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* JustFriends: Kara and Mon-El attempt to salvage a friendship between the two of them, but given that Kara is still in love with him while he's moved on with a [[TheAce kind, intelligent, and beautiful wife]], Kara just can't.



* NotSoInvincibleAfterAll: Reign hits Kara in the head hard enough to draw blood without exploiting a KryptoniteFactor to weaken her. Kara is clearly disorientated and a shot of her vision briefly blurring implies she has a concussion. This gives Reign a ''huge'' advantage in their fight from that point on. A hard blow to the head and concussion is a debilitating injury to sustain in the middle of a fight, even if it takes considerably more impact to do to Kara than a normal person.



* RealityEnsues:
** Kara and Mon-El attempt to salvage a friendship between the two of them, but given that Kara is still in love with him while he's moved on with a [[TheAce kind, intelligent, and beautiful wife]], Kara just can't.
** Reign hits Kara in the head hard enough to draw blood without exploiting a KryptoniteFactor to weaken her. Kara is clearly disorientated and a shot of her vision briefly blurring implies she has a concussion. This gives Reign a ''huge'' advantage in their fight from that point on. A hard blow to the head and concussion is a debilitating injury to sustain in the middle of a fight, even if it takes considerably more impact to do to Kara than a normal person.
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* TheCloudCuckoolanderWasRight: InUniverse, this is the case with Coville's proclamations regarding the Worldkiller, Reign. We as an audience know he's right due to happened in "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S3E7WakeUp Wake Up]]."

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* TheCloudCuckoolanderWasRight: InUniverse, this is the case with Coville's proclamations regarding the Worldkiller, Reign. We as an audience know he's right due to what happened in "[[Recap/Supergirl2015S3E7WakeUp Wake Up]]."



* {{Irony}}: Reign says there's no devil. Since this show is part of the same multiverse as ''Series/{{Constantine}}'', we know that's wrong.

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* {{Irony}}: Reign says there's no devil.Devil. Since this show is part of the same multiverse as ''Series/{{Constantine}}'', we know that's wrong.



* NotSoAboveItAll: J'onn reveals that he loves ''Franchise/StarWars'', especially ''Empire''.
* OhCrap: Morgan Edge's smug attire instantly vanishes when he sees Reign's heat vision in his office.

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* NotSoAboveItAll: J'onn reveals that he loves ''Franchise/StarWars'', especially ''Empire''.
''[[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack Empire]]''.
* OhCrap: Morgan Edge's smug attire attitude instantly vanishes when he sees Reign's heat vision in his office.



* WhamEpisode: Kara has finally met her match as Reign beats Kara within an inch of her life, more so to the point she actually bleeds.

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* WhamEpisode: Kara has finally met her match as Reign beats Kara within an inch of her life, more so to the point that she actually bleeds.

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* TheBusCameBack: Thomas Coville returns to warn Kara of Reign.
* Also Lena who hasn't been since for 4 episodes.

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Thomas Coville returns to warn Kara of Reign.
* ** Also Lena Lena, who hasn't been since seen for 4 episodes.
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* Also Lena who hasn't been since for 4 episodes.

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* ShoutOut: Winn brings up the ''Film/StarWarsHolidaySpecial'' after it turns out there's a Martian holiday called Life Day.

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Winn brings up the ''Film/StarWarsHolidaySpecial'' after it turns out there's a Martian holiday called Life Day.Day.
** The blue drug, which has a cut very similar to meth, is a reference to Heisenberg's Blue from ''Series/BreakingBad''.
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* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Several characters appear to totally forget they have powers ''at all'' in this episode. While Kara is on the receiving end of a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown by Reign, none of the other superpowered aliens even think about helping her. Possibly {{justified|trope}} for Mon-El and Imra, who would be hugely outmatched, but especially {{egregious}} in the case of J'onn, who has been shown to be both on the same level of power and willing to fight.

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* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Several characters appear to totally forget they have powers ''at all'' in this episode. While Kara is on the receiving end of a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown by Reign, none of the other superpowered aliens even think about helping her. Possibly {{justified|trope}} for Mon-El and Imra, who would be hugely outmatched, but especially {{egregious}} JustForFun/{{egregious}} in the case of J'onn, who has been shown to be both on the same level of power and willing to fight.
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* {{Irony}}: Reign says there's no devil. Since this show is part of the same multiverse as ''Series/{{Constantine}}'', we know that's wrong.

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* ChristmasEpisode: Reign nearly beats Kara to death on ''Christmas Eve'', and just might do the same to Ruby on ''Christmas Morning''.

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* ChristmasEpisode: Reign nearly beats Kara to death on ''Christmas Eve'', and just might do the same to Ruby on ''Christmas Morning''.Eve''.
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** The same goes for Ruby, who Alex successfully distracts by letting her ask questions about Supergirl so her mother can take a much-needed break.

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** The same goes for Ruby, who whom Alex successfully distracts by letting her ask questions about Supergirl so her mother can take a much-needed break.
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* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Edge doesn't hesitate to use the rash of graffiti to disguise an assassination attempt on Lena.

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* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: Edge doesn't hesitate to use the rash of graffiti to disguise an assassination attempt on Lena. Likewise, when Reign comes after him, he holds a press conference to imply Supergirl is responsible. He probably knew she wasn't, but he kept it vague enough to avoid slander accusations.
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: {{Averted Hard|Trope}}. Kara is left bloody and bruised after Reign is through with her.

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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: {{Averted Hard|Trope}}.{{Averted|Trope}}. Kara is left bloody and bruised after Reign is through with her.
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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: {{Averted|Trope}}. Kara is left bloody and bruised after Reign is through with her.

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* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: {{Averted|Trope}}.{{Averted Hard|Trope}}. Kara is left bloody and bruised after Reign is through with her.
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* NeckLift: At the end of their battle Reign neck-lifts Supergirl before dropping her off a building.
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* ChristmasEpisode: Reign nearly beats Kara to death on ''Christmas Eve'', and just might do the same to Ruby on ''Christmas Morning''. [[SarcasmMode God Bless Us, Every One.]]

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* ChristmasEpisode: Reign nearly beats Kara to death on ''Christmas Eve'', and just might do the same to Ruby on ''Christmas Morning''. [[SarcasmMode God Bless Us, Every One.]]

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** Reign hits Kara in the head hard enough to draw blood without her being weakened in any way. Kara is clearly disorientated and a shot of her vision briefly blurring implies she has a concussion. This gives Reign a ''huge'' advantage in their fight from that point on. A hard blow to the head and concussion is a debilitating injury to sustain in the middle of a fight, even if it takes considerably more impact to do to her than a normal person.

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** Reign hits Kara in the head hard enough to draw blood without her being weakened in any way.exploiting a KryptoniteFactor to weaken her. Kara is clearly disorientated and a shot of her vision briefly blurring implies she has a concussion. This gives Reign a ''huge'' advantage in their fight from that point on. A hard blow to the head and concussion is a debilitating injury to sustain in the middle of a fight, even if it takes considerably more impact to do to her Kara than a normal person.


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* SmashTheSymbol: One of Reign's final attacks is to blast Supergirl's 'S' symbol with her heat vision, leaving it melted and barely recognizable.
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* ForgotAboutHisPowers: Several characters appear to totally forget they have powers ''at all'' in this episode. While Kara is on the receiving end of a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown by Reign, none of the other superpowered aliens even think about helping her. Possibly {{justified|trope}} for Mon-El and Imra, who would be hugely outmatched, but especially {{egregious}} in the case of J'onn, who has been shown to be both on the same level of power and willing to fight.

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* RealityEnsues: Kara and Mon-El attempt to salvage a friendship between the two of them, but given that Kara is still in love with him while he's moved on with a [[TheAce kind, intelligent, and beautiful wife]], Kara just can't.

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* RealityEnsues: RealityEnsues:
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Kara and Mon-El attempt to salvage a friendship between the two of them, but given that Kara is still in love with him while he's moved on with a [[TheAce kind, intelligent, and beautiful wife]], Kara just can't.can't.
** Reign hits Kara in the head hard enough to draw blood without her being weakened in any way. Kara is clearly disorientated and a shot of her vision briefly blurring implies she has a concussion. This gives Reign a ''huge'' advantage in their fight from that point on. A hard blow to the head and concussion is a debilitating injury to sustain in the middle of a fight, even if it takes considerably more impact to do to her than a normal person.


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* WorfHadTheFlu: Downplayed. Kara is able to fight Reign fairly evenly...until she gets hit very hard in the head, enough to draw blood. She's clearly disorientated, and the shot of her vision blurring implies she received a concussion. This is also the point when Reign begins overwhelming and badly beating her.
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* {{Unperson}}: Krypton underwent a reformation in which they moved from worshiping a number of gods to just one: the sun god, Rau. In the process, they destroyed almost every trace of the past traditions they once lived by, denouncing them as superstition. This was so effective that Krypton's libraries have virtually no information on that subject. Kara only learns of it from Thomas Coville, who met a Kryptonian priestess with knowledge of that time.

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* {{Unperson}}: Krypton underwent a reformation in which they moved from worshiping a number of gods to just one: the sun god, Rau.Rao. In the process, they destroyed almost every trace of the past traditions they once lived by, denouncing them as superstition. This was so effective that Krypton's libraries have virtually no information on that subject. Kara only learns of it from Thomas Coville, who met a Kryptonian priestess with knowledge of that time.

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