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* PragmaticHero: Roy is willing to team-up with Malcolm, the rest of Team Arrow is not. Oliver also asks Malcolm to teach him sword techniques so he'll have a chance of killing Ra's al-Ghul.

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* PragmaticHero: Roy is willing to team-up with Malcolm, Malcolm when the rest of Team Arrow is not. Oliver also asks Malcolm to teach him sword techniques so he'll have a chance of killing Ra's al-Ghul.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Thea is understandably confused--though pleased--when her brother turns up at her apartment while Malcolm is there and doesn't kick up a fuss, having already decided to form an alliance with him.

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* BlindedByTheLight: When he gets tired over masked vigilantes jumping out at his men from the dark, Brick loads a shotgun with flare shells and uses them against our heroes.

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* BlindedByTheLight: When he gets tired over of masked vigilantes jumping out at his men from the dark, shadows, Brick loads a shotgun with flare shells and uses them against our heroes.



* RunningGag: Oliver still doesn't like boats.



* TemptingFate: Felicity can't think of any possible scenario where Oliver would agree to teaming up with Malcolm Merlyn.

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* TemptingFate: TemptingFate:
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Felicity can't think of any possible scenario where Oliver would agree to teaming up with Malcolm Merlyn.Merlyn.
** Despite his promise to the citizens of the Glades, Oliver is forced to leave Starling City [[Recap/ArrowS3E20TheFallen before the end of the season]].
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-->'''Sin:''' Guess again, [[TheNicknamer Brick-head.]] ''(enters with equal number of Glades residents)''

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-->'''Sin:''' --->'''Sin:''' [[WalkInChimeIn Guess again, again]], [[TheNicknamer Brick-head.]] ''(enters with equal number of Glades residents)''
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* HesBack: Roy and Laurel exchange a delighted look on seeing a green-colored arrow slam into a mook.
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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Averted; Brick does remember killing Rebecca, because she was his first kill, done purely to [[IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten prove his worth to join a local gang]].

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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Averted; Malcolm intends to kill Brick does remember killing Rebecca, because she was by shooting him with his own gun, the same one he used on his wife Rebecca. But Brick doesn't know who he's talking about, since he's killed many people with that gun. Eventually he remembers her as the "brunette", his first kill, done purely to kill as [[IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten prove his worth part of an initiation to join a local gang]].
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** When Malcolm [[MeaningfulEcho repeats the line]] about the student surpassing the master we then cut to a flashback to a young Nyssa in training who meets Malcolm, her future ArchEnemy.

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** When Malcolm [[MeaningfulEcho repeats the line]] about the student surpassing the master master, we then cut to a flashback to of a young Nyssa in training who meets Malcolm, her future ArchEnemy.
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* HonorBeforeReason: Team Arrow (sans Roy) rejecting Malcolm's offer of help. Diggle even lampshades it by saying they "did the right thing, but maybe it wasn't the right choice".
* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: The episode's aesop.

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* HonorBeforeReason: Team Arrow (sans Roy) rejecting Malcolm's offer of help. Diggle even lampshades it by saying they "did "I don't know if we made the right thing, choice, but maybe it wasn't we definitely did the right choice".
thing."
* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: The episode's aesop.Aesop.
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* ChronicEvidenceRetentionSyndrome: Turns out that gun Brick carries is the one he uses for all his homicides. Felicity notes how stupid this is.

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* ChronicEvidenceRetentionSyndrome: Turns out that gun 9mm Beretta Brick carries is the one he uses for all his homicides. homicides, including Rebecca Merlyn twenty years ago. Felicity notes how he's either stupid this is.or arrogant.
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* BlindedByTheLight: Brick loads a shotgun with flare shells and uses them against our heroes.
* TheBusCameBack: Sin and Ted.

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* BlindedByTheLight: When he gets tired over masked vigilantes jumping out at his men from the dark, Brick loads a shotgun with flare shells and uses them against our heroes.
* TheBusCameBack: Sin and Ted.Ted Grant.

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-->'''Lance:''' I've seen you running around in a red hood. I've seen you shooting arrows. You think I'm not going to recognize ya just because you added some leather and laces?

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-->'''Lance:''' -->'''Arsenal:''' ''(with voice changer)'' Captain Lance.\\
'''Lance:''' ''Harper.''\\
''[beat]''\\
'''Arsenal:''' I'm not sure what you--\\
'''Lance:'''
I've seen you running around in wearing a red hood. hoodie, I've seen you shooting arrows. You arrows at people, you think I'm not going to I don't recognize ya just because you added some with a little extra leather and laces?lace?\\
'''Arsenal:''' ''(beat)'' Well, I guess I won't be needing this anymore. ''[turns off voice changer]''



-->'''Arsenal:''' ''[with voice changer]'' Captain Lance.\\
'''Lance:''' ''Harper.''\\
''[beat]''\\
'''Arsenal:''' I'm not sure what you--\\
'''Lance:''' I've seen you wearing a red hoodie, I've seen you shooting arrows at people, you think I don't recognize ya with a little extra leather and lace?\\
'''Arsenal:''' ...Well, I guess I won't be needing this anymore. ''[turns off voice changer]''



* PragmaticHero: Roy is willing to teamup with Malcolm, the rest of Team Arrow is not. Oliver also asks Malcolm to teach him sword techniques so he'll have a chance of killing Ra's al-Ghul.

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* PragmaticHero: Roy is willing to teamup team-up with Malcolm, the rest of Team Arrow is not. Oliver also asks Malcolm to teach him sword techniques so he'll have a chance of killing Ra's al-Ghul.



* SpotTheImposter: Sara is delighted at seeing the Black Canary, but is surprised when she doesn't appear to recognise her and just rides off with Arsenal. On getting a good look at her later, she realises someone else is wearing the mask and lets Sara's father know.

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* SpotTheImposter: Sara is delighted at seeing the Black Canary, but is surprised when she 'Sara' doesn't appear to recognise her and just rides off with Arsenal. On getting a good look at her the Canary later, she realises someone else is wearing the mask and lets Sara's father know.
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* PutOnABus: This is the last we see of Sin except for a cameo.

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* PutOnABus: This is the last we see of Sin except for a cameo.[[Recap/ArrowS7E12EmeraldArcher cameo in Season Seven]].

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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Averted; Brick does remember killing Rebecca, because she was his first kill, done purely to [[IfYouAreSoEvilEatThisKitten prove his worth to join a local gang]].

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* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Averted; Brick does remember killing Rebecca, because she was his first kill, done purely to [[IfYouAreSoEvilEatThisKitten [[IfYoureSoEvilEatThisKitten prove his worth to join a local gang]].


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* PutOnABus: This is the last we see of Sin except for a cameo.

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** When Malcolm repeats the line about the student surpassing the master" we then cut to a flashback to a young Nyssa meeting Malcolm.

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** When Malcolm [[MeaningfulEcho repeats the line line]] about the student surpassing the master" master we then cut to a flashback to a young Nyssa meeting Malcolm.in training who meets Malcolm, her future ArchEnemy.



* FireForgedFriends: Ollie and Tatsu are this by the time he departs back to Starling City.


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* TrueCompanions: When Oliver insists on heading back to Starling City despite not being fully recovered, Tatsu refuses to come with him. She ends up sneaking after him to make sure he gets back to civilization without keeling over.

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* DoYouWantToHearHowTheyDied: Brick taunts Malcolm with how his wife begged for her life, and contrasts it with his DefiantToTheEnd response.


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* WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: Brick taunts Malcolm with how his wife begged for her life, and contrasts it with his DefiantToTheEnd response.

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* InternalReveal: Sin tells Captain Lance that The Canary that is running around now is not Sara.



* SpotTheImposter: Sara is delighted at seeing the Black Canary, but is surprised when she doesn't appear to recognise her and just rides off with Arsenal. On getting a good look at her later, she realises someone else is wearing the mask and lets Sara's father know.



* ThatManIsDead: Thea tries to encourage her father to find a non-violent solution to avenging his wife's murder, but he rejects the idea.
-->'''Thea:''' You protected me, risked your life for me just like my mother did.
-->'''Malcolm:''' Thea, I know you want to believe there's more to me than a killer, but the fact is, there's not. That man died with his wife.



* UnderestimatingBadassery: Thea clearly still doesn't understand how dangerous the League is, despite Merlyn's warnings. While she's willing to stand her ground and defend herself, she hasn't quite internalized the fact that there's no way she's strong enough to fight the League without killing.

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* UnderestimatingBadassery: UnderestimatingBadassery:
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Thea clearly still doesn't understand how dangerous the League is, despite Merlyn's warnings. While she's willing to stand her ground and defend herself, she hasn't quite internalized the fact that there's no way she's strong enough to fight the League without killing.



* WhamLine: Not for the audience. But Sin tells Lance that The Canary that is running around now is not Sara.



* YouWontShootMe: Malcolm gets a brutal beating from the man he thinks killed his wife when he hesitates to pull the trigger. As he's strutting away though, Malcolm shoots him InTheBack.

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* YouWontShootMe: YouWouldntShootMe: Malcolm gets a brutal beating from the man he thinks killed his wife when he hesitates to pull the trigger. As he's strutting away though, Malcolm shoots him InTheBack.

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* BlindedByTheLight: Brick loads a shotgun with flare shells and uses them against our heroes.



* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Averted; Brick does remember killing Rebecca, because she was his first kill, done purely to [[IfYouAreSoEvilEatThisKitten prove his worth to join a local gang]].
* ChronicEvidenceRetentionSyndrome: Turns out that gun Brick carries is the one he uses for all his homicides. Felicity notes how stupid this is.



* DescriptionCut: When Oliver asks Tatsu to teach him swordfighting, she rejects it saying that he needs someone who understands how Ra's fights. "Only the student can surpass the master." We then cut to Malcolm Merlyn sharpening a League of Assassins sword.

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When Oliver asks Tatsu to teach him swordfighting, she rejects it saying that he needs someone who understands how Ra's fights. "Only the student can surpass the master." We then cut to Malcolm Merlyn sharpening a League of Assassins sword.sword.
** When Malcolm repeats the line about the student surpassing the master" we then cut to a flashback to a young Nyssa meeting Malcolm.
* DoYouWantToHearHowTheyDied: Brick taunts Malcolm with how his wife begged for her life, and contrasts it with his DefiantToTheEnd response.



* {{Irony}}: Lampshaded by Felicity when it turns out Brick is operating from the abandoned police station.



* LoveRedeems: Cited by Malcolm, after Oliver talks him out of killing Brick. Malcolm thinks IveComeTooFar to ever be redeemed, but Oliver convinces him to show Thea a different side to himself.

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* LoveRedeems: Cited by Malcolm, Malcolm after Oliver talks him out of killing Brick. Malcolm thinks IveComeTooFar to ever be redeemed, but Oliver convinces him to show Thea a different side to himself.


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* VillainousRescue: The Dark Archer turns up to rescue Arsenal and the Black Canary. It doesn't cut any ice with Team Arrow.
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* WhatHaveWeEar: In the flashback Malcolm is shown doing this to comfort Tommy from a nightmare. On arriving at Nanda he does the same trick for a young Nyssa [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior after she threatens to kill him]], causing her to give him his League name of "The Magician".

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* WhatHaveWeEar: In the flashback Malcolm is shown doing this to comfort Tommy from a nightmare. On arriving at Nanda Parbat he does the same trick for a young Nyssa [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior after she threatens to kill him]], causing her to give him his League name of "The Magician".

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* WhatHaveWeEar:

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* WhatHaveWeEar: In the flashback Malcolm is shown doing this to comfort Tommy from a nightmare. On arriving at Nanda he does the same trick for a young Nyssa [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior after she threatens to kill him]], causing her to give him his League name of "The Magician".


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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Brick gets increasingly annoyed by all these Halloween-costumed vigilantes confronting him. During the climactic battle, he manages to fend them off and escape down an alley, only to run into Merlyn in his Dark Archer outfit. Brick yells out an exasperated "REALLY?!" in response.

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* ComfortingComforter: Malcolm to Thea after returning to find her asleep on the couch.



* PoliceAreUseless: Captain Lance is stuck listening to desperate 911 calls from people whom the police are not allowed to help. He does give whatever help he can to Team Arrow behind the scenes, and after Brick is taken down gets the police to go back into the Glades and arrest the rest of his gang.



* PragmaticHero: Roy is willing to teamup with Malcolm, the rest of Team Arrow is not. Oliver also asks Malcolm to teach him sword techniques so he'll have a chance of killling Ra's al-Ghul.

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* PragmaticHero: Roy is willing to teamup with Malcolm, the rest of Team Arrow is not. Oliver also asks Malcolm to teach him sword techniques so he'll have a chance of killling killing Ra's al-Ghul.


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* WhatHaveWeEar:


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* YouWontShootMe: Malcolm gets a brutal beating from the man he thinks killed his wife when he hesitates to pull the trigger. As he's strutting away though, Malcolm shoots him InTheBack.
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* CatchPhrase
** Arsenal and Black Canary uses the BorrowedCatchphrase version when challenging Brick.
--->'''Black Canary:''' Daniel Brickwell...
--->'''Arsenal:''' You have failed this city.
--->'''Brick:''' And you seem to have failed in your maths. [[JustYouAndMeAndMyGuards Can't you see there's a lot more of us than there is of you?]]
-->'''Sin:''' Guess again, [[TheNicknamer Brick-head.]] ''(enters with equal number of Glades residents)''
** During his speech at the end, the Arrow tells the citizens of the Glades that they have not failed this city, and he won't fail them by leaving it again.


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* IgnoredEpiphany: Felicity had hoped that after his LoveConfession, if by some miracle Oliver survived his DuelToTheDeath it would cause him to reconsider their relationship. Instead the only lesson he has taken is that he needs to join forces with Malcolm, the very option Felicity refused on his behalf not too long ago.


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* LoveRedeems: Cited by Malcolm, after Oliver talks him out of killing Brick. Malcolm thinks IveComeTooFar to ever be redeemed, but Oliver convinces him to show Thea a different side to himself.

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* PragmaticHero: Roy is willing to teamup with Malcolm, the rest of Team Arrow is not. Oliver also asks Malcolm to teach him sword techniques so he'll have a chance of killling Ra's al-Ghul

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* PragmaticHero: Roy is willing to teamup with Malcolm, the rest of Team Arrow is not. Oliver also asks Malcolm to teach him sword techniques so he'll have a chance of killling Ra's al-Ghulal-Ghul.
* ShootTheTelevision: A [[{{Exposition}} news report on Brick taking over the Glades]] is interrupted by one of his thugs smashing the screen with a baseball bat before shaking down the owner.
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* EnemyMine: Malcolm offered Team Arrow a hand in fighting Brickwell. They refused (or rather, Roy was outvoted). At the end of the episode, Oliver asks Malcolm to train him fight Ra's.

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* EnemyMine: Malcolm offered Team Arrow a hand in fighting Brickwell. They refused (or rather, Roy was outvoted). At the end of the episode, Oliver asks Malcolm to train him fight Ra's.Ra's, to the shock of Felicity who was the most vocal opponent of them teaming up.
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* KingpinInHisGym: Thea and Malcolm swordfighting. She does well, but loses because she hesitates to go for the CoupDeGrace.


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* TemptingFate: Felicity can't think of any possible scenario where Oliver would agree to teaming up with Malcolm Merlyn.

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* ClarkKenting: Roy goes to have a conversation with Capt. Lace as Arsenal, in full costume and with a voice changer. Subverted in that Lance ''immediately'' recognizes him.

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* ClarkKenting: Averted when Roy goes to have a conversation with Capt. Lace as Arsenal, in full costume and with a voice changer. Subverted in that Lance ''immediately'' recognizes him.


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* DescriptionCut: When Oliver asks Tatsu to teach him swordfighting, she rejects it saying that he needs someone who understands how Ra's fights. "Only the student can surpass the master." We then cut to Malcolm Merlyn sharpening a League of Assassins sword.
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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: An odd example. Brick's gang is armed with various handguns and automatic rifles. The somewhat larger citizen army is armed with mostly ad-hoc melee weapons such as bats, crowbars, and even a plank of wood. (Seriously? At no point did you find something better than a 2x4?) So what does Brick's gang do when the battle starts? They charge into melee and engage hand to hand before firing a single shot.

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* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: An odd example. Brick's gang is armed with various handguns and automatic rifles. The somewhat larger citizen army is armed with mostly ad-hoc melee weapons such as bats, crowbars, and even a plank of wood. (Seriously? At no point did you find something better than a 2x4?) So what does Brick's gang do when the battle starts? They charge into melee and engage hand to hand before firing a single shot.
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* TimeShiftedActor: Tommy, Oliver and Nyssa are portrayed by much younger actors in Malcolm's flashbacks.

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* TimeShiftedActor: Tommy, Oliver and Nyssa are portrayed by much younger actors children under 12 in Malcolm's flashbacks.
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* ClarkKenting: Roy goes to have a conversation with Detective Lance as Arsenal, in full costume and with a voice changer. Subverted in that Lance ''immediately'' recognizes him.

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* ClarkKenting: Roy goes to have a conversation with Detective Lance Capt. Lace as Arsenal, in full costume and with a voice changer. Subverted in that Lance ''immediately'' recognizes him.



* EnemyMine: Malcolm offered Team Arrow a hand in fighting Brickwell. They refused (Or rather, Roy was outvoted). At the end of the episode, Oliver asks Malcolm to train him fight Ra's.

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* EnemyMine: Malcolm offered Team Arrow a hand in fighting Brickwell. They refused (Or (or rather, Roy was outvoted). At the end of the episode, Oliver asks Malcolm to train him fight Ra's.



* GodzillaThreshold: The only way Ollie has even a ''chance'' of defeating Ra's Al-Ghul is to be trained by someone from the League, and Malcolm Merlyn is the only choice.

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* GodzillaThreshold: The only way Ollie has even a ''chance'' of defeating Ra's Al-Ghul al-Ghul is to be trained by someone from the League, and Malcolm Merlyn is the only choice.



* PragmaticHero: Roy is willing to teamup with Malcolm, the rest of Team Arrow is not. Oliver also asks Malcolm to teach him sword techniques so he'll have a chance of killling Ra's Al-Ghul

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* PragmaticHero: Roy is willing to teamup with Malcolm, the rest of Team Arrow is not. Oliver also asks Malcolm to teach him sword techniques so he'll have a chance of killling Ra's Al-Ghulal-Ghul



* WhatTheHellHero: Felicity is '''not''' happy that Oliver is willing to train under a mass-murdering psychopath who has personally caused the deaths/trauma of several of Ollie's loved ones. (Although Olivier really has no other choice; it's that or let Ra's Al-Ghul kill him and everyone else he care cares about.)

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* WhatTheHellHero: Felicity is '''not''' happy that Oliver is willing to train under a mass-murdering psychopath who has personally caused the deaths/trauma of several of Ollie's loved ones. (Although Olivier really has no other choice; it's that or let Ra's Al-Ghul al-Ghul kill him and everyone else he care cares about.)



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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Danny Brickwell killed Rebecca Merlyn. That makes him indirectly responsible for the events of the series.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Felicity is '''not''' happy that Oliver is willing to train under a mass-murdering psychopath who has personally caused the deaths/trauma of several of Ollie's loved ones. (Although Olivier really as no other choice; it's that or let Ra's Al-Ghul kill him and everyone else he care cares about.)

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* WhatTheHellHero: Felicity is '''not''' happy that Oliver is willing to train under a mass-murdering psychopath who has personally caused the deaths/trauma of several of Ollie's loved ones. (Although Olivier really as has no other choice; it's that or let Ra's Al-Ghul kill him and everyone else he care cares about.)

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