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* CallForward: In the flashback, the Bratva member who captured Oliver leafs through Robert Queen's notebook and reads out some familiar names from Season 1...Adam Hunt, Frank Bertinelli, Leo Mueller, Jason Brodeur etc.

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* CallForward: In the flashback, the Bratva member who captured Oliver leafs through Robert Queen's notebook and reads out some familiar names from Season 1...1: Adam Hunt, Frank Bertinelli, Leo Mueller, Jason Brodeur etc.



* DudeWheresMyRespect: Anarky seems quite....disappointed that Oliver still isn't killing him despite him playing MadBomber again.

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* DudeWheresMyRespect: Anarky seems quite....quite... disappointed that Oliver still isn't killing him despite him playing MadBomber again.



* IShouldHaveBeenBetter: After being chewed out by Thea for killing some goons, Oliver responds that he passed up multiple chances to kill Darhk and because of it Laurel died.

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* IShouldHaveBeenBetter: After being chewed out by Thea for killing some goons, Oliver responds that he passed up multiple chances to kill Darhk and because of it it, Laurel died.
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* ShoutOut: Church emulates [[TheWalkingDead Negan]] by circling around a group of people with a baseball bat, reciting a children's nursery rhyme (Duck, Duck, Goose rather than Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe ) to determine which of them to kill. Doubles as an ActorAllusion given Church is played by Chad Coleman, who had a recurring stint on ''Series/TheWalkingDead''.

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* ShoutOut: Church emulates [[TheWalkingDead [[Series/TheWalkingDead Negan]] by circling around a group of people with a baseball bat, reciting a children's nursery rhyme (Duck, Duck, Goose rather than Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe ) to determine which of them to kill. Doubles as an ActorAllusion given Church is played by Chad Coleman, who had a recurring stint on ''Series/TheWalkingDead''.
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* CelebrityParadox: Oliver mentions TheWestWing when discussing what Star City thinks of his knowledge of politics. David Ramsey appears in a few episodes of Season 7 of that show.

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* CelebrityParadox: Oliver mentions TheWestWing ''Series/TheWestWing'' when discussing what Star City thinks of his knowledge of politics. David Ramsey appears in a few episodes of Season 7 of that show.
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* AllThereInTheScript: Pino is only named in the credits of ''[[Recap/ArrowS5E1Legacy Legacy]]'', and is only referred to as Mr. Bertinelli in the episode.


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* InTheBack: Tobias Church takes Pino out this way. After Pino questioned him about getting inside the criminal groups, it led to Pino being killed by one of his own henchmen, showing it was actually one of Tobias' henchmen all along.


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* RememberTheNewGuy: Apparently, Pino had taken over the Bertinelli crime family and their operations, all while not being a big blimp on the Green Arrow's radar.
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* CelebrityParadox: Oliver mentions TheWestWing when discussing what Star City thinks of his knowledge of politics. David Ramsey appears in a few episodes of Season 7 of that show.
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* MandatoryUnretirement: Thea is forced to suit up again to save Oliver, but she makes it clear it's the last time.

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* MandatoryUnretirement: Thea is forced to suit up again to save Oliver, but she makes it clear it's the last time. [[note]] [[Recap/{{ArrowS5E8Invasion}} Or not.]] [[/note]]
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* DirtyCop: The Star City police force is apparently becoming as bad as [[{{Batman}} Gotham's]] used to be.

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* DirtyCop: The Star City police force is apparently becoming as bad as [[{{Batman}} [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Gotham's]] used to be.

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* ActorAllusion: PlayedWith. Tobias Church's actor played a character on ''Series/TheWalkingDead''. In the scene directly before the climactic fight, he is tapping people to beat up with a baseball bat, extremely similar to the at-the-time most recent villain, Negan.



-->'''Quentin''': Alcoholics need an excuse ''not'' to drink. I'm fresh out.

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-->'''Quentin''': Alcoholics need an excuse ''not'' to drink. I'm fresh out.Fresh out, my friend.
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* PreemptiveDeclaration: Green Arrow to Wild Dog.
-->'''Green Arrow:''' And keep that elevated.\\
'''Wild Dog:''' Keep what elevated?\\
''Green Arrow fires an arrow into his leg''

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Don't forget descriptions. Also, not an example of Authority Equals Asskicking.


Oliver is the mayor of Star City, but with the rest of his team gone, he is so busy as the Green Arrow that he is failing his day job. Meanwhile, a new criminal comes to the city and decides that the best way to make a name for himself is to take out the biggest man in town: Green Arrow.



* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The deadliest man in Star City is now also its mayor.
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* ShoutOut: Church emulates [[TheWalkingDead Negan]] by circling around a group of people with a baseball bat, reciting a children's nursery rhyme (Duck, Duck, Goose) to determine which of them to kill. Doubles as an ActorAllusion given Church is played by Chad Coleman, who had a recurring stint on ''Series/TheWalkingDead''.

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* ShoutOut: Church emulates [[TheWalkingDead Negan]] by circling around a group of people with a baseball bat, reciting a children's nursery rhyme (Duck, Duck, Goose) Goose rather than Eeny, Meeny, Miny, Moe ) to determine which of them to kill. Doubles as an ActorAllusion given Church is played by Chad Coleman, who had a recurring stint on ''Series/TheWalkingDead''.
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* ShoutOut: Church emulates [[TheWalkingDead Negan]] by circling around a group of people with a baseball bat, reciting a children's nursery rhyme (Duck, Duck, Goose) to determine which of them to kill. Doubles as an ActorAllusion given Church is played by Chad Coleman, who had a recurring stint on Series/TheWalkingDead.

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* ShoutOut: Church emulates [[TheWalkingDead Negan]] by circling around a group of people with a baseball bat, reciting a children's nursery rhyme (Duck, Duck, Goose) to determine which of them to kill. Doubles as an ActorAllusion given Church is played by Chad Coleman, who had a recurring stint on Series/TheWalkingDead.''Series/TheWalkingDead''.
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* ShoutOut: Church emulates [[TheWalkingDead Negan]] by circling around a group of people with a baseball bat, reciting a children's nursery rhyme (Duck, Duck, Goose) to determine which of them to kill. Doubles as an ActorAllusion given Church is played by Chad Coleman, who had a recurring stint on Series/TheWalkingDead.

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* TheAlcoholic: Quentin has gone back to this since Laurel's death and Donna dumping him.

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* TheAlcoholic: Quentin has gone back to this since Laurel's death and Donna dumping him.breaking up with Donna.



* DespairEventHorizon: Oliver crossed it in the aftermath of Laurel's death abandoning his ThouShallNotKill policy.



* IShouldHaveBeenBetter: After being chewed out by Thea for killing some goons, Oliver responds that he passed up multiple chances to kill Darhk and because of it Laurel died.



* MandatoryUnretirement: Thea is forced to suit up again to save Oliver.
* OffTheWagon: Quentin has gone back to his [[TheAlcoholic alcoholism]] after being dumped by Donna Smoak and having Laurel die.

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* MandatoryUnretirement: Thea is forced to suit up again to save Oliver.
Oliver, but she makes it clear it's the last time.
* MyGreatestFailure: Oliver is still beating himself over not being able to save Laurel.
* OffTheWagon: Quentin has gone back to his [[TheAlcoholic alcoholism]] after being dumped by Donna Smoak Laurel's death and having Laurel die.broken up with Donna.
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* OffTheWagon: Quentin has gone back to his [[TheAlcoholic alcoholism]] after being dumped by Dinah and having Laurel die.

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* OffTheWagon: Quentin has gone back to his [[TheAlcoholic alcoholism]] after being dumped by Dinah Donna Smoak and having Laurel die.
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* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: The deadliest man in Star City is now also its mayor.
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* OffTheWagon: Quentin has gone back to his [[TheAlcoholic alcoholism]] after being dumped by Dinah and having Laurel die.

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* BeardOfSorrow: Lance now has one, after five months of mourning Laurel in an alcoholic haze.



-->"I can't let anyone know my secret."

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-->"I can't let anyone -->"Nobody can know my secret.""
* CallForward: In the flashback, the Bratva member who captured Oliver leafs through Robert Queen's notebook and reads out some familiar names from Season 1...Adam Hunt, Frank Bertinelli, Leo Mueller, Jason Brodeur etc.

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* BruceWayneHeldHostage: Church's goons abduct Oliver and three city councilors in order to draw out Green Arrow.

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* TheAlcoholic: Quentin has gone back to this since Laurel's death and Donna dumping him.
-->'''Quentin''': Alcoholics need an excuse ''not'' to drink. I'm fresh out.
* BodyguardBetrayal: Church assembles the various mob bosses of Star City and tells them to work for him. And then he demonstrates how he's already infiltrated their organizations by having one of them shot in the back by his own bodyguard.
* BruceWayneHeldHostage: Church's goons abduct Oliver and three city councilors in order to draw out Green Arrow. The DramaticIrony is lampshaded by Quentin.



* DudeWhereIsMyRespect: Anarky seems quite....disappointed that Oliver still isn't killing him despite him playing MadBomber again.

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* DudeWhereIsMyRespect: DudeWheresMyRespect: Anarky seems quite....disappointed that Oliver still isn't killing him despite him playing MadBomber again.




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* WrapItUp: The dangling plot thread from last season of Anarky being on the loose is addressed in the first five minutes, as Oliver captures him.
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* DudeWhereIsMyRespect: Anarky seems quite....disappointed that Oliver still isn't killing him despite him playing MadBomber again.

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*{{Acrofatic}}: Tobias Church is quite agile and acrobatic for a man of his weight.



* TheBusCameBack: Anatoly, who hasn't been seen since Season 2, returns for this season's flashbacks.



* DarkerAndEdgier: Oliver has gone back to his brutal ways from Season 1.



* LonelyAtTheTop: Quentin says this word for word to Ollie.



* TheReveal: Laurel's last words are revealed to be asking Ollie to find her a suitable successor.




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* WhatTheHellHero: Thea is ''not'' happy about Oliver going back to killing goons right and left.
* WorkingWithTheEx: Felicity is still working with Ollie, but has a new boyfriend now.
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*MandatoryUnretirement: Thea is forced to suit up again to save Oliver.
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*TrickArrow: Oliver is making more use of these, such as a hacking arrow, grapnel arrow, and parachute arrow.
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* HesBack: After diving back into the bottle after his firing and Laurel's death, Quentin pulls himself and assembles a team of good cops to help Oliver.

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* HesBack: After diving back into the bottle after his firing and Laurel's death, Quentin pulls himself together and assembles a team of good cops to help Oliver.

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%%* CallBack: Many are made to Season 1.

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%%* * BruceWayneHeldHostage: Church's goons abduct Oliver and three city councilors in order to draw out Green Arrow.
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CallBack: Many are made After freeing himself from being bound, Oliver takes down the DirtyCop who was beating him and kills him by breaking his neck to Season 1.prevent him from revealing Oliver's skills, as he did in the premiere episode.
-->"I can't let anyone know my secret."




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* ExactWords: A bound Oliver informs Church that Green Arrow won't show up to try a rescue. When challenged on how he knows that, Oliver says he knows Green Arrow [[IncrediblyLamePun is tied up]].
* HesBack: After diving back into the bottle after his firing and Laurel's death, Quentin pulls himself and assembles a team of good cops to help Oliver.
* LegacyCharacter: A flashback to Laurel in hospital has her telling Oliver that she doesn't want to be the last Black Canary and encouraging him to find someone else to carry on her legacy.
* PuttingTheBandBackTogether: Oliver really wants to do this, but at the end accepts that Diggle isn't coming back and Thea is giving up the costume.
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* ChekhovsSkill: In the flashback, Anatoly frees Oliver from his chair he's tied to by dislocating his thumbs and telling him it's a skill he should learn. Cut back to the present and a dirty cop has Oliver in a chair with his hands zip-tied behind his back...
* DirtyCop: The Star City police force is apparently becoming as bad as [[{{Batman}} Gotham's]] used to be.

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* CallBack: Many are made to Season 1.

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* CallBacks: Many are made to Season 1.

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* CallBacks: CallBack: Many are made to Season 1.
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* Callback: Many are made to Season 1.

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* Callback: CallBacks: Many are made to Season 1.
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* Callback: Many are made to Season 1.

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