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| - "Ace in the Hole" is the twenty-sixth and final episode of the second season of Batman Beyond. It shows the origin of Bruce Wayne's faithful dog Ace.
- Ace In The Hole is the seventh episode of season 2 of The Listener.
- Ace in the Hole is slang for an ace that keeps his powers hidden and pretends to be a nat, a normal human. It's much more than just wearing a mask and adopting a codename. Aces that are in the hole never use their powers in a way that can be traced back to them in any identity. Many aces in the 1950s, when anti-wild card persecution was at its highest, were aces in the hole, never using their powers in public. In more modern times, certain individuals keep their ace natures hidden for a variety of reasons. Senator Gregg Hartmann was such a person, hiding his emotion manipulation powers from everyone.
- Terry drives Bruce to a doctor's appointment, and takes Ace for a walk while he is waiting. Suddenly, Ace catches sight of a strange man and becomes wild, chasing after the man, who runs, and dragging Terry along. Terry is unable to stop him, and Ace rips off his leash and disappears. While Terry goes off, Bruce looks at Ace's bone and dish and wonders aloud, "what did they do to you, boy?" At first, Ronny doesn't recognize his old fighter. But when Ace growls viciously at him, Ronny puts the pieces together and laughs, saying they must be meant for each other.
- Ace in the Hole (also known as The Big Carnival) is a 1951 film directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Kirk Douglas. Chuck Tatum is an abrasive, tough reporter looking for a chance to make a name with a big new, unfortunately he’s stuck in a little town where almost nothing happens. One day, while going to report rattlesnake hunting, a man called Leo Minosa gets trapped inside a mine. Tatum sees this as his big chance and tries to squeeze the new for all its worth, convincing the local sheriff and engineer to prolong the rescue labor at least for a week.
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| - "Ace in the Hole" is the twenty-sixth and final episode of the second season of Batman Beyond. It shows the origin of Bruce Wayne's faithful dog Ace.
- Terry drives Bruce to a doctor's appointment, and takes Ace for a walk while he is waiting. Suddenly, Ace catches sight of a strange man and becomes wild, chasing after the man, who runs, and dragging Terry along. Terry is unable to stop him, and Ace rips off his leash and disappears. Bruce confronts Terry, who is baffled as to why Ace chased after the man. Based on his description, Bruce makes a composite drawing of the man's face, and matches it against criminal records. He soon comes up with a match: Ronny Boxer, who has been arrested before on suspicions of animal cruelty and illegal gambling — he is a promoter of illegal dog fights. Both Bruce and Terry are deeply disgusted. Bruce reports Ace missing to the police and the animal control authorities. Terry wonders that he's not more worried, but Bruce says of Ace, "he's a survivor." Terry reveals that he's got his own scheme for finding Ronny. He's picked up the names of some thugs associated with dog fights, and plans to approach one posing as a kid with a vicious dog he wants to sell (for verisimilitude, he wraps a bandage around his arm — "he did that, and he likes me"). While Terry goes off, Bruce looks at Ace's bone and dish and wonders aloud, "what did they do to you, boy?" In flashback, Ace's story is told. As a puppy he was sold to Boxer illegally by a corrupt pound attendant, Ozzie. When Ozzie said frankly that Ace didn't look up to fighting, Boxer smiled and said he would make him a champ. Ace was raised to maturity in Boxer's captivity, deprived and tormented to make him as vicious as possible. In his first fight, he was being matched against a much larger beast, which Boxer honestly didn't expect him to survive. However, just before the fight began, the police raided the arena, and arrested Boxer and his . Ace escaped and lived as a stray for a long time. One snowy night, while Bruce was making his regular pilgrimage to Crime Alley (the scene of his parents' murder), he was accosted by a Joker, looking to mug him. Bruce beat him away, and told him to be gone. But as he turned his back, the Joker lunged at him. Ace appeared and pounced on the Joker, who tried to beat him off. Angered, Bruce gave the Joker another thrashing, and sent him packing. Seeing that Ace had been hurt, Bruce carried him back to his car. In the present, Terry's sting has led him to Ronny's hideout, which is empty when he enters it as Batman. He sees what looks like a chemistry lab, and large containers of Cerestone — the growth hormone. Terry is even more revolted. Ace wanders the streets for a while, but is captured by animal control. Unfortunately he is seen by Boxer's corrupt attendant, who is impressed by his size and strength. He removes Ace's tags, and passes him off as a homeless stray, before selling him to Ronny for a high price. At first, Ronny doesn't recognize his old fighter. But when Ace growls viciously at him, Ronny puts the pieces together and laughs, saying they must be meant for each other. Terry tracks down Ronny's latest illegal arena, carved out of the belly of a cargo ship. But Ronny sees him coming and lays a trap. As soon as Terry enters the arena, Ronny seals the doors and introduces him to an early, failed experiment: an unrecognizable beast that may once have been a dog, but is now deformed, vicious, and the size of a bull elephant. Terry tries to calm the beast, but it is rabid. As he evades its attacks, an impact against the walls of the arena loosens the locks on Ace's nearby cage. Terry manages to hogtie the beast and Ronny decides to shoot Terry with a gun. Ace manages to break free and tackles Ronny, then chases after him as he runs in panic to the ship's stern. The beast manages to snap it's bonds and badly damages Terry's suit. Ace returns and jumps down through a cut hole in the arena's ceiling, biting at the beast just as it has swallowed Terry whole. In shock, it regurgitates Terry, who takes advantage of the beast's distraction to hook a grappling rope around it and attach the other end to his suit's belt, electrocuting the beast. When Terry emerges from the arena, he follows Ace to the ship's stern, where Ronny is dangling off a rail above the churning propellers, yelling for help. Terry and Ace return to Wayne Manor, where Ace runs gleefully into his master's arms.
- Ace in the Hole (also known as The Big Carnival) is a 1951 film directed by Billy Wilder, and starring Kirk Douglas. Chuck Tatum is an abrasive, tough reporter looking for a chance to make a name with a big new, unfortunately he’s stuck in a little town where almost nothing happens. One day, while going to report rattlesnake hunting, a man called Leo Minosa gets trapped inside a mine. Tatum sees this as his big chance and tries to squeeze the new for all its worth, convincing the local sheriff and engineer to prolong the rescue labor at least for a week. One of the most famous movies about irresponsible reporting out there. It wasn’t very well received when it was first released, but with time it has found new respect from the critics. Not to be confused with the 1942 Woody Woodpecker short of the same name.
* Belligerent Sexual Tension: Between Chuck and Minosa's wife, Lorraine.
* Da Editor: Chuck’s old boss from New York.
* Deadpan Snarker: Chuck.
* Downer Ending
* Executive Meddling: When the movie didn’t prove successful at first, the studio changed its name to The Big Carnival, hoping the new name sounded more appealing to the public. It didn’t.
* Human Interest Story: Chuck not only wants it, he even fabricates it.
* Intrepid Reporter: Chuck Tatum, who’s also a Manipulative Bastard.
* Lurid Tales of Doom:
* Manipulative Bastard: Tatum.
* My God, What Have I Done?: Chuck has his BSOD when he realizes Leo is dying because he prolonged the rescue efforts.
* Police Are Useless: And more than willing to cooperate if you promise the sheriff a reelection, it seems.
* Ripped from the Headlines: The plot was inspired by two real-life events. Cave explorer W. Floyd Collins was trapped in a cave in 1925, and a three-year-old girl, Kathy Fiscus fell into an abandoned well in 1949. Just like in the film, the victims became media sensations and died before they were rescued.
* Sliding Scale of Idealism vs. Cynicism: Heavily cynical.
* Vindicated by History: Audiences and critics were originally turned off by the movie's extreme cynicism about news reporters and police officers. Now the movie is a well-regarded part of Roger Ebert's Great Movies list and the Criterion Collection.
- Ace In The Hole is the seventh episode of season 2 of The Listener.
- Ace in the Hole is slang for an ace that keeps his powers hidden and pretends to be a nat, a normal human. It's much more than just wearing a mask and adopting a codename. Aces that are in the hole never use their powers in a way that can be traced back to them in any identity. Many aces in the 1950s, when anti-wild card persecution was at its highest, were aces in the hole, never using their powers in public. In more modern times, certain individuals keep their ace natures hidden for a variety of reasons. Senator Gregg Hartmann was such a person, hiding his emotion manipulation powers from everyone.
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