History Recap / InfinityTrainSeekerOfCrocusTheHorrorlandCar

** Through author notes, the Horrorland Car is mostly based off [[Series/{{Goosebumps}} the TV iteration]] but it has Jonathan Chiller from the Literature/GoosebumpsHorrorLand series.

* ReversePsychology: Brought up when the Horror that introduces Gestalt to the Car warns them to ''not'' go to Chiller House. Ai points out that they're gonna do the opposite of what he says But given what Chiller has in store for them, they should've listened.

* AdaptedOut: In the''[=HorrorLand=]'' arc where Chiller is from, there were six helpers. Aside from the three mentioned -- Chef Belcher, Murder the Clown, and Madame Doom -- the other three that are missing are Mondo the Magician, Winner Taikall, and Seymour Win-Doe.

** Chiller makes a reference to a cult called "Infinite Imperium" a reference to the Infinity Imperium from ''Crown of Thorns''.

* PragmaticVillainy: Chiller ''could'' trap the Apex in a place that's presumably much safer than the Fog Car. But he refuses because he has a store full of dangerous artifacts that, should the Apex take even one of them, would spell doom for the entire train. Case in point, he's got a RewritingReality typewriter, so if the Apex wrote that they ruled the Train, then so be it.

* ReversePsychology: Brought up when the Horror that introduces Gestalt to the Car warns them to ''not'' go to Chiller House. Ai points out that they're gonna go no matter what they say. But given what Chiller has in store for them, they should've listened.

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Madame Doom gives Gladion a way out of Horrorland to get some much needed supplies. Gladion flat-out refuses that, but he's also humble enough to swallow some of his pride to ask for help.

* ScreamingBanshee: Referenced by Sad-One that there's apparently a Banshee Car on the Train.

* ShoutOut: Upon seeing a Horror in a carnival barker outfit, London sings, [[Film/MaryPoppins "Oh it's a jolly holiday in Horrorland."]]

* GenreSavvy: When Chiller pulls out two cookies and states one will turn someone into a Creep, London just tells Chiller to cut the crap and give him the Creep Cookie. He knows that 1) the jar Chiller pulled them out of must be filled with those same cookies and 2) he's figuring out that it's going to cause a huge fight between who gets to be the sacrifice and he decides to let himself take the bullet.

* PragmaticVillainy: Chiller ''could'' trap the Apex in a place that's presumably much safer than the Fog Car but he refuses because he has a store full of dangerous artifacts that, should the Apex take even one of them, would spell doom for the entire train. Case in point, he's got a RewritingReality typewriter, so if the Apex wrote that they ruled the Train, then so be it.

* ShoutOut:
* Upon seeing a Horror in a carnival barker outfit, London sings, [[Film/MaryPoppins "Oh it's a jolly holiday in Horrorland."]]
* One of the vultures carrying Gladion, Tokio and Easter away has a Galarian accent. [[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967 Not the first time that happened]].

* MortonsFork: In hindsight, Gladion realized he was stuck no matter what he did. Stay with Lillie to tell the truth? High chance Faba would've used Hypno to repress the memories or lie to Lusamine of what happened. Run away to train? That meant he deliberately withheld the information and made Lillie suffer in silence...and thus let Faba try to hypnotize her if they were alone together. Gladion then notes that if he just told the truth, get a reasonable adult to keep an eye on Lillie, and then tell her he'll be off to train but promise to return -- he might've had a better chance than just bolting.

* MortonsFork: In hindsight, Gladion realized he was stuck no matter what he did. Stay with Lillie to tell the truth? High chance Faba would've used Hypno to repress the memories or lie to Lusamine of what happened. Run away to train? That meant he deliberately withheld the information and made Lillie suffer in silence. Gladion then notes that if he just did ''both'' -- told the truth and then tell Lillie he'll be off to train but promise to return -- he might've had a better chance than just bolting.

** Glad-One and Sad-One's lines of "Yay! Us! Yus!" and "No. Nus." are from the original ''Infinity Train'' pilot.

* PragmaticVillainy: Chiller ''could'' trap the Apex in a place that's presumably much safer than the Fog Car but he refuses because he has a store full of dangerous artifacts that, should the Apex take even one of them, would spell doom for the entire train. Case in point, he's got a RewritingReality typewriter, so if the Apex wrote that the ruled the Train, then so be it.

* Upon seeing a Horror, London sings, [[Film/MaryPoppins "Oh it's a jolly holiday in Horrorland."]]

** During the walls closing in segment, Ai cries out that [[VideoGame/ResidentEvil1 he does not want to end up as a sandwich.]]
** One of the vultures carrying Gladion, Tokio and Easter away has a Galarian accent. [[WesternAnimation/TheJungleBook1967 Not the first time that happened]].

* MythologyGag: Glad-One and Sad-One's lines of "Yay! Us! Yus!" and "No. Nus." are from the original ''Infinity Train'' pilot.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: According to Jessie, Matori wanted the powerful Pokémon the trio captured. She ends up with their Morpeko, who will eat her out of house and home.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When Alternate Gloria asks Alternate Ryu why he doesn't put his Digimon in a duffel bag, he explains that the one he wanted got a lot of bad reviews due to how people were incapable of keeping their Nebbies from escaping.[[note]]It's a meme from ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'' for how Nebby (Cosmog) would always escape Lillie's bag, to the point people literally left joke reviews in regards to said meme.[[/note]]

** Chiller makes Lampetia fall down a trap door, so she can't get info from her sisters.
** Easter's curiosity made them eat a piece of Monster Blood that's destabilizing them.

** London takes the Creep Cookie and becomes a brainwashed reptilian monster who ''also'' kept his telekinesis.

* CouldHaveAvoidedThisPlot: Once again, Gladion has to remind himself that if he just ''told someone'' about what happened with Lillie and Nihilego, a lot of stuff could have been avoided.

* AdaptationalIntelligence: A minor example, but Team Rocket decide to just give Morpeko away to Mattori instead of having to deal with its voracious appetite. That way they have one less mouth to feed and get to laugh at Mattori getting exactly what she wished for.

* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: According to Jessie, Mattori wanted the powerful Pokémon the trio captured. She ends up with their Morpeko, who will eat her out of house and home.

* TakeThat: Team Rocket are happy to have Morpeko given to Mattori, which is a reference to how Morpeko is ''heavily'' disliked by the fanbase for being an asshole glutton who gives the Rocket trio nothing but grief.

* WorthIt: Jessie's statement of having Mattori dealing with their Morpeko fits this trope.

* AdaptationalKarma: Matori in ''Journeys'' never faces consequences for her actions. In here, she's given ownership of the infamous Morpeko of Team Rocket, with all the gluttonous grief that implies.

* AdaptationalKarma: In ''Journeys'', Morpeko is never punished for all the grief they gave to Team Rocket for making them starve due to their appetite. In the story, Team Rocket delivered them to Team Rocket to get them out of their hair, and also indirectly giving Mattori karma as well.