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** When operating the holographic Flash, Cisco begins the wind up for LeeroyJenkins.

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** When operating the holographic Flash, Cisco begins the wind up for LeeroyJenkins.WebVideo/LeeroyJenkins.
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** When operating the holographic Flash, Cisco begins the wind up for LeeroyJenkins.

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* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: The experiment to give Barry his powers is anything ''but'' awesome as it seemingly causes him to disappear into nothing!

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* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: NegatedMomentOfAwesome:
** A hologram of the Flash and coordinated police teamwork taking out a powerful metahuman is immediately negated by Zoom killing all but 3 people in the blink of an eye.
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** Everyone when Zoom appears at Jitters and follows through on his threat earlier.

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* CurbStompBattle: Zoom kills the entire SWAT team that apprehended Rupture in about 10 seconds.

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* CurbStompBattle: Zoom kills the entire SWAT team that apprehended Rupture in about 10 seconds. The first 9 seconds of which was him arriving and telling the camera man to make sure he caught it all.

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* BadBoss: Zoom once again, as he kills Rupture after failing to kill the police officers.



* CrucifiedHeroShot: Barry is positioned this way when attached to the device that will supposedly give him his powers back.



* CruelMercy: Instead of killing them after they tried to recreate Barry's powers, Zoom let's Team Flash live, knowing that they killed him.
* CrushingThePopulace: Zoom is starting a new empire in Central City by killing its protectors in public view, a first step in the same plan he used to conquer Earth 2.



* CrucifiedHeroShot: Barry is positioned this way when attached to the device that will supposedly give him his powers back.
* CrushingThePopulace: Zoom is starting a new empire in Central City by killing its protectors in public view, a first step in the same plan he used to conquer Earth 2.


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* HopeCrusher: Zoom continues being one by delivering a speech to Central City live on television, telling them that the Flash patrolling the streets is nothing but a hologram.
* ICanSeeMyHouseFromHere: Or appartment, in Cisco's case.


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* KickTheDog: Before Zoom kills Rupture, he tells him that he is a disappointment just like his brother.


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* NeckSnap: What Zoom does to the police officers.


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* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Zoom, previously conflicted about being called such by Caitlin, calls himself a monster in this episode and gleefully goes on commiting atrocities.
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** Cisco compares Rupture to [[Film/ThePrincessBride Iñigo Montoya]].

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** Cisco compares Rupture to [[Film/ThePrincessBride Iñigo Inigo Montoya]].
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* MassSuperEmpoweringEvent: Everyone is reluctant for Barry to undergo an experiment to get his powers back because the last thing Central City needs is ''more'' evil meta-humans running about; not to mention that Central City just recovered from the last Particle Accelerator explosion.

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* BodyHorror: Barry disintegrating is very painful.



* EvilIsPetty: Zoom kills all those policemen despite Caitlin's protests simply because she called him a monster a few episodes ago.



** Rupture does not know that it was Zoom who killed his brother.

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** Rupture does not know that it was Zoom who killed his brother.brother, until Zoom tells himself right before he kills him.


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* MoralityPet: Zoom says he won't kill Barry because of Caitlin. However she didn't want him to kill of those policemen either.


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* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: The experiment to give Barry his powers is anything ''but'' awesome as it seemingly causes him to disappear into nothing!
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* AskAStupidQuestion:
-->'''Harry:''' Ramone, get the wand.\\
'''Cisco:''' The one I made for Weather Wizard?\\
'''Harry:''' No, the one you made for the Harry Potter convention. Yes, the one you made for Weather Wizard!
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* ForegoneConclusion: Barry's apparent death would carry a lot more tension had the corresponding season of ''{{Series/Arrow}}'' not featured Barry, safe and sound and in full possession of his powers, in a near-future FlashForward scene.

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The Blatant Lies trope is about a lie that is (or at least should be) obvious to the person hearing it.


* BlatantLies: Zoom, the killer of Reverb, tells Rupture that Cisco did it in order to get him to kill Vibe for him.


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* ManipulativeBastard: Zoom, the killer of Reverb, tells Rupture that Cisco did it in order to get him to kill Vibe for him.
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** Enforced with the reenactment of Barry's SuperheroOtigin.

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** Enforced with the reenactment of Barry's SuperheroOtigin.SuperheroOrigin.



** Cisco and Dante got attacked by the sibling of a villain Team Flash faced.



** Cisco compares Rupture to [[Film/ThePrincessBride Iñigo Montoya]].

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** Cisco compares Rupture to [[Film/ThePrincessBride Iñigo Montoya]].

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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Iris essentially confesses to Barry on how she feels when he's contemplating on recreating his SuperheroOrigin.
* TheBadGuysWin: The episode ends with Zoom successfully conquering Central City and Barry disappearing after an attempt to reclaim his powers, apparently dying.



* BittersweetEnding: Zoom successfully conquers Central City, Caitlin is still captured, and Barry seemingly dies. One the bright side, Cisco and Dante officially mended their relationship, and both Wally and Jesse may become speedsters in the near future.



** Dante also makes his appearance after Cisco had a vibe.
* CallBack: This episode made plenty of references from season 1's event from the Ramon brothers getting kidnapped to Barry confessing his feelings to Iris.

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** Dante also makes his first appearance after Cisco had a vibe.
** Cap. Singh returns after a long absence.
* CallBack: This episode made plenty of references from season Season 1's event from [[Recap/TheFlash2014S1E16RogueTime the Ramon brothers getting kidnapped kidnapped]] to [[Recap/TheFlash2014S1E9TheManInTheYellowSuit Barry confessing his feelings to Iris.Iris]] ([[Recap/TheFlash2014S1E15OutOfTime And Iris' own that was negated]]). Most importantly, [[Recap/TheFlash2014S1E1Pilot the reenactment of the Particle Accelerator explosion]].



* CoversAlwaysLie: The episode poster shows Barry in full Flash get-up when he's attached to the device in the Particle Accelerator. In the episode itself, the mask is hooded-out.



* CrucifiedHeroShot: Barry is positioned this way when attached to the device that will supposedly give him his powers back.



* DoubleMeaningTitle: The title refers to both the VillainOfTheWeek and what [[NoBodyLeftBehind happened to Barry]] at the end of the episode.



* ForWantOfANail: Rupture and Reverb had the close relationship that Cisco and Dante from Earth-1 never had. It takes Zoom killing Rupture for Cisco and Dante to fully repair their relationship.



* FreudianTrio: Perfectly filed by Barry's father figures regarding their respective stand over Barry repeating the accident that got him his SuperSpeed.
** [[TheSpock Harry]], the most desperate for Barry to undergo the procedure, which is his idea to begin with (Superego).
** [[TheKirk Joe]], has his reservations regarding Barry undergoing the procedure, but at the same time considers the plan's necessity to stop Zoom (Ego).
** [[TheMcCoy Henry]], completely against the whole plan out of concern for his son (Id).



* HistoryRepeats:
** Enforced with the reenactment of Barry's SuperheroOtigin.
** Zoom kills dozens of police officers to take over Central City, just like what he did on his Earth.



* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Nobody bothers to tell Wally and Jesse that they're recreating the experiment that gave Barry his powers. Otherwise they might have stayed in the Time Vault and not been caught in the dark matter blast.

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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: LockedOutOfTheLoop:
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Nobody bothers to tell Wally and Jesse that they're recreating the experiment that gave Barry his powers. Otherwise they might have stayed in the Time Vault and not been caught in the dark matter blast. Speaking of which, Jesse is at least aware that Barry is The Flash. Wally still doesn't know as of this episode.
** Rupture does not know that it was Zoom who killed his brother.



** Barry seemingly dying by disintegration, leaving only a tattered suit behind, is similar to his death in ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths.

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** Barry seemingly dying by disintegration, leaving only a tattered suit behind, is similar to his death in ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths.''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''.



** Zoom sarcastically calls Wally "old friend". In the comics, Zoom is Wally's ArchEnemy and EvilFormerFriend.
** Henry notes that Garrick was his mother's maiden name. In ''Series/TheFlash1990'', Jay Garrick and the Allens are RelatedInTheAdaptation. For added bonus, Henry's actor [[RemakeCameo headlined that series]].



* OhCrap: Plenty.
** Harry has a MyGodWhatHaveIDone look on his face after seeing Barry disintegrates.
** Jesse and Wally while trying to outrun the dark matter blast.
** Cisco and Dante when Rupture begins his RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
** Zoom gives a BigNo upon seeing Team Flash recreating Barry's SuperheroOrigin.



* ThatManIsDead: Zoom officially casts off the identity of Jay Garrick.

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* ThatManIsDead: Zoom officially casts off ShoutOut:
** Harry and Cisco did a couple of ''Literature/HarryPotter'' nods.
** Cisco compares Rupture to [[Film/ThePrincessBride Iñigo Montoya]].
** The device that Barry will have to use to regain his powers looks similar to
the identity of Jay Garrick.one used by Peter Bishop in ''Series/{{Fringe}}''.



* SuperheroOrigin: Wally and Jesse's might have began after they were hit with the dark matter. Recreating Barry's is also the CentralTheme of the episode.
* TemptingFate:
-->'''Jesse:''' [to Wally] It's not like we have powers. [She and Wally get hit with the Particle Accelerator explosion at the end of the episode]
* ThatManIsDead: Zoom officially casts off the identity of Jay Garrick.



* YouKilledMyFather: Rupture goes after Cisco because Zoom told him that Cisco killed Reverb.

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* WhamEpisode: Zoom successfully conquers Central City, Barry seemingly dies after trying to recreate his SuperheroOrigin, and both Wally and Jesse got struck by the dark matter suggesting the start of their own SuperheroOrigin.
* WhamShot:
** Barry disintegrating during the recreation of his SuperheroOrigin.
** Wally and Jesse getting hit by the dark matter.
* YouKilledMyFather: Rupture goes after Cisco because Zoom told him that Cisco killed Reverb. Cisco even lampshades the [[TropeNamers Trope Naming]] [[Film/ThePrincessBride film]].

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* HappyEndingOverride: It seemed that Cisco and Dante had grown closer after the events of Rogue Time, but this episode shows that it didn't stick.



* MythologyGag: The experiment to give Barry his powers back is taken right out of ''Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}}'', albeit adapted to the show's mythology.

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* MythologyGag: The MythologyGag:
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experiment to give Barry his powers back is taken right out of ''Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}}'', albeit adapted to the show's mythology.mythology.
**Barry seemingly dying by disintegration, leaving only a tattered suit behind, is similar to his death in ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths.

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* TheBusCameBack: Henry comes back to Central City for good this time.

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* TheBusCameBack: TheBusCameBack:
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Henry comes back to Central City for good this time.time.
** Dante also makes his appearance after Cisco had a vibe.
* CallBack: This episode made plenty of references from season 1's event from the Ramon brothers getting kidnapped to Barry confessing his feelings to Iris.
* ContinuityNod: Iris was concerned about Barry taking a huge risk just like when he went to Earth-2 after breaking up with Patty.


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* SinisterScythe: Rupture can easily destroy vehicles with a swing of his high tech scythe.

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* CrushingThePopulace: Zoom is starting a new empire in Central City by killing its protectors in public view, a first step in the same plan he used to conquer Earth 2.



* ReignOfTerror: Zoom begins one in Central City.

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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Of course we know he's coming back, but Barry screams as he ''disintegrates'' in the face of the dark matter wave.



* DarkestHour: Zoom has conquered Central City by scaring the police ''and'' let them know there is no Flash around to save them. And when Team Flash tries to give Barry his powers back it seemingly '''kills''' him instead.
* TheDreaded: The Flash is this to many metahumans. Wells reveals a list of the metahumans on his world and there are hundreds if not thousands, Earth 1 would have far more because the Earth 2 particle accelerator explosion was contained unlike Earth 1's. However the vast majority of the metahumans are in hiding out of fear of the Flash.
* ForeShadowing: Wally lamenting how he feels like he's meant to help people, and then later being caught in the dark matter blast, suggests he might be getting his own speed soon.

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* DarkestHour: Zoom has conquered Central City by scaring the police ''and'' let letting them know there is no Flash around to save them. And when Team Flash tries to give Barry his powers back it seemingly '''kills''' him instead.
* TheDreaded: The Flash is this to many metahumans. Wells reveals a list of the metahumans on his world world, and there are hundreds if not thousands, thousands. Earth 1 would should have far more because the Earth 2 particle accelerator explosion was contained unlike Earth 1's. However However, the vast majority of the metahumans are in hiding out of fear of the Flash.
* ForeShadowing: {{Foreshadowing}}: Wally lamenting how he feels like he's meant to help people, and then later being caught in the dark matter blast, suggests suggesting he might be getting his own speed soon.



* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Caitlin warns Team Flash of Rupture's attack on Jitters, which allows them to stop it. Unfortunately this pisses off Zoom, so he decides to kill a group of policemen anyway.
* OutrunTheFireball: Jesse and Wally try to out run the dark matter blast. It doesn't work.
* RealityEnsues: Barry giving up his powers finally comes back to haunt him when Zoom kills a bunch of policemen and there's ''nothing'' he can do to even to try to stop it.

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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Caitlin warns Team Flash of Rupture's attack on Jitters, which allows them to stop it. Unfortunately Unfortunately, this pisses off Zoom, so he decides to kill a group of policemen anyway.
* OutrunTheFireball: Jesse and Wally try to out run outrun the dark matter blast. It doesn't work.
* RealityEnsues: Barry giving up his powers finally comes back to haunt him when Zoom kills a bunch of policemen and there's ''nothing'' he can do to even to try to stop it.
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* TheDreaded: The Flash is this to many metahumans. Wells reveals a list of the metahumans on his world and there are hundreds if not thousands, Earth 1 would have far more because the Earth 2 particle accelerator explosion was contained unlike Earth 1's. However the vast majority of the metahumans are in hiding out of fear of the Flash.
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* FreakLabAccident: Harry tries to replicate the one from the pilot on a much smaller scale in order for Barry to gets powers back. It has the opposite effect and both Jesse and Wally get caught up in the dark matter blast, suggesting they might gets powers too.

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* FreakLabAccident: Harry tries to replicate the one from the pilot on a much smaller scale in order for Barry to gets get his powers back. It has the opposite effect back, it doesn't work as planned and both Jesse and Wally get caught up in the dark matter blast, suggesting they might gets powers too.
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* FreakLabAccident: Harry tries to replicate the one from the pilot on a much smaller scale in order for Barry to gets powers back. It has the opposite effect and both Jesse and Wally get caught up in the dark matter blast, suggesting they might gets powers too.
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* BlatantLies: Zoom, the killer of Reverb, tells Rupture that Cisco did it in order to get him to kill Vibe for him.
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** Henry finds out from Barry everything that's happened in his absence.



* ThatManIsDead: Zoom officially casts off the identity of Jay Garrick.



* TroubledBackstoryFlashback: Zoom has them yet again when talking to Caitlin.

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* TroubledBackstoryFlashback: Zoom has them yet again when talking to Caitlin.Caitlin.
* YouKilledMyFather: Rupture goes after Cisco because Zoom told him that Cisco killed Reverb.

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* AdultFear: Henry is understandably very skittish at the idea of Barry going through an experiment to get his powers back, since the last time it meant Barry was end in a coma for nine months.

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* AdultFear: Henry is understandably very skittish at the idea of Barry going through an experiment to get his powers back, since the last time it meant Barry was end ended up in a coma for nine months.



* ContrivedCoincidence: Henry is mildly surprised that Jay's last name was Garrick since that was him mom's maiden name.
* DarkestHour: Zoom has conquered Central City by scaring the police ''and'' let them no there is no Flash around to save them. And when Team Flash tries to give Barry his powers back it seemingly '''kills''' him instead.
* GoneHorriblyWrong: The experiment to give Barry his powers back ends up ''seemingly'' destroying him and leaving nothing but a burned suit left.

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* ContrivedCoincidence: Henry is mildly surprised that Jay's last name was Garrick since that was him his mom's maiden name.
* CurbStompBattle: Zoom kills the entire SWAT team that apprehended Rupture in about 10 seconds.
* DarkestHour: Zoom has conquered Central City by scaring the police ''and'' let them no know there is no Flash around to save them. And when Team Flash tries to give Barry his powers back it seemingly '''kills''' him instead.
* ForeShadowing: Wally lamenting how he feels like he's meant to help people, and then later being caught in the dark matter blast, suggests he might be getting his own speed soon.
* GoneHorriblyWrong: The experiment to give Barry his powers back ends up ''seemingly'' destroying him and leaving nothing but a burned suit left.behind.



* InternalReveal: Cisco tells Dante that he has powers.

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* InternalReveal: InternalReveal:
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Cisco tells Dante that he has powers.powers.
** Zoom lets the whole city know that the Flash is gone.



* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Nobody bothers to tell Wally and Jesse that their recreating the experiment that gave Barry his powers. Otherwise they'd might want to stay in the Time Vault.
* MythologyGag: The experiment to give Barry his powers back is taken right out of ''Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}}'' albeit adapted to the show's mythology.

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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Nobody bothers to tell Wally and Jesse that their they're recreating the experiment that gave Barry his powers. Otherwise they'd they might want to stay have stayed in the Time Vault.
Vault and not been caught in the dark matter blast.
* MythologyGag: The experiment to give Barry his powers back is taken right out of ''Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}}'' ''Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}}'', albeit adapted to the show's mythology.



* OutrunTheFireball: Jesse and Wally try to out run the dark matter blast.

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* OutrunTheFireball: Jesse and Wally try to out run the dark matter blast. It doesn't work.
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* AdultFear: Henry is understandably very skittish at the idea of Barry going through an experiment to get his powers back, since the last time it meant Barry was end in a comma for nine months.

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* AdultFear: Henry is understandably very skittish at the idea of Barry going through an experiment to get his powers back, since the last time it meant Barry was end in a comma coma for nine months.
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* ReignOfTerror: Zoom begins one

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* ReignOfTerror: Zoom begins one in Central City.
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* TroubledFlashback: Zoom has them yet again when talking to Caitlin.

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* TroubledFlashback: TroubledBackstoryFlashback: Zoom has them yet again when talking to Caitlin.

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* TheBusCameBack: Henry comes back to Central City for good this time.
* ContrivedCoincidence: Henry is mildly surprised that Jay's last name was Garrick since that was him mom's maiden name.



* InternalReveal: Cisco tells Dante that he has powers.



* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Nobody bothers to tell Wally and Jesse that their recreating the experiment that gave Barry his powers. Otherwise they'd might want to stay in the Time Vault.



* OutrunTheFireball: Jesse and Wally try to out run the dark matter blast.



* SpoiledByTheFormat: We know Barry's not ''really'' dead, but it's one heck of a gut punch when he disappears anyway.

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* ReignOfTerror: Zoom begins one
* SpoiledByTheFormat: We know Barry's not ''really'' dead, but it's one heck of a gut punch when he disappears anyway.anyway.
* TroubledFlashback: Zoom has them yet again when talking to Caitlin.
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* AdultFear: Henry is understandably very skittish at the idea of Barry going through an experiment to get his powers back, since the last time it meant Barry was end in a comma for nine months.
* BigNo: Zoom gives out one when he sees that Team Flash is trying to give Barry his powers back.
* DarkestHour: Zoom has conquered Central City by scaring the police ''and'' let them no there is no Flash around to save them. And when Team Flash tries to give Barry his powers back it seemingly '''kills''' him instead.
* GoneHorriblyWrong: The experiment to give Barry his powers back ends up ''seemingly'' destroying him and leaving nothing but a burned suit left.
* IgnoredExpert: Harry tries to convince Barry to go through the experiment to get his powers back, by detailing what Zoom will do now that he's here. It takes Zoom killing some policemen to convince Barry to try.
* LittleNo: Caitlin when Zoom goes to kill the police at Jitters.
* MythologyGag: The experiment to give Barry his powers back is taken right out of ''Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}}'' albeit adapted to the show's mythology.
* TheNeedsOfTheMany: Harry uses this logic as why Barry has to try to get his powers back.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Caitlin warns Team Flash of Rupture's attack on Jitters, which allows them to stop it. Unfortunately this pisses off Zoom, so he decides to kill a group of policemen anyway.
* RealityEnsues: Barry giving up his powers finally comes back to haunt him when Zoom kills a bunch of policemen and there's ''nothing'' he can do to even to try to stop it.
* SpoiledByTheFormat: We know Barry's not ''really'' dead, but it's one heck of a gut punch when he disappears anyway.

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