History Recap / GargoylesS2HighNoon

* KickTheDog: When Broadway speaks in awe of how many books Macbeth's library is filled with he mocks the former by stating "he knows to read them."

* CallBack: Demona hasn't forgotten how she gained her ability to become human by day. She's not happy, but she found an advantage since.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: While the Weird Sisters have magically paused Demona and Macbeth during an argument, they talk about their plans for the three magical artifacts (listed in the The Reveal entry below) that they succeeded in taking and mention enigmatically their end goal which is revealed in the three part episode "Avalon".

* MoreThanMindControl: The Weird Sisters cast a spell on Macbeth and Demona to have them teaming up. Unlike most BrainwashedAndCrazy examples, their personalities remain the same and they frequently butt heads about how to deal with the Gargoyles. The sisters intervene in the end the moment both parties slowly realize they would ''never'' work together.

* VillainTeamUp: Demona, Macbeth and Iago (through Coldstone) all work together for this episode. It's near the end where Demona and Macbeth discover something off and question why they teamed up in the first place instead of trying to kill each other. It is then revealed that the Weird Sister invoked this for their own agenda.

* ShowingOffTheNewBody: After transforming into human in front of Elisa, Demona struck a model pose while Elisa pulls her gun at her.

* CursedWIthAwesome: Demona despises her ability to turn human during the day but, while it makes her a bit weaker, it benefits being able to blend in and move freely without suspicion. As an added bonus, her {{Synchronization}} with Macbeth forces the latter to share her pain during transformation.

* * MoreThanMindControl: The Weird Sisters cast a spell on Macbeth and Demona to have them teaming up. Unlike most BrainwashedAndCrazy examples, their personalities remain the same and they frequently butt heads about how to deal with the Gargoyles. The sisters intervene in the end the moment both parties slowly realize they would ''never'' work together.

* CursedWIthAwesome: Demona despises her ability to turn human during the day but, while it makes her a bit weaker, it benefits being able to blend in without suspicion. As an added bonus, her {{Synchronization}} with Macbeth forces the latter to share her pain during transformation.

* {{Brainwashed}}: The Weird Sisters cast a spell on Macbeth and Demona to work together. Unlike most BrainwashedAndCrazy examples, their personalities remain the same and they frequently butt heads about ''how'' to deal with the Gargoyles.

* CursedWIthAwesome: Demona despises her ability to turn human during the day but, while it makes her a bit weaker, it benefits being able to blend in. As an added bonus, her {{Synchronization}} with Macbeth forces the latter to share her pain.

* VillainTeamUp: Demona, Macbeth and Iago (through Coldstone) all work together for this episode.

* XanatosGambit: Demona believes her trap is fool-proof; either Elisa comes to the park at high noon and faces Macbeth, Coldstone and herself all by her lonesome, thus ensuring her death, or she doesn't come and Goliath knows that she abandoned him. "Either way, I win."

* BatmanGambit: Stealing Coldstone's body was just smokescreen; obtaining the three magical relics were the real goal. As Macbeth notes in the end, Goliath would never have rested if they alone were stolen, but taking Coldstone distracts him from even realizing the relics were taken.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: While the Weird Sisters have magically paused Demona and Macbeth during an argument, they talk about their plans for the three magical artifacts (listed in The Reveal entry below) that they succeeded in taking and mention enigmatically their end goal which is revealed in the three part episode "Avalon".

* TheReveal: The final scene reveals the Weird Sisters are controlling Macbeth and Demona, and orchestrated all of this in order to get the Grimorum Arcanorum, the Eye of Odin, and the Phoenix Gate.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The aforementioned catfight between Elisa and Demona and Coldstone's and Macbeth's reactions to it likely goes over the heads of the child audience.

-->'''Demona:''' Why did we steal these artifacts? How did we know where to find them?\\

Demona and the Weird Sisters next appear in [[Recap/GargoylesS2Avalon Avalon]]. [[spoiler:A facsimile of]] Macbeth next appears in [[Recap/GargoylesS2ThePrice The Price]]. Coldstone next appears in [[Recap/GargoylesS2Possession Possession]].

* {{ArchEnemy}}: The deep and personal animosity between Demona and Macbeth is highlighted in this episode when the Weird Sisters remark that one can only be forced to act against their nature (i.e. work together instead of against each other) for so long.
* BatmanGambit: Stealing Coldstone's body was just smokescreen; obtaining the three magical relics were the real goal. As [=MacBeth=] notes in the end, Goliath would never have rested if they alone were stolen, but taking Coldstone distracts him from even realizing the relics were taken.

* HonorBeforeReason: [=MacBeth=] agrees with Elisa that Demona should fight her one-on-one instead of shooting her with a laser cannon, because it is more sporting. He (again) refuses to crush the gargoyles in their sleep.

* ShoutOut: The title of this episode and its theme of responsibility in the face of frightening odds comes from the 1952 film, Film/HighNoon.

* TheReveal: The final scene reveals the Weird Sisters are controlling [=MacBeth=] and Demona, and orchestrated all of this in order to get the Grimorum Arcanorum, the Eye of Odin, and the Phoenix Gate.
* VillainTeamUp: Demona, [=MacBeth=], and Iago (through Coldstone) all work together for this episode.

* CatFight: Between Elisa and Demona near the end of the episode. Coldstone and Macbeth lampshade it.
* ContinuityNod: Hudson's and Broadway's efforts to learn to read, and Broadway's difficulty pronouncing "right," call back to [[Recap/GargoylesS2ALighthouseInTheSeaOfTime "A Lighthouse on the Sea of Time"]] and [[Recap/GargoylesS2TheSilverFalcon "The Silver Falcon"]] respectively. Elisa's exhaustion is the result of her lack of sleep from [[Recap/GargoylesS2CityOfStone "City of Stone."]]
** A more obscure one happens during Elisa and Demona's first exchange in this episode. After Demona turns human in front of Elisa, she strikes the same pose Elisa did in [[Recap/GargoylesS2TheMirror "The Mirror"]] when posing as a guard for Titania's Mirror at the museum. Ironically, the reflection of this pose stayed in the mirror after Elisa moved and Puck's "gift" for Demona was the last thing he did when she summoned him from it and the last thing before she smashed it.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: While the Weird Sisters have magically paused Demona and Macbeth during an argument, they talk about their plans for the three magical artifacts (listed in The Reveal entry below) that they succeeded in taking and mention enigmatically their end goal which is revealed in the Three part episode "Avalon".
* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: The aforementioned catfight between Elisa and Demona and Coldstone's and Macbeth's reactions to it.
* GoodFeelsGood: Elisa, Broadway, and Hudson discuss a newspaper article to this effect, and ultimately it spurs Elisa to fight Demona at high noon.
* HonorBeforeReason: [=MacBeth=] agrees with Elisa that Demona should fight her one-on-one.

* VillainTeamUp: Demona, [=MacBeth=], and Iago (through Coldstone).
* XanatosGambit: The Weird Sisters pull one off in this episode. They brainwashed Macbeth and Demona into fighting the Manhattan clan. Their real goal was distraction so they could steal magical items. If Macbeth and Demona won, however, that would be an additional bonus.

* ContinuityNod: Hudson's and Broadway's efforts to learn to read, and Broadway's difficulty pronouncing "right," call back to [[Recap/GargoylesS2ALighthouseInTheSeaOfTime "A Lighthouse on the Sea of Time"]] and [[[[Recap/GargoylesS2TheSilverFalcon "The Silver Falcon"]] respectively. Elisa's exhaustion is the result of her lack of sleep from [[Recap/GargoylesS2CityOfStone "City of Stone."]]

** A more obscure one happens during Elisa and Demona's first exchange in this episode. After Demona turns human in front of Elisa, she strikes the same pose Elisa did in [[[[Recap/GargoylesS2TheMirror "The Mirror"]] when posing as a guard for Titania's Mirror at the museum. Ironically, the reflection of this pose stayed in the mirror after Elisa moved and Puck's "gift" for Demona was the last thing he did when she summoned him from it and the last thing before she smashed it.

* CatFight: Between Elisa and Demona in "High Noon". Coldstone and Macbeth lampshade it.
* ContinuityNod: Hudson's and Broadway's efforts to learn to read, and Broadway's difficulty pronouncing "right," call back to "A Lighthouse on the Sea of Time" and "The Silver Falcon" respectively. Elisa's exhaustion is the result of her lack of sleep from "City of Stone."
** A more obscure one happens during Elisa and Demona's first exchange in this episode. After Demona turns human in front of Elisa, she strikes the same pose Elisa did in "The Mirror" when posing as a guard for Titania's Mirror at the museum. Ironically, the reflection of this pose stayed in the mirror after Elisa moved and Puck's "gift" for Demona was the last thing he did when she summoned him from it and the last thing before she smashed it.
* CreatorCameo: When Lexington is typing in passwords in an effort to reactivate Coldstone, among the words that he tries are [[Theatre/{{Othello}} "Othello", "Desdemona", "Iago"]], and "Weisman". The last being in reference to series creator Creator/GregWeisman.

* MythologyGag: The title of this episode is a CallBack; in his intro in "Enter Macbeth" Elisa warns of just that: "What if the next freak-job Xanatos hires comes here with a sledge-hammer at High Noon?"

* TheReveal: The final scene reveals the Weird Sisters are controlling [=MacBeth=] and Demona, and orchestrated all of this in order to get Grimorum, the Eye of Odin, and the Phoenix Gate.
* VillainTeamUp: Demona, [=MacBeth=], and Iago (through Coldstone).

* TapontheHead: Elisa is thrown by MacBeth into a wall and hits her head, leaving her unconscious from the morning until sunset.

* GoodFeelsGood: Elisa, Broadway, and Hudson discuss a newspaper article to this effect, and ultimately it spurs Elisa to fight Demona at high noon.

Demona and the Weird Sisters next appear in [[Recap/GargoylesS2Avalon Avalon]]. [[spoiler:A facsimile of]] Macbeth next appears in [[Recap/GargoylesS2ThePrice The Price]]. Coldstone next appears in [[Recap/GargoylesS2Possession Possession]].