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* ShoutOut: Cisco calls Girder "Series/IZombie." Also an ActorAllusion, as Greg Finley (Girder) played the main character's love interest in the second season. Before that, he called him a literal "[[Series/TheWalkingDead Walking Dead]]".

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* ShoutOut: Cisco calls Girder "Series/IZombie." Also an ActorAllusion, as Greg Finley (Girder) played the main character's love interest in the second season. Before that, he called him a literal "[[Series/TheWalkingDead "[[Series/TheWalkingDead2010 Walking Dead]]".
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* AdultFear: Harry, Joe and Henry go through it this episode, as all of their children are put in danger.
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* CallBack: Joe again throws a mug with emotional value to test if someone is a speedster.

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* TheChosenOne: Barry by the Speed Force.

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* TheChosenOne: Barry was chosen by the Speed Force.Force. Oliver Queen was right about that.
* DeusExitMachina: Barry would be able to stop Girder, but he is trapped in the Speed Force trying to recover his speed.



* PlotHole: So why didn't Girder go after Iris right when he saw her in the lab?
** Henry explains that most criminals repeat their actions after getting out. It explains why Zombie Girder destroyed the Hummer, he stole that before trying to impress Caitlin.

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--> '''Nora''': What you've become is wonderful- a miracle even, but it won't make bad things happen stop happening to you. Even "The Flash" can't outrun the tragedies the universe is going to throw at you. You have to accept that, and then you can truly run free.



* MeaningfulEcho: An episode previous Iris assured Barry she would always be the person for him to come home to. When rescuing Barry from the speed force...
-->'''Iris''': ''(reaching out in the speed force)'' Barry! ''Come home to me!''
** Later when admiting his feelings to her, Barry returns the sentiment.
-->'''Barry''': ''(to Iris)'': All I know is you're everything to me, and you always have been. And the sound of your voice will ''always bring me home.''



* SpiritAdvisor: The Speed Force in the guises of the most important people in Barry's life, (Joe, Iris, Henry and Nora), guides him into acceptance that he must learn to rise above hardships.



* WhatTheHellHero: The Speed Force chides Barry for "rejecting" his gift. Barry totally rejects this saying he sacrificed it to save Wally.

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* WhatTheHellHero: WhatTheHellHero:
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The Speed Force chides Barry for "rejecting" his gift. Barry totally rejects this saying he sacrificed it to save Wally.Wally.
** Iris chides Harry and puts a stop to his experiment with Cisco when she walks in the midst of it and sees it is killing Cisco.
** Joe delivers one to Harry as well, telling him to snap out of his now fatalist approach after the catastrophe and help Cisco in retrieving Barry.
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* GenreSavvy: Joe suspects that Wally is a metahuman following the events of the previous episode, and presuming this show follows the comics this is likely to be the case.
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Following his apparent death, Barry wakes up to find himself somewhere seemingly familiar, but strange, to finally answer the burning question since the beginning: Why did the Lightning choose him? Meanwhile, the team works to bring him back with Cisco's Vibe powers.

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Following his apparent death, Barry wakes up to find himself somewhere seemingly familiar, but strange, to finally answer the burning question since the beginning: Why did the Lightning choose him? Meanwhile, the team works to bring him back with Cisco's Vibe powers.powers, while dealing with he return of "The Man of Steel".
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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Barry's ability to charge a generator like a dynamo will play a key role in his race against Zoom.

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* OfficialCouple: As of this episodes ending Barry and Iris have become this.



** Henry explains that most criminals repeat their actions after getting out. It explains why Zombie Girder destroyed the Hummer, he stole that before trying to impress Caitlin.



* TakeMyHand: Cisco and Iris to Barry.

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* TakeMyHand: Cisco and attempts to do so with Barry but fails. Later Iris to Barry.does so in Cisco's place and succeeds.
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[[caption-width-right:350:Welcome to the Speed Force]]
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** Iris helping Barry return home mirrors the comic idea of a speedster needing an emotional "lightning rod" to leave the Speed Force.

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** Iris helping Barry return home mirrors the comic idea of a speedster needing an emotional "lightning rod" to leave the Speed Force. [[Recap/JusticeLeagueUnlimitedS2E12DividedWeFall A famous scene]] from ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague'' may also come to mind a few times.
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* SoProudOfYou: The Speed Force gives one of these to Barry on behalf of his mother.

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