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* SurgicalImpersonation: [[spoiler:XIII is not the real Steve Rowland. He had plastic surgery to impersonate him. The said surgery was very successful, given the fact that Steve's family did not spot the impostor in ''Recap/WhereTheIndianWalks''.]]

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* SurgicalImpersonation: [[spoiler:XIII is not the real Steve Rowland. He had plastic surgery to impersonate him. The said surgery was very successful, given the fact that Steve's family did not spot the impostor in ''Recap/WhereTheIndianWalks''.''[[Recap/XIIIWhereTheIndianWalks Where the Indian Walks]]''.]]
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->''"That's why you're the only ones who should be deprived of the Lord's light. It's right that you're treated like the sick animals you are. You must ATONE for your earthly abominations before experiencing the eternal pain of repentance and cry ALL THE TEARS OF HELL!"''
-->-- '''Dr Johansson''', ''All the Tears of Hell''

''All the Tears of Hell'' (in French ''Toutes les larmes de l'enfer'') is the third album of the comic book series ''ComicBook/{{XIII}}''. It was published in 1986.

XIII is convicted of the murders of Jeremie and Matt Rowland. He is sentenced to life in a high-security asylum. At the same time, General Carrington is told by Amos that XIII is not Steve Rowland.

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!!''All the Tears of Hell'' provides examples of:
* AbsurdlySpaciousSewer: XIII and Billy try to escape from Plain Rock asylum through the sewer.
* TheAlcatraz: Plain Rock asylum is inescapable: it has guards, watchtowers, one only entrance, no window; the prisoners are chained at night; and it is in the middle of the desert.
* BedlamHouse: Plain Rock asylum, with a MadDoctor who likes electroshock therapy very much.
* BerserkButton: Do not tell Dr Johansson that he is crazy.
* BoundAndGagged: A guard is bound and gagged by XIII when he tries to escape.
* TheCavalry: Jones arrives just in time to prevent [[spoiler:Dr Berger]] from injecting a poison into XIII.
* ChekhovsGun: The Mongoose's visitor badge. It becomes relevant when we realize that XIII managed to grab and to hide it.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler:XIII had plastic surgery to impersonate the late Steve Rowland.]]
* ElectricTorture: The purpose of the electric shock treatment given by Dr Johansson is just to make XIII suffer.
* EvilGloating: The Mongoose asks a special permission to see XIII in the visiting room and he tells him that he has hired someone in the asylum to kill him.
* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: Billy has a beautiful face, but he is a psycho killer.
* FalseInnocenceTrick: Billy makes XIII believe that he was wrongly convicted. XIII escapes with him. During the escape, Billy kills chief warder Mc Bride and it makes clear that he is a real psycho killer.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Plain Rock asylum. Billy says he would have prefered to be sentenced to death.
* {{Foreshadowing}}:
** Lullaby says she hopes Jones won't bring problems to Dr Berger. [[spoiler:He will die because of her.]]
** Dr Berger tells Jones that he has found a way to stop working at the asylum. [[spoiler:He has accepted the Mongoose's offer and he will try to kill XIII.]]
** Amos tells Carrington that Ross Tanner is claustrophobic. XIII is obviously not claustrophobic: he spends a long time in a small cell. [[spoiler:This is a clue that XIII is not Ross Tanner.]]
* TheFundamentalist: Dr Johansson considers he has a divine mission and he thinks the prisoners are sick animals rejected by God.
* GoAmongMadPeople: XIII ends up in Plain Rock asylum because his lawyer pleaded he was insane when XIII was tried for the murders of Jeremie and Matt Rowland.
* GovernmentConspiracy: This episode reveals that the conspiracy who planned the assassination of William Sheridan is a group of powerful people with accomplices in the army and the government.
* GreatEscape: XIII tries to escape from Plain Rock asylum with Billy. [[spoiler:He fails, but later, Jones successfully helps him to escape.]]
* HairpinLockpick: XIII picks the lock of his bed [[spoiler:and Billy's bed]] with a visitor badge.
* HeroicSeductress: Jones charms Dr Berger to get into the asylum and help XIII to escape.
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Lullaby really cares for Dr Berger.
* INeedAFreakingDrink: Carrington asks for a drink after he hears that [[spoiler:XIII had plastic surgery to look like the real Steve Rowland.]] InvokedTrope: [[spoiler: Carrington already knew XIII underwent plastic surgery, he was one of those who organized it in the first place but he doesn't want Amos to know that.]]
* LoveRedeems: [[spoiler:Dr Berger prevents a policeman from shooting at XIII and Jones, because he is in love with Jones.]]
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate:
** Dr Johansson, who is a PsychoPsychologist.
** [[spoiler:Dr Berger, who was hired by the the Mongoose to kill XIII.]]
* ANaziByAnyOtherName: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Allenby who says that the members of the conspiracy have a tattoo just like the SS.
* PrisonEpisode: XIII is imprisoned in Plain Rock high-security asylum.
* PrisonersWork: The prisoners have to make baskets.
* PsychoPsychologist: Dr Johansson, who likes electroshock therapy very much, and has a mystic approach of his work.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Dr Berger tries to kill XIII.]] Soon thereafter, he decides to help Jones and XIII: he prevents a policeman from shooting at XIII and Jones and dies in the process.
* {{Retirony}}: The chief warder Mc Bride says he will retire soon. Of course, he is killed by Billy when he tries to escape with XIII.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler:XIII had plastic surgery to look like the real Steve Rowland.]]
* RoadBlock: The police sets road blocks to catch XIII and Jones when they escape from the asylum.
* SchmuckBait: Billy shouts to pull the guard into the cell.
* SequencingDeception: XIII tells Billy he will try to escape without him. Then we see Billy shouting that XIII is a bastard and he tells the guard that XIII will try to escape. [[spoiler:Actually, there was an offscreen discussion between XIII and Billy; XIII finally agreed to take Billy with him; Billy's shouts are a trick to escape.]]
* SickbedSlaying: [[spoiler:Dr Berger tries to kill XIII by injecting him a poison while he is on a hospital bed.]]
* SurgicalImpersonation: [[spoiler:XIII is not the real Steve Rowland. He had plastic surgery to impersonate him. The said surgery was very successful, given the fact that Steve's family did not spot the impostor in ''Recap/WhereTheIndianWalks''.]]
* TwoLinesNoWaiting: There is XIII in Plain Rock asylum on the one hand, and Carrington listening to Amos in Washington on the other hand.
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