History Recap / TheWildWildWestS3E1TheNightOfTheBubblingDeath

* ElaborateUndergroundBase: Freemantle's labyrinthic subterranean base, where he hides the stolen Constitution. It dates back to the Conquistador era in 1557 and he added armored doors, an elevator and an AcidPool to protect the room where he put the Constitution. Artie found a model of it at the Museum of Architecture of Mexico and he and West use it to plan their heist. Artie then sends the model back to Mexico at the end.

* HollywoodAcid: The titular "bubbling death" is a large pool of acid which is part of Freemantle's DeathCourse that protects the stolen Constitution. Depicted as cherry red instead of the usual green or yellow, it dissolves anything it touches without a trace -- which Freemantle proves when he [[HoistByHisOwnPetard falls into the acid]] as the climax of the fight he and his {{Mook}}s have with Jim and Artie.
* ImprovisedZipline: West uses one conceived by Artie to go over the AcidPool.

* ElaborateUndergroundBase: Freemantle's labyrinthic subterranean base, where he hides the stolen Constitution. It dates back to the Conquistador era and he added armored doors, an elevator and an AcidPool to protect the room where he put the Constitution. Artie makes an elaborate model of it to plan the heist phase, and once the mission is accomplished he sends the model to the Museum of Architecture of Mexico.

* ElaborateUndergroundBase: Freemantle's labyrinthic subterranean base, where he hides the Constitution. Artie makes an elaborate model of it to plan the heist phase, and once the mission is accomplished he sends the model to the Museum of Architecture of Mexico.

* AcidPool: Freemantle hides the Constitution in his labyrinthic ElaborateUndergroundBase. The last obstacle before the room he's put the precious document in is a long corridor the bottom of which is a pool filled with [[HollywoodAcid boiling red acid]]. West uses a gadget zipline conceived by Artie to cross it the second time (for his first time there, he was brought there {{blindfolded|Trip}} and crossed a removable bridge) to retrieve the Constitution. As somewhat expected, Freemantle [[HoistByHisOwnPetard dies by falling in the pool]].

* AcidPool: Freemantle hides the Constitution in his labyrinthic ElaborateUnderground Base. The last obstacle before the room he's put the precious document in is a long corridor the bottom of which is a pool filled with [[HollywoodAcid boiling red acid]]. West uses a gadget zipline conceived by Artie to cross it the second time (for his first time there, he was brought there {{blindfolded|Trip}} and crossed a removable bridge) to retrieve the Constitution. As somewhat expected, Freemantle [[HoistByHisOwnPetard dies by falling in the pool]].

* DragonTheirFeet: Carlotta Waters isn't around for the agents' final showdown with her boss, but she turns up soon afterwards, having gone into business on her own account. (Although, in her defense, Jim and Artie dispatch the BigBad with almost unseemly ease with more than 10 minutes left to go in the show.)

* TravelingSalesman: Artie poses as the proprietor of a "traveling groggery".

* ScaryBlackMan: NFL running back Timmy Brown as [[WhipItGood bullwhip-wielding]] goon Clint Cartwheel.

* InMediasRes: The episode begins with West and Grigsby arriving in the Panhandle Strip to negotiate the return of the stolen Constitution. No details of the theft are ever divulged, although, given the episode's final plot twist, the "how" can be easily guessed at.

* HollywoodAcid: The titular "bubbling death" is a large pool of acid which is part of Freemantle's DeathCourse that protects the stolen Constitution. Depicted as cherry red instead of the usual green or yellow, it dissolves anything it touches without a trace--which Freemantle proves when he [[HoistByHisOwnPetard falls into the acid]] as the climax of the fight he and his {{Mook}}s have with Jim and Artie.

West and Silas Grigsby (William Schallert), a U.S. Archive curator, arrive in the Panhandle Strip, where Gordon awaits them in disguise. A freelance revolutionary named Victor Freemantle (Harold Gould) has possession of the U. S. Constitution and demands sovereignty of the area and $1 million in exchange for its safe return. Facing interference from Freemantle's associates, as well as extremely elaborate measures put in place to protect the stolen document, West and Gordon set out to foil the villains' schemes.

Disguises used by Artie: [[http://photobucket.com/gallery/user/l8dreamr/media/bWVkaWFJZDoxODcwMDM2OA==/?ref=1 One-eyed Gunslinger]] ; [[http://photobucket.com/gallery/user/l8dreamr/media/bWVkaWFJZDoxODcwMDA5NQ==/?ref=1 Honest Johns, Liquor Salesman]]

* HollywoodAcid: Freemantle uses a large pool of bubbling acid as part of the DeathCourse that protects the stolen Constitution. Depicted as cherry red instead of the usual green or yellow, it dissolves anything it touches--which Freemantle proves when he [[HoistByHisOwnPetard falls into the acid]] as the climax of the fight he and his {{Mook}}s have with Jim and Artie.

* HollywoodAcid: Freemantle uses a large pool of bubbling acid as part of the DeathCourse that protects the stolen Constitution. Depicted as cherry red instead of the usual green or yellow, it dissolves anything that falls into it--which Freemantle proves when he [[HoistByHisOwnPetard falls into the acid]] as the climax of the fight he and his {{Mook}}s have with Jim and Artie.

* ScaryBlackMan: NFL running back Timothy Brown as [[WhipItGood bullwhip-wielding]] goon Clint Cartwheel.

West and Silas Grigsby, a U.S. Archive curator, arrive in the Panhandle Strip, where Gordon awaits them in disguise. A freelance revolutionary named Victor Freemantle (Harold Gould) has possession of the U. S. Constitution and demands sovereignty of the area and $1 million in exchange for its safe return. Facing interference from Freemantle's associates, as well as extremely elaborate measures put in place to protect the stolen document, West and Gordon set out to foil the villains' schemes.

* InMediasRes: The episode begins with West and archivist Silas Grigsby (William Schallert) arriving in the Panhandle Strip to negotiate the return of the stolen Constitution. No details of the theft are ever divulged, although, given the episode's final plot twist, the "how" can be easily guessed at.

West and Silas Grigsby, a U.S. Archive curator, arrive in the Panhandle Strip, where Gordon awaits them in disguise. A freelance revolutionary named Victor Freemantle has possession of the U. S. Constitution and demands sovereignty of the area and $1 million in exchange for its safe return. Facing interference from Freemantle's associates, as well as extremely elaborate measures put in place to protect the stolen document, West and Gordon set out to foil the villains' schemes.

* CoDragons: Carlotta Waters and Clint Cartwheel, Freemantle's lieutenants.

* DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment: Cartwheel threatens to whip Jim "Free, for nothing, without cost."
* DragonTheirFeet: Carlotta Waters isn't around for the agents' final showdown with her boss, but she turns up soon afterwards, having gone into business on her own account. (Although, in her defense, Jim and Artie dispatched the BigBad with almost unseemly ease with more than 10 minutes left to go in the show.)
* EqualOpportunityEvil: The villain is a South American whose gang consists mostly of white men, but includes a black man and a white woman as CoDragons. (West rather chauvinistically assumes that the woman is the BigBad's girlfriend and has to be corrected.)

* InMediasRes: The episode begins with West and Silas Grigsby arriving in the Panhandle Strip to negotiate the return of the stolen Constitution. No details of the theft are ever divulged, although, given the episode's final plot twist, the "how" can be easily guessed at.
* TheMole: [[spoiler:Silas Grigsby. Which explains how the Constitution ended up in Freemantle's hands in the first place.]]

West and Mr. Grigsby, a U.S. Archive curator, arrive in the Panhandle Strip, where Gordon awaits them in disguise. A freelance revolutionary named Victor Freemantle has possession of the U. S. Constitution and demands sovereignty of the area and $1 million in exchange for its safe return. Facing interference from Freemantle's associates, as well as extremely elaborate measures put in place to protect the stolen document, West and Gordon set out to foil the villains' schemes.

* ScaryBlackMan: NFL running back Timothy Brown as bullwhip-wielding goon Clint Cartwheel.

* DragonTheirFeet: Carlotta Waters (Although, in her defense, Jim and Artie dispatched the BigBad with almost unseemly ease with more than 10 minutes left to go in the show.)

* FemmeFatale: Carlotta Waters.

* TheMole: [[spoiler:Silas Grigsby.]]

The U.S. Constitution has been stolen by a dangerous revolutionary named Victor Freemantle. West and Gordon are sent to Texas to recover it. Rather than give in to Freemantle's ransom demand of $1 million, they decide to infiltrate Freemantle's castle and rescue the Constitution themselves.

* CoDragons: Carlotta Waters and Clint Cartwheel.