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* ItsPersonal: Many of the criminals Reign killed where Leslie's friends. She also sees Kara as her friend now and gets pissed when Reign threatens her.

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* ItsPersonal: Many of the criminals Reign killed where were Leslie's friends. She also sees Kara as her friend now and gets pissed when Reign threatens her.


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* PetTheDog: Psi is hardly reformed, but she does earnestly express condolences for the death of Livewire. This, as much as her help in the mission, convinces Supergirl to upgrade her accommodations.
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* SciFiWritersHave/NoSenseOfDistance: Supergirl pushed Fort Rozz away from Earth's orbit back in the first season finale, but it somehow made it all the way to another star system a trip that would take several years if you traveled ''at the speed of light'', let alone with the shove Supergirl gave it.

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* SciFiWritersHave/NoSenseOfDistance: Supergirl pushed Fort Rozz away from Earth's orbit back in the first season finale, but it somehow made it all the way to another star system system... a trip that would take several years if you traveled ''at the speed of light'', let alone with the shove Supergirl gave it.
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* SciFiWritersHave/NoSenseOfDistance: Supergirl pushed Fort Rozz away from Earth's orbit back in the first season finale, but it somehow made it all the way to another star system a trip that would take several years if you traveled ''at the speed of light'', let alone with the shove Supergirl gave it.
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* EurekaMoment: Brainiac's frustration at the limitations of the 21st century's technology made him retort that they might as well send ''a message in a bottle'', which gives Winn a brilliant idea of relaying the DEO's signal through the Voyager 2 space probe.
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Is it really accidental murder if all she did was push into Earth's orbit? She didn't know where in in space it would've floated off too. Also Brainy was not insufferable like Sheldon Cooper. It bordered on innocently insensitive


* InsufferableGenius: Brainy is really downright unbearable this episode, constantly belittling everything and everyone around him because of the supposed technological and intellectual difference between him and the rest.

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* InsufferableGenius: Downplayed compared to most examples, but Brainy doesn't hide how unimpressed he is really downright unbearable this episode, constantly belittling everything with Winn, the DEO, and everyone around him their equipment because of the supposed technological and intellectual difference between him and the rest.differences.
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Is it really accidental murder if all she did was push into Earth's orbit? She didn't know where in in space it would've floated off too.


* AccidentalMurder: It is revealed that Kara caused accidental {{Gendercide}} to every male in Fort Rozz by throwing the place to a system with a Blue Star.

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* AllLovingHero: Supergirl is looking for the Kryptonian priestess not to find a way to kill Reign, but to find a way to convince her to stop fighting peacefully. Livewire dismisses this as naive, but Supergirl points out that she managed to get Livewire to stop being a villain.

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* AccidentalMurder: It is revealed that Kara caused accidental {{Gendercide}} to every male in Fort Rozz by throwing the place to a system with a Blue Star.
* AllLovingHero: Supergirl is looking for the Kryptonian priestess Jindah Kol Rozz not to find a way to kill Reign, but to find a way to convince her to stop fighting peacefully. Livewire dismisses this as naive, but Supergirl points out that she managed to get Livewire to stop being a villain.



* BigDamnHeroes: Surprisingly, Psi when she uses her psychic abilities to cause Reign's fear (Actually Samantha's fear.) of losing Ruby to manifest and Reign awakens as Sam and flees the battle.

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* BigDamnHeroes: Surprisingly, Psi when she uses her psychic abilities to cause Reign's fear (Actually Samantha's fear.) of losing Ruby to manifest and Reign awakens as Sam and flees the battle. Combined with VillainousRescue.



* CharacterDevelopment: Mon-El, even lampshades this himself, as he calmly listens to Kara and gives her a few words of advice, something his past self was pretty much incapable of.
* CurbStompBattle: One mental attack from Psi is enough to force Reign to flee.



* {{Irony}}: Livewire dies saving Supergirl instead of trying to kill her.



* HeKnowsTooMuch: Reign kills the priestess to keep her from revealing any information about the other Worldkillers.

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* HeKnowsTooMuch: Reign kills the priestess Jindah Kol Rozz to keep her from revealing any information about the other Worldkillers.


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* InsufferableGenius: Brainy is really downright unbearable this episode, constantly belittling everything and everyone around him because of the supposed technological and intellectual difference between him and the rest.


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* {{Irony}}: Livewire dies saving Supergirl instead of trying to kill her.
* ItsAllMyFault: Kara beats herself up after Leslie's death, thinking that she would still be alive had she gotten through to Reign. Mon-El helps her over it.
* ItsPersonal: Many of the criminals Reign killed where Leslie's friends. She also sees Kara as her friend now and gets pissed when Reign threatens her.
* KillMeNowOrForeverStayYourHand: When Leslie talks about helping Kara only out of necessity and being willing to kill her without hesitation, Kara goads her into doing so, proving that she ''does'' care about her when she doesn't.


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* PetTheDog: Psi actually rescues Kara from Reign instead of just running away and even offers her condolences after Leslie's death.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Livewire makes some pretty distasteful remarks towards the dead male inmates.


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* ReformedCriminal: What Leslie poses as in the beginning to escape Reigns justice, working at a diner. In the end, she proves that it was not just all an act.


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* TheOneThatGotAway: Alex is still not over Maggie.
* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: In the last scene, we see another Worldkiller gaining her powers via a traffic accident.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Mon-El gives Kara a few encouraging words after the latter beats herself up over Leslie's death.
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* {{Gendercide}}: The blue giant emits radiation which kills those with a Y-chromosome, which necessitates Supergirl recruiting some of her female villains for backup since Imra is the only other hero that fits the bill.

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* {{Gendercide}}: The blue giant emits radiation which that kills those with a Y-chromosome, which necessitates Supergirl recruiting some of her female villains for backup backup, since Alex is out of commission and Imra is the only other hero that fits the bill.



* MissingTime: Sam has no memory of her actions as Reign. For the most part, the lost time has been subtle enough that she attributed it to stress, but in this episode it finally got bad enough that she couldn't dismiss it, and breaks down to Alex.

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* MissingTime: Sam has no memory of her actions as Reign. For the most part, the lost time has been subtle enough that she attributed it to stress, but in this episode episode, it finally got gets bad enough that she couldn't can't dismiss it, and breaks down to Alex.
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** A woman throws her friend out of the way of a speeding car and gets hit herself... which awakens her powers and personality as a Worldkiller.

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** A In the final scene, a woman throws her friend out of the way of a speeding car and gets hit herself... which awakens her powers and personality as a Worldkiller.
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* IKnowWhatYouFear: Psi, of course. She uses it first on Imra and later on Reign. We don't see exactly what Imra saw, but she shrugs off the effects without too much trouble, while Reign getting hit brings out Sam's fear of losing her daughter and brings Sam's personality back to dominance for a moment.

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* IKnowWhatYouFear: Psi, of course. She uses it first on Imra and later on Reign. [[TheUnreveal We don't see exactly what Imra saw, saw]], but she shrugs off the effects without too much trouble, while Reign getting hit brings out Sam's fear of losing her daughter and brings Sam's personality back to dominance for a moment.
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* IKnowWhatYouFear: Psi, of course. She uses it first on Irma and later on Reign. We don't see exactly what Irma saw but she shrugs off the effects without too much trouble, while Reign getting hit brings out Sam's fear of losing her daughter, and brings Sam's personality back to dominance for a moment.

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* IKnowWhatYouFear: Psi, of course. She uses it first on Irma Imra and later on Reign. We don't see exactly what Irma saw Imra saw, but she shrugs off the effects without too much trouble, while Reign getting hit brings out Sam's fear of losing her daughter, daughter and brings Sam's personality back to dominance for a moment.
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* Irony: Livewire dies saving Supergirl instead of trying to kill her.

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* Irony: {{Irony}}: Livewire dies saving Supergirl instead of trying to kill her.
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* DramaticIrony: Livewire dies saving Supergirl instead of trying to kill her.

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* DramaticIrony: Irony: Livewire dies saving Supergirl instead of trying to kill her.

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* AllLovingHero: Supergirl is looking for the Kryptonian priestess not to find a way to kill Reign, but to find a way to convince her to stop fighting peacefully. Livewire dismisses this as naive, but Supergirl points out that she managed to get Livewire to stop being a villain.



* BeamOWar: Reign's heat vision and Livewire's electricity. [[ArtisticLicensePhysics Ignore the fact that neither lasers nor electricity work like that]].



* BoxedCrook: Psi is let out of her prison cell to aid the mission, and sent back afterwards.

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* BoxedCrook: Psi is let out of her prison cell to aid the mission, and sent back afterwards. Supergirl takes the time to get her an upgraded cell for her help.



* DoNotCallMePaul: Livewire gets annoyed whenever Supergirl calls her Leslie.



* IKnowWhatYouFear: Psi, of course. She uses it first on Irma and later on Reign. We don't see exactly what Irma saw but she shrugs off the effects without too much trouble, while Reign getting hit brings out Sam's fear of losing her daughter, and brings Sam's personality back to dominance for a moment.
* InternalReveal: Sam finally realizes something is wrong with her when she fails to show up to an important meeting and doesn't even remember it.
* MissingTime: Sam has no memory of her actions as Reign. For the most part, the lost time has been subtle enough that she attributed it to stress, but in this episode it finally got bad enough that she couldn't dismiss it, and breaks down to Alex.
-->'''Sam:''' I think there's something really wrong with me.



* ShoutOut: Livewire nicknames Imra "Literature/{{Matilda}}" due to her telekinetic powers.
** Psi sings "Sing a Song of Sixpence" when she sense Reign's approach.
* TakingTheBullet: Livewire jumps in front of Reign's heat vision to save Supergirl.

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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
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Livewire nicknames Imra "Literature/{{Matilda}}" due to her telekinetic powers.
** Psi sings "Sing a Song of Sixpence" when she sense senses Reign's approach.
* TakingTheBullet: TakingTheBullet:
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Livewire jumps in front of Reign's heat vision to save Supergirl.Supergirl.
** A woman throws her friend out of the way of a speeding car and gets hit herself... which awakens her powers and personality as a Worldkiller.

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* BoxedCrook: Psi is let out of her prison cell to aid the mission, and sent back afterwards.



* {{Gendercide}}: The blue giant emits radiation which kills those with a Y-chromosome, which necessitates Supergirl recruiting some of her female villains for backup since Imra is the only other hero that fits the bill.



* {{Gendercide}}: The blue giant emits radiation which kills those with a Y-chromosome, which necessitates Supergirl recruiting some of her female villains for backup since Imra is the only other hero that fits the bill.



* ShoutOut: Psi nicknames Imra "Literature/{{Matilda}}" due to her telekinetic powers.

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* ShoutOut: Psi Livewire nicknames Imra "Literature/{{Matilda}}" due to her telekinetic powers.powers.
** Psi sings "Sing a Song of Sixpence" when she sense Reign's approach.
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* BigDamnHeroes: Surprisingly, Psi when she uses her psychic abilities to cause Reign's fear (Actually Samantha's fear.) of losing Ruby to manifest and Reign awakens as Sam and flees the battle.
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* AmbiguousSituation: We never do find out if Psi was trying to betray the team with her attack on Irma or if she genuinely suffered PowerIncontinence.

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* AmbiguousSituation: We never do find out if Psi was trying to betray the team with her attack on Irma Imra or if she genuinely suffered PowerIncontinence.



* {{Expy}}: The powers of Livewire, Psi, and Imra mimic the powers of the founding members of the Legion of Super-Heroes (Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl, and Cosmic Boy, respectively). In addition, Supergirl could be seen as a substitute for Superboy from the early Legion stories.

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* {{Expy}}: The powers of Livewire, Psi, and Imra mimic the powers of the founding members of the Legion of Super-Heroes (Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl, and Cosmic Boy, respectively). In addition, Supergirl could be seen as a substitute for and Superboy from often joined them in the early Legion stories.



* {{Gendercide}}: The blue giant emits radiation which kills those with a Y-chromosome, which necessitates Supergirl recruiting some of her female villains for backup since Irma is the only other hero that fits the bill.

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* {{Gendercide}}: The blue giant emits radiation which kills those with a Y-chromosome, which necessitates Supergirl recruiting some of her female villains for backup since Irma Imra is the only other hero that fits the bill.



* ShoutOut: Psi nicknames Irma "Literature/{{Matilda}}" due to her telekinetic powers.

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* ShoutOut: Psi nicknames Irma Imra "Literature/{{Matilda}}" due to her telekinetic powers.
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* CharacterDeath: Reign kills Livewire when she jumps in front of the eye beams meant for Supergirl.

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* CharacterDeath: Reign kills Livewire when she jumps in front of the eye beams heat vision meant for Supergirl.



* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Livewire pulls a HeroicSacrifice and jumps in front of Reign's eye beams to save Supergirl, dying moments afterward.

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* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Livewire pulls a HeroicSacrifice and jumps in front of Reign's eye beams heat vision to save Supergirl, dying moments afterward.



* TakingTheBullet: Livewire jumps in front of Reign's EyeBeams to save Supergirl.

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* TakingTheBullet: Livewire jumps in front of Reign's EyeBeams heat vision to save Supergirl.
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* DramaticIrony: Livewire dies saving Supergirl instead of trying to kill her.
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* AmbiguousSituation: We never do find out if Psi was trying to betray the team with her attack on Irma or if she genuinely suffered PowerIncontinence.
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* ShoutOut: Psi nicknames Irma "Literature/{{Matilda}}" due to her telekinetic powers.
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: Reign kills the priestess to keep her from revealing any information about the other World Enders.

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* HeKnowsTooMuch: Reign kills the priestess to keep her from revealing any information about the other World Enders.Worldkillers.

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* BroughtDownToNormal: Fort Rozz is orbiting a blue giant, which removes Supergirl's powers. Unfortunately, Reign's powers come from a different source and she is unaffected.



* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Livewire pulls a HeroicSacrifice and jumps in front of Reign's eye beams to save Supergirl. Dying moments afterward.

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* HeKnowsTooMuch: Reign kills the priestess to keep her from revealing any information about the other World Enders.
* {{Gendercide}}: The blue giant emits radiation which kills those with a Y-chromosome, which necessitates Supergirl recruiting some of her female villains for backup since Irma is the only other hero that fits the bill.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: Livewire pulls a HeroicSacrifice and jumps in front of Reign's eye beams to save Supergirl. Dying Supergirl, dying moments afterward.
* TakingTheBullet: Livewire jumps in front of Reign's EyeBeams to save Supergirl.
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* {{Expy}}: The powers of Livewire, Psi, and Imra mimic the powers of the founding members of the Legion of Super-Heroes (Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl, and Cosmic Boy, respectively).

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* {{Expy}}: The powers of Livewire, Psi, and Imra mimic the powers of the founding members of the Legion of Super-Heroes (Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl, and Cosmic Boy, respectively). In addition, Supergirl could be seen as a substitute for Superboy from the early Legion stories.
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* HeroicSacrifice: Livewire jumps in front of Reign's eye beams to save Supergirl. Dying moments afterward.

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* HeroicSacrifice: RedemptionEqualsDeath: Livewire pulls a HeroicSacrifice and jumps in front of Reign's eye beams to save Supergirl. Dying moments afterward.
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* CharacterDeath: Reign kills Livewire when she jumps in front of the eye beams meant for Supergirl.


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*HeroicSacrifice: Livewire jumps in front of Reign's eye beams to save Supergirl. Dying moments afterward.
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* {{Expy}}: The powers of Livewire, Psi, and Saturn Girl mimic the powers of the founding members of the Legion of Super-Heroes (Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl, and Cosmic Boy, respectively).

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* {{Expy}}: The powers of Livewire, Psi, and Saturn Girl Imra mimic the powers of the founding members of the Legion of Super-Heroes (Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl, and Cosmic Boy, respectively).
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* {{Expy}}: The powers of Livewire, Psi, and Saturn Girl mimic the powers of the founding members of the Legion of Super-Heroes (Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl, and Cosmic Boy, respectively).

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!!Tropes

* TheBusCameBack: Livewire returns along with Psi.

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* TheBusCameBack: Livewire returns along with Psi.Psi.
* EnemyMine: Supergirl has to team up with two of her villains.
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To learn more about Reign, Kara must forge a tense alliance with Saturn Girl, Psi and Livewire to examine Fort Rozz for clues.

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* TheBusCameBack: Livewire returns along with Psi.

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