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* DisappointedInYou: When Alfred [[WhatTheHellHero calls out]] Bruce for telling Selina to infiltrate Arkham.
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Directed by Creator/RobBailey

Written by Creator/JordanHarper & Creator/MeganMostynBrown
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* BackFromTheDead: Thanks to Hugo Strange, Fish Mooney is alive and well again, and this time, she's got superpowers.

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* BackFromTheDead: Thanks to Hugo Strange, Fish Mooney is alive and well again, with her original memories and this time, identity intact. Plus, she's got superpowers.



* LockAndLoadMontage: A very brief one when Harvey puts together a strike force to storm Arkham and rescue the others.

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* LockAndLoadMontage: A very brief one when Harvey puts together a strike force to storm Arkham and rescue the others.Gordon, Bruce and Fox.
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** Strange referring to the Wayne's murder as a random and meaningless crime can be seen as one as the Mugger who killed Thomas and Martha ''really'' was random and has gone unsolved to this day in the comics (outside non-canon sources or WordofGod).
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* ImAHumanitarian: Stirk, presumably Cornelius Stirk from the comics, the inmate with whom Nygma is locked after his escape attempt.

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* ImAHumanitarian: After his escape attempt, Nygma is locked up with Stirk, presumably Cornelius Stirk from the comics, the inmate with whom Nygma is locked after his escape attempt.comics.



** Fish Mooney's new power that enables her to make people obey her, is one of the powers frequently associated with Poison Ivy in the Batman franchise.

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** Fish Mooney's new power that enables her to make people obey her, her is one of the powers frequently associated with Poison Ivy in the Batman franchise.



* VillainTeamUp: Nygma buys his way into Strange's service.

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* VillainTeamUp: Nygma buys talks his way into Strange's service.service, pointing out that he has useful experience dealing with Gordon.
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* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Selina attempts to snap Bridget out of the Firefly identity by reminding her of their shared past. She has some minor success, but not enough to bring Bridget back to her old self.
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** Fish Mooney's new power that enables her to make people obey her, is one of the powers frequently associated with Poison Ivy in the Batman franchise.

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* CompellingVoice: Fish's new superpower, which seems to be activated by touch.
* DeadlyGas: Nygma threatens Bruce and Lucius with this.



* ImAHumanitarian: The inmate Nygma is locked up with after his escape attempt.

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* ImAHumanitarian: The Stirk, presumably Cornelius Stirk from the comics, the inmate with whom Nygma is locked up with after his escape attempt.
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* DontMakeMeDestroyYou: Strange begs Bruce to allow him to continue his experiments or he'll have to kill Bruce too. To Strange's own dismay, [[TurnOutLikeHisFather Bruce made the same choice as Thomas]].
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* TheReveal: Strange is working for the Court of Owls.
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** "Basil" is obviously Basil Karlo, the first Clayface.

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* AGodAmI: Firefly believes that she's a goddess of fire.



* BiggerBad: It's revealed that ArcVillain Hugo Strange is under the allegiance of an even bigger threat: the Court of Owls.

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* BiggerBad: CallBack:
** When Fish is demanding to know where she is, she asks if she's on an island, referencing her time as a prisoner of the Dollmaker last season.
** Firefly does get a brief memory flash, of killing her brothers.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Strange claims to have genuinely cared for Thomas Wayne, and to regret having had him killed.
* GreaterScopeVillain:
It's revealed that ArcVillain Hugo Strange is under the allegiance of an even bigger threat: the Court of Owls.



* MythologyGag: When Strange captures Bruce and Lucius, he leaves them at the mercy of Edward Nygma, who locks them in a gas chamber-like death trap bathed in green light, and taunts them mercilessly over a loudspeaker. Fans of the ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries Arkham]]'' games should be quite familiar with this kind of situation.
* OhCrap: Selina says this word-for-word when she sees that Firefly is completely immune to fire.

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* MythologyGag: LockAndLoadMontage: A very brief one when Harvey puts together a strike force to storm Arkham and rescue the others.
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When Strange captures Bruce and Lucius, he leaves them at the mercy of Edward Nygma, who locks them in a gas chamber-like death trap bathed in green light, and taunts them mercilessly over a loudspeaker. Fans of the ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries Arkham]]'' games should be quite familiar with this kind of situation.
** Strange turns out to be working for the Court of Owls, which would indicate that his experiments to raise the dead are related to the Talons, the Court's undead super soldiers.
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Selina says this word-for-word when she sees that Firefly is completely immune to fire. fire.
** Peabody is visibly terrified when the Court contacts her and Strange.
* StormingTheCastle: Alfred and Harvey gather a strike force to storm Arkham near episode's end.


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* VillainTeamUp: Nygma buys his way into Strange's service.
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-->'''Fish Mooney''': I said my name is Fish Mooney, bitch. And you better tell me what the hell is going on.

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-->'''Fish Mooney''': I said my name is Fish Mooney, bitch. And you better tell me what the hell is going on.on.
* WhamLine: Especially for those versed in the comics: "Strange is losing control. We need to gather the Court." Followed by a WhamShot of an owl mask.
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* IdentityImpersonator: Basil is set up to be this for Jim Gordon.
* ImAHumanitarian: The inmate Nygma is locked up with after his escape attempt.
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* MythologyGag: When Strange captures Bruce and Lucius, he leaves them at the mercy of Edward Nygma, who locks them in a gas chamber-like death trap bathed in green light, and taunts them mercilessly over a loudspeaker. Fans of the ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries Arkham]]'' should be quite familiar with this kind of situation.

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* MythologyGag: When Strange captures Bruce and Lucius, he leaves them at the mercy of Edward Nygma, who locks them in a gas chamber-like death trap bathed in green light, and taunts them mercilessly over a loudspeaker. Fans of the ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries Arkham]]'' games should be quite familiar with this kind of situation.situation.
* OhCrap: Selina says this word-for-word when she sees that Firefly is completely immune to fire.
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* MythologyGag: When Strange captures Bruce and Lucius, he leaves them at the mercy of Edward Nygma, who locks them in a gas chamber-like death trap bathed in green light, and taunts them mercilessly over a loudspeaker. Fans of the ''[[VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries Arkham]]'' should be quite familiar with this kind of situation.
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When Selina finds herself trapped in Arkham Asylum, Bruce, Gordon, and Lucius head off to the madhouse in order to rescue her. Meanwhile, Hugo Strange continues his twisted experiments at Indian Hill, and successfully resurrects another person: Fish Mooney, who not only has all her memories in tact, she now bears mysterious superpowers that allow her to force anyone into doing her bidding.

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When Selina finds herself trapped in Arkham Asylum, Bruce, Gordon, and Lucius head off to the madhouse in order to rescue her. Meanwhile, Hugo Strange continues his twisted experiments at Indian Hill, and successfully resurrects another person: Fish Mooney, who not only has all her memories in tact, intact, she now bears mysterious superpowers that allow her to force anyone into doing her bidding.
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When Selina finds herself trapped in Arkham Asylum, Bruce, Gordon, and Lucius head off to the madhouse in order to rescue her. Meanwhile, Hugo Strange continues his twisted experiments at Indian Hill, and successfully resurrects another person: Fish Mooney, who not only has all her memories in tact, she now bears mysterious superpowers that allow her to force anyone into doing her bidding.

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* BackFromTheDead: Thanks to Hugo Strange, Fish Mooney is alive and well again, and this time, she's got superpowers.
* BiggerBad: It's revealed that ArcVillain Hugo Strange is under the allegiance of an even bigger threat: the Court of Owls.
* ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: When Strange attempts to convince Fish that she is a war goddess named Andraste, she makes it damn clear that she remembers ''exactly'' who she is.
-->'''Fish Mooney''': I said my name is Fish Mooney, bitch. And you better tell me what the hell is going on.

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