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3RWBY Recaps is a Website/{{Tumblr}} blog written by Matt the Mammoth Rider.
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5As its name suggests, the purpose of the blog is to recap the events of Creator/RoosterTeeth's web show, ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''. However, it also functions as something akin to a text-based AbridgedSeries. The posts are filled with captioned screenshots used to tell jokes about the episodes' situations or outright rewrite them, Matt gives many characters a tongue-in-cheek AlternativeCharacterInterpretation, and there are tons of comedic [[ShoutOut references]] or comparisons to other works. All the while, Matt will still cover the events that actually happened within episodes and bring up his own (serious) thoughts and theories as to what's going on.
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7The parody has covered:
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9[[http://mammothrider.tumblr.com/post/92761748008/rwby-volume-one-recap-masterpost Volume 1]]
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11[[http://roosterteeth.com/members/journal/entry.php?id=3236124 Volume 2]]
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13[[http://roosterteeth.com/post/51180786 Volume 3]]
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15[[http://roosterteeth.com/post/51283501 Volume 4]]
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17The blog went on indefinite hiatus -- with the distinct possibility of permanent cessation -- in February 2017, leaving Volume 4 unfinished.
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19Warning, '''unmarked spoilers for all Volumes below.''' We assume you've come here after having watched both the episodes and read Matt's recaps, which are usually one episode behind the actual Creator/RoosterTeeth schedule.
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22!!Includes the following tropes:
23* AccidentalTruth:
24** As part of the RunningGag, Mysterious Badass Lady Person (Raven Branwen) is introduced as possibly someone's sister. The show later confirms that she's Qrow's sister.
25** In the [=V3C3=] Recap, Winter joking tells Qrow that Ironwood is a banshee. She turns out to be correct, much to her shock.
26--->'''Qrow:''' ''(to Ironwood)'' BTW, she told me you're a banshee.\
27'''Winter:''' It was a joke, you walking AA meeting.\
28'''Ironwood:''' How did she know that? I never told anybody.\
29'''Winter:''' Wait, what?
30** One of the {{Running Gag}}s is about Pyrrha's impending death. As of Volume 3, Episode 12, she does die.
31* AchievementsInIgnorance: Ruby manages to reassure Jaune's self-doubt while sleepwalking/talking. Jaune has no idea she isn't awake.
32* AdaptationalVillainy: Weiss gets turned into an over-the-top [[AristocratsAreEvil evil aristocrat]] who looks down on 'commoners', sees faunus as less than people and enjoys the screams of orphans. It's all PlayedForLaughs of course, [[BlackComedy but it can get pretty dark.]]
33* AffectionateParody: Matt is a big fan of the series and it shows. It doesn't stop him from poking fun at it.
34* AllLowercaseLetters: Ren's lines are displayed without capitalization, to reflect his quiet nature. Inner monologues are also distinguished by this.
35* AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: [[invoked]] What most of the comedy's based on. The author actually celebrates Yang's [[NobodyTouchesTheHair hair issues]], because they provide easy comedy fodder.
36-->''Can I just say that, from my perspective, how glad I am that her berserk button being damaging her hair can be a thing? I mean, I've made the funny recap pics using running jokes and the like with only tangential connections to actual canon - Ruby's adorableness, Jaune's mommy stuff and the everything else, Weiss and peasants, Pyrrha and potentially psychotic niceness; Blake the queen is canon, though, and nobody can tell me different - but Yang has been the hardest to nail down.''
37* AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle:
38** Exaggerated in the recap for Vol. 2, Episode 5. Pyrrha goes through about half a dozen [=PSAs=] in the course of it, a gag which continues throughout Volume 3. She also does a far more somber (and heartfelt) one after the death of Creator/MontyOum based on a quote of his that relates to this sentiment.
39** Volume 3 chapter 12 has Pyrrha explaining that people shouldn't fight OP fire maidens, before Pumpkin Pete's Cereals says that they need a new representative.
40%%* AndThatsTerrible: Ozpin's [[BlatantLies view]] of the apocalypse.
41* AuthorAppeal: The creator ''adores'' Blake, and is not shy about showing it- other characters frequently refer to her as 'the queen', and the title of Episode 2 is simply ''[=BlakeBlakeBlakeBlakeBlake=] (And other people appeared too, sure)''. However, Neo's introduction temporarily made Matt forget all about Blake and Coco's introduction nearly broke him.
42-->'''Matt:''' Blake who?
43* BadassBoast:
44** Penny: "I'm like the angel of death! Y'all have any regrets yet?"
45** Velvet...tries.
46--->"I will have my Easter-y revenge!"
47* BaitAndSwitch: The [[http://mammothrider.tumblr.com/post/86784030123/rwby-volume-two-opening-recap-volume-two-general recap]] for Volume 2's opening ends on this:
48-->''Gimmie an H!''\
49''Gimmie a Y!''\
50''Gimmie a P!''\
51''Give me directions to the dining car because the Hype Train has left the station already and I'm hungry.''
52* BeachEpisode: Jaune comments, after the end of his arc, that he hopes they get one.
53* BelligerentSexualTension:
54** Ozpin see how much Ruby and Weiss argue during the Beacon initiation, and from that deduces they will end up making out by the end of the year. Or kill each other. It could go either way.
55** Cinder and Ozpin's fight consists of her getting completely hot for him, which is perfectly fine because he remembered to bring protection. It takes them two hours to actually get around to fighting. In the end, Cinder proves to be too much woman for Ozpin, but Matt still thinks it's amazing such an old guy could get it up without pills.
56* BigWhat: Matt's reaction to learning that Weiss has a sister. It even gets interrupted by the screencaps twice!
57* BlatantLies:
58** Yang catches Adam stabbing Blake in the abdomen, only to get told the lamest excuse ever.
59--->'''Adam:''' She fell down some stairs, I swear!
60** When Tyrian is first introduced, Matt describes him as a perfectly sane individual. Anybody who's actually watched the show knows Matt is lying and that Tyrian is completely off his rocker.
61* BloodKnight: Professor Port.
62-->'''Professor Port:''' I was invited to don the guise of a chap named Ernesto and get my jollies off in a blood sport at Miss Schnee's summer home! A rather good show all said.
63* BonusMaterial:InUniverse.
64** ''RWBY’s Greatest Plot Twists [[BlatantLies That Totally Happened]].''
65** ''[[http://mammothrider.tumblr.com/post/92746981373/rwby-volume-one-awards RWBY Volume One Awards]]''
66** ''[[http://mammothrider.tumblr.com/post/81290945296/what-rwby-jnpr-n-pals-are-getting-up-to-in-their-first What RWBY JNPR ‘n Pals Are Getting Up To In Their First Hiatus]]''
67* BoobBasedGag: Yang's breasts are typically a source of such humor as:
68--> ''Yang Xiao Long of the Xiao Long and Daughters Law Firm. Attorney at boobs. Nice to meet you.''
69* BreadEggsMilkSquick: Matt's analysis of Weiss.
70-->''Weiss Schnee works hard to be a good student. She is bullish, prideful, and quick to anger. She had a lonely and fear-filled childhood. She is tenacious and stubborn to a fault. She is capable of learning from her mistakes, and she can apologise for those mistakes and mean it. She is probably secretly a mastermind who dreams of ruling the world and bathing in the blood of all those considered inferior. She is also definitely not actually that last one...''
71* BreakingTheFourthWall: When Weiss references the series' game-esque physics.
72-->'''Weiss:''' You moved out of turn!
73-->'''Ruby:''' What are we, in a [=JRPG=]?
74-->'''Weiss:''' We could be!
75* BrickJoke: In ''Jaunedice'', Ruby wonders idly if Pyrrha wants her cookies. A while later...
76-->'''Pyrrha:''' Let's leave and eat some cookies.
77-->'''Jaune:''' Why don't you steal Ruby's cookies?
78-->'''Pyrrha:''' Not out loud Jaune, dammit!
79-->'''Ruby:''' I freaking knew it!
80* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Matt intended to make a joke about this during CFVY's entry, with Fox stating it was actually Friday, only to realize given the last few episodes' pacing and the show's dialogue, it ''really was'' Tuesday.
81* ButtMonkey:
82** Starting in Volume 3, a lot of jokes are made at the expense of Yang, such as her MissingMom, being TheUnfavorite compared to Ruby, and her missing arm. This continues on to the Volume 4 recaps.
83** Pyrrha has started to become one after her death. Her circlet on Jaune's shield is replaced with Penny's head and it's implied none of team RNJR remembers her death.
84* CargoShip: Invoked.
85** Ciel is in a relationship with her watch.
86** Ozpin asks Pyrrha to tell his penis chair he loves "her" should he not make it out alive of his confrontation against Cinder.
87* TheCasanova: Taiyang. Apparently his missions consist of him impregnating three women. Per day.
88-->'''Taiyang:''' So anyways, tell me a little about the girls from your school. I hear good things about that Coco chick...\
89'''Ruby:''' Dad, no.\
90'''Taiyang:''' Penis, yes.\
91''[Later]''\
92'''Qrow:''' Get going, Tai. And try not to impregnate any more of your teammates on the way out.\
93'''Taiyang:''' [[Memes/{{RWBY}} Entire team, Qrow]]. [[PunctuatedForEmphasis Entire. Team.]]
94* {{Catchphrase}}
95** Sun's is "Apple?"
96** Pyrrha has a few variations of "How grand."
97** Qrow's [[Series/{{Psych}} "I've heard it both ways."]]
98* CharacterExaggeration: Velvet's awful attempts at taking pictures in canon is made even worse here, starting with showing Ruby a picture she ''thinks'' is representative of Blake (a sasquatch). Later on, Ruby muses that if Velvet were to take a picture of Mercury caught in blatant crime, it'd look instead like the Loch Ness monster.
99** Joining Velvet is Qrow and his alcoholism, Taiyang and his sex drive and Raven and her abandonment issues.
100* ChewToy: Ren gives off the aura of a tired man due to [[CloudCuckooLandersMinder having to deal with]] [[CloudCuckooLander Nora]].
101* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Cinder, especially with her obsession over potatoes and popcorn.
102* ComicallyMissingThePoint: As an explanation of why only Jaune was present in one of the class scenes, Jaune thinks to himself as he watches Weiss fight the Boarbatusk:
103-->Okay I guess it was worth skipping out my team's trip to the water park for this\
104Though I just realized why Pyrrha asked for a white t-shirt for the trip so... Fiddlesticks
105* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: It's revealed that Adam spent the first two volumes trapped on the moon because Cinder banished him there.
106* CutawayGag:
107** Roman appears in one of these OnceAnEpisode in the Volume 3 recaps due to there not being enough appearances by him for Matt's liking.
108** Winter appears in "[=V3C11=]: Heroes and Monsters" as a sort of flashback mentoring, though she says some nasty things that the characters hilariously end up brushing off. At one point ''Jaune'' thinks about Winter, even though the two of them never met!
109* CutHimselfShaving: Double Subverted. When Emerald asks what happened to Mercury's eye, he explains that he tripped and fell down the stairs. [[AbusiveParents Then his dad hit him for being clumsy]].
110* DamnedByFaintPraise: Ren comments that a dead beowulf is one of the 'more thoughtful' birthday presents Nora's given him.
111* DarkerAndEdgier
112** Nora's suggestion of how to deal with Cardin is even bloodier than it was in the original.
113** As is Pyrrha.
114-->"Let's go somewhere and discuss how we'll dispose of his body."
115** Speculation that this is going to happen in the show itself is a common source of comedy.
116* DistractedByTheSexy: Torchwick gets distracted by Sun's abs. Even Blake is not immune to the abs.
117-->'''Blake:''' Your abs do have a point. <Thinking> ''I could grate cheese on 'em.''
118* DoubleEntendre: The scene where Pyrrha unlocks Jaune's Aura is played for all the sexual comedy it's worth.
119** As is Cinder and Ozpin's brief battle.
120* DontYouLikeIt: Nora gives dead Beowolves to her friends. Pyrrha is suitably unimpressed.
121* DualWielding: In Episode 10, Ruby notices that Ozpin is carrying both his coffee mug and his cane instead of one or the other. When she asks what's up with that, Ozpin explains that he's learned how to dual-wield. As a result, he's having a great day. Unfortunately for Ruby, this means he celebrated by eating all the cookies.
122* EvilOverlord: Weiss is [[{{Flanderization}} flanderized]] into one of these.
123-->"Live in fear, commoners, for I will gut you like pigs- literally. You've seen me do it now. To an actual pig."
124* ExactWords: This funny exchange between two Goliaths in "[=V3C7=] Beginning of the End":
125-->'''Goliath 1:''' Why are we walking so slow, Francis?\
126'''Goliath 2:''' [[WebAnimation/RedVsBlue You said you wanted a]] ''[[WebAnimation/RedVsBlue day]]'' [[WebAnimation/RedVsBlue of victory]].
127* FeatheredFiend: Discussed.
128-->''In hindsight, I’m not shocked all of CRDL are dicks. Their names are all based on birds and stuff. Birds suck, man. Spring soon here in Australia and that means swooping magpies. Birds succcccccck.'' '''Addendum:''' ''Shoutout to Rustic_Ghost who sent me a solidarity ask in this matter, affirming that magpies do indeed suck.''
129* ForgottenFallenFriend: Subverted with Pyrrha. During Volume 4 Chapter 1 team RNJR seems to have forgotten her death completely, even telling the blacksmith who brings her up he's "projecting". Chapter 2 reveals that Jaune does indeed mourn her, but does it in secret at night.
130* ForScience: The reason why Velvet raised her hand when Oobleck asked of any had been persecuted for their faunus heritage.
131-->'''Velvet:''' Yesterday somebody tried to cut off my foot to make a lucky charm.\
132'''Weiss:''' Pfft. It was for science.
133* TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: There is a reason Coco stopped Velvet from opening that box.
134-->'''Coco:''' No! Don't do it! You'll kill us all! Even the viewers!
135* GladIThoughtOfIt: Inverted. Ruby credits the idea of making bunk beds to Blake.
136* GratuitousSpanish: Most of Juane's and Hispanic JNPR'S include illegible spanish texts. The author lampshades it beforehand.
137* GratuitousFrench: Jaune says 'J'accuse!' when he accuses Weiss of [[ItMakesSenseInContext killing Colonel Mustard]] ([[TabletopGame/{{Clue}} in the ballroom, with the lead pipe]].)
138* GraveHumor:
139** Tombstones are often presented with a name and a varying lifespan of chapters when Matt ''thinks'' a character is either dead or has triggered a certain deathflag. He even does it for minor setpieces like Amber's horse!
140** In "[=V3C9: PvP=]", Pyrrha's supposed grave for the slated lifespan of [=V1C3=] - [=V3C9=] constantly changes captions according to the things she says. And then it changes to Penny's.
141--> '''Pyrrha:''' Oh sure, [[ComicallyMissingThePoint they spell]] ''her'' name right...
142* HashtagForLaughs: Neo (who is mute in the [[WebAnimation/{{RWBY}} original show]], but has communicated through text messages) has a VerbalTic where all of her dialog is hashtags.
143* HeroOfAnotherStory: During "The Badge and the Burden", Team JNPR (sans Jaune) is apparently off on their own adventure. The details of their outing aren't fully given, but it somehow led to Ren getting turned into Ruby's sleeping mask.
144* HilariousOuttakes: Referred to as 'leftover screencaps' on the series page, they incorporate jokes that didn't make it into the actual recap.
145* HopeSpot: Blake gets one in ''Black and White''.
146-->'''Blake:''' I'll prove the world wrong. The White Fang aren't evil.
147-->'''Mook:''' Steal the dust and go kick some puppies, or something!
148-->''[Blake's face falls]''
149* HypocriticalHumor:
150** In "[=V3C7=]: Beginning of the End", Adam criticizes Phineasberg for being a ThirdPersonPerson. He refers to himself in the third person immediately afterward.
151--> '''Phineasberg:''' [[ThirdPersonPerson Phineasberg]] don't like this.\
152'''Adam:''' I don't like it much either, Phineasberg. Also, Phineasberg, stop speaking in third person, Adam finds it kinda weird.
153** Roman chastises Ruby for making a ''[[Film/ThePrincessBride Princess Bride]]'' reference, asking if she has any respect or value for originality. Ruby made her reference right after Roman made a near identical one.
154* ICallItVera:
155** Torchwick calls his cane "Stevey."
156** Coco calls her gatling gun "Mabel."
157* InSeriesNickname: Pyrrha is called "P-Money" by the other characters.
158* InWhichATropeIsDescribed: Used in the chapter titles.
159-->''Episode 10: Ruby And Weiss Learn Life Lessons All Over The Place ([[DemotedToExtra Blake And Yang Just Chill Out]])''
160* IResembleThatRemark: Neptune questions Junior about a bomb, Yang tells him there is no bomb:
161-->'''Junior:''' What is this, dumb cops, boobs cops?\
162'''Neptune:''' But I don't have boobs
163* KissingCousins: When Sun inquires about why Ghira and Kali are the only parents that are remotely normal (compared to, say, Raven and Jacques) and wants to know if there's a catch, they reply to him that they're first cousins, and that royalty can't marry with anything other than cousins. Sun promptly remarks that he [[BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor took hold of knowledge he shouldn't have]].
164-->'''Kali:''' I like [Sun]. It's a shame you can't marry him because he's not your first cousin.\
165'''Blake:''' Mom pls.
166%%* KlingonPromotion: Weiss tries this is one of the outtake segments.
167* LampshadeHanging: Qrow groans at the fact that most fairy tales end with "[[Memes/{{RWBY}} [X] character was Neo all along]]".
168-->'''Qrow:''' Is it just me, or do a ''lot'' of our fairy tales end that way...
169* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Nora and Ren apparently like to go antiquing.
170* LovesTheSoundOfScreaming:
171-->'''Ruby:''' Haven't seen Weiss this happy since that bus full of orphans crashed.\
172'''Weiss:''' I did love hearing their screams on the news, it's true.
173%%* LoveTriangle: Matt supports one for Ruby, Jaune and Pyrrha.
174* MediumAwareness: Cinder spends a good part of "[=V3C7=]: Beginning of the End" repeating that it's a WholeEpisodeFlashback and that there's no way any character in it will change [[ForegoneConclusion what's in store for them in canon]].
175-->'''Cinder: '''Spoiler alert: we know that you end up working for me, so don't fight me on it.\
176'''Adam:''' ''[{{Beat}}]'' Anyways...\
177''[Later, while fighting Amber]''\
178'''Cinder:''' ''[To herself]'' Why is she even putting up a fight we know she loses. Seriously, do people not get how flashbacks work?
179%%* MindlinkMates: Jaune and Pyrrha are this in a throwaway gag.
180* MisplacedKindergartenTeacher: ''[[BigBad Salem]]'' is given the caring personality of a Kindergarten teacher. She hands out gold stars to her minions and even checks attendance.
181* MoodWhiplash: The recap consists of captioned screenshots- the content of which is exaggerated for comedy- interspersed with more serious paragraphs of text, in which the author explains and analyzes what's actually happening in canon. So you get, for example, a sombre retelling of Blake's past right above an image where she declares her desire for vengeance on a chess piece.
182* MundaneUtility: Weiss tries to use her summoning glyphs to summon a muffin that she ate earlier so that she can eat it again.
183* MyFriendsAndZoidberg:
184** "And so, the volume ends with Team RWBY united...and Sun, who is just there to get laid."
185** The Episode Six recap had it describe the preceding episode with "On the previous episode of RWBY, the initiation for Beacon Academy's best and brightest (and also Jaune) landed to varying degrees of success in the Emerald Forest..."
186* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: A good chunk of the Grimm shown doing extended speeches talk about having come for peace talks to the rest of the cast, and are confused as all hell when they get attacked in the middle of their attempts to talk about peace (which translates to as much chaos as in actual canon).
187* NoYou:
188-->'''Neon:''' Hey, you suck~\
189'''Yang:''' No, ''you'' suck!\
190'''Narration:''' ''[They went on like that for two hours before the fight actually started.]''
191* NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer: Taiyang's joke about Yang's arm.
192-->'''Taiyang:''' I guess you lost some brain cells along with that arm!\
193''[* Actual Canon Line]''
194* NotWhatItLooksLike: While bringing Pyrrha down to a dark and ominous basement, Ironwood reassures her that it's not a [[BuffySpeak "sex dungeon-y thing"]], and that the comatose Amber is [[ItMakesSenseInContext scantily dressed for medical reasons]].
195* ObliviousToLove: Jaune's inability to see Pyrrha's attraction to him is exaggerated, particularly in Episode 12:
196-->'''Pyrrha:''' ''[after bringing Jaune to the rooftop of Beacon]'' "This would be a good place to propose to me at hint hint."\
197'''Jaune:''' ''[looking over the edge]'' "Also a good place for suicide; it's dual purposed so I approve of it."
198* ObviouslyEvil: Emerald notes that team [=RWBY=] never seems to pick up on her being a villain:
199-->'''Emerald:''' You guys are so oblivious to my obvious evilness I bet if I told you I kicked a puppy you'd still rationalize it.\
200'''Yang:''' Wow that puppy was ''super'' racist.\
201'''Ruby:''' Suuuuuuper racist puppy.
202* OddNameOut: The spelling of Glynda's name wasn't known when the first recap was made, so Matt labels her as "Glynda/Glenda/Glinda/Bart Goodwitch" when she's first introduced.
203* OhMyGods: Characters swear on Dust.
204* OurVampiresAreDifferent: Winter is apparently a vampire, judging by the length Weiss goes to subtly get rid of her [[labelnote:*]]with a stake, and later on some holy water from Flynt's dad[[/labelnote]] (and failing at it). Qrow disagrees and instead suggests she's a zombie, to which Weiss nods since Winter is walking in the sunlight without catching on fire.
205* OutOfFocus: Parodied trope. With Blake's reduced screentime in Volume 3, other characters start forgetting who she is.
206* OverlyLongGag:
207** A couple in "[=V3C6=]: Fall", where Ozpin, Qrow, Glynda and Ironwood all repeat "Joiiiiinnnnnnn usssssssss" or "For the greater gooood", at which point Pyrrha lampshades how creepy they sound.
208-->'''Pyrrha:''' Well, I'm in as long as you stop saying "For the greater good"\
209'''Ozpin:''' For the greater gooooo- sorry, habit.\
210'''Pyrrha:''' At least it's less creepy than the joinnnnn ussssss.
211** Another one happens in "[=V3C11=]: Heroes and Monsters", where Ozpin repeatedly tells Pyrrha to "get in the pod".
212-->'''Ozpin:''' What part of "get in the pod" does this chick ''not'' understand?\
213'''Jaune:''' Pyrrha, just get in the fucking pod already, Christ.\
214''[Later]''\
215'''Ozpin:''' [[SurvivalMantra Get in the pod, get in the pod, get in the pod...]]\
216'''Cinder:''' Stop that.
217* PatrioticFervor: The Ursa Majors are hardcore British. In the Volume 2 finale, Jaune tries to fake being British in order to stall for time, then in his moment of badassery [[{{Eagleland}} reveals his true colors]].
218-->'''Jaune:''' God Bless America.
219* PhraseCatcher: Whenever Cinder says "Phase 2", somebody nearby (usually Mercury) will reply with "I hate Phase 2".
220* PlotTwist: At the end of Volume 2, the Moon Logs are confirmed to be over... except they're not. Scarlet and Sage have been there all along, investigating evidence that someone else used to live there before them!
221-->Boom. Turns out the moon's like the Island Of Misfit Toys. Bow in that plot twist.
222* TheRival: Oobleck is quite bitter about Ozpin's monopoly of the reputation for being a hardcore coffee drinker. He's willing to interrogate students over it if he has to.
223-->'''Oobleck:''' ''(to Jaune)'' Tell me who's better at drinking coffee? Me or Ozpin? I should remind you that I will end you if you say him.
224* RhymesOnADime: The screencaps for Volume 1 Episode 7 are all written in rhyme.
225* {{Robosexual}}: Ironwood tries to defend himself from being perceived as this following Penny's destruction.
226-->'''Ironwood:''' Ozpin? I can explain! The robot girl was ''not'' a fetish thing! ''[{{Beat}}]'' ... This time.
227* RougeAnglesOfSatin:
228** The spelling is generally spot-on, but the author did take inspiration of the community's frequent misspelling of Jaune's name as "Juane" to make up the joke character of Juane Arc, Jaune's Hispanic cousin.
229** Avoiding this trope is what spawned Pyrrha's InSeriesNickname of P-Money.
230* RunningGag:
231** {{Mooks}} screaming "Now we have regrets!" upon being beaten.
232** Torchwick declares he's made a "flawless escape" whenever he [[VillainExitStageLeft cuts and runs]].
233** The screencap of Emerald ringing the bookshop bell will show up randomly.
234** "Adam's Moon Log, Week [X]," followed by Adam lamenting that he's stuck on the moon.
235** "I should go." Lampshaded after Chapter 8 where he observes that Velvet (who actually says "I should go" in the episode) has completely sniped him.
236** Whenever Matt finds a frame with Team RWBY and JNPR all together, he names it RWBYJNPR Family Photo and numbers it.
237** After Weiss was revealed to have a sister, Matt started guessing that ''everyone'' had a sister.
238** Many characters have admitted "Yeah, I don't care much for Yang", starting from Qrow referencing ''Series/ArrestedDevelopment''.
239** Starting in Volume 3, each death flag is often accompanied by a character specifically describing the things they end up suffering in canon and how it's not like it'll actually happen, followed by the caption that they said that without irony.
240** Numerous times Matt has compared the various parents in the series to [[MissingMom Raven Branwen]], usually saying that their a better parent than her like [[DeceasedParentsAretheBest Summer]] or [[AbusiveParents Weiss' dad.]]
241** The ''Menagerie'' recap has random, deliberately bad jokes.
242** Any mention of Taiyang will usually involve a sex joke.
243* RunningGagged: Adam's Moon Logs were discontinued once Adam returned at the end of Volume 2, and were replaced by Scarlet and Sage's Moon Logs, which themselves only lasted for one episode, due to their appearance in Volume 3.
244* SacrificialLion: While analyzing the second Volume's opening, Matt speculates that either Pyrrha or Velvet will end up becoming this. It gets to the point that everyone expects Pyrrha to die, and after the battle in ''Breach'' they all assume she died, despite her protests.
245** Milked for all it's worth in [=V3E12=].
246* SafeWord: "Hammertime."
247* SelfDeprecation: Ruby's drawing of Professor Port is noted as "still a better artist than the guy who makes these screencaps".
248* SelfDisposingVillain: Lampshaded when a Nevermore shows up and eats Torchwick when he's in the middle of beating Ruby with his cane.
249-->'''Ruby''': Well that was a freebie.
250* SeriousBusiness: Apparently humans discriminate against Faunus because they cancelled ''Series/{{Firefly}}''.
251* ShaggyDogStory: In the ''The First Step- Part 2'', the author writes a ''150-word backstory'' simply to make it funnier when Ruby crashes into a random bird on her way into the Emerald Forest. (Transcript hidden to avoid spoiling the joke.) [[note]]
252-->''For many minutes upon hours upon days upon weeks upon months upon years upon decades upon centuries, I have survived. Trapped in this witless bird’s body, flying as the seasons change for [no other] reason than my instincts telling me to, but I am still myself where it counts.''\
253''I had grand plans once, of making the legends of Grimm seem naught but a stubbed toe compared to the horrors I would unleash upon every living being, dawn to dusk, in dreams and nightmares. I would place the world beneath my heel and squash it like it was an ant.''\
254''Then that Huntress, all those centuries ago, wielding Dust in ways we ancient ones considered as easy as taking a breath, and those pitiful mortals now could never manage, sealed me in this form. But I have been patient. I outlived her. I outlived her kin. The curse won’t hold forever, and when I… Wait. What’s that red blur flying towards-''\
255RIP: "Birdie, no!" bird (Many centuries ago -- Episode Five) [[/note]]
256* ShapedLikeItself: The comparison made from Jaune attacking Cinder.
257-->He’s about effective in a fight against a fully-powered Maiden as a Jaune fighting a fully-powered Maiden.
258* ShipSinking: Discussed in the ''Jaunedice'' recap; the author reassures Arkos shippers that this is ''not'' happening when Jaune fights with Pyrrha.
259* ShipTease: In Volumes 2 and 3, Blake and Weiss.
260* ShoutOut
261** In ''Forever Fall- Part 2'', Pyrrha quotes the song ''I Will Survive''. [[spoiler:She doesn't.]]
262** Beacon Academy is compared both to [[Literature/HarryPotter Hogwarts]] and [[Franchise/FinalFantasy Balamb Garden]].
263** Ozpin [[Music/JohnnyCash once shot a man in Reno just to watch him die]].
264** Blake begins her exposition in episode 16 by quoting ''Franchise/StarWars''.
265** The tumbleweed's theme song is ''Wrecking Ball''.
266** "The ice prison around Weiss’s heart melts, though a full breakout might take as long as it took Andy in ''Film/TheShawshankRedemption''..."
267** In ''The Emerald Forest'', Pyrrha remarks: "[[Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire You know nothing, Jaune Arc.]]"
268** The ''Forever Fall'' recap references both ''Pokemon'' and Princess Peach.
269** Adele's "Rolling In The Deep" seems to be Matt's soundtrack of choice for Arkos angst.
270** EVERYTHING that comes out of Cardin's mouth in ''Jaunedice'' is a line or more from some song. Even Jaune gets in on it at one point.
271-->'''Cardin:''' (after stuffing Jaune in his rocket-propelled locker): He's a rocket man!
272-->'''Jaune:''' Major Tom to ground control: Screw you.
273** Volume 2 has a RunningGag of a lot of characters considering ''VideoGame/MassEffect'' {{Dialogue Tree}}s before speaking, with the iconic "I should go" being in each one.
274** Example: Ciel speaks in a manner identical to that of [[VideoGame/KnightsOfTheOldRepublic HK-47.]]
275** Yang refers to Neo as a [[Series/TrueBlood Teacup Human]]
276** Team ABRN (minus Reese) end up getting sent through time after Yang's punch propels them [[Franchise/BackToTheFuture past 88 miles per hour.]]
277** When Winter asks Weiss if the latter can summon anything in her current state, she takes a cue at two famous franchises:
278--> '''Winter:''' Who can you summon so far? [[Franchise/FinalFantasy Shiva? Ifrit? Odin? Ramuh? Alexander?]]\
279'''Weiss:''' Uhhhh...\
280'''Winter:''' And what about [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Saber? Archer? Lancer? Rider?]]\
281'''Weiss:''' Uhhhhhh...
282** Cinder cites AnOfferYouCantRefuse in verbatim to Adam, to which he mentions having found [[Film/TheGodfather a horse's head in his bed beforehand]].
283** Yang and Mercury's duel has them taking lines from various sci-fi franchises.
284--> '''Yang:''' I'm going to terminate you like just like John Connor does in Film/{{the Terminator}}!\
285'''Yang:''' [[Film/ThePhantomMenace Fear leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to]] ''you'' suffering when kick your freakin' ass!\
286'''Mercury:''' Uhh... [[Franchise/StarTrek live long and prosper]]?
287** Qrow talks about tracking Raven as if she were a roaming Legendary Franchise/{{Pokemon}}.
288--> '''Qrow:''' Thankfully, I cheated and have 99 Master Balls, so catching her should be easy.
289** Velvet's Volume 3 name tag (in [=V3E8=] when she's taking photos) mentions that [[VideoGame/DeadRising she's covered wars, you know.]]
290** Penny quotes Portal 2's Fact Core during her bout with Pyrrha.
291** Ironwood's "This is not ''just'' a gun. This here is a [[VideoGame/HaloCombatEvolved Halo 1 pistol]], bitch."
292* SkewedPriorities: In "The End of the Beginning", Ruby is completely unconcerned about Yang (her sister) losing an arm and is more worried about whether Roman Torchwick (her enemy) had died from being SwallowedWhole by a Grimm.
293* SophisticatedAsHell: The Ursae speak in stereotypical British slang. When Yang punches one, its response is: "Cor blimey! My royal jewels!"
294* SoProudOfYou: Weiss' reaction to Ruby discriminating against fish.
295* SparedByTheAdaptation: As part of a joke, Roman survives the end of Volume 3 instead dying after getting eaten by a Grimm.
296* SpeakOfTheDevil: Ozpin's appearance right behind Ruby in The Badge and the Burden part 2.
297* StrangeMindsThinkAlike: In ''Jaunedice- Part 1'', Pyrrha and Ruby use the same phrase in their internal narration.
298* SpiritualSuccessor: Followed by the [=RWBY=] [[https://yoshimickster.tumblr.com/post/179537429347/return-of-the-rwby-micksterecaps-rwby-volume-6x01?is_related_post=1 Micksterecaps]].
299* TakeThat:
300** When Ironwood is presenting the AK-200 units via hologram:
301--->'''Ironwood:''' Now I couldn't be here in person on account of the high possibility of these machines turning on humanity and horrifically murdering us all.
302--->'''Spectators:''' ''[Mild applause]''
303--->'''Ironwood:''' Why would you applaud that? What is this, an Apple press conference?
304** Matt does not like the Bumblebee pairing (Blake x Yang), and will make jokes at its expense.
305--->'''Qrow''': I saw [Winter's] ship flying into town and wow what a crappy ship. I mean, it's still a better ship than Bumblebee, but...
306** There is a snide remark about people who insist that Blake be drawn as dark-skinned in fan art.
307** As a joke, Glynda apparently hates [[StrawVegetarian vegans]].
308---> '''Glynda''': Also, when you become a maiden you'll have to go full vegan.
309---> '''Pyrrha''': What's a vegan?
310---> '''Glynda''': Someone who's incapable of going twenty minutes without telling someone they're a vegan.
311** In the "PVP" recap, Matt makes an offhand comment about Torchwick's piloting skills that's meant to be a potshot towards people who objected to Rey in ''Film/TheForceAwakens''.
312--->He took to those ship controls right away. Either he’s a hella skilled pilot, or a natural Force user who’s just a natural and will get erroneously labelled a Mary Sue because of morons refusing to call every other male character who did the same kinda things the same…
313** In the "End of the Beginning", Ruby declares her intent to kill the Grimm Dragon, to which it responds that it will wait for an online petition to bring it back, [[SarcasmMode because those ALWAYS work]], in response to the fan petition to bring Pyrrha back from the dead.
314* TeacherStudentRomance: Glynda seems to want one with Mercury.
315-->'''Glynda:''' Oh my, Mercury...if you weren't my student, I would devastate your entire pelvic existence.
316-->'''Mercury:''' But I'm not really a -- I mean what? Dammit, I hate phase two.
317* TookALevelInBadass: Phineasberg goes from a White Fang grunt to a chainsaw wielding badass.
318* TheUnfavorite: Yang, in a ShoutOut to [[Series/ArrestedDevelopment Arrested Development.]]
319-->'''Qrow:''' I don't care for Yang.
320** Became a RunningGag that various other characters joined in on.
321* UpperClassTwit: Because Kali and Ghira Belladonna are actually GoodParents, he portrays them as a DumbIsGood version of this, being hedonistic but well-intentioned buffoons who may be suffering from inbreeding.
322* UnintentionallyUnsympathetic: In-universe; Jaune's attempts to throw team BRNZ off guard with tragic backstory wouldn't work anyway, but Pyrrha adds that his ability to garner sympathy has waned due to chasing after Weiss in the last season.
323* VerbalTic:
324** Mercury frequently starts his appearances with "[[LeetLingo ayy lmao]]", to the point where Emerald voices her desire to choke him out.
325** Neo's lines in [=V2C11=] and onwards are always preceded by hashtags.
326* WaxingLyrical: All of Cardin's dialogue in his introductory episode, such as "Bye Bye miss American Pie" as a PreAsskickingOneLiner, or "He's a rocket man!" when he shoves Jaune into the rocket-propelled locker.
327* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: Lampshaded in the report cards, when Ozpin questions why [[TheAce Pyrrha]] would willingly team up with [[ButtMonkey Jaune]].
328-->''I am thinking of booking Miss Nikos in for some kind of brain scan, just in case.''
329* WhatTheHellHero: Weiss is given one in ''Black and White''.
330-->'''Ruby:''' Like, I'm not even surprised Weiss caused another implosion in our group dynamic.
331-->'''Weiss:''' But I'm always right, dammit! And Jaune imploded his team and didn't get this much grief.
332-->'''Yang:''' Yeah, but Jaune apologized- you know, like a human being!
333* WhosLaughingNow: Averted. Jaune considers turning evil twice so he can invoke this trope, but decides against it because Pyrrha gives him hope of getting laid.
334* {{Yandere}}:
335** Nora in the deleted screencaps.
336--->"I'm not saying 'Love me or you'll die...' but I also don't want you to die, if you catch my drift."
337** Penny, at one point.
338--->'''Penny:''' I can be your new favorite if you love me. LOVE ME!
339--->'''Ruby:''': Aaah, please don't stab me!
340* YankTheDogsChain: One of Adam's Moon Logs has him on the receiving end:
341-->"''Adam's Moon Log, Week Fifty-Five'': Someone finally made contact with me today. But before I could explain my plight and beg for a rescue, the feed cut out. Hope is fleeting and a fickle bitch. I hate everything."

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