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* AreTheseWiresImportant: Zari resorts to this when she's unable to shut down Evil-Gideon properly.
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* SympathyForTheDevil: Sara takes time to mourn Thawne. Then again, this might be the most sympathetic post-Season 1 version of the evil speedster.

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* SympathyForTheDevil: Sara takes time to mourn Thawne. Then again, this might be the most sympathetic post-Season 1 version of the evil speedster.speedster post-Season 1 of [[TheFlash/SeasonOne The Flash]].



* WimpFight: Zari vs. Robo-Zari, to ludicrous results. What started as single hits devolves into air-slapping, hair-pulling extravaganza complete with strangulation attempts on both sides as dramatic music plays on. Interestingly, the ridiculousness is anchored by Gary and Astra's serious attempts to intervene; and it's unclear if Robo-Zari really is as lacking in combat skills as she appears, or if she was simply matching Zari's technique [[ObfuscatingStupidity to avoid giving herself away]].

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* WimpFight: As mentioned above, Zari vs. Robo-Zari, to ludicrous results. What started as single hits devolves into an air-slapping, hair-pulling extravaganza complete with strangulation attempts on both sides as dramatic music plays on. Interestingly, the ridiculousness is anchored by Gary and Astra's serious attempts to intervene; and it's unclear if Robo-Zari really is as lacking in combat skills as she appears, or if she was simply matching Zari's technique [[ObfuscatingStupidity to avoid giving herself away]].
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* WhamShot: The day is seemingly saved, Gideon runs to the mansion to tell Ava and Gary the wonderful news...and then she is suddenly stabbed InTheBack by a NotQuiteDead Robo-Astra.

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* WhamShot: The day is seemingly saved, Gideon runs to the mansion to tell Ava and Gary the wonderful news...and then she is suddenly stabbed InTheBack by a NotQuiteDead Robo-Astra.Robo-Astra.
* WimpFight: Zari vs. Robo-Zari, to ludicrous results. What started as single hits devolves into air-slapping, hair-pulling extravaganza complete with strangulation attempts on both sides as dramatic music plays on. Interestingly, the ridiculousness is anchored by Gary and Astra's serious attempts to intervene; and it's unclear if Robo-Zari really is as lacking in combat skills as she appears, or if she was simply matching Zari's technique [[ObfuscatingStupidity to avoid giving herself away]].
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* ImpersonatingTheEvilTwin: First Behrad does this with regards to his robot doppelganger, and then it escalates from there.

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* CompensatingForSomething: When real Nate sees how ridiculously muscular his robot counterpart is, he claims robo-Nate is overcompensating. Gary immediately points out that, judging by the shape of Robo-Nate's pants, this is not the case.



* DeadPersonImpersonation: After Evil Gideon is already destroyed, the real Gideon poses as her through the comms, commanding Robo-Nate and Robo-Sara to shut down.

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* DeadPersonImpersonation: DeadPersonImpersonation:
** Behrad poses as his robot counterpart after robo-Behrad has been destroyed.
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After Evil Gideon is already destroyed, the real Gideon poses as her through the comms, commanding Robo-Nate and Robo-Sara to shut down.

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* DiesWideOpen: How Thawne dies.

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* DiesWideOpen: How Thawne dies.When killed by the Robo-Legends, Thawne's eyes are open.



* GivingRadioToTheRomans: Gwyn's revised Operation Ruckus is to introduce various modern innovations to 1914 like a singing bass, a VR game, ''Star Wars'', etc.

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* GivingRadioToTheRomans: Gwyn's revised Operation Ruckus is to introduce various modern innovations to 1914 like a singing bass, a VR game, ''Star Wars'', Wars'' facts, etc.


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* MutualKill: Robo-Gary is tricked into thinking Robo-Spooner is the real one and devours her. Robo-Spooner warned him beforehand not to or else she'll detonate the grenade she was holding, which blows Robo-Gary up.

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* HiddenDepths: Since Gwyn is a veteran soldier, Sara puts him in charge of putting together a plan to stop Evil Gideon. And it actually works.

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* HiddenDepths: Since Gwyn is a veteran soldier, Sara puts him in charge of putting together a plan to stop Evil Gideon. And it actually works.works for the most part.
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** Robo-Nate inadvertently starts talking with a Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger-like accent after receiving a hit to the head.

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** Robo-Nate inadvertently starts talking with a Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger-like accent after receiving a hit to the head. And after his voice returns to normal, he has a line that the Legends are cockroaches, and he's the exterminator/"ex-Terminator".
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* FencePainting: Nate tricks his robot doppelganger into taking the burden of guarding the fixed point by calling it a privilege.


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* MirrorMatch: Zari fights Robo-Zari.
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* {{Irony}}: Astra is stricken with worry after seeing Gideon nearly die in their first confrontation with the Robo Legends. It's Robo-Astra that ends up giving Gideon a fatal blow after they seemingly defeated them all.
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With the Robo-Legends having swallod the bait, the Legends are in for a fight against their doppelgangers and Evil Gideon.

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With the Robo-Legends having swallod swallowed the bait, the Legends are in for a fight against their doppelgangers and Evil Gideon.
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* GivingRadioToTheRomans: Gwyn's revised Operation Ruckus is to introduce various modern innovations to 1918 like a singing bass, a VR game, ''Star Wars'', etc.

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* GivingRadioToTheRomans: Gwyn's revised Operation Ruckus is to introduce various modern innovations to 1918 1914 like a singing bass, a VR game, ''Star Wars'', etc.

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* SpotTheImpostor: Evil Gideon immediately recognizes Zari posing as her robotic counterpart.

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* SpotTheImpostor: Evil Gideon immediately quickly recognizes Zari posing as her robotic counterpart.counterpart after a brief exchange.

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* AngerBornOfWorry: Astra snaps at Gideon several times to stay in the manor when she volunteers to be helpful, because she is worried sick about her. After Gideon does manage to save the day, the two make up with a hug.

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* AngerBornOfWorry: Astra snaps at Gideon several times to stay in the manor when she volunteers to be helpful, because she is worried sick about her.her after seeing her nearly shot by Robo-Behrad. Astra feels responsible for her because she's the one who conjured Gideon in this form. After Gideon does manage to save the day, the two make up with a hug.

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* AngerBornOfWorry: Astra snaps at Gideon several times when she tries to be helpful, because she is worried sick about her. After Gideon does manage to save the day, the two make up with a hug.

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* AngerBornOfWorry: Astra snaps at Gideon several times to stay in the manor when she tries volunteers to be helpful, because she is worried sick about her. After Gideon does manage to save the day, the two make up with a hug.

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* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: The Fixed Point patrons decide to help the Legends by attacking the Robo-Legends...and they all die horribly.



** Among the aberrations the Legends create to draw out their robotic counterparts, the Legends make a graffiti saying [[Franchise/StarWars "Darth Vader is Luke's father!"]]

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** Among the aberrations the Legends create to draw out their robotic counterparts, the Legends make a graffiti saying [[Franchise/StarWars "Darth "[[Franchise/StarWars Darth Vader is Luke's father!"]]father]]!".


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* SympathyForTheDevil: Sara takes time to mourn Thawne. Then again, this might be the most sympathetic post-Season 1 version of the evil speedster.

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* BigDamnKiss: Behrad and Astra finally have theirs.

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* BigDamnKiss: TheBigDamnKiss: Behrad and Astra finally have theirs.



* ChekhovsGag: The [[RunningGag reminder]] that the ''Waverider'' has only one bathroom, which becomes important to the Legends' takeover.



* GivingRadioToTheRomans: Gwyn's revised Operation Ruckus is to introduce various modern innovations to 1918 like a singing bass, a VR game, ''Star Wars'', etc.



** Gideon poses as Evil Gideon, making Robo-Nate and Robo-Sara shut down. And then Nate plays Robo-Nate's ego, trickinbg him into taking up Thawne's spot as the Fixer instead of Sara.

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** Gideon poses as Evil Gideon, making Robo-Nate and Robo-Sara shut down. And then Nate plays on Robo-Nate's ego, trickinbg tricking him into taking up Thawne's spot as the Fixer instead of Sara.



** The Legends finally learn that they have been hunted by robotic duplicates of themselves.

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** The Legends finally learn that they have been hunted by robotic duplicates Rogue Gideon created Robo copies of themselves.them.



* LiteralMetaphor: Robo-Ava declaring "What the hell?" upon opening the Mansion's door and being greeted by hellfire, before Gary throws her and Robo-Astra into the fire. Gary even lampshades the apt wording.



* OutOfFocus: Due to getting injured at the beginning of the episode, Ava barely appears throughout the episode.

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* OutOfFocus: Due to getting injured at the beginning of the episode, Ava barely appears throughout appears.
* OverlyLongGag: The WimpFight between
the episode.two Zaris.



* WhamShot: The day is seemingly saved, Gideon runs to the mansion to tell Ava and Gary the wonderful news....and then she is suddenly stabbed InTheBack by a NotQuiteDead Robo-Astra.

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* WhamShot: The day is seemingly saved, Gideon runs to the mansion to tell Ava and Gary the wonderful news....news...and then she is suddenly stabbed InTheBack by a NotQuiteDead Robo-Astra.
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* RidiculouslyHumanRobots: Despite being made of metal, the Robo-Legends are capable not only of eating but of suffering human digestive issues. Behrad successfully uses this to drive Robo-Astra and Robo-Ava into a trap.
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* AngerBornOfWorry: Astra snaps at Gideon several times when she tries to be helpful, because she is worried sick about her. After Gideon does manage to save the day, the two make up with a hug.



* BigDamnKiss: Behrad and Astra finally have theirs.
* CatFight: Between Zari and Robo-Zari.
* ComingInHot: After Zari disables Evil Gideon, the Waverider makes a crash landing.



* DeadPersonImpersonation: After Evil Gideon is already destroyed, the real Gideon poses as her through the comms, commanding Robo-Nate and Robo-Sara to shut down.



** Behrad convincingly poses as his robotic counterpart and even manages to make Robo-Astra and Robo-Ava drink one of his beverages, which causes them to run right through the Bathroom-Portal, where Gary takes care of them.
** Spooner tricks Robo-Gary and Robo-Spooner into killing each other.
** Gideon poses as Evil Gideon, making Robo-Nate and Robo-Sara shut down. And then Nate plays Robo-Nate's ego, trickinbg him into taking up Thawne's spot as the Fixer instead of Sara.



** Sara tells the team about her promise to Thawne.
* ItsAllMyFault: Gwyn blames himself for thinking that disabling Evil Gideon will also automatically disable the Robo-Legends, which doesn't happen.



* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: When Sara plans on staying behind to stop the remaining Robo-Legends and carry on Thawne's mission as the Fixer, Spooner, Gwyn and Nate refuse to leave her behind.



* OutOfFocus: Due to getting injured at the beginning of the episode, Ava barely appears throughout the episode.



* SoProudOfYou: Astra to Gideon, after saving the day.
* SpotTheImpostor: Evil Gideon immediately recognizes Zari posing as her robotic counterpart.



* TrojanHorse: After killing Robo-Behrad, the Legends send the real Behrad to the Waverider, with the key to their pocket dimension. They then start replacing the Robo-Legends one by one.

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* TrojanHorse: After killing Robo-Behrad, the Legends send the real Behrad to the Waverider, with the key to their pocket dimension. They then start replacing the Robo-Legends one by one.one.
* WhamShot: The day is seemingly saved, Gideon runs to the mansion to tell Ava and Gary the wonderful news....and then she is suddenly stabbed InTheBack by a NotQuiteDead Robo-Astra.
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With the Robo-Legends having swallod the bait, the Legends are in for a fight against their doppelgangers and Evil Gideon.
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!!Tropes Featured in this Episode:
* BaitAndSwitch: When Behrad enters the Waverider, it initially seems like Robo-Spooner and Robo-Gary have recognized him by listening to the comms.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Gary of all people pushes Robo-Astra and Robo-Ava right out of the mansion into hell.
* CurbStompBattle: Sadly, the Time Authority and all other time travelers are no match for the Robo-Legends whatsoever.
* DiesWideOpen: How Thawne dies.
* GuileHero: All of the Legends display some impressive manipulation techniques.
* HiddenDepths: Since Gwyn is a veteran soldier, Sara puts him in charge of putting together a plan to stop Evil Gideon. And it actually works.
* HumanPincushion: Robo-Sara stabs Eobard Thawne to death.
* ImmediateSequel: Naturally, the episode picks up right after the last one ended.
* InternalReveal:
** The Legends finally learn that they have been hunted by robotic duplicates of themselves.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Gideon, after inadvertently motivating the Time Authority and all the other time travelers to take up arms against the Robo-Legends.
* NoSell: Robo-Nate ignores Sara's punches, who hurts her own hand in the process.
* ShoutOut:
** Robo-Nate inadvertently starts talking with a Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger-like accent after receiving a hit to the head.
** Among the aberrations the Legends create to draw out their robotic counterparts, the Legends make a graffiti saying [[Franchise/StarWars "Darth Vader is Luke's father!"]]
* TakeUpMySword: With his dying breath, Thawne leaves his time bracelet to Sara.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Sara at first attempts to reason with Robo-Sara and Robo-Nate, to no avail.
* TooDumbToLive: Spooner manages to convince Robo-Gary into thinking that Robo-Spooner is the real deal. This causes him to eat her, despite her telling him that she has a grenade. Consequently, he explodes right after devouring her.
* TorsoWithAView: Robo-Nate punches a hole right through the chest of the alien time traveler.
* TrojanHorse: After killing Robo-Behrad, the Legends send the real Behrad to the Waverider, with the key to their pocket dimension. They then start replacing the Robo-Legends one by one.

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