History Fanfic / InfinityTrainBoilingPoint

Green Phantom Queen of ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail'' has posted a {{prequel}} story, ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/30837935 Infinity Train: Melancholy Afterlife]]'' which describes how Chloe of the Vermillion encountered Lexi in this universe.

This fanfic has an antithesis in the form of ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainFreezingPoint''.

'''''Infinity Train: Boiling Point''''' is an ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' {{Crossover}} written by Creator/{{Exotos135}}.

The fanfic can be found [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/29699487/chapters/73537947 here]].

This sanfic have a antithesis on the form of ''Fanfic/InfinityTrainFreezingPoint''.

* [[AdultFear/InfinityTrainBoilingPoint Adult Fear]]

* [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome/InfinityTrainBoilingPoint Surprisingly Realistic Outcome]]

* [[RealityEnsues/InfinityTrainBoilingPoint Reality Ensues]]

The story's divided in acts. Act 1 began in March 6th 2021, and ended in April 19th 2021. A couple days later, an intermission starring Hazel was uploaded as a bridge between both Acts. Act 2 began on April 26th, 2021.

It has an anthology pseudo-sequel, ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/33556459/chapters/83380261 Tales of the New World]]'', which ended in September 7th, 2021, with a proper sequel, ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/33748975/chapters/83888329 Kingdom Come]]'', being posted shortly after.

''Infinity Train: Boiling Point'' is an ''WesternAnimation/InfinityTrain'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheOwlHouse'' {{Crossover}} written by Creator/{{Exotos135}}.

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* EarpieceConversation: Simon and Grace have this with One-One on the Spelling Bee Car, and the same is presumably true for the other groups assigned to [[spoiler: deal with the Boschazens.]]
* EveryoneHasStandards:
** Boscha shows absolute disgust over the Apex coming in and killing denizens and raiding cars, and shows off said disgust by ''burning children and dislocating arms''.
** Consequently, while nobody likes the Apex, Boscha's brutal treatment of them even after they give her what she wants is so extreme Chris and the Mana Academy students have to interfere before she goes too far.
** Simon is actually ''disturbed'' with how Phos is screaming in agony after being crushed into pieces, to the point he suggests to put the Denizen out of their misery.
** Chloe is a mainly heroic figure and a pacifist by nature, so she's shocked at [[spoiler:Lexi using his papers to slice Boscha's eyes as a pragmatic mood and is horrified that she has to ''murder Boscha'' to save the Trian.]]
* EvenTheLovingHeroHasHatedOnes: Luz retains her canon status as an AllLovingHeroine here, being willing to not only give Skara a chance despite her reputation, but extending that to ''Boscha'' despite how much everyone hates her. Even so, TheReveal regarding [[spoiler: how Odalia forced Alador to rape Persephone, Skara's mother, and his passivity and silence about the incident for the next decade and a half]] leaves her feeling nothing but contempt for the Blight parents, ''especially'' Odalia.
* EvilTowerOfOminousness: The remnants of the Apex travel to one of these in the Archfiends Car, hoping to pass the trials and earn items to make them stronger. More specifically, it's more than likely the Tower of Zot, given how [[spoiler: Golbez]] is around.
* EldritchLocation: There's no other way to describe the Boiling Underworld, a city situated on the stomach of the Titan's corpse, with all the viscera and bones expected.
* EyeMotifs: Eyes are a recurring motif in ''Boiling Point'':
** Boscha is ''all about'' eyes: she has a ThirdEye on her forehead, which is her most notable feature, she gets GlowingEyesOfDoom doubling as RedEyesTakeWarning when she gets serious, and [[spoiler: not only does she suffer significant EyeScream during the MeleeATrois, but it's also revealed her ThirdEye is her main source of power.]]
** Also, when a character changes forms, the most clear indicator is the eyes: Boscha's eyes turn red and her sclera becomes pitch black [[spoiler: in her GoldenSuperMode and using ThePowerOfHate]] respectively, Skara gains [[AnimalEyes pidgeon-like eyes]] when she [[spoiler: becomes a half-Griffin]], and Amity gains ExoticEyeDesigns [[spoiler: as a Pseudo-Abomination.]]
** In various times when Amity and Skara were talking, an eye symbol was glowing on their foreheads. [[spoiler:It's a sign of Mind Magic.]]
* TheEasyWayOrTheHardWay: During the Azada Car saga, while confronting [[spoiler: Hazel]] at the Dragon Castle Car, Amelia tells them this as a warning to come along quietly to the Apex. [[spoiler: Hazel, being Hazel, naturally chooses the hard way.]]
* FantasticCasteSystem: The Boiling Underworld is said to have one of these, which, given it's the stomach of the Titan, is to be expected: Those who are "Strong" basically rule the place, while the "Weak" strive to survive, and they and those declared "Nothing" are served to feed the Strong.
* FantasticMedicinalBodilyProduct: Witches that are heavily attuned to [[HealingHands Healing magic]] have this in the form of [[HealItWithBlood their blood]], as explained by Cat.
* FamilyExtermination: The reason the only Blights we see are the main family (Amity, her parents, and her twin siblings)? [[spoiler: As payback for raping Persephone, Prometheus executed Odalia's remaining family members, and forced her and Alador to ''watch''.]]
* FinishingEachOthersSentences: Amity and Skara do this while reminiscing about what could've been.
* FingerInTheMail: At the end of Chapter 20, Luz sees an open box [[WhamShot containing [[spoiler: Cat's broken, bloodied glasses, and some of Amelia's hair]], leaving little to the imagination as to how their trip to the Boiling Underworld went]]]].
* FieldOfBlades: "The Field of Keyblades Car" has Boa train everybody in one of these.
* FiveSecondForeshadowing: The end of Chapter 7 has One-One talk to a passenger. Before their name is revealed, they are depicted as having red hair and a donut holer. Then they reveal themselves to be [[spoiler:Chloe of the Vermillion.]]
* {{Foil}}: [[Foil/InfinityTrainBoilingPoint Has its own page.]]
* {{Foreshadowing}}: Luz finds it weird that Warden Wrath is Skara's father. And she's right. [[spoiler:He's not her ''biological'' father, that would be Adalor.]]
* ForWantOfANail:
** Boscha immediately sees ''right through'' Amity's GibberishOfLove, and [[spoiler: writes a letter to Luz revealing the former's crush on her.]] This, alongside Skara's prodding, leads the two [[RelationshipUpgrade to become girlfriends]].
** Also, Amity's leg was never broken during the Grudgby game, meaning she didn't skip the events of the season one finale, which includes her learning what Lilith did, among other things.
* FusionDance: [[spoiler: Hazel's ChromeChampion ability came from her somehow fusing with her reflection. Amanda eventually repeats the feat, proving Passengers can do this as well.]]
* {{Gesundheit}}: Lucy tells this to Simon when the latters corrects her when she calls a newspaper "papernews".
* GenderNeutralWriting: Employed for the ''Land of the Lustrous'' characters (Phosphophyllite, Bort, Obsidian, and Sensei) and [[spoiler: Chloe's principal.]]
* TheGoodTheBadAndTheEvil: This is how the MeleeATrois in Chapter 13 is assembled:
** The Good: The Red Lotus Trio, who are legendary heroes of the Infinity Train and are primarily heroic individuals.
** The Bad: Zenith Fantasy, who've long since abandoned their former Apex-like ways, but aren't exactly heroic, mostly fending off for themselves and prioritizing their own survival.
** The Evil: Boscha, hands down. Not only is she the most violent and volatile of her own ensemble, but she enters the fight mentally unstable, suffering SanitySlippage the whole way through until eventually, she can't be reasoned with.
* GreatBigLibraryOfEverything: Mana Academy's library is this, having not only books related to magical topics, but also entertainment exclusive to specific works like a compendium of Azura the Good Witch.
* GreyAndGrayMorality: The Amity-Boscha-Skara conflict. While the three girls have varying levels of sympathy, with Amity being the most sympathetic, ''all'' of them have some role in the fallout of their relationship.
* GunsAkimbo: [[spoiler: Lilith and Eda take a pair of magical guns with them for the climax of The Cupid Bee Car.]]
* GutPunch: Chapter 3 not only features the ''brutal'' assault on the Apex, but when the leaders make a deal with Boscha to stop the assault by giving her the box with Phos' shards, Boscha [[FacialHorror defaces the leaders]] and gets ready to straight up kill them, only stopping when the Mana Academy students go to their aid, forcing her to leave while delivering a BreakingSpeech to the Apex. This very moment makes it clear we're not following a ByronicHero like in ''Blossoming Trail'', but an utterly deranged VillainProtagonist who'll go to any lengths and cross many lines to get what she wants.
* HallOfMirrors: The beginning of Act 2 has Zenith Fantasy and [[spoiler: Hazel]] walk through one of these. [[spoiler: Along the way, it's discovered that Hazel doesn't have a reflection...]]
* HealingHerb: Some of these are sold in the BlackMarket. [[spoiler: Skara gathers some of these in order to create a healing potion for Puddles.]]
* HealItWithBlood: The blood of a witch attuned with Healing magic can do this, with the most potent being able to ''reattach limbs'' and ''bring small critters back to life''. [[spoiler: Skara has this type of blood, and it's implications got on Cat's nerves.]]
* HealingMagicIsTheHardest: Out of all the tracks in Hexside, the Healing track, and Healing magic in general, is considered the hardest one to take, with only the most talented of witches being able to even apply to it.
* HealingPotion: The bulk of Chapter 11's involves Skara trying to create one of these in order to heal the Boscha-made wounds of Puddles, Viney's Griffin companion. [[spoiler: However, it has the side effect of turning any non-Griffin entity who drinks it into a half-Griffin... which Skara ends up experiencing firsthand.]]
* HoldingHands: Luz and Amity do this after [[spoiler: Skara leaves the Boiling Isles to go to the Underworld]] and the latter gets a pep talk from the former.
* HomeschooledKids: Gus has apparently become this following the events of the season one finale, though it's only mentioned in passing.
* HostageSituation: The end of Chapter 6 implies one, but the next chapter [[SubvertedTrope subverts it]]. [[spoiler: Amity and Luz go to the former's house to find it trashed, and with a letter that sounds like they're being held hostage. However, once they reach the Boiling Underworld, it turns out the place was in shambles because Amity and Boscha's mothers duke it out, and when they lost, they were taken to the mansion for lunch, with the letter being Prometheus' poor attempt at inviting Amity to come.]]
* HoldYourHippogriffs: In the Boiling Isles, as the closest thing to a divine entity is the Titan, its name is used as an equivalent: "Oh my Titan!", for example.
* IDontLikeTheSoundOfThatPlace: ''The Boiling Underworld''. And seeing as it's [[WombLevel the stomach]] of a GiantCorpseWorld, ''the name's the least of its horrors''.
* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Like in ''Blossoming Trail'', the chapter titles are divided into two to represent the dual nature of the narrative: the first title usually has something to do with what happens on the Boiling Isles, while the second title represents the Car that's going to be visited. If a chapter has a single title, it means that the events are gonna take place mostly or exclusively on one side of the plot.
* IKnowYourTrueName: There's apparently a Car called the True Name Car, which, somehow, has the potential of revealing a person's true name should they cross it. [[spoiler: The Red Lotus Trio did so, and now Chloe's real name, Koharu Sakuragi, is common knowledge on the Train.]]
* ImpossibleTask: A Passenger that is either considered "static" or "hopeless" have one of these: both have the same goal of getting their numbers to zero so they can leave, but the former's number's glitched as long as they don't work out the issue that makes them unable to change, and the latter doesn't want to change ''at all''.
* InnocenceLost: This is the alternate title for Chapter 3, ''and it sure as hell lives up to it'':
** On the Boiling Isles, Skara eventually breaks down when she and Luz are all alone, revealing herself to be a StepfordSmiler and giving Luz the first hint that Boscha's friendship with Skara might've had further consequences.
** On the Infinity Train, Boscha ''destroys'' the Apex: Not only does she reveal herself as a Passenger, flipping the Apex's belief that only Denizens could be inhuman, but she also shows much greater power and cruelty than the Apex has ever shown: by the end of the Chapter, the children are left traumatized, the leaders are defaced, and they collapse after being saved by the work of a Denizen. As if that wasn't enough, next Chapter reveals ''the entire Apex said screw it and left''.
** In the Intermission, Hazel is no longer is cheerful and sweet after learning the truth about her.
* InternalReveal:
** Luz learns that Amity has a crush on her in the first chapter.
** During the third chapter, Skara learns that the Luz that promised to show her and her friends "true delinquency" wasn't Luz, but actually King in Luz's body.
** Chapter 7 has Amity along with her family, Luz and Skara learning that Boscha has been missing for over a week.
* InstantMessengerPigeon: In Chapter 19, Skara uses [[spoiler: her Palisman]] as one of these to deliver a message to [[spoiler: the Boiling Isles]] and back.
* InstantRunes: These serve as Mana Academy's security system: if anybody happens to activate, they are showered by a barrage of SpikesOfDoom.
* IdenticalStranger: A plot point. [[spoiler: Hazel Hughes, a member of the Apex, is a pinpoint exact replica of Hazel in terms of looks, with her name making her sound related to Amelia. With the chance being too tempting to pass up, Hazel aims to KillAndReplace her to take her place on the Apex, furthering her own goals.]]
* InSpiteOfANail: {{Discussed}}. The author notes that even if Amity's leg wasn't broken from "Wing it Like Witches", she honestly wouldn't have been able to stop Lilith.
** In a more subtle example, the end of Chapter 5 says Phos has Golden arms, implying they still lost and replaced their original arms like in canon.
* InvisibleWriting: [[spoiler: The message Skara has her Palisman send to the Boiling Isles has ''the entire back half'' written in this, with Amity managing to decipher it using UV light.]]
* InUniverseCatharsis: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]]. Skara is basically this to ''all of Boscha's victims'' in the Boiling Isles, who, with Boscha gone, don't have anybody else to take responsibility for her actions. Not only does being used as a stress reliever tire her out physically or psychologically, but once she reaches her breaking point [[spoiler: thanks to Amity]], she decides enough is enough and [[spoiler: leaves the Boiling Isles before her chain gets pulled yet again.]]
* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: Chapter 8 has Luz and Skara both enter Amity's MentalWorld in order to see her memory regarding [[spoiler: what she did to turn Boscha into the sociopath she is today.]] Needless to say, [[WhamEpisode Luz is rather shocked by what she sees]].
* KillAndReplace: The crutch of [[spoiler: Hazel]]'s plan; [[spoiler: There's an IdenticalStranger to her on the Apex called Hazel Hughes, whose name and looks are perfect for her to blend in, so she planned to kill her and take her place so she could further her own goals for the Apex.]]
* LateArrivalSpoiler:
** Since it's set after "Wing It Like Witches", then it's no surprise that Amity is crushing on Luz.
** Luz chipping a piece of Emperor Belos' helm is spoiled right at the start of Chapter 4 as it takes place one week after the Seaosn 1 finale.
** Eda and Lilith are observing Luz take her Bard Exam, spoiling Lilith's HeelFaceTurn. Moreover, Chapter 7 reveals how Lilith split the Owl Curse between her and her sister, and Eda practicing runes. Both of this happened in the Season 1 finale.
** The Apex's existence isn't keep a secret ''at all'', and neither is One-One's status as the true conductor.
** Amelia being the false Conductor and creator of the Apex is just dropped without any fanfare.
* TheLastOneOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: The Items of the Archfiends: While Rubicante, Scarmiglione, and Cagnazzo have physical items (a Cloak, Arm, and Shield, respectively), Barbariccia has Winds. As in, the ability to ''actually control'' the wind. The Cat quickly lampshades this.
* During chapter 4, Luz, who has just gone through an intense last minute studying session with Amity, collapses onto Skara's lap in exhaustion. When she tries to ask Skara if she could sleep there, however, [[ShipTease Skara clarifies only Boscha can do that before helping the human get up]].
* LettingHerHairDown: Two very notable examples:
** The first time Boscha [[spoiler: goes into her GoldenSuperMode]], she removes her braid and lets her hair down [[spoiler: before transforming.]]
** Near the end of Act 1, [[spoiler: right before she leaves the Boiling Isles]], Skara follows suit by letting her hair free as she's [[spoiler: packing up to leave.]]
* LifeDeathJuxtaposition: Act 1 ends on one of these, since while Skara [[spoiler: leaves the Boiling Isles to go to the Boiling Underworld in order to get stronger so nobody will use her as a stress reliever anymore,]] Boscha [[spoiler: is killed by Chloe once she becomes impossible to reason with, winding up OnlyMostlyDead while her soul is split into Denizens to try help her evolve past being a Static Passenger.]]
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: By the bucketload. Whether we're talking the Boiling Isles or the Infinity Train, the story's cast is quite large.
* LookBehindYou: PlayedForLaughs in Chapter 11. When Skara [[spoiler: is spotted with the HealingPotion meant for Puddles]], she tries to pull this trick on the Potions teacher and Principal Bump to escape. [[RealityEnsues Not only are neither of them fooled by it]], but the Potions teacher outright [[LampshadeHanging wonders if it's ever worked before]].
* LongLostRelative: PlayedForDrama. [[spoiler: Act 2 reveals that Alador raped Skara's mother, Persephone, in order to give birth to her so Odalia could use her to gain connections to the Underworld. The drama comes from the fact that Amity and Skara learn about this not only ''after'' their relationship hit rock bottom due to their fight at Hexside, but while they're both in quite possibly the ''worst'' moment to learn about this: Skara's currently trapped in the Boiling Underworld alongside her mother, while Amity's being bombarded with AwfulTruth after AwfulTruth regarding everything she though she knew, ''while'' she's being kidnapped by Amirani.]]
* MagicalLibrary: Two notable examples, one from each side of the story.
** On the Infinity Train, there's the library at Mana Academy, which holds not only a collection of all sorts of magical topics, but even has a BookcagePassage that leads to a place that houses a site where magical objects are kept safe.
** On the Boiling Isles, the library Amity volunteered at is very much the same: it has all sorts of magical books and even a BookcagePassage. The difference comes to where said passage leads to: [[spoiler: the former workplace of ''Azura the Good Witch''.]]
* MassivelyMultiplayerCrossover: Besides the obvious ones, there's ''Puella Magi Madoka Magica'', ''Mahou Shoujo of the End'', ''Kill la Kill'', ''Sword Art Online'', ''The Cursed Princess Club'', ''Final Fantasy IV'', ''The Familiar of Zero'', ''Undertale'', ''Duck Hunt'', and [[spoiler: ''Kingdom Hearts''.]] And that's just Act 1!
* MadeOfIron: Soul Denizens are a [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] example: they're ridiculously tough to hurt without [[WeaponOfXSlaying Keyblades]], but this is done so they're not accidentally destroyed and have the passenger return wrong.
* MagicPotion: Since the story follows a student in the Potions track, these kinds of potions get some focus.
** The story begins thanks to one of these: Boscha creates a potion to revive a Mandragora she killed, and tricks Amity into unleashing her. The aftermath of this act sends Boscha to the Train.
** Later, during the Cursed Princess Club Car, Boscha and the club decide to try brewing a potion in order to bond with her. We don't get to see what potion they picked, or if they even finished it, though.
** Later, in Chapter 11, Skara and Eileen work together to make a potion to heal Puddles' wounds by Viney's "request". [[spoiler: Skara's forced to drink it in order to try avoid Principal Bump tracing it back to Viney, and this has an interesting side effect...]]
* MarryThemAll: [[DefiedTrope Defied]]. [[spoiler: Back before Amity was born, Odalia tried to convince Persephone, Skara's mother, to become Alador's second wife as a means to cheer him up. However, Persephone saw right through Odalia's crap and rejected the proposal. Unfortunately, [[RapeAsDrama Odalia wasn't gonna take no for an answer]]...]]
* MeleeATrois: Between the Ruby Sulphur Trio, Zenith Fantasy, and the [[spoiler: Red Lotus Trio]] in Chapter 13.
* MemorialPhoto: [[spoiler: One of these is used for Mattholomule's funeral, though the one they get is the one where he photobombed Boscha's Grom picture, as the other potential photos belong to Hexside.]]
* MetaTwist: One regarding a FandomSpecificPlot related to Lumity: the first chapter makes it clear that Boscha can see right through Amity's GibberishOfLove and that she has a crush on Luz. [[TheBully Given how Boscha acts both in canon]], [[AdaptationalJerkass and especially in this story]], you'd expect the rest of the plot to unfold as it normally does, with Boscha hurting or kidnapping Luz to spite Amity. [[spoiler: Instead, Boscha sends Luz a letter not only revealing Amity's feelings for her, but outright ''asking her'' to date Amity so she can stop acting like a lovestruck fool, leading to their RelationshipUpgrade.]]
** Another common FandomSpecificPlot is that Amity's the result of an affair Alador had with another woman, turning Odalia into a ResentfulGuardian who gives Amity impossibly high standards to make Alador pay. In this story, there ''is'' and affair, and Alador ''is'' related to it, but ''Amity'' isn't the result of it, [[spoiler: ''Skara'' is. And Odalia was not only aware of the affair, but ''started'' it and tried to take ''advantage'' of it by using the resulting ChildByRape as a ''bargaining chip'' to gain connections to the Underworld.]]
* MindManipulation: Mind Magic, one of the forbidden types of magic, is basically this in a nutshell. From what we've seen it do, it can [[spoiler: force the affected to only remember specific moments to accentuate the negative or otherwise, or cause someone to forget their previous life.]]
* MissingReflection: [[spoiler: This is proof that someone has successfully fused with their reflection, as shown by Hazel, the Master of Masters, and Amanda.]]
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* NeverSayDie: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. If a character has the intentions of killing someone else, the word "die" and those related to it (kill, murder, and so on) ''will'' be used.
* NonHumanUndead: Wights are this, being [[spoiler: undead witches.]]
* NoodleIncident: At the end of Chapter 5, Chris reminds Boscha to be careful of her fire, or else they'll have a repeat of the [[VideoGame/DuckHunt "Duck Hunt" Car.]]
** [[spoiler:Chloe's reasoning for being on the Train has something to do with a pack of Spearows.]]
* NoodleImplements: A passenger who fought King Larsta could cast fire, summon demons and tried attacking him with a "donut holer". [[spoiler:This passenger turns out to be "Chloe of the Vermillion".]]
* OddFriendship: Like in Canon, Skara and Boscha are friends here. ''Unlike'' in canon, where they were both witches from aristocratic families, Boscha's a PersonOfMassDestruction {{Pyromaniac}} while Skara [[spoiler: turns into a half-Griffin witch after an incident involving a HealingPotion, and is then revealed to be the ''princess'' of the Boiling Underworld.]]
* OldFashionedRowboatDate: Luz and Amity have one of these during the rewritten chapter 6.
* OCStandIn:
** Boscha is a [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] example. While her personality as a cruel, arrogant bully is kept intact, several layers are added to make her a more complex character, now coming across as TheSocialDarwinist that functions on BlueAndOrangeMorality.
** Skara is a more straightforward example. In canon, she's the InnocentBetaBitch to Boscha's AlphaBitch... and that's it. In here, she's turned into a quirky MagicalFlutist who's a StepfordSmiler BeneathTheMask.
** On the Infinity Train side of things, outside of Lucy, none of the named Apex children showed much personality. The most they did was when Simon and Grace fought, but that's more as a ''group'' rather than as individuals. In here, they're given more concrete personalities: Lucy's a NiceGirl, Lindsay's an AlphaBitch, Todd's a gamer, and Alex is GenreSavvy and afraid of water.
* OminousVisualGlitch: A Passenger's number glitching is the first sign that they're a [[StaticCharacter Static Passenger]].
* OneSidedArmWrestling: When Hazel and Tuba play Todd's TestYourStrengthGame, the game's heavily one sided both times: Hazel gets easily beaten as soon as the game starts, while Tuba easily destroys the game without even trying.
* OneSteveLimit:
** Downplayed with "Cat": there's the Hexside student named Cat, and there's the feline Denizen more commonly referred to as "''The'' Cat".
** Averted with "Amelia": It's the name of a Hexside student, the engineer from Infinity Train and, more humourously, the Apex has a couple of Amelias as well.
** There being more than one Hazel is a plot point: There's Hazel, the Infinity Train character from Book 3, and [[spoiler: Hazel Hughes, a Passenger who looks like the splitting image of the former, prompting her to try and pull a KillAndReplace on her so she can replace her and further her own goals.]]
* OnThree: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]]. After [[spoiler: Amity and Skara finish talking with Boa on a crystal ball]], Willow ends up ''busting a wall open'' after confusing Gus' use of this trope, which they both discuss.
* OneWordTitle: Chapter 13 is simply titled "Armageddon", as it focuses entirely on the MeleeATrois between the Ruby Sulphur Trio, Zenith Fantasy, and [[spoiler: Red Lotus Trio.]]
* OurSoulsAreDifferent: Soul Denizens, as revealed in Act 2, are Denizens made from the soul of a Passenger subjected to [[spoiler: the Heart System]] as an attempt to help them grow properly. There's always at least two: The Nobody, who represents the base person and has their memories, and the Heartless, who represents on of their biggest issues and obstacles, with more Soul Denizens being made depending on how damaged the Passenger is. Finally, they can only be significantly hurt by Keyblades: everything else doesn't hurt as much.
* OurTitansAreDifferent: Besides the obvious GiantCorpseWorld, the Titan also has a functioning stomach ''somehow'', which serves as the foundation for the Boiling Underworld.
* OurWitchesAreDifferent: Alongside what's already known from canon, a Witch's blood [[ThePowerOfBlood has magical properties]] depending on the witch, being able to either [[GreenThumb sprout plants]] or even [[HealItWithBlood heal injuries]]. They also [[spoiler: turn into wights upon death.]]
* OurWightsAreDifferent: [[spoiler: Wight is what a witch becomes after death, gaining GlowingEyelightsOfUndeath, black eyes, and the inability to speak.]]
* PercussiveMaintenance: [[spoiler: Hazel]] tries to do this when [[spoiler: the Passenger scanning machine]] repeatedly fails to register them. [[spoiler: They end up destroy it instead.]]
* PlayingWithFire: Boscha's go-to answer for anything is to hit it with fire and see what happens. King Lastra mentions a previous passenger (Chloe of the Vermillion) also had fire abilities like Boscha too. Lucy later obtains the Cloak of Rubicante to also use fire, but author notes reveal that hers is weaker compared to the former two.
* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: Near the end of Chapter 14, before Skara [[spoiler: leaves for the Boiling Underworld]], Amity tries to apologize for [[spoiler: the brutal beating she gave her]], but Skara's having none of it. Granted, given the bad blood between the two of them, the friendship would've failed with or without the plot.
* {{Portmanteu}}: The "[[spoiler: Boschazens]]" are called like that as a mix between [[spoiler: Boscha and Denizens.]]
* PowerArmor: Zenith Fantasy, and the Red Lotus and Ruby Sulphur trios have to face a set of four of these during "The Boiling Underworld Car".
* ThePowerOfBlood: Witch blood can do some magical things depending on what type of magic the witch in question is attuned to: those attuned with Plant magic can make vegetation grow on fertile soil, while those attuned with Healing magic can [[HealItWithBlood outright heal injuries and revive dead critters]].
* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler: Chapter 22 reveals that before Amity was born, Odalia arranged for Alador to make a second family with Persephone in order to cheer him up and give him what he wanted, but when both Alador and Persephone refused to play along, Odalia used [[MindManipulation Mind Magic]] to force Alador to ''rape'' Persephone. The resulting drama from the fallout of this action is practically the source of this story's conflict.]]
* RageBreakingPoint: Being suspended for the Mandragora prank causes Boscha to lose it and unleashes her fire on Skara by accident, leading to her entering the Infinity Train.
* RapeDiscretionShot: Thankfully, [[spoiler: the moment where Alador is forced to rape Persephone]] isn't shown at all. However, what is shown is everyone's reaction to the reveal, and [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil they react as well as you'd expect]].
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Before Amity was born, Odalia [[spoiler: used a forbidden type of magic to force Alador to rape Persephone, the Queen of the Underworld.]] Not only does everybody ''immediately'' call out Odalia for such a heinous action, but the reprecussions of it practically drive the ''entire conflict'' of the story.
* RaisedLighterTribute: A variation in Chapter 19: during a StreetMusician performance in the Boiling Underworld, the audience raises their index fingers, and waves them while there's a tiny fireball lit at their fingertips.
* RealAfterAll: After being mentioned and her book series shown a couple times, it turns out [[spoiler: Azura was not only real, but she was basically the creator of the Boiling Isles, the glyphs, and much more.]]
* RejectedApology: In Chapter 3 Skara does not accept Amity's apology of breaking her arm so easily.
* RealityEnsues: See [[RealityEnsues/InfinityTrainBoilingPoint here]].
* RedSkyTakeWarning: [[spoiler: The sky in the Paradise Lost Car turns red moments before it gets wiped from existence thanks to Boscha.]]
* RuleOfSymbolism:
** Boscha goes through TranquilFury after getting suspended, but eventually blows up, accidentally injuring Skara before running away into the Train's direction. In other words, the ''Infinity Train'' picks her up after she reaches her ''boiling point''.
** The last thing Boscha did before disappearing from the Boiling Isles was burn Skara, directly on her shoulder. Once she's gone, people immediately start to pin the blame on her for everything that Boscha. In essence, she's left to ''shoulder the blame''.
** The Apex, whose ideology was that they were better than anybody else and stood at the very top, ultimately get dismantled by Boscha, who not only holds the same beliefs, but has ''actual'' power to back it up.
* SchoolBullyingIsHarmless: [[AvertedTrope Averted]], but when [[TheBully Boscha's]] the main perpetrator, do you really expect anything else? Although, even after she's taken by the Train, the non-Boscha bullying is also shown to be quite damaging, especially with Skara.
* ShipSinking: The Edric/Jerbo ship gets sunk during "The Good Old Days," when the latter's not only still grieving over [[spoiler: the death of Amelia, his girlfriend]], but the former ''refuses'' to take advantage of the situation, all while adding he doesn't even know if he goes that way.
* ShipperWithAnAgenda: Boscha sets up Luz and Amity not because she cares, but because it's her best option to get the latter to stop acting so dumb around Luz.
* ShoutOut:
** The specific statement Boscha uses to strike the Mandragora dead is "[[LightNovel/IsItWrongToTryToPickUpGirlsInADungeon Firebolt!]]"
** During the Apex children's fight with Boscha, one of them wields [[WesternAnimation/StevenUniverse Garnet's gauntlets]].
*** Near the end of the same fight, Lucy [[WesternAnimation/StarVsTheForcesOfEvil rips off a statue's heart and throws it at Boscha, which explodes upon contact]].
** Boscha's response after surviving the above, and one of the kids asking if she died? "[[WesternAnimation/IceAge Sadly yes... But I lived!!]]"
** In Chapter 4, during Luz and Skara's Bard exam, the Bat Queen shouts [[Film/LittleShopOfHorrors "FEED ME, SEYMOUR!"]] to the Bard teacher...Seymour.
** Lartsa of the Astral Car remarks that Boscha reminds him of a similar [[Fanfic/InfinityTrainBlossomingTrail red-haired passenger who was accompanied by a sentient book and a corgi]].
** Skara's family name in this story is "Brae". Said together, her full name would be [[Videogame/TheBardsTaleIV Skara Brae]].
** Chapter 11 is titled [[WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon How To Train Your Griffin]].
* SickeningCrunch: After a little argument between Amity and Skara where the former tries to turn the latter into a SilentScapegoat for the Mandragora incident, Skara begins to leave, only for Amity to reach and pull her arm, cuing the trope. Next Chapter, Skara's arm is in a cast.
* TheSocialDarwinist: Boscha has... a strange version of what she considers "Strong" and "Weak".
* SpellingBee: Naturally, the "Spelling Bee Car" features one of these, though it's rather lowkey and short compared to the rest of the chapter. And also, [[Franchise/LoveLive Nico Yazawa]] is the judge, for some reason.
* SpikesOfDoom: The InstantRunes that serve as Mana Academy's security system summons these in order to skewer alive anybody who activates them. Just ask Phosphophyllite.
* SpinTheBottle: The rewrite of Chapter 10 has one happen between the Ruby Sulphur Trio and the Cursed Princess Club. [[spoiler: It leads to Boscha and Gwen sharing a kiss.]]
* SpiritualAntithesis: [[SpiritualAntithesis/InfinityTrainBoilingPoint Has its own page.]]
* StaticCharacter: [[DeconstructedTrope Deconstructed]]. Thanks to AdaptationExpansion, the Train now identifies different ''types'' of Passenger, and one of them is the Static Passenger. These Passengers have issues that, one way or another, make them ''unable'' to actually change no matter how hard they try, which is made more event by the OminousVisualGlitch of their numbers. Since the Train is all about CharacterDevelopment, what follows is a CatchTwentyTwoDilemma: The Passengers enter the Train to deal with their problems, but Static Passengers ''can't'' work on said problems because their inner demons make them incapable of changing, which is necessary for the Train trip...
* StuffBlowingUp: Explosion glyphs are used a couple times.
** Luz, naturally, uses several of these while [[spoiler: fighting Emira at Azura's former workplace.]]
** [[spoiler: Amirani outright ''blows herself up'' with dozens of these glyphs when
** Shortly after that, Luz uses the glyphs yet again to [[spoiler: expose Amirani's weakness]], while Amity mixes it with HybridPower when she [[spoiler: creates a mix between this and a Light glyph, with King's help, and tries to use it to destroy Amirani once and for all.]]
* SoulCuttingBlade: [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Keyblades]] mix this with WeaponOfXSlaying, since not only are they the most effective way to deal with Soul Denizens, but it's also the ''only'' reliable way to hurt them: anything else can hurt them, but the Keyblades are just more effective in general.
* StreetMusician: A show made by a few of these is seen in a little segment of Chapter 19, with [[spoiler: Skara]] among their group.
* TakeANumber: The start of the Spelling Bee Car lampshades this trope, then subverts it: while at the cantina, Alex complains when they need to take a number to wait for their order, believing they'll get a massive number that'll make them wait for ages. Once Lucy grabs a number, however, it turns out it's the very next order.
* TalkingIsAFreeAction: Depends on the situation.
** Whenever Boscha fights somebody, she and the one she's talking to let the other one finish no issue.
** [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] in Chapter 11. While Viney does get to monologue for a long time while trying to [[spoiler: defuse the situation with the half-griffinified Skara]] it's made clear she only got as far because the perpetrators didn't care: as soon as they get bored, they cut her off.
* TestYourStrengthGame: Todd runs one of these while working at the Cat's Carnival Car. Though he doesn't get to run it for long before Tuba destroys it by accident.
* ThatWasNotADream: [[spoiler: Peacock tells this to Chloe after the latter wakes up believing Zenith Fantasy and the end of Chapter 13 were just a dream.]]
* ThereAreNoTherapists:
** PlayedStraight in the Boiling Isles, and ''especially'' the Boiling Underworld: Boscha wouldn't be anywhere the madwoman that she is if therapists were around, would she?
** The Infinity Train is an odd zigzag. On the one hand, nary a world featured shows any Denizen that resembles a therapist. On the other hand, the Train's very purpose turns it into a therapist of sorts.
** [[AvertedTrope Averted]] in [[spoiler: the Pokémon World. Therapists not only exist, but Chloe has been constantly suggested to go seek one, with her even getting their number. However, her paranoid tendencies cause her to reject it every time.]]
* ThirdEye: Besides the obvious example of Boscha, those affected by [[MindManipulation Mind Magic]] have a glowing eye symbol appear on their forehead, as [[spoiler: Amity and Skara]] can confirm.
* TimeSkip:
** Chapter 4 takes place a week after the end of the Season 1 finale and also the end of Boscha's suspension.
** The first chapter of Act 2 is called "One month later", establishing how it's been a month since the end of Act 1.
* TraumaButton: For Boscha, it's genuine tea parties. ''Pretend'' tea parties, she can handle just fine, but real tea parties remind her of [[spoiler: Amity's brutal verbal and physical beating of her]] a little too much.
* TraumaInducedAmnesia: While on Amity's MentalWorld, Luz and Skara come across a memory that's chained up, and way too foggy and faint to make out what it shows. Skara [[DiscussedTrope theorizes]] this trope's the reason for it, and that Boscha's somehow responsible.
* TrialByFriendlyFire: [[spoiler: At the climax of The Cupid Bee Car, during a struggle with the Amity-Amirani fusion, Luz is told by a lucid Amity that she needs to shoot her sac of magic bile, which is the only thing keeping Amirani around with Prometheus dead. Though greatly hesitant, Luz eventually takes the shot, cursing out Amirani before pulling the trigger, destroying Amirani and Amity's ability to do magic in one fell swoop.]]
* UnpleasantParentReveal: Skara's father is initially believed to be Warden Wrath, but eventually, we find out the truth: [[spoiler: Warden Wrath's her ''adoptive'' father, while her biological father is ''Alador Blight'', '''''Amity's father'''''.]]
* VillainProtagonist: Boscha does has moments of sympathy, but she's still a vicious, ill-tempered bully whose methods horrify the Apex, and who thinks that bringing people suffering will make them stronger.
* WeirdCrossover: Mixing ''The Owl House'' and ''Infinity Train'' together is already kinda weird, since they're at opposite sides of the genre spectrum (The former is a Horror Fantasy Comedy, the latter is a Supernatural Sci-Fi Anthology), but then you add [[spoiler: ''Infinity Train: Blossoming Trail'']] into the mix, and you know this trope's in play.
* WeNeedADistraction: Right after [[spoiler: Willow ''busts a door open'' with a giant plant fist during the Blight Ball, Persephone, Amity, and Skara rework their dance number as a distraction, keeping everybody occupied on them while Mattholomule fixes the wall.]]
* WeaponOfXSlaying: [[Franchise/KingdomHearts Keyblades]] are turned into this, being artificial constructs created by the Train, made from the same soul that creates Denizens [[spoiler: via the Heart System]], allowing them to hurt said Denizens.
* WesternZodiac: Chapter 5 includes a couple signs during the author's note, though it only covers four specific characters:
** Boscha is a Leo.
** Luz is a Gemini.
** Amity is an Aries.
** Skara is a Scorpio.
* WhamEpisode:
** The end of Chapter 6 has [[spoiler:Amity arriving home to find her family is gone and a letter from Boscha's father.]]
** Chapter 7 has the introduction of Boscha's parents, where the main cast learns of Boscha being gone for a week and [[spoiler:One-One tasks Chloe of the Vermillion to stop Boscha's rampage.]]
** Keeping on with the trend, Chapter 8 features the reveal of what happened at the fallout of Amity, Boscha, and Skara's relationship: [[spoiler: Amity became so enraged at her parents forcing her to break off her friendship with Willow, she took it out on Boscha, setting of a series of events that caused her to evolve into the monster she is on the present day.]]
** Chapter 13, "Armageddon" ends with: [[spoiler:Boscha attempting to ''burn the entire Train'' but stopped when Chloe disintegrates her...only to be revealed that Boscha isn't dead, but rather her body is crucified and her soul is being split into denizen forms that both Zenith Fantasy and Red Lotus Trio must help out in order for Boscha to have any chance of changing.]]
** "The Ends Justify the Means" is essentially the "Things We Shouldn't Have Said" of Act 2 and it ''shows''. [[spoiler:Odalia forced her husband to rape Persephone, Skara's birth mother, to give birth to another Blight -- Amity. Persephone is so angry that she asks Prometheus and Amirani to ''murder every other Blight'' and then have Skara be adopted by Warden Wrath via mind magic to make her not remember the truth and it ends with Amity meeting up with her ''birth'' mother and her ''sister''.]] Holy shit.
* WhamLine:
** In Chapter 6, Skara tells Willow how unfair that Amity gets away with being loved while she and Boscha were used as personal catharsis and something even worse:
-->'''Skara:''' It's just so unfair! None of us wanted to be friends, so why is ''she'' the only one people sympathize with?! We all treated people harshly, so why is she the only one to get a second chance?! [[spoiler:''AMITY BROKE BOSCHA INTO THE JACKASS SHE IS RIGHT NOW, '''SO WHY DO PEOPLE ACT LIKE SHE'S IN THE RIGHT?!''''']]"
** The end of Chapter 7 has One-One request a passenger to stop Boscha. But who?
-->'''Dog with crown:''' Are you sure you know what we're up against, [[spoiler:Chloe?]]\\
'''Girl:''' Not really...but we'll find a way. Or else I'm not [[spoiler:Chloe of the Vermillion.]]
* WouldHurtAChild: Ohhhh yes Boscha would definitely hurt a child. While most of the Apex kids ''did'' deserve some punishment, the way she handles it is even to much for Grace and Simon themselves.
* WombLevel: The Boiling Underworld is pretty much this, being a giant city that's located in the stomach of the Titan. Have fun figuring out how ''that'' works.
* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: [[spoiler: Amirani ''praising'' Amity for beating up Boscha ''does not'' help the horrified girl.]]
* YourDaysAreNumbered: Those who are born a "Nothing" in the Boiling Underworld never make it past childhood. There ''are'' rare times when a Nothing manages to become a Weak ([[spoiler: like Skara]]) and avoids this fate, but that's the exception, rather than the norm.
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* TwentyPercentMoreAwesome: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] [[PlayedForDrama for Drama]]. When she's asked what the Boiling Underworld's like, Eda states that it's "like the Boiling Isles, but twenty times more brutal. [[FantasticCasteSystem And with a more rigid caste system]]."
* AbnormalAmmo: [[spoiler: The magiguns' bullets appear to be based on whatever glyph is attached to them: a magigun with an ice glyph would shoot icicles, for example.]]
* AccompliceByInaction:
** This is more or less the reason behind people's perception of Skara as an extension of Boscha; since when she's not blindlingly following orders, she's standing at the sidelines with a little smile. Skara's guilty of not doing anything to stop Boscha, therefore she's just as bad as her.
** [[spoiler:Alador was the more innocent one of the duo in regards to what happened to Persephone -- as Odalia used Mind Magic on him to rape her -- but given that he ''never'' revealed this at all or spoke up about it sooner makes him just as vile as his wife.]]
** This is how Luz sees the Blight twins after [[spoiler: Amity gets kidnapped by Amirani]], since while ''she'' at least tried to stop that from happening, the twins were paralyzed the entire time.
* ActionGirl: Many of the female characters can handle themselves in a fight.
* AccidentalPublicConfession: [[spoiler: Amity gets so riled up during her fight with Skara in Chapter 14 that, when Skara brings up what happened at Amity's birthday party, Amity not only ''confesses'' she did it, but outright claims she did nothing wrong, painting it as her putting Boscha in her place. Needless to say, a lot of people hear this, and Amity becomes a BrokenPedestal for a lot of people come Act 2.]]
* AdaptationExpansion:
** The way the Cars of the Infinity Train work is explained here: rather than being interconnected, they're connected to what a Passenger ''needs'', so it's entirely possible for two people to arrive in one Car but go on to two different Cars when they leave. It's also stated that if a Denizen goes through a door first, they'll return to their Car of origin; Chris, for example, would return to the Mana Academy Car.
** The forced friendship between between Amity, Skara, and Boscha is also given more focus, both on the way the trio hang around each other (Boscha and Skara being each other's OnlyFriend while Skara and Amity can't stand each other) to what other people believe of it (That Skara and Boscha are both terrible people, while Amity gets a pass for not associating with them).
** In the original canon, the Infinity Train doesn't separate the Passengers into different types, but it does here: besides the normal Passenger, there's also the Static Passenger, which is pretty much the StaticCharacter, and Hopeless Passenger, which are Passengers who refuse to grow or change despite having the ability to do so.
* AnswerCut: In Chapter 8, Lindsay of the Apex questions who would chase after what little remains of the Apex (which is just Grace, Simon and four more children). Cut to the next scene where Chloe of the Vermillion just defeated the Cyber Peacock and got some spiffy new feathers.
* ApatheticCitizens: Much to Boscha's displeasure, the students at Hexside would rather stand with their mouths agape while one of their most popular classmates is currently fighting for her life against a Mandragora.
* AscendedExtra:
** In the canon series, Boscha and Skara are background characters, with only the former having a prominent role in one episode. In this story, they're the protagonist and deutaragonist, respectively.
** On the Infinity Train side of things, the children of the Apex that got named (Lucy, Alex, Lindsay, Todd) didn't really get that much focus outside of a few lines. In here, they share the spotlight with Simon and Grace on ''their'' side of the story.
* AscendedFridgeHorror:
** While it's made clear Boscha's a massive bully, we never see the consequences of said bullying unless it relates to the plot. In here, not only do we see that she's bullied ''a lot'' of people, but that they're all ''pissed off'' and want her to '''pay for it'''.
** Likewise, what happens to those who associate with Boscha is never shown in the main story, especially Skara, who's practically her best friend. In here, it's made blatantly clear Skara's all but stated to be a pariah among her peers, with them being more than eager to use her as stress relief for Boscha's mischief.
** A more specific example happens in Chapter 11, where not only did the tentacle balloon prank get traced back to Boscha's crew, but that there actually ''was'' property damage done to the Isles, like Jerbo's house.
** Hazel's status as [[spoiler: a failed clone of Alrick]] doesn't get explored much, especially the idea of whether she's identified as a Passenger or a Denizen because of it. [[spoiler: The story runs with the idea that, thanks to her unique circumstances, she's a complete paradox that the Train fails to recognize as anything beyond a Denizen.]]
** Amity's parents were willing to break her friendship with Willow just to make her associate with high class witches. This story runs with the idea that they, or at least Odalia, wouldn't stop there to get what they want, [[spoiler: as Odalia uses Mind Magic to force Alador to ''rape'' Persephone, the Queen of the Underworld, as an attempt to gain connections to said underworld.]]
* AvianFlute: [[spoiler: After unlocking her Palisman, Skara begins playing her flute alongside it, bringing this trope to mind.]]
* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Boscha has the ability to look into the memories of someone by touch, and both times she uses it (one on Lapis, one on [[spoiler: Chloe]]), what she sees causes her to ''flip out''.
* AMinorKidroduction: Chapter 21 opens with a DistantFlashback of [[spoiler: Alador and Odalia back when they were still studying at Hexside.]]
* BattleAmongstTheFlames: Boscha had a perchant for these:
** She sets the room she and the Apex are in on fire to make it clear that there's no backing away from the incoming disaster.
** She tries again when she fights King Lartsa at the Astral Car, but the arena's so wide she only manages to create a RingOfFire around them, and King Lartsa's {{Intangibility}} means he doesn't even need to stay ''within'' the circle; he's only there to humor her.
** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in the Cursed Princess Club Car: despite everything up for a fight, the Denizens don't play along, and Boscha eventually calls off the fire herself.
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. [[spoiler:Amity enters her own mind and comes into conflict with her inner self over trying to get rid of the Mind Magic plaguing her, but she doesn't actively ''engage'' Inner Amity, instead focusing on trying to find the source of the Mind Magic and destroy it.]]
* BaitAndSwitch: Early in Chapter 4, Amity points out that Luz needs to study for all the exams she has to take, then points out she has a classmate who can teach her. Luz then says several things Amity takes as compliments, believing she's talking about herself... only for it to turn out she's talking about ''Willow''.
** Less comedically, the end of Chapter 6 sets up a HostageSituation with Amity's family. Next chapter reveals [[spoiler: they were just invited for lunch.]]
* BallroomBlitz: Needless to say, The Blight Ball and the Cupid Bee Car ball don't go without things going to absolute hell, with [[spoiler: Amirani blowing up the Blight mansion and turning into a monster]] and [[spoiler: the fight against Louise and Bort]] being standout moments.
* BattleInTheRain: In the rewrite of Chapter 13, as requested by Alex, [[spoiler: Chloe]] [[WeatherManipulation creates a rainstorm]] for the remainder of the Chapter [[spoiler: until Boscha blows up the Car.]]
* BewareTheMindReader: Boscha has the power of {{Psychometry}}, letting her see the memories of someone as long as she makes physical contact. And you can bet that she has enough power to make you ''suffer'' if she sees something she ''doesn't'' like.
* BeamOWar: One happens between [[spoiler: Boa]] and [[spoiler: the Red Lotus Trio in their collective SuperMode]] in "The Boiling Underworld Car".
* ABirthdayNotABreak: Boscha was [[spoiler: verbally and physically broken by Amity, and then set on a training regimen that caused her to snap into the monster she is right now]] on [[spoiler: Amity's]] birthday.
* BigDamnReunion: Happens between Luz, the Blight twins, [[spoiler: Skara and Amity]] during the Cupid Bee Car saga. [[spoiler: Luz and Skara joyfully hug each other while laughing and spinning for a moment, while Amity hugs her siblings, tearfully telling them how much she missed them before they return the hug.]]
* BittersweetEnding: Act 1 ends on this for ''both'' sides of the story:
** Infinity Train: The MeleeATrois between the Ruby Sulphur Trio, Red Lotus Trio, and Zenith Fantasy ends with [[spoiler: Chloe ultimately killing Boscha when the witch proves to be impossible to reason with, and has gone down such a deep end she's willing to burn the entire Train in return,]] but there's a RayOfHopeEnding in [[spoiler: The Heartyard Car, where the Master of Masters explains that Boscha's soul is going to split into Denizens as part of a plan to help her evolve beyond a Static Passenger,]] a plan that requires Zenith Fantasy and the Red Lotus Trio to make a hesitant EnemyMine.
** The Boiling Isles: The tension between Amity and Skara boils over, resulting in a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown between the two of them. Skara [[DumbassNoMore finally sheds her obliviousness]] and [[GrewASpine grows a spine]], not only stating she won't let herself be pushed around anymore, but [[spoiler: leaving both Hexside ''and'' the Boiling Isles for the Boiling Underworld, where she can try become stronger.]] And while Amity and Skara's relationship is in such a bad state the latter can't stand being near the former, Luz gives Amity a pep talk to convince her to get better, which they both reaffirm while HoldingHands.
* BladeLock: Phos and [[spoiler: Lapis Lazuli]] lock blades during their fight on "The Boiling Underworld Car".
* BlitheSpirit: Luz, of course. Skara comments that things have changed since she enrolled in Hexside.
* BloodierAndGorier: Chapter 3 shows off the injuries Boscha's fire magic puts on the Apex kids with excruciating detail.
* BlackMarket: Chapter 11 reveals that one such market exists, and where else would it be located other than the Boiling Underworld?
* BookBurning: A NoodleIncident mentioned by Lexi in Chapter 23 is about Boscha burning the "forbidden knowledge" section of Azada. The rewrite of Chapter 11 shows ''how'' this happened.
* BookEnds: The first time Amity tried to apologize to Skara, the latter rejected her apology, causing her to throw a fit and demand why she didn't accept it. Come Chapter 14, and [[spoiler: right before Skara leaves for the Boiling Underworld]] Amity tries once again to apologize, only to be rejected yet again. Unlike last time, however, she stays calm and listens to Skara as she explains why, letting the two leave on somewhat friendlier terms.
* BottomlessMagazines: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] with [[spoiler: the magiguns. None of the characters ever reload them, nor ever seem to run out of ammo, because the glyphs attached to them ''are'' the ammo, meaning that as long as the glyph's okay then the magigun can fire indefinitely.]]
* BookcasePassage: Boscha and Chris (And Lapis) go through one of these at the Mana Academy in order to look for Phosphophyllite's shards. [[LampshadeHanging Boscha's humoring the idea of asking how a crystal ball with no hands could possibly activate the passage, but decides to leave it as is for the moment]].
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Amity and Skara's argument in Chapter 14. While Skara's right in that [[spoiler: Amity beating up Boscha began a series of events that would turn her into her current, psychopathic self, and the Blight never really tried to befriend the duo,]] Amity's ''also'' right because [[spoiler: neither Skara ''nor'' Boscha gave her any reason to believe they actually wanted to be her friends, which wasn't helped by Skara standing by the sidelines and watching obliviously as things got tense but she did nothing until it was too late.]]
* BreatherEpisode: Chapter 4 focuses on Luz and Skara's exams and shows off how the Apex are healing after Boscha's battle. The author even admits that this chapter was going to be lighter, and for good reason given what happened last chapter.
* TheCameo: Hazel and Tuba appear in Chapter 8, playing an arm wrestling machine.
* CallARabbitASmeerp: In the Boiling Underworld, "fireflies" are red spheres of light with insectoid wings.
* CagedBirdMetaphor: During Act 2, Skara, who has birds as her AnimalMotifs and after [[spoiler: her brief moment as a griffin monster]] gets avian wings, [[spoiler: is currently trapped in the Boiling Underworld, her original homeworld. There's also a side of GildedCage to it, since not only is she living with her mother, but the cell she's staying at is more or less a normal room rather than a prison cell.]]
* Catch22Dilemma: [[StaticCharacter Static Passengers]] are practically this: they're taken by the Infinity Train in order to work out their issues, but they have some underlying issue that makes them unable or unwilling to change, meaning their number never goes up or down, meaning they can't really work on their issues. Boscha is ''infuriated'' by this, since she has a humongous number. [[spoiler:Chloe, on the other hand, is known to be frustrated but not as much as Boscha is.]]
* CaptivityHarmonica: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]]. Before leaving [[spoiler: Amity]] to their imprisonment, Prometheus throws a harmonica at them, explaining that no imprisonment is ever complete without one.
* CerebusRetcon:
** Book 3 of Infinity Train never revealed the source of Hazel's name. In this story, [[spoiler: it's the literal, numerical cypher translation of the number designated to her pod, meaning it's not even an actual ''name''.]]
** While Amity breaking up her friendship with Willow was already pretty bad, this story makes it ''worse'', [[spoiler: as what followed soon after was Amity ''venting on Boscha by beating her up until she knocked her out'', at which point DisasterDominoes fell down that would lead to Boscha becoming a monster.]]
** Amity's remark that Skara was mean, despite evidence to the contrary? [[spoiler: When they first met at kids, it was HateAtFirstSight on Amity's end, and her view on her was warped since then.]]
* CentralTheme: What makes a person "strong"?
* ComingOfAgeStory: The story serves as one to Boscha, who journeys through the Train while trying to break away from the toxic MightMakesRight mentality she's been made to believe since she was young.
* CoverInnocentEyesAndEars:
** Grace eventually covers Lucy's eyes and ears as the fight between the Apex and Boscha at Mana Academy progresses. [[BloodierAndGorier Given how much more violent it gets]], ''it was a good call''.
** Eileen does the same with Gus while Luz is reading [[spoiler: Skara's letter.]]
* {{Crossover}}: ''Infinity Train'' meets ''The Owl House'', with some MassivelyMultiplayerCrossover thrown into the mix. Chapter 7 also crosses over with [[spoiler:''Infinity Train: Blossoming Trail'' by having an alternate version of Chloe Cerise appearing.]]
* CurbStompBattle:
** Boscha barely flinches in her battle against the Apex and sends ''them'' packing.
** Boscha gets a taste of her own medicine when she fights King Lartsa, whose {{Intangibility}} means he's impervious to anything she throws at him.
* CymbalBangingMonkey: [[spoiler: One of these is created thanks to Hazel's Uproar, which also eventually leads to her defeat.]]
* DarkerAndEdgier: Not only do we have Boscha and Skara's (And Amity's) false friendship have actual dangerous consequences, but the entire existence of the Boiling Underworld makes the Boiling Isles look harmless in comparison.
* DeconstructionCrossover: Like its inspiration, ''Boiling Point'' isn't afraid to take apart certain bits and pieces of the show it's based on.
** Boscha's ability to get away with anything she does means that, when karma [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty finally gets to her and she's suspended]], she has no idea how to process what just happened and she eventually ''blows up'', hurting those around her in the process.
** Boscha and Skara have a genuine friendship here, but this one comes with its own set of problems: chief among them is the fact that, since Boscha has such an intense personality, she's the main thing that comes to mind when people see Skara, which makes her become loathed as a result of her connection to her.
** Most of the Passengers who wind up on the Infinity Train are normal people with a couple issues. Boscha, meanwhile, not only comes from the WombLevel of a GiantCorpseWorld, but has enough firepower to melt down a Car: this is such a change from the norm that it catches everybody off-guard.
*** Her number also provides another deconstruction, since being so mentally unstable, her number [[BrokeTheRatingScale breaks the scale]]: it appears as two different numbers before assuming its full length.
** Furthermore, most people who actually enter the Train simply want to get home, and that's it. While this is true for Boscha too, her desire to be the strongest is so hard wired into her head that it becomes secondary to her goal of becoming the strongest in the Train.
** Skara is constantly blamed and made to pick up the slack when it comes the things Boscha's done. This has caused her to become the StepfordSmiler, and when Boscha goes missing, she loses one of the few supportive people she has in her life, causing her to break down.
** Amity, Boscha, and Skara's arranged friendship has more consequences here: not only does each of them have a role in it (Skara being oblivious to everything, Boscha keeping her social darwinist mentality, and Amity just straight up wanting nothing to do with either of them) but things eventually boil over, to the point [[spoiler: Amity beats up Boscha in order to have some catharsis]] and the Urodelas and Blights come to hate each other as a result.
** The story tackles what would happen if the Train picked up a Passenger that wasn't particularly well liked back at their home. Long story short, nobody cares; barely anybody notices Boscha going missing, and those who do only actually care because they want her to pay for what she did. The only people who seem to be legitimately worried for her are Luz, who's an AllLovingHeroine, Skara, who's her OnlyFriend, and her parents, [[AbusiveParents who aren't winning any Parent of the Year awards]].
* DetentionEpisode: Chapter 11 has Skara sent to detention because of the tentacles balloon plan she and her friends did with Boscha. Of course, [[GuiltByAssociationGag not only was Skara the ''only'' one sent to detention]], but it doesn't take long before a certain trio of troublemakers catches her...
* DemotedToExtra: If the original title didn't give you a hint, the tenants of "The Owl House" are the main characters of the show. In here, most of them are reduced to background characters.
** [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] with Luz. She plays a role in both canon and this story, but she's the main character in the former, while she's a supporting character in here.
** A notable example is the group of Luz, Willow, and Gus. In the canon show, these three are the most prominent group featured, while in here, only Luz retains some of her relevance: Willow is reduced to a background character, and Gus is nowhere to be seen.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: "Boiling Point" represents Boscha's original home being the ''Boiling'' Isles and the ''point'' where the story begins, while also meaning how she got on the train because she reached her RageBreakingPoint.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Boscha, who's light skinned, does horrible things after horrible things and gets away with them, while her companion Skara, who's dark skinned, is constantly called out for ''her'' mistakes and forced to make up for said mistakes.
* DoubleStandard: In Chapter 6, Skara brings up this point: between Amity, Boscha and Skara, Amity was the only one who gets redeemed whereas Boscha and Skara are looked down as bullies even though Amity herself was a bit of a bully in the past [[spoiler:and was the one that made Boscha into the "Apex" she is today]].
* TheDreadedPretendTeaParty: Inverted, Boscha assumes that the Cursed Princesses are making her do a 'pretend' tea party...only to be horrified to learn that it's a ''real one''. Chapter 8 eventually reveals ''why'' this is the case.
* DuelsDecideEverything:
** Boscha challenges King Lartsa to a duel when the astral monarch refuses to teach her Astral Magic; if she wins, he teaches her how to do the magic, unworthy status be damned. [[spoiler: Boscha loses.]]
** [[spoiler: The HostageSituation also happens to have been this: rather than actually being kidnapped, Amity's mother, Odalia, was challenged to a duel by Boscha's mother, Amirani. And when she lost, the entire family was forced to go to the Urodela Mansion for lunch.]]
** During "The Boiling Underworld Car", [[spoiler: Boa]] has each of the teams face off against a set of four PowerArmor entities to earn the right to wield Keyblades. [[spoiler: Boa herself faces off against Chloe, and eventually the rest of the Red Lotus Trio.]]
* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler: After Mattholomule kicks the bucket during the Azada Car saga, Luz decides to hold a funeral for him. When Amity tells Luz she doesn't need to do this if she's not comfortable, Luz replies that she feels like it's the least she can do after Mattholomule helped her get the courage to reveal the truth about the start of their relationship.]]
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: The Boiling Underworld is located ''in the stomach of the Titan's corpse'', so the MightMakesRight mentality that takes up the Boiling Isles is not only more common, but ''mandatory''. [[spoiler: The inhabitants, or at least the Urodelas, also have no issue eating organs from deceased people who were either "Weak" or "Nothing", believing that the only purpose those who can't survive the Boiling Underworld have is to ''sustain those who are''.]]
* {{Diary}}: The beginning of Act 2 reveals that Amity got one of these from Luz, which she uses to write down and recap what's been happening since the end of Act 1.
* DisturbedDoves: The rewrite of Chapter 14 adds a moment when a bunch of baby Griffins fly away in response to [[spoiler: Amity]]'s scream, which both Skara and Principal Bump hear.
* {{Duck}}: Discussed. During "The Spelling Bee Car", while explaining the rules of the SpellingBee, Nico brings up the word as an example of easily confused words: once she brings it up, Zenith Fantasy duck for cover, while the Red Lotus Trio looks for actual ducks.
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