History Recap / TheSilverscaleArenaS1E11September2021

-'''Team 12 (Anako Blu):''' [[Literature/OverLord2012 Lupusregina Beta]], Starlok ([[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Warhammer 40K]] {{OC|s}}), [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Yang Xiao Long]], and a [[Series/StrangerThings Demogorgon]].

* {{Foreshadowing}} Just before the teams are introduced, Baskerra hears the sounds of poor grammar and horrible misuse of Christianity, hinting at the first major threat the contestants will face. She even considers it an omen.

-'''Team 1 (Baskerra Hellmane)''' : {{WesternAnimation/Ed|EddNEddy}}, [[Webcomic/LasLindas Taffy]], [[VideoGame/SuperGodzilla Bagan]], and [[Manga/AzumangaDaioh Sakaki]].

-'''Team 2 (Eboness the Eternal)''': [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Jeri]], The Bandaged Stranger,[[note]]a.k.a. [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles The Shredder]][[/note]] VideoGame/{{Wario}}, and [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Ridley]].

-'''Team 3 (Ruby the Dragon)''': [[VideoGame/{{Skylanders}} Drobot, Spotlight, Echo]], and [[VideoGame/XCOMChimeraSquad Torque]].

-'''Team 4 (Magna Armello)''': [[TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering Jace Beleren, Liliana Vess, Candra Nalaar, and Nissa Revane]].

-'''Team 5 (Mr. Wolfish)''': [[Franchise/GIJoe Cobra Commander]], [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Sloth]], [[Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross MAC II Monster]], and [[VideoGame/JustCause Rico Rodriguez]].

-'''Team 6 (Sekai the Hyena)''': Sekai the Hyena (OC), {{VideoGame/An|imalCrossing}}kha, [[Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog Blaze the Cat]], and [[VideoGame/EverOasis Miura]].

-'''Team 7 ([=OrionTheWolf=])''': [[WesternAnimation/{{Wakfu}} Miranda]], [[WesternAnimation/SwatKats Callie Briggs]], [[WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries M'Ress]], and [[VideoGame/TrialsOfMana Belladonna]].

-'''Team 8 (Sarah Naramorgth)''': [[VideoGame/{{Warframe}} Nezha, Hildryn, Clem, and Teshin]].

-'''Team 9 (Chauncey Servoid)''': [[Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins Ban]], {{Manga/M|onsterMusume}}iia, [[Literature/SpiceAndWolf Holo]], and [[Manga/ToLoveRu Konjiki no Yami]].

-'''Team 10 (Kaity Renard)''': Jocasta (Dogsmith OC), Marylyn,[[note]]who's called Quotefox in the episode [[ProtagonistTitleFallacy based on the artists' name]][[/note]] Jill (Quotefox OCs), and Slurpina (OC).

-'''Team 11 (The Big Lady)''': [[VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage Alcina Dimitrescu]], Smiley Cindy (Little Laughters), the [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorph Queen]], and [[ComicBook/SpiderMan Carnage]].

-'''Team 12 (Anako Blu)''': [[Literature/OverLord2012 Lupusregina Beta]], Starlok ([[TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Warhammer 40K]] OC), [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Yang Xiao Long]], and a [[Series/StrangerThings Demogorgon]].

* AnswerCut: After Jocasta kills Nissa, she asks where her other teammates are and assumes they’re fucking. We then cut to Marylyn, who as it turns out ends up part of a Series/{{Jackass}} stunt.

* BoomHeadshot: In the Prayer Warriors event, when Taffy manages to reflect a beam of light from them away from her, it ends up going through Sloth's head, killing him. This is also how M'Ress gets taken out in the same event.

* DevouredByTheHorde: Ankha, who gets ripped into by some killer flying donuts.

* GameBreakingBug: Smiley Cindy becomes a victim of one when a random glitch causes her to lower half to get trapped under the ground. She’s then bisected by Carnage.

* ImpliedDeathThreat: When Jeri and Ridley have a conversation in the beginning, the former hopes the latter isn’t hostile. To which Ridley replies that Jeri hasn't seen hostile until [[YouHaveFailedMe he's failed him]].

* KilledMidSentence: As Ridley is yelling that he can't die again, he explodes from one of the Prayer Warrior’s beams of light.

* MythologyGag: Sekai, upon encountering Bagan, wonders if he saw him on the cutting floor once. A reference to how he’s infamous for being a scrapped Godzilla foe.
** During a debate with several characters if the egg Wario has belongs to anything living here, Torque doesn’t care and wonders if they have a taste for Italian. To which Wario retorts back that he’s German. [[AmbiguousSituation He thinks]]. A reference to one of Wario’s most popular lines being the German phrase "So Ein Mist!"[[note]]With it being popular because it's [[{{Mondegreen}} misheard as "D'oh I missed]]!"[[/note]]

* NoBodyLeftBehind: Liliana, who gets her entire body eaten by an Achatina snail, Dimitrescu, who gets blown up by so many of Nemesis’ missiles that there’s nothing left of her to regenerate.

* {{NOT}}: While Torque’s shooting her gun at the [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Smash Ball]], she also notices Jeri firing at it as well. When she points her gun at him, he says he means no harm and asks if he can shoot the [[BuffySpeak weird glowing thing]] instead. To which Torque replies "Sure. NOT."

** When Hildryn’s body gets thrown to Starlok, she’s missing her head.

** Just before Jeri cuts off Starlok's hand and ends up getting sucked into the pillar of flame, he tells Torque that [[Film/Casablanca they'll always have Paris]]. And then as he sinks into the lava, he gives [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay a thumbs-up]].

* TakeThat: The narration makes a comment on how Skylanders is fondly remembered despite giving [[Franchise/SpyroTheDragon Spyro]] "the appearance of a pug trying to chew on a wasp".

* TankGoodness: During the Bloodbath, Slurpina finds a tank and uses it to blow Echo’s head off. The tank doesn’t last long however as Sloth ends up crushing it, with her inside.

** Ban's first line has him asking "It’s going to be one of THOSE days, isn't it?" after noticing that he has no shirt or weapons on him for the episode.

'''Your Winner:''' [[VideoGame/XCOMChimeraSquad Torque]] (Ruby the Dragon’s pick)

* BoomHeadshot: In the Prayer Warriors event, when Taffy manages to reflect a beam of light from them away from her, it ends up going through Sloth's head, killing him. This is also how M'Ress dies in the same event.

* CurseCutShort: In the fourth chapter, when Carnage notices a bright light rushing toward the entire Arena, he lets out a confused "What the fu-" before being transported to the event of the episode.

* FastballSpecial: Wario and Dimitrescu’s very brief "team up" involves the latter throwing the former through an entire treeline, claiming that she needs a better view of the forest.

* OffWithHisHead: Slurpina uses her newfound tank to blow off Echo’s head.

* TemptingFate: After Starlok has the Xenomorph Queen kill Marylyn when he attempts to attack her following his mother’s death, she asks how things could get worse. That's when Hildryn's body gets thrown to her with a note from Ban warning her to stay away from him and Miia.

-'''Team 6 (Sekai the Hyena)''': Sekai the Hyena (OC), {{VideoGame/An|imalCrossing}}kha, [[Franchise/{{Sonic}} Blaze the Cat]], and [[VideoGame/EverOasis Miura]].

-'''Team 11 (The Big Lady)''': [[VideoGame/ResidentEvilVillage Alcina Dimitrescu]], Smiley Cindy (Little Laughters), the [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Xenomorph Queen]], and [[Franchise/SpiderMan Carnage]].

-'''Team 9 (Chauncey Servoid)''': [[Manga/TheSevenDeadlySins Ban]], [[Manga/MonsterMusume Miia]], [[Literature/SpiceAndWolf Holo]], and [[Manga/ToLoveRu Konjiki no Yami]].

-'''Team 1 (Baskerra Hellmane)''' : [[WesternAnimation/EdEddNEddy Ed]], [[Webcomic/LasLindas Taffy]], [[VideoGame/SuperGodzilla Bagan]], and [[Manga/AzumangaDaioh Sakaki]].

-'''Team 2 (Eboness the Eternal)''': [[Franchise/{{Alien}} Jeri]], The Bandaged Stranger[[note]]a.k.a. [[Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles The Shredder]][[/note]], VideoGame/{{Wario}}, and [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Ridley]].

-'''Team 10 (Kaity Renard)''': Jocasta (Dogsmith OC), Marylyn[[note]]who's called Quotefox in the episode [[ProtagonistTitleFallacy based on the artists' name]][[/note]], Jill (Quotefox OCs), and Slurpina (OC).

* BoomHeadshot: In the Prayer Warriors event, when Taffy manages to reflect a beam of light from them away from her, it ends up going through Sloth’s head, killing him. This is also how M'Ress dies in the same event.

* TheBusCameBack: Ed, Taffy, Bagan, Sakaki, Ridley, Ankha, Blaze, Belladonna, Alcina Dimitrescu, and the Xenomorph Queen all return from previous Arenas. In terms of Arena inhabitants, the dancing crabs from episode two, the killer flying donuts enemies from episode five, and Dora the Anthropleura from episode eight return as well.

* GroinAttack: Marylyn, Holo, and Ban get tied to a tree for the episode's Jackass stunt, which is then cut down. Holo and Ban make it out relatively unscathed...because of Marylyn's 'equipment' cushioning the blow, with Marylyn obviously in pain.
--->'''Marylyn''': "NNNNGH…it's the worst part of keeping your driver's keys in your front pocket x1000."

-'''Team 12 (Anako Blu)''': [[Literature/OverLord2012 Lupusregina Beta]], Starlok ({{TabletopGame/Warhammer40|000}}K OC), [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Yang Xiao Long]], and a [[Series/StrangerThings Demogorgon]].

-'''Team 12 (Anako Blu)''': [[Literature/OverLord2012 Lupusregina Beta]], Starlok (OC), [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Yang Xiao Long]], and a [[Series/StrangerThings Demogorgon]].

-'''Team 6 (Sekai the Hyena)''': Sekai the Hyena (OC), [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing Ankha]], [[Franchise/{{Sonic}} Blaze the Cat]], and [[VideoGame/EverOasis Miura]].

* UpToEleven: In Taffy’s last words, she states to roll for a ''23''[[note]]When in tabletop games like TableTopGame/DungeonsAndDragons, the highest you naturally roll is a 20[[/note]].

* AssShove: When Torque lands as she’s preparing to make a kill-shot on Wario, her gun finds its home right up Wario's butt...and then she pulls both triggers. Cue DefeatEqualsExplosion.

* ChekhovsGun: The egg Wario finds in the fourth chapter? It ends up hatching at the end, revealing to have been a Crimson Fatalis that saves Wario, Torque, and Miia from the Zenith Rathalos and the Rathian and then aids Wario in the final battle due to him pulling a GrandTheftMe.
* CurbStompBattle: All the remaining contestants vs the Zenith Rathalos and Rathian in the sixth chapter has the latter easily kill almost every remaining contestant left. Then when the Crimson Fatalis hatches from Wario’s egg, it then swiftly dispatches the both of them.

* PillarOfLight: One of the Prayer Warriors’ main attacks, which takes out several of the contestants in their event.

* MutualKill: M'Ress and a Prayer Warrior named Kelvin end up taking each other out: Kelvin from being shot by M’Ress’ phaser and M'Ress from [[BoomHeadshot an arrow to the head]].

* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Yang, under Starlok's influence attempts to seduce Ban. Ban however, tells her he's not interested and tells her to have fun somewhere else. And when Nehza attempts to kiss him, he tells Nezha he doesn’t swing that way and backhands him.

** The name of the final chapter, "[[WesterAnimation/LooneyTunes Of course, you realize, this means war]]-io".

** After Jeri and Torque deal with the Volkswagenspine, Jeri remembers the creature from movie night and tells Torque that if her doctor recommends the uncensored version of Film/TheGiantSpiderInvasion, kill him quickly. Torque doesn’t even know what that movie is and she already wants to set every copy on fire.
** And of course, [[Fanfic/ThePrayerWarriors the Prayer Warriors are shown for who they are: fanatics that kill at a moment's notice]]. Only, they don't have their PlotArmor anymore.

* TemptingFate: After Starlok has the Xenomorph Queen kill Marylyn when he attempts to attack her following his mother’s death, she asks how things could get worse. That’s when Hildryn’s body gets thrown to her with a note from Ban warning her to stay away from him and Miia.

** Ban's first line has him asking "It’s going to be one of THOSE days, isn’t it?" after noticing that he has no shirt or weapons on him for the episode.
** Belladonna, after the Zenith Rathalos and Rathian make themselves known to the contestants, admits "Oh...that’s not good".

* AssShove: When Torque lands as she’s preparing to make a kill-shot on Wario, her gun finds its home right up Wario's butt...and then she pulls both triggers. Cue DeathEqualsExplosion

* DualBoss: The final event before the last chapter has the remaining competitors fight both a [[VideoGame/MonsterHunter Rathalos and a Rathian]].

* FlippingTheBird: Torque does this twice: She gives both the Rathlos and Rathian the finger when it seems like all is lost. And after Wario says that he MIGHT let her go if she says he’s the best, she responds by giving him the double-bird.
* {{Foreshadowing}} Just before the teams are introduced, Baskerra hears the sounds of poor grammar and horrible misuse of Christianity, hinting at the first major threat the contestants will face. Baskerra even considers it an omen.

* GroinAttack: Marylyn, Holo, and Ban get tied to a tree for the episode's Jackass stunt, which is then cut down. Holo and Ban make it out relatively unscathed… because of Marylyn's 'equipment' cushioning the blow, with Marylyn obviously in pain.

** The Fatalis kills the Rathalos by biting it into two.

** How everyone that dies in the Rathalos and Rathian event gets killed.

* MutualKill: M'Ress and a Prayer Warrior named Kelvin end up taking each other out: Kelvin from benig shot by M’Ress’ phaser and M'Ress from [[BoomHeadshot an arrow to the head]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Taffy begins freaking out when she comes to her senses on the third day and realizes she slept with Bagan the night before.

* {{pillaroflight}}: One of the Prayer Warriors’ main attacks, which takes out several of the contestants in their event.

* RocksFallEveryoneDies: The Rathalos and Rathian event in chapter 6 kills everyone except for Torque, Wario, and Miia.

** Just before Jeri cuts off Starlok's hand and ends up getting sucked into the pillar of flame, he tells Torque that [[Film/Casablanca they'’\ll always have Paris]]. And then as he sinks into the lava, he gives [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay a thumbs-up]].

** Belladonna, after the Rathalos and Rathian make themselves known to the contestants, admits "Oh…that’s not good".

* AlwaysABiggerFish: As powerful as the Rathalos and Rathian are and how they easily kill most of the remaining contestants, once the Fatalis hatches, it very quickly kills the both of them.
* AMoltenDateWithDeath: The area that all the remaining contestants are transported to for the [[VideoGame/MonsterHunter Rathalos and Rathian]] Boss event is a volcanic landscape. And almost every single contestant remaining gets killed by them in it.

** Jeri cuts off Starlok's hand she was using to hold onto Torque with his tail to make sure she lets go of Torque before she could lose her grip and get sucked into the pillar of flame caused by the Rathalos.
* AnswerCut: After Jocasta kills Nissa, she asks where her other teammates are and assumes they’re fucking. We then cut to Marylyn, who as it turns out ends up part of a Series/Jackass stunt.
* AscendedMeme: Wario's BigOMG moment is a reference to the [[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/wario-dies Wario Dies]] meme, where Wario would usually have a BigOMG right before he dies.
* AssShove: When Torque lands as she’s preparing to make a kill-shot on Wario, her gun finds its home right up Wario's butt.

* BatmanGambit: At the end of the Replenishment event in chapter 5, as all of the girls are [[GirlOnGirlIsHot making out]], Wario comes out and strips off his clothes, with all of the girls [[BrainBleach fleeing at the sight of the]] [[FanDisservice naked Wario]]. Which judging by Wario's comment after the girls leave, is exactly what Wario intended, as it leaves all the food left in the center all for himself.

* ChekhovSGun: The egg Wario finds in the fourth chapter? It ends up hatching at the end, revealing to have been a Fatalis that saves Wario, Torque, and Miia from the Rahtalos and the Rathian and then aids Wario in the final battle.
* CurbStompBattle: All the remaining contestants vs the Rathalos and Rathian in the sixth chapter has the latter easily kill almost every remaining contestant left. Then when the Fatalis hatches from Wario’s egg, it then swiftly dispatches the both of them.

* DavidVersusGoliath: The climax has Torque, armed with only a Pulse Rifle, fighting against Wario, who's possessing a [[VideoGame/MonsterHunter Fatalis]] with THREE Infinity Stones attached to it.

* DefiantToTheEnd: Torque, knowing that the Rathalos and Rathian will kill her, Miia, and Wario in a couple of seconds, yells at them "Just GetItOverWith, you fucks!" and then giving them both [[FlippingTheBird the finger]] and throwing a rock at the Rathalos' head. Fortunately, unexpected help from the just hatched Fatalis saves them before they would have been killed.

-'''Team 10 (Kaity Renard)''': Jocasta (Dogsmith OC), Marylyn[[note]]who’s called Quotefox in the episode [[ProtagonistTitleFallcy based on the artists' name]][[/note]] , Jill (Quotefox OCs), and Slurpina (OC).

* TheUnreveal: We never do discover the identity of the mysterious Bandaged Stranger, even as he dies. It would take until [[TheSilverscaleArenaS2E19November2022 an episode late in season two]] to find out who he was.

** FlippingTheBird: Torque does this twice: She gives both the Rathlos and Rathian the finger when it seems like all is lost. And after Wario says that he MIGHT let her go if she says he’s the best, she responds by giving him the double-bird.

* GroinAttack: Marylyn, Holo, and Ban get tied to a tree for the episode’s Jackass stunt, which is then cut down. Holo and Ban make it out relatively unscathed… because of Marylyn's 'equipment' cushioning the blow, with Marylyn obviously in pain.

* How the Prayer Warriors end up killing (or mortally wounding) several of the contestants.

** At the end of the Prayer Warriors event, Jerry of Christ screams for God to help him and his men, moments before he's blown up.
** Starlok has the Xenomorph Queen kill Marylyn as he's ranting about how he blames Starlok for his mother’s death.

* MutualKill: M’Ress and a Prayer Warrior named Kelvin end up taking each other out: Kelvin from benig shot by M’Ress’ phaser and M’Ress from [[BoomHeadshot an arrow to the head]].

** During a debate with several characters if the egg Wario has belongs to anything living here, Torque doesn’t care and wonders if they have a taste for Italian. To which Wario retorts back that he’s German. [[AmbiguousSituation He thinks]]. A reference to one of Wario’s most popular lines being the German phrase "So Ein Mist!"[[note]]With it being so popular because it's [[{{Mondegreen}} misheard as "D'oh I missed]]!"[[/note]]

* RobotMe: Several characters get attacked by robot duplicates of either themselves or of other contestants, but they don’t prove to be much trouble.

* ShoutOut: When [=OrionTheWolf’s=] team is attempting to escape during the chaotic Bloodbath, they come across [[WesternAnimation/TheDoverBoys a runabout, with Belladonna even getting the "WE'LL STEAL IT! NO ONE WILL EVER KNOW!"]] line.
** Just before Jeri cuts off Starlok’s hand and ends up getting sucked into the pillar of flame,he tells Torque that [[Film/Casablanca they’ll always have Paris]]. And then as he sinks into the lava, he gives [[Film/Terminator2JudgmentDay a thumbs-up]].

-'''Team 3 (Ruby the Dragon)''': [[VideoGame/Skylanders Drobot, Spotlight, Echo]], and [[VideoGame/XCOMChimeraSquad Torque]].

-'''Team 5 (Mr. Wolfish)''': [[Franchise/GIJoe Cobra Commander]], [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Sloth]], Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross MAC II Monster]], and [[VideoGame/JustCause Rico Rodriguez]].

-'''Team 7 ([=OrionTheWolf=])''': [[WesternAnimation/Wakfu Miranda]], [[WesternAnimation/SwatKats Callie Briggs]], [[WesternAnimation/StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries M'Ress]], and [[VideoGame/TrialsOfMana Belladonna]].

-'''Team 8 (Sarah Naramorgth)''': [[VideoGame/Warframe Nezha, Hildryn, Clem, and Teshin]].

-'''Team 10 (Kaity Renard)''': Jocasta (Dogsmith OC), Marylyn[[note]]who’s called Quotefox in the episode [[ProtagonistTitleFallcy based on the artists' name[[/note]] , Jill (Quotefox OCs), and Slurpina (OC).

-'''Team 12 (Anako Blu)''': [[Literature/OverLord2012 Lupusregina Beta]], Starlok (OC), [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} Yang Xiao Long]], and a [[LiveActionTV/StrangerThings Demogorgon]].

* BatmanGambit: At the end of the Replenishment event in chapter 5, as all of the girls are [[GirlOnGirlIsHot making out]], Wario comes out and strips off his clothes, with all of the girls [[EyeBleach fleeing at the sight of the]] [[FanDisservice naked Wario]]. Which judging by Wario's comment after the girls leave, is exactly what Wario intended, as it leaves all the food left in the center all for himself.

* GetItOverWith: Torque, believing that it's the end for her, Miia, and Wario, says this exactly to the wyverns while FlipingTheBird at them.

* KillerRabbits: The killer flying donuts, who devour Ankha in the Bloodbath.

** During a debate with several characters if the egg Wario has belongs to anything living here, Torque doesn’t care and wonders if they have a taste for Italian. To which Wario retorts back that he’s German. [[AmbiguousSituation He thinks]]. A reference to one of Wario’s most popular lines being the German phrase "So Ein Mist!"[[note]]With it being so popular because it's [[Mondegreen misheard as "D'oh I missed]]!"[[/note]]

* {{NOT}}: While Torque’s shooting her gun at the [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Smash Ball], she also notices Jeri firing at it as well. When she points her gun at him, he says he means no harm and asks if he can shoot the [[BuffySpeak weird glowing thing]] instead. To which Torque replies "Sure. NOT."

* pillaroflight: One of the Prayer Warriors’ main attacks, which takes out several of the contestants in their event.