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** Much to Kara's fury, the Monitor revives Lex Luthor. Adding to her disgust is that he can't do the same for Oliver.

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** Much to Kara's fury, Kara learns that the Monitor revives revived Lex Luthor. Luthor, and is understandably furious. Adding to her disgust is that he can't do the same for Oliver.Oliver now that the Crisis is underway.



* CallForward: Sort of - Sara mentions Jonah Hex’s scar, which he has on Earth-1 but has yet to get on Earth-18.

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* CallForward: Sort of - Sara mentions Jonah Hex’s Hex's scar, which he has on Earth-1 but has yet to get on Earth-18.



* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Luthor cannot believe ''Smallville'' Clark would give up his powers for a family.

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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: EvilCannotComprehendGood:
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Luthor cannot believe ''Smallville'' Clark would give up his powers for a family.



** Lex Luthor also qualifies. He steals the Book Of Destiny only to kill various Supermen across the Multiverse, and then he [[BrainwashedAndCrazy tries to force one Superman to kill the other.]] That’s extremely petty.

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** Lex Luthor also qualifies. He steals the Book Of Destiny only to kill various so he can wipe out all the Supermen across the Multiverse, multiverse, so when the Crisis ends there will be no more of them. Eventually he gets bored and then he [[BrainwashedAndCrazy tries to force one Superman to kill the other.]] That’s That's extremely petty.



** The Monitor revives Lex Luthor, stating that he had "a role to play". It turns out he didn't mean an EnemyMine situation (though Lex likely has some larger role to play involving an EnemyMine later in the crossover, going by the previews).
** The Monitor tells Kate that going to Earth-99 will lead her to the Paragon of Courage. Kate assumes this to be that Earth's Batman, but in fact she simply needed to be shown that she is the paragon.

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** The Monitor revives Lex Luthor, stating that he had has "a role to play". It turns out he didn't mean an EnemyMine situation (though situation, at least not immediately, but instead was betting on Lex's duplicity and factored it into his plans. However, Lex likely has some larger role to play involving an EnemyMine later in the crossover, going by the previews).
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** The Monitor tells Kate that going to Earth-99 will lead her to the Paragon of Courage.Courage, who he describes as "Batman of the future". Kate assumes this to be that Earth's Batman, but in fact she simply needed to be shown that she is the paragon.



* ForTheGreaterGood: The Monitor revives Lex Luthor in order to find Paragon Superman. Kara feels that it wasn't worth the loss of the parallel Superman Luthor likely killed.

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* ForTheGreaterGood: The Monitor revives Lex Luthor in order to find Paragon Superman. Kara feels that it wasn't worth the loss of the parallel Superman Supermen Luthor likely killed.



* NotHimself: Lex brainwashes Superman to kill Earth-38's Superman. Iris and Lois manage to bring him back by using the Book of Destiny and Lois reminds him of feelings of love.

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* NotHimself: Lex brainwashes Superman to kill Earth-38's Superman.Superman by switching all the love in his heart to hate. Iris and Lois manage to bring him back by using the Book of Destiny and Lois reminds him of feelings of love.



* RedSkiesCrossover: The crossover with ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' is mostly irrelevant, since Earth-38 Lex teleports Iris of Earth-1 and Lois and Clark of Earth-38 away and ''Smallville'' Clark is powerless.

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* RedSkiesCrossover: The crossover with ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' is mostly irrelevant, since Earth-38 Lex teleports Iris of Earth-1 and Lois and Clark of Earth-38 away and away, while ''Smallville'' Clark is powerless.powerless and couldn't help anyway.


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* SeenItAll: ''Smallville'' Clark reacts to an alternate-universe Lex wielding a magic book with at worst slight annoyance.

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* BackFromTheDead: Much to Kara's fury, the Monitor revives Lex Luthor. Adding to her disgust is that he can't do the same for Oliver.

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* BackFromTheDead: BackFromTheDead:
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Much to Kara's fury, the Monitor revives Lex Luthor. Adding to her disgust is that he can't do the same for Oliver.Oliver.
** Oliver is resurrected by an Earth-18 Lazarus Pit, but as of the end of the episode, his soul has yet to be restored.



* CallForward: Sort of - Sara mentions Jonah Hex’s scar, which he has on Earth-1 but has yet to get on Earth-18.



* [[ChekhovsGunman Chekhov’s Gunmen]]: The Paragons were first referenced by the Monitor in the Season 8 premiere of Arrow.



* EvilIsPetty: The Joker of Brandon Routh's Earth killed most of the staff of the Daily Planet -- Lois, Perry, and Jimmy included -- because he didn't like the fact that they didn't cover him enough.

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* EvilIsPetty: EvilIsPetty:
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The Joker of Brandon Routh's Earth killed most of the staff of the Daily Planet -- Lois, Perry, and Jimmy included -- because he didn't like the fact that they didn't cover him enough.



** The Monitor revives Lex Luthor, stating that he had "a role to play". It turns out he didn't mean an EnemyMine situation.

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** The Monitor revives Lex Luthor, stating that he had "a role to play". It turns out he didn't mean an EnemyMine situation.situation (though Lex likely has some larger role to play involving an EnemyMine later in the crossover, going by the previews).



* FantasticRacism: Racism against Kryptonians is on full display from Lex and Earth-99 Bruce in this episode.



* ProperlyParanoid, Kate comes off as this as it's shown she pocketed a chunk of Kryptonite from Earth-99's Bruce around the same time Kara decides that they could use the Book of Destiny to restore everything.

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* ProperlyParanoid, ProperlyParanoid: Kate comes off as this as it's shown she pocketed a chunk of Kryptonite from Earth-99's Bruce around the same time Kara decides that they could use the Book of Destiny to restore everything.
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** Also, Lex assumes that ''only'' the ''Smallville'' Earth's Clark Kent is also Superman, unable to accept the possibility his own Clark can be the same.


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* OhCrap: Lex, when the depowered Clark just calmly holds up a piece of Kryptonite with no effect.
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* KilledOffscreen: On each Earth that the characters visit, a number of people have already been killed.
** Earth-75's Superman is killed by Earth-38's Lex before Lois and Clark get the chance to reach him.
** On Earth-99, Bruce killed the Joker, the Riddler, Poison Ivy, Mr. Freeze, and even Superman himself during his murderous rampage.
** Lois, Perry White, Jimmy Olsen, and numerous Daily Planet employees were gassed to death by the Joker on Paragon Superman's Earth.
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* Leitmotif: Earth-38's Superman uses the famed John Williams theme whenever something action-based happens.

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* Leitmotif: {{Leitmotif}}: Earth-38's Superman uses the famed John Williams theme whenever something action-based happens.
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** Lex Luthor also qualifies. He steals the Book Of Destiny only to kill various Supermen across the Multiverse, and then he [[BrainwashedAndCrazy tries to force one Superman to kill the other.]] That’s extremely petty.
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* RapidFireInterruption: While the Monitor is telling the assembled heroes about the Seven Paragons, [[MoodWhiplash he keeps getting interrupted by Johnathan's crying]]. Unlike other cases, he patiently wait until the baby is settled down before resuming his speech.

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* RapidFireInterruption: RapidFireInterrupting: While the Monitor is telling the assembled heroes about the Seven Paragons, [[MoodWhiplash he keeps getting interrupted by Johnathan's crying]]. Unlike other cases, he patiently wait until the baby is settled down before resuming his speech.
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* RapidFireInterruption: While the Monitor is telling the assembled heroes about the Seven Paragons, [[MoodWhiplash he keeps getting interrupted by Joseph's crying]]. Unlike other cases, he patiently wait until the baby is settled down before resuming his speech.

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* RapidFireInterruption: While the Monitor is telling the assembled heroes about the Seven Paragons, [[MoodWhiplash he keeps getting interrupted by Joseph's Johnathan's crying]]. Unlike other cases, he patiently wait until the baby is settled down before resuming his speech.

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* BackFromTheDead: Much to Kara's fury, the Monitor revives Lex Luthor. Adding to her disgust is that he can't do the same for Oliver.



* ExactWords: The Monitor tells Kate that going to Earth-99 will lead her to the Paragon of Courage. Kate assumes this to be that Earth's Batman, but in fact she simply needed to be shown that she is the paragon.

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* ExactWords: ExactWords:
** The Monitor revives Lex Luthor, stating that he had "a role to play". It turns out he didn't mean an EnemyMine situation.
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The Monitor tells Kate that going to Earth-99 will lead her to the Paragon of Courage. Kate assumes this to be that Earth's Batman, but in fact she simply needed to be shown that she is the paragon.paragon.
* ForTheGreaterGood: The Monitor revives Lex Luthor in order to find Paragon Superman. Kara feels that it wasn't worth the loss of the parallel Superman Luthor likely killed.


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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When talking about how they needed the Waverider, Sara comments that she and Ray promised their crew they wouldn't be involved in anymore crossover events.


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* RapidFireInterruption: While the Monitor is telling the assembled heroes about the Seven Paragons, [[MoodWhiplash he keeps getting interrupted by Joseph's crying]]. Unlike other cases, he patiently wait until the baby is settled down before resuming his speech.


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* RedemptionRejection: After hearing how Earth-99 Bruce had JumpedOffTheSlipperySlope, Kate offered him a chance to become a hero again by joining the fight to stop the Anti-Monitor. He bitterly rejects her offer, claiming the multiverse didn't deserve to be saved.
* ScrewDestiny: Iris mentions that since Oliver's fate was different than what the Monitor expected, it's possible that he's also wrong about Barry's.


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* TimeForPlanB: After the unexpected loss of Oliver, the Monitor traveled back to the Elseworld incident to recover the Book of Destiny before it was destroyed in order to learn how to stop the Anti-Monitor. Ray even says "So, Plan B".

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* Leitmotif: Earth-38's Superman uses the famed John Williams theme whenever something action-based happens.



** Brandon Routh's Superman mentions that this isn't the first time [[Film/SupermanIII he's gone nuts and fought himself.]] He also lost his loved ones to "a reject from Gotham", which calls to mind ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs''.

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** Brandon Routh's Superman mentions that this isn't the first time [[Film/SupermanIII he's gone nuts and fought himself.]] He also lost his loved ones to "a reject from Gotham", which calls to mind ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs''. The picture showing the infamous attack uses a panel from Alex Ross' ''ComicBook/KingdomCome''.


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* ProperlyParanoid, Kate comes off as this as it's shown she pocketed a chunk of Kryptonite from Earth-99's Bruce around the same time Kara decides that they could use the Book of Destiny to restore everything.
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* RealityEnsues: The Clark of Earth-167 may have given up his superpowers, but he is still literally twice the size of Earth-38's Lex Luthor and can easily kick his ass.
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* CassandraTruth: After driving away Luthor, ''Smallville'' Clark tells his wife Lois everything he learned. She laughs and thinks he was joking.


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* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Luthor cannot believe ''Smallville'' Clark would give up his powers for a family.


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* PunchCatch: Even without his powers, ''Smallville'' Clark is still strong enough to catch Luthor's punch and deck him.
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* SurpriseIncest: Almost; when Kara and Kate rejoin the group, Kara sees who she thinks is Ray Palmer, mentioning how much buffer he is since the last time they met. Kal-38 informs her that "Ray" is really her cousin, sort of.
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* RedSkiesCrossover: The crossover with ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' is mostly irrelevant, since Earth-38 Lex teleports Iris or Earth-1 and Lois and Clark of Earth-3 away and ''Smallville'' Clark is powerless.

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* RedSkiesCrossover: The crossover with ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' is mostly irrelevant, since Earth-38 Lex teleports Iris or of Earth-1 and Lois and Clark of Earth-3 Earth-38 away and ''Smallville'' Clark is powerless.
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* IdenticalStranger: Earth-38 Superman's similarity to Ray Palmer doesn't go unnoticed by Lois and Kara.

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* IdenticalStranger: Earth-38 Paragon Superman's similarity to Ray Palmer doesn't go unnoticed by Lois and Kara.
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* WalkInChimeIn: Lois assures Routh's Superman they won't let LUthor kill him.

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* WalkInChimeIn: Lois assures Routh's Superman they won't let LUthor Lex kill him.

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** Brandon Routh's Superman mentions that this isn't the first time [[Film/SupermanIII he's gone nuts and fought himself.]]

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** Brandon Routh's Superman mentions that this isn't the first time [[Film/SupermanIII he's gone nuts and fought himself.]]]] He also lost his loved ones to "a reject from Gotham", which calls to mind ''VideoGame/InjusticeGodsAmongUs''.



%%* WalkInChimeIn: Lois assures

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%%* * WalkInChimeIn: Lois assuresassures Routh's Superman they won't let LUthor kill him.
-->'''Lex:''' ''[walks in the door]'' Oh, I've moved on from that.

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* BatmanGambit: The Monitor recruited Lex knowing he'd try to use the Book of Destiny to kill the various Supermen of the multiverse, and intended for Lex to lead the others to the Paragon of Truth Superman.



* ReliableTraitor: The Monitor recruited Lex knowing he'd try to use the Book of Destiny to kill the various Supermen of the multiverse, and intended for Lex to lead the others to the Paragon of Truth Superman.

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* DePower: ''Smallville's'' Clark gave up his powers so he could have a family.



* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Earth-99's Bruce confessed to become homicidal, to the point of killing the Superman of his Earth [[FantasticRacism for being a hidden alien]].

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* EvilIsPetty: The Joker of Brandon Routh's Earth killed most of the staff of the Daily Planet -- Lois, Perry, and Jimmy included -- because he didn't like the fact that they didn't cover him enough.
* ExactWords: The Monitor tells Kate that going to Earth-99 will lead her to the Paragon of Courage. Kate assumes this to be that Earth's Batman, but in fact she simply needed to be shown that she is the paragon.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Earth-99's Bruce confessed confesses to having become homicidal, to the point of killing the Superman of his Earth [[FantasticRacism for being a hidden alien]].



* ItGetsEasier: Earth-99 Bruce lampshades that it gets a lot easier to kill after the first time.



** Earth-99 Bruce's reasons for killing Earth-99 Superman are similar to Batman's motivations in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''.

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** Earth-99 Bruce's reasons for killing Earth-99 Superman are similar to Batman's motivations in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''. He even borrows a couple of that Batman's quotes.



* NoSell: Because he's given up his powers, Kryptonite doesn't work on ''Smallville's'' Clark, who simply takes the piece from Luthor and chucks it into the nearby field.



* WalkInChimeIn: Lois assures
* WhamShot: Among Earth-99 Bruce's "trophies", Kara spots Clark's glasses.

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* ReliableTraitor: The Monitor recruited Lex knowing he'd try to use the Book of Destiny to kill the various Supermen of the multiverse, and intended for Lex to lead the others to the Paragon of Truth Superman.
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* WhamShot: Among Earth-99 Bruce's "trophies", Kara spots Clark's glasses.glasses.
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* KungFuSonicBoom: When the two Supermen collide in mid-air, the shockwave blows out the windows of at least two skyscrapers.


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* WalkInChimeIn: Lois assures
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-->'''Luthor:''' Congratulations. You're a ringer for [[FantasticRacism a filthy Kryptonian.]] Mom must be so proud.


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* NotWorthKilling: Luthor decides that killing a depowered Superman wouldn't be any fun, especially when his universe is likely to be erased soon anyway.

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* EvilAllAlong: Bruce from Earth-99 is not the paragon, as he is willing to let the multiverse disappear and is murderous.

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* EvilAllAlong: Bruce from Earth-99 is not the paragon, as paragon; he killed his world's Superman out of paranoia and is willing to let the entire multiverse disappear and is murderous.die, convinced it's beyond saving.



* InSpiteOfANail: Three of the Supermen are parents.

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* InSpiteOfANail: Three Despite all the other differences in their lives, all three of the Supermen are parents.



* MythologyGag:
** Earth-99 Bruce's reasons for killing Earth-99 Superman are similar to Batman's motivations in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''.
** Brandon Routh's Superman mentions that this isn't the first time [[Film/SupermanIII he's gone nuts and fought himself.]]



* ShoutOut: Earth-99 Bruce's reasons for killing Earth-99 Superman are similar to Batman's motivations in ''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''.
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* ActingForTwo: Brandon Routh plays both Ray Palmer and Earth-38 Superman.
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* BabiesEverAfter: Clark and Lois from ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' are revealed to be parents.

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* BabiesEverAfter: Clark and Lois from ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' are revealed to be parents.parents to at least two daughters.
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* ActingForTwo: Brandon Routh plays both Ray Palmer and Earth-38 Superman.
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* IdenticalStranger: Superman's similarity to Ray Palmer doesn't go unnoticed by Lois and Kara.

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* IdenticalStranger: Earth-38 Superman's similarity to Ray Palmer doesn't go unnoticed by Lois and Kara.
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* ShoutOut: Earth-99 Bruce's reasons for killing Earth-99 Superman are similar to Batman's motivations in ''Film/BatmanVsSupermanDawnOfJustice''.

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* ShoutOut: Earth-99 Bruce's reasons for killing Earth-99 Superman are similar to Batman's motivations in ''Film/BatmanVsSupermanDawnOfJustice''.''Film/BatmanVSupermanDawnOfJustice''.

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In the aftermath of the last battle, the heroes travel across the Multiverse in search of the Seven Paragons.
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* CameBackWrong: Barry, Mia, Sara, and Constantine try to revive Oliver using a Lazarus Pit. As to be expected, he's revived without his soul, but thanks to the Crisis, Constantine can't bring it back.



* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Earth-99's Bruce confessed to become homicidal, to the point of killing the Superman of his Earth for being a hidden alien.

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* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Earth-99's Bruce confessed to become homicidal, to the point of killing the Superman of his Earth [[FantasticRacism for being a hidden alien.alien]].



* ItWasWithYouAllAlong: In the end, the Monitor reveals that the Paragon of Courage wasn't Earth-99 Bruce, it was Kate.



* RedSkiesCrossover: The crossover with ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' is mostly irrelevant, since Earth-38 Lex teleports Iris or Earth-1 and Lois and Clark of Earth-3 away and ''Smallville'' Clark is powerless.

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* RedSkiesCrossover: The crossover with ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' is mostly irrelevant, since Earth-38 Lex teleports Iris or Earth-1 and Lois and Clark of Earth-3 away and ''Smallville'' Clark is powerless.powerless.
* ShoutOut: Earth-99 Bruce's reasons for killing Earth-99 Superman are similar to Batman's motivations in ''Film/BatmanVsSupermanDawnOfJustice''.
* WhamShot: Among Earth-99 Bruce's "trophies", Kara spots Clark's glasses.

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* EvilAllAlong: He is not the paragon, as he is willing to let the multiverse disappear and is murderous.

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* BabiesEverAfter: Clark and Lois from ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' are revealed to be parents.
* EvilAllAlong: He Bruce from Earth-99 is not the paragon, as he is willing to let the multiverse disappear and is murderous.


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* NotHimself: Lex brainwashes Superman to kill Earth-38's Superman. Iris and Lois manage to bring him back by using the Book of Destiny and Lois reminds him of feelings of love.
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* EvilAllAlong: He is not the paragon, as he is willing to let the multiverse disappear and is murderous.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Earth-99's Bruce confessed to become homicidal, to the point of killing the Superman of his Earth for being a hidden alien.
* IdenticalStranger: Superman's similarity to Ray Palmer doesn't go unnoticed by Lois and Kara.
* InSpiteOfANail: Three of the Supermen are parents.
* RedSkiesCrossover: The crossover with ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' is mostly irrelevant, since Earth-38 Lex teleports Iris or Earth-1 and Lois and Clark of Earth-3 away and ''Smallville'' Clark is powerless.

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