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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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First lesson of troping: Kick The Son Of A Bitch: he's an asshole and it just happens that something bad happens to him. Pay Evil Unto Evil: He's an asshole and that's why something bad happens to him.
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: Magenta cripples her abusive father.
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* PayEvilUntoEvil: Magenta cripples her abusive father.
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That wasn't really villainous, just dumb.
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Wally is also only a teen here.
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* AgeLift: In the comics Magenta is Wally West's girlfriend whereas here she's a teenaged girl.
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* GenreSavvy: The members of Team Flash have all been kidnapped so many times that Cisco installed panic buttons on their cellphones. Barry notes it a ''positive'' change to the [[CloseEnoughTimeline timeline]].
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* 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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* GenreSavvy: The members of Team Flash have all been kidnapped so many times that Cisco installed panic buttons on their cellphones.
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* GenreSavvy: The members of Team Flash have all been kidnapped so many times that Cisco installed panic buttons on their cellphones. Barry notes it a ''positive'' change to the [[CloseEnoughTimeline timeline]].
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* VisionsOfAnotherSelf: How Alchemy is described as recruiting his allies. He sends them dreams of their Flashpoint lives, before he brokers a deal to give them the power of that life in exchange for a favor.
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* RippleEffectProofMemory: Harry and Jesse are insulated from Barry's timeline changes due to being on an alternate Earth when he went back.
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* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Played with in thathe Magenta already existed before Frankie got her powers.
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* BlessedWithSuck: For the first time ever, the show touches on the negative side of Barry's power: Moments can feel like hours for him.
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** Rather than tell Joe about his theories about Magenta, Julian confronts her himself himself, loudly and in the middle of the police station, which leads to her having a freak out.
* {{Jerkass}}: Julian is so petty that he stops Barry from ending his shift ''1 minute before the official end''.
* 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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* SplitPeronsalityTakeover: Magenta's second motivation for working with Alchemy, as he told her the empowerment would give her complete control.
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* AgeLift: In the comics Magenta is Wally West's girlfriend whereas here she's a teenaged girl.
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* DramaticIrony: Wells asks Cisco to talk Jesse out of being a hero, which he turns down as an active user of power. Wells then leans on Caitlin, who [[SuspiciouslySpecificDenial conspicuously denies]] any experience with powers. In general Caitlin spends the subplot anxious as she's pressured to keep her powers secret as everyone treats her as the person with the most experience with powers without actually having them.
* {{Expy}}: Not personality-wise, but Magenta's powers... [[ComicBook/{{Magneto}}switch the A to an O and it becomes obvious.are a few letters away from someone else.]]
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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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* DieOrFly: Jesse's powers first manifest when she's about to be hit by a car.
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* FlatEarthAtheist: Implied with Julian at the end of the episode where he actually mocks the idea of the Rival being killed by a ghost.
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* KickTheSonOfABitch: Magenta cripples her abusive father.
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* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Magenta's whole motive is to kill her abusive father.
* SaveTheVillain: Team Flash is saving Magenta's AbusiveParent only to prevent innocent bystanders from getting caught in the crossfire of Magenta's RoaringRampageOfRevenge.
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* TooDumbToLive: Wally thinks that he might have a chance at unlocking SuperSpeed, so how does he test this theory? By jumping in front of a speeding car not knowing what would happen. When Barry calls him out on this, Wally actually lampshades that ''he didn't know how this would play out''.
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** Barry firmly grabs it when he realizes that the "Flashpoint" metahumans are having dreams of that other life and he doesn't let Wally know he was Kid Flash.
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** Barry gives Wally an earful after the latter risked his life (by running into the path of a speeding car) in order to jumpstart his powers. Also an example of AngerBornOfWorry.
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-->"Meh."
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* {{Expy}}: Not personality-wise, but Magenta's powers... [[Franchise/XMen switch the A to an O and it becomes obvious.]]
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* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: In the end, the Flash convinces Frankie to resist her split personality, and the entire climax ends without any battle at all.
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* GrandRomanticGesture: In the beginning of the episode, Barry used his speed to arrange flowers he bought in a shape of a heart to Iris.
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--> '''Barry:''' I don't need to be reminded thank you.
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** Joe calls out Julian on his blunt interrogation of Frankie since a) it's not his job and b) it causes her to have a breakdown that leads to Magenta coming out.
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* CryIntoChest: Frankie, on getting rid of Magenta, cries into Flash's chest while sobbing about how she's "so sorry."
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** Caitlin calls out Harry for his OverprotectiveDad attitude with such ferocity that he is forced to StunnedSilence.
--->'''Caitlin''': If you helped her ''navigate'' her powers rather than just ''assuming'' they'll ''destroy'' her, she'd turn ''to'' you, rather than push you away.
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* GilliganCut: Immediately after Wally is talking with Jesse about how being put in mortal danger allowed her to jumpstart her powers and gets the idea to do it himself, it cuts to Barry chewing him out about walking into traffic like she did, and how if Jesse wasn't there he would have died.
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* {{Troll}}: Joe jokes that Barry is not so much his son as a second daughter, and that he overshares his feelings, so he didn't need to see "Dad Cop." When Barry seems almost upset, he says yes, he's messing with him.
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* TheReveal: While implied by Jay Garrick in the previous episode, this one confirms that the only timeline change was on Earth-1. As far as Jesse and Harry know, the Speed Lab never existed before Barry's bout of RealityWarpingIsNotAToy.
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* ShoutOut: Both ''Literature/TheStrangeCaseOfDrJekyllAndMrHyde'' (a genuine JekyllAndHyde scenario) and ''Film/PrimalFear'' (a case of HydePlayingJekyll) are referenced when discussing Frankie's split personality.
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