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Fridays Became Less Busy

Death Note completed its run on YTV last night. That was some good times. Ultra fitting end, very satisfying even if the entire episode was just typing all the loose ends and the really crazy tense moment was the week of waiting between this episode and the one before it.

It's all good.

Though . . . it's funny, because I recently became obsessed with an amazing website known as The TV Tropes Wiki, which is basically a collection of all the common themes and devices we're all used to in all forms of everything in the history of the world.

So with this site in mind, I spent the whole episode picking them out for my own amusement.

And if you haven't seen Death Note by now and still care, possibly ignore this next bit. Possibly. But you already know how it ends, so it's all good.

Oh, resolution of last episode's Cliff Hanger.
Hey look, explanation of the Xanatos Gambit.
Which leads to the Evil Laugh.
Followed by the A God Am I speech (to actual people for once) mixed with a little Evil Gloating.
Followed by the quick-reaction reminding us to Beware The Nice Ones.
Which goes into a modified version of Sword Over Head.

Also, while not exactly taking place in this episode, the trope of What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome? demands a mention since Death Note is the example they use in the introduction.

Potato chips . . . bwahaha . . .

So yeah. That was Death Note. Good times. I'll be going back to that site to waste more of my time now . . .