History Recap / GothamS5E11TheyDidWhat

* BarrageOfBats: Bruce has an experimental new cloaking device that has the side effect that it's sound summons bats. In the fight with Bane, he puts the device on Bane's back and turns it on, resulting in a huge swarm of bats attacking the villain.

* TakingTheBullet: Oswald shields Ed from a grenade and loses his right eye in the process.

* BittersweetEnding: The main seasonal arc wraps up in this episode, with the final episode serving as a DistantFinale, on this note. On the bright side, Gotham has been saved with the army turning on Bane and his men, reunification is now officially underway, Gordon has been promoted to Commissioner thanks to his heroism in keeping Gotham together and all of our main characters have survived their ordeals intact. However, Nyssa al Ghul managed to escape from Gotham, Penguin and Riddler both decide to embrace their darker natures after realising that [[DudeWheresMyRespect the city won't acknowledge their role in saving it]], and Bruce decides to leave Gotham as he promised to earlier in the season, leaving Alfred and Selina devastated (especially the latter who doesn't even get a full send off with Bruce, just a letter).

* ButNowIMustGo: Once Gotham is safe and reunified with the mainland Bruce decides to carry out what he promised earlier in the season and leaves Gotham in Jim's hands while he trains to become [[ComicBook/{{Batman}} the hero that Gotham needs.]]

** Jim and Oswald reminisce on Jim's not killing Penguin and exiling him from Gotham all the way back in the [[Recap/GothamS1E1Pilot Pilot]].
** During his MotiveRant Riddler references his time in the GCPD, vowing never to be that ordinary again. He also mentions the last time he showed Gotham what he truly was, which spanned the latter half of season 3.
** In the same scene Penguin mentions being in charge, referencing his mayorship in season 3 (and also possibly the Pax Penguina in season 4).

* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: Played with; Ed and Oswald, who have betrayed each other repeatedly, seem poised to literally stab each other in the back at the same time but decide against it.

* DudeWheresMyRespect: The reason why Penguin and Riddler decide to return to villainy, with their sacrifices having been ignored by Gordon and Gotham they vow to take what they want and to rule the city like they did before.

* EyeScream: Debris flies into Oswald's eye when he shields Nygma from a grenade. We actually get to see the damage that the shrapnel does to Oswald's face and it's enough to make Nygma gag.

** Subverted. Penguin and Riddler finally make a stand and decide to defend Gotham from Bane. Then when it's all over they both agree that nothing has changed and they still wish to rule Gotham as a criminal empire.

* IdiotBall: For the sake of a cool shot of them running away from the explosion, Bruce decides to activate the bomb without letting Selina know that they should run away as soon as the bomb glows red beforehand and instead tells her that when they have only seconds to run. Possibly he just knows her so well by now that he knows she won't retreat until ''he'' does too.
* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: Bruce's trauma over seeing Selina nearly killed by Bane. When he leaves Gotham at the end he also leaves her behind.

* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Bane and his remaining loyal mercenaries realize they're outgunned when the army turns on them to protect the civilians of Gotham and surrender.
* LikeASonToMe: Alfred finally says this out loud to Bruce though he also notes that he has never tried to replace his parents.

* MotiveRant: Riddler goes off on a very lengthy rant on how much he despises being normal and how from now on he will do everything in his power to make sure that Gotham remembers him and how he will take the city back from Gordon.

* PunchClockVillain: As Harvey notes most of the army soldiers that are fighting with Bane are only following orders (and as a previous scene shows only following Bane after being cowed when he killed their commanding officer). As such Gordon orders his men to only target Bane's mercenaries. In the end, the fact that the army aren't truly evil ends up being the deciding factor in the downfall of Bane and Nyssa's plan since they're not about to murder unarmed civilians.
* RankUp: After the city is saved Gordon finally receives his promotion to Commissioner just like in the comics.

* IdiotBall: For the sake of a cool shot of them running away from the explosion, Bruce decides to activate the bomb without letting Selina know that they should run away as soon as the bomb glows red beforehand and instead tells her that when they have only seconds to run.