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* Catch22Dilemma: [[StaticCharacter Static Passengers]] are practically this: they're taken by the Infinity Train in order to work out their issues, but they have some underlying issue that makes them unable or unwilling to change, meaning their number never goes up or down, meaning they can't really work on their issues. Boscha is ''infuriated'' by this, since she has a humongous number. [[spoiler:Chloe, on the other hand, is known to be frustrated but not as much as Boscha is.]]
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* Catch22Dilemma: [[StaticCharacter Static Passengers]] Passengers are practically this: they're taken by the Infinity Train in order to work out their issues, but they have some underlying issue that makes them unable or unwilling to change, meaning their number never goes up or down, meaning they can't really work on their issues. Boscha is ''infuriated'' by this, since she has a humongous number. [[spoiler:Chloe, on the other hand, is known to be frustrated but not as much as Boscha is.]]
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* {{Diary}}: The beginning of Act 2 reveals that Amity got one of these from Luz, which she uses to write down and recap what's been happening since the end of Act 1.
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* DeathIsTheOnlyOption: This is the case for [[spoiler: the Heart System. In order for a Static Passenger to be added into it, they have to perish and enter the Denizen reincarnation process, at which point the system will intercept them and split the soul into Soul Denizens.]]
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* CueTheRain: After their OldFashionedRowboatDate goes awry, Amity ends up TemptingFate and it begins raining shortly after. Since this is also the ''boiling rain'', the witch-human couple have to quickly go for cover.
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* AnAesop: The message of the story is that no matter what you do against bullies, it won't stop them. All they wish to do is hurt and hurt and inflict pain in an attempt to make them superior. This is a lesson that Chloe needs to learn well before she can remove the Static from her number.
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* BringHelpBack: [[spoiler: In order to get as much help as possible, Gus and Emira head to the Pokémon World in order to convince the Youkais to help them.]]
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* AllDeathsFinal: As Luz discovers, [[spoiler: Azura]] never created a glyph that could revive people because they believed nobody should hold such power. Therefore, any character that has died so far ([[spoiler: like Mattholomule]]) will ''stay'' dead.
* {{Animorphism}}: While we don't see ''how'' she learned it, one of Luz's glyph classes lead Emira to discover this can be done by mixing Illusion and Beastkeeping magic, as she reveals to Viney.
* {{Animorphism}}: While we don't see ''how'' she learned it, one of Luz's glyph classes lead Emira to discover this can be done by mixing Illusion and Beastkeeping magic, as she reveals to Viney.
* AnotherDimension: Outside of the obvious with the Demon Realm and the Train's Cars, the [[spoiler: Pokémon World]] is revealed to be one of these, with Gus and Mattholomule needing to summon [[spoiler: Giratina]] in order to travel to it.
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* AnotherDimension: Outside of the obvious with the Demon Realm and the Train's Cars, the [[spoiler: Pokémon World]] is revealed to be one of these, with Gus and Mattholomule needing to summon [[spoiler: Giratina]] in order to travel to it.
* AnotherDimension: Outside of the obvious with the Demon Realm and the Train's Cars, the [[spoiler: Pokémon World]] is revealed to be one of these, with Gus and Mattholomule needing to summon [[spoiler: Giratina]] in order to travel to it.
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* BurnTheWitch: One of the many punishments [[spoiler: Azura]] endured was one of these. [[CompleteImmortality It didn't work]], sadly enough.
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* TheArtifact: The Owlbeast curse, the crux of The Owl House, and to an extent Eda and Lilith's characters, gets DemotedToExtra even worse than its holders, being more of an InformedAttribute whenever they do appear.
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* AppleForTeacher: "Poglypherization" has Amity give Luz an apple for her glyph class, but this being the Boiling Isles, there's more than meets the eye: the apple is actually a ''paperweight'', and Luz [[TheToothHurts breaks her teeth]] as soon as she bites it.
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* {{Cooldown}}: If the fight with [[spoilers: the Salamanders]] is any indication, glyphs attached to [[spoiler: a magigun]] will eventually enter a cooldown if used for too long.
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* DramaticThunder: Thunder blares when Malfus informs Skara [[ItMakesSenseInContext about a book uprising taking place at the library]], with it soon turning out to be the result of [[spoiler: Amity's powers.]]
* DramaticThunder: Thunder blares when Malfus informs Skara [[ItMakesSenseInContext about a book uprising taking place at the library]], with it soon turning out to be the result of [[spoiler: Amity's powers.]]
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* ThirteenIsUnlucky:
** Chapter 13 is the chapter where Boscha's luck eventually runs out, [[spoiler: to the point she gets killed at the end of it.]]
** Peacock has the number 1313 on her eyes, and [[spoiler: has seen the Skull Heart corrupt thirteen girls before she mentored Chloe.]]
** Chapter 13 is the chapter where Boscha's luck eventually runs out, [[spoiler: to the point she gets killed at the end of it.]]
** Peacock has the number 1313 on her eyes, and [[spoiler: has seen the Skull Heart corrupt thirteen girls before she mentored Chloe.]]
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* AbilityMixing: Luz and Skara have their students do this in "Poglypherization" in order to train them for the titular technique. Of the known combos, there's Plant/Beastkeeping (creates a {{Planimal}}), Bard/Construction (makes a flute that controls the Owl House) and Lightning/Fire (Replicated Boscha's Firebolt technique.)
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* AllDeathsFinal: As Luz discovers, [[spoiler: Azura]] never created a glyph that could revive people because they believed nobody should hold such power. Therefore, any character that has died so far ([[spoiler: like Mattholomule]]) will ''stay'' dead.
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* CatharticScream: Hazel screams her lungs out after [[spoiler: she discovers her true origin.]]
** This is such a common venting tactic in the Boiling Isles that they have a place for it: Scream Out Point, which also doubles as a MakeOutPoint.
** This is such a common venting tactic in the Boiling Isles that they have a place for it: Scream Out Point, which also doubles as a MakeOutPoint.
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** PlayedStraight during The Cupid Bee Car saga climax, where Amity [[spoiler: fights Amirani while the latter is taking over her body as Amitani, the fight continuing even after Prometheus is killed, which causes Amirani to slowly breakdown.]]
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* AttackOfTheFiftyFootWhatever: Giant monsters are surprisingly common.
** While Willow and Skara were getting ready to train with a Mandragora, [[spoiler: a Dire Mandragora appears instead, and nearly eats Skara alive before Willow interferes.]]
** Emira summons a giant illusion of herself to [[spoiler: strike Luz while she, the twins, and Gus are in Azura's former workplace.]]
** For the climax of the Blight Ball, [[spoiler: Amirani turns into a giant abomination monster after blowing herself up.]]
** Zenith Fantasy end up fighting a giant dragon to save some Passengers in Act 1. [[spoiler: The dragon and his rider, Emily, return during The Azada Car to try get the Ars Goetia.]]
** [[spoiler: Mattholomule's group ends up fighting a giant Daiki Chienen after fusing with a Spiritomb.]]
** While Willow and Skara were getting ready to train with a Mandragora, [[spoiler: a Dire Mandragora appears instead, and nearly eats Skara alive before Willow interferes.]]
** Emira summons a giant illusion of herself to [[spoiler: strike Luz while she, the twins, and Gus are in Azura's former workplace.]]
** For the climax of the Blight Ball, [[spoiler: Amirani turns into a giant abomination monster after blowing herself up.]]
** Zenith Fantasy end up fighting a giant dragon to save some Passengers in Act 1. [[spoiler: The dragon and his rider, Emily, return during The Azada Car to try get the Ars Goetia.]]
** [[spoiler: Mattholomule's group ends up fighting a giant Daiki Chienen after fusing with a Spiritomb.]]
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* BlackMarket: Chapter 11 reveals that one such market exists, and where else would it be located other than the Boiling Underworld?
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* AerithAndBob: Because of the smorgasbord of different franchises this story crosses over, the names of characters range from normal (Chris, Willow, Gus), to uncommon (Hazel, Luz, Viney), to odd (Boscha, Mattholomule, Phos).
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** There are only four known glyphs in ''The Owl House'' canon, with it being theorized every other glyph is simply a mix between those four. In here, several more are featured, like [[StuffBlowingUp Explosion]] and [[BarrierWarrior Barrier]], and they're given an origin: [[spoiler: Azura created them alongside the magic system of the Isles centuries before the story took place.]]
* AdultsAreUseless: If any of the adults in the Boiling Isles were halfway competent, most of the story wouldn't have happened.
** Principal Bump is a [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] example. While he ''does'' do something about Boscha's DeadlyPrank, the fact he waits until ''then'' to do it, as well as fail to properly assess the situation, sends Boscha down a spiral that leads her straight into the road of the Train.
** Boscha's parents, Amirani and Prometheus, do next to nothing to rein her in, and when she goes missing for a while, they decide to ''threaten'' the Blights to find her rather than do anything themselves.
** [[spoiler: Amelia comes at quite possibly the worst time to confront Zenith Fantasy, which also leads to Boscha completely losing it and forcing Chloe to off her.]]
** Odalia Blight is as useless as she's ruthless, and she's ''very'' ruthless. [[spoiler: She doesn't do anything to provide comfort to her husband or Persephone after she ''forces'' them to mate, and when Amity gets kidnapped, she has the "brilliant" idea to throw a ball in order to trick the Urodelas into handing her back.]]
* AdultsAreUseless: If any of the adults in the Boiling Isles were halfway competent, most of the story wouldn't have happened.
** Principal Bump is a [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] example. While he ''does'' do something about Boscha's DeadlyPrank, the fact he waits until ''then'' to do it, as well as fail to properly assess the situation, sends Boscha down a spiral that leads her straight into the road of the Train.
** Boscha's parents, Amirani and Prometheus, do next to nothing to rein her in, and when she goes missing for a while, they decide to ''threaten'' the Blights to find her rather than do anything themselves.
** [[spoiler: Amelia comes at quite possibly the worst time to confront Zenith Fantasy, which also leads to Boscha completely losing it and forcing Chloe to off her.]]
** Odalia Blight is as useless as she's ruthless, and she's ''very'' ruthless. [[spoiler: She doesn't do anything to provide comfort to her husband or Persephone after she ''forces'' them to mate, and when Amity gets kidnapped, she has the "brilliant" idea to throw a ball in order to trick the Urodelas into handing her back.]]
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* AbortedArc:
** After [[spoiler: becoming a Pseudo-Abomination]], Amity tries her hardest to train her new powers, making great strides in the process. [[spoiler: This plot point gets ruined when Amirani reveals she's in complete control of Amity in her Pseudo-Abomination form, meaning she ''must'' be turned back to normal ASAP.]]
** [[spoiler: At the Campfire Car, Hazel encounters Lexi and gives him a proposal, this bring to work together to bring down the Apex, and we never hear the Denizen's answer to this.]] Nothing comes out of this, as [[spoiler: Lexi]] leaves the story without even a mention of this event.
** After [[spoiler: becoming a Pseudo-Abomination]], Amity tries her hardest to train her new powers, making great strides in the process. [[spoiler: This plot point gets ruined when Amirani reveals she's in complete control of Amity in her Pseudo-Abomination form, meaning she ''must'' be turned back to normal ASAP.]]
** [[spoiler: At the Campfire Car, Hazel encounters Lexi and gives him a proposal, this bring to work together to bring down the Apex, and we never hear the Denizen's answer to this.]] Nothing comes out of this, as [[spoiler: Lexi]] leaves the story without even a mention of this event.
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** Much later, Lexi ''Himself'' nearly has this happen to him when he [[spoiler: mocks Hazel over how her master plan has been irrepairably derailed.]]
** [[spoiler: Ars Goetia ends up on the receiving end of this from Boa and the Red Lotus Trio's combined KameHameHadoken, with the book utterly ''vaporized'' as a result.]]
** [[spoiler: Ars Goetia ends up on the receiving end of this from Boa and the Red Lotus Trio's combined KameHameHadoken, with the book utterly ''vaporized'' as a result.]]
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* CerebusSyndrome: The story was already pretty dark, featuring a VillainProtagonist who wasn't afraid to get her hands dirty to get what she wants, but Act 2 ups the ante quite a bit, featuring [[spoiler: several instances of mental manipulation, one of which leads to Alador raping a former friend of his at Odalia's command, experimentation on children, Hazel's identity crisis and worsening mental health, a deeper exploration of how Boscha came to be, experimentation on children, a mass murder at the Blight Ball, Azura turning out to be RealAfterAll and running what's practically a ''conversion camp'']]...
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* TwentyPercentMoreAwesome: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] [[PlayedForDrama for Drama]]. When she's asked what the Boiling Underworld's like, Eda states that it's "like the Boiling Isles, but twenty times more brutal. [[FantasticCasteSystem And with a more rigid caste system]]."
* AbnormalAmmo: [[spoiler: The magiguns' bullets appear to be based on whatever glyph is attached to them: a magigun with an ice glyph would shoot icicles, for example.]]
* AccompliceByInaction:
** This is more or less the reason behind people's perception of Skara as an extension of Boscha; since when she's not blindlingly following orders, she's standing at the sidelines with a little smile. Skara's guilty of not doing anything to stop Boscha, therefore she's just as bad as her.
** [[spoiler:Alador was the more innocent one of the duo in regards to what happened to Persephone -- as Odalia used Mind Magic on him to rape her -- but given that he ''never'' revealed this at all or spoke up about it sooner makes him just as vile as his wife.]]
** This is how Luz sees the Blight twins after [[spoiler: Amity gets kidnapped by Amirani]], since while ''she'' at least tried to stop that from happening, the twins were paralyzed the entire time.
* ActionGirl: Many of the female characters can handle themselves in a fight.
* AccidentalPublicConfession: [[spoiler: Amity gets so riled up during her fight with Skara in Chapter 14 that, when Skara brings up what happened at Amity's birthday party, Amity not only ''confesses'' she did it, but outright claims she did nothing wrong, painting it as her putting Boscha in her place. Needless to say, a lot of people hear this, and Amity becomes a BrokenPedestal for a lot of people come Act 2.]]
* AdaptationExpansion:
** The way the Cars of the Infinity Train work is explained here: rather than being interconnected, they're connected to what a Passenger ''needs'', so it's entirely possible for two people to arrive in one Car but go on to two different Cars when they leave. It's also stated that if a Denizen goes through a door first, they'll return to their Car of origin; Chris, for example, would return to the Mana Academy Car.
** The forced friendship between between Amity, Skara, and Boscha is also given more focus, both on the way the trio hang around each other (Boscha and Skara being each other's OnlyFriend while Skara and Amity can't stand each other) to what other people believe of it (That Skara and Boscha are both terrible people, while Amity gets a pass for not associating with them).
** In the original canon, the Infinity Train doesn't separate the Passengers into different types, but it does here: besides the normal Passenger, there's also the Static Passenger, which is pretty much the StaticCharacter, and Hopeless Passenger, which are Passengers who refuse to grow or change despite having the ability to do so.
* AnswerCut: In Chapter 8, Lindsay of the Apex questions who would chase after what little remains of the Apex (which is just Grace, Simon and four more children). Cut to the next scene where Chloe of the Vermillion just defeated the Cyber Peacock and got some spiffy new feathers.
* ApatheticCitizens: Much to Boscha's displeasure, the students at Hexside would rather stand with their mouths agape while one of their most popular classmates is currently fighting for her life against a Mandragora.
* AscendedExtra:
** In the canon series, Boscha and Skara are background characters, with only the former having a prominent role in one episode. In this story, they're the protagonist and deutaragonist, respectively.
** On the Infinity Train side of things, the children of the Apex that got named (Lucy, Alex, Lindsay, Todd) didn't really get that much focus outside of a few lines. In here, they share the spotlight with Simon and Grace on ''their'' side of the story.
* AscendedFridgeHorror:
** While it's made clear Boscha's a massive bully, we never see the consequences of said bullying unless it relates to the plot. In here, not only do we see that she's bullied ''a lot'' of people, but that they're all ''pissed off'' and want her to '''pay for it'''.
** Likewise, what happens to those who associate with Boscha is never shown in the main story, especially Skara, who's practically her best friend. In here, it's made blatantly clear Skara's all but stated to be a pariah among her peers, with them being more than eager to use her as stress relief for Boscha's mischief.
** A more specific example happens in Chapter 11, where not only did the tentacle balloon prank get traced back to Boscha's crew, but that there actually ''was'' property damage done to the Isles, like Jerbo's house.
** Hazel's status as [[spoiler: a failed clone of Alrick]] doesn't get explored much, especially the idea of whether she's identified as a Passenger or a Denizen because of it. [[spoiler: The story runs with the idea that, thanks to her unique circumstances, she's a complete paradox that the Train fails to recognize as anything beyond a Denizen.]]
** Amity's parents were willing to break her friendship with Willow just to make her associate with high class witches. This story runs with the idea that they, or at least Odalia, wouldn't stop there to get what they want, [[spoiler: as Odalia uses Mind Magic to force Alador to ''rape'' Persephone, the Queen of the Underworld, as an attempt to gain connections to said underworld.]]
* AvianFlute: [[spoiler: After unlocking her Palisman, Skara begins playing her flute alongside it, bringing this trope to mind.]]
* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Boscha has the ability to look into the memories of someone by touch, and both times she uses it (one on Lapis, one on [[spoiler: Chloe]]), what she sees causes her to ''flip out''.
* AMinorKidroduction: Chapter 21 opens with a DistantFlashback of [[spoiler: Alador and Odalia back when they were still studying at Hexside.]]
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* BattleAmongstTheFlames: Boscha had a perchant for these:
** She sets the room she and the Apex are in on fire to make it clear that there's no backing away from the incoming disaster.
** She tries again when she fights King Lartsa at the Astral Car, but the arena's so wide she only manages to create a RingOfFire around them, and King Lartsa's {{Intangibility}} means he doesn't even need to stay ''within'' the circle; he's only there to humor her.
** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in the Cursed Princess Club Car: despite everything up for a fight, the Denizens don't play along, and Boscha eventually calls off the fire herself.
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. [[spoiler:Amity enters her own mind and comes into conflict with her inner self over trying to get rid of the Mind Magic plaguing her, but she doesn't actively ''engage'' Inner Amity, instead focusing on trying to find the source of the Mind Magic and destroy it.]]
* BaitAndSwitch: Early in Chapter 4, Amity points out that Luz needs to study for all the exams she has to take, then points out she has a classmate who can teach her. Luz then says several things Amity takes as compliments, believing she's talking about herself... only for it to turn out she's talking about ''Willow''.
** Less comedically, the end of Chapter 6 sets up a HostageSituation with Amity's family. Next chapter reveals [[spoiler: they were just invited for lunch.]]
* BallroomBlitz: Needless to say, The Blight Ball and the Cupid Bee Car ball don't go without things going to absolute hell, with [[spoiler: Amirani blowing up the Blight mansion and turning into a monster]] and [[spoiler: the fight against Louise and Bort]] being standout moments.
* BattleInTheRain: In the rewrite of Chapter 13, as requested by Alex, [[spoiler: Chloe]] [[WeatherManipulation creates a rainstorm]] for the remainder of the Chapter [[spoiler: until Boscha blows up the Car.]]
* BewareTheMindReader: Boscha has the power of {{Psychometry}}, letting her see the memories of someone as long as she makes physical contact. And you can bet that she has enough power to make you ''suffer'' if she sees something she ''doesn't'' like.
* BeamOWar: One happens between [[spoiler: Boa]] and [[spoiler: the Red Lotus Trio in their collective SuperMode]] in "The Boiling Underworld Car".
* ABirthdayNotABreak: Boscha was [[spoiler: verbally and physically broken by Amity, and then set on a training regimen that caused her to snap into the monster she is right now]] on [[spoiler: Amity's]] birthday.
* BigDamnReunion: Happens between Luz, the Blight twins, [[spoiler: Skara and Amity]] during the Cupid Bee Car saga. [[spoiler: Luz and Skara joyfully hug each other while laughing and spinning for a moment, while Amity hugs her siblings, tearfully telling them how much she missed them before they return the hug.]]
* BittersweetEnding: Act 1 ends on this for ''both'' sides of the story:
** Infinity Train: The MeleeATrois between the Ruby Sulphur Trio, Red Lotus Trio, and Zenith Fantasy ends with [[spoiler: Chloe ultimately killing Boscha when the witch proves to be impossible to reason with, and has gone down such a deep end she's willing to burn the entire Train in return,]] but there's a RayOfHopeEnding in [[spoiler: The Heartyard Car, where the Master of Masters explains that Boscha's soul is going to split into Denizens as part of a plan to help her evolve beyond a Static Passenger,]] a plan that requires Zenith Fantasy and the Red Lotus Trio to make a hesitant EnemyMine.
** The Boiling Isles: The tension between Amity and Skara boils over, resulting in a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown between the two of them. Skara [[DumbassNoMore finally sheds her obliviousness]] and [[GrewASpine grows a spine]], not only stating she won't let herself be pushed around anymore, but [[spoiler: leaving both Hexside ''and'' the Boiling Isles for the Boiling Underworld, where she can try become stronger.]] And while Amity and Skara's relationship is in such a bad state the latter can't stand being near the former, Luz gives Amity a pep talk to convince her to get better, which they both reaffirm while HoldingHands.
* BladeLock: Phos and [[spoiler: Lapis Lazuli]] lock blades during their fight on "The Boiling Underworld Car".
* BlitheSpirit: Luz, of course. Skara comments that things have changed since she enrolled in Hexside.
* BloodierAndGorier: Chapter 3 shows off the injuries Boscha's fire magic puts on the Apex kids with excruciating detail.
* BlackMarket: Chapter 11 reveals that one such market exists, and where else would it be located other than the Boiling Underworld?
* BookBurning: A NoodleIncident mentioned by Lexi in Chapter 23 is about Boscha burning the "forbidden knowledge" section of Azada. The rewrite of Chapter 11 shows ''how'' this happened.
* BookEnds: The first time Amity tried to apologize to Skara, the latter rejected her apology, causing her to throw a fit and demand why she didn't accept it. Come Chapter 14, and [[spoiler: right before Skara leaves for the Boiling Underworld]] Amity tries once again to apologize, only to be rejected yet again. Unlike last time, however, she stays calm and listens to Skara as she explains why, letting the two leave on somewhat friendlier terms.
* BottomlessMagazines: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] with [[spoiler: the magiguns. None of the characters ever reload them, nor ever seem to run out of ammo, because the glyphs attached to them ''are'' the ammo, meaning that as long as the glyph's okay then the magigun can fire indefinitely.]]
* BookcasePassage: Boscha and Chris (And Lapis) go through one of these at the Mana Academy in order to look for Phosphophyllite's shards. [[LampshadeHanging Boscha's humoring the idea of asking how a crystal ball with no hands could possibly activate the passage, but decides to leave it as is for the moment]].
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Amity and Skara's argument in Chapter 14. While Skara's right in that [[spoiler: Amity beating up Boscha began a series of events that would turn her into her current, psychopathic self, and the Blight never really tried to befriend the duo,]] Amity's ''also'' right because [[spoiler: neither Skara ''nor'' Boscha gave her any reason to believe they actually wanted to be her friends, which wasn't helped by Skara standing by the sidelines and watching obliviously as things got tense but she did nothing until it was too late.]]
* BreatherEpisode: Chapter 4 focuses on Luz and Skara's exams and shows off how the Apex are healing after Boscha's battle. The author even admits that this chapter was going to be lighter, and for good reason given what happened last chapter.
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* TheCameo: Hazel and Tuba appear in Chapter 8, playing an arm wrestling machine.
* CallARabbitASmeerp: In the Boiling Underworld, "fireflies" are red spheres of light with insectoid wings.
* CagedBirdMetaphor: During Act 2, Skara, who has birds as her AnimalMotifs and after [[spoiler: her brief moment as a griffin monster]] gets avian wings, [[spoiler: is currently trapped in the Boiling Underworld, her original homeworld. There's also a side of GildedCage to it, since not only is she living with her mother, but the cell she's staying at is more or less a normal room rather than a prison cell.]]
* Catch22Dilemma: [[StaticCharacter Static Passengers]] are practically this: they're taken by the Infinity Train in order to work out their issues, but they have some underlying issue that makes them unable or unwilling to change, meaning their number never goes up or down, meaning they can't really work on their issues. Boscha is ''infuriated'' by this, since she has a humongous number. [[spoiler:Chloe, on the other hand, is known to be frustrated but not as much as Boscha is.]]
* CaptivityHarmonica: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]]. Before leaving [[spoiler: Amity]] to their imprisonment, Prometheus throws a harmonica at them, explaining that no imprisonment is ever complete without one.
* CerebusRetcon:
** Book 3 of Infinity Train never revealed the source of Hazel's name. In this story, [[spoiler: it's the literal, numerical cypher translation of the number designated to her pod, meaning it's not even an actual ''name''.]]
** While Amity breaking up her friendship with Willow was already pretty bad, this story makes it ''worse'', [[spoiler: as what followed soon after was Amity ''venting on Boscha by beating her up until she knocked her out'', at which point DisasterDominoes fell down that would lead to Boscha becoming a monster.]]
** Amity's remark that Skara was mean, despite evidence to the contrary? [[spoiler: When they first met at kids, it was HateAtFirstSight on Amity's end, and her view on her was warped since then.]]
* CentralTheme: What makes a person "strong"?
* ComingOfAgeStory: The story serves as one to Boscha, who journeys through the Train while trying to break away from the toxic MightMakesRight mentality she's been made to believe since she was young.
* CoverInnocentEyesAndEars:
** Grace eventually covers Lucy's eyes and ears as the fight between the Apex and Boscha at Mana Academy progresses. [[BloodierAndGorier Given how much more violent it gets]], ''it was a good call''.
** Eileen does the same with Gus while Luz is reading [[spoiler: Skara's letter.]]
* {{Crossover}}: ''Infinity Train'' meets ''The Owl House'', with some MassivelyMultiplayerCrossover thrown into the mix. Chapter 7 also crosses over with [[spoiler:''Infinity Train: Blossoming Trail'' by having an alternate version of Chloe Cerise appearing.]]
* CurbStompBattle:
** Boscha barely flinches in her battle against the Apex and sends ''them'' packing.
** Boscha gets a taste of her own medicine when she fights King Lartsa, whose {{Intangibility}} means he's impervious to anything she throws at him.
* CymbalBangingMonkey: [[spoiler: One of these is created thanks to Hazel's Uproar, which also eventually leads to her defeat.]]
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Not only do we have Boscha and Skara's (And Amity's) false friendship have actual dangerous consequences, but the entire existence of the Boiling Underworld makes the Boiling Isles look harmless in comparison.
* DeconstructionCrossover: Like its inspiration, ''Boiling Point'' isn't afraid to take apart certain bits and pieces of the show it's based on.
** Boscha's ability to get away with anything she does means that, when karma [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty finally gets to her and she's suspended]], she has no idea how to process what just happened and she eventually ''blows up'', hurting those around her in the process.
** Boscha and Skara have a genuine friendship here, but this one comes with its own set of problems: chief among them is the fact that, since Boscha has such an intense personality, she's the main thing that comes to mind when people see Skara, which makes her become loathed as a result of her connection to her.
** Most of the Passengers who wind up on the Infinity Train are normal people with a couple issues. Boscha, meanwhile, not only comes from the WombLevel of a GiantCorpseWorld, but has enough firepower to melt down a Car: this is such a change from the norm that it catches everybody off-guard.
*** Her number also provides another deconstruction, since being so mentally unstable, her number [[BrokeTheRatingScale breaks the scale]]: it appears as two different numbers before assuming its full length.
** Furthermore, most people who actually enter the Train simply want to get home, and that's it. While this is true for Boscha too, her desire to be the strongest is so hard wired into her head that it becomes secondary to her goal of becoming the strongest in the Train.
** Skara is constantly blamed and made to pick up the slack when it comes the things Boscha's done. This has caused her to become the StepfordSmiler, and when Boscha goes missing, she loses one of the few supportive people she has in her life, causing her to break down.
** Amity, Boscha, and Skara's arranged friendship has more consequences here: not only does each of them have a role in it (Skara being oblivious to everything, Boscha keeping her social darwinist mentality, and Amity just straight up wanting nothing to do with either of them) but things eventually boil over, to the point [[spoiler: Amity beats up Boscha in order to have some catharsis]] and the Urodelas and Blights come to hate each other as a result.
** The story tackles what would happen if the Train picked up a Passenger that wasn't particularly well liked back at their home. Long story short, nobody cares; barely anybody notices Boscha going missing, and those who do only actually care because they want her to pay for what she did. The only people who seem to be legitimately worried for her are Luz, who's an AllLovingHeroine, Skara, who's her OnlyFriend, and her parents, [[AbusiveParents who aren't winning any Parent of the Year awards]].
* DetentionEpisode: Chapter 11 has Skara sent to detention because of the tentacles balloon plan she and her friends did with Boscha. Of course, [[GuiltByAssociationGag not only was Skara the ''only'' one sent to detention]], but it doesn't take long before a certain trio of troublemakers catches her...
* DemotedToExtra: If the original title didn't give you a hint, the tenants of "The Owl House" are the main characters of the show. In here, most of them are reduced to background characters.
** [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] with Luz. She plays a role in both canon and this story, but she's the main character in the former, while she's a supporting character in here.
** A notable example is the group of Luz, Willow, and Gus. In the canon show, these three are the most prominent group featured, while in here, only Luz retains some of her relevance: Willow is reduced to a background character, and Gus is nowhere to be seen.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: "Boiling Point" represents Boscha's original home being the ''Boiling'' Isles and the ''point'' where the story begins, while also meaning how she got on the train because she reached her RageBreakingPoint.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Boscha, who's light skinned, does horrible things after horrible things and gets away with them, while her companion Skara, who's dark skinned, is constantly called out for ''her'' mistakes and forced to make up for said mistakes.
* DoubleStandard: In Chapter 6, Skara brings up this point: between Amity, Boscha and Skara, Amity was the only one who gets redeemed whereas Boscha and Skara are looked down as bullies even though Amity herself was a bit of a bully in the past [[spoiler:and was the one that made Boscha into the "Apex" she is today]].
* TheDreadedPretendTeaParty: Inverted, Boscha assumes that the Cursed Princesses are making her do a 'pretend' tea party...only to be horrified to learn that it's a ''real one''. Chapter 8 eventually reveals ''why'' this is the case.
* DuelsDecideEverything:
** Boscha challenges King Lartsa to a duel when the astral monarch refuses to teach her Astral Magic; if she wins, he teaches her how to do the magic, unworthy status be damned. [[spoiler: Boscha loses.]]
** [[spoiler: The HostageSituation also happens to have been this: rather than actually being kidnapped, Amity's mother, Odalia, was challenged to a duel by Boscha's mother, Amirani. And when she lost, the entire family was forced to go to the Urodela Mansion for lunch.]]
** During "The Boiling Underworld Car", [[spoiler: Boa]] has each of the teams face off against a set of four PowerArmor entities to earn the right to wield Keyblades. [[spoiler: Boa herself faces off against Chloe, and eventually the rest of the Red Lotus Trio.]]
* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler: After Mattholomule kicks the bucket during the Azada Car saga, Luz decides to hold a funeral for him. When Amity tells Luz she doesn't need to do this if she's not comfortable, Luz replies that she feels like it's the least she can do after Mattholomule helped her get the courage to reveal the truth about the start of their relationship.]]
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: The Boiling Underworld is located ''in the stomach of the Titan's corpse'', so the MightMakesRight mentality that takes up the Boiling Isles is not only more common, but ''mandatory''. [[spoiler: The inhabitants, or at least the Urodelas, also have no issue eating organs from deceased people who were either "Weak" or "Nothing", believing that the only purpose those who can't survive the Boiling Underworld have is to ''sustain those who are''.]]
* {{Diary}}: The beginning of Act 2 reveals that Amity got one of these from Luz, which she uses to write down and recap what's been happening since the end of Act 1.
* DisturbedDoves: The rewrite of Chapter 14 adds a moment when a bunch of baby Griffins fly away in response to [[spoiler: Amity]]'s scream, which both Skara and Principal Bump hear.
* {{Duck}}: Discussed. During "The Spelling Bee Car", while explaining the rules of the SpellingBee, Nico brings up the word as an example of easily confused words: once she brings it up, Zenith Fantasy duck for cover, while the Red Lotus Trio looks for actual ducks.
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* TwentyPercentMoreAwesome: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]] [[PlayedForDrama for Drama]]. When she's asked what the Boiling Underworld's like, Eda states that it's "like the Boiling Isles, but twenty times more brutal. [[FantasticCasteSystem And with a more rigid caste system]]."
* AbnormalAmmo: [[spoiler: The magiguns' bullets appear to be based on whatever glyph is attached to them: a magigun with an ice glyph would shoot icicles, for example.]]
* AccompliceByInaction:
** This is more or less the reason behind people's perception of Skara as an extension of Boscha; since when she's not blindlingly following orders, she's standing at the sidelines with a little smile. Skara's guilty of not doing anything to stop Boscha, therefore she's just as bad as her.
** [[spoiler:Alador was the more innocent one of the duo in regards to what happened to Persephone -- as Odalia used Mind Magic on him to rape her -- but given that he ''never'' revealed this at all or spoke up about it sooner makes him just as vile as his wife.]]
** This is how Luz sees the Blight twins after [[spoiler: Amity gets kidnapped by Amirani]], since while ''she'' at least tried to stop that from happening, the twins were paralyzed the entire time.
* ActionGirl: Many of the female characters can handle themselves in a fight.
* AccidentalPublicConfession: [[spoiler: Amity gets so riled up during her fight with Skara in Chapter 14 that, when Skara brings up what happened at Amity's birthday party, Amity not only ''confesses'' she did it, but outright claims she did nothing wrong, painting it as her putting Boscha in her place. Needless to say, a lot of people hear this, and Amity becomes a BrokenPedestal for a lot of people come Act 2.]]
* AdaptationExpansion:
** The way the Cars of the Infinity Train work is explained here: rather than being interconnected, they're connected to what a Passenger ''needs'', so it's entirely possible for two people to arrive in one Car but go on to two different Cars when they leave. It's also stated that if a Denizen goes through a door first, they'll return to their Car of origin; Chris, for example, would return to the Mana Academy Car.
** The forced friendship between between Amity, Skara, and Boscha is also given more focus, both on the way the trio hang around each other (Boscha and Skara being each other's OnlyFriend while Skara and Amity can't stand each other) to what other people believe of it (That Skara and Boscha are both terrible people, while Amity gets a pass for not associating with them).
** In the original canon, the Infinity Train doesn't separate the Passengers into different types, but it does here: besides the normal Passenger, there's also the Static Passenger, which is pretty much the StaticCharacter, and Hopeless Passenger, which are Passengers who refuse to grow or change despite having the ability to do so.
* AnswerCut: In Chapter 8, Lindsay of the Apex questions who would chase after what little remains of the Apex (which is just Grace, Simon and four more children). Cut to the next scene where Chloe of the Vermillion just defeated the Cyber Peacock and got some spiffy new feathers.
* ApatheticCitizens: Much to Boscha's displeasure, the students at Hexside would rather stand with their mouths agape while one of their most popular classmates is currently fighting for her life against a Mandragora.
* AscendedExtra:
** In the canon series, Boscha and Skara are background characters, with only the former having a prominent role in one episode. In this story, they're the protagonist and deutaragonist, respectively.
** On the Infinity Train side of things, the children of the Apex that got named (Lucy, Alex, Lindsay, Todd) didn't really get that much focus outside of a few lines. In here, they share the spotlight with Simon and Grace on ''their'' side of the story.
* AscendedFridgeHorror:
** While it's made clear Boscha's a massive bully, we never see the consequences of said bullying unless it relates to the plot. In here, not only do we see that she's bullied ''a lot'' of people, but that they're all ''pissed off'' and want her to '''pay for it'''.
** Likewise, what happens to those who associate with Boscha is never shown in the main story, especially Skara, who's practically her best friend. In here, it's made blatantly clear Skara's all but stated to be a pariah among her peers, with them being more than eager to use her as stress relief for Boscha's mischief.
** A more specific example happens in Chapter 11, where not only did the tentacle balloon prank get traced back to Boscha's crew, but that there actually ''was'' property damage done to the Isles, like Jerbo's house.
** Hazel's status as [[spoiler: a failed clone of Alrick]] doesn't get explored much, especially the idea of whether she's identified as a Passenger or a Denizen because of it. [[spoiler: The story runs with the idea that, thanks to her unique circumstances, she's a complete paradox that the Train fails to recognize as anything beyond a Denizen.]]
** Amity's parents were willing to break her friendship with Willow just to make her associate with high class witches. This story runs with the idea that they, or at least Odalia, wouldn't stop there to get what they want, [[spoiler: as Odalia uses Mind Magic to force Alador to ''rape'' Persephone, the Queen of the Underworld, as an attempt to gain connections to said underworld.]]
* AvianFlute: [[spoiler: After unlocking her Palisman, Skara begins playing her flute alongside it, bringing this trope to mind.]]
* AMindIsATerribleThingToRead: Boscha has the ability to look into the memories of someone by touch, and both times she uses it (one on Lapis, one on [[spoiler: Chloe]]), what she sees causes her to ''flip out''.
* AMinorKidroduction: Chapter 21 opens with a DistantFlashback of [[spoiler: Alador and Odalia back when they were still studying at Hexside.]]
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* BattleAmongstTheFlames: Boscha had a perchant for these:
** She sets the room she and the Apex are in on fire to make it clear that there's no backing away from the incoming disaster.
** She tries again when she fights King Lartsa at the Astral Car, but the arena's so wide she only manages to create a RingOfFire around them, and King Lartsa's {{Intangibility}} means he doesn't even need to stay ''within'' the circle; he's only there to humor her.
** [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in the Cursed Princess Club Car: despite everything up for a fight, the Denizens don't play along, and Boscha eventually calls off the fire herself.
* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]]. [[spoiler:Amity enters her own mind and comes into conflict with her inner self over trying to get rid of the Mind Magic plaguing her, but she doesn't actively ''engage'' Inner Amity, instead focusing on trying to find the source of the Mind Magic and destroy it.]]
* BaitAndSwitch: Early in Chapter 4, Amity points out that Luz needs to study for all the exams she has to take, then points out she has a classmate who can teach her. Luz then says several things Amity takes as compliments, believing she's talking about herself... only for it to turn out she's talking about ''Willow''.
** Less comedically, the end of Chapter 6 sets up a HostageSituation with Amity's family. Next chapter reveals [[spoiler: they were just invited for lunch.]]
* BallroomBlitz: Needless to say, The Blight Ball and the Cupid Bee Car ball don't go without things going to absolute hell, with [[spoiler: Amirani blowing up the Blight mansion and turning into a monster]] and [[spoiler: the fight against Louise and Bort]] being standout moments.
* BattleInTheRain: In the rewrite of Chapter 13, as requested by Alex, [[spoiler: Chloe]] [[WeatherManipulation creates a rainstorm]] for the remainder of the Chapter [[spoiler: until Boscha blows up the Car.]]
* BewareTheMindReader: Boscha has the power of {{Psychometry}}, letting her see the memories of someone as long as she makes physical contact. And you can bet that she has enough power to make you ''suffer'' if she sees something she ''doesn't'' like.
* BeamOWar: One happens between [[spoiler: Boa]] and [[spoiler: the Red Lotus Trio in their collective SuperMode]] in "The Boiling Underworld Car".
* ABirthdayNotABreak: Boscha was [[spoiler: verbally and physically broken by Amity, and then set on a training regimen that caused her to snap into the monster she is right now]] on [[spoiler: Amity's]] birthday.
* BigDamnReunion: Happens between Luz, the Blight twins, [[spoiler: Skara and Amity]] during the Cupid Bee Car saga. [[spoiler: Luz and Skara joyfully hug each other while laughing and spinning for a moment, while Amity hugs her siblings, tearfully telling them how much she missed them before they return the hug.]]
* BittersweetEnding: Act 1 ends on this for ''both'' sides of the story:
** Infinity Train: The MeleeATrois between the Ruby Sulphur Trio, Red Lotus Trio, and Zenith Fantasy ends with [[spoiler: Chloe ultimately killing Boscha when the witch proves to be impossible to reason with, and has gone down such a deep end she's willing to burn the entire Train in return,]] but there's a RayOfHopeEnding in [[spoiler: The Heartyard Car, where the Master of Masters explains that Boscha's soul is going to split into Denizens as part of a plan to help her evolve beyond a Static Passenger,]] a plan that requires Zenith Fantasy and the Red Lotus Trio to make a hesitant EnemyMine.
** The Boiling Isles: The tension between Amity and Skara boils over, resulting in a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown between the two of them. Skara [[DumbassNoMore finally sheds her obliviousness]] and [[GrewASpine grows a spine]], not only stating she won't let herself be pushed around anymore, but [[spoiler: leaving both Hexside ''and'' the Boiling Isles for the Boiling Underworld, where she can try become stronger.]] And while Amity and Skara's relationship is in such a bad state the latter can't stand being near the former, Luz gives Amity a pep talk to convince her to get better, which they both reaffirm while HoldingHands.
* BladeLock: Phos and [[spoiler: Lapis Lazuli]] lock blades during their fight on "The Boiling Underworld Car".
* BlitheSpirit: Luz, of course. Skara comments that things have changed since she enrolled in Hexside.
* BloodierAndGorier: Chapter 3 shows off the injuries Boscha's fire magic puts on the Apex kids with excruciating detail.
* BlackMarket: Chapter 11 reveals that one such market exists, and where else would it be located other than the Boiling Underworld?
* BookBurning: A NoodleIncident mentioned by Lexi in Chapter 23 is about Boscha burning the "forbidden knowledge" section of Azada. The rewrite of Chapter 11 shows ''how'' this happened.
* BookEnds: The first time Amity tried to apologize to Skara, the latter rejected her apology, causing her to throw a fit and demand why she didn't accept it. Come Chapter 14, and [[spoiler: right before Skara leaves for the Boiling Underworld]] Amity tries once again to apologize, only to be rejected yet again. Unlike last time, however, she stays calm and listens to Skara as she explains why, letting the two leave on somewhat friendlier terms.
* BottomlessMagazines: [[JustifiedTrope Justified]] with [[spoiler: the magiguns. None of the characters ever reload them, nor ever seem to run out of ammo, because the glyphs attached to them ''are'' the ammo, meaning that as long as the glyph's okay then the magigun can fire indefinitely.]]
* BookcasePassage: Boscha and Chris (And Lapis) go through one of these at the Mana Academy in order to look for Phosphophyllite's shards. [[LampshadeHanging Boscha's humoring the idea of asking how a crystal ball with no hands could possibly activate the passage, but decides to leave it as is for the moment]].
* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Amity and Skara's argument in Chapter 14. While Skara's right in that [[spoiler: Amity beating up Boscha began a series of events that would turn her into her current, psychopathic self, and the Blight never really tried to befriend the duo,]] Amity's ''also'' right because [[spoiler: neither Skara ''nor'' Boscha gave her any reason to believe they actually wanted to be her friends, which wasn't helped by Skara standing by the sidelines and watching obliviously as things got tense but she did nothing until it was too late.]]
* BreatherEpisode: Chapter 4 focuses on Luz and Skara's exams and shows off how the Apex are healing after Boscha's battle. The author even admits that this chapter was going to be lighter, and for good reason given what happened last chapter.
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* TheCameo: Hazel and Tuba appear in Chapter 8, playing an arm wrestling machine.
* CallARabbitASmeerp: In the Boiling Underworld, "fireflies" are red spheres of light with insectoid wings.
* CagedBirdMetaphor: During Act 2, Skara, who has birds as her AnimalMotifs and after [[spoiler: her brief moment as a griffin monster]] gets avian wings, [[spoiler: is currently trapped in the Boiling Underworld, her original homeworld. There's also a side of GildedCage to it, since not only is she living with her mother, but the cell she's staying at is more or less a normal room rather than a prison cell.]]
* Catch22Dilemma: [[StaticCharacter Static Passengers]] are practically this: they're taken by the Infinity Train in order to work out their issues, but they have some underlying issue that makes them unable or unwilling to change, meaning their number never goes up or down, meaning they can't really work on their issues. Boscha is ''infuriated'' by this, since she has a humongous number. [[spoiler:Chloe, on the other hand, is known to be frustrated but not as much as Boscha is.]]
* CaptivityHarmonica: [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]]. Before leaving [[spoiler: Amity]] to their imprisonment, Prometheus throws a harmonica at them, explaining that no imprisonment is ever complete without one.
* CerebusRetcon:
** Book 3 of Infinity Train never revealed the source of Hazel's name. In this story, [[spoiler: it's the literal, numerical cypher translation of the number designated to her pod, meaning it's not even an actual ''name''.]]
** While Amity breaking up her friendship with Willow was already pretty bad, this story makes it ''worse'', [[spoiler: as what followed soon after was Amity ''venting on Boscha by beating her up until she knocked her out'', at which point DisasterDominoes fell down that would lead to Boscha becoming a monster.]]
** Amity's remark that Skara was mean, despite evidence to the contrary? [[spoiler: When they first met at kids, it was HateAtFirstSight on Amity's end, and her view on her was warped since then.]]
* CentralTheme: What makes a person "strong"?
* ComingOfAgeStory: The story serves as one to Boscha, who journeys through the Train while trying to break away from the toxic MightMakesRight mentality she's been made to believe since she was young.
* CoverInnocentEyesAndEars:
** Grace eventually covers Lucy's eyes and ears as the fight between the Apex and Boscha at Mana Academy progresses. [[BloodierAndGorier Given how much more violent it gets]], ''it was a good call''.
** Eileen does the same with Gus while Luz is reading [[spoiler: Skara's letter.]]
* {{Crossover}}: ''Infinity Train'' meets ''The Owl House'', with some MassivelyMultiplayerCrossover thrown into the mix. Chapter 7 also crosses over with [[spoiler:''Infinity Train: Blossoming Trail'' by having an alternate version of Chloe Cerise appearing.]]
* CurbStompBattle:
** Boscha barely flinches in her battle against the Apex and sends ''them'' packing.
** Boscha gets a taste of her own medicine when she fights King Lartsa, whose {{Intangibility}} means he's impervious to anything she throws at him.
* CymbalBangingMonkey: [[spoiler: One of these is created thanks to Hazel's Uproar, which also eventually leads to her defeat.]]
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Not only do we have Boscha and Skara's (And Amity's) false friendship have actual dangerous consequences, but the entire existence of the Boiling Underworld makes the Boiling Isles look harmless in comparison.
* DeconstructionCrossover: Like its inspiration, ''Boiling Point'' isn't afraid to take apart certain bits and pieces of the show it's based on.
** Boscha's ability to get away with anything she does means that, when karma [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty finally gets to her and she's suspended]], she has no idea how to process what just happened and she eventually ''blows up'', hurting those around her in the process.
** Boscha and Skara have a genuine friendship here, but this one comes with its own set of problems: chief among them is the fact that, since Boscha has such an intense personality, she's the main thing that comes to mind when people see Skara, which makes her become loathed as a result of her connection to her.
** Most of the Passengers who wind up on the Infinity Train are normal people with a couple issues. Boscha, meanwhile, not only comes from the WombLevel of a GiantCorpseWorld, but has enough firepower to melt down a Car: this is such a change from the norm that it catches everybody off-guard.
*** Her number also provides another deconstruction, since being so mentally unstable, her number [[BrokeTheRatingScale breaks the scale]]: it appears as two different numbers before assuming its full length.
** Furthermore, most people who actually enter the Train simply want to get home, and that's it. While this is true for Boscha too, her desire to be the strongest is so hard wired into her head that it becomes secondary to her goal of becoming the strongest in the Train.
** Skara is constantly blamed and made to pick up the slack when it comes the things Boscha's done. This has caused her to become the StepfordSmiler, and when Boscha goes missing, she loses one of the few supportive people she has in her life, causing her to break down.
** Amity, Boscha, and Skara's arranged friendship has more consequences here: not only does each of them have a role in it (Skara being oblivious to everything, Boscha keeping her social darwinist mentality, and Amity just straight up wanting nothing to do with either of them) but things eventually boil over, to the point [[spoiler: Amity beats up Boscha in order to have some catharsis]] and the Urodelas and Blights come to hate each other as a result.
** The story tackles what would happen if the Train picked up a Passenger that wasn't particularly well liked back at their home. Long story short, nobody cares; barely anybody notices Boscha going missing, and those who do only actually care because they want her to pay for what she did. The only people who seem to be legitimately worried for her are Luz, who's an AllLovingHeroine, Skara, who's her OnlyFriend, and her parents, [[AbusiveParents who aren't winning any Parent of the Year awards]].
* DetentionEpisode: Chapter 11 has Skara sent to detention because of the tentacles balloon plan she and her friends did with Boscha. Of course, [[GuiltByAssociationGag not only was Skara the ''only'' one sent to detention]], but it doesn't take long before a certain trio of troublemakers catches her...
* DemotedToExtra: If the original title didn't give you a hint, the tenants of "The Owl House" are the main characters of the show. In here, most of them are reduced to background characters.
** [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] with Luz. She plays a role in both canon and this story, but she's the main character in the former, while she's a supporting character in here.
** A notable example is the group of Luz, Willow, and Gus. In the canon show, these three are the most prominent group featured, while in here, only Luz retains some of her relevance: Willow is reduced to a background character, and Gus is nowhere to be seen.
* DoubleMeaningTitle: "Boiling Point" represents Boscha's original home being the ''Boiling'' Isles and the ''point'' where the story begins, while also meaning how she got on the train because she reached her RageBreakingPoint.
* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Boscha, who's light skinned, does horrible things after horrible things and gets away with them, while her companion Skara, who's dark skinned, is constantly called out for ''her'' mistakes and forced to make up for said mistakes.
* DoubleStandard: In Chapter 6, Skara brings up this point: between Amity, Boscha and Skara, Amity was the only one who gets redeemed whereas Boscha and Skara are looked down as bullies even though Amity herself was a bit of a bully in the past [[spoiler:and was the one that made Boscha into the "Apex" she is today]].
* TheDreadedPretendTeaParty: Inverted, Boscha assumes that the Cursed Princesses are making her do a 'pretend' tea party...only to be horrified to learn that it's a ''real one''. Chapter 8 eventually reveals ''why'' this is the case.
* DuelsDecideEverything:
** Boscha challenges King Lartsa to a duel when the astral monarch refuses to teach her Astral Magic; if she wins, he teaches her how to do the magic, unworthy status be damned. [[spoiler: Boscha loses.]]
** [[spoiler: The HostageSituation also happens to have been this: rather than actually being kidnapped, Amity's mother, Odalia, was challenged to a duel by Boscha's mother, Amirani. And when she lost, the entire family was forced to go to the Urodela Mansion for lunch.]]
** During "The Boiling Underworld Car", [[spoiler: Boa]] has each of the teams face off against a set of four PowerArmor entities to earn the right to wield Keyblades. [[spoiler: Boa herself faces off against Chloe, and eventually the rest of the Red Lotus Trio.]]
* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler: After Mattholomule kicks the bucket during the Azada Car saga, Luz decides to hold a funeral for him. When Amity tells Luz she doesn't need to do this if she's not comfortable, Luz replies that she feels like it's the least she can do after Mattholomule helped her get the courage to reveal the truth about the start of their relationship.]]
* DeliberateValuesDissonance: The Boiling Underworld is located ''in the stomach of the Titan's corpse'', so the MightMakesRight mentality that takes up the Boiling Isles is not only more common, but ''mandatory''. [[spoiler: The inhabitants, or at least the Urodelas, also have no issue eating organs from deceased people who were either "Weak" or "Nothing", believing that the only purpose those who can't survive the Boiling Underworld have is to ''sustain those who are''.]]
* {{Diary}}: The beginning of Act 2 reveals that Amity got one of these from Luz, which she uses to write down and recap what's been happening since the end of Act 1.
* DisturbedDoves: The rewrite of Chapter 14 adds a moment when a bunch of baby Griffins fly away in response to [[spoiler: Amity]]'s scream, which both Skara and Principal Bump hear.
* {{Duck}}: Discussed. During "The Spelling Bee Car", while explaining the rules of the SpellingBee, Nico brings up the word as an example of easily confused words: once she brings it up, Zenith Fantasy duck for cover, while the Red Lotus Trio looks for actual ducks.
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