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* RealityEnsues: Being an OldMaster Chiu was capable of dealing some serious blows to the mutated man that would otherwise cripple a normal person immediately. Unfortunately the mutated man had an extremely strong HealingFactor and Chiu could only hold him off for so long before getting exhausted due to his advanced age and killed.

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* RealityEnsues: Being an OldMaster Chiu was capable of dealing some serious blows to the mutated man that would otherwise cripple a normal person immediately. Unfortunately the mutated man had an extremely strong HealingFactor and Chiu could only hold him off for so long before getting becoming exhausted due to his advanced age and old age, getting him killed.
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* RealityEnsues: Being an OldMaster Chiu could only hold off a muated monster man with a HealingFactor for so long before eventually getting exhausted and killed.

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* RealityEnsues: Being an OldMaster Chiu was capable of dealing some serious blows to the mutated man that would otherwise cripple a normal person immediately. Unfortunately the mutated man had an extremely strong HealingFactor and Chiu could only hold him off a muated monster man with a HealingFactor for so long before eventually getting exhausted due to his advanced age and killed.
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* RealityEnsues: Being an OldMaster Chiu could only hold off a muated monster man with a HealingFactor for so long before eventually getting exhausted and killed.

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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: The mutated man from the start kills himself by drinking gasoline and swallowing a lit match, exploding to pieces. Later on another man mutated by El Balde's drug seemed to have a brief WhatHaveIBecome moment before crushing his own head.]]

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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: The mutated man from the start kills himself by drinking gasoline and swallowing a lit match, exploding to pieces. Later on another man mutated by El Balde's drug seemed to have a brief WhatHaveIBecome moment before crushing his own head.head with his bare hands.]]


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**Averted with El Balde, who's even bigger than Brister and strong enough to overpower the main trio and survive getting rammed by a truck. [[spoiler: PlayedStraight later on when he fights his mother Alejandra and gets smacked around by her.]]

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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler: The mutated man from the start kills himself by drinking gasoline and swallowing a lit match, exploding to pieces. Later on another man mutated by El Balde's drug seemed to have a brief WhatHaveIBecome moment before crushing his own head.]]



* KillItWithFire: The only thing capable of killing someone that's been mutated into a monster.

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* KillItWithFire: The only thing capable most surefire methold of killing someone that's been mutated into a monster.



* MusclesAreMeaningless: Much is made of Brister's massive physique during his inrtoduction, but he proves to be nigh-useless [[PaperTiger without a gun.]]

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* MusclesAreMeaningless: Much is made of Brister's massive physique during his inrtoduction, introduction, but he proves to be nigh-useless [[PaperTiger without a gun.]]
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* KillItWithFire: The only thing capable of killing someone that's been mutated into a monster.


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* PsychoSerum: El Balde possesses a mysterious black powder drug that causes those who consume it to become zombie-like monsters with SuperStrength and a HealingFactor.
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* ShoutOut: Lo is an {{Expy}} of [[Film/KillBill Pai Mei]] in both appearance, mastery of martial arts and the habit to StrokeTheBeard. He is also an [[spoiler:EvilMentor who trains assassins]].
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* TheWorfEffect: Pijito, a minor character and friend of Jesus, learned a VomitIndiscretionShot Attack and used it successfully against Jesus, and a monsterized dog. It had no effect on El Balde.

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* TheWorfEffect: Pijito, Piyojo, a minor character and friend of Jesus, learned a VomitIndiscretionShot Attack and used it successfully against Jesus, and a monsterized dog. It had no effect on El Balde.
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* BiggerBad: [[spoiler:Sifu Lo]] was TheManBehindTheMan for both the primary villains of the first season.

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* BiggerBad: [[spoiler:Sifu Lo]] was TheManBehindTheMan for both the primary villains of the first season.season although he admits he was very hands-off and was content to watch them rampage from afar.
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* FluffyTheTerrible: El Balde. As in, "The Bucket."
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* TheWorfeffect: Pijito, a minor character and friend of Jesus, learned a VomitIndiscretionShot Attack and used it successfully against Jesus, and a monsterized dog. It had no effect on El Balde.

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* TheWorfeffect: TheWorfEffect: Pijito, a minor character and friend of Jesus, learned a VomitIndiscretionShot Attack and used it successfully against Jesus, and a monsterized dog. It had no effect on El Balde.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: [[spoiler: Padre Serrano did seem like he was going to help Isabela, Jesus, and Silencio, but when it turned out the Padre was the town's kingpin and was confronted by the trio, believing he killed Chiu, he and his men became aggressive and attacked since the trio knew too much. Then when defeated, Serrano was't given a chance to explain as Silencio quickly executed him. In the end Padre Serrano had nothing to do with Chiu's death.]]
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* TheWorfeffect: Pijito, a minor character and friend of Jesus, learned a VomitIndiscretionShot Attack and used it successfully against Jesus, and a monsterized dog. It had no effect on El Balde.
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* ByronicHero: Silencio. An incredible fighter, but his need for revenge against those who have wronged (or those he thinks have wronged him) results in him making things worse for just about everyone.
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* MeaningfulName: Silencio literally means "Silence" or "Quiet," and, as Domingo points out, while Silencio is indeed mute it's still a very unusual thing to name someone. [[spoiler: In Silencio's flashback to the day El Balde killed his parents, it's revealed he whispered "silencio..." to the boy before mutilating his tongue.]]
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* ActionGirl: Isabela.
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* DisabledLoveInterest: Technically ''both'' Lina and Silencio are this to each other. [[spoiler: It's also revealed that both Lina's missing hand and Silencio's muteness are results of run-ins with El Balde.]]
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* MeaningfulName: Silencio literally means "Silence" or "Quiet," and as Domingo points out, while Silencio is indeed mute it's still a very unusual thing to name someone. [[spoiler: In Silencio's flashback to the day El Balde killed his parents, it's revealed he whispered "silencio..." to the boy before mutilating his tongue.]]
* MusclesAreMeaningless: Much is made of Brister's massive physique during his introduction, but he proves to be nigh-useless [[PaperTiger without a gun.]]

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* MeaningfulName: Silencio literally means "Silence" or "Quiet," and and, as Domingo points out, while Silencio is indeed mute it's still a very unusual thing to name someone. [[spoiler: In Silencio's flashback to the day El Balde killed his parents, it's revealed he whispered "silencio..." to the boy before mutilating his tongue.]]
* MusclesAreMeaningless: Much is made of Brister's massive physique during his introduction, inrtoduction, but he proves to be nigh-useless [[PaperTiger without a gun.]]
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* MeaningfulName: Silencio literally means "Silence" or "Quiet," and as Domingo points out, while Silencio is indeed mute it's still a very unusual thing to name someone. [[spoiler: In Silencio's flashback to the day El Balde killed his parents, it's revealed he whispered "silencio..." to the boy before mutilating his tongue.]]
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* ButForMeItWasTuesday:
-->'''Isabela:''' Why did you kill our father?!
-->'''El Balde:''' I kill a lot of people,'' mi'ja.'' You're going to have to be more specific.
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* DrowningMySorrows: Jesus is already hinted to have a drinking problem in the first episode, but after Chiu's death he has several moments with this particular tinge, particularly in Episode 2 where he stays in the bar and leaves Isabela to deal with Chiu's body.
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* ExploitationFilm: The series takes a lot of cues from exploitation films, particularly Blaxploitation and Mexploitation, particularly on its focus on gore and violence.

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* ExploitationFilm: The series takes a lot of cues from exploitation films, particularly Blaxploitation {{Blaxploitation}} and Mexploitation, particularly on its focus on gore and violence.
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* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: In the first episode Garcia bemoans the fact that no actual crime ever happens in San Simon for her to bust. In the eighth episode, [[spoiler: when almost the entire adult population of San Simon has been killed]], she remembers this wish and beats herself up over it.
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* ExploitationFilm: The series takes a lot of cues from exploitation films, particularly Blaxploitation and Mexploitation, particularly on its focus on gore and violence.
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* CarFu: Lina manages to temporarily subdue El Balde by crashing her truck into him and plowing him into a brick wall. The fact that he manages to shake this off is a sign of how strong he is.
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* DrunkenBoxing: In an atypical twist on this trope, Jesus is a practitioner of drunken boxing with a drinking problem, but he typically doesn't fight ''while" drunk.

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* DrunkenBoxing: In an atypical twist on this trope, Jesus is a practitioner of drunken boxing with a drinking problem, but he typically doesn't fight ''while" ''while'' drunk.
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* DrunkenBoxing: In an atypical twist on this trope, Jesus is a practitioner of drunken boxing with a drinking problem, but he typically doesn't fight ''while" drunk.
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* DoubleMeaningTitle: ''Manos'' literally means "hands" in Spanish and refers to the fighting styles of the main trio (three siblings, two hands each), but ''manos'' can also refer to a colloquial shortening of ''hermanos,'' "brothers" or "siblings," emphasizing the importance of the familial bond between Isabela, Jesus, and Silencio.

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* DoubleMeaningTitle: ''Manos'' literally means "hands" in Spanish and refers Spanish, referring to the fighting styles of the main trio (three siblings, two hands each), but ''manos'' can also refer to a colloquial shortening of ''hermanos,'' "brothers" or "siblings," emphasizing the importance of the familial bond between Isabela, Jesus, and Silencio.
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* DoubleMeaningTitle: ''Manos'' literally means "hands" in Spanish and refers to the fighting styles of the main trio (three siblings, two hands each), but ''manos'' can also refer to a colloquial shortening of ''hermanos,'' "brothers" or "siblings," emphasizing the importance of the familial bond between the siblings.

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* DoubleMeaningTitle: ''Manos'' literally means "hands" in Spanish and refers to the fighting styles of the main trio (three siblings, two hands each), but ''manos'' can also refer to a colloquial shortening of ''hermanos,'' "brothers" or "siblings," emphasizing the importance of the familial bond between the siblings.Isabela, Jesus, and Silencio.
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* DoubleMeaningTitle: ''Manos'' literally means "hands" in Spanish and refers to the fighting styles of the main trio (three siblings with two hands each), but ''manos'' can also refer to a colloquial shortening of ''hermanos,'' "brothers" or "siblings," emphasizing the importance of the familial bond between the siblings.

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* DoubleMeaningTitle: ''Manos'' literally means "hands" in Spanish and refers to the fighting styles of the main trio (three siblings with siblings, two hands each), but ''manos'' can also refer to a colloquial shortening of ''hermanos,'' "brothers" or "siblings," emphasizing the importance of the familial bond between the siblings.

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