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** Also, Eobard only became the the Flash's arch-nemesis and 'opposite' because he discovered while time-travelling that he was destined to do so.
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** Not to mention, this episode freely makes use of ''both'' the AlternateTimeline and StableTimeLoop theories. Despite being a relic from an erased timeline, Eobard's experiences in this episode are somehow part of a StableTimeLoop that sets into motion the events that lead to his timeline being erased in the first place.
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* AntagonistTitle: The episode id named after Barry's ultimate ArchEnemy and the Season 1 BigBad.
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* AntagonistTitle: The episode id is named after Barry's ultimate ArchEnemy and the Season 1 BigBad.
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* TimeyWimeyBall: The show's TimeTravel logic is stretched further than ever before to explain how a "temporal echo" of Eobard Thawne can still exist after his family tree was cut short. Nora's death being a fixed point in time is also a brand new supposition that could have saved everyone a lot of trouble last season. It does however explain how Future!Barry was still able to exist despite his entire time being changed and why he warned his other self not to save Nora.
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* TimeyWimeyBall: The show's TimeTravel logic is stretched further than ever before to explain how a "temporal echo" of Eobard Thawne can still exist after his family tree was cut short. Nora's death being a fixed point in time is also a brand new supposition that could have saved everyone a lot of trouble last season. It does however explain how Future!Barry was still able to exist despite his entire time timeline being changed and why he warned his other self not to save Nora.
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* BaitAndSwitch: Cisco's PsychicNosebleed is at first implied to be because the goggles Harry made to harness his powers is a DeadlyUpgrade for him. Turns out not to be the case.
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* AntagonistTitle: The episode id named after Barry's ultimate ArchEnemy and the Season 1 BigBad.
* TheBusCameBack: Dr. [=McGee=] returns after last appearing in this season's fourth episode. Ditto Francine West. Most importantly, the episode deals [[TitleDrop the return of Eobard Thawne]].
* CallBack:
** The time vault and the (original/main) Reverse-Flash costume appears in this episode.
** Iris opens up about Eddie's death to Wally in order for the latter to forgive their mother.
** Barry sends Eobard back to the future by running around the Particle Accelerator, just like how he opened the time hole in the Season 1 finale.
** Barry and Patty's farewell on the train is reminiscent of Barry and Felicity's during early early Season 1.
* CallBack:
** The time vault and the (original/main) Reverse-Flash costume appears in this episode.
** Iris opens up about Eddie's death to Wally in order for the latter to forgive their mother.
** Barry sends Eobard back to the future by running around the Particle Accelerator, just like how he opened the time hole in the Season 1 finale.
** Barry and Patty's farewell on the train is reminiscent of Barry and Felicity's during early early Season 1.
* DecompositeCharacter: Jay Garrick's Earth-1 counterpart is revealed to be Hunter Zolomon, Zoom's civilian identity in the comics.
* EventTitle: There's a "returns" in the title.
* NoOntologicalInertia: Cisco's existence is implied to be heavily tied to Eobard Thawne's.
* OriginStory: For Eobard's. Lampshaded by Harry.
* SameCharacterButDifferent: This is the Earth-1 Eobard Thawne, just from a future where he is still at the beginning of his career.
* SoLastSeason: ZigZagged. Barry is now faster and stronger than Eobard, but this Eobard is from a distant future where he is still at the beginning of his career as the Reverse-Flash.
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* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Since Thawn could never become the Flash like he always dreamed of, he decided to be the reverse of everything the Flash ever was.
* TimeyWimeyBall: The show's time travel logic is stretched further than ever before to explain how a "temporal echo" of Eobard Thawne can still exist after his family tree was cut short. Nora's death being a fixed point in time is also a brand new supposition that could have saved everyone a lot of trouble last season. It does however explain how Future!Barry was still able to exist despite his entire time being changed and why he warned his other self not to save Nora.
* TimeyWimeyBall: The show's time travel logic is stretched further than ever before to explain how a "temporal echo" of Eobard Thawne can still exist after his family tree was cut short. Nora's death being a fixed point in time is also a brand new supposition that could have saved everyone a lot of trouble last season. It does however explain how Future!Barry was still able to exist despite his entire time being changed and why he warned his other self not to save Nora.
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* TemptingFate: Harry just have to wear the Reverse-Flash suit while on the time vault, didn't he?
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: SinceThawn Thawne could never become the Flash like he always dreamed of, he decided to be the reverse of everything the Flash ever was.
* ThisIsUnforgivable: Harry strongly implies that he resents Eobard for what he did/will do to [[YouKilledMyFather his Earth-1 counterpart]].
* TimeyWimeyBall: The show'stime travel TimeTravel logic is stretched further than ever before to explain how a "temporal echo" of Eobard Thawne can still exist after his family tree was cut short. Nora's death being a fixed point in time is also a brand new supposition that could have saved everyone a lot of trouble last season. It does however explain how Future!Barry was still able to exist despite his entire time being changed and why he warned his other self not to save Nora.
* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Since
* ThisIsUnforgivable: Harry strongly implies that he resents Eobard for what he did/will do to [[YouKilledMyFather his Earth-1 counterpart]].
* TimeyWimeyBall: The show's
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* YouCantFightFate: Thawne's actions in Season 1 and before it is destined to happen.
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Considering that Hunter wasn\'t ever mentioned in the show before, and we don\'t know anything about him except name it\'s far to early to qualify him as either composite or decomposite character. And guy being Hunter Zolomon, while curious to the comicbook fans doesn\'t really change anything, he could be named Clark Kent, Peter Parker, Cloud Strife of Son Goku and it would\'ve been exacly the same situation, there\'s no wham in this line. + cleaning up after something who doesn\'t know the alphabet while i\'m at it.
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* CompositeCharacter: Turns out Jay Garrick has a Earth-1 counterpart...except he's not named Jay Garrick; he's named '''Hunter Zolomon''' (known in the comics as Zoom, the second Reverse-Flash and Wally West's nemesis).
** DecompositeCharacter: Here Hunter Zolomon isn't Zoom, he's Jay Garrick's Earth-1 counterpart who took the name of his adoptive parents.
** DecompositeCharacter: Here Hunter Zolomon isn't Zoom, he's Jay Garrick's Earth-1 counterpart who took the name of his adoptive parents.
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* PsychicNosebleed: Cisco's starting to experience nosebleeds ever since he Vibed with Harry's custom-made goggles.
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* PsychicNosebleed: Cisco's starting to experience nosebleeds ever since he Vibed with Harry's custom-made goggles. MythologyGag: Jay Garrick's Earth-1 counterpart is named '''Hunter Zolomon'''. Hunter Zolomon is known in the comics as Zoom, the second Reverse-Flash and Wally West's nemesis.
* PsychicNosebleed: Cisco's starting to experience nosebleeds ever since he Vibed with Harry's custom-made goggles.
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* YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness: Thawne tries to pull this on Dr. [=McGee=], but luckily Barry saves her in the nick of time.
* WhamLine: A big one.
--> '''Jay:''' His name isn't Jay Garrick, it's Hunter Zolomon.
* WhamLine: A big one.
--> '''Jay:''' His name isn't Jay Garrick, it's Hunter Zolomon.
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* YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness: Thawne tries to pull this on Dr. [=McGee=], but luckily Barry saves her in the nick of time.
* WhamLine: A big one.
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* WhamLine: A big one.
--> '''Jay:''' His name isn't Jay Garrick, it's Hunter Zolomon.
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* EnemyMine: Much to Barry's anger and disbelief, he has to help Thawne travel back to the latter's own time to save Cisco's life.
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* PutOnABus: Patty leaves for Midway City.
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* EnemyMine: Much to Barry's anger and disbelief, he has to help Thawne travel back to the latter's own time to save Cisco's life.
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* ContinuityNod
** Barry thinks Caitlin's worried about Dr. [=McGee=] getting kidnapped, a reference to Caitlin's tenure at Mercury Labs between Seasons 1 and 2.
** [=McGee=] reminisces about the last time her tachyon device was stolen.
** Thawne threatens Dr. [=McGee=] about fixing the tachyon device with one single word: "Learn." Well, at least we know one thing Grodd's "inherited" from his father.
** Barry thinks Caitlin's worried about Dr. [=McGee=] getting kidnapped, a reference to Caitlin's tenure at Mercury Labs between Seasons 1 and 2.
** [=McGee=] reminisces about the last time her tachyon device was stolen.
** Thawne threatens Dr. [=McGee=] about fixing the tachyon device with one single word: "Learn." Well, at least we know one thing Grodd's "inherited" from his father.
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* ProperlyParanoid: Jay is immediately suspicious of how the Turtle seems to have died the very night he was captured. Harry is only DiggingYourselfDeeper by denying Jay's accusation, even though [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial Jay didn't say anything]].
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* ScreamsLikeALittleGirl: Cisco when he sees Harry wearing the Reverse Flash suit while in the Time Vault.
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* {{Forgiveness}}: Joe and Iris come to terms with Francine on her death bed.
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* PsychicNosebleed: Cisco's starting to experience nosebleeds ever since he Vibed with Harry's custom-made goggles.
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* TimeyWimeyBall: The show's time travel logic is stretched further than ever before to explain how a "temporal echo" of Eobard Thawne can still exist after his family tree was cut short. Nora's death being a fixed point in time is also a brand new supposition that could have saved everyone a lot of trouble last season. It does however how Future!Barry was still able to exist despite his entire time being changed and why he warned his other self not to save Nora.
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* TimeyWimeyBall: The show's time travel logic is stretched further than ever before to explain how a "temporal echo" of Eobard Thawne can still exist after his family tree was cut short. Nora's death being a fixed point in time is also a brand new supposition that could have saved everyone a lot of trouble last season. It does however explain how Future!Barry was still able to exist despite his entire time being changed and why he warned his other self not to save Nora.
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* TimeyWimeyBall: The show's time travel logic is stretched further than ever before to explain how a "temporal echo" of Eobard Thawne can still exist after his family tree was cut short. Nora's death being a fixed point in time is also a brand new supposition that could have saved everyone a lot of trouble last season.
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* TimeyWimeyBall: The show's time travel logic is stretched further than ever before to explain how a "temporal echo" of Eobard Thawne can still exist after his family tree was cut short. Nora's death being a fixed point in time is also a brand new supposition that could have saved everyone a lot of trouble last season.season. It does however how Future!Barry was still able to exist despite his entire time being changed and why he warned his other self not to save Nora.
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* TimeyWimeyBall: The show's time travel logic is stretched further than ever before to explain how a "temporal echo" of Eobard Thawn can still exist after his family tree was cut short. Nora's death being a fixed point in time is also a brand new supposition that could have saved everyone a lot of trouble last season.
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* TimeyWimeyBall: The show's time travel logic is stretched further than ever before to explain how a "temporal echo" of Eobard Thawn Thawne can still exist after his family tree was cut short. Nora's death being a fixed point in time is also a brand new supposition that could have saved everyone a lot of trouble last season.
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* TimeyWimeyBall: The show's time travel logic is stretched further than ever before to explain how a "temporal echo" of Eobard Thawn can still exist after his family tree was cut short. Nora's death being a fixed point in time is also a brand new supposition that could have saved everyone a lot of trouble last season.
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* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Since Thawn could never become the Flash like he always dreamed of, he decided to be the reverse of everything the Flash ever was.
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Much to horror of everyone, Eobard Thawne returns to Central City. But defeating him might not be so easy.
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Much to the horror of everyone, Eobard Thawne returns to Central City. But defeating him might not be so easy.
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* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: Barry drives Pattie away, because he's sick and tired of evil speedsters taking his loved ones from him.
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* BreakHisHeartToSaveHim: Barry drives Pattie Patty away, because he's sick and tired of evil speedsters taking his loved ones from him.
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* CompositeCharacter: Turns out Jay Garrick has a Earth-1 counterpart...except he's not named Jay Garrick he's named '''Hunter Zolomon''' (Wally West's nemesis - Zoom the second Reverse Flash in the comics).
** DecompositeCharacter: Hunter Zolomon isn't Zoom, he's Jay Garrick's Earth-1 counterpart who took the name of his adopted parents.
** DecompositeCharacter: Hunter Zolomon isn't Zoom, he's Jay Garrick's Earth-1 counterpart who took the name of his adopted parents.
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* CompositeCharacter: Turns out Jay Garrick has a Earth-1 counterpart...except he's not named Jay Garrick Garrick; he's named '''Hunter Zolomon''' (Wally (known in the comics as Zoom, the second Reverse-Flash and Wally West's nemesis - Zoom the second Reverse Flash in the comics).
nemesis).
** DecompositeCharacter: Here Hunter Zolomon isn't Zoom, he's Jay Garrick's Earth-1 counterpart who took the name of hisadopted adoptive parents.
** DecompositeCharacter: Here Hunter Zolomon isn't Zoom, he's Jay Garrick's Earth-1 counterpart who took the name of his
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Barry gives Thawne such a brutual beating, that Joe has to remind Barry not to kill him.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Barry gives Thawne such a brutual beating, brutal beating that Joe has to remind Barry not to kill him.
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** Discussed. Everyone points out that Eobard Thawne no longer exists. But Harry explains that from Eobard's POV that hasn't happened yet - in other words time is protecting him while he plays out his history.
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** Discussed. Everyone points out that Eobard Thawne no longer exists. But Harry explains that from Eobard's POV POV, that hasn't happened yet - in other words -- time is protecting him while he plays out his history.
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* TheReveal: Barry finally finds out why Thawne hates him so much. Thawne was the Flash's biggest fan so he tried to become just like him, right down to copying the lab accident that gave him his powers. Much to his horror, he found out he was destined to be the Flash's greatest enemy so he decide to be the reverse of everything Barry was.
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* TheReveal: Barry finally finds out why Thawne hates him so much. Thawne was the Flash's biggest fan so he tried to become just like him, right down to copying the lab accident that gave him his powers. Much to his horror, he found out he was destined to be the Flash's greatest enemy enemy, so he decide to be snapped and became the reverse of everything Barry was.
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* StableTimeLoop: Eobard's first trip to Central City is how he finds out about STAR Labs, Dr. Wells, and Barry's identity setting up how he will kill Barry's mom in the future.
* TemporalParadox: Keeping Thawne in the Pipeline causes major consequences.
* UnexpectedCharacter: Given how the producers confirmed that Zoom was ''not'' Hunter Zolomon, it's a major shock seeming on Earth-1.
* YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness: Thawne tries to pull this on Dr. [=McGee=], but luckily Barry saves her in the knick of time.
* TemporalParadox: Keeping Thawne in the Pipeline causes major consequences.
* UnexpectedCharacter: Given how the producers confirmed that Zoom was ''not'' Hunter Zolomon, it's a major shock seeming on Earth-1.
* YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness: Thawne tries to pull this on Dr. [=McGee=], but luckily Barry saves her in the knick of time.
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* StableTimeLoop: Eobard's first trip to Central City is how he finds out about STAR Labs, Dr. Wells, and (eventually) Barry's identity identity, setting up how he will kill Barry's mom in the future.
* TemporalParadox: Keeping Thawne in the Pipelinecauses has major consequences.
* UnexpectedCharacter: Given how the producers confirmed that Zoom was ''not'' Hunter Zolomon, it's a major shockseeming seeing him on Earth-1.
* YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness: Thawne tries to pull this on Dr. [=McGee=], but luckily Barry saves her in theknick nick of time.
* TemporalParadox: Keeping Thawne in the Pipeline
* UnexpectedCharacter: Given how the producers confirmed that Zoom was ''not'' Hunter Zolomon, it's a major shock
* YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness: Thawne tries to pull this on Dr. [=McGee=], but luckily Barry saves her in the
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** DecompositeCharacter: Hunter Zolomon isn't Zoom, he's Jay Garrick's Earth-1 counterpart who took the name of his adopted parents.
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* {{Retgone}}:
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* UnexpectedCharacter: Given how the producers confirmed that Zoom was ''not'' Hunter Zolomon, it's a major shock seeming on Earth-1.
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->WhamLine: A big one.
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--> '''Jay:''' His name isn't Jay Garrick, it's Hunter Zolomon.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Barry gives Thawne such a brutual beating, that Joe has to tell not to kill him.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Barry gives Thawne such a brutual beating, that Joe has to tell remind Barry not to kill him.
* RetGone:him.
* RetGone:
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* CompositeCharacter: Turns out Jay Garrick has a Earth-1 counterpart...except he's not named Jay Garrick he's named '''Hunter Zolomon''' (Wally West's nemesis in the comics).
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* CompositeCharacter: Turns out Jay Garrick has a Earth-1 counterpart...except he's not named Jay Garrick he's named '''Hunter Zolomon''' (Wally West's nemesis - Zoom the second Reverse Flash in the comics).
* DecompositeCharacter: Hunter Zolomon isn't Zoom he's Jay Garrick's Earth-1 counterpart who took the name of his adopted parents.
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* YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness: Thawne tries to pull this on Dr. [=McGee=], but luckily Barry saves her in the knick of time.
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* YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness: Thawne tries to pull this on Dr. [=McGee=], but luckily Barry saves her in the knick of time.time.
* WhamLine:
-> '''Jay:''' His name isn't Jay Garrick, it's Hunter Zolomon.
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-> '''Jay:''' His name isn't Jay Garrick, it's Hunter Zolomon.
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* TemporalParadox: Keeping Thawne in the Pipeline causes major consequences.
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* TemporalParadox: Keeping Thawne in the Pipeline causes major consequences.consequences.
* YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness: Thawne tries to pull this on Dr. [=McGee=], but luckily Barry saves her in the knick of time.
* YouHaveOutLivedYourUsefulness: Thawne tries to pull this on Dr. [=McGee=], but luckily Barry saves her in the knick of time.
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* BadassBookworm: Barry finally gets the drop on Thawne, by using his brain as well as his speed.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Barry gives Thawne such a brutual beating, that Joe has to tell not to kill him.
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* TheReveal: Barry finally finds out while Thawne hates him so much. Thawne was the Flash's biggest fan so he tried to become just like him, right down to copying the lab accident that gave him his powers. Much to his horror, he found out he was destined to be the Flash's greatest enemy so he decide to be the reverse of everything Barry was.
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* TheReveal: Barry finally finds out while why Thawne hates him so much. Thawne was the Flash's biggest fan so he tried to become just like him, right down to copying the lab accident that gave him his powers. Much to his horror, he found out he was destined to be the Flash's greatest enemy so he decide to be the reverse of everything Barry was.
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* BreakHisHeartToSameHim: Barry drives Pattie away, because he's sick and tired of evil speedsters taking his loved ones from him.
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* BreakHisHeartToSameHim: Barry drives Pattie away, because he's sick and tired of evil speedsters taking his loved ones from him.
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Much to horror of everyone, Eobard Thawne returns to Central City. But defeating himself him might not be so easy.
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* BecauseDestinySaysSo: Thawne became a villain because he found out that he was destined to become a villain.
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* InternalReveal: Patty works out that Barry is the Flash.
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** Discussed. Everyone points out that Eobard Thawne no longer exists. But Harry explains that from Eobard's POV that hasn't happened yet - in other words time is protecting him until he plays out his history.
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** Discussed. Everyone points out that Eobard Thawne no longer exists. But Harry explains that from Eobard's POV that hasn't happened yet - in other words time is protecting him until while he plays out his history.history.
** This nearly happens to Cisco, but luckily sending Thawne back to his proper time fixes things.
** This nearly happens to Cisco, but luckily sending Thawne back to his proper time fixes things.
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** This nearly happens to Cisco, but luckily sending Thawne back to his proper time fixes things.
* StableTimeLoop: Eobard's first trip to Central City is how he finds out about STAR Labs, Dr. Wells, and Barry's identity setting up how he will kill Barry's mom in the future.
* StableTimeLoop: Eobard's first trip to Central City is how he finds out about STAR Labs, Dr. Wells, and Barry's identity setting up how he will kill Barry's mom in the future.
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* StableTimeLoop: Eobard's first trip to Central City is how he finds out about STAR Labs, Dr. Wells, and Barry's identity setting up how he will kill Barry's mom in the
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Much to horror of everyone, Eobard Thawne returns to Central City. But defeating himself might not be so easy.
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* BeingGoodSucks: Barry has to let Thawne go to preserve the time line.
* BrickJoke: A season later, and Cisco is ''still'' trying to figure out how to put a Flash suit in a ring.
* CompositeCharacter: Turns out Jay Garrick has a Earth-1 counterpart...except he's not named Jay Garrick he's named '''Hunter Zolomon''' (Wally West's nemesis in the comics).
* RetGone:
** Discussed. Everyone points out that Eobard Thawne no longer exists. But Harry explains that from Eobard's POV that hasn't happened yet - in other words time is protecting him until he plays out his history.
* TheReveal: Barry finally finds out while Thawne hates him so much. Thawne was the Flash's biggest fan so he tried to become just like him, right down to copying the lab accident that gave him his powers. Much to his horror, he found out he was destined to be the Flash's greatest enemy so he decide to be the reverse of everything Barry was.
** This nearly happens to Cisco, but luckily sending Thawne back to his proper time fixes things.
* StableTimeLoop: Eobard's first trip to Central City is how he finds out about STAR Labs, Dr. Wells, and Barry's identity setting up how he will kill Barry's mom in the future.
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* BeingGoodSucks: Barry has to let Thawne go to preserve the time line.
* BrickJoke: A season later, and Cisco is ''still'' trying to figure out how to put a Flash suit in a ring.
* CompositeCharacter: Turns out Jay Garrick has a Earth-1 counterpart...except he's not named Jay Garrick he's named '''Hunter Zolomon''' (Wally West's nemesis in the comics).
* RetGone:
** Discussed. Everyone points out that Eobard Thawne no longer exists. But Harry explains that from Eobard's POV that hasn't happened yet - in other words time is protecting him until he plays out his history.
* TheReveal: Barry finally finds out while Thawne hates him so much. Thawne was the Flash's biggest fan so he tried to become just like him, right down to copying the lab accident that gave him his powers. Much to his horror, he found out he was destined to be the Flash's greatest enemy so he decide to be the reverse of everything Barry was.
** This nearly happens to Cisco, but luckily sending Thawne back to his proper time fixes things.
* StableTimeLoop: Eobard's first trip to Central City is how he finds out about STAR Labs, Dr. Wells, and Barry's identity setting up how he will kill Barry's mom in the future.
