Line #11 Recap/StarWarsRebelsS2E03AlwaysTwoThereAre


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2	While searching for supplies for the fleet, Ezra, Sabine, Zeb and Chopper go on a mission to an abandoned medical station. But when two Inquisitors sent by Darth Vader endanger Sabine and Ezra, Zeb and Chopper have to find a way to save them.
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5	!!Tropes in this episode:
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7	* AbandonedHospital: The episode mostly takes place in an old Republic medical station. Fitting for the week of Halloween.
8	* AirVentPassageway: When they need to get to Chopper quickly, Ezra suggests using the vents. He and Sabine do just fine, but the physically bigger Zeb gets stuck. When Sabine makes her way back, he's ''still'' stuck.
9	* ArbitrarySkepticism: Despite being willing to chase up a lead from an unreliable clone [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS2E01TheLostCommanders just two episodes ago]], which ended up bearing fruit, here Agent Kallus is ready to dismiss the power surge at the medical station as being nothing important. Only when the Fifth Brother declares that he can sense the rebels' presence on the station does Kallus agree to investigate.
10	* BaitAndSwitch: The Inquisitor [[ThisIsSomethingHesGotToDoHimself insists on going alone to catch our heroes]]. Turns out there's another Inquistor already following up this lead, whose existance is only revealed to the audience when she confronts our heroes.
11	* BigDamnHeroes: Zeb gets his time to shine when he outwits the Inquisitors and saves Ezra and Sabine from certain death.
12	* BizarreAlienBiology: Fifth Brother has nictitating membranes for eyelids.
13	* BondVillainStupidity: When the Fifth Brother manages to knock out Sabine and Zeb, he grabs Sabine but leaves the Mimic Droids to deal with Zeb. Predictably, Zeb destroys those and arranges a trap for the Inquisitors so he can rescue Ezra and Sabine.
14	* BreakOutTheMuseumPiece: The main objective of the crew in this episode is to salvage some old medical supplies from an abandoned Republic medical station. Despite everything else that happens, they actually succeed.
15	* BrickJoke: Early in the episode, Ezra and Zeb charge right by a room full of medical supplies, being too focused on their petty competition to notice. When the Fifth Brother uses Sabine's explosives to knock her and Zeb out, Zeb lands in that room. He nabs a crate on the way out.
16	* CallBack:
17	** Zeb identifies himself as "Commander Meiloorun" when posing as someone from the Rebel fleet, the name he used when he and Ezra stole the TIE fighter back in [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS1E02FighterFlight "Fighter Flight"]].
18	** Ezra blocks the Inquisitors by stabbing the door controls with Sabine on the other side, just as Kanan did in [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsS1E11CallToAction "Call to Action"]]. And afterward, the Seventh Sister pins him to the door with the Force, just like the Grand Inquisitor did to Kanan.
19	* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: As lampshaded by Ezra, the Seventh Sister isn't willing to kill him until he's [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness of no further use]]. The Fifth Brother was immediately willing to kill him, but then again, he seems pretty shortsighted. Although the Fifth Brother may have simply been attempting to [[KillSteal deny his comrade the credit for Ezra's capture.]]
20	* CeilingCling: Zeb ambushes the two Inquisitors by mag-clamping the ''Phantom'' upside-down on the ceiling of the hanger bay.
21	* ChekhovsSkill: After beating Zeb at space-chess at the beginning of the episode, Rex encourages him to [[GeniusBruiser use his head, not just his brawn]]. Come the climax and Zeb pulls a fast one on two Inquisitors and saves the day.
22	* CombatPragmatist: Rex encourages Kanan and Ezra to take a page out of [[TheAce his former]] [[Characters/StarWarsAnakinSkywalker CO’s]] book of combining the Force with clever pragmatism for full effect.
23	* ContinuityNod:
24	** The Fifth Brother says “[[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi Your fear betrays you]],” as he senses Sabine hiding.
25	** Kallus sardonically asks the Fifth Brother if he felt another one of his [[Film/ANewHope “disturbances.”]]
26	* CrisisMakesPerfect: As noted above, Zeb only succeeds at using his wits when Ezra and Sabine’s lives are on the line, making for some nice CharacterDevelopment.
27	* CurbStompBattle: The Inquisitors make short work of Ezra, Sabine, and Zeb. It's only because the Fifth Brother was too lazy to finish Zeb himself that they even escaped.
28	* DeadpanSnarker: The Seventh Sister has got this in spades.
29	-->'''Seventh Sister:''' I've been searching for you for some time.\
30	'''Ezra:''' A bounty hunter?\
31	'''Seventh Sister:''' Guess again. ''[[[WhamShot ignites her lightsaber]]]''\
32	'''Ezra:''' ''[gasps]'' [[TheDreaded You're an Inquisitor?!]]\
33	'''Seventh Sister:''' [[SarcasmMode Oh good, I won't have to explain it to you]]! ''[goes en garde]'' [[PreAssKickingOneLiner So, you know what comes next?!]]
34	* DestructionEqualsOffSwitch: Ezra is captured by the Inquisitors and dragged back, making Sabine rush back to try to save him. He stabs the control panel to a door in order to cut her off and prevent her from being captured along with him. The Fifth Brother just takes a detour and catches her anyway.
35	* DontThinkFeel: Played with. When Ezra is trying to lift Chopper with the Force while his eyes are closed, Rex suggests he do it with his eyes open, because then he would have noticed Chopper mag-clamping himself to the floor.
36	* DoWithHimAsYouWill: The Fifth Brother says this to the Mimic Droids when he leaves Zeb to them.
37	* DramaticIrony:
38	** Ezra is surprised that the Inquisitors already know about Ahsoka Tano. Vader realized she was with the Rebels in [[Recap/StarWarsRebelsTheSiegeOfLothal "The Siege of Lothal"]] after sensing her presence.
39	** Rex once again heaps praise on the great Jedi general he used to serve under, unaware he's actually Darth Vader.
40	* EvilPowerVacuum: The Inquisitor of Season 1 was the Grand Inquisitor, and with his death, the other Inquisitors are taking advantage of the power vacuum left to try and get a better position.
41	* FantasticLightSource: Ezra uses his lightsaber as a flashlight.
42	* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Despite displaying great talents in using the Force to sense both people and traps in this episode, the Inquisitors walk straight into Zeb's ambush.
43	* TheGadfly: When Kanan is testing Ezra on his telekinesis, using Chopper as the test object, Sabine encourages Chopper to clamp himself to the floor. Though there is a practical aim to the prank; teaching Ezra to [[BoringButPractical rely on the Mark One eyeball]] as well as The Force.
44	* GrenadeHotPotato: The Fifth Brother uses the Force to disarm Sabine's grenades, then throws them back at her and Zeb, rearming them when they get close.
45	* GunshipRescue: Zeb uses the ''Phantom'' to distract the Inquisitors, allowing Sabine and Ezra to escape them.
46	* HeadbuttingHeroes: Kanan is still dealing with his lingering issues with clones and resents Rex acting as an alternative mentor to Ezra.
47	* HoldYourHippogriffs: Ezra calls the Seventh Sister a "broken protocol droid".
48	* HypocriticalHumor: After dumping some crates on Zeb, Ezra tells him to keep his head down. Ezra then turns around and walks right into a fallen support beam.
49	-->'''Sabine:''' You were saying?
50	* IfIWantedYouDead: Inverted by Ezra, who notes that if the Seventh Sister was going to kill him, she would have done it by now. The Seventh Sister then freely admits she doesn't plan on killing him... [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness yet]].
51	* InternalReveal: The ''Ghost'' crew learn that the Inquisitor they killed wasn't the ''only'' Inquisitor, and that the Empire knows Ahsoka Tano is still alive.
52	* {{Irony}}: When they start competing over who'll find the supplies first, Zeb quips that Ezra will run right by them. Both fail to notice the crates in the room right next to them as they charge ahead.
53	* ItsProbablyNothing: While Kallus is usually clever enough to avoid this trope, here he dismisses the power surge until the Fifth Brother senses the Rebels.
54	* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Like the rest of the galaxy, Rex doesn't know that Anakin became Vader, so is still willing to praise the man he remembers as a hero.
55	* MenacingStroll: The Inquisitors are in no real hurry to capture their prey when they first encounter them, instead taking their time and savoring their prey's panicked retreat.
56	* MythologyGag:
57	** The episode's title is a quote from Yoda regarding the RuleOfTwo, though as no Sith appear in this episode, it instead refers to the two Inquisitors.
58	** Rex plays a game of dejarik with Zeb, which is fitting considering the latter is based on an unused design for Chewie.
59	** The Fifth Brother responding to go to the medical station is similar to Darth Vader's line about going to Hoth to find the Rebels in ''Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack''. A few moments prior, Konstantine whispers to Kallus that they don't need "mystics" to find the Rebels, much like the conversation about bounty hunters in that film.
60	*** Konstantine’s snide comment about “mystics” also references the [[AgentScully skepticism]] that [[InterserviceRivalry many Imperial officers have had against Dark Sider-users]] since it was first demonstrated in the iconic scene from ''Film/ANewHope''.
61	** When the others go to search the station while he stays behind to repair the corrupted files, Chopper hears a noise and says, [[OnceAnEpisode "I've got a bad feeling about this.]]
62	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Chopper powers up the whole station, which is detected by Kallus' Star Destroyer. Though he is ready to dismiss it, the Fifth Brother is able to sense that Ezra is on board and heads over to investigate. The Seventh Sister already had her droids there, but this resulted in two Inquisitors instead of one.
63	* NiceJobFixingItVillain: The Fifth Brother’s arrogance prevents him from bringing Kallus’s ship as backup and from finishing Zeb off himself. Even the Seventh Sister lampshades this.
64	* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Even though Zeb knows he's ridiculously outclassed, he refuses to leave Ezra and Sabine behind, mostly because he's well aware the Inquisitors will likely kill them if he does.
65	-->'''Zeb:''' Truth is, I don't really stand a chance going in alone, much less with you. But if we leave this space station, we will never see those kids again; I came here with them, and I am ''not'' leaving without them!
66	* NoSell: Sabine leaves an explosive trap for the Fifth Brother, but he's able to use the Force to block the detonation until he's pitched the explosives back at her and Zeb.
67	* OhCrap:
68	** Sabine and Ezra are horrified to run into another Inquisitor, and ''even more'' horrified to run into a ''third'' Inquisitor just seconds later.
69	** Kanan is completely unprepared for the possibility of dealing with two more Inquisitors, as he was under the impression that the one he defeated was the only one.
70	* OneWomanWail: Used during the Inquisitors' first attack on Ezra and Sabine.
71	* PercussiveMaintenance: Zeb's solution to a deactivated Chopper is a solid whack with his fist.
72	* ParrotPetPosition: During her introductory scene, one of the droids perches on the shoulder of Seventh Sister.
73	* PublicSecretMessage: "Commander Meiloorun" comes back again, first to protect Zeb's identity, and second, to cue Ezra in that Zeb's aware of their predicament. Also serves the purpose of being [[WhoWouldBeStupidEnough so obvious]] that the Inquisitors assume it's a RedHerring, allowing Zeb to [[BatmanGambit take them by surprise in the hangar bay later]].
74	* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: In reference to the two new Inquisitors.
75	-->'''Ezra:''' How many of these guys are there!?\
76	'''Sabine:''' Two!
77	* ScrewThisImOuttaHere:
78	** When Kanan and Rex start squabbling with each other, Ezra decides to go with Sabine and Zeb on their mission to get away from their arguing.
79	** Ezra and Sabine run for their lives rather than try to fight the Seventh Sister. Unfortunately, they run straight into the Fifth Brother.
80	* SensorCharacter: The Fifth Brother can sense Ezra's presence on the station when Kallus is ready to dismiss its reactivation as a glitch or scavengers. Later on, when he's hunting Sabine, he's able to sense her and Zeb hiding behind some crates.
81	* ShoutOut:
82	** The approach to the abandoned medical facility accompanied by a noticeable ambiance, as well as the ensuing exploration of the dark, mechanical station brings to mind the ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' franchise.
83	** Chopper's {{Jumpscare}}-style attack by a probe droid while he's at the station's control hub is somewhat similar to an attack from [[VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys Freddy Fazbear and pals]].
84	* SixthRanger: Rex has become something akin to this for the ''Ghost'' crew, even taking part in a discussion with the team's commanders at the end.
85	* StealthMentor: It's mostly offscreen, but Rex tricks Kanan into demonstrating discipline by challenging him to a dejarik game. At least, that's what he ''claims''...
86	* StunnedSilence: Kanan's horrified reaction to learning there are more Inquisitors.
87	* TeethClenchedTeamwork:
88	** Admiral Konstantine and Agent Kallus are clearly uneasy working with the Fifth Brother, the former even expressing the sentiment out loud. However, given his rank as an Inquisitor, they have little choice but to defer.
89	** The Fifth Brother briefly attacks the Seventh Sister for [[KillSteal keeping him from "his" kill]], at which point she responds that he lacks any foresight for planning. It doesn't help that he didn't know the Seventh Sister was on the case to begin with. Indeed, the only reason the rebels are able to escape is because the Seventh Sister isn't powerful enough alone to hold their shuttle back with the Force, and the Fifth Brother doesn't care to help her.
90	** Kanan and Rex really don't get along, especially since Rex has begun to also mentor Ezra and is critical of Kanan's technique.
91	* TemptingFate: Ezra tags along on the salvage mission because he finds whatever danger they may face preferable to Rex and Kanan bickering. Sabine lampshades it:
92	-->"You say that now."
93	* TortureTechnician: The Seventh Sister uses the Force to torture Ezra for information, but can't get him to crack. Ezra's gotten better at resisting interrogation.
94	* UseYourHead: When one of the Mimic Droids grabs him by the head, Zeb headbutts the nearest crate to smash it.
95	* TheVamp: The Seventh Sister certainly has a different ''style'' than her [[EvilIsHammy former]] and [[DumbMuscle current]] comrades. She noticeably strokes Ezra’s face and calls him “cute.”
96	* WhamLine: Two in-universe examples:
97	** "We know about Ahsoka Tano." Ezra was prepared to [[ShutUpHannibal shut down anything she said]] up until that point.
98	** Kanan was '''not''' expecting to hear that there were multiple Inquisitors. His response is [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness stunned silence]].
99	* WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou: The Seventh Sister, to Ezra, while torturing him with the Force:
100	-->"Why do you compel me to inflict pain?"
101	* WouldHurtAChild: The fact Ezra and Sabine are just kids doesn't stop the Inquisitors from threatening the pair ''repeatedly'' with their lives. Examples include the Seventh Sister torturing Ezra with the Force, and the Fifth Brother threatening to slit Sabine's throat with his lightsaber if Ezra won't fake a distress call to lure in Kanan and Ahsoka.
102	* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: The Seventh Sister gleefully plans to torture Ezra and Sabine to death once she's caught Kanan and Ahsoka. She doesn't get to make good on it, of course.
103	-->'''Seventh Sister:''' Once we have the others, we'll dispose of them both... ''very'' slowly.
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