Disclaimer: I DO NOT OWN MAKO MERMAIDS! Oh and if you have not read Birthmark or Legacy, check it out. Because you'll get unnecessary spoilers if you don't.
Social Media Slang
This episode plays homage to the Season 1 Episode 4 New Friend Old Enemy of Nickelodeon's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
This episode was created to express problems with social media.
There is an antagonist whose name is similar to Chris Bradford, the bad guy from the episode.
Dan Cradford's look is modeled after the Casey Jones from the 2007 movie TMNT
Xever is a character directly based on the original from the Nickelodeon Show
Buster appeared in season 1 of the original show and is implied to be the neighbor's dog. This is confirmed in Legacy.
The Kanhoji Cult is based off the Foot Clan.
Rita knows the Death Dragon from using it before and it almost killed Caesar once.
Diablo knows of Rose's peril is because he had been keeping an eye on her ever since he came back.
The reason why Helen couldn't sense Diablo's heat is because he had transformed into a snake and snakes are cold blooded.
Descendants
The chapter title is a reference to the Disney Channel Movie of the same name.
This episode is homage to another Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles episode, "New Girl in Town."
The opening scene is a reference to the opening scene in the Teen Titans episode Lightspeed.
The first 4 lines in the song, "Rotten to the Core" are sung in this order; Raiden who is a tenor and close to a baritone, Xandou who is a baritone, Xhiva who is a mixture of a baritone and a tenor, and Diablo who is a full time tenor.
The last line played in the song is sung by all of them together.
The person Diablo is modeled after was the only one in choir in Izi's high school.
Diablo's affection for meat is a foreshadow to his werewolf side.
Xandou doesn't have a license since he learned on his own.
Kimi's crack about Rose having a nose zit is a reference to the ending scene of Mikey Gets Shellacne, another episode from Nickelodeon's TMNT.
Although it is not heard Xandou does in fact have a slight Chinese accent.
The argument in the grotto is a reference to the fight scene in the 2012 comedy Pitch Perfect.
Although Xandou is Agni Tiraken's son, he did in fact inherit his mother's Chinese skin and the eyes she once had. His mother's eyes will be explained in Restoration.
The Heart of the Ocean is a reference to the 1997 classic, TITANIC.
Xandou Tiraken translates to "The Battling Dragon"
Ondina and Helen's appearance back in the grotto is a reference to the ending scene in the episode of Nickelodeon's TMNT, The Good the Bad and the Casey Jones. Funny enough, this was to be the inspiration for the chapter title, The Good, the Bad, and the Fiery Battle.
This episode starts the shipping of Xalen, Xandou and Helen.
There was going to be a training session right at the opening scene in which Helen hurt Thalie and that was what set her off.
The Sea Monster Ondina and Helen battle was drawn in at the last minute.
The inscription on the dagger Xandou gave Helen is the same as a dagger Zuko gives a boy in Avatar The Last Airbender in the episode Zuko Alone.
Thank you for taking the time to read this. If anyone has any questions about Legacy or Restoration, please leave it in in the reviews or PM me. I will answer them in the upcoming chapters.
