History Recap / LegendsOfTomorrowS5E9TheGreatBritishFakeOff

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Henry VIII introduces himself as "ruler of the British Empire". Not only was there no British Empire at the time of his reign, England and Scotland wouldn't even become part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain until ''over a century'' after his death.

* RealityEnsues: Lachesis's manipulations cost her Astra's trust; at minimum, Astra tries to hedge her bets by freeing the Legends, and when pressed, finds that she'd rather take fate into her own hands rather than trust someone who has no qualms about manipulating, lying to, or stealing from her.

* NotSoDifferent:
** Ava compares Lachesis's manipulation of Astra to how Rip similarly lied to her.
** Zari and John bond over their failures.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Brutus, one of history's most infamous traitors, is dispatched by being shot in the back by Bonnie while Brutus thought they were in a truce.
* LimitedWardrobe: [[LampshadedTrope Lampshaded]] by Zari as an insult to Constantine.

* PowerPerversionPotential: A chat between Nate and Charlie reveals that Amaya once channeled an animal during her and Nate's romance. The story is cut off before Nate can say any more.

** Nate and Zari almost share one before John interrupts them.
** John and Zari almost go for one after killing Jack the Ripper, until John notices the ring on the table.
* ArtisticLicenseHistory: Henry VIII introduces himself as "ruler of the British Empire". Not only was there no British Empire at the time of his reign, England and Scotland wouldn't even unite into the United Kingdom of Great Britain until ''over a century'' after his death.
* BadBoss: Astra throws a knife into one of her henchmen for allowing her collection of soul coins to be stolen, though as she notes, he'll be fine in a few hours.

* CarnivalOfKillers: Lachesis sends a group of Encores (Jack the Ripper, Henry VIII, Brutus, Black Caesar, and Bonnie and Clyde) to track down the final Loom piece. It isn't long before Bonnie and Clyde are killing all the others to claim the ring (and the reward of freedom from damnation) for themselves.

* ChekhovsGunman: Enchantress appears in Charlie's flashback at the beginning of the episode. Then at the end of the episode, the landlady Mrs. Hughes is shown to be her in disguise.

* NoHonourAmongThieves: Bonnie and Clyde kill every other killer in cowardly ways, even after a ceasefire is agreed upon. The only one they don't kill, despite having perfect opportunity, is Jack the Ripper, oddly.

* ObviouslyEvil: The man with the top hat and mustache is clearly up to no good, evident from his first scene. And ''then'' it's revealed he's actually UsefulNotes/JackTheRipper.
* OutOfFocus: Nate, Charlie and Sara sit out the bulk of the episode.

* ShesBack: Atropos, to the surprise of nobody, survived being dropped into the timestream, she even has her hand back.

* StabTheScorpion: When Astra seems to be about to kill her prisoners, she instead cuts their restraints.

* LaserGuidedKarma: Brutus, one of history's most infamous traitor, is dispatched by being shot in the back by Bonnie while Brutus thought they were in a truce.

* NervesOfSteel: Astra doesn't even flinch when she get's ambushed and has Genghis Khan's sword put to her throat.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Bonnie and Clyde, obviously. When Clyde dies, Bonnie lets out an anguished scream.

* InternalReveal: Astra learns of Lachesis' manipilations.

* WeCanRuleTogether: Lachesis and Atropos want Astra to take Charlie/Clotho's place as the third Fate.

* Love Triangle: This episode sets up one between Zari, Nate and Constantine.

* AlmostKiss: John and Zari almost go for one after killing Jack the Ripper, until John notices the ring on the table.

* NotSoDifferent: Ava compares Lachesis's manipulation of Astra to how Rip similarly lied to her.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The old woman doesn't seem surprised to see the Encores standing in line at the desk and just treats them like guests. This is one of the signs that she is actually Enchantress.

* EvenEvilHasStandards: Henry VIII sneers at Brutus' infamous act of betraying Caesar, stating that while he beheaded people, he never stabbed them in the back (which he views as cowardly).

* NotMeThisTime: Ava assumes that sending all the Encores after John was Astra reneging on her deal with him, but they soon find out this isn't the case.
* NotSoDifferent: Ava compares Lachesis' manipulation of Astra to how Rip similarly lied to her.

%%* {{Foreshadowing}}
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The old woman doesn't seem surprised to see the Encores standing in line at the desk and just treats them like guests. This is one of the signs that she is actually Enchantress.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: The old woman doesn't seem surprised to see the Encores standing in line at the desk and just treats them like guests. This is one of the signs that she is actually Atropos.