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Tai-San introduced the pentacle as
a symbol that would identify all members of the tribe back in
Ep.6 of S2. It was universally on the left hand. Above we see
Tai-San's hand and Bray's. We guess it's meant to be permanent,
like a tattoo. As time went by it seems Cloud9 forgot to apply
it to all the cast, no doubt assuming we'd all forgotten about
it.
Now we're into Season 4, it seems the Mallrat pentacle will
be important again, and the Mallrats have all got them back.
The only problem is, in many cases, they've reappeared on the
wrong hand.... Then Mouse has one, albeit on her left hand,
despite the fact she's only just arrived and hadn't formally
been received as a member of the tribe. She'd need to ask, or
to agree, but to date she hadn't uttered a word - except to
her brother. Then to cap it all, Pride gets one on his right
hand in Ep. 14..
I got bored after Episode 16, but that was enough to prove the
point. |
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end of S3 |
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S4 |
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end of S3 |
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S4 |
Amber |
none |
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Right |
Ellie |
none |
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Left |
Lex |
none |
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Right |
Salene |
-- |
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Left |
Cloe |
none |
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Left - none - left |
Mouse |
-- |
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None - left |
Jack |
none |
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Right - none - right |
Pride |
none |
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None - right |
Trudy |
none |
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Right |
Dee |
-- |
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None - left |
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Amber: (S3:
none) S4: right |
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End of S3: When Amber left the
City, there was no pentacle on
her right hand. While Bray and Amber were traveling cross-country
she went into labor. Fortunately there was a barn nearby and
they made for that. Bray helps her to lie down on a bed of straw.
There is no pentacle on her right
hand. |
The scene resumes in S4, and apart
from her hairstyle instantly changing, she now has a right-hand
pentacle. |
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Lex: (S3:
none) S4: right - none - right - none - right |
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S3 :Ep.52. Lex escorts Bray
and Amber out of the City at the end of S3, having been banished
by Ebony. Lex sends them on their way with a small amount of
food. Lex is left standing with a small bag of money also meant
for Bray and Amber. Of course it's worthless outside the City.
pentacle: none |
S4: Ep.1 The remaining
Mallrats are stunned at how many people are now missing. Lex
has lost Tai-San. pentacle: right |
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S4: Ep.15 Lex's second meeting
with Siva in the Luv shack. If there's a pentacle there, it's
so faint it doesn't count. pentacle: none |
S4: Ep.15 Lex has
toothache, but says it's better than Pride's disgusting herbal
cure. Oh, and the Mallrat pentacle is back: pentacle:
right |
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S4: Ep.16 After Dee has pulled
out the bad tooth, he makes his groggy way to his third meeting
with Siva. She thinks he's faking sick as a pretext for dumping
her. pentacle: none |
S4: Ep.16 Lex staggers
back to the Mall and passes out at the top of the stairs. He's
seriously ill. The pentacle? Back. Right
hand. |
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Cloe: (S3:
none) S4: Left - none - left - none - left |
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Above left is a picture from the end
of S3 showing Cloe with no pentacle
at all. |
Right pic: she now has a LH
pentacle. This is taken 9 min. into S4:Ep.1. |
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S4: Ep.4 Cloe appears in a short
scene (16 seconds) where she's about to change Lex's bandages.
On the way she passes Pride, and it's so obvious she has the
hots for him. But note, no pentacle
anywhere.
Oh, and that messy doodle on her chin? Where did that come from?
Where did it go?... (see
also) |
S4: Ep.4 With that
blue-smudge chin in the past, Cloe has grown back her left-hand
pentacle. |
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S4: Ep.14 Ved visits Cloe to
return her Teddy - and to ask her on a date. But no
pentacle. |
S4: Ep.15 And she's
got it back. t Left-hand pentacle. |
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Jack: (S3:
none ) S4: right - none - right |
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S3:Ep.50 Jack has just escorted
Cloe to the Mall when he's spotted by Amber. His hands: no
pentacle |
S4:Ep.1 Jack reluctantly goes
with Ellie who's keen to get a story for the Newssheet. pentacle-right |
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S4:Ep.3 Jack creates a diversion
to save Ellie from marauding Technos. She's on her way to the
farm hoping to find Alice. pentacle-none |
S4:Ep.3 They've
arrived at the farm. No Alice, but Jack's pentacle has grown
back. pentacle-right |
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Trudy: (S3:
none) S4: right |
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S3:Ep.50 Trudy is shocked to
hear that Tai-San has (falsely) promised to take Brady to the
Guardian. Her right hand: no pentacle.
(And none on her left either) |
S4:Ep.1 Trudy leaves the City to find
Amber. pentacle-right. |
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Salene: (S3:
n/a) S4: Left - none - Left - none |
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S4:
Ep.2 At the end of S3 Salene rode Apollo out of the City
to go search for Ryan. She returns in S4:Ep.2 without Apollo
(Why?). Not far from the Mall she finds a homeless and sick
girl, Mouse, and decides to help her. Salene has a left-hand
pentacle. |
S4: Ep.2 Salene
leads Mouse back to the Mall. But now her left hand has no
pentacle. Not long after, Salene cares for Lex after
Ved zapped him. And still no pentacle. |
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S4: Ep.3 Salene
brings order to a very disorderly tribe leaders' meeting. Left-hand
pentacle. |
S4: Ep.6 Ebony leads an all-out
attack on the Techno base. It's what the tribe leaders demanded,
though she was against it. Salene: no
pentacle |
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S4: Ep.6 The Mallrats
were no match for the Technos. Only Ebony knows it was a set-up.
Salene Bandages her injuries. Salene: left
pentacle back again. |
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Ellie: (S3:
none ) S4: Left |
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S3:Ep51. Ellie is optimistic
about the future. Luke definitely isn't and (unknown to Ellie)
plans to leave the City. No Pentacle |
S4:Ep.1: Ellie
covers her ears when the Techno pyrotechnics begin. Pentacle:
Left |
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Mouse:
(S3: --) S4: None - left - none |
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S4:
Ep.2 This is the first time we see Mouse. Salene finds her
while returning to the City after a fruitless search for Ryan.
Mouse has no Mallrat pentacle as yet. Of course not! She's not
a Mallrat. But you never can tell with the Cloud9 makeup department!
None |
S4: Ep.4 Mouse
and her brother Charlie will only eat when they think no one
is watching. Mouse's right hand is still pentacle free.
Pentacle: none |
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S4: Ep.6 The Mallrats
have joined a Citywide attack on the Technos leaving Cloe to
baby-sit Mouse and Charlie, who are rummaging Pride's stuff.
Mouse: no pentacle |
S4: Ep.6 Having picked through
Pride's bag, Mouse and Charlie find Cloe's love letter to Pride
and make a paper plane. Mouse now has a left-hand
pentacle. |
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S4: Ep.10 Mouse's
pentacle has gone. - none |
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Pride:
(S3: none) S4: None - right |
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S4: Ep.14 OMG! Pride's got one
now - you've gotta be kidding! He's not even a Mallrat. |
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Dee:
(S3: none) S4: None - left |
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Dee, erstwhile Mozzie, also, apparently,
becomes a Mallrat. Moz herself would be turning in her... wherever
she is. This is taken from Ep.28. |
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