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** Caitlin calls out Harry for his OverprotectiveDad attitude with such ferocity that he is forced to StunnedSilence (and unbeknownst to anyone else, she's also venting her own issues with her getting Killer Frost's powers).

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** Caitlin calls out Harry for his OverprotectiveDad overprotective attitude with such ferocity that he is forced to StunnedSilence (and unbeknownst to anyone else, she's also venting her own issues with her getting Killer Frost's powers).
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Dewicked trope


* AdultFear: Harry is not happy about Jesse becoming a hero, but he come around realizing if he doesn't he'll just push Jesse away.
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* BullyingADragon: Julian Dorn believes that the frightened and traumatized girl in the police station is a dangerous metahuman. How does he decide to test that hypothesis? Getting in her face and yelling about how he knows what she is and what she did. No points for guessing how that works out.

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* BullyingADragon: Julian Dorn believes that the frightened and traumatized girl in the police station is a dangerous metahuman. How does he decide to test that hypothesis? Getting in her face and yelling about how he knows what she is and what she did. No points for guessing how that works out.

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Not So Different has been renamed, and it needs to be dewicked/moved


* CommonalityConnection: Harry and Barry bond over their tendency to cause massive mistakes and how all their attempts to fix them just make things worse.



* NotSoDifferent: Harry and Barry bond over their tendency to cause massive mistakes and how all their attempts to fix them just make things worse.

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** Rather than tell Joe about his theories about Magenta, Julian confronts her himself, loudly and in the middle of the police station, which leads to her having a freak out.

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** Rather than tell Joe about his theories about Magenta, Julian confronts her himself, loudly and in the middle of the police station, which leads to her having a freak out.out and nearly getting killed by her.



* IdiotHoudini: Julian faces no reprimand or consequences for nearly getting everyone in the station killed because of his ego.



** Julian acts recklessly when he pressures Frankie, which awakens Magenta.

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** Julian acts recklessly when he pressures Frankie, which awakens Magenta.Magenta and almost gets himself killed until Flash saved him.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: When talking to Jesse about having speed powers, Wally mentions having dreamed about it. After the climax the team is questioning Frankie about how Alchemy got to her. She says it started with dreams of her other life before he started calling to her and offering that power. The camera lingers on a shot of Wally with a knowing look as she describes this.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
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When talking to Jesse about having speed powers, Wally mentions having dreamed about it. After the climax the team is questioning Frankie about how Alchemy got to her. She says it started with dreams of her other life before he started calling to her and offering that power. The camera lingers on a shot of Wally with a knowing look as she describes this.this.
** Frankie's struggling with Magenta mirrors that of Caitlin struggling with Killer Frost later on in the season.

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* AssholeVictim: It's hard to be sorry for Frankie's adoptive father when Magenta hurts him



* BookEnds: This episode begins and ends with Barry and Iris going on a date and having that date interrupted.

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* BookEnds: {{Bookends}}: This episode begins and ends with Barry and Iris going on a date and having that date interrupted.


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* MundaneUtility: Barry uses his super speed to buy flowers and make a decorative flower gift for Iris.


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* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** Harry alienates his daughter by trying to discourage her from using her powers. He comments with Barry how each other tends to worsen things.
** Julian acts recklessly when he pressures Frankie, which awakens Magenta.
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* PetTheDog: {{Subverted}} with Julian, who first kindly asks Frankie if she is OK and offers her a new glass of water, but only to take a DNA sample.

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* PetTheDog: {{Subverted}} Subverted with Julian, who first kindly asks Frankie if she is OK and offers her a new glass of water, but only to take a DNA sample.



* ShoutOut: Both ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' (a genuine JekyllAndHyde scenario) and ''Film/PrimalFear'' (a case of HydePlaysJekyll) are referenced when discussing Frankie's split personality.

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* ShoutOut: Both to ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' (a genuine JekyllAndHyde scenario) and ''Film/PrimalFear'' (a case of HydePlaysJekyll) are referenced when discussing Frankie's split personality.
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Has nothing to do with familiarity with in-universe fiction.


* GenreSavvy: The members of Team Flash have all been kidnapped so many times that Cisco installed panic buttons on their cellphones. Barry notes it as a ''positive'' change to the [[CloseEnoughTimeline timeline]].

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* BullyingADragon: Julian Dorn believes that the frightened and traumatized girl in the police station is a dangerous metahuman. How does he decide to test that hypothesis? Getting in her face and yelling about how he knows what she is and what she did. No points for guessing how that works out.



* DidntThinkThisThrough: Julian Dorn believes that the frightened and traumatized girl in the police station is a dangerous metahuman. How does he decide to test that hypothesis? Getting in her face and yelling about how he knows what she is and what she did. No points for guessing how that works out.
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* {{Expy}}: Not personality-wise, but Magenta's powers... [[ComicBook/{{Magneto}} are a few letters away from someone else.]]

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* {{Expy}}: Not personality-wise, but Magenta's powers... [[ComicBook/{{Magneto}} powers are a few letters away from [[ComicBook/{{Magneto}} someone else.]]else]].

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* AntagonistTitle: Not a hard guess who the MonsterOfTheWeek is. In a subvertion, she pulls a HeelFaceTurn.



* PetTheDog: {{Subverted}} with Julian, who first kindly asks Frankie if she is ok and offers her a new glass of water, but only to take a DNA sample.

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* PetTheDog: {{Subverted}} with Julian, who first kindly asks Frankie if she is ok OK and offers her a new glass of water, but only to take a DNA sample.



* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Joe tries to convince Wally that he doesn't need any superpowers to do good.

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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre:
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Joe tries to convince Wally that he doesn't need any superpowers to do good.good.
** How Barry exactly did his TalkingTheMonsterToDeath above.
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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Julian Dorn believes that the frightened and traumatized girl in the police station is a dangerous metahuman. How does he decide to test that hypothesis? Getting in her face and yelling about how he knows what she is and what she did. No points for guessing how that works out.
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* SpottingTheThread: Harry is immediately able to ascertain that he's in an alternate timeline of Earth-1 when Caitlyn reveals the existence of a "Speed Lab" and Barry shows just as much ignorance regarding it as him and Jesse.

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* SpottingTheThread: Harry is immediately able to ascertain that he's in an alternate timeline of Earth-1 when Caitlyn reveals the existence of a "Speed Lab" and Barry shows just as much ignorance regarding it as him he and Jesse.Jesse do.

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* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Wally really wants to be a speedster like Jesse and Barry.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Between The Flash and Frankie. It works.
* InsufferableGenius: Julian in spades! He treats Joe (a senior detective) like a waiter, refuses to share his theories about Magenta with anyone else at the precinct and he nearly gets everyone killed for it.



* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Wally really wants to be a speedster like Jesse and Barry.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Between The Flash and Frankie. It works.
* InsufferableGenius: Julian in spades! He treats Joe (a senior detective) like a waiter, refuses to share his theories about Magenta with anyone else at the precinct and he nearly gets everyone killed for it.
* IdiotHoudini: Julian faces no reprimand or consequences for nearly getting everyone killed because of his ego.

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* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Wally really wants to be a speedster like Jesse and Barry.
* IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Between The Flash and Frankie. It works.
* InsufferableGenius: Julian in spades! He treats Joe (a senior detective) like a waiter, refuses to share his theories about Magenta with anyone else at the precinct and he nearly gets everyone killed for it.
* IdiotHoudini: Julian faces no reprimand or consequences for nearly getting everyone in the station killed because of his ego.

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