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* DancePartyEnding: The episode ends with the Super Hero Girls dancing with Hal, Barry, and Garth onstage while Ra's escapes the stadium.


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* HypocriticalHumor: Hal wastes no time mocking Up Past 8 and anyone who likes them, but when pretending to be in said boy band, he indulges a little too well.
* KarmaHoudini: Ra's is able to escape punishment for his actions, only losing his ability to use Supergirl as an attack dog.


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* MuggedForDisguise: Hal, Barry, and Garth steal the outfits of Up Past 8 to pose as them during the show, and Bumblebee ties them up and hides them backstage. They're still willing to pose for a selfie with her.


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* VillainExitStageLeft: Ra's escapes after his HypnoTrinket is broken, leaving behind his cultists, who are dancing along to Up Past 8 in their hiding place.
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* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Among the effects of red kryptonite listed by Karen's computer are fits of rage, depression, monstrous transformations, subjectivity to mind control, and bad acne.
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* EvilCostumeSwitch: While under Ra's Al Ghul's mind control, Supergirl's costume gains a sinister looking red and black color scheme. It changes back to normal once the spell over her is broken.
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* GlassShatteringSound: While he, Hal and Barry are singing "Save You With My Love", Garth belts out a high note that shatters Kara’s Red Kryptonite necklace.
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* ThePowerOfFriendship: The girls try to get through to Kara with a mix of this and…

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* EvilIsPetty The first "atrocity" the League of Shadows decides to get rid of is a boy band whose music they don't like (and it's not even objectively bad).

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* EvilIsPetty EvilIsPetty: The first "atrocity" the League of Shadows decides to get rid of is a boy band whose music they don't like (and it's not even objectively bad).
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* ThePowerOfRock: Kara's mind control is broken by Hal, Garth, and Barry singing an Up Past 8 song.

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* ThePowerOfRock: Kara's mind control is broken by Hal, Garth, Garth and Barry singing an Up Past 8 song.
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* MythologyGag: While the Red Kryptonite here is used to make Kara act evil, now its most widely known use thanks to shows like ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' and ''Series/Supergirl2015'', Karen's AI assistant mentions the various weird effects it's had in the comics.

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* MythologyGag: While the Red Kryptonite here is used to make Kara act evil, now its most widely known use thanks to shows like ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' and ''Series/Supergirl2015'', ''[[Series/Supergirl2015 Supergirl]]'', Karen's AI assistant mentions the various weird effects it's had in the comics.
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* MythologyGag: While the Red Kryptonite here is used to make Kara act evil, now its most widely known use thanks to shows like Series/{{Smallville}} and Series/Supergirl2015, Karen's AI assistant mentions the various weird effects it's had in the comics.

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* MythologyGag: While the Red Kryptonite here is used to make Kara act evil, now its most widely known use thanks to shows like Series/{{Smallville}} ''Series/{{Smallville}}'' and Series/Supergirl2015, ''Series/Supergirl2015'', Karen's AI assistant mentions the various weird effects it's had in the comics.
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* EvilIsPetty The first "atrocity" the League of Shadows decides to get rid of is a boy band whose music they don't like (and the viewer probably doesn't even agree that their music is bad).

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* EvilIsPetty The first "atrocity" the League of Shadows decides to get rid of is a boy band whose music they don't like (and the viewer probably doesn't it's not even agree that their music is objectively bad).
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* ThePowerofRock: Kara's mind control is broken by Hal, Garth, and Barry singing an Up Past 8 song.

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* ThePowerofRock: ThePowerOfRock: Kara's mind control is broken by Hal, Garth, and Barry singing an Up Past 8 song.

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* EvilIsPetty The first thing the League of Shadows decides to get rid of is a bad boy band.
* HypnoTrinket: Ra's's "lucky guitar pick" is actually red kryptonite, and uses an identical rock to influence Kara into destroying stuff.

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* EvilIsPetty The first thing "atrocity" the League of Shadows decides to get rid of is a bad boy band.
band whose music they don't like (and the viewer probably doesn't even agree that their music is bad).
* HypnoTrinket: Ra's's "lucky guitar pick" is actually red kryptonite, Red Kryptonite, and uses an identical rock to influence Kara into destroying stuff.
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* MythologyGag: While the Red Kryptonite here is used to make Kara act evil, now it's most widely known use thanks to shows like Series/{{Smallville}} and Series/Supergirl2015, Karen's AI assistant mentions the various weird effects it's had in the comics.

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* MythologyGag: While the Red Kryptonite here is used to make Kara act evil, now it's its most widely known use thanks to shows like Series/{{Smallville}} and Series/Supergirl2015, Karen's AI assistant mentions the various weird effects it's had in the comics.
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* MythologyGag: While the Red Kryptonite here is used to make Kara act evil, now it's most widely known use thanks to shows like Series/{{Smallville}} and Series/{{Supergirl2015}}, Karen's AI assistant mentions the various weird effects it's had in the comics.

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* MythologyGag: While the Red Kryptonite here is used to make Kara act evil, now it's most widely known use thanks to shows like Series/{{Smallville}} and Series/{{Supergirl2015}}, Series/Supergirl2015, Karen's AI assistant mentions the various weird effects it's had in the comics.
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* MythologyGag: While the Red Kryptonite here is used to make Kara act evil, now it's most widely known use thanks to shows like Series/{{Smallville}} and Series/{{Supergirl2015}}, Karen's AI assistant mentions the various weird effects it's had in the comics.

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*ArtShift: At the end of part 1, the art shifts to a more simplified version as Supergirl is {{brainwashed}}.



* HypnoTrinket: Ra's's "lucky guitar pick" is actually red kryptonite, and uses an identical rock to influence Kara into destroying stuff.



* MindControlMusic: Played with. Ra's Al Ghoul sings to get the Red Kryptonite to turn Kara (slightly) more rude and violent than usual. At the Up Past 8 concert, Kara has been singing the same song, which lets Bumblebee know that it will take other music to drive it out of her head.



-->'''Ra's Al Ghul:''' We will purify the world of all atrocities! And all who remain will be ruled by me!
-->'''Karen:''' Kara, are you hearing this?
-->'''Kara:''' What? It's just metaphors, they don't really mean it!
-->'''Ra's Al Ghul:''' Our lyrics aren't metaphors, we really mean it! Literally!

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-->'''Ra's Al Ghul:''' We will purify the world of all atrocities! And all who remain will be ruled by me!
-->'''Karen:'''
me!\\
'''Karen:'''
Kara, are you hearing this?
-->'''Kara:'''
this?\\
'''Kara:'''
What? It's just metaphors, they don't really mean it!
-->'''Ra's
it!\\
'''Ra's
Al Ghul:''' Our lyrics aren't metaphors, we really mean it! Literally!



* VillainSong: Ra's gets two. "Literally, Listen to Me.", and "You're Mine."

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* VillainSong: Ra's gets two. "Literally, Listen to Me.", Me", and "You're Mine.""
* WeirderThanUsual: Karen feels that Kara is acting a bit off. Barry doesn't think she's acting any differently at all.
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Under the control of Red Kryptonite, Kara Danvers is brainwashed by rock 'n roll front man Ra's Al Ghul and sent on a mission to purify the world... starting with the terrible music of Karen Beecher's favorite boy band!
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* EvilIsPetty The first thing the League of Shadows decides to get rid of is a bad boy band.
* KryptoniteFactor: Kara gets controlled by Red Kryptonite.
* NotHyperbole: Ra's sings about wanting to purify the world, and clarifies that his lyrics aren't metaphors.
-->'''Ra's Al Ghul:''' We will purify the world of all atrocities! And all who remain will be ruled by me!
-->'''Karen:''' Kara, are you hearing this?
-->'''Kara:''' What? It's just metaphors, they don't really mean it!
-->'''Ra's Al Ghul:''' Our lyrics aren't metaphors, we really mean it! Literally!
* ThePowerofRock: Kara's mind control is broken by Hal, Garth, and Barry singing an Up Past 8 song.
* VillainSong: Ra's gets two. "Literally, Listen to Me.", and "You're Mine."

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