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* ArtisticLicenseChemistry: The hell is a molecular opposite?
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* NotSoDifferent: Cat assumes this is the case with Kara because they both broke Adam's heart through their absence in moments of his life. Since Kara places her duties as Supergirl before spending quality time with Adam, it somewhat makes sense.
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* ReversePolarity: Henshaw suggests reversing the ionic charge of green Kryptonite in order to harm Bizarro.

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* ReversePolarity: Henshaw J'onn suggests reversing the ionic charge of green Kryptonite in order to harm Bizarro.



* WhatTheHellHero: Hank calls out Alex for essentially kidnapping a world-famous billionaire when the DEO is supposed to be a secret organization and they have no legal grounds to arrest him. Alex counters that, given Lord knows Supergirl's secret identity and Hank's own secret keeping, he should appreciate the lengths she would go to protect their secrets.

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* WhatTheHellHero: Hank J'onn calls out Alex for essentially kidnapping a world-famous billionaire when the DEO is supposed to be a secret organization and they have no legal grounds to arrest him. Alex counters that, given Lord knows Supergirl's secret identity and Hank's J'onn's own secret keeping, he should appreciate the lengths she would go to protect their secrets.
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** Bizarro's characterization is loosely based on Sterling Gates' ''ComicBook/{{Bizarrogirl}}'', incorporating traits such like her and Supergirl being reflections of each other.
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* DownerEnding: By the end of the episode, Bizarro has been returned to her previously comatose state; Maxwell Lord has made threats against Kara, Alex, and Eliza; Kara decides to end a possible romance with Adam before it really starts, and this development leads to the end of her burgeoning friendship with Cat. Then she heads back to her apartment and gets attacked by the Black Mercy...
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** Might be subverted, in that he ''mainly'' seems to be doing it to distract her while he hits the Super-signal watch. Bizarro is pissed off when she sees what he's doing, meaning he's essentially [[InterruptedCooldownHug interrupted his own cooldown hug]].

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* DrowningMySorrows: James plays this word for word.
-->'''James:''' How do you feel about drowning our sorrows?
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** At the end of the episode, Adam is returning to [[Comicbook/{{Starman}} Opal City]].

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** At the end of the episode, Adam is returning to [[Comicbook/{{Starman}} [[ComicBook/{{Starman}} Opal City]].

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Maxwell Lord has unleashed his copy of Supergirl, Bizarro, to kill Supergirl.

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Maxwell Lord has unleashed unleashes his copy of Supergirl, Bizarro, which Cat Grant dubs "Bizarro," to kill Supergirl.Supergirl.



* AntiVillain: Bizarro, since she had absolutely no control over what happened to her and can only barely comprehend right and wrong while being convinced to do wrong by Lord.
* BeamOWar: Supergirl and Bizarro pit their opposite powers against each other, first with heat vision vs. freeze vision, and then arctic breath vs. flame breath.

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!!Tropes in this episode:
* AntiVillain: Bizarro, since she Bizarro had absolutely no control over what happened to her her, and can only barely comprehend right and wrong while being convinced to do wrong by Lord.
* BeamOWar: Supergirl and Bizarro pit their opposite powers against each other, other three times, first with heat vision vs. freeze vision, and then [[BreathWeapon arctic breath vs. flame breath]] twice.
* BreathWeapon: Being equal and opposite to Supergirl, Bizarro can [[PlayingWithFire breathe fire]] as a counterpart to Supergirl's icy
breath.



* EvilCounterpart: Deconstructed with Bizarro: She was once an ordinary girl in a coma, and happens to become a part of Lord's experiments. And since she's the only one that survived the procedure, she undergoes further mind conditioning to hate Supergirl because Lord says so.

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* EvilCounterpart: Deconstructed with Bizarro: She she was once an ordinary girl in a coma, and happens to become a part of Lord's experiments. And since she's the only one that survived the procedure, she undergoes further mind conditioning to hate Supergirl because Lord says so.so.
* EyeBeams: Bizarro's purplish "freeze vision" is the opposite of Kara's blue heat vision.



* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: Kara and Adam broke up because Supergirl has to continue dealing with threats in National City.

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* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: Kara and breaks up with Adam broke up after two dates because Supergirl has to continue dealing with threats in National City.



** As she begins to change, Bizarro's costume changes colors like third (male) Post-Crisis Bizarro in the comics and in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''. And then her S-Shield somehow flips backwards, like so many other incarnations of Bizarro have.

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** As she begins to change, Bizarro's costume changes colors like the third (male) Post-Crisis Bizarro in the comics and in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''. And then her S-Shield somehow flips backwards, like so many other incarnations of Bizarro have.



* NotSoDifferent: Cat assumes this is the case with Kara because they both broke Adam's heart through their absence in moments of his life. Since Kara placed her duties as Supergirl first before spending quality time with Adam, it somewhat makes sense.
* NotWorthKilling: Alex says this to Kara about Lord when he makes a veiled threat about Eliza.

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* NotSoDifferent: Cat assumes this is the case with Kara because they both broke Adam's heart through their absence in moments of his life. Since Kara placed places her duties as Supergirl first before spending quality time with Adam, it somewhat makes sense.
* NotWorthKilling: Alex says this to Kara about Lord when he makes a veiled threat about their mother Eliza.



* ReversePolarity: Henshaw suggests changing the ionic charge of green Kryptonite in order to harm Bizarro.

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* ReversePolarity: Henshaw suggests changing reversing the ionic charge of green Kryptonite in order to harm Bizarro.



-->'''Lord''': Holding people indefinitely against their will... Can't get much more American than that.

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-->'''Lord''': -->'''Lord:''' Holding people indefinitely against their will... Can't get much more American than that.
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Maxwell Lord has unleashed his copy of Supergirl, Bizarro, to kill Supergirl.
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* AntiVillain: Bizarro, since she had absolutely no control over what happened to her and can only barely comprehend right and wrong while being convinced to do wrong by Lord.
* BeamOWar: Supergirl and Bizarro pit their opposite powers against each other, first with heat vision vs. freeze vision, and then arctic breath vs. flame breath.
* {{Cliffhanger}}: Supergirl returns home to find a bizarre egg on her table before some tentacled creature (which will quickly be recognized by any Creator/AlanMoore fans) leaps at her from the ceiling.
* CloneByConversion: Bizarro was created through a combination of genetic splicing and plastic surgery.
* EvilCounterpart: Deconstructed with Bizarro: She was once an ordinary girl in a coma, and happens to become a part of Lord's experiments. And since she's the only one that survived the procedure, she undergoes further mind conditioning to hate Supergirl because Lord says so.
* HulkSpeak: Bizarro is only capable of forming a sentence with less than five words at a time.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Winn concludes that he and Kara simply aren't meant to be, and decides to [[ShipperOnDeck encourage]] Jimmy to make a move on her.
* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: Kara and Adam broke up because Supergirl has to continue dealing with threats in National City.
* MythologyGag:
** Prometheus Genetics shares its name with the DC villain Prometheus.
** Lord says that Kara is different from Superman "when it comes to truth, justice, and the American way."
** At the end of the episode, Adam is returning to [[Comicbook/{{Starman}} Opal City]].
** As she begins to change, Bizarro's costume changes colors like third (male) Post-Crisis Bizarro in the comics and in ''WesternAnimation/SupermanTheAnimatedSeries''. And then her S-Shield somehow flips backwards, like so many other incarnations of Bizarro have.
** The modified kryptonite has a bluish tone; in most continuities, Bizarro's vulnerable to blue kryptonite while being immune to the green variety.
* NoPlansNoPrototypeNoBackup: Averted in that it took seven tries for Lord's procedure not to kill the subject.
* NotSoDifferent: Cat assumes this is the case with Kara because they both broke Adam's heart through their absence in moments of his life. Since Kara placed her duties as Supergirl first before spending quality time with Adam, it somewhat makes sense.
* NotWorthKilling: Alex says this to Kara about Lord when he makes a veiled threat about Eliza.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Everyone's a bit floored by Cat being so nice to Kara at the start of the episode.
* RevengeByProxy: Lord suggests that Bizarro hurt the ones Supergirl loves after she's been mutated by kryptonite exposure. Bizarro grabs Jimmy, but just holds him hostage rather than killing him.
* ReversePolarity: Henshaw suggests changing the ionic charge of green Kryptonite in order to harm Bizarro.
* ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Alex decides to hang the rules and just arrest Lord, telling him that, as a secret organization, the DEO can basically black-bag him and lock him up for eternity with no one able to stop them.
* ShameIfSomethingHappened: After he's been locked up, Lord mentions Eliza Danvers to Supergirl and the home where she grew up. Supergirl comes close to frying him before Alex talks her down.
* TakeThat: Maxwell Lord makes a not-so subtle jab at the American legal system.
-->'''Lord''': Holding people indefinitely against their will... Can't get much more American than that.
* WhatTheHellHero: Hank calls out Alex for essentially kidnapping a world-famous billionaire when the DEO is supposed to be a secret organization and they have no legal grounds to arrest him. Alex counters that, given Lord knows Supergirl's secret identity and Hank's own secret keeping, he should appreciate the lengths she would go to protect their secrets.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Jimmy gives such a speech to Bizarro while being held hostage.
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