History Recap / TrigunStampedeE08OurHome

* LyingByOmission: Luida asks Vash if he was the only Independent on Ship Five, Vash admits there was another but adds that he is probably dead. Years go by without any further sign or mention of his brother... until Brad gets the black box working and learns Nai orchestrated the Fall with Vash as his supposed accomplice.

* HauntingTheGuilty: Nai calls Vash an accomplice to the Big Fall because he learned the excess codes to crash the fleet from him. Although Vash couldn't have known what Nai would do with the codes, he feels fully responsible and absolutely horrified. As he flees from his brother to find Ship Five and Rem, he stumbles over dead and dying people in their dozens and starts to hallucinate them chasing after him. Vash screams apologies as he runs, then finally falls to the ground and waits to die himself.

* HauntingTheGuilty: Nai call Vash an accomplice in the Big Fall, though Vash's part to play was very small and against his will; nevertheless, Vash feels fully responsible and absolutely horrified. As he flees from his brother to find Ship Five and Rem, he stumbles over dead and dying people in their dozens and starts to hallucinate them chasing after him. Vash screams apologies as he runs, then finally falls to the ground and waits to die himself.

* LyingByOmission: Luida asks Vash what he can do, and Vash replies that he can't do anything, not like "the other one" -- whom, he quickly adds, is probably dead. Years go by without any further sign or mention of his brother... until Brad gets the black box working and learns Nai orchestrated the Fall with Vash as his supposed accomplice.

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Vash quietly puts up with the people of Ship Three seeing him as a monster and shunning him from behind the door.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Despite Brad's wariness bordering on hostility towards Vash, he slowly grows into protecting the boy (explicitly called Vash's "bodyguard" by Luida) after he heals the Plant, subtly menacing other groups of humans as Vash heals their Plants too to make sure they treat him right, and even offers the kid water and endures playful teasing during their travels.

* FantasticRacism: Brad and most of the crew on Ship Three are fearful of Vash, with some of them outright saying Vash should be killed, since he doesn't do anything and they can't be sure what he's capable of as a nonhuman. When Vash as a teen goes to heal Plants from other ships, Brad is quick to shut down any of the people's suspicions towards Vash.

* LyingByOmission: Luida asks Vash what he can do, and Vash replies that he can't do anything, not like "the other one" -- whom, he quickly adds, is probably dead. Years go by without any further sign or mention of his brother... until Brad gets the black box working and finds out Nai orchestrated the Fall.

** Brad looks shocked when he enters Vash's cell and sees the markings on its walls. He does the same when they find Vash's handwritten goodbye note, thanking the ship's crew for helping him, apologising for the deception and promising he'll "atone" for his brother's deed. Brad asks Luida to apologise to Vash for him in turn when she manages to find him, remorseful about showing so much hostility to a traumatised, guilt-stricken kid.

* PreciousPhoto: Among the tiny collection of things Brad managed to recover from Ship Five was a family photo of Vash, Nai and Rem. It's the only photo he took once he decided to leave Home to find Nai, and he continues to hold onto it (now framed) a hundred and fifty years later.
* TallyMarksOnThePrisonWall: Vash uses the spoon from his uneaten tray of food to mark something -- unlikely to be the days he was imprisoned, since he doesn't show any signs of his accelerated maturation. Given the marks resemble crosses more than tally marks, he may be counting the people who died in the Fall, his "victims" in the crime he was accomplice to. The tally nearly covers an entire corner.

After seeing the destruction Nai orchestrated, Vash tries to look for Ship Five, only to run off in terror after a moribund human grabs his ankle for help. He apologizes profusely over his role in the Big Fall, leading him to trip and fall, passing out soon afterwards. He's found by Luida Leitner and Brad, survivors from Ship Three who quickly find out he's an Independent Plant. While Brad is overtly against Vash, Luida tries to offer the boy some comfort and asks for whatever help he can offer.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Despite Brad's wariness bordering on hostility towards Vash, he slowly grows into protecting the boy after he healed the Plant (explicitly called a "bodyguard" by Luida), subtly menacing other groups of humans as Vash heals their Plants too to make sure they treat him right, and even offers the kid water and endures playful teasing during their travels.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Despite Brad being cautious and wary of Vash, he slowly grows into this. Protecting Vash after he healed the Plant (explicitly called a "bodyguard" by Luida), elbow nudging a passenger who looks doubtful towards Vash, subtly menacing other groups of humans as Vash heals their Plants to make sure they treat him right, and even offers the kid water during their travels.

* FantasticRacism: Brad and most of the crew on Ship Three are wary of Vash, with some of them outright conversing about how Vash should be killed, just because he's an Independent Plant. When Vash as a teen goes to heal Plants from other ships, Brad is quick to shut down any of the people's suspicions towards Vash.

* FoundFamily: Vash slowly comes to consider the people of Ship Three his family and the place as his home. Luida agrees and decides to name the ship "Home".
* HauntingTheGuilty: Although Vash had only an indirect hand in the orchestration of the Big Fall - he still feels guilty in the part he had to play in the deaths of so many humans. While trying to find his way back to Ship Five to look for Rem, he starts hallucinating the corpses of the dead humans reaching out for him. Vash screams his apologies as he runs and ends up collapsing later, wishing for death.

* LyingByOmission: Luida asks Vash if he was the only survivor from the Ship Five crash. Vash duly responds that he was the only one who lived, not mentioning that his brother was also alive. Although Vash does ask if Rem possibly made it. Vash then goes at least a few years without mentioning his brother Nai... until Brad gets the black box working and finds out Nai as the one who orchestrated the fall.

** Brad looks shocked when he enters Vash's cell and sees the markings on its walls. He later on has this same expression when they find Vash's handwritten goodbye note - apologizing for the role he and his brother played in killing so many people. Brad remorsefully asks Luida to apologize to Vash for him when she manages to find him. Feeling sorry for having blamed the boy for not being "on their side".

** In previous versions of Trigun, all Plants were held in containers that looked like giant lightbulbs. This episode establishes that the Plant containers that were aboard the colony ships looked like lightbulbs.

* PreciousPhoto: The only thing Brad managed to recover from Ship Five was the family photo of Vash, Nai and Rem. Vash continues to hold onto this photo 150 years later. With it being the only photo he took once he decided to leave Home.
* TallyMarksOnThePrisonWall: Vash uses the spoon from his uneaten tray of food to mark down the days he stays isolated in his room (or, given that the marks resemble crosses more than tally marks, possibly the people who died in the Fall, his "victims" in the crime he was accomplice to). The tally nearly covers an entire corner.

** Brad looks shocked when he enters Vash's cell and sees the markings on its walls.

* BearerOfBadNews: Vash asks about Rem's whereabouts and if it's possible she survived the crash. Brad ends up searching Ship Five for over a month, only to come back with Vash's family photo and some recordings. Luida has to break it to Vash that Rem is most likely dead, having sacrificed her chance at escape to save whoever she could aboard the crashing ships. Vash just quietly hangs his head at the news.

* CaughtOnTape: Brad and Luida play back the audio they recovered from Ship Five, revealing that Vash knew Nai didn't die in the crash and his assertion that Vash is his "accomplice".

* DotingParent: Rem insisted the boys celebrate their first birthday, even though Nai found it to be a waste of food since he didn't need to eat. Rem is later seen lovingly rewatching the video she recorded, and Nai outright calls her doting.

* BearerOfBadNews: Vash asks about Rem's whereabouts and if it's possible she survived the crash. Brad ends up searching Ship Five for over a month, only to come back with Vash's family photo and some recordings. Luida has to break it to Vash that Rem is most likely dead. Vash just quietly hangs his head at the news.

* CaughtOnTape: Brad and Luida play back the audio they recovered from Ship Five, revealing that Nai didn't die in the crash and his assertion that Vash is his "accomplice".

* DotingParent: Rem insisted the boys celebrate their first birthday, even though Nai found it to be a waste of food since he didn't need to eat. Rem is later seen lovingly rewatching the video she took with Nai outright calling her doting.
* DramaticDrop: As he's carving in another tally into the wall, Vash stops what he's doing as he hears the Plant calling out to him and drops his spoon. This was before the alarms of the ship went off to warn the other humans on board.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Luida tells Vash not to take Brad's harsh words to heart, and he's actually a pretty good guy. She even brushes off Brad with a handwave when he tries to act tough, and it turns out he's the one who mostly talked the crew into giving Vash quarters of his own instead of a cell.

* TallyMarksOnThePrisonWall: Vash uses the spoon from his uneaten tray of food to mark down the days he stays isolated in his room (or, given that the marks resemble crosses more than tally marks, possibly the people who died in the Fall, his "victims" in the crime he was accomplice too). The tally nearly covers an entire corner.

* TallyMarksOnThePrisonWall: Vash uses the spoon from his uneaten tray of food to mark down the days he stays isolated in his room. The tally nearly covers an entire corner.

* MythologyGag: In previous versions of Trigun, all Plants were held in containers that looked like giant lightbulbs. This episode establishes that the Plant containers that were aboard the colony ships looked like lightbulbs.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Luida tells Vash not to take Brad's harsh words to heart, and he's actually a pretty good guy. She even brushes off Brad with a handwave when he tries to act tough, and it turns out he's the one who mostly talked the crew into giving Vash have quarters instead of a cell.

* BearerOfBadNews: Vash asks about Rem's whereabouts and if it's possible she survived the crash. Brad ends up searching Ship Five for over a month, only to come back with Vash's family photo and some recordings. Luida has to break it to Vash that Rem is most likely dead. Vash just quietly hangs his head down at the news.

* CaughtOnTape: Brad and Luida play back the audio they recovered from Ship Five, revealing that Nai didn't die in the crash and his accusation that Vash is his "accomplice".

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Luida tells Vash not to take Brad's harsh words to heart, and he's actually a pretty good guy. She even brushes off Brad with a handwave when he tries to act tough.

** Brad looks rather shocked when he enters Vash's cell and sees the markings on its walls.
* ParentalSubstitute: Luida has similar views as Rem, and takes on the role of a paternal figure to Vash as he grows up.

* EnergyDonation: This is how Vash seems to heal the dying Plants until they become blue again.

** Brad looks rather shocked when he enters Vash's cell and sees the markings on its walls, suggesting it didn't occur to him until that moment how long Vash must have been alone in there.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Despite Brad being cautious and wary of Vash, he slowly grows into this. Protecting Vash after he healed the Plant (explicitly called a "bodyguard" by Luida), elbow nudging a passenger who looks doubtful towards Vash and even offers the kid water during their travels.

** Vash's expression when Nai calls his brother his accomplice in the Big Fall. He's absolutely terrified that he inadvertently caused the deaths of thousands of humans and also Rem's.
** Brad also looks rather shocked when he enters Vash's cell and sees the markings on its walls, suggesting it didn't occur to him until that moment how long Vash must have been alone in there.

* DotingParent: Rem insisted the boys celebrate their one year birthday, even though Nai found it to be a waste of food since he didn't need to eat. Rem is later seen lovingly rewatching the video she took with Nai outright calling her doting.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Vash's expression when Nai calls his brother his accomplice in the Big Fall. He's absolutely terrified that he inadvertently caused the deaths of thousands of humans and also Rem's.
** Brad also looks rather shocked when he enters Vash's cell and sees the markings on its walls, suggesting it didn't occur to him until that moment how long Vash must been alone in there.
* TallyMarksOnThePrisonWall: Vash uses the spoon from his uneaten tray of food to mark down the days he stays isolated in his room. It nearly covers an entire corner of the room.

* Foreshadowing: When Luida tries to find more information on Independent Plants, she can't access the files because they're classified. That such things have appeared before and the knowledge of them being hidden comes into play in future episodes.

After seeing the destruction Nai orchestrated, Vash tries to look for Ship Five, only to run off in terror after a moribund human grabs his ankle for help. He apologizes profusely over his role in the Big Fall, leading him to trip and fall, passing out soon afterwards. He's found by Luida Leitner and Brad, who quickly find out he's an Independent Plant. While Brad is overtly against Vash, Luida tries to offer the boy some comfort and asks for whatever help he can offer.

* CaughtOnTape: Brad and Luida play back the audio they had from one of the ships, revealing Nai being

* FoundFamily: Vash slowly comes to consider the people of Ship Three his family and the place as his home. Luida agrees and decides to name the ship "home".

* TallyMarksOnThePrisonWall: Vash uses the spoon from his uneaten tray to mark down the days he stays isolated in his room. It nearly covers an entire corner of the room.

After seeing the destruction Nai orchestrated, Vash tries to look for Ship Five, only to run off in terror after a moribund human grabs his ankle for help. He apologizes profusely over his role in the Big Fall, leading him to trip and fall, passing out soon afterwards. He's found by Luida Leitner and Brad, who quickly find out he's an Independent Plant. While Brad is overtly against Vash, Luida tries to offer the boy some comfort and for whatever help he can offer.