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With Kim captured and alien machines wrecking every corner of the world, it's up to an unlikely pair to come to the rescue, followed by the most unlikely of alliances to save the planet, all leading up to one big climax where one's destiny is finally achieved.

This episode provides examples of:

  • 2D Visuals, 3D Effects: The Lowardian Walkers, as well as the cannon pointed at Kim and Drakken. Justified in that they are literally from another planet.
  • Antagonist in Mourning: When Drakken believes he has accidentally killed Kim, he mourns her and admits she was indeed "all that".
  • Arc Words: "It's not the end of the world."
  • Aw, Look! They Really Do Love Each Other: Drakken and Shego get a lot of moments of this trope. Kim even lampshades it when Shego says they need to go help him and Ron.
  • Bad Guy Bar: The Stinger shows one, where most of the show’s Rogues Gallery is seen, including the Seniors, Camille Leon, Adrena Lynn, DNAmy, a still petrified Monkey Fist, and Duff Killigan, along with Drakken and Dementor.
  • Bad Is Good and Good Is Bad:
    • Drakken begs Ron not to make him say "Save the World" when he says he has come up with a plan to stop the Lorwardians.
    • During the scene where Drakken is commended by the UN for helping to save the world, other members of Kim's Rogues Gallery are shown not being as impressed, except for his Loony Fan Frugal Lucre, who was brandishing a foam finger with 'Drakken's #1' on it.
  • Beware the Nice Ones: Ron singlehandedly whips (and, according to the creators, kills) Warhok and Warmonga when they talk about stuffing and mounting Kim as a trophy.
  • Big Blackout: Through some unknown method, Warhok and Warmonga take out all the power on Earth when they launch their attack.
  • Big "NO!": Bonnie lets one out after Barkin informs her that she's going to have to attend summer school in order to graduate high school.
  • Bond Villain Stupidity: Warhok and Warmonga, despite having a cannon pointed at Kim and Drakken, pay no attention to them, are not aware that the cannon fired at Kim and was then destroyed by Drakken's mutant flower, and don't learn that Kim and Drakken have escaped until after Ron and Shego arrive, Rufus presses the off switch, causing the ship to start to crash. Even moreso, the cannon fires at Kim from point blank range and she somehow survives, meaning that even the way they confined Kim and Drakken was shoddy.
  • Bridal Carry: After Kim destroys Warhok and Warmonga’s last mecha, she is caught by a jetpack wielding Ron this way.
  • Bring It: Ron does the gesture during his fight with Warhok.
  • Buffy Speak: Kim refers to the sentry drones as, "Hovery guardy things," and one would swear Sarah Michelle Gellar stood in for this scene.
  • Bullying a Dragon / Mugging the Monster: Ron, unbeknownst to the Lowardians, comes into control of a very great power, making Warhok and Warmonga's tap-dancing on his Berserk Button a very poor idea. Then Ron throws Warhok across the landscape and manifests enough power to bring down a bunch of tripods, making the idiocy of the idea clear. Even after seeing this, they still try to attack him.
  • Call-Back: In the original series finale, Ron forgot to put on his rocket skates. This time, he remembers.
  • Casual Danger Dialogue: Done by Ron a lot, as he's more concerned with he and Kim growing distant than his potential death.
  • Change the Uncomfortable Subject: In the very last scene Professor Dementor teases Drakken about saving the world after repeatedly failing to conquer it. Drakken pointedly asks him to change the subject.
  • Chased Off into the Sunset: The last we see of the Tweebs are them and Ron Reager being chased by Barkin for vaporizing his car again.
  • Chekhov's Gun: Jim and Tim's Spy Satellite that was launched in the previous episode lets Wade get a good look at the situation during the Lorwardian Invasion.
  • Continuity Snarl: A minor one. When Kim put on her graduation gown in the last episode, she was wearing a pink sweater underneath. When the gown is ripped open due to laser fire, Kim is shown wearing a blue dress.
  • Crazy-Prepared: James is surprised that Ron decided to wear rocket skates to the graduation.
  • Curb-Stomp Battle: Upon getting full control of his Mystical Monkey Power, Ron wipes the floor with Warhok and Warmonga without even breaking a sweat.
  • Dance Party Ending: The closing scene of the episode proper (i.e. not counting The Stinger) is a post-graduation beach party.
  • Darkest Hour: With Kim captured, the most terrible villain Kim and Ron have ever faced at large, and the world enduring the worst Take Over the World plan it's ever seen (even oneuping Drakken's Diablo-scheme), this is definitely the greatest mission Kim and Ron have had. Gotta hand it to the writers for saving the Best for Last.
  • David Versus Goliath: Ron, a human, goes up against Warhok, an alien who is three times his size, and wins.note 
  • Defeat Equals Explosion: Upon being defeated by Ron, Warhok and Warmonga perish in an explosion. Justified as he had thrown them into their crashing ship.
  • Defeating the Undefeatable: Defeating the most fierce warrior in the galaxy and his battlemate, both of whom Kim and Shego had a difficult time against? Yeah, it's a good bet that Ron fulfilled this trope.
  • Don't Celebrate Just Yet: After Drakken's plan works and the Walkers are brought down, with Warhok and Warmonga apparently incapacitated, Kim figured the world was safe and was about to leave with Ron to get back to the graduation, only for Warhok to emerge and knock Shego out with a single backhand.
    Warhok: Did you think that the most fierce warrior in the galaxy could be defeated by flowers and children?
  • Easily Thwarted Alien Invasion: After spending the majority of the episode controlling the planet, in less than five minutes, the Lorwardians' entire invading army is destroyed by Drakken's plants and they themselves meet their end at the hands of Ron and his Mystical Monkey Power. Justified considering the fact that there were only two invaders.
  • Empathy Doll Shot: As the Lorwardians' walker machines begin terrorizing the world, one of them is seen skewering Kim's Pandaroo with its leg.
  • Enemy Mine: Kim, Ron, Drakken, and Shego all end up working together to fight the alien invaders. One of the final scenes shows Drakken getting a medal from the United Nations.
  • Genre Savvy: Ron on two occasions:
    • First, when Shego wonders aloud how they can enter Warmonga’s ship, he suggests the garbage chute. Shego is about to snark at his idea only to find the ship really does have a garbage chute.
    • Next, when the team enters the ship’s noisy control centre, Ron suggests they find an off-switch. As Drakken is about to say how stupid that idea sounds, Rufus finds the off-switch and turns it off.
  • Get A Hold Of Your Self Man: Subverted. When Barkin is having a panic attack, Kim's Nana tells him that the kids need to see a strong adult, making Barkin think she's implying this, but she actually wants him to hide away until everything blows over.
  • Graduate from the Story: Everyone sans Bonnie graduates from Middleton High as the series finale has its real Grand Finale. It's the title of the episode, after all.
  • Graduation for Everyone...except for Bonnie Rockwaller, who appears to be the only student in Kim and Ron's senior class that's unable to graduate. To go into greater detail:
  • Gravity Sucks / Inventional Wisdom: Hitting the "off" switch on the Lowardian ship causes it to fall out of orbit.
    Warmonga: Long have I questioned the wisdom of that accursed switch!
  • Heel–Face Turn: Drakken and Shego both perform this—the former even gets a medal from the United Nations with the latter by his side.
  • Hope Spot: Played with. As Ron and Mr. Possible are driving through the wreckage of Middleton, Ron is relieved to see Bueno Nacho is still intact. Unfortunately, as he's saying "At least they didn't-", a Lorwardian Walker appears and smashes the restaurant to the ground.
    Ron: Why is it never Cow N' Chow?!
  • Inventional Wisdom: Warmonga comments on how she's always wondered why their ships have an off switch that deactivates everything at once.
  • Irony: As Dementor pointed out in The Stinger, Drakken has failed every single time in his plans to conquer the planet, but finds success when saving the world.
  • I Should Have Done This Years Ago: Upon seeing how strong his mutant plant powers are, Drakken has this to say:
    I should've gone green years ago!
  • It Makes Sense in Context: When Drakken returns to the scene of the final battle after everything's over, Shego tells him that he missed Ron "step up, monkey style". Drakken has no idea what that means, but Shego only tells him he had to be there.
  • Jaw Drop/Stunned Silence: Kim, Shego, and Rufus are all visibly stunned by Ron's display of power in his battle with Warhok and Warmonga.
  • Kamehame Hadoken: During Ron and Warhok’s duel in the climax, Ron briefly does an attack that knocks Warhok away that involves doing hand gestures similar to the Kamehameha (sans any visible energy blast). Then he goes Super Saiyan Blue.
  • Kick the Dog: Bonnie’s final moment of cruelty is when she knocks away Ron Rieger off the stage before he can get his diploma. And karma soon follows…
  • Killed Off for Real: According to Word of God, Warhok and Warmonga perished when they crashed into their ship, making them two of the only characters to be killed in the show.
  • Knight of Cerebus: Warhok. He planned to take Kim to his home planet to kill her and mount her on his mate Warmonga's wall.
  • Lampshade Hanging: James mentions how having Shego team up with Ron to help them save their respective partners is similar to a fanfic he once wrote.
  • Literal Metaphor: Ron's line to Kim "I can't live without you". The touching implication is there, but it's also laced with a bit of literally as seen when she saves him from a nasty plummet.
    Ron: At the very least we're talking major bone breakage!
  • Manly Tears: When Drakken tells the team how he has come up with his greatest plan ever, his eyes starts watering up.
  • Near-Villain Victory: The Lorwardians are the only villains (besides Shego as "the Supreme One") to successfully conquer the world, only for them to lose control of it even faster than when they conquered it.
  • Never Say That Again: When Drakken said he had come up with his greatest plan ever, Ron added "To save the world?", resulting in Drakken begging him not to make him say those words.
  • Never Speak Ill of the Dead: Drakken, momentarily believing that Kim is dead, inverts his usual Character Catchphrase, declaring, "You were a worthy foe. You were indeed all that."
  • Next Tier Power-Up: Ron, upon hearing that Warhok and Warmonga plan to stuff Kim as a trophy, gets so angry that he manages to finally master his Mystical Monkey Powers that he gained all the way back in Season 1 and completely decimate them. Kim, Rufus, and Shego are in awe at seeing how much power he's actually able to harness.
  • No Endor Holocaust: Despite Warhok and Warmonga's machines rampaging across the planet, there were no fatalities. The only casualties were a majority of the Earth's buildings (including the Possible house, Middleton High, and Bueno Nacho), and of course, Warhok and Warmonga.
  • One-Winged Angel: Drakken's mutation, which was Played for Laughs in the first part of the story, is now played straight as his vines prove capable of crushing the Lowardian tripods.
  • O.O.C. Is Serious Business: When Kim confesses to Ron that she's also scared about the future, Ron can barely believe or process it.
  • Organ Autonomy: The flowers that grow on Drakken seem to have minds of their own but they do obey his orders, even when they're sarcastic ones.
  • Pair the Spares: Based on their interactions in the last episode and the end of this one, it appears that Ron's ex-girlfriend, Zita Flores, and his friend, Felix Renton, have gotten together.
  • The Pardon: Due to the scene at the end with Drakken receiving an award and being commended by the UN, many fans believe that meant Drakken and Shego were pardoned of all their past Take Over the World schemes.
  • Pre-Asskicking One-Liner: Double Subverted. After Warhok called him a "child", Ron declared "I am no child. Check your calendar, it's Graduation Day" before charging at the alien, only for Warhok to send him flying with a punch. However, after getting some encouragement from Sensei, Ron got back up and proceeding Curb Stomp Warhok.
  • Red and Black and Evil All Over: The Lorwardian Walkers, as well as pretty much everything Warhok and Warmonga use.
  • Rescue Hug: Kim and Ron did this twice. First when they were reunited on the Lowardians' ship, and again after Ron defeated Warhok and Warmonga. Drakken and Shego nearly did this as well, but backpedaled once they realized what they were doing.
  • Riding into the Sunset: The last we see of Kim and Ron is them flying away in the Sloth into the night sky.
  • Science Fantasy: How often do you see mystical Kung Fu powers versus aliens in a battlefield where giant machines have just been destroyed by mutant autonomous flowers?
  • Sealed with a Kiss: Much like the former series finale, the episode proper (not counting The Stinger during the end credits) ends with Kim and Ron kissing.
  • She Cleans Up Nicely: At Drakken's award ceremony, Shego wears a green dress instead of her usual outfit.
  • Ship Tease: The episode is filled with lots of Drakken/Shego teasing, especially the end where they get wrapped up in Drakken's vine, despite Shego verbally denying it the whole time. According to Word of God, however, they do end up together.
  • Shipper on Deck:
    • Kim seems to enjoy teasing Shego about her caring for Drakken.
    • Drakken's vines seem to feel the same way as one of them wrapped the two together in their final scene.
  • Shout-Out:
    • It's clear that the ending scene where Kim and Ron fly away in Kim's car is based off the ending scene of Grease.
    • Kim's torn graduation gown looks similar to Jedi garb.
  • Stronger Than They Look: Drakken's flowers have stems that are only a couple of inches thick, yet they're strong enough to completely destroy Lorwardian tech that modern military weapons can't penetrate.
  • Super Mode: The full power of Ron's Mystical Monkey Power is a blue aura around him that takes the form of a monkey.
  • Tank-Top Tomboy: During the graduation beach party, Kim's exposed midriff makes a final appearance in the series.
  • This Cannot Be!: This was Warmonga's reaction when Drakken's flowers destroyed the entire army of Lorwardian machines.
  • This Is Unforgivable!: Warhok didn't take it well when his army of tripods were destroyed...by flowers. As he put it "This insult will not stand!"
  • Took a Level in Badass: Drakken and Ron.
  • Trash the Set: Most of Middleton High is destroyed, along with Bueno Nacho.
    Ron: Well, at least they didn't—[Bueno Nacho gets smashed]—AAW! Why is it never Cow N' Chow?!
  • The Unhug: When Ron and Shego arrive to rescue Kim and Drakken, Kim and Ron eagerly hug—Shego and Drakken momentarily look like they're going to do likewise, but instead awkwardly try to act nonchalant.
  • The Unreveal: The very last lines of the series are Professor Dementor asking Dr. Drakken how his skin turned blue, and Drakken beginning to explain how and why it happened. All the viewers find out is that it simply happened on a Tuesday.
  • What Happened to the Mouse?:
    • We never do find out what the Possible family does in response to their house being destroyed.
    • Also unrevealed is which college Kim ultimately decides to attend. (The general matter of Kim and Ron's future together is intentionally unresolved, though the producers do state that they will be together forever.)
  • When Life Gives You Lemons...: While escaping the Lorwardian ship, Ron feels Drakken is being too negative about the situation and says this, getting a hilarious response in return.
    Ron: Oh, complain, complain. You know, when life gives you lemons...

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"Why The Blue Skin?"

In the very final scene of "Kim Possible", after Dementor pokes fun at the irony of Drakken saving the world after a failed career of trying to conquer it, he ask how his skin ended up blue. All we find out is that it happened on a Tuesday.

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