Jewel of Darkness: Difference between revisions

* [[The Berserker]]: Starfire becomes one when she enters an [[Unstoppable Rage]].

* [[Berserk Button]]: It is a ''[[Unstoppable Rage|very]]'' bad idea to threaten Starfire's home or friends.

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: As per canon, Starfire repeatedly proves herself to not be someone you piss off.

* [[Big Bad Ensemble]]: One seems to be shaping up, as while Slade is the [[The Man Behind the Man|man behind Midnight]] and seems set to be [[The Heavy]] in the second arc, there's also the mysterious "Good Man" who leads [[The Conspiracy|the White Glove]]. Plus, Trigon is the [[Bigger Bad]] working to make his way down into this role.

* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: Cyborg, naturally. And Midnight, of the [[Evil Genius]] variety.

* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: This is setting up to be a major source of conflict between Mindnight and Terra.

* [[Government Conspiracy]]: Mad Mod was originally the head of the British Institute for the Prevention of Metahuman Crisis, a secret agency dedicated to "[[Brainwashing for The Greater Good|rehabilitating]]" Meta- and Super-criminals in order to prevent them from threatening British society. Then his peers found out he was planning on doing the same to key members of the government in order to take over the country, forcing him to go on the run.

* [[Hannibal Lecture]]: Midnight gives a brief one to Robin that basically boils down to how classic-style heroes are really just doing good deeds for their own self-fulfillment, and how Robin is a failure for trying to be like them and not like Batman.

* [[Never My Fault]]: At first, Robin blames Midnight for him having to stoop so low during the Red X incident. However, he eventually admits that it was his own fault.

* [[NGO Superpower]]: As Slade points out, the Justice League is one -- if any other private organization (or government for that matter) put a [[BFG]] in orbit, they'd be subject to immediate sanction by the U.N., but not the League.

* [[Noodle Incident]]: During Jinx's repeated attempts at enchanting a means of flight, she tries a toboggan. We then cut to her, Beast Boy and Starfire running from an enchanted ''bed''; she and Beast Boy argue over whose fault it is, and Beast Boy says that at least it didn't ''explode'' like the toboggan did.

** Something happened between Jinx and Beast Boy that he refers to only as "the plushie incident".

* [[Punny Name]]: Ai, which is obviously [[AI]] pronounced as a single word.

* [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]]: Cyborg and Jinx each give one to Robin after the Red X incident, though Jinx's is a bit more poignant, as she's calling Robin for his hypocrisy -- he doesn't trust Jinx because she isn't completely forthcoming with her past, and then he goes and lies to and uses the Titans.

** Starfire's eyes (and starbolts) turn red when she enters an [[Unstoppable Rage]].

* [[Religious and Mythological Theme Naming]]: The American government has a secret program codenamed "Project [[Classical Mythology|Prometheus]]", whose goal is (like [[Justice League Unlimited|CADMUS]] before it) to level the playing ground between the government and the Justice League (and any other similarly powerful threats).

* [[Sarcastic Clapping]]: After Cyborg gives Midnight a brief [["The Reason You Suck" Speech]] just prior to the big fight, she replies with a slow, mocking clap and a promise to put his heartfelt speech on the Internet in memoriam. {{spoiler|The mock clapping Slade gives the Titans when they beat her puts her clapping to shame.}}

** Mad Mod does this as well {{spoiler|in his "[[We Will Meet Again]]" message to Robin.}}

* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]: Beast Boy's reaction when Robotman refers to Jinx as his girlfriend.

** At one point, the Titans attend a costume party (for League members and affiliates) dressed as the gang from [[Scooby Doo]].

** During a flashback to one of Raven and Slade's training scenes, he teaches her to read body language so as to never be deceived by your opponent. The whole thing is very similar to a scene between Arya and Syrio in ''[[Game of Thrones (TV)|Game of Thrones]]''<ref> and by extension, [[A Song of Ice and Fire]]</ref>.

** When the T-Car is stolen in its premiere chapter, Beast Boy asks Cyborg "[[Dude Where's My Car|Dude, where's your car?]]"

** During one of the [[World Building]] chapters, we see the President talking with his advisors. One of the things they discuss is the case of a Metahuman girl with spider-like abilities, who is the daughter of a Congressman. The Congressman's name? [[Spider-Man|Parker.]]

** The title of the chapter where Mad Mod first appears contains a reference to ''[[A Clockwork Orange (Film)|A Clockwork Orange]]'', which was the [[Star-Making Role]] for Mod's voice actor [[Malcolm McDowell]].

* [[Skeletons in The Coat Closet]]: {{spoiler|Following Ai's betrayal, and subsequent execution by a vengeful Slade, Midnight takes to wearing her remnants as armor.}}