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* CallForward: The guide who directs the Clawthornes to Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop is dressed as [[WebAnimation/HazbinHotel Alastor]].

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* HalfwayPlotSwitch: After Shorty finished telling his story to Celine, the sidetrack switches to telling Grimhilde's life story.

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* HalfwayPlotSwitch: After Shorty finished telling his story to Celine, the sidetrack switches to Grimhilde telling Grimhilde's Sunny and Scabrina her life story.



* HiddenDepths: While dancing with Jan, Luz mentions she trained in street dancing so she could learn Capoeira.



* InternalReveal: Downplayed. Grimhilde warns Sunny that Terra isn't trustworthy, but doesn't explain why.

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* InternalReveal: Downplayed. Grimhilde tells Sunny and Scabrina about her past and warns Sunny that Terra isn't trustworthy, but doesn't explain why.

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** Luz's costume is a mashup of [[Manga/OnePiece Monkey D. Luffy]], Advertising/CapnCrunch, and Manga/CaptainHarlock.

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** The Clawthornes dress as pirates with King dressed up like a parrot, and the [[WebComic/MoringmarkTOHComics MoringMark comic]] [[https://reddit.com/r/TheOwlHouse/comments/17j3j2s/nap/ "Nap"]][[note]]published two days before this chapter[[/note]] showed the same thing, only with Raine instead of Luz.
** Luz's pirate costume is a mashup of [[Manga/OnePiece Monkey D. Luffy]], Advertising/CapnCrunch, and Manga/CaptainHarlock.
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* EyeScream: Grimhilde sics a murder of crows on the village girls who picked on her so they peck out the girls' eyes, rendering them blind.
* GreaterScopeVillain: Maleficent had caused Grimhilde's rise in becoming the Evil Queen by impersonating a fairy godmother and giving her a spellbook so she could use magic to get everything she wanted in life.
* GreenEyedMonster: As a young maiden, Grimhilde attracted the men in the village she lived near and the jealous local girls bullied her as a result.
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* CallForward: The guide who directs the Clawthornes to Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop is dressed as [[WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss Alastor]].

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* CallForward: The guide who directs the Clawthornes to Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop is dressed as [[WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss [[WebAnimation/HazbinHotel Alastor]].

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** Hooty welcomes Luz, Eda, and King home after they spent all night partyimg in the Mansion.

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** Hooty welcomes Luz, Eda, and King home after they spent all night partyimg partying in the Mansion.



* CharacterDevelopment: Grimhilde hated Sunny just for resembling Snow White and being so alike personality-wise; now she sees that Sunny is her own person and not a reincarnation of her former stepdaughter. Grimhilde also sees that her desire for revenge against her enemies after being trapped in the Magic Mirror for centuries, doomed to answer people's questions and grant their wishes, was simply her need to be in control again and she merely wants to move on from it now.



* {{Crossover}}: With ''Franchise/TheHauntedMansion''.

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* {{Crossover}}: With ''Franchise/TheHauntedMansion''.''Franchise/TheHauntedMansion'' and ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''.



* EmbarrassingAnimalSuit: Implied. To fit with the Clawthorne's pirate costumes, King is forced to dress as a pirate while they're on Earth.

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* ADayInTheLimelight: Grimhilde has some CharacterFocus for the second half of the chapter as we see her backstory and perspective on the events of her life during her reign as the Evil Queen and attempts to kill Snow White.
* EmbarrassingAnimalSuit: Implied. To fit with the motif of the Clawthorne's pirate costumes, King is forced to dress as a pirate parrot while they're on Earth.



* HowWeGotHere: The first half of the sidetrack has Shorty telling Celine the story of how he met the Clawthornes two years ago. When he's done, things switch gears to show how Grimhilde grew to become the Evil Queen.

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* HowWeGotHere: The first half of the sidetrack has Shorty telling Celine the story of how he met the Clawthornes two years ago. When he's done, things switch shift gears to show how Grimhilde grew to become the Evil Queen.



* LampshadeHanging: After Shorty finished recollecting his story, Celine asks how he knew about all the stuff the Clawthornes went through if he wasn't present for it. When Shorty tries to answer, he repeats her question as confused as she is.



** The last time Eda got drunk in the Human Realm, she caused a hit & run flying her staff.

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** The last time Eda got drunk in the Human Realm, she caused committed a hit & run while flying her staff.



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* VaguenessIsComing: Sunny is left worryingly wondering what Grimhilde means by how Terra can't be trusted and she should leave the Isles with her family soon.

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* HowWeGotHereHowWeGotHere: The first half of the sidetrack has Shorty telling Celine the story of how he met the Clawthornes two years ago. When he's done, things switch gears to show how Grimhilde grew to become the Evil Queen.


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* CallBack: Vanz Ator's fate following Grimhilde having Bloody Mary attack him in "The Ballad of Eda, Part 2" is disclosed at last.


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* TheCameo:
** Hooty welcomes Luz, Eda, and King home after they spent all night partyimg in the Mansion.
** Celine has a brief role when she summons Shorty for some reason and he recounts how he met the Clawthornes.
** Scabrina makes a silent cameo as Grimhilde talks with Sunny, who's still watching her.


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* HowWeGotHere
* InternalReveal: Downplayed. Grimhilde warns Sunny that Terra isn't trustworthy, but doesn't explain why.
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* AccidentalMisnaming: Eda mispronounces Jean Lafitte as "Lafayette". Later Luz calls the butler "Alfred", which was just her being Luz as the Clawthornes didn't bother to learn his name.


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* CompositeCharacter: Amicus Arcane is just the librarian of the Haunted Mansion in its ''Tales'' book series, but in the LCU he serves as the Ghost Host.
* {{Crossover}}: With ''Franchise/TheHauntedMansion''.


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* EmbarrassingAnimalSuit: Implied. To fit with the Clawthorne's pirate costumes, King is forced to dress as a pirate while they're on Earth.


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* OneSteveLimit: Gus of the Hitchhiker's Ghosts slightly defies this when Luz tells him about her friend of the same name, so he asks to be called "Shorty".
* OutOfFocus: Like in "Party at the Bones Yard", the rest of the main cast is absent since Luz, Eda, and King are on Earth celebrating Halloween, with Hooty only making a cameo when they return home.
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* HalloweenEpisode: Set on Halloween 2010, the Clawthornes spend this Halloween in New Orleans, Louisiana exploring its haunts and wind up on a tour through the Haunted Mansion.
* MythologyGag: Eda's pirate costume is the ship-robber getup she uses in "[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS2E1SeparateTides Separate Tides]]".


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** Luz calls Charles, the butler of the Haunted Mansion, "[[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Alfred]]".

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* TheBusCameBack: After 61 chapters (68 with the extra content, and over a year of waiting), we ''finally'', '''''finally,''''' see Vanz Ator and learn of his fate.
* CuteMonsterGirl: Jan, a teenage ghost girl who was around 12 years old, is considered cute by Luz.

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* TheBusCameBack: After 61 chapters (68 with the extra content, and over a year of waiting), we ''finally'', '''''finally,''''' see Vanz Ator again and learn of his fate.
* CallForward: The guide who directs the Clawthornes to Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop is dressed as [[WebAnimation/HelluvaBoss Alastor]].
* CuteMonsterGirl: Jan, a teenage ghost girl who was around 12 years old, girl, is considered cute by 12-year-old Luz.



* NoodleIncident: There's three in a row for the Clawthornes;

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** Eda traded goods with mermaids from the Mississippi River in the past.


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* ShoutOut:
** Luz's costume is a mashup of [[Manga/OnePiece Monkey D. Luffy]], Advertising/CapnCrunch, and Manga/CaptainHarlock.
** Since the Clawthornes were in New Orleans this Halloween past, [[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog Tiana's Palace]] is given a mention.
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* NoodleIncident: There's three in a row for the Clawthornes;
** The last time Eda got drunk in the Human Realm, she caused a hit & run flying her staff.
** Luz apparently smuggled a barrel of maple syrup across the Canadian border to make a quick buck.
** The Clawthornes once committed a dine & dash, but not much else is given.


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* WholePlotReference: Franchise/TheHauntedMansion makes an appearance with the chapter using the prologue of the [[Film/HauntedMansion2023 2023 movie]] starting things off, the Clawthornes spending Halloween there, and characters from [[Ride/TheHauntedMansion the ride]] showing up.

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* BaitAndSwitch: last we saw Grimhilde and Sunny, it looked like that the Evil Queen was planning to kill her. But it turns out, she just came by to have a chat with Sunny.
* HalfWayPlotSwitch: After Shorty finished telling his story to Celine, the sidetrack switches to telling Grimhilde's life story.

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* BaitAndSwitch: last Last we saw Grimhilde and Sunny, it looked like that the Evil Queen was planning to kill her. But it turns out, out she just came by to have a chat with Sunny.
Sunny after Dr. Facilier told her to seek closure on her past.
* HalfWayPlotSwitch: TheBusCameBack: After 61 chapters (68 with the extra content, and over a year of waiting), we ''finally'', '''''finally,''''' see Vanz Ator and learn of his fate.
* CuteMonsterGirl: Jan, a teenage ghost girl who was around 12 years old, is considered cute by Luz.
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* TheReveal:
** Maleficent impersonated a fairy godmother and orchestrated Grimhilde's rise to royalty and the events which led to her death and entrapment in the magic mirror while Snow White got her happy ending.
** Bloody Mary approached Grimhilde to make a deal which led to them trapping Vanz Ator in the magic mirror and freeing the Evil Queen.



* WhamLine: Grimhilde's godmother calling the raven "''Diablo''", revealing herself to be Maleficent.

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* WhamLine: Grimhilde's godmother calling calls the raven "''Diablo''", revealing herself to be Maleficent.
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* BaitAndSwitch: last we saw Grimhilde and Sunny, it looked like that the Evil Queen was planning to kill her. But it turns out, she just came by to have a chat with Sunny.



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-->[-Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn: [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/35043157/chapters/129422392 HERE]]-]
-->[-Website/FanfictionDotNet: [[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13987127/93/Luz-Clawthorne-Two-Worlds-One-Family HERE]]-]
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!LC's Sidetrack: Grim Grinning Ghosts

Luz, Eda and King once went to a haunting party, while someone tells a tale...
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* HalfWayPlotSwitch: After Shorty finished telling his story to Celine, the sidetrack switches to telling Grimhilde's life story.
* WholeEpisodeFlashback: Twofold. The first was told by Shorty, the other told by Grimhilde.
* WhamLine: Grimhilde's godmother calling the raven "''Diablo''", revealing herself to be Maleficent.
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