Pumpkin Scissors: Difference between revisions

* [[Body Horror]]: The flamethrower suits feature faulty cooling systems. Instead of fixing them, the suits were filled with painkillers. As a result, the soldiers inside keep going ''until their muscles burn off''.

** The more horrifying part is that the substance in the fluid is not just an anesthetic, but a preservative: the wearer's body doesn't start coming apart until a few minutes after the suit is removed. By which point, it's already to late to get the suit back on, since it's a horribly complex affair that takes a long time to put on or take off. {{spoiler|Which is what saves Hans, since he was still having trouble getting his suit off when his friends started falling apart.}}

* [[Can't Hold His Liquor|Can't Hold Her Liquor]]: Alice ''passes out'' from ''one glass of wine''.

* [[Carrying the Antidote]]: Justified in the first episode, since the soldiers in a chemical weapons company would need immediate access to an antidote in case of a spill or leak.

* [[Meaningful Name]] and [[Theme Naming]]: Imperial units tend to name themselves after bladed implements, and choose those implements based on a metaphor they hold in relation to the unit's purpose.

** [[Pumpkin Scissors]]: As Alice so eloquently puts it, scissors used to cut through the thick pumpkin-like skin of corruption.

** [[An Axe to Grind|Axe Force]]: Axes have mundane uses outside of war. Serves as the Empire's special police force for domestic affairs.

** A Section II unit is named after the shotel, a curved, semi-circular blade which somewhat resembles a sickle, which reflects their indirect stealthy spy approach.