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** In the beginning of the episode, as Vendel explains to Jim he'll likely face death if convicted by the Tribunal, Usurna is notably seen ''[[MeaningfulBackgroundEvent smirking]]'' at the idea of Jim likely getting killed.
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** In the beginning of the episode, as Vendel explains to Jim he'll likely face death if convicted by the Tribunal, Usurna is notably seen ''[[MeaningfulBackgroundEvent smirking]]'' at the idea of Jim likely getting killed.idea.
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* ForWantOfANail: In a mix of self-awareness of the events that play out and the complete change in events that comes from Jim not becoming the trollhunter, various events play out differently.
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* ForWantOfANail: In a mix of self-awareness of the events that play out and the complete change in events that comes from Jim not becoming the trollhunter, Trollhunter, various events play out differently.
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** "Unbecoming" is both a reference to Jim losing his status as trollhunter (thus him ''not becoming'' the trollhunter) and as a variation of the pilot episode(s) title "Becoming: Part 1 and 2" when Jim first became the trollhunter.
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** "Unbecoming" is both a reference to Jim losing his status as trollhunter Trollhunter (thus him ''not becoming'' the trollhunter) Trollhunter) and as a variation of the pilot episode(s) title titled "Becoming: Part 1 and 2" when Jim first became the trollhunter.Trollhunter.
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** Draal becomes the trollhunter, only to be killed shortly after the Killahead Bridge is opened because he was unprepared and faced them alone as past Trollhunters have done.
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** Draal becomes the trollhunter, Trollhunter, only to be killed shortly after the Killahead Bridge is opened because he was unprepared and faced them alone as past Trollhunters have done.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Jim tries to explain to Blinky what has happened, Blinky is incredulous and asserts that no troll, alive or dead, has the power to rewrite time. As it turns out, no troll does. ''Merlin'' does.
* ItsAWonderfulPlot: Jim gets to experience what would have happened if he hadn't become the Trollhunter. It's not pleasant.
* ItsAWonderfulPlot: Jim gets to experience what would have happened if he hadn't become the Trollhunter. It's not pleasant.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
** In the beginning of the episode, as Vendel explains to Jim he'll likely face death if convicted by the Tribunal, Usurna is notably seen ''[[MeaningfulBackgroundEvent smirking]]'' at the idea of Jim likely getting killed.
** When Jim tries to explain to Blinky what has happened, Blinky is incredulous and asserts that no troll, alive or dead, has the power to rewrite time. As it turns out, no troll does. ''Merlin'' does.
* ItsAWonderfulPlot: Jim gets to experience what would have happened if he hadn't become the Trollhunter. It'snot pleasant.''not'' pleasant to say the least.
** In the beginning of the episode, as Vendel explains to Jim he'll likely face death if convicted by the Tribunal, Usurna is notably seen ''[[MeaningfulBackgroundEvent smirking]]'' at the idea of Jim likely getting killed.
** When Jim tries to explain to Blinky what has happened, Blinky is incredulous and asserts that no troll, alive or dead, has the power to rewrite time. As it turns out, no troll does. ''Merlin'' does.
* ItsAWonderfulPlot: Jim gets to experience what would have happened if he hadn't become the Trollhunter. It's
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* TheStoryThatNeverWas: When Jim decides to pick up a weapon and go fight the Gumm-Gumm hordes outside of the museum in-spite a lack of the amulet, friends or magic to help him, Merlin brings Jim back to the main timeline where he is ready to stand trial, confident that he will do the right thing in spite of overwhelming odds. Whether or not the other timelines actually happened or if it was some kind of magically-induced dream is unclear.
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* TheStoryThatNeverWas: When Jim decides to pick up a weapon and go fight the Gumm-Gumm hordes outside of the museum in-spite a lack of the amulet, friends or magic to help him, Merlin brings Jim back to the main timeline where he is ready to stand trial, confident that he will do the right thing in spite of overwhelming odds. [[AmbiguousSituation Whether or not the other timelines actually happened or if it was some kind of magically-induced dream is unclear.unclear]].
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* BolivianArmyEnding: The last we see of the AlternateTimeline before [[spoiler: Merlin brings him back]] is Jim, completely non-powered, raising his sword and charging at Gunmar and his hordes in a suicidal LastStand. Things do not look bright for him.
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* AtrociousAlias: When Unkar hears what they are calling him, he certainly isn't happy.
* BolivianArmyEnding: The last we see of the AlternateTimeline before
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** Steve suprisingly, as when Jim sees him he's on a lamppost throwing rocks at Gumm-Gumms and shouting that heroes never die, something he continues to do even after he's carried off by a stalkling.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: "Unbecoming" is both a reference to Jim losing his status as trollhunter (thus him ''not becoming'' the trollhunter) and as a variation of the pilot episode(s) title "Becoming: Part 1 and 2" when Jim first became the trollhunter.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: "Unbecoming" is both a reference to Jim losing his status as trollhunter (thus him ''not becoming'' the trollhunter) and as a variation of the pilot episode(s) title "Becoming: Part 1 and 2" when Jim first became the trollhunter.
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** Steve suprisingly, surprisingly, as when Jim sees him he's on a lamppost throwing rocks at Gumm-Gumms and shouting that heroes never die, something he continues to do even after he's carried off by a stalkling.
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** "Unbecoming" is both a reference to Jim losing his status as trollhunter (thus him ''not becoming'' the trollhunter) and as a variation of the pilot episode(s) title "Becoming: Part 1 and 2" when Jim first became the trollhunter.
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* TheStoryThatNeverWas: When Jim decides to pick up a weapon and go fight the Gumm-Gumm hordes outside of the museum in-spite a lack of the amulet, friends or magic to help him, [[spoiler:Merlin]] [[StandardHeroReward brings Jim back to the main timeline where he is ready to stand trial, confident that he will do the right thing inspite of overwhelming odds]]. Whether or not the other timelines actually happened or if it was some kind of magically-induced dream is unclear.
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* TheStoryThatNeverWas: When Jim decides to pick up a weapon and go fight the Gumm-Gumm hordes outside of the museum in-spite a lack of the amulet, friends or magic to help him, [[spoiler:Merlin]] [[StandardHeroReward Merlin brings Jim back to the main timeline where he is ready to stand trial, confident that he will do the right thing inspite in spite of overwhelming odds]].odds. Whether or not the other timelines actually happened or if it was some kind of magically-induced dream is unclear.
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* BolivianArmyEnding: The last we see of the AlternateTimeline before [[spoiler: Merlin brings him back]] is Jim, completely non-powered, raising his sword and charging at Gunmar and his hordes in a suicidal LastStand. Things do not look bright for him.
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** Strickler [[HeroicSacrifice buys Jim time by fending off Bulgar and Gunmar]].
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** Strickler [[HeroicSacrifice buys Jim time by fending off Bulgar Bular and Gunmar]].
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** Triple meaning as "unbecoming" means behavior ill-suited. It is unbecoming of Jim to give into despair and want to abandon his duty as Trollhunter.
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* DefiantToTheEnd: Strickler [[HeroicSacrifice buys Jim time by fending off Bulgar and Gunmar]].
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** Strickler [[HeroicSacrifice buys Jim time by fending off Bulgar andGunmar]].Gunmar]].
** Steve suprisingly, as when Jim sees him he's on a lamppost throwing rocks at Gumm-Gumms and shouting that heroes never die, something he continues to do even after he's carried off by a stalkling.
** Strickler [[HeroicSacrifice buys Jim time by fending off Bulgar and
** Steve suprisingly, as when Jim sees him he's on a lamppost throwing rocks at Gumm-Gumms and shouting that heroes never die, something he continues to do even after he's carried off by a stalkling.
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* DoubleMeaningTitle: "Unbecoming" is both a reference to Jim losing his status as trollhunter (thus him ''not becoming'' the trollhunter) and as a variation of the pilot episode(s) title "Becoming: Part 1 and 2" when Jim first became the trollhunter.
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* DarkestHour: Killahead Bridge is opened, Gunmar and his armies are wreaking havoc, Arcadia in flames, everyone dead or dying and the Amulet of Daylight in pieces. How could it get any darker?
* DefiantToTheEnd: Strickler [[HeroicSacrifice buys Jim time by fending off Bulgar and Gunmar]].
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* FollowThePlottedLine: When he's still figuring out the predicament that he is in, he finds himself saying lines that he originally said in "[[Recap/TrollhuntersS1E1BecomingPart1 Becoming: Part 1]]" absentmindedly.
* ForWantOfANail: In a mix of self-awareness of the events that play out and the complete change in events that comes from Jim not becoming the trollhunter, various events play out differently.
** Jim originally found out about Killahead Bridge through Eli's photograph of the crushed goblin, an event which led to Jim and Toby learning about changelings and their plans to build the Killahead Bridge. Because Jim did not tell the people of Trollmarket about the changelings in Arcadia and the construction of the Killahead Bridge, the Janus Order was able to reconstruct the Killahead Bridge without Trollmarket knowing.
** Draal becomes the trollhunter, only to be killed shortly after the Killahead Bridge is opened because he was unprepared and faced them alone as past Trollhunters have done.
** Because Jim knows about Strickler's secret identity as a changeling, he keeps his distance from him. A mix of keeping his distance from Strickler in school and not possessing the amulet (something Strickler noticed in the first episode) may have kept Strickler from intruding on his life, thus he never knows Barbra to any capacity.
** Jim does not intervene with Steve picking on Eli, thus not sparking the animosity between them.
** Jim stays a distant admirer of Claire. His incredibly causal attitude towards her makes her suspicious and the two never even become friends.
** Jim never tries out for ''Romeo and Juliet'', so Steve ends up in the part of Romeo and Jim and Claire never even become friends.
** Gladys/Gladysgro is still alive and attacks Dr. Muelas during the invasion.
** Bular is still alive and helps lead the invasion with his father.
* ForWantOfANail: In a mix of self-awareness of the events that play out and the complete change in events that comes from Jim not becoming the trollhunter, various events play out differently.
** Jim originally found out about Killahead Bridge through Eli's photograph of the crushed goblin, an event which led to Jim and Toby learning about changelings and their plans to build the Killahead Bridge. Because Jim did not tell the people of Trollmarket about the changelings in Arcadia and the construction of the Killahead Bridge, the Janus Order was able to reconstruct the Killahead Bridge without Trollmarket knowing.
** Draal becomes the trollhunter, only to be killed shortly after the Killahead Bridge is opened because he was unprepared and faced them alone as past Trollhunters have done.
** Because Jim knows about Strickler's secret identity as a changeling, he keeps his distance from him. A mix of keeping his distance from Strickler in school and not possessing the amulet (something Strickler noticed in the first episode) may have kept Strickler from intruding on his life, thus he never knows Barbra to any capacity.
** Jim does not intervene with Steve picking on Eli, thus not sparking the animosity between them.
** Jim stays a distant admirer of Claire. His incredibly causal attitude towards her makes her suspicious and the two never even become friends.
** Jim never tries out for ''Romeo and Juliet'', so Steve ends up in the part of Romeo and Jim and Claire never even become friends.
** Gladys/Gladysgro is still alive and attacks Dr. Muelas during the invasion.
** Bular is still alive and helps lead the invasion with his father.
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* LeaveNoWitnesses: When Jim admits to Strickler that he knows he is a changeling, he grabs a dagger and immediately tries to kill him.
* MistakenForTerrorist: When Jim tries explaining the situation to Blinky and Aaarrrgghh!!!, they end up thinking that he is a changeling. In fairness to Blinky, a human somehow knowing so much about trolls is much less likely.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** It was Jim's decision to go without telling anyone in the alternate timeline about what was coming that led to Arcadia falling to ruin.
** If Jim simply waited and allowed Blinky to get a gaggletack to prove that he was not a changeling instead of running for it, then maybe they would have been more likely to listen to him and they could have prevented TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
* TheStoryThatNeverWas: When Jim decides to pick up a weapon and go fight the Gumm-Gumm hordes outside of the museum in-spite a lack of the amulet, friends or magic to help him, [[spoiler:Merlin]] [[StandardHeroReward brings Jim back to the main timeline where he is ready to stand trial, confident that he will do the right thing inspite of overwhelming odds]]. Whether or not the other timelines actually happened or if it was some kind of magically-induced dream is unclear.
* MistakenForTerrorist: When Jim tries explaining the situation to Blinky and Aaarrrgghh!!!, they end up thinking that he is a changeling. In fairness to Blinky, a human somehow knowing so much about trolls is much less likely.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** It was Jim's decision to go without telling anyone in the alternate timeline about what was coming that led to Arcadia falling to ruin.
** If Jim simply waited and allowed Blinky to get a gaggletack to prove that he was not a changeling instead of running for it, then maybe they would have been more likely to listen to him and they could have prevented TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt.
* TheStoryThatNeverWas: When Jim decides to pick up a weapon and go fight the Gumm-Gumm hordes outside of the museum in-spite a lack of the amulet, friends or magic to help him, [[spoiler:Merlin]] [[StandardHeroReward brings Jim back to the main timeline where he is ready to stand trial, confident that he will do the right thing inspite of overwhelming odds]]. Whether or not the other timelines actually happened or if it was some kind of magically-induced dream is unclear.
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* ItsAWonderfulPlot: JIm gets to experience what would have happened if he hadn't become the Trollhunter. It's not pleasant.
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* CrossReferencedTitles: With the two-part pilot "Becoming".
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* EnemyMine: ''Strickler'', of all people, is the one to believe Jim about the time-travel plot, and to help him SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong.
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* ChekhovsGunman: Unkar was just a minor PosthumousCharacter but plays a large role in this episode and segways into Merlin himself.
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Arrested for treason against Trollmarket, Jim finds himself wishing he never answered the amulet's call in the first place, a wish that the spirit of Unkar the Unfortunate is willing to grant...
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Jim tries to explain to Blinky what has happened, Blinky is incredulous and asserts that no troll, alive or dead, has the power to rewrite time. As it turns out, no troll does. ''Merlin'' does.
* ItsAWonderfulPlot
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Jim tries to explain to Blinky what has happened, Blinky is incredulous and asserts that no troll, alive or dead, has the power to rewrite time. As it turns out, no troll does. ''Merlin'' does.
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