History Awesome / CastlevaniaNocturne

** To put it simply, it was only because Erszebet did make an appear in the nick of time and with the full power of a deity that the heroes got thwarted. It took the power of a god to stop the heroes, so Erszebet could be called a DiabolusExMachina!!
* At the end of the episode, Richter and company have been put through the wringer: Erszebet Báthory has become the avatar of Sekhmet and become too powerful for the heroes to fight directly, summoned TheNightThatNeverEnds, turned Tera into a vampire, and sent Drolta to eliminate Richter, Maria, Annette, and Mizrak as they retreat. What stops it from turning into a DownerEnding right then there? The [[BigDamnHeroes grand return]] of Alucard, which sees him inject some [[RayOfHopeEnding much-needed hope]] for the heroes.

** This emphasizes just how much Alucard has become LegendaryInTheSequel: in ''WesternAnimation/{{Castlevania|2017}}'', Dracula's generals and Carmila's soldiers thought they had a chance facing down Alucard alongside Trevor Belmont and Sypha Belnades. Now, three centuries and thousands of dead vampires later, Alucard just saying his name is enough to send vampires fanatically loyal to Erszebet fleeing for their lives in mortal terror.

* Annette killing Vaublanc, her former vampire slave master, by repelling him with a Christian cross, trapping him in a cage of more wrought-iron crosses -- that [[HolyBurnsEvil painfully burn him on contact]] -- and letting him slowly immolate in the rising sun. Even better, she completely shrugs off his attempts to break her spirit by telling her she will always be a slave, all the while he is having an obvious VillainousBreakdown.

* Annette killing her former vampire slave master by trapping him in a ring of metal crosses and letting him roast in the sun. Even better, she shrugs off his attempts to break her spirit by telling her she will always be a slave, all the while he is having an obvious VillainousBreakdown.

** To put it simply, it was only because Erszebet did make an appear in the nick of time and with the full power of a deity that the heroes got twarted. It took the power of a god to stop the heroes, so Erszebet could be called a DiabolusExMachina!!

* En route to the abbey to rescue Maria, the heroes, plus Mizrak, are blocked off from reaching it by the Abbot's human knights templar, around 20 or so of them armed with sword and shield. When Mizrak' pleas to them to put down their swords and pray to god for forgiveness go unheeded, the Quartet prepare to fight their way through...that is, 2 powerful and skilled magic uses equally deadly in mid-to-close range, a Belmont who's recently reawakened his full potential into a MagicKnight, and a BadassNormal who was the apparent [[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership top fighter in the knights' hierarchy]]. The battle is such an utter curb-stop that [[OffscreenMomentOfAwesome it isn't even shown]], just the Quartet bursting in to interrupt the Abbot's sacrifice in the next scene and Richter alluding to having killed a whole bunch of monks and night creatures without breaking a sweat.

** Once Maria is rescued, Annette breaks off to push the Abbot's Devil Forging machine back into Hell, while Tera stands aside and recites the incantation to open the portal. Leaving, Richter, Maria, and Mizrak to HoldTheLine against the night creatures and arriving vampires. Richter barely uses his whip, using FullContactMagic to beat down anything that gets near, and Maria keeps her summons going. Mizrak duels a four-armed night creature to a standstill. . . then Drolta gets involved.

** To put it simply, it was only because Erszebet did make an appear in the nick of time and with the full power of a deity that the heroes got twarted. It took the power of a god to stop the heroes, so Erszebet could be called a [[DiabolusExMachina]]!!

* At the end of the episode, Ricther and company have been put through the wringer: Erszebet Báthory has become the avatar of Sekhmet and become too powerful for the heroes to fight directly, summoned TheNightThatNeverEnds, turned Tera into a vampire, and sent Drolta to eliminate Richter, Maria, Annette, and Mizrak as they retreat. What stops it from turning into a DownerEnding right then there? The [[BigDamnHeroes grand return]] of Alucard, which sees him inject some [[RayOfHopeEnding much-needed hope]] for the heroes.

* Julia Belmont and Olrox's battle. It introduces a Belmont that had both Trevor and Sypha's abilities, and an Aztec vampire that can turn into a feathered serpent. If it weren't for Richter, Julia would most likely have beaten Olrox.