History Recap / TheLibrariansS2E04AndTheCostOfEducation

* Creator/HPLovecraft: He is mentioned by name, and it is said that he based Miskatonic University on Wexler.

* OminousLatinChanting: Played with with the Latin cheer.

* ItsAllAboutMe: Professor Bankroft and Lucy have moments of it that lead to their abductions, but Ezekiel takes the cake when he's used as bait to distract the monster and spouts endlessly about how great he is. [[ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne Stone goes along with all of it until Ezekiel claims he's probably a better singer than Stone. Stone's actor, Christian Kane, happens to have a career as a country singer.]]

* YourHeadAsplode: Implied to be the cause of Josiah Wexler's death. When asked to clarify, Jenkins mimes his own head exploding, complete with gory sound effects.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When a Wexler cheerleader is casually talking about all the weird stuff that happens on campus as the cheer team prepares for a football game against the University of Michigan, Baird's incredulous reaction is not to the obviously abnormal happenings, but to the idea that Wexley's football team stands a ''chance'' against Michigan's.
* ExtranormalInstitute: What Wexley University is. After the death of the founder, people try to downplay it but it is still weird.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: What the people of Wexley appear to do when weird things happen. They consider it normal for universities to have a one out of five of students and teachers suddenly transferring/leaving/shifting, the disappearance of a bus load of people with their clothes left behind as a prank, and so on.

!!This episode is contains the following tropes:

* CallBack: Jenkins points out that the trick of stopping time to have a conversation outside of it is the same one that Morgan Le Fay used in ''[[Recap/TheLibrariansS1E07AndTheRuleOfThree ...And the Rule of Three]]''.

** HeroicSacrifice: He died saving Ezekiel. Poor Stumpy.

* WhyAreYouLookingAtMeLikeThat: After realizing that they need someone egotistical to bait the monster, everyone looks straight at Ezekiel.

* WeirdScience: Said word for word when Eve comments on the impossible yet working mini particle accelerator due to how the ambient magic affects it.

* ShootTheDog: Stumpy the gargoyle is crushed by the monster's tentacles.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: When a Wexley cheerleader is casually talking about all the weird stuff that happens on campus as the cheer team prepares for a football game against the University of Michigan, Baird's incredulous reaction is not to the obviously abnormal happenings, but to the idea that Wexley's football team stands a ''chance'' against Michigan's.

* Creator/HPLovecraft: HE is mentioned by name, and it is said that he based Miskatonic University on Wexler.

* RefusalOfTheCall: Cassandra turns down the Lake Foundation's very lucrative offer to join their ranks.

* HPLovecraft: Jenkins says that Lovecraft based his Miskatonic University on Wexley.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Professor Bankroft and Lucy have moments of it that lead to their abductions, but Ezekiel takes the cake when he's used as bait to distract the monster and spouts endlessly about how great he is.
** ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: Stone goes along with all of it until Ezekiel claims he's probably a better singer than Stone. Stone's actor, Christian Kane, happens to have a career as a country singer.

* RefusalOfTheCall: Cassandra denies the Lake Foundation's offer to join their ranks.

* TimeStandsStill: The Lake Foundation pulls this trick as Cassandra is being followed by the monster, using the opportunity to give her a job offer.

* TimeStandsStill: The Lake Foundation pulls this trick as Cassandra is being followed by the monster, using the opportunity to give her a job offer.