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* NostalgiaAintLikeItUsedToBe: When Barry determines that the first victim was killed by a large animal that shouldn't exist, he and Joe whirl around and see a statue of a large cat. Barry asks Joe if he ever misses the good old days, when they never would've suspected a statue of murder.
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* UnholyMatrimony: [=DeVoe's=] assistant is actually his wife.

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* UnholyMatrimony: [=DeVoe's=] assistant is actually his wife. Notably, she gets annoyed when she tries to argue with him, only for him to explain that he has already calculated every possible way the conversation could go with the same predictable result - he wins.

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* SherlockScan: Ralph's perverted skill for figuring out a woman's measurements at a glance. The ladies are suitably disgusted.



* SmallStepsHero: Ralph scoffs at this; believing catching the bad guy is more important than helping those in need, even if they're "bad". When a little girl ends up in the hospital he realizes Barry was right.

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* SmallStepsHero: Ralph scoffs at this; believing catching the bad guy is more important than helping those in need, even if they're "bad". When a little girl ends up in the hospital hospital, he realizes Barry was right.

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* BrickJoke: When Wells 2.0 suggests just killing all the [=DeVoes=], he insists that this includes the ''infant'' [=DeVoe=].

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* BrickJoke: BrickJoke:
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When Wells 2.0 suggests just killing all the [=DeVoes=], he insists that this includes the ''infant'' [=DeVoe=].[=DeVoe=].
** A wizard Wells briefly shows up, until dismissed by the other Wellses. Eventually, Cisco decides to make a StealthPun about it, since all Wells are named [[Franchise/HarryPotter Harry]], right?



* MoreHypnotizableThanHeThinks: When Barry and Iris takes him to their councilor to have Ralph hypnotized to clear his memory of the bus, he laughs it off as fairy tale bullshit...

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* MoreHypnotizableThanHeThinks: When Barry and Iris takes him to their councilor to have Ralph hypnotized to clear better remember his memory of the bus, he laughs it off as fairy tale bullshit...



* NeverTrustATitle: The episode's title may having you thinking this is a Harry-centric episode. It's not, instead it focuses on Ralph.

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* NeverTrustATitle: The episode's title may having have you thinking this is a Harry-centric episode. It's not, instead it focuses on Ralph.



* PetTheDog: Ralph doesn't mind using his powers to entertain the hospital stricken girl.

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* PetTheDog: PetTheDog:
** In his memory, Ralph can be seen trying to cheer up one of the people on the bus with him.
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Ralph doesn't mind using his powers to entertain the hospital stricken girl.girl.
** And in the very end, Ralph finishes Black Bison's mission, personally having delivered the necklace to her people.



** Cisco tells Harry "Sometimes you're a hardass, sometimes you're a hero, sometimes [[Literature/HarryPotter you're a wizard, Harry.]]" After he says this, some Harry Potter-esque music starts playing.

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** Cisco tells Harry "Sometimes you're a hardass, sometimes you're a hero, sometimes [[Literature/HarryPotter [[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone you're a wizard, Harry.]]" After he says this, some Harry Potter-esque music starts playing.



** Ralph makes a pair of ''Film/JurassicPark'' references, including referencing the idea that a Tyrannosaur could only detect prey if it moved as well as quoting the line "We have a ''T. rex''."

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** Ralph makes a pair of ''Film/JurassicPark'' references, including referencing the idea that a Tyrannosaur could only detect prey if it moved moved, blaming Creator/JeffGoldblum for the mistake, as well as quoting the line "We have a ''T. rex''."



* SmallStepsHero: Ralph scoffs at this; believing catching the bad guy is more important than helping those in need, even if they're "bad". When a little girl ends in the hospital he realizes Barry was right.

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* SmallStepsHero: Ralph scoffs at this; believing catching the bad guy is more important than helping those in need, even if they're "bad". When a little girl ends up in the hospital he realizes Barry was right.



** Barry expresses his pride in Ralph, after learning he shipped the bison necklace back to Black Bisons tribe.

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** Barry expresses his pride in Ralph, after learning he shipped the bison necklace back to Black Bisons Bison's tribe.
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** Cisco's name for the meeting of Wells across the multiverse is very similar to another AllianceOfAlternates consisting of {{Insufferable Genius}}es, the [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Council of Reeds]].

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** Cisco's name for the meeting of Wells across the multiverse is very similar to another AllianceOfAlternates consisting of {{Insufferable Genius}}es, the [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Council of Reeds]].Reeds]], and perhaps more well-known, the [[WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty Council of Ricks]].
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* WikiWalk: After making fun of the word effidy earlier, Ralph actually decided to look it up. However, he still finds the word itself amusing.

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* WikiWalk: After making fun of the word effidy effigy earlier, Ralph actually decided to look it up. However, he still finds the word itself amusing.

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* AllianceOfAlternates: The Council of Wells

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* AllianceOfAlternates: The Council of WellsWells.
* AssShove: After his bullet literally bounced off of Ralph and shot the mugger on the leg instead, he tried shooting Ralph [[TooDumbToLive again]]...and the bullet went up his ass this time around.
* BaitAndSwitch: Ralph looks giddy as he examines a tarp covering a dummy, thinking the dummy is wearing his costume. Cisco clarifies that the tarp ''is'' Ralph's costume.



* BrickJoke: When Wells 2.0 suggests just killing all the [=DeVoes=], he insists that this includes the ''infant'' [=DeVoe=].



* SecretKeeper: It can be assumed the little girl is this for Ralph.

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* SecretKeeper: It can be assumed the little girl is this becomes one for Ralph.Ralph, since he shows off his powers to her to cheer her up.



** Iris refers to the police training dummy, when it was animated by Black Bison, as a ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}''.



* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: Likely because they're not fully aware of what [=DeVoe=] is capable of, Team Flash ready themselves (Harry with gear, Vibe and Killer Frost also suited up as backup) for what awaits them when they finally track him down.



* VitriolicBestFriends: Barry and Ralph may still snark at each other like crazy, but by the end of this episode they've buried the hatchet and any animosity the two once felt for each other.

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* VitriolicBestFriends: VitriolicBestBuds: Barry and Ralph may still snark at each other like crazy, but by the end of this episode they've buried the hatchet and any animosity the two once felt for each other.



* WhamShot: Barry and Joe meeting [=DeVoe=]... who's in a wheelchair.

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* WhamShot: WhamShot:
** At the initial crime scene, Barry summarizes that a large beast must have gored the victim. Then he and Joe both whirl around, because there is one right behind them...as a statue.
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Barry and Joe meeting [=DeVoe=]... [=DeVoe=]...who's in a wheelchair.wheelchair.
* WikiWalk: After making fun of the word effidy earlier, Ralph actually decided to look it up. However, he still finds the word itself amusing.

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* AllianceOfAlternates: The Council of Wells



** The Council of Wells itself is an expy of the Council of Reeds.


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* RecursiveCanon: At the end of the episode, Barry walks in on Ralph reading a comic book titled ''The Flash All-Stars''. Note that this is an InUniverse comic, as there is no RealLife comic with that title.


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** The title is a riff on the movie Film/WhenHarryMetSally.
** After Harry introduces his three doppelgangers that are going to help him figure out who [=DeVoe=] is, a fourth pops-up in a wizard robe and hat calling himself "[[Franchise/TheLordOfTheRings Wells the Gray]]."
** Cisco's name for the meeting of Wells across the multiverse is very similar to another AllianceOfAlternates consisting of {{Insufferable Genius}}es, the [[ComicBook/FantasticFour Council of Reeds]].


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** After Black Bison grabs the reassembled necklace, Ralph announces his presence by shouting "[[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheLastCrusade It belongs in a museum!]]" Barry then points out they're ''already'' in one.
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** The Council of Wells itself is an expy of the Council of Reeds.

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* NeverTrustATitle: The episode's title may having you thinking this is a Harry centric episode. It's not, instead it focuses on Ralph.
* OnceASeason: It wouldn't be "The Flash" if we weren't introduced to a new a Harrison Wells; in this case it's a whole ''think tank'' of Wells.

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* NeverTrustATitle: The episode's title may having you thinking this is a Harry centric Harry-centric episode. It's not, instead it focuses on Ralph.
* OnceASeason: It wouldn't be "The Flash" if we weren't introduced to a new a Harrison Wells; in this case it's a whole ''think tank'' of Wells.


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** Ralph makes a pair of ''Film/JurassicPark'' references, including referencing the idea that a Tyrannosaur could only detect prey if it moved as well as quoting the line "We have a ''T. rex''."


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* SickAndWrong: Iris reacts with disgust when Ralph can't describe what two women on the bus looked like but could rattle off their measurements.
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* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: Played with. Black Bison's powers are the same as in the comics: She can bring inanimate objects to life and make them move. However, the source of those powers is different: In the comics, it's magic. In the show, she's a metahuman.

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* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: Played with. Black Bison's powers are the same as in the comics: She can bring inanimate objects to life and make them move. However, the source of those powers is different: In the comics, it's magic. In the show, she's a metahuman. Her powers are almost more limited, as she can only animate objects that resemble a human or animal.
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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Black Bison is stealing Siox artifact's in a brutal fashion, but she's only doing so to return them to her people.

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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Black Bison is stealing Siox Sioux artifact's in a brutal fashion, but she's only doing so to return them to her people.
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* ShoutOut:
** Cisco tells Harry "Sometimes you're a hardass, sometimes you're a hero, sometimes [[Literature/HarryPotter you're a wizard, Harry.]]" After he says this, some Harry Potter-esque music starts playing.
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* AdaptationSuperpowerChange: Played with. Black Bison's powers are the same as in the comics: She can bring inanimate objects to life and make them move. However, the source of those powers is different: In the comics, it's magic. In the show, she's a metahuman.

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* AdaptationSuperpowerChange: AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: Played with. Black Bison's powers are the same as in the comics: She can bring inanimate objects to life and make them move. However, the source of those powers is different: In the comics, it's magic. In the show, she's a metahuman.
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* AdaptationSuperpowerChange: Played with. Black Bison's powers are the same as in the comics: She can bring inanimate objects to life and make them move. However, the source of those powers is different: In the comics, it's magic. In the show, she's a metahuman.


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* GenderFlip: Black Bison is traditionally a male character in the comics, but female here.

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** Barry dismantles the Knight the same way he did with Savitar's suit of armor.
* EatingTheEyeCandy: Ralph takes the time to express his attraction to Hazard after seeing her photo.



'''Ralph''':...It's hocus-pocus. It's never gonna work on a guy like me...but we can...try it...if you want...?\\

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'''Ralph''':...It's it is hocus-pocus. It's never gonna work on a guy like me...but we can...try it...if you want...?\\



* VitriolicBestFriends: Barry and Ralph may still snark at each other like crazy, but the end of this episode amd they've buried the hatchet and any animosity the two once felt for each other, even

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* VitriolicBestFriends: Barry and Ralph may still snark at each other like crazy, but by the end of this episode amd they've buried the hatchet and any animosity the two once felt for each other, evenother.

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* AfterTheEnd: Wells 2.0 comes from an Earth that Harry specifically refers to as post-apocalyptic.



* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: Ralph summarizes his cases as Husband stepping out on Wife, Wife stepping out on Husband, Husband stepping out on Wife and Husband.

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* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: Ralph summarizes his cases as Husband husband stepping out on Wife, Wife wife, wife stepping out on Husband, Husband husband, husband stepping out on Wife and Husband.wife ''and'' husband.



* EvilCripple: [=DeVoe=] turns out to need a wheelchair when not in his hover chair.



* OnceASeason: It wouldn't be "The Flash" if we weren't introduced to a new a Harrison Wells; in this case it's a whole ''think tank'' of Wells.



* OnceASeason: It wouldn't be "The Flash" if we weren't introduced to a new a Harrison Wells; in this case it's a whole ''think tank'' of Wells.

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* OnceASeason: It wouldn't be "The Flash" if we weren't introduced to a new a Harrison Wells; in this case it's a whole ''think tank'' of Wells.UnholyMatrimony: [=DeVoe's=] assistant is actually his wife.



* WellIntentionedExtremist: Black Bison is stealing Siox artifact's in a brutal fashion, but she's only doing so to return them to her people.

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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Black Bison is stealing Siox artifact's in a brutal fashion, but she's only doing so to return them to her people.people.
* WhamShot: Barry and Joe meeting [=DeVoe=]... who's in a wheelchair.

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* ContinuityNod: Under hypnosis, Ralph remembers witnessing a man crying or should we say "Weeping," in the seat in front of him.

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* ContinuityNod: BreadEggsBreadedEggs: Ralph summarizes his cases as Husband stepping out on Wife, Wife stepping out on Husband, Husband stepping out on Wife and Husband.
-->'''Ralph''': That one was a little less simple.
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Under hypnosis, Ralph remembers witnessing a man crying or should we say "Weeping," in the seat in front of him.him.
** Barry eludes to his biggest blunders when attempting to console Ralph on his guilt.


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* ShockingSwerve: Team Flash finally seems to have the upper hand against the BigBad for once and is ready to take on Clifford [=DeVoe=], only for them to discover he's currently living as a disabled suburban house husband.


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* SoProudOfYou:
** Cisco playfully mocks Harry after learning he's made friends, using this statement word for word.
** Barry expresses his pride in Ralph, after learning he shipped the bison necklace back to Black Bisons tribe.
-->'''Ralph''': Are you gonna yell at me again?\\
'''Barry''': No, not for this one.

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* FriendToAllChildren: Ralph doesn't mind using his powers to entertain the hospital stricken girl.

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* FriendToAllChildren: Ralph doesn't mind using his powers to entertain the hospital stricken girl.{{Expy}}: The council of Wells includes a German Jobs Wells, a Heffner Wells, a Mad Max Wells, even a Gandalf Wells pops up out of nowhere.


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* PetTheDog: Ralph doesn't mind using his powers to entertain the hospital stricken girl.
* ProductPlacement: Both Cisco and Caitlin are prominently displayed using Microsoft Surface Pro's, even events {{Foreshadowing}} Ralph's visit with the little girl were shown as advertisements for the product during commercial breaks.

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* BrainBleach: Cisco is horrified when he catches a full view of Heffner Wells' genitals.
* ContinuityNod: Under hypnosis, Ralph remembers witnessing a man crying or should we say "Weeping," in the seat in front of him.



-->'''Ralph''': Give it up Rookie this psycho hooie is never gonna work on me\\

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-->'''Ralph''': Give it up Rookie this psycho hooie is never gonna work on me\\me...\\



'''Dr. Finkle''': Well that was quick!

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'''Dr. Finkle''': Well that was quick!quick!\\
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''(when finished with the session Finkel snaps and awakens Ralph from his trance)''\\
'''Ralph''':...It's hocus-pocus. It's never gonna work on a guy like me...but we can...try it...if you want...?\\
''(Realizing last he remembered Barry and Iris were sitting next to him, yet now are sitting across from him)''\\
'''Ralph''': ''(bewildered)'' How did you guys get over there?



* WellIntentionedExtremist: Black Bison is stealing Siox artifact's in a brutal fashion, she's only doing so to return them to her people.

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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Black Bison is stealing Siox artifact's in a brutal fashion, but she's only doing so to return them to her people.
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* FriendToAllChildren: Ralph doesn't mind using his powers to entertain the hospital stricken girl.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ralph really does have empathy and compassion for others, he just never was in a situation that it was needed before.
* MoreHypnotizableThanHeThinks: When Barry and Iris takes him to their councilor to have Ralph hypnotized to clear his memory of the bus, he laughs it off as fairy tale bullshit...
-->'''Ralph''': Give it up Rookie this psycho hooie is never gonna work on me\\
''(smash cut as Iris and Barry are seated beside Dr. Finkle observing a deeply entranced Ralph)''\\
'''Dr. Finkle''': Well that was quick!



* NeverTrustATitle: The episode's title may having you thinking this is a Harry centric episode. It's not, instead it focuses on Ralph.
* SecretKeeper: It can be assumed the little girl is this for Ralph.



* OnceASeason: It wouldn't be "The Flash" if we weren't introduced to a new a Harrison Wells; in this case it's a whole ''think tank'' of Wells.

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* OnceASeason: It wouldn't be "The Flash" if we weren't introduced to a new a Harrison Wells; in this case it's a whole ''think tank'' of Wells.Wells.
* VitriolicBestFriends: Barry and Ralph may still snark at each other like crazy, but the end of this episode amd they've buried the hatchet and any animosity the two once felt for each other, even
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Black Bison is stealing Siox artifact's in a brutal fashion, she's only doing so to return them to her people.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Ralph when his refusal to help civilians ends with a little girl in the hospital; he's full of remorse.
* SmallStepsHero: Ralph scoffs at this; believing catching the bad guy is more important than helping those in need, even if they're "bad". When a little girl ends in the hospital he realizes Barry was right.
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'''Ralph:''' Well. Our work here is done.

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'''Ralph:''' Well. Our work here is done.done.
* OnceASeason: It wouldn't be "The Flash" if we weren't introduced to a new a Harrison Wells; in this case it's a whole ''think tank'' of Wells.
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* MuggingTheMonster: A random guy tries to mug Barry ''and'' Ralph. Barry sees this as the perfect opportunity for some in-the-field training (and even calls it "superhero 101"...until the mugger shoots Ralph, and the bullet bounces back into his leg.

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* MuggingTheMonster: A random guy tries to mug Barry ''and'' Ralph. Barry sees this as the perfect opportunity for some in-the-field training (and even calls it "superhero 101"...101")...until the mugger shoots Ralph, and the bullet bounces back into his leg.
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* MuggingTheMonster: A random guy tries to mug Barry ''and'' Ralph. Barry sees this as the perfect opportunity for some in-the-field training...until the mugger shoots Ralph, and the bullet bounces back into his leg.

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* MuggingTheMonster: A random guy tries to mug Barry ''and'' Ralph. Barry sees this as the perfect opportunity for some in-the-field training...training (and even calls it "superhero 101"...until the mugger shoots Ralph, and the bullet bounces back into his leg.
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Harry asks Cisco's assistance in forming "The Council of Wells," a think tank consisting of the brightest Harrison Wells in the multi-verse. Meanwhile, Barry considers bringing Ralph into the field for some more hands on super training.

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Harry asks Cisco's assistance in forming "The Council of Wells," a think tank consisting of the brightest Harrison Wells in the multi-verse. Meanwhile, Barry considers bringing Ralph into the field for some more hands on super training.training.

* MuggingTheMonster: A random guy tries to mug Barry ''and'' Ralph. Barry sees this as the perfect opportunity for some in-the-field training...until the mugger shoots Ralph, and the bullet bounces back into his leg.
-->'''Barry:''' Whoa!\\
'''Ralph:''' Well. Our work here is done.
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Harry asks Cisco's assistance in forming a "The Council of Wells," a think tank consisting of the brightest Harrison Wells in the multi-verse. Meanwhile, Barry considers bringing Ralph into the field for some more hands on super training.

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Harry asks Cisco's assistance in forming a "The Council of Wells," a think tank consisting of the brightest Harrison Wells in the multi-verse. Meanwhile, Barry considers bringing Ralph into the field for some more hands on super training.
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