History WhatAnIdiot / Trollhunters

'''Following That''': Jim has taken back the Triumbric Stone from Angor Rot. Unfortunately, he has ''seconds'' left before time resumes.\\

'''You'd Expect''': Since trolls have existed for eons, that someone would realize that a Trollhunter fighting alone doesn't make sense. The Gumm-Gumms don't play fair, and will ''murder'' each champion. Also it's in the trolls' best interests to band together for a fight.\\

'''You'd Expect''': Jim to remember that last time he used a magical item, it didn't work perfectly because it was made for trolls.\\
'''Instead''': Jim tries the Grit Shaka, which makes him an arrogant FearlessFool in a matter of hours. He then refuses to take it off when Blinky is concerned, and decides to seek out Bular in the sewers. The resulting fight nearly gets him killed, and removing the Grit Shaka wipes his memories of the past day.

'''The Result''': Strickler is furious that Bular made his quest to obtain the amulet much harder. Jim in the meantime is feeling hurt and betrayed, with his fondness for Strickler changing into righteous fury. The whole point of ''being'' a changeling, after all, is to spy on humans and trolls alike without notice . He has to fight Jim during a dinner with the Lakes and devise an alternative means of stealing the amulet without Jim knowing.

'''Instead''': Claire, Toby and Jim try to claim that coyotes attacked Jim to a medical professional, Jim's mother Dr. Lake, who knows coyotes didn't scratch him.\\
'''The Result''': She immediately calls Jim out for not telling the truth. For most of season one afterwards, she gets into fights with him about his secrets.

* Several weeks after "The Battle of the Two Bridges", Barbara is still upset with Jim for not telling her who attacked him and why. She's refusing to eat his cooking, and telling him off for coming home with bruises.\\

'''Instead''': Jim justifies not telling his mother about his double life because she'd commit him. Except...he told Claire and was able to prove it. If Jim had been honest with Barbara, she would have understood even while being upset about it. Not only that, but it would give her some peace of mind. She may get worried but at least she knows where he's going as he's doing hero stuff. After all, a kid goes out on his own and may come back with battle injuries, may look really bad to a mother.

'''Or Even Better''': Seeing as how he has Angor Rot completely at his mercy in a helpless state, Jim could use this opportunity to equip his armor, summon Daylight, and kill him then and there. Since Angor is frozen in time, he won't be able to use his curse to turn Jim's own sword against him like he did in their previous battles.\\
'''Or Even''': Just give Angor Rot back the ring. Angor has no loyalty to Jim’s enemies, so there’s no reason to assume that he would continue to oppose Jim.\\

'''The Result''': Enraged that Jim went back on their deal and tried to use the ring against him, Angor Rot attacks him in a blind rage and accidentally destroys the Inferna Copula (and consequently his soul) in the process. This, in turn, causes Angor to go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against Jim and his loved ones, culminating in Jim's own mother being mortally wounded and Aaarrrgghh!!! dying.\\

* Angor Rot is defeated, the Trollhunter has all three Triumbric stones, but Aaarrrgghh!!! has fallen and his mother's memories have been wiped. The team is grieving, especially Jim and Toby. Now that Jim has all the stones, he can enter the Darklands with a higher chance of surviving. He has promised to enter to save Claire's baby brother.\\
'''You'd Expect''': Jim would wait to mourn Aaarrrgghh!!!, and then go in as a team, leaving one person behind to represent the Trollhunting team to the tribunal. Aaarrrgghh!!! was dying anyway from Creeper Sun poison, and it turns out there is a way to revive him in season two. The humans also all need a cover story, for school and such.\\
'''Instead''': Jim goes alone into the Darklands. He justifies it at not wanting to see any more of his friends die.\\
'''The Result''': It has a lot of physical and emotional consequences: while Claire gets her baby brother back, in only ''two weeks'', she and the others are worried sick about Jim getting killed. She and Toby also have to cover for Jim, which makes them laughingstocks at school and gets Steve on their case. Meanwhile, the troll tribunal points out that while Jim ''did'' have good intentions, he's given Gunmar the key to freeing himself and the Gumm Gumms, and plan to destroy the Killahead Bridge, which would be a death sentence for Jim. Even when he returns, Jim admits that it was completely stupid, when he sees that he might have accidentally freed Gunmar ''and'' hurt his friends.

'''You'd Expect''': That if their worry is about Gunmar escaping, then they should prioritize stopping Gunmar over trying the trollhunter for treason. Also, Jim is human, with another life and people who would miss him if he were killed. The masquerade would break almost immediately as soon as his mother would file a missing persons report.\\
'''Instead''': The tribunal puts out a warrant for Jim's arrest as soon as they hear from a "spy" that Gunmar escaped, demanding he arrive before sundown. Vendel, the OnlySaneMan, is outvoted because he had previously stuck out his neck for Jim. Every other troll leader in the tribunal wants Jim's blood. After locking him in a cage overnight, they spend all the next day trying him for treason and then sentencing him to death in the Deep. Jim had spent the whole day in detention, but what if he had never gone home and his mother was missing him?\\

'''The Result''': Jim accidentally swaps the jar with the coffee jar in the teachers lounge because the jar labels are identical, and the teachers all drink the Grave Sand coffee. Then Strickler is hit with it as well when he comes to help and the ash-angry teachers ambush him.

'''You'd Expect''': Morgana wouldn't reveal herself until she is one hundred percent certain of victory. At this point no one knows she is possessing Claire\\

* Barbara has just recovered her memories and realized that Jim and his friends are Trollhunters. She still doesn't have all the pieces but remembers a large enough portion to get the general idea of the situation so she can act rationally. She also realizes that their parents don't know the kids are involving themselves in danger every night, and tells Jim that it's not fair to hide this because one day Claire and Toby may not come back home, and what will Jim tell their families?\\

'''The Result''': When she tries to tell the truth, the other parents think that she's suffered a breakdown from overworking, and the kids try to laugh it off as a joke. It's not until she and Jim have a heart-to-heart that he convinces the others to tell the truth. Claire's mother understandably wants to call the mayor and warn them, because the entire town should know if an apocalypse is happening; Jim barely convinces her not to because this is beyond human capacity and firepower. In addition to all this, Barbara, Claire's Parents, and Toby's grandmother are almost injured or killed when a pack of goblins come for Dictatious, and Claire's mother very nearly forbids her from Trollhunting. Given that Claire is the one to eventually imprison Morgana, this could have [[ApocalypseHow literally ended the world.]]

* The Arcane Order is still after Nari, and if they get their hands on her, the world will end for humans at least. While Douxie takes her on the run, the Trollhunters, Akiridions and Creepslayerz decide to team up and stop the apocalypse. Krel and Stuart come up with a device that can release AntiMagic and depower the wizards. The Arcane Order members have to be in range for it to work.\\

'''The Result''': The plan goes awry when Toby accidentally breaks the brake lever on the train, causing it to speed out-of-control past the rendezvous and onto an above-ground track, forcing Stuart and Krel to chase the train through traffic in the wrong direction until they can get close enough to use the device. The AntiMagic reprieve is far too short to achieve victory, and the train ends up derailing when it hits a curve while moving too fast. This gives Bellroc the opportunity to hold a group of civilians hostage with a ring of fire unless Douxie gives up Nari. Douxie is able to temporarily switch minds with Nari to buy time, but the ultimate result is that the Arcane Order achieves their objective and awakens the titans.

'''Predictably''': Despite putting up a good fight, Bellroc is simply too powerful and Jim too squishy. Jim can't take hits without his armor and ends up being thrown off the train. He gets three bruised ribs and jokes that the same thing happened to his ego. When he next tries to stop the Ice Titan with some bombs, he's had almost no time to heal and his injuries get the better of him, forcing Strickler to pull a HeroicSuicide on the titan.

'''You'd Expect:''' Douxie bring allies suited for this task. Claire can get them up there and (discounting Jim) has Aja, Krel, and Toby for potential backup.\\
'''Instead:''' He brings Aaargh and Nomura, who are both vulnerable to sunlight and can only scale the titan by a ColossusClimb.\\
'''The Result:''' Nomura, being the fastest of the three, reaches the top first and tries to engage Nari. Nari is able to use her plants to restrain Nomura, hold her in the sunlight to kill her, then crushes her remains for good measure.

'''The Result''': Steve, to his dismay, ends up being a teen dad. He has to sit out the fight to keep the babies and his body safe, while having WackyCravings, and it means that Eli has to be the main Creepslayer to help stop the apocalypse. Fortunately or unfortunately, Jim resets the timeline back to the day where he received the amulet, so he can warn Steve if in this iteration he and Aja get together again.

'''You'd Expect''': Jim to '''immediately''' put the Inferna Copula on his finger. It's clear that there is no way he can possibly take the stone and leave before time runs out.\\

'''Or Even Better''': Seeing as how he has Angor Rot completely at his mercy in a helpless state, Jim could use this opportunity to equip his armor, summon Daylight, and kill him then and there. Since Angor is frozen in time, he won't be able to use his curse to turn Jim's own sword against him like he did in their previous encounters.\\

'''You'd Expect''': Jim to realize that he ''doesn't need to do any of that.'' After all, he has the Inferna Copula and all he has to do is put the ring on, wait for time to resume, and order Angor Rot to hand over the stone. If he's worried about potentially pissing Angor off, he could just remember that as long as he has the ring on, Angor can't touch him.\\

* Jim appears to have been holding onto the IdiotBall for the entire episode. To recap: Strickler has been using the Inferna Copula (a ring that contains Angor Rot's soul) to enslave Angor and force him to act as his personal assassin. However, Angor privately made a deal with Jim to give him the second Triumbric Stone in exchange for helping him take back the ring. After using a Kairosect to freeze time, Jim steals the Inferna Copula from Strickler and uses the ring's magic to discover where Angor and the stone are currently hiding.\\

'''Instead''': Jim justifies not telling his mother about his double life because she'd commit him. Except...he told Claire and was able to prove it. If Jim had been honest with Barbara, she would have understood even while being upset about it. Not only that, but it would give her some peace of mind. She may get worried but at least she knows where he's going as he's doing hero stuff. [[AdultFear After all, a kid goes out on his own and may come back with battle injuries, may look really bad to a mother.]]

They might hunt trolls, but sometimes what Jim and cohorts should be hunting for is a good idea.

* Also, Jim left Toby in charge of defending him in front of the tribunal (which in itself could be considered a WhatAnIdiot moment).\\

'''Or Even Better''': Seeing as how he has Angor Rot completely at his mercy in a helpless state, Jim could use this opportunity to equip his armor, summon Daylight, and kill him then and there. Since Angor is frozen in time, he won't be able to use his curse to turn Jim's own sword against him like he did in previous encounters.\\