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* BoringButPractical: Donna doesn't discourage Dick from being a masked vigilante if that's what's best for him, but she's already discovered she can fight evil more effectively as her [[IntrepidReporter real self]].



* WomanAreWiser: Dick goes to his childhood friend for advice on what to do after burning his Robin costume.

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* WomanAreWiser: WomenAreWiser: Dick goes to his childhood friend for advice on what to do after burning his Robin costume.

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* TheGlomp: Rachel saying goodbye to Dick.

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* TheGlomp: Rachel saying goodbye to Dick.makes sure Dick doesn't leave without one.



* ProperlyParanoid: Seemingly subverted. Because of the events of the previous episode, Kory has developed a mild case of PTSD. When one of the train's waiters continuously eyes her, she gets suspicious and later attacks him. She's horrified that she nearly strangled him to death and lets him go. However it turns out the waiter was actually an FBI agent and he requests assistance [[NiceJobBreakingItHero because of the attack]].

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** Rachel tries to help Kory get her memories back, so Kory remembers her mission was to kill Rachel.
* TheNotLoveInterest: Donna is a childhood friend who acts more like a CoolBigSis to Dick, who is familar with Donna's couch but lacks the UST he had with Dove, implying they really are JustFriends.
* ParentalSubstitute: Lampshaded by Rachel and Gar having a ParentalSexualitySquick at the thought of Dick and Kory having sex.
* ProperlyParanoid: Seemingly subverted. Because of the events of the previous episode, Kory has developed a mild case of PTSD. When one of the train's waiters passengers continuously eyes her, she gets suspicious and later attacks him. She's horrified that she nearly strangled him to death and lets him go. However it turns out the waiter passenger was actually an FBI agent a US Marshal and he requests assistance [[NiceJobBreakingItHero because of the attack]].


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* ShipTease: Kory teases Gar about wanting to get into Rachel's pants.


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* TalkingInYourSleep: But if you're speaking an obscure variant of Sumarian, it doesn't do much good.
* TakeAThirdOption: Wonder Woman taught Donna Troy to protect the innocent. Batman taught Dick Grayson to punish the guilty. Donna tells Dick they need to find their own path between those options; Donna as the IntrepidReporter and Dick...that's up to him.


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* WomanAreWiser: Dick goes to his childhood friend for advice on what to do after burning his Robin costume.
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* EvilPoacher: Donna meets with a poacher named Graham Norris who wants to expose his supervisor, thus ruining him and allow Graham to dominate the fur market. The meeting is interrupted by Dick who beats all the poachers up until they're unconscious.

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* EvilPoacher: Donna meets with a poacher named Graham Norris who wants to expose his supervisor, thus ruining him and allow allowing Graham to dominate the fur market. The meeting is interrupted by Dick who beats all the poachers up until they're unconscious.
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* MetaphoricallyTrue: Dick tells a patron at the exhibition of Donna's work that he knows her because her mom used to work with his dad sometimes.
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* CoolTrain: Rachel, Gar, Angela and Kory. Kory and Gar travel in first class while Angela and Rachel travel in normal class, in an attempt to get privacy.
* CruellaToAnimals: Graham and his men are transporting a live ([[BearsAreBadNews but sedated]]) bear and cut it up to sells its organs in China.
* TheDreaded: In the flashback, when Dick mentions the Joker is on the loose, Donna admits that "even Diana thinks he's scary."

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* CoolTrain: Rachel, Gar, Angela and Kory. Kory and Gar travel in first class while Angela and Rachel travel in normal class, in an attempt to get privacy.
* CruellaToAnimals: Graham and his men are transporting a live ([[BearsAreBadNews but sedated]]) bear and cut it up to sells sell its organs in China.
* TheDreaded: In the flashback, when Dick mentions the Joker is on the loose, Donna admits that "even Diana thinks he's scary." "



** Ironically, if Kory hadn't been so paranoid, the FBI agent in the train wouldn't have recognized her and called for assistance;

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** Ironically, if Kory hadn't been so paranoid, the FBI agent in the train wouldn't have recognized her and called for assistance;assistance.



* ProperlyParanoid: Seeminly subverted. Because of the events of the previous episode, Kory has developed a mild case of PTSD. When one of the train's waiters continuously eyes her, she gets suspicious and later attacks him. She's horrified that she nearly strangled him to death and lets him go. However it turns out the waiter was actually an FBI agent and he requests assistance [[NiceJobBreakingItHero because of the attack]].

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* ProperlyParanoid: Seeminly Seemingly subverted. Because of the events of the previous episode, Kory has developed a mild case of PTSD. When one of the train's waiters continuously eyes her, she gets suspicious and later attacks him. She's horrified that she nearly strangled him to death and lets him go. However it turns out the waiter was actually an FBI agent and he requests assistance [[NiceJobBreakingItHero because of the attack]].

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As The Titans go their separate ways, Dick turns to an old friend, Donna Troy, for answers.

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As The the Titans go their separate ways, Dick turns to an old friend, Donna Troy, for answers.



* MythologyGag: Dick wonders aloud what the Penguin is doing.



* ProperlyParanoid: Seeminly subverted. Because of the events of the previous episode, Kory has developed a mild case of PTSD. When one fo the train's waiters continuously eyes her, she gets suspicious and later attacks him. She's horrified that she nearly strangled him to death and lets him go. However it turns out the waiter was actually an FBI agent and he requests assistance [[NiceJobBreakingItHero because of the attack]].

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* ProperlyParanoid: Seeminly subverted. Because of the events of the previous episode, Kory has developed a mild case of PTSD. When one fo of the train's waiters continuously eyes her, she gets suspicious and later attacks him. She's horrified that she nearly strangled him to death and lets him go. However it turns out the waiter was actually an FBI agent and he requests assistance [[NiceJobBreakingItHero because of the attack]].



* MythologyGag: Dick wonders aloud what the Penguin is doing.
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* CantHoldHisLiquor: Gar got numb just after a single shot of liquor.
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* AMinorKidroduction: Donna is first introduced as a kid in one of Dick's flashbacks about his childhood.
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* TheDreaded: In the flashback, when Dick mentions the Joker is on the loose, Donna admits that "even Diana thinks he's scary."
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* EvilPoacher: Played with. Donna meets with a poacher named Graham Norris who wants to expose his supervisor, thus ruining him and allow Graham to dominate the fur market. The meeting is interrupted by Dick who beats all the poachers up until they're unconscious.

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* EvilPoacher: Played with. Donna meets with a poacher named Graham Norris who wants to expose his supervisor, thus ruining him and allow Graham to dominate the fur market. The meeting is interrupted by Dick who beats all the poachers up until they're unconscious.
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* LimitedWardrobe: Not as noticeable for the other three Titans, but Kori is still wearing the same coat as her first appearance, which is made more obvious by the FBI agent checking her against a picture from Episode Three.
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* {{Cliffhanger}}: The episode ends with Kory holding Rachel by the throat.

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* {{Cliffhanger}}: The episode ends with Kory holding Rachel by the throat.throat and Donna reveals that her mission was to kill Rachel.
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* CruellaToAnimals: Graham and his men are transporting a live ([[BearsAreBadNews but sedated]]) bear and cut it up to sells its organs in China.
* EvilPoacher: Played with. Donna meets with a poacher named Graham Norris who wants to expose his supervisor, thus ruining him and allow Graham to dominate the fur market. The meeting is interrupted by Dick who beats all the poachers up until they're unconscious.


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* NiceJobBreakingItHero:
** Ironically, if Kory hadn't been so paranoid, the FBI agent in the train wouldn't have recognized her and called for assistance;
** Dick beating up all the poachers ruins Donna's chance of dismantling the majority of the global illegal fur trade.
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* CoolTrain: Rachel, Gar, Angela and Kory. Kory and Gar travel in first class while Angela and Rachel travel in normal class, in an attempt to get privacy.


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* ProperlyParanoid: Seeminly subverted. Because of the events of the previous episode, Kory has developed a mild case of PTSD. When one fo the train's waiters continuously eyes her, she gets suspicious and later attacks him. She's horrified that she nearly strangled him to death and lets him go. However it turns out the waiter was actually an FBI agent and he requests assistance [[NiceJobBreakingItHero because of the attack]].


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* SociallyAwkwardHero: Dick, who utterly fails to notice how one of the men at Donna's gallery tries to flirt with him. Instead he goes on a rant about Donna's photography and later wonders what the Penguin was doing.
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-->'''Donna:''' Unless I’m reading this wrong… your friend Kory is here to ''kill'' Rachel.
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* MythologyGag: Dick wonders aloud what the Penguin is doing.

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* MythologyGag: Dick wonders aloud what the Penguin is doing.doing.
* YouAreNotAlone: The flashback to young Dick and Donna includes Donna assuring him that she's there for him.
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* AffectionateNickname: Donna refers to Dick as "Boy Wonder" and "Bird Boy".
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* TheGlomp: Rachel saying goodbye to Dick.
* TheReveal: Donna translates the Tamaranean script, revealing that Kory's mission was to kill Rachel.
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* {{Cliffhanger}}: The episode ends with Kory holding Rachel by the throat.

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* {{Cliffhanger}}: The episode ends with Kory holding Rachel by the throat.throat.
* MythologyGag: Dick wonders aloud what the Penguin is doing.
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As The Titans go their separate ways, Dick turns to an old friend, Donna Troy, for answers.

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As The Titans go their separate ways, Dick turns to an old friend, Donna Troy, for answers.answers.

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* {{Cliffhanger}}: The episode ends with Kory holding Rachel by the throat.
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As The Titans go their separate ways, Dick turns to an old friend, Donna Troy, for answers.

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