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* CrazyPrepared: Mick just happens to carry a stake around with him in case he ever runs into a vampire.


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* LaserGuidedAmnesia: Inverted -- Damien's resurrection restores the memories of his actions in Season 2, which the Legends wiped after beating him.


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* SkewedPriorities:
** Darhk's first comment after being resurrected? Demanding to know who took his watch.
** Mick is more concerned with finishing reading ''Dracula'' than the missiles about to impact the ship.

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-> ''"Time travel is real, and so are its consequences. When a terrible time paradox put all of history in peril, an elite team was formed. Their job to protect history and repair these so-called anachronisms. Unfortunately, this is not that elite team.
And yet, this team of misfits and outcasts is determined to fix the history which they have broken. Not because they are heroes, but because they are Legends."''

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-> ''"Time travel is real, and so are its consequences. When a terrible time paradox put all of history in peril, an elite team was formed. Their job to protect history and repair these so-called anachronisms. Unfortunately, this is not that elite team.
team. And yet, this team of misfits and outcasts is determined to fix the history which they have broken. Not because they are heroes, but because they are Legends."''
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-> ''"Time travel is real, and so are its consequences. When a terrible time paradox put all of history in peril, an elite team was formed. Their job to protect history and repair these so-called anachronisms. Unfortunately, this is not that elite team.
And yet, this team of misfits and outcasts is determined to fix the history which they have broken. Not because they are heroes, but because they are Legends."''
-> -- Rip Hunter, Modified OpeningNarration
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* ArbitrarySkepticism: Zari initially scoffs at the idea of a medium [[DeadPersonConversation channeling the dead]]... despite getting powers from a magical totem.

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* EasilyForgiven: Averted; the Legends are still bitter about Rip tossing them aside in favor of the Time Bureau. They only agree to help Rip after he offers to get Agent Sharpe to back off, but after he locks them in the Waverider to keep them from interfering in his ill-fated plan to catch Mallus, Sara is fed up and turns her back on him.
** Played straight with Gideon, who doesn't seem bothered about being shut down.
* EtTuBrute: At the end, Sara turns Rip over to the Bureau. The look on his face is priceless.



* DemonicPossession: Mallus briefly hijacks Eleanor's body to taunt Rip.
* TheDogBitesBack: Having been shunted aside in favour of the Time Agency, then manipulated by Rip while her sister's killer is resurrected, Sara gets back at Rip by selling him out to the Time Agency in exchange for them calling off the hunt for the Legends.



* EasilyForgiven: Averted; the Legends are still bitter about Rip tossing them aside in favor of the Time Bureau. They only agree to help Rip after he offers to get Agent Sharpe to back off, but after he locks them in the Waverider to keep them from interfering in his ill-fated plan to catch Mallus, Sara is fed up and turns her back on him.
** Played straight with Gideon, who doesn't seem bothered about being shut down.
* EatingTheEyeCandy: Sara "agrees" with Nate that history is fascinating while she eyes an attractive prostitute. She had also previously cited "low cut corsets" as one of Victorian London's charms.
* EtTuBrute: At the end, Sara turns Rip over to the Bureau. The look on his face is priceless.
* EvilSoundsDeep: Mallus' voice is almost demonic.
* HiddenDepths: Mick, as it happens, is a bit of a bookworm; he spends a decent chunk of the episode, even during the climax, eagerly reading a copy of ''Literature/{{Dracula}}''. He even has a pair of reading glasses. On top of that, he's been wanting to kill a vampire ever since he was a kid.



* IdenticalGrandson: Barring the ancestor's moustache, Stein looks exactly like his great-grandfather.



* LaughablyEvil: Damien Darhk, true to form, casually massacres Time Agents while enjoying a drink, all while "Return of the Mack" plays over the sequence.



* ShoutOut:
** Rip's motor-mouthed analysis of the dead body at the start of the episode is reminiscent of Literature/SherlockHolmes. He even quotes Holmes' famous "the game's afoot".
** Nate would prefer to be attacked by a [[Film/{{Twilight}} sparkly vampire]] like Creator/KristenStewart. Mick derisively retorts that [[TakeThat vampires don't sparkle]].



* WhamShot: Damien Darhk's corpse.

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* WhamShot: Damien Darhk's corpse.corpse.
* WhatTheHellHero: Sara is understandably furious that Rip is willing to let Darhk be resurrected in order to get a crack at Mallus.
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* CameBackStrong: Damien is even more powerful than he was in ''Series/{{Arrow}}''.
* ContinuityCameo: Curtis shows up via video link to give the Legends a hand.
* EasilyForgiven: Averted, the Legends are still bitter about Rip tossing them aside in favor of the Time Bureau. They only agree to help Rip after he offers to get Agent Sharpe to back off.

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* CameBackStrong: Damien Darhk is even more powerful than he was in ''Series/{{Arrow}}''.
* ContinuityCameo: Curtis Holt shows up via video link to give the Legends a hand.
* EasilyForgiven: Averted, Averted; the Legends are still bitter about Rip tossing them aside in favor of the Time Bureau. They only agree to help Rip after he offers to get Agent Sharpe to back off.off, but after he locks them in the Waverider to keep them from interfering in his ill-fated plan to catch Mallus, Sara is fed up and turns her back on him.



* DudeWheresMyRespect: Rip is ''not'' happy that his own agency has turned on him; especially the fact they don't even care about he was right about Mallus.

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* DudeWheresMyRespect: Rip is ''not'' happy that his own agency has turned on him; him, especially the fact that they don't even care about he was right about Mallus.



** Zari finds out that she can't use the Waverider to save A.R.G.U.S. killing her family; because time will just make it happen anyway. She doesn't take it well.

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** Zari finds out that she can't use the Waverider to save stop A.R.G.U.S. from killing her family; family because time will just make it happen anyway. She doesn't take it well.



** Stein finds out that Jax is trying to breakup Firestorm so he can spend more time with Lily and Baby Ronnie.

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** Stein finds out that Jax is trying to breakup break up Firestorm so he can spend more time with Lily Clarissa, Lily, and Baby Ronnie.



* LaserGuidedKarma: Rip lying to Sara, means she no longer trusts him.

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* LaserGuidedKarma: Rip lying to Sara, Sara means she no longer trusts him.



* NoSympathy: The Legends aren't particularly sympathetic when Rip tells them that the Time Bureau refuse to believe his claims about Mallus -- in Nate's words "your hot new girlfriend dumped you and now you're crawling back to your ex".
* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Sara tells Rip how he never trusts any one, wondering why she even trusted him, before she reveals she sold him out to his own organization.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: The Legends are no longer friends with Rip, after betraying them one time too many.

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* NoSympathy: The Legends aren't particularly sympathetic when Rip tells them that the Time Bureau refuse to believe his claims about Mallus -- in Nate's words words, "your hot new girlfriend dumped you and now you're crawling back to your ex".
* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Sara tells Rip how he never trusts any one, wondering anyone and wonders why she even trusted him, before she then reveals she sold him out to his own organization.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: The Legends are no longer friends with Rip, Rip after betraying he betrays them one time too many.



--> "Any last words ''Rip''? Yes I remember ''you'', I remember ''everything''!

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--> "Any last words words, ''Rip''? Yes Yes, I remember ''you'', ''you''; I remember ''everything''!''everything''!"

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** Upon being resurrected, Darhk remembers his time in the Legion.

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** Upon being resurrected, Darhk remembers his time in the Legion.Legion of Doom.


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* LaserGuidedKarma: Rip lying to Sara, means she no longer trusts him.


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* WhamLine: A biggie from Darhk upon his resurrection.
--> "Any last words ''Rip''? Yes I remember ''you'', I remember ''everything''!
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* ActorAllusion: Mick spends the entire episode wanting to kill a vampire, and was reading ''[[Literature/{{Dracula}} Dracula]]'' both at the beginning and end. Dominic Purcell played Dracula in ''Film/BladeTrinity''

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* ActorAllusion: Mick spends the entire episode wanting to kill a vampire, and was reading ''[[Literature/{{Dracula}} Dracula]]'' both at the beginning and end. Dominic Purcell played Dracula in ''Film/BladeTrinity''''Film/BladeTrinity''.
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* DudeWheresMyRespect: Rip is ''not'' happy that his own agency has turned on him; especially the fact they don't even care about he was right.

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* DudeWheresMyRespect: Rip is ''not'' happy that his own agency has turned on him; especially the fact they don't even care about he was right.right about Mallus.
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* ActorAllusion: Mick spends the entire episode wanting to kill a vampire, and was reading [[Literature/{{Dracula}} Dracula]] both at the beginning and end. Dominic Purcell played Dracula in Film/BladeTrinity
* AnswerCut: Curtis is about to tell Jax and Ray whose prints are the watch. Cue to Sara opening the casket and seeing Damien Darhk's corpse.

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* ActorAllusion: Mick spends the entire episode wanting to kill a vampire, and was reading [[Literature/{{Dracula}} Dracula]] ''[[Literature/{{Dracula}} Dracula]]'' both at the beginning and end. Dominic Purcell played Dracula in Film/BladeTrinity
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* AnswerCut: Curtis is about to tell Jax and Ray whose prints are on the watch. Cue to Sara opening the casket and seeing Damien Darhk's corpse.



* DefiantToTheEnd: Even as Rip is being dragged away by his own agents, he can't help but yell that Sara needs to be ready for whats coming.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Rip is ''not'' happy that his own agency has turned on him; especially the fact they don't even care about he was right about

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* DefiantToTheEnd: Even as Rip is being dragged away by his own agents, he can't help but yell that Sara needs to be ready for whats what's coming.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Rip is ''not'' happy that his own agency has turned on him; especially the fact they don't even care about he was right aboutright.



** Zari finds out that she can't use the Waverider to save ARGUS killing her family; because time will just make it happen anyway. She doesn't take it well.

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** Zari finds out that she can't use the Waverider to save ARGUS A.R.G.U.S. killing her family; because time will just make it happen anyway. She doesn't take it well.
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* ActorAllusion: Mick spends the entire episode wanting to kill a vampire, and was reading [[Literature/Dracula Dracula]] both at the beginning and end. Dominic Purcell played Dracula in Film/BladeTrinity

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* ActorAllusion: Mick spends the entire episode wanting to kill a vampire, and was reading [[Literature/Dracula [[Literature/{{Dracula}} Dracula]] both at the beginning and end. Dominic Purcell played Dracula in Film/BladeTrinity

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* DudeWheresMyRespect: Rip is ''not'' happy that his own agency has turned on him.

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* DefiantToTheEnd: Even as Rip is being dragged away by his own agents, he can't help but yell that Sara needs to be ready for whats coming.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Rip is ''not'' happy that his own agency has turned on him.him; especially the fact they don't even care about he was right about



* WeUsedToBeFriends: The Legends are no longer friends with Rip.

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* ReasonYouSuckSpeech: Sara tells Rip how he never trusts any one, wondering why she even trusted him, before she reveals she sold him out to his own organization.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: The Legends are no longer friends with Rip.Rip, after betraying them one time too many.
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* ActorAllusion: Mick spends the entire episode wanting to kill a vampire, and was reading [[Literature/Dracula Dracula]] both at the beginning and end. Dominic Purcell played Dracula in Film/BladeTrinity
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** Darhk remembers his time in the Legion.

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** Upon being resurrected, Darhk remembers his time in the Legion.

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* CameBackStrong: Damien is even more powerful than he was in "Arrow".


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* CameBackStrong: Damien is even more powerful than he was in ''Series/{{Arrow}}''.
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* ContinuityCameo: Curtis shows up to give the Legends a hand.

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* ContinuityCameo: Curtis shows up via video link to give the Legends a hand.
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* EtTuBrute: Sara turns Rip over to the Bureau. The look on his face is priceless.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Rip is not ''happy'' his own agency has turned on him.
* HistoryRepeats: Once again Rip finds evidence of a horrible evil throughout time and the TimePolice he works with refuses to take his fears seriously, so he ends up working with the Legends to stop it

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* EtTuBrute: At the end, Sara turns Rip over to the Bureau. The look on his face is priceless.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Rip is not ''happy'' ''not'' happy that his own agency has turned on him.
* HistoryRepeats: Once again Rip finds evidence of a horrible evil throughout time and the TimePolice he works with refuses refuse to take his fears seriously, so he ends up working with the Legends to stop itit.



* JumpingOffTheSlipperlySlope: Rip is willing to take too many risks to stop evil.

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* JumpingOffTheSlipperlySlope: JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope: Rip is willing to take too many risks to stop evil.



* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Rip trying to use Darhk's corspe as bait fails and he's brought back to life.

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Rip trying to use Darhk's corspe corpse as bait fails and he's brought back to life.



** The Time Bureau turns on Rip and arrests him, despite being the founder and the leader.

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** The Time Bureau turns on Rip and arrests him, despite his being the their founder and the leader.

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* CameBackStrong: Damien is even more powerful than he was in "Arrow".



* CameBackStrong: Damien is even more powerful than he was in "Arrow".



* EtTuBrute: Sara turns Rip over to the Bureau. The look on his face is priceless.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Rip is not ''happy'' his own agency has turned on him.



** Upon being resurrected, Darhk not only retains his magic, but remembers his time in the Legion.

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** Upon being resurrected, Darhk not only retains his magic, but remembers his time in the Legion.



* JumpingOffTheSlipperlySlope: Rip is willing to take too many risks to stop evil.
* LoopholeAbuse: Sara is able to bypass Rip's overrides since she's captain now.



* TitleDrop: The song of that name (a 1997 hit by Mark Morrison) plays on Ray's [=PalmerTech=] watch and during the battle between the Legends and Darhk. Nate also sings it while he's held captive.
* WhamEpisode: Damien Darhk is back to life.

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* TitleDrop: WeUsedToBeFriends: The song of that name (a 1997 hit by Mark Morrison) plays on Ray's [=PalmerTech=] watch and during the battle between the Legends and Darhk. Nate also sings it while he's held captive.
are no longer friends with Rip.
* WhamEpisode: WhamEpisode:
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Damien Darhk is comes back to life.life.
** The Time Bureau turns on Rip and arrests him, despite being the founder and the leader.
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** Darhk remembers his time in the Legion.

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** Upon being resurrected, Darhk not only retains his magic, but remembers his time in the Legion.

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* BackFromTheDead: Damien Darhk, courtesy of Mallus via his grown-daughter.



* BackFromTheDead: Damien Darhk, courtesy of Mallus via his grown-daughter.


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* TitleDrop: The song of that name (a 1997 hit by Mark Morrison) plays on Ray's [=PalmerTech=] watch and during the battle between the Legends and Darhk. Nate also sings it while he's held captive.

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* CameBackStrong: Damien is even more powerful than he was in "Arrow".
* BackFromTheDead: Damien Darhk, courtesy of Mallus via his grown-daughter.
* ContinuityCameo: Curtis shows up to give the Legends a hand.



** Played straight with Gideon, who doesn't seem bothered about being shut down.



* NoSympathy: The Legends aren't particularly sympathetic when Rip tells them that the Time Bureau refuse to believe his claims about Mallus -- in Nate's words "your hot new girlfriend dumped you and now you're crawling back to your ex".

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** Darhk remembers his time in the Legion.
** Stein finds out that Jax is trying to breakup Firestorm so he can spend more time with Lily and Baby Ronnie.
* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Rip is willing to use Darhk's corpse as bait to trap Mallus; the Legends aren't.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Rip trying to use Darhk's corspe as bait fails and he's brought back to life.
* NoSympathy: The Legends aren't particularly sympathetic when Rip tells them that the Time Bureau refuse to believe his claims about Mallus -- in Nate's words "your hot new girlfriend dumped you and now you're crawling back to your ex".ex".
* WhamEpisode: Damien Darhk is back to life.
* WhamShot: Damien Darhk's corpse.
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* AnswerCut: Curtis is about to tell Jax and Ray who's prints are the watch. Cue to Sara opening the casket and seeing Damien Darhk's corpse.

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* AnswerCut: Curtis is about to tell Jax and Ray who's whose prints are the watch. Cue to Sara opening the casket and seeing Damien Darhk's corpse.
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* AnswerCut: Curtis is about to tell Jax and Ray who's prints are the watch. Cue to Sara opening the casket and seeing Damien Darhk's corpse.
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** Zari finds out that she can't use the Waverider to save ARGUS killing her family.

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** Zari finds out that she can't use the Waverider to save ARGUS killing her family.family; because time will just make it happen anyway. She doesn't take it well.

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* InternalReveal: Rip tells the Legends about the ancient evil they are facing -- Mallus; something Agent Sharpe was unwilling to do.

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* InternalReveal: InternalReveal:
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Rip tells the Legends about the ancient evil they are facing -- Mallus; something Agent Sharpe was unwilling to do.do.
** Zari finds out that she can't use the Waverider to save ARGUS killing her family.
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* HistoryRepeats: Once again Rip finds evidence of a horrible evil throughout time and his the TimePolice he works with refuses to believe him, so he ends up working with the Legends to stop it

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* HistoryRepeats: Once again Rip finds evidence of a horrible evil throughout time and his the TimePolice he works with refuses to believe him, take his fears seriously, so he ends up working with the Legends to stop it
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* NoSympathy: The Legends aren't particularly sympathetic when Rip tells them that the Time Bureau refuse to believe his claims about Mallus -- in Nate's words "your hot new girlfriend dumped you and now your crawling back to your ex".

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* NoSympathy: The Legends aren't particularly sympathetic when Rip tells them that the Time Bureau refuse to believe his claims about Mallus -- in Nate's words "your hot new girlfriend dumped you and now your you're crawling back to your ex".

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* HistoryRepeats: Once again Rip finds evidence of a horrible evil throughout time and his the TimePolice he works with refuses to believe him, so he ends up working with the Legends to stop it



* NoSympathy: The Legends are particularly sympathetic when Rip tells them that the Time Bureau refuse to believe his claims about Mallus.

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* NoSympathy: The Legends are aren't particularly sympathetic when Rip tells them that the Time Bureau refuse to believe his claims about Mallus.Mallus -- in Nate's words "your hot new girlfriend dumped you and now your crawling back to your ex".
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* InternalReveal: Rip tells the Legends about the ancient evil they are facing -- Mallus; something Agent Sharpe was unwilling to do.

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* InternalReveal: Rip tells the Legends about the ancient evil they are facing -- Mallus; something Agent Sharpe was unwilling to do.do.
* NoSympathy: The Legends are particularly sympathetic when Rip tells them that the Time Bureau refuse to believe his claims about Mallus.
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The Legends are in Victorian London hunting what seems to be a vampire, when Rip comes asking for their help.
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* EasilyForgiven: Averted, the Legends are still bitter about Rip tossing them aside in favor of the Time Bureau. They only agree to help Rip after he offers to get Agent Sharpe to back off.
* InternalReveal: Rip tells the Legends about the ancient evil they are facing -- Mallus; something Agent Sharpe was unwilling to do.

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