History Recap / RWBYV1E16BlackAndWhite

* CurseCutShort: When Blake catches Roman from behind and holds here blade to his throat, he's more annoyed at this than worried.

* ChirpingCrickets: While Blake accidentally revealed she was a Faunus, she didn't reveal what kind before she fled. When Ruby, Yang and Weiss tell Penny they're looking for Blake, they're surprised to learn Penny already knows Blake's a Faunus. Upon asking how she knows, Penny points out Blake's cat ears. As they suddenly realise how obvious Blake's attempt to hide her ears with a bow really was with hindsight, the team-mates fall into an awkward silence that is only interrupted when tumbleweed rolls by.

* ChirpingCrickets: While Blake accidentally revealed she was a Faunus, she didn't reveal what kind before she fled. When Ruby, Yang and Weiss tell Penny they're looking for Blake, they're surprised to learn Penny already knows Blake's a Faunus. Upon asking how she knows, Penny points out Blake's cat ears. As they suddenly realise how obvious Blake's attempt to hide her ears with a bow really is with hindsight, the team-mates fall into an awkward silence that is only interrupted when tumbleweed rolls by.

''{{Beat}} Tumbleweed blows by.''\\

->''QUEEN HAS PAWNS''

!Black And White

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[[caption-width-right:329:[[ComicallyMissingThePoint She seems like a good girl...]]]]

* VillainExitStageLeft: Roman leaves after seeing his troops being decimated.

* TooSoon: InUniverse Sun says this after he joked about how Blake joined a crazy cult (getting a DeathGlare in response).

* DoubleMeaningTitle: In Team RWBY's colour scheme, Weiss represents the colour white and Blake represents the colour black. They have also have pasts that have led to them possessing very '[[BlackAndWhiteMorality black and white]]' perspectives of what the other represents: the Schnee Dust Company has been at war with the White Fang for years. As a member of the Schnee family, Weiss has grown up watching people be murdered by the White Fang's targeted terrorism. As a former member of the White Fang, Blake has been fighting the appalling abuses of Faunus workers and their rights by the SDC for years. In this episode, their clashing experiences and view-points drives the episode.

* DoubleMeaningTitle: In Team RWBY's colour scheme, Weiss represents the colour white and Blake represents the colour black. They have also have pasts that have led to them possessing very '[[BlackAndWhiteMorality black and white]]' perspectives of what the other represents: the Schnee Dust Company has been at war with the White Fang for years. As a member of the Schnee family, Weiss has grown up watching people be murdered by the White Fang's targeted terrorism. As a former member of the White Fang, Blake has been fighting the appalling abuses of Faunus worker conditions and rights by the SDC for years. In this episode, their clashing experiences and view-points drives the episode.

* DoubleMeaningTitle: In Team RWBY's colour scheme, Weiss represents the colour white and Blake represents the colour black. They have also have pasts that have led to them possessing very '[[BlackAndWhiteMorality black and white]]' perspectives of what the other represents: the Schnee Dust Company has been at war with the White Fang for years. As a member of the Schnee family, Weiss has grown up watching people be murdered by the White Fang's targeted terrorism. As a former member of the White Fang, Blake has been fighting the appalling abuses of Faunus workers' and rights by the SDC for years. In this episode, their clashing experiences and view-points drives the episode.

* DoubleMeaningTitle: The title refers to the clash between Weiss and Blake, Weiss's BlackAndWhiteMorality view of the White Fang, and Blake's (ex-)association with the White Fang.

* ChirpingCrickets: Follows Penny revealing Blake is a Faunus.

* ChirpingCrickets: Follows Penny's attempts at conversation.

!! This episode contain examples of:

Sun Wukong and Blake Belladonna are sitting at a table at a small café. Sun celebrates that Blake has finally decided to actually talk to him after the two days they spent together. Blake then explains her past with the White Fang and its origins: she was basically born into it. After the Faunus Rights Revolution, the White Fang was created as a symbol of peace and unity between the Humans and Faunus. However, despite being promised equality, the Faunus were still treated as inferior, so the White Fang became the voice of their people. Ever since she was a little girl, Blake stood with them at every protest, boycott and rally, thinking that they were making a difference. However, five years ago, their leader was replaced by someone with violent and radical ideals. Their new leader replaced the group's peaceful protests with organized attacks and hijackings against businesses that refused to serve them or used Faunus labour. Hating what the White Fang had become, she left and decided to use her combat skills to instead become a Huntress. Sun stares, stunned.

Meanwhile, the rest of Team RWBY have begun searching for Blake. Ruby and Yang defend Blake and want to hear her side of the story, but Weiss still sees her as a criminal and suggests getting the police to help locate her, an idea which is instantly and firmly rejected. As they talk, Penny Polendina appears behind the group and asks what the team is doing. They mention looking for Blake and how she has been missing since Friday, leading Penny to vow to help find her. Ruby tries to brush her off, but when she turns to Weiss and Yang for help, she finds that they have left her with Penny.

Meanwhile, Sun and Blake formulate a stakeout plan to see if the White Fang really is behind the Dust robberies, while elsewhere, Yang and Weiss continue looking for Blake. Ruby, still alone with Penny, tries to explain the situation happening with Weiss and Blake.

That night, Blake and Sun meet on a rooftop at the port for their stakeout, watching over a huge shipment of Schnee Dust Company Dust from Atlas. After a bit of banter, a Bullhead lands and several White Fang members come out. Blake admits to Sun that she did believe that White Fang was behind the crimes, but did not want to be right. Roman Torchwick then leaves the jet and orders the White Fang members around, referring to them as animals. Knowing that the White Fang would never work with a human, Blake is shocked and confused.

She then proceeds to confront them by sneaking up behind Roman and placing the sharp part of the back of Gambol Shroud to his neck while aiming its pistol toward the White Fang members. When she asks them why they are working for him, Roman says it is part of a business venture. Soon, more Bullheads appear, distracting Blake and allowing Roman to escape her grasp by firing a shot from Melodic Cudgel near her feet. He then proceeds to fire more shots at her, and she gymnastically dodges every blast before retreating. As Roman goes after her, Sun comes out to distract him and takes out several White Fang warriors in the process.

Roman attempts to start a fight with Sun, but after Sun blocks the first attack, Blake leaps between them claiming the fight as hers. She repeatedly uses her shadows in quick succession to confuse him, leaping around him while dual wielding Gambol Shroud. However, Roman is still able to keep up with her, barely managing to block all of her attacks and laughing as he lands two hits on her before he finally manages to knock her down with a third hit.

Without missing a beat, Sun jumps in and attacks Roman with the nunchucks form of Ruyi Bang and Jingu Bang, but again, Roman is able to block all incoming attacks, laughing once more. However, Blake comes in for a surprise attack, knocking him away from Sun. Roman then shoots down a hanging shipping container, which lands between Sun and Blake as they dive out of the way. He takes this chance to corner Sun, aiming his cane at him.

At this point, Ruby arrives at the fight, having been alerted by the first explosion, and Roman recognizes her. However, when Penny distracts Ruby, Roman exploits the distraction to attack Ruby and hits her, knocking Ruby to the ground, instantly disarming her in the process.

This angers Penny and she joins the fight, unleashing a multitude of swords from her back. [[CurbStompBattle She easily takes out a large squad of White Fang warriors, as well as firing a massive laser at two Bullheads that were providing air support, slicing them in half. She also manages to drag one out of the sky and pull it to the ground, destroying it.]] Amid this, Roman escapes on a fourth Bullhead, commenting that "these kids just keep getting weirder", before it flies off.

After the fight, Weiss and Yang rejoin the group and Ruby tries to resolve the differences between Weiss and Blake. However, Weiss states that in the twelve hours that she has been looking for Blake, she has had time to think and has come to the decision that she does not care about Blake's past, saying instead that the next time something big happens, she should talk to her teammates about it, instead of relying on someone else. Blake agrees and slightly sheds a tear. Weiss then tells Sun that she still does not know how she feels about him. Ruby is happy that the team is back together, but then notices that Penny is missing. Penny is seen to be watching the scene from a car, while a man tells her that she should not be running around the city by herself. He then tells her that her "time will come" as he drives away. Meanwhile, Ozpin watches Ruby from a Scroll and gets a message from Qrow Branwen, telling him that the "Queen has pawns."

After the credits, Cinder Fall, Emerald Sustrai, and Mercury Black appear in the warehouse where Roman is hiding. Roman blames the failure on the Faunus, but she says he will continue to work with the White Fang, as "we" have big plans for Roman.