The sheriff questions Wednesday about the night's strange happenings. Later, Wednesday faces off against a fierce rival in the cutthroat Poe Cup race.
Tropes:
- Glass-Shattering Sound: Wednesday demonstrates her vocal range by letting out a note beyond the range of human hearing, cracking the DJ's glasses among other things.
- Improbable Aiming Skills: Wednesday one-ups Xavier's archery skills by tossing an apple in the air, nocking her bow, and shooting the apple into the bullseye.
- Mythology Gag: The solution to Poe's riddle is "snap twice," clearly an homage to the signature "Addams Family Theme" snaps.
- Practical Effects: Based on video reactions, they really did use a sound only dogs can hear.
- Shapeshifter: Weems is revealed to be one, using her power to make it appear as if Rowan wasn't killed and then has "him" expelled a day later so she won't have to keep up the act.
- Shout-Out:
- The four teams competing in the Edgar Allan Poe Cup are named after some of the writer's works: The Pit and the Pendulum, The Black Cat, Amontillado and The Gold Bug.
- The cat girl costumes worn by members of team Black Cat are similar to Catwoman's suit in the old Batman TV series. Members of team Amontillado wear a Villainous Harlequin costume and the makeup worn by one of them makes him look like one of The Joker's modern incarnations. These references could even be a nod to Tim Burton's involvement with Batman movies.
- Sirens Are Mermaids: One of Bianca's siren friends is sinking boats to help her win the Poe Cup. His monster form, as seen when he gets in the water, is a pretty standard-looking merman.
- Smash Cut: As soon as Wednesday learns about the cat costume, it cuts right to after she's put it on. She refused to paint whiskers on her face, though.
- There Are No Rules: The Edgar Allan Poe Cup race has conditions for victory, but no rules for conduct along the way, allowing competitors to freely sabotage each other before or during the race.
- This Is Gonna Suck: Wednesday gets more wide-eyed when she hears there's a costume involved in the race.
- Weaponized Car: Or canoe, rather. The canoes feature net launchers, axes mounted on the side, and spikes to pierce other boats.
