WARNING:
For mentions of FREDDY FAZBEAR!
I think this post might have the most images of all these retrospective posts so far. I think I've got around 60, so... I apologize for the length. Just can't help myself sometimes.
Anyways, there's gonna be plenty of Lumity, Freddy Fazbear, jumpscares, and mentions of talking trains ahead, so let us begin with the madness!
Inspired by Lilith's words, Hooty figures it's about time he got a leading role in an episode.
Eda jumpscare!
The funny face.
JESUS CHRIST HOOTY, HE'S JUST A CHILD!
"DO YOU HAVE HAIR IN... PLACES?"
HOOTY JUMPSCARE! (This is what happens when you talk about his mother.)
Also, this room is supposed to be inside the big castle that sits behind the Owl House. Which is pretty cool, we never get to see inside there except this once, if I remember correctly... this is making me want a 3D reconstruction of the titular Owl House so I can EXPLORE it!
Also, notice how King has a chip on his horn (given to him offscreen after he made rude remarks about Hooty's mom). It's gone by the next episode. You could chalk this up to an error... or maybe it's just magic!
"YOU ARE YOU!" Gee, thanks... I forgot.
Eda finds out Hooty has drugged her cookies.
We finally meet Eda's dad: Dell Clawthorne. He is voiced by guest star Peter Gallagher, a veteran actor of film and TV. I actually first saw him in this miniseries about the Titanic from 1996 (no, not the James Cameron film from 1997... this was a TV miniseries that just so happened to come out the year before). The '96 Titanic miniseries was pretty bad but I liked him in it, so I liked hearing a familiar voice in this show.
Ouch!
Okay, but seriously though... Jesus Christ, that HAS to hurt like hell! Imagine experiencing one of your own eyeballs being poked out!
And here is our first look at the Collector... maybe? I'm inclined to believe it might be another Archivist. For one, this Archivist seems more mean-spirited than our Collector.
Also, this Archivist is pretty tall, so they're likely an adult. So unless that's just the Collector with a really long robe, I think that might be another Archivist. But don't quote me on that. What do you think?
You unlocked: HARPY EDA!
Great advice, Hooty!
You probably should have specified that on the other side of the paper.
Hmm... let's see... first he DRUGGED Eda, now he's KIDNAPPED Amity!
What do I keep saying? HIS MERE EXISTENCE VIOLATES THE GENEVA CONVENTION!
From one Geneva Convention violator to another... I greatly respect Hooty.
Oh, that's... that's Toy Bonnie.
Hooty must have hacked into his criminal recognition database, otherwise he'd be in big trouble right now!
Oh, that's... that's Freddy Fazbear... and Chica the Chicken.
I mean, the bib about eating can't be a coincidence.
Hooty, what you're doing for Luz and Amity is really sweet, but I don't think it necessitates BRINGING TO LIFE THE HORRORS OF FAZBEAR ENTERTAINMENT!
(Anyways, happy early 10th anniversary, Five Nights at Freddy's!)
Now, Hooty turning his Tunnel of Love into Fazbear's Fright aside, it's honestly a bit sad seeing how Luz unintentionally ruins the whole thing for herself because she's afraid of how Amity may react (even though Amity really likes it). She says earlier in the episode that everyone in the human realm thought she was "cheesy". She's probably been rejected before, and it's honestly sad seeing how being ostracized by her peers in the human realm has affected her personality. I certainly feel the same way sometimes.
JESUS CHRIST, EVERYONE TAKE COVER! HOOTY'S CRYING! HIS TEARS ARE LIKE PROJECTILES!
JESUS CHRIST, HE WON'T STOP! TAKE SHELTER UNDERGROUND NOW! HOOTY'S LOST IT!
Here it is... the big moment. Big step for both of their character journeys. They're both so silly... truly perfect for each other.
And amongst the fandom... there was much rejoicing.
This was everyone's reaction. Even for me, it really does warm the void where my heart would be if I had one.
"THEY'RE ADORABLE TOGETHER, AND DESERVE ALL THE HAPPINESS!"
Well said, demon bird tube!
Also, immediately after, Hooty says that he was told never to help anyone ever again... probably for the best. I mean, you can't deny the results... but the methods in achieving them... yeah, not again.
NO HOOTY, DON'T TAKE HIS LETTER!
Good thing he just accidentally swallows the whole thing after trying to eat a bug that was on it. Best save that for a later episode.
WARNING: For British man!
We see his face at last... and I think I've seen enough.
Also, at the beginning of this episode, we see a book that lists the ingredients for making a grimwalker... probably nothing important!
He also tells Hunter he's been to the human realm before and that he looks forward to seeing it again... technically true, only he didn't mention the part of him being FROM the human realm.
Notice how Philip Wittebane has some more stubble on his face. He was clean-shaven the last time we saw his silhouette in "Through the Looking Glass Ruins". He's been here a while now. Nothing too important, just a detail I thought was interesting.
Hunter, the "bad but sad boy", as Luz calls him, is once again sad, because everyone finds his voice annoying.
Philip writes in his diary that he was the only member of his party to escape a collapsing vein full of fools' blood. But given how it's later revealed how unreliable of a narrator Philip is in his journals... who's to say what's fabricated and what isn't? There'd be no witnesses to his companions' deaths, after all...
"BYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!" says Hunter, riding away in a Troublesome Truck.
And then the truck crashes into a mine wall-
Oh wait... wrong episode... wrong show, for that matter.
And now back to your regularly scheduled programming...
ABOMINATION LOCOMOTIVE!
Folks, what you are seeing here is the future of railroading!
Sorry Diesel, you're not revolutionary anymore.
Come to think of it... that abomination locomotive would fit right in on Culdee Fell...
@ThomasH3arts For all these Thomas references that only you will get.
Anyways... I think with every passing episode she's in, Kikimora's sanity continues to degrade as she goes mad with power.
Gotta love how she throws a child into a ravine without hesitation... respect.
JESUS CHRIST, THAT HAS TO BE PAINFUL!
Hehe... he's dead!
"This... is mah grave! Want me to make you one too?"
They never stop being adorable.
"NO KING HUG? YOU ARE A SWINDLER AND A THIEF!"
Things worked out well for both Hunter and Amity... he can return to Belos with a portal key that has SOME Titan's blood left, while Amity brings some back on the glove she crushed the portal key with. And this Titan's-bloodstained glove will be useful in later episodes. I believe the proper term is "Chekhov's Gun"... an item in a work of fiction that ends up being useful to the plot later down the line.
Flapjack tells Hunter his name. And one day the little guy will give up his life for Hunter... nope, can't think about that right now.
Our first glimpse at Manny Noceda.
Luz tells herself to take a deep breath and count to five... but with her utterance of the word "five", she unknowingly summons a portal cube to "Number Five"... Vee.
And we finally, REALLY meet Vee. Don't know how obvious this fact will be to you all, but she's called Vee because she's "Number Five", and the Roman numeral for five is "V". Roman numerals are fun, I've been using them to number these posts just because I can!
Anyway, I've said this before, but I find it funny how Luz's impostor seemed so threatening beforehand, but now we realize that it's just... well, it's Vee!
Eda went under the alias of "Marylin" in the human realm... pretty insignificant detail... unless you're a Gravity Falls fan, as Stan Pines had an ex-wife named Marylin.
The idea of Eda and Stan being exes honestly just works so well.
Eda's hexed croissants gave rats sentience? Must have been a scrapped plot for Ratatouille.
Ironically, Vee seems to be much better at making friends with humans than Luz. The way Luz seems scared of how the teenagers will treat Vee seems to once again show just how ostracized the poor girl was in the human realm. Once again... can relate, don't like talking to people either.
Also our first time seeing Masha, who tells Vee they got the Hex'es Hold-'Em cards from the Gravesfield Historical Society, where they'll be working come Season 3.
Luz also mentions that Eda gave up cards. Likely she quit her gambling after nearly losing King to Tibbles that one time.
I hate you.
Jacob's surname, Hopkins, is likely in reference to the real-life witch hunter Matthew Hopkins, who called himself the "Witch-Finder General". He served as a source of inspiration for the fictional Belos.
Vee encountering the talking rats earlier wasn't scary for her just because they were talking rats... it's because she has painful memories involving rats.
Vee meets Camila for the first time. She tells Luz that she can't understand why she would want to run away from a life that seems so good to her, even saying she resents her for running away, but at the same time, is also grateful.
Vee honestly makes a good point... at the very least, Luz had a caring mother. Sometimes it's hard to focus on the bad things instead of looking on the bright side of life. But to be fair to Luz, she didn't plan on being stuck in the Boiling Isles with no means of return to the human realm.
FIVE NIGHTS AT VEE'S?
Jacob Hopkins claims to have found out the truth about demons and witches after having watched videos on "MewTube"... yep, watching crackheads on the internet will do that to ya.
CLOSE-UP VEE JUMPSCARE!
PFFT- HE'S A MEMBER OF THE FLAT EARTH SOCIETY! IT'S TOO PERFECT!
I wonder if he ever just... stops and looks at himself in the mirror and questions what he's doing with his life.
Honestly... he found out the demon realm was real after encountering Eda's cursed form, and now he's seen another demon up close... but he's so insane that absolutely no one is going to believe him. A bit sad, really, but then again, he's made his choices in life, and now he must live with them.
Also, he assumes Camila was sent to him from the President of the United States... sure, buddy, if that'll soothe your ego.
LA CHANCLA!
Honestly... imagine being in Camila's shoes here. You've just found out your daughter has been living in the freaking DEMON REALM for several months now, and who you thought was your daughter was really an impostor seeking refuge. That really has got to be a lot to take in.
It's also heartbreaking when Luz accidentally lets slip that she decided to stay in the demon realm, and Camila wonders if she did anything to push her away. Like Vee said earlier, Luz at the very least had a mother who loved her very much back in the human realm. She never really realized what she had until she had lost it. And the fact that Camila still considers Vee her "child" after all of this really says a lot about who she is.
Just... this whole scene is very sad. I mean, I have ZERO parenting skills, but I can still understand Camila's pain when she fears that she may have pushed her daughter away and thus resulted in her being trapped in the demon realm.
Honestly... respect to Camila, she really is one of the greatest mothers I've ever known, in fiction or real life.
And... on that note... that at last ends today's post. I think I'll take a break tomorrow before starting Season 2B, as making these takes a long time. But if you enjoyed this, please be sure to reply with anything you enjoyed or thought was interesting!
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