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** He didn't just shrug it off; he was out cold for quite a few minutes. Gordon had to slap him multiple times to wake him up
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** He didn't just shrug it off; [[VisualPun he was out cold for quite a few minutes. minutes.]] Gordon had to slap him multiple times to wake him up
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* PlotArmor: Taken UpToEleven with Hugo Strange. He literally runs into the crossfire of Firefly and Mr. Freeze, getting burnt and frozen at the same time, only to completely shrug it off as if it were nothing.
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* PlotArmor: Taken UpToEleven with Hugo Strange. [[JustifiedTrope He literally runs into the crossfire of Firefly and Mr. Freeze, getting burnt and frozen at the same time, only to completely shrug it off as if it were nothing.]]
** He didn't just shrug it off; he was out cold for quite a few minutes. Gordon had to slap him multiple times to wake him up
** He didn't just shrug it off; he was out cold for quite a few minutes. Gordon had to slap him multiple times to wake him up
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** Butch and a team of Mooks that were with Penguin and were helping him attempt to track down Dr. Strange [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere turn tale and run as fast as they can when [[TheDreaded Fish Mooney]] shows up.]]
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** Butch and a team of Mooks that were with Penguin and were helping him attempt to track down Dr. Strange [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere turn tale and run as fast as they can when can]] [[TheDreaded when Fish Mooney]] shows Mooneyshows up.]]
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*** Butch and a team of Mooks that were with Penguin and were helping him attempt to track down Dr. Strange [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere turn tale and run as fast as they can when Fish Mooney shows up.]]
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*** Butch and a team of Mooks that were with Penguin and were helping him attempt to track down Dr. Strange [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere turn tale and run as fast as they can when Fish Mooney shows up.]]
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* MythologyGag: Basil must have took his acting lessons from his ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' version.
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** We don't find out if Barnes and Tabitha survived their injuries from a few episodes ago as they have not been seen since, leaving their fates unknown until next season.
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* AGodAmI: Strange briefly indulges in this while interrogating a drugged Gordon.
* EnemyCivilWar: A small scale example, but Selina manages to turn Firefly and Freeze against each other by [[WoundedGazelleGambit playing the role of scared servant]] to Firefly.
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* OhCrap: Penguin, when confronted by a very much alive Fish Mooney.
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* OhCrap: OhCrap:
** Penguin, when confronted by a very much alive Fish Mooney.
** Penguin, when confronted by a very much alive Fish Mooney.
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* SealedEvilInAcan: Strange has all of his deranged Arkham experiments locked up in a bus, which an old lady accidentally releases.
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* ThisCannotBe: Penguin's reactions upon seeing Fish alive.
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* CallBack: When Penguin gasps in shock as he comes face-to-face with Fish Mooney, she responds the same "Tsk tsk!" FingerWag that she did back in Season 1.
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* CallBack: When Penguin gasps in shock as he comes face-to-face with Fish Mooney, she responds with the same "Tsk tsk!" FingerWag that she did back in Season 1.
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* CallBack: When Penguin gasps in shock as he comes face-to-face with Fish Mooney, she responds the same "Tsk tsk!" FingerWag that she did back in Season 1.
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* NeverTrustATrailer: The promo for the episode makes it look as if Penguin is going to confront (and possibly kill) Strange. In the actual episode, he finds the Arkham bus and yells for Strange like in the promo, but Strange isn't there. Instead, he ends up face-to-face with Fish Mooney.
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* AdaptationalComicRelief: Clayface is more of a ((Cloudcuckoolander}}, [[EvilIsFunny comical villain]] who acts bizarre around everyone as opposed to the KnightOfCerebus he's always been.
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* AdaptationalComicRelief: Clayface is more of a ((Cloudcuckoolander}}, {{Cloudcuckoolander}}, [[EvilIsFunny comical villain]] who acts bizarre around everyone as opposed to the KnightOfCerebus he's always been.
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* AdaptationalWimp: Clayface's acting skills are [[BabdBadActing atrocious]] compared to his professional skills as a MasterOfDisguise.
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* AdaptationalWimp: Clayface's acting skills are [[BabdBadActing [[BadBadActing atrocious]] compared to his professional skills as a MasterOfDisguise.
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* AdaptationalWimp: Clayface's acting skills are [[BabBadActing atrocious]] compared to his professional skills as a MasterOfDisguise.
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* AdaptationalWimp: Clayface's acting skills are [[BabBadActing [[BabdBadActing atrocious]] compared to his professional skills as a MasterOfDisguise.
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* MadeOfIron: Hugo Strange should be seriously injured by Firefly's fire and Mr. Freeze's freeze ray after running into their crossfire, but instead it seems like a minor inconvenience for him.
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* PlotArmor: Taken UpToEleven with Hugo Strange. He literally runs into the crossfire of Firefly and Mr. Freeze, getting burnt and frozen at the same time, only to completely shrug it off as if it were nothing.
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* TooDumbToLive: Hugo Strange literally tries to run in between Mr. Freeze and Firefly's crossfire to escape, only to get burnt and frozen at the same time. Somehow, this doesn't kill him.
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* AdaptationalComicRelief: Clayface is more of a ((Cloudcuckoolander}}, [[EvilIsFunny comical villain]] who acts bizarre around everyone as opposed to the KnightOfCerebus he's always been.
* AdaptationalWimp: Clayface's acting skills are [[BabBadActing atrocious]] compared to his professional skills as a MasterOfDisguise.
* AllMenArePerverts: Clayface doesn't hesitate to check out dozens of women while posing as Jim.
* AdaptationalWimp: Clayface's acting skills are [[BabBadActing atrocious]] compared to his professional skills as a MasterOfDisguise.
* AllMenArePerverts: Clayface doesn't hesitate to check out dozens of women while posing as Jim.
* BadBadActing: Clayface does a completely horrible job at pretending to be Jim Gordon, but the police are holding the IdiotBall in this case.
* BreakTheHaughty: Hugo Strange breaks down ''crying'' by the end of the episode.
* CreepyChild: The clone Bruce Wayne.
* CreepyChild: The clone Bruce Wayne.
* DumbassHasAPoint: Barbara of all characters has to point out that Jim is being impersonated by Clayface.
* EvilerThanThou: Fish completely overshadows Strange as a serious villain in this episode.
* FacialHorror: Clayface's face after Barbara smacks him.
* FacialHorror: Clayface's face after Barbara smacks him.
* KarmaHoudini:
** Mr. Freeze and Firefly disappear without facing punishment for any of their villainous actions.
** Fish escapes into the city after scaring the Penguin.
** Mr. Freeze and Firefly disappear without facing punishment for any of their villainous actions.
** Fish escapes into the city after scaring the Penguin.
* NothingIsScarier: We never actually see Batman's future rogues gallery of super powered villains, but we're treated to a blurred visual of all of them escaping and wandering out into Gotham.
* SealedEvilInAcan: Strange has all of his deranged Arkham experiments locked up in a bus, which an old lady accidentally releases.
* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Selina tells Gordon that all girls find chocolate romantic.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Ed is apparently still locked in a cell in the bowels of Arkham at the end of the episode.
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** Ed is apparently still locked in a cell in the bowels of Arkham at the end of theepisode.episode.
** We don't know if Clayface was arrested in the GCPD or if he made a break for it when the jig was up.
** Firefly and Mr. Freeze disappear after Jim wakes up Hugo Strange and runs off to disarm the bomb.
** Fish wanders off into Gotham after escaping the Penguin's attack.
* WhatTheHellHero: PlayedForLaughs. Bullock hollers at Gordon for carjacking him in the closing minutes.
** Ed is apparently still locked in a cell in the bowels of Arkham at the end of the
** We don't know if Clayface was arrested in the GCPD or if he made a break for it when the jig was up.
** Firefly and Mr. Freeze disappear after Jim wakes up Hugo Strange and runs off to disarm the bomb.
** Fish wanders off into Gotham after escaping the Penguin's attack.
* WhatTheHellHero: PlayedForLaughs. Bullock hollers at Gordon for carjacking him in the closing minutes.
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* BlatantLies: Basil may ''look'' like Gordon, but he's a '''terrible''' actor, so even viewers who missed the previous episode's transformation-scene ought to quickly catch on that he's an impostor.
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* BeamOWar: Flamethrower vs freeze gun!
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* BackFromTheDead: It's easy to miss, but during the scene where the monsters are freed into the city, you get a ''very'' brief glimpse if what appears to be Jerome from the back, accompanied by the sound of his signature [[EvilLaugh psychotic laughter]]. Also counts as an instance of TheBusCameBack (and a literal version too, since he does indeed emerge from a bus).
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* BackFromTheDead: It's easy to miss, but during the scene where the monsters are freed into the city, you get a ''very'' brief glimpse if of what appears to be Jerome from the back, accompanied by the sound of his signature [[EvilLaugh psychotic laughter]]. Also counts as an instance of TheBusCameBack (and a literal version too, since he does indeed emerge from a bus).
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* BackFromTheDead: It's easy to miss, but during the scene where the monsters are freed into the city, you get a ''very'' brief glimpse if what appears to be Jerome from the back, accompanied by the sound of his signature [[EvilLaugh psychotic laughter]]. Also counts as an instance of TheBusCameBack (and a literal version too, since he does indeed emerge from a bus).
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* DeadGuyOnDisplay: Penguin has decapitated his stepmother's corpse, and when we first see him this episode, he's trying (with Barbara's help) to find a good spot to mount the head.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Strange may have turned his patients into monsters, but even he doesn't want to see them loose on Gotham.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Strange's attempts to discover what Gordon and Bruce know about his employers just lets them know that the conspiracy stretches far beyond Wayne Enterprises.
* OhCrap: Penguin, when confronted by a very much alive Fish Mooney.
** Earlier, Strange, when realizing that Fish has taken over his employees.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Butch and his {{Mooks}} see Fish, they're freaked out enough to get the hell out of there.
* SpotTheImposter: Barbara is the one to figure out that Basil is disguised as Gordon, since he flirts with her, when the real Gordon has made it clear he's over her.
* VillainTeamUp: Barbara is working with Penguin now.
** Earlier, Strange, when realizing that Fish has taken over his employees.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Butch and his {{Mooks}} see Fish, they're freaked out enough to get the hell out of there.
* SpotTheImposter: Barbara is the one to figure out that Basil is disguised as Gordon, since he flirts with her, when the real Gordon has made it clear he's over her.
* VillainTeamUp: Barbara is working with Penguin now.
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* YouAreNumberSix: Ms. Peabody makes a point of referring to Fish as "Subject 13".
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: As soon as Nygma has done his part in interrogating Bruce and Lucius, Strange has him locked back up.
* YourMom: After the YouAreNumberSix moment above:
-->'''Fish''': Your mama might be number 13, but my name is Fish Mooney.
* YouAreNumberSix: Ms. Peabody makes a point of referring to Fish as "Subject 13".
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: As soon as Nygma has done his part in interrogating Bruce and Lucius, Strange has him locked back up.
* YourMom: After the YouAreNumberSix moment above:
-->'''Fish''': Your mama might be number 13, but my name is Fish Mooney.
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* WhamShot: The last of the monsters that escape the bus is...''another Bruce Wayne?''
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* WhamShot: The last of the monsters that escape the bus is...''another Bruce Wayne?''Wayne?''
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Ed is apparently still locked in a cell in the bowels of Arkaham at the end of the episode.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Ed is apparently still locked in a cell in the bowels of Arkaham at the end of the episode.
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* ItHasBeenAnHonor: The words aren't spoken, but when Bruce and Lucius think that they're about to die, they just silently shake hands.
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* NotSoStoic: Strange's SanitySlippage is complete in this episode. His preternatural calm dissolves in the face of Fish Mooney's mutiny and everything else.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: A passing woman who hears the cries of people trapped in the crashed Arkham bus goes to help them out...and ends up releasing a group of monsters who will become legendary in terrorizing Gotham.
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* IdiotBall: Despite him acting ''way'' out of character, ''nobody'' at Gotham PD can figure out that Jim Gordon has been replaced by an impostor.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: A passing woman who hears the cries of people trapped in the crashed Arkham bus goes to help them out...and ends up releasing a group of monsters who will become legendary in terrorizingGotham.Gotham.
* WhamShot: The last of the monsters that escape the bus is...''another Bruce Wayne?''
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: A passing woman who hears the cries of people trapped in the crashed Arkham bus goes to help them out...and ends up releasing a group of monsters who will become legendary in terrorizing
* WhamShot: The last of the monsters that escape the bus is...''another Bruce Wayne?''
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* ElementalRivalry: Freeze and Firefly go at each other with their respective elemental weapons and Strange gets injured in the crossfire.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: A passing woman who hears the cries of people trapped in the crashed Arkham bus goes to help them out...and ends up releasing a group of monsters who will become legendary in terrorizing Gotham.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: A passing woman who hears the cries of people trapped in the crashed Arkham bus goes to help them out...and ends up releasing a group of monsters who will become legendary in terrorizing Gotham.
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* BombDisposal: Gordon and Lucius - neither of them bomb experts - wind up having to disarm an explosive set by Strange that threatens much of the city. [[spoiler: Played with when a half-conscious Peabody's cry of "Water!" provides the means by which they successfully short out the device ... but she was only asking for water to ''drink'', not suggesting a solution.]]
* ElementalRivalry: Freeze and Firefly go at each other with their respective elemental weapons [[spoiler: and Strange gets injured in the crossfire]].
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* BombDisposal: Gordon and Lucius - neither of them bomb experts - wind up having to disarm an explosive set by Strange that threatens much of the city. [[spoiler: Played with when a half-conscious Peabody's cry of "Water!" provides the means by which they successfully short out the device ... but she was only asking for water to ''drink'', not suggesting a solution.]]
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While Gordon, Bruce and Lucius remain trapped at Indian Hill, the city of Gotham will be met with a new threat as Hugo Strange's inmates seek to escape. For Strange himself, the consequences of crossing Gotham's police and underworld - or of disappointing his own superiors - come home to roost.
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While Gordon, Bruce and Lucius remain trapped at Indian Hill, the city of Gotham will be met with a new threat as Hugo Strange's inmates devise a plan seek to escape. For Strange himself, the consequences of crossing Gotham's police and underworld - or of disappointing his own superiors - come home to roost.
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ElementalRivalry: Freeze and Firefly go at each other with their respective elemental weapons [[spoiler: and Strange gets injured in the crossfire]].
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* BombDisposal: Gordon and Lucius - neither of them bomb experts - wind up having to disarm an explosive set by Strange that threatens much of the city. [[spoiler: Played with when a half-conscious Peabody's cry of "Water!" provides the means by which they successfully short out the device ... but she was only asking for water to ''drink'', not suggesting a solution.]]
* ElementalRivalry: Freeze and Firefly go at each other with their respective elemental weapons [[spoiler: and Strange gets injured in the crossfire]].
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