History Recap / TheFlash2014S4E6WhenHarryMetHarry

* 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.

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

* ThatWomanIsDead: Black Bison says that her civilian identity Mina Chayton died on the bus and that she is now something more.

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

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Wolfgang Wells mentions that the multiverse will inevitably "be consumed in a fiery heat death". In truth, while it is currently thought that Heat Death is the most likely fate of the universe, "fiery" is an extremely inaccurate description of it. In fact, Heat Death refers to the state where there the universe has cooled to near absolute zero and there's ''no'' free thermodynamic energy left, so nothing else can happen. It's basically the opposite of fiery.

* ArtisticLicensePhysics: Wolfgang Wells mentions that the multiverse will inevitably "be consumed in a fiery heat death". In truth, while it is currently thought that Heat Death is the most likely fate of the universe, "fiery" is an extremely inaccurate description of it. In fact, Heat Death refers to the state where there the universe has cooled to near absolute zero and there's literally ''no'' free thermodynamic left, so nothing else can happen. It's basically the opposite of fiery.

** In his memory, Ralph can be seen trying to cheer up one of the people on the bus with him.

* BiTheWay: When Cisco tells the Council of Wells that they all just should be friends, Heffner Wells asks ''With benefits?''

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

* NotHyperbole: When [=DeVoe=] is informed that Team Flash has discovered his location and is enroute, his response is a ominous-sounding "Then let's be ready to greet them.". Going to greet them is actually ''exactly'' what he does, albeit in his civilian clothes.

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

** 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]], and perhaps more well-known, the [[WesternAnimation/RickAndMorty Council of Ricks]].
** Cisco tells Harry "Sometimes you're a hardass, sometimes you're a hero, sometimes [[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePhilosophersStone you're a wizard, Harry.]]" After he says this, some Harry Potter-esque music starts playing.
** Iris refers to the police training dummy, when it was animated by Black Bison, as a ''Franchise/{{Terminator}}''.

* NotHyperbole: When [=DeVoe=] is informed that Team Flash has discovered his location and is enroute, his response is a ominous-sounding "Then let's be ready to greet them.''. Going to greet them is actually ''exactly'' what he does, albeit in his civilian clothes.

* NotHyperbole: When DeVoe is informed that Team Flash has discovered his location and is enroute, his response is a ominous-sounding "Then let's be ready to greet them.''. Going to greet them is actually ''exactly'' what he does, albeit in his civilian clothes.

* NotHyperbole: When DeVoe is informed that Team Flash has discovered his location and is enroute, his response is a ominous-sounding "Then let's be ready to greet them.''. He actually does exactly that (albeit in his civilian clothes) and asks them how he can help them.

* RummageSaleReject: Ralph is aghast on how awful his costume is (it looks like a very cheap version of Daredevil's black outfit), though Cisco points out it's just a prototype.

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

* ContrivedCoincidence: Seems like markedly bad luck that the same day they bring in a metahuman with the ability to animate effigies, CCPD is demonstrating new tactical gear on a training dummy, where the demonstrator loads s gas canister gun ''indoors''.

** Under hypnosis, Ralph remembers witnessing a man crying or should we say "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S4E5GirlsNightOut Weeping]]", in the seat in front of him.

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

** Barry dismantles the Knight the same way he did with Savitar's suit of armor.

* AwwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: After Cisco convinces Harry to give the Council another chance, they all start awkwardly apologizing to each other for their bickering.

* AwwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: After Cisco convinces Harry to give the Council another chance, they all start awkwardly apologising to each other for their bickering.

* BeingGoodSucks: Ralph has this realization, that being a hero and having to care about people's well-being and the guilt when innoncent bystanders get hurt due in part to chaos in the field, is much harder than just being an emotionally detached douchebag. Barry doesn't deny it's one of the harder aspects of the job.

* ChildrenAreInnocent: It took a little girl getting critically injured, during the escalating events while trying to apprehend Black Bison, due to his indifference to finally convince Ralph to start protecting civillians instead of just go after the perp.

** Cisco encourages Harry to give the Council of Wells another shot since, even though they're all obnoxious, they're still noble enough to answer Harry's call for help with Devoe, despite not having to, because that's exactly what Harry would have done as well.

-->'''Ralph''': Give it up, Rookie, this psycho hooie is never gonna work on me...\\
''(smash cut as Iris and Barry are seated beside Dr. Finkel observing a deeply entranced Ralph)''\\

''(when finished with the session Finkel snaps and awakens Ralph from his trance)''\\

* UglyGuyHotWife: So Thinker and his grotesquely disproportionate brain is married to his leggy sexy british-latin assistant? Who'd thunk.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: The jailguard unknowingly gets pickpocketed by Black Bison as he was escorting her to her cell, allowing her to steal the keys to her power-dampening cuffs. This lets her wreak havoc on the precinct when she animated a police training dummy.

* WouldHurtAChild: Wells 2.0 is perfectly willing to villently interrogate all versions of [=DeVoe=], children included.

* 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.

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

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

* 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.

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

* WTHCostumingDepartment: InUniverse, Ralph is aghast on how awful his costume is (it looks like a very cheap version of Daredevil's black outfit), though Cisco points out it's just a prototype.

* GermanicDepressives: Herr Harrison Wolfgang Wells is the author of the book "Everything is Meaningless, So Why Did I Buy This Book?"

** Barry eludes to his biggest blunders when attempting to console Ralph on his guilt.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ralph really does have empathy and compassion for others, he just never was in a situation that it was needed before.

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

* 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.

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

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.

* 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.

* 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.

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

* {{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.

-->'''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)''\\

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

* 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.

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

** The title is a riff on the movie Film/WhenHarryMetSally.

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

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