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* NotSoDifferent: Fitz and Donnie are a lot alike, and bond over such. However, Fitz has Simmons, and later the Team, while Donnie was manipulated by Seth and Ian Quinn.
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* NotSoDifferent: Fitz and Donnie are a lot alike, and bond over such. However, Fitz has Simmons, and later the Team, while Donnie was manipulated by Seth and Ian Quinn.
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* ArtisticLicensePhysics: "A battery that carries a terawatt of energy". The Watt is a unit of power. The appropriate unit would be the Joule. Both Fitz (who says this) and Donnie (who he's talking to) are nerdy scientists and should not make this mistake. [[CriticalResearchFailure The writers]] on the other hand...

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* ArtisticLicensePhysics: "A battery that carries a terawatt of energy". The Watt is a unit of power. The appropriate unit would be the Joule. Both Fitz (who says this) and Donnie (who he's talking to) are nerdy scientists and should not make this mistake. [[CriticalResearchFailure The writers]] on the other hand...



** In the episode "0-8-4", Coulson told Skye that a 0-8-4 was something of unknown origin, "kind of like you". In this episode, we find out that Skye was once literally a S.H.I.E.L.D. 0-8-4.

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** In the episode "0-8-4", [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E2084 "0-8-4"]], Coulson told Skye that a 0-8-4 was something of unknown origin, "kind of like you". In this episode, we find out that Skye was once literally a S.H.I.E.L.D. 0-8-4.



** 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"). [[spoiler: Ironically, neither Hall nor Donnie really get the chance to actually become a supervillain, as we find out later.]]

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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 [[Recap/AgentsOfSHIELDS1E3TheAsset "The Asset").Asset"]]). [[spoiler: Ironically, neither Hall nor Donnie really get the chance to actually become a supervillain, as we find out later.]]
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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"). [[spoiler: Ironically, neither Hall nor Donnie really get the chance to actually become a supervillain, as we find out later.]]
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** Also towards the end of the episode during Coulson's monologue. As he says world is filled with "evil and lies and pain, and death...", the camera pans over to Ward.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When Fitz bonds with Donnie, he only mentions his mother not understanding him as a kid. We don't learn about [[DisappearedDad his father or lack thereof]] until season 4.
* HarmlessFreezing: Averted; Donnie could have likely frozen to death if Fitz-Simmons hadn't acted quickly to thaw him out.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Los Angeles City Hall can be seen in the skyline from the S.H.I.E.L.D. Science/Tech Academy.

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* ArtisticLicensePhysics: "A battery that carries a terawatt of energy". The Watt is a unit of power. The appropriate unit would be the Joule. Both Fitz (who says this) and Donnie (who he's talking to) are nerdy scientists and should not make this mistake. [[CriticalResearchFailure The writers]] on the other hand...



* YouFailPhysicsForever: "A battery that carries a terawatt of energy". The Watt is a unit of power. The appropriate unit would be the Joule. Both Fitz (who says this) and Donnie (who he's talking to) are nerdy scientists and should not make this mistake. [[CriticalResearchFailure The writers]] on the other hand...
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* ArmorPiercingQuestion:
-->'''May:''' What's in that file - it's the truth.\\
'''Coulson:''' Says who?\\
'''May:''' Director Fury.\\
'''Coulson:''' If I hadn't asked, he'd have kept it from me. Kept me from knowing.\\
'''May:''' And now that you know, you feel better?



* CallBack: Every academy has a wall of valor to honor agents who died in the line of duty. [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Bucky Barnes]] is listed there.

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* CallBack: Every academy Academy has a wall of valor to honor agents who died in the line of duty. [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Bucky Barnes]] is listed there.

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* AttackAttackRetreatRetreat: Ward says "I can get there." to Coulson, opens the door and sees the super-storm outside, closes the door. "Yeah, I can't get there."



* 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 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 Fitz-Simmons compare the Science/Tech Academy to Ward's time in Operations (essentially nerds vs 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 and graduate from.



--> '''Skye:''' Huh. Look at them. The cool kids.

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--> '''Skye:''' -->'''Skye:''' Huh. Look at them. The cool kids.



** A S.H.I.E.L.D. computer genius by the name of Callie Hannigan is mentioned. In another Whedon project, ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', [=ALY=]sonHannigan played Willow Rosenberg, whose original role was as the resident computer whiz of the main cast.

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** A S.H.I.E.L.D. computer genius by the name of Callie Hannigan is mentioned. In another Whedon project, ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', [=ALY=]sonHannigan [=ALY=]son Hannigan played Willow Rosenberg, whose original role was as the resident computer whiz of the main cast.



** Agent Weaver notes that this trope applied to [=FitzSimmons=] when they were at the Academy: Donnie is one of the youngest recruits ''since'' they joined (implying they were the same age or younger), and they both had [=PhDs=] ''before'' joining.

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** Agent Weaver notes that this trope applied to [=FitzSimmons=] Fitz-Simmons when they were at the Academy: Donnie is one of the youngest recruits ''since'' they joined (implying they were the same age or younger), and they both had [=PhDs=] ''before'' joining.
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* CallBack: Every academy has a wall of valor to honor agents who died in the line of duty. [[CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Bucky Barnes]] is listed there.

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* CallBack: Every academy has a wall of valor to honor agents who died in the line of duty. [[CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheFirstAvenger Bucky Barnes]] is listed there.

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* OriginStory: For the [[MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]] version of Blizzard.

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* OriginStory: For the [[MarvelCinematicUniverse [[Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]] version of Blizzard.
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** A S.H.I.E.L.D. computer genius by the name of Aly Hannigan is mentioned. In another Whedon project, ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', AlysonHannigan played Willow Rosenberg, whose original role was as the resident computer whiz of the main cast.

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** A S.H.I.E.L.D. computer genius by the name of Aly Callie Hannigan is mentioned. In another Whedon project, ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', AlysonHannigan [=ALY=]sonHannigan played Willow Rosenberg, whose original role was as the resident computer whiz of the main cast.

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

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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 posed to a lot of people. \n* AnIcePerson: The power surge from the ice-making machine seems to have given Donnie the ability to freeze things.



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



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

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MythologyGag: A Professor Vaughn is mentioned, who could be Gilbert Vaughn. He's the father of Wendell Vaughn, former S.H.I.E.L.D. agent and the Avenger ComicBook/{{Quasar}}.
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** Agent Weaver notes that this trope applied to [=FitzSimmons=] when they were at the Academy: Donnie is one of the youngest recruits ''since'' they joined (implying they were the same age or younger), and they both had [=PhDs=] ''before'' joining. (The Season 2 episode "Making Friends & Influencing People" confirms that Fitz-Simmons were 17 when they joined the academy.)

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** Agent Weaver notes that this trope applied to [=FitzSimmons=] when they were at the Academy: Donnie is one of the youngest recruits ''since'' they joined (implying they were the same age or younger), and they both had [=PhDs=] ''before'' joining. (The Season 2 episode "Making Friends & Influencing People" confirms that Fitz-Simmons were 17 when they joined the academy.)
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** Agent Weaver notes that this trope applied to [=FitzSimmons=] when they were at the Academy: Donnie is one of the youngest recruits ''since'' they joined (implying they were the same age or younger), and they both had [=PhDs=] ''before'' joining.

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** Agent Weaver notes that this trope applied to [=FitzSimmons=] when they were at the Academy: Donnie is one of the youngest recruits ''since'' they joined (implying they were the same age or younger), and they both had [=PhDs=] ''before'' joining. (The Season 2 episode "Making Friends & Influencing People" confirms that Fitz-Simmons were 17 when they joined the academy.)
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** A S.H.I.E.L.D. computer genius by the name of Aly Hannigan is mentioned. In another Whedon project, ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Alyson Hannigan played Willow Rosenberg, whose original role was as the resident computer whiz of the main cast.

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** A S.H.I.E.L.D. computer genius by the name of Aly Hannigan is mentioned. In another Whedon project, ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Alyson Hannigan AlysonHannigan played Willow Rosenberg, whose original role was as the resident computer whiz of the main cast.

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

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There is a similarity to the Science Academy and Pacific Tech from the movie ''Film/RealGenius''.''Film/RealGenius''.
** A S.H.I.E.L.D. computer genius by the name of Aly Hannigan is mentioned. In another Whedon project, ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', Alyson Hannigan played Willow Rosenberg, whose original role was as the resident computer whiz of the main cast.
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* OriginStory: For the [[MarvelCinematicUniverse MCU]] version of Blizzard.

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* LivingLegend: Skye is quite surprised to learn that Fitz-Simmons are treated like celebrities by the recruits at S.H.I.E.L.D. academy, because they were two of the youngest recruits ever to join, and again two of the youngest ever to graduate (which they did several years early).
--> '''Skye:''' Huh. Look at them. The cool kids.



* NotSoDifferent: Fitz and Donnie are a lot alike, and bond over such. However, Fitz has Simmons, and later the Team, while Donnie was manipulated by Seth and [[spoiler: Ian Quinn]].

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* NotSoDifferent: Fitz and Donnie are a lot alike, and bond over such. However, Fitz has Simmons, and later the Team, while Donnie was manipulated by Seth and [[spoiler: Ian Quinn]].Quinn.
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* NotSoDifferent: Fitz and Donnie are a lot alike, and bond over such. However, Fitz has Simmons, and later the Team, while Donnie was manipulated by Seth and [[spoiler: Ian Quinn]].
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* StockScream: Heard during the scene when Donnie is frozen, just before the commercial break. The same scream is regularly used on ''Radio/TheStephanieMillerShow''.

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* StockScream: Heard during the scene when Donnie is frozen, just before the commercial break. The same scream is regularly used on ''Radio/TheStephanieMillerShow''.''Radio/TheStephanieMillerShow'', and has also been heard on ''WesternAnimation/GravityFalls''.
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* CaliforniaDoubling: Los Angeles City Hall can be seen in the skyline from the S.H.I.E.L.D. Science/Tech Academy.

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* CoolestClubEver: The Boiler Room. Well, it used to be a boiler room. Apparently students at the academy used to gather there to socialize because it was one of the few places on campus with no surveillance, but after seventy years of continuous refurbishments it's now a nightclub.

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* CoolestClubEver: The Boiler Room. Well, it used to be a boiler room. Apparently students Students at the academy used to gather there to socialize because it was one of the few places on campus with no surveillance, but after seventy years of continuous refurbishments it's now a nightclub.



* FacialRecognitionSoftware: S.H.I.E.L.D.'s is apparently so good it can recognize someone who's been missing for twenty five years when he unintentionally appears in the background of some random vacation photo that was posted on the [=FaceBook=] page of somebody that S.H.I.E.L.D. has no reason to care about. This also implies that their data mining software is also absurdly effective.

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* FacialRecognitionSoftware: S.H.I.E.L.D.'s is apparently so good it can recognize someone who's been missing for twenty five years when he unintentionally appears in the background of some random vacation photo that was posted on the [=FaceBook=] page of somebody that S.H.I.E.L.D. has no reason to care about. This also implies that their data mining software is also absurdly tremendously effective.



* {{Irony}}: Skye's goals when she was captured and recruited were to publicly reveal the secrets S.H.I.E.L.D. protected and to find out why they were involved in covering up her past. If she'd succeeded, she would have made herself and anyone she knew a target to whoever had murdered (practically) everyone who knew or protected her when she was a baby.

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* {{Irony}}: Skye's {{Irony}}:
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goals when she was captured and recruited were to publicly reveal the secrets S.H.I.E.L.D. protected and to find out why they were involved in covering up her past. If she'd succeeded, she would have made herself and anyone she knew a target to whoever had murdered (practically) everyone who knew or protected her when she was a baby.



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



* 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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* 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.



* TeenGenius: Donnie, who is 18 and whose engineering capabilities rival those of Fitz.

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* TeenGenius: Donnie, TeenGenius:
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* TwoLinesNoWaiting: The team is divided to tackle two main plot threads: One to deal with the strange occurrences at S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy, and the other to find out Skye's origins. Ironically, Skye herself is part of the former.

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* TwoLinesNoWaiting: The team TheTeam is divided to tackle two main plot threads: One to deal with the strange occurrences at S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy, and the other to find out Skye's origins. Ironically, Skye herself is part of the former.

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* CutLexLuthorACheck: TheTeam quickly realize that the components used in the ice-making machine 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.



* DawsonCasting: {{Inverted}}. Donnie is 18 but his actor is only 16.
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** Agent Weaver notes that this trope applied to [=FitzSimmons=] when they were at the Academy: Donnie is one of the youngest recruits ''since'' they joined (implying they were the same age or younger), and they both had [=PhDs=] ''before'' joining.
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While 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 past.

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While Ward, Skye and Fitz-Simmons investigate a problem at a S.H.I.E.L.D. Academy, Coulson and Melinda May turn up unexpected information about Skye's past.
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* FacialRecognitionSoftware: S.H.I.E.L.D.'s is apparently so good it can recognize someone who's been missing for twenty five years when he unintentionally appears in the background of some random vacation photo that was posted on the [=FaceBook=] page of somebody that S.H.I.E.L.D. has no reason to care about. This also implies that their data mining software is also absurdly effective.
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* WhamEpisode: Skye is an 0-8-4.
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