History Recap / TheOwlHouseS2E21KingsTide

* ScarsAreForever: Even when Philip hides the band of rot on his face using magic before heading back to Earth, the initial scar caused by Lilith's punch during the StableTimeLoop still remains.

* TheCakeIsALie: Belos unsurprisingly goes back on his word to free the Collector once the draining spell works. He initially claims it's because he "forgot" that he only had enough titan's blood left to active the portal to the human realm, but then admits that it's actually because he won't risk the collector sharing his powers with someone else, as it would defeat the purpose of his 500 year scheme to eliminate all magic life.

* ShoutOut: [[WesternAnimation/MonstersInc This isn't the first time]] a Disney protagonist has been unwillingly thrown through a PortalDoor into the human world, then frantically re-opened it only to find nothing on the other side.

* TheCakesIsALie: Belos unsurprisingly goes back on his word to free the Collector once the draining spell works. He initially claims it's because he "forgot" that he only had enough titan's blood left to active the portal to the human realm, but then admits that it's actually because he won't risk the collector sharing his powers with someone else, as it would defeat the purpose of his 500 year scheme to eliminate all magic life.

* PlotMandatedFriendshipFailure: * {{Defied|Trope}}. At the start of the episode while the kids are on their way to the Head to save Luz, Hunter and Alador get into a shouting match over the latter's ability to pilot the airship. Gus proceeds to yell at Hunter for distracting the pilot, and Amity, wanting to get to Luz as fast as possible, joins them all in shouting over each other. Their Palismen interrupt the fight by dragging over a crate of food, and everyone decides to just eat something instead of bickering over nothing.

* SharedUniverse: At the end on Camila's tablet there's an article about a [[WesternAnimation/{{Amphibia}} girl lost in a frog world]] with a photo of Anne Boonchuy, confirming that the two shows are set in the same universe.

* DropTheHammer: Mason, the Construction Coven Head, uses a hammer against Eberwolf.

* PerspectiveMagic: When the Collector stops the Draining Spell, they do so by putting their finger on the moon and dragging it out of the way, akin to a mouse cursor dragging a file around a computer screen and with as much comparative effort, despite the enormity of the celestial body, highlighting their sheer power.

* SoftSpokenSadist: Belos/Philip keeps his polite mannerisms up when he callously betrays both the Collector and Kikimora to their faces, his voice even being tinged with genuine happiness over getting to finally cut ties with his magical associates, and he never raises his voice even as Luz's remarks about his being 'barely human' anymore obviously upset him and he decides it's best for her to be petrified slowly than to remain living in her delusions. However, this goes ''fully'' out the window once Luz brands him and he loses control over his plans, his body and his emotional state, turning into a GutturalGrowler from his sheer ''rage'' towards Luz, despite being capable of speaking with his normal voice otherwise.

* ExtradimensionalEmergencyExit: The kids escape through the repaired portal door in order to escape the Collector's game tearing apart the very ground beneath their feet. Unfortunately, the door runs out of power right after King blasts Luz though, leaving her, Amity, Willow, Gus, and Hunter trapped on Earth for the foreseable future.

** It's somewhat unclear if the Palismen for Willow, Gus, Amity and Hunter or Luz's egg were also knocked through the portal before it closed.

** Principal Bump is never seen or mentioned despite vowing to protect his students from the Day of Unity. The only reference to him is when Eda imagines the younger versions of Raine and Lilith alongside Bump when he was a vice-principal.
** Speaking of which, none of the students from Hexside make an appearance at all, raising questions on where they currently are and how they're going to cope with everything post-Draining Spell and under the Collector's reign.

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: In real life, a solar eclipse would be accompanied by high tide due to it being driven by the moon's orbit, though this discrepancy can probably be chalked up to magic given how it instantly drops when the eclipse reaches totality.[[note]]In fact, the term "king's tide" literally refers to the an exceptionally high tide that would take place during a full or new moon.[[/note]]

* YouShallNotPass: After their ship crashed, Alador stays behind to take on the rest of the Abomatons while Luz's friends goes to help her.

** Though unspoken, it's made ''very'' clear this is Philip's sentiment towards all his magical and non-human 'allies', and he takes great pleasure in mocking the few of them he sees on his way out of the demon realm for how little they matter how him, and how he wants nothing more from them but to leave them all behind to rot and die. The only reason he hasn't done this before was the length of time needed to extensively set up his FinalSolution and exit strategy, and he's positively ''giddy'' at the chance to finally be rid of them all.

** Philip's confident attitude goes out the window when he realises Luz has successfully tricked him and branded him with a Sigil, as he has no way to turn the draining spell off and can no longer use his considerable magical might. Luz in turn gets once when Philip devolves into his true monstrous form and starts rampaging against her, almost destroying the portal door in his attempts to kill her.

** The minute the Draining Spell is activated, Philip teleports himself straight inside the Titan's skull where he's reconstructed the portal door, activating it with all the remaining Titan's blood in the key to leave the Demon Realm in minutes, pausing only to dispose of the Collector's mirror into the deepest darkest hole he can find nearby. If not for Kikimora arriving with the 'Golden Guard', Philip would have left before anybody realised what the spell was actually doing, showing both his confidence that the spell couldn't be stopped, and underscoring his disgust at being forced to remain in the Demon Realm for so long, downright ''eager'' to leave now his work is finally being achieved without staying to enjoy the fruits of his labour.

* WithinArmsReach: Belos just happens to throw Luz (whose mobility is severely limited due to being petrified) into the table with the Sigil Branding glove when she implies that his goals of being recognised as a valiant hero and slayer of demons by the modern world will only result in him being seen as a crazy person.

* RedHerring: So what did the portal have to do with the Day of Unity? In a direct sense, nothing; Belos' goals for each were completely separate. He just needed the portal completed first because [[PragmaticVillainy it'd be much harder]] to develop it further as the MayorOfAGhostTown, and he planned to betray his promise to the Collector as soon as the draining spell was activated, meaning it'd be a bad idea to stick around, even with the Collector sealed away. Philip's sheer hatred of the demon realm being so strong, it's made clear that he also [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere didn't want to spend a second longer on the Isles than he had to]], the only reason he delays leaving the instant the draining spell is active being his twisted interest in Luz, the only other human on the Isles.

* CuttingtheKnot: After being convinced of stopping the draining spell, the Collector simply opts for removing the conditions that keep the spell active, which means that he literally pulls the moon out of the way, ending the eclipse that sustains the spell.

** Once they've served their purpose, Belos goes out of his way to let both Kikimora and the Collector know how little he thinks of them, and how much pleasure it's giving him to screw them both over and leave them to rot. Whilst neither are [[KickTheSonOfABitch the best morally speaking]], this still serves to mark Philip as being [[EvilerThanThou worse than either of them]] at his core. Fittingly, this display of petty vindictiveness towards his allies winds up biting Philip ''squarely'' in the ass once Kikimora helps free the Collector, leaving Philip helpless towards his due comeuppance.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: A unique case where both parties are on the giving and receiving end of this trope:
** Belos tells Kikimora to die in a hole, and refuses to release the Collector. Given that Kikimora is a sleazy arrogant backstabber and the Collector is a CreepyChild who turned the Owl Beast into a scroll and gave Belos the Draining Spell, it's hard to feel bad for either of them.
** Belos is on the receiving end of this from both Kikimora and the Collector, with Kikimora leading King to the Collector in order to spite Belos, and the Collector splattering Belos onto a wall.

* OffModel: The brief shot of Hexsquad 1.0 in their teen years shows Darius with purple eyes, when in other flashbacks that show their colour, they've seemed to be green.

* CerebusCallBack: Dairus told Raine in "O Titan, Where Art Thou" that they're a terrible actor. Funny at the time, but unfortunately for the [=CATs'=] plan, [[SpannerInTheWorks Terra Snapdragon]] thought the same thing.

** Philip notes that it took him a long time to figure out glyph combinations, almost as if the Titan was trying to keep that knowledge from him. He expressed a similar thought about the glyphs themselves back in "Elsewhere and Elsewhen".

** Eda and the [=CATs=] find out too late that Belos knew about their plan and put a stop to it.

* YouCantThwartStageOne: The [=CATs=]' initial plan to sabotage the draining spell ultimately fails when Terra sees through Eda’s disguise.

[[caption-width-right:350:''[[Music/LordHuron I took a little journey into the unknown\\
and I come back changed I can feel it in my bones]]'']]