"What are you doing, firing arrows, Coward! Come close and fight! So that my blood will splatter onto you, and your blood will splatter onto me!"
—Bhim
This episode of Mahabharata displays the events of Day 16 of the war. It begins with Shalya doing everything possible to scare Karna out of dueling Arjun. Bhim finally catches Dushasan and gets to fulfill his vow and avenge Draupadi’s molestation. Karna nearly kills Arjun. Duryodhan is urged by Ashwathama to sue for peace.
Tropes found here are
- An Arm and a Leg: Bhim rips Dushasan’s right arm off.
- Call-Back: Draupadi’s molestation by Dushasan and Bhim’s oath are replayed in a flashback scene, just before Bhim engages Dushasan in combat.
- Cruel and Unusual Death: Bhim rips Dushasan’s right arm out of his body, then flays his chest open.
- Despair Event Horizon: Duryodhan falls in upon discovering Dushasan’s flayed mutilated corpse. He is now the only Kaurava left.
- Deus ex Machina: Krishna saves Arjun by causing the earth under his chariot to sink just a little bit to lessen the impact of Karna’s arrow fired at Arjun’s head. That arrow would have lopped Arjun’s head off, instead
- Hat Damage: Arjun’s crown is shot off.
- Flaying Alive: Bhim flays Dushasan’s chest open. Like he vowed to do.
- Hemo Erotic: Bhim after drinking some of Dushasan’s blood, grabs a (large) handful of blood and runs into Draupadi’s tent. He proclaims that he has “brought her Dushasan’s blood to cleanse her insulted hair”, after which both of them gaze intensely into each other, as she applies the blood to her hair and the music swells.
- I Am the Noun: When Ashwathama pleads with Duryodhan to sue for peace for the good of the kingdom, Duryodhan yells “I Am the Kingdom!”
- Pre-Mortem One-Liner: “I WILL DRINK THE BLOOD IN YOUR CHEST, DUSHASAN!!”
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Bhim first brutally clubs Dushasan multiple times with a mace, then tosses that mace aside for a good old fashioned beating, then inflicts the Cruel and Unusual Death described above.
- This Is Unforgivable!: Dhritharashtra proclaims that he will NEVER forgive Bhim for what he did to Dushasan.
- Took a Level in Badass: Karna finally defeats Arjun after being handed loss after loss after loss after loss.
