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* AgonyBeam: Instead of using his [[SignatureMove signature]] vibrating hand trick, Eobard opts to try and kill Chester in this manner in a long, drawn out way to maximize his suffering. Chester is badly injured but ultimately survives and fully recovers, thanks to his latent metahuman traits that he received from the black hole incident in season six.
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* AgonyBeam: Instead of using his [[SignatureMove signature]] {{signature|Move}} vibrating hand trick, Eobard opts to try and kill Chester in this manner in a long, drawn out way to maximize his suffering. Chester is badly injured but ultimately survives and fully recovers, thanks to his latent metahuman traits that he received from the black hole incident in season six.6.
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* AWizardDidIt: The best way to explain Savitar's return despite the issues it presents to the current timeline of the Franchise/{{Arrowverse}}.
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** Iris says "Run, Barry, run" when Eddie shows up in her hospital room after he threatens Barry.
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** Iris says says, "Run, Barry, run" when Eddie shows up in her hospital room after he threatens Barry.
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** Jay and Joan Garrick, Zoom and Savitar make appearances. Avery Ho also appears for the first time since "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S8E6ImpulsiveExcessiveDisorder Impulsive Excessive Disorder]]"
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** Jay and Joan Garrick, Zoom and Savitar make appearances. Avery Ho also appears for the first time since "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S8E6ImpulsiveExcessiveDisorder Impulsive Excessive Disorder]]"Disorder]]".
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** When Joe proposes to Cecile, her reaction - after accepting - is declare "FINALLY!" to the rest of their gathered loved ones; Joe and Cecile have been together since the third season, and had a child together in the fourth.
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** When Joe proposes to Cecile, her reaction - -- after accepting - -- is declare to declare, "FINALLY!" to the rest of their gathered loved ones; Joe and Cecile have been together since the third season, and had a child together in the fourth.
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* ShoutOut
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* ShoutOutShoutOut:
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** The fact that the series finale has TheHero / TheChosenOne trying to [[TheChosenMany build an army of similar heroes to himself]] by SuperEmpowering others brings to mind the [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E22Chosen final episode]] of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', where Buffy and Willow did the same thing to empower a large number of Potential Slayers to fight alongside Buffy as fellow Slayers. Bonus points for the BigBad in both instances being a literal [[GodOfEvil essence of evil]] who can't actually be killed but instead can only be de-fanged. The icing of the cake is that this episode aired the same week as the 20th anniversary of "Chosen".
* ShutUpHannibal: When Thawne mocks Allegra for his attack on Chester (and the fact that he resembles her former mentor Nash Wells), Allegra responds by telling him to "stop talking" and hits him with a blast of ultraviolet rays.
* ShutUpKirk: When Cecille uses her mindreading to reveal Godspeed's insecurities (such as fearing he's losing a piece of his soul with every person he kills), August lashes out with his duplicates.
* ShutUpHannibal: When Thawne mocks Allegra for his attack on Chester (and the fact that he resembles her former mentor Nash Wells), Allegra responds by telling him to "stop talking" and hits him with a blast of ultraviolet rays.
* ShutUpKirk: When Cecille uses her mindreading to reveal Godspeed's insecurities (such as fearing he's losing a piece of his soul with every person he kills), August lashes out with his duplicates.
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** The fact that the series finale has TheHero / TheChosenOne trying to [[TheChosenMany build an army of similar heroes to himself]] by SuperEmpowering others brings to mind the [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E22Chosen final episode]] of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', where Buffy and Willow did the same thing to empower a large number of Potential Slayers to fight alongside Buffy as fellow Slayers. Bonus points for the BigBad in both instances being a literal [[GodOfEvil essence of evil]] who can't actually be killed but instead can killed, only be de-fanged.de-fanged instead. The icing of the cake is that this episode aired the same week as the 20th anniversary of "Chosen".
* ShutUpHannibal: When Thawne mocks Allegra for his attack on Chester (and the fact that he resembles her former mentor Nash Wells), Allegraresponds by telling him to "stop responds, "Stop talking" and hits him with a blast of ultraviolet rays.
* ShutUpKirk: When Cecille uses hermindreading mind-reading to reveal Godspeed's insecurities (such as fearing he's losing a piece of his soul with every person he kills), August lashes out with his duplicates.
* ShutUpHannibal: When Thawne mocks Allegra for his attack on Chester (and the fact that he resembles her former mentor Nash Wells), Allegra
* ShutUpKirk: When Cecille uses her
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* TimeShiftedActor: Nora West-Allen is played by Creator/JessicaParkerKennedy as an adult and various babies as newborn.
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* TimeShiftedActor: Nora West-Allen is played by Creator/JessicaParkerKennedy as an adult and various babies as a newborn.
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* AWizardDidIt: The best way to explain Savitar's return despite the issues it presents to the current timeline of the Franchise/{{Arrowverse}}.
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* LegionOfDoom: Eddie uses the Negative Speed Force to bring the show's main four Evil Speedsters BackFromTheDead to help him defeat Team Flash, Mark calls them the [[JustForPun "Legion of Zoom"]].
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* LegionOfDoom: Eddie uses the Negative Speed Force to bring the show's main four Evil Speedsters BackFromTheDead to help him defeat Team Flash, Mark calls them the [[JustForPun "Legion of Zoom"]].Zoom".
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* GrandTheftMe: What Khione did to Caitlin, though in this case it was evidently consensual.
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* ShoutOut:
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* ShoutOut: TheReveal: The entire season, Team Flash was led to believe that Caitlin died as a result of her attempts to bring Frost back, with Khione being a separate entity from both, born of those attempts that happened to carry Caitlin's face. Turns out Khione is a deity summoned due to said attempts that possessed Caitlin's body, her having survived, and upon departing to assert herself as the goddess of nature, returned Caitlin's body to her.
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* ShoutOut
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** The fact that the series finale has TheHero / TheChosenOne trying to [[TheChosenMany build an army of similar heroes to himself]] by SuperEmpowering others brings to mind the [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E22Chosen final episode]] of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', where Buffy and Willow did the same thing to empower a large number of potential slayers to fight alongside Buffy as fellow slayers. Bonus points for the BigBad in both instances being a literal [[GodOfEvil essence of evil]] who can't actually be killed but instead can only be de-fanged. The icing of the cake is that this episode aired the same week as the 20th anniversary of "Chosen".
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** The fact that the series finale has TheHero / TheChosenOne trying to [[TheChosenMany build an army of similar heroes to himself]] by SuperEmpowering others brings to mind the [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E22Chosen final episode]] of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', where Buffy and Willow did the same thing to empower a large number of potential slayers Potential Slayers to fight alongside Buffy as fellow slayers.Slayers. Bonus points for the BigBad in both instances being a literal [[GodOfEvil essence of evil]] who can't actually be killed but instead can only be de-fanged. The icing of the cake is that this episode aired the same week as the 20th anniversary of "Chosen".
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* ConservationOfNinjutsu: Reverse Flash, Zoom, Savitar and Godspeed were easily defeated compared to the threat they usually pose individually.
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* ConservationOfNinjutsu: Reverse Flash, Zoom, Savitar and Godspeed were are easily defeated compared to the threat they usually pose individually.
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* AgeLift: Max Mercury does not appear to be in his seventies, nor is there any reason to believe he's [[ReallySevenHundredYearsOld really much older than that]].
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* MythologyGag:
** Eobard calls his evil speedster team a "legion" and Team Flash later refer to them as the Legion of Zoom; the name of a team Eobard formed in the comics, and named in imitation of the Legion of Doom.
** The source of Chester's black-hole powers acronyms as C.H.U.N.K. Chunk was his nickname/super identity in the comics.
** Eobard calls his evil speedster team a "legion" and Team Flash later refer to them as the Legion of Zoom; the name of a team Eobard formed in the comics, and named in imitation of the Legion of Doom.
** The source of Chester's black-hole powers acronyms as C.H.U.N.K. Chunk was his nickname/super identity in the comics.
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* RaceLift: In the comics Max Mercury is a Caucasian, although he got his powers from [[MagicalNativeAmerican Native American magic]]. Here, he's played by First Nations actor Trevor Carroll.
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* AndTheAdventureContinues: The series ends with Nora having been born, Joe and Cecile engaged, Chuck discovering he's a meta, and Barry deciding to empower others with his lightning, all while planning to create a new world.
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* AndTheAdventureContinues: The series ends with Nora having been born, Joe and Cecile engaged, Caitlin alive, Chuck discovering he's a meta, and Barry deciding to empower others with his lightning, all while planning to create a new world.
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** Creator/TeddySears reprises his role as Hunter Zolomon/Zoom for the first time since [[Recap/TheFlash2014S5E8WhatsPastIsPrologue the 100th episode]], but chronologically since "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S2E23TheRaceOfHisLife The Race of His Life]]", as he did not actually play Hunter as[[DeathOfPersonality The Black Flash]] in ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow''.
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** Creator/TeddySears reprises his role as Hunter Zolomon/Zoom for the first time since [[Recap/TheFlash2014S5E8WhatsPastIsPrologue the 100th episode]], but chronologically since "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S2E23TheRaceOfHisLife The Race of His Life]]", as he did not actually play Hunter as[[DeathOfPersonality as [[DeathOfPersonality The Black Flash]] in ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow''.
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** Eobard [[AgonyBeam blasting Chester with red lightning]] while he recoils in pain over the console of the room is an obvious allusion to Emperor Palpatine doing the same thing to Luke in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. For bonus points, the series finale aired the night before the 40th anniversery of ''Jedi''.
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** Eobard [[AgonyBeam blasting Chester with red lightning]] while he recoils in pain over the console of the room is an obvious allusion to Emperor Palpatine doing the same thing to Luke in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. For bonus points, the series finale aired the night before the 40th anniversery anniversary of ''Jedi''.
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** The fact that the series finale has TheHero / TheChosenOne trying to [[TheChosenMany build an army of similar heroes to himself]] by SuperEmpowering others brings to mind the [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E22Chosen final episode]] of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', where Buffy and Willow did the same thing to empower a large number of potential slayers to fight alongside Buffy as fellow slayers. Bonus points for the BigBad in both instances being a literal [[GodOfEvil essence of evil]] who can't actually be killed but instead can only be de-fanged.
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** The fact that the series finale has TheHero / TheChosenOne trying to [[TheChosenMany build an army of similar heroes to himself]] by SuperEmpowering others brings to mind the [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E22Chosen final episode]] of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', where Buffy and Willow did the same thing to empower a large number of potential slayers to fight alongside Buffy as fellow slayers. Bonus points for the BigBad in both instances being a literal [[GodOfEvil essence of evil]] who can't actually be killed but instead can only be de-fanged. The icing of the cake is that this episode aired the same week as the 20th anniversary of "Chosen".
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* AndTheAdventureContinues: The series ends with Nora having been born, Joe and Cecile engaged, Chuck discovering he's a meta, and Barry deciding to empower others with his lightning, all while planning to create a new world.
* GoodColorsEvilColors: When Eddie breaks the Cobalt-97 crystal, the N.S.F. turns from red to blue to signify its avatar letting go of his hatred.
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* GoodColorsEvilColors: When Eddie breaks the Cobalt-97 crystal, the N.S.F. turns from red to blue to signify its avatar letting go of his hatred.
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* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Just like she said, Khione [[ButNowIMustGo leaves to find her destiny]], shedding her mortal coil in the process.
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* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Just like she said, Khione [[ButNowIMustGo leaves to find her destiny]], shedding her mortal coil (and allowing Caitlin to return) in the process.
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** Jay Garrick, Zoom and Savitar make appearances. Avery Ho also appears for the first time since "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S8E6ImpulsiveExcessiveDisorder Impulsive Excessive Disorder]]"
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** Jay and Joan Garrick, Zoom and Savitar make appearances. Avery Ho also appears for the first time since "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S8E6ImpulsiveExcessiveDisorder Impulsive Excessive Disorder]]"
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** The original Harrison Wells takes a break from his infinite time loop to celebrate the birth of Nora with Team Flash.
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* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Savitar attempts to succeed with Nora where he failed with her mother. However, Nora vibrates her midsection, allowing the blade to pass right through. She then snaps off the blade and uses it to give Savitar [[ATasteOfTheirOwnMedicine a taste of his own medicine]].
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* ShutUpHannibal: When Thawne mocks Allegra for his attack on Chester (and the fact that he resembles her former mentor Nash Wells), Allegra responds by telling him to "stop talking" and hits him with a blast of ultraviolet rays.
* ShutUpKirk: When Cecille uses her mindreading to reveal Godspeed's insecurities (such as fearing he's losing a piece of his soul with every person he kills), August lashes out with his duplicates.
-->'''Godspeed:''' You want a piece of my soul? How about a few dozen?!
* ShutUpKirk: When Cecille uses her mindreading to reveal Godspeed's insecurities (such as fearing he's losing a piece of his soul with every person he kills), August lashes out with his duplicates.
-->'''Godspeed:''' You want a piece of my soul? How about a few dozen?!
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* TimeyWimeyBall: While waiting for the birth to complete, Nora briefly worries that her being so close to her younger self might risk damaging the timeline. Thankfully, no damage is caused, not even when Nora holds her own infant self.
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* UnderestimatingBadassery: The returning evil speedsters all underestimate their foes, and are quickly defeated for it.
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* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Eddie chooses to absorb the evil speedsters, enhancing his own speed immensely.
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* TrashTheSet: Thawne wrecks up STAR Labs’ cortex in his fight with Chester and Allegra.
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* LegionOfDoom: Eddie uses the Negative Speed Force to bring the show's main four Evil Speedsters BackFromTheDead to help him defeat Team Flash, Mark calls them the [[JustForPun "Legion of Zoom"]].
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** Creator/TeddySears reprises his role as Hunter Zolomon/Zoom for the first time since [[Recap/TheFlash2014S5E8WhatsPastIsPrologue the 100th episode]], but chronologically since "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S2E23TheRaceOfHisLife The Race of His Life]]", excluding his time as [[DeathOfPersonality The Black Flash]] in ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow''.
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** Creator/TeddySears reprises his role as Hunter Zolomon/Zoom for the first time since [[Recap/TheFlash2014S5E8WhatsPastIsPrologue the 100th episode]], but chronologically since "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S2E23TheRaceOfHisLife The Race of His Life]]", excluding his time as [[DeathOfPersonality he did not actually play Hunter as[[DeathOfPersonality The Black Flash]] in ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow''.
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* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Inexplicably, Cecile is now shown to be able to fly.
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* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Inexplicably, Downplayed. Cecile is now shown to be able to fly.fly. Given that she's telekinetic, it's not all that surprising; however, this trope is still accurate in that she's never been seen as having had any practice in even hovering, and is suddenly flying through the air like a pro.
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* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: Just like she said, Khione [[ButNowIMustGo leaves to find her destiny]], shedding her mortal coil in the process.
* BigDamnHeroes: First when Team Flash arrives to assist Barry against Cobalt Blue. Later when Jay arrives and steals the supervillain's speed.
* CallBack:
** The opening line about "Believing in the Impossible" is taken straight from the Pilot.
** Zoom tells Khione and Mark that they "can't lock up the darkness".
** While beating Barry down, Eddie tells him that he "always wins", similar to how Eobard did 8 years ago.
** Barry recounts how Oliver told him that the lightning chose him.
* CatchAndReturn: What Khione does to the lightning bolt Zoom throws at her.
* CleanPrettyChildbirth: Nora's birth.
** The opening line about "Believing in the Impossible" is taken straight from the Pilot.
** Zoom tells Khione and Mark that they "can't lock up the darkness".
** While beating Barry down, Eddie tells him that he "always wins", similar to how Eobard did 8 years ago.
** Barry recounts how Oliver told him that the lightning chose him.
* CatchAndReturn: What Khione does to the lightning bolt Zoom throws at her.
* CleanPrettyChildbirth: Nora's birth.
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* FunWithAcronyms: Chester finally adopts his comic-book nickname of "Chunk", here presented as an acronym for Consciousness-Honed Universally Neutralized Kerr anomaly.
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* EnergyAbsorption:
** Jay absorbs Eddie's speed.
** In turn, Eddie absorbs the speed of all the defeated evil speedsters.
* FunWithAcronyms: After learning that he has powers, Chester finally adopts his comic-book nickname of "Chunk", here presented as an acronym for Consciousness-Honed Universally Neutralized Kerr anomaly.
** Jay absorbs Eddie's speed.
** In turn, Eddie absorbs the speed of all the defeated evil speedsters.
* FunWithAcronyms: After learning that he has powers, Chester finally adopts his comic-book nickname of "Chunk", here presented as an acronym for Consciousness-Honed Universally Neutralized Kerr anomaly.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Barry points out to Eddie how he became just like Eobard, the man he sacrificed his life to stop for.
* InternalReveal: Iris learns about Eddie being back and being the Negative Speed Force's new avatar.
* KarmicDeath: When Savitar tries to stab Nora the same way he attempted to kill her mother, she phases right through it, breaks off his blade and in turn stabs ''him'' in the back with it.
* KarmicDeath: When Savitar tries to stab Nora the same way he attempted to kill her mother, she phases right through it, breaks off his blade and in turn stabs ''him'' in the back with it.
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* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: Barry empowers Max Mercury and Jess Chambers over a montage as he tells the story to baby Nora. In the comics, Max was mentor to Barry and Wally; while Jess in the comics is the hero Kid Quick from the genderbent Earth 11.
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* LastEpisodeNewCharacter: Barry empowers Avery Ho, Max Mercury and Jess Chambers over a montage as he tells the story to baby Nora. In the comics, Max was mentor to Barry and Wally; while Jess in the comics is the hero Kid Quick from the genderbent Earth 11.11.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Inexplicably, Cecile is now shown to be able to fly.
* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: Inexplicably, Cecile is now shown to be able to fly.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Eddie gives Barry one, who refuses to fight back.
* NothingPersonal: What Eddie tells Barry and Iris, saying that he just wants his life back.
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* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Eobard plans on usurping the act of taking Barry's life from Eddie. He never gets this far due to Allegra knocking him out and then him disappearing entirely once Eddie absorbs his speed.
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* SuperEmpowering: Barry decides to share his powers at the end, empowering Avery Ho, Max Mercury and Jess Chambers.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Barry eventually manages to talk Eddie down, convincing him that they can end the cycle of violence together. Eddie, notably, tells Barry that [[HazyFeelTurn that they are still on opposing sides]] and they might not always be eye-to-eye in the future.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou:Eobard [[TheStarscream Eobard]] plans on usurping the act of taking Barry's life from Eddie. He never gets this far due to Allegra knocking him out and then him disappearing entirely once Eddie absorbs his speed.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Barry eventually manages to talk Eddie down, convincing him that they can end the cycle of violence together. Eddie, notably, tells Barry that [[HazyFeelTurn that they are still on opposing sides]] and they might not always be eye-to-eye in the future.
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* VillainForgotToLevelGrind: The four former BigBad Speedster Villains are dealt with fairly quickly.
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* VoiceOfTheLegion: How Eddie speaks as the Avatar.
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* ContinuityNod: Apparently Jay Garrick learned the power of taking another speedster's force from [[Series/TheFlash1990 his Earth-90 counterpart]].
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* ContinuityNod: Apparently Jay Garrick learned the power of taking how to [[Recap/TheFlash2014S6E9CrisisOnInfiniteEarthsHourThree take another speedster's force speed]] from [[Series/TheFlash1990 his Earth-90 counterpart]].
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* ThreeMonthOldNewborn: Baby Nora came out already having hair.
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* LampshadeHanging: Eobard points out how Hunter copied his "pretend to be a member of Team Flash" shtick from him.
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* LampshadeHanging: LampshadeHanging:
** Eobard points out how Hunter copied his "pretend to be a member of Team Flash" shtick fromhim.him.
** When Joe proposes to Cecile, her reaction - after accepting - is declare "FINALLY!" to the rest of their gathered loved ones; Joe and Cecile have been together since the third season, and had a child together in the fourth.
** Eobard points out how Hunter copied his "pretend to be a member of Team Flash" shtick from
** When Joe proposes to Cecile, her reaction - after accepting - is declare "FINALLY!" to the rest of their gathered loved ones; Joe and Cecile have been together since the third season, and had a child together in the fourth.
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* RelationshipUpgrade: Joe and Cecile finally get engaged as Barry and Iris welcome baby Nora home.
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* TimeShiftedActor: Nora West-Allen is played by Creator/JessicaParkerKennedy as an adult and various babies as newborn.
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* ConservationOfNinjutsu: Reverse Flash, Zoom, Savitar and Godspeed were easily defeated compared to the threat they usually pose individually.
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** The fact that the series finale has TheHero / TheChosenOne trying to [[TheChosenMany build an army of similar heroes to himself]] by SuperEmpowering others brings to mind the [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E22Chosen final episode of]] ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', where Buffy and Willow did the same thing to empower a large number of potential slayers to fight alongside Buffy as fellow slayers. Bonus points for the BigBad in both instances being a literal [[GodOfEvil essence of evil]] who can't actually be killed but instead can only be de-fanged.
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** The fact that the series finale has TheHero / TheChosenOne trying to [[TheChosenMany build an army of similar heroes to himself]] by SuperEmpowering others brings to mind the [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E22Chosen final episode of]] episode]] of ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', where Buffy and Willow did the same thing to empower a large number of potential slayers to fight alongside Buffy as fellow slayers. Bonus points for the BigBad in both instances being a literal [[GodOfEvil essence of evil]] who can't actually be killed but instead can only be de-fanged.
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* BackFromTheDead: A version of Eobard Thawne appears and Hunter Zolomon is back from being the Black Flash.
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* BackFromTheDead: A version of Eobard Thawne appears and Hunter Zolomon is back from being the Black Flash.Flash (or, rather, has not yet become the Black Flash).
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** Eobard [[AgonyBeam blasting Chester with red lightning]] while he recoils in pain over the console of the room is an obvious allusion to Emperor Palpatine doing the same thing to Luke in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.
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** Eobard [[AgonyBeam blasting Chester with red lightning]] while he recoils in pain over the console of the room is an obvious allusion to Emperor Palpatine doing the same thing to Luke in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''. For bonus points, the series finale aired the night before the 40th anniversery of ''Jedi''.
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* AgonyBeam: Instead of using his [[SignatureMove signature]] vibrating hand trick, Eobard opts to try and kill Chester in this manner in a long, drawn out way to maximize his suffering. Chester is badly injured but ultimately survives and fully recovers, thanks to his latent metahuman traits that he received from the black hole incident in season six.
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* KickTheDog: Eobard Thawne is just as much of a [[EvilIsPetty petty]] {{jerkass}} as he's always been, once again rubbing it in his ancestor's face that he's an embarrassment to his bloodline (despite the fact that Eobard now only exists once more ''because'' of his ancestor's actions and because the Negative Speed Force finds him worthy), and then later tells Allegra he will kill Chester ''and'' her while wearing the face of her old mentor, Nash.
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* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Eobard plans on usurping the act of taking Barry's life from Eddie. He never gets this far due to Allegra knocking him out and then him disappearing entirely once Eddie absorbs his speed.
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* FunWithAcronyms: Chester finally adopts his comic-book nickname of "Chunk", here presented as an acronym for Consciousness-Honed Universally Neutralized Kerr anomaly.
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* ShoutOut:
** Eobard [[AgonyBeam blasting Chester with red lightning]] while he recoils in pain over the console of the room is an obvious allusion to Emperor Palpatine doing the same thing to Luke in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.
** The fact that the series finale has TheHero / TheChosenOne trying to [[TheChosenMany build an army of similar heroes to himself]] by SuperEmpowering others brings to mind the [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E22Chosen final episode of]] ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', where Buffy and Willow did the same thing to empower a large number of potential slayers to fight alongside Buffy as fellow slayers. Bonus points for the BigBad in both instances being a literal [[GodOfEvil essence of evil]] who can't actually be killed but instead can only be de-fanged.
** Eobard [[AgonyBeam blasting Chester with red lightning]] while he recoils in pain over the console of the room is an obvious allusion to Emperor Palpatine doing the same thing to Luke in ''Film/ReturnOfTheJedi''.
** The fact that the series finale has TheHero / TheChosenOne trying to [[TheChosenMany build an army of similar heroes to himself]] by SuperEmpowering others brings to mind the [[Recap/BuffyTheVampireSlayerS7E22Chosen final episode of]] ''Series/BuffyTheVampireSlayer'', where Buffy and Willow did the same thing to empower a large number of potential slayers to fight alongside Buffy as fellow slayers. Bonus points for the BigBad in both instances being a literal [[GodOfEvil essence of evil]] who can't actually be killed but instead can only be de-fanged.
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* GoodColorsEvilColors: When Eddie breaks the Cobalt-97 crystal, the N.S.F. turns from red to blue to signify its avatar giving up revenge.
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* GoodColorsEvilColors: When Eddie breaks the Cobalt-97 crystal, the N.S.F. turns from red to blue to signify its avatar giving up revenge.letting go of his hatred.
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** Creator/TomCavanagh reprises his role as Wells-Disguised Eobard Thawne, last seen in "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S8E20NegativePart2 Negative, Part 2]]".
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** Creator/TomCavanagh reprises his role as Wells-Disguised Eobard Thawne, last seen in "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S8E20NegativePart2 Negative, Part 2]]". He also appears as Timeless Wells, last seen in "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S7E9Timeless Timeless]]".
