Funny / Team RAIN

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Arc 1: Umber Quest

• Operation: Capture Bad Man. In short, it's Robin's plan to capture rogue Huntsman Otso Umber - displayed via simple stick-figure chalkboard drawings. Some highlights include:
  • Robin's drawing of the team. She describes herself as "cute but overlooked", Akane has a little cloud pouring rain on her head, and an arrow labelled "Unresolved Sexual Tension" lies between Irving and Nyssa.
  • Robin's nickname for Otso - "Doucheface McBadman."
  • Nyssa's astral projection going "woooooooo", the same as a cartoon ghost would.
  • Their rewards for completing the mission - in particular, Robin being swooned over by skimpily dressed men and women, and Irv getting praise from his dad.
    Irving's dad: Son u r gud boy.
    Irving: Yey.
• The rest of the team's sheer unenthusiasm towards Robin's 'motto' - "Make it RAIN!"
  Akane: Stop trying to make the catchphrase a thing.
• “Robin terrorizes a random member of the public, and lucks out when he turns out to be a fraudster with a guilty conscience.”
  Robin: Hello, ordinary citizen of Vale! My name is Robin Lincoln and I require information!
  Civilian: I KNEW THIS DAY WOULD COME! I DIDN'T MEAN TO COMMIT FRAUD, I SWEAR! I HAD NO CHOICE!
• The team looks for a lead in Junior Xiong's club.
  Junior: For the love of... you have to be eighteen to come in here!
  Robin: We're all eighteen - except for Akane here. She's nineteen.
  Junior [internally] Oh, god no.
  • And then gets Junior confused for Otso.
    Robin: Cut to the chase, big boy - where's the bear man?
    Junior: Who, me?
    Robin: You're Otso Umber?
    Junior: Junior- Hei Xiong.
    Robin: Eh?
    Akane: It means 'Black Bear'.
• Raleigh's introduction. We get a dramatic setup for his reveal, and then...
  Robin: So who are you?
  Raleigh: Raleigh Radcliff's the name.
  (beat)
  Robin: So who are you?
• As they prepare to head out to the gangland construction zone, Robin asks "what could possibly go wrong?" The very next panel, she's getting slugged in the face.
• On a wall in the construction zone is some graffiti depicting BRUT (as drawn by one another.) In particular, Bister's image has a hilariously out-of-character blush and smile, along with sparkling shoujo eyes.
• Tawny apparently tries to defuse the situation - until she finishes her sentence.
  Tawny: Come on, Bister, they didn't know this is our turf-!
  Robin: Yeah!
  Tawny: -so let's shatter their kneecaps for being so dumb!
  Robin: Noooo...
• Pretty much the entirety of Robin's clash with Bister.
  [Bister throws a punch, Robin sidesteps it]
  Robin: Oh, were you aiming for me? I'll stand still next time.
  Bister: You better!
  • And then Robin begins cracking puns.
    Robin: Y'know, when I was younger, I wasn't much a fan of using a bow. Too many drawbacks.
    [Robin fires an arrow, Bister barely dodges it]
    Robin: Don't worry, I was only aiming for a fletch wound. I mean, it might've nocked you out.
    • And then Robin begins flirting.
      Robin: Anyone ever tell you you're pretty when you're angry?
      Bister: SHUT UP!
• Akane being nice.
  Robin: A compliment from Akane? Has the world ended?
  Akane: Ha. Not quite yet.
  • Doubles as Black Comedy, considering the catastrophic Fall of Beacon occurs that very night.
• Right after Viorel details their sex-shifting Semblance, Robin tries to add a relevant remark of her own.
  Robin: One of my brothers convinced me that I was a boy until I was like four.
  [beat, everyone else gives her an awkward stare]
  Robin: I'll... uh, be quiet... now.
  • Immediately afterwards:
    Viola: Don't worry, hon. We're all confused at some point in our lives.
    Robin: [ogling Viola's cleavage and drooling] Tell me about it.
• A humorous little nod to weapon naming.
  Otso: I think I'll tend to Metsäsäjuma out front... and keep an eye out for Grimm.
  Robin: "Meat-sausage-satsuma." Awesome. K-chow! Akane's weapon is called Shish-Kebab or something.
  Akane: Shishikiri!
  Otso: [under his breath] Weird ass kid.

Arc 2: Homeward Bound

• Marron asks Robin to meet her parents and stay for dinner. Robin promptly panics.
  Robin: I'M NOT READY TO MEET HER PARENTS! I CAN'T DEAL WITH PARENTS! ALL OF MY EXES HAVE EITHER BEEN AWAY FROM THEIR PARENTS OR THEIR PARENTS WERE DEAD AND, LIKE, MARRON LIVES WITH HER MOM AND DAD - THIS WAS A BAD IDEA!.
  Akane: Pull yourself together! You came her for a reason, didn't you?
  Robin: Mmm-hmm.
  Akane: You like this girl, don't you?
  Robin: Only more than, like, being alive...
  Akane: So you are going to meet her parents and make a good impression. Irving and I will make sure you don't make an idiot of yourself, then we'll focus on our mission. Deal?
  Robin: Yes, ma'am.
• Nanako Amaranth's introduction.
  Nyssa: Well, she's not like her sister. Akane is... way more strict. Thinking about it, she's more like Robin.
  Jin: Ignore her. She's... yeah, she's an idiot.
• Nanako, Isambard and Petra inadvertently revealing that they were eavesdropping on Nyssa and Jin's conversation. Petra angrily proclaims that it was Nanako's idea.
• Robin incessantly fangirling over Helia Vines. Though she retains a polite manner, Helia doesn’t look entirely thrilled about it.
  • Akane asks Marron if she’s jealous of Robin’s unfiltered admiration for Helia. It turns out that Marron is also a huge Helia fan, promptly undergoing a geek-out Transformation Sequence and winds up in a cheerleader uniform detailed with Helia’s colors, complete with pom-poms and a beer helmet.
    Marron: Finally, it's time for the president of the Mistral Chapter of the Fan Club for Vytal Festival Champion, Renowned Huntress and Unrelenting Beauty Helia Vines to see her idol in person and get her autograph! Hopefully my dear sweet Robin gets the autograph for me, because I'm too nervous to actually approach or talk to her!
    Akane: [to Irving] ...I suppose common interests are the groundwork of any long-lasting relationship.
    • Akane has to end up dragging Robin away when the latter asks for a “Helia hug”. Robin wails that a “warrior goddess” was about to touch her. “WITH HER HANDS!”
• Marron mentions under her breath that her method for making Robin’s clothing is “measuring her bust and butt while she sleeps.”
• A little inside joke for RWBY fans: when Nanako mentions how Jin is better suited as leader, despite not being the “leader” letter of the team, Isambard remarks that “NPIR” was probably the only color combination that Professor Lionheart could think of when deciding their team’s name.
• En route to Knothole, RAI and Marron are confronted by a Marsh Grimm. Robin and Irving are attacking it from the ground... while Akane holds onto its back, swinging around like a ragdoll.
  Akane: If someone... could maybe help me... with-this that... would be — nice!
  • Marron, being a noncombatant, is relegated to hiding behind a nearby tree.
    Marron: [to herself] Oh, boy. Oh... ohh boyyyy. It's just a Grimm, Marron, hold it together. Don't pee yourself. Don't pee yourself.
  • Irving charges the Grimm head-on, just as he did with Otso. It works as well as it did last time.
    Irving: [knocked down] Yeah, Robin, this isn’t gonna work.
  • Akane gets a bit of help from Wil Lincoln, who picks her up and decapitates the Grimm in one fell swoop. She’s not very pleased about it.
    Akane: Unhand me, you disgusting ogre!
• This tidbit between Viola and Viorel at Zenith:
  Viola: You need to get laid. That'd do the trick. ...I need to get laid.
  (beat)
  Viola: Hey-
  Viorel: No.
• Akane asks if all the Lincolns are as "bad as Wil". Robin responds that most of them aren’t - they’re worse.
• Maylis’ first interaction with Robin primarily consists of repeatedly poking her in the boob with a twig sword.
• When Marron points out the out-of-place medieval culture of Knothole, Roderick agrees... and promptly tricks her into believing a made-up clan tradition.
  Roderick: Lincoln rites state that you stepping foot in here as Robin's chosen partner means you're married, after all.
  Marron: Good golly.
  Roderick: What, did you not want that?
  Marron: No, I... would've worn something nicer if I'd known.
  • And when he reveals that he’s pulling her leg:
    Marron: I hate you and your gorgeous mane of probably minimal-effort dude hair.
    Roderick: Just so you know, my hair takes longer than you think
• Upon meeting Orion Lincoln, Akane openly criticizes the clan’s tradition of exiling anyone (including children) who have unlocked their aura. Orion takes exception to this view - as well as her choice of outfit.
  Orion: I don't know who you are, but you reek of Mistral. Your views and your ridiculous outfit defy the Hunter.
• As Kamala gloats about how the Lincolns stand no chance against the invading Braiths, Gardner cuts her off and essentially tells her to cool it with the monologuing. Kamala, visibly irked, gives him a particularly nasty scowl in response.
• It would seem that Akane really doesn’t care for Wil’s help, even in the midst of life-or-death combat.
  Wil: [stabbing a Talos] That's twice I've saved you now, Pinky.
  Akane: I had it covered, you oaf.
• Marron’s reaction to discovering her Semblance? "I don't know what I'm doing!"
• The Amaranth sisters’ reunion. It’s as funny as it is heartwarming.
  Nanako: [picking up Akane in a hug] AKKIE! Didya miss me? I missed you! I know it’s only been a month but I was super worried that you’d gone missing or something and I couldn’t talk because the CCT was down... we got out okay though! Jin was super awesome! She suplexed an Ursa Major and tombstoned a Death Stalker so hard that it died! Since then Lionheart put us on perimeter defense because Grimm attacks have ticked up since Beacon went bye-bye but we found Nyssa so it wasn’t all bad! Why didn’t you tell me you were going on a mission? We could have tagged along and avoided what happened! Even though you were missing I knew you’d be okay but I’m still glad you called and I’ve been in touch with Natsuki for you and tried to tell her that you’d be fine! I hope everything was okay at Robin’s folks’ home because the call sounded kinda scary, and by the way my hair dye has worn off so I might need some help dyeing it again and-
  Akane: Nanako.
• As NPIR and Nyssa pass through the Tsubaki District, Nyssa notes that Elysium Academy isn’t far from where they are. Nanako proceeds to make a rather foot-in-mouth comment about the school, to the rest of NPIR's displeasure - the three of them being Elysium graduates.
  Nanako: Y'know, I always wondered why my sister never went to Sanctum and picked... Eww-lysium. That place is for suckers.
  Jin: I went to Elysium, Nanako.
  Petra: As did I.
  Isambard: ...Me too. We met there.
  Nanako: Wait, you were all friends before you met me?! ...I'm the sucker.
• Irving and Nyssa’s remarks on one another’s new appearances.
  Irving: I like the hair, by the way.
  Nyssa: [strained smile] I don't... really like the beard.
  Irving: Yeah... I can't grow a full one at the moment.
• Nanako commenting on the romantic tension between Irving and Nyssa - “you guys should just hook up already”. Her and Nyssa’s expressions are what sell it.
• Wil follows after a migraine-stricken Akane to see if he can offer her any comfort. It starts off on this note:
  Wil: [holding up a cigarette] Oi, Pigweed. Need a puff?
  Akane: ...Smoking is a disgusting habit.
• Following Tobin’s exposition of the Lincoln and Amaranths’ lengthy (violent) history, he comments the oddity of the families’ descendants teaming up for a cause. Nanako asks why it didn’t cross his mind before - it turns out Tobin thought Akane’s surname was “Pigweed”, which is Wil’s pet name for her.
  • In real life, “pigweed” refers to several species of the amaranth genus, so it would seem that he’s not entirely wrong.
• In a considerably dark way, Robin’s sarcastic response to Nyssa’s asking how she’s holding up.
  Robin: Oh, I'm fine. Just lost an eye, not to mention my parents and my brother are dead. Just another day in the life of Robin Lincoln. So I'm peachy.
  Nyssa: [apologetic] Yeah, that’s valid. Dumb question. Ignore me.
• In the last scene, the first panel is a shot of a bandaged-up, visibly depressed Robin... and the first lines are Akane complaining about her own footwear.
  Akane: I'm going to have blisters. Wearing heels you have yet to break in - for a week and a half straight no less - does a number on the backs of your feet.
  • And Akane's last lines of the arc lampshade this as well.
    Akane: Hopefully I should be able to borrow some shoes from Petra. These things are a nightmare to walk in right now.
    Irving: The price my girls pay to look classy, huh?
    Akane: Don’t you doubt that for a second, Hawthorne.

Arc 3: From Ashes

Chapter 1: Killer Queen

• Tahlia falls fast asleep at the table during the board meeting. An irritated Kamala kicks the table to wake her up.
• Gilroy Flanagan's first lines? Pointing out how crappy Zenith looks to him.
  Gilroy: Well, ain't this place a quaint li'l dump? It's about as purdy as a Beowulf's taint, if y'all don't mind my sayin' so.
• After being hyped in the poster as a major new villain, Gilroy appears for all of four pages before meeting a sudden and anticlimactic death at the hands of Kamala.
  • Guess you could say he was a red hair-ing.
• Take a close look at the images Zelena pulls up of RAIN's allies from the database. Since their pictures were not in the Haven student records that the Braiths hacked, Marron, Wil, Tobin, Lilli and Maylis all have shoddy drawings in place of profile pictures.
  • The pictures were confirmed to have been drawn by Tahlia.

Chapter 2: Team Building

• Akane and Wil discuss the logistics of who should sleep where in the house... and immediately agree that Pitch gets the sofa.
  Akane: I often forget he's there.
  Wil: He's good at not drawing attention to himself, despite being the guy who wears a suit of armor on the can.
  Akane: Hah.
• Some comparisons were drawn between Marron's new appearance and Velma Dinkley.
• Marron and Tobin hold their own quite nicely against a trio of Beowolves, grinning as they exchange a victorious fist-bump... and then immediately sport "oh, crap" faces when an Onikuma enters the fray.
• As Marron and Tobin flee from the Onikuma, Irving can be seen checking out Iron Wrath. More specifically, looking down the barrel of its gun form.
• Marron's greeting to Robin upon returning home. Even the downtrodden Lincoln cracks a smile at it,
  Marron: How you doin', hot stuff? That's what you'd say, right? I'm trying a bit of role reversal, let me know if it's landing.
• Robin interjects a few times when Finch tries to describe his Semblance. Thing is, she's not wrong.
  Marron: Wait, how did you even find us? The house can't be traced to anyone living in it.
  Finch: Finchy's little secret, pal. You see—
  Robin: He's a stalker.
  Finch: [slightly annoyed] —You see, your homeboy here did some soul searching and found his Semblance. Which is—
  Robin: Wait for it...
  Finch: ...the ability to know where anyone I care about is just by thinking about them!
  Robin: Ladies, lemme hear ya say "STALKER"!
• Finch revealing how he heard about the Fall of Knothole - a letter from Robin's cousin, Zephyr. With hearts all around the mailing address on the envelope.
  Finch: I think she has a crush on me.
  • Complete with a little Zephyr in the background, saying "Damn Finch u r a stud".
• As he departs, Finch advises Robin and Marron not to do anything he wouldn't. He follows this up with, "Which, admittedly, is very little."

Chapter 3: Facing Dreams and Reality

• Maylis unintentionally giving Akane a jumpscare.
• As they argue, Lilli brings up a very sore point for Wil - his birth name, Willow. And then she proceeds to lampshade the Color Naming Rule, which Wil's new first name (William) violates.
  Lilli: Names that don't mean a color are so last century, pal.
  • Technically, Wil still follows the CNR, as his surname refers to a shade of green.
• "Pitch even keeps his face covered at night?"
• Wil’s response when Akane thanks him for agreeing to accompany her to Unsei Ridge. He's attempting to sound detached, but the way it comes off makes him sound like a tsundere.
  Wil: Don't mention it. I'm, uh, not doing this for you, after all…
  • Then he lampshades her choice of dress. Like father, like son, it would seem.
    Wil: You're gonna... get cold wearing... whatever that is.
• Nyssa, Tobin, and Irving watching anime and geeking out over it. In fact, Tobin's got a visible sparkle in his eye the entire time.
  • The series they’re watching is called Wyvern Princess - evidently, Remnant's version of a real show.
• Nanako commenting on the romantic tension between Irving and Nyssa. Again. With the same expression as last time.
  Nanako: Oh, to be young and in love. You're gonna need crutches.
  Nyssa: [violently blushing] SHUT UP— I WILL KILL YOU!
  Nanako: You can’t hide from love, Nyssa! It's six foot three and wields a hammer!
  • She leaves on this lovely note:
    Nanako: I am gonna go have a wicked poo.
• The blackboard (or, in this case, the whiteboard) makes its return. Its depiction? The Asshat Family. And the Robin's accompanying drawings are equally as hilarious this time around.
  • Super Weenie Hut Jr. Tier: Tahlia (escaped daycare).
  • Lame Tier: Zelena (kinda hot not gonna lie), Viorel (an asshole no matter how they look).
  • Jerkass Tier: Sterling (virgin), Viola (thot), Gardner (satsuma).
    • Robin describes Sterling’s weapon as a "flute."
    • She also notes that she thought Gardner's name was "Gamboge" - which it originally had been, in the concept stage.
  • This Tier: Kamala (bitch).
    • "WHERE’S MY EYE KAMALA?"
    • Look closely, and you’ll see that a certain word has been erased from between "This" and "Tier".
• Wil's plan on how to deal with the Braiths:
  Wil: Well, obviously we find them and we kill them all.
  Nanako: Ooh, edgy.
• Jin referring to Finch as "this-Finch-guy-who-just-kinda-started-living-here".
• While preparing for her birthday, Robin asks if Maylis can have alcohol.
  Robin: Kids can drink if it's supervised and in their home, right—?
  Akane: Not in my house, they can't.
  Robin: O-okay!
• The closing words of the chapter:
  Finch: Well, it's official: PARTY TIME MOTHERFU-

Chapter 4: Together and a Party

• Seems like Natsuki Amaranth isn't much a fan of life at Unsei Ridge.
  Natsuki: [to Akane] So have you come to get me out of here or what?