History Recap / MetaRunnerS3E06GlobalTestfire

* AmbiguousSituation: It’s not made clear if the Meta Runners being forced to fight to the death are KilledOffForReal or respawn elsewhere. Though the finale has Sofia state that the use of Global Warp Technology is definitely killing them in some way.

* DeadlyGame: In order to test Global Warp Technology before he spreads it to the rest of the world, he forces the Meta Runners in his captivity to start maiming and killing each other with assets from various other games.

* YouMonster: Sofia shouts this out to Evelyn shortly after revealing the brainwashed Belle and Masa to Tari's team.

* YourDaysAreNumbered: It's heavily implied that Theo might end up glitching out of existence at some point in the near future.

* ObviousBeta: The beta ''Skybreakers'' level that holds the gateway to Sheridan’s server, which is one big stormy void full of desolate islands and floating abandoned ships.

* AmbiguousSituation: It’s not made clear if the Meta Runners being forced to fight to the death are KilledOffForReal or respawn elsewhere. Though the finale has Sofia state that Global Warp Technology is definitely killing them in some way.

* AmbiguousSituation: It’s not made clear if the Meta Runners being forced to fight to the death are KilledOffForReal or respawn elsewhere.

* BodyHorror: Sheridan threatened to twist everyone's limbs if they didn't start fighting each other.

** The [=SHERCorp=] video presentation features brief snippets of news reports detailing some of the fallout from [=TASCorp=]’s collapse; Lucks has had all his awards and accolades posthumously revoked, the company has gone bankrupt, investigations into abuse allegations are still ongoing, and banks are scrambling to sell their remaining assets in the company.

* ThinkingUpPortals: In addition to summoning assets, Sheridan opens portals to the worlds of most of the games’ worlds to give the Meta Runners more room to fight. Evelyn also appears through a portal to the beta ''Skybreakers'' level to pick up Masa and Belle, which Lamar also uses to escape Sheridan’s server.

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: When Theo asks Tari what they'll do when all this is over, she has no idea, after remembering that Lucinia's revival requires what makes Tari Tari.

** The Crab King from ''WebAnimation/UltraJumpMania'' makes two brief cameos, one in the [=SHERCorp=] video presentation attacking a recently warped Meta Runner, and later crawling in the background of ''Tempest'' during the Meta Runners’ fight to the death.

** Sheridan is the true inventor of the Meta Runner arm and Lucks merely took the credit. This not only explains Sheridan's motivation, but also why he’s able to warp regular Meta Runners into his server.

** Sheridan is the true inventor of the Meta Runner arm and Lucks merely took the credit. This not only explains Sheridan's motivation, but also the reason why all of the Meta Runners are able to be warped.

* SerialEscalation: MD-5 has now gone from trying to bring down a CorruptCorporateExecutive, to trying to stop a deranged MadScientist from taking over the world.

* BigDamnHeroes: Lamar manages to escape from the lobby and sneak onto Evelyn’s ship to stop her from killing the ''Bluejay'' crew at the last second, destroying her respawn point and giving the ''Bluejay'' an opening to take out her thrusters.