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* PresentAbsence: John's absence is noted several times throughout the episode, especially by Ava, who laments that she doesn't have his abilities.

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* PresentAbsence: John's absence is noted several times throughout the episode, especially by Ava, Astra, who laments that she doesn't have his abilities.
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* BlatantLies: Nate and Ava aren't able to keep up their masquerade towards the Sherrif for very long, especially after Ava blurts out that the Sherrif will hear back from President Warren G. Harding, despite the latter already being dead and Calvin Coolidge being president.

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* BlatantLies: Nate and Ava aren't able to keep up their masquerade towards the Sherrif Sheriff for very long, especially after Ava blurts out that the Sherrif Sheriff will hear back from President Warren G. Harding, despite the latter already being dead and Calvin Coolidge being president.
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** Mick may have been a long-time member of the Legends, but he was still irresponsible. He took a back-up device for a beer run, and ends up screwing over the Legends in the process when they really needed.

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** Mick may have been a long-time member of the Legends, but he was still irresponsible. He took a back-up device for a beer run, and ends up screwing over the Legends in the process when they really needed.needed it.
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* ImprovisedClothing: The Legends rework Gloria's fabric objects like curtains and pillowcases into circus clothing.

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* ImprovisedClothing: ImprovisedClothes: The Legends rework Gloria's fabric objects like curtains and pillowcases into circus clothing.

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* BavarianFireDrill: The Time Bureau has a protocol, Rule 44, for when a mission goes sideways where they assuage the suspicions of witnesses by pretending to be a circus. The team employs this to try and cover both for their presence and the town's witnessing of the previous night's Zaguron invasion.

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* BavarianFireDrill: The Time Bureau has a protocol, Rule 44, for when a mission goes sideways where they assuage the suspicions of witnesses by pretending to be a circus. The team employs utilize this to try and cover both for their presence and the town's witnessing of the previous night's Zaguron invasion.



* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The Legends and their usual antics end up attracting more attention than they should, which ends up putting Spooner's mom, a single woman of color who lives alone, at risk of getting arrested. When Spooner warns them of this, they stop their plans for a circus.

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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome:
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The Legends and their usual antics end up attracting more attention than they should, which ends up putting Spooner's mom, a single woman of color who lives alone, at risk of getting arrested. When Spooner warns them of this, they stop their plans for a circus.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: The Legends and their usual antics end up attracting more attention than they should, which ends up putting Spooner's mom, a single woman of color who lives alone, at risk of getting arrested. When Spooner warns them of this, they stop their plans for a circus.
** Their actions also lead to Hoover being on their tail. He keeps chasing them, thinking they're criminals, and ends up dead after shooting at Nate, who uses his steel powers to protect himself.
** Ava, who is uptight about maintaining the timeline on a normal day and isn't happy about being stuck in 1925, cracks under the pressure to not screw things up once Hoover is killed.
** Mick may have been a long-time member of the Legends, but he was still irresponsible. He took a back-up device for a beer run, and ends up screwing over the Legends in the process when they really needed.
** The team's overreliance on both the ship's tech and Constantine's magic ends up hurting them when they lose both and have to scramble to solve their problem.
** Finally, as the sole white male human (Gary is an alien, after all), Sara points out Nate is the only team member who won't have a hard time in the 1920s.
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* InThePastEveryoneWillBeFamous: The Legends up running into current Bureau Investigator and future President of the United States J. Edgar Hoover...and accidentally kill him.

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* InThePastEveryoneWillBeFamous: The Legends up running into current Bureau Investigator and future President of the United States FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover...and accidentally kill him.
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* BavarianFireDrill: The Time Bureau has a protocol, Rule 44, for when a mission goes sideways where they assuage the suspicions of witnesses by pretending to be a circus. The team employs this to try and cover both for their presence and the town's witnessing of the previous night's Zaguron invasion.


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* ImprovisedClothing: The Legends rework Gloria's fabric objects like curtains and pillowcases into circus clothing.
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When asked by a local what their gang is called, Behrad tells her they're called "[[TitleDrop Legends... of Tomorrow]]." The lady tells him it's [[ItWillNeverCatchOn not catchy enough]].

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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When asked by a local what their gang is called, Behrad tells her they're called "[[TitleDrop Legends... of Tomorrow]]." The lady tells him it's [[ItWillNeverCatchOn not catchy enough]].



** Astra trying to pierce the ship back together also creates yet another explosion, drawing attention.

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** Astra trying to pierce piece the ship back together also creates yet another explosion, drawing attention.explosion.



* ShoutOut: In reference to Marc Guggenheim, Sara introduces the team to the town folk as the "Guggenheim Circus".

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* ShoutOut: In reference to Marc Guggenheim, Sara introduces the team to the town folk townsfolk as the "Guggenheim Circus".



* TitleDrop: When discussing a name for the bank robbing gang, Behrad suggests Legends of Tomorrow. The name they end up going with, The Bullet Blondes, also counts, as that's the name of this episode.

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* TitleDrop: When discussing a name for the their bank robbing robbery gang, Behrad suggests Legends of Tomorrow. The name Also, when they end up going with, The settle on a different name, it's the Bullet Blondes, also counts, as that's the name of this episode.Blondes.

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* DisposingOfABody: After the Legends accidentally kill Hoover, Ava has Gary eat his corpse to get rid of the evidence.

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* DisposingOfABody: After the Legends [[AccidentalMurder accidentally kill Hoover, Hoover]], Ava has Gary eat his corpse to get rid of the evidence.



* FriendshipMoment: Astra and Spooner call each other best friends.
* GetBackToTheFuture: The crux of the first arc of the season. The Legends are stuck in 1925 and need to find a way to travel back to 2021.

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* FriendshipMoment: Astra and Spooner call each other best friends.
{{best friend}}s.
* GetBackToTheFuture: The crux of the first arc of the season. The Legends are stuck in 1925 and need to find a way to travel TimeTravel back to 2021.



* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Hoover ends up getting killed when he shoots Nate's steel form and the bullet ricochets back to him.



* ImmediateSequel: Picks up right after the Season 6 finale.

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* ImmediateSequel: Picks The episode picks up right after the Season 6 finale.



* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When asked by a local what their gang is called, Behrad tells her they're called "Legends...of Tomorrow." The lady tells him it's [[ItWillNeverCatchOn not catchy enough]].

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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When asked by a local what their gang is called, Behrad tells her they're called "Legends..."[[TitleDrop Legends... of Tomorrow.Tomorrow]]." The lady tells him it's [[ItWillNeverCatchOn not catchy enough]].



* MakeAWish: This is how the human Gideon is created.
* NakedOnArrival: Gideon's human form is nude upon creation, coupled with SceneryCensor.

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* MakeAWish: This is how the human Gideon is created.
created, with Astra inadvertently finishing the incantation she tried to use to recreate the ''Waverider'' by wishing that "Gideon was here" while talking to Spooner.
* NakedOnArrival: Gideon's human form is nude upon creation, as a "birth" metaphor to her gaining a true physical form for the first time. Her modesty is preserved by a combination of ToplessnessFromTheBack shots coupled with SceneryCensor.SceneryCensor provided by the rubble and a convenient LensFlareCensor on her chest when she stands up.



* RippleEffectIndicator: Ava moans that, with the Waverider gone, they don't even have Gideon to let them know how badly they've screwed up the timestream.

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* RippleEffectIndicator: Ava moans that, with the Waverider ''Waverider'' gone, they don't even have Gideon to let them know how badly they've screwed up the timestream.



* WeirdnessCensor: Invoked by the Legends who pretend to be circus performers because people are willing to ignore weird stuff when the circus is in town.
* WhamShot: Astra's resurrection spell creating a human Gideon from the remains of the ''Waverider''.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Spooner and her mom are tied up and pretend to have been forced to cooperate with the "Midland Robbery Gang" when Hoover comes back, accusing them of having withheld evidence.

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* WeirdnessCensor: Invoked {{Invoked|Trope}} by the Legends who pretend to be circus performers because people are willing to ignore weird stuff when the circus is in town.
* WhamShot: The episode ends with Astra's resurrection spell creating a human Gideon from the remains of the ''Waverider''.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Spooner and her mom are tied up and pretend to have been forced to cooperate with the "Midland Robbery Gang" when Hoover comes back, accusing them of having withheld evidence.evidence.
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* BoomHeadshot: Hoover tries to shoot Nate in the head, only for the latter to instinctively shift into his steel form, causing the bullet to ricochet and hit Hoover's head instead.

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* BoomHeadshot: Hoover tries to shoot Nate in the head, only for the latter to instinctively shift into his steel form, causing the bullet to ricochet and hit Hoover's head instead. He doesn't look [[PrettyLittleHeadshots too bad]] afterwards.



* EntertaininglyWrong: J. Edgar Hoover, who mistakes the Legends for a gang of bank robbers.
* FriendshipMoment: Astra and Spooner call each other best friends.



* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When asked by a locao what their gang is called, Behrad tells her they're called "Legends...of Tomorrow." The lady tells him it's [[ItWillNeverCatchOn not catchy enough]].

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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When asked by a locao local what their gang is called, Behrad tells her they're called "Legends...of Tomorrow." The lady tells him it's [[ItWillNeverCatchOn not catchy enough]].



* NakedOnArrival: Gideon's human form is nude upon creation.

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* NakedOnArrival: Gideon's human form is nude upon creation.creation, coupled with SceneryCensor.



** Astra trying to pierce the ship back together also creates yet another explosion, drawing attention.



* WhamShot: Astra's resurrection spell creating a human Gideon from the remains of the ''Waverider''.

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* WhamShot: Astra's resurrection spell creating a human Gideon from the remains of the ''Waverider''.''Waverider''.
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Spooner and her mom are tied up and pretend to have been forced to cooperate with the "Midland Robbery Gang" when Hoover comes back, accusing them of having withheld evidence.

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* BlatantLies: Nate and Ava aren't able to keep up their masquerade towards the Sherrif for very long, especially after Ava blurts out that the Sherrif will hear back from President Warren G. Harding, despite the latter already being dead and Calvin Coolidge being president.



* HiddenDepths: Zari is able to sew Circus costumes out of several amenities within Gloria's home.



* ImmediateSequel: Picks up right after the Season 6 finale.



* LockAndLoadMontage: The Legends undergo one as they prepare to go back and prevent the other ''Waverider'' from destroying theirs...[[MoodWhiplash only for their time courier to stop working]].

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* LockAndLoadMontage: The Legends undergo one as they prepare to go back and prevent the other ''Waverider'' from destroying theirs...[[MoodWhiplash only for their time courier courier]] to [[NegatedMomentOfAwesome stop working]].


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* PresentAbsence: John's absence is noted several times throughout the episode, especially by Ava, who laments that she doesn't have his abilities.


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* ShoutOut: In reference to Marc Guggenheim, Sara introduces the team to the town folk as the "Guggenheim Circus".

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* InThePastEveryoneWillBeFamous: The Legends up running into current Bureau Investigator and future President of the United States J. Edgar Hoover... and accidentally kill him.

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* InThePastEveryoneWillBeFamous: The Legends up running into current Bureau Investigator and future President of the United States J. Edgar Hoover... and accidentally kill him.



* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When asked what their robbery gang name is by a local, Behrad tells her they're called "Legends... of Tomorrow." The lady tells him it's [[ItWillNeverCatchOn not catchy enough]].

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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When asked by a locao what their robbery gang name is by a local, called, Behrad tells her they're called "Legends... "Legends...of Tomorrow." The lady tells him it's [[ItWillNeverCatchOn not catchy enough]].



* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The Legends attempt to divert Hoover's attention from Spooner's mother by pretending to be the bank robbers he's been looking for. Unfortunately, this leads to a shootout that results in Hoover's accidental death.

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: NiceJobBreakingItHero:
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The Legends attempt to divert Hoover's attention from Spooner's mother by pretending to be the bank robbers he's been looking for. Unfortunately, this leads to a shootout that results in Hoover's accidental death.

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* BigApplesauce: The Legends need to head to New York in order to find Gwyn Davies, considered the Father of Time Travel.


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* CircusOfMagic: The Legends planned to incorporate their various powers into their circus cover before scrapping the plan entirely.
* ConvenientlyUnverifiableCoverStory: Nate ''tries'' to employ this by masquerading as Hoover in order to get the safe. Unfortunately, the local sheriff ends up seeing through it eventually and calls in the real deal.


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* GetBackToTheFuture: The crux of the first arc of the season. The Legends are stuck in 1925 and need to find a way to travel back to 2021.


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* InThePastEveryoneWillBeFamous: The Legends up running into current Bureau Investigator and future President of the United States J. Edgar Hoover... and accidentally kill him.


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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When asked what their robbery gang name is by a local, Behrad tells her they're called "Legends... of Tomorrow." The lady tells him it's [[ItWillNeverCatchOn not catchy enough]].


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* RippleEffectIndicator: Ava moans that, with the Waverider gone, they don't even have Gideon to let them know how badly they've screwed up the timestream.
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* WeirdnessCensor: Invoked by the Legends who pretend to be circus performers because people are willing to ignore weird stuff when the circus is in town.

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* HeroicRROD: Astra's attempt to recreate the Waverider with a resurrection spell she hasn't mastered yet causes her nose to bleed and eventually collapse.

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* HeroicRROD: Astra's attempt to recreate the Waverider ''Waverider'' with a resurrection spell she hasn't mastered yet causes [[PsychicNosebleed her nose to bleed bleed]] and her to eventually collapse.



* HopeSpot: The Legends recover the emergency safe from the Waverider, only to find that Mick had previously borrowed the time courier it contained for a beer run and never returned it.

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* HopeSpot: The Legends recover the emergency safe from the Waverider, ''Waverider'', only to find that Mick had previously borrowed the time courier it contained for a beer run and never returned it.



* LockAndLoadMontage: The Legends undergo one as they prepare to go back and prevent the other Waverider from destroying theirs...[[MoodWhiplash only for their time courier to stop working]].

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* LockAndLoadMontage: The Legends undergo one as they prepare to go back and prevent the other Waverider ''Waverider'' from destroying theirs...[[MoodWhiplash only for their time courier to stop working]].



** Also, the reason the sheriff called Hoover is because of Nate trying to pose as Hoover. If he had just pretended to be a typical federal agent or the like instead, the real Hoover likely wouldn't have gotten involved at all.



** Also, the reason the sheriff called Hoover is because of Nate trying to pose as Hoover. If he had just pretended to be a typical federal agent or the like instead, the real Hoover likely wouldn't of gotten involved at all.



* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The Legends plan to go back in time to before the Waverider was destroyed and save it. And they justify any damage their prolonged presence does to the timeline by saying that succeeding will undo everything anyway.

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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The Legends plan to go back in time to before the Waverider ''Waverider'' was destroyed and save it. And they justify any damage their prolonged presence does to the timeline by saying that succeeding will undo everything anyway.anyway.
* SkewedPriorities: A local doesn't mind bank robbery, but she objects to the Legends taking another gang's name.



* WhamShot: Astra's resurrection spell creating a human Gideon from the remains of the Waverider.

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* WhamShot: Astra's resurrection spell creating a human Gideon from the remains of the Waverider.''Waverider''.
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*MakeAWish: This is how the human Gideon is created.


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* TitleDrop: When discussing a name for the bank robbing gang, Behrad suggests Legends of Tomorrow. The name they end up going with, The Bullet Blondes, also counts, as that's the name of this episode.
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** Also, the reason the sheriff called Hoover is because of Nate trying to pose as Hoover. If he had just pretended to be a typical federal agent or the like instead, the real Hoover likely wouldn't of gotten involved at all.
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* BoomHeadshot: Hoover tries to do this to Nate, only for the latter to instinctively shift into his steel form, causing the bullet to ricochet and hit Hoover's head instead.

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* BoomHeadshot: Hoover tries to do this to Nate, shoot Nate in the head, only for the latter to instinctively shift into his steel form, causing the bullet to ricochet and hit Hoover's head instead.



* DisposingOfABody: After the Legends accidentally kill Hoover, Ava has Gary eat the body to get rid of the evidence.

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* DisposingOfABody: After the Legends accidentally kill Hoover, Ava has Gary eat the body his corpse to get rid of the evidence.



* HeroicRROD: Astra's attempt to recreate the Waverider with a resurrection spell she hasn't mastered yet causes her nose to bleed and her to eventually collapse.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: J. Edgar Hoover appears, after being alerted to the Legends' suspicious presence by the local sheriff.

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* HeroicRROD: Astra's attempt to recreate the Waverider with a resurrection spell she hasn't mastered yet causes her nose to bleed and her to eventually collapse.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: J. Edgar Hoover appears, after being alerted to the Legends' suspicious presence characters (the Legends) by the local sheriff.



* LockAndLoadMontage: The Legends undergo one of these as they prepare to go back and prevent the other Waverider from destroying theirs... [[MoodWhiplash only for their time courier to stop working]].

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* LockAndLoadMontage: The Legends undergo one of these as they prepare to go back and prevent the other Waverider from destroying theirs... theirs...[[MoodWhiplash only for their time courier to stop working]].



* NoEqualOpportunityTimeTravel: Sara lampshades the fact that Nate's biggest asset in 1925 is that he is a well educated white male and can thus go and do things the other team members cannot.

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* NoEqualOpportunityTimeTravel: Sara lampshades the fact that Nate's biggest asset in 1925 is that he is a well educated well-educated white male and can thus go and do things the other team members cannot.
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* NoEqualOpportunityTimeTravel: Sara lampshades the fact that Nate's biggest asset in 1925 is that he is a well educated white male and can thus go and do things the other team members cannot.

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!!Tropes:With the Waverider destroyed by a lookalike ship, the Legends have to figure out a way to travel back in time and prevent this from happening, while avoiding suspicion in 1925 Odessa.

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* BoomHeadshot: Hoover tries to do this to Nate, only for the latter to instinctively shift into his steel form, causing the bullet to ricochet and hit Hoover's head instead.
* TheDeterminator: J. Edgar Hoover, as Nate keeps commenting on. The man even throws himself on top of the Legends' car to keep chasing them.
* DisposingOfABody: After the Legends accidentally kill Hoover, Ava has Gary eat the body to get rid of the evidence.
* HeroicBSOD: After the Legends accidentally kill Hoover, Ava collapses as the despair over their situation (and the effect it's having on the timeline) finally overwhelms her.
* HeroicRROD: Astra's attempt to recreate the Waverider with a resurrection spell she hasn't mastered yet causes her nose to bleed and her to eventually collapse.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: J. Edgar Hoover appears, after being alerted to the Legends' suspicious presence by the local sheriff.
* HopeSpot: The Legends recover the emergency safe from the Waverider, only to find that Mick had previously borrowed the time courier it contained for a beer run and never returned it.
* LampshadeHanging: When the team's only time courier runs out of power, Zari notes that they never work when they need them too.
* LockAndLoadMontage: The Legends undergo one of these as they prepare to go back and prevent the other Waverider from destroying theirs... [[MoodWhiplash only for their time courier to stop working]].
* NakedOnArrival: Gideon's human form is nude upon creation.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: The Legends attempt to divert Hoover's attention from Spooner's mother by pretending to be the bank robbers he's been looking for. Unfortunately, this leads to a shootout that results in Hoover's accidental death.
* PocketDimension: The key that Constantine gave Zari before departing opens doors to his personal hideaway, a pocket dimension designed to look like his mansion.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The Legends plan to go back in time to before the Waverider was destroyed and save it. And they justify any damage their prolonged presence does to the timeline by saying that succeeding will undo everything anyway.
* WhamShot: Astra's resurrection spell creating a human Gideon from the remains of the Waverider.
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