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"EEEEEEEEAGLECLAAAAAWWWWWWWW!!!"

EagleClaw Falconhawk: Oh, you- you still don't get it, do you? You have no idea what it was like growing up — it was always about you, never about me...but, not anymore. This time, it's all about me...and my EAGLE CLAWS! (clawing motions)
Eaglebones Falconhawk: (chuckles) Sorry, bro, I don't know if you've heard, but I kinda play a mean laser-powered guitar now. (powers on laser guitar)
EagleClaw: You're not the only one.
(cue guitar duel WITH LASERS)

Somewhere, at a rock music concert...

Eagleboness' popularity is going to his head; playing overly long guitar solos, being rude to his bandmates, and even throwing away gifts given to him by his fans. Fortunately, one of those gifts happens to be a rather obvious bomb, planted by none other than his own brother, Eagleclaw.

While his friends offer to help, Eaglebones insists that they'd only slow him down, and rides off on a motorcycle to confront his brother. Upon meeting, Eagleclaw reveals that his turn to evil was sparked when Eaglebones stole the attention of a girl he liked back when they were kids. Revealing he also has a laser powered guitar, the two engage in a duel before Eagleclaw triumphs.

When Eaglebones awakens, he is met with the image of the Sun Spirit, who advises him to cool his ego down and open up to his friends. As well as this, he gives him the power to summon his spirit animal, an invisible bird named The Dude. Promising to better himself, Eaglebones returns to the Battletram and accepts his friends offers to help battle his brither.

Travelling to the site of Eagleclaw's Start of Darkness, a fairground, Eaglebones engages his brother in a second duel while the rest of the band play backup. Unfortunately Eagleclaw again beats his brother, and continued to blast the rest of the team down. At the last minute, Eaglebones uses The Dude to steal his brothers guitar and smash it on the ground, leaving him unable to deal the finishing blow.

While surprised that they made it out alive, the rest of the team laugh at Eaglebones belief that he used an invisible bird to do it.


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  • Attention Whore: Eaglebones lets his popularity go to his head.
  • Arbitrary Skepticism: Supervillains, monsters and one of them is a robot, but the Bat Commander can only scoff at the idea of Eaglebones having an invisible bird.
  • Big Brother Bully: Eagleclaw has become this.
  • Cain and Abel: Eagleclaw and Eaglebones.
  • Cooking Duel: Eaglebones and Eagleclaw both battle with their weaponized guitars, resulting in this.
  • Disappointed by the Motive: Eaglebones is initially disappointed by Eagleclaw's reason as to why he tried to blow him and the rest of the Aquabats being that he was mad at him for apparently stealing a girl that he had a crush on from when they were in middle school.
    Eagleclaw: ...You stole her from me, brother! YOU STOLE HER FROM ME!!!
    Eaglebones: THAT'S why you left?? I didn't even like that girl!
    • This trope ends up being subverted, with Eagleclaw getting into the real reason why he was driven to villainy...:
    Eagleclaw: You still don't get it, do you?! You have NO idea what it was like growing up! It was ALWAYS about you, never about me! ...But not anymore! This time, it's ALL about me, and my... EAGLECLAWS!
  • Disproportionate Retribution: It's mentioned that Eaglebones was an attention hog as a child, but what drove Eagleclaw to villainy was his brother giving an ice cream to a girl he liked, getting a kiss in the process.
  • Freudian Excuse: Eagleclaw became evil because he was unable to hand an ice cream cone to a girl he had a crush on because he had big awkward eagle talons for hands.
    • He seems to have figured them out in the time since considering how well he can play his laser guitar.
  • Successful Sibling Syndrome: The main reason why Eagleclaw hates Eaglebones so much, next to seeing Eaglebones giving ice cream to a girl that Eagleclaw had a crush on and getting a kiss in the process.
  • Skyward Scream: Eaglebones does one when revealing to the rest of the Aquabats about his relation to Eagleclaw after he tries to blow the band up.
    MC Bat Commander: Aquabats! After that trench-coat guy!
    (The rest of the Aquabats try to run after Eagleclaw before getting stopped by Eaglebones)
    Eaglebones: STOP!
    MC Bat Commander: What are you talking about, Eaglebones?! We have to go after him!
    Eaglebones: No! I'll handle this alone!
    MC Bat Commander: Oh, I get it. Soloing again, huh? Well, why do YOU have to go after him ALONE?!
    Eaglebones: Because... HE'S MY BROTHER!!!
    • Eagleclaw does this twice; an inaudible one during his Motive Rant flashback after Eaglebones steals a girl he had a crush on from him at the county fair when they were kids, and an audible Big "NO!" after Eaglebones destroys his laser guitar with an assist from his new invisible bird The Dude.
  • The Power of Rock: The second battle with Eagleclaw has the band standing around playing a song as if that's supposed to stop the villain (it doesn't). It's unclear if that was actually supposed to do anything or maybe just be moral support for Eaglebones this time.
  • Took a Level in Jerkass: Eaglebones. He gets better.

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