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* BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: When Thea refuses to accept Roy's rather curt breakup, Roy lets Thea catch him making out with a blonde so she'll leave him of her own accord.
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* WhyDontYouJustShootHer: Neither Diggle or Sara is impressed to find Oliver making 'non-lethal' arrows for the Huntress.
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* CreateYourOwnVillain
-->'''Oliver:''' I failed Helena, I created the Huntress.

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* ClarkKenting: Laurel can't seem to tell that the blond assassin girl is Sara even when she's right next to her. Sara uses a voice changer and like the Hood tries to keep her face averted when speaking to her.

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* ClarkKenting: Laurel can't seem to tell that the blond assassin girl Black Canary is Sara even when she's right next to her. Sara uses a voice changer and DominoMask and like the Hood Arrow tries to keep her face averted when speaking to her.


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-->'''Laurel:''' Are you one of the good guys?
-->'''Black Canary:''' No, but I'm friends with them.
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* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: The primary reason why Oliver persuades Roy to break up with Thea so that she won't be a casualty in the future fight against Slade.

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* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: The primary reason why Oliver persuades Roy to break up with Thea so that she won't be a casualty in the future fight against Slade.harmed by his rages.
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* WeNeedADistraction: Knowing that Team Arrow will be on to her, Helena steals a vehicle with a GPS tracker and then pays a guy to go joyriding in it, while she enters Starling City by hijacking another vehicle.
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** Played straight when the Arrow arrows a mook armed with a Scorpion machine pistol.

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** Played straight during the BatmanColdOpen when the Arrow Oliver sticks his arrows a mook armed through the hands of several mooks with a Scorpion machine pistol.guns.

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* ImpaledPalm: A variation. [[SuperToughness Roy]] grabs a handgun by the muzzle, and is shot through the hand. By the end of the episode, [[HealingFactor he's back to relative normal with a scab]].

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* ImpaledPalm: ImpaledPalm:
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A variation. [[SuperToughness Roy]] grabs a handgun by the muzzle, and is shot through the hand. By the end of the episode, [[HealingFactor he's back to relative normal with a scab]].scab]].
** Played straight when the Arrow arrows a mook armed with a Scorpion machine pistol.

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* MeaningfulEcho / YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Laurel goes to take a drink and the Canary asks why she's breaking her sobriety vow. Then Laurel (not knowing she's talking to Sara) says she went back to work to show her sister she could be strong. The Canary says, "Then show me." Later the Canary is going to snap the Huntress's neck.
-->'''Laurel:''' You're not a killer!
-->'''Sara/Canary:''' You've no idea what I am!
-->'''Laurel:''' Then show me.



* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: Helena gets revenge on her father just not the way she expected. And she still feels empty and unfulfilled about it.

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* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: Helena gets revenge on her father just not the way she expected. And she still feels empty and unfulfilled about it.it.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Laurel goes to take a drink and the Canary asks why she's breaking her sobriety vow. Then Laurel (not knowing she's talking to Sara) says she went back to work to show her sister she could be strong. The Canary says, "Then show me." Later the Canary is going to snap the Huntress's neck.
-->'''Laurel:''' You're not a killer!
-->'''Sara/Canary:''' You've no idea what I am!
-->'''Laurel:''' Then [[MeaningfulEcho show me]].

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* ExtremelyProtectiveChild: After her father gets shot, Sara throws the man responsible out a window, to Dad's annoyance as he was wearing a bulletproof vest and therefore unharmed. Laurel has to talk her down from killing Huntress at the climax, after Huntress threatens both [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend Oliver]] and [[KnightTemplarBigBrother Laurel]].



* {{Protectorate}}: After her father gets shot, Sara throws the man responsible out a window, to Dad's annoyance as he was wearing a bulletproof vest and therefore unharmed. Laurel has to talk her down from killing Huntress at the climax.

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Your Cheating Heart is an index, not a trope.


* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: Helena gets revenge on her father just not the way she expected. And she still feels empty and unfulfilled about it.
* YourCheatingHeart: Roy pretends to cheat on Thea to get her to break up with him. To her credit, it's revealed soon after that she knows it was a set up to push her away.

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* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: Helena gets revenge on her father just not the way she expected. And she still feels empty and unfulfilled about it. \n* YourCheatingHeart: Roy pretends to cheat on Thea to get her to break up with him. To her credit, it's revealed soon after that she knows it was a set up to push her away.
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-->'''Huntress:''' ''(on getting a look at Canary)'' Oliver does like to dress up his girls.

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-->'''Huntress:''' ''(on getting a close look at Canary)'' Oliver does like to dress up his girls.
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-->'''Huntress:''' ''(on getting a look at Canary)'' Oliver does like to dress up his girls.
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* HypocrisyNod: Sara wants to just kill Huntress, and points out that Oliver didn't have a problem with trying to headshot Slade when his own family is threatened. Oliver concedes the point that when it comes to their own families no-one is objective.
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* BigSisterWorship: Inverted as it's big sis Laurel who thinks that Sara is the strong one.



* ClarkKenting: Laurel can't seem to tell that the blond assassin girl is Sara (and the voice changer would probably not help, either).

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* ClarkKenting: Laurel can't seem to tell that the blond assassin girl is Sara (and the even when she's right next to her. Sara uses a voice changer would probably not help, either).and like the Hood tries to keep her face averted when speaking to her.

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* DarkActionGirl: Both Huntress and Sara--the latter being not quite on board with Oliver's ThouShaltNotKill ethics.



* {{Protectorate}}: After her father gets shot, Sara throws the man responsible out the window, to Dad's annoyance as he was wearing a bulletproof vest and therefore unharmed. Oliver has to reel in her eagerness to kill Huntress when Laurel is in danger.

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* {{Protectorate}}: After her father gets shot, Sara throws the man responsible out the a window, to Dad's annoyance as he was wearing a bulletproof vest and therefore unharmed. Oliver Laurel has to reel in talk her eagerness to kill down from killing Huntress when Laurel is in danger.at the climax.

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* NotSoDifferent: Laurel tries this with Helena to get her to stop with her revenge plan, saying she knows what its like to lose someone and feel lost. It actually comes back to Laurel when she blackmails the DA to get her job back; when the latter notes she didn't think Laurel was capable of blackmail, she quotes Helena about what the darkness does to a person.

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* MeaningfulEcho / YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Laurel goes to take a drink and the Canary asks why she's breaking her sobriety vow. Then Laurel (not knowing she's talking to Sara) says she went back to work to show her sister she could be strong. The Canary says, "Then show me." Later the Canary is going to snap the Huntress's neck.
-->'''Laurel:''' You're not a killer!
-->'''Sara/Canary:''' You've no idea what I am!
-->'''Laurel:''' Then show me.
* NotSoDifferent: Laurel tries this with Helena to get her to stop with her revenge plan, saying she knows what its it's like to lose someone and feel lost. It actually comes back to Laurel when she blackmails the DA to get her job back; when the latter notes she didn't think Laurel was capable of blackmail, she quotes Helena about what the darkness does to a person.
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* GoodIsNotNice: Hendrick, one of the escapees from the ''Amazo'', is forcibly handed over the Slade even though they think Slade will kill him once YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness. In fact on this basis they conceal a bomb on Hendrick seeing as he's going to die anyway. Apart from Hendrick being a jerkass (due to the justified reason that he doesn't know Oliver, and regards Sara as a collaborator of the man who had him imprisoned and tortured) there's no justification for this whatsoever.

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* GoodIsNotNice: Hendrick, one of the escapees from the ''Amazo'', is forcibly handed over the Slade even though they think Slade will kill him once YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness. In fact on this basis they conceal a bomb on Hendrick seeing as he's going to die anyway. Apart from Hendrick being a jerkass (due to the justified understandable reason that he doesn't know Oliver, and regards Sara as a collaborator of the man who had him imprisoned and tortured) there's no justification for this whatsoever.
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->'''Sara:''' Slade! Stop, please! [[WeUsedToBeFriends Look, he's your friend!]]
->''(minion jabs shock prod into Oliver's side)''
->'''Slade:''' That is the sound of electricity surging through my friend. Five milliamps, to be exact. Seven causes cardiac arrest. ''(screams)'' Oliver just passed out with six milliamps. He'll be delivered with the fatal blow of seven in one hour if Hendrik is not standing here by my side!

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->'''Sara:''' -->'''Sara:''' Slade! Stop, please! [[WeUsedToBeFriends Look, he's your friend!]]
->''(minion -->''(minion jabs shock prod into Oliver's side)''
->'''Slade:''' -->'''Slade:''' That is the sound of electricity surging through my friend. Five milliamps, to be exact. Seven causes cardiac arrest. ''(screams)'' Oliver just passed out with six milliamps. He'll be delivered with the fatal blow of seven in one hour if Hendrik is not standing here by my side!
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->'''Sara:''' Slade! Stop, please! [[WeUsedToBeFriends Look, he's your friend!]]
->''(minion jabs shock prod into Oliver's side)''
->'''Slade:''' That is the sound of electricity surging through my friend. Five milliamps, to be exact. Seven causes cardiac arrest. ''(screams)'' Oliver just passed out with six milliamps. He'll be delivered with the fatal blow of seven in one hour if Hendrik is not standing here by my side!

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* GreenEyedMonster: Downplayed, but Ollie gets irritated that Sara picks up on the 'ex-girlfriend'

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* GreenEyedMonster: Downplayed, but on hearing that Ollie's vigilante PsychoExGirlfriend is in town, Ollie gets irritated that it's the 'girlfriend' part that Sara picks up on the 'ex-girlfriend' on.


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* {{Protectorate}}: After her father gets shot, Sara throws the man responsible out the window, to Dad's annoyance as he was wearing a bulletproof vest and therefore unharmed. Oliver has to reel in her eagerness to kill Huntress when Laurel is in danger.

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* HasAType: Numerous people in this episode [[LampshadeHanging note]] the fact that Ollie tends toward [[ActionGirl Action Girls]] who have a tendency to kill and dress in sexy, leathery get ups.

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* GreenEyedMonster: Downplayed, but Ollie gets irritated that Sara picks up on the 'ex-girlfriend'
* HasAType: Numerous people in this episode [[LampshadeHanging note]] the fact that Ollie tends toward [[ActionGirl Action Girls]] who have a tendency to kill kill, and dress in sexy, leathery get ups.

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* GoodIsNotNice: Hendrick, one of the escapees from the ''Amazo'', is forcibly handed over the Slade even though they think Slade will kill him once YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness. In fact on this basis they conceal a bomb on Hendrick seeing as he's going to die anyway. Apart from Hendrick being a jerkass (due to the justified reason that he doesn't know Oliver, and regards Sara as a collaborator of the man who had him imprisoned and tortured) there's no justification for this whatsoever.



* PrisonerExchange: Slade wants to exchange Ollie with Hendrick, who is the only person able to fix the ''Amazo''.

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* PrisonerExchange: PrisonerExchange:
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Slade wants to exchange Ollie with Hendrick, who is the only person able to fix the ''Amazo''.
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* BadLiar: Slade can tell ara is lying when she says she doesn't have Hendrick.

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* BadLiar: Slade can tell ara Sara is lying when she says she doesn't have Hendrick.
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* MarkOfShame: Slade has Oliver branded with Shado's tattoo in reference to this trope.
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* ElectricTorture: Slade threatens he will kill Island!Ollie this way if Sara doesn't hand over Hendrick.

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* ElectricTorture: Slade threatens he will kill Island!Ollie Ollie this way if Sara doesn't hand over Hendrick.
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* BadLiar: Slade can tell Island!Sara is lying when she says she doesn't have Hendrick.

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* BadLiar: Slade can tell Island!Sara ara is lying when she says she doesn't have Hendrick.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Oliver convinces Roy to break up with Thea in order to try and distance her from the fight with Slade. Instead, he ends up driving her right into his clutches and making Roy even more angrier than before.

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Oliver convinces Roy to break up with Thea in order to try and distance her from the fight with Slade. Instead, he ends up driving her right into his clutches and making Roy even more angrier angry than before.
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* DramaticIrony: Thea, at her DespairEventHorizon, realises that Ollie may be the only one ''who's never been hiding anything from her.'' Just that.

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* DramaticIrony: Thea, at her DespairEventHorizon, realises realizes that Ollie may be the only one ''who's never been hiding anything from her.'' Just that.

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