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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
** Rogue Gideon, who likes to stick strictly to how the timeline is supposed to go, doesn't like the changes the Legends have been making, and forces them to retire so that they would not die.
** Astra, who spent most of her life alone, isn't happy when she learns that taking the futures offered to the Legends would result in them never seeing each other again.
** Similarly, Zari, who spent most of the season helping people, is dissatisfied to learn that her future has her going back to being an influencer, especially since she feels that she just cannot measure up to the original Zari.
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** When Gideon says the Legends are chaotic, Astra protests that they're Chaotic Good, referencing the Character Alignment from ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.

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** When Gideon says the Legends are chaotic, Astra protests that they're Chaotic Good, ChaoticGood, referencing the Character Alignment CharacterAlignment from ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''. [[invoked]]
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When the group are deciding when to have a big dinner party, they originally decide on Sunday at 9pm, which was the Legends' time slot for most of last season. Nate couldn't make it, so it was changed to Wednesday at 8pm, the timeslot this season aired on. When Gwynn brings up time zones, Gary says "8:00 Eastern, 7:00 Central" and stops himself before he actually namedrops Creator/TheCW.

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** Sara and Ava's daughter is shown to be at Camp Ogawa, the same camp they went into "Wet Hot American Bummer"

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** Sara and Ava's daughter is shown to be at Camp Ogawa, the same camp they went into in "Wet Hot American Bummer"Bummer."
** As Spooner is moving through the vents, Future!Nate's interview has him and talk about J. Edgar Hoover.

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* ContinuityNod: When Nate says that Legends don't retire, the others bring up all of their former members who did, in fact, retire.

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* ContinuityNod: CliffHanger: Gary's fate, after Rogue Gideon ejects him from the ''Waverider''.
* ContinuityNod:
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When Nate says that Legends don't retire, the others bring up all of their former members who did, in fact, retire.



* LuredIntoATrap: Rogue Gideon does this with Gary, luring him to the armory and then throwing him out the airlock.

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* LuredIntoATrap: Rogue Gideon does this with Gary, luring him sends Gary to the armory and under the pretense of Human Gideon waiting for him. She then throwing throws him out of the airlock.''Waverider''.



* ThrownOutTheAirlock: Almost happens to Spooner, but Astra and human Gideon were able to convince the Rogue Gideon to spare her. Rogue Gideon was later successful in ejecting Gary.
* UncertainDoom: Gary's fate is unknown after Rogue Gideon ejects him from the Waverider.

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* ThrownOutTheAirlock: Almost happens to Spooner, but Astra and human Gideon were able to convince the Rogue Gideon to spare her. Rogue Gideon was later successful in ejecting Gary.
* UncertainDoom: Gary's fate is unknown after Rogue Gideon ejects him from the Waverider.
Gary.
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** Sara and Ava's daughter is shown to be at Camp Ogawa, the same camp they went into "Wet Hot American Bummer"
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The daughter isn't adopted. Sara's alien biology can let her reproduce with another woman


* HappilyAdopted: Ava's and Sara's future shows them that they adopted a girl who loves them very much.
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** When Gideon says the Legends are chaotic, Astra protests that they're Chaotic Good, referencing the CharacterAlignment from ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.

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** When Gideon says the Legends are chaotic, Astra protests that they're Chaotic Good, referencing the CharacterAlignment Character Alignment from ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.
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** When Gideon says the Legends are chaotic, Astra protests that they're ChaoticGood, referencing the CharacterAlignment from ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.

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** When Gideon says the Legends are chaotic, Astra protests that they're ChaoticGood, Chaotic Good, referencing the CharacterAlignment from ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.
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** When Gideon says the Legends are chaotic, Astra protests that they're ChaoticGood, referencing the CharacterAlignment from ''DungeonsAndDragons''.

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** When Gideon says the Legends are chaotic, Astra protests that they're ChaoticGood, referencing the CharacterAlignment from ''DungeonsAndDragons''.''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons''.

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* SpotTheImposter: Gwyn very quickly realizes that Alun is a robot.

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** When Gideon says the Legends are chaotic, Astra protests that they're ChaoticGood, referencing the CharacterAlignment from ''DungeonsAndDragons''.
* SpotTheImposter: Gwyn very quickly realizes that Alun is a robot.robot, since the latter's personality was based on Gwyn's diaries and he doesn't remember things that weren't mentioned in them, like the words Alun would always say when they parted.

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* ContinuityNod: When Nate says that Legends don't retire, the others bring up all of their former members who did, inf act, retire.

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* ContinuityNod: When Nate says that Legends don't retire, the others bring up all of their former members who did, inf act, in fact, retire.



* IChooseToStay: Gary is the only one of the Legends who decides to stay on the Waverider at the end of the episode, wanting to be with Gideon no matter what. Unfortunately for him Rogue Gideon has other ideas.



* ManipulativeBitch: Rogue Gideon tries to convince Gary of leaving the ship as it is best for Gideon, then throwing him out the airlock when he doesn't listen. Meanwhile, she tells Gideon that he left voluntarily, pointing out that he abandoned her.

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* ManipulativeBitch: Rogue Gideon tries to convince Gary of leaving to leave the ship as claiming it is the best thing for Gideon, then throwing him out the airlock when he doesn't listen. Meanwhile, she tells Gideon that he left voluntarily, pointing out claiming that he abandoned her.

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* ActionPolitician: Apparently, Astra will run for president in 2040.



* BothSidesHaveAPoint: Gideon points this out in regards to Rogue Gideon's argument with Sara and Ava on how to fix time.



* ContinuityNod: When Nate says that Legends don't retire, the others bring up all of their former members who did, inf act, retire.



* GodzillaThreshold: In order to heal their Gideon, the Legends are forced to turn Rogue Gideon back on.
* HappilyAdopted: Ava's and Sara's future shows them that they adopted a girl who loves them very much.



* LuredIntoATrap: Rogue Gideon does this with Gary, luring him to the armory and then throwing him out the airlock.
* ManipulativeBitch: Rogue Gideon tries to convince Gary of leaving the ship as it is best for Gideon, then throwing him out the airlock when he doesn't listen. Meanwhile, she tells Gideon that he left voluntarily, pointing out that he abandoned her.



* ShoutOut: ''Film/DieHard'' is referenced when Spooner crawls into the air ducts.

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* ShoutOut: {{Sadist}}: Rogue Gideon obviously takes pleasure in trying to kill the Legends.
* ShoutOut:
** The episode title is a reference to the ''Music/MCHammer'' song of the same name.
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''Film/DieHard'' is referenced when Spooner crawls into the air ducts.ducts.
** Also, when Astra wishes Spooner good luck, she says that [[Franchise/StarWars there is no such thing]].
* SpotTheImposter: Gwyn very quickly realizes that Alun is a robot.



** Similarly, Zari, who spent most of the season helping people, is dissatisfied to learn that her future has her going back to being an influencer.

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** Similarly, Zari, who spent most of the season helping people, is dissatisfied to learn that her future has her going back to being an influencer.influencer, especially since she feels that she just cannot measure up to the original Zari.

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Rogue Gideon, who likes to stick strictly to how the timeline is supposed to go, doesn't like the changes the Legends have been making, and forces them to retire so that they would not die.

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
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Rogue Gideon, who likes to stick strictly to how the timeline is supposed to go, doesn't like the changes the Legends have been making, and forces them to retire so that they would not die.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Rogue Gideon, who likes to stick strictly to how the timeline is supposed to go, doesn't like the changes the Legends have been making, and forces them to retire so that they would not die.
** Astra, who spent most of her life alone, isn't happy when she learns that taking the futures offered to the Legends would result in them never seeing each other again.
** Similarly, Zari, who spent most of the season helping people, is dissatisfied to learn that her future has her going back to being an influencer.
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* ActuallyADoombot: Instead of saving Alun, Gideon just made a robot version of him. All the Legends are seemingly fooled except Gwyn at the end.

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* ActuallyADoombot: Instead of saving Alun, Gideon discovered that she couldn't save Alun as his death was a fixed point in time, so she just made a robot version of him. All the Legends are seemingly fooled except Gwyn at the end.



* LoopholeAbuse: Human Gideon informs the Legends about a protocol that prevents any Gideon from [[ICannotSelfTerminate destroying itself]], and that applies to the potential scenario of Rogue Gideon killing Human Gideon.

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* LoopholeAbuse: Human Gideon informs the Legends about a protocol that prevents any Gideon from [[ICannotSelfTerminate destroying itself]], and that applies to the potential scenario of Rogue Gideon killing Human human Gideon.
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* LoopholeAbuse: Human Gideon informs the Legends about a protocol that prevents any Gideon from [[ICannotSelfTerminate destroying itself]], and that applies to the potential scenario of Rogue Gideon killing Human Gideon.

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* TheFinalTemptation: This is the basic plot of the episode. Rogue Gideon tries to convince the Legends to retire by showing them visions of their peaceful futures...though "peaceful" doesn't always mean "happy".



* TheFinalTemptation: This is the basic plot of the episode. Rogue Gideon tries to convince the Legends to retire by showing them visions of their peaceful futures...though "peaceful" doesn't always mean "happy".

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* {{Glamour}}: Astra uses this kind of spell to disguise herself as Spooner so that Rogue Gideon can "read her fortune" and not get suspicious about Spooner's absence, as the real one is [[AirVentPassageway in the air ducts at the time]].
* HistoryRepeats: [[Recap/LegendsOfTomorrowS7E6DeusExLatrina Once again]], Rogue Gideon manipulates someone close to the ship's captain into going into the armory before [[ThrownOutTheAirlock ejecting them into the timestream]].



* ShoutOut: ''Film/DieHard'' is referenced when Spooner crawls into the air ducts.



* ThrownOutTheAirlock: Almost happens to Spooner, but Astra and human Gideon were able to convince the Rogue Gideon to spare her. Rogue Gideon was later successful in ejecting Gary.

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* TheFinalTemptation: This is the basic plot of the episode. Rogue Gideon tries to convince the Legends to retire by showing them visions of their peaceful futures...though "peaceful" doesn't always mean "happy".
* ThrownOutTheAirlock: Almost happens to Spooner, but Astra and human Gideon were able to convince the Rogue Gideon to spare her. Rogue Gideon was later successful in ejecting Gary.Gary.
* UncertainDoom: Gary's fate is unknown after Rogue Gideon ejects him from the Waverider.

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!!Tropes:The Legends take a gravely wounded Gideon back to the ''Waverider'', and realize that to save her, they must reactivate her rogue counterpart.
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* TenMinuteRetirement: Both Gideons convince the Legends to retire and leave protecting the timeline to the two of them.
* ActuallyADoombot: Instead of saving Alun, Gideon just made a robot version of him. All the Legends are seemingly fooled except Gwyn at the end.
* ChekhovsGun:
** Zari intentionally switching wires before re-activating Rogue Gideon.
** Astra's duplication spell, first used on a bag of peanuts to sate her teammates' appetites, later she uses it again to multiply John's magic key so each of the Legends can have access to his mansion.
* EnemyMine: The Legends need Rogue Gideon in order to save the human one.
* ImmediateSequel: Since the last episode had a CliffHanger, it shows the heroes taking human Gideon to the medbay.
* InternalReveal: Rogue Gideon learns about her human counterpart.
* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: Zari and Ava were about to go ahead with their ZanyScheme to save Alun, until Gideon reveals that she herself brought him back to the ''Waverider''.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Inverted in a way since it's the "monster" who convinces the Legends to finally retire by showing them their potential futures.
* TalkingToThemself: Between the two Gideons, all throughout the episode. Lampshaded by Behrad.
* ThrownOutTheAirlock: Almost happens to Spooner, but Astra and human Gideon were able to convince the Rogue Gideon to spare her. Rogue Gideon was later successful in ejecting Gary.
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