History Recap / TheFlash2014S1E8FlashVsArrow

'''Felicity:''' Please tell me you're not ''actually'' having this conversation!

* {{Irony}}: The Arrow, a dark and brooding vigilante who has no problem wounding (or killing, if necessary), is on good terms with the Starling City Police Department, while the Flash, who is inherently upbeat, more fun, is very much opposed to killing and will do things like stop and help out someone painting a building, is considered a threat by the Central City Police Department.

* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Arrow even utters "I still believe in you, Barry." near the end of their fight.

** Also Barry has a series of these while under the HatePlague. Specifically he points out that Caitlin is treating him like Ronnie, calls out Singh for getting on his case despite the fact that he does his job to the best of his ability, and calls out Joe for putting his father in jail.

* RealityEnsues:
** Just as [[SympatheticInspectorAntagonist Quentin Lance]] did at first over on ''Arrow'', Joe West's trust in the Arrow is sketchy given the fact that he killed many people in the past, and is therefore technically a criminal as well.
** While it is ultimately a tie, Barry ''all but destroys'' Oliver when they fight, as to be expected by someone with his powers against a guy with a bow and arrow. The show plays to both of their strength and shows Oliver relying on trickery and catching Barry off-guard, which works to keep him in the fight despite Barry's power, letting Joe and Wells activate the machine to de-rage him.
** However, Barry's inexperience leads to several humiliating moments for him: Oliver first stuns him with explosive arrows, hits him with a tranq arrow, then actually manages to land a blow on Barry with his bow while Barry was [[FlashStep arrogantly dodging]]. He then hurls a flechette into Barry's ankle, severing his tendon and [[UntouchableUntilTagged removing his speed advantage.]] If Oliver had fought to kill, Barry would have been dead from the start.
** Barry thinks he can convince Iris that the Flash is not himself when he attacked Eddie, but Iris just completely lost faith in her hero.

* TheStinger: Two muggers apprehend a seemingly-homeless guy...only for the guy to explode into flame, revealing that a) Ronnie's alive, and b) he's got ComicBook/{{Firestorm}} powers.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Felicity seems amused by Iris's unconcealed crush on Oliver. It helps that [[{{Adorkable}} Oliver just has an awkward grin the entire time.]]

* HypocriticalHumor: Oliver says that they need to discuss Barry's use of "silly codenames" for his enemies. Barry counters by suggesting that they have that conversation "over coffee with Deathstroke and The Huntress." Although ARGUS gave Deathstroke his and Huntress was an ally of Olivers when Detective Lance gave dubbed her "the huntress".

* GreenEyedMonster: Toyed with; Barry accuses Oliver of this, due to Ollie's tough love approach to training him making him think he's hard on him out of resentment. Played straight with Barry's HatePlague-induced attack on Eddie, who he still holds ''some'' resentment for because he's dating Iris (though in this case, his eyes turn ''red''). Eddie himself is noted to ''also'' be at least partially jealous of Iris's HeroWorship of the Flash, which is largely why he pushes to get a task force to deal with him assembled.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Felicity seems amused by Iris' unconcealed crush on Oliver. It helps that [[{{Adorkable}} Oliver just has an awkward grin the entire time.]]

* GreenEyedMonster: Toyed with; Barry accuses Oliver of this, due to Ollie's tough love approach to training him making him think he's hard on him out of resentment. Played straight with Barry's HatePlague-induced attack on Eddie, who he still holds ''some'' resentment for because he's dating Iris (though in this case, his eyes turn ''red''). Eddie himself is noted to ''also'' be at least partially jealous of Iris' HeroWorship of the Flash, which is largely why he pushes to get a task force to deal with him assembled.

* UnfortunateNames: Iris' implied reaction to the Flash saying his [[BlatantLies "real name"]].

** Caitlin repeatedly points out to Barry that by constantly involving the Flash with Iris, it's almost as if he's trying to break her and Eddie up. The most apparent is when, directly after she tells him to "stop ruining Iris' love life" and go do his superhero work, he ''immediately'' hits on Iris by heavily implying she's the only girl he talks that way about.

* JerkassHasAPoint: Oliver points out (with crossbow bolts) that there's no excuse for Barry to be caught by surprise by someone setting up traps or other surprises when with his speed he should have plenty of time to scout out an area before confronting his opponent.

* StopHavingFunGuys: Oliver. Amongst other critiques he has of Barry's operation is "giving his enemies silly code names"...which Barry points out the authorities do about Oliver's own rogues in Starling City.

* EatingTheEyeCandy: Iris comments Oliver's attractiveness to Barry.

* HypocriticalHumor: Oliver says that they need to discuss Barry's use of "silly codenames" for his enemies. Barry counters by suggesting that they have that conversation "over coffee with Deathstroke and The Huntress." Although ARGUS gave Deathstroke his and Huntress was a ally when Oliver gave her hers.

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: Felicity seems quite amused by Iris' unconcealed crush on Oliver.

* StopHavingFunGuy: Oliver. Amongst other critiques he has of Barry's operation is "giving his enemies silly code names"...which Barry points out the authorities do about Oliver's own rogues in Starling City.

* SupermanStaysOutOfGotham: Played with; Joe does not like Arrow operating in his city, believing him to be a lunatic, and his methods are not welcome. Oliver's Starling City is very much a corrupt WretchedHive on the brink of collapse, while Central City was more like an average city until the particle accelerator explosion. So while Oliver has to be a hardline vigilante out of necessity, Barry is able to bit less cynical and more playful which leads to their conflicting heroic ideals: Oliver wants to stop crime by punish criminals, Barry just want to help people.