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* TemptingFate: Right after Cisco says nothing's going wrong at STAR Labs yet, the particle accelerator starts turning on.
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* TemptingFate: Considering the nature of Hazard's powers, the Team expect and voice their concerns that bad things are gonna happen, and it did. This episode has a lot of examples:
** Becky herself says that barely catching up to a bus is the best thing that's happened to her today. Said bus is in the vicinity when Barry busts out of the Speed Force, transforming her and her fellow passengers in the process.
** Iris wanted to AlterTheSpeed, piggybacking off a funeral just so she and Barry can get hitched...the priest suddenly had a cinnamon allergy reaction, and they couldn't get married as a result.
** Right after Cisco says nothing's going wrong at STAR Labs yet, the particle accelerator starts turning on.
** Becky herself says that barely catching up to a bus is the best thing that's happened to her today. Said bus is in the vicinity when Barry busts out of the Speed Force, transforming her and her fellow passengers in the process.
** Iris wanted to AlterTheSpeed, piggybacking off a funeral just so she and Barry can get hitched...the priest suddenly had a cinnamon allergy reaction, and they couldn't get married as a result.
** Right after Cisco says nothing's going wrong at STAR Labs yet, the particle accelerator starts turning on.
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* RippedFromTheHeadlines: The plane almost crashing after being hit by a goose is based on the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Airways_Flight_1549=share US Airways Flight 1549 incident]] from 2009. The pilot is even an {{Expy}} of Captain Sully Sullenberger
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* InternalReveal: Zig-zagged. With Harry's help, Team Flash pieces together that the Samuroid was bait to release Barry to create a batch of new metas; this catches the Thinker off guard.
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* InternalReveal: InternalReveal:
** Zig-zagged. With Harry's help, Team Flash pieces together that the Samuroid was bait to release Barry to create a batch of new metas; this catches the Thinker offguard.guard.
** Played straight with the fact that Cecile is pregnant.
** Zig-zagged. With Harry's help, Team Flash pieces together that the Samuroid was bait to release Barry to create a batch of new metas; this catches the Thinker off
** Played straight with the fact that Cecile is pregnant.
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* NotSoDire: Barry and Cisco appear to be in the middle of a warzone, with Barry lamenting that he lost Caitlin and they're completely outnumbered. It turns out they're just playing laser tag. Against kids. And getting destroyed.
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* SheCleansUpNicely: Becky from a pre-meta frumpster, to post-meta knockout.
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* SheCleansUpNicely: SheCleansUpNicely:
** Becky from a pre-meta frumpster, to post-meta knockout.
** Becky from a pre-meta frumpster, to post-meta knockout.
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* TemptingFate: Right after Cisco says nothing's going wrong at STAR Labs yet, the particle accelerator starts turning on.
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* ChekhovsGun: The brief scene of the bus being in the pathway of the Speed Force opening up to release Barry in the season premiere turned out to be more critical than was first thought.
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* BatmanGambit: It seems that the Thinker sent the Samuroid to provoke Team Flash into releasing Barry from the Speed Force, knowing and counting on it unleashing a dark matter wave and creating new metahumans.
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* BatmanGambit: It seems that the Thinker sent the Samuroid to provoke Team Flash into releasing Barry from the Speed Force, knowing and counting on it unleashing a dark matter wave and creating new metahumans. It's also hinted that he purposely selected and gathered together the twelve humans that became metas and had the bus at the spot Barry would appear at the exact moment.
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* HowDidYouKnowIDidnt: When the particle accelerator unleashes a wave of energy that temporarily cancels out Hazard's powers, Cisco asks Harry how he knew that would happen. Harry replies "Lucky guess".
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* NiceJobBreakingItHero: In freeing Barry from the Speed Force, Team Flash (and mostly Cisco) ends up unleashing a wave of dark matter that transforms a busload of people into new metahumans. A fact that Harry takes the time [[YouFool to yell at Cisco about]].
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** Possibly InUniverse: After Barry is defeated in Laser Tag against a group of children, Cisco gives him Series/{{Arrow}}'s CatchPhrase "You have failed this city!"
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* ArbitraryScepticism: Despite living in a world where magic is a thing, Barry brushes off the idea of being jinxed as ridiculous.
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* CreateYourOwnVillain: Barry's escape from the Speedforce is directly responsible for creating a literal busload full of new Metahumans.
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* FreudianExcuse: After being through so much bad luck, probably everybody would have acted the way Becky did with her powers.
* FriendlyEnemy: Becky isn't really hostile at all, she just thinks that, after a life of misfortune, it is now her turn to be lucky and everybody else's turn to be unlucky. When Barry finally catches her, she doesn't seem to harbour a grudge.
* FriendlyEnemy: Becky isn't really hostile at all, she just thinks that, after a life of misfortune, it is now her turn to be lucky and everybody else's turn to be unlucky. When Barry finally catches her, she doesn't seem to harbour a grudge.
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* GodzillaThreshold: To cancel out Becky's bad luck wave, Harry lets the Particle Accelerator go off, which actually cancels it out.
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* LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: Cisco and Harry don't take very long until they are at each others throat's again.
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* PersonOfMassDestruction: The more lucky Becky gets, the bigger the radius of bad luck happening to other people gets. It threatens the entire city during the climax.
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* YouAreNotAlone: Amidst all of their bickering, Cisco assures Harry that he might have been booted out of his universe by his own daughter, but his [[TrueCompanions second family]] will still be here for him.
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--->'''Cisco:''' He was jinxed by an ex. Hasn't been able to find a mall parking spot in three years.
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--->'''Harry:''' I told you not to use them ''[the Speed Force portal calculations]'' without consulting me. I said, "Ramon, don't use the calculations without consulting me!!"//
'''Cisco:''' Yeah. I heard you! I didn't see the need for that!//
'''Harry:''' And ''that's'' why you should be cursed at!//
'''Cisco:''' What does that even ''mean''?!//
'''Harry:''' What does it mean? It ''means'' you're a f--..!//
'''Cisco:''' Yeah. I heard you! I didn't see the need for that!//
'''Harry:''' And ''that's'' why you should be cursed at!//
'''Cisco:''' What does that even ''mean''?!//
'''Harry:''' What does it mean? It ''means'' you're a f--..!//
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'''Cisco:''' Yeah. I heard you! I didn't see the need for
'''Harry:''' And ''that's'' why you should be cursed
'''Cisco:''' What does that even
'''Harry:''' What does it mean? It ''means'' you're a f--..
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* CurseCutShort: Harry quickly reaches this point during his and Cisco's argument.
--->'''Harry:''' I told you not to use them ''[the Speed Force portal calculations]'' without consulting me. I said, "Ramon, don't use the calculations without consulting me!!"//
'''Cisco:''' Yeah. I heard you! I didn't see the need for that!//
'''Harry:''' And ''that's'' why you should be cursed at!//
'''Cisco:''' What does that even ''mean''?!//
'''Harry:''' What does it mean? It ''means'' you're a f--..!//
'''Cisco:''' Okay, y'know what? This is why we didn't contact you. 'Cause the last thing we need 'round here is more of your '''salty-ass attitude'''!
--->'''Harry:''' I told you not to use them ''[the Speed Force portal calculations]'' without consulting me. I said, "Ramon, don't use the calculations without consulting me!!"//
'''Cisco:''' Yeah. I heard you! I didn't see the need for that!//
'''Harry:''' And ''that's'' why you should be cursed at!//
'''Cisco:''' What does that even ''mean''?!//
'''Harry:''' What does it mean? It ''means'' you're a f--..!//
'''Cisco:''' Okay, y'know what? This is why we didn't contact you. 'Cause the last thing we need 'round here is more of your '''salty-ass attitude'''!
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* ObliviouslyEvil: Despite her knowing she is causing bad luck, Becky doesn't seem to actually realize that said bad luck is becoming extremely dangerous. For example, when someone accidentally sets off a fire alarm, she doesn't even seem to hear it, only thinking the Flash's comment about there not being a fire is in reaction to her being "on fire" with her luck streak.
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* CassandraTruth: Harry showing up to tell Wally that Jesse broke up with him. The team has good reason to not believe Harry since he's done it before, but Wally later goes to Earth-2 to confirm the awful truth.
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* MoodWhiplash: The sight of Wally waiting at the Speed Lab for Jesse from Earth-2 looking goofy with a couple of presents and a wide smile, gets dashed when it was Harry instead who showed up. Seemingly subverted with Harry trying, again, to break his daughter up with Wally, except he was actually telling the truth, as Wally finds out on his own later.
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* SeriousBusiness: For Barry and Cisco at least, laser tag. They treat it like they're on one of their superhero missions, and are hamming it up for good measure.
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* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Barry's reaction when he learns that he was prevented from chasing after bank robbers because a hapless deliveryman spilled a barrel full of marbles on the street.
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* EatingTheEyeCandy: After commenting that Barry isn’t her type, mistaking her first confrontation at Jitters with him as a pickup, Becky still can’t help but admire his handsome features.
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* EatingTheEyeCandy: After commenting that Barry isn’t her type, mistaking her first confrontation at Jitters with him as a pickup, Becky still can’t help but admire and oggle his handsome features.
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-->'''Caitlin''': ''(sternly to Harry)'' We are not finished!
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* RealityEnsues: It was really only a matter of time before Harry's extremely [[{{Jerkass}} hostile]] personality completely alienated him from others, including his own family.
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* SelfDisposingVillain: In a sense. One effect of the "bad luck wave" that engulfs Central City in the climax is the restarting of the particle accelerator. However, once it finally goes off, it actually cancels out Becky's metahuman abilities, restoring the city to normal and allowing Barry to capture her.
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* UnreliableExpositor: [[PlayingWithATrope Played with]]. Harry makes his entrance into Earth-1 by informing Wally that Jesse has broken up with him. [[Recap/TheFlash2014S3E14AttackOnCentralCity Given that he's lied about this before to break the two apart]], the audience could easily surmise he's doing it again. [[note]]And the brief parts of the "Breakup Cube" that are seen could be faked[[/note]] However, by the episode's end, Wally travels to Earth-2 and confirms it for himself.
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* TakeThat: This line from The Thinker:
-->'''[=DeVoe=]:''' Subject was born in Sarasota, Florida; the first indignity in a life full of unfortunate circumstances.
-->'''[=DeVoe=]:''' Subject was born in Sarasota, Florida; the first indignity in a life full of unfortunate circumstances.
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* ShoutOut: Joe uses a variant of the iconic {{Tagline}} from ''Film/{{Jaws 2}}'' when he returns to his house, which was just refurbished by Cecille.
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* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
** Joe uses a variant of the iconic {{Tagline}} from ''Film/{{Jaws 2}}'' when he returns to his house, which was just refurbished byCecille.Cecile.
** When first introduced to Post Meta Becky/Hazard the famous Frank Sinatra cover of the episodes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFywWobuGKo&feature=share title song]] plays over a sequence of her demonstrating her powers while nonchalantly robbing a bank.
** Joe uses a variant of the iconic {{Tagline}} from ''Film/{{Jaws 2}}'' when he returns to his house, which was just refurbished by
** When first introduced to Post Meta Becky/Hazard the famous Frank Sinatra cover of the episodes [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFywWobuGKo&feature=share title song]] plays over a sequence of her demonstrating her powers while nonchalantly robbing a bank.
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* AssholeVictim: No one feels sorry for Becky’s cheating ex when he gets a taste of her bad luck inducing powers.
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* EatingTheEyeCandy: After commenting that Barry isn’t her type, mistaking her first confrontation at Jitters with him as a pickup, Becky still can’t help but admire his handsome features.
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* LadyInRed: When first introduced to the new Meta Becky, she comes off in a lovely red ensemble that compliments her figure and her legs.
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* SheCleansUpNicely: Becky from a pre-meta frumpster, to post-meta knockout.
** Less significant and surprising something still has to be said of beautiful Iris looking even more stunning in the brief glimpses we get of her in her bridal gown.
** Less significant and surprising something still has to be said of beautiful Iris looking even more stunning in the brief glimpses we get of her in her bridal gown.
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* TheChewToy: Becky's life ''sucked'' before the mini dark matter wave.
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* TheChewToy: Becky's life ''sucked'' ''[[{{Understatement}} sucked]]'' before the mini dark matter wave.
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* WhatTheHellHero: Harry has this reaction towards the entire Team on releasing Barry from the Speed Force without consulting him, and their actions being the catalyst of transforming the bus load into Metahumans.
** Caitlin delivers a small one towards Harry after his blunt recreation of Jesse’s breakup cube to a heartbroken Wally.
** Caitlin delivers a small one towards Harry after his blunt recreation of Jesse’s breakup cube to a heartbroken Wally.
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* AffablyEvil: Despite Becky knowingly causing havoc after gaining her powers, she none the less maintains her sweet and perky personality and after being foiled by Team Flash she [[GracefulLoser politely surrenders]] herself to Barry.
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* AmicableExes: Wally and Jesse, they break up due to the complexity of their situation, living in parallel dimensions, not due to any animosity between each other.
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* OutOfFocus: Wally, during the chaos that Hazard is creating, slips off to Earth-2 to try and patch things up with Jesse, and no one, not even TheTeam is none the wiser.
* PutOnABus: Wally comes to realize he really has no place on Team Flash anymore, and concedes that he really does need to find his own way, decides to leave Central City.
* PutOnABus: Wally comes to realize he really has no place on Team Flash anymore, and concedes that he really does need to find his own way, decides to leave Central City.
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* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Hazard, her life ''sucked'' before the dark matter wave -- and she's ecstatic to finally have some good luck; if it weren't for the fact she robbed a bank and was extremely apathetic to the bad luck she was causing, Barry probably would've let her go.
* InternalReveal: Zig-zagged. With Harry's help Team Flash pieces together that the Samuraiod was bait to release Barry to create a batch of new metas; this catches the Thinker off guard.
* InternalReveal: Zig-zagged. With Harry's help Team Flash pieces together that the Samuraiod was bait to release Barry to create a batch of new metas; this catches the Thinker off guard.
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* IneffectualSympatheticVillain: Hazard, Hazard -- her life ''sucked'' before the dark matter wave -- and she's ecstatic to finally have some good luck; if it weren't for the fact she robbed a bank and was extremely apathetic to the bad luck she was causing, Barry probably would've let her go.
* InternalReveal: Zig-zagged. With Harry'shelp help, Team Flash pieces together that the Samuraiod Samuroid was bait to release Barry to create a batch of new metas; this catches the Thinker off guard.
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* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: Becky really has no idea what sort of havoc her powers are bringing, ie. the more good luck she experiences at the cost of having various disasters in Central City.
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* MikeNelsonDestroyerOfWorlds: Becky really has no idea what sort of havoc her powers are bringing, ie. i.e., the more good luck she experiences at the cost of having various disasters in Central City.
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* ExactWords: The Thinker, through his Samuroid, really did want the heroes to bring the Flash back from the Speed Force. Maybe he did needed the Flash for some other purpose, but the Speed Force opening up had the side effect of creating a new batch of metahumans, which is what he wanted.
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* ExactWords: The Thinker, through his Samuroid, really did want the heroes to bring the Flash back from the Speed Force. Maybe he did needed need the Flash for some other purpose, but the Speed Force opening up had the side effect of creating a new batch of metahumans, which is what he wanted.was actually after.
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* ExactWords: The Thinker, through his Samuroid, really did want the heroes to bring the Flash back from the Speed Force. Maybe he did want the Flash for some other purpose, but he also wanted the side effect of opening the Speed Force to create a new batch of metahumans.
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* ExactWords: The Thinker, through his Samuroid, really did want the heroes to bring the Flash back from the Speed Force. Maybe he did want needed the Flash for some other purpose, but he also wanted the Speed Force opening up had the side effect of opening the Speed Force to create creating a new batch of metahumans.metahumans, which is what he wanted.
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* TheReveal: The new batch of meta-humans were created when Barry was freed from the Speed Force; they were all on a bus and were hit with a dark matter wave when the wormhole opened up.
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* TheReveal: The new batch of meta-humans metahumans were created when Barry was freed from the Speed Force; they were all on a bus and were hit with a dark matter wave when the wormhole opened up.
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* ExactWords: The Thinker, through his Samuroid, really did want the heroes to bring the Flash back from the Speed Force. Maybe he did want the Flash for some other purpose, but the Thinker's real motive was actually to have the Speed Force create a new batch of metahumans.
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* ExactWords: The Thinker, through his Samuroid, really did want the heroes to bring the Flash back from the Speed Force. Maybe he did want the Flash for some other purpose, but he also wanted the Thinker's real motive was actually to have side effect of opening the Speed Force to create a new batch of metahumans.
* GroinAttack: When Hazard meets up with her ex in a restaurant, her powers caused a waiter to accidentally spill hot soup on his pants.
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* MythologyGag: Hazard's casino outfit resembles her costume in the 1980s ''ComicBook/InfinityInc'' series.
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** Harry presents a breakup cube for Wally from Jesse made out of [[ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} Atlantean]] material. Also a ContinuityNod, since Atlantis is referred to several times earlier in Season 2.
** Hazard's casino outfit resembles her costume in the 1980s ''ComicBook/InfinityInc'' series.
** Harry presents a breakup cube for Wally from Jesse made out of [[ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} Atlantean]] material. Also a ContinuityNod, since Atlantis is referred to several times earlier in Season 2.
** Hazard's casino outfit resembles her costume in the 1980s ''ComicBook/InfinityInc'' series.
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: Barry's attempt to talk peacefully with Becky ends with her leaving him in Jitters with several looming accidents for Barry to stop so he can't go after her. After the commercial break, it was shown that Barry apparently prevented them all.
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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Subverted: Harry ''can'' go back to Earth-2, he just won't be welcome because everyone there, Jesse included, finally got fed up with his bad attitude.
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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Subverted: Harry ''can'' go back to Earth-2, he just won't be welcome because everyone there, Jesse included, finally got fed up with his bad attitude.attitude.
* YourCheatingHeart: As part of Becky's unending stream of bad luck, she comes home to find her boyfriend making out with another woman. She dumps him immediately (well, after the 5-10 minutes she spends in the bathroom due to her lactose intolerance). Although, some might say that catching her boyfriend in the act may be an indicator of ''good'' luck, since otherwise he would've just continued his affair in secret.
* YourCheatingHeart: As part of Becky's unending stream of bad luck, she comes home to find her boyfriend making out with another woman. She dumps him immediately (well, after the 5-10 minutes she spends in the bathroom due to her lactose intolerance). Although, some might say that catching her boyfriend in the act may be an indicator of ''good'' luck, since otherwise he would've just continued his affair in secret.
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* CatchPhrase: Cisco tries to use Oliver's "You have failed this city" during the laser tag match, only to be immediately tagged.
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* TheCameo: Violett Beane as a holo-recording of Jesse.
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* ExactWords: The Thinker, through his Samuroid, really did want the heroes to bring the Flash back from the Speed Force. Maybe he did want the Flash for some other purpose, but the Thinker's real motive was actually to have the Speed Force create a new batch of metahumans.
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** During the last part of Becky's flashback, she hitches a ride on a bus, and she meets the other passengers, one of which is the man who would become Kilg%re.
** The Samuroid helmet on display at the Cortex lighting up, revealing it as a means for the Thinker to spy on the heroes.
** During the last part of Becky's flashback, she hitches a ride on a bus, and she meets the other passengers, one of which is the man who would become Kilg%re.
** The Samuroid helmet on display at the Cortex lighting up, revealing it as a means for the Thinker to spy on the heroes.
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* DearJohnLetter: Apparently Earth-2 uses "break up cubes" (involving Atlantean technology, no less) that holds a holographic message for this purpose.
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* DearJohnLetter: Apparently Earth-2 uses "break up cubes" (involving Atlantean technology, plastic, no less) that holds a holographic message for this purpose.purpose. They also come with a tissue in case people need to cry.
