History Recap / RWBYV7E5Sparks

* TheBusCameBack: This is the first appearance of Team FNKI since Volume 3.

* BatmanGambit:
** Ironwood let Winter bond with Fria in the hopes that she'd become the new Winter Maiden when Fria eventually dies.

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: When Robyn and her huntress followers try to hold up a transport convoy for the Amity project, Robyn points out that those supplies were getting redirected from repairing Mantle's defenses, leaving the kingdom vulnerable and it's implied that said supplies were officially marked as heading toward Mantle defense. Clover is all too aware of the tough situation, but he isn't capable of telling anyone outside Ironwood's trusted about what's going on.

* YourDaysAreNumbered: In "A New Approach" it was stated that the Winter Maiden was elderly. She turns what to be elderly enough that she is bedridden and sick. Winter Schnee states that Fria could go any day now.

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: When Robyn and her huntress followers try to hold up a transport convoy for the Amity project, Robyn points out that those supplies were getting redirected from repairing Mantle's defences, leaving the kingdom vulnerable and it's implied that said supplies were officially marked as heading toward Mantle defense. Clover is all too aware of the tough situation, but he isn't capable of telling anyone outside Ironwood's trusted about what's going on.

* SadisticChoice: Jacques's revelation is essentially this -- either elect him and be stuck working with an unpopular politician but his facilities reopen, or don't elect him and many people lose their jobs.

* TakeAThirdOption: Jacques, at the end of the previous episode, was faced with a dilemma: either lay off Mantle employees and recoup his monetary losses at the cost of votes for the upcoming election, or don't and continue to suffer financially. By the end of this episode, Jacques has managed to get away with closing "non-essential" SDC plants without losing potential votes, by blaming it on the embargo imposed by Ironwood and promising to put an end to it if Jacques is elected as a member of the council.
* TrainingMontage: The first third of the episode shows a montage of the heroes doing various missions, along with training with the Ace Ops and against Team FNKI.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Jacques blames his decision to fire all of his Mantle-based workers on Ironwood. While he does it to manipulate the unhappy workers to vote for him, he is not wrong, as Ironwood's embargo and the ensuing monetary losses were the reason Jacques felt forced to fire the Mantle workers in the first place.

* TheReveal: Fria, the elderly Winter Maiden, is described by Winter as being due to die at any moment. After the Fall of Beacon, Ironwood allowed only one person to visit Fria and bond with her - Winter. Therefore, a long-standing fan theory is planned to come about; Winter Schnee is set to become the next Winter Maiden.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Jacques blames him firing all Mantle workers on Ironwood. While he does it to manipulate the unhappy workers to vote for him, he is not wrong, as the Ironwood's embargo and the ensuing monetary losses were the reason Jacques had to fire the Mantle workers in the first place.

* MoodWhiplash: Most of the episode revolves around the heroes settling in to Atlas Academy and working as official Huntsmen, along with getting trained by the Ace Ops. Asides from a defused fight against Robyn Hill, the mood is light ... until Winter takes Weiss to see the Winter Maiden. After Winter reveals that the Winter Maiden's due to die any day - and that Ironwood has groomed Winter herself to inherit the powers - a news broadcast shows Jacques announcing that he's closed all "non-essential" SDC facilities as a result of the embargo, and promised the citizens to restore them should he be elected. Predictably, this results in riots breaking out in Mantle at the end of the episode, as a result of Dr. Watts pulling the strings.

* HeroicFatigue: Now being fully-licensed Huntresses, teams RWBY and JNR undergo more and more missions and are implied to be required to get up earlier than usual. Weiss, Blake, and Yang start to experience notable fatigue and even the normally enthusiastic Ruby eventually begins to struggle with drowsiness during a simple (but protracted) supply run.

* MrsRobinson: A bunch of mothers of the school children Jaune was helping cross the road in Mantle make some suggestive gestures to him. One even goes up and gives him a homemade casserole, and according to Jaune, it isn't the first time.

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: When Robyn and her huntress followers try to hold up a transport convoy for the Amity project, Robyn points out that those supplies were getting redirected from repairing Mantle's defences, leaving the kingdom vulnerable and it's implied that said supplies were officially marked has heading toward Mantle defense. Clover is all too aware of the tough situation, but he isn't capable of telling anyone outside Ironwood's trusted about what's going on.

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: When Robyn and her huntress followers try to hold up a transport convoy for the Amity project, Robyn points out that those supplies were getting redirected from repairing Mantle's defences, leaving the kingdom vulnerable. Clover is all too aware of the tough situation, but he isn't capable of telling anyone outside Ironwood's trusted about what's going on.

* MoodWhiplash: Most of the episode revolves around the heroes settling in to Atlas Academy and working as official Huntsmen, along with getting trained by the Ace Ops. Asides from a defused fight against Robyn Hill, the mood is light ... until Winter takes Weiss to see the Winter Maiden. After Winter reveals that the Winter Maiden's due to die any day - and that Ironwood has groomed Winter herself to inherit the powers - a news broadcast shows Jacques announcing that he's closed all "non-essential" SDC facilities as a result of the embargo, and promised the citizens to restore that should he be elected. Predictably, this results in riots breaking out in Mantle at the end of the episode, as a result of Dr. Watts pulling the strings.

* TheReveal: Fria, the elderly Winter Maiden, is described by Winter as being due to die at any moment. After the Fall of Beacon, Ironwood allowed only one person to visit Freya and bond with her - Winter. Therefore, a long-standing fan theory is planned to come about; Winter Schnee is set to become the next Winter Maiden.
* SadisticChoice: Jacques' revelation is essentially this -- either he's elected and be stuck working with an unpopular politician despite the promise of reopening his facilities or he's not elected and many people lose their jobs.

* RealityEnsues: Being fully-licensed Huntresses, team RWBY is now taking on more jobs and tasks than they are use to and are periodically shown throughout the episode to be quite fatigue. Even Ruby, who initially acts like her typical enthusiastic self, is later shown to rather lethargic during a simple supply run.
** Surprisingly averted with Qrow's sobriety, having got back on the wagon without any (apparent) indication of experiencing withdrawal.

* MsRobinson: A bunch of mothers of the school children Jaune was helping cross the road in Mantle make some suggestive gestures to him. One even goes up and gives him a homemade casserole, and according to Jaune, it isn't the first time.

* TheBusCameBack: This is the first appearance of Team FNKI since Volume 3

* TheBusCameBack: Team FNKI return - as a full team, no less - when sparring against team JNPR at Atlas Academy.

* TrainingMontage: The first third of the episode shows a montage of the heroes doing various missions, along with training with the Ace Ops and against team FNKI.

* TheBusCameBack: Team FNKI return - as a full team, no less - when sparring against team JNPR at Atlas Academy.

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: When Robyn and her huntress followers try to hold up a transport convoy for the Amity project, Robyn points out that those supplies were getting redirected from repairing Mantle's defences, leaving the kingdom vulnerable. Clover is all too aware of the situation, but he isn't capable of telling anyone outside Ironwood's trusted that

* TheReveal: Freya, the elderly Winter Maiden, is described by Winter as being due to die at any moment. After the Fall of Beacon, Ironwood allowed only one person to visit Freya and bond with her - Winter. Therefore, a long-standing fan theory is planned to come about; Winter Schnee is set to become the next Winter Maiden.

!!Tropes in this episode include:

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