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* SelfMadeLie: "Mixed Signals" features a trio of programmers whose claim to fame is an app they created and sold to a tech company, earning them billions. It turns out they stole the idea from their colleague Ramsay Deacon, whom they omitted from their history. When Deacon gets his Technopathy powers, he kills one of the programmers and spends the episode hunting down the other two. The Flash eventually saves both, but not before Deacon forces one of them to admit on live camera that he and his colleagues stole the app.
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* BrokenAesop: Ralph convinces Joe that it's wrong to use fake evidence to clear Barry, by planting fibres to "prove" that Marlize planted [=DeVoe's=] body in Barry's apartment. A few episodes later, Ralph uses fake evidence to clear Barry, by impersonating [=DeVoe=] and "proving" he's still alive.
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* UglyGuyHotWife: Even before his transformation into the Thinker, Devoe was a very plain looking middle-aged man contrasting his attractive wife, Marlize. After his transformation, his body slowly detiorates due to his powers and needs the chair to even function properly. Further increasing this trope.
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* AnAesop:
** The early episodes of the season have the message that couples counseling is a perfectly normal thing. Barry and Iris attend counseling after the problems that have arisen due to the trauma they experienced last season, despite as well as Barry's very natural aversion at first. A reminder that even the most loving of couples can still have issues, and that a third person advocate can help resolve those, diminishing the negative stigma usually associated with counciling.
** Joe's continued mixed emotions to Cecile's surprise pregnancy, partially ecstatic at being a father again and partially anxious about having another baby at his age. Barry and Cecile remind him it's a very normal and relevant reaction at any age, so he therefore has no reason to feel guilty, with Cecile admitting she's been feeling the same, and it's all right to lean on his loving family for aid and support in raising and caring for the soon to be Baby Horton-West.
** The horrors of [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil human trafficking]] are demonstrated, simply in a case of ShowDontTell. They show Weeper's plight as a human commodity to Amunet, and Iris, Caitlin/Killer Frost, Felicity and others' pitying reactions instead of harping on how slavery is wrong. Additionally, the fact that the Weeper is male while Amunet is female, as well as the disgustingly [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything sexual undertones of the entire scene]], firmly avert DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale and demonstrates that males really can be in danger of human trafficking too.
** "Fury Rogue" addresses constantly that one should give themselves the time to grieve the lost loved ones, which is an important message.
** The early episodes of the season have the message that couples counseling is a perfectly normal thing. Barry and Iris attend counseling after the problems that have arisen due to the trauma they experienced last season, despite as well as Barry's very natural aversion at first. A reminder that even the most loving of couples can still have issues, and that a third person advocate can help resolve those, diminishing the negative stigma usually associated with counciling.
** Joe's continued mixed emotions to Cecile's surprise pregnancy, partially ecstatic at being a father again and partially anxious about having another baby at his age. Barry and Cecile remind him it's a very normal and relevant reaction at any age, so he therefore has no reason to feel guilty, with Cecile admitting she's been feeling the same, and it's all right to lean on his loving family for aid and support in raising and caring for the soon to be Baby Horton-West.
** The horrors of [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil human trafficking]] are demonstrated, simply in a case of ShowDontTell. They show Weeper's plight as a human commodity to Amunet, and Iris, Caitlin/Killer Frost, Felicity and others' pitying reactions instead of harping on how slavery is wrong. Additionally, the fact that the Weeper is male while Amunet is female, as well as the disgustingly [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything sexual undertones of the entire scene]], firmly avert DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale and demonstrates that males really can be in danger of human trafficking too.
** "Fury Rogue" addresses constantly that one should give themselves the time to grieve the lost loved ones, which is an important message.
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* OlderIsBetter: Cisco created a new Flash suit for Barry and upgraded it with every piece of technology he could fit, most of which even Barry didn't know about (including such things as an Franchise/IronMan-esque palm mounted energy weapon, inflatable feature in case of water, lockdown to prevent his identity from being exposed, ''self-destruct''). That made the suit a MASSIVE liability when confronting Kilgore, a {{Technopath}} who promptly took control of the suit and even turned Barry into PeoplePuppets. When they resolved the problem, Barry asked Cisco to remove everything but the essentials like tracking, monitoring vitals and communication.
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* OlderIsBetter: Cisco created a new Flash suit for Barry and upgraded it with every piece of technology he could fit, most of which even Barry didn't know about (including such things as an Franchise/IronMan-esque ComicBook/IronMan-esque palm mounted energy weapon, inflatable feature in case of water, lockdown to prevent his identity from being exposed, ''self-destruct''). That made the suit a MASSIVE liability when confronting Kilgore, a {{Technopath}} who promptly took control of the suit and even turned Barry into PeoplePuppets. When they resolved the problem, Barry asked Cisco to remove everything but the essentials like tracking, monitoring vitals and communication.
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* ArtisticLicenseMusic: In 4x22's opening scene, the "Hallelujah Chorus" having noticeable edits even though it's playing InUniverse can be forgiven per RuleOfDrama. [=DeVoe=]'s terrible attempts at "conducting", on the other hand, can not. Twice during this scene, he conducts a piece that is written in four - the first time, he's off rhythm and conducts it in five, and the second time it's in two.
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* LeftTheBackgroundMusicOn: [=DeVoe=] uses Kilg%re's powers to make the Hallelujah Chorus play in the background during his massacre of the ARGUS guards. He even spends a large amount of the "fight" conducting the piece.
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* SanitySlippage: As [=DeVoe=] goes through bodies and gains more superpowers, he slowly loses any mortality and conscience he still had left and becomes a full-fledged {{Sadist}} who goes out of his way to torture and murder anyone who happens to be remotely in his way.
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* SanitySlippage: As [=DeVoe=] goes through bodies and gains more superpowers, he slowly loses any mortality morality and conscience he still had left and becomes a full-fledged {{Sadist}} who goes out of his way to torture and murder anyone who happens to be remotely in his way.
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** [=DeVoe=]'s entire character arc revolves around him gaining so many superpowers that absolutely nothing can physically stop him. By the end of the season he has 13 different superpowers, 11 of which can be used offensively.
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** [=DeVoe=]'s entire character arc revolves around him gaining so many superpowers that absolutely nothing can physically stop him. By the end of the season he has 13 different superpowers, 11 of which can be used offensively. Marlize even explicitly states that he went as far as to choose those specific powers so none of Barry's allies (Green Arrow, the Legends, even Supergirl) could help stop him.
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* BloodlessCarnage: The ARGUS guard who has a grenade blow up in his own hand leaves a remarkably intact corpse.
* SanitySlippage: As [=DeVoe=] goes through bodies and gains more superpowers, he slowly loses any mortality and conscience he still had left and becomes a full-fledged {{Sadist}} who goes out of his way to torture and murder anyone who happens to be remotely in his way.
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* StoryBreakerPower: As of "Enter Flashtime", Barry demonstrates he is now able to move so fast that even a nuclear explosion moves so slowly it appears it has stopped, with only people Barry touches or other Speedsters able to even recognize anything is happening. It really begs the question how anyone could possibly beat him or even inconvenience him at this point.
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** As of "Enter Flashtime", Barry demonstrates he is now able to move so fast that even a nuclear explosion moves so slowly it appears it has stopped, with only people Barry touches or other Speedsters able to even recognize anything is happening. It really begs the question how anyone could possibly beat him or even inconvenience him at thispoint.point.
** [=DeVoe=]'s entire character arc revolves around him gaining so many superpowers that absolutely nothing can physically stop him. By the end of the season he has 13 different superpowers, 11 of which can be used offensively.
** As of "Enter Flashtime", Barry demonstrates he is now able to move so fast that even a nuclear explosion moves so slowly it appears it has stopped, with only people Barry touches or other Speedsters able to even recognize anything is happening. It really begs the question how anyone could possibly beat him or even inconvenience him at this
** [=DeVoe=]'s entire character arc revolves around him gaining so many superpowers that absolutely nothing can physically stop him. By the end of the season he has 13 different superpowers, 11 of which can be used offensively.
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* UnholyMatrimony: [=DeVoe=] (aka "The Thinker") and his wife Marlize are this, with him having SuperIntelligence and her being a brilliant [[TheEngineer engineer]] who can bring his ideas to life.
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* UnholyMatrimony: [=DeVoe=] (aka "The Thinker") and his wife Marlize are this, with him having SuperIntelligence and her being a brilliant [[TheEngineer engineer]] who can bring his ideas to life. Deconstructed when [=DeVoe=] grows more and more unhinged, with Marlize becoming horrified by the man he's turned into.
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* InPrisonWithTheRogues: a short arc of several episodes has Barry ending up imprisoned in Iron Heights after being framed for the murder of [=DeVoe=]; the same prison where all of the metahumans he catches are incarcerated. Since nobody knows he's the Flash, he is initially put in a regular cell. Then warden Wolfe discovers he is the Flash and has him locked in the metahuman wing with power dampeners, where he's celled up with the bus meta rogues he had been rounding up in that season. They however don't know yet that he's the Flash. After Barry learns that Wolfe is EvilAllAlong and plans to sell all the metas to Amunet, he uses his [[ScienceHero scientific skill]] to break him and all the other metas out before Amunet arrives. The metas eventually confront Wolfe and since they had reached an area outside of the Power Dampener's range, they're all ready to take revenge. So to save his own skin, Wolfe reveals to the metas that Barry Allen is the Flash and he was the one who locked them all up to begin with, causing the metas to all turn on him. Barry is only saved by [[TokenGoodTeammate Becky Sharpe]] who had a HeelRealization and turns against the other bus metas using her [[WindsOfDestinyChange luck manipulation]]. Unfortunately, the success is shortlived where [=DeVoe=] himself shows up and kills all of the bus metas by draining their powers, while [[GrandTheftMe taking Becky's body]] for himself.
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* AffablyEvil: Amunet Black. Even while she's [[SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil selling meta-humans into slavery]], she smiles and laughs, having the time of her life. It makes her someone fans just LoveToHate.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: The girls of Team Flash have one in the titular "Girls Night Out" where things go awry during Iris' bachelorette party. Barry doesn't even wear the Flash suit during this episode (mainly because he spent it absolutely ''smashed'' at his own bachelor party).
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* AGlassOfChianti: Clifford and Marlize often celebrate their individual victories with glasses of champagne. [[spoiler: Clifford also secretly puts a FantasticDrug--secreted from a metahuman he created--into his wife's drink to suppress her humanity from rebelling against his increasingly monstrous behavior]].
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* AGlassOfChianti: Clifford and Marlize often celebrate their individual victories with glasses of champagne. [[spoiler: Clifford also secretly puts a FantasticDrug--secreted from a metahuman he created--into his wife's drink to suppress her humanity from rebelling against his increasingly monstrous behavior]].behavior.
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* LighterAndSofter: After the dark tone brought by Zoom and Savitar, the series takes on a campier tone [[DenserAndWackier than even the first season]].
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* LighterAndSofter: After the dark tone brought by Zoom and Savitar, the series takes on a campier tone [[DenserAndWackier than even the first season]]. At least at first; as the season progresses it gets darker, though not as dark as the previous season.
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* RunningGag: In the earlier episodes, "This house is bitchin'."
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* RunningGag: In the earlier episodes, "This house is bitchin'."" Revealed to be ArcWords connected to Barry and Iris's future daughter, Nora.
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* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: This is something of a recurring theme for the season. Even by the standards of the show’s villains, Amunet is depicted as especially heinous for kidnapping and selling metahumans. [=DeVoe=] ends up taking this trope to its natural conclusion by [[spoiler:pulling a GrandTheftMe on multiple people, subjugating their consciousnesses, for his own benefit. And then it turns out that he’s been drugging his wife into compliance to keep her working for him]].
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* SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: This is something of a recurring theme for the season. Even by the standards of the show’s villains, Amunet is depicted as especially heinous for kidnapping and selling metahumans. [=DeVoe=] ends up taking this trope to its natural conclusion by [[spoiler:pulling pulling a GrandTheftMe on multiple people, subjugating their consciousnesses, for his own benefit. And then it turns out that he’s been drugging his wife into compliance to keep her working for him]].him.
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* DarkHumor: In a CallBack to an early season 1 episode, a mugger attempts to rob and shoot Ralph and Barry. Due to Ralphs' elasticity, the bullets rebound into the mugger, effectively shooting him in the leg and the ass. The entire scene is somewhat hilarious to watch as the mugger in question writhes on the ground in obvious pain.
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* DarkHumor: In a CallBack to an early season 1 episode, a mugger attempts to rob and shoot Ralph and Barry. Due to Ralphs' Ralph's elasticity, the bullets rebound into the mugger, effectively shooting him in the leg and the ass. The entire scene is somewhat hilarious to watch as the mugger in question writhes on the ground in obvious pain.
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* AGlassOfChianti: Clifford and Marlize often celebrate their individual victories with glasses of champagne. [[spoiler: Clifford also secretly puts a FantasticDrug--secreted from a metahuman he created--into his wife's drink to suppress her humanity from rebelling against his increasingly monstrous behaviour]].
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* AGlassOfChianti: Clifford and Marlize often celebrate their individual victories with glasses of champagne. [[spoiler: Clifford also secretly puts a FantasticDrug--secreted from a metahuman he created--into his wife's drink to suppress her humanity from rebelling against his increasingly monstrous behaviour]].behavior]].
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* StoryBreakerPower: As of "Enter Flashtime" Barry demonstrates he is now able to move so fast that even a nuclear explosion moves so slowly it appears it has stopped, with only people Barry touches or other Speedsters able to even recognize anything is happening. It really begs the question how anyone could possibly beat him or even inconvenience him at this point.
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* StoryBreakerPower: As of "Enter Flashtime" Flashtime", Barry demonstrates he is now able to move so fast that even a nuclear explosion moves so slowly it appears it has stopped, with only people Barry touches or other Speedsters able to even recognize anything is happening. It really begs the question how anyone could possibly beat him or even inconvenience him at this point.
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* OlderIsBetter: Cisco created a new Flash suit for Barry and upgraded it with every piece of technology he could fit, most of which even Barry didn't know about (including such things as an Franchise/IronMan-esque palm mounted energy weapon, inflatable feature in case of water, lockdown to prevent his identity from being exposed, ''self-destruct''). That made the suit a MASSIVE liability when confronting Kilgore, a {{Technopath}} who promptly took control of the suit and even turned Barry into PeoplePuppets. When they resolved the problem, Barry asked Cisco to remove everything but the essentials like tracking, monitoring vitals and communication.
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* StoryBreakerPower: As of "Enter Flashtime" Barry demonstrates he is now able to move so fast that even a nuclear explosion moves so slowly it appears it has stopped, with only people Barry touches or other Speedsters able to even recognize anything is happening. It really begs the question how anyone could possibly beat him or even inconvenience him at this point.
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* LighterAndSofter: After the dark tone brought by Zoom and Savitar, the series goes back to the campy tone that made the first season so beloved.
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* DemotedToExtra: Jesse Quick and Jay Garrick, show up only ''once'' this season -- "Enter Flashtime".
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* ArcWords:
** As of Episode Three? ''This house is bitchin'.''
** "[[TeamSpirit We]] [[ThePowerOfFriendship are]] [[YouAreNotAlone The]] [[TrueCompanions Flash]]". This also servers as the title for the season finale.
** As of Episode Three? ''This house is bitchin'.''
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** As of Episode Three? ''This house is bitchin'.''
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* CrypticConversation: Pretty much anytime [[BigBad DeVoe]] and his assistant talk to each other.
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* HappilyMarried: Barry and Iris, following [[Series/CrisisOnEarthX 4x08]].
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* ProductPlacement: This season is sponsored by Microsoft, so [[EveryoneOwnsAMac Everyone Owns A Surface]]. More than that, most episodes include bonus "Stretched Scenes" that nominally feature Ralph, but actually place a Surface front and center as a SimilarToTheShow ad.
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* ProductPlacement: This season is sponsored by Microsoft, so [[EveryoneOwnsAMac Everyone Owns A Surface]]. More than that, most a number of the earlier episodes include included bonus "Stretched Scenes" that nominally feature Ralph, but actually place a Surface front and center as a SimilarToTheShow ad.
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* OrcusOnHisThrone: For most of the early part of the season, all [=Devoe=] has ever done to oppose Team Flash is with his remotely-controlled Samuroid, and nothing else. He doesn't need to lift a finger, because apparently everything that Team Flash have done is AllAccordingToPlan (''his'', that is).
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* OrcusOnHisThrone: For most of the early part of the season, all [=Devoe=] [=DeVoe=] has ever done to oppose Team Flash is with his remotely-controlled Samuroid, and nothing else. He doesn't need to lift a finger, because apparently everything that Team Flash have done is AllAccordingToPlan (''his'', that is).
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* AGlassOfChianti: Clifford and Marlize often celebrate their individual victories with glasses of champagne. [[spoiler: Clifford also secretly puts a FantasticDrug--secreted from a metahuman he created--into his wife's drink to suppress her humanity from rebelling against his increasingly monstrous behaviour]].
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* HiddenAgendaVillain: BigBad [=DeVoe=]'s ultimate EvilPlan, called "The Enlightenment", [[DrivingQuestion remains a mystery throughout much of the season]].
