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* AnAesop: Sometimes, you have to accept the death of a loved one instead of trying to prevent it. And sometimes, YouCantFightFate.
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* YouCantFightFate: The Monitor subjects Oliver to the time loop in order to drive home the simple fact that Oliver cannot escape his death in the impending Crisis, so that he can accept it and stop wasting time fighting the Monitor.
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* YouCantFightFate: The Monitor subjects Oliver to the time loop in order to drive home the simple fact that Oliver cannot escape his death in the impending Crisis, so that he can accept it and stop wasting time fighting the Monitor.Monitor.
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** Laurel calls Lyla ''Series/DoctorPhil''.
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** Laurel calls Lyla ''Series/DoctorPhil''."Series/DrPhil".
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* AnAesop: Sometimes, you have to accept the death of a loved one instead of trying to prevent it. And sometimes, YouCantFightFate.
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* AnAesop: Sometimes, you have to accept the death of a loved one instead of trying to prevent it. And sometimes, YouCantFightFate.
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** The episode's plot is heavily influenced by two well-known works within the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' universe: The episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E18CauseAndEffect Cause and Effect]]" from ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' [[note]]which technically predates the film ''Film/GroundhogDay'' by a year[[/note]], and the [[UnwinnableTrainingSimulation Kobayashi Maru]] from ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' (also referenced in the [[Film/StarTrek 2009 reboot film]]).
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** The episode's plot is heavily influenced by two well-known works within the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' universe: The episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E18CauseAndEffect Cause and Effect]]" from ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' [[note]]which technically predates the film ''Film/GroundhogDay'' by a year[[/note]], and the [[UnwinnableTrainingSimulation Kobayashi Maru]] from ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' (also referenced in the [[Film/StarTrek [[Film/StarTrek2009 2009 reboot film]]).
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* TheBusCameBack: Creator/PaulBlackthorne returns for one last appearance as Quentin Lance.
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* TheBusCameBack: Creator/PaulBlackthorne returns for one last appearance as Quentin Lance.
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* VaguenessIsComing: Lyla reassures Oliver that The Monitor is on their side while the real, exponentially more dangerous, and still unnamed threat is coming soon.
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* LiveActionEscortMission: What Oliver and Laurel repeatedly try to do for Quentin, especially while fending off White’s goons from a wounded Quentin.
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* TheBusCameBack: Creator/PaulBlackthorne returns for one last appearance as Quentin Lance.
* CelebrityParadox: Laurel makes a reference to ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow'', a film which stars Franz Drameh (Jefferson Jackson).
* EventTitle: Referring to the GroundhogDayLoop Oliver and Laurel went through.
* ParentalSubstitute: The episode highlights how Quentin meant as a surrogate father to both Oliver and Earth-2 Laurel.
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* RoleReprisal: Creator/PaulBlackthorne returns for one last appearance as Quentin Lance.
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** The episode's plot is heavily influenced by two well-known works within the ''Franchise/StarTrek'' universe: The episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E18CauseAndEffect Cause and Effect]]" from ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' [[note]]which technically predates the film ''Film/GroundhogDay'' by a year[[/note]], and the [[UnwinnableTrainingSimulation Kobayashi Maru]] from ''Film/StarTrekIITheWrathOfKhan'' (also referenced in the [[Film/StarTrek 2009 reboot film]]).
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* ArbitrarySkepticism: [[DefiedTrope Defied by Quentin]] in the second iteration. Oliver expects Quentin to react this way to his claim of being stuck in a GroundhogDayLoop, but Quentin accepts it immediately. When Oliver is surprised by this, Quentin points out [[WeirdnessMagnet just how many weird things have happend in their lives,]] so why should something like this be outside of the realm of possibility?
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* RoleReprisal: Creator/PaulBlackthorne returns for one last appearance as Quentin Lance.
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* WhereItAllBegan: Oliver's final mission before the Crisis brings him to Lian Yu, where his journey as the Green Arrow began.
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* WhereItAllBegan: Appropriatly enough, for the last episode before the Crisis, Oliver's final mission before the Crisis brings him back to Lian Yu, where his journey as the Green Arrow began.Yu.
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* UnwinnableTrainingSimulation: What the MentalWorld ultimately turns out to be. It eventually becomes clear that TheConspiracy to assassinate Quentin ''cannot'' be fully uncovered as it will inevitably go on forever due to The Monitor designing it that way. The purpose is for Oliver to accept that [[YouCantFightFate he can't save Quentin in this world, just like he can't save himself in the real world]].
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* TheOner: There is one with Quentin and Oliver fighting off Anderson White's men.
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* TheOner: There is one The scene with Quentin and Oliver fighting off Anderson White's men.men goes for 1 minute, 10 seconds without a cut. It's relatively short as far as oners go, but is so dense with stunts and explosions that it might feel much longer.
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* AlternateHistory: In the time loop, Quentin survived being shot by Diaz and remained Mayor of Star City. There's also mention of introducing the Vigilante Task Force from the previous season to other cities, implying that Team Arrow got a lot more support under Quentin's administration than under Pollard's.
* BlackComedy: Quentin's speech includes a joke about Oliver's time in Slabside. To his credit, Quentin asks Oliver if it's okay to make the joke before actually giving the speech.
** In their last conversation, Oliver and Quentin recall their messy personal history, with Quentin attributing their later alliance to Laurel and Sara's trust in Oliver.
* ComplexityAddiction: Discussed; when Oliver questions the point of the Monitor subjecting him to the time loop instead of just ''telling'' him what he wanted, Lyla replies that Oliver is too stubborn to accept the Monitor's point unless he came to the conclusion himself.
* ComplexityAddiction: Discussed; when Oliver questions the point of the Monitor subjecting him to the time loop instead of just ''telling'' him what he wanted, Lyla replies that Oliver is too stubborn to accept the Monitor's point unless he came to the conclusion himself.
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: Quentin takes the news of his death in the real world rather well and later gracefully accepts it (multiple times) to help Laurel and Oliver succeed.
* FatalFlaw: Oliver's stubbornness is the root of his every problem in this episode. The whole reason that the Monitor subjects him to the time loop in the first place is because the only way Oliver would ever accept that he can't escape his fate is if he comes to that conclusion himself.
* FatalFlaw: Oliver's stubbornness is the root of his every problem in this episode. The whole reason that the Monitor subjects him to the time loop in the first place is because the only way Oliver would ever accept that he can't escape his fate is if he comes to that conclusion himself.
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: FaceDeathWithDignity:
** Quentin takes the news of his death in the real world rather well and later gracefully accepts it (multiple times) to help Laurel and Oliver succeed.
** The episode ends with Oliver determined to do this himself; in the last run of the time loop, he calmly expresses his pride in his children and voices his hopes that he'll see Quentin again in whatever afterlife awaits him.
* FatalFlaw: Oliver's stubbornness is the root of his every problem in this episode. The whole reason that the Monitor subjects him to the time loop in the first place is because the only way Oliver would ever accept that he can't escape his fate is if he comes to that conclusionhimself.himself, and Oliver proves the truth of this throughout the episode; even with Lyla all but spelling it out for him, Oliver keeps pushing forward until Quentin's last death drives the point home for him.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Laurel has to watch Quentin die over and over again in the time loop, which she admits is her idea of hell. Small wonder that she and Oliver initially assume that the time loop is the Monitor punishing them for their defiance.
** Quentin takes the news of his death in the real world rather well and later gracefully accepts it (multiple times) to help Laurel and Oliver succeed.
** The episode ends with Oliver determined to do this himself; in the last run of the time loop, he calmly expresses his pride in his children and voices his hopes that he'll see Quentin again in whatever afterlife awaits him.
* FatalFlaw: Oliver's stubbornness is the root of his every problem in this episode. The whole reason that the Monitor subjects him to the time loop in the first place is because the only way Oliver would ever accept that he can't escape his fate is if he comes to that conclusion
* FateWorseThanDeath: Laurel has to watch Quentin die over and over again in the time loop, which she admits is her idea of hell. Small wonder that she and Oliver initially assume that the time loop is the Monitor punishing them for their defiance.
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* GoodAllAlong: While he's definitely an example of GoodIsNotNice, the Monitor is established as one of the good guys in this episode.
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Quentin refers to cheating death during his first meeting with Oliver, and John later calls attention to Oliver's absolute refusal to give up. These are the exact reasons why the Monitor placed Oliver in the time loop, although Oliver's pigheaded stubbornness keeps him from putting two and two together until the very last loop.
* GoodAllAlong: While he's definitely an example of GoodIsNotNice, the Monitor is established as one of the good guys in this episode. By extension, Lyla is still on the side of good despite secretly working for the Monitor.
* GoodAllAlong: While he's definitely an example of GoodIsNotNice, the Monitor is established as one of the good guys in this episode. By extension, Lyla is still on the side of good despite secretly working for the Monitor.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: While she understandably sees it as a hellish punishment, the Monitor put Laurel into the time loop as a ''reward''; he was glad that she wouldn't betray Oliver and wanted to do her a favor by letting her say goodbye to Quentin, not seeming to realise the pain that watching him die repeatedly would inflict on her.
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* PetTheDog: The Monitor puts Laurel in the time loop to give her a chance to make peace with Quentin's death. After waking up, Oliver realises that Novu did it to reward Laurel for passing a SecretTestOfCharacter by not betraying Oliver.
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* PetTheDog: PetTheDog:
** The Monitor puts Laurel in the time loop to give her a chance to make peace with Quentin's death. After waking up, Oliver realises that Novu did it to reward Laurel for passing a SecretTestOfCharacter by not betrayingOliver.Oliver.
** When Oliver asks why the Monitor brought his children and Connor Hawke to the present, Lyla replies that "time is a gift", implying that the Monitor wanted to give Oliver a chance to get to know his children before he met his fate in the Crisis.
* TheReveal:
** The Monitor's "offer" to restore Earth-2 was a SecretTestOfCharacter for Laurel; he was trying to see if she would betray Oliver, and was pleased that she didn't.
** As was implied two episodes prior, it was indeed the Monitor who brought Mia, William, and Connor to the present day.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: The Monitor's offer to Laurel is revealed to be this; he had been hoping that she wouldn't betray Oliver, and rewards her (albeit in a rather strange fashion) in this episode for choosing correctly.
** The Monitor puts Laurel in the time loop to give her a chance to make peace with Quentin's death. After waking up, Oliver realises that Novu did it to reward Laurel for passing a SecretTestOfCharacter by not betraying
** When Oliver asks why the Monitor brought his children and Connor Hawke to the present, Lyla replies that "time is a gift", implying that the Monitor wanted to give Oliver a chance to get to know his children before he met his fate in the Crisis.
* TheReveal:
** The Monitor's "offer" to restore Earth-2 was a SecretTestOfCharacter for Laurel; he was trying to see if she would betray Oliver, and was pleased that she didn't.
** As was implied two episodes prior, it was indeed the Monitor who brought Mia, William, and Connor to the present day.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: The Monitor's offer to Laurel is revealed to be this; he had been hoping that she wouldn't betray Oliver, and rewards her (albeit in a rather strange fashion) in this episode for choosing correctly.
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* AnAesop: Sometimes, you have to accept the death of a loved one instead of trying to prevent it. And sometimes, YouCantFightFate.
* CallBack:
** The intro uses the old logo, and Oliver even wears his outfit from his days as the "Arrow".
** Dinah uses Sara's canary cry device she gave to her.
* CallBack:
** The intro uses the old logo, and Oliver even wears his outfit from his days as the "Arrow".
** Dinah uses Sara's canary cry device she gave to her.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Quentin takes the news of his death in the real world rather well and later gracefully accepts it (multiple times) to help Laurel and Oliver succeed.
* FeetFirstIntroduction: How Lyla reveals herself before she shoots Quentin.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: Lyla justifies herself in just wanting to protect her family, just as Oliver wanted to when he left Felicity and Mia in the cabin.
* ItsPersonal:
** Oliver and Laurel assume that this is the case. The Monitor is torturing them due to Oliver trying to kill him and Laurel not taking his offer. Turns out they are wrong, he's actually doing this as a favor to Laurel (to say goodbye to Quentin) and as a test for Oliver (to make him realize that he can't fight fate).
** Laurel is very pissed at Lyla, promising revenge. She abandons this at the end of the episode.
* ItsPersonal:
** Oliver and Laurel assume that this is the case. The Monitor is torturing them due to Oliver trying to kill him and Laurel not taking his offer. Turns out they are wrong, he's actually doing this as a favor to Laurel (to say goodbye to Quentin) and as a test for Oliver (to make him realize that he can't fight fate).
** Laurel is very pissed at Lyla, promising revenge. She abandons this at the end of the episode.
* TheOner: There is one with Quentin and Oliver fighting off Anderson White's men.
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* ShoutOut: Quentin compares the time loop to ''Film/GroundhogDay''. Laurel sees it as more akin to ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow'', but admits that it comes to the same thing.
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* ShoutOut: SeenItAll: Quentin (and later John too, after some hesitation during the first tries) is quick to believe Oliver's and Laurel's story of this being a test by an all-powerful cosmic being, due to all the crazy stuff he already witnessed.
* ShoutOut:
** Quentin compares the time loop to ''Film/GroundhogDay''. Laurel sees it as more akin to ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow'', but admits that it comes to the samething.thing.
** Laurel calls Lyla ''Series/DoctorPhil''.
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** Quentin compares the time loop to ''Film/GroundhogDay''. Laurel sees it as more akin to ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow'', but admits that it comes to the same
** Laurel calls Lyla ''Series/DoctorPhil''.
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* {{Determinator}}: Oliver steadfastly refuses to abandon the possibility of saving Quentin in the time loop. {{Deconstructed|Trope}}, as it's exactly this quality that keeps Oliver ''in'' the time loop, and he can only escape by admitting that he can't fight fate.
* FatalFlaw: Oliver's stubbornness is the root of his every problem in this episode. The whole reason that the Monitor subjects him to the time loop in the first place is because the only way Oliver would ever accept that he can't escape his fate is if he comes to that conclusion himself.
* GoodAllAlong: While he's definitely an example of GoodIsNotNice, the Monitor is established as one of the good guys in this episode.
* GroundhogDayLoop: Oliver and Laurel spend the episode trapped in a time loop that resets every time Quentin dies. Laurel is removed from it when she makes peace with Quentin's death, but Oliver takes a little longer, only freeing himself when he makes peace with not only Quentin's death, [[YouCantFightFate but his own]].
* MentalWorld: Except for the final scene, the entire episode takes place in Oliver and Laurel's minds while they lie unconscious in a tent on Lian Yu.
* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: Subverted; in the real world, Laurel never got to say goodbye to Quentin, but the time loop gives her the opportunity to do so, allowing her to finally make peace with losing her "father".
* PetTheDog: The Monitor puts Laurel in the time loop to give her a chance to make peace with Quentin's death. After waking up, Oliver realises that Novu did it to reward Laurel for passing a SecretTestOfCharacter by not betraying Oliver.
* ShoutOut: Quentin compares the time loop to ''Film/GroundhogDay''. Laurel sees it as more akin to ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow'', but admits that it comes to the same thing.
* WhereItAllBegan: Oliver's final mission before the Crisis brings him to Lian Yu, where his journey as the Green Arrow began.
* YouCantFightFate: The Monitor subjects Oliver to the time loop in order to drive home the simple fact that Oliver cannot escape his death in the impending Crisis, so that he can accept it and stop wasting time fighting the Monitor.
* FatalFlaw: Oliver's stubbornness is the root of his every problem in this episode. The whole reason that the Monitor subjects him to the time loop in the first place is because the only way Oliver would ever accept that he can't escape his fate is if he comes to that conclusion himself.
* GoodAllAlong: While he's definitely an example of GoodIsNotNice, the Monitor is established as one of the good guys in this episode.
* GroundhogDayLoop: Oliver and Laurel spend the episode trapped in a time loop that resets every time Quentin dies. Laurel is removed from it when she makes peace with Quentin's death, but Oliver takes a little longer, only freeing himself when he makes peace with not only Quentin's death, [[YouCantFightFate but his own]].
* MentalWorld: Except for the final scene, the entire episode takes place in Oliver and Laurel's minds while they lie unconscious in a tent on Lian Yu.
* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: Subverted; in the real world, Laurel never got to say goodbye to Quentin, but the time loop gives her the opportunity to do so, allowing her to finally make peace with losing her "father".
* PetTheDog: The Monitor puts Laurel in the time loop to give her a chance to make peace with Quentin's death. After waking up, Oliver realises that Novu did it to reward Laurel for passing a SecretTestOfCharacter by not betraying Oliver.
* ShoutOut: Quentin compares the time loop to ''Film/GroundhogDay''. Laurel sees it as more akin to ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow'', but admits that it comes to the same thing.
* WhereItAllBegan: Oliver's final mission before the Crisis brings him to Lian Yu, where his journey as the Green Arrow began.
* YouCantFightFate: The Monitor subjects Oliver to the time loop in order to drive home the simple fact that Oliver cannot escape his death in the impending Crisis, so that he can accept it and stop wasting time fighting the Monitor.
