Two weeks after Omen's attack, the Tarrons try to repair their Mothership.
Tropes in this episode:
- Aliens Love Human Food: Eli was right when he said that aliens love human candy, the hardened warrior Zadra falling for his net-trap for the prospect of a nougat-nummie.Zadra: None of my battlefield training had prepared me for the temptations of these delicious confections.
- All Women Love Shoes: Zadra decides to keep the red boots Mother ordered when she was glitching out.
- Brick Joke:
- Eli sets alien traps with nougat-nummies. We find out later that Zadra never returned home because she fell for it and was caught in Eli's net.
- During the reboot, Mother accidentally orders red boots online. They are shipped to the repaired house at the end, and Zadra takes an instant liking to them.
- Broken Pedestal: Krel is still furious over Vex's betrayal of Akaridion-5 and doesn't want to search for his whereabouts under the belief he left them. He does soften up a bit once he learns Zeron Alpha captured him and looks over Vex's video logs, though, and realizes that he truly was sorry and wanted to atone his mistakes..
- Casual Danger Dialogue: When his attempts to fight Magmatron fail, Toby weakly says he's a bit rusty without "Jimbo" around.
- Does This Remind You of Anything?: During Magmatron's initial attack, Eli asks Aja and Krel how they don't know who the bounty hunter is because he's under the assumption that "all aliens know each other".Krel: That is completely offensive, and complimentary, that you think we would know all 50 trillion life forms in the universe!
- Hourglass Plot: Eli and Steve switch roles from the episode "Creepslayerz" in Trollhunters. In that, Steve was convinced that Jim was evil while Eli was skeptical because Jim was nice to him. Here, Eli becomes convinced that Aja and Krel are evil while Steve knows otherwise. It gets to the point where Eli believes that Aja and Krel brainwashed Steve.
- Internal Reveal: Toby finds out Aja and Krel are aliens, and Eli finds out that Steve knew the Tarron's secret.
- Kill It with Water: Being an indestructible Mechanical Lifeform made of lava, Magma-Tron's only weakness is water.
- Mechanical Lifeforms: Magma-Tron is the member of the cinderites, a race of mechanical aliens from a fiery planet known for their predisposition towards violence and "trash-talk."
- Mythology Gag: The opening scene of Toby and Eli is essentially the original Tales of Arcadia trailer
redone with additional context. - Not So Above It All: Zadra, as it turns out, has a weakness for nougat-nummies and red boots. She will deny the latter at least.
- Open Secret: Aaarrrgghh!!! and Stricklander (undisguised) are seen in a restaurant with Barbara and the radio refers to Gunmar's invasion as "that Night", with the entire population of Arcadia collectively agreeing to keep the existence of the trolls to themselves.
- Parental Sexuality Squick: Toby is grossed out when one of Vex's video logs reveals his crush on Toby's nana.Vex: She is what the humans call "hot".Toby: She's not hot, she's Nana!
- Rocket-Powered Weapon: Magmatron's double-ended warhammer has thrusters which allow him to control its flight path when he throws it. After it's been cut in half and Magmatron is defeated, Krel repurposes the two halves to lift Mother and put her back where they initially crashed.
- String Theory: Eli shows Toby his conspiracy billboard regarding the troll, alien and wizard presence in Arcadia.
