History Recap / TitansS3E5Lazarus

* WellDoneSonGuy: It's make explicit that this is the relationship Jason has to Bruce, and Bruce even calls him "son". Unfortunately Bruce wants better for his son than his vigilante crusade.

* JustFriends: Molly says she "might start dating boys again" after breaking up with her girlfriend, but Jason shows no sign of picking up on it.

-->'''Hawkins:''' Okay, okay! {{Who are you?}}

-->'''Red Hood:''' I want you to [[TerrorHero tell all your friends about me]].
-->'''Hawkins:''' WhoAreYou!!
-->'''Red Hood:''' ''(BoomHeadshot)'' I'll tell them myself.
* TrustPassword: Crane mocks the 'kid' who's turned up to see him until he produces one of his own fear gas dispersers...that had been confiscated by Batman. He quickly realises who he's really talking to.

* FacialRecognitionSoftware: Jason takes a photo of Joker's recruiter and the Wayne tech in his mobile phone instantly pulls up his name, fingerprints and criminal record. Molly is a bit freaked out that Jason would someone know who this man is.

* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Because he's not benching Jason for screwing up, but to save Jason from going down the same dark path that he did. Jason has so much wrapped up in the Robin identity however, he fails to see this.

** Red Hood repeats back the lines the street thug gave earlier while terrorising him.

* AllTherapistsAreMuggles: Averted; Doctor Leslie Thompkins is a psychiatrist who knows Batman's SecretIdentity, enabling her to give counselling to masked vigilantes. She's experienced Crane's fear toxin firsthand, so knows something about that as well.

* WholeEpisodeFlashback: The entire episode is about the lead up to Jason's death and return as Red Hood.

* PetTheDog: Jason rescues a kidnapped kid and sends him to his friend Molly to get him some help. He then politely tells her that she needs to change the locks on her doors before he leaves.

** Jason did in fact die at the Joker's hands, but Crane has one of his lackeys stuff Jason in a Lazarus Pit to bring him back, all to prove if he was willing to face the Joker.

* SecretTestOfCharacter: The entire time Jason turns to Crane, the good doctor has been testing him to see how far he would go. The formula for curing fear? Deliberately off to see if Jason was willing to solve it himself. Going up against the Joker? A test to conquer man's greatest fear.

* AbsenteeActor: Aside from Jason and Crane, none of the other characters appear in this episode aside from the opening recap and a few flashback sequences from Season 2. {{Justified}} as this takes place before the Titans come to Gotham.

Three months before freeing Crane, Jason experiences nightmares involving Donna. Bruce responds by having Jason receive therapy sessions from Dr. Leslie Thompkins, a former colleague of Crane. When Jason learns that Bruce intends to remove him as Robin, he begins helping Crane in exchange for a drug that will eliminate his fear. After Crane manipulates Jason into being killed by the Joker, he has Jason resurrected through a Lazarus Pit and creates a new toxin to control him as Red Hood. Jason uses his new identity to help his friend Molly Jensen rescue missing orphan children, despite Molly recognizing his personality change. In the present, Crane tells Jason of his plan to take over Gotham by engulfing the city in fear that only they can control.

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* HopeSpot: Jason's second session with Leslie actually goes well, he is no longer hostile at her and willing to open up

** Jason mentions to Dr. Thompkins that his father was killed by Two-Face. Tim Drake, who was made a CompositeCharacter of Jason in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', had the same fate happen to his father.

** Crane, not the Al Ghul's, is responsible for Jason's transformation into Red Hood this time around.

* AdaptationalOriginConnection: Crane and Leslie used to be colleagues in psychology, but Leslie learned about his experiments and ratted him out. This led Crane to seek revenge on her before Batman stopped him.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Bruce, in a well-meaning, but ultimately failed attempt to do better with Jason than he did with Dick, benches him as Robin. This drives Jason down the path to Scarecrow--and thus the Red Hood. And keep in mind, this happens right as Dick is starting to make progress in his life.