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* NiceHat: The Kid has quite a few of them. Robin uses one to give him a message once.
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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters
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* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler: Rudolph West wasn't a good guy in the comics, but he was in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' series, and he's gone back to being a bad guy in this story.]]

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* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler: Rudolph West wasn't a good guy in the comics, but he was in ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' series, and he's gone back to being a bad guy in this story.]]
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A brilliant AlternateUniverseFic by "X meets Y" originally started on the WesternAnimation/YoungJustice anonymous meme that features Wally as the Kid, a new wise-cracking thief, who struggles to balance his civilian life (and his relationships with his uncle, aunt, and friend Hunter) with his new criminal career. Of course, things are never that simple...

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A brilliant AlternateUniverseFic by "X meets Y" originally started on the WesternAnimation/YoungJustice ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' anonymous meme that features Wally as the Kid, a new wise-cracking thief, who struggles to balance his civilian life (and his relationships with his uncle, aunt, and friend Hunter) with his new criminal career. Of course, things are never that simple...

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* ReplacementScrappy: Hunter more or less dismisses Garth for not being Kaldur.

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* ReplacementScrappy: An InUniverse example, as Hunter more or less dismisses Garth mildly views Garth, the second Aqualad, as a poor replacement for not being Kaldur.Kaldur but is willing to help him adjust to working above sea level anyway.



* TheScrappy: An in-universe example, as Hunter mildly views Garth, the second Aqualad, as a poor replacement for Kaldur but is willing to help him adjust to working above sea level anyway.
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Wally West is the newest Rogue in TheFlash's RoguesGallery, with superspeed ''nearly'' as impressive as the Flash's own. Hunter Zolomon is the Flash's sidekick, so he's going to bring down this new thief...

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Wally West is the newest Rogue in TheFlash's ComicBook/TheFlash's RoguesGallery, with superspeed ''nearly'' as impressive as the Flash's own. Hunter Zolomon is the Flash's sidekick, so he's going to bring down this new thief...
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* ItsPersonal: Nearly said word-for-word by Roy on why the Kid is so determined to bust V9.

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* ItsPersonal: Nearly said word-for-word by Roy on why the Kid is so determined to bust V9. Not that he's wrong.
** This is also why Wally goes after the Rogues after the incident with the Weather Wizard and his mom.
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* ItsPersonal: Nearly said word-for-word by Roy on why the Kid is so determined to bust V9.
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** A teenage PhantomThief called [[MagicKaito Kid]]?

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** A teenage PhantomThief called [[MagicKaito [[Manga/MagicKaito Kid]]?
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Flash's sidekick could have been Mas y Menos.
** Back when the identity of the mole was unknown, there'd been plans to make it [[KnightTemplar Hunter]], tired of what seemed to be endless fighting and feeling that the Justice League's morality was holding progress back.
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* OneOfUs: "X meets Y" is a troper.



* WordOfGod: Abundant in the comments.
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* InSpiteOfANail: The universe may differ from Earth-16 and the DCU/DCnU, but some things remain the same: Ashley and Hunter had broken up, Hunter injures his knee, Wally ends up back in Central and has Superspeed, Wally and Dick kind of gravitate towards each other (until circumstances has Dick backing off), and Wally's hoarding and souvenir collecting is still similar to the Earth-16 Kid Flash's.

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* InSpiteOfANail: The universe may differ from Earth-16 and the DCU/DCnU, [=DCU/DCnU=], but some things remain the same: Ashley and Hunter had broken up, Hunter injures his knee, Wally ends up back in Central and has Superspeed, Wally and Dick kind of gravitate towards each other (until circumstances has Dick backing off), and Wally's hoarding and souvenir collecting is still similar to the Earth-16 Kid Flash's.



* PotentialApplications: One of the reasons why a formula for superspeed is so sought after and feared is because of all the ways it could be used. It goes beyond Wally's hit and run tactics: Barry can use his speed to vibrate his molecules and phase through solid objects, and Wally can use it to blow objects up. There were even once reports of speedsters whose method of fighting involved vibrating their molecules as they [[Vibroweapon ran through people]], [[BodyHorror ripping them apart]].

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* PotentialApplications: One of the reasons why a formula for superspeed is so sought after and feared is because of all the ways it could be used. It goes beyond Wally's hit and run tactics: Barry can use his speed to vibrate his molecules and phase through solid objects, and Wally can use it to blow objects up. There were even once reports of speedsters whose method of fighting involved vibrating their molecules as they [[Vibroweapon [[{{Vibroweapon}} ran through people]], people,]] [[BodyHorror ripping them apart]].



* Retcon: A revised version is being uploaded with additional scenes and can be found [[http://archiveofourown.org/series/25530 here]].

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* Retcon: {{Retcon}}: A revised version is being uploaded with additional scenes and can be found [[http://archiveofourown.org/series/25530 here]].
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* NoodleImplements: Iris keeps track of all of Barry and Hunter's accomplishments and adventures. Included in her collection of newspaper clippings and video recordings is a fight between Zoom and the Pied Piper that Hunter would rather not talk about.

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* NoodleImplements: Iris keeps track of all of Barry and Hunter's accomplishments and adventures. Included in her collection of newspaper clippings and video recordings is a blackmail-worthy fight between Zoom and the Pied Piper that Hunter would rather not talk about. about.
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* MamaBear: Iris stood up to Captain Boomerang in order to protect Wally.

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* CelibateHero: For a while, Wally and Hunter, both of whom had relationships that ended poorly and later on decided that avoiding close interpersonal relationships would help them cover their extracurricular activities.

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* CelibateHero: For a while, Wally and Hunter, both of whom had relationships that ended poorly and poorly. This was later on decided one of the factors that avoiding influenced their decisions to avoid close interpersonal relationships would help them cover their extracurricular activities.relationships.



* DoubleMeaning: The conversation that took place between Kaldur and Hunter towards the end of ''Marathon'' could be read with an entirely different context if read with the implication that Hunter had feelings for Kaldur.
-->'''Kaldur:''' I'm sorry. I thought you could handle things without me.\\
'''Hunter:''' Well, now you know: I couldn’t! I... Look, it’s not... Okay, embarrassing levels of codependence aside, without you, we nearly lost the team.\\
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'''Hunter:''' I broke it off. Things weren’t working out. What about you?”\\
'''Kaldur:''': Roy and I are dating. Which is actually why I wanted to speak to you.\\
'''Hunter:''' Oh. ...''Oh.'' Wait, did you think I was going to be weird over it? Have some faith in me, I’m not an asshole. Not that kind, anyway.



* FosterKid: Hunter.



* NeverHurtAnInnocent: The Rogues usually try to avoid fatalities. ‘Usually’ and ‘try’ being the key words. Sometimes there are temptations.



* OrphanageOfFear: Averted. Hunter lived in a foster/group home, and while he wasn’t happy in it, the conditions were roughly standard.

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* OrphanageOfFear: Averted. Hunter lived in a foster/group home, and while he wasn’t happy in it, the conditions were roughly standard. Played straight, though, with Red X, where WordOfGod says he's a runaway from a Gotham orphanage.


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* PotentialApplications: One of the reasons why a formula for superspeed is so sought after and feared is because of all the ways it could be used. It goes beyond Wally's hit and run tactics: Barry can use his speed to vibrate his molecules and phase through solid objects, and Wally can use it to blow objects up. There were even once reports of speedsters whose method of fighting involved vibrating their molecules as they [[Vibroweapon ran through people]], [[BodyHorror ripping them apart]].


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* TwiceShy: Neither Wally nor Hunter can be really described as shy, but Wally’s last relationship ended with him being outed at school, and Hunter’s last and only relationship fell apart after he made a bad call as Zoom and his girlfriend’s father was killed as a result. They both use their extracurricular activities as an excuse to avoid personal relationships.

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* BaitTheDog: Blacksmith starts off seeming fairly [[TheCharmer civilized]] at first but [[ManipulativeBastard shows her true colors later]].



* CerebusSyndrome

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* CerebusSyndromeCerebusSyndrome: The rebooted version was supposed to become [[DarkerAndEdgier more serious]] earlier in the story, but the addition of arcs and subplots is making the [[ToneShift tone shift]] more gradual.
* CelibateHero: For a while, Wally and Hunter, both of whom had relationships that ended poorly and later on decided that avoiding close interpersonal relationships would help them cover their extracurricular activities.



** There’s a playful TakeThat at superhero comics where the hero gain their abilities or tragic backstories through accidents, implying that technology is more advanced in this universe and that superheroes are more prolific because the Occupational Safety Hazards Administration is, for the most part, ignored.



* IncompatibleOrientation: Hartley harbors feelings for James, [[SelectiveObliviousness though neither of them ever address it directly]].



* TheLancer: The Pied Piper was one to Captain Cold before he [[BeingEvilSucks left the Rogues]].



* NoodleImplements: Iris keeps track of all of Barry and Hunter's accomplishments and adventures. Included in her collection of newspaper clippings and video recordings is a fight between Zoom and the Pied Piper. The

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* NoodleImplements: Iris keeps track of all of Barry and Hunter's accomplishments and adventures. Included in her collection of newspaper clippings and video recordings is a fight between Zoom and the Pied Piper. The Piper that Hunter would rather not talk about.



* RealNameAsAnAlias: For a little while, Wally’s father, Rudy, goes by his legal first name, [[spoiler:Robert]].

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* RaceLift: Ashley Fox is half-Hispanic. Blacksmith is half-African American. Hunter is AmbiguouslyBrown and is peripherally aware he's of mixed race from his father's side of the family but doesn't really remember the details.
* RealNameAsAnAlias: For a little while, Wally’s father, Rudy, goes by his legal first name, [[spoiler:Robert]]. This much later provides Wally a clue as to his father's intentions for the money he getting for the drugs.


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* ReplacementScrappy: Hunter more or less dismisses Garth for not being Kaldur.


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** A facility called "H&G Self-Storage on 1901 Wells Street" references a science fiction story written by H.G. Wells in 1901 where a scientist creates a drug that gives the user superspeed, which turns out to be both a blessing and a curse.
* ShowWithinAShow: There are references to the Flaming C and Hello Megan. Hartley and David also mention a movie called Space Ninja, which in the comics was one of the movies that Daniel Cassidy, aka the Blue Devil, worked special effects on.
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* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler: Rudolph West wasn't a good guy in the comics, but he was in YoungJustice series, and he's gone back to being a bad guy in this story.]]

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* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler: Rudolph West wasn't a good guy in the comics, but he was in YoungJustice ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' series, and he's gone back to being a bad guy in this story.]]
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* SecretSecretKeeper: Wally is one for Zoom aka Hunter. He even went as far as fighting and lying to the rogues out of costume to keep him from being discovered.

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* SecretSecretKeeper: Wally is one for Zoom aka Hunter. He even went as far as fighting and lying to the rogues out of costume to keep him from being discovered. [[spoiler: Of course, Captain Cold wasn't fooled.]]
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* HarmlessFreezing: Captain Cold's guns are designed to stop motion, not shoot ice, so the ice crystals don't break the cells and prove lethal right away.
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* CreateYourOwnVillain: The three speedsters of the Blue Trinity already had superspeed when Wally first encountered them, but with his formula, they get an increased speed boost. Wally knows what’ll happen if the formula gets mass produced and is trying to stop it from happening.


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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Wally interrupts Cold's jewelry store robbery and steals the goods himself. Zoom’s first action upon meeting Wally is to deliver a backhanded insult.
** Subverted in story. Zoom's first impression of Wally wasn't very flattering, with Wally appearing to be hiding behind his aunt in the face of a dangerous criminal. In those few seconds, Zoom dismissed Wally as being cowardly, boring, and not too adventurous. Zoom then realized there were HiddenDepths when Wally proved bold enough to help him in a fight with the Mirror Master, his curiosity being one of the main reasons they became friends.


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* InSpiteOfANail: The universe may differ from Earth-16 and the DCU/DCnU, but some things remain the same: Ashley and Hunter had broken up, Hunter injures his knee, Wally ends up back in Central and has Superspeed, Wally and Dick kind of gravitate towards each other (until circumstances has Dick backing off), and Wally's hoarding and souvenir collecting is still similar to the Earth-16 Kid Flash's.


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* MiseryBuildsCharacter: Hunter believes in this a bit, though he also accepts the fact that character isn't necessarily positive or negative trait.


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* NotSoHarmlessVillain: The Rogues (and Wally among them) aren't taken very seriously by most of the criminal population and some of the public population either, but whenever there's a situation serious enough for them to get their act together, the Rogues are a dangerous group.


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* PayEvilUntoEvil: Wally tried this when he thought the Rogues initiated an attack on his mother.


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* WouldntHurtAChild: Played with. The Rogues have a rule against hurting women and children, but when The Kid attacks first, they don't hesitate to fight back. They do show some restraint after he's taken down.

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* AdaptationalVillainy: [[spoiler: Rudolph West wasn't a good guy in the comics, but he was in YoungJustice series, and he's gone back to being a bad guy in this story.]]



* BigBrotherMentor: Barry to Hunter.



* EvilMentor: The Rogues to the Kid. They're not furtive about it though. It was pretty clear that they weren't tax-paying first-class citizens.



* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]: Harley AKA the Pied Piper.

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* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]: Harley AKA the Pied Piper.HandsOffParenting: Wally pretty much had this, even before it turned into neglect.



* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]: Harley AKA the Pied Piper.



* MakeMeWannaShout: One of the Pied Piper's sound-manipulating devices is a sonic projector covering his face that allows him to send messages and use an incapacitating noise against his enemies.



* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Averted when one of Wally’s formulas is stolen and then used against him.



* RealNameAsAnAlias: For a little while, Wally’s father, Rudy, goes by his legal first name, [[spoiler:Robert]].



* StealthPun: On the team, Karen is second-in-command to Dick, who is sort of guiding her into leadership. Together, they’re the bird and the bee.



* UpbringingMakesTheHero: When Hunter first got his powers, Barry and Jay were worried about how he’d turn out. Both of his parents were dead (one parent was a serial killer, the other was his last victim) which meant he lacked any suitable role models and was alienating himself from other people. Because of their concerns, Barry and Jay looked after him and raised him the guided him the best they could as he grew up.



** Back when everyone was trying to figure out who the mole was, it would've been a [[KnightTemplar Hunter]].

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** Back when everyone was trying to figure out who the identity of the mole was, it would've was unknown, there'd been a plans to make it [[KnightTemplar Hunter]].Hunter]], tired of what seemed to be endless fighting and feeling that the Justice League's morality was holding progress back.

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* BecomingTheMask: After Wally begins interacting with the other Rogues, he begins acting a little more boldly and a little less concerned with his own morality.



* TheCameo: Artemis made a brief, voiceless cameo in "Marathon".


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* DrillSergeantNasty: Garth unfortunately underestimates how intensively Artemis trains.


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* FightsLikeANormal: Hunter doesn't have much control over his time-manipulating powers, so he only uses it to affect his own movement. He doesn't have the advantages of things like super speed or strength and has to train to fight like Artemis and Robin.


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** Back when everyone was trying to figure out who the mole was, it would've been a [[KnightTemplar Hunter]].
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** Word of God (as found in the comments, and if you ask her yourself) says that this is entirely intentional.

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* FemmeFatale: Amunet "Blacksmith" Black, head of the Network.
* FoeYay: The Kid has this with ''everyone''.

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* FemmeFatale: Amunet "Blacksmith" Black, head of the Network.
* FoeYay: The Kid has this with ''everyone''.
Network.



* NamesToRunAwayFromVeryFast: Arsenal was an alias Roy used [[spoiler:when he went undercover as the muscle for an underground heroin ring.]]

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* NamesToRunAwayFromVeryFast: NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: Arsenal was an alias Roy used [[spoiler:when he went undercover as the muscle for an underground heroin ring.]]
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A brilliant AlternateUniverseFic by "X meets Y" on the WesternAnimation/YoungJustice anonymous meme that features Wally as the Kid, the new wise-cracking thief, who struggles to balance his civilian life (and his relationships with his uncle, aunt and friend Hunter) with his new criminal career. Of course, things are never that simple...

Can be read [[http://yj-anon-meme.livejournal.com/3209.html?thread=5809801#t5809801 here]].

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A brilliant AlternateUniverseFic by "X meets Y" originally started on the WesternAnimation/YoungJustice anonymous meme that features Wally as the Kid, the a new wise-cracking thief, who struggles to balance his civilian life (and his relationships with his uncle, aunt aunt, and friend Hunter) with his new criminal career. Of course, things are never that simple...

Can The original, unfinished version can be read [[http://yj-anon-meme.livejournal.com/3209.html?thread=5809801#t5809801 here]]. The in-progress rewrite can be read [[http://itsxandy.tumblr.com/fanfiction-masterpost here]] or [[http://archiveofourown.org/series/25530 here]].

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* AmicableExes: After breaking up, Hunter and Ashley have since made up and are on speaking terms again.



* BeneathTheMask: How Wally acts while wearing a mask is drastically different from how he acts without it. Which personality is more natural to him is debatable.



* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Rouges. They refuse to "rock the boat"; as long as they don't go around crossing the MoralEventHorizon they don't have to worry about anyone besides Flash and Zoom. [[spoiler:They're even horrified to learn what Wally's dad did to him. Unfortunately, Wally's presence is inadvertently bringing in trouble anyway...]]

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* EnhanceButton: Batman has the resources and technology to enhance a low-quality image, but not enough to make out any particular facial features on the Kid.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: The Rouges.Rogues. They refuse to "rock the boat"; as long as they don't go around crossing the MoralEventHorizon they don't have to worry about anyone besides Flash and Zoom. [[spoiler:They're even horrified to learn what Wally's dad did to him. Unfortunately, Wally's presence is inadvertently bringing in trouble anyway...]]


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* FunctionalAddict: Wally can’t bring himself to stop his illegal activities but doesn’t let it wreak too much havoc on his personal life.


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* HappilyAdopted: Hunter was never officially adopted by the Allens or Garricks, but he’s incredibly close to both couples and is a part of the Flash family.


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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: It's a little understandable that most people don't understand the kind of person Wally is, but even Hunter, who became friends with him because he realized Wally had more depth than he originally seemed, falls for Wally's lies, and even when he's not fooled, he still considers Wally trustworthy.


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* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters


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* OrphanageOfFear: Averted. Hunter lived in a foster/group home, and while he wasn’t happy in it, the conditions were roughly standard.


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* Retcon: A revised version is being uploaded with additional scenes and can be found [[http://archiveofourown.org/series/25530 here]].


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* SpannerInTheWorks: Due to Wally's unique placement between the heroes and the criminals, there's always the possibility that one side is going to interfere with the other.
* SparedByTheAdaptation: Roy was never kidnapped and cloned due to the ForWantOfANail plot.

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* DivorceAssetsConflict: It effectively turning his family into what they are today. Before that, they were relatively ordinary and well-balanced, money issues aside.



* DysfunctionalFamily: Wally's started pretty normal but things went downhill later on. Now it's at a relatively steady level of functional.

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* DysfunctionalFamily: Wally's started pretty normal but things went downhill later on. Now it's at a relatively steady level of functional.


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* EmergencyStash: Because he has to avoid the Flash, he keeps stashes of different clothes in various places in the city.


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* MistakenForJunkie: Because it’s easier than telling the truth, Wally just goes with it.


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* NoodleImplements: Iris keeps track of all of Barry and Hunter's accomplishments and adventures. Included in her collection of newspaper clippings and video recordings is a fight between Zoom and the Pied Piper. The
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Removing wick to Did Not Do The Research per rename at TRS.


* DidNotDoTheResearch: Central City is not in Kansas, it's in Missouri.

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