History Recap / GothamS2E22Transference

* 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.

** Bullock seems to know something is up, but it's not clear if he thinks its an impostor or if Gordon's been "Strange-ed".
** Strange thinking it a bright idea to run ''in between'' a man armed with a freeze gun and a woman packing a flamethrower.

* MythologyGag: Basil must have taken his acting lessons from his ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' version.

** He didn't just shrug it off; [[VisualPun he was literally out cold for quite a few minutes.]] Gordon had to wait for him to thaw out and slap him multiple times to wake him up

** Dr. Strange tries to flee when he finds out Fish Mooney has his Assistant Ms. Peabody and quite a few orderlies under her control. He initiates a SelfDestructMechanism but is foiled in his escape by Ms. Peabody and James Gordon. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Strangely enough creating two opposing elemental supervillains bites him in the ass when they fight each other, because one is loyal and the other isn't.]]

** [[BaitAndSwitch You expect Strange's monstrosities to kill the old lady after they are freed, but they don't pay any attention to her.]]

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: As soon as Nygma has done his part in interrogating Bruce and Lucius, Strange has him locked back up. Gordon and Lucius do the same after using him to disable the security Strange had placed around the asylum. It seems he can never catch a break ever since he had been rumbled a few episodes before.

** Dr. Strange tries to flee when he finds out Fish Mooney has his Assistant Ms. Peabody and quite a few orderlies under her control. He initiates a SelfDestructMechanism but is foiled in his escape by Ms. Peabody and James Gordon. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Strangely enough creating two different elemental supervillains bites him in the ass when they fight each other, because one is loyal and the other isn't.]]

* PetTheDog: Dr. Strange helps Jim Gordon get past his guilt over his dad's death.

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: When Butch and his {{Mooks}} see Fish, they're freaked out enough to get the hell out of there.

* UnwillingInstigatorOfDoom: The old woman who stumbled upon the Arkham bus thought it was a car wreck and its poor passengers were trapped inside. She unwitting unleashes the greatest threat Gotham has seen yet.

!!Examples:

** [[BaitandSwitch You expect Strange's monstrosities to kill the old lady after they are freed, but they don't pay any attention to her.]]

** 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]] [[TheDreaded when Fish Mooney shows up.]]

** Dr. Strange tries to flee when he finds out Fish Mooney has his Assistant Ms. Peabody and quite a few orderlies under her control. He initiates a SelfDestructMechanism but is foiled in his escape by Ms. Peabody and James Gordon. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Strangely enough creating two different elemental supervillains bites him in the ass when they fight each other, because one is loyal and the other isnt.]]

** He didn't just shrug it off; [[VisualPun he was out cold for quite a few minutes.]] Gordon had to wait for him to thaw out and slap him multiple times to wake him up

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: As soon as Nygma has done his part in interrogating Bruce and Lucius, Strange has him locked back up.

** [[MoodWhiplash You expect Strange's monstrosities to kill the old lady after they are freed, but they don't pay any attention to her.]]

** 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]] [[TheDreaded when Fish Mooneyshows up.]]

* MythologyGag: Basil must have took his acting lessons from his ''WesternAnimation/TheBatman'' version.

* 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.

* NeverMyFault: When Strange confesses to Gordon that he set a bomb off to destroy Indian Hill and everything around it a quarter mile radius, he pleads that his hand was forced. He also uses the same excuse when Ms. Peabody questions him about relocating the prisoners, [[{{Foreshadowing}} going so far as to point out the ramifications if even one of their monstrosities managed to escape.]]

* NeverMyFault: When Strange confesses to Gordon that he set a bomb off to destroy Indian Hill and everything around it a quarter mile radius, he pleads that his hand was forced. He also uses the same excuse when Ms. Peabody questions him about relocating the prisoners, {{Foreshadowing going so far as to point out the ramifications if even one of their monstrosities managed to escape.}}

** Dr. Strange tries to flee when he finds out Fish Mooney has his Assistant Ms. Peabody and quite a few orderlies under her control. He initiates TheSelf-DestructMechanism but is foiled in his escape by Ms. Peabody and James Gordon. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Strangely enough creating two different elemental supervillains bites him in the ass when they fight each other, because one is loyal and the other isnt.]]

** Dr. Strange tries to flee when he finds out Fish Mooney has his Assistant Ms. Peabody and quite a few orderlies under her control. He initiates TheSelfDestructMechanism but is foiled in his escape by Ms. Peabody and James Gordon. [[HoistByHisOwnPetard Strangely enough creating two Elemental Supervillains bites him in the ass, when they fight each other, because one is loyal and the other isnt.]]

** Dr. Strange tries to flee when he finds out Fish Mooney has his Assistant Ms. Peabody and quite a few orderlies under her control. He initiates TheSelfDestructSequence but is foiled in his escape by Ms. Peabody and the James Gordon.

** He didn't just shrug it off; [[VisualPun he was out cold for quite a few minutes.]] Gordon had to slap him multiple times to wake him up