Line #15 Recap/TrollhuntersS2E4KanjigAAARRRGGHH


1	As Gunmar readies to destroy Jim in the Darklands, Blinky and the gang strike a deal with the Janus Order in their quest to revive an old friend
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3	!! Tropes for this episode include:
4	* BackFromTheDead: The antidote for Creeper's Sun does successfully un-petrify Aaarrrgghh!!!, which is basically the same as being revived from death for troll-kind, a technicality that is exploitable.
5	* CameBackWrong: After his resurrection, [=Aaarrrgghh!!!=] briefly reverts to his Gumm-Gumm state and enraged to boot before coming to his senses.
6	* ContinuityNod: As Jim and Nomura get to know each other, Jim tells her about his fight with Strickler in "[[Recap/TrollhuntersS1E11RecipeForDisaster Recipe For Disaster]]".
7	--> '''Nomura''': Wait, you're saying [[ChaosWhileTheyreNotLooking as you were fighting, your mother was in the other room?]]\
8	'''Jim''': Yeah! And then, Strickler transforms, and he goes, "Good look for Picture Day?" I mean, come on!\
9	'''Nomura''': He always was a to-- [''footsteps approaching'']
10	* CuttingTheKnot: Since there is no gyre-station to where the Killahead Bridge is kept, Kanjigar forces the gyre ''through the roof'' of the tunnel right where the bridge was.
11	* DelayedReaction: This little bit…
12	--> '''Jim''': [''Chompsky hands Jim a rock to throw.''] Oh, thank you. Chompsky!
13	* DoWrongRight: Kanjigar when he possesses Aargh helps the Trollhunters bust out of Trollmarket and helps them open the bridge, despite him saying earlier that to enter the Darklands would mean Jim's death.
14	* ExactWords: A tear from pain isn't enough to bring back Aargh. Toby needs to cry out of genuine grief to revive him.
15	* IGaveMyWord: Otto gives the right recipe for the antidote. Claire was even worried briefly that he wouldn't.
16	* IronicEcho: Gunmar (a Troll King) says "know thyself… and know thy enemy." See NotEvilJustMisunderstood below for context.
17	* NoTimeToExplain: Kanjigar's explanation for why he simply cannot [[JustEatGilligan tell Vendel the situation and save themselves a hurricane of trouble]].
18	* NobleDemon: Despite having no reason to do so, Otto did let the Trollhunter team go, trusting they would get the staff. He also actually ''does'' give the gang the recipe for the antidote, honoring the agreement.
19	* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: We find out from Nomura that she first heard ''Hall of the Mountain King'' when she was very young and found the story within the opera ''Peer Gynt'' inspirational, hence why she is always whistling it. She even takes to calling Jim "Little Gynt", after the main protagonist of that same opera.
20	--> '''Nomura''': I was just a young changeling when I first heard it… alone in your human world. But there, opening night, when the curtain rose and the orchestra swelled… Peer Gynt is a little boy who stumbles into a mountain of trolls. He faces a troll king, who tells him "To thyself be true… and who cares what the world thinks?"
21	* PapaWolf: Kanijar orders Draal to watch the bridge and not fight, unless Gunmar appears to try and enter into the world. He says it's due to the vision he saw, but it could also be making sure his son doesn't die in the Darklands.
22	* PaperThinDisguise: Toby uses the glamour mask to disguise himself as Vendel to get Vendel's staff, but his impression of him is so terrible it nearly gives him away.
23	* PrisonerExchange: The change of the creeper's sun antidote for Vendel's staff plays out like this.
24	* RulesLawyer: Only a Trollhunter can use the amulet to open the Killahead bridge, it doesn't have to be the current one. If the spirit of a Trollhunter past can find a troll that has been to death and back and possess them, they can open the bridge, too.
25	* SawItInAMovieOnce: Toby has seen many spy and action flicks so he figures he can handle the exchange until Otto's half is on a plain piece of paper.
26	* SpotTheImposter: When Vendel walks in on Toby (disguised as him) the guards have a hard time guessing which on is which, accidentally seizing the real Vendel to make his escape.
27	* ThrowTheDogABone:
28	** Aargh is revived, and he remembers Toby is his wingman.
29	** Draal gets to hug his father and talk to him for one last time. Kanjigar also makes it clear that he's happy to have the extra time with his son, and tries to protect him.
30	* TookALevelInKindness:
31	** Death has done wonders for Kanjigar's personality; he's determined to save Jim before the latter dies in the Darklands, and is more affectionate towards Draal.
32	** Considering the last time they fought each other Nomura gave Jim a nasty head injury and tried to kidnap him, she's much warmer as they exchange stories.
33	* WasItReallyWorthIt: The trollhunters team ask themselves if it was worth taking Vendel's staff and becoming fugitives of Trollmarket to save Jim. Kanjigar asserts that it is.
34	* WillingChanneler: Having died and resurrected, [=Aaarrrgghh!!!=] can allow Kanjigar to possess his body for a limited time.

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