History Recap / StarWarsTheBadBatchS1E1Aftermath

* QualityOverQuantity: This is Lama Su's argument to Tarkin regarding the continued use of clone troopers for the new Imperial Army, whereas Tarkin believes that natural-born conscripts can fill the ranks in greater numbers, and at half the cost to boot, especially since the conflict for which the clones were made is officially over. Of course, Tarkin's argument wins out in the end, since the Empire uses conscripted forces rather than clones, but Lama Su's argument ultimately proves correct when the stormtroopers prove to be [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy highly ineffective]] against opponents trained to fight back.

* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Hunter keeps disobeying orders given by the Empire, particularly Order 66, and Tarkin's order to wipe out the insurgents on Onderon. Once Crosshair orders him to turn himself in, he gives this answer:

* OffModel: Hunter and Tech have their backpacks after the Bad Batch return to their barracks from the live-fire exercise. The backpacks disappear after Crosshair chimes in on Wrecker's complaint on being shot.

* DramaticIrony: When Tech develops a theory as to how the inhibitor chips forced the Clones to carry out Order 66, he notes that his squad wasn't affected due to their mutations (or in Echo's case, his modifications). However, when he notes that this may not be the case for most of them, he thinks Wrecker is the one being most affected (of course, Wrecker [[NotHelpingYourCase isn't helping disprove this]]), when the audience has already figured out Crosshair is the one affected.

* BackForTheDead: AZI, who had previously helped Fives back during the Order 66 arc, is taken offline by a stun shot from a clone's blaster. [[SubvertedTrope He shows up checking up on Crosshair]][[Recap/StarWarsTheBadBatchS1E3Replacements 2 episodes later,]] though.

** The Coruscant Guard Shock Troopers waiting for Clone Force 99 to come "home" from sparing Saw Gerrera when they should've killed him are positioned similarly [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E5Rookies to the Commando Droids on Rishi]], which was also Echo's first [[note]] Chronologically second [[/note]] appearance.

* DramaticThunder: When Hunter refuses to surrender and turn himself in, courtesy of Crosshair, this can be seen in the background and adds to the weight of the moment.

* EvilIsPetty: Upon their return from Onderon, Tarkin deliberately misinterprets the Bad Batch’s conversation with Saw as “conspiring” with the future leader of the Partisans simply because he wants an excuse to kill them.

** When the Coruscant Guard Shock Trooper Quartermaster catches Omega and AZI snooping around Clone Force 99's barracks, they try to tell him that they're Kaminoan medical personnel, but the clone overrides their authority by blasting AZI with his blaster, hinting that the Empire's authority on Kamino will be much harder than the government's...

* KilledOffscreen: Just like [[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS7E11Shattered the Jedi Council noting that Grievous will eventually be killed]], Tech mentions to Depa, Grey, and Caleb Dume, that Grievous will be defeated on Utapau by Kenobi, thus bringing the Clone Wars to an end. Sure enough, when the Bad Batch return to Kamino, they learn from a Coruscant Shock Trooper that the General was killed on Utapau, and peace has returned to the galaxy. Tech lampshades it.

* KillTally: A variant. The Batch keeps a count of their successful mission via tally marks on a board. Wrecker comments that they need 11 more successful missions.

* ObligatoryEarpieceTouch: Grey, the commander of the clone troops in the opening scene touches the side of his helmet when Order 66 comes through.

* OverlyLongName: AZI-3 gives his full name as [=AZI-345211896246498721347=].
* PetTheDog: Nala Se, the Kaminoan that was responsible for playing a role in the execution of Fives and the covering up of the Order 66 conspiracy in ''The Clone Wars'' sixth season, helps the Bad Batch escape with Omega.

* QualityOverQuantity: This is Lama Su's argument to Tarkin regarding the continued use of clone troopers for the new Imperial Army, whereas Tarkin believes that natural-born conscripts can fill the ranks in greater numbers, and at half the cost to boot, especially since the conflict for which the clones were made for is officially over. Of course, Tarkin's argument wins out in the end, since the Empire uses conscripted forces rather than clones, but Lama Su's argument ultimately proves correct when the stormtroopers prove to be [[ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy highly ineffective]] against opponents trained to fight back.

* SimultaneousArcs: This episode takes place concurrently with the second half of ''Film/RevengeOfTheSith'' and the final arc of ''WesternAnimation/TheCloneWars''.

** Tech figures out that Omega is a female clone based on Nala Se mentioning that five enhanced specimens survived. Echo is a cybernetically-enhanced normal clone, so that statement would only make sense if Omega were one of the five.

** After Order 66, the regular clone troopers have similarly become much more easily agitated, physically brushing off attempts to speak with them, becoming very irritated if looked at for too long, and demonstrating much shorter tempers than they possessed during the events of ''The Clone Wars''. To hammer the point home, very few of them are seen without their helmets off, they've all started acting as a collective more so than individuals (to the point that they also start addressing each other by their serial numbers instead of their nicknames, despite the previous series hammering home multiple times how important nicknames were for clones, since it helped them build their own individual identities) and they [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking cheer at Palpatine's reorganization speech]].

* UnfamiliarCeiling: The blurry vision of the ceiling of the medical quarters when Crosshair wakes up.

** He orders the training drill to switch to live fire when the Bad Batch only has training weapons that are ineffective against the tougher droids, and is clearly somewhat disappointed when the Bad Batch succeeds in winning anyways.

** Tarkin's combat test has the Bad Batch facing off against what appears to be early prototypes of the Dark Troopers.

* BackForTheDead: AZI, who had previously helped Fives back during the Order 66 arc, is taken offline by a stun shot from a clone's blaster. [[SubvertedTrope He shows up [[Recap/StarWarsTheBadBatchS1E3Replacements 2 episodes later]] checking up on Crosshair, though.]]

** Crosshair complaining to Hunter about not killing Saw Gerrera when the Bad Batch had the chance, as well as letting Caleb Dume/Kanan Jarrus live is similar to Dogma's complaining about not executing Fives and Jesse for disobeying Krell's orders in ''[[Recap/StarWarsTheCloneWarsS4E10CarnageOfKrell Carnage of Krell]]''.

* EvilIsPetty: Upon their return from Onderon, Tarkin deliberately misinterprets the Bad Batch’s conversation with Saw as “conspiring” with rebels simply because he wants an excuse to kill them.

* LetsYouAndHimFight: Tarkin sends the Bad Batch to take out Saw Gerrera's new insurgency. Either he eliminates one of his problems... or both of them. Except it doesn't work out that way and now he's got two worse problems, with the latter leader getting off the hook to start something far worse.

* WhyAmITicking: In the opening fight, Echo attaches a ticking bomb to a droid who first wonders what it is but then [[ThisIsGonnaSuck realizes]] what's gonna come.
-->'''Droid:''' Oh, no...''(BOOM)''

* FauxAffablyEvil: The Coruscant Guard Shock Trooper Quartermaster that informs the Bad Batch that the Clone Wars ended is pretty polite, if a bit rude, telling them that a [[NewEraSpeech mandatory general assembly]] is set to start at 15:00 and that they're being summoned by Tarkin for a training exercise. When Omega and AZI are caught snooping around their barracks however, his true mean colors surface.

** Crosshair insists on following Order 66 even though he doesn't know what it entails foreshadows his eventual turn against his squad.

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: When Tarkin orders the training simulation switched to live fire, droids are released that are impervious to training weapons. The Bad Batch adapts by tackling and reprogramming one droid to puppeteer it against the others, while using their still deadly vibroknives to take out the stragglers.

* LateToTheRealization: After the Bad Batch return to Kamino, the Coruscant Guard are present on Kamino,[[note]] Despite the fact it had its own [[{{Pun}} batch]] of Clones in the form of Kamino Security[[/note]] making Hunter wonder why they're here. Thankfully, a Coruscant Shock Trooper fills him in on what happened.

* LetsYouAndHimFight: Tarkin sends the Bad Batch to take out Saw Guerrera's new insurgency. Either he eliminates one of his problems... or both of them. Except it doesn't work out that way and now he's got two worse problems, with the latter leader getting off the hook to start something far worse.

* ManlyTears: According to Tech, Wrecker cried TearsOfJoy when he saw the new armory. Surprisingly enough, according to Wrecker [[NotSoAboveItAll Crosshair]] was also crying.
* MoodWhiplash: With the Bad Batch having turned the tide of battle, Caleb eagerly joins them for their counterattack...and then...

* MostDefinitelyNotAccompanyingUs: Omega begs Hunter to let her come onto their mission to liquidate the insurgence which he denies. Subverted when she actually doesn't sneak onto the ship but stays behind.

* TheRemnant: Subverted. Admiral Tarkin sends the Bad Batch to wipe out who he claims to be some Separatist stragglers. They're actually Onderon guerilla fighters protecting innocent civilians.

** Also in the comic, Kanan and Depa experienced Order 66 at night during a break of fighting, while in this episode it happens at daytime shortly after a battle sequence.

* SpecialEditionTitle: This epsiode starts with the logo for ''WesternAnimation/StarWarsTheCloneWars'', which gets burned away to reveal this show's logo. (Future episodes have a TitleOnlyOpening.) It's also the only episode with Tom Kane's ''Clone Wars''-style narration, further demonstrating that this is a SequelSeries.

* StaringContest: Hunter and Crosshair like to engage in these. The second time it doubles as a ShowdownAtHighNoon in the scene where Crosshair tries to prevent the batch from escaping the station.

'''Crosshair:''' I guess it is.\\

** After Order 66, the regular clone troopers have similarly become much more easily agitated, physically brushing off attempts to speak with them, becoming very irritated if looked at for too long, and demonstrating much shorter tempers than they possessed during the events of ''The Clone Wars''. To hammer the point home, very few of them are seen without their helmets off, they've all started acting as a collective more so than individuals (to the point that they also start addressing each other by their serial numbers instead of their nicknames, despite the previous series hammered multiple times how important nicknames were for clones, since it helped them build their own individual identities) and they [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking cheer at Palpatine's reorganization speech]].