History Recap / MoonKnight2022S1E1TheGoldfishProblem

* WiperStart: The wipers on Steven's cupcake truck are on when he gets cornered by the baddies, which gives the stern scene a [[{{Bathos}} wacky undertone]].

* AllJustADream: What Steven assumes when he wakes up in his bed after the Alpine car chase. He's very upset when he realizes he missed two days and stood up his date.

* BrickJoke: During the alpine chase, a truck hauling logs gets smashed. A little later, after the chase descends further down the mountain, Steven's pursuers get crushed beneath the logs from the truck.
* CassandraTruth: Steven has absolutely no idea of what is happening to him and is fully willing to give Harrow the scarab he's looking for, only to be forced into a chase when Khonshu forcibly takes control of his body to prevent that from happening. Harrow even brings it up once he realizes that Steven ''genuinely'' has absolutely no idea of what's happening, even saying that Steven is like the [[CryingWolf Boy Who Cried Wolf]].

** The second time he willingly (if reluctantly) gives control to Marc, he beats the crap out of a dog-demon creature.

* DoubleMeaningTitle: Firstly, "the goldfish problem" is that your goldfish is very obviously not your goldfish, compounded by the pet shop lady's refusal to explain how the hell that happened. Secondly, "the goldfish problem" is the name the media has given to the phenomenon where a lot of people are releasing their goldfish into lakes, which, since it's a East Asian species of fish, messes up the ecosystem of a North American lake -- just like the American guy who sometimes uses your body for his own purposes messes up your British life.
* DoubleTake: Steven when he realizes that his fish has two fins.
* DreamRealityCheck: Steven slaps himself and tells himself that it's only a dream when he is locked in the bathroom with the demon-dog creature trying to get in. However, Marc assures him that everything is real.

** When Steven is walking through the Egyptian exhibit looking for what he thinks is a lost dog, he glances at a glass display case with two reflections of himself looking like they're standing side by side. As he keeps walking, both of his reflections stay put watching him and then turn to look at the jackel-headed monster stalking Steven--foreshadowing both [[spoiler:Marc Spector and Jake Lockley]].
* FriendlessBackground: This episode cements that Steven doesn't really have anyone in his life. No one at the museum knows his name, and the only person he can chat with is a living statue. That said, he's nice enough that Marc was able to get him a date with a coworker.

* HearingVoices: Steven consistently keeps hearing two voices in his head: one of a dismissive man calling him an idiot (Khonshu), and another belonging to a man named Marc.

* HiddenDepths: You wouldn't expect a guy who works in a gift shop to have any knowledge about how to deal with getting shot at, but Steven instinctively runs in a random zigzag, making him more difficult to hit.

* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: The gunmen at the cult village just cannot seem to hit Steven. It helps that he's running zig-zag over uneven ground, spoiling their aim.

** Khonshu spends most of his time talking to Steven insulting him, but look at things from Khonshu's perspective: his chosen avatar keeps passing out, and a nebbishy shop assistant who couldn't be any more ''un''suited for what Khonshu wants takes his place. It'd be enough to annoy anyone.

** There is a sequence in which Steven is trying to give Harrow the scarab, but his body is refusing to obey him due to Khonshu's influence. This is played for comedy, with Steven's panicked incomprehension and Harrow's exasperation adding to the effect. Steven then flees, and is grabbed by a bunch of cultists... at which point he blanks out. The next thing we see is Steven back in control, but with literal blood on his hands and the bodies of four dead cultists at his feet.
** Then there's a wacky chase scene with Steven in a cupcake truck while "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" plays. One cultist is about to shoot him, and Marc takes over. When Steven wakes up, the music has stopped, he has a gun in his hand, the windshield is shattered, and he sees that he shot someone in the forehead.

* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Marc is somehow able to do this to multiple attackers during an uncertain, but brief period of missing time for Steven, vicious enough that Steven wakes up covered in their blood and the large crowd around him having fled in terror of him. Later, Moon Knight can be seen giving one of these to an unseen creature in the final shot of the episode, showing how he's not holding back when he's in that identity.
* NoSell: Harrow's tattoo apparently allows him to judge if somebody is good or evil (by some criteria), with those who are good being spared and praised for it, and those who are evil getting the life sucked out of them. When he tries to use it on Steven, it fails to work ''at all'' due to his [[SplitPersonalityTakeover particular issues]], something which greatly unsettles Harrow.

** The very first clue as to what exactly is happening with Marc at the helm can be implied from what little we see of the fight between Moon Knight and the hound. With how the bathroom ends up wrecked, it must've been short, but brutal. The hound does flee from him in terror, after all.

** Arthur, who literally puts broken glass in his shoes and drains the life out of people who don't meet his standards, is visibly unnerved when his scales tattoo is thrown out of whack by Steven due to the multiple personalities.

* ReadingsAreOffTheScale: When Harrow tries judging Steven's life with his tattoo, the scales of the tattoo shift wildly, unable to make a judgment, and Harrow simply remarks that Steven has "chaos" in him.

* ReluctantGift: An involuntary case. Steven is perfectly willing to give the golden scarab to Harrow when asked for it, but Marc takes control of his hand while doing so, forcing him to close his fist and rendering him unable to open it. When he finally manages to pry the scarab from his own fingers with his other hand, Marc once again forces his arm away from a decidedly annoyed Harrow.

* RewatchBonus: Watching the series a second time suggests that the most extreme unseen action sequences aren't Marc, but Jake. Marc is certainly competent, but the extreme violence of the defense of the scarab and driving backward down an alpine ess-bend while having a shootout suggest the far bloodier third alter.

** When Steve tells the pet shop seller that his fish used to have only one fin, she replies that fish don't look like in ''WesternAnimation/FindingNemo''.

** Likewise the pet shop owner brings up how Steven arrived ''yesterday'', when he supposedly was in the Alps, which also has him start questioning what's been going on with is life.

* SuperpoweredEvilSide: {{Downplayed}}, as Marc doesn't seem to be outright "evil" per se, but he's ''much'' more willing to commit violence and devastate his enemies than Steven, at one point leaving the poor guy to wake up drenched in the blood of four {{Mooks}} he brutalised with his bare hands. He also seems to be the one in command of the powers of Moon Knight, as Steven surrendering control to him at the episode's climax allows him to don the Moon Knight garb, along with the SuperStrength that apparently comes with it, and Marc then proceeds to beat the monster attacking them to death, at one point even stopping it from [[HorrifyingHero crawling away from him]] to finish it off.

* TheManInTheMirrorTalksBack: At the end of the first episode, Steven ends up talking to his reflection -- Marc -- about what the hell is going on. Marc responds that he can only help Steven if he takes control of their body, which Steven ends up permitting. Marc even does this earlier, warning Steven to "stop looking".

-->'''Harrow:''' Steven.\\
'''Steven:''' Oh, do you mean [[WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender the cartoon?]]\\
'''Harrow:''' ''Steven.''

** After his phone call with Layla, Steven goes to his bathroom mirror... and his reflection approaches him and says, "Stop looking."

** Steven assumes that his adventures in the Alps was a dream. Then, as he leaves the bus for work, he sees Arthur Harrow ''glaring at him'' as the bus leaves.

* OnceMoreWithClarity: Watching the series a second time suggests that the most extreme unseen action sequences aren't Marc, but Jake. Marc is certainly competent, but the extreme violence of the defense of the scarab and driving backward down an alpine ess-bend while having a shootout suggest the far bloodier third alter.

* BadDate: Steven is supposed to have a date with a colleague on Friday, but after he goes to the restaurant and waits for hours pnly for her not to show up, he calls her and finds out that it is already Sunday and he stood her up. He decides to still eat at the steak house, despite Donna earlier noting he's a vegan, but is so shaken that he can barely tell the waiter his order.

* BlatantLies: As Steven leaves the steakhouse upon learning that he stood up his date, he tells his mom that he had a great time.

* FamousFamousFictional: Averted. When Harrow lists off infamous people throughout history whose atrocities Ammit could've prevented had she not been sealed away, he never once brings up villains who've had a major impact on the MCU such as Ultron or Thanos.

* AllJustADream: What Steven assumes when he wakes up in his bed after the Alpine car chase. He is very upset when he realizes he missed two days and stood up his date.

* NothingIsScarier: The audience is never shown ''how'' Marc beats the crap out of people in this episode, only that it is very bloody.

* SuperpoweredEvilSide: {{Downplayed}}, as Marc doesn't seem to be outright "evil" per se, but he is ''much'' more willing to commit violence and devastate his enemies than Steven, at one point leaving the poor guy to wake up drenched in the blood of four {{Mooks}} he brutalised with his bare hands. He also seems to be the one in command of the powers of Moon Knight, as Steven surrendering control to him at the episode's climax allows him to don the Moon Knight garb, along with the SuperStrength that apparently comes with it, and Marc then proceeds to beat the monster attacking them to death, at one point even stopping it from [[HorrifyingHero crawling away from him]] to finish it off.

* DaylightHorror: Steven's vivid "nightmare" of being in the Alps chased by gun-toting henchmen and a crazy, creepy, murderous cult leader occurs against the backdrop of a ''[[SceneryPorn gorgeous]]'' spring or summer day.

** There is a sequence in which Steven is trying to give Harrow the scarab, but his body is refusing to obey him due to Khonshu's influence. This is played for comedy, with Steven's panicked incomprehension and Harrow's exasperation adding to the effect. Steven then flees, and is grabbed by a bunch of cultists... at which point Marc takes over. The next thing we see is Steven back in control, but with literal blood on his hands and the bodies of four dead cultists at his feet.

* UnPaused: Steven has no recollection of what happens whenever he "blanks out", reacting as if no time at all has gone by. For example, when the "nightmare" of being pursued by cultists in the alps suddenly ends, he wakes up in a panic on his bed in London, as if just coming out of it... despite it being a day or two after these events, as discovered later.

** When Steven sees Arthur at the museum, Steven races for a security guard...who then rolls up his sleeve and shows a ''scales tattoo on his arm''.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Steven's goldfish is just a small piece of his life, but when Steven wakes up after the cupcake truck chase and notices that he has ''two'' fins, it begins his discovery that his life isn't what it seems.

** The pet shop owner explaining to Steven that he came in to buy a new goldfish with one fin, which he doesn't remember at all.

* ReluctantGift: An involuntary case. Steven is perfectly willing to give the golden scarab to Harrow when asked for it, but Konshu takes control of his hand while doing so, forcing him to close his fist and rendering him unable to open it. When he finally manages to pry the scarab from his own fingers with his other hand, Konshu once again forces his arm away from a decidedly annoyed Harrow.

* PetTheDog: The waiter at the restaurant where Steven is supposed to have his date is very kind and understanding to Steven when Steven starts breaking down after realizing he's lost almost two days.

* ActorAllusion: Among the atrocities Harrow lists to Steven that could've been prevented by Ammit's release is the Armenian genocide. Steven is played by Creator/OscarIsaac who starred in ''Film/ThePromise2016'', which dealt heavily with the subject.

* ArcWords: A soundtrack variant. The two songs heard repeatedly through the episode ('Man Without Love' and 'Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go') both have choruses that refer to 'waking up', tying into the episode's theme about dreams, sleepwalking, and Steven metaphorically 'waking up' to Marc's existence.

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In the first scene, we see Harrow crush a glass and then fill his shoes with the glass shards. He then puts on the shoes and walks away without exhibiting the excruciating pain one would expect. With the entire scene set to "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV5z_rVR6Ms Every Grain of Sand]]" by Music/BobDylan (one of his notably-devotional pieces), it helps spell out how this guy is extremely hardcore and does not seem fully human.[[note]]This scene was actually [[ThrowItIn conceived and pitched]] by Creator/EthanHawke.[[/note]]

** Steven points out to Donna that the museum forgot two gods from the Ennead. As we'll see later in the season, the Ennead themselves despise two of their number, Ammit and Khonshu.

* LastSecondWordSwap: When Steven sees his beloved goldfish somehow has ''two'' fins when he knows for a fact it should have one, he goes "What the- (cut to pet shop) ''fish''?!"

--> "There's chaos in you."

* SpannerInTheWorks: Marc has apparently been assuming command of Steven's body long enough to have built up an entire identity and contact list separate from him without his knowledge, and has seemingly been operating on several successful missions without him being aware of it. Though not shown, it's implied the damage sustained to their body during Marc's heist of the Scarab was sufficient to 'shock' Steven awake and wrest control from Marc, making him aware of the existence of his alter.

* SuperpoweredEvilSide: {{Downplayed}}, as Marc doesn't seem to be outright 'evil' per se, but he is ''much'' more willing to commit violence and devastate his enemies than Steven, at one point leaving the poor guy to wake up drenched in the blood of four {{Mooks}} he brutalised with his bare hands. He also seems to be the one in command of the powers of Moon Knight, as Steven surrendering control to him at the episode's climax allows him to don the Moon Knight garb, along with the SuperStrength that apparently comes with it, and Marc then proceeds to beat the monster attacking them to death, at one point even stopping it from [[HorrifyingHero crawling away from him]] to finish it off.

** Steven tells a little girl in the museum about the Egyptian afterlife, where a person's soul is judged. Later, we see Harrow passing judgement on two of his followers (one found good, who is spared, the other found evil, who dies) and on Steven himself (who throws the scale out of whack).

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: In the first scene, we see Harrow crush a glass and then fill his shoes with the glass shards. He then puts on the shoes and walks away without exhibiting the excruciating pain one would expect. With the entire scene set to "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bV5z_rVR6Ms Every Grain of Sand]]" by Music/BobDylan (one of his [[NotChristianRock %in-universe% notably-devotional pieces]]), it helps spell out how this guy is extremely hardcore and does not seem fully human.[[note]]This scene was actually [[ThrowItIn conceived and pitched]] by Creator/EthanHawke.[[/note]]

* AgonyOfTheFeet: The ColdOpen has Harrow crush a glass, put the broken shards into his shoes, then put the shoes on and walk around, seemingly indifferent to the glass' presence. Throughout the rest of the episode, a faint sound of the glass clinking can be heard whenever he walks.
* AllJustADream: What Steven assumes when he wakes up in his bed after the Alpine car chase. He is very upset when he realizes he missed two days.
* AmbiguousSituation: We don't know which alter (if any) is the "real" one, nor what caused the situation.

* AsYouKnow: Steven introduces himself to the audience by correcting Donna when she calls him "Stevie". He points out his nametag as if it's the first time Donna is hearing about it, despite her being his boss for quite some time now. Donna replies that he should do his job, which is selling stuff to children at the museum. It serves the parallel purpose of showing how Donna treats Steven with contempt as he struggles to find something meaningful in his soul-crushing retail job.
* BadDate: Steven was supposed to have a date with a colleague on Friday, but when he calls her, he finds out that it is already Sunday and he stood her up. He decides to still eat at the steak house, despite Donna earlier noting he's a vegan, but is so shaken that he can barely tell the waiter his order.

** For viewers familiar with the comic, JB calling Steven "Scotty" could imply that he has another alter with that name. Turns out that no, JB just doesn't care what Steven's name is.

* BlatantLies: As Steven leaves the steakhouse (upon learning that he stood up his date), he tells his mom that he had a great time.
* BrickJoke: During the alpine chase, a truck hauling logs gets smashed. A little later, after the chase descends the mountain further, Steven's pursuers get crushed beneath the logs from the truck.
* CassandraTruth: Steven has absolutely no idea of what is happening to him and is fully willing to give Harrow the scarab he's looking for, only to be forced into a chase when Khonshu forcibly takes control of his body to prevent that from happening. Harrow even brings it up once he realizes that Steven ''genuinely'' has absolutely no idea of what's happening, even bringing up how Steven is like the [[CryingWolf Boy Who Cried Wolf]].
* CatapultNightmare: Steven sits up in a panic when he wakes up from the "nightmare" in the Alps.

** In the museum, when Arthur makes his speech about how Ammit was betrayed by her avatar, Steven, to defuse the tension, says, [[Film/{{Avatar}} "'Avatars.' Blue people. Love that film."]]

** The first doubles as an OffScreenMomentOfAwesome. Steven is surrounded by four armed guards, temporarily blacks out and wakes to find himself unscathed and surrounded by four bloody bodies.
** The second time he willingly (if reluctantly) gives control to Marc, who beats the crap out of a dog-demon creature.
* DangerousClifftopRoad: A CarChase ensues on one in the alps.

* DoubleMeaningTitle: Firstly, "the goldfish problem" is that your goldfish is very obviously not your goldfish, compounded by the pet shop lady's refusal to explain how the hell that happened. Secondly, "the goldfish problem" is the name the media has given to the phenomenon where a lot of people are releasing their goldfish into lakes which, since it's a East Asian species of fish, messes up the ecosystem of a North American lake -- just like the American guy who sometimes uses your body for his own purposes messes up your British life.

* DreamRealityCheck: Steven slaps himself and tells himself that it is only a dream when he is locked in the bathroom with the demon-dog creature trying to get in. However, Marc assures him that everything is real.

* FriendlessBackground: This episode cements that Steven doesn't really have anyone in his life. No one at the museum knows his name and the only person he can chat with is a living statue. That said, he's nice enough that Marc was able to get him a date with a coworker.

* HiddenDepths: You wouldn't expect a guy who works in a gift shop to have any knowledge about how to deal with getting shot at, but Steven instinctively runs a random zigzag, making him more difficult to hit.

* ImprobableWeaponUser: Steven uses a [[PieInTheFace cupcake]] against one of the cult goons and, as Moon Knight, throws a sink into the hound's face.
* InTheHood: At the alpine village, Steven tries to cover himself in a hoodie. It works only for so long.

* LastSecondWordSwap: When Steven sees his beloved goldfish somehow have ''two'' fins when it was known to have one, he goes "What the- (cut to pet shop) ''fish''?!"
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Though Steven is aware he's losing time and sleepwalking, he's unaware of his alter ego or Khonshu, though both are well aware of him and are working to keep him in the dark. It's unclear whether it was the violence in the Alps or encountering the scarab, but Steven woke up in the middle of one of Marc's missions.

* TheManInTheMirrorTalksBack: At the end of the first episode Steven ends up talking to his reflection -- Marc -- about what the hell is going on. Marc responds that he can only help Steven if he takes control of their body, which Steven ends up permitting. Marc even does this earlier, warning Steven to "stop looking".

* MissingTime: Steven keeps blacking out and finding himself somewhere else, or occasionally just a few moments later after a bout of offscreen ass-kicking.

** A long, extended scene of Steven terrified for his life as to what's going on, and is positively scared shitless of Khonshu about to enter the elevator... before it cuts it to reveal a sweet old lady entering instead.
** There is a sequence in which Steven is trying to give Harrow the scarab, but his body is refusing to obey him due to Khonshu's influence. This is played as comedy, with Steven's panicked incomprehension and Harrow's exasperation adding to the effect. Steven then flees, and is grabbed by a bunch of cultists... At which point Marc takes over. The next thing we see is Steven back in control, but with literal blood on his hands and the bodies of four dead cultists at his feet.
** A wacky chase scene with Steven in a cupcake truck while "Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go" appears. One cultist is about to shoot him and Marc takes over. When Steven wakes up, the music has stopped, he has a gun in his hand, the windshield is shattered, and he sees that he shot someone in the forehead.
* MookHorrorShow: The episode shows Moon Knight as a terror to his enemies -- and also to Steven. The episode is seen entirely from Grant's point of view (until the end), and at one point, he is surrounded by four hostile mooks; then he blanks out for a few seconds and recovers to find four dead mooks and other people fleeing from him in terror. Then, at the end of the episode, Grant is running from a monster and trapped in a room, and Spector speaks to him, begging to take control. The monster breaks in -- and a moment later, ''it'' is trying to flee before [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown the unleashed Moon Knight beats it to death with his bare hands]].

** Amongst all of Steven's missed calls from Layla, one caller is [=DuChamp=], referencing Jean-Paul "Frenchie" Du Champ, a French pilot that was an ally of Marc.

* NiceToTheWaiter: Steven knows everyone's name at work, though they don't return the favor. And he likes to sit and chat with a man playing living statue in the street, encouraging passerbys to tip.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Steven was somehow able to do this to multiple attackers during a brief period of missing time, vicious enough that he wakes up covered in their blood and the large crowd around him having fled in terror of him. Later, Moon Knight can be seen giving one of these to an unseen creature in the final shot of the episode, showing how he's not holding back when he's in that identity.
* NoSell: Harrow's tattoo apparently allows him to judge if somebody is good or evil (by some criteria), with those who are good being spared and praised for it, and those who are 'evil' getting the life sucked out of them. When he tries to use it on Steven, it fails to work ''at all'' due to his [[SplitPersonalityTakeover particular issues]], something which greatly unsettles Harrow.

* NothingIsScarier: The audience is never shown ''how'' the Marc personality beats the crap out of people, only that it was very bloody.

** We're never shown how Marc keeps saving Steven, only that people end up dead. How he managed to escape from Harrow's forces and get back to London also goes unseen, to the point that Steven writes off the experience as a bad dream. It apparently wasn't easy, as Steven's missing two days when he wakes up.
** The very first clue as to what exactly is happening with Marc at the helm can be implied from what little we saw of the fight between Moon Knight and the hound. With how the bathroom ended up wrecked, it must've been short, but brutal. The hound did flee from him in terror, after all.

** Steven is a vegan, which Donna points out when she finds out he has a date at the steak house. He originally intended to eat a salad or some bread but when he realizes that he has missed his date by two days he orders a steak, showing how upset he is.

* PrecrimeArrest: Or more accurately a precrime execution. When Arthur judges an old lady and his tattoo determines her to be guilty, she pleads with him saying that she hasn't done anything and Arthur agrees that she probably hasn't done anything now, but Ammit can judge a person for what they do in the future and then proceeds to drain her life.

* ReadingsAreOffTheScale: When Harrow tries judging Steven's life with his tattoo, the scales of the tattoo shift wildly and Harrow simply remarks that Steven has "chaos" in him.

* RefugeInAudacity: Played with. Many of Steven's actions come off as this to Harrow and his minions since they do not realize that they are dealing with multiple personalities. One minute, they are facing a tough mercenary who killed two people to get the scarab and the next one he is telling them that he is just a gift shop employee trying to get back to London. He then seems to troll Harrow by doing the whole "my body parts are not obeying me" schtick. It takes Harrow a while to realize that Steven is not fooling around and genuinely has no idea what is going on.
* ReplacementGoldfish: Literally. The pet shop owner Steven talked to mentions that he (Marc) came to her shop to buy another fish with a missing fin with indications that Gus died while Steven was fighting off Arthur's cult.

** Steven's pet goldfish, Gus, has one fin. After Steven wakes up from his chase scene with the cupcake truck, he has ''two'' fins. This is presumably reflecting how Steven felt there was something "off" about himself.

** The scene with Steven trying to hand the scarab over and getting overruled by Khonshu is very similar to what [[Film/Venom2018 Venom did to Eddie]] in his movie.
* SickeningCrunch: These sounds can be heard when Steven wakes up with his ''jaw dislocated'' while he tries to get it back to normal.

* SmallRoleBigImpact: Steven's goldfish is just a small piece of his life. But when Steven wakes up after the cupcake truck chase and notices that he has ''two'' fins, it begins his discovery that his life isn't what it seems.

* SpannerInTheWorks: Marc has apparently been assuming command of Steven's body long enough to have built up an entire identity and contact list separate from him without his knowledge, and has seemingly been operating on several successful missions without him being aware of it. Though not shown, it's implied the damage sustained to their body during Marc's heist of the Scarab was sufficient to 'shock' Steven awake and wrest control from Marc, making him aware of his Alter Ego's other life.
* SpottingTheThread: Steven's goldfish Gus has one fin. So Steven notes something is wrong when he wakes up after the cupcake truck chase when he suddenly has an additional one.

* SuperpoweredEvilSide: {{Downplayed}}, as Marc doesn't seem to be outright 'evil' per se, but he is ''much'' more willing to commit violence and devastate his enemies than Steven, at one point leaving the poor guy to wake up drenched in the blood of four {{Mooks}} he brutalised with his bare hands. He also seems to be the one in command of the powers of Moon Knight, as Steven surrendering control to him at the episode's climax transformed him into his garb, along with the SuperStrength that apparently comes with it, and Marc then proceeds to beat the monster attacking them to death, at one point even stopping it from [[HorrifyingHero crawling away from him]] to finish it off.

* WeAreEverywhere: Steven is horrified to learn that cult members are everywhere, including the security guards at his museum.

** When Steven wakes up in the Alps a disembodied voice says "Go back to sleep, ''worm''."
** The pet shop owner explaining to Steven that he came to buy a new goldfish with one fin.
** After waking up, Steven looks at the clock and realizes he's going to be late for his date. When she doesn't show, Steven calls her, thinking she may have forgotten. Cue her angrily telling him that he stood ''her'' up, ''two days ago''.
** After his phone-call with Layla, Steven goes to his bathroom mirror... and his reflection approaches him and says, "Stop looking."
** Upon seeing Arthur Harrow in the museum, Steven asks for a security guard, one Steven actually knows by name mind you, for help. The security guard mutters, "Praise Ammit", showing how ''far'' the cult spreads.

** Steven assumed that his adventures in the Alps was a dream. Then as he leaves the bus for work, he sees Arthur Harrow ''glaring at him'' as the bus leaves.
** Arthur tries to judge Steven's soul only to find his scale tattoo shifting wildly.
* WhatYearIsThis: Steven asks the waiter what day it is after his date claimed that it was Sunday while he thought it was Friday.
* WiperStart: The wipers on Steven's cupcake truck are on when he gets cornered by the baddies which gives the stern scene a [[{{Bathos}} wacky undertone]].