [[AttemptedRape tries to rape her]]. She has a seizure and teleports, in the course of which she inadvertently crushes much of his truck when her ability to teleport first manifests, leaving him a paraplegic. The show goes on to explore Henry's struggle with the trauma and how she starts to control her new-found superpower.
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The series follows withdrawn 16-year-old Henrietta "Henry" Coles (played by Maddie Hasson) as she moves with her mother into a new town, Reston, in upstate New York. Here she discovers she has the ability to teleport but has no control over her destination. The first time she realizes this, she is in a truck with her high school's basketball captain and star, Clay Boone, who [[AttemptedRape tries to rape her]]. She has a seizure and teleports, in the course of which she inadvertently crushes much of his truck when her ability to teleport first manifests, leaving him a paraplegic. The show goes on to explore Henry's struggle with the trauma and how she starts to control her new-found superpower.
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* BurgerFool: In season two, Henry starts working at a pizza place where she has to great customers with "Welcome to Surf N' Pizza where we 'surf up' the best pizza in upstate New York. Hang loose, and how can I help you today?". Naturally, she is not amused.
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* SpreadWingsFrameShot: There is a shot of Nicholas before a mural of wings at the Romanian church that lines up perfectly to [[https://imgur.com/uA3SLfY make it look]] like he has angel wings.
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* {{Adorkable}}: Townes.
* BoomHeadshot: [[spoiler:Nicholas executes Henry's father this way]].
* BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: In the finale of season two, Henry makes a scene with her mother so she could leave home without much resentment from her mother.
* CaveBehindTheFalls: Henry teleports Hulce to such a place.
* BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: In the finale of season two, Henry makes a scene with her mother so she could leave home without much resentment from her mother.
* CaveBehindTheFalls: Henry teleports Hulce to such a place.
* ClosetKey: Kate is this for Jenna.
* DisposingOfABody: [[spoiler:Nicholas dissolves Bill Boones in an AcidPool]].
* EarlyBirdCameo: The pizza delivery guy is causally shown during a WildTeenParty where he asked Henry for the house owner. He gets properly introduced in a later episode when Henry starts working with him.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: For all his vices, Bill Boones cares deeply about his two sons.
* ExtremeMeleeRevenge: Young Nicholas [[spoiler:pummels his uncle with a piece of metal for shooting Wesley]].
* FalseConfession: [[TheAtoner Lucas]] takes the heat for Henry by falsely confessing to killing his father. Hulce is onto him because the timeline doesn't check out. But her police department is happy to close the case.
* EarlyBirdCameo: The pizza delivery guy is causally shown during a WildTeenParty where he asked Henry for the house owner. He gets properly introduced in a later episode when Henry starts working with him.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: For all his vices, Bill Boones cares deeply about his two sons.
* ExtremeMeleeRevenge: Young Nicholas [[spoiler:pummels his uncle with a piece of metal for shooting Wesley]].
* FalseConfession: [[TheAtoner Lucas]] takes the heat for Henry by falsely confessing to killing his father. Hulce is onto him because the timeline doesn't check out. But her police department is happy to close the case.
* ForcedOutOfTheCloset: Henry spills the beans on Jenna being gay but only to protect herself from being outed as a teleporter by Jenna.
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* HeadphonesEqualIsolation: Henry would often put on her headphones for this purpose.
* HeroicFireRescue: Henry saves Clay by teleporting them both from the burning Boones home.
* IHaveAFamily: According to Nicholas, Simon Coles dropped this line when threatened to be killed.
* TheInformant: Townes meets with Sam who leaves him a box with evidence of the teleporter torturing.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Henry towards the end of season two. Townes even wonders if he served a hero or a villain.
* KryptoniteFactor: Teleporters can be disabled by subjecting them to a harsh sound.
* OriginsEpisode:One episode Episode four of the second season two is fully committed to exploring Nicholas' backstory.
* HeroicFireRescue: Henry saves Clay by teleporting them both from the burning Boones home.
* IHaveAFamily: According to Nicholas, Simon Coles dropped this line when threatened to be killed.
* TheInformant: Townes meets with Sam who leaves him a box with evidence of the teleporter torturing.
* JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Henry towards the end of season two. Townes even wonders if he served a hero or a villain.
* KryptoniteFactor: Teleporters can be disabled by subjecting them to a harsh sound.
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* PleaseWakeUp: Nicholas' sister has this reaction when finding [[spoiler:her father dead on his hospital bed.]]
* PowerAtAPrice: Teleportation gives Nicholas health issues. He cannot survive "jumps" without a serum called "Factor".
* PowerAtAPrice: Teleportation gives Nicholas health issues. He cannot survive "jumps" without a serum called "Factor".
* PunkInTheTrunk: Lucas kidnaps Henry by putting her into the trunk of his car. She gets out using her powers.
* RememberedICouldFly: When trying to get into Hulce's car Henry totally forgets that she could teleport in.
* SickbedSlaying: How Nicholas [[spoiler:kills his adoptive father]].
* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: Deputy Hulce.
* SickbedSlaying: How Nicholas [[spoiler:kills his adoptive father]].
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* TimeStandsStill: The finale of season two reveals that stopping time is another power teleporters are capable of.
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* TroubledBackstoryFlashback: Hulce is tormented by visions of the kid she [[AccidentalMurder shot by accident]].
* VideoWills: Townes records a goodbye video in case he gets killed like [[spoiler:Sam.]]
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* VideoWills: Townes records a goodbye video in case he gets killed like [[spoiler:Sam.]]
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* CleanupCrew: The company "researching" teleportation has a crew to clean up after Nicholas.
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* GiveMeLibertyOrGiveMeDeath: Dominic, one of the teleporters, would rather [[spoiler: shoot himself and [[MercyKill take his 8-year-old son with him]] than let him be taken by the people who experimented on him.]]
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''Impulse'' is a {{science fiction}} drama web television series, loosely based on the novel ''Impulse'' by Steven Gould, that premiered 2018 on Website/YouTube Premium.
The series follows withdrawn 16-year-old Henrietta "Henry" Coles (played by Maddie Hasson) as she moves with her mother into a new town, Reston, New York. Here she discovers she has the ability to teleport but has no control over her destination. The first time she realizes this, she is in a truck with her high school's basketball captain and star, Clay Boone, who [[AttemptedRape tries to rape her]]. She has a seizure and teleports, in the course of which she inadvertently crushes much of his truck when her ability to teleport first manifests, leaving him a paraplegic. The show goes on to explore Henry's struggle with the trauma and how she starts to control her new-found superpower.
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* AdaptationDeviation: The only element the series shares with the novel of the same name is the existence of humans who have the ability to teleport. None of the characters or situations in the show are taken from the novel, though they could conceivably be set in the same universe.
* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Played with. For a long time, it looked like Henry's father left the family to protect them. [[spoiler:In reality, he was killed by Nicholas]].
* DawsonCasting: The highschool teenagers are played by actors well into their twenties. Daniel Maslany (Townes) was 29 when the show started.
* FlyOrDie: Bill Boone attempts to shoot Henry in order to invoke her power. [[spoiler:He pays dearly for seeing it happen]].
* HappierHomeMovie: At one point, Jenna watches an old video of her mother dressing up for her wedding.
* PensieveFlashback: Several of Henry's flashbacks have her in her current age visiting her younger self.
* PowerIncontinence: Until Nicholas teaches her how to control her abilities, Henry would trigger the teleport powers whenever she is in distress.
* PowersInTheFirstEpisode: Henry discovers her teleport powers in the first episode.
* RapeAsDrama: The show explores the psychological effects of a teenager having been subjected to rape.
* TeleporterAccident: In season two, the company Nicholas works for loses its best teleporter through such an accident. That's why they can't wait to get their hands on Henry.
* TellMeAboutMyFather: Henry tries to find out about her father's fate and keeps asking her mother about him.
* TraumaButton: Men touching her or her being close to the truck will lead to this.
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''Impulse'' is a {{science fiction}} drama web television series, loosely based on the novel ''Impulse'' by Steven Gould, that premiered 2018 on Website/YouTube Premium.
The series follows withdrawn 16-year-old Henrietta "Henry" Coles (played by Maddie Hasson) as she moves with her mother into a new town, Reston, New York. Here she discovers she has the ability to teleport but has no control over her destination. The first time she realizes this, she is in a truck with her high school's basketball captain and star, Clay Boone, who [[AttemptedRape tries to rape her]]. She has a seizure and teleports, in the course of which she inadvertently crushes much of his truck when her ability to teleport first manifests, leaving him a paraplegic. The show goes on to explore Henry's struggle with the trauma and how she starts to control her new-found superpower.
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* AdaptationDeviation: The only element the series shares with the novel of the same name is the existence of humans who have the ability to teleport. None of the characters or situations in the show are taken from the novel, though they could conceivably be set in the same universe.
* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: Played with. For a long time, it looked like Henry's father left the family to protect them. [[spoiler:In reality, he was killed by Nicholas]].
* DawsonCasting: The highschool teenagers are played by actors well into their twenties. Daniel Maslany (Townes) was 29 when the show started.
* FlyOrDie: Bill Boone attempts to shoot Henry in order to invoke her power. [[spoiler:He pays dearly for seeing it happen]].
* HappierHomeMovie: At one point, Jenna watches an old video of her mother dressing up for her wedding.
* PensieveFlashback: Several of Henry's flashbacks have her in her current age visiting her younger self.
* PowerIncontinence: Until Nicholas teaches her how to control her abilities, Henry would trigger the teleport powers whenever she is in distress.
* PowersInTheFirstEpisode: Henry discovers her teleport powers in the first episode.
* RapeAsDrama: The show explores the psychological effects of a teenager having been subjected to rape.
* TeleporterAccident: In season two, the company Nicholas works for loses its best teleporter through such an accident. That's why they can't wait to get their hands on Henry.
* TellMeAboutMyFather: Henry tries to find out about her father's fate and keeps asking her mother about him.
* TraumaButton: Men touching her or her being close to the truck will lead to this.
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