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* AmbiguouslyGay: It's heavily implied that the person Davies wants to save is a man, by the way he reacts to Sara having married a woman, and his pendant reading "Thomas".

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* AmbiguouslyGay: It's heavily implied that the person Davies wants to save is a man, by the way he reacts to Sara having married a woman, and his pendant reading "Thomas".woman.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: It's heavily implied that the person Davies wants to save is a man, by the way he reacts to Sara having married a woman.

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* AmbiguouslyGay: It's heavily implied that the person Davies wants to save is a man, by the way he reacts to Sara having married a woman.woman, and his pendant reading "Thomas".
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* DecoyDamsel: Sara pretends to be Davies' hostage so they can escape Belleveu.

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* DecoyDamsel: Sara pretends to be Davies' hostage so they can escape Belleveu.Bellevue.



* WrongfullyCommitted: Davies gets committed to an mental insitute by Edison, where Sara has to break him out.

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* WrongfullyCommitted: Davies gets committed to an mental insitute institute by Edison, where Sara has to break him out.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: it's heavily implied that the person Davies wants to save is a man, by the way he reatcs to Sara having married a woman.

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* AmbiguouslyGay: it's It's heavily implied that the person Davies wants to save is a man, by the way he reatcs reacts to Sara having married a woman.



* StockScream:Robo-Hoover dies with a Wilhelm scream.

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* StockScream:Robo-Hoover StockScream: Robo-Hoover dies with a Wilhelm scream.

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* InternalReveal: Gideon tells the rest of the Legends what she, Spooner and Astra have been up to during the last few episodes.



* SpottingTheThread: Robo-Hoover immediately notices Zari just acting to be happy over Nate's suggestion to move into John's pocket dimension.

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* SpottingTheThread: Robo-Hoover immediately notices Zari just acting to be happy over Nate's suggestion to move into John's pocket dimension. She later confesses to Nate that she wishes to stay within the Totem.
* StockScream:Robo-Hoover dies with a Wilhelm scream.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: it's heavily implied that the person Davies wants to save is a man, by the way he reatcs to Sara having married a woman.
* BadCopIncompetentCop: The cop that stops Erwin Baker for violating numerous speed limits gets convinced to just let him go after they promise that they will mention his name as "the cop who gave Cannon Ball a police escort to the county line".


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* HeroAntagonist: Edison, who stops Gary from taking something from the Part Department and then has Davies arrested for stealing from the company, thinking of him as a madman.


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** Zari lampshades just how many convenient things are in John's attic.


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* SpottingTheThread: Robo-Hoover immediately notices Zari just acting to be happy over Nate's suggestion to move into John's pocket dimension.


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* WrongfullyCommitted: Davies gets committed to an mental insitute by Edison, where Sara has to break him out.

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* ComicallyMissingThePoint: Gideon, once more, when Spooner complains to the heavens why they can't bring them good luck, Gideon curiously asks who is up there, even introducing herself to the sky.



* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Sara gets shot in the stomach by a shop owner who recognizes her, but she quickly heals up.



* IgnoredExpert: Ava being cautious about causing too many footprints ends up being proven exactly right, as she and Gary are almost RetGone'd out of existence. Sara admits that she was too rash again.



* {{Irony}}: Nate wonders why anybody would hunt them in order to preserve the timeline, because that is ''their'' job....while they are once more screwing it up instead.



** Sara and Gary remark that Davies (played by Matt Ryan, who was also Constantine) looks familiar to them, but confuse him with Stein and Mick, respectively, instead.

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** Sara and Gary remark that Davies (played by Matt Ryan, who was also Constantine) looks familiar to them, but confuse him with a young Stein and Mick, respectively, instead. He later even gets confused with Ray.


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* PercussivePickpocket: How Sara steals Davies's plans.


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* TomatoInTheMirror: Robot-Hoover seems to deny this, accusing Zari of subversion whenever she confronts him with the fact that he is not the real deal. The second Robo-Hoover however seems to be aware of this.
* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Erwin Baker barely reacts to his car being stolen at all. Instead, he just takes the bicycle of the car jacker and tries to still break his record that way.
* WeNeedADistraction: Sara gives Davies a whole staple of projects to walk through while the Legends attempt to finish his time machine.
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* AccidentalKidnapping: An unnamed carjacker steals Erwin Baker's car, not knowing Gideon is in the back seat. She promptly knocks him out.
* BigBlackout: Astra summons a lightning storm to short out a nearby power line and take the power out of the city, just in time to stop the Legends from activating the time machine.

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* ButterflyOfDoom: Whoever programmed Robo-Hoover did so to prevent the Legends from being this.

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* ButterflyOfDoom: Whoever programmed Robo-Hoover did so to prevent the Legends from being this.further changing the timeline.



* DecoyDamsel: Sara pretends to be Davies' hostage so they can escape Belleveu.



** Sara and Gary remark that Davies (played by Matt Ryan, who was also Constatine) looks familiar to them, but confuse him with Stein and Mick, respectively, instead.
* LogicBomb: While hacker!Zari managed to reprogram Robo Hoover to assist them, eventually it conflicts with his original program and leads to a critical breakdown.

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** Sara and Gary remark that Davies (played by Matt Ryan, who was also Constatine) Constantine) looks familiar to them, but confuse him with Stein and Mick, respectively, instead.
* LogicBomb: While hacker!Zari Zari managed to reprogram Robo Hoover to assist them, eventually it conflicts with his original program and leads to a critical breakdown.



* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Sara essentially pulls this by holding a scalpel to Davies' neck when the latter refuses to escape Bellevue.

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* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Sara essentially pulls this by holding holds a scalpel to Davies' neck when the latter refuses to escape Bellevue.



* RunningGag: Several of the Legends remark that Dr. Gwyn Davies looks familiar. They name-drop various past Legends they think he resembles (including Ray, Mick, and Stein), hilariously not mentioning the [[ComicBook/JohnConstantine one past Legend]] he ''does'' resemble.

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* RunningGag: Several of the Legends remark that Dr. Gwyn Davies looks familiar. They name-drop list various past Legends they think he resembles (including Ray, Mick, and Stein), hilariously not mentioning the [[ComicBook/JohnConstantine one past Legend]] he ''does'' resemble.



* VerbalBackspace: When Sara offhandedly mentions that the Tarazi siblings might not actually be able to built a working time machine, she quickly tells them "No offense." Behrad doesn't mind, but Zari is "slightly offended."

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* VerbalBackspace: When Sara offhandedly mentions that the Tarazi siblings might not actually be able to built a working time machine, she quickly tells them "No offense." Behrad doesn't mind, but Zari is "slightly offended.""
* YourPrincessIsInAnotherCastle: With the help of Dr. Davies, the Legends finally have access to a time machine, and they plan to go to Tahiti 2021 where they can find a Time Bureau outpost. Unfortunately, the time machine sends them somewhere else entirely, which Sara believes is not Tahiti.
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* ShoutOut: When Edison dies of his heart attack, he shouts "[[Franchise/BackToTheFuture Great Scott!]]"

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* ButterflyOfDoom: Whoever programmed Robo-Hoover did so to prevent the Legends from being this.



** Sara and Gary remark that Davies (played by Matt Ryan, who was also Constatine) looks familiar to them, but confuse him with Mick and Stein, respectively, instead.

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** Sara and Gary remark that Davies (played by Matt Ryan, who was also Constatine) looks familiar to them, but confuse him with Mick Stein and Stein, Mick, respectively, instead.



* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Sara essentially pulls this by holding a scalpel to Davies' neck when the latter refuses to escape Bellevue.



* RunningGag: Several of the Legends remark that Dr. Gwyn Davies looks familiar. They name-drop various past Legends they think he resembles (including Ray, Mick and Stein), hilariously not mentioning the [[ComicBook/JohnConstantine one past Legend]] he ''does'' resemble.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The Legends need to break Dr. Gwyn Davies out of Bellevue Asylum, and retrieve his time machine blueprints confiscated by Edison, in order to get the history of time-travel back on track and restore Ava and Gary to existence.

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* RunningGag: Several of the Legends remark that Dr. Gwyn Davies looks familiar. They name-drop various past Legends they think he resembles (including Ray, Mick Mick, and Stein), hilariously not mentioning the [[ComicBook/JohnConstantine one past Legend]] he ''does'' resemble.
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The Legends need to break Dr. Gwyn Davies out of Bellevue Asylum, and retrieve his time machine blueprints confiscated by Edison, in order to get the history of time-travel back on track and restore Ava and Gary to existence.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter:
** Spooner, Gideon, and Astra hitch a ride with Erwin George Baker, famous for his cross-country drives and eventually becoming the first commissioner of NASCAR.
** Gary runs into Thomas Edison himself when searching for the part needed for the time machine.



* WhamLine: Robot Hoover's preeminent directive over assuming the real Hoover's duties in history? "Exterminate the Legends."

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* WhamLine: Robot Hoover's preeminent directive over assuming the real Hoover's duties in history? "Exterminate the Legends."
* VerbalBackspace: When Sara offhandedly mentions that the Tarazi siblings might not actually be able to built a working time machine, she quickly tells them "No offense." Behrad doesn't mind, but Zari is "slightly offended.
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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Behrad gushes about how they're ''finally'' in New York, sharing the sentiments of some fans for how long it took for them to get here.

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* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: LeaningOnTheFourthWall:
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Behrad gushes about how they're ''finally'' in New York, sharing the sentiments of some fans for how long it took for them to get here.here.
** Sara and Gary remark that Davies (played by Matt Ryan, who was also Constatine) looks familiar to them, but confuse him with Mick and Stein, respectively, instead.
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Once again, the Legends' attempt to get home without changing the timeline fails spectacularly. First they manage to prevent the invention of time travel and when fixing that error, they accidentally kill Thomas Edison.
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* TeleportationMisfire: Though the Legends succeed in making Gwyn Davies' time machine functional, they end up in a random forest instead of their destination of 2021 civilization.

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* FromBadToWorse: Robo Hoover blows up from a conflict in programming just when Zari and Nate managed to retrieve Davies' time machine plans without a hitch. The shock of this induced a heart attack in Thomas Edison, which alerted Bishop's Waverider to the fact that the Legends are still alive and leads to a replacement Hoover ''and'' replacement Edison being sent.



* LogicBomb: While hacker!Zari managed to reprogram Robo Hoover to assist them, eventually it conflicts with his original program and leads to a critical breakdown.



* WhamLine: Robot Hoover's directive? "Exterminate the Legends."

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* WhamLine: Robot Hoover's directive? preeminent directive over assuming the real Hoover's duties in history? "Exterminate the Legends."

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* ChekhovsGun:
** Spooner's "lucky rock", even if it was just a MagicFeather, is used by Gideon to knock out a carjacker.
** Zari extracting a blue chip from the robot Hoover, which later becomes the new power source for Davies' time machine.
* FlatWhat: Ava's reaction to learning Zari and Nate killed Thomas Edison.
* HeelFaceBrainwashing: Sara tells Zari to reprogram the robot Hoover into helping them.



* LampshadeHanging / RunningGag: Several of the Legends remark that Dr. Gwyn Davies [[YouLookFamiliar looks familiar]]. They name-drop various past Legends they think he resembles (including Ray, Mick and Stein), hilariously not mentioning the [[ComicBook/JohnConstantine one past Legend]] he ''does'' resemble.

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* LampshadeHanging / RunningGag: Several of LeaningOnTheFourthWall: Behrad gushes about how they're ''finally'' in New York, sharing the Legends remark that Dr. Gwyn Davies [[YouLookFamiliar looks familiar]]. They name-drop various past Legends they think he resembles (including Ray, Mick and Stein), hilariously not mentioning the [[ComicBook/JohnConstantine one past Legend]] he ''does'' resemble.sentiments of some fans for how long it took for them to get here.



* RunningGag: Several of the Legends remark that Dr. Gwyn Davies looks familiar. They name-drop various past Legends they think he resembles (including Ray, Mick and Stein), hilariously not mentioning the [[ComicBook/JohnConstantine one past Legend]] he ''does'' resemble.



* YouLookFamiliar: Creator/MattRyan, who previously played ComicBook/JohnConstantine, makes his debut in this episode as a new character, the eccentric scientist Dr. Gwyn Davies.

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* YouLookFamiliar: Creator/MattRyan, who previously played ComicBook/JohnConstantine, makes his debut in this episode as a new character, WhamLine: Robot Hoover's directive? "Exterminate the eccentric scientist Dr. Gwyn Davies.Legends."

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* ImADoctorNotAPlaceholder: When they're running through the hospital halls, Davies tells Sara that he is a scientist, not an athlete.



* RetGone: Ava, Gary (and the Time Bureau manual) temporarily blink out of existence when the Legends accidently prevent Dr. Gwyn Davies from making his maiden time-travel voyage - thus erasing the history of time-travel and preventing the Time Bureau from ever having existed.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The Legends need to break Dr. Gwyn Davies out of Belleveu Asylum, and retrieve his time machine blueprints confiscated by Edison, in order to get the history of time-travel back on track and restore Ava and Gary to existence.

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* MagicFeather: Astra supposedly puts a luck spell on a rock, but later she admits that she made it up to give Spooner confidence.
* RetGone: Ava, Gary (and the Time Bureau manual) temporarily blink out of existence when the Legends accidently accidentally prevent Dr. Gwyn Davies from making his maiden time-travel voyage - thus erasing the history of time-travel and preventing the Time Bureau from ever having existed.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The Legends need to break Dr. Gwyn Davies out of Belleveu Bellevue Asylum, and retrieve his time machine blueprints confiscated by Edison, in order to get the history of time-travel back on track and restore Ava and Gary to existence.
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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The Legends need to break Dr. Gwyn Davies out of Belleveu Asylum, and retrieve his time machine blueprints confiscated by Einstien, in order to get the history of time-travel back on track and restore Ava and Gary to existence.

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* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The Legends need to break Dr. Gwyn Davies out of Belleveu Asylum, and retrieve his time machine blueprints confiscated by Einstien, Edison, in order to get the history of time-travel back on track and restore Ava and Gary to existence.
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** Astra, Spooner and Gideon finally succeed in their mission to prevent the Legends from blowing up in Gwyn Davies' time machine.
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* LampshadeHanging / RunningGag: Several of the Legends remark that Dr. Gwyn Davies [[YouLookFamiliar looks familiar]]. They name-drop various past Legends they think he resembles (including Ray, Mick and Stein), hilariously not mentioning the [[ComicBook/JohnConstantine one past Legend]] he ''does'' resemble.
* RetGone: Ava, Gary (and the Time Bureau manual) temporarily blink out of existence when the Legends accidently prevent Dr. Gwyn Davies from making his maiden time-travel voyage - thus erasing the history of time-travel and preventing the Time Bureau from ever having existed.
* SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong: The Legends need to break Dr. Gwyn Davies out of Belleveu Asylum, and retrieve his time machine blueprints confiscated by Einstien, in order to get the history of time-travel back on track and restore Ava and Gary to existence.
** Gwyn Davies tells Sara that he invented his time machine in order to save someone he lost.
* YouLookFamiliar: Creator/MattRyan, who previously played ComicBook/JohnConstantine, makes his debut in this episode as a new character, the eccentric scientist Dr. Gwyn Davies.
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After Sara, Ava, Behrad and Gary arrive in New York City, they track down Dr. Gwyn Davies, who isn't the scientist they expected. Astra, Spooner, and Gideon are still trying to stop the Legends from using the time machine, but they run into some more setbacks along the way. Meanwhile, in the pocket dimension Nate and Zari work together on the Hoover situation as well how to make their future together work.

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