Mandarin forces the Hyperforce to experience their worst fears.
Tropes
- Absurd Phobia: Otto's fear of clams with feet.
- Bandaged Face: Sparx gets his upper head bandaged after losing his sight.
- Blind Mistake: At the beginning of the episode, Sparx loses his eyesight in mid-flight causing him to crash his ship. Also he almost hits the other monkeys while fighting Mandarin's robots.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: Antauri becomes this after Mandarin takes control of his robotic body.
- Determinator: Chiro in his little boy form states to Mandarin that while he lost his Power Primate, he still has his monkeys fighting skills.
- Eating the Enemy: Otto defeats his fear clams by cooking them and making clam soup with them.
- Hoist by His Own Petard: Chiro uses Mandarin's medallion to force him to face his worst fear: Valeena.
- Took a Level in Dumbass: Gibson becomes this after losing his intelligence, drooling and talking nonsense. And even tries to operate Sparx's exposed brain with his drills.
- "What Do They Fear?" Episode:
- Sparx: Losing his sight, thus being unable to pilot his ship.
- Gibson: Losing his intelligence.
- Nova: Losing her courage.
- Otto: Clams with feet.
- Antauri: Losing control of his robotic body.
- Chiro: Being a powerless little boy.
- Mandarin clone: Valeena
- You Are Better Than You Think You Are: When a scared Nova and a blind Sparx are fighting a mind-controlled Antauri, Sparx encourages Nova telling her she can deactivate him. And it works.Sparx: (after stunning a brainwashed Antauri) Deactivate him, now!(Nova nervously approaches Antauri and tries to remove his battery, but jumps back when he raises his claw)Sparx: You can do it Nova, You have to! (Nova removes Antauri's battery and quickly runs to Sparx, who hugs her), I knew you still had it.