History Recap / SheRaAndThePrincessesOfPowerS1E12LightHope

* ShoutOut:
** After telling the others that Etheria is run by ancient computers, Entrapta announces her intention to [[{{Film/Hackers}} "hack the planet"]].
** The whole of Light Hope's attitude and plans makes her an Expy of the Jor-El AI from ''{{Series/Smallville}}''

* AssholeVictim: As Shadow Weaver had been abusing Catra for years, nobody is said to see Catra break her mask and render her powerless.

* RealityEnsues: Shadow Weaver was already falling out of favor with Hordak, and since Entrapta's experiments have produced a bigger gain for the Horde, he's happy to hand the Black Garnet over to her.

* AssholeVictim: As Entrapta had been abusing Catra for years, nobody is said to see Catra break her mask and render her powerless.

* ShoutOut: After telling the others that Etheria is run by ancient computers, Entrapta announces her intention to [[{{Film/Hackers}} "hack the planet"]].

Swift Wind comes to Bright Moon, Entrapta decrypts the First Ones data crystal, and Light Hope tells Adora about the history of She-Ra and Etheria.

* BaitAndSwitch: After hearing Imp's recording of the conversation between Catra and Entrapta it initially seems as if Catra might get in trouble for her insubordination towards Shadow Weaver. Instead Hordak is so intrigued by Entrapta's theories that he gives her the Black Garnet to study.

* TheDogBitesBack: Well, Cat, but Catra finally gets to pay Shadow Weaver back for all her abuse, breaking the crystal on her mask and then having her locked up.
* ForebodingFleeingFlock: After the Horde starts experimenting with the Black Garnet the various animals in the Whispering Woods, including one of the robotic spiders, begin fleeing in terror. Swift Wind is also able to sense something bad happening and its only his connection to Adora that keeps him from fleeing.

** Despite drawing their power from the same Runestone, Glimmer and her mother have different color holograms.
** Netossa and Spinarella are there despite not having any Runestones of their own, as well as the apparently powerless Scorpia.

* LaserGuidedKarma: As Catra lampshades during her fight with Shadow Weaver the years of abuse she has endured has given her the cunning, ferocity, and quick reflexes necessary for her to dodge the old witches blows and take her down.
* LaymansTerms: After excitedly shouting her theories Entrapta is told by Catra to explain them like a normal person. It ends up backfiring a little since she ends up dumbing the explanation down so much she wonders if she has to explain what math is to an annoyed Catra.
* LoveIsAWeakness: Light Hope tells Adora that the attachment she has for her friends is a distraction and that the guilt she feels for what happened to them is only holding her back and that she should stay in the Crystal Castle until she has been properly trained as She-Ra. Fortunately Swift Wind comes by to tell Adora how much of a stupid plan that is.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: After revealing that he gave the Black Garnet to Entrapta to study to the incredulous Shadow Weaver, Hordak tells her that despite having the Runestone for years all she has managed to do with it is parlor tricks whilst Entrapta has been able to do more for the Horde with it in the few hours she has been studying it.

** The First Ones were [[AncientAstronauts explorers]] that came to the planet countless millennia ago who not only settled Etheria but implied to have terraformed it. According to Entrapta, this is how the Princesses have their powers thanks to it being a Magitek blending of technology and magic.

** She-Ra herself is a LegacyCharacter charged with uniting the world in harmony along with the other Princesses who each has a connection to one of the Runestones that maintains the planet.

* SeenItAll: While everyone else freaks out over Swift Wind's sudden ability to talk Queen Angella doesn't even blink.
* ShoutOut: After telling others that Etheria is run by ancient computers, Entrapta announces her intention to [[{{Film/Hackers}} "hack the planet"]].
* StalkerShot: When Entrapta wants to experiment on the Black Garnet and Catra tells her she can get it for her, the camera cuts to a different angle of the room revealing a little bit of Imp in the shot and then the camera switches again to show a better view of Imp who then leaves to report what he saw to Hordak.

* VillainousBreakdown: Shadow Weaver ''loses it'' when Hordak gives his approval for Entrapta to experiment with the Garnet, attacking Catra's group in a rage. It happens again when Catra breaks her mask's crystal, apparently rendering her powerless, desperately grasping at the pieces in hopes that she can fix it.
* WeirdWeather: Once Entrapta begins hacking the Black Garnet a large bolt of red and black energy fires up into the sky above the Fright Zone and causes red lighting storms. It also begins snowing in the Whispering Woods which is noted to be an impossible anomaly.

* BrickJoke: Everyone's shocked reactions to finding out that Swift Wind can talk for the first time, and Swift Wind's deadpan responses.

* {{Depower}}: Catra shattering the stone on Shadow Weaver's mask strips her of her connection to the Black Garnet and left her unable to use her magic.

* WeirdWeather: Once Entrapta begins hacking the Black Garnet a large bolt of red lightning lights up the sky in the Fright Zone and causes similar red lighting storms. It also begins snowing in the Whispering Woods which is noted to be an impossible anomaly.

* LoveIsAWeakness: Light Hope tells Adora that the guilt she feels for what happened to her friends is only holding her back and that she should stay in the Crystal Castle until she has been properly trained as She-Ra. Fortunately Swift Wind comes by to tell Adora how much of a stupid plan that is.

** Adora is the first She-Ra in a thousand years after her predecessor Mara banished Etheria to another dimension, also revealing why the planet has not visible stars.

** The First Ones were [[AncientAstronauts explorers]] that came to the planet countless millennia ago who not only settled Etheria but implied to have terraformed it. According to Entrapta, this is how the Princesses have their powers thanks to it being a Magitek blending of technology and magic.

* TheDogBitesBack: Well, Cat, but Catra finally gets to pay Shadow Weaver back for all her abuse.
* UnusualUserInterface
* VillainousBreakdown: Shadow Weaver ''loses it'' when Hordak gives his approval for Entrapta to experiment with the Garnet, and again when Catra breaks her mask's crystal, apparently rendering her powerless, desperately grasping at the pieces in hopes that she can fix it.