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* TrespassingToTalk: The Hood not only introduces himself to Laurel by showing up in her apartment in the dark, he even walks right up to her [[YouWouldntShootMe despite the gun she's pointing at him]].
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* PreciousPhoto: On seeing how Flashback-Oliver stares at his photo of Laurel Lance, he tells him to [[LoveIsAWeakness forget her or he will not survive]].

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* PreciousPhoto: On seeing how Flashback-Oliver stares at his photo of Laurel Lance, he Yao Fei tells him to [[LoveIsAWeakness forget her or he will not survive]].
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* PreciousPhoto: On seeing how Flashback-Oliver stares at his photo of Laurel Lance, he tells him to [[LoveIsAWeakness forget her or he will not survive]].
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* MeaningfulEcho: Robert's LastWords to his son are repeated by Yao Fei: Survive.
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* SwitchToEnglish: Turns out Yao Fei can speak English. The word in Chinese he keeps repeating to Oliver is not "bird", but "survive".

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* SwitchToEnglish: Turns out Yao Fei can speak English. The "Shengeun", the word in Chinese he keeps repeating to Oliver is Oliver, means not "bird", but "survive".
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* SecretIdentityVocalShift: While visiting Laurel in his Hood guise, Oliver can be seen activating a voice modulator which deepens his voice so she doesn't recognise it.
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* ARealManIsAKiller: Yao Fei leaves a caged bird for Oliver and refuses to let him have his own food so he will be forced to kill it. Oliver has never killed any living thing before, but gets so hungry he eventually does his first NeckSnap.
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* RaceAgainstTheClock: The execution takes place in 24 hours

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* RaceAgainstTheClock: The execution takes place Peter Declan will be executed in 24 hourshours.
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* PinnedToTheWall / ImpaledPalm:

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* PinnedToTheWall / ImpaledPalm: The Hood convincing Brodeur to confess. He ends up finding out about his murder plan instead.

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* {{Cliffhanger}}: Oliver is arrested after Detective Lance discovers evidence that he is the Hood.



* FiveSecondForeshadowing: The screech of tires pulling up in the driveway can be heard outside right before the police burst in to arrest Oliver.



* MuggedForDisguise:
** Oliver to a prison guard so he can infiltrate the building (he uses a balaclava to hide his face). This gives Quentin the idea of going back over the CCTV footage from the previous episode to find out who else the Vigilante might have impersonated.
** Averted with the hitman sent after Laurel and her client, who just pays a guard to let him inside and provide a set of prison overalls.



* TheNameless: Moira's secret partner in crime finally makes an appearance in the form of Creator/JohnBarrowman. Fans dubbed him the [[SharpDressedMan Well-Dressed Man]] in the absence of any given name.
* ThePasswordIsAlwaysSwordfish: When Walter goes to investigate the warehouse being held by Tempest, he tries "Tempest", then "Oliver", "Thea" and finally "Robert" before gaining entry.
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* PrisonEpisode: Many of the scenes in this episode happen in Iron Heights.


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* {{Sidekick}}: Rejected by John Diggle on becoming the first recruit to Team Arrow. He's more interested in being TheLancer and MoralityChain.
* SwitchToEnglish: Turns out Yao Fei can speak English. The word in Chinese he keeps repeating to Oliver is not "bird", but "survive".
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* ChainedToARailway: The Hood shoots Peter Declan with a TranquilizerDart and he wakes up manacled to the railroad before an oncoming train. When he talks the Hood shoots the manacle chain at the last moment so he can jump free.

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* ChainedToARailway: The Hood shoots Peter Declan Istook with a TranquilizerDart and he wakes up manacled to the railroad before an oncoming train. When he talks the Hood shoots the manacle chain at the last moment so he can jump free.

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* RefugeInAudacity: The Hood risks being shot by Laurel by [[TrespassingToTalk turning up in her apartment at night]], then walking right up to the [[YouWouldntShootMe gun she's holding on him]].



--->"I'm your girl! I mean I'm not...your girl. I wasn't making a pass at you."

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--->"I'm your girl! girl! I mean I'm not...your girl. I wasn't making a pass at you."

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--->"I'm your girl! I mean I'm not...your girl. I wasn't making a pass at you."

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--->"I'm your girl! girl! I mean I'm not...your girl. I wasn't making a pass at you."


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* YouOweMe: Implied when Oliver tells Diggle that Floyd Lawton was the man who killed his brother. He offers Diggle the chance to deliver justice to other people as well.

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* JerkassHasAPoint: Yao Fei forces Oliver to kill his own food, but he's not going to survive by being squeamish about such things.

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* JerkassHasAPoint: JerkassHasAPoint:
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Yao Fei forces Oliver to kill his own food, but he's not going to survive by being squeamish about such things.things.
** Quentin points out to his daughter that working with the Vigilante means she can be charged as an accessory to his crimes.



--->"I'm your girl! I mean I'm not...your girl. I wasn't making a pass at you."

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--->"I'm your girl! girl! I mean I'm not...your girl. I wasn't making a pass at you."
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* ChainedToARailway: The Hood's interrogation technique.

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* ChainedToARailway: The Hood's interrogation technique.Hood shoots Peter Declan with a TranquilizerDart and he wakes up manacled to the railroad before an oncoming train. When he talks the Hood shoots the manacle chain at the last moment so he can jump free.



--->"I'm your girl! I mean I'm not...your girl. I wasn't making a pass at you."

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--->"I'm your girl! girl! I mean I'm not...your girl. I wasn't making a pass at you."

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* RunningGag: After Diggle resigns, Oliver gets a new bodyguard and proceeds to ditch him as well.

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After Diggle resigns, Oliver gets a new bodyguard and proceeds to ditch him as well.well.
** Felicity's ThatCameOutWrong habit.
--->"I'm your girl! I mean I'm not...your girl. I wasn't making a pass at you."
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* TheAtoner: Oliver thinks that his father shooting himself wasn't just to ensure his son's survival, but to atone for his sins.
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* RaceAgainstTheClock: The execution takes place in 24 hours
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* TitleDrop
-->'''Laurel:''' What makes you think I can help?
-->'''The Hood:''' Because I know you'd do anything to save the life of an innocent man.
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* RunningGag: After Diggle resigns, Oliver gets a new bodyguard and proceeds to ditch him as well.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Yao Fei forces Oliver to kill his own food, but he's not going to survive by being squeamish about such things.

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