History Recap / TheFlash2014S6E13GroddFriendedMe

* LightningBruiser: Grodd already qualified, but getting the Flash's powers in the mindscape turns the trope UpToEleven (and makes it quite a bit more literal to boot).

* AbsenteeActor: Cisco and Ralph still on a fact-finding mission and hunting down Sue, respectively. However, Cisco does call Kamilla to tell her he’s coming home.

* NotSoDifferent: Frost tells Chester that pretty much everyone on the team at least once got Barry into mortal danger.

* HeelFaceTurn: Grodd of all characters has made one, and while it [[RealityEnsues obviously]] takes a long time for Barry to believe him, it turns out to be genuine this time.

** The episode title to the CBS series ''Series/GodFriendedMe'', which is also produced by Creator/GregBerlanti. It also happens to be the reason Violett Beane no longer appears on ''The Flash''.

** Chester calls out Barry for being cold when he (genuinely) doesn't remember how he and the team wronged Hartley in the past.

* AbsenteeActor: Cisco & Ralph are both absent, the former still being on his fact-finding mission and the latter hunting down Sue. However, Cisco does call Kamilla to tell her he’s coming home.

* CallBack: In Grodd's memory, Thawne wonders if "Grodd"'s agitated state is because Caitlin offered him "the b-word"; as we well know, "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S1E21GroddLives Grodd hate banana]]".

** The cemetery Henry & Nora Allen were buried in has been moved.

* BodyHorror: Eva severely burns her arms when reaching out of the mirror. The injuries are later shown to also affect Mirror-Iris.

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Grodd speaks through Caitlin and Thawne when talking to Barry. Later, when Barry returns to the visual of STAR Labs, Grodd has taken the form of Joe.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Mirror Iris calls Joe one when he won't share information on the Carver investigation when he was the one who convinced Barry to trust her with the Mirror Gun. Joe countered that the gun was a Team Flash matter. [=CCPD=] is a different field, and since they were working with [=RICO=], he had to keep quiet about it.

* AscendedFanboy: Chester is happy about being accepted as a team member by Barry. The role was announced to be promoted to series regular for next season on the week between this and next episode

* AscendedFanboy: Chester is happy about being accepted as a team member by Barry.

* BookEnds: The episode began with Barry trying to visit his parents' graves, only to learn that that the cemetery disappeared, then responds to an SOS about a robbery perpetrated by Pied Piper. The episode ends with Barry locating his parents' new cemetery and going after Piper again.

* EvilAllAlong: Implied with Eva, as it turns out her BrokenBird persona is all an act and she's secretly working alongside Mirror!Iris.

* {{Hypocrite}}: Mirror!Iris calls Joe one when he won't share information on the Carver investigation when he was the one who convinced Barry to trust her with the Mirror Gun. Joe countered that the gun was a Team Flash matter. [=CCPD=] is a different field, and since they were working with [=RICO=], he had to keep quiet about it.

* WhatTheHellHero: Chester calls out Barry for being cold when he (genuinely) doesn't remember how he and the team wronged Hartley in the past.

** After Iris leaves Eva to find bandages, she hardens her expression then talks to Iris's mirror doppelganger through the mirror. And both Mirror Iris and Eva have the same burn marks on their shoulders, with the latter healing the former with a simple wave.

** After Iris leaves Eva, she talks to Iris's mirror doppelganger.
*** To better clarify: Eva had shown why the device Iris cobbled together wouldn't work to get them out, by showing how her arms ''burned'' after reaching out of the mirror. When Iris was leaving, to get Eva more bandages, she was still shaking in pain... but once Iris was, ''gone'', her face hardened and she stopped shaking in an instant. More over, ''when'' talking to Mirror!Iris, we see that ''her'' arms are burned as well.

* NoodleIncident

* ShoutOut: The episode title to the CBS series ''Series/GodFriendedMe'', which is also produced by Creator/GregBerlanti. It also happens to be the reason Violett Beane no longer appears on ''The Flash''.

* TrailersAlwaysLie: The promo made it look like Grodd was still a villain, which rearranged some of his senteces into "Grodd wants Flash to die!".

* BitchInSheepsClothing: Eva is apparently in league with Iris' doppelganger.

* SuddenlyShouting: Iris' doppelganger when Joe refuses to hand over evidence regarding her Carver investigation due to red tape.

** After Iris leaves Eva, she talks to Iris' mirror doppelganger.

** Iris still tries to convince Eva of believing in herself and finding a way to freedom.

** In a reference to [[Series/Supergirl2015 Supergirl]] now living on the same Earth as them, Chester says "Thank Rao!" at one point.

* TheConfidant: Barry speaks with Kamilla about the overwhelming changes post-Crisis and her problems with who he thinks is Iris.

** The merged form of Barry & Grodd, which grants Grodd access to the Speed Force & a [[ChestInsignia lightning bolt painted on his chest]], is one to Grodd’s design following the ''ComicBook/New52'' reboot in 2011.

* IHatePastMe: Grodd feels terrible about his past deed.

** As a result of the CosmicRetcon, Hartley is now a meta. Just like the Rogues after ''Flashpoint''.

** Nash’s apparent hallucination of Sherloque Wells begins vibrating & his eyes begin glowing a [[RedEyesTakeWarning demonic red]], signifying that the Reverse Flash has returned.

* CosmicRetcon:

** When Barry asks Gideon to list the changes created by Crisis, the results are in the ''trillions''.

* ContinuityNod: In a reference to [[Series/Supergirl2015 Supergirl]] now living on the same Earth as them, Chester says "Thank Rao!" at one point.

** The cemetery Henry & Nora Allen were buried in no longer exists.

* {{Synchronization}}: Mirror Iris and Eva turn out to be linked. Her being harmed carries over to Mirror Iris but she can be easily healed.

* InternalReveal: Chester learns about Barry being the Flash.

** Nash’s apparent hallucination of Sherloque Wells begins vibrating & his eyes begin glowing a [[RedEyesTakeWarning demonic red]], signifying that the Reverse Flash has returned.

* UnwitttingPawn: The Mirror Iris lures Joe out of the police station with a lunch date at Big Belly Burger, then pretends to have mixed up the actual meeting time so she can sneak back and get the files on the Carver case.

In the midst of the overwhelming changes of Earth-Prime, a stressed out Barry finds himself the captive of Grodd.

* ShoutOut: The episode title references the CBS series ''Series/GodFriendedMe'', which is also produced by Creator/GregBerlanti. It also happens to be the reason Violett Beane no longer appears on ''The Flash''.

In the midst of the overwhelming changes of Earth Prime, a stressed out Barry finds himself the captive of Grodd.

* TheConfidant: Barry speaks with Kamilla about the overwhelming changes post-Crisis and her problems with who he thinks is her Iris.

* FailedASpotCheck: Chester acknowledges that he should figured out that Barry was the Flash sooner.

* FiveSecondForeshadowing: The Sherloque ghost warning Nash that the latter's device is not going to work, a few seconds before it blows up.