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* FreezeFrameBonus: The Legends' meeting at the beginning of the mission features shots of two news articles that give the precise dates of events (Freddy is executed on June 4th, while the reunion happens on June 11th, both in 2004; the former is also indicated on the label on Freddy's body bag), as well as the full name of Freddy's main bully, Brad Shepard.



* MoodWhiplash: The opening bit has a double-dose. First, we watch Freddy getting executed in front of his distraught mother, then it cuts to the coroner driving his van and singing to an upbeat love sun. The mood switches back to the dark end of the spectrum very quickly when the body in the back starts thrashing around, the van goes out of control, and the driver is murdered.

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* MoodWhiplash: The opening bit has a double-dose. First, we watch Freddy getting executed in front of his distraught mother, then it cuts to the coroner driving his van and singing to an upbeat love sun.song. The mood switches back to the dark end of the spectrum very quickly when the body in the back starts thrashing around, the van goes out of control, and the driver is murdered.



* MyBelovedSmother: Freddy's mother is ''extremely'' possessive of him and can't stand the thought of him having other friends or a girlfriend. When he cancels their plans to go see a movie in order to attend prom, she snaps and tries to kill anyone standing in her way.

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* MyBelovedSmother: Freddy's mother is ''extremely'' possessive of him and can't stand the thought of him having other friends or a girlfriend. When he cancels their plans to go see watch a movie at home in order to attend prom, she snaps and tries to kill anyone standing in her way.


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** Nate suggests that Freddy go see a movie instead of attending prom, name-dropping ''Ghostbusters II'' and "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade''.

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* InternalReveal: Charlie learns about the Astra situation.



* InternalReveal: Charlie learns about the Astra situation.

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* TheOneThatGotAway: Ali was Mick's date for the prom but he skipped prom and stood her up. Fifteen years later he still clearly regrets that decision. After being revived due to undoing the Encore's existence, she forgives him and they hook up at the end of the episode.



* TheOneThatGotAway: Ali was Mick's date for the prom but he skipped prom and stood her up. Fifteen years later he still clearly regrets that decision. After being revived due to undoing the Encore's existence, she forgives him and they hook up at the end of the episode.
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* AbsenteeActor: Astra is absent, but mentioned several times.
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* NotSoDifferent: Nora finds common ground with Freddy by telling him about her own experience with giving in to her personal demons.

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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: Nora finds common ground with Freddy by telling him about her own experience with giving in to her personal demons.
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* MoodWhiplash: The opening bit has a double-dose. First, we watch Freddy getting executed in front of his distraught mother, then it cuts to the coroner driving his van and singing to an upbeat love sun. The mood switches back to the dark end of the spectrum very quickly when the body in the back starts thrashing around, the van goes out of control, and the driver is murdered.
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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: After Nora helps Freddy get ready for prom, before she suggests a limo in the cut to next scene...

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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: After Nora helps Freddy get ready for prom, before she suggests a limo in the cut to next scene...limo...
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In an homage to {{Slasher Movie}}s, the Legends deal with a new Encore, a convicted serial killer who returns to his former high school to finish a rampage he started as a teenager. Meanwhile, Zari tries to get back home after being brought aboard by her brother.

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In an a homage to {{Slasher Movie}}s, the Legends deal with a new Encore, a convicted serial killer who returns to his former high school to finish a rampage he started as a teenager. Meanwhile, Zari tries to get back home after being brought aboard by her brother.



* AccidentalHero: While Zari's goal is just to get back to her home, she ultimately ends up publicly unmasking Kathy in front of her son and his peers, though it's somewhat [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] in that this doesn't stop her rampage (Behrad does).

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* AccidentalHero: While Zari's goal is just to get back to her home, she ultimately ends up publicly unmasking Kathy in front of her son and his peers, though it's somewhat [[DownplayedTrope downplayed]] downplayed in that this doesn't stop her rampage (Behrad does).



* EarnYourHappyEnding: Thanks to [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong the Legends' efforts]], Kathy is captured and imprisoned in 1989 before her killing spree can take off (thus reversing the vast majority of her murders), while Freddy is not only ''not'' falsely imprisoned and executed for her crimes but is able to live a happy, healthy life with his peers, and as a happy couple with Tiffany.

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* EarnYourHappyEnding: Thanks to [[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong the Legends' efforts]], Kathy is captured and imprisoned in 1989 before her killing spree can take off (thus reversing the vast majority of her murders), while Freddy is not only ''not'' falsely imprisoned and executed for her crimes but is able to live a happy, healthy life with his peers, and as a happy couple hooks up with Tiffany.



* EvilRedhead: Freddy ''appears'' to be this, but it's ultimately [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] in that he's not the killer and thus not evil.

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* EvilRedhead: Freddy ''appears'' to be this, but it's ultimately [[SubvertedTrope subverted]] subverted in that he's not the killer and thus not evil.



* FamousFamousFictional: While the [[Recap/LegendsOfTomorrowS5E1MeetTheLegends previous]] [[Recap/LegendsOfTomorrowS5E2MissMeKissMeLoveMe two]] episodes focused on Encores that were [[HistoricalDomainCharacter real, historical figures]], this one focuses on a fictional character who is a pastiche of SlasherFilm villains.

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* FamousFamousFictional: While the [[Recap/LegendsOfTomorrowS5E1MeetTheLegends previous]] [[Recap/LegendsOfTomorrowS5E2MissMeKissMeLoveMe two]] episodes focused on Encores that were [[HistoricalDomainCharacter real, historical figures]], this one focuses on a fictional character who is a pastiche of SlasherFilm SlasherMovie villains.



* TheResenter: Zari resents Behrad for being their parents favorite despite being a lazy bum in her eyes. She [[DefrostingTheIceQueen begins to change]] her attitude by the end of the episode, after witnessing him being a hero.

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* TheResenter: Zari resents Behrad for being their parents parents' favorite despite being a lazy bum in her eyes. She [[DefrostingTheIceQueen begins to change]] her attitude by the end of the episode, after witnessing him being a hero.



** For starters, the (supposed) killer's name is [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]] [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Meyers]], wears a creepy white mask, a boiler suit, and using a kitchen knife (all signatures of Michael Meyers), he has [[Literature/{{Carrie}} telekinetic powers]], and his rampage took place on [[Film/PromNight prom night]]. On top of that, the ''actual'' killer turns out to be [[Film/FridayThe13th1980 his insane mother]], named after [[Literature/{{Misery}} a famous horror movie's]] [[Creator/KathyBates leading actress]].

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** For starters, the (supposed) killer's name is [[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]] [[Franchise/{{Halloween}} Meyers]], wears a creepy white mask, a boiler suit, and using a kitchen knife (all signatures of Michael Meyers), he has [[Literature/{{Carrie}} telekinetic powers]], and his rampage took place on [[Film/PromNight prom night]].''Film/PromNight''. On top of that, the ''actual'' killer turns out to be [[Film/FridayThe13th1980 his insane mother]], named after [[Literature/{{Misery}} a famous horror movie's]] [[Creator/KathyBates leading actress]].



* {{Yandere}}: Kathy becomes one for her son Freddy.

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* {{Yandere}}: Kathy becomes one for her son Freddy.
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* AmnesiacResonance: Zari, locked in a room on the Waverider and desperate to leave, suddenly gets a flash of hacker knowledge from the original timeline and uses it to unlock the door. When Gideon asks her how she did that, she just chalks it up to being a successful business woman.

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* AmnesiacResonance: Zari, locked in a room on the Waverider and desperate to leave, suddenly gets a flash of hacker knowledge from the original timeline and uses it to unlock the door. When Gideon asks her how she did that, she just chalks it up to being a successful business woman.businesswoman.
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* WhereTheHellIsSpringfield: Finally averted in regards to [[Series/TheFlash2014 Central City]], which is firmly placed in Missouri.
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* PrankDate: Freddy is set up in the "humiliation" version of one of these by Tiffany, but subverted when she ends up taking a liking to him and she deliberately prevents the intended prank from going off. Unfortunately, Freddy still finds out about it and storms off without realizing that Tiffany had changed her mind.
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--> "We gotta save Allie- I mean, the class of '89!"

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--> "We gotta save Allie- Ali- I mean, the class of '89!"



* InTheBack: How Allie dies before the timeline is altered. Sara also throws an axe behind Kathy when confronted with her.

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* InTheBack: How Allie Ali dies before the timeline is altered. Sara also throws an axe behind Kathy when confronted with her.



* ItsPersonal: Mick, when one of the victims happens to be his high school sweetheart Allie, who died in his arms.

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* ItsPersonal: Mick, when one of the victims happens to be his high school sweetheart Allie, Ali, who died in his arms.



* LazyAlias: When first confronted by Allie, Mick briefly passes himself off using his late father's name, Dick.

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* LazyAlias: When first confronted by Allie, Ali, Mick briefly passes himself off using his late father's name, Dick.



* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The aloof Mick is defensive toward Allie and angry over her death, revealing he feels bad about ditching her on prom night.
* OrAreYouJustHappyToSeeMe: When Mick and Allie are making out, she grabs Mick's crotch, where he pulls out his gun before they continue.
* TheOneThatGotAway: Allie was Mick's date for the prom but he skipped prom and stood her up. Fifteen years later he still clearly regrets that decision. After being revived due to undoing the Encore's existence, she forgives him and they hook up at the end of the episode.

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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The aloof Mick is defensive toward Allie Ali and angry over her death, revealing he feels bad about ditching her on prom night.
* OrAreYouJustHappyToSeeMe: When Mick and Allie Ali are making out, she grabs Mick's crotch, where he pulls out his gun before they continue.
* TheOneThatGotAway: Allie Ali was Mick's date for the prom but he skipped prom and stood her up. Fifteen years later he still clearly regrets that decision. After being revived due to undoing the Encore's existence, she forgives him and they hook up at the end of the episode.

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