From memory, I'd say it happens three times. Enough to call it a running gag, though "multiple" could be overstating it. I'd need to check the episode to be sure, though.
Okay, I have some reservations about the whole Xanatos Gambit thing, and other mention that there are hints that Cozy Glow had planned being imprisoned in Tartarus. I do believe this is wholly speculative at this point.
I didn't get this feeling at all with her final line from the episode. More like she's utterly out of her rocker by this point. There is no real hint she planned it at all.
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Yeah, I took that as a sign that Cozy was already scheming about how to get out (and on a Doylist level, a reassurance to audiences that she was unrepentant and deserved to be imprisoned), not that getting caught was something she planned for.
It's possible Cozy will show up next season and declare that getting sent to Tartarus was all part of her plan. But unless that happens, I think Xanatos Gambit doesn't belong on this page.
Yes, and neither Just as Planned, in fact (I commented it out too). I agree it is possible she may take advantage of her imprisonment in a future episode, but it's speculative for now. It's not "implied" in the episode she planned for it, especially since she tried very hard to escape the royal guards.
I've removed completely the tropes and left a comment to go to discussion before reinstating any, to cut on potential edit wars. Here for the record:
- Just as Planned: Cozy Glow shows shades of this in the final shot when she is incarcerated in Tartarus, right next to Tirek.
- Xanatos Gambit: Implied by the ending; While Cozy Glow ends up trapped in Tartarus as punishment for her crimes, there are hints that she wanted this to happen, like sporting a huge Slasher Smile as she asks Tirek to be friends. So, either her plan to overtake the school and eliminate the world's magic goes off without a hitch, and she wins. Or, her initial plan is stopped and she ends up sealed in Tartarus alongside Tirek, and she still wins.
“Spike has to correct Tirek on the fact there were seven of his enemies in Tartarus, not six, multiple times as a Running Gag.”
Define “multiple”.
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