History Recap / XiaolinShowdownNightOfTheSapphireDragon

* OnceAnEpisode: A Xiaolin Showdown pitching Omi against Jack in a search through an active volcano for the (what we now know to be) Sapphire Dragon, with Omi's Mantis Flip Coin versus Jack's Falcon's Eye. Omi wins after using Jack's Glob Shooter goo to insulate himself against the lava and grab the Sapphire Dragon with his teeth as it popped out from the lava pool.

* AbsenteeActor: Wuya isn’t in this one.

* IncreasinglyLethalEnemy: The Sapphire Dragon grows stronger with every person it turns to sapphire, shown by absorbing the blue smoke coming off the new created statues. After blasting everyone except Dojo, it gains enough power to ''animate'' their petrified forms.

* FromBadToWorse: Things were bad enough when the Sapphire Dragon blasted Omi, [leaving Dojo as the only one who wasn't a statue, but then the Sapphire Dragon revealed its newly gained ability to turn its victims into zombie minions.

* FromBadToWorse: Things were bad enough when the Sapphire Dragon blasted Omi, [[AndThenThereWasOne leaving Dojo as the only one who wasn't a statue]], but then the Sapphire Dragon revealed its newly gained ability to turn its victims into zombie minions.

* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Due to its dangerous neutrality and inability to be controlled, the Sapphire Dragon is said to be used only as an absolute last resort.

** When a zombie Omi is bothered by his weak soot, Dojo then remembers that that's the reason why Dashi had hidden it in a volcano in the first place (the Wu is weakened by soot).

* UngratefulBastard: The Sapphire Dragon attacks everyone in the Temple even though they were the ones who rescued it from the volcano it was powerless in. This is lampshades by Raimundo when he, Omi and Dojo are being attacked by it.

* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: Due to its dangerous neutrality and inability to be controlled, the Sapphire Dragon is said to be used only as a last resort.
* ADayInTheLimelight: This episode is centered around Dojo. He saves the day and the world from the Sapphire Dragon.

** When a zombie Omi is bothered by his weak soot, Dojo realizes that's why Dashi hid the Sapphire Dragon in a volcano in the first place, because it is weak to soot.

* HeroicSecondWind: Dojo is beside himself with panic when he realizes his fire isn't strong enough to defeat the Sapphire Dragon. Then he gets to thinking, [[ChekhovsGun remembering Clay's pep talk earlier]], and decides to use Clay's "Grand Pappy's Tin Horn Sizzlin Salsa Sauce" to give himself the power he needs to win.

* OhCrap: When Dojo finds out the Sapphire Dragon's weakness, he scales himself up to try and blast it with soot. He whimpers and retreats when the Sapphire Dragon blows it away with its own bigger cloud of smoke.

* {{Adorkable}}: Dojo's attempts to sound western as he tries to find the Sapphire Dragon are awkward, more so when everyone seems to have just left the temple. He eventually slaps his cowboy hat onto the ground in frustration.

* HeroicSecondWind: Dojo is beside himself with panic when he realizes his fire isn't strong enough to defeat the Sapphire Dragon. Then he gets to thinking, remembering Clay's pep talk earlier, and decides to use Clay's "Grand Pappy's Tin Horn Sizzlin Salsa Sauce" to give himself the power he needs to win.

-->'''Raimundo''': You'd think he'd be a little more grateful that we rescued him from the volcano.

** When a zombie Omi is bothered by his weak soot, Dojo realizes that's why Dash hid the Sapphire Dragon in a volcano in the first place, because it is weak to soot.

* UngratefulBastard: The Sapphire Dragon attacks everyone in the Temple even though they were the ones who rescued him from the volcano it was powerless in. This is lampshades by Raimundo when he, Omi and Dojo are being attacked by it.

* BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce: Grand Pappy's Tin Horn Sizzlin' Salsa Sauce. When it touches lava, it generates a fiery explosion powerful enough to launch Clay. When Dojo drinks two bottles of it, his BreathWeapon blast out uncontrollably, which he uses to defeat the [[spoiler:Sapphire Dragon.]]
* ADayInTheLimelight: This episode is centered around Dojo. [[spoiler:He saves the day and the world from the Sapphire Dragon]].
* HeroicSecondWind: Dojo is beside himself with panic when he realizes his fire isn't strong enough to defeat the [[spoiler:Sapphire Dragon]]. Then he gets to thinking, remembering Clay's pep talk earlier, and decides to use Clay's "Grand Pappy's Tin Horn Sizzlin Salsa Sauce" to give himself the power he needs to win.
* OhCrap: When Dojo finds out the [[spoiler:Sapphire Dragon's]] weakness, he scales himself up to try and blast it with soot. He whimpers and retreats when the [[spoiler:Sapphire Dragon]] blows it away with its own bigger cloud of smoke.
* ShoutOut: The episode title is based after ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead1968''. [[spoiler:It even features the Sapphire Dragon's victims acting like zombies.]]
* TakenForGranite: Everyone directly exposed to the [[spoiler:Sapphire Dragon's]] fire is turned into a sapphire statue.

* ADayInTheLimelight: This episode is centered around Dojo. [[spoiler:He saves the day and the world from the Sapphire Dragon]].

* ShoutOut: The episode title is based after ''Film/NightOfTheLivingDead''. [[spoiler:It even features the Sapphire Dragon's victims acting like zombies.]]

* ShoutOut: The episode title is based after ''Film/NightOfThheLivingDead''. [[spoiler:It even features the Sapphire Dragon's victims acting like zombies.]]

* ADayInTheLimelight: This episode is centered around Dojo.
* [[BlazingInfernoHellfireSauce Grand Pappy's Tin Horn Sizzlin' Salsa Sauce]]