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* LoopholeAbuse: Jenny works out that Irving can use the sword without it consuming the user's soul as his own soul is already owned by Henry.

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* LoopholeAbuse: Jenny works out that Irving can use the sword without it consuming the user's his soul as his own soul one is already owned by Henry.
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* LoopholeAbuse: Jenny works out that Irving can use the sword without it consuming the user's soul as his own soul is already owned by Henry.
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* CoolGuns: The twin flintlocks that UsefulNotes/{{Blackbeard}} allegedly used to sink a [[KrakenAndLeviathan Leviathan]].

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* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Irving takes a mortal wound during his fight with Henry's AnimatedArmor.
* CharacterDeath:
** Frank Irving dies fighting Henry/War's armor.
** Moloch is killed when Henry stabs him with the Sword of Methuselah.

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* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Irving takes sustains a mortal wound during his fight with Henry's AnimatedArmor.
* CharacterDeath:
** Frank Irving dies fighting Henry/War's armor.
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CharacterDeath: Moloch is killed when Henry stabs him with the Sword of Methuselah.
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Written by Mark Goffman

Directed by Dwight Little

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** Moloch appears to have been killed when stabbed by Henry with the Sword of Methuselah.

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** Moloch appears to have been is killed when stabbed by Henry stabs him with the Sword of Methuselah.


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* TheDogBitesBack: After Henry's Horseman armor is destroyed by Irving, he retreats to Moloch, who sends him to confront our heroes and makes it clear to Henry that he considers him expendable. In the final act, Henry takes the Sword of Methuselah and stabs Moloch with it, killing him.

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* CharacterDeath: Frank Irving dies fighting Henry/War's armor. Moloch appears to have been killed when stabbed by Henry with the Sword of Methuselah.

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Moloch appears to have been killed when stabbed by Henry with the Sword of Methuselah.



* CoolGuns: The twin flintlocks that {{Blackbeard}} allegedly used to sink a Leviathan.

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* CoolGuns: The twin flintlocks that {{Blackbeard}} UsefulNotes/{{Blackbeard}} allegedly used to sink a Leviathan.[[KrakenAndLeviathan Leviathan]].



* InstantExpert: Apparently if someone doesn't actually have swordsmanship skills, the Sword of Methuselah will do the work for them. This comes in handy for Frank Irving, who has never wielded a sword before.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: A Jokoto Samurai sword is amongst Hawley's possessions, which Ichabod identifies as a katana. According to Hawley, it imbues its wielder with the strength of all previous samurai to wield it.
** Made all the more awesome given that the Katana was enchanted to masquerade as the Sword of Methuselah in Abbie's possession, but probably not did imbue her with the instant mastery that the Sword of Methuselah did. So Abagail was using a ''freaking Katana'' on her first time picking it up to fight off Henry's animated roots, at least for a little while.

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* InstantExpert: Apparently if someone doesn't actually have swordsmanship skills, the Sword of Methuselah will do the work for them. This comes in handy for Frank Irving, who has never wielded a sword before.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: A Jokoto Samurai sword is amongst among Hawley's possessions, which Ichabod identifies as a katana. According to Hawley, it imbues its wielder with the strength of all previous samurai to wield it.
** Made all the more awesome given that the Katana katana was enchanted to masquerade as the Sword of Methuselah in Abbie's possession, but probably not did imbue her with the instant mastery that the Sword of Methuselah did. So Abagail Abbie was using a ''freaking Katana'' on her first time picking it up to fight off Henry's animated roots, at least for a little while.
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* CharacterDeath: Frank Irving dies fighting Henry/War's armor. Moloch may or may not be dead depending on the rules for demons on his level.

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* CharacterDeath: Frank Irving dies fighting Henry/War's armor. Moloch may or may not be dead depending on appears to have been killed when stabbed by Henry with the rules for demons on his level.Sword of Methuselah.



* WhamEpisode: It turns out using the Sword of Methuselah will kill the wielder, Ichabod and Katrina all but call it quits in the marriage department, Irving dies after destroying War's armor with the Sword of Methuselah, and Henry gets the upper hand on the heroes...''and apparently kills Moloch with the Sword of Methuselah''.

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* WhamEpisode: It turns out using the Sword of Methuselah will kill the wielder, Ichabod and Katrina all but call it quits in the marriage department, Irving dies after destroying War's armor with the Sword of Methuselah, and Henry gets the upper hand on the heroes...''and apparently kills Moloch with the Sword of Methuselah''.
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** Made all the more awesome given that the Katana was enchanted to masquerade as the Sword of Methuselah in Abbie's possession, but probably not did imbue her with the instant mastery that the Sword of Methuselah did. So Abagail was using a ''freaking Katana'' on her first time picking it up to fight off Henry's animated roots, at least for a little while.
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* InstantExpert: Apparently if someone doesn't actually have swordsmanship skills, the Sword of Methuselah will do the work for them.

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* InstantExpert: Apparently if someone doesn't actually have swordsmanship skills, the Sword of Methuselah will do the work for them. This comes in handy for Frank Irving, who has never wielded a sword before.
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* InstantExpert: Apparently if someone doesn't actually have swordsmanship skills, the Sword of Methuselah will do the work for them.
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* CoolGuns: The twin flintlocks that {{Blackbeard}} allegedly used to sink a Leviathan.


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* KatanasAreJustBetter: A Jokoto Samurai sword is amongst Hawley's possessions, which Ichabod identifies as a katana. According to Hawley, it imbues its wielder with the strength of all previous samurai to wield it.

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* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: Irving takes a mortal wound during his fight with Henry's AnimatedArmor.



* WhamEpisode: Oh, boy. It turns out using the Sword of Methuselah will kill the wielder, Ichabod and Katrina all but call it quits in the marriage department, Irving dies after destroying War's armor with the Sword of Methuselah, and Henry gets the upper hand on the heroes...''and apparently kills Moloch with the Sword of Methuselah''.

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* RainOfBlood: Specifically, ''hail'' of blood.
* WhamEpisode: Oh, boy. It turns out using the Sword of Methuselah will kill the wielder, Ichabod and Katrina all but call it quits in the marriage department, Irving dies after destroying War's armor with the Sword of Methuselah, and Henry gets the upper hand on the heroes...''and apparently kills Moloch with the Sword of Methuselah''.
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* WhamEpisode: Oh, boy. It turns out using the Sword of Methuselah will kill the wielder, Ichabod and Katrina all but call it quits in the marriage department, Irving dies after destroying War's armor with the Sword of Methuselah, and Henry gets the upper hand on the heroes...''and kills Moloch with the Sword of Methuselah''.

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* WhamEpisode: Oh, boy. It turns out using the Sword of Methuselah will kill the wielder, Ichabod and Katrina all but call it quits in the marriage department, Irving dies after destroying War's armor with the Sword of Methuselah, and Henry gets the upper hand on the heroes...''and apparently kills Moloch with the Sword of Methuselah''.
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* CharacterDeath: Frank Irving dies fighting the Horseman of War's armor. Moloch may or may not be dead depending on the rules for demons on his level.

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* CharacterDeath: Frank Irving dies fighting the Horseman of War's Henry/War's armor. Moloch may or may not be dead depending on the rules for demons on his level.

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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: Frank Irving.]]
** [[spoiler:And, depending on how it works with demons on his level, Moloch.]]
* CliffHanger: [[spoiler:The episode ends with Henry impaling Moloch with the Sword of Methuselah, causing the demon to explode into red light.]]
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Irving, using the Sword of Methuselah, takes on War...and ''wins'', but [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu at a high price]].]]
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Irving dies and Henry out-gambits the heroes AGAIN--only to subvert the trope at the last moment when he turns on Moloch and kills him.]]
* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler:Oh, boy. It turns out using the Sword of Methuselah will kill the wielder, Ichabod and Katrina all but call it quits in the marriage department, Irving dies after destroying War's armor with the Sword of Methuselah, and Henry gets the upper hand on the heroes...''and kills Moloch with the Sword of Methuselah''.]]

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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: Frank Irving.]]
** [[spoiler:And,
Irving dies fighting the Horseman of War's armor. Moloch may or may not be dead depending on how it works with the rules for demons on his level, Moloch.]]
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* CliffHanger: [[spoiler:The The episode ends with Henry impaling Moloch with the Sword of Methuselah, causing the demon to explode into red light.]]
light.
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Irving, Irving, using the Sword of Methuselah, takes on War...and ''wins'', but [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu at a high price]].]]
price]].
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Irving Irving dies and Henry out-gambits the heroes AGAIN--only to subvert the trope at the last moment when he turns on Moloch and kills him.]]
him.
* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler:Oh, Oh, boy. It turns out using the Sword of Methuselah will kill the wielder, Ichabod and Katrina all but call it quits in the marriage department, Irving dies after destroying War's armor with the Sword of Methuselah, and Henry gets the upper hand on the heroes...''and kills Moloch with the Sword of Methuselah''.]]

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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: Frank Irving. And, depending on how it works with demons on his level, Moloch.]]
* CliffHanger: [[spoiler: The episode ends with Henry impaling Moloch with the Sword of Methuselah, causing the demon to explode into red light.]]
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler: Irving, using the Sword of Methuselah, takes on War...and ''wins'', but [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu at a high price]].]]
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Irving dies and Henry out-gambits the heroes AGAIN -- only to subvert the trope at the last moment when he turns on Moloch and kills him.]]
* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler: Oh, boy. It turns out using the Sword of Methuselah will kill the wielder, Ichabod and Katrina all but call it quits in the marriage department, Irving dies after destroying War's armor, and Henry gets the upper hand on the heroes...''and kills Moloch with the Sword of Methuselah''.]]

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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: Frank Irving. And, depending on how it works with demons on his level, Moloch.]]
* CliffHanger: [[spoiler: The episode ends ** [[spoiler:And, depending on how it works with Henry impaling Moloch with the Sword of Methuselah, causing the demon to explode into red light.demons on his level, Moloch.]]
* CliffHanger: [[spoiler:The episode ends with Henry impaling Moloch with the Sword of Methuselah, causing the demon to explode into red light.]]
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler: Irving, [[spoiler:Irving, using the Sword of Methuselah, takes on War...and ''wins'', but [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu at a high price]].]]
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler: Irving [[spoiler:Irving dies and Henry out-gambits the heroes AGAIN -- only AGAIN--only to subvert the trope at the last moment when he turns on Moloch and kills him.]]
* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler: Oh, [[spoiler:Oh, boy. It turns out using the Sword of Methuselah will kill the wielder, Ichabod and Katrina all but call it quits in the marriage department, Irving dies after destroying War's armor, armor with the Sword of Methuselah, and Henry gets the upper hand on the heroes...''and kills Moloch with the Sword of Methuselah''.]]
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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: Frank Irving.]]

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* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: Frank Irving. And, depending on how it works with demons on his level, Moloch.]]
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* CliffHanger: [[spoiler: The episode ends with Henry impaling Moloch with the Sword of Methuselah, causing him to explode into red light.]]

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* CliffHanger: [[spoiler: The episode ends with Henry impaling Moloch with the Sword of Methuselah, causing him the demon to explode into red light.]]
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* CliffHanger: [[spoiler: The episode ends with Henry impaling Moloch with the Sword of Methuselah.]]

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* CliffHanger: [[spoiler: The episode ends with Henry impaling Moloch with the Sword of Methuselah.Methuselah, causing him to explode into red light.]]
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* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler: Oh, boy. It turns out using the Sword of Methuselah will kill the wielder, Ichabod and Katrina all but call it quits in the marriage department, Irving dies after destroying War's armor, and Henry gets the upper hand on the heroes...''[[HeelFaceTurn and kills Moloch with the Sword of Methuselah]]''.]]

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* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler: Oh, boy. It turns out using the Sword of Methuselah will kill the wielder, Ichabod and Katrina all but call it quits in the marriage department, Irving dies after destroying War's armor, and Henry gets the upper hand on the heroes...''[[HeelFaceTurn and ''and kills Moloch with the Sword of Methuselah]]''.Methuselah''.]]

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* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Irving bests War in combat using the Sword of Methuselah, but he sustains a mortal injury and dies.]]
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Frank Irving]]
* CliffHanger: [[spoiler:The episode ends with Henry impaling Moloch with the Sword of Methuselah.]]
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Irving, using the Sword of Methuselah, takes on War...and ''wins'', but [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu at a high price]].]]
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Irving dies and Henry out-gambits the heroes AGAIN.]]
* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler:Oh, boy. It turns out using the Sword of Methuselah will kill the wielder, Ichabod and Katrina all but call it quits in the marriage department, Irving dies after fighting War, and Henry gets the upper hand on the heroes...and kills Moloch with the Sword of Methuselah.]]

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* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Irving bests War in combat using the Sword of Methuselah, but he sustains a mortal injury and dies.CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: Frank Irving.]]
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Frank Irving]]
* CliffHanger: [[spoiler:The [[spoiler: The episode ends with Henry impaling Moloch with the Sword of Methuselah.]]
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Irving, [[spoiler: Irving, using the Sword of Methuselah, takes on War...and ''wins'', but [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu at a high price]].]]
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Irving [[spoiler: Irving dies and Henry out-gambits the heroes AGAIN.AGAIN -- only to subvert the trope at the last moment when he turns on Moloch and kills him.]]
* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler:Oh, [[spoiler: Oh, boy. It turns out using the Sword of Methuselah will kill the wielder, Ichabod and Katrina all but call it quits in the marriage department, Irving dies after fighting War, destroying War's armor, and Henry gets the upper hand on the heroes...''[[HeelFaceTurn and kills Moloch with the Sword of Methuselah.Methuselah]]''.]]
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Originally aired December 1, 2014

With the Sword of Methuselah in hand, Ichabod and Abbie gather their allies as Moloch prepares to unleash the forces of Hell upon the face of the earth.
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!!Tropes present in the episode:

* BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Irving bests War in combat using the Sword of Methuselah, but he sustains a mortal injury and dies.]]
* CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Frank Irving]]
* CliffHanger: [[spoiler:The episode ends with Henry impaling Moloch with the Sword of Methuselah.]]
* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: [[spoiler:Irving, using the Sword of Methuselah, takes on War...and ''wins'', but [[BrokeYourArmPunchingOutCthulhu at a high price]].]]
* DownerEnding: [[spoiler:Irving dies and Henry out-gambits the heroes AGAIN.]]
* WhamEpisode: [[spoiler:Oh, boy. It turns out using the Sword of Methuselah will kill the wielder, Ichabod and Katrina all but call it quits in the marriage department, Irving dies after fighting War, and Henry gets the upper hand on the heroes...and kills Moloch with the Sword of Methuselah.]]
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