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* TemptingFate:
-->'''Inmate:''' Let's see how good you are without your arrows.
-->''(Roy beats them up [[WithMyHandsTied with his hands cuffed]])''
-->'''Roy:''' And remember--that was without arrows.



-->'''Roy:''' And remember. That was without arrows.
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: As the supposed Arrow, a vigilante who was responsible for several criminals either being imprisoned or killed, Roy would not be placed in General Population with the other prisoners. This would all but ensure that he is attacked by inmates in retribution and big surprise, that's exactly what happens.
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** Oliver tells Team Arrow to get his backup weapons from the secondary lair, which he was shown to have in "City of Blood". They have to operate out of the Palmer Technologies building however, for practical reasons.

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** Oliver tells Team Arrow to get his backup weapons from the secondary lair, which he was shown to have in "City of Blood". They Though they have to operate out of the Palmer Technologies building however, Tech IT lab for practical reasons.

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* TheAtoner
-->'''Roy:''' Patrol officer Gabe Vincent left behind a wife and a nine-year-old boy.
-->'''Quentin:''' I know.
-->'''Roy:''' I killed him. I stabbed him in the chest with an arrow. So don't think for a second that I don't deserve to be here.
-->'''Quentin:''' No. You don't think for a second that what you're doing here makes up for any of what you did out there.



* ColdEquation: They are short one vial of vaccine, so Oliver offers to go forego his and stay behind in Hong Kong to stop the virus from being distributed.



* ShoutOut: Ray's climactic battle with Deathbolt is clearly inspired by the FinalBattle of ''Film/RealSteel''. Bonus points for both having characters named Atom.

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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
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Ray's climactic battle with Deathbolt is clearly inspired by the FinalBattle of ''Film/RealSteel''. Bonus points for both having characters named Atom.Atom.
** Felicity says, [[Film/TheWizardOfOz "I'll miss you most of all, Scarecrow"]] when saying goodbye to Roy.
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** Quentin dials his nastiness down a notch when speaking to Roy and Thea, mainly because he views them as acting out of misguided loyalty to Oliver who is the real culprit.

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** Quentin dials his nastiness down a notch when speaking to [[JustAKid Roy and Thea, Thea]], mainly because he views them as acting out of misguided loyalty to Oliver who is the real culprit.
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* WillNotTellALie: Thea goes to visit Roy in prison, but he can't reveal the plan to fake his death because someone might be eavesdropping. However he has also promised never to lie to Thea again after she dumped him over his lies last year. Roy tries to assure Thea that everything will be alright, but when she asks if that is a lie, he hangs up.

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* WillNotTellALie: Thea goes to visit Roy in prison, but he can't reveal the plan to fake his death because someone she might be eavesdropping.tell Oliver. However he has also promised never to lie to Thea again after she dumped him over his lies last year. Roy tries to assure Thea that everything will be alright, but when she asks if that is a lie, he hangs up.

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** Oliver tells Team Arrow to get his backup weapons from the secondary lair, which he was shown to have in "City of Blood". They have to operate out of the Palmer Technologies building however, for practical reasons.



* TrashTheSet: The Arrowcave gets stormed and searched by the police, forcing them to move to an alternate site (Felicity's former IT lair in Queen Consolidated).

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* TrashTheSet: The Arrowcave gets stormed and searched by the police, forcing them to move to an alternate site (Felicity's former IT lair in Queen Consolidated).the Palmer Technologies building).
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** Malcolm Merlyn warns Oliver that despite everything that's happened to him, none of his friends have actually died yet, and invites Oliver to consider what next Ra's might try to force his hand.

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** Malcolm Merlyn warns Oliver that despite everything that's happened to him, happened, none of his friends the people closest to him have actually died yet, died, and invites Oliver to consider what next move Ra's might try next to force his hand.
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** Quentin says he didn't want waste time getting a search warrant for the Verdant's basement before it was turned into [[Recap/ArrowS1E19UnfinishedBusiness a storage unit]] again.

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** Quentin says he didn't want to waste time getting a search warrant for the Verdant's basement before it was turned into [[Recap/ArrowS1E19UnfinishedBusiness a storage unit]] again.
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* ArrowCatch: Unsurprisingly, Ra's effortlessly catches a knife thrown by Thea.
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** During the attack on Roy, he uses a [[SimpleStaff snapped off mop handle]] to good effect.

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** During the attack on Roy, he an inmate and then Roy (after taking it off him) uses a [[SimpleStaff snapped off [[BroomstickQuarterstaff broken-off mop handle]] to good effect.
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* DueToTheDead: Ra's gives a prayer for Thea's soul after stabbing her.
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* NeverMyFault: Lance tells Oliver it's his fault that Roy got fatally stabbed; Lance knew damn well that Roy would get stabbed and did nothing to move him to more secure facilities.

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* NeverMyFault: Lance tells Oliver it's his fault that Roy got fatally stabbed; Lance knew damn well that Roy would get stabbed attacked and did nothing to move him to more secure facilities.
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* FakingTheDead: Roy ends up doing this with the help of an A.R.G.U.S. agent Diggle contacted.

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* FakingTheDead: Roy ends up doing this with the help of an A.R.G.U.S. agent Diggle contacted.contacted, who stabs Roy in a [[OnlyAFleshWound carefully selected place]] using a dagger impregnated with a substance that will slow his heartbeat to simulate death.
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* YouTalkTooMuch: Oliver catches a DeathGlare from Felicity when he suggests that she and Ray might be related in regards to this trope.

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* YouTalkTooMuch: Oliver catches a DeathGlare from Felicity when he suggests that she and Ray might be related in regards to because of this trope.
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* SwoppedRoles: Oliver finds himself chafing at MissionControl while an inexperienced Ray is taking on his role in the field. When he asks Felicity if she

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* SwoppedRoles: SwappedRoles: Oliver finds himself chafing at MissionControl while an inexperienced Ray is taking on his role in the field. When he asks Felicity if she gets this anxious when he's in the field, Felicity has to resist making a biting comment.

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* BuffySpeak
-->'''Felicity:''' So, obviously we need to catch this plasma death thing guy. Ugh, now I see why Cisco gives them all names.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: The fact that the Arrowcave is wiped clean of everything but Roy's prints should have clued Oliver into the fact that Felicity and Diggle were planning something. Not only is it unlikely for them to have done that in their allotted time, it would have been very difficult to get Roy's prints everywhere without his direct help.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
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The fact that the Arrowcave is wiped clean of everything but Roy's prints should have clued Oliver into the fact that Felicity and Diggle were planning something. Not only is it unlikely for them to have done that in their allotted time, it would have been very difficult to get Roy's prints everywhere without his direct help.help.
** Malcolm Merlyn warns Oliver that despite everything that's happened to him, none of his friends have actually died yet, and invites Oliver to consider what next Ra's might try to force his hand.



** Noted InUniverse by a news report mentioning that Roy Harper was a criminal before he turned vigilante.

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** Noted InUniverse by a news report mentioning that Roy Harper was a career criminal before he turned vigilante.

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* ChekhovsGun: Ray was seen early in the episode experimenting with remote controlling his suit. Later, he has Oliver operating it in order to compensate for his lack of experience.

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* ChekhovsGun: ChekhovsGun:
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Ray was seen early in the episode experimenting with remote controlling his suit. Later, he has Oliver operating it in order to compensate for his lack of experience.experience.
** Flashback!Oliver swipes a mobile phone while also stealing the vaccine. It contains plans on how Shrieve's men intend to distribute the supervirus.



* ColdEquation: They are shot one vial of vaccine, so Oliver offers to go short.
* ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind: From Waller no less, who kills a soldier just as he's about to shoot Oliver.

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* ColdEquation: They are shot short one vial of vaccine, so Oliver offers to go short.
forego his and stay behind in Hong Kong to stop the virus from being distributed.
* ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind: From Waller no less, who kills a soldier just as he's about to shoot Oliver. She explains that [[DamselOutOfDistress she was being held hostage by Shrieve's men]] who are [[NotMeThisTime actually the ones trying to kill Oliver and the Yamashiros]].



* EvilAllAlong: General Matthew Shrieve (and NotMeThisTime for Waller).

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* EvilAllAlong: General Matthew Shrieve (and NotMeThisTime for Waller).Shrieve.
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* AllUpToYou: Oliver can't fight the metahuman because the police are following him everywhere he goes, so he has to call in Ray Palmer and his ATOM suit to help. Later when the neural interface is broken, Ray has to use his own HeroicWillpower to fight the villain.

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* AllUpToYou: Oliver can't fight the metahuman because the police are following him everywhere he goes, so he has to call in Ray Palmer and his ATOM suit to help. Later when the neural interface is broken, Ray has to use his own HeroicWillpower to fight the villain.rather than rely on Oliver's combat skills.
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** Noted InUniverse by a news report mentioning that Roy Palmer was a criminal before he turned vigilante.

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** Noted InUniverse by a news report mentioning that Roy Palmer Harper was a criminal before he turned vigilante.
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* DownerEnding: Oliver lost everything that he worked hard for: the woman he loves at the moment is now clearly being drawn to her new boyfriend, his {{Sidekick}} had to fake his death so he can clear Oliver's name and then leave town, and last but not the least, his only remaining relative may be dead at the end of the episode.

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* DownerEnding: Oliver lost everything that he worked hard for: the woman he loves at the moment is now clearly being drawn to her new boyfriend, his {{Sidekick}} had to fake his death so he can clear Oliver's name and then leave town, and last but not the least, his only remaining relative may be dead at the end of the episode. Even in the flashback scenes things are going badly with a supervirus about to infect Hong Kong.

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* CallBack: [[Recap/ArrowS1E19UnfinishedBusiness Once again]] the police get a warrant to search the basement of Verdant, only to find one of Oliver's associates has already anticipated them without Oliver's knowledge.
* CallingTheOldManOut: In her only scene this episode, Laurel managed to give her dad a much needed scolding.

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* CallBack: CallBack:
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[[Recap/ArrowS1E19UnfinishedBusiness Once again]] the police get a warrant to search the basement of Verdant, only to find one of Oliver's associates has already anticipated them without Oliver's knowledge.
** During Quentin's discussion with Roy, Quentin showing him a [[Recap/ArrowS1E20HomeInvasion victim of the Arrow in the morgue]], and [[Recap/ArrowS2E20SeeingRed Roy killing a policeman]], are raised.
* CallingTheOldManOut: In her only scene this episode, Laurel managed serves a writ to give force her dad a much needed scolding.father to release Oliver and snarks when he resists, "Are you the only one who's allowed to put themselves above the law?"


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* UnspokenPlanGuarantee: Team Arrow don't fill Oliver in on their scheme until it comes off successfully, despite the risk of Oliver doing something reckless. They handwave this by saying that Oliver would never agree to it--the plan after all required Ray to become a fugitive leaving Thea behind, and taking a strong risk of being killed if something went wrong with the faked death or if another inmate with a grudge got to him first.
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* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Oliver has to be restrained from going to rescue Roy or take on Simmons himself, at one point nearly coming to blows with Diggle.

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* BlatantLies: Ray claims that he didn't actually love Felicity after it becomes clear that she doesn't reciprocate his feelings.

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* BlatantLies: BlatantLies:
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Ray claims that he didn't actually love Felicity after it becomes clear that she doesn't reciprocate his feelings.feelings.
** Ray's confession includes him setting up the Arrowcave right under the club owned by his girlfriend without her knowledge. The irony is that Thea really didn't know, but only because Verdant was built by Oliver before she acquired it.

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* AttackBackfire: Zapping Simmons with the ATOM suits' energy gauntlets just recharges him for another blast from his EyeBeams. However this does give Team Arrow the EurekaMoment to track him down via drains on the energy grid.



* ColdEquation: They are shot one vial of vaccine, so Oliver offers to go short.



* ImprovisedWeapon
** Felicity becomes a DamselOutOfDistress by turning on a steampipe to stop herself being choked to death.
** During the attack on Roy, he uses a [[SimpleStaff snapped off mop handle]] to good effect.



* {{Irony}}: Oliver can't help giving a bitter smile on realizing he's stuck on another island that he might not escape alive, this time Hong Kong.

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* {{Irony}}: {{Irony}}:
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Oliver can't help giving a bitter smile on realizing he's stuck on another island that he might not escape alive, this time Hong Kong.Kong.
** Noted InUniverse by a news report mentioning that Roy Palmer was a criminal before he turned vigilante.



* TrueCompanions: Team Arrow works behind Oliver's back to stop him going to prison, while in the flashback the Yamashiros refuse to let Oliver risk his life alone in Hong Kong to stop the virus.



** Lt. Pike gives one to Lance for still pursuing Oliver since there is no evidence against him and Roy is in custody. He warns him that he could destroy what's left of his career if he doesn't throttle back.
** Lance accuses Oliver for being at fault for Roy being in prison.

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** Lt. Pike gives one to Lance for still pursuing Oliver since there is no evidence against him and Roy is in custody. He warns him that he could destroy what's left of his career if he doesn't throttle back.
back what seems to be a personal vendetta.
** Lance accuses Oliver for being at fault for Roy being in prison. In fairness he thinks Oliver put Roy up to taking the fall for him, when that's not the case.

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* AbandonedWarehouse: Lampshaded when Ray wonders how many are in Starling City.

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* AbandonedWarehouse: Lampshaded AbortedDeclarationOfLove
-->'''Felicity:''' I know who you are. Whether you're in a suit or under a hood, you're the man that I... [[BaitAndSwitchComment You're the man that I believe in.]]
* AllUpToYou: Oliver can't fight the metahuman because the police are following him everywhere he goes, so he has to call in Ray Palmer and his ATOM suit to help. Later
when the neural interface is broken, Ray wonders how many are in Starling City.has to use his own HeroicWillpower to fight the villain.



* BitchInSheepsClothing: Oliver is gravely mistaken about General Shrieve.



* CallBack: [[Recap/ArrowS1E19UnfinishedBusiness Once again]] the police get a warrant to search the basement of Verdant, only to find one of Oliver's associates has already anticipated them without Oliver's knowledge.



* CantYouReadTheSign: There's an attempt by inmates to murder Roy near a sign warning against unruly behavior.



* ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind: From Waller no less, who kills a soldier just as he's about to shoot Oliver.



* GeekyTurnOn: Felicity has to restrain herself from kissing Ray when he thinks of something clever.



* IdeaBulb: Ray actually says, "Lightbulb!" at one point when he has a EurekaMoment.



--->'''Ray''': How many abandoned warehouses are in this city? No, no I'm genuinely curious.

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--->'''Ray''': How many abandoned warehouses {{abandoned warehouse}}s are in this city? No, no I'm genuinely curious.



* PetTheDog:
** Waller saves Oliver's life and warns him to get out of Hong Kong.
** Quentin dials his nastiness down a notch when speaking to Roy and Thea, mainly because he views them as acting out of misguided loyalty to Oliver who is the real culprit.



* RunOrDie: Ray has to do this the first time he's beaten. In fairness that's exactly what Oliver told him to do.



* SwoppedRoles: Oliver finds himself chafing at MissionControl while an inexperienced Ray is taking on his role in the field. When he asks Felicity if she



* TrashTheSet: The Arrowcave gets stormed and searched by the police, forcing them to move to an alternate site (Felicity's former IT lair in Queen Consolidated).



* WillNotTellALie: Thea goes to visit Roy in prison, but he can't reveal the plan to fake his death because someone might be eavesdropping. However he has also promised never to lie to Thea again after she dumped him over his lies last year. Roy tries to assure Thea that everything will be alright, but when she asks if that is a lie, he hangs up.



* WouldHitAGirl: Ra's curb-stomps Thea.

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* WouldHitAGirl: Ra's curb-stomps Thea.Thea.
* YouTalkTooMuch: Oliver catches a DeathGlare from Felicity when he suggests that she and Ray might be related in regards to this trope.
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* CallForwarding: After telling Oliver to get out of Hong Kong, Waller says they will meet again some day.

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* CallForwarding: CallForward: After telling Oliver to get out of Hong Kong, Waller says they will meet again some day.
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* {{Irony}}: Oliver can't help giving a bitter smile on realizing he's stuck on another island that he might not escape alive, this time Hong Kong.
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* EvilAllAlong: General Matthew Shrieve.

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* EvilAllAlong: General Matthew Shrieve.Shrieve (and NotMeThisTime for Waller).
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* CallForwarding: After telling Oliver to get out of Hong Kong, Waller says they will meet again some day.

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