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* ShoutOut: A twofer. Alex references the real-life [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappaquiddick_incident Chappaquiddick incident]] (which is startlingly similar to what happened with the ''Queen's Gambit''), and Thea confuses him for talking about [[Literature/HarryPotter Quiddick]].
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* ShoutOut: A twofer. Alex references the real-life [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chappaquiddick_incident Chappaquiddick incident]] (which is startlingly similar to what happened with the ''Queen's Gambit''), and Thea confuses him for talking about [[Literature/HarryPotter Quiddick]].Quidditch]].
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* RealityEnsues: While running from Sara, Thea tries jumping a bannister to get down stairs faster by avoiding a landing. She ends up landing badly due to trying so soon after being choked, and falls down to the next landing.
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* TheDreaded: Constantine's advice for Oliver, once he hears that his enemy is Damien Dahrk? Leave the city!
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* Bizarrchitecture: The spot in TheUnderworld where Sara's soul is being kept takes the form of a facsimile of Nanda Parbat where [[MobileMaze intruders keep getting back to where they started]] for all eternity unless unless you have someone like Constantine along who can navigate the place.
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* Bizarrchitecture: {{Bizarrchitecture}}: The spot in TheUnderworld where Sara's soul is being kept takes the form of a facsimile of Nanda Parbat where [[MobileMaze intruders keep getting back to where they started]] for all eternity unless unless you have someone like Constantine along who can navigate the place.
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* RescuedFromTheUnderworld: With Constantine's help, Oliver and Laurel are able to successfully infiltrate TheUnderworld and bust out Sara's soul.
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* ArcWelding: The ''Constantine'' series wasn't created as part of the Arrowverse, so the flashback story has to take an awkward detour to fit him into the show and explain Oliver calling him up.
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* WeirdnessMagnet: Lian Yu's status as this is finally explained by Constantine. The island is a mystical nexus that draws darkness to it.
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* FreezeFrameBonus: Look closely, and on Curtis Holt's sleeve, you can see the words "Fair Play" written on it, in reference to his future identity as Mr. Terrific.
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* TakeThat: Constantine gets a subtle dig at NBC, the channel that mishandled and ultimately cancelled his show, when he scratches his back with a dead peacock feather. The peacock, of course, is the mascot of NBC.
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* ContinuitySnarl: John mentions being ordered around by angels against his will, in a flashback five years before the episode. John only encountered Manny a year before this episode.
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* ContinuitySnarl: John mentions being ordered around by angels against his will, in a flashback five years before the episode. John only encountered Manny a year before this episode. Though it's possible Manny wasn't the first angel he encountered.
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* CombatPragmatist: Constantine manages to defeat a shade of a powerful assassin using a levitation spell.
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[[caption-width-right:350:For one night only.]]
'''Season 4, Episode 5''':
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[[caption-width-right:350:For one night only.]]
'''Season 4, Episode 5''':
!Haunted
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Sara is on a rampage across the city attacking women who look like Thea before finally finding and trying to kill her. Oliver calls in [[Series/Constantine John Constantine]]--who he had met on Lian Yu and assisted in recovering a mystical artifact--to restore Sara's soul to her body. While assisting Quentin in a mission for Dahrk, Diggle discovers his brother's records are being erased, and finds out the truth about Andy and why he was killed by HIVE. Felicity and Curtis discover Ray Palmer is still alive
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* ActionizedSequel: To Constantine, since John wasn't much of a fighter on the show. He could throw one solid punch, but in combat wasn't skilled. Here he can at least hold off a swordsman.
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Sara is on a rampage across the city attacking women who look like Thea before finally finding and trying to kill her. Oliver calls in [[Series/Constantine John Constantine--who Constantine]]--who he had met on Lian Yu and assisted in recovering a mystical artifact--to restore Sara's soul to her body. While assisting Quentin in a mission for Dahrk, Diggle discovers his brother's records are being erased, and finds out the truth about Andy and why he was killed by HIVE. Felicity and Curtis discover Ray Palmer is still alive
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** John mentions restoring a soul, likely the events of episode 5 of Constantine, where he and Papa Midnite did that after a voodoo ritual was distorted.
** John gripes about angels trying to force him to do things, like Manny always did. Although there's a ContinuitySnarl there.
** Constantine escapes handcuffs yet again, as he did when he met Jim "The Spectre" Corrigan.
** The place Constantine stores mystical items is likely Jasper Winter's mill house from the series.
** In a bit of a DevelopmentGag, John is never seen smoking, only stomping out a cigarette and asking for another, similar to the smoking restrictions NBC had on the first half of the series.
* ContinuitySnarl: John mentions being ordered around by angels against his will, in a flashback five years before the episode. John only encountered Manny a year before this episode.
** John mentions restoring a soul, likely the events of episode 5 of Constantine, where he and Papa Midnite did that after a voodoo ritual was distorted.
** John gripes about angels trying to force him to do things, like Manny always did. Although there's a ContinuitySnarl there.
** Constantine escapes handcuffs yet again, as he did when he met Jim "The Spectre" Corrigan.
** The place Constantine stores mystical items is likely Jasper Winter's mill house from the series.
** In a bit of a DevelopmentGag, John is never seen smoking, only stomping out a cigarette and asking for another, similar to the smoking restrictions NBC had on the first half of the series.
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** Curtis Holt is a bronze medalist at the Olympics, like the comics Michael Holt. His gym clothes also match the color scheme and cut of the Mr. Terrific costume.
* TheReveal: Baron Reiter isn't on the island to make drugs, he's hunting supernatural artifacts.
** Curtis Holt is a bronze medalist at the Olympics, like the comics Michael Holt. His gym clothes also match the color scheme and cut of the Mr. Terrific costume.
* TheReveal: Baron Reiter isn't on the island to make drugs, he's hunting supernatural artifacts.
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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Why does Constantine need a dead peacock's feather? [[spoiler:To scratch his back of course]]
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* JourneyToTheCenterOfTheMind: Or rather, to the metaphysical hole where Sara's soul was being stashed.
* IOweYouMyLife: In the flashback, Oliver saves Constantine from a non-magical spike trap. Constantine says he owes him a favor, which Oliver calls in during the present day plot.
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* TakeAThirdOption: Kill Sara or let her kill Thea? No problem, tranquilize her and call in the expert.
* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Why does Constantine need a dead peacock's feather? [[spoiler:To scratch his back of course]]
* TheStinger: Palmer is alive, and attempting to contact Felicity with his suit's black box.
* TakeAThirdOption: Kill Sara or let her kill Thea? No problem, tranquilize her and call in the expert.
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