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* ExperiencedProtagonist: Oliver, and this is highlighted when he lectures Barry on how the latter should use his SuperSpeed more properly. When Barry was struck by Bivolo's HatePlague and was required to be stopped by Oliver, their respective team members except Felicity (who is close to both and thus more concerned about the situation happening than the possible outcome) had an argument with Diggle invoking this very trope in the discussion.
-->'''Caitlin:''' I hope they (Wells and Joe) get there in time. I'm worried on what Barry might do to Oliver.
-->'''Diggle:''' If you asked me, I'd be more worried with what Oliver might do to Barry.
-->'''Caitlin:''' Barry has SuperSpeed, Oliver [[UnderestimatingBadassery has a bow and arrow]].
-->'''Diggle:''' Do you have any idea how many people Oliver killed with that bow and arrow? Besides, Oliver's been doing this longer.
-->'''Cisco:''' Well, Barry can run three times faster than light.
-->'''Diggle:''' Well, my money's on experience.
-->'''Cisco:''' Well, my money's on speed.
-->'''Felicity:''' We're really gonna have this conversation right now, seriously?!


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* ProtagonistTitle: The title puts the main hero of this show against the main hero of where this show was spun-off in a VersusTitle.


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* RapidFireFisticuffs: Barry gave Oliver dozens of them.


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* UnderestimatingBadassery: Caitlin and Cisco immediately concluded that Oliver doesn't have a slight chance against Barry. Diggle quickly makes a point.

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* Fanservice: Felicity having to remove her burning shirt is a most memorable case. Cisco's definitely going to remember that...

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* Fanservice: {{Fanservice}}: Felicity having to remove her burning shirt is a most memorable case. Cisco's definitely going to remember that...


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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Oliver sensed that there's "something off" about Wells...


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** Oliver encounters the woman he got pregnant eight years prior, with the child being implied to be Connor Hawke.


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* ProductPlacement: Felicity's ''WesternAnimation/BugsBunny'' ShoutOut, considering that said character is Creator/WarnerBros' (the show's distributor) mascot.


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* VersusTitle: And it delivers.
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* FunnyBackgroundEvent: when Wells outs the Arrow's secret identity, take a closer look at Cisco.
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* ChekhovsGun: when training Barry, Oliver tricks him into catching an arrow he fired so that Barry will be an easy target for two bows hidden, hitting him in the back. A "reverse" of this ([[spoiler:The Arrow's cycle shoots two arrows at the Flash in the back, [[ItOnlyWorksOnce which he catches]], only for Oliver to ''throw'' (not fire) an arrow at Barry's leg]]) is how Oliver manages to finally get the upper hand on Barry, allowing Wells and Joe to come in and undo Bivolo's brainwashing.

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* ChekhovsGun: when training Barry, Oliver tricks him into catching an arrow he fired so that Barry will be an easy target for two bows hidden, hitting him in the back. A "reverse" of this ([[spoiler:The (The Arrow's cycle shoots two arrows at the Flash in the back, [[ItOnlyWorksOnce which he catches]], only for Oliver to ''throw'' (not fire) an arrow at Barry's leg]]) leg) is how Oliver manages to finally get the upper hand on Barry, allowing Wells and Joe to come in and undo Bivolo's brainwashing.
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* ChekhovsGun: when training Barry, Oliver tricks him into catching an arrow he fired so that Barry will be an easy target for two bows hidden, hitting him in the back. A "reverse" of this [[labelnnote:The Arrow's cycle shoots two arrows at the Flash in the back, [[ItOnlyWorksOnce which he catches]], only for Oliver to ''throw'' (not fire) an arrow at Barry's leg]] is how Oliver manages to finally get the upper hand on Barry, allowing Wells and Joe to come in and undo Bivolo's brainwashing.[[/labelnote]]

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* ChekhovsGun: when training Barry, Oliver tricks him into catching an arrow he fired so that Barry will be an easy target for two bows hidden, hitting him in the back. A "reverse" of this [[labelnnote:The ([[spoiler:The Arrow's cycle shoots two arrows at the Flash in the back, [[ItOnlyWorksOnce which he catches]], only for Oliver to ''throw'' (not fire) an arrow at Barry's leg]] leg]]) is how Oliver manages to finally get the upper hand on Barry, allowing Wells and Joe to come in and undo Bivolo's brainwashing.[[/labelnote]]



* YouWillNotEvadeMe: Oliver shoots a grappling arrow and ziplines away. Barry runs up the side of the building and yanks it out.

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* YouWillNotEvadeMe: Oliver shoots a grappling arrow and ziplines away. Barry runs up the side of the building and yanks it out.
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* ChekhovsGun: when training Barry, Oliver tricks him into catching an arrow he fired so that Barry will be an easy target for two bows hidden, hitting him in the back. A "reverse" of this [[note:The Arrow's cycle shoots two arrows at the Flash in the back, [[ItOnlyWorksOnce which he catches]], only for Oliver to ''throw'' (not fire) an arrow at Barry's leg]] is how Oliver manages to finally get the upper hand on Barry, allowing Wells and Joe to come in and undo Bivolo's brainwashing.

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* ChekhovsGun: when training Barry, Oliver tricks him into catching an arrow he fired so that Barry will be an easy target for two bows hidden, hitting him in the back. A "reverse" of this [[note:The [[labelnnote:The Arrow's cycle shoots two arrows at the Flash in the back, [[ItOnlyWorksOnce which he catches]], only for Oliver to ''throw'' (not fire) an arrow at Barry's leg]] is how Oliver manages to finally get the upper hand on Barry, allowing Wells and Joe to come in and undo Bivolo's brainwashing.[[/labelnote]]
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* ChekhovsGun: when training Barry, Oliver tricks him into catching an arrow he fired so that Barry will be an easy target for two bows hidden, hitting him in the back. A "reverse" of this [[note:The Arrow's cycle shoots two arrows at the Flash in the back, [[ItOnlyWorksOnce which he catches]], only for Oliver to ''throw'' (not fire) an arrow at Barry's leg]] is how Oliver manages to finally get the upper hand on Barry, allowing Wells and Joe to come in and undo Bivolo's brainwashing.


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* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Arrow even utters "I still believe in you, Barry." near the end of their fight.
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* YouWillNotEvadeMe: Oliver shoots a grappling arrow and ziplines away. Barry runs up the side of the building and yanks it out.
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* Fanservice: Felicity having to remove her burning short is a most memorable case. Cisco's definitely going to remember that...

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* Fanservice: Felicity having to remove her burning short shirt is a most memorable case. Cisco's definitely going to remember that...
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* Fanservice: Felicity having to remove her burning short is a most memorable case. Cisco's definitely going to remember that...
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* PunchCatch: During the fight between Ollie and Barry, the former catches the latter's fist before putting him in a headlock so Joe and Wells can de-rage him.
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* CrazyPrepared: How Arrow always evens the odds against the Flash; when Barry catches his arrow during training, a trap shoots two more in his back. During their fight, the trap makes a return, only for Barry to be ready for it ("Fool me once!"), but Oliver was ready for ''that'' and simply hurls an arrow through his leg while Barry's distracted.

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* CrazyPrepared: How Arrow always evens the odds against the Flash; when Barry catches his arrow during training, a trap shoots two more in his back. During their fight, the trap makes a return, only for Barry to be ready for it ("Fool me once!"), but Oliver was ready for ''that'' and simply hurls an arrow a flechette through his leg while Barry's Barry is distracted.

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* CallBack: Joe tells Oliver at the end "I may not agree with your methods, but I agree with the results", which is what Detective Lance told Oliver once after a rescue of Laurel, cementing Lance as an ally.


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* MeaningfulEcho: Joe tells Oliver at the end "I may not agree with your methods, but I agree with the results", which is what Detective Lance told Oliver once after a rescue of Laurel, cementing Lance as an ally.
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* OhCrap: Oliver's reaction when he shoots Barry with an arrow full of powerful horse tranquilizer, only for Barry to work it out of his system in his seconds due to his speed.

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* CrazyPrepared: How Arrow always evens the odds against the Flash; when Barry catches his arrow during training, a trap shoots two more in his back. During their fight, the trap makes a return, only for Barry to be ready for it ("Fool me once!"), but Oliver was ready for ''that'' and simply hurls an arrow through his leg while Barry's distracted.


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* OhCrap: Oliver's reaction when he shoots Barry with an arrow full of powerful horse tranquilizer, only for Barry to work it out of his system in his seconds due to his speed.
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* NotTheFallThatKillsYou: Oliver falls from the top of a skyscraper and fires another grappling arrow that stops his fall about an inch before he kits the ground.



* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The Flash's team start noticing something is wrong when generally optimistic and cheerful Barry starts giving several TheReasonYouSuck and WhatTheHellHero speeches.



* TheSmurfettePrinciple: Caitlin mentions to Felicity how she's glad that another girl is around.
* StepfordSmiler: Barry. Turns out the poor guy's hiding a lot of anger and grief behind that goofy smile of his.



** Barry delivers several of these while under the HatePlague.

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** Barry delivers several of these while under the HatePlague.HatePlague.
* WeakButSkilled[=/=]StrongButUnskilled: [[ContrastingSequelMainCharacter Barry and Oliver]]
-->'''Diggle:''' My money's on experience
-->'''Cisco:''' My money's on speed
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** As it happened in # [[Recap/TheFlash2014S1E5Plastique Plastique]], Cisco is a bit too eager to throw a boomerang.

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* OnlySaneMan: How the two casts react to one-another seems to be this. Diggle is ''utterly'' freaked out by Barry's powers, compared to how Felicity and Oliver were about them, and can't help but ponder certain implications of his powers (namely, how fast does he digest food). Meanwhile, Joe finds Barry's trust in the Arrow sketchy given the fact Oliver has killed many people in the past, just like Quentin Lance over in ''Arrow'' did at first.



* OnlySaneMan: How the two casts react to one-another seems to be this. Diggle is ''utterly'' freaked out by Barry's powers, compared to how Felicity and Oliver were about them, and can't help but ponder certain implications of his powers (namely, how fast does he digest food). Meanwhile, Joe finds Barry's trust in the Arrow sketchy given the fact Oliver has killed many people in the past, just like Quentin Lance over in ''Arrow'' did at first.
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* CallBack: Joe tells Oliver at the end "I may not agree with your methods, but I can't argue with the results", which is what Detective Lance told Oliver once after a rescue of Laurel, cementing Lance as an ally.

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* CallBack: Joe tells Oliver at the end "I may not agree with your methods, but I can't argue agree with the results", which is what Detective Lance told Oliver once after a rescue of Laurel, cementing Lance as an ally.
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** Then Oliver expects this after he shoots him in the back with arrows then rips them out.
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* TheCape & TheCowl: The Flash and the Arrow are the Superman and Batman of the DCTV Universe. This crossover shows that they operate in different cities against vastly different enemies, and they're different kinds of heroes because of it.

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* TheCape & and TheCowl: The Flash and the Arrow are the Superman and Batman of the DCTV Universe. This crossover shows that they the Flash (TheCape) and the Arrow (TheCowl) operate in different cities against vastly different enemies, and they're different kinds of heroes because of it.
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* TheCape & TheCowl: The Flash and the Arrow are the Superman and Batman of the DCTV Universe. This crossover shows that they operate in different cities against vastly different enemies, and they're different kinds of heroes because of it.
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: We don't actually see Bivolo get captured by Oliver and Barry working together.

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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: We don't actually see Bivolo get captured by Oliver and Barry working together. Then again, considering their respective abilities, it would likely be so much of a CurbStompBattle against him it would be more likely a funny moment.

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* HypotheticalFightDebate: As Flash and Arrow start fighting, Cisco and Diggle start talking about who would win it; with Cisco backing Flash's super speed, Diggle saying that Arrow's experience would trump it, and Felicity not amused that they're taking the situation so lightly. It ultimately proves to be an EvasiveFightThreadEpisode.

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* HypotheticalFightDebate: As Flash and Arrow start fighting, Cisco and Diggle start talking about who would win it; with Cisco backing Flash's super speed, Diggle saying that Arrow's experience would trump it, and Felicity not amused that they're taking the situation so lightly. It ultimately proves to be an EvasiveFightThreadEpisode. The argument can be summed up with these two quotes.
-->'''Caitlin:''' [[CurbStompBattle Barry has superpowers. Oliver has a bow and arrow.]]\\
'''Diggle:''' [[UnderestimatingBadassery Do you have any idea how many people Oliver has killed with that bow and arrow?]]
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** Upon being asked to see Wells, Felicity introduces herself to him again with [[BugsBunny "What's up, Doc?"]] [[LampshadeHanging She immediately apologizes, as that was dumb.]]

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** Upon being asked to see Wells, Felicity introduces herself to him again with [[BugsBunny [[WesternAnimation/BugsBunny "What's up, Doc?"]] [[LampshadeHanging She immediately apologizes, as that was dumb.]]

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* ShoutOut: Cisco says what we're all thinking:
-->'''Wells:''' Anger. Hate. Aggression.\\

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-->'''Wells:''' --->'''Wells:''' Anger. Hate. Aggression.\\


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** Upon being asked to see Wells, Felicity introduces herself to him again with [[BugsBunny "What's up, Doc?"]] [[LampshadeHanging She immediately apologizes, as that was dumb.]]
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Oliver will help Barry catch Bivolo. He will not, however, call him a [[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual metahuman]].
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* StopHavingFunGuy: Oliver. Amongst other things critiques he has of Barry's operation is "giving his enemies silly code names".

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* StopHavingFunGuy: Oliver. Amongst other things critiques he has of Barry's operation is "giving his enemies silly code names".names"... which Barry points out the authorities do about Oliver's own rogues in Starling City.
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-->'''Wells:''' Anger. Hate. Aggression.\\\

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* RealityEnsues:
** Just as [[SympatheticInspectorAntagonist Quentin Lance]] did at first over on ''Arrow'', Joe West's trust in the Arrow is sketchy given the fact that he killed many people in the past, and is therefore technically a criminal as well.
** While it is ultimately a tie, Barry ''utterly destroys'' Oliver when they fight, as to be expected by someone with his powers against a guy with a bow and arrow. The show plays to both of their strength and shows Oliver relying on trickery and catching Barry off-guard, which works to keep him in the fight despite Barry's power, letting Joe and Wells activate the machine to de-rage him.



* RealityEnsues[=/=]OnlySaneMan: How the two casts react to one-another seems to be this. Diggle is ''utterly'' freaked out by Barry's powers, compared to how Felicity and Oliver were about them, and can't help but ponder certain implications of his powers (namely, how fast does he digest food). Meanwhile, Joe finds Barry's trust in the Arrow sketchy given the fact Oliver has killed many people in the past, just like Quentin Lance over in ''Arrow'' did at first.
** Also, while it is ultimately a tie, Barry ''utterly destroys'' Oliver when they fight, as to be expected by someone with his powers against a guy with a bow and arrow. The show plays to both of their strength and shows Oliver relying on trickery and catching Barry off-guard, which works to keep him in the fight despite Barry's power, letting Joe and Wells activate the machine to de-rage him.

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* RealityEnsues[=/=]OnlySaneMan: OnlySaneMan: How the two casts react to one-another seems to be this. Diggle is ''utterly'' freaked out by Barry's powers, compared to how Felicity and Oliver were about them, and can't help but ponder certain implications of his powers (namely, how fast does he digest food). Meanwhile, Joe finds Barry's trust in the Arrow sketchy given the fact Oliver has killed many people in the past, just like Quentin Lance over in ''Arrow'' did at first.
** Also, while it is ultimately a tie, Barry ''utterly destroys'' Oliver when they fight, as to be expected by someone with his powers against a guy with a bow and arrow. The show plays to both of their strength and shows Oliver relying on trickery and catching Barry off-guard, which works to keep him in the fight despite Barry's power, letting Joe and Wells activate the machine to de-rage him.
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