Chapter 31: Challenges
Donkizari starring in her own movie.
Muko, Cookie, and Kalita watch the recap show of the Tendonchi Challenges to learn what kind of activities they will do in the future. However, the video takes an unexpected twist when a surprise guest from Cookie's past arrives to make a declaration.
- Badass Teacher: Freydar's role as the trainer of the Cyclone Crushers is mentioned again despite showing her fighting prowess. She even has the confidence that her Combagals can take down Muko and Kalita thanks to her training.
- The Bet: Freydar crashes the recap show of the Tendonchi Challenges to throw a challenge of her own. She ends up making two versions of the same challenge but with the same win/lose conditions. If Muko and Kalita win, they can skip the Tendonchi Challenges to fight Skully and Bolouma. If they lose, then they and Cookie have to leave town.
- Character Development: Cookie refuses to accept Freydar's challenge on the belief that she's done with taking shortcuts, preferring to take the Tendonchi Challenges instead.
- Comic Trio: The Tendonchi Masters are the highest authorities in Tendonchi. They're also prone to childish arguments and making fools of themselves in public.
- The Dreaded: Muko reacts with fear upon seeing Freydar on video. Unlike Kalita, she votes for taking the Tendonchi Challenges to avoid facing her.
- Fainting: Brida faints after she sees Freydar arrive.
- Game-Breaking Injury: As it turns out, Freydar can still fight and is stronger than she was years ago. However, she's still at risk of being blind if hit on the head.
- Gonk: Brida is a Perpetual Smiler with a lot of Wild Take expressions to say the least.
- Hypocritical Humor: Every time a Tendonchi Master chastises another about a negative quality in their challenge, their own challenge will have that negative quality up to eleven in the next pages. Lampshaded angrily by Golgadoo.
- I Hate Past Me: Cookie shows signs of this when she has a vision of her past self giving her advice, implying that it's a part of her she'd rather ignore.
- I Need a Freaking Drink: Cookie has a vision of her past self telling her to buy a drink after seeing the video challenge of Freydar.
- Know When to Fold 'Em: Cookie refuses to accept Freydar's challenge, believing that there's a chance that their opponents will be stronger than Skully and Bolouma.
- Loved by All: The public reacts with joy and cheer upon seeing Freydar returning. Their reaction becomes mixed upon seeing her new personality.
- Mouthy Kid: Stonk trash talks to Golgadoo a lot, mainly to how he finds his challenges boring.
- Revenge Before Reason: Shun calls out Freydar for wanting to fight, pointing out that one blow to,the head will leave her blind regardless of the difference of skill or strength. He convinces Freydar to stand down and let two of her Combagals face Muko and Kalita.
- Neck Lift: Freydar lifts Golgadoo by the neck before throwing him into the crowd.
- Super-Strength: Freydar shows how strong she is by picking up Golgadoo by the neck and throwing him with just one hand.
- Supreme Chef: Part of Golgadoo's challenge involves Combagals cooking dishes that are easy to digest so that their partners can eat them in the eating competition.
- Took a Level in Badass: Freydar was already considered to be the only Combagal capable of defeating Donkizari. She then reveals she spent her two years of retirement training, meaning that she's stronger than she was years ago.
- World's Strongest Woman: Freydar is referred as The Strongest Woman in Concatta despite not fighting against Donkizari and this was prior she Took a Level in Badass as well.
