Nerissa corrupts several of the Guardians' loved ones into her new minions, the Knights of Destruction, and unleashes a game-changing attack.
- Aborted Arc: The Knights of Destruction are defeated and turned back to normal in their first appearance, rather than being recurring antagonists for a third of the season, as they were in canon.
- Adapted Out:
- Because Irma and Martin are on good terms, she doesn't snap at him on air and humiliate him in front of the whole school.
- Tridart and Ember don't exist here, instead being replaced as Knights of Destruction by Jackie as Mordred and Scruffy as Baskerville. The author states that this is because the former two were one-dimensional characters who never contributed much to the series in canon anyway.
- All Your Base Are Belong to Us: The villains raid Section 13 to retrieve the Talismans, Tarakudo's mask, and the Pan'ku Box, with Shendu destroying the entire facility on the way out.
- Chekhov's Gun: The Tiger Talisman, which Drago stole back in "Jewel Hunt", is put to use here to help create the Knights of Destruction.
- Dark Lord on Life Support: After being severely injured by Jade in the previous chapter, Nerissa is stuck in a hospital bed being sustained by medical equipment. This is what drives the villains to raid Section 13 for the Horse Talisman to heal her.
- Evil-Detecting Dog: Scruffy is easily able to smell that the "Jade" approaching Uncle's shop is Drago in disguise.
- Healing Magic Is the Hardest: Nerissa laments that, despite Quintessence being the power to control life, you can't actually save a life by healing someone with it. Hence why the villains hatch their plot to steal the Talismans and have the Horse Talisman heal Nerissa.
- Heart Is an Awesome Power: Nerissa uses the Tiger Talisman to bring out people's inner darkness and make them her minions. Mixing this with the Heart of Meridian allows her to take things further to create the Knights of Destruction.
- Kick the Dog: The villains' choices for the Knights of Destruction — Matt, Huggles, Jackie and Scruffy — are specifically chosen to cause pain for Will and Jade.
- Punctuated Pounding: Jade's reaction to Nerissa hitting Scruffy is to punch her repeatedly in the face with spiked shadow gauntlets.Jade: Don't! Ever! Hit! My! Dog!
- Reforged into a Minion: The villains use a combination of the Tiger Talisman and Heart of Meridian to turn Huggles, Scruffy, Matt, and Jackie into Khor, Baskerville, Shagon, and Mordred, respectively.
- Spotting the Thread: Captain Black is easily able to tell that something's wrong with the altered Jackie, as he's talking and acting out of character.
- Take That!: After hearing about the K-Drip radio station shutting down, Rocko makes a commentary about companies that care more about making money than genuine art, specifically citing Disney.
- Trash the Set: Section 13 is wrecked when the villains attack, and then completely destroyed by Shendu after he regains all the Talismans.
- Wake-Up Call: Jade has gotten a fire lit under her butt in regards to training her powers with the current situation.
- Wham Episode: The villains destroy Section 13, in the process managing to steal the Talismans, Tarakduo's mask, and the Pan'ku Box. And while the Knights of Destruction are freed and turned back to normal in their first appearance, Nerissa is prepared to replace them with the Demon Sorcerers. Also, she confirms she has plans involving Will's mom.
