History Recap / LegendsOfTomorrowS2E10TheLegionOfDoom

* WrongForTheRightReasons: Considering that all the speedsters Barry knows are either good guys, dead, or godlike beings, the Legends assume that the speedster from the Legion is a new player. They don't know that Prof. Thawne was pulled out of the past... that is, until Stein reveals his identity along with the fact that he's a walking aberration.

!!Provides examples of:

* AskAStupidQuestion: Merlyn asks Eobard if he is supposed to be afraid of him when the latter grabs him by the neck. Eobard naturally answers yes, since he could kill him in a moment.

* AesopAmnesia: Merlyn suggests he and Darhk stop fighting and team up to fight Thawne, with Darhk commenting that "Two former members of the League of Assassins against a speedster? I like those odds." Apparently Malcolm forgot that he was present [[Recap/ArrowS3E23MyNameIsOliverQueen the last time]] a speedster took on members of the League -- an entire fortress full of them -- and utterly curb-stomped them within ''seconds''. And Barry was significantly slower and less experienced at the time than Thawne is. Of course the League was completely taken off guard by Barry while Darhk and Malcolm figure out that Thawne is not nearly as invincible as he wants them to think.

-->'''Thawne''': Well, the good news is you two finally got what you wanted. You managed to balance our partnership: we're now all ''equally'' dead.

* ContinuitySnarl: Lily apparently has no idea that her father is one half of Firestorm. However, the 4-night {{Crossover}} shows that not only Lily lives with her parents, but she knows Caitlin personally. [[ZigZaggedTrope However, the implication seems to be that no one told her about this.]]

* EnemyMine: It doesn't last long, but Rip AKA "Phil", Darhk and Merlyn do have a brief "war makes strange bedfellows" moment when Rip points out that Eobard is their common enemy.

* HopeSpot: While Darhk and Merlyn rob the Swiss bank a second time, Rip manages to free himself...just in time for Thawne to return.

* SeriesContinuityError: Averted. The flashback with Eobard being erased from existence shows him with Matt Letscher's face, despite having the body of Tom Cavanagh at that time. However, by the time that his arm had disappeared (as it had in the shot shown), Eobard had already reverted to his original form.

-->'''Rip:''' The point is that neither of you are Creator/ClintEastwood, and so neither of you end up going home with the gold.

--> "Fake food for a fake person".

* WrongForTheRightReasons: Considering that all the speedsters Barry knows are either good guys, dead, or godlike beings, the Legends assume that the speedster from the Legion is a new player. They don't know that Prof. Thawne was pulled out of the past...that is, until Stein reveals his identity along with the fact that he's a walking aberration.

* RealityEnsues: When three men like Eobard, Darhk, and Merlyn, three previously independent villains who are used to being in charge, team up, it's only natural that there would be a clash of egos.

* ADayInTheLimelight: This episode focuses more on the Legion than the Legends, complete with a modified opening narration.

* AntagonistTitle: Referring to the [[BigBadDuumvirate Big Bad Trio]]. Doubles as TeamTitle.

* TheDreaded: Eobard Thawne is [[HorrifyingTheHorror terrified of the Black Flash,]] and says he's even more of a threat than the [[Series/TheFlash2014 Time Wraiths]].

* WhamShot: What does the episode end on? Rip pulling out a gun ''and capping George Washington''.

* BatDeduction: Nate indulges in some rather bizarre leaps of logic to correctly intuit that A) the unknown speedster they're facing must be from the future, B) changing ''reality'' with the Spear of Destiny is very different from changing ''history'' using time travel, and C) that the mystery speedster must be after the Spear because he wants to undo his own erasure from the timeline. It's this final point which leads Martin to realize that he's perfectly describing Eobard Thawne.

* BatDeduction: Nate indulges in some rather bizarre leaps of logic to correctly intuit that A) the unknown speedster they're facing must be from the future, B) changing ''reality'' with the Spear of Destiny is very different from changing ''history'' using time travel, and C) that the mystery speedster must be after the Spear because he wants to undo his own erasure from the timeline. All this from the starting point "speedsters can time travel."

* FakeShemp: Black Flash [[SilentAntagonist doesn't speak]] but only growls, and his disfigured face is made up with CGI; as it is the "evolved" form of Zoom, neither Creator/TonyTodd (Zoom's voice) nor Teddy Sears (Zoom's face) reprise their roles.

* FlashbackMontageRealization: Downplayed. When Stein realizes the speedster is Eobard Thawne, he briefly flashes back to character's supposed death in ''The Flash'' season 1.

** Eobard's fear of Time Wraiths was first alluded to in "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S2E17Flashback Flashback]]".

* FlashbackMontageRealization: Downplayed: When Stein realizes the speedster is Eobard Thawne, he briefly flashes back to character's supposed death in season 1 of ''The Flash''.

-->-- '''Damien Darhk''', modified OpeningNarration

** Eobard wants TheSpearOfDestiny to avoid his inevitable meeting with the Black Flash, who is trying to kill him after he wriggled out of [[RetGone being erased by Eddie's sacrifice]].

* SeriesContinuityError: Averted. The flashback with Eobard being erased from existence shows him with Matt Letscher's face, despite having the body of Dr Wells/Tom Cavanagh at that time. However, by the time that his arm had disappeared (as it had in the shot shown), Eobard had already reverted to his original form.

** This [[Recap/TheFlash2014S1E23FastEnough isn't the first time]] that Eobard Thawne has been utterly scared shitless of [[spoiler:Hunter Zolomon]].

* EvilVsEvil: Tensions between Darhk and Merlyn reach the point where they decide to settle things League-style: sword fight. The Legion also teamed-up to fight the Black Flash, who technically ''{{was|OnceAMan}}'' [[spoiler:Hunter Zolomon/Zoom, the BigBad of ''The Flash'' Season 2]].

* FakeShemp: Black Flash [[SilentAntagonist doesn't speak]] but only growls, and his disfigured face is made up with CGI; as it is the "evolved" form of [[spoiler:Zoom, neither Creator/TonyTodd (Zoom's voice) nor Teddy Sears (Zoom's face) reprise their roles]].

* UnexpectedCharacter: The Black Flash, TheGrimReaper of speedsters, and the final form of [[spoiler:Hunter Zolomon aka Zoom]], is hunting Eobard down, having presumably begun chasing him due to the events of Flashpoint.