History Recap / RWBYV8E5Amity

* ShoutOut: Maria getting between Cinder and Penny with her cargo-lifting MiniMecha and shouting “get away from her, [[CurseCutShort you bi-]]” is a clear reference to Film/{{Aliens}}.

* MagicEnhancement: Penny mostly uses her Maiden Powers this episode to boost her existing abilities, such as supercharging her WaveMotionGun to the point where it [[OneHitKill wastes Cinder with a single blast]] or powering up her thrusters so she can lift the Amity tower.

* TheCameo: Many established characters from the series that haven't been seen in a while are shown watching Ruby's message to the world, including Saphron, Terra, Sun, Neptune, Glynda, the Shopkeeper, Taiyang, and Zwei.

* AdultFear: Pietro desperately wants Penny to stay on Amity with him, where it's safe. He doesn't want her getting involved in the battle against Salem, he doesn't want her fighting Cinder when she arrives, and he doesn't want her risking her life to push Amity into broadcast range. He explicitly states that he doesn't care about the big picture or the greater good where his daughter's life is concerned, and tells Penny that he wants to be able to watch her live her life. She has to point out that the choices he's denying her are her attempts to live her life, forcing him to relent and allow her to support the weight of Amity so that the message can be sent. When he does lose contact with her at the end, he is left completely heartbroken.

* TheCameo: People all over Remnant are seen watching Ruby's broadcast, including a few established characters: Saphron, Terra, and Adrian in Argus, Neptune and Sun in the deserts of Vacuo, Ilia in Mistral (receiving a phone call from Ghira as she watches), the Shopkeep and Glynda in Vale, and finally Taiyang and Zwei in Patch. Neptune and Tai get brief lines, and it marks the first time that the two Vale characters have been depicted in the show's current art style.

Ruby and her friends must stabilise Amity to tell Remnant about Salem as well as Atlas' plight.

The heroes must stabilise Amity in order to tell the world about Salem and the plight of Atlas.

Our heroes must stabilise Amity so they can tell the truth about Salem as well as the impending invasion of Atlas.

This is it. Their chance to tell the world the truth. Will their message be heard?

->''"What… is this?!"''

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->''"There is a difference between a good idea and our best idea. Sadly, we don't have time for much else."''
-->-- '''Dr. Polendina'''

->''"What is this?!"''

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* LogicalWeakness: Emerald is very effective at producing such realistic illusions that her victims can't distinguish between reality and illusion until it's too late. However, when her illusions make Penny believe she's completely surrounded by visually indistinguishable clones of Cinder, Penny simply gives them all a quick scan with her electronic thermal sensors to identify the real Cinder. Emerald's illusions are hallucinations that affect biological senses; they don't give off body heat like a living being would so they can't fool thermal vision. Similarly, Maria's Preflexes Semblance allows her to sense incoming threats regardless of her other senses, so she has a better time than most detecting where the actual threat is coming from.

* MiniMecha: Maria uses one both to set up Amity Tower and briefly in the fight, though Neo sideswipes it with the airship they came in with and soon manages to wreck it. Though destroying backfires on Neo, since Maria proved to be a more effective fighter without it.

* MiniMecha: Maria uses one both to set up Amity Tower and briefly in the fight, though Neo sideswipes it with the airship they came in with and soon manages to wreck it.

* DoubleMeaningTitle: Amity is a word that means having friendly relations and cooperation with others, which is the exact purpose of Amity Colosseum when used for the Vytal Festival Tournament -- to bring kingdoms together in peace, unity and shared beliefs. The episode title follows this spirit. It refers to the episode focussing on getting Amity Tower into broadcast range so that it can send a message asking the world to come together and face Salem's threat united. The subversion is the focus on Ironwood, the Ace-Ops and Watts all working together in forced, unfriendly cooperation to hack Penny for their own ends, thereby disrupting the ability of everyone else to work together in genuine cooperation.

* LogicalWeakness: Emerald is very effective at producing such realistic illusions that her victims can't distinguish between reality and illusion until it's too late. However, when her illusions make Penny believe she's completely surrounded by visually indistinguishable clones of Cinder, Penny simply gives them all a quick scan with her electronic thermal sensors to identify the real Cinder. Emerald's illusions are hallucinations that affect biological senses; they don't give off body heat like a living being would so they can't fool thermal vision. Similarly, Maria's Preflexes Semblances allows her to sense incoming threats regardless of her other senses, so she has a better time than most detecting where the actual threat is coming from.

* LogicalWeakness: Emerald is very effective at producing such realistic illusions that her victims can't distinguish between reality and illusion until it's too late. However, when her illusions make Penny believe she's completely surrounded by visually indistinguishable clones of Cinder, Penny simply gives them all a quick scan with her electronic thermal sensors to identify the real Cinder. Emerald's illusions are hallucinations that affect biological senses; they don't give off body heat like a living being would so they can't fool thermal vision.

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