History Recap / WhatWeDoInTheShadowsS2E7TheReturn

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: A CallBack to the parody of this trope in "Manhattan Night Club", first with Simon's "crew" being pathetically diminished to just two other people (Count Rapula and Carol), only to reveal that he's had a rebuilt crew waiting in the wings this whole time, with new members with new ThemeNaming like "[[Creator/NeilPatrickHarris Neil, Patrick, and Harris]]". Lampshaded when Simon complains, "I don't even know who some of these people are!"

* AbsurdlySpaciousSewers: The sewers below Staten Island are big enough for the vampires to walk through while in human form.

* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Colin subdues the troll by droning and draining him until sunrise, when the troll turns to stone.

* DirtyCoward: Laszlo shoves Nadja in front of him while they're exploring the sewers, and [[BlatantLies unconvincingly argues]] this is so he can "keep her safe".
* TheDogBitesBack: As Simon sinks, none of his crew help him as he just called their company unfulfilling.

* FantasticRacism: The troll reveals that he considers the slang term "trolling" for being a {{Jerkass}} online to be a racial slur against his people, and insists that the fact he is a troll in both senses of the term is merely a coincidence.
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Simon has gone from being a VampireMonarch owning the hottest undead nightclub in Manhattan with a "crew" of dozens of followers to a pathetic hermit living in the sewers with just [[PrettyFlyForAWhiteGuy Count Rapula]] and [[LooksLikeOrlok Carol]] for company. Subverted, when it turns out this was a ruse to steal Laszlo's hat back and he does in fact still have a huge crew of Leatherskins; then double-subverted when his actions cause them to abandon him for real.
* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters: A CallBack to the parody of this trope in "Manhattan Night Club", first with Simon's "crew" being pathetically diminished to just two other people (Count Rapula and Carol), only to reveal he's had a rebuilt crew waiting in the wings this whole time, with new members with new ThemeNaming like "[[Creator/NeilPatrickHarris Neil, Patrick and Harris]]". Lampshaded when Simon complains, "I don't even know who some of these people are!"

* NotQuiteDead: TheStinger of "Manhattan Night Club" implied that the small bag of ashes Laszlo found the hat in was all that remained of Simon. It turns out that wasn't quite true, and Simon was able to drag his burned and broken body into a storm drain before the first responders got to him.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Colin's classic Internet-troll smugness about how he doesn't mean any of the things he says or care about any of the arguments that ensue and is only in it to steal people's energy starts to fade as his fellow troll's digs begin to actually get to him.

* NWordPrivileges: The troll ends up having trouble explaining why exactly he finds the use of the term "Internet {{troll}}ing" to be offensive without using the term himself, and then gets in a snit arguing he's ''allowed'' to say it because he is a troll in both senses of the term. It turns out, of course, that this whole semantic meta-argument was a classic energy-vampire ploy by Colin to drain his energy before he can attack.

* ShapeshiftingFailure: Simon falls victim to a bizarre one of these, a form of TeleFrag where turning from a bat to his human form caused his foot to merge with a metal grate, trapping him in place while the grate slowly sinks into the sewage. The shock everyone displays at this shows this doesn't typically happen when shapeshifting and is probably just another wacky example of the hat's curse.

* {{Troll}}: Colin's subplot involves him becoming -- and interacting with -- an internet troll, the latter who happens to be [[AllTrollsAreDifferent a real troll]].
* WeHardlyKnewYe: As soon as we find out Music/ElvisPresley has been part of the Staten Island vamps' circle of friends this whole time, he immediately defects to join Simon's crew and leaves never to return.

* ArrowCatch: Simon snags Laszlo's arrow with his hand... [[SubvertedTrope And through the palm.]]

* {{Troll}}: Colin's subplot involves him becoming -- and interacting with -- an internet troll, the latter who happens to be [[AllTrollsAreDifferent A real troll]].

* CallBack: The whole episode calls back to "[[Recap/WhatWeDoInTheShadowsS1E4ManhattanNightClub Manhattan Night Club]]". Since the cursed hat set fire to Simon's club, [[RichesToRags he now lives in the sewer]], badly scarred from the burns and living among what remains of his vampire posse and some new monster friends.

* ElvisHasLeftThePlanet: It is revealed that Laszlo turned Elvis in the '70's and he now uses the basement as a recording studio.

While walking home from the movies, Lazzlo and Nadja find Simon the Devious living in the sewers of Staten Island. Meanwhile, Colin has taken to becoming an internet troll to get his feedings.

* AccidentalMurder: Guillmero once again stakes a vampire in self-defense (in this case, Carol with a broken broom handle)
* ArrowCatch: Simon snags Lazzlo's arrow with his hand... [[SubvertedTrope And through the palm.]]
* CursedItem: The witch's hat coveted by Lazzlo and Simon.

* ElvisHasLeftThePlanet: It is revealed that Lazzlo turned Elvis in the '70's and he now uses the basement as a recording studio.
* EvilIsPetty: Simon feigns destitution and loneliness just so he can steal the witch's hat from Lazzlo.
* LooksLikeOrlok: Carol, resembling the prototype mask for [[Film/SpiderManTrilogy The Green Goblin]]
* Pixellation: The troll is naked, and has genitals covered with a mosaic effect. Subverted when he turns to stone, as the censor dissapears afterwards.

* Troll: Colin's subplot involves him becoming -- and interacting with -- an internet troll, the latter who happens to be [[AllTrollsAreDifferent A real troll]].

* Troll: Colin's subplot involves him becoming - and interacting with - an internet troll, the latter who happens to be [[AllTrollsAreDifferent A real troll.]]

While walking home from the movies, Lazzlo and Nadja find Simon the insidious living in the sewers of Staten Island. Meanwhile, Colin has taken to becoming an internet troll to get his feedings.

* AccidentalMurder: Guillmero once again stakes a vampire in self-defecnce (in this case, Carol with a broken broom handle)

* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: Nandor tries to clear Guillermo's slaying of Carol with this. Guillermo notes its counter-productivity.

* DetectEvil: Carol can sense that Guillmerro has killed vampires before.
* TheDogBitesBack: As Simon sinks, none of his crew help him as he just called their company unfufilling.

* SuspicouslySpecificDenial: Nandor tries to clear Guillermo's slaying of Carol with this. Guillermo notes its counter-productivity.

* TalkTheMonsterToDeath: Colin subdues the troll by droning and draining him until sunrise, when the troll turns to stone.