The girls' school ski trip is crashed as multiple villains show up looking for revenge.
- Actually Pretty Funny: Will and Jade admit this about being engulfed in the Monkey King's lava that turns out to be cherry gelatin, particularly because Cedric and Daolon Wong thought they could get rid of the heroes by using the Monkey King's spell.
- Blackmail Backfire: Valmont tries to force the Guardians to work for him by threatening to spread the photos he has taken of both their civilian and Guardian forms. Yan Lin helps him realize that he's in no position to threaten a group of Magical Girl Warriors and Badass Normals, so he gives up the photos to them.
- Chekhov's Volcano: It's mentioned early in the chapter that Mount Heatherfield is a dormant volcano. Later, the Monkey King attempts to activate it with a spell, only to end up being short of three pounds of wood. After he's turned back into a puppet by Daolon Wong, Cedric gets the idea to activate the spell by using the puppet in an effort to get rid of the heroes. Of course, just like in canon, the lava is actually harmless cherry gelatin.
- Didn't Think This Through: As noted above, Valmont did not properly think about the consequences of trying to blackmail the Guardians.
- Enemy Mine: Jade and Hay Lin suggest to Hak Foo that they temporarily team up against Cedric. The Black Tiger refuses.
- Evil Versus Evil: Cedric and Wong, Valmont and Hak Foo, and the Monkey King all attack the Guardians for their own reasons, and end up fighting each other as well.
- For Want Of A Nail: Thanks to Jackie's influence, Will chooses not to engage in a petty competition with Sandra over Matt during the ski trip.
- Human Snowball: This happens to Cedric, Hak Foo and Valmont at one point during the fighting on the mountain.
- Illness Blanket: After the above-mentioned Human Snowball, the chapter ends with Valmont being wrapped up in a blanket and needing a hot chocolate to treat his cold.
- Mêlée à Trois: The heroes find themselves being attacked by Cedric and Wong, Valmont and Hak Foo, and the Monkey King all at once, who also start fighting each other.
- One-Man Army: The Monkey King is able to hold his own against the Guardians, Caleb, Jackie, Jade and Uncle at the same time.
- The Only One Allowed to Defeat You: When facing Cedric, Hak Foo proclaims that Jackie, the Guardians and their allies are his to slay.
- Pressure Point: Yan Lin uses this to take out Hak Foo. She says that she learned it from Star Trek.
- Stalker without a Crush: Valmont reveals that he's been trailing the Guardians and taken pictures of both their human and Guardian forms as well as of their homes and parents. He then attempts to use the photos in coercing them to work for him, before Yan Lin brings up the points listed under Blackmail Backfire. The girls are very much repulsed to learn that they've been stalked.
- We Can Rule Together: Valmont initially tries to convince the Guardians, Jackie, and Tohru to work for him as his new Enforcers, in exchange for high salaries and his help finding Phobos' sister. It's when this fails that he resorts to attempting blackmail.
