Ink City/Recap/S3/E3 A Discorded Halloween: Difference between revisions

As the holiday season comes to Ink City, several of its citizens realize that [[All HallowsHallow's Eve|Halloween's]] coming up fast, and start working on costumes. Inspired, the Painted Lady makes an announcement: there's going to be a Halloween costume party, and everyone's invited! After all the [[Ink City (Roleplay)/Recap/S2/E4 World Split|recent]] [[Ink City (Roleplay)/Recap/S3/E1 Aftershocks|drama]], surely it couldn't hurt to get together when there ''isn't'' something horrible happening! And everyone loves a party, right?

Yes, everyone loves a party... including [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|Discord]]. In the middle of the festivities, he brings his own stormclouds to provide [[Dramatic Thunder]] as he announces:

{{quote| Wouldn't it be exciting if it could be real?<br />

Well let me cut you a deal!<br />

We'll make this a time to remember<br />

Your true forms you shall surrender.<br />

For this night you shall be<br />

With those words, nearly everyone in the City is [[Becoming the Costume|transformed into their costume]]. In some cases, this has even ''more'' unusual effects; [[Animaniacs (Animation)|Yakko]] had dressed up as a bird, but is abruptly replaced with {{spoiler|his own mundane}}! [[Mystery Science TheatreTheater 3000|Crow]] hadn't dressed up at ''all'', but the cold he's been nursing for weeks takes on a mind of its own -- a very ''nasty'' mind.

Making matters worse, several residents start to act [[The Mind Is a Plaything of Thethe Body|more like whatever or whoever they've been transformed into]]. [[Regular Show|Rigby]], now an exact physical match of [[Aeon Flux|Trevor]], finds himself compelled to make speeches, even if they aren't quite so grandiose. [[Portal 2 (Video Game)|Cave Johnson]], dressed as a devil, becomes unnervingly interested in collecting souls.

This time, though, the Mayor isn't simply wasting time feeling sorry for himself. After consulting with [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|Twilight Sparkle]] to learn all he can about the draconequus, he privately contacts Discord, pretending he's willing to [[Deal Withwith the Devil|strike a deal]]. Discord immediately asks that he hand over control of the City, and the Mayor demurs, admitting he's not ''really'' in charge... but if he surrendered his powers to Discord, surely ''he'' could use them to rule.

Eagerly, Discord takes the deal and the Mayor's offered hand... And the handshake becomes a death grip as the Mayor [[De -Power|drains away most of his power]], temporarily taking on the same coloring as his victim. Using the draconequus' own abilities, he reverses the curse and turns everyone back to normal... and Discord's powers take the form of a flying pig. Turns out they can't be destroyed, as they're still a part of Discord and thus of the City itself, but they can be kept separate at least, right...?

* [[All HallowsHallow's Eve]]

* [[Arbitrary Skepticism]]: [[Fallout: New Vegas|The Welcome Wagon Securitron]] tells [[The Secret of Kells|Aisling]] that curses do not exist. While most of the City is dealing with Discord's curse.

* [[Blatant Lies]]: When confronted by [[Fallout: New Vegas (Video Game)|Mr. House's]] security bots, [[Portal 2 (Video Game)|Cave Johnson]] claims his attempted murder was 'just a smoking accident'. His [[Look Behind You!]] attempt is just as unconvincing.

** [[Animaniacs (Animation)|Dot]] assumes she can fix her monochrome costume by changing into a normal dress, and tells Ichigo as much. When she discovers otherwise, she claims she chose to stay in costume 'to show solidarity' with everyone else. (Ichigo completely buys it.)

* [[Brick Joke]]: After all the fuss the growing [[Nine (Animation)9|stitchpunk cast]] has made over the joke on the Sign ('7: There is no number seven.'), Three and Four finally steal it away and fix it. ''Immediately'' afterwards, Seven shows up.

* [[Buffy -Speak]]: This is what happens when you combine Trevor's love of lecturing with Rigby's... ''Rigbyness''.

* [[Call Back]]: The Mayor's strategy for handling Discord mirrors [[Ink City (Roleplay)/Recap/S3 Aftershocks|his past experiences with]] [[MegamanMega Man Battle Network|Bass]].

{{quote| '''Discord:''' What did you do to me?!<br />

* [[Character Development]]: Highlights how the Mayor has grown from a [[A God Am I|self-proclaimed God]] [[Ink City (Roleplay)/Recap/S1 Into the Woods|who enjoyed taunting and tormenting the citizens]] to someone who ''honestly'' cares about their well-being. He even admits as much to Discord, stating that months ago, he might have let his behavior pass unchecked...

* [[Cursed Withwith Awesome]]: Discord's power cancels out [[Gargoyles|Puck's gift]] for its duration, giving Demona the chance for some stone-skinned power napping.

* [[Deal Withwith the Devil]]: [[Portal 2 (Video Game)|Cave Johnson]] starts offering these after becoming more 'comfortable' in his costume.

* [[De -Power]]

* [[Dropped a Bridget On Him]]: Yakko greets Crmsn with the usual "[[Hello, Nurse!]]!" routine before learning who she is.

* [[Female Angel, Male Demon]]: Caroline and Cave Johnson's respective costumes.

* [[For Halloween I Am Going Asas Myself]]: Played with; remember, "[[Persona 4|Thou art I, and I am thou]]."

* [[Green -Eyed Monster]]: Cave's jealousy of [[Cute Kitten|Kitten!]][[Lackadaisy|Mordecai]] was bad enough, but when he walks in on her with '''Human!'''Mordecai...

* [[Hoist Byby His Own Petard]]: The master of trickery winds up decieved himself.

* [[Humanity Ensues]]: Starscream and Mordecai Heller both get hit by this, and it causes both immediate problems, thanks to [[G La DOSGLaDOS]]' interest in the former and the poor position the latter gets caught in. [[Inverted]] by Demona, who temporarily loses her human form.

* [[I Surrender, Suckers]]

* [[It Amused Me]]: [[Animaniacs (Animation)|Dot]] explains to Ichigo that Discord's reasons boil down to "Because I can." [[Hypocrisy Nod|She's self-aware enough to]] [[Lampshade]] how Warner antics often run on [[Rule of Funny]], pointing out there's usually no long-lasting consequences.

* [[ItsIt's Personal]]: Discord's curse affected the Mayor and his sister. Not only that, but it affected his ''friends'' -- as he'd come to see its residents as more than mere subjects.

* [[Late to Thethe Party]]: Oswald shows up late to the Halloween Party because he was having trouble finishing his costume on time... and as a result, was one of the only residents who didn't get hit by Discord's costume-changing spell. [[Lampshade Hanging|References have already been made towards his luck.]]

** [[My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic (Animation)|Twilight]] decided to, "just this once", [[Slept Through the Apocalypse|skip out of the Nightmare Night festivities]]. It turns out, in worlds that aren't Equestria, being unsocial has its perks.

* [[The Mind Is a Plaything of Thethe Body]]

** Rather, he laughs in Twilight's face, claiming that [[What Measure Is a Non -Human?|pony souls are hardly worthy of being called souls at all]] - or, in his words, "I've thrown away socks that have more value than a pony soul.".

* [[Unwilling Roboticisation]]: Happens to [[Regular Show|Mordecai]], [[Fallout: New Vegas|Priscilla]], and Legato. While Mordi just ends up a robot version of himself, Pris decided to dress as (and subsequently become) one of her own boss Mr. House's Securitrons, and Legato becomes [[Mega Man (Videovideo Gamegame)|Proto Man]].

* [[Villain Team -Up]]: Proposed by Her, though it's immediately threatened when Discord won't let Her alter ''his'' looks at all.

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: The Mayor furiously calls out {{spoiler|Azerune for all they've done and ''haven't'' done}}.

** Caroline calls out Cave Johnson for nearly burning her alive. His defense that he was only trying to kill ''Mordecai'' and she just got in the way doesn't sit well with her.