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* FlashbackMontageRealization: When Iris explains to Carver how she realized [=McCulloch=] Technologies is affiliated with Black Hole, previous shots of the company's and organization's light-based weapons are shown, among others. Happens in a more downplayed way when Iris realizes the company's relation to mirrors, flashing back to her source saying the word "mirror" before dying and to the room number AV3 in Carver's building which is Carver's wife's name, Eva, in reverse.

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* FlashbackMontageRealization: When Iris explains to Carver how she realized [=McCulloch=] Technologies is affiliated with Black Hole, previous shots of the company's and organization's light-based weapons are shown, among others. Happens again in a more downplayed way when Iris realizes the company's relation to mirrors, flashing back to her source saying the word "mirror" before dying and to the room number AV3 [=AV3=] in Carver's building which is Carver's wife's name, Eva, in reverse.
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* FlashbackMontageRealization: When Iris explains to Carver how she realized [=McCulloch=] Technologies is affiliated with Black Hole, previous shots of the company's and organization's light-based weapons are shown, among others. Happens in a more downplayed way when Iris realizes the company's relation to mirrors, flashing back to her source saying the word "mirror" before dying and to the room number AV3 in Carver's building which is Carver's wife's name, Eva, in reverse.
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* {{Depower}}: With Crisis over, Cisco has lost the Vibe powers the Monitor granted him during the event.
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* BusCrash: It is now confirmed that Harry and Jesse died alongside everybody else on Earth-2.

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* BusCrash: It is now confirmed believed at this point that Harry and Jesse died alongside everybody else on Earth-2.
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** Cisco believes that Nash is the last Harrison Wells left in existence, but since the heroes don't know about the rebooted multiverse yet, it remains to be seen if Sherloque or any of the Council of Wells (or Council of Harrisons, for that matter) were lost in Crisis like Harry was.
** Similar to the above, while Harry and Jesse (along with the rest of the original Earth-2) are confirmed to be gone, it's not clear if Team Flash's other extradimensional allies like Jay Garrick or Breacher were permanently lost in the Crisis or if they were part of the cosmic reboot, like Earth-96's Superman.

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** Cisco believes that Nash is the last Harrison Wells left in existence, but since the heroes don't know about the rebooted multiverse yet, yet or if any alternate version of Harrison Wells was sent to Earth-Prime, it remains to be seen if Sherloque or any of the Council of Wells (or Council of Harrisons, for that matter) them were lost in Crisis like Harry was.
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** Similar to the above, while Harry and Jesse (along with the rest of the original Earth-2) are confirmed to be gone, it's It's not clear if Team Flash's other extradimensional allies like Jay Garrick or Breacher were permanently lost in the Crisis or if they were part of the cosmic reboot, like Earth-96's Superman.Superman. Eric Wallace confirmed that Jay and Joan are in Earth-Prime.
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** Combined with FreezeFrameBonus -- among the locations noted on Cisco's Earth-Prime map are Happy Harbor (in the comics the location of the Justice League's Secret Sanctuary, and in another media as the headquarters of ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''), San Monte (a country only mentioned in ''the first two issues of ComicBook/ActionComics from 1938!''), Santa Prisca (home to Pena Dura prison, the birthplace of ComicBook/{{Bane}}), and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_Island Dinosaur Island]] (a major location, frequently seen in DC's war comics).

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** Combined with FreezeFrameBonus -- among the locations noted on Cisco's Earth-Prime map are Happy Harbor (in the comics the location of the Justice League's Secret Sanctuary, and in another media as the headquarters of ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''), San Monte (a country only mentioned in ''the first two issues of ComicBook/ActionComics from 1938!''), Santa Prisca (home to Pena Dura prison, the birthplace of ComicBook/{{Bane}}), and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_Island Dinosaur Island]] (a major location, frequently seen in DC's war comics).comics), and Kooey Kooey Kooey Island, which appeared in [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_League_International Justice League International]].
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* CosmicRetcon: [[https://images.spoilertv.com/The%20Flash/Season%206/Promotional%20Episode%20Photos/Episode%206.10%20-%20Marathon/610_flash_photo08.jpg.php This promotional still]] shows that there is a board with a timeline of events that changed in Earth-Prime after the Anti-Monitor crisis.

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* CosmicRetcon: [[https://images.spoilertv.com/The%20Flash/Season%206/Promotional%20Episode%20Photos/Episode%206.10%20-%20Marathon/610_flash_photo08.jpg.php This promotional still]] shows that there is a board with a timeline of events that changed in Earth-Prime after the Anti-Monitor crisis.Crisis.

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* {{Interquel}}: The episode takes place during the events of "[[Recap/ArrowS8E10Fadeout Fadeout]]"; specifically after Oliver's funeral (and the reading of his will) but before the scenes where Diggle helps his family finish packing up for Metropolis and discovers the mysterious ring.

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* {{Interquel}}: The episode takes place during the events of "[[Recap/ArrowS8E10Fadeout Fadeout]]"; specifically after Oliver's funeral (and the reading of his will) but before the scenes where Diggle helps his family finish packing up for Metropolis and discovers [[ComicBook/GreenLantern the mysterious ring.ring]].



* PunchClockVillain: Dr. Light is cold-blooded, but ultimately isn't that invested in her targets; she has no problem with leaving Frost alone after Carver calls her off.



** The Mirakuru sample on Oliver's mask doesn't lead to some mystery that Barry needs to solve; it got there by accident the last time he fought Slade on Lian Yu. Coincidences do happen, even where someone as secretive as Oliver is concerned.



* SurvivorGuilt: Barry is having a lot of trouble dealing with Oliver's death in Crisis, but he starts to move on after the "mystery" of the Mirakuru traces on Oliver's old mask turns out to be meaningless.



* UncertainDoom:
** Cisco believes that Nash is the last Harrison Wells left in existence, but since the heroes don't know about the rebooted multiverse yet, it remains to be seen if Sherloque or any of the Council of Wells (or Council of Harrisons, for that matter) were lost in Crisis like Harry was.
** Similar to the above, while Harry and Jesse (along with the rest of the original Earth-2) are confirmed to be gone, it's not clear if Team Flash's other extradimensional allies like Jay Garrick or Breacher were permanently lost in the Crisis or if they were part of the cosmic reboot, like Earth-96's Superman.
* VillainBall: Carver sending an assassin after Iris immediately after hitting her newspaper with a defamation suit just guarantees that Iris knows exactly who is trying to silence her. Besides which, if the assassination attempt had succeeded, Iris' sudden, mysterious death would doubtlessly have thrown suspicion on the people who have grievances with her (like the company suing her for defamation).



** Barry's analysis on the residue on Oliver's mask: Mirakuru.

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** Barry's analysis on the residue on Oliver's mask: Mirakuru. However, this doesn't turn out to be plot relevant; it just got on Oliver's mask back when he and Thea fought Slade on Lian Yu.
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** Nash takes out a photo, revealing one of himself and an Allegra from his Earth.
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* AlwaysNeedWhatYouGaveUp: Cisco laments that if he hadn't decided to give up his vibeing powers, he could've saved Harry, Jessie, and many other dopplegangers erased by Crisis.

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* AlwaysNeedWhatYouGaveUp: Cisco laments that if he hadn't decided to give up his vibeing vibing powers, he could've saved Harry, Jessie, and many other dopplegangers erased by Crisis.
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* ExpendableUniverse: Averted ''hard'' as Cisco is devastated over the loss of the multiverse.

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* ExpendableUniverse: ExpendableAlternateUniverse: Averted ''hard'' as Cisco is devastated over the loss of the multiverse.
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* ExpendableUniverse: Averted ''hard'' as Cisco is devastated over the loss of the multiverse.
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* OhCrap: Said word to word by one of the would-be-robbers when Flash shows up.

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* HandWave: The reason Cisco can't teleport back Barry from Lian Yu? The physics behind breaching are different post-crisis.

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* HandWave: The reason Cisco can't teleport back Barry back from Lian Yu? The physics behind breaching are different post-crisis.



* MythologyGag: Combined with FreezeFrameBonus -- among the locations noted on Cisco's Earth-Prime map are Happy Harbor (in the comics the location of the Justice League's Secret Sanctuary, and in another media as the headquarters of ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''), San Monte (a country only mentioned in ''the first two issues of ComicBook/ActionComics from 1938!''), Santa Prisca (home to Pena Dura prison, the birthplace of ComicBook/{{Bane}}), and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_Island Dinosaur Island]] (a major location, frequently seen in DC's war comics).

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* MythologyGag: MythologyGag:
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Combined with FreezeFrameBonus -- among the locations noted on Cisco's Earth-Prime map are Happy Harbor (in the comics the location of the Justice League's Secret Sanctuary, and in another media as the headquarters of ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''), San Monte (a country only mentioned in ''the first two issues of ComicBook/ActionComics from 1938!''), Santa Prisca (home to Pena Dura prison, the birthplace of ComicBook/{{Bane}}), and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_Island Dinosaur Island]] (a major location, frequently seen in DC's war comics).



* OverusedRunningGag: Barry trying to convince Diggle get to Lian Yu the fastest way, and the latter having brought motion sickness pills just in case.

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* OverusedRunningGag: Barry trying to convince Diggle to get to Lian Yu the fastest way, and the latter having brought motion sickness pills just in case.

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* FreezeFrameBonus: The map made by Cisco shows [[https://postimg.cc/xc3wkNrt the numerous cities]] and [[https://postimg.cc/zyD9TD85 countries and locations]] in Earth Prime.

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* FreezeFrameBonus: FreezeFrameBonus:
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The map made by Cisco shows [[https://postimg.cc/xc3wkNrt the numerous cities]] and [[https://postimg.cc/zyD9TD85 countries and locations]] in Earth Prime.Prime.
** The face Diggle makes before Barry whisks him off to Lian Yu shows that he's still going to regret SuperSpeed travel even after taking motion sickness pills.



* MythologyGag: Combined with FreezeFrameBonus -- among the locations noted on Cisco's Earth-Prime map are Happy Harbor (in the comics the location of the Justice League's Secret Sanctuary, better known as the home base for ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''), San Monte (a country only mentioned in ''the first two issues of ComicBook/ActionComics from 1938!''), Santa Prisca (home to Pena Dura prison, the birthplace of ComicBook/{{Bane}}), and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_Island Dinosaur Island]] (a major location, frequently seen in DC's war comics).

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* MythologyGag: Combined with FreezeFrameBonus -- among the locations noted on Cisco's Earth-Prime map are Happy Harbor (in the comics the location of the Justice League's Secret Sanctuary, better known and in another media as the home base for headquarters of ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice''), San Monte (a country only mentioned in ''the first two issues of ComicBook/ActionComics from 1938!''), Santa Prisca (home to Pena Dura prison, the birthplace of ComicBook/{{Bane}}), and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_Island Dinosaur Island]] (a major location, frequently seen in DC's war comics).



* OverusedRunningGag: Barry trying to convince Diggle get to Lian Yu the fastest way, and the latter having brought motion sickness pills just in case.
-->"Look, I know you don't want me to run you there, but..."



* RealityEnsues: Merging several Earths together, while introducing more heroes, also means more villains to deal with.

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* RealityEnsues: RealityEnsues:
** As a waitress points out, since Jitters is just freshly reopened, there is little to no cash on the register. The would-be robbers realize their mistake, but decide to wreak havoc anyway.
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Merging several Earths together, while introducing more heroes, also means more villains to deal with.


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* WhamShot:
** Barry's analysis on the residue on Oliver's mask: Mirakuru.
** Someone (or some''thing'') from the large mirror in the secret [=McCulloch=] Tech office reaching out and grabbing Iris.
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** President Marsdin was recently president, as in ''Series/Supergirl2015'', before it was revealed she was an alien.
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* StupidCrooks: The guys who try to rob CC Jitters, after it just opened. When they realize that there isn't any cash to rob yet, they just settle for shooting the place up...and then Barry shows up, dispatching them in about 2 seconds flat.

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* StupidCrooks: The guys who try to rob CC Jitters, after it just opened. When they realize that [[DidntThinkThisThrough there isn't any cash to rob yet, yet]], they just settle for shooting the place up...and then Barry shows up, dispatching them in about 2 seconds flat.
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* {{Interquel}}: The episode takes place during the events of "[[Recap/ArrowS8E10Fadeout Fadeout]]"; specifically after Oliver's funeral (and the reading of his will) but before the scene where Diggle discovers the mysterious ring.

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* {{Interquel}}: The episode takes place during the events of "[[Recap/ArrowS8E10Fadeout Fadeout]]"; specifically after Oliver's funeral (and the reading of his will) but before the scene scenes where Diggle helps his family finish packing up for Metropolis and discovers the mysterious ring.
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* {{Interquel}}: The episode takes place during the events of "[[Recap/ArrowS8E10Fadeout Fadeout]]"; specifically after Oliver's funeral (with his will being carried out offscreen) but before the scene where Diggle discovers the mysterious ring.

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* {{Interquel}}: The episode takes place during the events of "[[Recap/ArrowS8E10Fadeout Fadeout]]"; specifically after Oliver's funeral (with (and the reading of his will being carried out offscreen) will) but before the scene where Diggle discovers the mysterious ring.



* TragicKeepsake: Dig returns to Barry the mask that Barry made Oliver back during his first appearances on ''[[Recap/ArrowS2E9ThreeGhosts Arrow]]''.

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* TragicKeepsake: Dig returns to Barry the mask that Barry made Oliver back during his first appearances on ''[[Recap/ArrowS2E9ThreeGhosts Arrow]]''.Arrow]]'', claiming he left it to him in his will.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: The map made by Cisco shows [[https://postimg.cc/xc3wkNrt the numerous cities]] and [[https://postimg.cc/zyD9TD85 countries and locations]] in Earth Prime.

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* {{Interquel}}: The episode takes place during the events of "[[Recap/ArrowS8E10Fadeout Fadeout]]"; specifically after Oliver's funeral (with his will being carried out offscreen) but before the scene where Diggle discovers the mysterious ring.



* RealityEnsues: Merging several Earths together also means more villains to deal with.

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* RealityEnsues: Merging several Earths together together, while introducing more heroes, also means more villains to deal with.
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* CreatorCameo: Several crew members appear in Cisco’s Who’s Who Binder, including script coordinator Emily Palizzi.
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* YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: Cisco basically tells Nash this, as an infinite number of Earths and other Wells's are dead due to him. He later seems to come around a little, telling Nash to [[YouAreInCommandNow take his place]] while he is gone.

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* YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: Cisco basically tells Nash this, as an infinite number of Earths and other Wells's Wellses are dead due to him. He later seems to come around a little, telling Nash to [[YouAreInCommandNow take his place]] while he is gone.
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* RunningGag: Diggle feeling naseous whehn travelling via SuperSpeed. This time, he takes a shitload of pills to avoid throwing up.

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* RunningGag: Diggle feeling naseous whehn travelling nauseous when traveling via SuperSpeed. This time, he takes a shitload of pills to avoid throwing up.
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* AlwaysNeedWhatYouGaveUp: Cisco laments that if he hadn't decided to give up his vibeing powers, he could've saved Harry, Jessie, and many other dopplegangers erased by Crisis.
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Nash Wells is still around, and it’s clear that he didn’t become the main Wells of Earth-Prime due to the massive ramifications that would’ve caused. Whatever allowed Nash Wells to remain on Earth-Prime is likely what kept that message from Harry as well.


* PlotHole: There is a message cube left by Harry Wells, but if the New Multiverse no longer allows breaching in the way the Pre-Crisis multiverse allowed, Harry (if he still existed at all) couldn't have sent the cube, not to mention that the new timeline indicates that there was not a Harry Wells helping Team Flash against Zoom.

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* {{Blackmail}}: Iris tells the CEO of [=McCulloch=] Technologies to drop the defamation lawsuit against Central City Citizen and to not touch her loved ones or her employees or she would release her information on the company.
* ButtMonkey: In the opening, CC Jitters reopens after the Crisis...only to get assaulted by robbers. A barista quips that there's not even anything in the cash register yet.

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* {{Blackmail}}: Iris tells Joseph Carver, the CEO of [=McCulloch=] Technologies Technologies, to drop the defamation lawsuit against Central City Citizen and to not touch her loved ones or her employees or she would release her information on the company.
* BusCrash: It is now confirmed that Harry and Jesse died alongside everybody else on Earth-2.
* ButtMonkey: In the opening, CC Jitters reopens after the Crisis...only to get assaulted by robbers. [[YouHaveGOTToBeKiddingMe A barista quips quips]] that there's not even anything in the cash register yet.



* CorruptCorporateExecutive: Joseph Carver is a textbook example.



* CrazyPrepared: Iris awaits Kimiyo Hoshi's assassination attempt and fools her with a hologram. And in case she kills any of her friends, her story on Joseph Carver will leak, forcing the latter to call Hoshi back.



* DefiantToTheEnd: Frost remains defiant to Hoshi when the latter overpowers and prepares to shoot her. Luckily, she doesn't go through with it due to Carver calling her off.
* EurekaMoment: Iris has two. First when she realizes that she spoke with Carver about Huskk, the second one when she goes by her mirror and remembers the latters last words.
* FamousLastWords: Huskk's last words are "Mirror!" as a warning to Iris.



* HandWave: The reason Cisco can't teleport back Barry from Lian Yu? The physics behind breaching are different post-crisis.



* IgnoredExpert: Cecile advises Iris not to be hasty with her story on [=McCulloch=] Technologies, as they might sue her for defamation without any proof, which promptly happens afterwards (though luckily, Carver drops it at the end).



* ItsAllMyFault: Cisco ponders on whether Harry and Jesse would still be alive, had he not given up his powers.
* LeeroyJenkins: Joe calls Iris for just charging ahead, not caring for the danger she faces.



* RealityEnsues: Merging several Earths together also means more villains to deal with.
* ReportsOfMyDeathWereGreatlyExaggerated: Said word for word by Iris to Carver.



* RunningGag: Diggle feeling naseous whehn travelling via SuperSpeed. This time, he takes a shitload of pills to avoid throwing up.



* TheStinger: Iris wakes up, learns more about [=McCulloch=] Technologies and that causes her to go to the building for more investigating and leads to her being captured.

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* TheStinger: Iris wakes up, learns more about [=McCulloch=] Technologies after her EurekaMoment and mirroring a message and that causes her to go to the building for more investigating and leads to her being captured. captured by a MirrorMonster.
* StupidCrooks: The guys who try to rob CC Jitters, after it just opened. When they realize that there isn't any cash to rob yet, they just settle for shooting the place up...and then Barry shows up, dispatching them in about 2 seconds flat.



* WeHardlyKnewYe: Sadly, Gene Huskk, Iris' contact for [=McCulloch=] Technologies, gets killed on behalf of Black Hole during his second appearance.



* WindmillCrusader: Barry is convinced Oliver gave him his mask to uncover one last evil plot, only that there is none.

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* WindmillCrusader: Barry is convinced Oliver gave him his mask to uncover one last evil plot, only that there is none.none.
* YouShouldHaveDiedInstead: Cisco basically tells Nash this, as an infinite number of Earths and other Wells's are dead due to him. He later seems to come around a little, telling Nash to [[YouAreInCommandNow take his place]] while he is gone.

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* AdaptationalVillainy: Kimiyo Hoshi is always portrayed as a hero in the comics. Here, she is a villain working for Black Hole.

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* AdaptationalVillainy: Kimiyo Hoshi is always portrayed as a hero in the comics. Here, she is a villain working for Black Hole. It also applies in-universe, since the Pre-Crisis Linda Park version of Doctor Light was not willing to murder and was less evil than the rest of Zoom's gang, while Post-Crisis Kimiyo Hoshi is an assassin.



* HappyEndingOverride: This episode shows that Harry was living happier since he got to find a way to restore his intelligence, but the destruction of his Earth and of the previous multiverse mean that he is most likely RetGone.



* PlotHole: There is a message cube left by Harry Wells, but if the New Multiverse no longer allows breaching and never had breaching, Harry (if he still existed at all) couldn't have sent the cube.

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* PlotHole: There is a message cube left by Harry Wells, but if the New Multiverse no longer allows breaching and never had breaching, in the way the Pre-Crisis multiverse allowed, Harry (if he still existed at all) couldn't have sent the cube.cube, not to mention that the new timeline indicates that there was not a Harry Wells helping Team Flash against Zoom.
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** Doctor Light is no longer Earth-2 Linda Park, but Kimiyo Hoshi from the comic books. Interestingly, she was introduced in the ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' comic, but [[AdaptedOut didn't appear in the Arrowverse adaptation]].

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** Doctor Light is no longer Earth-2 Linda Park, but Kimiyo Hoshi from the comic books. Interestingly, she was introduced in the ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' comic, but [[AdaptedOut didn't appear in is introduced just after the Arrowverse adaptation]].



* ADayInTheLimelight: The episode focuses heavily on Iris and her group, with Barry teaming up with Diggle in a subplot.

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* ADayInTheLimelight: The episode focuses heavily on Iris and her group, with Barry teaming up with Diggle in a subplot. The episode was filmed while Grant was busy with ''Crisis on Infinite Earths''.

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