History Recap / TheOwlHouseS2E2EscapingExpulsion

** The Abomaton 2.0 bears a passing resemblance to [[Franchise/TheAvengers Thanos]].

* FunctionalMagic: When Luz admits to only being able to find the four glyphs ([[FourElementEnsemble Light, Fire, Ice, and Plant]]), King theorizes that all other magical disciplines (Abominations, Bard, Healing, etc.) are just different combinations of those four primary magics implemented in certain ways.

* OrphanedEtymology: Willow comparing Gus' plan to something from "a cartoon from the forties" doesn't make much sense regarding the setting, as there seems to be nothing resembling cinema or television in the Boiling Isles. One likely scenario is that they learned it from Luz, who might have shown them old cartoons on her phone, but there's no confirmation of that for now.

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* AmbiguousDisorder: Amity's father, Alador, shows some signs of being on the UsefulNotes/{{Autism}} spectrum. He's uncoordinated, shows little interest or talent in [[NoSocialSkills social graces]], and hyper-focuses on his work and obscure interests (like making Abominations or chasing fairies/bugs).

->''"Looks like our precious mittens has been getting... distracted."''

* KickTheDog: Odalia gets Luz, Gus, and Willow kicked out of Hexside just to prove a point to Amity. She then proceeds to kick an entire [[UpToEleven Animal Shelter]] when she tries to get Luz killed during her presentation of Blight Industry Weaponry, for the sole purpose of keeping Amity under control.

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Eda and Lilith come into conflict over how to learn about using glyphs. Lilith wants to study them and learn how they work before doing anything else, which leads to a BoringButPractical success on her end. Eda wants to just experiment and see what works instead of wasting her time on learning the basics, which winds up being AwesomeButImpractical because she doesn't know what she's doing and causes problems with the turnout. Both come to acknowledge that the opposing practice is valid in learning this new magic; Eda comes up with more interesting combos, but Lilith is able to make those combos ''coherent''.

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Eda and Lilith come into conflict over how to learn about using glyphs. Lilith wants to study them and learn how they work before doing anything else, which leads to a BoringButPractical success on her end. Eda wants to just experiment and see what works instead of wasting her time on learning the basics, which winds up being AwesomeButImpractical because she doesn't know what she's doing and causes problems with the turnout. Both come to acknowledge that the opposing practice is valid in learning this new magic; Eda comes up with more interesting combos, but Lilith is able to create ''coherent'' combos.

* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Eda and Lilith come into conflict over how to learn about using glyphs. Lilith wants to study them and learn how they work before doing anything else, which leads to a BoringButPractical success on her end. Eda wants to just experiment and see what works instead of wasting her time on learning the basics, which winds up being AwesomeButImpractical because she doesn't know what she's doing and causes problems with the turnout. Both come to acknowledge that the opposing practice is valid in learning this new magic.

* MagicMisfire: Eda tries to combine glyphs by stacking them on top of each other, but because of [[LanguageOfMagic the way glyphs work]], any glyph combo created this way is essentially gibberish. Using such garbled glyph combos creates small explosions at best and [[DangerousPhlebotinumInteraction an eternally expanding ball of ice]] at worst.

* MagicMisfire: Eda tries to combine glyphs by stacking them on top of each other, but because of [[LanguageOfMagic the way glyphs work]], any glyph created this way is essentially gibberish. Using such garbled glyphs creates small explosions at best and [[DangerousPhlebotinumInteraction an eternally expanding ball of ice]] at worst.

* MagicMisfire: Eda tries to combine glyphs by stacking them on top of each other, but because of the way glyphs work, the glyphs created this way are essentially gibberish. Using such garbled glyphs creates small explosions at best and [[DangerousPhlebotinumInteraction an eternally expanding ball of ice]] at worst.

* MagicMisfire: Eda tries to combine glyphs by stacking them on top of each other, but the glyphs created this way are essentially gibberish, resulting in small explosions at best and [[DangerousPhlebotinumInteraction an eternally expanding ball of ice]] at worst.

* MagicMisfire: Eda tries to combine glyphs by stacking them on top of each other, but combining them this way just creates gibberish glyphs, resulting in small explosions at best and [[DangerousPhlebotinumInteraction an eternally expanding ball of ice]] at worst.

* MagicMisfire: Eda tries to combine glyphs by stacking them on top of each other, but this just creates gibberish glyphs, resulting in explosions at best and [[DangerousPhlebotinumInteraction an eternally expanding ball of ice]] at worst.

* MagicMisfire: Eda tries to combine glyphs by stacking them on top of each other, but this garbles the combos, resulting in explosions at best and [[DangerousPhlebotinumInteraction an eternally expanding ball of ice]] at worst.

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* HereWeGoAgain: Gus' general attitude when he, Willow, and Amity have to rescue Luz ''again'' because of her tendency to jump the gun.

* ILied: Odalia tries to go back on her word after agreeing to let Luz, Gus, and Willow back into Hexside, only for Alador to call her out and force her to honor the deal.

* InternalHomage: Luz and Amity's talk outside of the school is structured very similarly to the one they had back in "Wing it Like Witches". The song that's playing in the background even uses the same 4 note melody.

* ItWontTurnOff: Abomatons won't stop attacking their locked target until it is completely destroyed. In the case of humans, it will stop once they are ''killed''.

* ALighterShadeOfBlack: Amity's parents are both ruthless, money-driven and image-conscious (though in different ways), but her father Alador at least seems unhappy with his wife's gleeful expulsion of Luz, Gus, and Willow; doesn't seem thrilled to use Luz as a test subject; and is openly happy to see that Amity GrewASpine. He also convinces his wife to honor her word and let Amity remain friends with the PowerTrio, and with all of them in Hexside.
* KarmaHoudiniWarranty: At first glance, Odalia and Alador nearly ruined the lives of three innocent children and almost killed Luz on purpose, but are left with complete financial success in front of both their investors and the Emperor. However, their incredibly talented daughter, who they counted on to further the family's reputation, is fed up with them and makes it clear she won’t be controlled anymore. Odalia’s plan to get rid of Luz only serves to deepen the bond between her and Amity. And that financial success comes with being forced to work for Emperor Belos, and only Emperor Belos. The look on Odalia and Alador's [[OhCrap faces]] the moment the Golden Guard appears speaks volumes of how bad this is for them.

* LanguageOfMagic: Eda, Lilith, and King compare the glyphs Luz uses, and is teaching them about, to words in a language, commanding the BackgroundMagicField to achieve an effect. Eda stacking the various glyphs on top of each other was like shouting several words at once, causing a MagicMisfire, but arranging them in an array forms a stable "sentence" that can theoretically cast ''any'' spell depending on the glyphs used. King even theorizes that the reason that Luz hasn't found any glyphs besides the Light, Fire, Ice, and Plant ones is because ''all'' other spells are just various combinations of the four.

* HenpeckedHusband: Downplayed. Alador doesn't look happy with his wife's gleeful expulsion of Luz, Gus, and Willow; is put-off by her crushing the butterfly-like demon he was following around, and doesn't look pleased using Luz as a test subject. However, he doesn't defy his wife either, mildly protesting her attempt to kill Luz and only intervening when she openly plots to go back on her promise to Luz. While he does look thrilled to see Amity [[GrewASpine stand up to her mother]], he frames his support of her decision as PragmaticVillainy to his wife, though whether because he shares her abhorrent values or just knew it would appeal to her is left a little ambiguous.

* HateSink: The first time Amity's parents were mentioned was when [[Recap/TheOwlHouseS1E15UnderstandingWillow they forbid Amity from having Willow as a friend and forced her to hang out with who they deemed appropriate for their family reputation]]. In this episode, Odalia coerces Principal Bump to have Luz, Willow and Gus kicked out of Hexside because their influence is making Amity more "rebellious". When she gives Luz the chance to get herself and her friends back into school, Odalia reveals the only reason she was making Luz help with their ArmsFair was [[WouldHurtAChild to get Luz killed]]. When Amity then blackmails Odalia into letting Luz go back to school (threatening to tear their war machine apart in front of their investors if she doesn't), Odalia agrees but was afterwards willing to [[ILied go back on her end of the bargain]]. Alador then proceeds to call Odalia out on this behavior, but he only does so to because [[IGaveMyWord their word is their bond]], as well as seeing that [[PragmaticVillainy Amity seems to be getting more powerful from interacting with her friends after all]]. All of this serves to make the audience abominate (no pun intended) Amity's parents (Odalia especially so), and want to see them fail.

* FreezeFrameBonus: While Principal Bump is weeping about how dull life is without Luz, Willow, and Gus, you can see the Abomination Coven symbol on his arm, suggesting he is a member of that coven. This is further supported by the fact that an Abomination is seen helping him arm a large crossbow just a few scenes earlier, as well as the fact that his very first appearance in "I Was A Teenage Abomination" had him trying to command the disguised Luz.