History Recap / NadiaTheSecretOfBlueWaterE20JeanMakesAMistake

[[caption-width-right:350:[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons "I didn't do it. Nobody saw me do it. There's no way you can prove anything."]]]]

Jean constructs another invention -- a miniature glider powered by a rocket for take off from the ''Nautilus'''s deck. Unfortunately, during the test flight, the engine backfires and the glider spirals out of control, finally exploding in the sky.

The crew panics, fearing that Gargoyle will probably discover them because of this incident. Sure enough, they are proven right, because Nemo and the others are forced to take down more Garfish submarines. Afterwards, Nemo warns Jean to be more careful with his inventions.

Nadia is infuriated to see Jean take Nemo's reprimand without the slightest impulse to stand up for himself, but she goes too far in trying to stand up for him and is slapped by Nemo, especially when she insults him and his crew.

Furthermore, Nadia's burgeoning jealousy over Jean's friendship with Electra intensifies… until she finally learns from the latter that she is in no danger of losing Jean. Electra only considers Jean like a little brother she once lost years ago to an attack by an evil man. Nadia recognizes the murderer as Gargoyle, and begins to realize the error of her misjudgment.

* PoorCommunicationKills: Nadia's inability to simply admit her jealousy over Jean's friendship with Electra nearly ruins her own relationship with Jean, even when he awkwardly attempts to compliment her (as advised by Electra, which he nervously admits after Nadia questions him about it). Nonetheless, it leaves him very baffled. (Nadia finally realizes her error when she speaks with Electra.)

[[caption-width-right:350:[[BlatantLies I didn't do it. Nobody saw me do it. There's no way you can prove anything]].]]

* PsychologicalProjection: Played for laughs initially when Grandis tries to give Nadia advice about Electra and Jean. Grandis being Grandis, she ends up projecting her own romantic rivalry with the XO over Nemo onto it. However, it becomes less funny afterwards, as this is what plants the idea in Nadia's head that Electra is trying to steal Jean from her (and leads to her blow-up with Jean).

** The ''Nautilus'' was never going to be able to keep up FakingTheDead after the events of Episode 15. It was inevitable that sooner or later, Gargoyle and his forces would realize the FalseFlagOperation hadn't worked. As it is, Gargoyle already had suspicions from his people being unable to locate any physical evidence of the submarine's destruction.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Jean's rocketry experiment accidentally alerts a ''Garfish'' that the ''Nautilus'' is still intact and operational after Neo-Atlantis believed it had sunk during Episode 15. It gets off a transmission to Gargoyle, which also gives them the ship's approximate location and leads to the battle in the next episode.

* EarlyBirdCameo: A variation. While Gargoyle has already appeared, we get the first glimpse of his unmasked, Tartessos-era appearance when Nemo is looking at his old Family holographic photo.
* EasilyForgiven: Downplayed, but it's implied Jean forgave Nadia off-screen after her conversation with Electra.

* GreenEyedMonster: Nadia's jealousy of Electra's friendship with Jean finally comes to a head here. It's settled, as Nadia finally comes to understand that there isn't any romantic interest and that Jean simply reminds Electra of her deceased younger sibling.

* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Even after seeing Nadia's jealousy over Elektra, Jean thinks it's a good idea to say it was Elektra who told him to compliment Nadia. While Nadia's Jerkass blow-up is inexcusable, [[TooDumbToLive Jean did kinda have this one coming]].

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Electra's dissent towards Nemo and questioning his orders is getting worse.

** It's also mentioned during this meaning that Neo-Atlantean engineers are developing the burner for a new Tower of Babel. Just like [[Film/ANewHope the Death Star and Alderaan]], the events on Cape Verde ''proved'' their Tower of Babel works. It just failed due to sabotage and compromised components. As the linchpin of Gargoyle's plans, it is unsurprisingly he's authorized and funded a second Tower project.

* DiggingYourselfDeeper: Even after seeing Nadia's jealousy over Elektra, Jean thinks it's a good idea to say it was Elektra who told him to compliment Nadia. While Nadia's JerkassBehavior is inexcusable, [[TooDumbToLive Jean did kinda have this one coming]].

* DressHitsTheFloor: Electra in her first scene. Remember, kids: It ''is'' a Studio Gainax production, after all!

* GilliganCut: Marie and Sanson think Jean and Nadia are spending time together for romantic reasons. We then cut to them in the middle of an argument, as Nadia's chewing out Jean for not standing up to Nemo after he got chewed out.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Gargoyle's briefing at the beginning of the episode reveals one of the purposes of disrupting Atlantic shipping: To allow Neo-Atlantis to seize control of key global industries and divert their profits into the organization's budget. The Neo-Atlanteans may be a global secret society, but even they need cash to pay the bills. This was, again, also previously acknowledged in Episode 07 when Gargoyle invited financial backers to witness the first test firing of the artificial Tower of Babel.

* GreenEyedMonster: Nadia's jealousy of Electra's friendship with Jean finally comes to a head here. It's settled, as Nadia finally comes to understand that there isn't any romantic interest and that Jean simply reminds Electra of her deceased younger sibling.

* NiceJobBreakingItHEro: Jean's rocketry experiment accidentally alerts a ''Garfish'' that the ''Nautilus'' is still intact and operational after Neo-Atlantis believed it had sunk during Episode 15. It gets off a transmission to Gargoyle, which also gives them the ship's approximate location and leads to the battle in the next episode.

* * SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Gargoyle's briefing at the beginning of the episode reveals one of the purposes of disrupting Atlantic shipping: To allow Neo-Atlantis to seize control of key global industries and divert their profits into the organization's budget. The Neo-Atlanteans may be a global secret society, but even they need cash to pay the bills. This was, again, also previously acknowledged in Episode 07 when Gargoyle invited financial backers to witness the first test firing of the artificial Tower of Babel.