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** Thawne also halfheartedly apologizes for the time he killed Cisco in an altered timeline. He mention that Nora was a daughter in the same way he spoke about Cisco, saying that he taught her what was to have a daughter.

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** Thawne also halfheartedly apologizes for the time he killed Cisco in an altered timeline. He mention mentions that Nora was a daughter in the same way he spoke about Cisco, saying that he taught her what was to have a daughter.
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* TheUnreveal: Although Caitlin and Killer Frost both approve of the costume Cisco made for them, what it looks like isn't shown to the audience.
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* ShaggyDogStory: Nora's entire motivation for coming to the past and interfering with the timeline was to ensure Barry does not disappear in 2024. Not only does Thwane reveal that the event ''will'' happen regardless of any timeline changes, Nora's interference actually ''accelerated'' it from happening in 2024 to ''2019''. To rub salt into the wound, she effectively erases her own existence as a result.

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** Thawne also halfheartedly apologizes for the time he killed Cisco in an altered timeline.

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** Thawne also halfheartedly apologizes for the time he killed Cisco in an altered timeline. He mention that Nora was a daughter in the same way he spoke about Cisco, saying that he taught her what was to have a daughter.



* CombinationAttack: The Team Flash members use their techniques to attack Thawne.



* RankUp: Singh is give the job as police chief and he promotes Joe to captain.

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* RankUp: Singh is give given the job as police chief and he promotes Joe to captain.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Thawne admits that he truly did grow to care about Nora during his manipulations, and hopes she can survive with the negative speed force.
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* SwordOverHead: Cicada II does this with her uncle's lightning dagger when she's about to kill Nora with it.

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* SwordOverHead: Cicada II does this with her uncle's lightning dagger when she's about to kill Nora with it. Barry takes this narrow moment of opportunity to shoot the dagger.
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** Happens to Nora when the timeline is rewritten, preventing her from being born.

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** Happens to Nora when the timeline is rewritten, preventing her from being born.born because Barry will disappear before he and Iris can conceive a child.
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* AmbiguousSyntax: Exploited: when finally meeting Ralph face to face, Thawne remarks that he should be dead. That ''isn't'' a [[PreemptiveDeclaration a preemptive death threat]]; prior to Flashpoint happening, Ralph ''was'' dead. [[DramaticIrony Ralph doesn't pick up on this.]]

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* AmbiguousSyntax: Exploited: when finally meeting Ralph face to face, Thawne remarks that he should be dead. That ''isn't'' a ''isn't'' [[PreemptiveDeclaration a preemptive death threat]]; prior to Flashpoint happening, Ralph ''was'' dead. [[DramaticIrony Ralph doesn't pick up on this.]]



* ItsAllMyFault: Nora feels responsible for everything that's happened and intends to fix it after she learns she was noting but Thawne's UnwittingPawn.

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* ItsAllMyFault: Nora feels responsible for everything that's happened and intends to fix it after she learns she was noting nothing but Thawne's UnwittingPawn.
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** It's subtle, but Thawne's statement that the Negative Speed Force protects its users from changes to time explains how he keeps coming back.
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** It's not clear if Cisco is gone for good.

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** It's not clear if Cisco is gone has left Team Flash for good.

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* BigNo: Barry lets one out in Cicada II's lair.

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* TheBadGuyWins: Thawne not only escapes his execution and goes free, but manages to cause further torment for Team Flash by creating such a change in the timeline that Nora is erased from existence.
* BigDamnHeroes: Nora and Barry stop Thawne from killing the prison guards by turning back time to prevent it.
* BigNo: Barry lets one out in Cicada II's lair.lair when she's about to kill Nora.



* CosmicRetcon: Happens to Nora when the timeline is rewritten, she disappears from existence and new Nora will take her back.
* DoomedByCanon: Thawne maliciously tells Nora that no matter what she does the Flash ''will'' disappear as he is destined too.

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** Thawne also halfheartedly apologizes for the time he killed Cisco in an altered timeline.
* CosmicRetcon: Happens TheCavalry: Just when Thawne is about to overwhelm Barry and Nora, the rest of Team Flash arrive to back them up.
* TheDogBitesBack: Once Thawne is freed, he kills the sadistic guard that was torturing him for the past fifteen years. Until
Nora when the timeline is rewritten, she disappears from existence and new Nora will take her back.
Barry stop it.
* DoomedByCanon: Thawne maliciously tells Nora that no matter what she does the Flash ''will'' disappear as he is destined too.to.



* GenreSavvy: Kamillia notes that her knowledge of comic book tropes is what's helping her accept Cisco revealing that he's Vibe.



** Singh reveals that he knows that Barry is the Flash.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Thawne knew that if Cicada's dagger was destroyed Nora would be rewritten, but as along as he lives that's all that matter.

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** Singh reveals that he knows that Barry is the Flash.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Thawne knew that if Cicada's dagger was destroyed Nora would be rewritten, but as along as he lives that's all that matter.matters.



* KarmicDeath: Once Thawne is freed, he killed the sadistic guard that was torturing him for the past fifteen years. Until Nora and Barry stops it.

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* KarmicDeath: Once Thawne is freed, ItHasBeenAnHonor: Sherloque says as much to Barry, and implies it with Ralph, before he killed the sadistic guard that was torturing him leaves for the past fifteen years. Until Nora and Barry stops it. his Earth.



* OnceMoreWithClarity: Nora and Barry stop Thawne from killing the prison guards.

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* OnceMoreWithClarity: Nora MakeWrongWhatOnceWentRight: With her bomb negated, Cicada II decides to fix the Time Sphere and Barry stop Thawne from go back to when the Particle Accelerator exploded and release what remains of her virus there, killing all metahumans as soon as they get their powers in the prison guards.first place. Fortunately, she never gets that far.



* TheReveal: Thawne got the idea to manipulate Nora when she talked about Cicada all those years ago in 2015. It was just a matter of time.
* SadisticChoice: Team Flash when they learn that destroying the dagger also means Thawne will escape. In the Barry destroys it when Cicada II is about to kill Nora.

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* TheReveal: RetGone:
** Happens to Adult!Grace after Young!Grace agrees to take the cure, preventing her from ever growing up to become Cicada II.
** Happens to Nora when the timeline is rewritten, preventing her from being born.
* TheReveal:
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Thawne got the idea to manipulate Nora when she talked about Cicada all those years ago in 2015. It was just a matter of time.
** Singh reveals that he knows that Barry is the Flash.
* SadisticChoice: Team Flash when they learn that destroying the dagger also means Thawne will escape. In the end, Barry destroys it when Cicada II is about to kill Nora.



* SwordOverHead: Cicada II does this with her uncle's lightning dagger.

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* SwordOverHead: Cicada II does this with her uncle's lightning dagger.dagger when she's about to kill Nora with it.



* WhamShot: TheStinger sees newspaper detailing Flash's disappearance be altered due to a time flux: the date changes from 2024 to 2019.
* WhereItAllBegan: With her bomb negated, Cicada II decides to fix the Time Sphere and go back to when the Particle Accelerator and release what remains of her virus there. Fortunately, she never gets that far.

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* WhamShot: TheStinger sees newspaper detailing Flash's disappearance be altered due to a time flux: the date changes from 2024 to 2019.
* WhereItAllBegan: With her bomb negated, Cicada II decides to fix the Time Sphere and go back to when the Particle Accelerator and release what remains of her virus there. Fortunately, she never gets that far.
2019.
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* BittersweetEnding: Cicada is gone and Grace is no loner her. Cisco gives up his powers, completely of his own volition (as he didn't want "Vibe" to be all he is remembered for), and is completely happy with it. But Nora is erased from existence and Thawne is once again free in the world. And it's ''confirmed'' that a flux in the timeline moved up the Crisis to 2019.

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* BittersweetEnding: Cicada is gone and Grace is no loner longer her. Cisco gives up his powers, completely of his own volition (as he didn't want "Vibe" to be all he is remembered for), and is completely happy with it. But Nora is erased from existence and Thawne is once again free in the world. And it's ''confirmed'' that a flux in the timeline moved up the Crisis to 2019.



* GoodAngelBadAngel: In Grace's mindscape's she sees two Orlins. One is Cicada I and the other is her Uncle Orlin, who realized his mistakes.

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* GoodAngelBadAngel: In Grace's mindscape's mindscape she sees two Orlins. One is Cicada I and the other is her Uncle Orlin, who realized his mistakes.
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* VillainExitStageLeft: Thawne, ''again''!

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* VillainExitStageLeft: Thawne, ''again''!as per usual.

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* AmbiguousSituation: It's not clear if Cisco is gone for good.

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* AmbiguousSituation: AmbiguousSituation:
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It's not clear if Cisco is gone for good.good.
** Due to the focus on the changing 2019 date, it's unclear if the title about the Crisis didn't also change.

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* AmbiguousSyntax: Exploited: when finally meeting Ralph face to face, Thawne remarks that he should be dead. That ''isn't'' a [[PreemptiveDeclaration a preemptive death threat]]; prior to Flashpoint happening, Ralph ''was'' dead. [[DramaticIrony Ralph doesn't pick up on this.]]



** Cisco does the same after taking the cure so he can be himself and not be

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** Cisco does the same after taking the cure so he can be himself and not be Vibe.



* FaceDeathWithDignity: Of a sort: Thawne makes it clear that the only way to prevent Nora from being [[RetGone erased]] is to go into the Negative Speed Force. Nora can't bring herself to do it, as that would meaning having the Negative Speed Force be a part of her, and all of the anger that it implies. Owing to Barry's own lesson about consequences, Nora decides it would be for the best if she got erased instead.



* HalfwayPlotSwitch: Quite literally: the dagger is destroyed and Cicada II is erased at around the half point of the episode.



* RankUp: Singh is give the job as police chief and he promotes Joe to

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* RankUp: Singh is give the job as police chief and he promotes Joe to captain.



* SequelHook: Thawne tells he'll meet Barry again in the next "crisis" -- Crisis on Infinite Earths.

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* SequelHook: Thawne tells he'll meet Barry again in the next "crisis" -- "crisis"; TheStinger basically flat out clarifies his remark by having ''the'' Crisis on Infinite Earths.be moved up to 2019.
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* BittersweetEnding: Cicada is gone and Grace is no loner her. Cisco gives up his powers. But Nora is erased from existence and Thawne is once again free in the world.

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* BittersweetEnding: Cicada is gone and Grace is no loner her. Cisco gives up his powers.powers, completely of his own volition (as he didn't want "Vibe" to be all he is remembered for), and is completely happy with it. But Nora is erased from existence and Thawne is once again free in the world. And it's ''confirmed'' that a flux in the timeline moved up the Crisis to 2019.



* HijackedByGanon: Thawne becomes the main villain to face.

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* HijackedByGanon: Thawne becomes the main villain to face.face once Cicada II is erased from the timeline.



** Sherloque works out what Ralph realized last episode -- that Cicada's dagger is what was keeping Thawne locked up in Iron Heights and his atoner act he presented to Nora was just a facade.

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** Sherloque works out what Ralph realized last episode -- that episode: Cicada's dagger is what was keeping Thawne locked up in Iron Heights and his atoner act he presented to Nora was just a facade.



** Singh reveals that he knows that Barry is the Flash

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** Singh reveals that he knows that Barry is the FlashFlash.



* WhamEpisode: Cicada is defeated, Joe is promoted to Captain, Thawne is free, and Nora is erased after the dagger is destroyed and Barry's disappearance has been moved up to ''2019''!
* WhamShot: The newspaper detailing Flash's disappearance -- the date changes from 2024 to 2019!
* WhereItAllBegan: With her bomb negated, Cicada II decides to fix the Time Sphere and go back to when the Particle Accelerator and release what remains of her virus there. Fortunately she never gets that far.

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* WhamEpisode: Cicada is defeated, Joe is promoted to Captain, Thawne is free, and Nora is erased after the dagger is destroyed and Barry's disappearance has been moved up to ''2019''!
''2019''.
* WhamShot: The TheStinger sees newspaper detailing Flash's disappearance -- be altered due to a time flux: the date changes from 2024 to 2019!
2019.
* WhereItAllBegan: With her bomb negated, Cicada II decides to fix the Time Sphere and go back to when the Particle Accelerator and release what remains of her virus there. Fortunately Fortunately, she never gets that far.

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* WhamEpisode: Cicada is defeated, Joe is promoted to Captain, Thawne is free, and Nora is erased after the dagger is destroyed.

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* WhamEpisode: Cicada is defeated, Joe is promoted to Captain, Thawne is free, and Nora is erased after the dagger is destroyed.destroyed and Barry's disappearance has been moved up to ''2019''!
* WhamShot: The newspaper detailing Flash's disappearance -- the date changes from 2024 to 2019!

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* BigNo: Barry lets one out in Cicada II's lair.'
* BodyHorror: Ralph goes through this early on, but thankfully gets better.
* BroughtDownToNormal: Cisco takes the metahuman cure, officially ending his time as Vibe, with the intention of starting a normal life with Kamilla.

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* AmbiguousSituation: It's not clear if Cisco is gone for good.
* BigNo: Barry lets one out in Cicada II's lair.'
lair.
* BodyHorror: Ralph goes through this early on, but thankfully gets better.
* BroughtDownToNormal:
BittersweetEnding: Cicada is gone and Grace is no loner her. Cisco takes gives up his powers. But Nora is erased from existence and Thawne is once again free in the metahuman cure, officially ending his time as Vibe, world.
* ButNowIMustGo:
** Sherloque goes to be
with Irene now that Cicada is gone.
** Cisco does
the intention of starting a normal life with Kamilla. same after taking the cure so he can be himself and not be



** Singh reveals that he knows that Barry is the Flash



* LossOfIdentity: Nora fears this if she goes into the Negative Speed Force to save herself. So she opts to go as herself.



* TheReveal: Thawne got the idea to manipulate Nora when she talked about Cicada all those years ago in 2015.
** Singh reveals he knows Barry is the Flash.

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* RankUp: Singh is give the job as police chief and he promotes Joe to
* TheReveal: Thawne got the idea to manipulate Nora when she talked about Cicada all those years ago in 2015.
** Singh reveals he knows Barry is the Flash.
2015. It was just a matter of time.


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* VillainExitStageLeft: Thawne, ''again''!
* WhamEpisode: Cicada is defeated, Joe is promoted to Captain, Thawne is free, and Nora is erased after the dagger is destroyed.

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* BigNo: Barry lets one out in Cicada II's lair.

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* BigNo: Barry lets one out in Cicada II's lair.'
* BodyHorror: Ralph goes through this early on, but thankfully gets better.
* BroughtDownToNormal: Cisco takes the metahuman cure, officially ending his time as Vibe, with the intention of starting a normal life with Kamilla.


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** Singh reveals he knows Barry is the Flash.

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* CallBack: Barry gives Nora the same speech Jay gave him after he stopped him from trying to fix Flashpoint (again).

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* CallBack: CallBack:
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Barry gives Nora the same speech Jay gave him after he stopped him from trying to fix Flashpoint (again).(again).
** Thawne notes that Ralph should be dead, which he was until Barry created Flashpoint.
* CosmicRetcon: Happens to Nora when the timeline is rewritten, she disappears from existence and new Nora will take her back.


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* ItsAllAboutMe: Thawne knew that if Cicada's dagger was destroyed Nora would be rewritten, but as along as he lives that's all that matter.


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* TheReveal: Thawne got the idea to manipulate Nora when she talked about Cicada all those years ago in 2015.


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* SequelHook: Thawne tells he'll meet Barry again in the next "crisis" -- Crisis on Infinite Earths.

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* GoodAngelBadAngel: In minds cape's she sees two Orlins. One is Cicada I and the other is her Uncle Orlin, who realized his mistakes.

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* DoomedByCanon: Thawne maliciously tells Nora that no matter what she does the Flash ''will'' disappear as he is destined too.
* GoodAngelBadAngel: In minds cape's Grace's mindscape's she sees two Orlins. One is Cicada I and the other is her Uncle Orlin, who realized his mistakes.



* KarmicDeath: Once Thawne is freed, he killed the sadistic guard that was torturing him for the past fifteen years. Until Nora and Barry stops it.



* OnceMoreWithClarity: Nora and Barry stop Thawne from killing the prison guards.



* WhereItAllBegan: With her bomb negated, Cicada II decides to fix the Time Sphere and go back to when the Particle Accelerator and release what remains of her virus there.

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* TitleDrop: Thawne mockingly tells Nora that Barry's legacy is his DoomedByCanon status.
* WhereItAllBegan: With her bomb negated, Cicada II decides to fix the Time Sphere and go back to when the Particle Accelerator and release what remains of her virus there. Fortunately she never gets that far.

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* GoodAngelBadAngel: In minds cape's she sees two Orlins. One is Cicada I and the other is her Uncle Orlin, who realized his mistakes.



* NoSell: The cure doesn't work on present Grace because of the shrapnel in her head negates it... until the dagger's destroyed.
* SadisticChoice: Team Flash when they learn that destroying the dagger also means Thawne will escape. In the Barry destroys it when Cicada II is about to kill Nora.



* WhereItAllBegan: With her bomb negated, Cicada II decides to go back to when the Particle Accelerator and release what remains of her virus there.

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* WhereItAllBegan: With her bomb negated, Cicada II decides to fix the Time Sphere and go back to when the Particle Accelerator and release what remains of her virus there.

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Team Flash prepares for their last confrontation with Cicada II while Thawne puts his final plan into motion.

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Team Flash prepares for their last final confrontation with Cicada II while Thawne puts his final plan one last gambit into motion.



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* CallBack: Barry gives Nora the same speech Jay gave him after he stopped him from trying to fix Flashpoint (again).



* ItsAllMyFault: Nora feels responsible for everything that's happened and intends to fix it.

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* InternalReveal:
** Sherloque works out what Ralph realized last episode -- that Cicada's dagger is what was keeping Thawne locked up in Iron Heights and his atoner act he presented to Nora was just a facade.
** Cisco finally tells Kamillia he's Vibe.
* ItsAllMyFault: Nora feels responsible for everything that's happened and intends to fix it.it after she learns she was noting but Thawne's UnwittingPawn.
* LikeFatherLikeSon: Barry lampshades this with Nora. She's just as trusting as he is and she made her own big mistake that has no easy fix.



* SwordOverHead: Cicada II does this with her uncle's lightning dagger.

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* SpannerInTheWorks: Ralph jumps in front of the mirror gun to thwart Thawne's plans.
* SwordOverHead: Cicada II does this with her uncle's lightning dagger.dagger.
* WhereItAllBegan: With her bomb negated, Cicada II decides to go back to when the Particle Accelerator and release what remains of her virus there.
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* HijackedByGanon: Thawne becomes the main villain to face.
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* ItsAllMyFault: Nora feels responsible for everything that's happened and intends to fix it.
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* ForegoneConclusion: From the moment we saw him in the cell at the beginning of the season, it was inevitable that Thawne would break out and head back to the past for another round with Barry.
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* BigNO: Barry lets one out in Cicada II's lair.

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* BigNO: BigNo: Barry lets one out in Cicada II's lair.
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* ForegoneConclusion: From the moment we saw him in the cell at the beginning of the season, it was inevitable that Thawne would break out and head back to the past for another round with Barry.
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Team Flash prepares for their last confrontation with Cicada II while Thawne faces his execution.

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Team Flash prepares for their last confrontation with Cicada II while Thawne faces puts his execution.final plan into motion.
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Team Flash prepares for their last confrontation with Cicada II while Thawne faces his execution.
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* BigNO: Barry lets one out in Cicada II's lair.
* NeverMyFault: Cicada II says her family was "taken from her", even though she killed her own uncle.
* SwordOverHead: Cicada II does this with her uncle's lightning dagger.

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