History Recap / TheOwlHouseS2E3EchoesOfThePast

* ConvenientlyUnverifiableCoverstory: Lilith initially believes King's talk about his past is this, as there is no record in all the Boiling Isles' history of there being a "King of Demons", and his claims of amnesia would easily cover for any holes in his story.

* MagicAIsMagicA: Building off of Lilith's discovery regarding glyph combos in the previous episode, Luz finds that glyphs can have entirely different properties depending on where they're placed in the combo's circle. Using this knowlegdge, she's able to construct a glyph combo that turns things invisible.

* OpinionFlipFlop: After taking a look at the murals on the temple wall, Lilith and Hooty (who had been mocking King's claims from the start) start to think that King really is a ruler of demons. Both immediately start talking to him with far more respect and reverence.

* TheReveal: King isn't actually a monster dictator reduced to a SleepModeSize, but a monster child Eda found in a temple who took her play-talk to heart. Although, [[TheUnreveal this clearly isn't the end of the story since said temple was built to house his egg and filled with sentinels to guard him, ancient writing in a language Lilith is unfamiliar with, and murals of a larger member of his species (once presumed to be him, now presumed to be his father) that predates even Emperor Belos]]. King determines that his father will have the answers about who or what King really is, and resolves to find him.

* SandInMyEyes: When King "reminisces" about his "castle", he tears up and chalks it up to bone dust.
--> '''King:''' I, uh...I've got some bone dust in my eye.

* FreezeFrameBonus: The potion that's thrown at Jean-Luc's face has note depicting a doodle of Eda making a face, signed "From Eda".

* TheReveal: King isn't actually a monster dictator reduced to a SleepModeSize, but a monster child Eda found in a temple who took her play-talk to heart. Although, [[TheUnreveal this clearly isn't the end of the story since said temple was built to house his egg and filled with sentinels to guard him, writing in a language Lilith is unfamiliar with, and murals of a larger member of his species (once presumed to be him, now presumed to be his father) that predates even Emperor Belos]]. King determines that his father will have the answers about who or what King really is, and resolves to find him.

* ShoutOut: One of Kings plushies resembles [[VideoGame/HollowKnight the Knight]].

* AppropriatedAppelation: King took on his name after Eda noted his habit of constructing friends out of whatever was at hand made him look like "a king among his people".

* FreezeFraneBonus: The potion that's thrown at Jean-Luc's face has note depicting a doodle of Eda making a face, signed "From Eda".

-->'''Lilith''': How appropriate, a hole in your memory for every hole in your story.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Though she wasn't being overly antagonistic in this case, Lilith was right to point out that Luz and Eda constantly feeding, rather than moderating, King's ego, clearly does far more harm than good for him.

* TheReveal: King isn't actually a monster dictator reduced to a SleepModeSize, but a monster child Eda found in a temple who took her play-talk to heart. Although, [[TheUnreveal this clearly isn't the end of the story since said temple was built to house his egg and filled with sentinels to guard him, writing in a language Lilith is unfamiliar with, and murals of a larger member of his species (once presumed to be him, now presumed to be his father) that predates even Emperor Belos]].

* SureLetsGoWithThat: Eda accidentally made King believe he was an all-powerful demon ruler by telling him stories when he was a baby. She didn't want to break his heart, so she just played along with his delusions, not realizing she was doing any harm. By extension, Luz hasn't believed he was the King of Demons for a long time (if she ever did), but lets him believe what he wants, encouraging Lilith and Hooty to do the same.

* TheUnreveal: Though we do get a lot of information, we still don't know who King's father is, nor what the carvings and markings in the temple actually mean.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Jean-Luc didn't attack King when he was the only other one in the ruins. It is actually meant to protect him from intruders.

* UnreliableNarrator: As both Lilith and Hooty point out, King's alleged backstory is filled with {{plot hole}}s. It's justified following TheReveal that a young Eda found King when he was a puppy and told him stories about kings and what they do, convincing him that he is the King Of Demons and causing him to attempt to fill in the gaps to match his delusions of grandeur.

-->'''King:''' ''Everyone'' lied! And I was too caught up in the fantasy to realize it. ''(tearing up)'' I don't know what to do, Luz! ''I can't tell what's real and what's fake!''

--> King: I, uh...I've got some bone dust in my eye.

* UnreliableNarrator: As both Lilith and Hooty point out, King's alleged backstory is filled with holes. It's justified following TheReveal that a young Eda found King when he was a puppy and told him stories about kings and what they do, convincing him that he is the King Of Demons and causing him to attempt to fill in the gaps to match his delusions of grandeur.

* LandmarkOfLore: The temple on the island where Eda found King is older than recorded history and has Mesoamerican-style wall-art depicting a colossal horned skull-headed demon -- who King assumes to be himself but is revealed to be either his father or a more distant ancestor -- being worshiped and battling foes such as a Gigeresque dragon-like monster. Lilith is awestruck by this discovery, as it changes everything the Witches think they know about the world in which they live.

** When King asks Luz if Lilith is blackmailed by Hooty to be nice to him, she responds they have become friends, in reference to "Separate Tides".
** When asked by Hooty about what happened to the part of the story about his crown, which was the focus of "A Lying Witch and a Warden", King claims that it was just a test of loyalty for Eda and Luz.

* LandmarkOfLore: The temple on the island where Eda found King is older than recorded history and has Mesoamerican-style wall-art depicting a colossal horned skull-headed demon -- who King assumes to be himself but is revealed to be either his father or a more distant ancestor -- being worshipped and battling foes such as a Gigeresque dragon-like monster. Lilith is awestruck by this discovery, as it changes everything the Witches think they know about the world in which they live.

* LostWorld: The island that Eda originally found King is unlike any other part of the Boiling Isles. It is completely shrouded in mist, the jungle is too thick to fly through, the temple is covered in murals and carvings of unknown origin and is guarded by a shapeshifting, robot-like demon that only listens to King. Whatever it is, no one on the Boiling Isles (save for everyone in the Owl House) knows about it, Lilith -- who was a member of the Emperor's Coven with vast knowledge of the Isle's history -- is at a complete loss at what she's looking at.

* MechanicalAbomination: Whether Jean-Luc is a demon following orders or some kind of {{Magitek}} designed to protect and look after King is still a mystery. [[OrganicTechnology It seems to be made of some kind of flesh and bone-like material capable of shifting its body parts into weapons]], but it is incapable of leaving the temple due to some kind of force-field that only effects it. It stops attacking the others when King commands it to, and when they manage to get it out of the temple, it shuts down completely.

-->'''Hooty:''' Special delivery: Pain!

* AwesomeButImpractical: Luz's new spell glyph combo gives the user {{invisibility}} - but only for as long as they hold their breath.

* {{Invisibility}}: In this episode, Luz creates a glyph combo that allows her to turn herself invisible, but it only lasts as long as she holds her breath.

* WeaksauceWeakness: The {{Invisibility}} glyph combo only works as long as the person using it can hold their breath for some weird reason.

* ChildhoodBrainDamage: Jean-Luc accidently chipped off one of King's horns when Eda "[[AccidentalKidnapping rescued]]" him, which gave him some form of amnesia. Said amnesia led him to believe Eda's story that he was the King of Demons.

* ConvenientlyUnverifiableCoverstory: Lilith initially believes King's talk about his past is this, as there is no record in all the Boiling Isles' history of there being a "King of Demons", and that his memories could have easily been fabricated by him.

* DespairEventHorizon: After Eda reveals how she and King really met, King soon realizes that his memories as the "King of Demons" were just fake and has a FreakOut, running off in tears. When Luz catches up to him, he's fully believes he's a nobody.

* IncrediblyLameFun: Lilith considers watching ink dry to be the best part of glyph research.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Luz's new spell glyph combo gives the user {{invisiblity}} - but only for as long as they hold their breath.

* AwesomeButImpractical: Luz's new spell glyph combo makes the user {{invisibl|e}}ity - but only for as long as they hold their breath.

* ChildhoodBrainDamage: Jean-Luc accidently chipped off one of King's horns when Eda "[[AccidentalKidnapping rescued]]" him, which gave him some form of amnesia. Said amnesia led him to believe Eda’s story that he was the King of Demons.

* ImprovisedWeapon: Hooty's StomachOfHolding and Eda’s hand potions make him an excellent GrenadeLauncher.

* {{Invisibility}}: In this episode Luz creates a glyph combo that allows her to turn herself invisible, but it only lasts as long as she holds her breath.

* LandmarkOfLore: The temple on the island where Eda found King is older than recorded history and has Mesoamerican-style wall-art depicting a colossal horned skull-headed demon -- who King assumes to be himself but is revealed to be either his father or a more distant ancestor -- being worshipped and battling foes such as a Gigeresque dragon-like monster. Lilith is awestruck by this discovery has, as it changes everything the Witches think they know about the world in which they live.

* MechanicalAbomination: Whether Jean-Luc is a demon following orders or some kind of {{Magitek}} designed to protect and look after King is still a mystery. [[OrganicTechnology It seems to be made of some kind of flesh and bone-like material capable of shifting its body-parts into weapons]], but it is incapable of leaving the temple due to some kind of force-field that only effects it. It stops attacking the others when King commands it to, and when they manage to get it out of the temple, it shuts down completely.

* OnceMoreWithClarity: After finding the place he hatched in, King realises that his recollection of being "shrunk" was actually him as a puppy falling down a hole, that his "subjects" were built by him out of random objects, that his "feasts" were whatever food he could find, and that the memory of his lost "crown" was based on the loss of one of his horns.

* TheReveal: King isn't actually a monster dictator reduced to a SleepModeSize, but a monster child Eda found in a temple who took her play-talk to heart. Although, [[TheUnreveal this clearly isn't the end of the story since said temple was built to house his egg and filled with sentinels to guard him, writing in a language Lilith is unfamilar with, and murals of a larger member of his species (once presumed to be him, now presumed to be his father) that predates even Emperor Belos]].

* {{Squick}}: InUniverse, Luz, Lilith, and King are highly grossed out by the sight of Hooty removing himself from the door to The Owl House. We [[TakeOurWordForIt thankfully don't see it]], but Luz in particular struggles not to vomit.

* UnreliableNarrator: As both Lilith and Hooty point out, King’s alleged backstory is filled with holes. It's justified following TheReveal that a young Eda found King when he was a puppy and told him stories about kings and what they do, convincing him that he is the King Of Demons and causing him to attempt to fill in the gaps to match his delusions of grandeur.
* TheUnreveal: Though we do get a lot of information, we still don’t know who King's father is, nor what the carvings and markings in the temple actually mean.