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* [[Affably Evil]]: Charles Guiteau is a jolly, optimistic guy who attempted rape and assassinated a president.
* [[A Good Way to Die]]: Booth and Guiteau very much believed they were martyrs and that they sacrificed themselves to save the country.▼
* [[All Girls Want Bad Boys]]: Squeaky Fromme is in love with "Charlie" Manson.
* [[Ambition Is Evil]]: The show implies that even though "everybody's got the right to their dreams", you shouldn't necessarily try to achieve them when they're impossible.
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** Most of the assassins' plans boil down to "I want something, killing the president will help me get it". How crazy this idea is in context varies from assassin to assassin.
* [[Crowd Song]]: "How I Saved Roosevelt".
* [[Curse Cut Short]]: In the opening:
{{quote|'''Booth/Proprietor:''' ''Free country!''
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* [[The Ghost]]: Half the Presidents.
* [[Gilligan Cut]]: Guiteau's "I am a terrifying and imposing figure!" is often followed by something not terrifying and unimposing.
▲* [[A Good Way to Die]]: Booth and Guiteau very much believed they were martyrs and that they sacrificed themselves to save the country.
* [[Grief Song]]: "Something Just Broke", where the American people grieve for the victims of the assassinations.
* [[Gunman with Three Names]]: [[Lampshaded]] in a chilling moment between John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald.
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