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* ItsAllAboutMe: Donna says that Dawn must be devastated about Hank's death. Hank responds indignantly, "I should hope so!"
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* BatterUp: Hank isn't happy about the weapons he keeps imagining up, until he gets to a baseball bat.
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* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Donna says she wants to give up and move onto to whatever comes next, but Hank isn't buying it, noting how she acted to protect Tim whom she's never even met before.


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* DyingDream: After crossing the bridge, Tim wakes up on the operating table in Gotham 93 seconds after the doctors have commenced resuscitation.


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* RealMenWearPink: Donna can't help sniggering when Hank says he's getting in touch with his spiritual side.
* RuleOfSymbolism: Lampshaded when Donna and Hank gripe about the lack of subtlety of the AfterlifeExpress.
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* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Souls in the Next Place can materialize anything as long as they have enough will and focus. Hank materializes a pair of guns in a moment of distress, and Donna later wills her lasso to appear.

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* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Souls in the Next Place can materialize anything as long as they have enough will and focus. Hank materializes a pair of guns in a moment of distress, and but has mixed results during the battle on the bridge. Likewise Donna later until she wills her lasso to appear.



* DrivenToSuicide: Bruce attempts to kill himself by setting the mansion he is in on fire. He is saved by Donna, however.
* IChooseToStay: Hank chooses to stay behind since he has no body to return to.

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* DrivenToSuicide: Bruce attempts to kill himself by setting the mansion he is in on fire. He is saved by Donna, however.
Donna after she returns from the dead.
* IChooseToStay: Hank chooses to stay behind since he has no body to return to.HoldTheLine against the Ghouls. He then meets his long dead brother, the original Dove, and they team up to help other souls from being taken by the Ghouls.



* MaamShock: Donna is startled when Tim calls her "ma'am" and doesn't like it as well when he switches to "Miss Troy".

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* MaamShock: Donna is startled when Tim calls her "ma'am" and doesn't like it as well when he switches to "Miss Troy". In fairness she's not Wonder ''Girl'' anymore.
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changed Gotham to Themyscira since Raven had never been to Gotham in this show.


* LowerDeckEpisode: The episode deviates from the Scrarecrow/Red Hood arc. None of the active Titans appear, and it instead focuses on Rachel (who makes her first appearance this season, having been away from Gotham for months) and Tim, Hank, and Donna (who are dead).

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* LowerDeckEpisode: The episode deviates from the Scrarecrow/Red Hood arc. None of the active Titans appear, and it instead focuses on Rachel (who makes her first appearance this season, having been away from Gotham on Themyscira for months) and Tim, Hank, and Donna (who are dead).
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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Donna is naturally jarred to hear what's happened with Jason.

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* DraggedOffToHell: Souls caught by the Ghouls are sent to Hades, possibly the ''Titans'' equivalent of Hell. Malcolm, the barman of the Next Place, experiences this fate.



* {{Psychopomp}}: The train transporting dead souls in the Next Place is guarded by the conductor, who tells them when to board off the train, and catch unruly souls unwilling to move on.

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* {{Psychopomp}}: The train transporting dead souls in the Next Place is guarded by the conductor, who tells them when to board off the train, and catch catches unruly souls unwilling to move on.



* UndignifiedDeath: Donna considers her death this way. While she recognizes that she died saving a lot of people, she always dreamed of dying in a much more heroic manner, like protecting Earth from extraterrestrial threats or something, not in a carnival.

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* UndignifiedDeath: Donna considers her death this way. While she recognizes that she died saving a lot of people, she always dreamed of dying in a much more heroic manner, like protecting Earth from extraterrestrial threats asteroids or something, not in a carnival.

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At Themyscira, Rachel struggles to integrate to the Amazonian life as she participates in the Amazonians' attempt to resurrect Donna. Meanwhile, in the purgatory, Tim is unable to deal with the fact that he was killed by Scarecrow and attempts to return back to the living world, joined in tow by Donna and Hank.

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At Themyscira, Rachel struggles to integrate to the Amazonian life as she participates in the Amazonians' attempt to resurrect Donna. Meanwhile, in the purgatory, Next Place, Tim is unable to deal with the fact that he was killed by Scarecrow and attempts to return back to the living world, joined in tow by Donna and Hank.



* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Souls in Purgatory can materialize anything as long as they have enough will and focus. Hank materializes a pair of guns in a moment of distress, and Donna later wills her lasso to appear.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Purgatory is depicted this way.

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* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Souls in Purgatory the Next Place can materialize anything as long as they have enough will and focus. Hank materializes a pair of guns in a moment of distress, and Donna later wills her lasso to appear.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Purgatory The Next Place is depicted this way.



* OffscreenAfterlife: The true afterlife -- which we presume is a one-way trip -- is unseen.
* OnlyMostlyDead: As long as dead souls have not arrived at their destination, they can remain at purgatory and maybe even claw their way back to life. Tim, Donna, and Hank all try to return, but Hank ultimately chooses to stay back.

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* OffscreenAfterlife: The true afterlife -- which we presume afterlife, called "the Destination", is a one-way trip -- is unseen.
unseen. Even the conductor does not seem to know it, either.
* OnlyMostlyDead: As long as dead souls have not arrived at their destination, they can remain at purgatory the Next Place and maybe even claw their way back to life. Tim, Donna, and Hank all try to return, but Hank ultimately chooses to stay back.



* PurgatoryAndLimbo: Everyone who die will be sent to some kind of purgatory, depicted as a dreary taiga. They are supposed to board a train until the conductor calls them to leave for "the Next", but people can and do jump off the train before they reach their destination. This means, however, that they will spend the rest of their (after)life surviving against the Ghouls, unless they decide to return back to the train or they find a way back to life.

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* {{Psychopomp}}: The train transporting dead souls in the Next Place is guarded by the conductor, who tells them when to board off the train, and catch unruly souls unwilling to move on.
* PurgatoryAndLimbo: Everyone who die will be sent to some the Next Place, a kind of purgatory, purgatory depicted as a dreary taiga. They are supposed to board a train until the conductor calls them to leave for "the Next", Destination", but people can and do jump off the train before they reach their destination. This means, however, that they will spend the rest of their (after)life surviving against the Ghouls, unless they decide to return back to the train or they find a way back to life.



* TakeItToTheBridge: Hank discovered a bridge that connects purgatory with the living world. However, it is very fragile, as the Ghouls are easily able to destroy it.

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* TakeItToTheBridge: Hank discovered a bridge that connects purgatory the Next Place with the living world. However, it is very fragile, as the Ghouls are easily able to destroy it.

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* TheBusCameBack: Rachel, Hank and Donna return in this episode, with the former in Themiscyra, and the latter two trying to help Tim return to life.

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* BungledSuicide: Bruce burns a Wayne mansion with him still inside, but Donna is able to rescue him before he is engulfed in flames.
* TheBusCameBack: Rachel, Hank and Donna return in this episode, with the former in Themiscyra, and the latter two trying to help Tim return to life. In the final moments, Don Hall, Hank's long dead brother, appears as well.


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* DrivenToSuicide: Bruce attempts to kill himself by setting the mansion he is in on fire. He is saved by Donna, however.
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At Themyscira, Rachel struggles to integrate with the Amazonian life as she participates in the Amazonians' attempt to resurrect Donna. Meanwhile, in the purgatory, Tim is unable to deal with the fact that he was killed by Scarecrow and attempts to return back to the living world, joined in tow by Donna and Hank.

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At Themyscira, Rachel struggles to integrate with to the Amazonian life as she participates in the Amazonians' attempt to resurrect Donna. Meanwhile, in the purgatory, Tim is unable to deal with the fact that he was killed by Scarecrow and attempts to return back to the living world, joined in tow by Donna and Hank.

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At Themyscira, Rachel struggles to integrate with the Amazonian life as she participates in the Amazonians' attempt to resurrect Donna. Meanwhile, in the purgatory, Tim is unable to deal with the fact that he was killed by Scarecrow and attempts to return back to the living world, joined in tow by Donna and Hank.
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* AfterlifeExpress: All dead souls are revealed to wake up in this. They are made to wait until the conductor tells them to get off, presumably to the true afterlife.
* BackFromTheDead: Donna and Tim literally fight for their lives and eventually manage to return to the living world.



* TheBusCameBack: Rachel, Hank and Donna return in this episode, with the former in Themiscyra, and the latter two trying to help Tim return to life.
* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Souls in Purgatory can materialize anything as long as they have enough will and focus. Hank materializes a pair of guns in a moment of distress, and Donna later wills her lasso to appear.
* DeliberatelyMonochrome: Purgatory is depicted this way.



* TheBusCameBack: Hank and Donna return in this episode, trying to help Tim to return to life.

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* TheBusCameBack: Hank LowerDeckEpisode: The episode deviates from the Scrarecrow/Red Hood arc. None of the active Titans appear, and it instead focuses on Rachel (who makes her first appearance this season, having been away from Gotham for months) and Tim, Hank, and Donna return in this episode, trying to help (who are dead).
* MaamShock: Donna is startled when
Tim calls her "ma'am" and doesn't like it as well when he switches to "Miss Troy".
* MistakenForAfterlife: Upon seeing Donna after she saves him from his suicide attempt, Bruce understandably thinks that he has entered afterlife, since she was dead when he last saw her.
* {{Necromancer}}: The Amazonians have a ritual supposedly capable of bringing people back from the dead, but none of their attempts have been successful, and it's implied to be more of a symbolic procession than truly meaningful. Rachel tries to figure out a way to resurrect Donna with her demonic powers, but it too is futile.
* OffscreenAfterlife: The true afterlife -- which we presume is a one-way trip -- is unseen.
* OnlyMostlyDead: As long as dead souls have not arrived at their destination, they can remain at purgatory and maybe even claw their way back to life. Tim, Donna, and Hank all try to return, but Hank ultimately chooses to stay back.
* OurGhoulsAreDifferent: The Ghouls are agents of Hades, and souls caught by them will be sent to Hades.
* PurgatoryAndLimbo: Everyone who die will be sent to some kind of purgatory, depicted as a dreary taiga. They are supposed to board a train until the conductor calls them to leave for "the Next", but people can and do jump off the train before they reach their destination. This means, however, that they will spend the rest of their (after)life surviving against the Ghouls, unless they decide
to return back to life.the train or they find a way back to life.
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Rachel's punishment is this. Lydia doesn't expect her to reassemble the stones back, because it's impossible; what she wants is for her to stop believing that she can bring back Donna.
* SelfDeprecation: Donna telling Hank how she hates dying in a carnival, being electrocuted by a falling tower, seems to echo a lot of fans' opinion regarding how [[DroppedABridgeOnHim her death was handled]] in the [[Recap/TitansS2E13Nightwing season 2 finale]].
* TakeItToTheBridge: Hank discovered a bridge that connects purgatory with the living world. However, it is very fragile, as the Ghouls are easily able to destroy it.
* UndignifiedDeath: Donna considers her death this way. While she recognizes that she died saving a lot of people, she always dreamed of dying in a much more heroic manner, like protecting Earth from extraterrestrial threats or something, not in a carnival.
* WarriorHeaven: In a way. Hank reunites with Don, and the two decide to team up and save other lost souls from being caught by the Ghouls.
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Grammar, tense.


* BittersweetEnding: Tim and Donna returns to life but was forced to leave Hank behind due that he has no body to return to.
* IChooseToStay: Hank chose to stay behind since he has no body to return to.
* TheBusCameBack: Hank and Donna returns in this episode, trying to help Tim to return to life.

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* BittersweetEnding: Tim and Donna returns return to life but was are forced to leave Hank behind due to the fact that he has no body to return to.
* IChooseToStay: Hank chose chooses to stay behind since he has no body to return to.
* TheBusCameBack: Hank and Donna returns return in this episode, trying to help Tim to return to life.
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* BittersweetEnding: Tim and Donna returns to life but was forced to leave Hank behind due that he has no body to return to.
* IChooseToStay: Hank chose to stay behind since he has no body to return to.
* TheBusCameBack: Hank and Donna returns in this episode, trying to help Tim to return to life.

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