A new villain, Major Blast, appears in the city and targets Fred.
Tropes in this episode include:
- Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: GoGo identifies this as Fred's weakness; he gets so easily distracted, even by his own train of thought, that he can't focus on fighting.
- Badass Family: It turns out the Fredericksons are this with the reveal that Mrs. Frederickson used a super suit.
- Big Damn Heroes: When Major Blast first attacks Fred at his mansion, he is saved by Heathcliff in the chameleon suit.
- Continuity Nod: Heathcliff uses the Chameleon suit from "Big Roommates 2" to save Fred from Major Blast in the courtyard.
- Flat "What": Fred's reaction to Major Blast saying, "Frederick, I am your mother."
- Foreshadowing:
- Subtle hints to Major Blast's identity are planted early on, such as not being in Boss Awesome's villain data file (because they're not a real villain), Heathcliff being aware of them, and Major Blast knowing where Fred lives.
- Hiro asks Fred if Fred's dad ever talked about Major Blast, and Fred says his dad's parties were legendary. As we saw in "Fred's Bro-Tillion," the parties in their house are organized by Mrs. Frederickson.
- Luke, I Am Your Father:Major Blast: Frederick, I am your mother.
- Malicious Misnaming: GoGo calls Major Blast "Major Pain."
- Ninja Prop: Whenever Fred starts talking about his comics and images of them appear on screen, GoGo physically pushes them aside.
- Older Than They Look: Mrs. Frederickson looks surprisingly youthful considering she was an adult nearly 60 years before the present time.
- The Password Is Always "Swordfish": The password to Boss Awesome's secret compartment is "Classic," his catchphrase.
- The Reveal: Major Blast was actually Mrs. Frederickson. She first used the identity as a training aid for Boss Awesome, and brought it back from retirement to help her son.
- Samus Is a Girl: Major Blast is, in fact, Mrs. Frederickson, using a voice modulator.
- Saying Too Much: Rodney says this after he reveals to the team that he created a secret panel behind Boss Awesome's computer.
- Secret-Keeper: Mrs. Fredrickson also knows Fred is part of Big Hero 6, and she knows their identities too.
- Training Montage: Used and invoked but subverted in that it was all a very long Imagine Spot by Fred.
- The Un-Reveal: When Hiro, Honey, and Wasabi open Boss Awesome's file about Major Blast, we only see their surprised faces. Then again, they probably discovered Major Blast's identity.
- Virtual Training Simulation: Rodney created one for the team, complete with Rodney himself telling the fighter when they've lost.
- What Are Records?: The file on Major Blast is on the most advanced storage system available at the time — a floppy disc. Hiro says he's never seen one up close, and when they find it, Honey says she thought it would be floppier.
- Wrong Genre Savvy: Fred thinks his training by GoGo will be like how it goes in martial arts movies. GoGo makes it clear that's not happening.
