Wherever there is fear, Skeleton King appears
This episode provides examples of:
- An Aesop: Face your fears and don't let them overcome you or prevent you from doing what's right.
- Big "NO!": Skeleton King when Chiro swins through his apparition to save the monkeys.
- Chekhov's Gun: At the beginning, when near the lake, Sparx activates a fan from his tail to "cool off" Chiro. It later becomes important as those same fans are which allows the monkeys to escape from the water monster after it destroyed their rockets.
- Eating the Enemy: The water creature captured the monkeys and almost does this, but fortunately Chiro saves them just in time.
- Face Your Fears: Chiro does this after being taunted by an aparition of Skeleton King about being afraid of water and also to save the monkeys from being eaten by a huge creature in the water.Chiro: I won't let my fear stop me anymore!
- Heatwave: Shoogazoom goes towards this in this episode, which is why most of the monkeys go to swin.
- Heroic Self-Deprecation: Chiro does this after the monkeys are captured by the water creature, Shuggazoom City is being attacked by its tentaacles and he's unable to help due to his fear of water.
- Honor Before Reason: The monkeys when captured by the water creature, asks Chiro for help, and despite Sparx believing he wouldn't show up due to his fear of water, Antauri reassured them he would, and it happens.
- Irony: In the end, the water monster who tried to sink Shuggazoom by weakening its foundations, ends up petrified and its tentacles become the city's new foundations.
- Idiot Ball: Otto gets a hold of it by talking about the water in an almost deliberately creepy way, badly disturbing Chiro. Why does it fall under this? Turns out the team knew Chiro was afraid of water.
- Nice Job Fixing It, Villain: Skeleton King appears to taunt Chiro after the monkeys are captured by his water creature, and tells the boy he should be scared. However, this makes Chiro determined to face his fears and rescue the rest of the Hyperforce.
- Sunken City: Shuggazoom becomes this in the episode due to Skeleton King's giant sea worm destroying the city's foundations.
- Taken for Granite: The water monster becomes this after falling into lava.
- Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?: Water for Chiro and Sprx.
