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Sprig and Ivy devise a scheme to be together during a mission, but their plan falls apart when their teammates can't find a way to do their job right.
Full Recap
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Tropes:
- Are These Wires Important?: The generator bot is defeated by having Fern cut through a bundle of wires in an access panel on its side.
- Bad "Bad Acting": When Sprig and Ivy pretend to have a letter showing Sasha "switching up the teams", the two proclaim this in highly stilted dialogue.
- Benevolent Boss: Apparently Andrias has his robots change shifts every so often, which Mrs. Croaker attributes to him being this when Loggle expresses surprise at this.
- The Bus Came Back: Wigbert Ribbiton, Wally's father who was introduced in Season 2, shows up at the end of the episode as the benefactor Grime mentioned.
- Chekhov's Gun: Stumpy's spatula hand was revealed to be carved out of the bones of his severed hand back in "Lily Pad Thai". Here, that same quality allows Stumpy to check if the cannon's forcefield is still active without suffering an electric shock, unlike any of his other metal prosthesis, which Sprig realizes was one of the reasons Sasha picked him for the mission.
- Dartboard of Hate: More like 'piñata of hate', but when Wally suggests that the rest of the Wartwood civilians who're not on the mission hold an impromptu piñata party to pass the time, it turns out they've got one ready to go made in Andrias' likeness, allowing the entire community to beat the snot out of his image. It must be especially cathartic for Hop Pop, who personally saw the tyrant attempt to murder his grandchildren.
- A Day in the Limelight: If the title somehow doesn't spell it out for you, it's Sprig and Ivy who share the spotlight today.
- Failed a Spot Check: Fern somehow fails to register that Sprig and Ivy are actually dating, despite the two having been acting like Sickeningly Sweethearts to the annoyance of the rest of the resistance, until they outright spell it out at the end of the episode.
- Foreshadowing:
- During the briefing, Grime describes a pro-Wartwood elite who is delivering supplies to the resistance as being wealthy. Turns out said elite is none other than Wigbert Ribbiton. For bonus points, the screen cuts to Wally after he announces this.
- After Sprig and Ivy manage to trick Stumpy and Fern with a fake letter, Stumpy mentions that mucking about with Sasha's decisions could have "devastating consequences". Sure enough, both groups are attacked by the robots.
- Fridge Logic: In-Universe, Loggle is surprised when Sasha says that the robots guarding the laser cannon need to change shifts.
- Good News, Bad News: Sasha announces this trope at the beginning of the town meeting. Grime explains that the good news is that they have secured important supplies for their cause which can lead them to victory, much to the crowd's delight. Anne counters by explaining that the bad news is that the only way to get those supplies through Wartwood is by a passage with a large enemy lookout base nearby, much to the crowd's fear. Anne complains about this trope towards Sasha afterwards in private.Anne: Why does Grime always get to do the good news?
- Gosh Dang It to Heck!: Sasha actually cries out "Good Lord" after having to listen to Sprivy's mopey whining.
- Idiot Ball: Every character except for Sasha falls into this trope for this episode. Sprig and Ivy fail to see that meddling with the teams Sasha assigned for them just to avoid 5 minutes of separation would be a bad idea. Even after Sasha tells them that their job is more important than their relationship and later after tricking Stumpy and Fern into switching up, they completely ignore Stumpy's warning about the dangers of messing with Sasha's tactical decisions as he says this right in front of them. Also their way of tricking Stumpy and Fern is by forging a fake letter from Sasha. Saying that they should switch up only because Sprig and Ivy are dating, and not because of a reason that would actually make sense. Stumpy and Fern easily believe Sprig and Ivy's fake letter without question, despite their Bad "Bad Acting".
- Internal Reveal: Ivy is about close to finding out that Ribbiton is Wally’s father.
- Out of Focus: Anne only appears in the beginning of the episode while Hop Pop and Polly only appear briefly with no lines.
- Poor Communication Kills: If Sasha had simply explained why Sprig and Ivy were paired the way they were, they would have gone along with the plan from the beginning instead of having to figure it out for themselves at the last minute.
- Sequel Hook: After the rich benefactor supplying Wartwood is revealed to be Wigbert Ribbiton, Ivy quickly pieces together that he and Wally look similar, hinting that Wally's double life will be revealed to the rest of the town at some point.
- Shout-Out:
- As we pan down into the base in the opening, we see the Core Drill from Gurren Lagann buried in the earth.
- Sprig and Ivy's first dance moves are from A Charlie Brown Christmas.
- Fern has a giant pair of red scissors that she uses as a weapon, like Ryuko Matoi.
- Sickeningly Sweethearts: Sprig and Ivy are so obsessed with each other that everyone else gets disgusted/annoyed by them. They can't even stand to be away from one-another for five minutes, so they directly defy orders regarding the teams Sasha divided them into, nearly ruining the whole mission as a result. In fact, most of Wartwood at the meeting are shown to view their sentiment as this, when the two desperately request for two empty spots together.
- Suddenly Voiced: Fern, who has appeared as a background frog for two seasons, speaks for the first time this episode. Her voice is provided by Natalie Palamides, AKA Young Eda.
- That Cloud Looks Like...: Fern says a cloud looks just like a cloud... as in suspiciously spelling the word "cloud".
- That's No Moon: The generator of interest is also revealed to be a beetle themed robot that's capable of self-defense.
- Unspoken Plan Guarantee: Double-Subverted. Sasha only explains the targets and the layout, but never explained why Sprig had to be paired with Stumpy or how they’re supposed to accomplish it. It leads to Sprig and Ivy deciding to switch up, and Fern and Stumpy run into unexpected resistance in the form of a giant crab-beetle drone. Sprig and Ivy pull through in the nick of time, finally understanding their pairings along the way and they only barely complete the mission in the expected timeframe.
- What the Hell, Hero?: Sasha is not amused that Sprig and Ivy disobeyed her orders and calls them out for it.
- Worthless Currency: Toadstool and Toadie are shown looking after big bags of gold coins. The latter points out that their currency is worthless now that Andrias has completely taken over, but the former insists that this doesn't mean that they shouldn't count it anyway.
