Line #20 Recap/TheFlash2014S6E3DeadManRunning


1	Barry and Iris prepare the rest of the Team for the Crisis, while dealing with a meta zombie. Ralph helps his mother with a problem.
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3	!!Tropes
4	* AccidentalPervert: Harrison "Nash" Wells accidentally came off as flirty to Iris, but it was because he detected Eternium around her and her office.
5	* AdventurerArchaeologist: "Nash" Wells is an obvious Indiana Jones reference.
6	* AloneWithThePsycho: Romero sneaks up on Ramsey, who only survives due to his bond with the substance powering his body.
7	* BrokenPedestal: Ralph for his mother when he finds out that all supposed dead ex-boyfriends of hers are actually alive.
8	* TheBusCameBack: Norvock is among the guests at Frost's "birthday party".
9	* ContinuityNod:
10	** Barry [[Recap/TheFlash2014S3E7KillerFrost once again]] eggs Frost into trying to kill him in order to solve her emotional problem.
11	** Ramsey mentions Ted Kord as someone who supplied him with dark matter. Ramsey was obviously lying, however, Kord was mentioned several times in past ''Arrow'' episodes.
12	* ADayInTheLimelight: The episode focuses mainly on Frost and her training by Barry for the Crisis.
13	* DestinationDefenestration: Frost blasts Romero out a window at Mercury Labs. Being a zombie, he gets back up and walks away.
14	* DoubleMeaningTitle: The title "Dead Man Running" alludes to Barry's attempt to prepare for his possible death at the Crisis, Mitch Romero's corpse, and Ramsey Rosso's attempt to overcome his deadly condition.
15	* FaceDeathWithDignity: Ramsey's mother. But in his point-of-view, it's like she gave up trying to fight the cancer.
16	* FixingTheGame: Cecile tries to help Ralph's mom win at Poker by determining the other players' emotions. In the end, they still lose.
17	* FreudianSlip: Frost ultimately realises that Barry is going to die in the Crisis because whenever the two talked about the future, Barry never mentioned himself as if he wouldn't be there.
18	* GoodCopBadCop: Barry and Frost, respectively, when interrogating Ramsey.
19	* GoryDiscretionShot:
20	** What Romero did to his victims in the opening act. All we got is that they were mutilated in various ways.
21	** Romero's death itself was never shown, just an explosion and lots of blood splattered everywhere.
22	* InternalReveal:
23	** Cisco, Ralph, and Frost learn about the Crisis being moved to December 2019.
24	*** Towards the end of the episode, Ralph and Cisco are told about Barry's fate in the coming crisis.
25	** Allegra Garcia seems to have learned about the multiverse.
26	** Ramsey learns that Caitlin and Frost are one and the same.
27	** Barry learns Ramsey is not to be trusted like Frost warned him when he catches Ramsey in the act filching some dark matter samples.
28	* KeepingSecretsSucks: Iris finds hard to keep the secret about Barry being most likely dead.
29	* LampshadeHanging: Cisco lampshades how "Nash", like the other two ''angry'' Wellses before him, will also eventually soften up and form a bond with the team.
30	* LudicrousGibs: The fate of Zombie Romero after getting overdosed with dark matter: he explodes from the waist up. GoryDiscretionShot is in effect, fortunately.
31	* MoodWhiplash: Immediately after Frost's birthday, Barry finally tells the Team about his fate in the impending Crisis.
32	* MookHorrorShow: Mitch makes his entrance slaughtering his former criminal associates, creeping up on them during a weapons deal in the dark.
33	* MortalityPhobia: Apart from Ramsey, Frost also shows fear in the face of the impending crisis, as she just started to live a normal life.
34	* MotiveRant: Ramsey has one towards Barry when the latter catches him trying to steal Dark Matter.
35	* MyNameIsInigoMontoya: Played with. Nash advances on Iris and asks her for her name. She says, "Iris West-Allen," after which she immediately tasers him and knocks him out. She follows this up with, "And don't you forget it."
36	* MythologyGag: Ralph mentions a (now-dead) boyfriend of his mom's, Marv Perez. Marv Wolfman and Creator/GeorgePerez were the writer and artist on ''Crisis On Infinite Earths''.
37	* NonIndicativeName: Averted by "Killer" Frost, who goes by Frost starting with this episode.
38	* OtherMeAnnoysMe: Implied by "Nash" Wells when Iris mentions the Council of Wells, and Nash calls them idiots.
39	* OurZombiesAreDifferent: Mitch is pretty much a zombie, one that gets drawn by dark matter. He also has a bond with Ramsey.
40	* ParentsAsPeople: Ralph's mother always lied to him about her ex-boyfriends dying in order to spare his feelings regarding her breaking up with them. She also apparently had a career of petty crimes.
41	* PetTheDog: Ramsey seems slightly affected by Barry's speech and helps him stop Romero.
42	* ShoutOut:
43	** The payoff for this episode's MonsterOfTheWeek (even though he existed the week before): Mitch [[Creator/GeorgeARomero Romero]] ''is'' a meta zombie.
44	** Ralph calls the Monitor [[ComicBook/TheMightyThor Asgardian]] Cosplay.
45	** Obviously, Cisco compares "Nash" Wells to [[Franchise/IndianaJones a certain archeologist]].
46	** When training with Frost, Barry says, "[[Film/TheMatrix Come on, stop trying to hit me and hit me]]!"
47	* SpottingTheThread: Both Ramsey and Frost notice Barry being aware of his own impending death.
48	* {{Synchronization}}: Ramsey learns that not only can Romero listen to his commands but it also mimics his movements to a certain extent.
49	* WhatTheHellHero:
50	** Barry towards Frost when she blasts Mitch Romero out of a several stories-high building, not knowing he'll survive the fall.
51	** Allegra towards Iris for keeping the truth about the new Wells from her, since journalists are supposed to tell the truth.
52	* TheWorfEffect: Romero actually breaks out of the pipeline.
53	* YankTheDogsChain: Just when you are given a chance to live a normal life by your split personality, did you learn that the entire world around you is about to end soon. It's small wonder Frost's temper is at the boiling point in this episode.

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