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* YouKilledMyMother: Tinya is understandibly very angry with Iris over vaporizing her mom, unwillingly or not. It leads to her attacking Iris and seemingly vaporizing her as payback.

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* YouKilledMyMother: YouKilledMyFather: Gender inversion. Tinya is understandibly very angry with Iris over vaporizing her mom, unwillingly or not. It leads to her attacking Iris and seemingly vaporizing her as payback.
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* HumanoidAbomination: Deathstorm's true form.

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* HumanoidAbomination: Deathstorm's true form.form, which can best be described as "a muscular demon with a skeleton for a head, wearing a mockery of Firestorm's armor, lit on blue fire".
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* WhatTheHellHero: Caitlin calls out Barry on his hesitation, pointing out that if he were in this situation with Iris, he'd move heaven and earth just for the slightest chance to save her.
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* ProperlyParanoid: Barry is suspicious about Ronnie suddenly calling out to Caitlin given the events of the last few episodes, and thinks the entire situation is too good to be true. While Caitlin tries to call him hypocritical for be willing to go to hell and back if Iris was in the same situation, he turns out to be right: the entity was possessing Ronnie's body, and Caitlin's actions wound up powering it up to even deadlier levels.
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* FlamingSkull: Deathstorm's ethereal form has somewhat resembled this for the last few episodes, and his humanoid form seen at the end looks exactly like this.

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* FlamingSkull: FlamingSkulls: Deathstorm's ethereal form has somewhat resembled this for the last few episodes, and his humanoid form seen at the end looks exactly like this.
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* TheBadGuyWins: While not directly stated, it's implied Deathstorm's trickery of Caitlin (and by extension Frost) throughout the episode was to get the splicer attached to him and make him even more powerful and dangerous than before, which he succeeds at doing.
* BlackEyesOfEvil: "Ronnie"'s eyes appear this way at the end, just before Deathstorm reveals his true form.


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* FlamingSkull: Deathstorm's ethereal form has somewhat resembled this for the last few episodes, and his humanoid form seen at the end looks exactly like this.
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** Ronnie's both deaths are shown in flashbacks.
** The team uses one of Eva [=McCulloch=]'s R-CEM chips for the splicer the build for Ronnie.

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** Both of Ronnie's both deaths are shown in flashbacks.
** The team uses one of Eva [=McCulloch=]'s R-CEM chips for the splicer the they build for Ronnie.



* EurekaMoment: When Frost says that they will find Ronnie "day or night, rain or snow", Caitlin is reminded of them being trapped in the snow the day her and Ronnie proposed to each other, realizing that this is where she will find him.

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* EurekaMoment: When Frost says that they will find Ronnie "day or night, rain or snow", Caitlin is reminded of them being trapped in the snow the day her she and Ronnie proposed to each other, realizing that this is where she will find him.
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* TheBusCameBack: Ronnie Raymond returns in this episode. But, not really.

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* TheBusCameBack: Ronnie Raymond Creator/RobbieAmell returns in this episode. But, Ronnie Raymond... not really.so much.
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* IgnoredExpert: Barry points out how Ronnie's sudden return is TooGodToBeTrue and Cecile tells Caitlin that he begged her to end his suffering. Yet Caitlin is still determined to save him. Turns out at the end, that she did the wrong thing.

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* IgnoredExpert: Barry points out how Ronnie's sudden return is TooGodToBeTrue TooGoodToBeTrue and Cecile tells Caitlin that he begged her to end his suffering. Yet Caitlin is still determined to save him. Turns out at the end, that she did the wrong thing.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: As mentioned in MythologyGag below, Allegra mentions how her grandmother called death the "Blackest Night", which is the DC story where Deathstorm is prominent, foreshadowing TheReveal at the episode's end.



* TheReveal: All the victims of the Black Flame were connected to Caitlin, as it was trying to find her.

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* TheReveal: TheReveal:
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All the victims of the Black Flame were connected to Caitlin, as it was trying to find her.her.
** The Black Flame ''isn't'' actually Ronnie himself, but a [[EldritchAbomination mysterious malevolent entity]] that took over his body following his death in the singularity, and calls itself Deathstorm.

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* MythologyGag: Allegra refers to death as the "ComicBook/BlackestNight."

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* MythologyGag: Allegra refers to death as the "ComicBook/BlackestNight.""ComicBook/BlackestNight", which is the story from which Deathstorm originates.


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* TruerToTheText: This version of Deathstorm is much closer to how he was portrayed in the comics, compared with the evil Earth-2 Ronnie Raymond calling himself "Deathstorm" all the way back in season 2.

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* AloneWithThePsycho: Caitlin with Deathstorm at the end.



* {{Cliffhanger}}: Iris is seemingly vaporized, with a distraught Sue telling Barry about it, and Deathstorm appears before Caitlin.



* EurekaMoment: When Frost says that they will find Ronnie "day or night, rain or snow", Caitlin is reminded of them being trapped in the snow the day her and Ronnie proposed to each other, realizing that this is where she will find him.



* GhostStory: What a bunch of campers tell to each other before the Black Flame appears before them.
* HumanoidAbomination: Deathstorm's true form.
* IgnoredExpert: Barry points out how Ronnie's sudden return is TooGodToBeTrue and Cecile tells Caitlin that he begged her to end his suffering. Yet Caitlin is still determined to save him. Turns out at the end, that she did the wrong thing.



* KillTheLights: What Deathstorm does when he is alone with Caitlin.



* MercyKill: What the rest of Team Flash wants to do with Ronnie, after they are convinced that he is in incredible agony. Caitlin objects.



* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Deathstorm manipulates Caitlin (and by extension Frost) into saving him and even destroying the sole device that is able to trap and neutralize him.



* ShoutOut: Marcus quotes Creator/{{Plato}} when parting ways with Caitlin.

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* ShoutOut: SensoryOverload: Cecile is in incredible pain when Ronnie tries to connect with her.
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Marcus quotes Creator/{{Plato}} when parting ways with Caitlin.Caitlin.
** In the flashbacks, Ronnie mentions him and Cisco playing ''VideoGame/CallOfDuty''.
** Caitlin also mentions that Ronnie used to play ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'', much to Chester's delight.
* SwappedRoles: For once, Caitlin is stubborn and determined, while Frost tries to be the reasonable one.
* ThickerThanWater: Despite being worried about her, Frost sides with Caitlin over the rest of the team, stealing the splicer for her, as they are sisters.



* WhamLine: "I'm not Ronnie."

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* WhamLine: "I'm not Ronnie.""
* YouKilledMyMother: Tinya is understandibly very angry with Iris over vaporizing her mom, unwillingly or not. It leads to her attacking Iris and seemingly vaporizing her as payback.
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Caitlin is determined to save Ronnie, while Barry and the Team have other plans. Meanwhile in Coast City, Tinya is angry at Iris for unintentionally vaporizing her mom.
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* CallBack:
** Ronnie's both deaths are shown in flashbacks.
** The team uses one of Eva [=McCulloch=]'s R-CEM chips for the splicer the build for Ronnie.


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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Allegra points out that Chester just sharing all of his scientific achievements via Livestream could be extremely dangerous, particularly in this specific case, when he is talking about technology that could possibly raise the dead.
* {{Flashback}}: Several of them to Caitlin and Ronnie. From them first meeting to proposing to each other and marrying, until the tragic end.
* ImmediateSequel: The Coast City portion of the episode picks up right after Iris unintentionally vaporized Tinya's mom.
* InternalReveal:
** Caitlin tells the team about Ronnie speaking to her.
** She also tells Marcus about her affiliation with Team Flash.
* LetMeGetThisStraight: Marcus's reaction when he hears about Caitlin working with Team Flash and her dead husband coming back to life.
* LoveAtFirstSight: Caitlin and Ronnie immediately fall for each other in the flashbacks.


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* OneTrueLove: Ronnie is this for Caitlin, still. To the point that she immediately calls things off with Marcus (though also to protect him).
* TheReveal: All the victims of the Black Flame were connected to Caitlin, as it was trying to find her.
* ShoutOut: Marcus quotes Creator/{{Plato}} when parting ways with Caitlin.
* TooGoodToBeTrue: Barry suspects this about Ronnie just coming back to life 7 years later. Sadly, he's proven right in the end.
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* WhamLine:"I'm not Ronnie."

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* WhamLine:"I'm WhamLine: "I'm not Ronnie."
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* MythologyGag: Allegra refers to death as the "ComicBook/BlackestNight."

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* MythologyGag: Allegra refers to death as the "ComicBook/BlackestNight."
* WhamLine:"I'm not Ronnie.
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* TheBusCameBack: Ronnie Raymond returns in this episode.

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* TheBusCameBack: Ronnie Raymond returns in this episode. But, not really.
* CameBackWrong: Ronnie did die stopping the singularity, but when he did, something took over his body, transforming him into Deathstorm.
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* TheBusCameBack: Ronnie Raymond returns in this episode.

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* TheBusCameBack: Ronnie Raymond returns in this episode.episode.
* MythologyGag: Allegra refers to death as the "ComicBook/BlackestNight."
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* TheBusCameBack: Robbie returns in this episode.

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* TheBusCameBack: Robbie Ronnie Raymond returns in this episode.
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*TheBusCameBack: Robbie returns in this episode.

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