History Recap / LegendsOfTomorrowS4E9LuchaDeApuestas

* TookALevelInJerkass: Ava has become quite jarringly callous and values human life more then the lives of the Fugitives, even being okay with Hank taking and experimenting on them; though there are hints that she's just playing politics to keep her job.

* NotSoStoic: Despite Ava's [[FantasticRacism justification]] of Hank's cruel deeds and refusal to heed Sara's pleas [[ItsAllAboutMe in favor of keeping her job]], she begins crying after ordering Sara to leave.

-->'''Gary:''' ''[panicked}'' Where's my nipple? '''''WHERE'S MY NIPPLE?!'''''

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Had Ray, Sara and Rory not used a VanInBlack to go after Mona and Konane, she wouldn't have sent him to 1961 Mexico City to hide him (as she assumes they were the people who tried taking him the first time).

* TookALevelInJerkass: Ava has become quite jarringly callous and values human life more then the lives of the Fugitives, even being OK with Hank taking and experimenting on them; though there are hints that she's just playing politics to keep her job.

* {{Adorkable}}: Ray's idea of a team-building exercise is to create a card game designed to educate the newest Legends on the team's past screw-ups.

* BrokenMasquerade: When Zari reveals to Nate evidence that the security footage that seemingly implicated Mona was in fact doctored, she reveals that a cellphone number is tied into portions of the footage being deleted... which Nate realizes is ''Hank's'' phone number.

* DownerEnding: Ava and Sara break up, Konane is murdered, Mona now appears to be half-werewolf, and if the last scene with Hank is any indication, the Legends have now lost the good will they have obtained with the Bureau.
-->'''Mona:''' You were right... there's no such thing as happily ever after.
* DramaticIrony: In the previous episode, Charlie (disguised as Ava) was shocked to see the Legends (Sara in particular) callously decide to murder a magical creature instead of any other alternative. Here, Sara is shocked to see Ava callously decide that Hank wanting to weaponize magical creatures is completely fine by her.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Mona is a fan of one of Mick's novels, and she compares herself and Konane to one of the couples in it. Unfortunately, Mick as the author knows that it won't end happily ever after for them... cue the DownerEnding for Konane and Mona.

** After confronting Hank about the doctored footage and seemingly being okay with his actions (on the grounds that he be let in on events more), Hank leaves Nate's office... whereupon Zari sneaks out from hiding and, after confirming she copied the footage from Hank's phone, Nate tells her to keep digging.

* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Mona's initial attempt of convincing Sara that there is a conspiracy going on is... not exactly convincing.

-->'''Mona''': You were right...there's no such thing as happily ever after.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Mona is a fan of one of Mick's novels, and she compares herself and Konane to one of the couples in it. Unfortunately, Mick as the author knows that it won't end happily ever after for them...cue the DownerEnding for Konane and Mona.

* HiddenDepths: Constantine, to the mild surprise of his teammates, is a fan of Lucha Libre and Mexican cinema; according to him, the writers of Mexican monster movies from the 60's had a better handle on magic than Hollywood "toss-pots".
* HulkOut: Enraged that Konane was senselessly killed in spite of ''everything'' that transpired that episode, Mona transforms into a werewolf, presumably due to the scratch 2 episodes prior, and [[KilledOffscreen murders the agent that killed him]].

-->'''Gary''': (relieved) ''Ooooooooh'' thank God, you're back.

-->'''Gary''': (panicked) Where's my nipple? '''''WHERE'S MY NIPPLE?!'''''

-->'''Charlie''': Oh, come on. "ComicBook/VandalSavage"? That's a real name?\\
'''Constantine''': And here I thought Damien Darhk's handle was a bit too on the nose.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: El Cura is an obvious stand-in for Wrestling/ElSanto, as a legendarily popular heroic luchador with a simple costume who also appeared in movies and comics. The only difference is his outfit is gold rather than silver.
** Even better: there is a movie where El Santo fights a wolfman.
* NotWhatItLooksLike[=/=]ClearMyName: The plot of the episode centers around Mona being falsely accused of letting Konane escape confinement while she insists that he was being taken away. While the other Legends and her go after Konane, Nate and Zari discover that the security cam footage was doctored, and that Hank was directly involved.

* ShoutOut: To Mexican luchador films, many of which had masked wrestlers fighting monsters, including, of course, werewolves; more than once, said monsters would disguise as wrestlers to fight the heroes on their own field. El Cura, as said above, is the Arrowverse's equivalent of Wrestling/ElSanto, who starred in many of these movies.

** After confronting Hank about the doctored footage and seemingly being okay with his actions (on the grounds that he be let in on events more), Hank leaves Nate's office...whereupon Zari sneaks out from hiding and, after confirming she copied the footage from Hank's phone, Nate tells her to keep digging.

* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Mona's initial attempt of convincing Sara that there is a conspiracy going on is...not exactly convincing.

* BlackComedy: [[HeroicComedicSociopath Mick]] shot Mona with a tranquiliser gun under the impression that it was a ''real'' gun.
-->'''Nate''': Did you just try to ''shoot her'' shoot her?

* BrokenMasquerade: When Zari reveals to Nate evidence that the security footage that seemingly implicated Mona was in fact doctored, she reveals that a cellphone number is tied into portions of the footage being deleted...which Nate realizes is ''Hank's'' phone number.

* BrokenMasquerade: When Zari reveals to Nate evidence that the security footage that seemingly implicated Mona was in fact doctored, she reveals that a cellphone number is tied into portions of the footage being deleted... which Nate realizes is ''Hank's'' phone number.

** Mona is a fan of "Rebecca Silver", the pen name that Mick has previously been established as writing under.

* CensoredForComedy: When Ray shows Sara the petition to be her NumberTwo with the team's signatures, Mick's "signature" is "Go [bleep] [bleeeeeep], Haircut", with the two middle words being redacted by Ray.

-->'''Mona''': You were right... there's no such thing as happily ever after.

** The Legends are appalled by what Hank's black-op team is doing to the fugitives. Ava, however, is not, both due to FantasticRacism and because she's afraid that pissing off Hank will mean that she'll lose her job and the Bureau will be dissolved.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Mona is a fan of one of Mick's novels, and she compares herself and Konane to one of the couples in it. Unfortunately, Mick as the author knows that it won't end happily ever after for them....cue the DownerEnding for Konane and Mona.

* MakeUpOrBreakUp: Sara tries to make amends with Ava, but the couple end up breaking up due to inhabiting two different realities: Sara and the Legends' ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight mentality is clashing with Ava's job as a government bureaucrat where pissing off the wrong person in the hierarchy, even if it's the right thing to do, will have far-reaching consequences.
* MythologyGag: Konane's Lucha Libre name? "[[SelfDemonstrating/{{Lobo}} El Lobo]]".

* NotWhatItLooksLike / ClearMyName: The plot of the episode centers around Mona being falsely accused of letting Konane escape confinement while she insists that he was being taken away. While the other Legends and her go after Konane, Nate and Zari discover that the security cam footage was doctored, and that Hank was directly involved.

* ShoutOut: To Mexican luchadores' films, many of which had masked wrestlers fighting monsters, including, of course, werewolves; more than once, said monsters would disguise as wrestlers to fight the heroes on their own field. El Cura, as said above, is the Arrowverse's equivalent of Wrestling/ElSanto, who starred many of these movies.

** After confronting Hank about the doctored footage and seemingly being okay with his actions (on the grounds that he be let in on events more), Hank leaves Nate's office... whereupon Zari sneaks out from hiding and, after confirming she copied the footage from Hank's phone, Nate tells her to keep digging.

* CensoredForComedy: When Ray shows Sara the petition to be his NumberTwo with the team's signatures, Mick's "signature" is "Go [bleep] [bleeeeeep], Haircut", with the two middle words being redacted by Ray.

-->'''Mona''': You were right......there's no such thing as happily ever after.

* FiveFiveFive: Hank's phone number is revealed to be [=208-555-0102=].

* FiveFiveFive: Hank's phone number is revealed to be 208-555-0102.

* DramaticIrony: In the previous episode, Charlie (disguised as Ava) was shocked to see the Legends (Sara in particular) callously decide to murder a magical creature instead of any other alternative. Here, Sara is shocked to see Ava callously decide that whatever Hank wanting to weaponize magical creatures is completely fine by her.

** The Legends are appalled by what Hank's black-op team is doing to the Fugitives. Ava however is not both due to FantasticRacism and because she's afraid that pissing off Hank will mean that she'll lose her job and the Bureau will be dissolved.