History Recap / WandaVisionEpisode6AllNewHalloweenSpooktacular

* TheNineties: [[WordofGod Word of God]] says 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.

* ActorAllusion: After the kids interrupt Wanda and Pietro's discussion about ''why'' Pietro looks different, Tommy says, "Kick-ass!" and Wanda repeats it, confused. ''Film/KickAss'' starred Creator/AaronTaylorJohnson (who played the original Pietro, as shown in the opening recap) as the titular superhero and Creator/EvanPeters (who replaced him in the Anomaly) played his friend Todd.

** This episode continues to question how much Wanda is really responsible for the Westview Anomaly, as while talking to Pietro near the end, she says that all she remembers before Westview is a massive feeling of loneliness. She also flat out states that she isn't sure how she did it in the first place.
** 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 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?

** 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.

** 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 the episode supposedly takes place in.

* BewareTheSuperman: Discussed. Director Hayward survived the Snap and watched the world descend into madness after the heroes were defeated, and so he has a much more cynical attitude towards Wanda and all people with superpowers. When Monica voices empathy for Wanda, he calls her naive and kicks her out.

** When Vision later breaks Agnes from her trance, she starts screaming "DEAD" repeatedly at him.

** In the previous episode, Wanda dismissed Vision's accusation that she's controlling everyone in town, saying she can't mentally dictate every person while they're going about their daily lives all the time. This episode shows she doesn't: The further from Wanda they are, the less Westfield residents [[GoingThroughTheMotions are able]] to move [[BrokenRecord on their own]], until they're frozen in place, as if waiting for their "cue." [[AndIMustScream And full conscious every second of it.]]

* CircusOfFear: When the Hex starts spreading outwards, it turns the S.W.O.R.D. vans and helicopter into clown cars and a hot air balloon, turns other buildings into a circus, and the agents into clowns, mimes, and other circus entertainers.

* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodeNames: Lampshaded when the task force discusses how Wanda has never used a "funny name" -- though every comic book reader knows "Scarlet Witch."
* CommonalityConnection: After losing her mother, Monica knows the grief and loneliness Wanda is feeling and is determined to reach out and help her, which puts her at odds with S.W.O.R.D. leadership.
* 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.

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

* ImpostorExposingTest: Wanda not-so-subtly quizzes "Pietro" on their childhood and asks what happened to his Sokovian accent. Pietro calls her on this, dodges the question, and asks what happened to HER accent in response.

* {{Jerkass}}: After the last episode, Hayward doubles down on being willing to kill Wanda, is trying to forcibly recover Vision (or just Vision's body), and when Monica calls him on his behavior, makes a cheap shot about her dead mother (who was his mentor) before having Monica, Jimmy and Darcy kicked off the base. He also watches Vision's suffering when he tries to escape Westview and doesn't attempt to help him, and abandons his forces (and a handcuffed Darcy who can't even move) when the Hex abruptly starts to grow.

* JurisdictionFriction: The FBI has ceded jurisdiction to S.W.O.R.D. but Jimmy is there as its representative and expects to be kept in the loop by Hayward. However, when he protests Hayward's decisions, Hayward has him thrown off the base. Jimmy states that this goes beyond Hayward's "provisional authority".
* KickTheDog: On top of firing Monica and forcibly removing her, Jimmy, and Darcy from the base, Hayward brings up how maybe it was a good thing that Monica wasn’t there to see her mother die in a bit of needless cruelty.

* MaskedLuchador: Alluded to, when Wanda and Vision are discussing Vision's costume:

** 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 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 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".

** The costumes Wanda, Vision, Pietro, and Billy wear are all based on their original outfits from the comics. Still, with the exception of Wanda's (which is pretty close to her comic version), they look intentionally thrown together. Lampshaded: Billy says that Halloween is about getting to be someone else for the day... while wearing the costume of his own comics counterpart.
** 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]].

** 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 Darcy is also a master hacker on top of being a Doctor in Astrophysics, and knowledable 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.

* 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 she's feeling guilty, and it started because she felt empty and alone.

** Pietro is aware that Westview is an illusion and that his role is to create conflict for his sister's sitcom. Additionally, he knows that Vision is dead despite not being present for his death and that he himself (or at least one version of him) was shot to death, hinting at an additional level of omniscience.

** Second, Pietro's hair isn't his silvery color like the previous episode, but platinum-blond like Aaron Taylor-Johnson's take on the character. Again, this is probably Wanda wanting the Pietro ''she'' knew.

* 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 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.

** 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''.

* SomethingOnlyTheyWouldSay: Wanda asks Pietro about a boy with them in the orphanage after their parents died. Pietro realizes that Wanda is testing him, suspicious since he doesn't look like ''her'' Pietro. Pietro completely dodges the question, suggesting he may not completely have Pietro's memories or is lying about who he is.

* 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 hers is a "Sokovian fortune-teller."

* 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.

** The expansion of the Hex consumes Darcy and the S.W.O.R.D. Base. While we see the base turn into a circus, we don't see what happens to Darcy.

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* TheArtifact: The "Yo Magic" commercial, which warns Wanda that someone is trying to "snack" on her powers, even though she can't possibly know that at this point in the story. The commercial was written for an earlier version of the story where the commercials were to be revealed as messages Doctor Strange was sending to Wanda; when they dropped this idea, Creator/KevinFeige [[https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/oral-history-wandavision-154111681.html/ decided the commercial was too good to cut.]]

* TheNineties: [[WordofGod Word of God]] says this is ostensibly when the episode takes place, though it does borrow from [[TurnOfTheMillennium the 2000s]] as well, such as parodying ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle''. Most of the classic 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.

* TheNineties: [[WordofGod Word of God]] says this is ostensibly when the episode takes place, though it does borrow from [[TurnOfTheMillennium the 2000s]] as well, such as parodying ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle''.[[note]]Most of the classic 90s sitcoms were based around 20-somethings, such as ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}'' or ''Series/{{Friends}}''. To find a family sitcom, they had to cheat a little.[[/note]]

* 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 list name listed.

* TheNineties: [[WordofGod Word of God]] says this is ostensibly when the episode takes place, though it does borrow from [[TurnOfTheMillennium the 2000s]] as well, such as parodying ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle''.[[note]]Most of the classic 90s sitcoms were based around 20-somethings, such as Seinfeld or Friends. To find a family sitcom, they had to cheat a little.[[/note]]

* TheNineties: [[WordofGod Word of God]] says this is ostensibly when the episode takes place, though it does borrow from [[TurnOfTheMillennium the early 2000s]] as well, such as parodying ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle''.[[note]]Most of the classic 90s sitcoms were based around 20-somethings, such as Seinfeld or Friends. To find a family sitcom, they had to cheat a little.[[/note]]

* AsHimself: Pietro Maximoff is credited 'as himself'.

* HollywoodHacking: Darcy hacks into Hayward's top-secret files and gets onto S.W.O.R.D.'s secure network seconds after picking up a laptop, with no explanation is given as to when or how she learned to do this.

* JurisdictionFriction: The FBI has ceded jurisdiction to S.W.O.R.D. but Jimmy is there as its representative and expects to be kept in the loop by Hayward. However, when he protests Hayward's decisions, Hayward has him thrown off the base.

* LaughingMad: Agnes starts laughing hysterically while briefly outside of Wanda's control.

* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: It turns out Darcy is also a master hacker on top of being a Doctor in Astrophysics.

* 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.

** Pietro is aware that Westview is an illusion and that his role is to create chaos. Additionally, he knows that Vision is dead despite not being present for his death and that he himself (or at least one version of him) was shot to death, hinting at an additional level of omniscience.

** The origins of Halloween are about spirits crossing over the land of the living on All Hallow's Eve because that is when the barriers between the lands of the living and dead are at is weakest. In the episode dedicated to Halloween, Vision (who is deceased) tries to move out of the barrier of the Hex.

** We never find out Agnes's real identity, and she still somehow responds to the name of "Agnes" when Vision addresses her as such when Wanda's control on her is briefly broken.

** 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]].

*** This is later revealed to be [[spoiler:the latter]].

* RewatchBonus: The entire Agnes scene becomes this with the revelation in the next episode that [[spoiler: she's Agatha Harkness and has been manipulating things behind the scenes the whole time. Instead of just a victim, she's faking her "anguish" at being controlled while continuing to make Vision believe Wanda is the one responsible, all to further her own plans]].

* 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...?

* RewatchBonus: The entire Agnes scene becomes this with the revelation in the next episode that [[spoiler: she's Agatha Harkness and has been the one truly in control. Instead of just a victim, she's faking her "anguish" at being controlled while continuing to make Vision believe Wanda is the one responsible, all to further her own plans]].

* ActorAllusion: After the kids interrupt Wanda and Pietro's discussion about ''why'' Pietro looks different, Tommy says, "Kick-ass!" and Wanda repeats it, confused. ''Film/KickAss'' starred Creator/AaronTaylorJohnson (who played the original Pietro, as shown in the opening recap) as the titular superhero; Creator/EvanPeters (who replaced him in the Anomaly) played his friend Todd.

* RewatchBonus: The entire Agnes scene becomes this with the revelation in the next episode that [[spoiler: he's Agatha Harkness and has been the one truly in control. Instead of just a victim, she's faking her "anguish" at being controlled while continuing to make Vision believe Wanda is the one responsible, all to further her own plans]].

** 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 Mephisto’s soul, figuratively making them demon spawns.

* RewatchBonus: The entire Agnes scene becomes this with the revelation in the next episode that she's Agatha Harkness and has been the one truly in control. Instead of just a victim, she's faking her "anguish" at being controlled while continuing to make Vision believe Wanda is the one responsible, all to further her own plans.

** The beginning of the episode, from the intro song, the camera work, the boys [[BreakingTheFourthWall of looking at and speaking to the audience]], and the antics of Pietrov and the boys while trick or treating is very reminiscent of ''Series/MalcolmInTheMiddle''.

* RewatchBonus: The entire Agnes scene becomes this with the revelation in the next episode that she's [[spoiler:Agatha Harkness and has been the one truly in control. Instead of just a victim, she's faking her "anguish" at being controlled while continuing to make Vision believe Wanda is the one responsible, all to further her own plans]].

** [[spoiler: Agnes is dressed like a witch.]]