History Recap / GargoylesS2IllMetByMoonlight

Oberon and Titania return in [[Recap/GargoylesS2TheGathering "The Gathering"]]

This Episode contains the following Tropes:

* WeaksauceWeakness: The Third Race are beings of pure magic, often carrying god tier supernatural might, with Oberon himself the most powerful character we've seen in the series thus far. Their greatest vulnerability? Iron, an everyday, commonly available metal.

* SilverBullet: Discussed by Elisa, who says that she'd probably need one to hurt Oberon. Princess Katharine says that Oberon's weakness is in fact ColdIron and silver is for [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]] and [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent were-creatures]]. WordOfGod confirms that these do actually exist in the ''Gargoyles'' universe (and don't count among the Races of Earth since they're the result of magical afflictions). [[invoked]]

* {{Nerf}}: By 3rd Race standards at least. Before Oberon battles against Goliath, Angela, and Gabriel, Titania puts a handicap on Oberon to at least give the Gargoyles a chance of winning. She said she had “weakened” Oberon to that of a child Fae, but even so he still [[CurbstompBattle wiped the floor with the three Gargoyles]].

* SilverBullet: Discussed by Elisa, who says that she'd probably need one to hurt Oberon. Princess Katharine says that Oberon's weakness is in fact ColdIron and silver is for [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampires]] and [[OurWerebeastsAreDifferent were-creatures]]. WordOfGod confirms that these do actually exist in the ''Gargoyles'' universe (and don't count among the Three Races since they're the result of magical afflictions). [[invoked]]

* SilverBullet: Discussed by Elisa, who says that she'd probably need one to hurt Oberon. Princess Katharine says that Oberon's weakness is in fact ColdIron and silver is for vampires and were-creatures. WordOfGod confirms that these do actually exist in the ''Gargoyles'' universe (and don't count among the Three Races since they're the result of magical afflictions). [[invoked]]

* SilverBullet: Discussed by Elia, who says that she'd probably need one to hurt Oberon. Princess Katharine says that Oberon's weakness is in fact ColdIron and silver is for vampires and were-creatures. WordOfGod confirms that these do actually exist in the ''Gargoyles'' universe (and don't count among the Three Races since they're the result of magical afflictions).

* ShoutOut: Quite a few are made [[ReferencedBy/WilliamShakespeare to the works of Shakespeare]]. The episode's title itself is a quote from ''Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream'', Act II, Scene i; appropriately enough, the words are spoken by Oberon to Titania (though for once, Greg Weisman was not fond of this Shakespearean touch, since the title was too often misread as "I'll Meet by Moonlight"). Oberon says as he prepares to head off after the gargoyles, "The game is afoot," which comes from Henry V's "Once more unto the breach" speech in ''Theatre/HenryV'', Act III, Scene i (though this line is more commonly associated today with Sherlock Holmes, who quotes it at the beginning of The Adventure of the Abbey Grange). And to top it off, Goliath comments at the end, "All's well that ends well, then."

* {{Nerf}}: Before Oberon battles against Goliath, Angela, and Gabriel, Titania puts a handicap on Oberon to at least give the Gargoyles a chance of winning. She said she had “weakened” Oberon to that of a child Fae, but even so he still [[CurbstompBattle wiped the floor with the three Gargoyles]].

* ShoutOut: Quite a few are made [[ReferencedBy/WilliamShakespeare to the works of Shakespeare]]. The episode's title itself is a quote from Theatre/AMidsummerNightsDream, Act II, Scene i; appropriately enough, the words are spoken by Oberon to Titania (though for once, Greg Weisman was not fond of this Shakespearean touch, since the title was too often misread as "I'll Meet by Moonlight"). Oberon says as he prepares to head off after the gargoyles, "The game is afoot," which comes from Henry V's "Once more unto the breach" speech in Theatre/Henry V, Act III, Scene i (though this line is more commonly associated today with Sherlock Holmes, who quotes it at the beginning of The Adventure of the Abbey Grange). And to top it off, Goliath comments at the end, "All's well that ends well, then."

* ColdIron: Though prior episodes showed this in various, with the very first time being Demona using iron chains to bound Puck, it is confirmed in this episode.

* {{Retcon}}: At the end of "Avalon, Part Three," after Goliath frees the Weird Sisters, they vanish, and so do the chains that had bound them. In "Ill Met By Moonlight," it is established that the Avalon gargoyles had actually recovered those chains for future use against TheFairFolk.