History Recap / InfinityTrainBlossomingTrailTheDeadCarnivalCar

* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Bede tries deflecting Leon's rage about Hop gone missing by casually claiming that, as an orphan, he has no way of knowing what family is like. Nobody buys it.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Thanks to the denizens of the scroll-filled car being inspired by the fish pattern on her dress, Chloe's new hairstyle includes some blue streaks.

* NotSoDifferent:
** Ash and Chloe continue to find common ground, as she consults him for advice concerning her apparent status as 'TheChosenOne'.
** Talia unintentionally reveals a [[TheResenter considerable amount of resentment]] towards Ash for seemingly being able to make it through so many horrors unscathed, mirroring how Chloe saw him as TheAce. The ultimatums she issues in her last email also reflect her daughter's past demands.

** Parker explaining that he never told his parents about Chloe because he was afraid they'd hate her if she told them the truth. While it's framed around her hobbies and not being into Pokémon as expected, it also comes up in the idea that Chloe was afraid of coming out as lesbian/bi/trans/etc. Also, his's rant about how he hated Ash for "stealing" Chloe away from him implies [[IncestSubtext something more than just strong admiration for his big sister]].

** Parker explaining that he never told his parents about Chloe because he was afraid they'd hate her if she told them the truth. While it's framed around her hobbies and not being into Pokémon as expected, it also comes up in the idea that Chloe was afraid of coming out as lesbian/bi/trans/etc. Also, his's rant about how he hated Ash for "stealing" Chloe away from him implies [[IncestSubtext something more than just BigSisterWorship]].

** Parker explaining that he never told his parents about Chloe because he was afraid they'd hate her if she told them the truth. While it's framed around her hobbies and not being into Pokémon as expected, it also comes up in the idea that Chloe was afraid of coming out as lesbian/bi/trans/etc.
** Parker's rant about how he hated Ash for "stealing" Chloe away from him implies [[IncestSubtext something more than just BigSisterWorship]].

** Goh begins to recite this during a breakdown after Bede insults the Calling Chloe campaign.

* WeAreNotGoingThroughThisAgain: PlayedForLaughs; after they beat the Organ Man, Chloe suggests giving it another shot to see if they'll be able to challenge Tokkentaker. The rest of the Quarto ''immediately'' veto it and haul Chloe away before she can put the token in Umlaut's mouth again.

* UsefulNotes/TheBechdelTest: Passed as both female pairs of Delia and Talia alongside Chloe and Amelia both have conversations that don't revolve around men.

* OhCrap: Bede goes through this thrice: when Ash defeats him with Infernape, when he learns that Leon overheard what Bede had to say about Hop, and upon hearing that Hop ended up in ''Silent Hill'' as a result.

* WeAreNotGoingThroughThatAgain: PlayedForLaughs; after they beat the Organ Man, Chloe suggests giving it another shot to see if they'll be able to challenge Tokkentaker. The rest of the Quarto ''immediately'' veto it and haul Chloe away before she can put the token in Umlaut's mouth again.

* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Bede deliberately treats his battle with Hop this way, pretending to have forgotten about it purely to get under everyone's skin. This bites him in the ass when Trip has him repeat this and then reveal that ''Leon'' had listened to that confession.

** Delia and Talia (along with Zeno) try to help Parker understand that his reluctance to talk to his parents about what Chloe was going through ultimately prevented them from being able to ''try'' doing anything before it was too late.

** Parker explaining that he never told his parents about Chloe because he was afraid they'd hate her if she told them the truth. While it's framed around her hobbies, it also comes up in the idea that Chloe was afraid of coming out as lesbian/bi/etc.

* DramaPreservingHandicap: Lexi, Atticus and Amelia's abilities helped Chloe tear through [=CarnEvil=] with ease...so it makes it even more pressing when Lexi and Amelia are forced to fight Chloe under the music of The Organ Man and Atticus has to dodge Umlaut, leaving Chloe to face off these challenges by herself.

* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Bede tries deflecting Leon's rage by casually claiming that, as an orphan, he has no way of knowing what family is like. Nobody buys it.

* InsultBackfire: Chloe tells The Organ Man that he has a screw loose. Not only does the Organ Man express disappointment for how uncreative it is, he's also tightening a screw as he says this.
* ItsAllMyFault: Goh begins to recite this during a breakdown after Bede insults the Calling Chloe campaign.

* LampshadeHanging: Atticus questions why Rickety Town is Christmas-based.

** The Dead Carnival Car, like the Fog Car, is based on a Horror-themed game. While Chloe knows ''about'' the ''Franchise/SilentHill'' franchise, she has yet to experience any of the titles firsthand; she ''has'', however, played ''VideoGame/CarnEvil'', leading her to underestimate the threat it poses.

* RapidFireNo: Amelia shouts this when the Organ Man's music forces her body to fire a shotgun at Chloe.

* GirlsNightOut: Chloe shouts this before she and Amelia tackle The Freakshow level together.

* DidNotSeeThisComing: Chloe was expecting to fight Tokkentakker as the FinalBoss of the Dead Carnival Car so she has no idea how to fight back The Organ Man when he reveals himself.

** Parker explaining that he never told his parents about Chloe because he was afraid they'd hate her if she told them the truth. While it's framed in her hobbies, it also comes up in the idea that Chloe was afraid of coming out as lesbian/bi/etc.

* ItsAllMyFault: Goh begins to recite this during a breakdown after Bede looks down over the Calling Chloe campaign.

* TemptingFate: Chloe states that it's going to be a piece of cake fighting Tokkentaker...then she is face to face with someone that's ''not'' Tokkentaker and it is '''not''' a piece of cake to fight them.

* WhatTheHellHero: Delia spells out just how much of Chloe's problems are on ''her'', and Talia and Chloe have to agree.

* YeOldeButcheredEnglishe: Amelia dislikes this, or as she calls it, "Shakespeare in the park".
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: While she doesn't completely absolve them of ''all'' responsibility, Delia reassures Talia and Aldrich that they are not '''solely''' responsible for their family coming apart at the seams.

After having a chance to unwind and process things in the Spa Car and Honey Car, Chloe decides to tackle the challenge lurking in the Dead Carnival Car. Despite it being completely optional, she wants to further hone her combat skills in anticipation of what lies ahead. Besides, she's familiar with the setting, having [[VideoGame/CarnEvil played the game before]].

* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Bede deliberately treats his battle with Hop this way, pretending to have forgotten about it purely to get under everyone's skin.

** The crimson mark that Chloe received from "The Cyan Desert Car" is revealed to give her SummonMagic, which she uses to summon Amdusias to destroy The Organ Man's music contraptions.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Hop checked into the Monostoke Pokémon Center, but never checked out. Bede sarcastically questions how that's even possible, but flinches when Leon asks if he ''really'' wants to know. While the explanation is [[OutsideContextProblem more fantastical]] than Bede expects, the scene brings [[DrivenToSuicide another way that Hop could have accomplished that]] to mind.

* TimeSkip: Takes one week after the end of the Unown attack.
* WeAreNotGoingThroughThatAgain: PlayedForLaughs; after they beat the Organ Man, Chloe suggests giving it another shot to see if they'll be able to challenge Tokkentaker.

!!This arc contains examples of:

* DramaticIrony: Among the things Talia fears the cultists will do to her daughter is cutting off her hair. This actually happens during her fight with the Organ Man -- at Chloe's own command, with it be far better than the alternative.

* NotSoSimilar: While Molly and Parker both got entangled with the Unown as five-year olds, Delia's experience with the former makes her ''less'' sympathetic towards the latter. Molly wasn't driven by ''personal vendettas'' or doing out of her way to target anyone, and wasn't particularly pleased by the pain she was causing.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: PlayedForLaughs; Atticus doesn't care for the taste of peppermint, so he's not exactly thrilled at being brought into the ChristmasLevel.

A week after the Unown attack, everyone is trying to recover, on the train and off.

* TheBechdelTest: Passed as both female pairs of Delia and Talia alongside Chloe and Amelia both have conversations that don't revolve around men.

* OhCrap: Bede goes through this twice: when Ash defeats him with Infernape, and when he learns that Leon overheard what Bede had to say about Hop.

* {{Youkai}}: After Chloe decides to have a makeover for the two of them, she transforms Lexi into one of these called a kyorinrin, which is a collection of papers and scrolls with a draconic appearance.

* HeelRealization: Chloe starts to seriously recognize just how much of her problems are her responsibility.

* {{Youkai}}: Chloe transforms Lexi into one of these called a kyorinrin, which is a collection of papers and scrolls with a draconic appearance.

* TheChosenOne: Discussed in Chloe and Ash's emails with one another as Chloe asks for advice on how to deal with such a thing.

* OhCrap: Bede goes through this twice: when Ash defeats him with Infernape and when he learns that Leon overheard what Bede had to say about Hop.

* HeelRealization: Chloe starts to seriously recognize just how much of her problems are her responsibility.
* WhatTheHellHero: Delia spells out just how much of Chloe's problems are on ''her'', and Talia and Chloe have to agree.

* Breather Episode: A single-parter of catharsis and recovery after the ''huge'' drama bomb that was the Cyan Desert Car.

A week after the Unown attack, everyone is trying to recover, on the train and off.