History Recap / LegendsOfTomorrowS3E11HereIGoAgain

* SeenItAll: Sara's reasoning in particular in believing Zari's warning about the ''Waverider'' right away; after everything the Legends have experienced, a member trapped in a time loop that has now become irreparable is hardly beyond the pale.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: The lengths Mick has gone through to protect his typewriter: a bear trap, the chest is rigged to electrocute anyone who touches it, and the typewriter itself will squirt ink on the transgressor's face once they open the chest.

* TheCastShowoff: Tala Ashe does, in fact, play the violin.

* NotSoDifferent: Sara sees a lot of herself in Zari -- specifically the wish to bring back a deceased loved one by changing history. This is why she's so hard on Zari about it: She's worried that if Zari does find away, the temptation to save Laurel, consequences be damned, will be too hard to resist.

* NotSoDifferent: Sara sees a lot of herself in Zari -- specifically the wish to bring back a deceased loved by changing history.

A trip to the 1970s goes wrong and traps the Waverider in a time loop.

* DeathCourse: What Zari and Nate have to survive to get access to Mick's... typewriter.

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: In one loop during the "fun montage", Zari simply stand behind an arguing Ray and Mick and holds up cue cards with what they say say/do on them.

** Mick is writing a sci-fi romance novel. Its even pretty good.

** Zari ends the episode with the newly learned ability to play the violin.

* MoodWhiplash: The episode on the whole is funny and wacky and heartwarming... and then we see Zari put a (thankfully unloaded) pistol to her head and pull the trigger.

* PowerPerversionPotential: If the [[SexyDiscretionShot sounds are to be believed]] Amaya's animal totem and and Nate's steel abilities make for fun sex.

* {{Troll}}: For whatever reasons, Gideon decides to play dumb after Zari asks her to confirm her story to Ray and Sara.

* NoAntagonist: This episode does not feature any appearances of Damien Darhk nor Nora possessed by Mallus. Instead, it is focused on Zari experiencing a time loop in a simulation.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: After the "fun montage", Zari calls it exactly that to Nate when he asks about it.

* ShipperOnDeck: Zari encourages Sara to ask out Ava. She also encaourages Nate and Amaya to finally sort things out between them.

-->'''Nate:''' She probably wants to forget how awesome it was.
-->'''Zari:''' Or how short.

!!Tropes

* AccidentalMurder: In one loop Sara mistakes Zari and Ray for flies and crushed them both.
* AllJustADream: Most of the episode was a simulation Gideon stuck Zari's mind in while she recovered from being poisoned by the time engine's runoff.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Thankfully averted, anytime Zari tells someone she's stuck in a time loop they believe her, though the first few times she's vague enough about it that they don't realise what she means.

* BottleEpisode: Apart from TheStinger, this episode only takes place on the Waverider.

* BrutalHonesty: Shortly before her 'death', Zari gives every team member a very blunt piece of advice.

* TheChainsOfCommanding: Simulation!Sara admits to finding it difficult having to be "the boss" and bark orders at Zari, since she actually cares deeply for her and sees a little of herself in her.

-->'''Zari''': I am terrified and in awe Gideon. Who knew you were such an evil genius?

* GroundhogDayLoop: The plot of the episode. And, of course, the gang have to openly reference it.
** At one point, Ray also references the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E18CauseAndEffect Cause and Effect]]". Nate is visibly annoyed that that was what Ray thought of.
** The trope is also brutally deconstructed, as the endless loops wear Zari down mentally until she has a total breakdown just like Bill Murray's character in the trope namer movie.

-->'''Amaya''': Did it work?
-->'''Mick''': Did what work? Why am I holding the thingy?

* MoodWhiplash: The episode on the whole is funny and wacky and heartwarming ... and then we see Zari put a (thankfully unloaded) pistol to her head and pull the trigger.

* NoodleIncident: We never find out the details of the teams mission that takes place prior to the episode, involving Napoleon and The Battle of Waterloo, a cassete tape sent by Damien Darhk, and the team dressed in Disco Gear. The team apprently had to act out a performance of Abba’s “Waterloo.”

* RealityEnsues: The Waverider is a highly advanced piece of technology, so ingesting any of the fluids coursing through its systems is bound to prove life-threatening.

* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Zari's initial desperate claims that the Waverider is going to explode are ignored, at least four times according to the montage.
** Averted at the end when Zari has crossed the DespairEventHorizon and is convinced Sara wont believe her, only for Sara to do so instantly.

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: The team sans Zari return from stopping NapoleonBonaparte from recording ''[[Music/{{ABBA}} Waterloo]]''. Apparently, a musical performance was involved.

* ArbitrarySkepticism: Thankfully averted, anytime Zari tells someone she's stuck in a time loop they believe her.

* DamnYouMuscleMemory: When Zari tries to hold her back, Sara instinctively twists her arm around. She instantly apologises.

* YouHaveToBelieveMe: Zari's initial desperate claims that the Waverider is going to explode are ignored, several times according to the montage.

** At one point, Ray also references the ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' episode "[[Recap/StarTrekTheNextGenerationS5E18CauseAndEffect Cause and Effect]]".

** Mick is writing a sci-fi romance novel.

* WhatTheHellHero: Sara lays into Zari for trying to find ways to "hack history" -- she's trying to find out how to stop her native time of 2042 from becoming a dystopian hellhole.

* BigOMG: Zari and Nate, when he steps into a bear trap in Mick's room.

* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: The team sans Zari return from stopping NapoleonBonaparte from recording ''[[Music/{{ABBA}} Waterloo]]''.

-->'''Zari''': I am terriefied and in awe Gideon. Who knew you were such an evil genius?

** The trope is also brutally deconstructed, as the endless loops wear Zari down mentally until she has a total breakdown.

* ADayInTheLimelight: For Zari.

* HiddenDepths: Mick is writing a sci-fi romance novel.

* ShipperOnDeck: Zari encourages Sara to ask out Ava.