History Recap / TheSarahJaneAdventuresS2E7E8TheMarkOfTheBerserker

** Clyde himself uses it to wipe

* BrokenAesop: After showing the negative consequences of using the berserker pendant, especially using it to give LaserGuidedAmnesia, Clyde does so on his mother. Overlaps with StatusQuoIsGod.

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Paul forces this upon Clyde throughout the story as he tells his son to forget about all of his friends so that they can run away together. As a consequence, Clyde reverts to his slightly more jockish personality from his first appearance and as so much amnesia begins to corrode his sense of identity, he becomes increasingly scared and confused by the situation.

* TheBusCameBack: Maria and Alan appear one last time. This is the first and only time Maria and Rani interact.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: Rani just leaves the Berserker pendant where Clyde's dad can pick it up when Clyde decides to break the rules and brag about everything.

* AnAesop: What Clyde learns throughout the story is that sometimes you're better off without having bad parents in their lives. He at first wants to re-connect with his dad, but after all the conflict he causes irresponsibly, Clyde tells him to leave and the episode ends throws away his only keepsake of the dad.

* PapaWolf: Clyde's father is able to overcome the effects of the Berserker pendant through his love of his wife and son.

* AdultFear: Imagine your relationship with your son is fine in the morning, and then in the evening he doesn't know who you are...

* AbsenteeActor: This is the first story where Mr Smith does not physically make an appearance. Sarah Jane shuts him down in her absence, and when he is called upon, the wall panels do not open up to reveal him. Instead, an answering machine function activates and plays an automated message. However, Creator/AlexanderArmstrong is still credited for his speaking lines in the role. Additionally, because he is inactive, this is the first story where Mr Smith's iconic boot-up fanfare is not heard playing.

* AbsenteeActor: This is the first story where Mr Smith does not physically make an appearance. Sarah Jane shuts him down in her absence, and when he is called upon, the wall panels do not open up to reveal him. Instead, an answering machine function activates and plays an automated message. However, Creator/AlexanderArmstrong, is still credited for his speaking lines in the role. Additionally, because he is inactive, this is the first story where Mr Smith's iconic boot-up fanfare is not heard playing.

* ContinuityNod: Paul mentions the [[Recap.DoctorWhoS30E12TheStolenEarth the Daleks]].

* WellDoneSonGuy: Clyde.

* DisappearedDad: Paul.

* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight

** Doubling as a StealthPun, and possibly unintentional: the first recurring cast member to use the pendant, complete with getting a mark is Rani. She got ''[[Recap.DoctorWhoS22E3TheMarkOfTheRani The Mark Of The Rani]]''.
* TheBusCameBack: Maria and Alan.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Clyde.

** Paul very nearly inflicts this on an innocent Mr. Chandler, as he commands him to do push ups as a joke and leaves him in the driveway while he makes off with Clyde. As Paul's command has no ending clause, Chandler is still exercising until the end of the episode and is very close to dying of exhaustion with buckets of sweat dripping off him.

** Paul very nearly inflicts this on an innocent Mr. Chandler, as he commands him to do push ups as a joke and leaves him in the driveway as he makes off with Clyde. As Paul's command has no ending clause, Chandler is still exercising until the end of the episode and is very close to dying of exhaustion with buckets of sweat dripping off him.

** Paul very nearly inflicts this on an innocent Mr. Chandler, as he commands him to do push ups as a joke but then just leaves him there. As Paul's command has no ending clause, Chandler is still exercising until the end of the episode and is very close to dying of exhaustion with buckets of sweat dripping off him.

* BodyHorror: The effects of overusing the pendant gives Paul [[IcyBlueEyes unearthly pale eyes]] and [[TaintedVeins bulging blue veins]].

* BodyHorror: The effects of overusing the pendant gives Paul {{IcyBlueEyes unearthly pale eyes]] and [[TaintedVeins bulging blue veins]].

** Paul very nearly inflicts this on an innocent Mr. Chandler, as he commands him to do push ups as a joke but then just leaves him there.

* BigDamnHeroes: Sarah Jane.
* CallingTheOldManOut
* ContinuityNod: Paul mentions the Daleks.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Sarah Jane mentions how much she'd like to see ''her'' parents again. Guess what happens in the next story.

** Doubling as a StealthPun, and possibly unintentional: the first recurring cast member to use the pendant, complete with getting a mark is Rani. She got [[Recap.DoctorWhoS22E3TheMarkOfTheRani The Mark Of The Rani]].

* WellDoneSonGuy: Clyde.
* WhatAnIdiot

* ShoutOut: Using the pendant, Rani tells her father to impersonate Bianca Jackson from ''{{Eastenders}}''.

Sarah Jane leaves Luke with Clyde's mother Carla while she leaves to pursue an alien called Travist Polong. Meanwhile, Rani discovers that Jacob, a student at her school, has obtained a pendent that grants the wearer mind control powers but slowly turns him into a monster. Frightened of its evil power, Jacob throws the pendant away. With Sarah Jane gone and Mr. Smith shut down, Rani leaves the pendant in Sarah Jane's attic for safekeeping.

Clyde, Carla, and Paul have one last talk by the water. Clyde contemplates forcing Paul to stay with the pendant, but both know that he won't. Clyde uses the pendant to get Carla to forget everything that she learned about aliens and Clyde's adventures fighting them. Paul reveals that he ran away from Melba because she had become pregnant. Clyde tells him to go back to her, saying that he doesn't need him any more. Clyde then throws the pendant into the water.

* TheBusCameBack: Maria and Alan.