Line #16 Recap/LuzClawthorneSidetrackGrimGrinningGhosts


1	!LC's Sidetrack: Grim Grinning Ghosts
2	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/grim_79.png]]
3	[[caption-width-right:300:Art by Crash X Fusion: ''[[Film/TheHauntedMansion2003 With so many ghosts, they're never alone in the dark.]]'']]
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5	Luz, Eda and King once went to a haunting party, while someone tells a tale...
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8	!!Tropes that appear in this chapter:
9	* AccidentalMisnaming: Eda mispronounces Jean Lafitte as "Lafayette". Later Luz calls the butler "Alfred", which was just her being Luz as the Clawthornes didn't bother to learn his name.
10	* BaitAndSwitch: Last we saw Grimhilde and Sunny, it looked like the Evil Queen was planning to kill her. But it turns out she just came by to have a chat with Sunny after Dr. Facilier told her to seek closure on her past.
11	* TheBusCameBack: After 61 chapters (68 with the extra content, and over a year of waiting), we ''finally'', '''''finally,''''' see Vanz Ator again and learn of his fate.
12	* CallBack: Vanz Ator's fate following Grimhilde having Bloody Mary attack him in "The Ballad of Eda, Part 2" is disclosed at last.
13	* CallForward: The guide who directs the Clawthornes to Lafitte's Blacksmith Shop is dressed as [[WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel Alastor]].
14	* TheCameo:
15	** Hooty welcomes Luz, Eda, and King home after they spent all night partying in the Mansion.
16	** Celine has a brief role when she summons Shorty for some reason and he recounts how he met the Clawthornes.
17	** Scabrina makes a silent cameo as Grimhilde talks with Sunny, who's still watching her.
18	* CharacterDevelopment: Grimhilde hated Sunny just for resembling Snow White and being so alike personality-wise; now she sees that Sunny is her own person and not a reincarnation of her former stepdaughter. Grimhilde also sees that her desire for revenge against her enemies after being trapped in the Magic Mirror for centuries, doomed to answer people's questions and grant their wishes, was simply her need to be in control again and she merely wants to move on from it now.
19	* CompositeCharacter: Amicus Arcane is just the librarian of the Haunted Mansion in its ''Tales'' book series, but in the LCU he serves as the Ghost Host.
20	* {{Crossover}}: With ''Franchise/TheHauntedMansion'' and ''WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs''.
21	* CuteMonsterGirl: Jan, a teenage ghost girl, is considered cute by 12-year-old Luz.
22	* ADayInTheLimelight: Grimhilde has some CharacterFocus for the second half of the chapter as we see her backstory and perspective on the events of her life during her reign as the Evil Queen and attempts to kill Snow White.
23	* EmbarrassingAnimalSuit: Implied. To fit with the motif of the Clawthorne's pirate costumes, King is forced to dress as a parrot while they're on Earth.
24	* EyeScream: Grimhilde sics a murder of crows on the village girls who picked on her so they peck out the girls' eyes, rendering them blind.
25	* GreaterScopeVillain: Maleficent had caused Grimhilde's rise in becoming the Evil Queen by impersonating a fairy godmother and giving her a spellbook so she could use magic to get everything she wanted in life.
26	* GreenEyedMonster: As a young maiden, Grimhilde attracted the men in the village she lived near and the jealous local girls bullied her as a result.
27	* HalfwayPlotSwitch: After Shorty finished telling his story to Celine, the sidetrack switches to Grimhilde telling Sunny and Scabrina her life story.
28	* HalloweenEpisode: Set on Halloween 2010, the Clawthornes spend this Halloween in New Orleans, Louisiana exploring its haunts and wind up on a tour through the Haunted Mansion.
29	* HiddenDepths: While dancing with Jan, Luz mentions she trained in street dancing so she could learn Capoeira.
30	* HowWeGotHere: The first half of the sidetrack has Shorty telling Celine the story of how he met the Clawthornes two years ago. When he's done, things shift gears to show how Grimhilde grew to become the Evil Queen.
31	* InternalReveal: Grimhilde tells Sunny and Scabrina about her past and warns Sunny that Terra isn't trustworthy, but doesn't explain why.
32	* LampshadeHanging: After Shorty finished recollecting his story, Celine asks how he knew about all the stuff the Clawthornes went through if he wasn't present for it. When Shorty tries to answer, he repeats her question as confused as she is.
33	* MythologyGag: Eda's pirate costume is the ship-robber getup she uses in "[[Recap/TheOwlHouseS2E1SeparateTides Separate Tides]]".
34	* NoodleIncident: There's four in a row for the Clawthornes;
35	** Eda traded goods with mermaids from the Mississippi River in the past.
36	** The last time Eda got drunk in the Human Realm, she committed a hit & run while flying her staff.
37	** Luz apparently smuggled a barrel of maple syrup across the Canadian border to make a quick buck.
38	** The Clawthornes once committed a dine & dash, but not much else is given.
39	* OneSteveLimit: Gus of the Hitchhiker's Ghosts slightly defies this when Luz tells him about her friend of the same name, so he asks to be called "Shorty".
40	* OutOfFocus: Like in "Party at the Bones Yard", the rest of the main cast is absent since Luz, Eda, and King are on Earth celebrating Halloween, with Hooty only making a cameo when they return home.
41	* TheReveal:
42	** Maleficent impersonated a fairy godmother and orchestrated Grimhilde's rise to royalty and the events which led to her death and entrapment in the magic mirror while Snow White got her happy ending.
43	** Bloody Mary approached Grimhilde to make a deal which led to them trapping Vanz Ator in the magic mirror and freeing the Evil Queen.
44	* ShoutOut:
45	** The Clawthornes dress as pirates with King dressed up like a parrot, and the [[WebComic/MoringmarkTOHComics MoringMark comic]] [[https://reddit.com/r/TheOwlHouse/comments/17j3j2s/nap/ "Nap"]][[note]]published two days before this chapter[[/note]] showed the same thing, only with Raine instead of Luz.
46	** Luz's pirate costume is a mashup of [[Manga/OnePiece Monkey D. Luffy]], Advertising/CapnCrunch, and Manga/CaptainHarlock.
47	** Since the Clawthornes were in New Orleans this Halloween past, [[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessAndTheFrog Tiana's Palace]] is given a mention.
48	** Luz calls Charles, the butler of the Haunted Mansion, "[[ComicBook/{{Batman}} Alfred]]".
49	* VaguenessIsComing: Sunny is left worryingly wondering what Grimhilde means by how Terra can't be trusted and she should leave the Isles with her family soon.
50	* WholeEpisodeFlashback: Twofold. The first was told by Shorty, the other told by Grimhilde.
51	* WholePlotReference: Franchise/TheHauntedMansion makes an appearance with the chapter using the prologue of the [[Film/HauntedMansion2023 2023 movie]] starting things off, the Clawthornes spending Halloween there, and characters from [[Ride/TheHauntedMansion the ride]] showing up.
52	* WhamLine: Grimhilde's godmother calls the raven "''Diablo''", revealing herself to be Maleficent.
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54	-->[-Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn: [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/35043157/chapters/129422392 HERE]]-]

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