History Recap / WandaVisionEpisode6AllNewHalloweenSpooktacular

** When he unfreezes Agatha and learns he's an Avenger, and dead on top of it, she starts shouting "Dead!" over and over, then starts cackling madly.

* {{Pastiche}}: The opening credits, fourth wall breaks, quick-cut flashbacks, and general filming style of the episode are based on ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle''.

** The commercial of this episode is about a kid stranded on a desert island, slowly starving. A shark comes up with a radical musical cue and offers him "Yo-Magic" yogurt to satisfy his hunger. He [[YankTheDogsChain can't open the cup no matter how hard he tries]] and the commercial fast forwards to him [[SurpriseCreepy starving to death trying]], ending with him as a skeleton. Then it snaps back with an upbeat reiteration of the Yo-Magic product, "the snack for survivors".

* CompanyCrossReferences: ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' and ''Film/{{The Parent Trap|1998}}'' are being shown at the theater; both titles are owned by Creator/{{Disney}} along with ''[=WandaVision=]'' itself. ''The Incredibles'' stars a SuperFamilyTeam, while ''The Parent Trap'' stars long-lost twins being reunited.

** The movies playing at the theatre are ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' and ''Film/{{The Parent Trap|1998}}'', neither of which would be in theatres at the same time, and the former of which wasn't out in the '90s.

* WeAllLiveInAmerica: Despite the flashback of Wanda and Pietro going trick-or-treating in Sokovia, Halloween is primarily an American holiday. While ''some'' traditions like costume parties and watching scary movies have been adapted by other countries, trick-or-treating is rarely practiced outside the US, Canada, and occasionally the UK (individual parties are one thing; getting an entire community to go along with a foreign holiday is a different matter entirely). Justified in that this is part of the joke, portraying a very American childhood staple in the setting of an exaggerated stereotype of a war-torn Eastern European country, with Wanda lampshading that the flashback is not something she actually remembers.

* TurnOfTheMillennium: Despite WordOfGod's claims that it takes place in TheNineties, there are several references to early to mid 2000s pop culture; in fact, [[Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle the show that this episode parodies]] debuted on January 9, 2000, and is considered a staple of the early to mid 2000s. Wiki/{{Wikipedia}}'s article for the episode explicitly marks it as taking place in this decade per their sources.

* PoisonousFriend: Pietro spends his time either insulting Wanda and her husband or enabling her, saying he supports creating her own little world, even when she makes it clear that she's feeling guilty, and it started because she felt empty and alone.

* AbsenteeActor: InUniverse, Agnes is strangely absent from the Halloween festivities that make up this week's episode of the ShowWithinAShow, despite her PromotionToOpeningTitles. It turns out that she was trying to escape from Westview. Or was she...?

!!Tropes in this episode include:
* TheNineties: [[WordofGod Word of God]] says that this is ostensibly when the episode takes place, though it does borrow from [[TurnOfTheMillennium the early 2000s]] as well by being based on ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle''. Most 90s sitcoms were about adults and their social, professional, and love lives, such as ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'', ''Series/LivingSingle'', and ''Series/{{Friends}}''. To find a family sitcom, they had to cheat a little.

** The 'Previously On' segment shows Pietro as played by Creator/AaronTaylorJohnson via StockFootage, but for the rest of the episode, he's played by Creator/EvanPeters. Is "Uncle Pete" actually the same Pietro that Wanda knew and loved, but with a different face? Is he actually from [[Film/XMenFilmSeries another universe]]? Or is he someone or something else entirely, given his knowledge of Westview being an illusion, knowing about Vision’s death despite not being present for it, and constantly dodging Wanda’s questions about his and her past?
** There's further intrigue growing around Hayward and S.W.O.R.D's attitude towards Vision. Hayward has clearly been tracking him inside the Hex; the "Cataract" program that Darcy unearthed implies that S.W.O.R.D. was doing something shady with Vision's body before Wanda retrieved it from them (or did she); and when Vision breaks through the Hex barrier, neither Hayward nor his personnel do anything to either help or contain him, instead merely watching as he 'dies.'
** Agnes explicitly names Wanda as being responsible for the anomaly instead of panicking and telling Vision to "stop her." But unlike all the other people at the edge of town, she is able to move and talk even before Vision seemingly frees her from the spell-- leaving it open whether she is telling Vision the truth, or manipulating him into crossing the town barrier, planning on having Wanda expand it.
* AmbiguousSyntax: Pietro, at one point, mentions that his purpose in Westview is to 'give [Wanda] grief.' He could be using the phrase as its usual expression of 'causing trouble,' in reference to his clear role in the show as comic relief ManChild, but his death has also given Wanda a lot of actual grief. He could also be speaking literally, in that he was brought in by someone else to cause Wanda grief and further amp up her powers.

* AnachronismStew:
** A quick cutaway of Billy and Tommy playing ''DDR'' shows Tommy wearing a beanie with the face of a Creeper from ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' on it. The game was first released in 2009, long after the 90s/2000s setting that the episode supposedly takes place in.
** The movies playing at the theatre are ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' and ''Film/{{The Parent Trap|1998}}'', neither of which would be in theatres at the same time, and the former of which wasn't out in the 90s.
** The brand of milk Tommy is seen using at the beginning of the episode, Maple Hill Creamery, did not open until May 2009.

* AsHimself: Pietro Maximoff is credited 'as himself' in the show within a show.

** Vision collapses outside the Hex in the same pose as Pietro did when he died.

* CheapCostume: Wanda, Vision, Pietro, and Billy all wear corny versions of their comic-book accurate costumes (with Tommy wearing Pietro's costume instead of his own). In a flashback to Wanda and Pietro's childhood, she wears a ladybug outfit while he is dressed as a pirate.

* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodeNames: Lampshaded when the task force discusses how Wanda has never used a "funny name"-- though every comic book reader knows "Scarlet Witch."

* CompanyCrossReferences: ''WesternAnimation/TheIncredibles'' and ''Film/TheParentTrap1998'' are being shown at the theater; both titles are owned by Creator/{{Disney}} along with ''[=WandaVision=]'' itself. ''The Incredibles'' stars a SuperFamilyTeam, while ''The Parent Trap'' stars long lost twins being reunited.
* CoolUncle: Pietro or "Uncle Pete" goes all in on this, volunteering to help Tommy and Billy with their trick-or-treating, using his superpowers to help them pull pranks, and cheerfully acting like a ManChild. Agnes seems to be an HonoraryAunt for the boys in a similar fashion. Her sweatpants in the opening credits say "Naughty" on the back.

* ContinuityNod: When Monica, Darcy, and Jimmy put on disguises, Jimmy puts on a baseball cap as a nod to the standard disguise in many MCU movies.

** One of the gravestones in the town square says "Janell Sammelman," who is the first assistant director for ''Series/WandaVision''.

* CurseCutShort: Darcy utters "OH FUUU..." as the Hex absorbs her-- and her being brought into Sitcom Land changes the ending to "...UDGE."

** The commercial for ''Yo-Magic'' is foreboding. The premise is a starving kid stranded on an island being informed by a shark (a predator) that it used to be hungry like him until it snacked on "yo[ur] magic." The kid himself can't open the cup of Yo-Magic that he has and eventually starves to death desperately trying.

-->'''Darcy:''' Oh, ''fuuuuuu''--''[gets absorbed by the Hex]''--''dge!''

-->'''Pietro:''' ''*In response to Wanda's displeasure to the idea of shaving cream filled balloons, pointing at Tommy*'' It was Billy's idea.
-->'''Tommy:''' I'm Tommy!
-->'''Pietro:''' And don't you forget it!

* JerkassHasAPoint: "Pietro" spends the episode LeaningOnTheFourthWall and twitting Wanda about the reality of things around her and kinda being a JerkAss. Then he compliments her on her treatment of the children in town. Whether she kept them on ice or what, the fact that she didn't force them to be conscious through the nightmare that is being controlled for storylines isn't a mark against her.
* JumpScare: At the beginning of the episode, Wanda is startled when she turns around to see Pietro making a face at her. Later in the episode, Wanda is once again startled when she turns around to see Pietro turned into a corpse ''riddled with bullet holes'' like what happened to 'him' in ''Age of Ultron''.

* KickTheDog: On top of firing Monica and forcibly removing her, Jimmy, and Darcy from the base, Hayward in a bit of needless cruelty brings up how maybe it was a good thing that Monica wasn’t there to see her mother die.

** Pietro knows that he died, somehow came back, and is now in Westview to play the CoolUncle to Tommy and Billy and cause shenanigans for Wanda and Vision. He's also aware that his appearance is different, that he and Wanda now have different accents, and even notes that the current scenario is a "classic Halloween episode."
** Billy and Tommy also frequently speak directly into the camera ''à la'' [[Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle Malcolm]], implying that they know they're in a TV series.

** The commercial of this episode is about a kid stranded on a desert island, slowly starving. A shark comes up with a radical musical cue and offers him ''Yo-Magic'' yogurt to satisfy his hunger. He [[YankTheDogsChain can't open the cup no matter how hard he tries]] and the commercial fast forwards to him [[SurpriseCreepy starving to death trying]], ending with him as a skeleton. Then it snaps back with an upbeat reiteration of the ''Yo-Magic'' product, "the snack for survivors".

** Pietro being called a manchild, as well as his enjoyment of pranks, junk food, and video games, more closely resemble the Film/XMenFilmSeries' Peter Maximoff-- which [[AmbiguousSituation may not be a coincidence]].

** When Billy and Tommy go to get candy, Pietro yells to them, "Unleash hell, demon spawn!" In the comics, Billy and Tommy are revealed to be shards of the demon ComicBook/{{Mephisto}}’s soul, figuratively making them demon spawns.
** A metagag that doubles as reflecting CharacterDevelopment, in past episodes of the ShowWithinAShow, Wanda and Vision reflected the idealized suburban couple. As DysfunctionalFamily became more commonplace for sitcoms like ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle'', couples like Lois and Hal were much less glamorized than [[Series/ILoveLucy Lucy and Ricky.]] Wanda and Vision reflect this as they are not on the best of terms with each other.

* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: It turns out that Darcy is also a master hacker on top of being a Doctor in Astrophysics, and knowledgeable enough about engineering to rig up the vintage TV to pick up a kind of broadcast that no one ever designed it to pick up.

* PromotionToOpeningTitles: InUniverse, Agnes is now credited in the show's title sequence, despite having been a major 'character' from the start. Ironically, she barely appears in the episode (and not at all in the "plot"), trying to escape from the Westview reality. Like Vision, she has no last name listed.

** Hayward has figured out a way to look through the boundary but ''didn't'' let anyone else know, and he's been tracking Vision. Darcy discovers, via hacking, that S.W.O.R.D. was working on a top-secret weapons program called "Cataract," which [[RuleOfSymbolism (given the name)]] has alarming implications for what they were doing with Vision's body.

** First, the credits state "Pietro Maximoff As Himself," which represents to Wanda that ''this'' Pietro is ''her'' Pietro, not some alternate-universe "recast" version or whatever. Note that in the credits, he is named Pietro, but the boys always refer to him as Uncle '' Pete(r) '', so the jury's still out on that.

* SelfServingMemory: Inverted. Pietro, remarking on his death, claims that he died in the street "like a chump for no reason.” He actually willingly performed a HeroicSacrifice, saving Hawkeye and a Sokovian child from Ultron, hinting that this Pietro is not the same person that Wanda knew, or he’s lying about his identity.

** In the scene where Tommy and Pietro run off to get candy, they quote “I feel the need… the need for speed!” from ''Film/TopGun'', which also doubles as a MythologyGag for Tommy’s superhero name.
** Tommy's first guess about Wanda's costume is "[[Literature/LittleRedRidingHood Old Red Riding Hood]]."

** The beginning of the episode - from the intro song, the camera work, the boys [[BreakingTheFourthWall looking at and speaking to the audience]], and the antics of Pietro and the boys while trick or treating - is very reminiscent of ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle''.
** Some kids can be seen wearing the skeleton costumes worn by Johnny Lawrence's gang in ''Film/TheKarateKid1984''.

* StylisticSuck: The Halloween outfits that Vision and Pietro wear look intentionally bad (though Wanda's actually looks pretty decent). There's no rationale given for Pietro's, but Vision's is apparently supposed to be a ''luchador'' outfit, and Wanda says that hers is a "Sokovian fortune-teller."

* WeAllLiveInAmerica:
** Despite the flashback of Wanda and Pietro going trick-or-treating in Sokovia, Halloween is primarily an American holiday. While ''some'' traditions like costume parties and watching scary movies have been adapted by other countries, trick-or-treating is rarely practiced outside the US, Canada, and occasionally the UK (individual parties are one thing; getting an entire community to go along with a foreign holiday is a different matter entirely). Justified in that this is part of the joke, portraying a very American childhood staple in the setting of an exaggerated stereotype of a war-torn Eastern European country, with Wanda lampshading that the flashback is not something she actually remembers.

--> '''Billy:''' I hear Dad in my head! He's in trouble! \\
'''Pietro:''' Don’t sweat it, sis. It's not like your ''''' dead husband''''' can die ''twice''!

* TheMole: THere are hints that Pietro has been brought to Westview to serve this purpose. Stating that he's been brought in to "cause you grief", and repeatedly quizzing her about what she's done to Westview and how she did it.

* AmbiguousSyntax: Pietro, at one point, mentions that his purpose in Westview is to 'give [Wanda] grief.' He could be using the phrase as its usual expression of 'causing trouble,' but his death has also given Wanda a lot of actual grief.

* TheNineties: [[WordofGod Word of God]] says that this is ostensibly when the episode takes place, though it does borrow from [[TurnOfTheMillennium the early 2000s]] as well, such as parodying ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle''. Most 90s sitcoms were based on adults and their social, professional, and love lives, such as ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' or ''Series/{{Friends}}''. To find a family sitcom, they had to cheat a little.

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* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: After Hayward goes on his rant on how Monica has no idea what running S.W.O.R.D. in the aftermath of The Blip was like, Monica tells him that he can't use what happened the last five years as an excuse to be a coward and resort to killing Wanda.

** A quick cutaway of Billy and Tommy playing ''DDR'' shows Tommy wearing a beanie with the face of a Creeper from ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' on it. The game was officially released in 2011, long after the 90s/2000s setting that the episode supposedly takes place in.

In the 90s, Wanda, Vision, Billy, Tommy, and Pietro prepare for Halloween in Westview, but Vision has plans of his own. On the outside, the tension between Hayward and Monica reaches a head, and several uncomfortable truths are learned.

* TheNineties: [[WordofGod Word of God]] says that this is ostensibly when the episode takes place, though it does borrow from [[TurnOfTheMillennium the 2000s]] as well, such as parodying ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle''. Most 90s sitcoms were based on adults and their social, professional, and love lives, such as ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' or ''Series/{{Friends}}''. To find a family sitcom, they had to cheat a little.

** There's further intrigue growing around Hayward and S.W.O.R.D's attitude towards Vision. Hayward has clearly been tracking him inside the Hex; the "Cataract" program that Darcy unearthed implies that S.W.O.R.D. was doing something shady with Vision's body before Wanda retrieved it from them; and when Vision breaks through the Hex barrier, neither Hayward nor his personnel do anything to either help or contain him, instead merely watching as he 'dies.'