With the threat of Megabyte and Hexadecimal diminished, the Mainframers can concentrate on finding Bob.
Episode Tropes:
- Alas, Poor Villain: The deaths of the invading Virals is treated somewhat tragically, with there being an intense close-up on Lieutenant Chauncey's face as he screams while being engulfed in flames, and a saddened Dot recusing herself from her celebrating staff, and being comforted by Phong.Dot: Phong, we won today. We beat them back. We protected the city. I should be happy, but all I feel is empty. It's like part of me died along with all of those Virals. How many more must suffer before Megabyte is stopped?
- The Bad Guy Wins: The first (and only) time the user beat our heroes.
- Big "NO!": Dot does this, believing Enzo died.
- Curb-Stomp Battle: The Principal Office's defenses make quick work of Megabyte's attack force.
- Deadpan Snarker: After Cyrus is saved from execution.Hack: Now, you've done it. Megabyte's gonna be mad!
Slash: Aw, what's new? - Determinator: Phong expresses certainty that Bob will have found a way to survive in the Web and just needs help getting home.
- Downer Ending: A big one. Enzo loses against the user, and he, AndrAIa, and Frisket are forced change their icons to prevent being nullified. Unfortunately, Dot believes that her little brother is gone forever, and with no Guardians left on Mainframe to oppose his plans of conquest, Megabyte makes his move.
- Even Evil Has Standards: Neither Hack nor Slash are eager to execute Cyrus as ordered. Hack ultimately goes through with pushing the button, but Slash intercedes since it's just that wrong. Slash then explains why he misses Bob.
- Evil Laugh: Megabyte after the User wins.
- Eye Scream: Enzo loses his right eye in one of the user's slashes.
- Foreshadowing:
- Sick of Hack and Slash's bungling, Megabyte intends for them to take point the next time the firewall is breached. "Megaframe" will show he does have them take point on a risky mission (albeit under different circumstances), and they suffer for it.
- Observing Enzo and the others heading into the game, Megabyte mocks him for continuing to defend the system and asks who will defend him the next time they meet.
- Scuzzy somehow gets inside the Tor, setting up Hexadecimal breaking free.
- Dot wonders if the game is about to end when Phong has to remind her that despite the fact that game time runs faster than real time, the game's only just started and they still have to wait.
- Enzo and AndrAIa change their icons (with the latter taking care of Frisket's) shortly before the game ends.
- Heroic BSoD: After Megabyte's forces are beaten back, Dot's in no mood to celebrate since Megabyte will continue to pose a threat.
- Hidden Depths: Slash demonstrates his ethical standards and his outlook on the current status quo.
- Hope Spot: Dot oversees the successful defense of the system, and Phong reassures her that they can now focus on rescuing Bob. Just as she starts feeling better, a Gamecube appears.
- Lampshade Hanging: Herr Doktor admits he's not sure how they've been able to keep Hexadecimal under control, given her sheer power and insanity. One of his theories is that she actually likes it.
- Little "No": AndrAIa after Enzo loses the fight.
- Nothing Is the Same Anymore:Slash: I miss Bob.
Hack: What?! [tries covering his mouth while looking around nervously] Are you crazy?
Slash: Bob always stopped us before we could do anything really bad. [sniffs] Now, nobody does. - Running Gag: After rebooting into a Scorpion-like figure, Enzo struggles with the mask and remarks, "You can't talk in these things."
- Shout-Out: Immortal Konflict is an obvious one to Mortal Kombat, even down to the fatalities and techno theme song. In addition, the character Enzo reboots into resembles Scorpion while the character AndrAIa reboots into resembles Sheeva.
- Sudden Soundtrack Stop: The background music comes to a halt when the User's victory is announced.
- We Wait: Megabyte's reaction when Enzo, AndrAIa, and Frisket entered the game.
- Wham Line: At the end, when the Game Cube leaves after the User finally won a game against the Mainframers, Dot initially thinks Enzo, AndrAIa, and Frisket will be waiting for pickup, then sees the sector offline as the System Voice says those ominous three words...System Voice: Game Over.
Dot: Here it goes. Get ready...
System Voice: The User Wins.
(Silence in the Principal Office as the cold hard truth sinks in. All eyes turn to Dot as she realizes she's lost her only family she had left.)
Dot: Enzo...No...NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!
(In the Silicon Tor, Megabyte cackles in triumph.)
