History Recap / TheFlash2014S1E18AllStarTeamUp

-->'''Felicity:''' I thought Central City was supposed to be the fun one.

* LetterMotif: '''B'''rie Larvan a.k.a. The '''B'''ug-Eyed '''B'''andit is an evil '''b'''londe who wears a '''b'''lack outfit and has '''[[BeeAfraid B]]'''ees as her AnimalMotifs. If you want to go further with ActorAllusion, [[Creator/EmilyKinney her actress']] StarMakingRole is named '''[[Series/TheWalkingDead B]]'''eth, whose base of operations is (literally) in a Green(e) house.

* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Barry seems to have forgotten about his ability to phase through objects so that the bees wound be a threat to him. To be fair, it might be easier to phase through one big objects than through many small ones that move independently.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Felicity, having come to Central City at an awkward time, makes a meta-comment on the differing tone between ''The Flash'' and ''Arrow'':

* LetterMotif: '''B'''rie Larvan a.k.a. The '''B'''ug-Eyed '''B'''andit is an evil '''b'''londe who wears a '''b'''lack outfit and has '''[[BeeAfraid B]]'''ees as her AnimalMotif. If you want to go further with ActorAllusion, [[Creator/EmilyKinney her actress']] StarMakingRole is named '''[[Series/TheWalkingDead B]]'''eth, whose base of operations is (literally) in a Green(e) house.

* PaletteSwap: A very minor one (compared to the obvious Reverse Flash costume), but Brie's chair is the same [[ShowedTheirWork Zuo Unico]] chair as the one Felicity uses in the Arrowcave, only in white. Especially notable when they are cyber-dueling. Might double as StrangeMindsThinkAlike.

* HilariousInHindsight: Felicity compares dating Ray to "dating Barry in Oliver's body." Come the [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Recap/TheFlash2014S5E9ElseworldsHourOne Elseworlds]] crossover, she literally is with Barry in Oliver's body.

* DontExplainTheJoke: Felicity beats the Brie's bees that were chasing Barry and says that she dropped the bomb. She explains the bomb is a metaphor because she doens't have an actual bomb.

* TooDumbToLive: Dr. [=McGee=] declines the police's protection after finding out that Brie was targeting her (after she already killed two people). She claimed that she could take care of herself, despite not taking any security precautions at all and would have easily been killed if Ray had not intervened.

** Cisco's reaction to the bees is a twist on [[Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk Indiana Jones' famous line]]. Surprisingly, he avoids (or resists) a reference to either ''Film/TheWickerMan'' or DC's own ''ComicBook/AmazonsAttack''.

* DoubleTake: Since Atom was being chased by robotic bees, Cisco suggests that he fly into the water. Ray is fine with the idea... until he remembers his suit isn't waterproof.

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Both of the solutions proposed to the problem of the [=ATOM=] suit's electronics overheating--applying an insulator and further miniaturization--are both things that make heating problems ''worse'', not better, in the real world. In fact, the latter is [[http://www.gotw.ca/publications/concurrency-ddj.htm the principal reason why computer CPUs have stopped getting faster for the last decade or so]]: further miniaturization would have caused them to produce more heat than could be safely dissipated.

-->'''Barry:''' [to Felicity] Wells wasn't just their (Cisco and Caitlin) boss, he's their mentor. Their hero. My hero...

* DoubleTake: since Atom was being chased by robotic bees, Cisco suggests that he fly into the water. Ray is fine with the idea...until he remembers his suit isn't waterproof.

* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Barry seems to have forgotten about his ability to phase through objects so that the bees wound be a threat to him.
** To be fair, it might be easier to phase through one big objects than through many small ones that move independently.

* ItOnlyWorksOnce: a defibrillator in Barry's suit shorts out immediately after using it to revive him.
* FreezeFrameBonus: The episode ends with Cisco recalling the events of [[Recap/TheFlash2014S1E15OutOfTime Out of Time]]. Just as the credits begin, an image of the Reverse-Flash appears for a split second.

* IncrediblyLamePun: Subverted when Brie threatens to "buzz herself in". When someone is threatening to murder you painfully, puns lose their sting.

* LetterMotif: '''B'''rie Larvan aka The '''B'''ug-Eyed '''B'''andit is an evil '''b'''londe who wears a '''b'''lack outfit and has '''[[BeeAfraid B]]'''ees as her AnimalMotif. If you want to go further with ActorAllusion, [[Creator/EmilyKinney her actress']] StarMakingRole is named '''[[Series/TheWalkingDead B]]'''eth, whose base of operations is (literally) in a Green(e) house.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Joe insists that Iris remains this concerning Barry's secret identity towards Eddie and Barry. He also feels the same way about Caitlin and Cisco knowing about Barry's investigation of Thawne. [[ThePowerOfTrust At least at first.]]
** It is even lampshaded at the fact it seems like only Iris is the only person to not know Barry is the Flash.
-->'''Barry''': (After Eddie tries to tell something to Barry but doesn't because Felicity is next to him) Don't worry, she knows.
-->'''Eddie''': So everyone ''but'' Iris knows?
-->'''Barry''': It seems that way.

* MundaneUtility: a more serious example than most: Barry using his powers as an emergency defibrillator to save Cisco.
* MythologyGag:

* OutOfOrder: The episode takes place before the ''Arrow'' episode that preceded it, as the events of that episode and the following one don't exactly leave much room for Felicity and Ray to take this little field trip.

** Plus the "Ain't nobody got time for that" meme. Along with the MythologyGag when Ray shows up, it's a veritable storm of {{Shout Out}}s and {{Mythology Gag}}s.
* SquishyWizard: After Felicity disabled the robotic bees, Barry effortlessly dispatched Brie.
* StealthPun: Barry captured a man for indecent exposure. In other words, a "flasher".

---> '''Caitlin''': [''muttering''] ...God, there's two of them.

-->'''Ray''': [[LampshadeHanging Never had someone take a bee for me before!]]

--> '''Ray:''' Nononono, the sex is great!
--> '''Caitlin:''' ...God, there's two of them.

* [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes Why Did It Have To Be Bees?]]: Cisco is not happy to find out this [[BeeBeeGun new villain's motif]].

* LetterMotif: '''B'''rie Larvan aka The '''B'''ug-Eyed '''B'''andit is an evil '''b'''londe who wears a '''[[WomanInBlack b]]'''lack outfit and has '''[[BeeAfraid B]]'''ees as her AnimalMotif. If you want to go further with ActorAllusion, [[Creator/EmilyKinney her actress']] StarMakingRole is named '''[[Series/TheWalkingDead B]]'''eth, whose base of operations is (literally) in a Green(e) house.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Joe insists that Iris remains this concerning Barry's secret identity towards Eddie and Barry. He also feels the same way about Caitlin and Cisco knowing about Barry's investigation of Harrison Wells. [[ThePowerOfTrust At least at first.]]

* RippleEffectProofMemory: Somehow Cisco is able to remember that he found out Wells is the Reverse-Flash and then Wells killed him for it, despite Barry's CosmicRetcon. It comes to him in his dreams, and if someone uses the right TriggerPhrase when he's awake.

* TriggerPhrase: Cisco's memories of the old timeline come back when Ray says he's very clever (in the same room where Dr. Wells, said it, too). Same when Joe name-drops the Reverse-Flash.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: It is revealed that Doctors [=McGee=] and Wells were close friends, maybe even PlatonicLifePartners, until Wells' and Tess' accident changed the man. The last part is true in a literal yet horrifying way.

* LetterMotif: '''B'''rie Larvan aka The '''B'''ug-Eyed '''B'''andit is an evil '''[[BlondesAreEvil b]]'''londe who wears a '''[[WomanInBlack b]]'''lack outfit and has '''[[BeeAfraid B]]'''ees as her AnimalMotif. If you want to go further with ActorAllusion, [[Creator/EmilyKinney her actress']] StarMakingRole is named '''[[Series/TheWalkingDead B]]'''eth, whose base of operations is (literally) in a Green(e) house.

---> '''Caitlin''': [''muttering''] Oh God, there's two of them.

--> '''Ray:''' No no no no, the sex is great!
--> '''Caitlin:''' God, there's two of them.