History Recap / LegendsOfTomorrowS4E4WetHotAmericanBummer

* Adorkable: Ava is so bad at acting like a kid, it becomes endearing.

* [[Adorkable]]: Ava is so bad at acting like a kid, it becomes endearing.

* WhamLine: Constantine casually mentions that ComicBook/SwampThing exists in the 'verse.

* Adorkable: Ava is so bad at acting like a kid, it becomes endearing.

* KidsAreCruel: Downplayed. The girls' cabin plays a prank on Ava and then [[NeverLiveItDown refuse to let her live it down]] but this was because Ava was excessively strict to them: forcing them to go to bed in the daytime, refusing to let them partake in activities they want, etc.

* NotSoDifferent: Charlie and Mick bond over their similarities.

* {{Adorkable}}:
** Ray, as per usual; he's distracted from a mission by bird-watching (that a time-travelling tech genius superhero bird-watches ''at all'' qualifies for this), cheerfully teaches survival skills to the campers, and as a child, took the nickname "Kid Counselor" as a genuine compliment, which he still hasn't understood as an adult.
** Ava, after she's been de-aged, claims to have gotten in trouble with a counselor for getting caught reading after lights out, chooses "truth" while playing Truth or Dare, and generally needs Sara to coach her through acting like a normal twelve-year-old girl. Justified, since she's a clone and all her childhood memories are fake.

* BaitAndSwitch: The final scene briefly suggests that Norah is up to her old tricks again, brewing magical potions. In reality, she's just making soup while playing a tavern wench at a Renaissance fair.

** Ray, as per usual; he's distracted from a mission by bird-watching (that a time-travelling tech genius superhero bird-watches ''at all'' qualifies for this), cheerfully teaches survival skills to the campers, and as a child, took the nickname "Kid Counselor" as a genuine compliment, which he still hasn't seen through as an adult.

* BaitAndSwitch: The final scene briefly suggests that Norah is up to her old tricks again, brewing magical potions for people. Turns out, she's just making soup while playing a tavern wench at a Renaissance fair.

* ChekhovsSkill: The "boring" survival skills Ray taught the kids at the beginning of the episode actually save the day when the boys find Ray besides a drained Constantine and their still shell-shocked missing friends.

* LittleMissBadass: Even when reduced to the age of kids, Ava and Sara are still able to take down and kill the Shtriga.

** Ava, after she's been de-aged, claims to have gotten in trouble with a counselor for getting caught reading after lights out, chooses "truth" while playing Truth or Dare, and generally needs Sara to coach her through acting like a normal twelve-year old girl. Justified, since she's a clone and all her childhood memories are fake.

* LensFlareCensor: This show happily crosses lots of standard TV-fare lines, sometimes [[CrossesTheLineTwice twice]], but there was no way they were actually going to show two 12 year old girls kissing on prime time network TV.

* MythologyGag: The episode opens with Sara and Ava [[ShowWithinAShow watching a cheesy camp horror movie]] called [[ComicBook/SwampThing Swamp Thaaaang]], the four a's apparently signifying it's the fourth in the series. The monster itself looks like a low budget Swamp Thing, and Constantine later casually mentions working with the real one in the past.

* StealthInsult: Back when he was at Summer Camp himself, Ray was always called ''Kid counselor'' by the other children there, which he took as a compliment. Sara's and John's looks on their faces are ''priceless''.

* TakeThatUs: The review of Swamp Thaaaang that Ava reads is copied word-for-word from the A.V. Club's review of "[[Recap/LegendsOfTomorrowS1E12LastRefuge Last Refuge]]". Right down to the '''D+''' rating.
* TastesLikeFriendship:

* AttentionDeficitOohShiny: Or in Ray's case "Ooh, birdie!"

* FountainOfYouth: Sara and Ava take a potion made by Constantine in order to de-age themselves into 12 year olds to be able to masquerade as campers and infiltrate their cabin's clique to gain the other campers' trust and find out more about the children who went missing.

* KidsAreCruel: Downplayed. The girls' cabin plays a prank on Ava and then [[NeverLiveItDown refuse to let her live it down]] but this was because Ava was excessively strict to them: forcing them to go to bed in the daytime, refusing to let them partake in activities they want etc.

-->'''Zari''': What was that? What was that eye thing?

* PungeonMaster: The Shtriga under the guise of counselor Chad Stephens makes some pretty bad jokes, like saying 'Point taken' when he hears that Sara prefers knifes and swords in a fight.

* TakeThatUs: The review of Swamp Thaaaang that Ava reads is copied word-for-word from the A.V. Club's review of [[Recap/LegendsOfTomorrowS1E12LastRefuge "Last Refuge"]]. Right down to the '''D+''' rating.

** Child!Ava endears herself to the other campers by stealing ice cream from the kitchen, allowing them to have the ice cream social that was previously called off.

* WoundedGazelleGambit: Charlie pretends to have knocked herself out against her cage. When Zari lowers the forcefield to check on her, Charlie knocks her out and makes a run for it.

* FreezeFrameBonus: The director of ''[[ShowWithinAShow Swamp Thaaaang]]'' is David Geddes, a [[creatorCameo cinematographer (and occasional director)]] on ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow''.

The Legends travel to a 1990's summer camp to find a child eating monster.

* ComicallyMissingThePoint: One of the kids John interrogates about the whereabouts of their friend Zack tells him that Zack went to ''making it to first base with a girl''... and then wonders why somebody would play baseball in the dark.

* FreezeFrameBonus: The director of ''[[ShowWithinAShow Swamp Thaaaang]]'' is David Geddes, a cinematographer (and occasional director) on ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow''.

* IncrediblyLamePun: The Shtriga under the guise of counselor Chad Stephens makes some pretty bad jokes, like saying 'Point taken' when he hears that Sara prefers knifes and swords in a fight.

* KidsAreCruel: Downplayed. The girl's cabin plays a prank on Ava and then [[NeverLiveItDown refuse to let her live it down]] but this was because Ava was excessively strict to them; forcing them to go to bed in the daytime, refusing to let them partake in activities they want etc.
* LampshadeHanging: Zari notices a PowerOfTrust look between Charlie and Mick that was really only for the audience's benefit.

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Website/AVClub's review of ''[[ShowWithinAShow Swamp Thaaaang]]'' is taken from [[https://twitter.com/PunkyStarshine/status/1062164304072507393 an actual ''Legends of Tomorrow'' review from its first season]].

* SamusIsAGirl: {{Inverted}}. The Shtriga is a man!

* SpeakOfTheDevil: Immidiately after watching the start of ''Swamp Thaaaang'', Gideon calls Sara about the magical anomaly during the time period of the real life events that inspired said movie.

* WhamLine: Constantine casually mentions that ComicBook/SwampThing exists in the verse.

* BaitAndSwitch: The final scene briefly suggests that Norah is up to her old tricks again, brewing magical potions for people. Turns out, she's just making soup while playing a witch at a Renaissance fair.

* InfantImmortality: Thankfully, the Shtriga kills its prey slowly, so John and Ray are able to save them all.