History Recap / StarWarsTheCloneWarsS1E12TheGunganGeneral

* EmbarassingRescue: Defied. Obi-Wan and Anakin let Hondo go and pretend they weren't in any trouble because they can't bear to admit that they needed Jar Jar to rescue them.

* FriendToAllLivingThings: As happened with his rescue of Padme on Rhodia, Jar-Jar uses his affinity for living beings to help the party. He understands that the acid geysers are safe so long as the big herbivores are close, and later he and the clone troopers use them as mounts to ride to Hondo's base.

* HollywoodAcid: Averted. The acidic expulsions from the geysers are clear, and while drops of it cause corrosion to the paint on the troopers' armor it doesn't just eat right through it. The characters are still careful to avoid getting hit by it.

* AppealToFamilialWisdom: While discussing their current scheme, Hondo tells Turk Falso "Now, as my sweet mother always said, 'Son, if one hostage is good, ''two'' are better.'"

* ForceChoke: Dooku kills Turk Falso this way after telekinetically manipulating him into shooting his co-conspirator.

* HiddenDepths: The episode is devoted to proving that below his LethalKlutz personality, he does has some shrewd instincts and genuine value on the battlefield:
** He's the first to guess the Weequays approaching them are likely the same people who shot down their shuttle, while the supposedly battle-hardened Clones assumed they were the people they were supposed to meet.
** Jar Jar manages to discern when a geyser will be safe to use for emergency cover in a firefight by observing the behaviour of local wildlife, figuring that while the beasts are unafraid of the geyser, it will be safe to hide in. It's a [[ThrowTheDogABone surprisingly level-headed tactical move]] from him.
* HollywoodAcid: Averted. The acidic expulsions from the geysers are clear, and while drops of it cause corrosion to the paint on the troopers' armor it doesn't just eat right through it. The characters are still careful to avoid getting hit by it.
* InstantlyProvenWrong: Obi-Wan and Anakin both ask Dooku is his escape route is safe, and directly after he assures them it is and they open the door, they find themselves face to face with a wall of heavily-armed pirates and end up shoved back in their cell.

* PsychicStrangle: Dooku Force-chokes one of Hondo's mooks.

* YouAreInCommandNow: With Senator Kharrus dead, Jar-Jar is the ranking official.

* HiddenDepths: Jar Jar manages to discern when a geyser will be safe to use for emergency cover in a firefight by observing the behaviour of local wildlife, figuring that while the beasts are unafraid of the geyser, it will be safe to hide in. It's a [[ThrowTheDogABone surprisingly level-headed tactical move]] from him.

'''Dooku:''' I would kill you both right now [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou if I did not have to]] ''[[CantKillYouStillNeedYou drag]]'' [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou your]] [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou ''bodies''.]]

'''Dooku:''' I would kill you both right now [[CantKillYouStillNeedYou if I did not have to ''drag'' your ''bodies''.]]

'''Dooku:''' I would kill you both right now if I did not have to ''drag'' your ''bodies''.

* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: A subversion. Dooku, at one point, laments the fact that he can't kill Obi-Wan and Anakin while they're all chained together because he'd then have to drag their bodies.

* AppealToFamilialWisdom: While discussing their current scheme, Hondo tells Turk Falso "Now, as my sweet mother always said, 'Son, if one hostage is good two are better.'"

* HandyCuffs: When Jar Jar drives rams one of the pirate tanks into the power lines, Dooku takes the opportunity to escape from his cell using the Force now that the power to the door is cut, and chokes/burns the guard outside the door using the electricity binding his cuffs together.

* AppealToFamilialWisdom: Hondo tells Turk Falso ''"Now, as my sweet mother always said, 'Son, if one hostage is good two are better.'"'' while discussing their current scheme.

* CutleryEscapeAid: For their first escape attempt Dooku uses the force to nab a knife from an abandoned pirate meal and uses it to open their cell door.
* CutTheSafetyRope: During the second escape attempt Anakin is clinging to a ledge while Obi-Wan and Dooku dangle from his waist, and while they were going to swing to the side to get up to the ledge when the electo-rope connecting Dooku and Obi-Wan is shot Obi-Wan spins to catch him, making Anakin start to lose his grip. Anakin tells Obi-Wan to drop Dooku or else they're going to fall, but this isn't as cold as most examples since Dooku is an enemy during a war ''and'' as a trained force user can cushion his fall.

* EnemyMine: Anakin, Obi-Wan and Dooku are forced to work together on their first attempt at escape because they've been chained together at the waist.

* HandyCuffs: When Jar Jar drives rams one of the pirate tanks into the power lines Dooku takes the opportunity to escape from his cell using the force now that the power to the door is cut, and chokes/burns the guard outside the door using the electricity binding his cuffs together.
* HollywoodAcid: Averted. The acidic expulsions from the geysers are clear, and while drops of it cause corrosion to the paint on the troopers armor it doesn't just eat right through it. The characters are still careful to avoid getting hit with much of it though.
* InstantlyProvenWrong: Obi-Wan and Anakin both ask Dooku is his escape route is safe, and directly after he assures them it is and they open the door they find themselves face to face with a wall of heavily armed pirates and end up shoved back in their cell.

* NothingPersonal: When Hondo is trying to ensure his hostages will think twice before pulling another escape attempt he gives them the following ineffective speech:
-->''"I don't want to kill you, per se, in fact you seem like decent fellows, [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg even you count]]. This is just business, and once I get my money, we can go back to being friends."''

* OrbitalShot: When Obi-Wan, Anakin, and Dooku are returned to their cell after their first escape attempt and Hondo is pacing a circle around them the camera tracks Hondo's movements.

* SoMuchForStealth: During the second escape attempt the trio is seen carefully sneaking through the halls avoiding being seen or making too much noise then, after a cut away to Jar Jar's group, they're next seen sprinting down the hall knocking everything they can over behind them and kicking doors open so something evidently blew their stealthy approach.

* WaterGeyserVolley: Downplayed. When Jar Jar and the troopers are chasing the pirates who stole the ransom payment one of the pirates goes over a geyser as it erupts and his speeder get knocked by the stream causing him to crash.

* ElectricTorture: Hondo subjects Anakin and Obi-Wan to this after the escape attempt.

* OhCrap: Dooku is pretty panicked when he nearly falls to his death due to the shackle connecting him to Obi-Wan being shot in two during the second escape attempt while they're hanging from a high wall.

* ChainedHeat: Anakin, Obi-Wan and Dooku are all chained together at the waist, which forces them to begrudgingly work together during an escape attempt, which fails.

->'''Dooku:''' And while I hold my tongue, the two of you will devise a brilliant strategy for getting off this godforsaken planet?\\

'''Dooku:''' I would kill you both right now if I did not have to drag your bodies.