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* BarrierWarrior: Vanessa Jansen aka Block, the VillainOfTheWeek of this episode, uses force fields to not only block attacks, but to crush people to death with it.

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* BarrierWarrior: Vanessa Jansen aka Block, the VillainOfTheWeek of this episode, a.k.a. Block uses force fields to not only block attacks, but to crush people to death with it.them.



* TheDreaded: Cicada is this to Nora, if her OhCrap expression is anything to go by, and it looks like he will be this to the rest of Team Flash as well.

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* TheDreaded: Cicada is this to Nora, if her OhCrap expression is anything to go by, and it looks like he will be this to the rest of Team Flash as well.



* FandomEnragingMisconception: {{Invoked|Trope}} at one point, in order to snap Cisco out of his zoning out, Ralph states "[[HanShotFirst Han shot second]]", even taking the moment to apologize after it works when Cisco grabs him in a rage.

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* FandomEnragingMisconception: {{Invoked|Trope}} Invoked at one point, in order to snap Cisco out of his zoning out, Ralph states "[[HanShotFirst Han shot second]]", even taking the moment to apologize after it works when Cisco grabs him in a rage.



* MoodWhiplash: Barry, Nora, Cisco, and Ralph are jubilant after apprehending Block, only for the mood to become very serious when Cicada tries to make an attempt on her life...and then them.

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* MoodWhiplash: Barry, Nora, Cisco, and Ralph are jubilant after apprehending Block, only for the mood to become very serious when Cicada tries to make an attempt on her life...and then them.as well as theirs.



* NoNonsenseNemesis: Cicada. He doesn't bother with an EvilPlan, a MotiveRant, or even telling the heroes who he is. Instead he just walks up to them and starts handing them their asses.

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* NoNonsenseNemesis: Cicada. He Cicada doesn't bother with an EvilPlan, a MotiveRant, or even telling the heroes who he is. Instead he just walks up to them and starts handing them their asses.
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* ConfessInConfidence: Singh tells Iris that his information on the victim has to be off the record.
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* FandomBerserkButton: {{Invoked|Trope}} at one point, in order to snap Cisco out of his zoning out, Ralph states "[[HanShotFirst Han shot second]]", even taking the moment to apologize after it works when Cisco grabs him in a rage.

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* FandomBerserkButton: FandomEnragingMisconception: {{Invoked|Trope}} at one point, in order to snap Cisco out of his zoning out, Ralph states "[[HanShotFirst Han shot second]]", even taking the moment to apologize after it works when Cisco grabs him in a rage.
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* SwissCheeseSecurity: Right after being introduced to Barry's "new intern," Nora, Iris walks onto an active crime scene with zero resistance. Singh immediately asks someone to secure the scene, in a tone that suggests that he's wondering why no one was doing that in the first place.

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* SwissCheeseSecurity: Right after being Detective Singh is introduced to Barry's "new intern," intern" Nora, Iris walks onto an active crime scene with zero resistance. Singh immediately asks someone to secure the scene, in a tone that suggests that he's wondering why no one was doing that in the first place.
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* SwissCheeseSecurity: Iris walks onto an active crime scene with zero resistance. Singh immediately asks someone to secure the scene, in a tone that suggests that he's wondering why no one was doing that in the first place.

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* SwissCheeseSecurity: Right after being introduced to Barry's "new intern," Nora, Iris walks onto an active crime scene with zero resistance. Singh immediately asks someone to secure the scene, in a tone that suggests that he's wondering why no one was doing that in the first place.
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* MoodWhiplash: Barry, Nora, Cisco, and Ralph are jubilant after apprehending Block, only for the mood to become very serious when Cicada tries to make an attempt on her life... and then them.

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* MoodWhiplash: Barry, Nora, Cisco, and Ralph are jubilant after apprehending Block, only for the mood to become very serious when Cicada tries to make an attempt on her life... and then them.



* WhamShot: Caitlin sees in Cisco's vibe who forged her father's death certificate; Dr. Tannhauser, her mother.

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* WhamShot: Caitlin sees in Cisco's vibe who forged her father's death certificate; certificate: Dr. Tannhauser, her mother.
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* StableTimeLoop: Similar to [[TheFlash2014S4E23WeAreTheFlash the previous season's finale]], Nora prevents Cicada from killing her father, a few years before she is born.

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* StableTimeLoop: Similar to [[TheFlash2014S4E23WeAreTheFlash [[Recap/TheFlash2014S4E23WeAreTheFlash the previous season's finale]], Nora prevents Cicada from killing her father, a few years before she is born.
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* ContinuityNod:
** Caitlin namedrops Ronnie and "Jay" in a conversation about exes.
** Harry's upgraded mental activity dampener reappears.


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* SwissCheeseSecurity: Iris walks onto an active crime scene with zero resistance. Singh immediately asks someone to secure the scene, in a tone that suggests that he's wondering why no one was doing that in the first place.

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* BodyHorror: Block kills people by compressing them into literal blocks of meat.

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* BodyHorror: Block kills people by compressing them into literal blocks of meat. [[GoryDiscretionShot Viewers are spared from seeing the messy results]], [[SickeningCrunch not that it helps much]].



** Gridlock had no chance to beat Cicada.

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** Gridlock [[StarterVillain Gridlock]] had no chance to beat Cicada.[[BigBad Cicada]].



* HiddenDepths: Both Caitlin and Cisco are extremely surprised about Ralph's advice on how to get over a break-up. Especially so because it is the 27th advice of a list with much useless stuff before that.

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* HiddenDepths: Both Caitlin and Cisco are extremely surprised about Ralph's advice on how to get over a break-up. breakup. Especially so because it is the 27th advice of a list with much far more useless stuff before that.



* NoNonsenseNemesis: Cicada. He doesn't bother with an EvilPlan, MotiveRant, or even to tell the heroes who he is. Instead he just walks up to them and starts handing them their asses.

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* NoNonsenseNemesis: Cicada. He doesn't bother with an EvilPlan, a MotiveRant, or even to tell telling the heroes who he is. Instead he just walks up to them and starts handing them their asses.



* ScrewDestiny: Iris isn't impressed by the headline detailing Barry never came back from his disappearance, noting how Team Flash has [[Recap/TheFlash2014S3E23FinishLine changed the future before]].

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* ScrewDestiny: Iris isn't impressed by the headline detailing Barry never came back from his disappearance, noting how Team Flash has [[Recap/TheFlash2014S3E23FinishLine has changed the future before]].



** Ralph quotes ''Negative Ghost Rider'' from ''Film/TopGun'' (1986).

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** Ralph quotes ''Negative "Negative Ghost Rider'' Rider" from ''Film/TopGun'' (1986).



* StableTimeLoop: Similar to the finale, Nora prevents Cicada from killing her father, a few years before she is born.

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* StableTimeLoop: Similar to [[TheFlash2014S4E23WeAreTheFlash the finale, previous season's finale]], Nora prevents Cicada from killing her father, a few years before she is born.



* WhamShot: Caitlin sees in Cisco's vibe who forged her father's death certificate; Dr. Tannhauser, aka. her mother.

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* WhamShot: Caitlin sees in Cisco's vibe who forged her father's death certificate; Dr. Tannhauser, aka. her mother.
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* NoNonsenseNemesis: Cicada. He doesn't bother with an EvilPlan, MotiveRant, or even to tell the heroes who he is. Instead he just walks up to them and starts handing them their asses.
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* StableTimeLoop: Similar to the finale, Nora prevents Cicada from killing her father, a few years before she is born.
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* PowerHigh: Cecile shows a pretty unhealthy obsession about her telepathy once more, when it seems like its fading again. In the end, she seems to have gotten over it.

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* PowerHigh: Cecile shows a pretty unhealthy obsession about her telepathy once more, when it seems like its it's fading again. In the end, she seems to have gotten over it.



* ShirtlessScene: Cicada is shirtless after taking off his equipment. Some wounds can be seen in his body.

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* ShirtlessScene: Cicada is shirtless after taking off his equipment. Some wounds can be seen in on his body.
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* PowerHigh: Cecile shows some pretty uhealthy obsession about her telepathy once more, when it seems like its fading again. In the end, she seems to have gotten over it.

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* PowerHigh: Cecile shows some a pretty uhealthy unhealthy obsession about her telepathy once more, when it seems like its fading again. In the end, she seems to have gotten over it.
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* MoodWhiplash: Barry, Nora, Cisco, and Ralph are jubilant after apprehending Block, only for the mood to become very serious when Cicada tries to make an attempt on her life.... and then them.

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* MoodWhiplash: Barry, Nora, Cisco, and Ralph are jubilant after apprehending Block, only for the mood to become very serious when Cicada tries to make an attempt on her life....life... and then them.
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* EagerRookie: Nora is way too eager to impress her dad, trying to pull the tricks Barry does without properly mastering the speed to execute them. After having a heart-to-heart with Joe where Barry realizes Nora wants to impress him -- her hero whom she puts on a pedestal -- Barry decides to show her a montage of all the times he lost control during training.

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* EagerRookie: Nora is way too eager to impress her dad, trying to pull off the tricks Barry does without properly mastering the speed to execute them. After having a heart-to-heart with Joe where Barry realizes Nora wants to impress him -- her hero whom she puts on a pedestal -- Barry decides to show her a montage of all the times he lost control during training.
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* EagerRookie: Nora is way too eager to impress her dad, trying to pull the tricks Barry does without properly mastering the speed to execute them. After having a heart-to-heart with Joe where Barry realizes Nora wants to impress him -- her hero whom she puts on pedestal -- Barry decides to show her a montage of all the times he lost control during training.

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* EagerRookie: Nora is way too eager to impress her dad, trying to pull the tricks Barry does without properly mastering the speed to execute them. After having a heart-to-heart with Joe where Barry realizes Nora wants to impress him -- her hero whom she puts on a pedestal -- Barry decides to show her a montage of all the times he lost control during training.

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