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* MythologyGag: After noting that Black Mask has blamed both Kate and the Crows for his daughter's death, Luke sarcastically comments that he'll probably be blaming ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} next. (Of course, given that Atlantis has been name-checked several times on ''Series/TheFlash'', it's entirely possible Aquaman exists in the Arrowverse.)

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* MythologyGag: After noting that Black Mask has blamed both Kate and the Crows for his daughter's death, Luke sarcastically comments that he'll probably be blaming ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} next. (Of course, given that Atlantis has been name-checked several times on ''Series/TheFlash'', ''Series/TheFlash2014'', it's entirely possible Aquaman exists in the Arrowverse.)
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* SkewedPriorities: Luke's first complaint about Kilovolt is that 1,000 volts is off from the actual firepower (lightning power?) of his weapon by about a billion volts.
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* NotSoDifferent: Alice tells Julia this. Julia [[NotSoSimilar retorts that their only commonality is they miss the same person]]. Alice then fires back that they also have Kate always choosing somebody else over them in common.

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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: Alice tells Julia this. Julia [[NotSoSimilar retorts that their only commonality is they miss the same person]]. Alice then fires back that they also have Kate always choosing somebody else over them in common.
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* EvilIsPetty: Alice takes a tissue from the box in Dr. Rhyme's office, wipes her nose, and puts it back.
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* CaptainObvious: A random False Face thug at the start told Batwoman something she really should have already grasped: they don't know who the boss is, ''because he's always wearing a mask!''
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* IncompetenceInc: How many times has Jacob been kidnapped or otherwise ambushed now? Not to mention the inability of the guards at the end to protect their passenger against assailants armed with simple pistols. No bulletproof glass in the vehicle, no body armor for the guards, no weapons at hand even though they knew their passenger was a target. Not a good look for a ''freaking security company!''

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* IncompetenceInc: How many times has Jacob been kidnapped or otherwise ambushed now? now? Not to mention the inability of the guards at the end to protect their passenger against assailants armed with simple pistols. pistols. No bulletproof glass in the vehicle, no body armor for the guards, no weapons at hand even though they knew their passenger was a target. target. Not a good look for a ''freaking security company!''



* PointThatSomewhereElse: Alice brandishes a butterfly knife at Julia. She casually brushes it aside and dismisses the very idea that Alice would actually want to kill her.

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* PointThatSomewhereElse: Alice brandishes a butterfly knife at Julia. She casually brushes it aside and dismisses the very idea that Alice would actually want to kill her.



* StrawmanPolitical: The entire show runs on this trope, but this episode is particularly {{Egregious}}. The murderers of the police commissioner were people who run a shooting range (generally among the safest and most respectable of gun owners in real life) and the CEO of a private prison company turns out to be behind a nefarious [[CutLexLuthorACheck and extremely expensive]] plot to drum up long-term business by targeting institutions that would decrease the rate at which troubled youths end up in prison.

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* StrawmanPolitical: The entire show runs on this trope, but this episode is particularly {{Egregious}}. {{JustForFun/Egregious}}. The murderers of the police commissioner were people who run a shooting range (generally among the safest and most respectable of gun owners in real life) and the CEO of a private prison company turns out to be behind a nefarious [[CutLexLuthorACheck and extremely expensive]] plot to drum up long-term business by targeting institutions that would decrease the rate at which troubled youths end up in prison.
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* ContrivedCoincidence: Alice asks Julia for help finding Enigma, right as Julia is confronted with evidence that she has missing memories.


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* HaveYouToldAnyoneElse: If the conversation between Alice and Julia a moment before wasn't enough to establish Evelyn as a likely villain, her using this line on Jacob should definitely make it clear!


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* IncompetenceInc: How many times has Jacob been kidnapped or otherwise ambushed now? Not to mention the inability of the guards at the end to protect their passenger against assailants armed with simple pistols. No bulletproof glass in the vehicle, no body armor for the guards, no weapons at hand even though they knew their passenger was a target. Not a good look for a ''freaking security company!''


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* PointThatSomewhereElse: Alice brandishes a butterfly knife at Julia. She casually brushes it aside and dismisses the very idea that Alice would actually want to kill her.


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* StrawmanPolitical: The entire show runs on this trope, but this episode is particularly {{Egregious}}. The murderers of the police commissioner were people who run a shooting range (generally among the safest and most respectable of gun owners in real life) and the CEO of a private prison company turns out to be behind a nefarious [[CutLexLuthorACheck and extremely expensive]] plot to drum up long-term business by targeting institutions that would decrease the rate at which troubled youths end up in prison.
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* SpottingTheThread: Luke realizes the prison tapes have been spliced when he realizes the prisoners are not only playing cards in them but doing so with the ''exact'' same hand moves.

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* SpottingTheThread: Luke realizes the prison tapes have been spliced when he realizes goes over past footage and sees the prisoners are not only prisoner who supposedly was locked up the entire time is playing cards in them but doing so with precisely the ''exact'' same hand moves.game of Solitaire in security footage two weeks apart.
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* SpottingTheThread: Luke realizes the prison tapes have been spliced when he realizes the prisoners are not only playing cards in them but doing so with the ''exact'' same hand moves.

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* DamselInDistress: Angelique gets kidnapped by the False Face Society shortly after just being released.

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* DamselInDistress: Angelique gets kidnapped by the False Face Society shortly after just being released.



* JustBetweenYouAndMe: Ellis freely admits his scheme to Batwoman when she confronts him about it, but only as a distraction so his security can arrive and take her out.



* LightningGun: Kilovolt has a gun that fires lightning. As it turns out, O'Brien's other guns have some as well. They were developed by the Russians before hitting the black market

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* LightningGun: Kilovolt has a gun that fires lightning. As it turns out, O'Brien's other guns goons have some as well. They were developed by the Russians before hitting the black marketmarket.



* NotSoDifferent: Alice tells Julia this. Julia [[NotSoSimilar retorts that their only commonality is they miss the same person]]. Alice then fires back that they also have Kate always chosing somebody else over them in common.

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* NotSoDifferent: Alice tells Julia this. Julia [[NotSoSimilar retorts that their only commonality is they miss the same person]]. Alice then fires back that they also have Kate always chosing choosing somebody else over them in common.



* RedHerring: IntrepidReporter Horten Spence is initially hinted to be Kilovolt.

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* RedHerring: IntrepidReporter Horten Spence is initially hinted to be Kilovolt.Kilovolt given his suspicious proximity and warning about the attack, but he in fact had already picked up on the pattern and was trying to obliquely warn them of what was coming.
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* BadBoss: Sionis is seen executing people for the crime of ''apologizing'' to him.

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* BadBoss: Sionis is seen executing people for the crime of ''apologizing'' to him.him for Snakebite production grinding to a halt. One mook wises up and tells him to his face that shooting them won't change the fact that it was his secrecy regarding the formula that led to the shortage, which placates him because it at least offers a solution by pointing out how they can get more.



* CallingTheOldManOut: Mary does this to Jacob when the latter attempts to buy himself into her good graces by offering to legitimize her clinic, overlooking the fact that she did what she did because she didn't want to support a system that targets vulnerable people.

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* CallingTheOldManOut: Mary does this to Jacob when the latter attempts to buy himself into her good graces by offering to legitimize her clinic. Mary retorts that going legit would defeat the purpose of her clinic, overlooking which offers help to people regardless of means and doesn't report them to the fact that she did what she did because she didn't police. She doesn't want to support a system that targets excludes the most vulnerable people.
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* MythologyGag: After noting that Black Mask has blamed both Kate and the Crows for his daughter's death, Luke sarcastically comments that he'll probably be blaming ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} next. (Of course, given that Atlantis has been name-dropped several times on ''Series/TheFlash'', it's entirely possible Aquaman exists in the Arrowverse.)

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* MythologyGag: After noting that Black Mask has blamed both Kate and the Crows for his daughter's death, Luke sarcastically comments that he'll probably be blaming ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} next. (Of course, given that Atlantis has been name-dropped name-checked several times on ''Series/TheFlash'', it's entirely possible Aquaman exists in the Arrowverse.)

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* BadBoss: Sionis is seen executing people for the crime of ''apologizing'' to him.



* BoxedCrook: Mickey K. / Kilovolt and all the other goons O'Brien had assaulting community centers.
* CallingTheOldManOut: Mary does this to Jacob when the latter attempts to buy himself into her good graces by offering to legitimize her clinic, overlooking the fact that she did what she did because she didn't want to support a system that targets vulnerable people.



* CutLexLuthorACheck: Ellis O'Brian has prisoners attack community centers in exchange for early parole, all so he can ensure a steady stream of inmates for his private prisons.

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* CutLexLuthorACheck: Ellis O'Brian O'Brien has prisoners attack community centers in exchange for early parole, all so he can ensure a steady stream of inmates for his private prisons.prisons.
* DamselInDistress: Angelique gets kidnapped by the False Face Society shortly after just being released.



* LightningGun: The goons attacking the community centers have guns that fire lightning, which were developed by the Russians before hitting the black market.

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* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Julia takes a dig at Alice, who used to be Gotham's most feared criminal gang boss, but is now reduced to prank calling.
* IdenticalStranger: Samantha Liana Cole, who plays Imani, the director of the community center’s tutoring program, also played Enchantress in ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow''.
* IntrepidReporter: Horten Spence.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Dr. Rhyme manages to get the drop on Julia when the latter tries to confront her and has her forget everything.
* LightningGun: The goons attacking the community centers Kilovolt has a gun that fires lightning. As it turns out, O'Brien's other guns have guns that fire lightning, which some as well. They were developed by the Russians before hitting the black market.market



* NotSoDifferent: Alice tells Julia this. Julia retorts that their only commonality is they miss the same person.

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* NotSoDifferent: Alice tells Julia this. Julia [[NotSoSimilar retorts that their only commonality is they miss the same person.person]]. Alice then fires back that they also have Kate always chosing somebody else over them in common.
* PsychoPsychologist: Enigma, whose civilian identity is that of Dr. Evelyn Rhyme.


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* RedHerring: IntrepidReporter Horten Spence is initially hinted to be Kilovolt.


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* ShoutOut: Vesper Fairchild compares Horten Spence to Lois Lane.
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Batwoman investigates a rash on attacks on youth outreach programs.

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Batwoman investigates a rash on of attacks on youth outreach programs.programs while Julia tries to figure out why she's missing memories.
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* MythologyGag: After noting that Black Mask has blamed both Kate and the Crows for his daughter's death, Luke sarcastically comments that he'll probably be blaming ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} next. (Of course, given that Atlantis has been name-dropped several times on ''Series/TheFlash'', it's entirely possible Aquaman exists in the Arrowverse.)
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* BigDamnHeroes: Luke shows up to rescue Ryan using the captured lightning gun.


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* DangerTakesABackseat: A False Face Society member ambushes and drugs Jacob in his car.


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* TheReveal: Snakebite helps users envision better ways they could have handled things they regret.

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* DeadGuyOnDisplay: The bodies of the real killers are left hanging from the hooks in the gun range for the Crows to find.



* LightningGun: The goons attacking the community centers have guns that fire lightning, which were developed by the Russians before hitting the black market.



* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Ryan convinces Angelique to give up the people who shot the commissioner, getting her out of prison. This allows the False Face Society to get to her, since she is the only person who knows the Snakebite formula.

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Ryan convinces Angelique to give up the people who shot the commissioner, getting her out of prison. This allows the False Face Society to get to her, since she is the only person who knows her for her knowledge of the Snakebite formula.



* TitleDrop: Luke says those words when describing the quid pro quo given to the prisoners who participate in the attacks.

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* TitleDrop: Luke says those words when describing the quid pro quo given to the prisoners who participate in the attacks.attacks.
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Batwoman investigates a rash on attacks on youth outreach programs.
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* EnemyMine: Alice and Julia learn that they have a common enemy who is Enigma.

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* ColdTurkeysAreEverywhere: Jacob is forcibly given a dose of Snakebite to addict him to the substance. Then, after a few days, Roman Sionis shows up with another dose he supposedly confiscated from an employee, which he leaves with Jacob to be safely disposed of. Temptation gets the better of him and he uses it.
* CutLexLuthorACheck: Ellis O'Brian has prisoners attack community centers in exchange for early parole, all so he can ensure a steady stream of inmates for his private prisons.
* EnemyMine: Alice and Julia learn that they have a common enemy in Enigma.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Black Mask has the people
who is Enigma.killed the commissioner executed before the Crows can arrest them.



* NotSoDifferent: Alice tells Julia this.
* PutOnABus: Julia goes to Berlin.
* TitleDrop: Luke says those words.

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Ryan convinces Angelique to give up the people who shot the commissioner, getting her out of prison. This allows the False Face Society to get to her, since she is the only person who knows the Snakebite formula.
* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Because Black Mask insisted on keeping the Snakebite formula a secret, the only people who know how to make it are Ocean and Angelique, the former missing and the latter in prison.
* NotSoDifferent: Alice tells Julia this.
this. Julia retorts that their only commonality is they miss the same person.
* PutOnABus: Julia goes puts in a transfer to Berlin.
Berlin after being brainwashed by Enigma.
* SwordCane: Enigma carries a syringe in her stylized cane just in case she gets cornered and needs to do a quick memory wipe.
* TitleDrop: Luke says those words.words when describing the quid pro quo given to the prisoners who participate in the attacks.
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* PutOnABus: Julia goes to Berlin.
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* TitleDrop

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* TitleDropTitleDrop: Luke says those words.
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* NotSoDifferent: Alice tells Julia this.

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* NotSoDifferent: Alice tells Julia this.this.
* TitleDrop
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* MyGreatestFailure: Jacob calls not saving Beth this.
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* EnemyMine: Alice and Julia learn that they have a common enemy who is Enigma.

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* EnemyMine: Alice and Julia learn that they have a common enemy who is Enigma.Enigma.
* NotSoDifferent: Alice tells Julia this.
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* EnemyMine: Alice and Julia learn that they have a common enemy.

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* EnemyMine: Alice and Julia learn that they have a common enemy.enemy who is Enigma.
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* EnemyMine: ALice and Julia learn that they have a common enemy.

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* EnemyMine: ALice Alice and Julia learn that they have a common enemy.
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*EnemyMine: ALice and Julia learn that they have a common enemy.

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