History Blog / RWBYRecaps

** Team ABRN (minus Reese) end up getting sent through time after Yang's punch propels them [[Film/BackToTheFuture past 88 miles per hour.]]

* GagBoobs: Yang's breasts are typically a source of such humor as:
--> ''Yang Xiao Long of the Xiao Long and Daughters Law Firm. Attorney at boobs. Nice to meet you.''

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Parodied in-universe.
-->'''Ruby:''' ''(after Weiss insults Sun)'' That's my alternate universe husband you're badmouthing so shut your face.

'''Goliath 2:''' [[Machinima/RedVsBlue You said you wanted a]] ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlue day]]'' [[Machinima/RedVsBlue of victory]].

** The ''Menagerie'' recap has random, deliberately SoBadItsGood jokes.

* IncestIsRelative: The Belladonnas apparently make a habit of breeding first cousins.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: The spelling of Glynda's name wasn't known when the first recap was made, so Matt labels her as "Glynda/Glenda/Glinda/Bart Goodwitch" when she's first introduced.

* TheStarscream: Glynda desperately wants to quit her job and go on a violent killing spree. Ozpin knows this and fears for everyone's lives - especially his own.

''Then that Huntress, all those centuries ago, wielding Dust in ways we ancient ones considered as easy as taking a breath, and those pitiful mortals now could never manage, sealed me in this form. But I have been patient. I outlived her. I outlived her kin. The curse won’t hold forever, and when I… Wait. [[FamousLastWords What’s that red blur flying towards-]]''\\

* ARareSentence: "We would make ''awesome'' [[BlackComedy prostitutes]]." [[note]]'''Context:''' Blake is trying to be be optimistic about the possibility that [=RWBY=] will fail their Huntress training and end up on the streets.[[/note]]

-->''Can I just say that, from my perspective, how glad I am that her berserk button being damaging her hair can be a thing? I mean, I’ve made the funny recap pics using running jokes and the like with only tangential connections to actual canon - Ruby’s adorableness, Jaune’s mommy stuff and the everything else, Weiss and peasants, Pyrrha and potentially psychotic niceness; Blake the queen is canon, though, and nobody can tell me different - but Yang has been the hardest to nail down.''
* AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle: Exaggerated in the recap for Vol. 2, Episode 5. Pyrrha goes through about half a dozen [=PSAs=] in the course of it, a gag which continues throughout Volume 3. She also does a far more somber (and heartfelt) one after the death of Creator/MontyOum based on a quote of his that relates to this sentiment.

* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: A good chunk of the Grimm shown doing extended speeches all talk about having come for peace talks to the rest of the cast, and are confused as all hell when they get attacked in the middle of their attempts to talk about peace (which frankly translates to as much chaos as in actual canon).

** A couple in "[=V3C6=]: Fall", where Ozpin, Qrow, Glynda and Ironwood all repeat "Joiiiiinnnnnnn usssssssss" or "For the greater gooood", at which point Pyrrha lampshades at how creepy they sound.

* PlotTwist: At the end of Volume 2, the Moon Logs are confirmed to be over... except they're not. Scarlet and Sage have been there all along, investigating evidence that apparently someone else used to live there before them!

* RelationshipVoiceActor: Parodied In-universe.

* {{Robosexual}}: Ironwood tries to defend himself from being perceived as this by Ozpin following Penny's destruction.

** {{Mooks}} scream "Now we have regrets!" upon being beaten.

** On occasion, the scene from the Volume 1 Opening where Adam's silhouette is shown, with the caption being "Adam's Moon Log, Week [X]," followed by Adam lamenting that he's stuck on the moon.

** Many characters have admitted "Yeah I don't care much for Yang", starting from Qrow referencing ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment''.

** Numerous times Matt has compared the various parents in the series to [[MissingMom Raven Brawnen]], usually saying that their a better parent than her like [[DeceasedParentsAretheBest Summer]] or [[AbusiveParents Weiss' dad.]]
** The ''Menagrie'' recap has random, deliberately SoBadItsGood jokes.

* RunningGagged: Adam's Moon Logs were discontinued once Adam returned at the end of Volume 2, and were replaced by Scarlet and Sage's Moon Logs, which themselves apparently only lasted for one episode, due to their appearance in Volume 3.
* SacrificialLion: While analyzing the second Volume's opening, Matt speculates that either Pyrrha or Velvet will end up becoming this. It gets to the point that everyone expects Pyrrha to die, and after the battle in Breach they all assume she died, despite her protests.
** Milked for all its worth in [=V3E12=].

* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Matt intended to make a joke about this during CFVY's entry, with Fox stating it was actually Friday, only to realize given the last few episodes pacing and the shows dialogue, it ''really was'' Tuesday.

* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Matt intended to make a joke about this during CFVY's entry, with Fox stating it was actually Friday, only to realize given the last few episodes pacing and the shows dialogue, IT WAS TUESDAY.

-->''For many minutes upon hours upon days upon weeks upon months upon years upon decades upon centuries, I have survived. Trapped in this witless bird’s body, flying as the seasons change for [no other] reason than my instincts telling me to, but I am still myself where it counts.''
-->''I had grand plans once, of making the legends of Grimm seem naught but a stubbed toe compared to the horrors I would unleash upon every living being, dawn to dusk, in dreams and nightmares. I would place the world beneath my heel and squash it like it was an ant.''
-->''Then that Huntress, all those centuries ago, wielding Dust in ways we ancient ones considered as easy as taking a breath, and those pitiful mortals now could never manage, sealed me in this form. But I have been patient. I outlived her. I outlived her kin. The curse won’t hold forever, and when I… Wait. [[FamousLastWords What’s that red blur flying towards-]]''
-->RIP: "Birdie, no!" bird (Many centuries ago -- Episode Five) [[/note]]

** This exchange in Recap [=V3C3=]:

** This exchange in "[=V3C7=]: Beginning of the End":

-->'''Junior:''' What is this, dumb cops, boobs cops?
-->'''Neptune:''' But I don't have boobs

--> '''Kali:''' I like him [Sun]. It's a shame you can't marry him because he's not your first cousin.\\

* KlingonPromotion: Weiss tries this is one of the outtake segments.

** The Episode Six recap had it describe the preceding episode with "On the previous episode of RWBY, the initiation for Beacon Academy’s best and brightest (and also Jaune) landed to varying degrees of success in the Emerald Forest..."

--> '''Pyrrha:''' Well, I'm in as long as you stop saying "For the greater good"\\

--> '''Ozpin:''' What part of "get in the pod" does this chick ''not'' understand?\\

--->'''Jaune:''' God Bless America.

--> '''Oobleck:''' ''(to Jaune)'' Tell me who's better at drinking coffee? Me or Ozpin? I should remind you that I will end you if you say him.

--> '''Ironwood:''' Ozpin? I can explain! The robot girl was ''not'' a fetish thing! ''[{{Beat}}]'' ... This time.

* RunningGag
** {{Mooks}} screaming "Now we have regrets!" upon being beaten.
** Torchwick declaring he's made a "flawless escape" whenever he [[VillainExitStageLeft cuts and runs]].
** Emerald ringing the bookshop bell.

** Many characters have admitted "Yeah I don't care much for Yang", starting from Qrow referencing {{Series/Arrested Development}}.

*** Speaking of Raven, a running gag in the ''Menagrie'' recap was random, deliberately SoBadItsGood jokes.

** Winter similarly appears in "[=V3C11=]: Heroes and Monsters" as a sort of flashback mentoring, though she says some nasty things that the characters hilariously end up brushing off. At one point ''Jaune'' thinks about Winter, even though the two of them never met!

* DistractedByTheSexy
** Torchwick is distracted by Sun's abs.
** Even Blake is not immune to the abs.
--->'''Blake:''' Your abs do have a point. <Thinking> ''I could grate cheese on 'em.''

** Roman appears in one of these OnceAnEpisode in the Volume 3 recaps due to him being OutOfFocus.

--> '''Qrow:''' Is it just me, or do a ''lot'' of our fairy tales end that way...

-->'''Ruby:''' Haven't seen Weiss this happy since that bus full of orphans crashed.
-->'''Weiss:''' I did love hearing their screams on the news, it's true.
* LoveTriangle: Matt supports one for Ruby, Jaune and Pyrrha.

--> '''Cinder: '''Spoiler alert: we know that you end up working for me, so don't fight me on it.\\

* MindlinkMates: Jaune and Pyrrha are this in a throwaway gag.
* MisplacedKindergartenTeacher: ''[[BigBad Salem]]'' is turned into one. She hands out gold stars and even checks attendance.

--> '''Neon:''' Hey, you suck~\\

-->'''Taiyang''': I guess you lost some brain cells along with that arm!\\

-->'''Pyrrha''': ''[after bringing Jaune to the rooftop of Beacon]'' "This would be a good place to propose to me at hint hint."\\
'''Jaune''': ''[looking over the edge]'' "Also a good place for suicide; it's dual purposed so I approve of it."

-->'''Emerald''': You guys are so oblivious to my obvious evilness I bet if I told you I kicked a puppy you'd still rationalize it.\\
'''Yang''': Wow that puppy was ''super'' racist.\\
'''Ruby''': Suuuuuuper racist puppy.

* PatrioticFervor: The Ursa Majors are hardcore British. In the volume 2 finale, Jaune tries to fake being British in order to stall for time, then in his moment of badassery [[{{Eagleland}} reveals his true colors]].
---> '''Jaune''': God Bless America.

-->Boom. Turns out the moon’s like the Island Of Misfit Toys. Bow in that plot twist.

--> '''Oobleck''' ''(to Jaune)'' Tell me who's better at drinking coffee? Me or Ozpin? I should remind you that I will end you if you say him.
* RhymesOnADime: The recap for Episode 7 of Volume 1 is written entirely in this style.