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* CompositeCharacter: Actually averted. At first glance Jax is may seem like a composite of [[{{ComicBook/Firestorm}} Ronnie Raymond and Jason Rusch]], he's actually [[http://firestormfan.com/2015/10/08/flash-s02e4/ a native to the comic]] (though was never a part of Firestorm).

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* CompositeCharacter: Actually averted. At first glance Jax is may seem like a composite of [[{{ComicBook/Firestorm}} [[ComicBook/FirestormDCComics Ronnie Raymond and Jason Rusch]], he's actually [[http://firestormfan.com/2015/10/08/flash-s02e4/ a native to the comic]] (though was never a part of Firestorm).



** The episode title, from {{ComicBook/Firestorm}}'s at-the-time most recent run and 2nd comic run ('82-87).

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** The episode title, from {{ComicBook/Firestorm}}'s {{ComicBook/Firestorm|DCComics}}'s at-the-time most recent run and 2nd comic run ('82-87).

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* JerkassBall: Caitlin was really dismissive of Jax, to the point that she accused him of flaking when things got tough without looking at his circumstances or history. She gets better though.



* TookALevelInJerkass: Caitlin was really dismissive of Jax, to the point that she accused him of flaking when things got tough without looking at his circumstances or history. She gets better though.
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* BadLiar: The moment Patty tries to lie about a case involving Earth-2 Wells, Barry knows something's up.

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* BadLiar: The moment Patty tries to lie about a case involving Earth-2 Wells, Barry knows something's up. She herself warns Joe that she is terrible hiding secrets.
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* CelebrityParadox: Jax offers to put on Music/CelineDion, saying he has the ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'' soundtrack. Victor Garber (Professor Stein) played Thomas Andrews in ''Titanic''.

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* CelebrityParadox: Jax offers to put on Music/CelineDion, saying he has the ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'' soundtrack. Victor Garber Creator/VictorGarber (Professor Stein) played Thomas Andrews in ''Titanic''.
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* AgeLift / RaceLift: In the comics, Hewitt is an elderly white multimillionaire who turns himself into Tokamak to restore his youth.

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* AgeLift / and RaceLift: In the comics, Hewitt is an elderly white multimillionaire who turns himself into Tokamak to restore his youth.



* CallForward: Jax stated in the intro of the episode, right after the football game he flat out states that it wasn't his victory, the team did it. In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7LlmaFg0lw this clip]] for LegendsOfTomorrow, he says that he likes being part of a team.

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* CallForward: Jax stated in the intro of the episode, right after the football game he flat out states that it wasn't his victory, the team did it. In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7LlmaFg0lw this clip]] for LegendsOfTomorrow, Series/LegendsOfTomorrow, he says that he likes being part of a team.



* PutOnABus: Stein and Jax go back to Pittsburgh to get a better handle on their abilities. Just in time for Earth-2!Wells to show up. And for them to make an appearance in LegendsOfTomorrow.

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* PutOnABus: Stein and Jax go back to Pittsburgh to get a better handle on their abilities. Just in time for Earth-2!Wells to show up. And for them to make an appearance in LegendsOfTomorrow.Series/LegendsOfTomorrow.
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* MoodWhiplash: Barry is giving one of his close of episode monologues, about moving on, and implying that he's about to ask Patty out... and then [[ComicBook/SecretSix King Shark]] shows up and attacks him.

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* MoodWhiplash: Barry is giving one of his close of episode monologues, about moving on, and implying that he's about to ask Patty out... and then [[ComicBook/SecretSix King Shark]] shows up and attacks him.



** Iris's mom reveals that she's dying from [[Film/BatmanAndRobin MacGregor's Syndrome]]. Also a ContinuityNod, since Clock King had the same condition.

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** Iris's Iris' mom reveals that she's dying from [[Film/BatmanAndRobin MacGregor's Syndrome]]. Also a ContinuityNod, since Clock King had the same condition.
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* UnexpectedCharacter: King Shark. His surprise appearance even led some geek sites to write up headlines about it.
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* CelebrityParadox: Jax offers to put on Music/CelineDion, saying he has the ''Film/{{Titanic|1997}}'' soundtrack. Victor Garber (Professor Stein) played Thomas Andrews in ''Titanic''.
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** It also calls back to ''Film/BatmanAndRobin'', where both Mrs. Frieze and Alfred Pennyworth had various stages of the disease.
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* AbsenteeActor: Jay does not appear in this episode.
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* AlliterativeName: Two new ones within seconds of each other: Henry Hewitt and Jefferson Jackson.
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* PutOnABus: Stein and Jax go back to Pittsburgh to get a better handle on their abilities. Just in time for Earth-2!Wells to show up.

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* PutOnABus: Stein and Jax go back to Pittsburgh to get a better handle on their abilities. Just in time for Earth-2!Wells to show up. And for them to make an appearance in LegendsOfTomorrow.
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* CallForward: Jax stated in the intro of the episode, right after the football game he flat out states that it wasn't his victory, the team did it. In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7LlmaFg0lw this clip]] for LegendsOfTomorrow, he flat out states that he likes being part of a team.

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* CallForward: Jax stated in the intro of the episode, right after the football game he flat out states that it wasn't his victory, the team did it. In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7LlmaFg0lw this clip]] for LegendsOfTomorrow, he flat out states says that he likes being part of a team.
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* CallForward: Jax stated in the intro of the episode, right after the football game he flat out states that it wasn't his victory, the team did it. In [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7LlmaFg0lw this clip]] for LegendsOfTomorrow, he flat out states that he likes being part of a team.
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* CallingTheOldManOut: Iris tells Francine where she can shove her attempted reconciliation.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment:
** In the flashback to the night the particle accelerator exploded, Jax is shown being congratulated by his teammates for winning a football game, with Jax telling them that "the team won," showing his team spirit and humility. Jax then helps a classmate who fell off his crutches to safety as the dark matter wave nears the stadium, showing the heroism that would make him a worthy inheritor of the Firestorm mantle.
** Hewitt has a smaller one; His first line of dialogue has him saying how he always knew he was "destined for greater things," making it clear how arrogant he is.
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Professor Stein rapidly deteriorates: the Firestorm matrix in his body will kill him in a few days unless a replacement partner for Ronnie can be found. They must decide between two potential candidates--a fellow scientist named Hewitt, and a former high-school quarterback named Jax. Meanwhile, Barry and Patty's relationship starts to grow beyond being coworkers, and Iris must decide whether or not to have a relationship with her mother.

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Professor Stein rapidly deteriorates: the Firestorm matrix in his body will kill him in a few days unless a replacement partner for Ronnie can be found. They The S.T.A.R. Labs team must decide between two potential candidates--a fellow scientist named Hewitt, and a former high-school quarterback named Jax. Meanwhile, Barry and Patty's relationship starts to grow beyond being coworkers, and Iris must decide whether or not to have a relationship with her mother.

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* AngryBlackMan: Turns out Hewitt is this, and has had run-ins with the law. Getting imbued with tachyon particles does not help matters.



* TheCallPutMeOnHold: And Hewitt takes it [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge personally.]]

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* TheCallPutMeOnHold: And Hewitt Happens to Hewitt. He takes it [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge personally.]]



* CarpeDiem: Jax takes a great personal risk to accept the CallToAdventure. Indirectly, he inspires Barry to pursue Patty. Professor Stein also tells Cisco to take a lesson from Jax and not to fear his metahuman powers.

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* CarpeDiem: The StockAesop of the week. Jax takes a great personal risk to accept the CallToAdventure. Indirectly, he inspires Barry to pursue Patty. Professor Stein also tells Cisco to take a lesson from Jax and not to fear his metahuman powers.



* EntitledBastard: Dr. Hewitt ''really'' thinks he deserves to be Firestorm which is why he's non-compatiable with Dr. Stein.

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* EntitledBastard: Dr. Hewitt ''really'' thinks he deserves to be Firestorm which is why he's non-compatiable non-compatible with Dr. Stein.



* SwissCheeseSecurity: Wells is not only able to break out of S.T.A.R labs with no one noticing he was ever there in the first place, but he was also able to break into Mercury labs and escape with stolen tech.

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* SwissCheeseSecurity: Wells is not only able to break out of S.T.A.R labs with no one noticing he was ever there in the first place, but he was also able to break into Mercury labs Labs and escape with stolen tech.
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* OneSteveLimit: When Jax's character was first announced months ago his name was given as "Jay Jackson". His name was presumably changed to avoid having two Jays.

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* OneSteveLimit: When Jax's character was first announced months ago his name was given as "Jay Jackson". His name was presumably changed to avoid having two Jays. Averted with Henry Hewitt, who has the same first name as Barry's father.
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* OneSteveLimit: When Jax's character was first announced months ago his name was given as "Jay Jackson". His name was presumably changed to avoid having two Jays.
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** The episode title, from {{ComicBook/Firestorm}}'s at-the-time most recent run.

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** The episode title, from {{ComicBook/Firestorm}}'s at-the-time most recent run.run and 2nd comic run ('82-87).
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* CompositeCharacter: Jax is one, of his comic-book counterparts [[{{ComicBook/Firestorm}} Ronnie Raymond and Jason Rusch.]]

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* CompositeCharacter: Actually averted. At first glance Jax is one, may seem like a composite of his comic-book counterparts [[{{ComicBook/Firestorm}} Ronnie Raymond and Jason Rusch.]]Rusch]], he's actually [[http://firestormfan.com/2015/10/08/flash-s02e4/ a native to the comic]] (though was never a part of Firestorm).
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** Stein teaching Jax during the merging brings to mind Harrison instructing Barry over the radio.
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* GeniusBruiser: Jax had a 4.0 GPA in high school. Caitlin lampshades that he could have gone to college without his football prowess (Jax then counters that he couldn't afford it without a football scholarship).

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* GeniusBruiser: Jax is no dumb jock, he had a 4.0 GPA in high school. Caitlin lampshades that he could have gone to college without his football prowess (Jax then counters that he couldn't afford it without a football scholarship).
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* GeniusBruiser: Jax had a 4.0 GPA in high school. Caitlin lampshades that he could have gone to college without his football prowess (Jax then counters that he couldn't afford it without a football scholarship).
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* FailedaSpotCheck: Barry is so absorbed in his own thoughts that he fails to notice ''a 20 foot shark-man hybrid'' sneaking up on him.

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* FailedaSpotCheck: FailedASpotCheck: Barry is so absorbed in his own thoughts that he fails to notice ''a 20 foot shark-man hybrid'' sneaking up on him.

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