Original air date: 7/10/2021
Production code: 205
Gus tries to impress a group of cool kids from Glandus High, while Luz and Amity journey into the most dangerous section of the library to find an ancient journal.
Tropes:
- An Aesop: Everyone has a unique strength. If you think what you're good at is lame, you just don't know how to apply it yet.
- Alpha Bitch: Of the Glandus trio that Gus and Matt run into, Bria is the ringleader out of her, Gavin, and Angmar.
- All for Nothing: Luz and Amity finally find Philip Wittebane's diary, only to discover that a mouse has eaten the pages. Subverted when it turns out to be an echo mouse, which is able to play back the contents of what it eats, giving Luz her own version of the diary.
- Ambiguously Bi: Edric has a date, and while we never see who it is, Emira uses gender neutral pronouns when discussing them, possibly implying that they are non-binary.
- Ambiguous Situation: Whether Philip Wittebane managed to return home or not remains unexplained, though clearly his idea for the portal door did become reality.
- Amplifier Artifact: Galdorstones amplify magic, so long as it has a tangible effect. Illusion magic isn't affected, which is why the Illusionist Coven was tasked with guarding them.
- Anguished Declaration of Love: Both Amity and Luz tearfully admit that being around the other makes them "do stupid things" after Amity gets fired. While both appear to realize what the other is saying, neither of them seems to count it as a "true" Love Confession, as Luz is shocked when Amity kisses her later on.
- Anti-Climax: When Malphas catches Luz and Amity in the forbidden wing of the library, rather than some gruesome punishment, he simply tells Amity how disappointed he is and fires her, all while speaking like a Hippie Teacher.
- Anti-Magic: Subverted. It seems like Gus can cancel out Bria's magic, but when he drops the illusion, several pillars of rock are scattered throughout the area, implying that he just disguised the effect.
- Anywhere but Their Lips: At the end, Amity gives Luz a quick kiss on the cheek spontaneously after Luz helped get her job at the library back, after an entire episode of incredibly smitten behavior. With Luz in Stunned Silence, Amity instantly gets embarrassed.Amity: (after another Crush Blush) Okay! Good to see you! Farewell forever! (quickly walking inside) Why did I do that, why'd I do that, why'd I do that, why'd I do that?!
- Armor-Piercing Question: As Amity tells Emira about how much Luz has changed the way she thinks and feels, Emira asks if that's such a bad thing reminding Amity of how miserable she used to be.
- Art Shift: When the Echo Mouse replays Philip Wittebane's journal, it projects the events of the journal in a shadow puppet art style note .
- Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: Angmar is easily distracted by insects, which Gus takes advantage of by creating an illusionary butterfly to lure him away from the others.
- Bad "Bad Acting": When Emira and Edric are attempting to Leave the Two Lovebirds Alone, Em speaks loudly and dramatically while Ed has a flat monotone voice with Dull Surprise.
- Big Brother Bully: Mattholomule mentions having to endure 35 noogies from his older brother to get the map, and he thought it was worth it... initially.
- Bilingual Bonus:
- Before they could enter in the Forbidden Section of the library, Luz says in Spanish: "No te preocupes todo va a salir bien." Translation: "Don’t worry. Everything is gonna be alright."
- After feeling guilty for accidentally getting Amity fired from her job, she says: "Nada funcionará a menos que lo haga funcionar." Translation: "Nothing will work, unless I make it work".
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Bria, Gavin, and Angmar act polite and supportive to Gus, but turn out to be jerks who want to use the power of the Galdorstones to take charge at Glandus. Bria, in particular, stands out for putting on a facade of being a sweet, cheery Nice Girl who wants to change The Social Darwinist attitude at Glandus High before dropping the act and revealing her true Alpha Bitch self once they get the Galdorstones.
- Blood from the Mouth: Invoked by Gus, along with Tears of Blood, as part of his illusion to scare off Bria.
- Bowdlerize: The scene where Amity kisses Luz on the cheek is entirely cut in the Taiwanese dub of the episode
, instead cutting straight to Edric and Emira glancing at them through the window and then the episode just ends. - Brick Joke:
- Emira claims Edric has boils to drag him away from Luz and Amity. At the end of the episode, she tells him not to pick at them, indicating she was being serious.
- Early on the journey to the Looking Glass Ruins, Gus and Mattholomule start shoving each other, which then descends into a Wimp Fight. At the end, when they depart the ruins, they begin shoving and insulting each other in a much more playful manner, signalling that they're on their way to becoming Vitriolic Best Buds.
- The Bus Came Back: Although he had a few cameos following "Something Ventured, Something Framed", this marks Mattholomule's first major/speaking role since then.
- But for Me, It Was Tuesday: Amity isn’t too surprised to see Luz with Edric and Emira, clearly remembering the last time they bothered Luz was at the Library and predicts that’s what they’re doing. It’s different this time.
- Call a Smeerp a "Rabbit": Lampshaded. Luz notes that while bookworms are probably some kind of horrifying snake monster on the Boiling Isles, it's just a term for a nerd on Earth.
- Call-Back:
- The Glandus students make their debut by restraining a rampaging Slitherbeast, which is escaping from the Demon Hunters.
- Gus creating an illusion of a pretty lady version of a male creature to distract it is something that was teased back in "Escaping Expulsion", where he had suggested creating pretty lady guard illusions in order gain the upper advantage.
- Mattholomule inspires Gus by mentioning how he saved him from detention in "Something Ventured, Something Framed".
- The Cameo:
- King doesn't appear in present time, but he does show up in the recording of Gus's outgoing message.
- In the same scene, Willow leaves a message thanking Gus for the "get well soon" illusions before asking him to take them back.
- Warden Wrath briefly appears checking over his son, Braxas.
- Eda appears on an old newspaper article while Luz is researching the location of Philip Wittebane's diary.
- Chekhov's Gun: When Luz and Amity finally find Philip Wittebane's diary, they find that the pages have been eaten by a mouse. That mouse is later revealed to be an "echo mouse", able to project the information they've eaten.
- Coming-Out Story: While it had been assumed that Luz is secure in identifying as bisexual, this episode shows us that Luz is the first person (and first girl) that Amity has ever had started to have romantic feelings for. The entire experience is leaving her extremely confused, as she wonders aloud to her siblings that she's having thoughts and feelings that she never had before Luz showed up.
- Connected All Along: A quick cameo reveals that Warden Wrath and Braxas are father and son.
- Continuity Nod:
- Gus has a "Bad Girl Coven" t-shirt in his room. He also mentions how he is a Grade Skipper.
- Luz uses the Invisibility glyph she created in "Echoes of the Past".
- The kid's section of the library has an Otabin doll on the table.
- Amity mentions that Malphas is the one who gave her the secret hideout that was seen in "Lost in Language".
- Contrived Coincidence: Luz just so happens to come out of her trials with the exact echo mouse that ate Philip Wittebane's diary, giving her a copy of the destroyed book. Said mouse just decided to eat the book the moment Luz was searching for it and not before.
- Conveniently Interrupted Document:
- When Amity and Luz find the diary of Philip Wittebane, they open it and see a rodent ate through all the pages inside. It's subverted at the end when the rodent in question turns to be a species known as an "echo mouse", which consumes knowledge and can playback anything it's eaten like a film projector.
- The Looking Glass Ruins is in fact the Looking Glass Graveyard, but neither Bria's gang nor the audience realise this at first because the arch at the entrance has crumbled away so that it just says "LOOKING GLASS". Of course, Bria doesn't care even after The Reveal.
- Creepy Child: Might not be too much a surprise in the Boiling Isles, but one of the kids in the library Amity is looking after wants to learn how to summon the dark lord (whoever or whatever that is, though naturally assumed to be Satan).
- Crush Blush:
- Luz and Amity blush at each other a lot throughout the episode (both girls blush 6 times each for a total of 12 blushes). Amity especially so, because her entire face turns red every time. She gets it the worst after giving Luz a kiss on the cheek, prompting Amity to bolt out of embarrassment.
- Gus blushes when Bria winks at him.
- Date Peepers: It's not exactly a "date", but when Luz visits Amity at home to return her library staff card and they talk outside, Em and Ed watch from their upstairs bedroom window, and clearly approve of Amity spontaneously kissing Luz on the cheek.
- A Day in the Limelight: This is the second episode to focus at least partially on Gus after "Something Ventured, Someone Framed".
- Disappointed in You: When Amity and Luz are caught in the Forbidden Stacks by Malphas, the master librarian, he menacingly floats up to them and... cuts to them outside, where he tells Amity how disappointed he is in her (in a much more casual and higher-pitched voice) and takes her staff card away."I'm just, like, super disappointed in you. Like, I can't even process these feelings right now. Gosh, it's so hard for me to say this, but, like, you're fired?"
- Dragged by the Collar: Wanting to give Luz and Amity time to themselves only for Ed to genuinely buy into Em's statement about having boils, Em has to drag him away by the hood of his cowl to accomplish this.
- Dramatic Irony: Luz mentions how her mother is probably worried about her being missing, unaware that a doppelgänger has replaced her.
- Everyone Can See It: Luz wanting to use Gus's library card to visit Amity (though more urgently she also wants to do research on the human who lived in the Isles) is obvious to the younger boy, even without her saying anything. Luz even lampshades that she hasn't been doing a very good job of hiding that, causing him to slowly shake his head in agreement. Of course, Gus is too depressed to even care, so he helps Luz out because he wants to get out of his rut. Edric and Emira also find the two's attraction for each other obvious and clearly ship them.
- Everyone Has Standards: Mattholomule had no prior knowledge of the ruins actually being a graveyard, and drops his Galdorstone in disgust when he realizes that they're Robbing the Dead.
- Expository Hairstyle Change: When Emira asks Amity if she wants to re-dye her hair, noticing the roots were showing, Amity decides to completely change her hairstyle by dying it purple, cutting her bangs short, and leaving it undone.
- Fake Wizardry: Played With. To help Gus impress the Glandus kids and get one over on Mattholomule, Luz hands him a stack of paper glyphs so he can use forms of magic he otherwise doesn't know. Gus covertly activates them while casting his own illusion magic to make himself look better, at least until he runs out when confronting the guardian.
- Foreshadowing:
- While Luz is using the crystal ball to find information on Philip Wittebane, one of the suggested searches shows that someone was looking up information on hunting basilisks.
- Luz also finds an article about a box of human literature that was washed up on the shore. The accompanying photo shows that it's the The Good Witch Azura books.
- Bria very cheerfully threatening Angmar to not get distracted by insects while keeping watch outside the Looking Glass ruins (or she'll make him eat them) and afterwards brushing off the fact that the ruins are actually a graveyard for illusionists while disparaging illusion magic all hints at the Glandus High students' true nature.
- Amity is introduced with her longer hair down with more focus on her brown roots that is in a mess while arguing with one of her child charges over her hair-band, her regaining it and her using it to instantly return to her normal look. This is to prepare us for her Expository Hairstyle Change at the end of the episode.
- Forceful Kiss: Downplayed. In the final scene, Amity gives Luz a quick and gentle kiss on the cheek without asking. When Luz is stunned into silence, Amity freaks out and runs back into the house, cursing herself.
- Freeze-Frame Bonus:
- When Luz searches up "human" on the library's crystal balls, several search recommendations briefly pop up underneath, including "how to survive a giraffe", "hungry what eat", and "hexside or st epiderm?". One article also appears for a split second titled "Box of Human Literature Washes Up", showing how The Good Witch Azura books ended up in the Demon Realm.
- During Edric and Emira's Bad "Bad Acting", Luz sneaks a quick glance at Amity while they watch the twins.
- Freudian Excuse:
- Bria and her friends are jerks because apparently Glandus is a school with "the strongest rules over the weak" attitude.
- Gav's issues stem from his father not giving him any attention. However, it's mostly Played for Laughs, especially after he falls for a blatantly fake illusion of his dad telling him that he's proud of him.
- Friend to Bugs: Angmar has a fondness for bugs, even expressing the idea of using the Galdorstones to make a butterfly sanctuary.
- Funny Answering Machine: Gus had King (very reluctantly) read out a prerecorded video for incoming messages on his crystal ball."Is that a six-footed pig? Or a floating appendage? Why no! It's Gus the illusion master! Please leave a message."
- Gender-Inclusive Writing: Edric has an upcoming date with an unseen someone, and Emira notably uses gender-neutral pronouns when referring to the date in question.
- Gilligan Cut:
- Luz assures Gus he will feel better tomorrow. Cut to the next day, and Gus definitely not feeling better.
- Malphas menacingly spots Luz and Amity in the forbidden wing while calling out Amity's name in a terrifying tone and echoic voice, giving the sense that they will have to flee while he chases after them. Cut to the outside with him sounding like a Hippie Teacher while scolding her.
- Grade Skipper: We're reminded that Gus skipped two grades again, as he lampshades doing so in his Heroic Self-Deprecation, believing that he should have been more capable when Willow got hurt.
- Guilt Complex:
- The episode starts with Gus being wracked with guilt over accidentally injuring Willow. Luz encourages him to go with the Glandus kids when he clearly wants to in part to distract himself from his feelings.
- Luz gets into this too, because she knows she was the one who roped Amity into her scheme, and she thought Amity would hate her forever for getting her fired.
- Heart Is an Awesome Power: This episode shows that some witches look down upon illusion magic because they can't conjure anything "real". Gus proves at the end it's totally possible to dominate multiple opponents using knowledge of your foes, psychological warfare, and using illusions to cover-up physical objects to make them appear real, making it every bit as viable as other magics in combat with enough skill.
- Heel–Face Turn: This episode officially marks Mattholomule's turn from a two-dimensional Hate Sink bully into a genuine friend of Gus, notably after introducing his Freudian Excuse and with it the even-worse upperclassmen from Glandus High.
- Heroic Self-Deprecation: Gus spends a good chunk of the episode doing this, especially in regards to the What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway? attitude others have towards illusion magic. Accidentally injuring Willow certainly didn't help.
- Hero of Another Story: Whatever trials Luz had to go through to get Malphas to rehire Amity, from the sound of it they would have made one hell of an episode all by themselves.
- Immediate Sequel: This episode is a follow-up to the previous episode, with Luz looking for the information Gwendolyn told her about.
- Important Haircut: Amity's hair goes from green and brown to purple with two brown streaks after her siblings help her change it. It's a sign of Amity's growing independence and reliance more on her own feelings.
- Inconvenient Attraction: Downplayed. After getting fired, Amity admits to Luz that she wishes that being around Luz didn't "make her do stupid things", though in context it's clear that she's more confused than distressed by the fact that she's in love.
- Ingesting Knowledge: The forbidden section of the library is infested with echo mice, mice with a skull for a head that can devour books and then replay their contents as a projection from their eyes. It even provides narration.
- Internal Homage: The Luz and Amity subplot revisits several scenes from "Lost in Language" like Luz spying on Amity in the kids' section and the two of them on the front steps together, though since the two of them are now crushing on each other rather than being rivals the scenes play out very differently.
- Intimate Hair Brushing: Emira is shown brushing Amity's hair at the end of the episode while giving her some sisterly advice.
- It's All My Fault: Gus blames himself for Willow getting injured when his attempts to help her with some pixies using his illusions horribly backfired.
- It Will Never Catch On: One of the search results for "human" while Luz is searching for info on a crystal ball is an article for a movie called Planet of the Humans. It was apparently a critical and box office bomb because it was considered "too implausible".
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: While much of the episode has Mattholomule belittling Gus, it is revealed that this behavior stems from him trying to impress his former classmates. He unties Gus as payment for rescuing him in "Something Ventured, Someone Framed". The episode ends with Gus asking if they're friends now, to which Mattholomule replies he's not sure.
- Lack of Empathy: When Gus learns the Looking Glass ruins are graves, he tries to tell the others what they are doing. In comparison to Mattholomule (who draws the line at grave robbing), Bria couldn't care less, especially when it's the graves of illusionists.
- Laser-Guided Karma: After mocking illusion magic as "not real", Bria is driven off by Gus conjuring an extremely terrifying illusion.
- Leave the Two Lovebirds Alone: Emira claims she needs to help Edric clean some boils off his face so he won't get dumped. Edric isn't sure if she's serious, but she just drags him off so Luz and Amity can be alone.
- Like Is, Like, a Comma: Malphas the Master Librarian is revealed to speak with a Valley Girl accent.
- Literal Metaphor: Lampshaded when Amity mentions being fed to the bookworms. Luz realizes that they're no doubt a very real and dangerous thing in the Boiling Isles, but explains to Amity that the term just means "nerd" in her world.
- Loophole Abuse: Bria tries to assure herself that, no matter how real it may seem, the illusions can't physically touch her. When one does, she freaks out and flees. The illusion is then broken, revealing Gus was beneath the illusion to give it substance.
- Love Epiphany: Luz apparently had one about Amity either during "Escaping Expulsion" when the latter rescued her, or offscreen between that episode and this one, since here she's shown to have just as big of a crush on Amity as Amity has on her, not denying it when Emira and Edric bring it up and outright admitting it to Gus.
- Love Makes You Dumb: Played for Drama. Despite knowing how much she was risking, Amity decides to help Luz sneak into the forbidden section, even pushing Luz further along when Luz was willing to back out because Luz indirectly implied a date in the human realm if they succeeded. When things go bad and Amity gets fired, Amity in tears wonders out loud why she's always doing stupid things around Luz. While holding back her own tears, Luz tries to comfort Amity by saying she does stupid things around her too.
- MacGuffin Guardian: It is revealed that the Looking Glass Graveyard is traditionally protected by an Illusionist to keep the Galdorstones from being stolen. Since illusion magic is the only form of magic that isn't amplified by the stones, this makes Illusionists perfect for the job since they won't be tempted to use them for evil.
- Mineral MacGuffin: The Galdorstones are a set of crystalline Amplifier Artifacts under the protection of an illusionist at the Looking Glass Graveyard.
- Mistreatment-Induced Betrayal: Mattholomule frees Gus after Bria makes it clear that she and the others only see him as an errand boy, unworthy of sharing in their power.
- Mix-and-Match Critters: The "guardian" beast has elements of a whale, a clam, and some other creatures.
- Nerd in Evil's Helmet: At first, Malphas appears to be a scary-looking being wearing a hood with glowing eyes beneath it. He is later shown to be a lot less intimidating than he looks, being a dragon-like demon with feathered wings and speaking in an exaggerated Valley Girl accent.
- Nice Job Breaking It, Hero:
- Gus tried to drive off a fairy swarm with an illusion, only to anger them instead, getting Willow injured in the process.
- Luz and Amity successfully sneak into the forbidden section and steal Philip Wittebane's diary, only for Luz to blow their cover when she angrily snaps at an echo mouse that has eaten the pages. This leads to Amity getting fired.
- Noodle Incident:
- Shortly before the episode started, Gus attempted to save Willow from a swarm of pixies with an illusion but angered them instead, leading to Willow getting injured and Gus becoming insecure about the fact he can only conjure illusions and not any physical magics.
- Luz has apparently used Gus's library card to visit Amity at the library before.
- To get Amity back her library job, Luz had to help Malphas around the library, which involved categorizing man-eating books and taming a paper dragon. She returns to Blight Manor beat-up and bruised.
- No-Sell: The magic-boosting properties of Galdorstones don't work on illusion magic, because the spell's output has to be "real". This is why illusionists have been used to guard them: they won't be tempted to misuse their powers because they can't.
- Not-So-Well-Intentioned Extremist: Bria tells Gus that Glandus is a very tough school with a very strict pecking order, where the strong ruthlessly bully the weak. She tells Gus that with the Galdorstones, she could "change things for the better". Only later does it become clear that she really meant "change things for the better for just me".
- Offscreen Moment of Awesome: Luz braved a number of trials — among them sorting a set of carnivorous books and taming a paper dragon — to get Amity her job back. She has the burns and bruises to prove it.
- Open the Iris: Subtle, but it happens when Luz turns to look at Amity after the latter kisses her cheek.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: The illusion of Gav's father that Gus creates is just a copy of Gav with a moustache and a deeper voice, but Gav still falls for it hook, line, and sinker.Gav: Wait... when did you grow a moustache?
"Gav's Father": Hey! Don't blow this chance! - Pop-Culture Pun Episode Title: To Through the Looking-Glass.
- Post-Kiss Catatonia: Downplayed. After Amity spontaneously kisses Luz on the cheek, Luz can only react by turning to stare at Amity and letting out a small gasp. As Amity retreats back to the Blight Manor in embarrassment, Luz remains staring at where Amity had been standing for a few seconds, and then collapses to her knees.
- Queer Colors: The final scene where Amity kisses Luz has a blue, purple, and pink color palette due to taking place around sunset. Such colors are the colors of the bisexual pride flag◊.
- The Reveal: Philip Wittebane, the human Gwendolyn spoke of, arrived in the 1600s. In order to return home, he created the portal door.
- Right for the Wrong Reasons: Downplayed. Luz's reasons for borrowing Gus's library card are far more urgent than seeing Amity, but Luz figures why not pay Amity a visit while on her mission to figure out how to get home? And, she needs Amity's help anyways to get her what she’s looking for.
- Robbing the Dead: The Galdorstones are actually the sacred relics of an Illusionist graveyard. When Gus warns Bria and the others, they rather insultingly brush it off, cementing them as Jerkasses who only care about themselves.
- Scary Librarian: Malphas looks like a Tzeentchian demon who can subject you to some horrific punishment for breaking his rules. Subverted when those turned out to be idle threats, and he just calmly, but bluntly tells Amity she’s fired. It helps that Amity actually knows the guy.
- Shipper on Deck: Edric and especially Emira both understand and support Amity's feelings for Luz. When Amity kisses Luz on the cheek, both openly approve of the "bold move", Emira seems to encourage Amity's feelings while brushing her hair, and earlier when Luz first meets up with Amity at the library, the two even tease her about her crush on their sister.Luz: Oh, hey, Ed; hey, Em. Here to pick up Amity?
Emira: Nah, looks like you've got that covered. - Shout-Out:
- The film "Planet of Humans" references the Planet of the Apes franchise.
- One of the Glandus students is named Angmar.
- Amity says that Luz has a way of "sneaking into people's hearts". This is a reference to the Phineas and Ferb band Love Handel and their signature song titled "You Snuck your Way into My Heart".
- The Social Darwinist: Glandus is described as a place where the strong rule the weak. Bria initially claims that she wants to use the Galdorstones to change that, but it's soon revealed that she and her friends actually possess this mindset as well and plan on using the stones to assert their own dominance.
- Spooky Silent Library: While the public section of the library averts the premise, the forbidden wing fits the bill, being looked after by phantom arms, skeletal rats and the creepy Malphas overlooking it all.
- Tears of Blood: Gus' illusion to scare Bria away from the graveyard begins with the statues all turning to look at her as an eerie red substance trickles from their eyes and mouths.
- Tempting Fate: Luz promises Amity that she won't lose her job just before they sneak into the Forbidden Stacks. Needless to say, things don't end up panning out that way.
- This Is Gonna Suck: Luz ends up doing this twice in quick succession, first giving a quiet "oh, no" when she ends up alerting Malphas to her and Amity being in the Forbidden Stacks, and then tensing up after Amity cuts off her apology for getting her fired.
- Thousand-Yard Stare: After Luz accidentally gets Amity fired from her beloved job at the Library, she is left staring in shock and horror while on the brink of tears after Amity tries to play off her apology. However, seeing how distraught Amity is causes Luz to snap out of it and resolve to do whatever it takes to get Amity's job back.
- Took a Level in Kindness: After a lot of Humble Pie and seeing how really detestable the other Glandus kids are, Mattholomule decides to side with Gus and tentatively agrees to be his friend at the end.
- Twice Shy: Luz and Amity spend the whole episode blushing around each other, quickly glancing away from each other whenever there's too long of a lull in conversation, and quickly moving away when they get physically close. At the very end, Amity kisses Luz on the cheek, and the latter is so shocked that she can only stare at her in Stunned Silence rather than saying anything back, which in turn causes Amity to promptly excuse herself in embarrassment.
- Unequal Rites: Illusion magic is apparently considered rather weak by the other covens, seen as all style and no substance. Galdorstones don't affect illusion magic, because there's nothing there to enhance (even though, in theory, it should make a bigger illusion).
- Vitriolic Best Buds: Gus and Mattholomule seem to be heading this way by the end of the episode, playfully exchanging insults as they depart the ruins.
- "Well Done, Son" Guy: While walking to the ruins, Gav states he wants to use the power of the Galdorstones to make a giant abomination that could finally get his dad to pay attention to him. Later, Gus uses this desire to his advantage by creating an illusion of Gav's father (or at least Gav with a moustache and deeper voice) that tells Gav he's proud of him to separate the Glandus pack.
- Wham Episode: Luz gets information about Philip from the echo mouse that ate his journal. Amity kisses Luz on the cheek and has an Expository Hairstyle Change by cutting her bangs and dying her hair purple.
- What Is This Feeling?: Near the end, Amity laments to her sister Emira that she's had many really confusing thoughts and feelings she's never experienced before ever since Luz showed up. Emira doesn't think it's necessarily a bad thing, considering Amity was miserable before with every aspect of her life being decided for her.
- What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?: In a bit of Worldbuilding, it is revealed that Illusion magic is looked down on by other tracks as being all style and no substance, ostensibly making it a Useless Superpower when compared to the ability to magically conjure Blob Monsters or pillars of solid rock. By the end, it's implied that it's a Weak, but Skilled power, Gus being able to use it against Bria, Gavin and Angmar masterfully with an awareness of his surroundings, psychological tactics and a bit of imagination.
- Wide Eyes and Shrunken Irises: This is Luz's first reaction to Amity's kiss on her cheek, before turning to look at her. Followed by a subtle case of Open the Iris.
- With Friends Like These...: Bria is all too quick to abandon Gavin and Angmar to get all the Galdorstones to herself."I never liked those losers anyway."
- Woman Scorned: This is briefly alluded to when Luz is looking up information on Philip Wittebane's diary in a crystal ball, as one of the autocomplete suggestions is "hexes for exes".
- You Have Failed Me: Played for Laughs. Gus sends Willow several "get well soon" illusions to comfort her while she's recuperating. She finds them annoyingly overbearing instead, so Gus summons them back and destroys them.
