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* DidntSeeThatComing: Sofia didn't anticipate Penguin would kill Martin. Turns out he actually didn't.

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* DidntSeeThatComing: Zig-zagged. Sofia didn't anticipate Penguin would kill Martin. Turns out he actually didn't.didn't, but she has no way of knowing that, and thinks he did.
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* FakeoutEscape: Pyg escapes his cell by making it look like his cell is empty, and when a guard goes in to investigate, he kills him.
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* NotSoDifferent: Sofia believes she and Gordon are the same.
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Thompkins and Nygma are conflicted with a rival mobster, Sampson in the Narrows, who challenges her leadership. Thompkins also learns that Nygma's side effects from being frozen have been worn off - Nygma begins having hallucinations of his dual personality, as the Riddler.

Cobblepot confronts Sofia. However, as part of an intricate plan, Sofia flees but is kidnapped by Barbara, Tabitha and Selina. The four make an alliance and after Zsasz explodes Barbara's safehouse, they use Martin as leverage against Cobblepot, while Gordon learns of Sofia's intentions to use the GCPD against Cobblepot via Gordon's promotion. The two factions meet under a bridge, and Cobblepot fakes Martin's death in a car bombing to force Sofia to retreat, declaring war.

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Thompkins and Nygma are conflicted with a rival mobster, Sampson mobster in the Narrows, Sampson, who challenges her leadership. Thompkins also learns that Nygma's side effects from being frozen have been worn off - off, while Nygma begins having hallucinations of his dual personality, personality as the Riddler.

Cobblepot confronts Sofia. However, as As part of an intricate plan, Sofia flees flees, but is kidnapped by Barbara, Tabitha and Selina. The four make an alliance alliance, and after Zsasz explodes Barbara's safehouse, they use Martin as leverage against Cobblepot, while Gordon learns of Sofia's intentions to use the GCPD against Cobblepot via Gordon's promotion. The two factions meet under a bridge, and Cobblepot fakes Martin's death in a car bombing to force Sofia to retreat, declaring war.



* DidntSeeThatComing: Sofia didn't anticipate Penguin would kill Martin. [[spoiler: He actually didn't.]]

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* DidntSeeThatComing: Sofia didn't anticipate Penguin would kill Martin. [[spoiler: He Turns out he actually didn't.]]



* ManipulativeBitch: Sofia played Penguin from the start, and knew how he could react at every turn. She also tried to get the police and Penguin's empire to shoot each other, hence having Gordon promoted to captain in the first place. She made a deal with the Sirens to kidnap Martin, presumably knowing Gordon would betray her.

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* ManipulativeBitch: Sofia played Penguin from the start, and knew how he could would react at every turn. She also tried to get the police and Penguin's empire to shoot each other, hence having Gordon promoted to captain in the first place. She made a deal with the Sirens to kidnap Martin, presumably knowing Gordon would betray her.



* WouldHurtAChild: Sofia would kill Martin to get control of Gotham so her father would be proud of her. Penguin killed Martin himself so he wouldn't be used as an UnwittingPawn again. [[spoiler:Except he faked Martin's death.]]

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* WouldHurtAChild: Sofia would kill Martin to get control of Gotham so her father would be proud of her. Penguin killed Martin himself so he wouldn't be used as an UnwittingPawn again. [[spoiler:Except Except he faked Martin's death.]]
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-->'''Selina''': Um, guys, maybe we should listen to her.

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-->'''Selina''': Um, Uh, guys, maybe I think we should listen to her.



-->'''Selina''': Because Zsasz is out front with a ''rocket launcher.''

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-->'''Selina''': Because Zsasz is standing out front with holding a ''rocket launcher.''
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* ManipulativeBitch[=/=]XanatosGambit: Sofia played Penguin from the start, and knew how he could react at every turn. She also tried to get the police and Penguin's empire to shoot each other, hence having Gordon promoted to captain in the first place. She made a deal with the Sirens to kidnap Martin, presumably knowing Gordon would betray her.

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* ManipulativeBitch[=/=]XanatosGambit: ManipulativeBitch: Sofia played Penguin from the start, and knew how he could react at every turn. She also tried to get the police and Penguin's empire to shoot each other, hence having Gordon promoted to captain in the first place. She made a deal with the Sirens to kidnap Martin, presumably knowing Gordon would betray her.



* WouldHurtAChild: Sofia would kill Martin to get control of Gotham so her father would be proud of her. Penguin killed Martin himself so he wouldn't be used as an UnwittingPawn again. Except he faked Martin's death.

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* WouldHurtAChild: Sofia would kill Martin to get control of Gotham so her father would be proud of her. Penguin killed Martin himself so he wouldn't be used as an UnwittingPawn again. Except [[spoiler:Except he faked Martin's death.]]
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Directed by Creator/LouisShawMilito

Written by Creator/StevenLilien & Creator/BryanWynbrandt
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* ImprovisedWeapon: Pyg kills an Arkham patient with the sharp end of [[VinylShatters a vinyl record he snapped in half.]]
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* DidntSeeThatComing: Sofia didn't anticipate Penguin would kill Martin. [[spoiler: He actually didn't.]]
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* BerserkButton: A patient hates "Ave Maria" because his mom played that song when he killed her.
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* CouldntFindAPen: Pyg leaves a goodbye message for Gordon in the blood of the guard he just murdered.


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* VillainousGlutton: Sampson is a very literal example of "conspicuous consumption."
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* ExplainExplainOhCrap: When Sofia tells the Sirens she's against Penguin, they're naturally dubious. Tabitha and Barbara are pushing her but Selina is looking at the security monitors.
-->'''Selina''': Um, guys, maybe we should listen to her.
-->'''Barbara''': Why?
-->'''Selina''': Because Zsasz is out front with a ''rocket launcher.''
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martin is spelled wrong.


Cobblepot confronts Sofia. However, as part of an intricate plan, Sofia flees but is kidnapped by Barbara, Tabitha and Selina. The four make an alliance and after Zsasz explodes Barbara's safehouse, they use Martine as leverage against Cobblepot, while Gordon learns of Sofia's intentions to use the GCPD against Cobblepot via Gordon's promotion. The two factions meet under a bridge, and Cobblepot fakes Martine's death in a car bombing to force Sofia to retreat, declaring war.

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Cobblepot confronts Sofia. However, as part of an intricate plan, Sofia flees but is kidnapped by Barbara, Tabitha and Selina. The four make an alliance and after Zsasz explodes Barbara's safehouse, they use Martine Martin as leverage against Cobblepot, while Gordon learns of Sofia's intentions to use the GCPD against Cobblepot via Gordon's promotion. The two factions meet under a bridge, and Cobblepot fakes Martine's Martin's death in a car bombing to force Sofia to retreat, declaring war.



* DisneyDeath: Penguin kills Martine by blowing up the car he was in, using this as a declaration of war against Sofia... at least, that's what we're led to believe; in reality, Penguin allowed Martine to sneak out of the car in secret, faking his death. Afterwards, he makes sure that the boy is sent to a safe location outside of Gotham.

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* DisneyDeath: Penguin kills Martine Martin by blowing up the car he was in, using this as a declaration of war against Sofia... at least, that's what we're led to believe; in reality, Penguin allowed Martine Martin to sneak out of the car in secret, faking his death. Afterwards, he makes sure that the boy is sent to a safe location outside of Gotham.



* ILied: Martine lied about seeing Sofia and Gordon kiss. Sofia knew Penguin is using him as a spy, so she told him to lie to Penguin.

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* ILied: Martine Martin lied about seeing Sofia and Gordon kiss. Sofia knew Penguin is using him as a spy, so she told him to lie to Penguin.



* ManipulativeBitch[=/=]XanatosGambit: Sofia played Penguin from the start, and knew how he could react at every turn. She also tried to get the police and Penguin's empire to shoot each other, hence having Gordon promoted to captain in the first place. She made a deal with the Sirens to kidnap Martine, presumably knowing Gordon would betray her.

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* ManipulativeBitch[=/=]XanatosGambit: Sofia played Penguin from the start, and knew how he could react at every turn. She also tried to get the police and Penguin's empire to shoot each other, hence having Gordon promoted to captain in the first place. She made a deal with the Sirens to kidnap Martine, Martin, presumably knowing Gordon would betray her.



* WouldHurtAChild: Sofia would kill Martine to get control of Gotham so her father would be proud of her. Penguin killed Martine himself so he wouldn't be used as an UnwittingPawn again. Except he faked Martine's death.

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* WouldHurtAChild: Sofia would kill Martine Martin to get control of Gotham so her father would be proud of her. Penguin killed Martine Martin himself so he wouldn't be used as an UnwittingPawn again. Except he faked Martine's Martin's death.

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Cobblepot confronts Sofia. However, as part of an intricate plan, Sofia flees but is kidnapped by Barbara, Tabitha and Selina. The four make an alliance and after Zsasz explodes Barbara's safehouse, they use Martin as leverage against Cobblepot, while Gordon learns of Sofia's intentions to use the GCPD against Cobblepot via Gordon's promotion. The two factions meet under a bridge, and Cobblepot fakes Martine's death in a car bombing to force Sofia to retreat, declaring war.

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Cobblepot confronts Sofia. However, as part of an intricate plan, Sofia flees but is kidnapped by Barbara, Tabitha and Selina. The four make an alliance and after Zsasz explodes Barbara's safehouse, they use Martin Martine as leverage against Cobblepot, while Gordon learns of Sofia's intentions to use the GCPD against Cobblepot via Gordon's promotion. The two factions meet under a bridge, and Cobblepot fakes Martine's death in a car bombing to force Sofia to retreat, declaring war.



* DisneyDeath: Penguin kills Martine by blowing up the car he was in, using this as a declaration of war against Sofia... at least, that's what we're ''led'' to believe; in reality, Penguin allowed Martine to sneak out the car in secret, faking his death. Afterwards, he makes sure that the boy is sent to a safe location outside of Gotham.

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* BatmanGambit: Gordon hits Pyg's BerserkButton of not being considered important in order to get him to slip up and reveal something of himself out of anger.
* DisneyDeath: Penguin kills Martine by blowing up the car he was in, using this as a declaration of war against Sofia... at least, that's what we're ''led'' led to believe; in reality, Penguin allowed Martine to sneak out of the car in secret, faking his death. Afterwards, he makes sure that the boy is sent to a safe location outside of Gotham.Gotham.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: Penguin points out that even Sofia's father wouldn't have sunk to using a child as leverage.
* {{Hallucinations}}: At the end of the episode, Ed starts seeing visions of his Riddler persona again.



* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Sampson in the Harrows

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* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Sampson in the HarrowsNarrows.



* MobWar: One breaks out between Penguin and Sofia.



* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Penguin gives one .
* TheReveal: Leslie found out there was nothing wrong with Riddler mentally, but psychologically.

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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Penguin gives one .
one to Sofia.
* TheReveal: TheReveal:
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Leslie found out there was nothing wrong with Riddler mentally, physically, but psychologically.psychologically.
** Pyg's real name is Lazlo Valentine, and he's actually from the Deep South.


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* UnPerson: Pyg took steps to do this to himself, burning off his fingerprints and having titanium plates installed in his skull to alter his face.
* VillainTeamUp: Sofia allies with the Sirens to take down Penguin.
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* DisneyDeath: Penguin kills Martine by blowing up the car he was in as a declaration of war against Sofia... at least, that's what we're ''led'' to believe; in reality, Penguin allowed Martine to sneak out the car in secret, faking his death. Afterwards, he makes sure that the boy is sent to a safe location outside of Gotham.

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* DisneyDeath: Penguin kills Martine by blowing up the car he was in in, using this as a declaration of war against Sofia... at least, that's what we're ''led'' to believe; in reality, Penguin allowed Martine to sneak out the car in secret, faking his death. Afterwards, he makes sure that the boy is sent to a safe location outside of Gotham.

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Cobblepot confronts Sofia. However, as part of an intricate plan, Sofia flees but is kidnapped by Barbara, Tabitha and Selina. The four make an alliance and after Zsasz explodes Barbara's safehouse, they use Martin as leverage against Cobblepot, while Gordon learns of Sofia's intentions to use the GCPD against Cobblepot via Gordon's promotion. The two factions meet under a bridge, and Cobblepot fakes Martin's death in a car bombing to force Sofia to retreat, declaring war.

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Cobblepot confronts Sofia. However, as part of an intricate plan, Sofia flees but is kidnapped by Barbara, Tabitha and Selina. The four make an alliance and after Zsasz explodes Barbara's safehouse, they use Martin as leverage against Cobblepot, while Gordon learns of Sofia's intentions to use the GCPD against Cobblepot via Gordon's promotion. The two factions meet under a bridge, and Cobblepot fakes Martin's Martine's death in a car bombing to force Sofia to retreat, declaring war.



* ILied: Martin lied about seeing Sofia and Gordon kiss. Sofia knew Penguin is using him as a spy, so she told him to lie to Penguin.

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* DisneyDeath: Penguin kills Martine by blowing up the car he was in as a declaration of war against Sofia... at least, that's what we're ''led'' to believe; in reality, Penguin allowed Martine to sneak out the car in secret, faking his death. Afterwards, he makes sure that the boy is sent to a safe location outside of Gotham.
* ILied: Martin Martine lied about seeing Sofia and Gordon kiss. Sofia knew Penguin is using him as a spy, so she told him to lie to Penguin.



* ManipulativeBitch[=/=]XanatosGambit: Sofia played Penguin from the start, and knew how he could react at every turn. She also tried to get the police and Penguin's empire to shoot each other, hence having Gordon promoted to captain in the first place. [[spoiler: She made a deal with the Sirens to kidnap Martin, presumably knowing Gordon would betray her.]]

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* ManipulativeBitch[=/=]XanatosGambit: Sofia played Penguin from the start, and knew how he could react at every turn. She also tried to get the police and Penguin's empire to shoot each other, hence having Gordon promoted to captain in the first place. [[spoiler: She made a deal with the Sirens to kidnap Martin, Martine, presumably knowing Gordon would betray her.]]



* WouldHurtAChild: Sofia would kill Martin to get control of Gotham so her father would be proud of her. [[spoiler: Penguin killed Martin himself so he wouldn't be used as an UnwittingPawn again. Except he faked Martin's death.]]

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* WouldHurtAChild: Sofia would kill Martin Martine to get control of Gotham so her father would be proud of her. [[spoiler: Penguin killed Martin Martine himself so he wouldn't be used as an UnwittingPawn again. Except he faked Martin's Martine's death.]]
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Gordon visits the Pyg in Arkham Asylum, after Fox has realized that the Pyg has undergone numerous facial surgeries. Fox learns that he was a serial killer named Lazlo Valentin. The Pyg later breaks out of Arkham.

Thompkins and Nygma are conflicted with a rival mobster, Sampson in the Narrows, who challenges her leadership. Thompkins also learns that Nygma's side effects from being frozen have been worn off - Nygma begins having hallucinations of his dual personality, as the Riddler.

Cobblepot confronts Sofia. However, as part of an intricate plan, Sofia flees but is kidnapped by Barbara, Tabitha and Selina. The four make an alliance and after Zsasz explodes Barbara's safehouse, they use Martin as leverage against Cobblepot, while Gordon learns of Sofia's intentions to use the GCPD against Cobblepot via Gordon's promotion. The two factions meet under a bridge, and Cobblepot fakes Martin's death in a car bombing to force Sofia to retreat, declaring war.
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* ILied: Martin lied about seeing Sofia and Gordon kiss. Sofia knew Penguin is using him as a spy, so she told him to lie to Penguin.
* IncurableCoughOfDeath: Sampson in the Harrows
* ManipulativeBitch[=/=]XanatosGambit: Sofia played Penguin from the start, and knew how he could react at every turn. She also tried to get the police and Penguin's empire to shoot each other, hence having Gordon promoted to captain in the first place. [[spoiler: She made a deal with the Sirens to kidnap Martin, presumably knowing Gordon would betray her.]]
* NotSoDifferent: Sofia believes she and Gordon are the same.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Penguin gives one .
* TheReveal: Leslie found out there was nothing wrong with Riddler mentally, but psychologically.
* ThisMeansWar: At the end, Sofia declares war on Penguin after the meeting at the bridge went south.
* WouldHurtAChild: Sofia would kill Martin to get control of Gotham so her father would be proud of her. [[spoiler: Penguin killed Martin himself so he wouldn't be used as an UnwittingPawn again. Except he faked Martin's death.]]

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