History Recap / MoonKnight2022S1E3TheFriendlyType

* PetTheDog: While he condescendingly refers to Steven as a worm again, Khonshu is less harsh towards Steven than he was in prior episodes, walking him through how to perform the ritual to turn back the night sky and asking to get Marc to help free him, even using Steven's name for the first time.

** It is somewhat unclear if Osiris and his avatar are in league with Harrow or if they are simply sympathetic to him given the Ennead's obvious dislike of Khonshu.

* DarkestHour: There is a moment where both the Moon Knight and Layla are seemingly defeated by Mogart's men. But then Layla has a HeroicSecondWind and makes the tables turn in their favor.

* ImmuneToBullets: The Moon Knight's cape is, which comes in handy when defending Layla.

* {{Irony}}: It is a good thing the gods don't inquire more deeply about Marc's DID, because it is very similar to the possession they themselves use to interact with humans who aren't their avatars.

* JekyllAndHyde: Marc and Steven are both horrified by the acts of violence the other seems to have comitted while they were blacked out, but it soon becomes clear that it's neither of them, but a third alter who is clearly more bloodthirsty than they.

* MythologyGag: At the exact moment Moon Knight hits Mogart with a crescent blade, a clock can be heard sounding midnight bells. In the comics his character was known as "Midnight Man".

* PullYourselfDownTheSpear: The Moon Knight performs this move during his fight with one of Mogart's men.

* ImmuneToBullets: The Moon Knight's cape is.

* CombatPragmatist: Layla gets an edge in her fight with Jek by throwing a handful of broken glass in his face.

* TotalEclipseOfThePlot: Invoked. Khonshu creates a lunar eclipse in an attempt to scare off Harrow's workers in the desert. It doesn't work.

* TheGodsMustBeLazy: The Ennead are content to reside in the spirit world and act only as PowersThatBe instead of directly interacting with mortals like [[Characters/MCUAsgard the Norse gods]] do, and banished Khonshu because the missions he assigns his Avatar, the Moon Knight, threatened to reveal their existence. Khonshu considers them lazy and calls them out on it during Harrow's trial. It is later revealed that Osiris's avatar Selim is in fact in league with Harrow, implying that Osiris himself at least is far more involved in this plot than first thought. The same is likely true for Hathor, who according to her avatar Yatzil shares some possibly romantic memories with Khonshu, and advices Marc to look for Senfu's sarcophagus, as it contains hints to the location of Ammit's tomb.

* MythologyGag
** At the exact moment Moon Knight hits Mogart with a crescent blade, a clock can be heard sounding midnight bells. In the comics his character was known as "Midnight Man".

* CombatPragmatist: Layla gets an edge in her fight with Jek by throwing a handful of broken glass in his face.

* GeniusBonus: In the [[spoiler: tribunal for Harrow, Harrow manages to dodge examination by re-directing questioning to Marc who seems forced to admit his DID when he seems to know that this would harm his and Khonshu's case against Harrow.]] In Egyptian myth, the judgment of the dead was based on negative confessions ie "I did not do X" which means that if you don't say anything, then it is assumed you did do that sin. And lying was grounds for being devoured as much as a sin itself. [[spoiler: By redirecting to Marc, Harrow was able to avoid having to say a lie or not answering at all while also forcing Marc into the same position.]]

* NothingIsScarier: If Steven isn't the one making Marc black out, ''who is''?!

* AmbiguousSituation: It is somewhat unclear if Osiris and his avatar are in league with Harrow or if they are simply sympathetic to him given the Ennead's obvious dislike of Khonshu.

* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: When put before a tribunal of the Egyptian gods, Arthur Harrow discredits Marc and Khonshu's accusations not by actually denying them, but by bringing up Marc's mental illness as sole grounds that any information he provides cannot be trusted, even though it shouldn't have any bearing on the facts of the matter. It works, and the gods call things off, calling to mind the sad fact that lots of victims of mental illness find themselves stigmatized even when their illness shouldn't be a factor.

* AdultFear: Harrow uses Marc's D.I.D. to discredit his testimony and make him seem unstable. How many people with mental illness in real life have had the same tactic used against them in real life when trying to report abuse or other mistreatment? Marc's protests that he is not meant to be the one on trial will ring true for many people who have spoken up about a problem only for the discussion to turn into a debate about their stability. See DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything below.

* AmbiguousSituation: It is somewhat unclear if Osiris and his avatar are in league with Harrow or if they are simply sympathetic to him given the Ennead's obvious dislike of Khonshu.

* ActorAllusion: The alias that Layla gives Marc when they go to Mogart's mansion is Rufino Estrada. Estrada is the real life full last name of Oscar Isaac.

* ActorAllusion: The alias that Layla gives Marc when they go to Mogart’s mansion is Rufino Estrada. Estrada is the real life full last name of Oscar Isaac.

* NotHelpingYourCase: During Harrow’s trial with the other gods, he says Khonshu is jealous and abusive, which he demonstrates by trying to inflict violence against Harrow. Then Harrow says that Marc is not well, which he admits to the other gods.

* TheGodsMustBeLazy: The Ennead are content to reside in the spirit world and act only as PowersThatBe instead of directly interacting with mortals like [[Characters/MCUAsgard the Norse gods]] do, and banished Khonshu because the missions he assigns his Avatar, the Moon Knight, threatened to reveal their existence. Khonshu considers them lazy and calls them out on it during Harrow's trial. It is later revealed that Osiris's avatar is in fact in league with Harrow, implying that Osiris himself at least is far more involved in this plot than first thought.

* TheGodsMustBeLazy: The Ennead are content to reside in the spirit world and act only as PowersThatBe instead of directly interacting with mortals like the Norse gods do, and banished Khonshu because the missions he assigns his Avatar, the Moon Knight, threatened to reveal their existence. Khonshu considers them lazy and calls them out on it during Harrow's trial. It is later revealed that Osiris's avatar is in fact in league with Harrow, implying that Osiris himself at least is far more involved in this plot than first thought.

* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: For Khonshu, anything that might draw the attention of the gods (and, by extension, mortals) counts as this. After he causes an eclipse to call them into a meeting, they threaten to turn him into stone the next time he does anything that flashy, and when he turns back the sky to help identify the location of Ammit's tomb, they make good on the threat.

* CassandraTruth: Khonshu calls a meeting of the Ennead to expose Harrow's plan to release Ammit, but the gods in attendance refuse to believe him because Khonshu is a renegade and Marc is clearly unwell, a fact Harrow exploits to discredit them both.

* ExactWords: Harrow claims to simply be seeing the desert when questioned by the Ennead, which is true, but omits the actual ''reason'' he's in the desert.

* TheGodsMustBeLazy: The Ennead are content to reside in the spirit world and act only as PowersThatBe instead of directly interacting with mortals like the Norse gods do, and banished Khonshu because the missions he assigns his Avatar, the Moon Knight, threatened to reveal their existence. Khonshu considers them lazy and calls them out on it during Harrow's trial. It is later revealed, of course, that (at least) Osiris and/or his avatar are in fact in league with Harrow's cult for Ammit, implying some of them are far more involved in this plot than first thought.

** At the very end, after Khonshu was sealed in stone, Harrow reappears inside the pyramid, revealed to be in league with (at least) Osiris's Avatar, if not the rest of the Ennead (save Yatzil/Hathor, who was at least willing to aid Marc). This helps explain why the Ennead chose not to listen to Khonshu's case. Furthermore, this implies Osiris himself is of the same mind as Harrow in releasing Ammit.