History Recap / RWBYV2E4PaintingTheTown

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Penny explains to a stunned Ruby that she is an artificial person, an experimental machine that can generate an Aura just like a person. To her surprise, Ruby takes in the information calmly and accepts Penny without stint. As the Atlesian soldiers from earlier catch up, Penny hides Ruby and then agrees to go along with the soldiers back "home". The two are separated once again.

Yang and Neptune arrive at Junior's club by motorcycle and Yang makes a dramatic entrance, blasting down the door and loudly exclaiming "Guess who's baaack?", [[TheDreaded which leads to every gun in the room being trained on her immediately.]] Neptune shortly follows [[AmazonChaser ("What a woman!")]], and Junior steps forward. After a short conversation, Yang ascertains that Junior doesn't know anything more than they do, and she pries Neptune away from the twins to continue.

Blake and Sun enter a warehouse where several White Fang members are gathered. Roman Torchwick is there with a strange quiet girl at his flank and a brand-new Atlesian Paladin, one of many prototypes the White Fang have acquired through the black market. To make things worse, Roman is squinting over in their direction, seemingly able to recognise them. Realising this is their cue to leave, Blake shoots out a light and the pair jump for the windows, with the Paladin (piloted by Roman) not far behind. Sun sends out a frantic call to the rest of RWBY for assistance. A fierce highway battle begins with Blake and Sun jumping between traffic as the Paladin knocks cars left and right, forcing Yang into some evasive riding while Neptune peppers the mech with shots. Sun and Neptune are knocked away by the Paladin and are lost, but Weiss has taken position ahead and freezes the entire road, sending the Paladin careening down into the ground below, where Ruby is waiting.

Even though it is a FlawedPrototype mech piloted by someone of questionable skill and experience, the Paladin is very well-armoured and has many weapons, so Team RWBY take as much as they give. Yang, in desperation, leaps onto the back and begins pounding away at the mech with Ember Celica, causing the cockpit to flare up in emergency warnings. Roman reverses through a column, crushing Yang against concrete and rebar, and then punches her for good measure. She tumbles across the floor and lands in a pained heap, as Blake calls out in shock.

It definitely looked painful, but Yang is no stranger to pain. As she climbs to her feet, Ruby explains that her sister's Semblance is to absorb the kinetic energy of blows and transfer it into her own strength. Yang's eyes glow a fierce red and her hair glows with a yellow gleam. When the Paladin throws another punch, Yang catches it dead and then shatters the arm into pieces with a counter-punch. By literally using Yang as a flail for Gambol Shroud, the next hit shatters the mech, sending Roman tumbling across the floor. He gets up and brushes himself off, but the intervention of the strange girl from earlier saves him. RWBY are left watching the two escape on a Bullhead after using some kind of illusion to escape. After a punny quip that fails to soothe Yang's simmering temper, Weiss and Blake walk away as Ruby wonders what happened to Sun and Neptune...

Cut to the two hanging out at A Simple Wok, with Sun seemingly confident that the girls are uninjured.

[[caption-width-right:329:''[[Music/{{Rihanna}} "You can stay under my umbrella..."]]'']]

Penny and Ruby discuss Penny's existence. Yang and Neptune confront Junior while Blake and Sun infiltrate a White Fang rally.

%% * CriticalStatusBuff: Yang's Semblance is revealed to be this.

%% * GiantRobot: The Paladin Mech.

%% * VillainExitStageLeft: Torchwick once again gets away, thanks to his petite new companion, Neo.

Penny explains to Ruby about how she was not born but built by her "father", and is surprised by Ruby's acceptance of her. Yang and Neptune arrive at the Club, hosted by Junior Xiong, who explains he lent his men to Torchwick but they never returned (referencing to their encounter with Ruby in the pilot). Blake and Sun infiltrate a White Fang rally where Torchwick appears, encouraging them to work with him to get revenge on mankind, and unveils one of the Paladin battle mechs. Blake and Sun make their escape only to be pursued by Torchwick in the mech. Team RWBY reunite and dismantle the mech, but Torchwick escapes with help from his associate Neopolitan.

* AndroidsArePeopleToo: Ruby takes Penny's ability to generate an Aura as proof that she is just as much a living person as she herself is.

* CriticalStatusBuff: Yang's Semblance is revealed to be this.

* TheDreaded: Yang left quite the impression on the club. The guards try desperately to keep her from getting in, and as soon as she does get in, every single guard points his gun at her.
* EarlyBirdCameo: Neo can be seen walking offstage in the background[[note]]Left side of the stage, approximately 06:31 minutes in.[[/note]] as Roman is about to begin his speech to the White Fang recruits in the warehouse.
* GiantRobot: The Paladin Mech.
* MadeOfIron: Yang survives getting punched through a ''concrete pillar''.
* TheReveal: Yang's Semblance: she absorbs damage she takes and uses that energy to fight back.

* VillainExitStageLeft: Torchwick once again gets away, thanks to his petite new companion, Neo.

[[caption-width-right:329:''"[[Music/{{Rihanna}} You can stay under my umbrella...]]"'']]

[[caption-width-right:329:Under my umbrella...]]

* TheReveal: Yang's Semblance: she absorbs damage she takes and uses that energy to fight back

-->"I don't... Um... You're taking this extraordinarily well.

* AscendedMeme: The fandom is fond of using IdiosyncraticShipNaming for their favorite ships; Ruby uses these names for combination attacks.

* AscendedMeme

* VillainExitStageLeft: Torchwick once again gets away, thanks to his petite new companion, Neo.
* WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: Ruby takes Penny's ability to generate an Aura as proof that she is just as much a living person as she herself is.

* MadeOfIron: Yang survives getting punched through a ''concrete pillar''.

* VillainExitStageLeft: Torchwick once again gets away, thanks to his petit new companion, Neo.

* TheReveal: The last episode ''finally'' revealed Penny is a robot, this episode goes into explanation mode about her, namely that she is a machine capable of creating an Aura.

* AscendedFanon: The common shipping names for the various pairings of team RWBY become the names of battle formations.

* TheReveal: Two actually, The last episode ''finally'' revealed Penny is a robot, this episode goes into explanation mode about her, namely that she is a machine capable of creating an Aura.
** The second reveal is how Yang's semblance works, namely that hitting her just makes her stronger.

* WhatsTheMeasureOfNonHuman: Ruby takes Penny's ability to generate an Aura as proof that she is just as much a living person as she herself is.

* TheReveal: Two actually, the first one is more TheUnreveal, as it has long been obvious Penny is a robot. The second reveal is how Yang's semblance works.

* VillainExitStageLeft: Torchwick once again gets away, thanks to his petit new companion, Neo.

* VillainExitStageLeft: Torchwick once again gets away thinks to his petit new companion, Neo.

* VillainsExitStageRight: Torchwick once again gets away thinks to his petit new companion, Neo.

* GiantRobot: The Paladin Mech
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Ruby takes the reveal that Penny is a robot so well that Penny is more than a little confused.

* UnusallyUniterestingSight: Ruby takes the reveal that Penny is a robot so well that Penny is more than a little confused.