History Recap / LuzClawthorneSidetrackThePrideSpecialASkarlowDateToRemember

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Skara's watching a video of her girlfriend that arouses her enough to [[SomethingElseAlsoRises cause wolf fur to pop out.]] She hides her fur embarrassed when her parents enter the room to give her dating advice, which gives off the impression that they [[CaughtWithYourPantsDown caught her]] [[ADateWithRosiePalms doing something else]].

* MythologyGag: Two ''Creator/{{Moringmark}}'' comics are referenced: the first is "[[https://www.reddit.com/r/TheOwlHouse/comments/tmcsx4/moringmark_hoottube/ Hoot Tube]]", which features Skara watching Willow in a workout video. The second is an exact recreation of [[https://moringmark.tumblr.com/post/648539227154464768 how Willow's parents reacted to her being put in the Plant track and an incident where she went ballistic as a kid]].

[[caption-width-right:248:Art by Crosshot]]

** At the end of their date, Willow and Skara kiss just as the sun sets. Both girls are left happy and flustered, Willow admitting it's her first one.

Skara takes Willow on a date before they go to war: Gilbert and Sully meet up with old friends as they recall their past.

** Luz, Amity and Eda all make brief voiceless cameos, noticably making this the first chapter in the series where none of them speak when they appear.

* BreakingOldTrends: The last three holiday specials were one-shots in alternate universes or timelines; this one's an {{interquel}} set within the main story.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Skara's watching a video of her girlfriend that arouses her enough to [[SomethingElseAlsoRises cause wolf fur to pop out.]] She hides her fur embarrassed when her parents enter the room to give her dating advice, which gives off the impression that they caught her doing [[CaughtWithYourPantsDown something else]].

* LampshadeHanging: Ron notes that Gilbert and Sully didn't have Willow in the Plant Track to begin with, since Sully was in said track in his Hexside days, and that Willow was named after a plant.

* OutOfFocus: Gus appears for a few scenes to help Willow with her outfit before being left at the Park's home for the night playing Hexes Hold'em with Emmiline.

* MythologyGag: Two ''Webcomic/{{Moringmark}}'' comics are referenced: the first is "[[https://www.reddit.com/r/TheOwlHouse/comments/tmcsx4/moringmark_hoottube/ Hoot Tube]]", which features Skara watching Willow in a workout video. The second is an exact recreation of [[https://moringmark.tumblr.com/post/648539227154464768 how Willow's parents reacted to her being put in the Plant track and an incident where she went ballistic as a kid]].

** Downplayed, Boscha kissed Skara three years ago both to be her first kiss and to express her feelings for the bard. Unfortunately for Boscha, Skara felt nothing.

* {{Interquel}}: The special is set during the events of "Prelude to War (Part 3)".

* MythologyGag: Two Webcomic/MoringMark comics are referenced: the first is "[[https://www.reddit.com/r/TheOwlHouse/comments/tmcsx4/moringmark_hoottube/ Hoot Tube]]", which features Skara watching Willow in a workout video. The second is an exact recreation of [[https://moringmark.tumblr.com/post/648539227154464768 how Willow's parents reacted to her being put in the Plant track and an incident where she went ballistic as a kid]].

** Each of the Ghouls' names have a meaning to them; Bernard was named after the character from ''Literature/WhereTheWildThingsAre'', Samone is named after Creator/RavenSymone, and Ron is named after Creator/RonPerlman simply because his appearance brought to mind [[Film/Hellboy2004 Hellboy]].

* ContinuityNod: Gilbert transfering from Glandus High is mentioned.

** 3 years ago during the moonlight conjuring, Boscha kissed Skara as part of Truth or Scare, giving her her first kiss only to find that Skara felt no spark.

* ShoutOut: Near the end of the girls' date, Skara serenades Willow by singing "[[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverseFuture I'd Rather Be Me (With You)]]".
* SomethingElseAlsoRises: As Skara watches a video of Willow working out in the outfit she wears while doing so, fur sprouts on her neck and hands.

** Gus appears for a few scenes to help Willow with her outfit before being left home for the night playing Hexes Hold'em with his palisman, Emmiline Bailey Marcostimo.

** Like Amity, Amelia and Cat are seen in the flashback to the moonlight conjuring, reacting to the truth Boscha gave Skara and turning away when the triclops kissed the bard.

** Gilbert was Sully's and was able to tell it, too.

* LampshadeHanging: Ron notes that Gilbert and Sully didn't have Willow in the Plant Track to begin with, since Sully was in said track in his Hexside days, and that Willow was named after a plant.
* LetUsNeverSpeakOfThisAgain: After seeing that Skara didn't feel anything when Boscha kissed her, the triclops asks the bard, as well as Amelia and Cat, to pretend it never happened. To this day, they still don't talk about it.

* SomethingElseAlsoRises: As Skara watches a video of Willow working out in the outfit she wears while doing so, fur sprouts on her neck and hands. She hides her fur embarrassed when her parents enter the room to give her dating advice.

** Gilbert and Sully had theirs after winning the Flyer Derby finals as kids, Sully surprised that it was a "heat of the moment occasion".

* BigDamnReunion: While the girls are on their date, Gilbert and Sully meet up with their Flyer Derby team, the Ghouls,

* ADayInTheLimelight: The special is dedicated to Willow and Skara going on their first date. As a B-plot, Gilbert and Sully are given some light to shine as they meet their old Flyer Derby team for a reunion at Geist's bar.
* FirstKiss: After their BigDamnKiss, Willow shyly confesses that Skara just gave her her first kiss. A flashback reveals that Boscha was Skara's.

* {{Interquel}}: The special is set during the events of "Prelude to War (Part 3)".

** Downplayed, Boscha kissed Skara years ago both to be her first kiss and to express her feelings for the bard. Unfortunately for Boscha, Skara felt nothing.
* TheCameo: Luz, Amity, Eda and Camila only appear at the beginning when going home for the day, Amity taking her abomi-bike while Eda takes Luz and Camila home on her staff.
* ADayInTheLimelight: The special is dedicated to Willow and Skara going on their first date. As a B-plot, Gilbert and Sully are given some light to shine.