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*EvilIsPetty: Damien Darhk is responsible for Felicity being in a wheelchair after shooting up the car she and Oliver were riding in.
--> '''Darhk''': Sorry about the limo. Love the wheelchair. Might I suggest motorized?"
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* MoodWhiplash: Oliver and Felicity share a particularly tender and tear-worthy moment after the biochip doesn't immediately restore her ability to walk. Then in walks Dahrk.
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* JerkassHasAPoint: Malcom states that he made Thea from a delicate spoiled teenager to a proud warrior.
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* DeathGlare: Laurel gives a subtle one to Oliver when she finds out that Oliver got Samantha pregnant while still in a relationship with Laurel.
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** Laurel and Mari apparently have met offscreen.

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** Laurel and Mari apparently have met offscreen. WordOfGod says that Laurel will appear in Season 2 of ''Vixen'', which takes place before this episode.
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* ArtisticLicenseBiology: As soon as Felicity realizes she can walk again, she stands up from her wheelchair and walks out with no issue. As people who have broken legs or even had their leg fall asleep can say, that is highly unlikely, and in the least some limping would occur after sitting for weeks.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: By staying quiet about his son William, whether it was a extorted promise to Samantha or not, came back to bite Oliver big.
** He had to drop out of the Mayoral race.
** He had to send Willaim and his Mother away.
** Most of all, even though she knew that Oliver was in a tough spot with this secret, she decided to call off the wedding.

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: By staying quiet about his son William, whether it was a an extorted promise to Samantha or not, came back to bite Oliver big.
** He had to drop out of the Mayoral mayoral race.
** He had to send Willaim William and his Mother mother away.
** Most of all, even though she knew that Oliver was in a tough spot with this secret, she Felicity decided to call off the wedding.
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* TheBadGuyWins: Because even after getting arrested, Dahrk still got what he wanted: Oliver is resigning from his mayoral campaign, Felicity breaks off her engagement with him and he won't be seeing his son any time soon.

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* TheBadGuyWins: Because even after getting arrested, Dahrk Darhk still got what he wanted: Oliver is resigning from his mayoral campaign, Felicity breaks off her engagement with him and he won't be seeing his son any time soon.



* BroughtDownToNormal: Dahrk's magic powers disappear after Mari destroys his power source.

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* BroughtDownToNormal: Dahrk's Darhk's magic powers disappear after Mari destroys his power source.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: By staying quiet about his son William, whether it was a extorted promise to Samantha or not, came back to bite Oliver big.
** He had to drop out of the Mayoral race.
** He had to send Willaim and his Mother away.
** Most of all, even though she knew that Oliver was in a tough spot with this secret, she decided to call off the wedding.

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Samantha has one cause of her unfairly making Oliver stay silent about Willaim.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero:

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Samantha has one cause of her realizes she's caused problems between Felicity and Oliver by unfairly making Oliver stay silent about Willaim.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
William.


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* PreAsskickingOneLiner: Mari has a clear affection for them.
-->'''Gunman:''' Why don't you come out and fight like a man!
-->'''Vixen:''' How about I kick your ass like a woman?
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* * BittersweetEnding: Oliver is forced to quit his Mayoral campaign and has his wedding called off (although how much the latter is a bad thing Out-Universe depends on your personal taste), but he succesfully saves his son, finally decides on how he will handle his parenthood, and FINALLY manages to land a major victory against Dahrk by taking away his magic and having him arrested.

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* * BittersweetEnding: Oliver is forced to quit his Mayoral mayoral campaign and has his wedding called off (although how much the latter is a bad thing Out-Universe depends on your personal taste), off, but he succesfully successfully saves his son, finally decides on how he will handle his parenthood, and FINALLY manages to land a major victory against Dahrk by taking away his magic and having him arrested.
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* IdiotBall: For some reason Darhk and Malcolm decided it would be a good idea if Malcolm--the man who's conspicuously missing a hand-- to be the one to kidnap William. To be fair, he succeeds, but it's not like Dark couldn't hire literally anyone else. There's probably some League assassins looking for work.

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* IdiotBall: For some reason Darhk and Malcolm decided it would be a good idea if Malcolm--the man who's conspicuously missing a hand-- to be the one to kidnap William. To be fair, he succeeds, but it's not like Dark couldn't hire literally anyone else. There's probably some League assassins looking for work.William is able to remember that his kidnapper only one had one hand.
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* * BittersweetEnding: Oliver is forced to quit his Mayoral campaign and has his wedding called off (although how much the latter is a bad thing Out-Universe depends on your personal taste), but he succesfully saves his son, finally decides on how he will handle his parenthood, and FINALLY manages to land a major victory against Dahrk by taking away his magic and having him arrested.
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* ReallyGetsAround: This was such an integral part of Oliver's personality before the island that upon finding out about William, Quentin says the only things that's surprising is that Oliver doesn't have even more illegitimate children running around.
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** Samantha reveals that Barry was the one who sends her to Oliver.

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** Samantha reveals that Barry was the one who sends sent her to Oliver.

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* TheBadGuyWins: Because even after getting arrested, Dahrk still got what he wanted: Oliver is resigning from his mayoral campaign, Felicity breaks up with him and he won't be seeing his son any time soon.

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* TheBadGuyWins: Because even after getting arrested, Dahrk still got what he wanted: Oliver is resigning from his mayoral campaign, Felicity breaks up off her engagement with him and he won't be seeing his son any time soon.


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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Samantha has one cause of her unfairly making Oliver stay silent about Willaim.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
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* TheBadGuyWins: Because even after getting arrested, Dahrk still got what he wanted: Oliver is resigning from his mayoral campaign, Felicity breaks up with him and he won't be seeing his son any time soon.


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* ItsAllAboutMe: Malcom, who was just exposed to have kidnapped William, tries to blame Thea in unfairly resenting him because he made her ''strong''.
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** According to WordOfGod, Laurel and Mari will meet in Vixen Season 2, which takes place before this episode.

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** When Oliver is explaining who Mari is to the rest of the team, he says he and Barry had met her in an [[IncrediblyLamePun animated]] enounter.

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** When Oliver is explaining who Mari is to the rest of the team, he says he and Barry had met her in an [[IncrediblyLamePun animated]] enounter.encounter.


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* SarcasticClapping: Damien Darhk shows up after Oliver is consoling Felicity in a parking lot.
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** When Oliver is explaining who Mari is to the rest of the team, he says he and Barry had met her in an [[IncrediblyLamePun animated]] adventure.

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** When Oliver is explaining who Mari is to the rest of the team, he says he and Barry had met her in an [[IncrediblyLamePun animated]] adventure.enounter.

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* WhatTheHellHero: Felicity rightfully calls out Oliver over lying to her about William. [[spoiler: Even after both Oliver and Samantha explain the situation, she still calls off the engagement with him, saying that he doesn't know how to lean on another person and that she needs space.]]

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* WhatTheHellHero: WhatTheHellHero:
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Felicity rightfully calls out Oliver over lying to her about William. [[spoiler: Even after both Oliver and Samantha explain the situation, she still calls off the engagement with him, saying that he doesn't know how to lean on another person and that she needs space.]]
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* WhatTheHellHero: Felicity rightfully calls out Oliver over lying to her about William. [[spoiler: Even after both Oliver and Samantha explain the situation, she still breaks up with him, saying that he doesn't know how to lean on another person.]]

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* WhatTheHellHero: Felicity rightfully calls out Oliver over lying to her about William. [[spoiler: Even after both Oliver and Samantha explain the situation, she still breaks up calls off the engagement with him, saying that he doesn't know how to lean on another person.person and that she needs space.]]
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* WhatTheHell,Hero?: Felicity rightfully calls out Oliver over lying to her about William. [[spoiler: Even after both Oliver and Samantha explain the situation, she still breaks up with him, saying that he doesn't know how to lean on another person.]]

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* WhatTheHell,Hero?: WhatTheHellHero: Felicity rightfully calls out Oliver over lying to her about William. [[spoiler: Even after both Oliver and Samantha explain the situation, she still breaks up with him, saying that he doesn't know how to lean on another person.]]
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** Felicity ends her engagement with Oliver because of his refusal to tell her about William.

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** Felicity ends her engagement with Oliver because of his refusal to tell her about William.William.
* WhatTheHell,Hero?: Felicity rightfully calls out Oliver over lying to her about William. [[spoiler: Even after both Oliver and Samantha explain the situation, she still breaks up with him, saying that he doesn't know how to lean on another person.]]
** When Samantha apologizes for sleeping with Oliver over a decade ago, Laurel responds by saying that she holds Oliver responsible.
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** Barry Allen is also named dropped as he's the CSI responsible for bringing Samantha all the way from Central City to Star City.

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* BroughtDownToNormal: Dahrk's magic powers disappear after Mari destroys his power source.



** Oliver and Laurel's turbulent past is brought up, with Samantha even apologizing to Laurel for sleeping with Oliver.
** Oliver intervening to save Mari is reminiscent of his and Ray's moment during the ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' pilot.
** A picture of Sara is shown towards the end.



* HeroOfAnotherStory:
** Vixen, obviously. Oliver even goes to her city.
** Samantha reveals that Barry was the one who sends her to Oliver.



** The rest of Team Arrow finds out about Samantha and William.



* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Oliver describes his previous encounter with Vixen as [[WesternAnimation/{{Vixen}} "animated."]] Bonus points for Stephen Amell [[{{Corpsing}} looking like he's struggling to not crack up]].

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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Oliver describes his previous encounter with Vixen as [[WesternAnimation/{{Vixen}} "animated."]] Bonus points for Stephen Amell Creator/StephenAmell [[{{Corpsing}} looking like he's struggling to not crack up]].



* ManlyTears: Oliver is barely keeping it together when making a video message for William.
* TheMissusAndTheEx: Laurel, Felicity and Samantha are together in the Arrow Bunker.



* MythologyGag: When Oliver is explaining who Mari is to the rest of the team, he says he and Barry had met her in an [[IncrediblyLamePun animated]] adventure.

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* MythologyGag: MythologyGag:
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When Oliver is explaining who Mari is to the rest of the team, he says he and Barry had met her in an [[IncrediblyLamePun animated]] adventure.adventure.
** Thea does some flexible moves while shooting arrows, just like her comic counterpart Mia Dearden occasionally does.



* ShoutOut: The title of the episode is likely a reference to the [[Film/{{Taken}} film series of the same name]], which has a similar premise to this episode and also featured Laurel's actress.

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* SecondaryCharacterTitle: It refers to William. Doubles as VerbedTitle.
* ShoutOut: The title of the episode is likely a reference to the [[Film/{{Taken}} film series of the same name]], which has a similar premise to this episode and also featured [[Creator/KatieCassidy Laurel's actress.actress]].

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* IdiotBall: For some reason Darhk and Malcolm decided it would be a good idea if Malcolm--the man who's conspicuously missing a hand-- to be the one to kidnap William.

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* {{Hypocrite}}: In the previous episode, Felicity said that sometimes people keep secrets for good reasons. This episode she learns about William and gets upset about Ollie keeping it a secret from her for good reason.
* IdiotBall: For some reason Darhk and Malcolm decided it would be a good idea if Malcolm--the man who's conspicuously missing a hand-- to be the one to kidnap William. To be fair, he succeeds, but it's not like Dark couldn't hire literally anyone else. There's probably some League assassins looking for work.
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* ContinuitySnarl: Mari appears to have not met up with the Arrow or Flash teams again since her own show, yet she somehow knows Laurel, who didn't appear in it.
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** Damien Darhk has encountered a previous wielder of Vixen's totem, but he doesn't go into details.
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* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome: According to Mari, almost all the magically empowered foes that she has faced derived their power from one talisman or another, in a similar manner to her own totem. Sure enough, the source of Dahrk's dark magic is reveal to be an idol.

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* AmuletOfConcentratedAwesome: According to Mari, almost all the magically empowered foes that she has faced derived their power from one talisman or another, in a similar manner to her own totem. Sure enough, the source of Dahrk's dark magic is reveal revealed to be an idol.

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