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** Raymond as Parasite using a chest mounted crystal to amplify his powers is an adaptation of a period from early Superman comics where the Parasite used stolen intellect to engineer a similarly empowering crystal necklace.
** After helping solve the attack on Amadei, J'onn gets a tip about another client who wants to hire him, suggesting that he'll be acting as a private detective for aliens. In some of the early comics, The Martian Manhunter worked as a detective in his human guise.
** Raymond as Parasite using a chest mounted crystal to amplify his powers is an adaptation of a period from early Superman comics where the Parasite used stolen intellect to engineer a similarly empowering crystal necklace.
** After helping solve the attack on Amadei, J'onn gets a tip about another client who wants to hire him, suggesting that he'll be acting as a private detective for aliens. In some of the early comics, The Martian Manhunter worked as a detective in his human guise.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Colonel Haley initially seems like a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, albeit rather zealous. At the end of the episode, however, she makes it clear that she has no respect for J'onn, demonstrates FantasticRacism, and becomes quite cold towards Alex when she expresses her own fondness for J'onn. Elizabeth initially comes off as someone who was hurt by Amadei and put him in her past. We find out later that she blocked his letters to their daughter, Natalie, and led the Children of Liberty to him, knowing they'd hurt him badly and/or kill him.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Colonel Haley initially seems like a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, albeit rather zealous. At the end of the episode, however, she makes it clear that she has no respect for J'onn, demonstrates FantasticRacism, and becomes quite cold towards Alex when she expresses her own fondness for J'onn. Elizabeth Natalie initially comes off as someone who was hurt by Amadei and put him in her past. past so she could move on. We find out later that she blocked his letters to their daughter, Natalie, Elizabeth, and led the Children of Liberty to him, knowing they'd hurt him badly and/or kill him.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Colonel Haley initially seems like a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, albeit rather zealous. At the end of the episode, however, she makes it clear that she has no respect for J'onn, demonstrates FantasticRacism, and becomes quite cold towards Alex when she expresses her own fondness for J'onn.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Colonel Haley initially seems like a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, albeit rather zealous. At the end of the episode, however, she makes it clear that she has no respect for J'onn, demonstrates FantasticRacism, and becomes quite cold towards Alex when she expresses her own fondness for J'onn. Elizabeth initially comes off as someone who was hurt by Amadei and put him in her past. We find out later that she blocked his letters to their daughter, Natalie, and led the Children of Liberty to him, knowing they'd hurt him badly and/or kill him.
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* DisappearedDad: Amadei Derros was unwilling absent in his daughter Elizabeth Hawkings' life for years, as her mother Natalie kept them apart. She became so bitter over them breaking up she'd not only kept the fact he had a daughter from him, but told Elizabeth they [[OneNightStandPregnancy had a one night stand]] and he was a deadbeat dad. After Elizabeth learned of him and wrote him letters, she intercepted all his replies to make him seem uninterested. Elizabeth is enraged and [[IHaveNoSon disowns her]] on finding this out, before meeting Amadei.
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* DisappearedDad: Amadei Derros was unwilling unwillingly absent in his daughter Elizabeth Hawkings' life for years, as her mother Natalie kept them apart. She became so bitter over them breaking up she'd not only kept the fact he had a daughter from him, but told Elizabeth they [[OneNightStandPregnancy had a one night stand]] and he was a deadbeat dad. After Elizabeth learned of him and wrote him letters, she intercepted all his replies to make him seem uninterested. Elizabeth is enraged and [[IHaveNoSon disowns her]] on finding this out, before meeting Amadei.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Did Amadei really cut ties with Natalie after finding she was pregnant, or did she keep deliberately do so after learning he was an alien or even getting her pregnant?
* DisappearedDad: Amadei Derros was unwilling absent in his daughter Elizabeth Hawkings' life for years, as her mother Natalie kept them apart. She became so bitter over them breaking up she'd not only kept the fact he had a daughter from him, but told Elizabeth they [[OneNightStandPregnancy had a one night stand]] and he was a deadbeat dad. After Elizabeth learned of him and wrote him letters, she intercepted all his replies to make him seem uninterested. Elizabeth is enraged and [[IHaveNoSon disowns her]] on finding this out, before meeting Amadei.
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** After helping solve the attack on Amadei, J'onn gets a tip about another client who wants to hire him, suggesting that he'll be acting as a private detective for aliens. In some of the early comics, The Martian Manhunter worked as a detective in his human guise.
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**MythologyGag: After helping solve the attack on Amadei, J'onn gets a tip about another client who wants to hire him, suggesting that he'll be acting as a private detective for aliens. In some of the early comics, The Martian Manhunter worked as a detective in his human guise.
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* OneNightStandPregnancy: Natalie Hawkings told her daughter Elizabeth she was conceived this way, with her father being a deadbeat who didn't want to be involved. However, it turns out this is a lie-they had a long-term relationship and he didn't even know about her. Natalie felt so bitter about it she never told him that they had a child, and lied to Elizabeth.
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* WomanScorned: Amadei had a fling with a woman named Natalie Hawkings which ended badly. When he shows up in the news again, she gets mad and points the Children of Liberty to his amulet so they'll steal it and kill him.
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* WomanScorned: Amadei had a fling relationship with a woman named Natalie Hawkings which ended badly. When he shows up in the news again, she gets mad and points the Children of Liberty to his amulet so they'll steal it and kill him.
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* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: Lena's way of trying to cheer James up, regarding the anti-alien fringe groups that are trying to pervert him into their hero.
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Elizabeth's mother had a relationship with Amadei that ended badly, so when his name turns up in the media, she leads the Children of Liberty to his amulet in the hopes that they'll steal it and kill him.
* ExactWords: On a podcast, Ben Lockwood rants about the authorities protecting the aliens who attacked a fair full of families, killing two humans. He "conveniently" omits the fact that said aliens were being mind controlled and that the two humans killed were wanted criminals who had mind controlled the aliens in the first place. He also, naturally leaves out the little detail of his own culpability in the whole thing (especially that attacking the fair was his idea).
* ExactWords: On a podcast, Ben Lockwood rants about the authorities protecting the aliens who attacked a fair full of families, killing two humans. He "conveniently" omits the fact that said aliens were being mind controlled and that the two humans killed were wanted criminals who had mind controlled the aliens in the first place. He also, naturally leaves out the little detail of his own culpability in the whole thing (especially that attacking the fair was his idea).
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* BodyHorror: The husks Jensen leaves behind are quite gruesome to look at.
* BrokenPedestal: Subverted, as it turns out Amadei did not disown his daughter Elizabeth. It was her mother Natalie that kept him from her.
* ByTheBookCop: Negative example. Haley insists that Alex should strictly follow the chain of command.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Elizabeth's mother Natalie had a relationship with Amadei that ended badly, so when his name turns up in the media, she leads the Children of Liberty to his amulet in the hopes that they'll steal it and kill him.
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** Nia told Brainy to ''find'' her, not to call her, which lead to the StalkerWithoutACrush entry below.
** On a podcast, Ben Lockwood rants about the authorities protecting the aliens who attacked a fair full of families, killing two humans. He "conveniently" omits the fact that said aliens were being mind controlled and that the two humans killed were wanted criminals who had mind controlled the aliens in the first place. He also, naturally leaves out the little detail of his own culpability in the whole thing (especially that attacking the fair was hisidea).idea).
* FromBadToWorse: Parasite was already a big problem to begin with, but with the amulet the power absorption becomes permanent!
* BrokenPedestal: Subverted, as it turns out Amadei did not disown his daughter Elizabeth. It was her mother Natalie that kept him from her.
* ByTheBookCop: Negative example. Haley insists that Alex should strictly follow the chain of command.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Elizabeth's mother Natalie had a relationship with Amadei that ended badly, so when his name turns up in the media, she leads the Children of Liberty to his amulet in the hopes that they'll steal it and kill him.
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** Nia told Brainy to ''find'' her, not to call her, which lead to the StalkerWithoutACrush entry below.
** On a podcast, Ben Lockwood rants about the authorities protecting the aliens who attacked a fair full of families, killing two humans. He "conveniently" omits the fact that said aliens were being mind controlled and that the two humans killed were wanted criminals who had mind controlled the aliens in the first place. He also, naturally leaves out the little detail of his own culpability in the whole thing (especially that attacking the fair was his
* FromBadToWorse: Parasite was already a big problem to begin with, but with the amulet the power absorption becomes permanent!
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* InsaneTrollLogic: Elizabeth's mother; an alien broke her heart, therefore all aliens are bad and the Children of Liberty are great for wanting them off of Earth.
* KarmaHoudini: Elizabeth's mother doesn't appear to be arrested for being associated with the Children of Liberty, aiding in the near-death of Amadei and indirectly the deaths of the aliens coming to pay their respects to them.
* KarmaHoudini: Elizabeth's mother doesn't appear to be arrested for being associated with the Children of Liberty, aiding in the near-death of Amadei and indirectly the deaths of the aliens coming to pay their respects to them.
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* InsaneTrollLogic: Elizabeth's mother; mother Natalie; an alien broke her heart, therefore all aliens are bad and the Children of Liberty are great for wanting them off of Earth.
* KarmaHoudini:Elizabeth's mother Natalie Hawkings doesn't appear to be arrested for being associated with the Children of Liberty, aiding in the near-death of Amadei and indirectly the deaths of the aliens coming to pay their respects to them.
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* NeverMyFault: Elizabeth's mother blames Kara and J'onn for her daughter getting angry at her. She doesn't seem to think that hiding the letters Amadei sent her and misrepresenting him as a callous deadbeat had anything to do with it.
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* NeverMyFault: Elizabeth's mother Natalie Hawkings blames Kara and J'onn for her daughter getting angry at her. She doesn't seem to think that hiding the letters Amadei sent her and misrepresenting him as a callous deadbeat had anything to do with it.it.
* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: Lena's way of trying to cheer James up, regarding the anti-alien fringe groups that are trying to pervert him into their hero.
* OhCrap: Kara's reaction when she sees that Jensen has been infected with the Parasite.
* NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity: Lena's way of trying to cheer James up, regarding the anti-alien fringe groups that are trying to pervert him into their hero.
* OhCrap: Kara's reaction when she sees that Jensen has been infected with the Parasite.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Subverted with Colonel Haley, who compliments Alex for her good work, but is shown to be extremely ruthless later on and even has a slight racist streak against aliens herself.
* RedHerring: The last image on Amadei's mind initially implies that his daughter Elizabeth was responsible for the attack on him. In reality, he was just thinking of her because he wanted to meet her. It was her mother Natalie Hawkings who orchestrated the attack, out of hate for him breaking her heart in the past.
* RedHerring: The last image on Amadei's mind initially implies that his daughter Elizabeth was responsible for the attack on him. In reality, he was just thinking of her because he wanted to meet her. It was her mother Natalie Hawkings who orchestrated the attack, out of hate for him breaking her heart in the past.
* UnreliableExpositor: Natalie Hawkings was lying about Amadei disowning his daughter - it was her who kept her from him.
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* WomanScorned: Amadei had a fling with a woman which ended badly. When he shows up in the news again, she gets mad and points the Children of Liberty to his amulet so they'll steal it and kill him.
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* WomanScorned: Amadei had a fling with a woman named Natalie Hawkings which ended badly. When he shows up in the news again, she gets mad and points the Children of Liberty to his amulet so they'll steal it and kill him.him.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Alex manages to convice Jensen that he is still a good man inside and that he shouldn't let fear dictate his actions.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Alex manages to convice Jensen that he is still a good man inside and that he shouldn't let fear dictate his actions.
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* TantrumThrowing: Lockwodd tosses the Parasite jar into a wall after Jensen is captured, since without Jensen and the Parasite his crusade is stalled. Getting a call from James seems to give him a new idea.
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* TantrumThrowing: Lockwodd Lockwood tosses the Parasite jar into a wall after Jensen is captured, since without Jensen and the Parasite Parasite, his crusade is stalled. Getting a call from James seems to give him a new idea.
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** Which has UnfortunateImplications when one realizes the new President installed her in the position.
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* LiteralMinded: When Brainiac meets with Nia Nal, she points out that he never found her. Brainiac disputes that and rattles off a list of personal information about her, including her phone number. When asked why he never called, he says that she said to find her, not call her.
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* AmbiguousSituation: Did Amadei really cut ties with Elizabeth's mother after finding she was pregnant, or did she keep deliberately do so after learning he was an alien or even getting her pregnant?
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* KnightTemplar: Colonel Haley is willing to trigger an explosion that would kill several innocent people rather than leave a Parasite-empowered Jensen on the loose. Her comments at the end of the episode make it clear that she prefers [[AbsoluteXenophobe Hank Henshaw's]] policies over those of J'onn.
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* KnightTemplar: Colonel Haley is willing to trigger an explosion that would kill several dozens of innocent people rather than leave a Parasite-empowered Jensen on the loose. Her comments at the end of the episode make it clear that she prefers [[AbsoluteXenophobe Hank Henshaw's]] policies over those of J'onn.
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* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Double-subverted. The Colonel initially seems like a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, praising Alex's decisions, but at the end reveals that she objected to J'onn's leadership and how he handled the DEO, and plans to bring it back in line with how it was originally run.
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* TantrumThrowing: Lockwodd tosses the Parasite jar into a wall after Jensen is captured, since without Jensen and the Parasite his crusade is stalled. Getting a call from James seems to give him a new idea.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Double-subverted.The Colonel Haley initially seems like a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, praising Alex's decisions, but at the end reveals that she objected to J'onn's leadership and how he handled the DEO, and plans to bring it back in line with how it was originally run.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Double-subverted.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Colonel Haley initially seems like a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, albeit rather zealous. At the end of the episode, however, she makes it clear that she has no respect for J'onn, demonstrates FantasticRacism, and becomes quite cold towards Alex when she expresses her own fondness for J'onn.
* DisproportionateRetribution: Elizabeth's mother had a relationship with Amadei that ended badly, so when his name turns up in the media, she leads the Children of Liberty to his amulet in the hopes that they'll steal it and kill him.
* ExactWords: On a podcast, Ben Lockwood rants about the authorities protecting the aliens who attacked a fair full of families, killing two humans. He "conveniently" omits the fact that said aliens were being mind controlled and that the two humans killed were wanted criminals who had mind controlled the aliens in the first place. He also, naturally leaves out the little detail of his own culpability in the whole thing (especially that attacking the fair was his idea).
* DisproportionateRetribution: Elizabeth's mother had a relationship with Amadei that ended badly, so when his name turns up in the media, she leads the Children of Liberty to his amulet in the hopes that they'll steal it and kill him.
* ExactWords: On a podcast, Ben Lockwood rants about the authorities protecting the aliens who attacked a fair full of families, killing two humans. He "conveniently" omits the fact that said aliens were being mind controlled and that the two humans killed were wanted criminals who had mind controlled the aliens in the first place. He also, naturally leaves out the little detail of his own culpability in the whole thing (especially that attacking the fair was his idea).
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** Agent Liberty's comment "humans won't let humans down" might carry a bit more weight if he hadn't used mind-controlled aliens to attack a fair full of innocent people in the previous episode.
** Colonel Haley expresses a preference for the DEO's policies under Hank Henshaw (capture aliens, rather than work with them), but she seems to have no problem working with Supergirl or Brainiac 5 (although she may not be aware that Brainy isn't human).
* InsaneTrollLogic: Elizabeth's mother; an alien broke her heart, therefore all aliens are bad and the Children of Liberty are great for wanting them off of Earth.
** Agent Liberty's comment "humans won't let humans down" might carry a bit more weight if he hadn't used mind-controlled aliens to attack a fair full of innocent people in the previous episode.
** Colonel Haley expresses a preference for the DEO's policies under Hank Henshaw (capture aliens, rather than work with them), but she seems to have no problem working with Supergirl or Brainiac 5 (although she may not be aware that Brainy isn't human).
* InsaneTrollLogic: Elizabeth's mother; an alien broke her heart, therefore all aliens are bad and the Children of Liberty are great for wanting them off of Earth.
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* NeverMyFault: Elizabeth's mother blames Kara and J'onn for her daughter getting angry at her. She doesn't seem to think that hiding the letters Amadei sent her and misrepresenting him as a callous deadbeat had anything to do with it.
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* AmplifierArtifact: Amadei's amulet amplifies his healing powers. The Children of Liberty steal it so Lockwood can use it on Jensen, stabilizing his Parasite powers and allowing him to retain abilities indefinitely.
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* LiteralMinded: When Brainiac meets with Nia Nal, she points out that he never found her. Brainiac disputes that and rattles off an list of personal information about her, including her phone number. When asked why he never called, he says that she said to find her, not call her.
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* LiteralMinded: When Brainiac meets with Nia Nal, she points out that he never found her. Brainiac disputes that and rattles off an a list of personal information about her, including her phone number. When asked why he never called, he says that she said to find her, not call her.
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* PhlebotinumOverdose: When Jensen removes the amulet stabilizing his powers, the rush off all that power leaving him at once fries his brain.
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** After helping solve the attack on Amadei, J'onn gets a tip about another client who wants to hire him, suggesting that he'll be acting as a private detective for aliens. In some of the early comics, The Martian Manhunter worked as a detective in his human guise.
** After helping solve the attack on Amadei, J'onn gets a tip about another client who wants to hire him, suggesting that he'll be acting as a private detective for aliens. In some of the early comics, The Martian Manhunter worked as a detective in his human guise.
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* ShoutOut: The episode title is a reference to the poem, [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Lost Paradise Lost]].
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* HeelFaceDoorSlam: Alex talks Jensen into giving up his racist crusade, only for him to die from the intense withdrawal from the Parasite.
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* VillainHasAPoint: James is understandably annoyed at Ben Lockwood portraying him as a hero of humanity in a racist light and wants nothing to do with him, but Lockwood points out that denying people like him a voice only pushes them further into the darkness. Along with Lena pointing out that James has unwittingly bridged the two sides, he decides to call Lockwood in the hopes of changing minds.
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Supergirl and the DEO have to find a way to stop Jensen, who has been infected by the Parasite.
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* AmplifierArtifact: Amadei's amulet amplifies his healing powers. The Children of Liberty steal it so Lockwood can use it on Jensen, stabilizing his Parasite powers and allowing him to retain abilities indefinitely.
* HealingHands: Amadei is able to heal aliens by holding their hands. It does not work on humans.
* LiteralMinded: When Brainiac meets with Nia Nal, she points out that he never found her. Brainiac disputes that and rattles off an list of personal information about her, including her phone number. When asked why he never called, he says that she said to find her, not call her.
* MundaneUtility: The alien shapeshifter uses his powers to entertain people on the street for money.
* PhlebotinumOverdose: When Jensen removes the amulet stabilizing his powers, the rush off all that power leaving him at once fries his brain.
* PlayingWithFire: One of the aliens Jensen drains has the ability to generate fire.
* ShapeShifting: An alien uses his powers to entertain people for money. Jensen drains him to make an escape after draining Supergirl.
* ShockAndAwe: Another of Jensen's stolen powers, drained from one of the aliens at Amadei's vigil.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: Well, sort of. Since Nia Nal told Brainiac to find her, he did exactly that, cataloging her daily routine and personal information. Alex assures her that Brainiac is less stalkery than his list makes him sound.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Alex manages to talk Jensen into giving up the amulet peacefully rather than having to blow him up like a nuke and kill a lot of people in the crossfire.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Double-subverted.
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* AmplifierArtifact: Amadei's amulet amplifies his healing powers. The Children of Liberty steal it so Lockwood can use it on Jensen, stabilizing his Parasite powers and allowing him to retain abilities indefinitely.
* HealingHands: Amadei is able to heal aliens by holding their hands. It does not work on humans.
* LiteralMinded: When Brainiac meets with Nia Nal, she points out that he never found her. Brainiac disputes that and rattles off an list of personal information about her, including her phone number. When asked why he never called, he says that she said to find her, not call her.
* MundaneUtility: The alien shapeshifter uses his powers to entertain people on the street for money.
* PhlebotinumOverdose: When Jensen removes the amulet stabilizing his powers, the rush off all that power leaving him at once fries his brain.
* PlayingWithFire: One of the aliens Jensen drains has the ability to generate fire.
* ShapeShifting: An alien uses his powers to entertain people for money. Jensen drains him to make an escape after draining Supergirl.
* ShockAndAwe: Another of Jensen's stolen powers, drained from one of the aliens at Amadei's vigil.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: Well, sort of. Since Nia Nal told Brainiac to find her, he did exactly that, cataloging her daily routine and personal information. Alex assures her that Brainiac is less stalkery than his list makes him sound.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: Alex manages to talk Jensen into giving up the amulet peacefully rather than having to blow him up like a nuke and kill a lot of people in the crossfire.
* TyrantTakesTheHelm: Double-subverted.
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