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* CutLexLuthorACheck: TheTeam quickly realize that the components used in the ice-making machine are far too expensive for an academy student to acquire, meaning that the person responsible had to have a backer, later revealed to be Ian Quinn.

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* CutLexLuthorACheck: TheTeam quickly realize that the components used in the ice-making machine are were far too expensive for an academy student to acquire, meaning that the person responsible had to have a backer, later revealed to be Ian Quinn.
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* CutLexLuthorACheck: TheTeam quickly realize that the components used in the ice-making machine are far too expensive for an academy student to acquire, meaning that the person responsible has to have a backer, later revealed to be Ian Quinn.

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* CutLexLuthorACheck: TheTeam quickly realize that the components used in the ice-making machine are far too expensive for an academy student to acquire, meaning that the person responsible has had to have a backer, later revealed to be Ian Quinn.
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* InterserviceRivalry: We see there's a friendly one between the S.H.I.E.L.D. Academies, as Fitzsimmons compare the Science/Tech Academy to Ward's time in Operations (Essentially nerds vs jocks). A Communications Academy is also mentioned, but the rivalry doesn't extend to it because a) it's their job to monitor communications from the other two and b) it's the easiest of the three to get into.

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* InterserviceRivalry: We see there's a friendly one between the S.H.I.E.L.D. Academies, as Fitzsimmons compare the Science/Tech Academy to Ward's time in Operations (Essentially nerds vs jocks). A Communications Academy is also mentioned, but the rivalry doesn't extend to it because a) it's their job to monitor communications from the other two and b) it's the easiest of the three to get into.into and graduate from.
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* InterserviceRivalry: We see there's a friendly one between the S.H.I.E.L.D. Academies, as Fitzsimmons compare the Science/Tech Academy to Ward's time in Operations. A Communications Academy is also mentioned, but the rivalry doesn't extend to it because a) it's their job to monitor communications from the other two and b) it's the easiest of the three to get into.

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* InterserviceRivalry: We see there's a friendly one between the S.H.I.E.L.D. Academies, as Fitzsimmons compare the Science/Tech Academy to Ward's time in Operations.Operations (Essentially nerds vs jocks). A Communications Academy is also mentioned, but the rivalry doesn't extend to it because a) it's their job to monitor communications from the other two and b) it's the easiest of the three to get into.
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* InterserviceRivalry: We see there's a friendly one between the S.H.I.E.L.D. Academies, as Fitzsimmons compare the Science/Tech Academy to Ward's time in Operations. A Communications Academy is also mentioned.

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* InterserviceRivalry: We see there's a friendly one between the S.H.I.E.L.D. Academies, as Fitzsimmons compare the Science/Tech Academy to Ward's time in Operations. A Communications Academy is also mentioned.mentioned, but the rivalry doesn't extend to it because a) it's their job to monitor communications from the other two and b) it's the easiest of the three to get into.
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-->'''Quinn:''' [[ArcWelding The Clairvoyant told me to say hello.]]

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-->'''Quinn:''' [[ArcWelding And I have a message for you. The Clairvoyant told me to say hello.]]
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-->'''Quinn:''' [[ArcWelding The Clairvoyant says hello.]]

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-->'''Quinn:''' [[ArcWelding The Clairvoyant says told me to say hello.]]
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* InterserviceRivalry: We see there's a friendly one between the S.H.I.E.L.D. Academies, as Fitzsimmons compare the Science/Tech Academy to Ward's time in Operations. A Communications Academy is also mentioned.
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Skye isn\'t confirmed to have powers. He said \"We didn\'t know if she had powers or what.\" If he had said she did, Coulson and May would have made a bigger deal out of it.


* WhamEpisode: Skye is an 0-8-4 and has powers.

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* WhamEpisode: Skye is an 0-8-4 and has powers.0-8-4.

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* AntiVillain: Both Donnie and Seth are seeking to make a money on their ice machine but the latter is undoubtedly more villainous since he insists on a demonstration despite the danger possed to a lot of people.

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* AntiVillain: Both Donnie and Seth are seeking to make a money on their ice machine but the latter is undoubtedly more villainous since he insists on a demonstration despite the danger possed posed to a lot of people.


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* HeKnowsTooMuch: The rogue agent preempts this trope by refusing any knowledge of Skye other than the fact that she's safe.


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* PoorCommunicationKills: Or almost does. If Coulson and May had identified themselves as S.H.I.E.L.D. agents when going after the rogue agent, he would have gone with them on the spot. Instead, May tried to apprehend him by force and he came very close to taking a SuicidePill to avoid capture.


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* SuicidePill: The rogue S.H.I.E.L.D. tries to take one when May has him cornered, but she kicks it out of his hand.

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** Donnie is the ''second'' potential supervillain the team has unintentionally had some responsibility in creating due to a scientific mishap (the first being Franklin Hall in "The Asset").

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** Donnie is the ''second'' potential supervillain the team has unintentionally had some responsibility in creating due to a scientific mishap (the first being Franklin Hall in "The Asset"). Asset").
* PersonaNonGrata: Coulson warns Quinn in no uncertain terms that he's been banned from everywhere S.H.I.E.L.D. has influence. If his plane so much as grazes their airspace, it's getting shot down.
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** Donnie is the ''second'' potential supervillain the team has unintentionally had some responsibility in creating due to a scientific mishap (the first being Franklin Hall) in "The Asset").

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** Donnie is the ''second'' potential supervillain the team has unintentionally had some responsibility in creating due to a scientific mishap (the first being Franklin Hall) Hall in "The Asset").
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** Donnie is the ''second'' potential supervillain the team has unintentionally had some responsibility in creating due to a scientific mishap.

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** Donnie is the ''second'' potential supervillain the team has unintentionally had some responsibility in creating due to a scientific mishap.mishap (the first being Franklin Hall) in "The Asset").
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** Donnie is the ''second'' potential supervillain the team has unintentionally had some responsibility in creating due to a scientific mishap.
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* HeroicBSOD: Coulson is in the middle of one due to the discovery of what really happened to him after he was killed. He expects Skye to go into one when he reveals the truth about what's known of her past, but she surprises him and starts pulling him out of his own.
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** The same speech referencing Hydra also references AIM (Advanced Idea Mechanics), a long-time super-science villain organization in the Marvel comic universe.
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* KarmicDeath: Seth is killed by the ice machine. The comparatively more noble Donniesurvives.

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* KarmicDeath: Seth is killed by the ice machine. The comparatively more noble Donniesurvives.Donnie survives.

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* AntiVillain: Both Donnie and Seth, though the latter is undoubtedly more villainous.

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* AntiVillain: Both Donnie and Seth, though Seth are seeking to make a money on their ice machine but the latter is undoubtedly more villainous.villainous since he insists on a demonstration despite the danger possed to a lot of people.



* CutLexLuthorACheck: The team quickly realize that the components used in the ice-making machine are far too expensive for an academy student to acquire, meaning that the person responsible has to have a backer, later revealed to be Ian Quinn.

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* CutLexLuthorACheck: The team TheTeam quickly realize that the components used in the ice-making machine are far too expensive for an academy student to acquire, meaning that the person responsible has to have a backer, later revealed to be Ian Quinn.



* KarmicDeath: Seth. The comparatively more noble Donnie ends up surviving.

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*EvilPlan: Ian Quinn is funding SHIELD students to create a weather control ice machine and the students lure Fitz to the Academy by staging a deadly prank so he can help them fix it. What Quinn wants with such a device goes unsaid.
* KarmicDeath: Seth. Seth is killed by the ice machine. The comparatively more noble Donnie ends up surviving.Donniesurvives.



* LightningCanDoAnything: A shock from the ice-making machine gives Donnie ice powers. It also killed Seth.
* MagicalDefibrillator: Subverted. An AED couldn't revive Seth.
* MythologyGag: ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' is referenced several times. Bucky Barnes is on the S.H.I.E.L.D. memorial wall, and Fitzsimmons give a speech crediting S.H.I.E.L.D.'s creation to the work of the SSR.

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* LightningCanDoAnything: A shock from the ice-making machine gives Donnie ice powers. It also killed kills Seth.
* MagicalDefibrillator: Subverted.Averted. An AED couldn't revive Seth.
* MythologyGag: ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' MythologyGag:
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is referenced several times. Bucky Barnes is on the S.H.I.E.L.D. memorial wall, and Fitzsimmons give a speech crediting S.H.I.E.L.D.'s creation to the work of the SSR.



* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Fitz unknowingly ends up giving Donnie the technical advice he needs to complete the larger ice-making device, [[UnwittingPawn exactly as Donnie had planned.]]

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Fitz unknowingly ends up giving gives Donnie the technical advice he needs to complete the larger ice-making device, [[UnwittingPawn exactly as Donnie had planned.]]
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** A Professor Vaughn is mentioned, who could be Gilbert Vaughn. He is the father of Wendell Vaughn, former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and the Avenger ''ComicBook/Quasar''.

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** A Professor Vaughn is mentioned, who could be Gilbert Vaughn. He is the father of Wendell Vaughn, former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and the Avenger ''ComicBook/Quasar''.ComicBook/{{Quasar}}.



* ShoutOut: There is a similarity to the Science Academy and Pacific Tech from the movie RealGenius.

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* ShoutOut: There is a similarity to the Science Academy and Pacific Tech from the movie RealGenius.''Film/RealGenius''.
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** A Professor Vaughn is mentioned, who could be Gilbert Vaughn. He is the father of Wendell Vaughn, former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and the Avenger ''ComicBook/Quasar''.


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* ShoutOut: There is a similarity to the Science Academy and Pacific Tech from the movie RealGenius.
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* CutLexLuthorACheck: The team quickly realize that the components used in the ice-making machine are far too expensive for an academy student to acquire, meaning that the person responsible has to have a backer, later revealed to be Ian Quinn.
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* DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: More like Skye's Foster Families had a Good Reason for Giving Her Up. The S.H.I.E.L.D. agents that found her in Hunan set up an invisible protocol to keep her from being discovered by having her moved frequently.
* DawsonCasting: {{Inverted}}. Donnie is 18 but his actor is only 16.


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* WhamEpisode: Skye is an 0-8-4 and has powers.
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* MagicalDefibrillator: Subverted. An AED couldn't revive Seth.

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* AnIcePerson: The power surge from the ice-making machine seems to have given Donnie the ability to freeze things.



* MythologyGag: When walking around the S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy Skye sees a commemorative wall with a list of names of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents who were killed in action,one of those names is [[CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Bucky Barnes]]

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* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Quinn knows better than to try to recover the ice machine after Seth and Donnie blow their secrecy. Instead he just tells them to activate it, implicitly to make trouble for S.H.I.E.L.D.
* LightningCanDoAnything: A shock from the ice-making machine gives Donnie ice powers. It also killed Seth.
* MythologyGag: When walking around ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger'' is referenced several times. Bucky Barnes is on the S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy Skye sees memorial wall, and Fitzsimmons give a commemorative wall with a list of names of speech crediting S.H.I.E.L.D. agents who were killed in action,one 's creation to the work of those names is [[CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Bucky Barnes]]the SSR.




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* WeatherControlMachine: In the climax Donnie and Seth build a machine (with financial backing from Quinn) that creates a massive ice hurricane, with the machine itself in the eye.

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* WeatherControlMachine: In the climax Donnie and Seth build a machine (with financial backing from Quinn) that creates a massive an ice hurricane, with the machine itself in the eye.
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* TeenGenius: Donnie, who is 18 and whose engineering capabilities rival those of Fitz.
* WeatherControlMachine: In the climax Donnie and Seth build a machine (with financial backing from Quinn) that creates a massive ice hurricane, with the machine itself in the eye.


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* MythologyGag: When walking around the S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy Skye sees a commemorative wall with a list of names of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents who were killed in action,one of those names is [[CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Bucky Barnes]]

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* AntiVillain: Both Donnie and Seth, though the latter is undoubtedly more villainous.
* KarmicDeath: Seth. The comparatively more noble Donnie ends up surviving.
* MythologyGag: When walking around the S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy Skye sees a commemorative wall with a list of names of S.H.I.E.L.D. agents who were killed in action,one of those names is [[CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Bucky Barnes]]Barnes]]
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Fitz unknowingly ends up giving Donnie the technical advice he needs to complete the larger ice-making device, [[UnwittingPawn exactly as Donnie had planned.]]
* WhamLine:
-->'''Quinn:''' [[ArcWelding The Clairvoyant says hello.]]
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While investigating a problem at a S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy, Coulson and Melinda turn up unexpected information about Skye's parents.

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While investigating Ward, Skye and Fitz-Simmons investigate a problem at a S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy, Coulson and Melinda turn up unexpected information about Skye's parents.past.



* MythologyGag: When walking around the Shield Academy Skye sees a commemorative wall with a list of names of shields agents who were killed in action,one of those names is [[CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Bucky Barnes]]

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* MythologyGag: When walking around the Shield S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy Skye sees a commemorative wall with a list of names of shields S.H.I.E.L.D. agents who were killed in action,one of those names is [[CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Bucky Barnes]]
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While investigating a problem at S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy, Coulson and Melinda turn up unexpected information about Skye's parents.

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*MythologyGag: When walking around the Shield Academy Skye sees a commemorative wall with a list of names of shields agents who were killed in action,one of those names is [[CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Bucky Barnes]]

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