Line #3 Recap/TheFlash2014S4E14Subject9


1	Team Flash has to protect The Thinker's next target, a country musician who can cause shockwaves.
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3	* AllForNothing: Despite all their efforts, in the end Team Flash couldn't save Izzy.
4	* AllYourPowersCombined: [=DeVoe=] uses a combination of the other bus metas' powers, particularly Kilg%re's and Hazard's, to subdue Vibe, Flash, and Elongated Man in his first attempt to [[GrandTheftMe hijack]] Izzy's body.
5	* TheBadGuyWins: The episode revolves around Team Flash's attempts to protect Izzy from [=DeVoe=]. In the end, they fail and [=DeVoe=] gets her body as planned.
6	* CallBack:
7	** Once again, Savitar has a brief [[TheCameo cameo]] talking about [=DeVoe=]'s cerebral inhibitor. He neglected to mention in the flashback if it actually worked.
8	** Ralph warns Izzy about using the S.T.A.R. Labs elevator since [[Recap/TheFlash2014S4E8CrisisOnEarthXPart3 killer robots tend to emerge from there]].
9	* ConvictedByPublicOpinion: Discussed by Captain Singh who tells Barry that in 2018, people only care about accusations and not evidence.
10	* DeaderThanDead: Barry seems to believe that this is [[UncertainDoom the fate]] of the bus metas that [=DeVoe=] either [[GrandTheftMe bodyjacks]] or [[PowerParasite powerjacks]], but we don't yet know if this is actually the case. However, the fact that the bodies [=DeVoe=] steals eventually [[PossessionBurnout wear out]] when his mind is in them lends some credence to this theory.
11	* DespairEventHorizon: Ralph hits it ''hard'' as he watches [=DeVoe=] steal Izzy's body and he's helpless to stop it. Fortunately, with a show of support from Barry, the loss of Izzy soon strengthens Ralph's resolve to stop [=DeVoe=].
12	* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: [=DeVoe=]-as-Becky has these.
13	* EurekaMoment: When Harry reveals he built a "cerebral inhibitor", Barry and Iris light up as that's ''exactly'' what Savitar told them they needed to stop [=DeVoe=].
14	* ExactWords: Cisco and Harry lampshade how Savitar had said the cerebral inhibitor had been "built to use against [=DeVoe=]." He never said anything about it actually ''working''.
15	* FairWeatherFriend: 99% of the CCPD sans Joe and Singh to Barry. Despite his acquittal, not everyone is convinced of his innocence and they believe he shouldn't be given his job back. Indeed when he walks back into the precinct instead of receiving a hero's welcome, he's given [[DisapprovingLook Disapproving Looks]].
16	* ForcedToWatch: Separated with the same forcefield the Thinker used to trap the Flash earlier in the season, Ralph and Barry could do nothing but watch as he bodyjacks Izzy.
17	* ForeShadowing: The first lyric we hear Izzy singing is "got a real good feeling something bad's about to happen."
18	* ForgotAboutHisPowers: When Izzy faces [=DeVoe=] in the episode's climax, her instrument breaks, leaving her helpless. Except she already managed to fend off [=DeVoe=] [[MagicFeather without an instrument earlier]]. Perhaps she thought another bit of bad luck would stop her, but she doesn't even ''try''.
19	* FromBadToWorse: During their first battle with [=DeVoe=], Izzy's powers seem to be the only thing that can stand a chance against him due to his [[ComboPlatterPowers multitude of bus meta powers]]. By the end of the episode not only is she out of commission, but he's added her powerset to himself as well after [[GrandTheftMe bodyjacking]] her.
20	* FreezeFrameBonus: Several on Izzy's website:
21	** One of her postings is an update on the status of her Blue Valley concert, citing that it's been cancelled because of "some sorta' starfish situation", a ContinuityNod to [[Recap/TheFlash2014S4E7ThereforeIAm "Therefore I Am"]], when Wally referenced fighting a giant starfish from outer space (presumably Starro from the comics).
22	** She also has concerts scheduled in Keystone City, [[Series/{{Arrow}} Star City]], [[ComicBook/GreenLantern Coast City]] and [[ComicBook/{{Nightwing}} Bludhaven]].
23	* GenderFlip: In the comics, the Fiddler has long been an elderly male, but here is an attractive young woman. However there was a female fiddler called Virtuoso.
24	* GoodThingYouCanHeal: It's obvious [=DeVoe=] doesn't want to kill Barry just yet, which means him giving Barry a brain aneurysm relies on a speedster's HealingFactor.
25	* ItsPersonal: It becomes this for Ralph after [=DeVoe=] steals Izzy's body.
26	* MindRape: [=DeVoe=] used Brainstorm's {{Telepathy}} to induce a brain aneurysm to the Flash.
27	* MyGreatestSecondChance: Barry couldn't stop [=DeVoe=] from stealing the other metas' powers and lives, so he's not going to let that happen to Izzy. [[DownerEnding Or not]].
28	* MyGreatestFailure: Ralph was borderline catatonic when he found himself helpless to save Izzy. He insists ItsPersonal with [=DeVoe=] from here on out.
29	* MythologyGag: Barry slaps Harry's new invention on [=DeVoe=]'s forehead and it lights up its three nodes in an inverted triangle, coincidentally just like the unofficial insignia of ''ComicBook/{{Brainiac}}''.
30	* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Captain Singh addresses Barry by his first name, instead of just calling him "Allen" like always you know things are serious.
31	* PokeInTheThirdEye: Vibing where Izzy is, confronting [=DeVoe=], Cisco is thrown back after he turns around to ''look at'' Cisco and tells him "Nobody likes a Peeping Tom, Mr. Ramon."
32	* PossessionBurnout: This is finally revealed to be the reason why the Thinker keeps stealing bodies; each one inherits the ALS his first one had and he can't stay in any one body for too long.
33	* ProphecyTwist: Savitar mentioned using the cerebral inhibitor against [=DeVoe=], so Barry is excited when Harry comes up with one. When it fails, Cisco points out that Savitar didn't say anything about it ''working''.
34	* TheReveal:
35	** Why did [=DeVoe=] steal Hazard's body? It's because Dominic's body was decaying and Hazard's is already; all the accumulated dark matter is taking its toll on him no matter what body he's in. So he's jumping from body to body to stave off the inevitable.
36	** Up until now, [=DeVoe=]'s hideout was implied to be a secret chamber hidden in the basement of his house, but Cisco realizes that it's actually a PocketDimension.
37	* ShipTease: It is quite obvious that Ralph has a crush on Izzy. After her body gets taken over by [=DeVoe=] in the end, he suffers from a massive HeroicBSOD.
38	* ShoutOut:
39	** When Cisco mentions soundwaves during the explaination of Izzy's powers, Ralph comments that Soundwave would be a great nickname. Cisco retorts it's already taken by a character from ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}''.
40	** When Ralph gives Barry his own personal PI card, Barry responds with "[[Creator/SallyField You like me! You really like me!]]"
41	** When Caitlin hands Izzy her fiddle to use during training, Izzy is confused as to how a fiddle is supposed to allow her to fight, unless the fight involves dueling TheDevil, referencing "The Devil Went Down to Georgia" by Charlie Daniels.
42	** The album Izzy is promoting is called "Bad Girl Rising", a reference to "Bad Moon Rising" by Music/CreedenceClearwaterRevival.
43	* SkewedPriorities: Izzy rants to Team Flash about the sacrifices she had to make advance her music career and refuses to put it on hold ''despite the attempt made on her life''.
44	* StatingTheSimpleSolution: The gang are racking their brains trying to figure out how to find Izzy. When Ralph asks if any of them has bothered to ''check her website'', he rolls his eyes seeing their looks of surprise.
45	* VillainWithGoodPublicity: During the news broadcast Captain Singh is watching just before meeting Barry, it is said Wolfe died a hero while he actually intended to sell metahumans to an exploitative woman.
46	* TheWorfBarrage: The Cerebral Inhibitor does nothing to [=DeVoe=] due to Kilg%re's powers disabling it.

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