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4	"Let it Flow! School Festival!!" is the 23rd episode of ''My Hero Academia'''s fourth season, and the 86th episode overall.
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6	Gentle turns himself in to U.A., claiming that La Brava was brainwashed into following him. Ectoplasm accompanies Midoriya to retrieve his things and to return to U.A., where he makes it to 1-A's performance in the nick of time. Class 1-A's song-and-dance is a huge hit that hypes up the crowd and manages to make Eri smile. After the performance the students receive compliments from their schoolmates, even from their previous detractors. They then go on to enjoy the rest of the school festival.
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9	!!Tropes in this episode:
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11	* ADayInTheLimelight: The song goes over many of Jiro's personal feelings towards her hero career, with multiple flashbacks to her motivation to become a hero.
12	* AtLeastIAdmitIt: Following their arrest, Gentle admits that what he was doing was wrong, but does not make excuses to what led to him becoming a villain. La Brava, meanwhile, admits that everything she does, good or bad, was for the sake of Gentle.
13	* BrickJoke: "School Festival" had Mirio describe the potential deliciousness of a candy apple to Eri at the hospital. By the end of this episode, and takes her first bite thanks to Midoriya and happily declares it's as tasty as described.
14	* FiveManBandConcert: Class A couples a variation of this trope with DancingTheme. Izuku, TheLeader and main character, is not part of the band but one of the dancers. Instead, it's TheLancer who is part of the band because he turns out to be a talented drummer. The band itself is comprised of Jiro (voice and electric bass), Momo (keyboard), Bakugo (drums), and Tokoyami and Kaminari (guitars). They all play [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgwUenaQqlM "Hero Too"]] as their School Festival class presentation.
15	* InsertSong: "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgwUenaQqlM Hero Too]]", the song Jiro and the class perform at the School Festival.
16	* LukeIAmYourFather: Class 1-B's play ends with a revelation that Monoma's character is the son of Tetsutetsu's character, which this time really was ripped from ''Franchise/StarWars'' along with other pieces of media they tried to combine.
17	* MotorMouth: Eri adorably recaps her reactions to the performance to Deku - finally acting like an actual child of her age would - with Deku tearing up in happiness at her joy.
18	* MyGreatestSecondChance: A cop offers this to Gentle Criminal during the [[TheStinger stinger]]. It moves him to tears.
19	* {{Narm Charm}}: One of the InUniverse reactions to Class 1-B's play is that it was so dramatic it ended up funny.
20	* ShoutOut: Class 1-B's play contains so many of these in such a short scene that it's hard to list them:
21	** The main characters are apparently named ''Theatre/RomeoAndJuliet.''
22	** Monoma's character refers to Tetsutetsu's character as the "[[Literature/HarryPotterAndThePrisonerOfAzkaban Ghost of Azkaban.]]"
23	** Tetsutetsu's character claims that [[Literature/LordOfTheRings Gandalf told Monoma's character that his father was King of Gondor]].
24	** Finally, Tetsutetsu's character claims [[LukeIAmYourFather that he is his father]], ripped straight out of ''Franchise/StarWars.''
25	* SimpleYetAwesome: In the past, Nejire had trailed behind a super flashy student, twice in the beauty pageant section of the festival, because she was too focused on trying to outshine her. She was able to win this time because she used her Quirk in a simple yet elegant manner.
26	* SoBadItsGood: The in-universe reaction Class 1-B's play, which was over-the-top dramatic and aped on various Western media.
27	* ThreePointLanding: The choreography for 1-A's performance involves a lot of jumping in the air and landing on one knee and fist. They ''are'' students in a SuperheroSchool.
28	* VillainousLegacy: Overhaul's grip on Eri's mental state from his abuse is depicted as a shadowy creature engulfing her, only to be blown away by the band's performance which finally lets her smile.

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