History Recap / WithThisRingEpisode5

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys: Apparently Professor Ivo thinks so; he even went to the effort of devising a suitable monkey-related acronym for his robots.

Paul and Superboy meet Superman, who makes it clear that he is uncomfortable around Superboy and doesn't want to be involved with him. Paul approaches Wonder Woman for help, and she agrees to be more involved with Superboy.

The Team is then given a mission to escort the parts of a dangerous Amazo robot, defeated by the Justice League, to STAR Labs. Orange Lantern's involvement successfully protects one convoy, containing half the parts, but robotic monkeys are able to steal back the other half. The team pursues and destroys the partially-reconstructed Amazo, and Orange Lantern helps Kon to take down the villain responsible, Dr Ivo. Prompted by Ivo's criticism, Kon opens up to Orange Lantern about his feelings of inadequacy compared to Superman, and they share a hug.

* FakeWeakness: When Paul is preparing to spar with Black Canary, he deliberately takes a clumsy stance, appears unskilled with the ring, and even [[CallingYourAttacks counts down to his attack]]. But she shouldn't have let him [[TrojanHorse put a barrier all around the arena]], supposedly in case he missed her and hit a wall, but actually because it allowed him to extend constructs from any part of it. And of course he [[EvilOverLordList didn't actually wait until his countdown reached zero]].

Paul meets Wonder Woman's apprentice, Troia, at a barbecue, and invites her to spar with Superboy sometime. Although interested, she has limited time available due to her schooling. Based on Paul's close relationship with Superboy, she also gets the impression that he's gay.

A week later, Paul and Kon are at the scene of a bridge accident in Metropolis, and encounter Superman while helping out. After Superman brushes him off, Kon leaves in obvious frustration, and Paul visits Wonder Woman to ask for her help, since she knows Superman better. Kon shows up for combat training with Black Canary, albeit reluctantly, and when she insists on Paul keeping his ring on rather than fighting unarmed, he promptly pins her in constructs and dumps her on the mat, which cheers Kon up.

The team is then given a mission to escort the parts of a dangerous Amazo robot, defeated by the Justice League, to STAR Labs. Orange Lantern's involvement successfully protects one convoy, containing half the parts, but robotic monkeys are able to steal back the other half. The team pursues and destroys the partially-reconstructed Amazo, and Orange Lantern helps Kon to take down the villain responsible, Dr Ivo. Prompted by Ivo's criticism, Kon opens up to Orange Lantern about his feelings of inadequacy compared to Superman, and they share a hug.

* CurbStompBattle: Black Canary tries to teach Paul a lesson by having him keep his ring on during a spar. Since she previously took down Superboy and Kid Flash, this might have seemed reasonable at the time, but she doesn't last two seconds against a power ring.

* FakeWeakness: When Paul is preparing to spar with Black Canary, he deliberately takes a clumsy stance, appears unskilled with the ring, and even [[CallingYourAttacks counts down to his attack]]. But she shouldn't have let him [[TrojanHorse put a barrier all around the arena]], supposedly in case he missed her and hit a wall. And of course he [[EvilOverLordList didn't actually wait until his countdown reached zero]].

--> Ring: "Scanning Stacey residence. Genetic and food residue suggest that she likes cereal brand 'Lucky Charms'. Unable to specifically link other foodstuffs at the residence to the subject."

Canon title: "Schooled".

Paul meets Wonder Woman's apprentice, Troia, at a barbecue, and invites her to spar with Superboy sometime. Although interested, she has limited time available due to her schooling. Based on the Paul's close relationship with Superboy, she also gets the impression that he's gay.

!Tropes Found in this Arc:

* PowerCopying: The Amazo robot has this. It took the whole Justice League to bring it down - meaning that it had the opportunity to copy all their powers. Fortunately, it was only half rebuilt.

The SI meets Wonder Woman's apprentice, Troia, at a barbecue, and invites her to spar with Superboy sometime. Although interested, she has limited time available due to her schooling. Based on the SI's close relationship with Superboy, she also gets the impression that he's gay.

A week later, the SI and Kon are at the scene of a bridge accident in Metropolis, and encounter Superman while helping out. After Superman brushes him off, Kon leaves in obvious frustration, and the SI visits Wonder Woman to ask for her help, since she knows Superman better. Kon shows up for combat training with Black Canary, albeit reluctantly, and when she insists on the SI keeping his ring on rather than fighting unarmed, he promptly pins her in constructs and dumps her on the mat, which cheers Kon up.

The team is then given a mission to escort the parts of a dangerous Amazo robot, defeated by the Justice League, to STAR Labs. The SI's involvement successfully protects one convoy, containing half the parts, but robotic monkeys are able to steal back the other half. The team pursues and destroys the partially-reconstructed Amazo, and the SI helps Kon to take down the villain responsible, Dr Ivo. Prompted by Ivo's criticism, Kon opens up to the SI about his feelings of inadequacy compared to Superman, and they share a hug.

!Tropes Found in this Arc
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* CurbStompBattle: Black Canary tries to teach the SI a lesson by having him keep his ring on during a spar. Since she previously took down Superboy and Kid Flash, this might have seemed reasonable at the time, but she doesn't last two seconds against a power ring.

A week later, the SI and Kon are at the scene of a bridge accident in Metropolis, and encounter Superman while helping out. After Superman is brushes Kon off, Kon leaves in obvious frustration, and the SI visits Wonder Woman to ask for her help, since she knows Superman better. Kon shows up for combat training with Black Canary, albeit reluctantly, and when she insists on the SI keeping his ring on rather than fighting unarmed, he promptly pins her in constructs and dumps her on the mat, which cheers Kon up.

The team is then given a mission to escort the parts of a dangerous Amazo robot, defeated by the Justice League, to STAR Labs. The SI's involvement successfully protects one convoy, containing half the parts, but robotic monkeys are able to steal back the other half. The team pursues and destroys the partially-reconstructed Amazon, and the SI helps Kon to take down the villain responsible, Dr Ivo. Prompted by Ivo's criticism, Kon opens up to the SI about his feelings of inadequacy compared to Superman, and they share a hug.

The team is then given a mission to escort the parts of a dangerous Amazo robot, defeated by the Justice League, to STAR Labs. The SI's involvement successfully protects one convoy, containing half the parts, but robotic monkeys are able to steal back the other half. The team pursues and destroys the partially-reconstructed Amazon, and the SI helps Kon to take down the villain responsible, Dr Ivo. Prompted by Ivo's criticism, Kon opens up to the SI about his feelings of inadequacy compared to Superman, and they share a hug.