History WesternAnimation / TrollhuntersRiseOfTheTitans

** [[spoiler:Jim undoes the whole franchise all because of Toby dying and even has Toby take up his job; never mind that he’s aware that he can’t prevent every tragedy. That being said, many parts of the world was reduced into chaos from the titans' rampages and Toby, Nari, Nomura, and Strickler weren't the only ones who lost their lives to them; countless innocent people were caught in the conflict and many lost their lives in the process. If anything, Jim didn't go back in time ''just'' to save Toby, but also the future itself because the tragedy the titans have inflicted on the world was simply ''too much'' to handle.]]

** [[spoiler:Jim undoes the whole franchise all because of Toby dying and even has Toby take up his job; never mind that he’s aware that he can’t prevent every tragedy. That being said, many parts of the world was reduced into chaos from the titans' rampages and Toby, Nari, Nomura, and Strickler weren't the only ones who lost their lives to them; countless innocent people were caught in the conflict and many lost their lives in the process. If anything, Jim didn't go back in time ''just'' to save Toby, but also the future itself because the tragedy the titans have caused was simply ''too much'' for the world to handle.]]

** [[spoiler:Jim undoes the whole franchise all because of Toby dying and even has Toby take up his job; never mind that he’s aware that he can’t prevent every tragedy. That being said, many parts of the world was reduced into chaos from the titans' rampages and Toby, Nari, Nomura, and Strickler weren't the only ones who lost their lives to them; countless innocent people were caught in the conflict and many lost their lives in the process. If anything, Jim didn't go back in time ''just'' to save Toby, but also the future itself because the tragedy the titans have caused was ''too much'' for the world to handle.]]

** [[spoiler:Jim undoes the whole franchise all because of Toby dying and even has Toby take up his job; never mind that he’s aware that he can’t prevent every tragedy. That being said, many parts of the world was reduced into chaos from the titans' rampages and Toby, Nari, Nomura, and Strickler weren't the only ones who lost their lives to them; countless innocent people were caught in the conflict and many lost their lives in the process. If anything, Jim didn't go back in time ''just'' to save Toby, but also the future itself because the titans have simply caused ''too much'' tragedy than the world could handle.]]

** [[spoiler:Jim undoes the whole franchise all because of Toby dying and even has Toby take up his job; never mind that he’s aware that he can’t prevent every tragedy. That being said, many parts of the world was reduced into chaos from the titans' rampages and Toby, Nari, Nomura, and Strickler weren't the only ones who lost their lives to them; countless innocent people were caught in the conflict and many lost their lives in the process. If anything, Jim didn't go back in time ''just'' to save Toby, but also the future itself because everything the titans have simply caused ''too much'' tragedy.]]

* AesopAmnesia: [[spoiler:Justified. Initially, Jim undoes the whole franchise all because of Toby dying and even has Toby take up his job. Never mind that he’s been taught that he can’t prevent all tragedies and that he’s been to place that literally tells him that being a Trollhunter is his true destiny. That being said, many parts of the world was reduced into chaos from the titans' rampages and Toby, Nari, Nomura, and Strickler weren't the only ones who lost their lives to them; countless innocent people were caught in the conflict and many lost their lives. If anything, Jim didn't go back in time ''just'' to save Toby, but also the future itself since the titans caused ''too much'' tragedy on the world. Additionally, Jim fully accepts that the Trollhunter Amulet never made him a hero and because of Toby's HeroicSacrifice, it ultimately proves to Jim that Toby is a worthy Trollhunter like himself and deserves to be a hero.]]

* RestartTheWorld: Apparently the Arcane Order made the world in the first place using the Titans, and Bellroc and Skrael plan to wipe it clean and remake it due to their hatred of humanity by having the Titans fuse in Arcadia. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that the Titans don't need to use with each other, but the Hearthstone under the city instead, and since Bellroc's Titan is the only one left at that point, doing so would make the world a LethalLavaLand.]]

* {{Synchronization}}: The Titans and their respective Arcane Order controllers seems to share pain sensations between them, as [[spoiler: Skrael and Navi each react as if they themselves were being stabbed when their titans impale each other, and Nari growing plants within the ice Titan also causes plant matter to consume Skrael from within. This is not shown to happen when the titans are damaged through non-magical means -- Bellroc isn't affected by the Fire Titan losing an arm to Gun Robot, and Skrael is able to reform the Ice Titan when it's blasted apart by normal explosives -- suggesting that it has to be magic (or each other, specifically) for them to be harmed.]]

* WhereItAllBegan: Literally. [[spoiler:In addition to the final fight taking place in Arcadia, Jim decides to use the time stone from the Kronisphere to turn back time to the day he first found the Trollhunter amulet, re-doing the opening scenes of the first episode and effectively resetting the ''entire franchise'' up to that point. However, Jim plans to use his knowledge of the future to achieve a better ending for everybody on [[MySecondGreatestChance this second attempt]], starting by directing Toby to become the first Human Trollhunter instead of himself.]]

* AesopAmnesia: [[spoiler:Jim undoes the whole series all because of Toby dying and even has Toby take up his job. Never mind that he’s been taught that he can’t prevent all tragedies and that he’s been to place that literally tells him that being a Trollhunter is his true destiny.]]

** Jim gets pretty badly banged up by Bellroc in the opening fight scene, lacking the ability to take hits from fantastical opponents like he could as the Trollhunter, and ends up unconscious and with three bruised ribs for his trouble. [[spoiler:Jim getting his magic Trollhunter armor back at the climax -- now upgraded into {{Magitek}} with Akiridion technology blended into it -- serves as the point where the fight starts turning against Bellroc. When she stabs him with her [[WreckedWeapon broken magic staff]], he's hurt but not lethally incapacitated, allowing him to land the final blow once he recovers.]]

** [[spoiler: Jim's Akaridian Magitech armour seems to come with this as a feature, as Jim cuts right through Bellroc's fireball with Exaclibur when previously the blade alone couldn't stop the force of the blast. This forces Bellroc to finish the fight with him close-range, where Jim is in his element, contributing to the rest of the fight being a CurbStompCushion in his favour.]]
* AllForNothing: PlayedWith. [[spoiler: Jim resetting the timeline back to the beginning of ''WesternAnimation/{{Trollhunters}}'' effectively undoes the hard-won victory they've achieved over the Titans and the Arcane Order, as well as everybody's victories and CharacterDevelopment throughout the ''entire franchise'', but Jim retains his knowledge of how future events will turn out and who their future allies will be, meaning that whilst they're starting from square one, there's the chance for Jim to use the lessons of the erased past to make a better future for everybody. On a more humorous note, it also renders the struggles Steve went through [[MrSeahorse giving birth to his and Aja's kids]] throughout the movie pointless in the end.]]

** Jim gets pretty badly banged up by Bellroc in the opening fight scene, lacking the ability to take hits from fantastical opponents like he could as the Trollhunter, and ends up unconscious and with three bruised ribs for his trouble. [[spoiler: Jim getting his magic Trollhunter armor back at the climax -- now upgraded into {{Magitek}} with Akiridion technology blended into it -- serves as the point where the fight starts turning against Bellroc. When she stabs him with her [[WreckedWeapon broken magic staff]], he's hurt but not lethally incapacitated, allowing him to land the final blow once he recovers.]]
** [[spoiler: Toby, meanwhile, is forced to discard his armor in order to get free from Douxie's GravityScrew spell pinning him against Stuart's van, leaving him with no protection when the van is crushed by the falling Hearthstone, giving him fatal injuries.]]

* BabiesEverAfter: ''Seven'' of them, [[spoiler: between Steve and Aja]].
* BackFromTheDead: By the time the FinalBattle is finished, [[spoiler: Bellroc and Skrael are dead, but so too are Nomura, Strickler, Nari and Toby, with Archie being sealed in the Chinese trollmarket alongside his father once the bridge entranceway is destroyed by Bellroc's Fire Titan. This is part of what motivates Jim to turn back time to the day he became a Trollhunter, with [[RippleEffectProofMemory only himself aware]] of the "true" past that transpired, so as to ensure that this time around, [[EverybodyLives everybody gets]] [[GoldenEnding a happier outcome]], as well as freeing himself from the responsibilities of being the Trollhunter once and for all, as Toby instead becomes the first human Trollhunter in the new timeline.]]

* BittersweetEnding: PlayedWith. [[spoiler: The movie and the franchise as a whole ends this way, with the heroes managing to stop the titans and save the world, but at a massive cost, with several of the heroes already dead and large parts of the world destroyed due to the titans' rampage. Jim realizes that Nari's last words to him were not about the Kronisphere being used to stop the titans' rampage, but rather being used to right the devastation wrought by the fighting. In order to make sure that everybody gets a happier ending than they got themselves, Jim ends up going back in time to the day he became a Trollhunter, with only himself aware of it, to try and create a better future for everyone. This effectively undoes ''the entire franchise'' back to square one, but all of Jim's loved ones are still alive and Jim is planning to use his knowledge of the future to achieve a happier outcome for everyone, now aware of what threats are coming and how to deal with them.]]

* BrainwashedAndCrazy: After the Arcane Order recaptures Nari, they brainwash her into using her Titan in their scheme before the heroes free her.
* BroughtDownToBadass: Jim has lost the amulet and his half-troll form, but he's retained his fighting skills. What's more, Krel lent him his Serrator to fight the Arcane Order during the ambush in the beginning segment, and despite not being as proficient with it as the man himself, Jim shows decent enough skill with switching between the blade and shield modes to take on Bellroc for a few minutes, even if he gets overwhelmed once her magic is working again. [[spoiler: Him getting his Trollhunter armour back in time for the final fight more than evens the odds between them, allowing Jim to overwhelm Bellroc once he has the power to actually stand up to her attacks.]]

** The film starts with the united factions attempting to launch am ambush on the two members of the Arcane Order using Nari as bait, with an Akiridion AntiMagic beam shutting down their magical advantages. [[spoiler: In the FinalBattle, Toby uses the same beam to de-power Bellroc just as the Fire Titan is meters away from touching the Hearthstone, rendering her powerless and vulnerable to Jim landing the finishing blow on her.]]

* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler: Skrael gets taken out by Nari in a MutualKill, leading the heroes' final opponent to be Bellroc and the Fire Titan alone.]]
* DeadHandShot: Double subverted. [[spoiler:Jim manages to find Toby under the rubble of the primordial Hearthstone, which is just a shot of his unmoving hand. Then it turns out Toby is still alive, but crushed in such a way that [[AlmostDeadGuy he won't be for much longer]].]]
* EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: Blinky originally attributes the Titans needing to come together at Arcadia being because ''it'' was the center of the universe. It's later revealed that it's less the location and more [[spoiler: because the Titan(s) need to fuse with the Hearthstone underneath the city to remake the world]]. Aja and Krel pointed out in ''WesternAnimation/ThreeBelow'' that the centre of the universe is actually pretty far away from earth.
* EvilOnlyHasToWinOnce: [[spoiler: After Nari takes out Skrael at the cost of her life, the heroes discover that Blinky accidentally overlooked information in the book he was reading about the Titans and their purpose, due to the requisite pages being stuck together and him being pressed for time. Whilst if three titans reach the Hearthstone together, they will cleanse the world and allow new life to be born on the remains, if only one titan reaches the Hearthstone alone, the world will instead be consumed by their element alone, which would be an even worse outcome than they originally feared, given the [[LethalLavaLand Fire Titan]] is the only one remaining, meaning the heroes still have to stop Bellroc themselves even without the aid of Nari's Earth Titan to combat her.]]

** [[spoiler: When Toby is driving Stuart's van with the AntiMagic beam inside it towards the Fire Titan to aid Jim in taking down Bellroc, flaming debris from the lave-spewing monstrosity partially impact the van, knocking off the pieces of Toby's armor that were still stuck to the outside of the van by Douxie's GravityScrew spell, with the camera lingering on [[DeadHatShot his helmet, now aflame]]. Sure enough, Toby is able to stop Bellroc from completing her spell and causing TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt, as well as giving Jim to opening he needs to put her down for good, but the angle he's forced to take in order to fire the beam at her means he's too close to the floating Heartstone, which collapses on top of the van and fatally crushes Toby.]]

* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: [[spoiler: To fix the damage and lives lost during the Arcane Order's rampages, Jim turns back time to the day that he first gained the Trollhunter amulet, with only himself aware of the true 'past' that occurred. However, it's stated that Jim will be using his knowledge of future events to make sure that things don't turn out so disastrously for everyone, with Toby taking up the role of the Trollhunter in the new timeline, and Jim aware of the coming threats to Arcadia and how best to beat them.]]

* HumongousMecha: Varvatos Vex pilots one to fight the Fire Titan with. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, despite a HopeSpot, he ultimately fails to do more than slow it down and blow half its left forearm off -- which just causes it to 'bleed' boiling lava from the stump, arguably making approaching it even more dangerous for the heroes in the climax.]]

* IdiotBall: When the group splits up to attack the three titans, they decide to send Douxie, Nomura, and Aaargh after the Nature Titan to rescue Nari. When it's the middle of the day in that location; i.e., a time when two of that three-man team can be killed just by stepping out of a shadow, with Nomura having lost the protection from sunlight she would have if she were still bonded to her counterpart in the Deep-lands. [[spoiler:Predictably, such an easily-exploitable weakness results in Nomura's death and the mission is an abysmal failure.]] Worse still, it was night/overcast at the other two locations, where the pair would not have any trouble with the sun.
* KungFuWizard: In addition to her magical prows, Bellroc is also proficient in using her magic staff as a spear in close combat, allowing her to hold Jim off when the anti-magic beam blasts her on the train, though she is clearly on the back foot until her magic returns.[[spoiler: Once Jim gain his Magitech Trollhunter armour, with the implied ability to allow him to nullify or cut her magic attacks down, Bellroc is able to hold him off for a while in a impromptu duel, but ultimately Jim's greater combat skills win out and he cuts her staff in two.]]
* LaserGuidedKarma: In the past, Bellroc was the one to kill the original wielder of Excalibur. [[spoiler: In the present, she finally meets her ends at the hands of the newest wielder of the blade]]. Additionally, Bellroc spends most of their interactions mocking Jim for being so powerless and weak without the Trollhunter Amulet empowering him anymore, looking down on him as being a pathetic human who can't do anything without magical aid. [[spoiler: When Toby hits her with the AntiMagic beam, Bellroc is shown to be helpless against the Magitech-powered Jim without her magic, being forced into exactly the same situation Jim was when she was beating him up prior to the amulet's arrival, and unable to resist as fiercely as he did against a superior opponent, showing herself to be the pathetic and powerless one between them]].

* MoCapMecha: The titans are controlled by the Arcane Order puppeting them from a platform near the head.
* MutualKill: [[spoiler: Nari, once freed of the MindControl the others were using for force her to participate in their plan, drives the Earth Titan she's commanding up against Skrael's Ice Titan, eventually managing to consume him and his titan in plant matter even as her titan and herself are [[LiterallyShatteredLives frozen and shattered by his ice]]. Unfortunately, Bellroc's still commanding the Fire Titan and the heroes shortly thereafter discover that if she reaches the Hearthstone alone, the world will instead be consumed by [[LethalLavaLand her element alone]], forcing them to finish her and her titan before TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt]].

--->'''Toby''': ''That's'' destroying it!
** Turns out later than this actually ''will'' come to pass [[spoiler: if only one of the Arcane Order reaches the Hearthstone with their Titans. The world will be consumed by their element alone, meaning no new life can grow on a world that's out of balance]].
* NoOntologicalInertia: [[spoiler: When Bellroc is killed, her Fire Titan and the Hearthstone raised up from underneath Arcadia both collapse into rubble.]]

* SenselessSacrifice: [[spoiler: Strickler's SuicideAttack on Skrael's Ice Titan is ultimately pointless, as it just reforms itself moments later.]]

* {{Synchronisation}}: The Titans and their respective Arcane Order controllers seems to share pain sensations between them, as [[spoiler: Skrael and Navi each react as if they themselves were being stabbed when their titans impale each other, and Nari growing plants within the ice Titan also causes plant matter to consume Skrael from within. This is not shown to happen when the titans are damaged through non-magical means -- Bellroc isn't affected by the Fire Titan losing an arm to Gun Robot, and Skrael is able to reform the Ice Titan when it's blasted apart by normal explosives -- suggesting that it has to be magic (or each other, specifically) for them to be harmed.]]

* TriumphantReprise: [[spoiler: "None Shall Live" returns to punctuate Jim getting his HeroicSecondWind in the final fight against Bellroc, and successfully summoning the Trollhunter amulet, this time empowered by the gem from Excalibur, forming a new set of Trollerhunter armor that blends Akiridion technology with his old magic armor. The framing and the amulet going supersonic to reach him even calls back to the time Jim summoned the amulet to save Claire from the goblins.]]

* WhereItAllBegan: Literally. [[spoiler: In addition to the final fight taking place in Arcadia, Jim decides to use the time stone from the Kronisphere to turn back time to the day he first found the Trollhunter amulet, re-doing the opening scenes of the first episode and effectively resetting the ''entire franchise'' up to that point. However, Jim plans to use his knowledge of the future to achieve a better ending for everybody on [[MySecondGreatestChance this second attempt]], starting by directing Toby to become the first Human Trollhunter instead of himself.]]

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: [[spoiler: After Nari manages to destroy Skrael and the Ice Titan at the cost of her life, the heroes assume that they've managed to avert the Arcane Order's plans, only to discover that Bellroc is still commanding the Fire Titan onwards towards Arcadia. Reading the book again, they discover that there were actually two pages stuck together that obscured vital information -- when the three titans reach the Hearthstone together, [[ApocalypseHow/Class5 they will cleanse the world and allow new life to be born on the remains]], but if one titan reaches the Hearthstone alone, the world will instead be [[LethalLavaLand consumed by their element alone]], necessitating that they stop the Fire Titan before [[ApocalypseHow/Class6 an even worse apocalypse]] happens.]]

* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: [[spoiler: To fix the damage and lives lost during the Arcane Order's rampages, Jim turns back time to the day that he first gained the Trollhunter amulet, with only himself aware of the true 'past' that occurred. However, its stated that Jim will be using his knowledge of future events to make sure that things don't turn out so disastrously for everyone, with Toby taking up the role of the Trollhunter in the new timeline, and Jim aware of the coming threats to Arcadia and how best to beat them.]]

* HumongousMecha: Varvatos Vex pilots one to fight the Fire Titan with. [[spoiler: Unfortunately, despite a HopeSpot, he ultimately fails to do more than slow it down and blow half its left forearm off -- which just causes it to 'bleed' boiling lava from the stump, which arguably makes approaching it even more dangerous for the heroes in the climax.]]

* AntiMagic: Krel has a device which projects magic-nullifying radiation, which due to its bulk is mounted in Stuart's van. It comes in handy at a few points, though the lack of portability hampers its usefulness and keeps it from making the battle completely one-sided in favor of the protagonists.
** [[spoiler: Jim's Akaridian Magitech armour seems to come with this as a feature, as Jim cuts and dissipates Bellroc's fireball in half once he summons it, something he wasn't able to do so before wielding the blade alone. This forces Bellroc to finish the fight with him close-range, where Jim is in his element, contributing to the rest of the fight being a CurbStompCushion in his favour.]]

* IdiotBall: When the group splits up to attack the three titans, they decide to send Douxie, Nomura, and Aaargh after the Nature Titan to rescue Nari. When it's the middle of the day in that location; i.e., a time when two of that three-man team can be killed just by stepping out of a shadow, with Nomura having lost the protection from Sunlight a changling has now her counterpart has been rescued from the Deep-lands. [[spoiler:Predictably, such an easily-exploitable weakness results in Nomura's death and the mission is an abysmal failure.]] Worse still, it was night/overcast at the other two locations, where the pair would not have any trouble with the sun.

* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: PlayedWith. Everyone believes that Jim is destined to be the next wielder of Excalibur, as he was chosen to be the Trollhunter, but he is unable to unsheathe it from the stone. [[spoiler:It turns out that the clue that Nari gave them -- the "Ninth Configuration" -- meant that TheTeam has to help him pull it out, meaning that it technically takes TheChosenMany to wield it. This also acts as a contrast to the previous wielder, Arthur, and the [[FallenHero fate]] he suffered in ''Wizards''. Arthur was chosen by a single person and pulled the sword from the stone alone, and eventually his own personal flaws twisted and corrupted him into The Green Knight. Jim, meanwhile has demonstrated his personal courage and worthiness to his friends and allies before, and they have no problem choosing him as a group to be the next wielder, meaning he is chosen ''by'' the people, not ''for'' the people like Arthur was. ]]

* PetTheDog: In the final battle, Bellroc has Jim dead-to-rights and could easily strike him down, but instead offers to let him spend his final moments with his friends before the end of all things. Jim refuses to surrender, even when there's no hope, [[spoiler:which calls the reforged Teollhunter Amulet to him and makes him the Trollhunter once more]].

* SwordOfPlotAdvancement: [[spoiler:Using an Akiridian recreation of the Amulet and Excalibur's Heartstone, they were able to recreate Jim's armor, Excalibur becoming the new Sword of Daylight.]]

* WhereItAllBegan. Literally. [[spoiler: In addition to the final fight taking place in Arcadia, Jim decides to use the time stone from the Kronisphere to turn back time to the day he first found the Trollhunter amulet, re-doing the opening scenes of the first episode and effectively resetting the ''entire franchise'' up to that point. However, Jim plans to use his knowledge of the future to achieve a better ending for everybody on [[MySecondGreatestChance this second attempt]], starting by directing Toby to become the first Human Trollhunter instead of himself.]]

* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: PlayedWith. Everyone believes that Jim is destined to be the next wielder of Excalibur, as he was chosen to be the Trollhunter, but he is unable to unsheathe it from the stone. [[spoiler:It turns out that the clue that Nari gave them -- the "Ninth Configuration" -- meant that TheTeam has to help him pull it out, meaning that it technically takes TheChosenMany to wield it. This also acts as a contrast to the previous wielder, Arthur, and the [[FallenHero fate]] he suffered in ''Wizards''. Arthur was chosen by a single person and pulled the sword from the stone alone, and eventually his own personal flaws twisted and corrupted him into The Green Knight. Jim, meanwhile has demonstrated his personal courage and worthiness to his friends and allies before, and they have no problem choosing him as a group to be the next wielder, meaning he is chosen ''by'' the people, not 'for'' the people like Arthur was. ]]

* IdiotBall: When the group splits up to attack the three titans, they decide to send Douxie, Nomura, and Aaargh after the Nature Titan to rescue Nari. When it's the middle of the day in that location; i.e., a time when two of that three-man team can be killed just by stepping out of a shadow. [[spoiler:Predictably, such an easily-exploitable weakness results in Nomura's death and the mission is an abysmal failure.]] Worse still, it was night/overcast at the other two locations, where the pair would not have any trouble with the sun.

* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: PlayedWith. Everyone believes that Jim is destined to be the next wielder of Excalibur, as he was chosen to be the Trollhunter, but he is unable to unsheathe it from the stone. [[spoiler:It turns out that the clue that Nari gave them -- the "Ninth Configuration" -- meant that TheTeam has to help him pull it out, meaning that it technically takes TheChosenMany to wield it. This also acts as a contrast to the previous wielder, Arthur, and the [[Fallenhero fate]] he suffered in ''Wizards''. Arthur was chosen by a single person and pulled the sword from the stone alone, and eventually his own personal flaws twisted and corrupted him into The Green Knight. Jim, meanwhile has demonstrated his personal courage and worthiness to his friends and allies before, and they have no problem choosing him as a group to be the next wielder, meaning he is chosen ''by'' the people, not 'for'' the people like Arthur was. ]]

* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: PlayedWith. Everyone believes that Jim is destined to be the next wielder of Excalibur, as he was chosen to be the Trollhunter, but he is unable to unsheathe it from the stone. [[spoiler:It turns out that the clue that Nari gave them -- the "Ninth Configuration" -- meant that TheTeam has to help him pull it out, meaning that it technically takes TheChosenMany to wield it.]]

* LogoJoke: The Krohnisfere device (displaying scenes from the film) forms the DreamWorks Animation logo, and Jim steps out of the crescent where the fishing boy would go and holds his sword high.

* AntiMagic: Krel has a device which projects magic-nullifying radiation, which due to its bulk is mounted in Stuart's van.

* LogoJoke: The Krohnisfere device (displaying scenes from the film) forms the DreamWorks Animation logo, and Jim steps out of the crescent where the fishing boy would go and holds his sword high..

* {{Synchronisation}}: The Titans and their respective Arcane Order controllers seems to share pain sensations between them, as [[spoiler: Skrael and Navi each react as if they themselves were being stabbed when their titans impale each other, and Nari growing plants within the ice Titan also causes plant matter to consume Skrael from within. Which speaks volumes about how [[{{Determinator}} dead-set]] Bellroc is on ending humanity, given her Titan gets its left forearm blasted off and she isn't shown to react with pain afterwards, being so focused on reaching the Hearthstone, she disregards the injury entirely.]]

* LogoJoke: The Dream Works logo features the Heart of Avalon device (displaying scenes from all three shows) set against an Akiridion background, and Jim steps out and holds up his sword.

* CrystalBall: The Chronosphere is an AncientArtifact that can predict [[MultipleChoiceFuture potential futures]] for those who stare into it, [[spoiler:this being because it houses the [[DeusExMachina Time Stone]]]]. The Trolldragon Zong Shi horded it and does nothing but stare at it so that [[MortalityPhobia he could avoid anything that could lead to his death]].

* OnlyTheChosenMayWield: PlayedWith. Everyone believes that Jim is destined to be the next wielder of Excalibur, as he was chosen to be the Trollhunter, but he is unable to unsheathe it from the stone. [[spoiler:It turns out that the clue that Nari gave them -- the "9 Configurations" -- meant that TheTeam has to help him pull it out, meaning that it technically takes TheChosenMany to wield it.]]

* ShoutOut: Understandably, given who directed the franchise, but when Bellroc drives the Fire Titan into the Chinese bay area, and Varvatos shows up to fight her piloting an [[HumongousMecha Anti-Titan countermeasure]], the resulting clash is basically straight out of ''Film/PacificRim''. There's even a shot beforehand where Chinese fighter jets fly into a cloud bank to fight the Titan and get knocked out of the sky that's almost exactly like the opening sequence in said film where a Kaiju tears its way through the Golden Gate Bridge.

* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: [[spoiler: After Nari manages to destroy Skrael and the Ice Titan at the cost of her life, the heroes assume that they've managed to avert the Arcane Order's plans, only to discover that Bellroc is still commanding the Fire Titan onwards towards Arcadia. Reading the book again, they discover that there were actually two pages stuck together that obscured vital information -- when the three titans reach the Hearthstone together, they will cleanse the world and allow new life to be born on the remains, but if one titan reaches the Hearthstone alone, the world will instead be [[LethalLavaLand consumed by their element alone]], necessitating that they stop the Fire Titan before an even worse apocalypse happens.]]

* TheGreatestStoryNeverTold: [[spoiler: To fix the damage and lives lost during the Arcane Order's rampages, Jim turns back time to the day that he first gained the Trollhunter amulet, with only himself aware of the true 'past' that occurred.However, its stated that Jim will be using his knowledge of future events to make sure that things don't turn out so disastrously for everyone, with Toby taking up the role of the Trollhunter in the new timeline, and Jim aware of the coming threats to Arcadia and how best to beat them.]]

* KilledOffForReal: By the time the FinalBattle is finished, [[spoiler: Bellroc and Skrael are dead, but so too are Nomura, Strickler, Nari and Toby, with Archie being sealed in the Chinese trollmarket alongside his father once the bridge entranceway is destroyed by Bellroc's Fire Titan. This is part of what motivates Jim to turn back time to the day he became a Trollhunter, with [[RippleEffectProofMemory only himself aware]] of the "true" past that transpired, so as to ensure that this time around, [[EverybodyLives everybody gets]] [[GoldenEnding a happier outcome]], as well as freeing himself from the responsibilities of being the Trollhunter once and for all, as Toby instead becomes the first human Trollhunter in the new timeline.]]

* {{Synchronisation}}: The Titans and their respective Arcane Order controllers seems to share pain sensations between them, as [[spoiler: Skrael and Navi each react as if they themselves were being stabbed when their titans impale each other, and sari growing plants within the ice Titan also causes plant matter to consume Skrael from within. Which speaks volumes about how [[{{Determinator}} dead-set]] Bellroc is on ending humanity, given her Titan gets its left forearm blasted off and she isn't shown to react with pain afterwards, being so focused on reaching the Hearthstone, she disregards the injury entirely.]]

* EarthIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: Blinky originally attributes the Titans needing to come together at Arcadia being because ''it'' was the center of the universe. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that it's less the location and more because the Titan(s) need to fuse with the Hearthstone underneath the city to remake the world]].