History Recap / The100S07E16

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: The Judge of the test takes the form of the subject's "greatest teacher or the source of their greatest failure... or can be their greatest love." For Cadogan it transforms into [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes his daughter Callie]], for Raven it takes on the form [[ParentalSubstitute of Abby]], and for Clarke it takes on the form [[OneTrueLove of Lexa]].

* DeaderThanDead: The Flame has been destroyed, Russel's mind drive has been removed, and the dead do not transcend leaving Sheidheda dead for good.

* PleaseDontLeaveMe: After Picasso (Russel Prime's dog) runs off when they get to Earth Clarke begs her not to go as she doesn't wont to be on her own again. Fortunately she was just running off to meet the rest of Clarke's friends on the beach.

* SheatheYourSword: After getting both sides' attention Octavia tells them that fighting each other in another war is ultimately pointless and drops her sword to the ground. This convinces Wonkru to drop their own weapons and the Disciples drop their weapons to not break their vow "for all mankind." This ends up redeeming humanity in the Judge's eyes and allows them to transcend.

* WeNeedADistraction: Clarke's friends inside the Bunker decide to summon all of Wonkru (and the Eligius prisoners) to Bardo as a delaying tactic long enough for a small insertion team of Echo and Hope to find and assassinate Cadogen (unaware Clarke has already taken care of that).

* FinalDeath: The Flame has been destroyed, Russel's mind drive has been removed, and the dead do not transcend leaving Sheidheda dead for good.

* AlmostDeadGuy: Madi is left as a vegetable, Emori dies from her wounds and Murphy has her mind drive inserted into his head so they can spend their last hours together in their mental world, and Levitt, Hope, and Echo are mortally wounded while trying to stop the Final War. Fortunately, humanity ascends before they can die, and when Emori, Levitt, Hope, Murphy, and Echo return in the ending, they're shown to be healed of their wounds. Emori is especially impressive since her physical body ''did'' die but she ended up coming back after she transcended.

* CharacterDevelopment: Octavia learning from the past two seasons to pursue peace and redemption instead of violence culminates in her talking down both Wonkru and the Disciples from their war, convincing them that they are all human and that it would go against their belief to stand "For all of mankind." if they continue to fight each other. ''It works,'' and she and Raven are the reason why humanity is spared and granted ascendance.

* AndThisIsFor: Before killing Sheidheda, Indra says "This is for my mother".

** While walking on the beach with Lexa, Clarke calls back to her words about how "[she] bears it so they don't have to" in regards to how much the two leaders have sacrificed their own needs for the sake of others. She doesn't have to do that anymore. [[YouAreNotAlone Not by herself]].
* AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Humanity transcends, while Clarke's killing of Cadogan bars her from being able to transcend, condemning her to a life alone. Or not...

* BookEnd: In the shows final panning shot the scene is briefly imposed with the shot of Clarke drawing the ground in her cell in the series pilot showing how things have come full circle and now Clarke and her friends can just enjoy the ground without worrying about fighting for their survival.

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: The Judge of the test takes the form of the subject's "greatest teacher or the source of their greatest failure…or can be their greatest love.” For Cadogan it transforms into [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes his daughter Callie]], for Raven it takes on the form [[ParentalSubstitute of Abby]], and for Clarke it takes on the form [[OneTrueLove of Lexa.]]

* BarredFromTheAfterlife: To an extent since transcendence seems to be the closest thing the show has to an afterlife. While the rest of humanity was able to transcend following the completion of the test Clarke's actions in murdering Cadogan during the test means she can never be allowed to transcend. In an interesting turnaround however Clarke's friends all rejected transcendence in order to be with her again despite knowing that they wont be allowed to create children to continue the species and they wont be able to return to a higher consciousness after they die. Also, despite humanity transcending anyone who died before that happened does ''not'' transcend.

* ArcWords: While walking on the beach with Lexa, Clarke calls back to her words about how "[she] bears it so they don't have to" in regards to how much the two leaders have sacrificed their own needs for the sake of others. She doesn't have to do that anymore. [[YouAreNotAlone Not by herself]].

* AlwaysBeWithYou: Clarke's last words to Madi after she convinces her to transcend is to tell her that she will love her forever.

* CallBack: After failing the test Clarke says that she "should have picked you first" to Raven. This references the conversation the two had in "[[Recap/The100S01E013 We Are Grounders - Part II]]" wherein Clarke tells Raven that she would pick her first to chear her up.

* PleaseDontLeaveMe: After Picasso (Russel Prime's dog) runs off when they get to Earth Clarke begs him not to go as she doesn't wont to be on her own again. Fortunately she was just running off to meet the rest of Clarke's friends on the beach.

* AlmostDeadGuy: Madi is left as a vegetable, Emori is dying from her wounds and Murphy joins her in their mental world, and Levitt, Hope, and Echo are mortally wounded while trying to stop the Final War. Fortunately, humanity ascends before they can die, and when Emori, Levitt, Hope, Murphy, and Echo return in the ending, they're shown to be healed of their wounds.

* AssimilationPlot: Cadogan starts the Test, and Levitt explains that if the Test is passed, humanity will ascend, but if the Test is failed, humanity gets wiped out by [[CruelAndUnusualDeath GEM9]]. Clarke fails it, but Raven and Octavia are able to pass it, leading to everyone outside of the main group ascending. Those who ascend are turned into balls of light that float into the air and their bodies are left as tree-like figures of light.

* TheExtremistWasRight: Clarke realizes that Bellamy was right about transcendence after all once the test is complete and humanity starts moving to its final evolution.

* HumansAreSpecial: The Judge notes to Clarke that while those that transcend ''can'' return literally no one has ever done so before now. It even seems intrigued about humanity afterwards.

** It also says that despite not having transcended for very long they have "added so much to us already."

* ScrewYouElves: Clarke calls out the Judge on how it/they judge entire species, and are willing to completely destroy those that fail the test instead of simply keeping them from transcending.

* TogetherInDeath: Averted. Octavia asks Levitt if Bellamy will be there when they transcend and he answers no, as the dead stay dead and only the living will transcend.

* BondOneLiner: "Pencils down".

* GrandFinale: The 100th and final episode of the 100.

* BarredFromTheAfterlife: To an extent since transcendence seems to be the closest thing the 100 has to an afterlife. While the rest of humanity was able to transcend following the completion of the test Clarke's actions in murdering Cadogan during the test means she can never be allowed to transcend. In an interesting turnaround however Clarke's friends all rejected transcendence in order to be with her again despite knowing that they wont be allowed to create children to continue the species and they wont be able to return to a higher consciousness after they die.
** Also, despite humanity transcending anyone who died before that happened does ''not'' transcend.

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: The Judge of the test takes the form of the subject's "greatest teacher or the source of their greatest failure…or can be their greatest love.” the final sequence in order to judge them. For Cadogan it transforms into [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes his daughter Callie]], for Raven it takes on the form [[ParentalSubstitute of Abby]], and for Clarke it takes on the form [[OneTrueLove of Lexa.]]

** It also says the despite not having transcended for very long they have "added so much to us already."

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: The Judge of the test takes the form of a loved one to the person who enters the final sequence in order to judge them. For Cadogan it transforms into [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes his daughter Callie]], for Raven it takes on the form [[ParentalSubstitute of Abby]], and for Clarke it takes on the form [[OneTrueLove of Lexa.]]
* DidntSeeThatComing: The Judge is surprised when Octavia actually manages to stop the two sides from fighting each other.

* AscendedToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Humanity transcends, while Clarke's killing of Cadogan bars her from being able to transcend, condemning her to a life alone.

* HumansAreSpecial: The Judge notes to Clarke that while those that transcend ''can'' return literally no one has even done so before now. It even seems intrigued about humanity afterwards.

* ArcWords: While walking on the beach with Lexa, Clarke calls back to her words about how "[she] bears it so they don't have to" in regards to how much the two leaders have sacrificed their own needs for the sake of others. She doesn't have to do that anymore.

* BarredFromTheAfterlife: To an extent since transcendence seems to be the closest thing the 100 has to an afterlife. While the rest of humanity was able to transcend following the completion of the test Clarke's actions in murdering Cadogan during the test means she can never be allowed to transcend. In an interesting turnaround however Clarke's friends all rejected transcendence in order to be with her again despite knowing that they wont be allowed to create children to continue the species and they wont be able to return to a higher consciousness once on earth.

* TrueCompanions: It seems Clarke is the only human left in existence... and then Lexa tells her about how transcendence is a choice. Cue Clarke reuniting with her companions on the beach.

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