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* WisdomFromTheGutter: At one point in the story, Wirt tries to ask the tavern patrons for directions to Adelaide's place, in hopes it will lead them home. In response, the lowly Apprentice tells Wirt "You don't need directions. You just follow that compass inside your heart." [[spoiler: In the last episode, it turns out this was sound advice: Wirt only needed to [[ItWasWithYouAllAlong want to go home]] in order to return.]]

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* WisdomFromTheGutter: At one point in the story, Wirt tries to ask the tavern patrons for directions to Adelaide's place, in hopes it will lead them home. In response, the lowly Apprentice tells Wirt "You don't need directions. You just follow that compass inside your heart." [[spoiler: In the last episode, it turns out this was sound advice: Wirt only needed to [[ItWasWithYouAllAlong want to go home]] in order to return.]]
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* {{Smurfing}}: Parodied when Fred says "Nice to horse your acquaintance." He never does it again.
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* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Two leading up to the Beast's first appearance.
** When Beatrice sees the Woodsman's light, you can hear singing... but it sounds nothing like the Woodsman's voice.
** After the boys 'rescue' Beatrice from the Woodsman, she reveals he didn't attack her, she got freaked out by [[UnseenEvil a weird shadow]] and flew into a tree.


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* RealAfterAll: After four episodes of vague and unreliable warnings, we finally get to see the Beast.
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* AnimationBump: The Highway Man's dance, animated by the show's art director Nick Cross.

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* AnimationBump: The Highway Man's dance, animated by the show's art director Nick Cross.Cross, is much more fluidly animated than anything else in the series.
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* WisdomFromTheGutter: At one point in the story, Wirt tries to ask the tavern patrons for directions to Adelaide's place, in hopes it will lead them home. In response, the lowly Apprentice tells Wirt "You don't need directions. You just follow that compass inside your heart." [[spoiler: In the last episode, it turns out Wirt only needed to [[ItWasWithYouAllAlong start travelling home]] in order to return.]]

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* WisdomFromTheGutter: At one point in the story, Wirt tries to ask the tavern patrons for directions to Adelaide's place, in hopes it will lead them home. In response, the lowly Apprentice tells Wirt "You don't need directions. You just follow that compass inside your heart." [[spoiler: In the last episode, it turns out this was sound advice: Wirt only needed to [[ItWasWithYouAllAlong start travelling want to go home]] in order to return.]]
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* WisdomFromTheGutters: At one point in the story, Wirt tries to ask the tavern patrons for directions to Adelaide's place, in hopes it will lead them home. In response, the lowly Apprentice tells Wirt "You don't need directions. You just follow that compass inside your heart." [[spoiler: In the last episode, it turns out Wirt only needed to [[ItWasWithYouAllAlong start travelling home]] in order to return.]]

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* WisdomFromTheGutters: WisdomFromTheGutter: At one point in the story, Wirt tries to ask the tavern patrons for directions to Adelaide's place, in hopes it will lead them home. In response, the lowly Apprentice tells Wirt "You don't need directions. You just follow that compass inside your heart." [[spoiler: In the last episode, it turns out Wirt only needed to [[ItWasWithYouAllAlong start travelling home]] in order to return.]]
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* WisdomFromTheGutters: At one point in the story, Wirt tries to ask the tavern patrons for directions to Adelaide's place, in hopes it will lead them home. In response, the lowly Apprentice tells Wirt "You don't need directions. You just follow that compass inside your heart." [[spoiler: In the last episode, it turns out Wirt only needed to [[ItWasWithYouAllAlong start travelling home]] in order to return.]]
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** Beatrice gets offended by the tavern keeper trying to force her out for being bad luck, noting that Bluebirds are said to bring good luck and "joy and happiness". When the tavern keeper insists on forcing her out, she attempts to curse the tavernkeeper. We find out the next episode that she also mistreated a bluebird and got cursed as a result
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* TheVillainSucksSong: The tavern keeper singing about the Beast.

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* TheVillainSucksSong: The tavern keeper singing about the Beast.Beast.
* WarningSong: "[[https://youtu.be/ln5hU6RsqA0 The Beast Is Out There]]", an eerie little number sung by a tavernkeeper warning Wirt and Greg about the Beast, an EldritchAbomination who lurks in the woods outside.
-->Ooh, ooh, you better beware\\
ooh, ooh, the Beast is out there!\\
Ooh, ooh, you better be wise\\
And don't believe his lies!
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* BigEater: Greg is shown to be one, as he's seen placing a bunch of food on his plate during the Highway Man's dance.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: Wirt is in denial that he's trying to win the hand of a girl (Adelaide) and he is known as "The Young Lover"...five episodes later the audience learns the entire plot happened ''because'' he was trying to not let the girl he had a crush on hear his mix-tape.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
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Wirt is in denial that he's trying to win the hand of a girl (Adelaide) and he is known as "The Young Lover"...five episodes later the audience learns the entire plot happened ''because'' he was trying to not let the girl he had a crush on hear his mix-tape.
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** Before he attacks and overwhelms the Woodsman, Wirt blows out his own lantern, hinting at the events in the finale.

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* IAmSong: First there's the highwayman's song. Later Wirt is forced to improvise a song of his own.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Wirt is in denial that he's trying to win the hand of a girl (Adelaide) and he is known as "The Young Lover"...five episodes later the audience learns the entire plot happened ''because'' he was trying to not let the girl he had a crush on hear his mix-tape.
* IAmSong: First there's the highwayman's Highwayman's song. Later Wirt is forced to improvise a song of his own.


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* TalkingAnimal: Fred is revealed to be the one in the end.
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* ShoutOut: The Highwayman's odd dance is based on Creator/CabCalloway's {{rotoscop|ing}}ed dance from the ''WesternAnimation/BettyBoop'' cartoons he starred in. The dance here isn't rotoscoped, however. It's just weird.

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* ShoutOut: The Highwayman's odd dance is based on Creator/CabCalloway's Music/CabCalloway's {{rotoscop|ing}}ed dance from the ''WesternAnimation/BettyBoop'' cartoons he starred in. The dance here isn't rotoscoped, however. It's just weird.
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* DerangedAnimation: The Highwayman's dance. Think Creator/CabCalloway's {{rotoscop|ing}}ed dance from the ''WesternAnimation/BettyBoop'' cartoons he starred in minus the rotoscoping.

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* DerangedAnimation: The Highwayman's dance. Think Creator/CabCalloway's Music/CabCalloway's {{rotoscop|ing}}ed dance from the ''WesternAnimation/BettyBoop'' cartoons he starred in minus the rotoscoping.
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* AnimationBump: The Highway Man's dance, animated by the show's art director Nick Cross.
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* DerangedAnimation: The Highwayman's dance. Think Creator/CabCalloway's {{rotoscop|ing}}ed dance from the ''WesternAnimation/BettyBoop'' cartoons he starred in minus the rotoscoping.


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* ShoutOut: The Highwayman's odd dance is based on Creator/CabCalloway's {{rotoscop|ing}}ed dance from the ''WesternAnimation/BettyBoop'' cartoons he starred in. The dance here isn't rotoscoped, however. It's just weird.
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* CringeComedy: Wirt's song.
* EveryoneCallsHimBarkeep: All of the tavern's patrons are referred to by their occupations, including, of course, the tavern keeper. They try to drag Wirt into it as well.
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* RedHerring: The Woodsman is mistaken for the beast because he holds the lantern.

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* RedHerring: The Woodsman is mistaken for the beast Beast because he holds the lantern.
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* RedHerring: The woodsman is mistaken for the beast because he holds the lantern.

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* RedHerring: The woodsman Woodsman is mistaken for the beast because he holds the lantern.
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* RedHerring: The woodsman is mistaken for the beast because he holds the lantern.
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* StylisticSuck: Wirt's awkward IAmSong is choppy, off-key, and is in direct contrast to the polished songs sung by other people in the Inn. Justified in that he had to compose it on the spot, with the entire room watching him.
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* UncannyValley: The Highwayman's odd, boneless dancing is apparently this in-universe, as Wirt looks creeped out by it too.
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* IAmSong: First there's the highwayman's song, then Wirt is forced to improvise a song of his own.

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* IAmSong: First there's the highwayman's song, then song. Later Wirt is forced to improvise a song of his own.
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* IAmSong: First there's the highwayman's song, then Wirt is forced to improvise a song of his own.
* MusicalWorldHypotheses: As the title suggests, the tavern is full of characters spontaneously bursting into song.
* TheVillainSucksSong: The tavern keeper singing about the Beast.
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Greg, Beatrice, and Wirt are forced to take shelter in a tavern full of people who only view people according to their vocation. The tavern keeper forces Beatrice out for being bad luck, and she befriends a horse named Fred in the stable.
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