History Recap / RWBYV4E4Family

%% * DispenseWithThePleasantries: Qrow sees through Raven's meager attempts at kinship and flatly asks what she wants.

%% * LackOfEmpathy: Raven isn't exactly very compassionate, even to her own daughter.
* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: At one point, Dr. Oobleck tells Yang that ''a lot'' of people want to see her get back on her feet. Yang is a genuine Woobie at this point [[HeroWithBadPublicity for]] [[AnArmAndALeg many]] [[ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies reasons]].

%% * OhCrap: The waitress's reaction to seeing Raven teleporting away.
%% * OnlyMostlyDead: Ozpin is still alive, but the exact nature of how it worked still hasn't been revealed.

%% * TheSocialDarwinist: Raven's philosophy.

%% * WhiteSheep: Qrow deserted the bandit tribe, and encourages Raven to do the same.

* HoldYourHippogriffs: When Oobleck and Port visit Taiyang and Yang, they discuss the struggle to rebuild Beacon, prompting Port to comment that "Mistral wasn't built in a day." [[note]]This is based on the real-life saying "Rome wasn't built in a day" and has the same meaning; Mistral is one of the four kingdoms and also the capital city of that kingdom; the continent it's set on is inspired by Asian and Ancient Greece, making it best suited to Latin references.[[/note]] When the conversation suddenly turns to Yang's lost arm, an uncomfortable Oobleck asks "Are we finally discussing the Goliath in the room?" [[note]]This is based on the real-life saying "The elephant in the room" and has the same meaning. Goliaths are huge elephantine Grimm, and nobody had brought up the subject of Yang's lost arm until Taiyang made a seemingly insensitive comment about it, which turned out to be a joke that he knew Yang would find funny. Oobleck and Port were horrified until Yang started laughing, prompting Oobleck to ask the question.[[/note]]

* HoldYourHippogriffs: When Oobleck and Port visit Taiyang and Yang, they discuss the struggle to rebuild Beacon, prompting Port to comment that "Mistral wasn't built in a day." [[note]]This is based on the real-life saying "Rome wasn't built in a day" and has the same meaning; Mistral is one of the four kingdoms and also the capital city of that kingdom; the continent it's set on is inspired by Asian and Ancient Greece, making it best suited to Latin references.[[/note]] When the conversation suddenly turns to Yang's lost arm, an uncomfortable Oobleck asks "Are we finally discussing the Goliath in the room?"[[note]]This is based on the real-life saying "The elephant in the room" and has the same meaning. Goliaths are huge elephantine Grimm, and nobody had brought up the subject of Yang's lost arm until Taiyang made a seemingly insensitive comment about it, which turned out to be a joke that he knew Yang would find funny. Oobleck and Port were horrified until Yang started laughing, prompting Oobleck to ask the question.[[/note]]

"[[labelnote:Mistral]]Rome[[/labelnote]] wasn't built in a day." (Mistral being one of the four capital cities)

* HoldYourHippogriffs: "The [[labelnote:Goliath]]elephant[[/labelnote]] [[ElephantInTheLivingRoom in the room.]]" (Since Goliaths are large elephant-like Grimm) and "[[labelnote:Mistral]]Rome[[/labelnote]] wasn't built in a day." (Mistral being one of the four capital cities)

%% * HoldYourHippogriffs: "[[ElephantInTheLivingRoom The Goliath in the room.]]" and "Mistral wasn't built in a day."

'''Volume 4, Episode 4:'''

-->'''Oobleck''': [[LampshadeHanging Despite popular belief, teachers do have a life outside the classroom.]]

* YouKnowTheOne: Qrow and Raven play the pronoun game so that we don't know what the "it" they're referring to is. All we know is that Raven refers to it as "the relic" and wants to know if [[BigBad Salem]] has it.

!! This episode contains examples of:

'''Volume 4, Episode 4:'''

!Family

* TheLoad: PlayedWith in that Tai certainly doesn't think of Yang this way, but the implication that he needs to stay with her instead of going after Ruby makes Yang [[BigSisterInstinct finally start to come out of her funk]].

%% * ThisIsGonnaSuck: Qrow's reaction to Raven appearing in the inn.

* BanditClan: It's revealed that Qrow and Raven were raised in a tribe of killers and thieves, and that Raven now leads them. The tribe was responsible for what happened at Xione.

* BigSisterInstinct: Yang overhears her father discussing Ruby with Port and Oobleck; Ruby's out in the dangerous world alone with only three other trainee students with her, and no-one's heard anything from her for a while. They have no idea if she's safe or not, and a visibly upset Taiyang is reluctantly forced to tell Port and Oobleck that there's no way he can go after Ruby to find out because Yang is so in need of support back home. It snaps Yang out of the funk she's been in since she lost her arm, giving her a single-minded drive to recover so that she can go after Ruby herself.

* FamilyOfChoice: Raven considers the bandit tribe that raised her and Qrow to be their family and feels that Qrow has abandoned and betrayed them. Qrow considers Taiyang, Yang, and Ruby to be their family, feels that Raven has abandoned and betrayed them, and views the tribe as murderers and thieves. The definition of 'family' is a bitter rift between the twins.

* BigSisterInstinct: Yang seems to snap out of her funk a bit at the thought of being able to help Ruby again.
* DispenseWithThePleasantries: Qrow sees through Raven's meager attempts at kinship and flatly asks what she wants.

* FamilyOfChoice: The conflict between Qrow and Raven; Raven considers their bandit tribe her family and feels betrayed by Qrow leaving them, while Qrow considers Taiyang, Yang, and Ruby his family and refuses to take Raven's hypocrisy about not giving a shit about them.

* HoldYourHippogriffs: "[[ElephantInTheLivingRoom The Goliath in the room.]]" and "Mistral wasn't built in a day."

* LackOfEmpathy: Raven isn't exactly very compassionate, even to her own daughter.

* OhCrap: The waitress's reaction to seeing Raven teleporting away.
* OnlyMostlyDead: Ozpin is still alive, but the exact nature of how it worked still hasn't been revealed.

* TheSocialDarwinist: Raven's philosophy.

* ThisIsGonnaSuck: Qrow's reaction to Raven appearing in the inn.

* WhiteSheep: Qrow deserted the bandit tribe, and encourages Raven to do the same.

* CrossesTheLineTwice: InUniverse. Tai's jab at Yang's missing arm comes across as a FreudianSlip that is horrifying...but then Yang actually laughs at it, showing that it's ''so'' bad she actually is amused.

* KickTheDog: Raven refuses to share important information with Qrow and smugly mocks him with his own words before leaving.

* WhamLine: Oscar, the farm boy from episode 1, is looking in a mirror as if there's a problem with it, before hearing someone speak to him out of nowhere:
-->Hello. My name is Professor Ozpin.

* OvertRendezvous: Qrow meets Raven at an inn.

* LackOfEmpathyL Raven isn't exactly very compassionate, even to her own daughter.

* BisSisterInstinct: Yang seems to snap out of her funk a bit at the thought of being able to help Yang again.

* IronicEcho: "And which ''we'' are you refering to?"

* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: When Qrow starts shooting barbs at Raven about not caring for Yang, she fires back that she did save her. She sees this as sufficient contrary evidence despite having Qrow pass along a message that basically it was a one-off that wouldn't be happening again.

* YouKnowTheOne: Qrow and Raven play the pronoun game so that we don't know what the "it" they're referring to is.