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* DisappointedInYou: While Summer went with Raven on her last mission, she says she wasn't pleased at all by Raven's abandonment of Taiyang and Yang, being unusually cold toward Raven and shoulder-check her despite Raven saying Summer was better suited for family life and motherhood than her.

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* DisappointedInYou: While Summer went with Raven on her last mission, she says she wasn't pleased at all by Raven's abandonment of Taiyang and Yang, being unusually cold toward Raven and shoulder-check shoulder-checking her despite Raven saying Summer was better suited for family life and motherhood than her.



* TheDogBitesBack: After Neo is freed from the Curious Cat and they are defeated, she sends the Jabberwalkers to kill them in revenge.



* TheDogBitesBack: After Neo is freed from the Curious Cat and they are defeated, she sends the Jabberwalkers to kill them in revenge.
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* AnAesop: ''Don't leave your burdens behind. Become someone who can bear them.'' After spending her entire time in Ever After lamenting her weaknesses and regretting her mistakes, Ruby comes to the realization that it's pointless to try and become perfect. Instead of erasing her current self to escape her burdens, Ruby chooses to become someone strong enough to fight in spite of them.

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* AnAesop: ''Don't leave your burdens behind. Become someone who can bear them.'' After spending her entire time in Ever After lamenting her weaknesses and regretting her mistakes, Ruby comes to the realization that it's pointless to try and become perfect. Instead of erasing her current self to escape her burdens, Ruby chooses to become someone strong enough to fight in spite of them.



* {{Bookends}}: Neo introduced herself to Team RWBY with a mocking curtsy in their first meeting as enemies. This time, she performs a genuine curtsy, grateful to the group for saving her from the cat, as she parts on better terms with them.



* BrokenPedestal: By touching Summer's old weapon, Ruby sees how on the night she left, she lied to Tai about going on a mission for Ozpin when was actually meeting up with Raven for some important mission. The stunned and frustrated Ruby pushes the weapon display over, shattering its glass. [[DownplayedTrope However]], Ruby also remembers Summer assuring her and Yang she would always love them the way they are and realizes she doesn't have to be a perfect Huntress either.

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* BrokenPedestal: By touching Summer's old weapon, Ruby sees how on the night she left, she lied to Tai about going on a mission for Ozpin when was actually meeting up with Raven for some important mission. The stunned and frustrated Ruby pushes the weapon display over, [[LiteralMetaphor shattering its glass. glass alongside the perfect image of her mother]]. [[DownplayedTrope However]], with the Blacksmith's guidance, Ruby also remembers realizes her mother had her own flaws and worries, and no one is perfect. This realization and Summer assuring her and Yang she would always love them the way they are and realizes are, help Ruby realize she doesn't have to be a perfect Huntress huntress either.
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[[Recap/{{RWBY}} Index]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E1APlaceOfParticularConcern 1]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E2AltercationAtTheAuspiciousAuction 2]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E3RudeRedAndRoyal 3]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E4ACatMostCurious 4]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E5TheParfaitPredicament 5]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E6ConfessionsWithinCumulonimbusClouds 6]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E7ThePerilsOfPaperHouses 7]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E8TeaAmidstTerribleTrouble 8]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E9ATaleInvolvingATree 9]] | '''10''' | [[Recap/RWBYV9E11Volume9BonusEndingAnimatic 11]]-]]]

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[[Recap/{{RWBY}} Index]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E1APlaceOfParticularConcern 1]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E2AltercationAtTheAuspiciousAuction 2]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E3RudeRedAndRoyal 3]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E4ACatMostCurious 4]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E5TheParfaitPredicament 5]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E6ConfessionsWithinCumulonimbusClouds 6]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E7ThePerilsOfPaperHouses 7]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E8TeaAmidstTerribleTrouble 8]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E9ATaleInvolvingATree 9]] | '''10''' | [[Recap/RWBYV9E11Volume9BonusEndingAnimatic 11]]-]]]11]] ]]-]]]
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[[Recap/{{RWBY}} Index]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E1APlaceOfParticularConcern 1]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E2AltercationAtTheAuspiciousAuction 2]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E3RudeRedAndRoyal 3]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E4ACatMostCurious 4]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E5TheParfaitPredicament 5]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E6ConfessionsWithinCumulonimbusClouds 6]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E7ThePerilsOfPaperHouses 7]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E8TeaAmidstTerribleTrouble 8]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E9ATaleInvolvingATree 9]] | '''10''' ]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E11Volume9BonusEndingAnimatic 11]]-]]]

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[[Recap/{{RWBY}} Index]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E1APlaceOfParticularConcern 1]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E2AltercationAtTheAuspiciousAuction 2]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E3RudeRedAndRoyal 3]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E4ACatMostCurious 4]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E5TheParfaitPredicament 5]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E6ConfessionsWithinCumulonimbusClouds 6]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E7ThePerilsOfPaperHouses 7]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E8TeaAmidstTerribleTrouble 8]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E9ATaleInvolvingATree 9]] | '''10''' ]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E11Volume9BonusEndingAnimatic 11]]-]]]
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[[Recap/{{RWBY}} Index]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E1APlaceOfParticularConcern 1]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E2AltercationAtTheAuspiciousAuction 2]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E3RudeRedAndRoyal 3]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E4ACatMostCurious 4]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E5TheParfaitPredicament 5]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E6ConfessionsWithinCumulonimbusClouds 6]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E7ThePerilsOfPaperHouses 7]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E8TeaAmidstTerribleTrouble 8]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E9ATaleInvolvingATree 9]] | '''10''' ]]-]]]

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[[Recap/{{RWBY}} Index]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E1APlaceOfParticularConcern 1]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E2AltercationAtTheAuspiciousAuction 2]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E3RudeRedAndRoyal 3]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E4ACatMostCurious 4]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E5TheParfaitPredicament 5]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E6ConfessionsWithinCumulonimbusClouds 6]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E7ThePerilsOfPaperHouses 7]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E8TeaAmidstTerribleTrouble 8]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E9ATaleInvolvingATree 9]] | '''10''' ]]-]]]]] | [[Recap/RWBYV9E11Volume9BonusEndingAnimatic 11]]-]]]
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*GracefulLoser: Neo's plan to render Ruby DeaderThanDead ultimately fails as Ruby emerges from the Tree with her personality intact. However, she ultimately accepts the futility of revenge, giving Ruby and her friends a graceful curtsy before giving herself over to the Tree.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Neo making Ruby ascend in "[[Recap/RWBYV9E8TeaAmidstTerribleTrouble Tea Amidst Terrible Trouble]]" inadvertently does the exact opposite of her intended goal; instead of rendering Ruby DeaderThanDead like Neo intended, Ascension leads Ruby to the Blacksmith, who guides Ruby to accept herself as enough and lets her emerge as herself with her identity intact. This actually leads Neo to choose Ascension for herself after Ruby reemerges.

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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Neo making Ruby ascend in "[[Recap/RWBYV9E8TeaAmidstTerribleTrouble Tea Amidst Terrible Trouble]]" inadvertently does the exact opposite of her intended goal; instead of rendering Ruby DeaderThanDead like Neo intended, Ascension leads Ruby to the Blacksmith, who guides Ruby out of her mental breakdown and to accept herself as enough and lets enough, letting her emerge as herself with her identity intact. This actually leads Neo to choose Ascension for herself after Ruby reemerges.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Neo making Ruby Ascend in [[Recap/RWBYV9E8TeaAmidstTerribleTrouble Tea Amidst Terrible Trouble]]" inadvertently does the exact opposite of her intended goal; instead of rendering Ruby DeaderThanDead like Neo intended, Ascension leads Ruby to the Blacksmith, who guides Ruby to accept herself as enough and lets her emerge as herself with her identity completely intact. This actually leads Neo to choose Ascension for herself after Ruby reamerges.

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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Neo making Ruby Ascend ascend in [[Recap/RWBYV9E8TeaAmidstTerribleTrouble "[[Recap/RWBYV9E8TeaAmidstTerribleTrouble Tea Amidst Terrible Trouble]]" inadvertently does the exact opposite of her intended goal; instead of rendering Ruby DeaderThanDead like Neo intended, Ascension leads Ruby to the Blacksmith, who guides Ruby to accept herself as enough and lets her emerge as herself with her identity completely intact. This actually leads Neo to choose Ascension for herself after Ruby reamerges.reemerges.
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This was removed due to potential misuse, but this was noted in Neopolitan's segment in the RWBY character pages, so I felt it was worth placing here.


** NiceJobFixingItVillain: Neo making Ruby Ascend in [[Recap/RWBYV9E8TeaAmidstTerribleTrouble Tea Amidst Terrible Trouble]]" inadvertently does the exact opposite of her intended goal; instead of rendering Ruby DeaderThanDead like Neo intended, Ascension leads Ruby to the Blacksmith, who guides Ruby to accept herself as enough and lets her emerge as herself with her identity completely intact. This actually leads Neo to choose Ascension for herself after Ruby reamerges.

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** NiceJobFixingItVillain: *NiceJobFixingItVillain: Neo making Ruby Ascend in [[Recap/RWBYV9E8TeaAmidstTerribleTrouble Tea Amidst Terrible Trouble]]" inadvertently does the exact opposite of her intended goal; instead of rendering Ruby DeaderThanDead like Neo intended, Ascension leads Ruby to the Blacksmith, who guides Ruby to accept herself as enough and lets her emerge as herself with her identity completely intact. This actually leads Neo to choose Ascension for herself after Ruby reamerges.
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This was removed due to potential misuse, but this was noted in Neopolitan's segment in the RWBY character pages, so I felt it was worth placing here.

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**NiceJobFixingItVillain: Neo making Ruby Ascend in [[Recap/RWBYV9E8TeaAmidstTerribleTrouble Tea Amidst Terrible Trouble]]" inadvertently does the exact opposite of her intended goal; instead of rendering Ruby DeaderThanDead like Neo intended, Ascension leads Ruby to the Blacksmith, who guides Ruby to accept herself as enough and lets her emerge as herself with her identity completely intact. This actually leads Neo to choose Ascension for herself after Ruby reamerges.
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Removing potential misuse.


* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Neo making Ruby Ascend in [[Recap/RWBYV9E8TeaAmidstTerribleTrouble Tea Amidst Terrible Trouble]]" inadvertently does the exact opposite of her intended goal; instead of rendering Ruby DeaderThanDead like Neo intended, Ascension leads Ruby to the Blacksmith, who guides Ruby to accept herself as enough and lets her emerge as herself with her identity completely intact. This actually leads Neo to choose Ascension for herself after Ruby reamerges.
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*NiceJobFixingItVillain: Neo making Ruby Ascend in [[Recap/RWBYV9E8TeaAmidstTerribleTrouble Tea Amidst Terrible Trouble]]" inadvertently does the exact opposite of her intended goal; instead of rendering Ruby DeaderThanDead like Neo intended, Ascension leads Ruby to the Blacksmith, who guides Ruby to accept herself as enough and lets her emerge as herself with her identity completely intact. This actually leads Neo to choose Ascension for herself after Ruby reamerges.
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* BrokenPedestal: By touching Summer's old weapon, Ruby sees how on the night she left, she lied to Tai about going on a mission for Ozpin when was actually meeting up with Raven for some important mission. Stunned and frustrated at her mother's deceitfulness, Ruby pushes the weapon display over, shattering its glass. [[DownplayedTrope However]], Ruby also remembers Summer assuring her and Yang that she would always love them the way they are and realizes she doesn't have to be a perfect Huntress either.

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* BrokenPedestal: By touching Summer's old weapon, Ruby sees how on the night she left, she lied to Tai about going on a mission for Ozpin when was actually meeting up with Raven for some important mission. Stunned The stunned and frustrated at her mother's deceitfulness, Ruby pushes the weapon display over, shattering its glass. [[DownplayedTrope However]], Ruby also remembers Summer assuring her and Yang that she would always love them the way they are and realizes she doesn't have to be a perfect Huntress either.



* ClippedWingAngel: After being forced out of Neo by the rush of memories and emotions, the Curious Cat transforms into a large BeastMan to continue trying to kill the heroes. Unfortunately for them, losing access to Neo's Semblance gets rid of [[UnskilledButStrong the only advantage the Cat had]], and while they battle WBY and Jaune with a slight advantage, the reunited Team RWBY trounces them. Once Ruby joins the fight the Cat's barely even able to scratch any of them before the four launch a CombinationAttack that puts them down for good.

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* ClippedWingAngel: After being forced out of Neo by the rush of memories and emotions, the Curious Cat transforms continues to try killing the heroes by transforming into a large BeastMan to continue trying to kill the heroes.BeastMan. Unfortunately for them, losing access to Neo's Semblance gets rid of [[UnskilledButStrong the only advantage the Cat had]], and while they battle WBY and Jaune with a slight advantage, the reunited Team RWBY trounces them. Once Ruby joins the fight the Cat's barely even able to scratch any of them before the four launch a CombinationAttack that puts put them down for good.with a CombinationAttack.
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* HappilyFailedSuicide: After being DrivenToSuicide in "[[Recap/RWBYV9E8TeaAmidstTerribleTrouble Tea Amidst Terrible Trouble]]", Ruby ultimately realizes that she doesn't actually want to die, she wants to stop feeling like a failure. The Blacksmith guides her to accept herself as enough, and later affirms to her that she has done good for the Ever After to disprove her feelings that she only makes things worse. Ruby's last words are to thank the Blacksmith for helping her.
* HeelRealization: After discovering the emptiness of her vengeance, breathing in the leaves' smoke, the heroes saving her, and then seeing Team RWBY and Jaune together all causes Neo to realize that she wants to be a new, better person. She lets go of Roman, curtsies to the team, and lets the Tree ascend her.

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* HappilyFailedSuicide: After being DrivenToSuicide in "[[Recap/RWBYV9E8TeaAmidstTerribleTrouble Tea Amidst Terrible Trouble]]", Ruby ultimately realizes that she doesn't actually want to die, she wants to stop feeling like a failure. failure as opposed to dying. The Blacksmith guides her Ruby to accept herself as enough, and later affirms to disproves her that feelings about making things worse by saying she has done good for the Ever After to disprove her feelings that she only makes things worse. After. Ruby's last final words are to thank the Blacksmith for helping her.
* HeelRealization: After discovering the emptiness of her vengeance, breathing in the leaves' smoke, the heroes saving her, and then seeing Team RWBY and Jaune together all causes Neo to realize that realise she wants to be a new, better person. She lets go of Roman, curtsies to the team, and lets the Tree ascend her.
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* HappilyFailedSuicide: After being DrivenToSuicide in "[[Recap/RWBYV9E8TeaAmidstTerribleTrouble Tea Amidst Terrible Trouble]]", Ruby ultimately realizes that she doesn't actually want to die but to stop feeling like a failure. The Blacksmith guides her to accept herself as enough, and later affirms to her that she has done good for the Ever After to disprove her feelings that she only makes things worse. Ruby's last words are to thank the Blacksmith for helping her.

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* HappilyFailedSuicide: After being DrivenToSuicide in "[[Recap/RWBYV9E8TeaAmidstTerribleTrouble Tea Amidst Terrible Trouble]]", Ruby ultimately realizes that she doesn't actually want to die but die, she wants to stop feeling like a failure. The Blacksmith guides her to accept herself as enough, and later affirms to her that she has done good for the Ever After to disprove her feelings that she only makes things worse. Ruby's last words are to thank the Blacksmith for helping her.
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* HappilyFailedSuicide: After being DrivenToSuicide in Recap/RWBYV9E8TeaAmidstTerribleTrouble, Ruby ultimately realizes that she doesn't actually want to die but to stop feeling like a failure. The Blacksmith guides her to accept herself as enough, and later affirms to her that she has done good for the Ever After to disprove her feelings that she only makes things worse. Ruby's last words are to thank the Blacksmith for helping her.

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* HappilyFailedSuicide: After being DrivenToSuicide in Recap/RWBYV9E8TeaAmidstTerribleTrouble, "[[Recap/RWBYV9E8TeaAmidstTerribleTrouble Tea Amidst Terrible Trouble]]", Ruby ultimately realizes that she doesn't actually want to die but to stop feeling like a failure. The Blacksmith guides her to accept herself as enough, and later affirms to her that she has done good for the Ever After to disprove her feelings that she only makes things worse. Ruby's last words are to thank the Blacksmith for helping her.
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* HappyEndingOverride: An inverted example. Most of the ''villains''' biggest wins from the previous Volume are undone: in addition to most of Atlas' people having been saved, Cinder's plan to kill Ruby and her friends resulted with their emotional strengthening in Ever After, and Ruby's call to arms actually made the world more united than ever. As Salem summoning the Brothers will ''only'' destroy the world if humanity is still divided, this effectively puts her further from her goal than she started the series at. In terms of the Volume itself, the bleak ending in Recap/RWBYV9E8TeaAmidstTerribleTrouble is also completely undone as Ruby maintains her identity, rendering Neo's already PyrrhicVictory in that episode moot.
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* HappyEndingOverride: An inverted example. Most of the ''villains''' biggest wins from the previous Volume were undone: in addition to most of Atlas' people having been saved, Cinder's plan to kill Ruby and her friends resulted with their emotional strengthening in Ever After, and Ruby's call to arms actually made the world more united than ever. As Salem summoning the Brothers will ''only'' destroy the world if humanity is still divided, this effectively puts her further from her goal than she started the series at. In terms of the Volume itself, the bleak ending in Recap/RWBYV9E8TeaAmidstTerribleTrouble is also completely undone as Ruby maintains her identity, rendering Neo's already PyrrhicVictory in that episode moot.

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* HappyEndingOverride: An inverted example. Most of the ''villains''' biggest wins from the previous Volume were are undone: in addition to most of Atlas' people having been saved, Cinder's plan to kill Ruby and her friends resulted with their emotional strengthening in Ever After, and Ruby's call to arms actually made the world more united than ever. As Salem summoning the Brothers will ''only'' destroy the world if humanity is still divided, this effectively puts her further from her goal than she started the series at. In terms of the Volume itself, the bleak ending in Recap/RWBYV9E8TeaAmidstTerribleTrouble is also completely undone as Ruby maintains her identity, rendering Neo's already PyrrhicVictory in that episode moot.

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