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The most recent patch further increases the level cap by 8 for everyone (meaning those who have Knoxx get a cap of [[Freud Was Right|69]]).

 

 

When editing this page, please do not go into too much detail describing the gun unless it is accessible to everyone. This is [[All The Tropes]] here, not [https://web.archive.org/web/20130313080806/http://thecardchest.com/gunshow/ the Borderlands section of The Card Chest], which is where every recorded ''Borderlands'' gun has been catalogued.

 

'''[[Cage the Elephant|Ain't no rest for the wicked...]]'''

* [[Badass]]: [[Elite Mooks]] are called this. On [[New Game+]], they get upgraded to Bad Mutha, and then [[Superbad]]s.

** The entire civilian populace of the planet Pandora. Considering that the world they live on has [[Death World|90-hour days, seven-year seasons, at least five separate species of omnivorous wildlife that are large, aggressive, and more than happy to eat anyone who gets in their way, a population of several thousand convict-laborers-turned-bandits]], [[Overly Long Gag|severe and frequent electrical storms, poisonous vegetation, oppressive heat, scarce water]] [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|and crazy archaeologists]], ''anyone'' who can survive there for any length of time whatsoever has to be at least a ''little'' badass.

* [[The Baroness]]: Commander Steele, who even comes with an over-the-top Boer accent.

* [[Bathroom Stall Graffiti]]: While not in a bathroom, one quest given to you by Mad Moxxi has you cleaning up graffiti about her. Considering how [[A Worldwide Punomenon|badly written]] and [[Toilet Humor|childish]] said graffiti is, it's either a take on or a shout out to the trope.

* [[Body Horror]]: Undead {{spoiler|Ned}} and Motorhead, FKA {{spoiler|Sledge}}.

** Most of the regular non-claptrap enemies in ''Claptrap's New Robot Revolution'' after they get [[You Will Be Assimilated|converted to cyborg: traps]].

* [[Bonus Boss]]: Crawmerax the Invincible. By far the toughest fight in the game, he's always five levels above you. He's all but impossible to beat in a solo game. There are many others scattered about (Motorhead, King Wee Wee, Skyscraper...), but Crawmerax is indeed the strongest.

* [[Book Ends]]: {{spoiler|The final battle of ''Claptrap's New Robot Revolution'' is the very place you started the main game, fighting the same Claptrap from the beginning}}.

* [[Crazy Prepared]]: Taylor Kobb apparently {{spoiler|puts armed midgets in storage containers (complete with beds and toilets) in case he has a sudden need to betray someone}}.

** Or they just live in there. Pandora doesn't have much in the way of sweet digs.

* [[Critical Hit]]: [[In Name Only]] example of what this trope usually is; and taken more literally: A [[Critical Hit]] is scored from hitting an enemy in a certain [[Attack Its Weak Point|point or area on its body]] to [[For Massive Damage|inflict much more damage]], unlike other games. There are other abilities that give your attacks a chance to do extra damage or have extra effects, as per the trope.

* [[Cutscene]]: If you wait a minute on the main menu, you even get an unskippable attract movie: the same one that plays when you create a new character. The original game was supposed to feature a lot of these, but were cut out in the final product.

* [[Planetville]]: Averted.

* [[Pointy-Haired Boss]]: Admiral Mikey, Knoxx's superior.

* [[Powered Armour]]: The Devastator used by the crimson lance in the new General Knoxx DLC

* [[Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner]]: Nine Toes; "You woke the wrong dog." subverted story wise it's him that gets his asskicked, gameplay wise it's played straight if you're not careful.

 

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