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* KickTheSonOfABitch: Emiko fires three arrows into Dante to torture him before she kills him.
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* EvilVsEvil: Emiko takes out Dante for murdering her mother, but gives no sign of abandoning the Ninth Circle's lethal plans.
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* AbsenteeActor: Roy and William don't appear in the flash-forward, and Laurel is absent from both time periods.
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* CurbStompBattle:
** Holding a gun doesn't make Felicity a fighter, as Virgil easily disarms her.
** The DIA soldiers easily dispatch the Ninth Circle soldiers with their much more advanced weaponry.
** Holding a gun doesn't make Felicity a fighter, as Virgil easily disarms her.
** The DIA soldiers easily dispatch the Ninth Circle soldiers with their much more advanced weaponry.
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* RealityEnsues:
** Holding a gun doesn't make Felicity a fighter, as Virgil easily disarms her.
** The DIA soldiers easily dispatch the Ninth Circle soldiers with their much more advanced weaponry.
** Holding a gun doesn't make Felicity a fighter, as Virgil easily disarms her.
** The DIA soldiers easily dispatch the Ninth Circle soldiers with their much more advanced weaponry.
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** Holding a gun doesn't make Felicity a fighter, as Virgil easily disarms her.
** The DIA soldiers easily dispatch the Ninth Circle soldiers with their much more advanced weaponry.
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* CanonCharacterAllAlong: John Diggle is revealed to be none other than [[ComicBook/GreenLantern John Stewart]]... in a roundabout way; if he had taken his stepfather's surname, he would be John Stewart instead of John Diggle. As mentioned in the ''Series/{{Elseworlds|2018}}'' crossover, John's Earth-90 doppelganger was the Green Arrow of that world.
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* CanonCharacterAllAlong: John Diggle is revealed to be none other than [[ComicBook/GreenLantern John Stewart]]... in a roundabout way; if he had taken his stepfather's surname, he would be John Stewart instead of John Diggle. As mentioned in the ''Series/{{Elseworlds|2018}}'' crossover, John's Earth-90 doppelganger was the Green Arrow Lantern of that world.
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* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Dante tries to justify his murder of Emiko's mother by claiming that her mother was making her weak and that Emiko needed to fully embrace the Ninth Circle in order to reach her full potential. Emiko doesn't buy it.
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* CanonCharacterAllAlong: John Diggle is revealed to be none other than [[ComicBook/GreenLantern John Stewart]]... in a roundabout way; if he had taken his stepfather's surname, he would be John Stewart instead of John Diggle.
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* CanonCharacterAllAlong: John Diggle is revealed to be none other than [[ComicBook/GreenLantern John Stewart]]... in a roundabout way; if he had taken his stepfather's surname, he would be John Stewart instead of John Diggle. As mentioned in the ''Series/{{Elseworlds|2018}}'' crossover, John's Earth-90 doppelganger was the Green Arrow of that world.
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* AlmostKiss: Connor and Mia almost kiss while hiding from J.J.'s goons.
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* AndThisIsFor: Emiko, when killing Dante for the murder of her mother.
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* EscapeArtist: General Stewart is able to escape his restrains with the help of his shoelaces.
* ForcedToWatch: When torturing Roy Stewart doesn't work, Dante opts to torture John in front of him instead.
* ForcedToWatch: When torturing Roy Stewart doesn't work, Dante opts to torture John in front of him instead.
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* HeroicSacrifice: Two non-lethal examples.
** Years ago, General Stewart took the fall for John's father, who lost his life due to a mistake on his part, in order for John to be able to still see him as a hero.
** Felicity destroys Archer so it can't fall into the Ninth Circle's hands.
** Years ago, General Stewart took the fall for John's father, who lost his life due to a mistake on his part, in order for John to be able to still see him as a hero.
** Felicity destroys Archer so it can't fall into the Ninth Circle's hands.
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* ManlyTears: Both Roy and John are in tears when they are saying their goodbyes.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Felicity is very unnerved at having provided criminals a potentially dangerous weapon with Archer, even comparing herself to her father. Alena assures her that she is most certainly not like him.
* NotQuiteDead: Turns out Virgil didn't die after jumping out of the window.
* ParentChildTeam: Roy Stewart and John.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Felicity is very unnerved at having provided criminals a potentially dangerous weapon with Archer, even comparing herself to her father. Alena assures her that she is most certainly not like him.
* NotQuiteDead: Turns out Virgil didn't die after jumping out of the window.
* ParentChildTeam: Roy Stewart and John.
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* RealityEnsues:
** Holding a gun doesn't make Felicity a fighter, as Virgil easily disarms her.
** The DIA soldiers easily dispatch the Ninth Circle soldiers with their much more advanced weaponry.
** Holding a gun doesn't make Felicity a fighter, as Virgil easily disarms her.
** The DIA soldiers easily dispatch the Ninth Circle soldiers with their much more advanced weaponry.
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* SaveTheVillain: Rene desperately believes that Emiko can be redeemed, the same way Laurel was. At the end of the episode, he seems to have lost this hope.
* SurvivalMantra: Roy recites his name and rank while Dante tortures him.
* SurvivalMantra: Roy recites his name and rank while Dante tortures him.
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* ToughLove: Roy Stewart was very hard on John and Andy, but it was all just so they could protect themselves.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: It's implied that Alena, of all people, is responsible for Galaxy One's army of SuperSoldiers, as she probably went ahead and rebuilt Archer, against Felicity's explicit wishes.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: It's implied that Alena, of all people, is responsible for Galaxy One's army of SuperSoldiers, as she probably went ahead and rebuilt Archer, against Felicity's explicit wishes.
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** Diggle has a ton towards his stepfather, General Roy Stewart. He blames for him for leaving his birth dad behind in an op and then six months later dating and married his mother and proceeded to treat John and Andy like recruits instead of his children. John makes a point of addressing him as "General" instead of dad or father. The truth is more complicated; Diggle's birth father was a negligent soldier and got himself and two other marines killed. It was story the General concocted to spare John and Andy the AwfulTruth, and once John is informed, the two men make peace.
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** Diggle has a ton towards his stepfather, General Roy Stewart. He blames for him for leaving his birth dad behind in an op and then six months later dating and married his mother and proceeded to treat John and Andy like recruits instead of his children. John makes a point of addressing him as "General" instead of dad or father. The truth is more complicated; Diggle's birth father was a negligent soldier and got himself and two other marines killed. It was a story the General concocted to spare John and Andy the AwfulTruth, and once John is informed, the two men make peace.
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* ParentsAsPeople: General Stewart loves John like his own son, but his method of treating him like a recruit and not a son was by no means perfect. But on the other hand, he could've told John the truth about his father any time but didn't even though it meant John spent a lifetime hating him rather than tarnish the memory of John's father.
** John himself in the future, which put Connor and John Jr at opposite ends of the moral spectrum.
** John himself in the future, which put Connor and John Jr at opposite ends of the moral spectrum.
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* CallForward: In the FlashForward, part of Star City is "Deathstroke" terrority, a nod to that Grant Wilson conquers the city. At the moment it's just a city gang led by John Jr. Diggle.
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: John Diggle is revealed to be none other than John Stewart...in a roundabout way; if he had taken his stepfather's surname, he would be John Stewart instead of John Diggle.
* DaddyIssues: Diggle has a ton towards his stepfather, General Roy Stewart. He blames for him for leaving his birth dad behind in an op and then six months later dating and married his mother and proceeded to treat John and Andy like recruits instead of his children. John makes a point of addressing him as "General" instead of dad or father. The truth is more complicated; Diggle's birth father was a negligent soldier and got himself and two other marines killed. It was story the General concocted to spare John and Andy the AwfulTruth.
* HistoryRepeats: Diggle hates his stepfather. In the FlashForward John Jr hates his parents too sadly.
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: John Diggle is revealed to be none other than John Stewart...in a roundabout way; if he had taken his stepfather's surname, he would be John Stewart instead of John Diggle.
* DaddyIssues: Diggle has a ton towards his stepfather, General Roy Stewart. He blames for him for leaving his birth dad behind in an op and then six months later dating and married his mother and proceeded to treat John and Andy like recruits instead of his children. John makes a point of addressing him as "General" instead of dad or father. The truth is more complicated; Diggle's birth father was a negligent soldier and got himself and two other marines killed. It was story the General concocted to spare John and Andy the AwfulTruth.
* HistoryRepeats: Diggle hates his stepfather. In the FlashForward John Jr hates his parents too sadly.
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* AbsenteeActor: Roy and William don't appear in the flash-forward, and Laurel is absent from both time periods.
* AnnoyingArrows: Averted; the arrows Emiko fires into Dante cause painful, debilitating injuries that make his KarmicDeath a much more painful affair, [[{{Revenge}} which was likely the point]].
* BondVillainStupidity: Dante leaves Diggle and Stewart unguarded in a room with Diggle's Spartan gear, even leaving his own torture tools on a table in the same room. Predictably, they escape.
* CainAndAbel: When his adoptive brother Connor comes calling, JJ orders one of his mooks to shoot him.
* CallForward: In the FlashForward, part of Star City is "Deathstroke" terrority, a nod tothat Grant Wilson conquers later conquering the city. At the moment it's just a city gang led by John Jr. Diggle.
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: John Diggle is revealed to be none other than [[ComicBook/GreenLantern JohnStewart...Stewart]]... in a roundabout way; if he had taken his stepfather's surname, he would be John Stewart instead of John Diggle.
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** Diggle has a ton towards his stepfather, General Roy Stewart. He blames for him for leaving his birth dad behind in an op and then six months later dating and married his mother and proceeded to treat John and Andy like recruits instead of his children. John makes a point of addressing him as "General" instead of dad or father. The truth is more complicated; Diggle's birth father was a negligent soldier and got himself and two other marines killed. It was story the General concocted to spare John and Andy theAwfulTruth.
AwfulTruth, and once John is informed, the two men make peace.
** Diggle's own children have some complicated feelings towards him in the future; the expectations that John placed on his sons led John Jr. to rebel against his father and become a leading member of a gang modeled after Diggle's old enemy Deathstroke, and Connor, although he's much more reasonable about it, clearly has some issues with his adoptive father's parenting as well.
*HistoryRepeats: FourStarBadass: General Stewart hasn't lost a step despite his age, holding his own against Ninth Circle mooks and keeping pace with Diggle in the field.
* FromBadToWorse: The armored assassin that all but wiped out the Canaries in the FlashForward? Galaxy One has an entire ''army'' of them.
* HistoryRepeats:
** Diggle hates his stepfather.In Sadly, in the FlashForward FlashForward, John Jr Jr. hates his parents too sadly.too.
** Like the present day Diggle brothers, Connor and John Jr. have a CainAndAbel relationship.
* AnnoyingArrows: Averted; the arrows Emiko fires into Dante cause painful, debilitating injuries that make his KarmicDeath a much more painful affair, [[{{Revenge}} which was likely the point]].
* BondVillainStupidity: Dante leaves Diggle and Stewart unguarded in a room with Diggle's Spartan gear, even leaving his own torture tools on a table in the same room. Predictably, they escape.
* CainAndAbel: When his adoptive brother Connor comes calling, JJ orders one of his mooks to shoot him.
* CallForward: In the FlashForward, part of Star City is "Deathstroke" terrority, a nod to
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: John Diggle is revealed to be none other than [[ComicBook/GreenLantern John
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** Diggle has a ton towards his stepfather, General Roy Stewart. He blames for him for leaving his birth dad behind in an op and then six months later dating and married his mother and proceeded to treat John and Andy like recruits instead of his children. John makes a point of addressing him as "General" instead of dad or father. The truth is more complicated; Diggle's birth father was a negligent soldier and got himself and two other marines killed. It was story the General concocted to spare John and Andy the
** Diggle's own children have some complicated feelings towards him in the future; the expectations that John placed on his sons led John Jr. to rebel against his father and become a leading member of a gang modeled after Diggle's old enemy Deathstroke, and Connor, although he's much more reasonable about it, clearly has some issues with his adoptive father's parenting as well.
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* FromBadToWorse: The armored assassin that all but wiped out the Canaries in the FlashForward? Galaxy One has an entire ''army'' of them.
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** Diggle hates his stepfather.
** Like the present day Diggle brothers, Connor and John Jr. have a CainAndAbel relationship.
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* KarmicDeath: Dante murdered Emiko's mother to mould her into the perfect leader for the Ninth Circle, so it's really only fitting that he dies kneeling before her.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Emiko fires three arrows into Dante to torture him before she kills him.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: Emiko fires three arrows into Dante to torture him before she kills him.
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* TheUnfavorite: It's revealed that John Jr feels this way compared to Connor; Connor was everything their parents wanted in a son, while John Jr felt he could never measure up so he joined the Deathstroke Gang to rebel.
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* {{Sadist}}: Dante cracks a SlasherSmile while torturing Diggle and General Stewart. After he's spent his previous appearances as nothing but TheStoic, it's quite jarring.
* TheUnfavorite: It's revealed that John Jr feels this way compared to Connor; Connor was everything their parents wanted in a son, while JohnJr Jr. felt he could never measure up so he joined the Deathstroke Gang to rebel.rebel.
* VillainousLegacy: Even without any obvious influence from Slade or his sons, Deathstroke remains a significant symbol in Star City; a gang in the villain's image has emerged in the FlashForward.
* YouKilledMyFather: After finding out the truth from Oliver, Emiko murders Dante to take revenge for her mother's murder.
* TheUnfavorite: It's revealed that John Jr feels this way compared to Connor; Connor was everything their parents wanted in a son, while John
* VillainousLegacy: Even without any obvious influence from Slade or his sons, Deathstroke remains a significant symbol in Star City; a gang in the villain's image has emerged in the FlashForward.
* YouKilledMyFather: After finding out the truth from Oliver, Emiko murders Dante to take revenge for her mother's murder.
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* CanonCharacterAllAlong: John Diggle is revealed to be none than John Stewart...in a roundabout way; if he had taken his stepfather's surname, he would be John Stewart instead of John Diggle.
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* InternalReveal: Oliver tells Emiko that Dante killed her mom and has been using the Ninth Circle to gaslight her. But since he has no hard evidence, she predictably refuses to belief that Dante would betray her like that. {{Subverted}} in that the end reveals that she ''did'' believe him and she kills Dante. However whether Emiko will change her feelings about her brother or abandon the Ninth Circle is up in the air.
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* InternalReveal: Oliver tells Emiko that Dante killed her mom and has been using the Ninth Circle to gaslight her. But since he has no hard evidence, she predictably refuses to belief believe that Dante would betray her like that. {{Subverted}} in that the end reveals that she ''did'' believe him and she kills Dante. However whether Emiko will change her feelings about her brother or abandon the Ninth Circle is up in the air.
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* CallForward: In the FlashForward, part of Star City is "Deathstoke" terrority, a nod to that Grant Wilson conquers the city. At the moment it's just a city gang led by John Jr. Diggle.
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* CallForward: In the FlashForward, part of Star City is "Deathstoke" "Deathstroke" terrority, a nod to that Grant Wilson conquers the city. At the moment it's just a city gang led by John Jr. Diggle.
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* InternalReveal: Oliver tells Emiko that Dante killed her mom and has been using the Ninth Circle to gaslight her. But since he has no hard evidence, she predictably refuses to belief that Dante would betray her like that. {{Subverted}} in that the end reveals that she ''did'' believe him and she kills Dante. However whether Emiko will change her feelings about her brother or abandon the Ninth Circle is up in the air.
* KilledOffForReal: Dante, courtesy of Emiko.
* KilledOffForReal: Dante, courtesy of Emiko.
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John's estranged stepfather, General Stewart helps Team Arrow when John is captured by the Ninth Circle.
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John's estranged stepfather, General Roy Stewart helps Team Arrow when John is captured by the Ninth Circle.
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* CallForward: In the FlashForward, but of Star City is "Deathstoke" terrority, a nod to when Grant Wilson conquers the city. At the moment it's just a city gang led by John Jr. Diggle.
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* CallForward: In the FlashForward, but part of Star City is "Deathstoke" terrority, a nod to when that Grant Wilson conquers the city. At the moment it's just a city gang led by John Jr. Diggle.
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* DaddyIssues: Diggle has a ton towards his stepfather, General Stewart. He blames for him for leaving his birth dad behind in an op and then six months later dating and married his mother and proceeded to treat John and Andy like recruits instead of his children. John makes a point of addressing him as "General" instead of dad or father.
* HistoryRepeats: Diggle hates his stepfather. In the FlashForward John Jr hates his parents too sadly.
* HistoryRepeats: Diggle hates his stepfather. In the FlashForward John Jr hates his parents too sadly.
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* DaddyIssues: Diggle has a ton towards his stepfather, General Roy Stewart. He blames for him for leaving his birth dad behind in an op and then six months later dating and married his mother and proceeded to treat John and Andy like recruits instead of his children. John makes a point of addressing him as "General" instead of dad or father.
father. The truth is more complicated; Diggle's birth father was a negligent soldier and got himself and two other marines killed. It was story the General concocted to spare John and Andy the AwfulTruth.
* HistoryRepeats: Diggle hates his stepfather. In the FlashForward John Jr hates his parents toosadly.sadly.
* TheUnfavorite: It's revealed that John Jr feels this way compared to Connor; Connor was everything their parents wanted in a son, while John Jr felt he could never measure up so he joined the Deathstroke Gang to rebel.
* HistoryRepeats: Diggle hates his stepfather. In the FlashForward John Jr hates his parents too
* TheUnfavorite: It's revealed that John Jr feels this way compared to Connor; Connor was everything their parents wanted in a son, while John Jr felt he could never measure up so he joined the Deathstroke Gang to rebel.
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John's estranged stepfather, General Stewart helps Team Arrow when John is captured by the Ninth Circle.
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* CanonCharacterAllAlong: John Diggle is revealed to be none than John Stewart...in a roundabout way; if he had taken his stepfather's surname, he would be John Stewart instead of John Diggle.
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* CallForward: In the FlashForward, but of Star City is "Deathstoke" terrority, a nod to when Grant Wilson conquers the city. At the moment it's just a city gang led by John Jr. Diggle.
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: John Diggle is revealed to be none than John Stewart...in a roundabout way; if he had taken his stepfather's surname, he would be John Stewart instead of JohnDiggle.Diggle.
* DaddyIssues: Diggle has a ton towards his stepfather, General Stewart. He blames for him for leaving his birth dad behind in an op and then six months later dating and married his mother and proceeded to treat John and Andy like recruits instead of his children. John makes a point of addressing him as "General" instead of dad or father.
* HistoryRepeats: Diggle hates his stepfather. In the FlashForward John Jr hates his parents too sadly.
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: John Diggle is revealed to be none than John Stewart...in a roundabout way; if he had taken his stepfather's surname, he would be John Stewart instead of John
* DaddyIssues: Diggle has a ton towards his stepfather, General Stewart. He blames for him for leaving his birth dad behind in an op and then six months later dating and married his mother and proceeded to treat John and Andy like recruits instead of his children. John makes a point of addressing him as "General" instead of dad or father.
* HistoryRepeats: Diggle hates his stepfather. In the FlashForward John Jr hates his parents too sadly.
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* CanonCharacterAllAlong: John Diggle is revealed to be none than John Stewart.Stewart...in a roundabout way; if he had taken his stepfather's surname, he would be John Stewart instead of John Diggle.
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* CanonCharacterAllAlong: John Diggle is revealed to be none than John Stewart.
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: John Diggle is revealed to be none than John Stewart.
