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* CoolGun: Rip steals Lex Luthor's Marathon Laser, which can fire a heat beam up to 26 miles away. He then modifies it with a fusion device that increases the beam intensity to 100 times hotter than the center of the sun.


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* RayGun: Rip steals Lex Luthor's Marathon Laser, which can fire a heat beam up to 26 miles away. He then modifies it with a fusion device that increases the beam intensity to 100 times hotter than the center of the sun.
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: The first person Lena uses her MindControl tech on is Malefic.
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* {{Trigger}}: Kelly breaks down after seeing Alex nearly get crushed by a crane, because her fiancee died while on-tour and it brings back uncomfortable memories.

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* {{Trigger}}: TraumaButton: Kelly breaks down after seeing Alex nearly get crushed by a crane, because her fiancee died while on-tour and it brings back uncomfortable memories.

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* EnemyMine: Subverted. Despite the VillainTeamUp teased at the end of the last episode, Malefic has no interest in working with Lena; she's holding him prisoner and her goals mean nothing to him. He only agrees to help when she [[ILied seemingly]] agrees to help him get revenge on J'onn.



* RealityEnsues: Despite the VillainTeamUp teased at the end of the last episode, Malefic has no interest in working with Lena; she's holding him prisoner and her goals mean nothing to him. He only agrees to help when she [[ILied seemingly]] agrees to help him get revenge on J'onn.
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* NotSoDifferent: Lena tries this on Malefic, pointing out that they've both been betrayed by people close to them. Malefic doesn't care.

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* NotSoDifferent: NotSoDifferentRemark: Lena tries this on Malefic, pointing out that they've both been betrayed by people close to them. Malefic doesn't care.
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* LargeHam: Jesse Rath really has a lot of fun when Brainy lets himself be taken over by the Aurafacian.

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* LargeHam: Jesse Rath Creator/JesseRath really has a lot of fun when Brainy lets himself be taken over by the Aurafacian.
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* LackOfEmpathy: Supergirl calls out the Aurafacian for not caring about the people it killed. It just [[EvilLaugh laughs]].

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Kara and William look more into Andrea's past and her connection to a new villain. Lena continues her secret deal with Mal'efic.

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Kara and William look more into Andrea's past and her connection to a new villain. Lena continues her secret deal with Mal'efic.Malefic.



* DeadpanSnarker: Malefic shows off a sarcastic side while imprisoned by Lena.
-->'''Malefic''': Approaching me while I am still conscious. How considerate.



* ItsPersonal: The reason William is so obsessed with finding out the truth about the criminal conspiracy is his friend Russel being killed by Rip Roar. Then it turns out that Russel actually ''is'' Rip Roar, as he was brainwashed.

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* ItsPersonal: The reason William is so obsessed with finding out the truth about the criminal conspiracy is his friend Russel Russell being killed by Rip Roar. Then it turns out that Russel Russell actually ''is'' Rip Roar, as he was brainwashed.



* KickTheSonOfABitch: The first person Lena uses her MindControl tech on is Malefic.



* NeverFoundTheBody: William's friend Russel. Because he is actually Rip Roar.

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* NeverFoundTheBody: William's friend Russel. Russell. Because he is actually Rip Roar.Roar.
* NotSoDifferent: Lena tries this on Malefic, pointing out that they've both been betrayed by people close to them. Malefic doesn't care.
* OhCrap: Kelly's very reasonable response to turning off her Obsidian lenses and seeing a massive tidal wave.


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* RealityEnsues: Despite the VillainTeamUp teased at the end of the last episode, Malefic has no interest in working with Lena; she's holding him prisoner and her goals mean nothing to him. He only agrees to help when she [[ILied seemingly]] agrees to help him get revenge on J'onn.


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* ThouShaltNotKill: Lena refuses to kill anyone in pursuit of her goal. She won't even allow lives to be endangered indirectly, manipulating Malefic into helping her instead of actually removing his block against killing J'onn.


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* YouCouldHaveUsedYourPowersForGood: Lena tries to convince Malefic that he could use his powers to serve the greater good. Malefic doesn't care a fig about the greater good; he just wants revenge.
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* ArtificialLimbs: Rip has two metal arms, not unlike ''ComicBook/DoctorOctopus''.

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* ArtificialLimbs: Rip has two metal arms, arms that come out of a backpack he wears, not unlike ''ComicBook/DoctorOctopus''.ComicBook/DoctorOctopus.



* CoolGun: Rip steals Lex Luthor's Marathon Laser, which creates a beam 100x hotter than the center of the sun.

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* CoolGun: Rip steals Lex Luthor's Marathon Laser, which creates can fire a heat beam 100x up to 26 miles away. He then modifies it with a fusion device that increases the beam intensity to 100 times hotter than the center of the sun.



* UnwantedAssistance: William tries to convince Kara not to get involved in his investigation at first. Later however, he tells her that he is glad she helped him.

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* UnwantedAssistance: William tries to convince Kara not to get involved in his investigation at first. Later Later, however, he tells her that he is glad she helped him.
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* ArtificialLimbs: Rip has two metal arms, not unlike ''ComicBook/DoctorOctopus''.
* BaitAndSwitch: William seemingly confronting Andrea, which is just him using the VR lenses.


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* CoolGun: Rip steals Lex Luthor's Marathon Laser, which creates a beam 100x hotter than the center of the sun.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Lena refuses to let Malefic kill J'onn.
* EvilOldFolks: The old woman who blackmailed Eve in the Season 4 finale [[TheBusCameBack comes back]], this time blackmailing Andrea.
* {{Flashback}}: There is one showing William and his friend Russel, and later William witnessing his apparent murder.


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* ItsPersonal: The reason William is so obsessed with finding out the truth about the criminal conspiracy is his friend Russel being killed by Rip Roar. Then it turns out that Russel actually ''is'' Rip Roar, as he was brainwashed.
* JustFollowingOrders: Rip Roar has no idea who his superiors even are.
* LargeHam: Jesse Rath really has a lot of fun when Brainy lets himself be taken over by the Aurafacian.
* NeverFoundTheBody: William's friend Russel. Because he is actually Rip Roar.


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* RedHerring: Andrea isn't the head of Leviathan, she too is seemingly TrappedInVillainy.
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** The trigger phrase to let the Aurafacian speak through Brainy is ''[[Film/{{Speed}} Pop quiz, hotshot]]''.
** Brainy references the song "A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight".


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* UnwantedAssistance: William tries to convince Kara not to get involved in his investigation at first. Later however, he tells her that he is glad she helped him.
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* ConflictingLoyalty: Alex has to investigate Obsidian North while her girlfriend works for them and is doing a job she loves. Alex is upfront about the conflict, wanting to be sure Amanda is up to no good before accusing her directly.

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* ConflictingLoyalty: Alex has to investigate Obsidian North while her girlfriend works for them and is doing a job she loves. Alex is upfront about the conflict, wanting to be sure Amanda Andrea is up to no good before accusing her directly.



* HeKnowsTooMuch: After Russell is captured, Levithan taps Andrea to do something about him. How she'll manage that is left for the next episode.

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* HeKnowsTooMuch: After Russell is captured, Levithan Leviathan taps Andrea to do something about him. How she'll manage that is left for the next episode.



* WellIntentionedExtremist: Levithan considers wiping out billions of people with global flooding to be creating a better world, somehow.

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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Levithan Leviathan considers wiping out billions of people with global flooding to be creating a better world, somehow.

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* ConflictingLoyalty: Alex has to investigate Obsidian North while her girlfriend works for them and is doing a job she loves. Alex is upfront about the conflict, wanting to be sure Amanda is up to no good before accusing her directly.



* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Malefic agrees to help Lena isolates the frequency of his powers, only to have said power turned on him once she no longer needs his cooperation.

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* HeKnowsTooMuch: After Russell is captured, Levithan taps Andrea to do something about him. How she'll manage that is left for the next episode.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Malefic agrees to help Lena isolates isolate the frequency of his powers, only to have said power turned on him once she no longer needs his cooperation.


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* {{Trigger}}: Kelly breaks down after seeing Alex nearly get crushed by a crane, because her fiancee died while on-tour and it brings back uncomfortable memories.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Levithan considers wiping out billions of people with global flooding to be creating a better world, somehow.
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Kara and William look more into Andrea's past and her connection to a new villain. Lena continues her secret deal with Mal'efic.

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Kara and William look more into Andrea's past and her connection to a new villain. Lena continues her secret deal with Mal'efic.Mal'efic.
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* GiantWallOfWateryDoom: A tidal wave threatens the Pacific coast. Dreamer successfully dissipates it with her powers.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Malefic agrees to help Lena isolates the frequency of his powers, only to have said power turned on him once she no longer needs his cooperation.
* ILied: Lena promises to remove the mental block keeping Malefic from attacking J'onn if he helps her duplicate his powers. Once he fulfills his end of the bargain, she reveals she never intended to keep hers and uses her perfected mind control technology to keep him in line.
* ProsceniumReveal: William rants to Andrea about everything he thinks she's done, only to remove his Obsidian contacts, revealing it was just a scenario he dreamed up to make himself feel better.
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