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* AbsenteeActor: Lena, due to trying to find her mother, and Brainy, due to his taking Zor-El to Argo.
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* BenevolentBoss: When Nia falls asleep at work, Andrea, rather than chew her out, mildly tells her to sleep on her own time... and immediately gives her a mental health day to do so.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: A staple of the Arrowverse. If only Dreamer had mentioned to Kara that Nxyli was showing up in her dreams...
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* PoorCommunicationKills: A staple of the Arrowverse. If only Dreamer had mentioned to Kara that Nxyli Nxyly was showing up in her dreams...
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* RealityEnsues: Supergirl and J'onn show up, take down the corrupt prison guards, and deactivate the captive prisoners' power-dampening cuffs, telling them they'll take them back safely to prison. Being a bunch of desperate criminals, they decide to use their powers to escape instead. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero If only those power-dampening cuffs had still been in play.]] Supergirl ends up having to confront them again and talk them down before they manage to collapse the entire building they're in around everyone's heads.
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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Supergirl and J'onn show up, take down the corrupt prison guards, and deactivate the captive prisoners' power-dampening cuffs, telling them they'll take them back safely to prison. Being a bunch of desperate criminals, they decide to use their powers to escape instead. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero If only those power-dampening cuffs had still been in play.]] Supergirl ends up having to confront them again and talk them down before they manage to collapse the entire building they're in around everyone's heads.
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I know how cute that would be, but it hasn’t happened
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* HappilyAdopted: Esme is very happy to be adopted by Kelly and Alex.
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I'm correcting the trope name and expanding on this example.
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: In the United States, judges do not have the power to pardon a convicted criminal.
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** William uses his CIA contacts to find out Wyatt Kote's off-shore bank accounts.
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** William uses his CIA contacts to find out Wyatt Kote's off-shore offshore bank accounts.
* HollywoodLaw: In the United States, judges do not have the power to pardon a convicted criminal. This may have been a flub by the character though (e.g. the judge overturned his conviction or ordered an early release).
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* ReleasedToElsewhere: Officer Chapman gives the alien prisoners his word that he will let them go, after just talking to Warden Kote that they will be killed.
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* ReleasedToElsewhere: Officer Chapman gives the alien prisoners his word that he will let them go, after just talking to Warden Kote that about how they will be killed.
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* ShoutOut: During the "Who am I?" game, ''Creator/MeghanMarkle'', ''Music/DeanMartin'' and ''Creator/TomHanks'' get mentioned.
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* ShoutOut: During the "Who am I?" game, ''Creator/MeghanMarkle'', ''Music/DeanMartin'' Creator/MeghanMarkle, Music/DeanMartin and ''Creator/TomHanks'' Creator/TomHanks get mentioned.
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* BadPowersGoodPeople: Joey's entire species has the ability to project [=EMPs.=] With the possible exception of crime fighting, it's hard to imagine any legitimate use for such powers.
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* BadPowersGoodPeople: Joey's entire species has the ability to project [=EMPs.=] =] With the possible exception of crime fighting, it's hard to imagine any legitimate use for such powers.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: A staple of the Arrowverse. If only Dreamer had mentioned to Kara that Nxyli was showing up in her dreams...
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* PoorCommunicationKills: A staple of the Arrowverse. If only Dreamer had mentioned to Kara that Nxyli was showing up in her dreams...
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* RealityEnsues: Supergirl and J'onn show up, take down the corrupt prison guards, and deactivate the captive prisoners' power-dampening cuffs, telling them they'll take them back safely to prison. Being a bunch of desperate criminals, they decide to use their powers to escape instead. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero If only those power-dampening cuffs had still been in play.]] Supergirl ends up having to confront them again and talk them down before they manage to collapse the entire building they're in around everyone's heads.
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* RealityEnsues: Supergirl and J'onn show up, take down the corrupt prison guards, and deactivate the captive prisoners' power-dampening cuffs, telling them they'll take them back safely to prison. Being a bunch of desperate criminals, they decide to use their powers to escape instead. instead. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero If only those power-dampening cuffs had still been in play.]] ]] Supergirl ends up having to confront them again and talk them down before they manage to collapse the entire building they're in around everyone's heads.
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* ShootingSuperman: The corrupt prison guards try shooting at both J'onn and Supergirl. It doesn't do them any good.
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* ShootingSuperman: The corrupt prison guards try shooting at both J'onn and Supergirl. It doesn't do them any good.
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: Kelly keeps focusing on the cause of Joey acting out due to his worry for his brother. But regardless of the source, he was still causing real harm with his powers. With Miss Hochschild unable to do anything about his brother's conditions, what choice did she have to protect the rest of the neighborhood from the damage Joey was causing, other than locking down his powers when he was emotionally unable to control them himself?
* ValuesDissonance: The owl tells Dreamer that the wise think for themselves while fools listen to others. While in this specific case, it's true that it would be unwise to listen to Nxylgsptinz, ''as a general principle'' this is a bizarre statement to say the least! The ability to listen to others and learn from their experience, and particularly to learn from the mistakes of others so you don't have to end up making them yourself, is often considered the very core of wisdom!
* ValuesDissonance: The owl tells Dreamer that the wise think for themselves while fools listen to others. While in this specific case, it's true that it would be unwise to listen to Nxylgsptinz, ''as a general principle'' this is a bizarre statement to say the least! The ability to listen to others and learn from their experience, and particularly to learn from the mistakes of others so you don't have to end up making them yourself, is often considered the very core of wisdom!
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* ArtisticLicenseLaw: In the United States, judges do not have the power to pardon a convicted criminal.
* BadPowersGoodPeople: Joey's entire species has the ability to project [=EMPs.=] With the possible exception of crime fighting, it's hard to imagine any legitimate use for such powers.
* BadPowersGoodPeople: Joey's entire species has the ability to project [=EMPs.=] With the possible exception of crime fighting, it's hard to imagine any legitimate use for such powers.
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* IdiotBall: Nxyli says that the owl is an evil predator trying to sow division between herself and Dreamer, and Dreamer flounders in her response. Somehow she never thinks to employ the obvious rebuttal: that same owl was shown earlier in the dream to be her mother's companion.
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* PoorCommunicationKills: A staple of the Arrowverse. If only Dreamer had mentioned to Kara that Nxyli was showing up in her dreams...
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* RealityEnsues: Supergirl and J'onn show up, take down the corrupt prison guards, and deactivate the captive prisoners' power-dampening cuffs, telling them they'll take them back safely to prison. Being a bunch of desperate criminals, they decide to use their powers to escape instead. [[NiceJobBreakingItHero If only those power-dampening cuffs had still been in play.]] Supergirl ends up having to confront them again and talk them down before they manage to collapse the entire building they're in around everyone's heads.
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* ShootingSuperman: The corrupt prison guards try shooting at both J'onn and Supergirl. It doesn't do them any good.
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* StrawmanHasAPoint: Kelly keeps focusing on the cause of Joey acting out due to his worry for his brother. But regardless of the source, he was still causing real harm with his powers. With Miss Hochschild unable to do anything about his brother's conditions, what choice did she have to protect the rest of the neighborhood from the damage Joey was causing, other than locking down his powers when he was emotionally unable to control them himself?
* ValuesDissonance: The owl tells Dreamer that the wise think for themselves while fools listen to others. While in this specific case, it's true that it would be unwise to listen to Nxylgsptinz, ''as a general principle'' this is a bizarre statement to say the least! The ability to listen to others and learn from their experience, and particularly to learn from the mistakes of others so you don't have to end up making them yourself, is often considered the very core of wisdom!
* ValuesDissonance: The owl tells Dreamer that the wise think for themselves while fools listen to others. While in this specific case, it's true that it would be unwise to listen to Nxylgsptinz, ''as a general principle'' this is a bizarre statement to say the least! The ability to listen to others and learn from their experience, and particularly to learn from the mistakes of others so you don't have to end up making them yourself, is often considered the very core of wisdom!
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* DreamWeaver: Nxylgsptinz has the power to enter the dream realm, though she claims to be trapped there and needs Nia's help to escape.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Nxylgsptinz complains when Nia judges her on the basis of being a 5th dimensional Imp, yet she tries to paint owls as evil creatures of prey.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Lampshaded by William, who states that Andrea is right about using Supergirl to get ratings, since people will listen to her.
** When Nia said the Superfriends don't like giving interviews, Andrea reminds her of Kara's interview with Dreamer in Season 4.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Lampshaded by William, who states that Andrea is right about using Supergirl to get ratings, since people will listen to her.
** When Nia said the Superfriends don't like giving interviews, Andrea reminds her of Kara's interview with Dreamer in Season 4.
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* {{Hypocrite}}: Nxylgsptinz complains when Nia judges her on the basis of being a 5th dimensional Imp, yet she tries to paint owls as evil creatures of prey.
prey. Justified in that she is trying to talk Nia into freeing her and the owl knows better, so she's trying to discredit it while presenting herself as trustworthy. She's just not that good at it.
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** Lampshaded by William, who states that Andrea is right about using Supergirl to get ratings, since people will listen to her.
** When Niasaid says the Superfriends don't like giving interviews, Andrea reminds her of Kara's interview with Dreamer in Season 4.
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** Lampshaded by William, who states that Andrea is right about using Supergirl to get ratings, since people will listen to her.
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* OffstageVillainy: We get a taste of Miss Hochschild's child abuse when she forces Joey's power-dampening cuffs on, but whatever Kelly saw when she hacked the video cameras isn't shown to the audience.
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* OffstageVillainy: We get a taste of Miss Hochschild's child abuse when she forces Joey's power-dampening cuffs on, on during an outburst, but whatever Kelly saw when she hacked the video cameras isn't shown to the audience.
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* TheOwlKnowingOne: Inside Nia's dream, a white owl appears and leaves fairly blatant hints that Nxylgsptinz cannot be trusted. Nia eventually decides to not listen to it and destroys it.
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* TheOwlKnowingOne: Inside Nia's dream, a white owl appears and leaves fairly blatant hints that Nxylgsptinz cannot be trusted. Nia eventually decides to not listen to it and destroys it.it, tempted by Nxylgsptinz's offer.
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* ReleasedToElsewhere:Officer Chapman gives the alien prisoners his word that he will let them go, after just talking to Warden Kote that they will be killed.
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* ReleasedToElsewhere:Officer ReleasedToElsewhere: Officer Chapman gives the alien prisoners his word that he will let them go, after just talking to Warden Kote that they will be killed.
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* WardensAreEvil: Warden Wyatt Kote turns out to be in cahoots with Intergang, forcing the alien prisoners to do robbieres.
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* WardensAreEvil: Warden Wyatt Kote turns out to be in cahoots with Intergang, forcing the alien prisoners to do robbieres.robberies.
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Kara convinces Orlando and the others not to go on the run and trust in the system one more time, appealing to their inner goodness.
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Kara convinces Orlando and the others not to go on the run and trust in the system one more time, appealing to their inner goodness.goodness.
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* AbsenteeActor: Lena, due to trying to find her mother.
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* AbsenteeActor: Lena, due to trying to find her mother.mother, and Brainy, due to his taking Zor-El to Argo.
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* AbsenteeActor: Lena, due to trying to find her mother.
* BlatantLies: Miss Hochschild tries to write off the recording of her child abuse as being fabrications by a hacker.
* BlatantLies: Miss Hochschild tries to write off the recording of her child abuse as being fabrications by a hacker.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Warden Kote seems to be taken aback when he hears that Intergang plans on building a dirty bomb.
* TheGhost: Bruno Mannheim, who gets mentioned as the boss of Intergang, but doesn't physically appear.
* TheGhost: Bruno Mannheim, who gets mentioned as the boss of Intergang, but doesn't physically appear.
* HumanAliens: Each and every alien this episode, be it the Metalomite, the Obscuran, the Toradine, the Dynamorph or the Zeltarian.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Nxylgsptinz complains when Nia judges her on the basis of being a 5th dimensional Imp, yet she tries to paint owls as evil creatures of prey.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Nxylgsptinz complains when Nia judges her on the basis of being a 5th dimensional Imp, yet she tries to paint owls as evil creatures of prey.
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out exactly what will happen to the other eight kids in the orphanage.
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* ReleasedToElsewhere:Officer Chapman gives the alien prisoners his word that he will let them go, after just talking to Warden Kote that they will be killed.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Warden Wyatt Kote first appears in this episode, but Kara apparently interviewed him before off-screen.
* ShoutOut: During the "Who am I?" game, ''Creator/MeghanMarkle'', ''Music/DeanMartin'' and ''Creator/TomHanks'' get mentioned.
* WardensAreEvil: Warden Wyatt Kote turns out to be in cahoots with Intergang, forcing the alien prisoners to do robbieres.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out exactly what will happen to the other eight kids in theorphanage.orphanage.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Kara convinces Orlando and the others not to go on the run and trust in the system one more time, appealing to their inner goodness.
* RememberTheNewGuy: Warden Wyatt Kote first appears in this episode, but Kara apparently interviewed him before off-screen.
* ShoutOut: During the "Who am I?" game, ''Creator/MeghanMarkle'', ''Music/DeanMartin'' and ''Creator/TomHanks'' get mentioned.
* WardensAreEvil: Warden Wyatt Kote turns out to be in cahoots with Intergang, forcing the alien prisoners to do robbieres.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out exactly what will happen to the other eight kids in the
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Kara convinces Orlando and the others not to go on the run and trust in the system one more time, appealing to their inner goodness.
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** When Nia said the Superfriends don't like giving interviews, Andrea reminds her of Kara's interview with Dreamer in Season 4.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Lampshaded by William, who states that Andrea is right about using Supergirl to get ratings, since people will listen to her.
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* PassingTheTorch: When Alex tells James (offscreen) that Kelly has decided to become The Guardian, James sends over his old outfit for Kelly to wear.
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* ContinuityNod:
** Kara reiterates that Lena's off finding out about her birth mother.
** William uses his CIA contacts to find out Wyatt Kote's off-shore bank accounts.
* DealWithTheDevil: Despite the alarm bells in her head, Nia accepts Nxylgsptinz's offer to free her if she'll resurrect her mother for 24 hours.
* ADogNamedDog: The white owl is simply listed as "Owl" in the credits.
* HappilyAdopted: Esme is very happy to be adopted by Kelly and Alex.
* MythologyGag: Joey and his older brother Orlando are named after Joe Orlando, former VP of DC Comics and an artist for ''Supergirl'' back in the 70's.
* ObviouslyEvil: Nxylgsptinz isn't exactly subtle about being dangerous to deal with, especially once Owl appears.
* OffstageVillainy: We get a taste of Miss Hochschild's child abuse when she forces Joey's power-dampening cuffs on, but whatever Kelly saw when she hacked the video cameras isn't shown to the audience.
* OutOfFocus: Despite being what the episode is named after, Nia is strictly a part of the B-Plot, where she runs into Nxylgsptinz.
* TheOwlKnowingOne: Inside Nia's dream, a white owl appears and leaves fairly blatant hints that Nxylgsptinz cannot be trusted. Nia eventually decides to not listen to it and destroys it.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never find out exactly what will happen to the other eight kids in the orphanage.
