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* PersonAsVerb: Cisco to his Eath-2 counterpart:"Are you [[WeCanRuleTogether Cloud City Vadering]] me right now?"

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* DarkestHour: Zoom has captured Barry, Jay is fighting a losing battle against a meta-human without his speed, and the last breach may close permanently if Jay can't fix it.

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* DarkestHour: Zoom has captured Barry, Jay is fighting a losing battle against a meta-human without his speed, and the last breach may close permanently stranding Barry and Cisco if Jay can't fix it.


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* HesBack: Averted. It ''seems'' like Jay is finally back to being a super speedster, only for Velocity 7 to wear off leaving him to crash and burn.
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* IfIDoNotReturn: Cisco wrote a letter for his parents and brother and asks Caitlyn to send it to them if he does not return from Earth-2.

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* BadBoss: Zoom immidiately shows up to kill both Deathstorm and Reverb the moment they go beyond his orders.



* ButtMonkey: Earth 2's Floyd Lawton is a terribly ineffective cop, not even being able to shoot somebody at point blank range.



* EarlyBirdCameo: A bunch are seen during the trip to Earth-2:
** A green hooded archer, who is likely Connor Hawke (the future Green Arrow) who will be appearing on ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow''.
** JonahHex, who also will be appearing on ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow''.



* EarlyBirdCameo: A bunch are seen during the trip to Earth-2:
** A green hooded archer, who is likely Connor Hawke (the future Green Arrow) who will be appearing on ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow''.
** JonahHex, who also will be appearing on ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow''.


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* FauxAffablyEvil: Reverb (evil Cisco) seems like a polite villain while talking to Vibe (good Cisco), but threatens to destroy Killer Frost's entire nervous system in the next moment when she tries questioning him.


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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Barry carelessly impersonating his Earth 2-version is what get's Joe killed in the end.
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** The two Ciscos' shared delivery of the word "Doppelganger" references the Man from Another Place from ''Series/TwinPeaks''.
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* ReedRichardsIsUseless: Averted, besides the Metahuman app which everyone in the city has, Barry notes that a lot of technology on Earth-2 is only at the theoretical stage back on Earth-1.
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* StunGun: Both Harry and BARRY found Earth-2 Barry's fanboying annoying. So Harry gives Barry a stun gun and Barry gladly uses it on his counterpart.
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* EpicFail: When Velocity 7 fails on Jay, it doesn't just cost him the Speedforce. It almost knocks him out and sends stumbling stunned right in front of Geomancer. It took Joe shooting Geomancer in the chest a few times, to save Jay. "Deadshot" gets one when he empties his revolver at Reverb at extreme close range, each one misses and Lawton gets a vibe blast for his efforts.

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* EpicFail: When Velocity 7 fails on Jay, it doesn't just cost him the Speedforce. It almost knocks him out and sends him stumbling stunned right in front of Geomancer. It took Joe shooting Geomancer in the chest a few times, to save Jay. "Deadshot" gets one when he empties his revolver at Reverb at extreme close range, each one misses and Lawton gets a vibe blast for his efforts.
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* IdiotBall: Barry and Cisco were explicitly warned by Jay to not expect that anything or anyone is the same as on Earth 1. But the two of them keep fouling up on that and it costs Earth 2 Joe his life.
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* EpicFail: When Velocity 7 fails on Jay, it doesn't just cost him the Speedforce. It almost knocks him out and sends stumbling stunned right in front of Geomancer. It took Joe shooting Geomancer in the chest a few times, to save Jay. "Deadshot" gets one when he empties his revolver at Reverb at extreme close range, each one misses and Lawton gets a vibe blast for his efforts.
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* YouCantFightFate: More of a parallel universe rather than a time-travel example - despite being ''completely'' different in several respects, Earth 2 Cisco, Ronnie and Floyd Lawton also end up dying like their Earth 1 counterparts.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Killer Frost and Deathstorm genuinely love with each other. Killer Frost is devastated when he dies.

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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Killer Frost and Deathstorm genuinely love with each other. Killer Frost is devastated when he dies.



-->'''Zoom:''' ''(Having just killed Deathstorm)'' What did I say you were to do if yLou encountered another speedster?\\

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-->'''Zoom:''' ''(Having just killed Deathstorm)'' What did I say you were to do if yLou you encountered another speedster?\\

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* AlternateReed RichardsIsAwesome: Played a lot given the episode's premise.

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* AlternateReed RichardsIsAwesome: AlternateHistory:
** Nora Allen is still alive in Earth-2.
** Ronnie became the dominant personality in the Firestorm matrix instead of Prof. Stein and they were never separated.
* AlternateUniverseReedRichardsIsAwesome:
Played a lot given the episode's premise.premise. Iris'. Caitlin's and Cisco's counterparts are {{Badass}}es, while Barry's, Joe's, Deadshot's, and Tokamak's counterparts are more of wimps.



* ContinuityNod:
** One of the breaches Barry closes is the place where he his team send Grodd to Earth-2 earlier in the season.
** Barry knows who (Earth-2) Deadshot is because back in his EarlyBirdCameo in ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' Season 2, he said that he was tracking down Oliver's activities up until that point. Well, that and the fact that (Earth-1) Deadshot was a worldwide infamous criminal.



* EvilIsHammy: Danielle Pannabaker is clearly having a blast as Killer Frost .

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* EvilIsHammy: Danielle Pannabaker Creator/DaniellePanabaker is clearly having a blast as Killer Frost .Frost , so is Carlos Valdes as Reverb. Geomancer loves ChewingTheScenery as well.



* IronicEchoCut: Don to show the parallelism of the two Earths, specifically;

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* IronicEchoCut: Don Done to show the parallelism of the two Earths, specifically;



** Earth-2 Barry's phone has buttons labeled Hal, Diana, and Bruce (GreenLantern, WonderWoman, and {{Batman}}).

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** Earth-2 Barry's phone has buttons labeled Hal, Diana, and Bruce (GreenLantern, WonderWoman, (Franchise/GreenLantern, Franchise/WonderWoman, and {{Batman}}).Franchise/{{Batman}}).



** Melissa Benoist appears as Series/{{Supergirl}} during the warp. Shortly before the episode aired, it was confirmed that the shows' shared crew had been able to negotiate a crossover between the CW and CBS.

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** Melissa Benoist Creator/MelissaBenoist appears as Series/{{Supergirl}} Series/{{Supergirl 2015}} during the warp. Shortly before the episode aired, it was confirmed that the shows' shared crew had been able to negotiate a crossover between the CW and CBS.



** Earth-2 Nora thanks Barry for sending her and Henry a vacation ticket to [[ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} Atlantis]].



* OutOfFocus: Wally only appeared for a single scene. While Iris also only appeared near the beginning, her Earth-2 counterpart is prominent in this episode.
* ThePlace: The episode is set primarily on Earth-2.



* SimpleYetAwesome: Jay's rather ordinary helmet does this twice. Barry grabs a replica off a statue of Jay to reflect Deathstorm's fireball at Killer Frost, forcing them to retreat in their first fight. Then Jay demonstrates a trick where he uses his helmet like a directional speaker to hit a target with a sonic blast.
* TheStarscream: Earth-2 Cisco tries to take over Zoom's operation... and then gets a vibrating hand for his troubles.



** Lawton unloads a revolver at Reverb from only a few feet away, only to miss every shot. Reverb looks around confused, before firing back. Do they have [[Film/PulpFiction]] on Earth-2?

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** Lawton unloads a revolver at Reverb from only a few feet away, only to miss every shot. Reverb looks around confused, before firing back. Do they have [[Film/PulpFiction]] ''Film/PulpFiction'' on Earth-2?Earth-2?
* SimpleYetAwesome: Jay's rather ordinary helmet does this twice. Barry grabs a replica off a statue of Jay to reflect Deathstorm's fireball at Killer Frost, forcing them to retreat in their first fight. Then Jay demonstrates a trick where he uses his helmet like a directional speaker to hit a target with a sonic blast.
* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Carlos Valdes as Reverb is not present any the trailers concerning the promotions of this episode.
* TheStarscream: Earth-2 Cisco tries to take over Zoom's operation... and then gets a vibrating hand for his troubles.
* TitleDrop: Harry does it once they crossed over.



* UnholyMatrimony: Earth-2 Caitlin and Ronnie.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Earth-2 Cisco tries to win over his Earth-1 counterpart, telling him that he can teach him the full extent of his powers.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Earth-2 Cisco, Joe and Ronnie did not make it out of this episode alive.



* WeCanRuleTogether: Earth-2 Cisco tries to win over his Earth-1 counterpart, telling him that he can teach him the full extent of his powers.

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* AlternateReed RichardsIsAwesome: Played a lot given the episode's premise.



* AGodAmI: Earth-2 Cisco says that he and his counterpart could to be gods with their powers.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: How {{Badass}} is Earth-2 Cisco? Killer Frost and Deathstorm, both bona fide badasses in their own right, answer to him (though he still answers to [[BigBad Zoom]]).

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* AGodAmI: Earth-2 Cisco says that he and his counterpart could to be gods with their powers.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: How {{Badass}} is Earth-2 Cisco? Killer Frost and Deathstorm, both bona fide badasses in their own right, answer to him (though he still answers to [[BigBad Zoom]]).
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* DramaticIrony: Cisco sees his evil AlternateSelf being killed by an evil speedster in the same manner he was killed by Eobard Thawne in an altered timeline during Season 1.



** Cisco is wondering what his Earth-2 counterpart is like early in the episode. Cue the climatic scene.



* IronicEchoCut: Don to show the parallelism of the two Earths, specifically;
** Immediately after the scene where Earth-2 Iris tells Barry that he and her father hate each other to the core, the scene cuts to the main Earth where Joe is shown being really concerned about Barry.
** The scene where Killer Frost says she loves killing breachers is followed by a scene showing Caitlin worried for her friends' well-being on the other side.
** The scene in Earth-2 where Joe [[TakingTheBullet takes the Fireball]] for Iris is followed by a scene in the main Earth that shows him telling Wally to not leave his office while an evil Metahuman is on the loose.



* UnexpectedCharacter: The Earth-2 counterparts of Cisco, Deadshot and Tokamak made surprise appearances in the episode.



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-->'''Zoom:''' ''(Having just killed Deathstorm)'' What did I say you were to do if you yLou encountered another speedster?\\

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* AGodAmI: Earth-2 Cisco says that he and his counterpart could be gods with their powers.

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* AGodAmI: Earth-2 Cisco says that he and his counterpart could to be gods with their powers.powers.
* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: How {{Badass}} is Earth-2 Cisco? Killer Frost and Deathstorm, both bona fide badasses in their own right, answer to him (though he still answers to [[BigBad Zoom]]).
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-->'''Zoom:''' What did I say you were to do if you encountered another speedster?\\

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-->'''Zoom:''' ''(Having just killed Deathstorm)'' What did I say you were to do if you encountered another speedster?\\



'''Zoom:''' ''(gestures to Barry)'' Does this look unharmed to you? ''(proceeds to kill Deathstorm and Reverb)''

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'''Zoom:''' ''(gestures to Barry)'' Does this look unharmed to you? ''(proceeds to kill Deathstorm and Reverb)''
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** Lawton unloads a revolver at Reverb from only a few feet away, only to miss every shot. Reverb looks around confused, before firing back. Do they have [[Film/PulpFiction]] on Earth-2?
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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Earth-2 Barry disappears early on, even as the action keeps cutting back to the STAR Labs room Harry and Cisco are keeping him in.
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* GoryDiscretionShot: Killer Frost's introductory scene sees her giving a kiss to a crook, [[KissOfDeath freezing his face in the process]]. And we only hear the [[LiterallyShatteredLives shattering]] sound...
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* DarkestHour: Zoom has captured Barry, Jay is fighting a losing battle against a meta-human without his speed, and the last breach may close permanently if Jay can't fix it,

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* DarkestHour: Zoom has captured Barry, Jay is fighting a losing battle against a meta-human without his speed, and the last breach may close permanently if Jay can't fix it,it.



** A green hooded archer, who is likely Connor Hawke (the future Green Arrow) who will be appearing on ''LegendsOfTomorrow''.
** JonahHex, who also will be appearing on ''LegendsOfTomorrow''.

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** A green hooded archer, who is likely Connor Hawke (the future Green Arrow) who will be appearing on ''LegendsOfTomorrow''.
''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow''.
** JonahHex, who also will be appearing on ''LegendsOfTomorrow''.''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow''.



* InsistentTerminology: Earth-2 Joe and Barry are not fond of each other calling each other Joseph and Bartholomew respectively.... until Earth-2 Joe winds up on his deathbed.

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* InsistentTerminology: Earth-2 Joe and Barry are not fond of each other calling each other Joseph and Bartholomew respectively....respectively... until Earth-2 Joe winds up on his deathbed.



** Earth-2 Barry's phone has buttons labeled Hal, Diana, and Bruce (GreenLantern, WonderWoman, and {{Batman}})

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** Earth-2 Barry's phone has buttons labeled Hal, Diana, and Bruce (GreenLantern, WonderWoman, and {{Batman}}){{Batman}}).



** Jay needing to boost his speed. In the comics, Jay is nowhere near as fast as Barry (or any other characters in tuned with the Speed Force).
** Seen in the breech tunnel are multiple (if not [[ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths infinite]]) Earths swirling around.

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** Jay needing to boost his speed. In the comics, Jay is nowhere near as fast as Barry (or any other characters in tuned tune with the Speed Force).
** Seen in the breech breach tunnel are multiple (if not [[ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths infinite]]) Earths swirling around.



* TheReveal: Turns out Zoom didn't steal Jay's speed. It was Velocity 6, Jay took it before in order to enhance his powers but it had the unforeseen side effects of negating his speed, but it's also slowly killing him as well.

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* TheReveal: Turns out Zoom didn't steal Jay's speed. It was Velocity 6, 6. Jay took it before in order to enhance his powers powers, but it had the unforeseen side effects of negating his speed, but and it's also slowly killing him as well.



* TheStarscream: Earth-2 Cisco tries to take over Zoom's operation....and then gets a vibrating hand for his troubles.

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* TheStarscream: Earth-2 Cisco tries to take over Zoom's operation....operation... and then gets a vibrating hand for his troubles.

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* FateWorseThanDeath: Implied with Earth-2 Stein. He's not shown, but Deathstorm mentions that he hasn't let him out in ''years'' and he doesn't talk much anymore.
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* AndIMustScream: Earth-2 Stein. Ronnie hasn't let him out in ''years'' and he rarely talks anymore.
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* FateWorseThanDeath: Implied with Earth-2 Stein. He's not shown, but Deathstorm mentions that he hasn't let him out in ''years'' and he doesn't talk much anymore.
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** A glimpse of the Flash from the [[Series/TheFlash1990 1990's series]] can be seen during the warp.
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** Seen in the breech tunnel are multiple (of not [[ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths infinite]]) Earths swirling around.

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* ObnoxiousInLaws: Earth-2 Joe is not fond of Barry.

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** Similar to Earth-3 in the comics, some characters' Earth-2 counterparts are villains.
** Jay needing to boost his speed. In the comics, Jay is nowhere near as fast as Barry (or any other characters in tuned with the Speed Force).
** Seen in the breech tunnel are multiple (of not [[ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths infinite]]) Earths swirling around.
* ObnoxiousInLaws: Earth-2 Joe is not fond of Barry.Barry, and the feeling is mutual.


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** Upon arriving on Earth-2, Cisco said "Holy [[Film/TwoThousandOneASpaceOdyssey 2001]]".
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* ExpendableAlternateUniverse: Wells tries and fails to invoke the trope to stop Barry from getting distracted by Earth 2 Joe's death, despite that this is ''his own'' universe he's talking about.

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** Melissa Benoist appears as Series/{{Supergirl}} during the warp. Shortly before the episode aired, it was confirmed that the shows' shared crew had been able to negotiate a crossover.

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** Melissa Benoist appears as Series/{{Supergirl}} during the warp. Shortly before the episode aired, it was confirmed that the shows' shared crew had been able to negotiate a crossover.crossover between the CW and CBS.

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