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* RealityEnsues: As good a fighter as Bruce is, he's still a teenager, and it is only Alfred's intervention that saves him.
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** The Scarecrow's breathing tubes resemble the noose worn by other incarnations of the character.
** Lucius Fox shows up to give Bruce a special suit designed for wear and tear, clearly knowing what Bruce is up to but acting like he buys the story of him "going climbing."

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** The Scarecrow's breathing tubes resemble the noose worn by other incarnations of the character.
character in the games, like the ones seem in the ''Arkham'' and ''Injustice'' games.
** Lucius Fox shows up to give Bruce a special suit designed for wear and tear, tear while "rock climbing", clearly knowing what Bruce is up to but acting like he buys the story of him "going climbing." he gave to Gordon at the GCPD, which resembles a similar scene from ''Batman Begins''.



* ShoutOut: When Bruce tries on the proto-Batsuit Fox gives him, he remarks that it's so lightweight that it feels "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons like I'm wearing nothing at all.]]"

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* ShoutOut: When Bruce tries on the proto-Batsuit Fox gives him, he remarks that it's so lightweight that it feels "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons like [[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons "like I'm wearing nothing at all.]]"
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Directed by Creator/LouisShawMilito

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* MonsterClown: The fear toxin makes the warden see an evil clown with glowing eyes and MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily.

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* MonsterClown: The fear toxin makes the warden see an his orderlies as evil clown clowns with glowing eyes and MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily.


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* ShoutOut: When Bruce tries on the proto-Batsuit Fox gives him, he remarks that it's so lightweight that it feels "[[WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons like I'm wearing nothing at all.]]"
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* MonsterClown: What the fear toxin makes the warden see.

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* MonsterClown: What the The fear toxin makes the warden see.see an evil clown with glowing eyes and MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily.
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* WeaksauceWeakness: Crane's fear toxin can be countered by... water.

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* WeaksauceWeakness: Crane's fear toxin can be countered by... water. Presumably this early version is absorbed through the skin and can be washed off.
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* TheDogBitesBack: By the end of the episode, Ivy is so sick of being pushed around by everyone that she seeks out potions that are able to give her powers.

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* TheDogBitesBack: By the end of the episode, Ivy is so sick of being pushed around by everyone that she seeks out potions that are able to give her powers. Also, Jonathan's first target after he leaves the farmhouse is Arkham Asylum, where he mind-screws the abusive Warden Reed into shooting the other staff who'd mistreated or neglected him while institutionalized.
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* BackFromTheDead: Barbara was last seen being electrocuted by Tabitha, but is somehow back.

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* BackFromTheDead: Barbara was last seen being electrocuted by Tabitha, but is somehow back. [[spoiler: The following episode reveals that Ra's al Ghul revived her with the Lazarus Pit.]]

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* MythologyGag: The Scarecrow's breathing tubes resemble the noose worn by other incarnations of the character.

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The Scarecrow's breathing tubes resemble the noose worn by other incarnations of the character.character.
** Lucius Fox shows up to give Bruce a special suit designed for wear and tear, clearly knowing what Bruce is up to but acting like he buys the story of him "going climbing."
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Tabitha calls Barbara's BoomHeadshot of Butch a betrayal, while conveniently ignoring that she and Butch were plotting the same thing against Barbara. Not to mention that Tabitha getting involved with Butch while already being involved with Barbara was pretty insensitive in the first place, considering that when Butch and Barbara first met, Butch threatened to rape her. She has a similar grudge against Penguin, while Zsasz points out that Tabitha personally murdered Penguin's mother.

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The Never My Fault example was actually in last episode, not this one.


* BackFromTheDead: Barbara was last seen being electrocuted by Tabitha, but is somehow back.



* DestroyTheEvidence: The warden is in the middle of burning files proving his corruption when Crane comes across him.
* TheDogBitesBack: By the end of the episode, Ivy is so sick of being pushed around by everyone that she seeks out potions that are able to give her powers.
* EnemyMine: At the end of the episode, Gordon decides to ally with the Falcones to take down Penguin.
* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Since he's so consumed by his own fears, Crane can't understand how Gordon is able to fight off his.



* TheManBehindTheMan: While who it is hasn't been revealed yet, Penguin is quick to realize that someone else must be bankrolling Barbara's new operation.
* MonsterClown: What the fear toxin makes the warden see.



* NeverMyFault: The warden acts like he doesn't know what Gordon and Bullock are talking about when they question him about Jonathan, then instantly switches to claiming the Merton gang threatened him when he realizes the police have proof the younger Crane was taken by the gang.



* TogetherInDeath: In Jim's hallucination, Scarecrow taunts him to slit his own wrists to join Lee. Jim manages to resist, however.

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* ThisCannotBe: Crane's reaction to Gordon fighting off his fear toxin.
* TogetherInDeath: In Jim's hallucination, Scarecrow taunts him to slit his own wrists to join Lee. Jim manages to resist, however.however.
* WeaksauceWeakness: Crane's fear toxin can be countered by... water.
* YouKilledMyFather: The reason Crane is so eager to kill Gordon.
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Gordon tries to apprehend the Scarecrow after Penguin challenges him, but gets attacked in Arkham. Meanwhile, Bruce continues his crusade, and Barbara seeks to become an arms dealer.
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* AdaptationOriginConnection: Fox gives Bruce what will become the Batsuit.
* BathSuicide: Lee, in Jim's hallucination.
* FaceYourFears: Inverted; having surrendered to his "bogeyman" himself, Crane uses fear-toxin and persuasion to convince Arkham's warden to likewise embrace and become his personal phobia. When Gordon successfully plays this trope straight, fighting off the fear-gas's effect by overcoming fear, Scarecrow outright claims it's impossible.
* MythologyGag: The Scarecrow's breathing tubes resemble the noose worn by other incarnations of the character.
* NeverMyFault: The warden acts like he doesn't know what Gordon and Bullock are talking about when they question him about Jonathan, then instantly switches to claiming the Merton gang threatened him when he realizes the police have proof the younger Crane was taken by the gang.
* RealityEnsues: As good a fighter as Bruce is, he's still a teenager, and it is only Alfred's intervention that saves him.
* SecretKeeper: Lucius Fox becomes this for Bruce.
* TogetherInDeath: In Jim's hallucination, Scarecrow taunts him to slit his own wrists to join Lee. Jim manages to resist, however.

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