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Incredibly Lame Pun is a redirect and not a trope by itself.


* IncrediblyLamePun: As a parting gift, Ralph gives Frost a "Dib-Ploma" (as her life coach).


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* {{Pun}}: As a parting gift, Ralph gives Frost a "Dib-Ploma" (as her life coach).
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* BigDamnHeroes: First Nash comes to Barry's rescue when Godspeed attacks him at S.T.A.R. Labs, and later Hartley saves his life and helps defeat the villainous speedster by combining his powers with Barry's.

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* BigDamnHeroes: First Nash comes to Barry's rescue when Godspeed attacks him at S.T.A.R. Labs, and later Hartley saves his life and helps defeat the villainous evil speedster by combining his powers with Barry's.



** Similarly to when the team was facing the then villainous Black Siren, Team Flash consults Hartley due to his expertise in sonic waves.

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** Similarly Similar to when the team was facing the then villainous then-villainous Black Siren, Team Flash consults Hartley due to his expertise in sonic waves.



* CosmicRetcon: In the new post-Crisis reality, Hartley has {{Mooks}} during his original confrontation with The Flash. His enmity with Barry post-retcon is due to Barry crippling his [[TheDragon right-hand man]] (who is also his boyfriend) with lightning. The confrontation indicates that Barry learned to throw lightning much sooner.

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* CosmicRetcon: In the new post-Crisis reality, Hartley has {{Mooks}} during his original confrontation with The the Flash. His enmity with Barry post-retcon is due to Barry crippling his [[TheDragon right-hand man]] (who is also his boyfriend) with lightning. The confrontation indicates that Barry learned to throw lightning much sooner.



* KarmicJackpot: Hartley's help to beat the Godspeed drone allowed him to get his boyfriend back due to the drone coming with compressed sound.

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* KarmicJackpot: Hartley's help to Hartley helping beat the Godspeed drone allowed him to get his boyfriend back due to the drone coming with compressed sound.
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* KarmicJackpot: Hartley's help to beat the Godspeed drone allowed him to get his boyfriend back due to the drone coming with compressed sound.

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* CosmicRetcon: In the new post-Crisis reality, Hartley has {{Mooks}} during his original confrontation with The Flash. His enmity with Barry post-retcon is due to Barry crippling his [[TheDragon right-hand man]] (who is also his boyfriend) with lightning.

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* CosmicRetcon: In the new post-Crisis reality, Hartley has {{Mooks}} during his original confrontation with The Flash. His enmity with Barry post-retcon is due to Barry crippling his [[TheDragon right-hand man]] (who is also his boyfriend) with lightning. The confrontation indicates that Barry learned to throw lightning much sooner.


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* RecruitingTheCriminal: Barry recruits Hartley to help him with the fifth Godspeed due to his experience with sonic waves.
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* OutOfFocus: Joe, due to still being in WITSEC, only appears in the opening scene. Similarly, Caitlin also has a minor role due to her illness.

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* OutOfFocus: Joe, due to still being in WITSEC, only appears in the opening scene. Similarly, Caitlin also has a minor role due to her illness.

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* BusCrash: All the other Godspeeds were killed by the latest one.



* OutOfFocus: Joe, due to still being in WITSEC, only appears in the opening scene.

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* OutOfFocus: Joe, due to still being in WITSEC, only appears in the opening scene. Similarly, Caitlin also has a minor role due to her illness.

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* CosmicRetcon: In the new post-Crisis reality, Hartley has {{Mooks}} during his original confrontation with Flash. His enmity with Barry post-retcon is due to Barry crippling his [[TheDragon right-hand man]] (who is also his boyfriend) with lightning.

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* CosmicRetcon: In the new post-Crisis reality, Hartley has {{Mooks}} during his original confrontation with The Flash. His enmity with Barry post-retcon is due to Barry crippling his [[TheDragon right-hand man]] (who is also his boyfriend) with lightning.


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* IronicEcho: The defeat of Godspeed from the start of the season is recreated shot-for-shot, but with Barry & Godspeed switching roles.

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** Similarly to when the team was facing the then villainous Black Siren, Team Flash consults Hartley due to his expertise in sonic waves.



* TheChainsOfCommanding: Allegra tells Barry she is afraid of having to take over leadership of the Central City Citizen.

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* TheChainsOfCommanding: TheChainsOfCommanding:
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Allegra tells Barry she is afraid of having to take over leadership of the Central City Citizen.Citizen.
** Barry has doubts about his leadership after failing to realize about Iris' impersonation before and not having Joe and Iris on his side at the moment.
* CombinationAttack: Barry throws a ligthning bolt and Hartley throws his sonic waves to launch Godspeed a combined attack.



* FriendshipMoment: Hartley and Barry share a brief one at the end, where Hartley thanks Barry for helping him restore his world and encouraging him to do the same to his own.

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* FriendshipMoment: FriendshipMoment:
** Ralph shows his support for Frost when she is afraid to see Carla Snow.
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Hartley and Barry share a brief one at the end, where Hartley thanks Barry for helping him restore his world and encouraging him to do the same to his own.



* HeelFaceTurn: Hartley becomes good as he was in the pre-Crisis timeline.



** Iris tells Kamilla that Eva [=McCulloch=] kidnapped her and was behind her clone.
* ItsAllMyFault: A recurring theme throughout the episode. Allegre, Barry and Cisco all blame themselves for their friends fates at numerous points throughout the episode. Hartley also blames himself for what happened to Roderick.

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** Iris tells Kamilla that Eva [=McCulloch=] kidnapped her and was behind her clone.
clone. Kamilla learns that Eva is alive.
* ItsAllMyFault: A recurring theme throughout the episode. Allegre, Allegra, Barry and Cisco all blame themselves for their friends fates at numerous points throughout the episode. Hartley also blames himself for what happened to Roderick.
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** Kamilla can be seen running experiments on Cicada's dagger, which had been sent into the Mirrorverse back in Season 5.

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* AlienBlood: Godspeed bleeds "charged sound", which helps stabilizing Roderick.

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* AlienBlood: Godspeed bleeds "charged sound", which helps stabilizing stabilize Roderick.



* BigDamnHeroes: First Nash comes to Barry's rescue, when Godspeed attacks him at S.T.A.R. Labs, and later Hartley saves his life and helps defeat the villainous speedster by combining his powers with Barry's.

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* BigDamnHeroes: First Nash comes to Barry's rescue, rescue when Godspeed attacks him at S.T.A.R. Labs, and later Hartley saves his life and helps defeat the villainous speedster by combining his powers with Barry's.



* {{Gayngster}}: Hartley turns out to be gay.



** Barry visits Joe to inform him about Iris being impersonated by a mirror clone and kidnapped in a mirror dimension. Barry also tells him about Mirror Iris' death.

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** Barry visits Joe to inform tell him about Iris being impersonated by a mirror clone and kidnapped in a mirror dimension. Barry also tells him about Mirror Iris' death.



* IWorkAlone: Due to her falling out with Nash, Allegra doesn't let Nash accompany her to the Central City Citizen office to find evidence.

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* IWorkAlone: Due to her falling out with Nash, Allegra still doesn't let Nash accompany her to the Central City Citizen office to find evidence.



* OutOfFocus: Joe, due to still being in WITSEC, only appears in the short opening scene.

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* OutOfFocus: Joe, due to still being in WITSEC, only appears in the short opening scene.

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* AlienBlood: Godspeed bleeds "charged sound", which helps stabilizing Roderick.



* BigDamnHeroes: First Nash comes to Barry's rescue, when Godspeed attacks him at S.T.A.R. Labs, and later Hartley saves his life and helps defeat the villainous speedster by combining his powers with Barry's.



* CallBack: Godspeed's thirst for Barry's speed and homicidal tendencies easily resemble Zoom's behavior back in Season 2.

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* CallBack: Godspeed's CallBack:
**Godspeed's
thirst for Barry's speed and homicidal tendencies easily resemble Zoom's behavior back in Season 2.2.
** Godspeed gets defeated by Barry and Hartley crossing streams.



* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Cisco accuses Hartley of only caring about himself, but it turns out that his right-hand man is also his boyfriend.
* IWorkAlone: Due to her falling out with Nash, Allegra doesn't let Nash accompany her to the Central City Citizen office to find evidence.

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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Cisco accuses Hartley of only caring about himself, but it turns out that his right-hand man Roderick is also his boyfriend.
* IWorkAlone: Due FriendshipMoment: Hartley and Barry share a brief one at the end, where Hartley thanks Barry for helping him restore his world and encouraging him to her falling do the same to his own.
* {{Gayngster}}: Hartley turns
out to be gay.
* TheGlassesGottaGo: Hartley isn't wearing glasses anymore.
* GoodIsNotNice: Even after coming around, Hartley still can't stop acting like a dick completely.
* HeroicBSOD: Nearly everyone is initially ridden
with Nash, Allegra doesn't let Nash accompany her despair throughout the episode due to the Central City Citizen office to find evidence.uncertain fates of their friends.
* IncrediblyLamePun: As a parting gift, Ralph gives Frost a "Dib-Ploma" (as her life coach).



* ItsAllMyFault: A recurring theme throughout the episode. Allegre, Barry and Cisco all blame themselves for their friends fates at numerous points throughout the episode. Hartley also blames himself for what happened to Roderick.
* IWorkAlone: Due to her falling out with Nash, Allegra doesn't let Nash accompany her to the Central City Citizen office to find evidence.



* OutOfFocus: Joe, due to still being in WITSEC, only appears in the short opening scene.
* PaperThinDisguise: Hartley figured out both Vibe's and Flash's secret identities long ago and point out how easy it was in Cisco's case particularly, due to his haircut.



* SanitySlippage: Iris is starting to succumb to the same neurological degradation that Eva did, due to long-term exposure to the Mirrorverse.
* ShoutOut: The title is an allusion to ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin'', which is fitting for Hartley.

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* SanitySlippage: Iris is starting to succumb to the same neurological degradation that Eva did, due to long-term exposure to the Mirrorverse.
Mirrorverse. She even starts scratching her arm the same way.
* ShoutOut: ShoutOut:
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The title is an allusion to ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin'', which is fitting for Hartley.Hartley.
** Hartley calls Barry [[Creator/OprahWinfrey Oprah]] when the latter tries to give him some advice.


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* WeakButSkilled: Despite having lost a lot of his speed, Barry keeps Godspeed occupied because he knows the city better than him.
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* ResolveNoodleIncident: The reason for Hartley's grudge against the Flash is revealed: a {{Retcon}} of the scene in "The Sound and the Fury" where Hartley attacked the bridge with several mooks, and when his sonic waves clashed with the Flash's lightning, one of Hartley's mooks (who happens to be his lover) gets caught in the blast, ending up in a coma-like state.

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* ResolveNoodleIncident: ResolvedNoodleIncident: The reason for Hartley's grudge against the Flash is revealed: a {{Retcon}} of the scene in "The Sound and the Fury" where Hartley attacked the bridge with several mooks, and when his sonic waves clashed with the Flash's lightning, one of Hartley's mooks (who happens to be his lover) gets caught in the blast, ending up in a coma-like state.

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* TheBusCameBack: Pied Piper returns this episode to assist the heroes with Godspeed. The real Kamilla Hwang also returns, albeit trapped in the Mirrorverse with Iris.

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* TheBusCameBack: Pied Piper returns this episode to assist the heroes with Godspeed. The real Kamilla Hwang also returns, albeit still trapped in the Mirrorverse with Iris.



* CosmicRetcon: In the new post-Crisis reality, Hartley has {{Mooks}} during his original confrontation with Flash. His enmity with Barry post-retcon is due to Barry crippling his [[TheDragon right-hand]] (who is also his boyfriend) with lightning.
* EnemyMine: Team Flash has to recruit help from Pied Pier to figure out how to defeat Godspeed, and he only agrees when they offer to help his molecularly unstable boyfriend.

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* CosmicRetcon: In the new post-Crisis reality, Hartley has {{Mooks}} during his original confrontation with Flash. His enmity with Barry post-retcon is due to Barry crippling his [[TheDragon right-hand]] right-hand man]] (who is also his boyfriend) with lightning.
* EnemyMine: Team Flash has to recruit help from Pied Pier to figure out how to defeat Godspeed, and he only agrees when they offer to help his molecularly unstable boyfriend.



* ResolveNoodleIncident: The reason for Hartley's grudge against the Flash is revealed: a {{Retcon}} of the scene in "The Sound and the Fury" where Hartley attacked the bridge with several mooks, and when his sonic waves clashed with the Flash's lightning, one of Hartley's mooks (who happens to be his lover) gets caught in the blast, ending up in a coma-like state.



* TrustPassword: Iris has to go through several of these in order to convince Kamilla she's not a Reflection.



* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: A running theme of the episode:

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* WhamLine: Cisco needing a "loss-less self-sustaining source of perpetual energy" device to rescue their friends from the Mirrorverse, specifically where he can get one crucial component: "[[ComicBook/{{Aquaman}} Atlantis]]".
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: A running theme of the episode:episode.
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* ContinuityNod: Frost reads a [[Series/LegendsOfTomorrow Rebecca Silver]] novel.
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* TheUnreveal: We still don't know the truth behind the [[FishOutOfTemporalWater Godspeed]] clones that have been plaguing Central City since the beginning of the season, only that [[HiddenVillain someone]] is sending them in their own stead.
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* TheChainsOfCommanding: Allegra tells Barry she is afraid of having to take over leadership of the Central City Citizen.



* NeverTrustATrailer: The synopsis suggested that Hartley would
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* CallBack: Godspeed's thirst for Barry's speed and homicidal tendencies easily resemble Zoom's behavior back in Season 2.


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* NeverTrustATrailer: The synopsis suggested that Hartley would
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Godspeed inadvertently allowed Team Flash to save Roderick with the drone's "blood" he sent.
* PowerParasite: Godspeed can steal Barry's speed to some extent.

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* ActuallyADoombot: The Goods

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* ActuallyADoombot: The GoodsGodspeed encountered in this episode is yet another drone.



* CosmicRetcon: In the new post-Crisis reality, Hartley has {{Mooks}} during his original confrontation with Flash. His enmity with Barry post-retcon is due to Barry crippling his [[TheDragon right-hand]] with lightning.
* EnemyMine: The synopsis states that Team Flash would rely on Pied Piper to stop Godspeed, although Pied Piper being evil is implied to be a major trouble for the team.

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* CosmicRetcon: In the new post-Crisis reality, Hartley has {{Mooks}} during his original confrontation with Flash. His enmity with Barry post-retcon is due to Barry crippling his [[TheDragon right-hand]] (who is also his boyfriend) with lightning.
* EnemyMine: The synopsis states that Team Flash would rely on has to recruit help from Pied Piper Pier to stop figure out how to defeat Godspeed, although Pied Piper being evil and he only agrees when they offer to help his molecularly unstable boyfriend.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Cisco accuses Hartley of only caring about himself, but it turns out that his right-hand man
is implied to be a major trouble for the team.also his boyfriend.



* ShoutOut: The title is an allusion to ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin'', which is fitting for Hartley.

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* RousingSpeech: Barry gives one to the team at the end of the episode.
* SanitySlippage: Iris is starting to succumb to the same neurological degradation that Eva did, due to long-term exposure to the Mirrorverse.
* ShoutOut: The title is an allusion to ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin'', which is fitting for Hartley.Hartley.
* TheStinger: Eva waking up in a pod and declaring her intent for revenge on her husband.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: A running theme of the episode:
** Nash encourages Barry, who feels like he's unable to lead the team after failing to detect Iris' mirror clone.
** Cecile encourages Cisco, who feels helpless without both his powers and Kamilla.
** Kamilla encourages Iris, who feels utterly incapable of escaping the Mirrorverse.
** Ralph tells Frost that she doesn't need to fear properly meeting Caitlin's mother, because she's as much of a good person as Caitlin is, rather than just Caitlin's dark side as she feels she is.

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* CosmicRetcon: In the new post-Crisis reality, Hartley has {{Mooks}} during his original confrontation with Flash. His enmity with Barry post-retcon is due to Barry crippling his [[TheDragon right-hand]] with lightning.



* ShoutOut: The title is an allusion to ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin'', which is fitting for Hartley.



** Iris tells Kamilla that Eva [=McCulloch=] kidnapped her and was behind her clone.

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** Iris tells Kamilla that Eva [=McCulloch=] kidnapped her and was behind her clone.clone.
* ShoutOut: The title is an allusion to ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin'', which is fitting for Hartley.
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* TheBusCameBack: Pied Piper returns this episode to assist the heroes with Godspeed. The promotional photos suggest the real Kamilla Hwang also returns.

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* TheBusCameBack: Pied Piper returns this episode to assist the heroes with Godspeed. The promotional photos suggest the real Kamilla Hwang also returns.returns, albeit trapped in the Mirrorverse with Iris.

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* ActuallyADoombot: The Goods



* TheBusCameBack: Godspeed and Pied Piper were announced to return. The promotional photos suggest the real Kamilla Hwang also returns.

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* TheBusCameBack: Godspeed and Pied Piper were announced returns this episode to return.assist the heroes with Godspeed. The promotional photos suggest the real Kamilla Hwang also returns.



* IWorkAlone: Due to her falling out with Nash, Allegra doesn't let Nash accompany her to the Central City Citizen office to find evidence.

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* IWorkAlone: Due to her falling out with Nash, Allegra doesn't let Nash accompany her to the Central City Citizen office to find evidence.evidence.
* InternalReveal:
** Barry visits Joe to inform him about Iris being impersonated by a mirror clone and kidnapped in a mirror dimension. Barry also tells him about Mirror Iris' death.
** Iris tells Kamilla that Eva [=McCulloch=] kidnapped her and was behind her clone.

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* AlmightyMom: Cecile stops Barry and Cisco's argument and encourages them to make a plan before arriving to conclusions.



* EnemyMine: The synopsis states that Team Flash would rely on Pied Piper to stop Godspeed, although Pied Piper being evil again
* ShoutOut: The title is an allusion to ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin'', which is fitting for Hartley.

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* EnemyMine: The synopsis states that Team Flash would rely on Pied Piper to stop Godspeed, although Pied Piper being evil again
is implied to be a major trouble for the team.
* ShoutOut: The title is an allusion to ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin'', which is fitting for Hartley.Hartley.
* IWorkAlone: Due to her falling out with Nash, Allegra doesn't let Nash accompany her to the Central City Citizen office to find evidence.
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With Godspeed's return, and Barry's speed spent from the confrontation with Mirror Iris, Team Flash must turn to help from an unlikely source, The Pied Piper.

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With Godspeed's return, and Barry's speed spent from the confrontation with Mirror Iris, Team Flash must turn to help from an unlikely source, The Pied Piper.Piper.

* TheBusCameBack: Godspeed and Pied Piper were announced to return. The promotional photos suggest the real Kamilla Hwang also returns.
* EnemyMine: The synopsis states that Team Flash would rely on Pied Piper to stop Godspeed, although Pied Piper being evil again
* ShoutOut: The title is an allusion to ''The Pied Piper of Hamelin'', which is fitting for Hartley.
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With Godspeed's return, and Barry's speed spent from the confrontation with Mirror Iris, Team Flash must turn to help from an unlikely source, The Pied Piper.

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