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* SexForSolace: Oliver and Sara, after both have a [[{{Understatement}} really rough day]].
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* SexForSolace: Oliver and Sara, after both have a [[{{Understatement}} really rough day]].day.
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* BiTheWay: Sara Sara's reunion with Nyssa turns out to be a passionate kiss between the two girls.
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* LostInACrowd: The perps in the opening theft ditch their coveralls and lose themselves in a protest rally marching up the street near the building they just robbed.
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Nyssa and Sara have a couple moments were it looks like they will kill each other, only to be subverted. At one point Sara gets her hands on some powerful poison and everyone thinks she is going to kill Nyssa with it, but instead [[spoiler: drinks it herself. She then powers through the poison enough to stop Oliver from killing Nyssa.]]
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Nyssa and Sara have a couple moments were it looks like they will kill each other, only to be subverted. At one point Sara gets her hands on some powerful poison and everyone thinks she is going to kill Nyssa with it, but instead [[spoiler: drinks it herself. She then powers through the poison enough to stop Oliver from killing Nyssa.]]
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* WhamEpisode: The episode ends with Oliver finding out about Thea's father being Malcolm Merlyn and disowning Moira as his mother, and all the Lances and the world discovering that Sara is alive.
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* WhamEpisode: The episode ends with Oliver finding out about Thea's father being Malcolm Merlyn and disowning Moira as his mother, and all the Lances and the world discovering that Sara is alive.alive.
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* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Nyssa and Sara have a couple moments were it looks like they will kill each other, only to be subverted. At one point Sara gets her hands on some powerful poison and everyone thinks she is going to kill Nyssa with it, but instead [[spoiler: drinks it herself. She then powers through the poison enough to stop Oliver from killing Nyssa.]]
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* RescueRomance: Averted, Nyssa muses that maybe the only reason Sara was with her was because Nyssa saved her life, but Sara denies this saying she was with Nyssa because she loved her.
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** The color schemes of Dinah's clothes (navy blue jacket and everything else black) matches that of the Black Canary's costume.
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* MythologyGag: Nyssa uses the alias 'Ms. Raatko', her surname in the comics, when entering the airport.
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* MythologyGag: MythologyGag:
** Nyssa uses the alias 'Ms. Raatko', her surname in the comics, when entering theairport.airport.
** After failing at her and Oliver's initial attempt to foil Dinah's kidnapping, the scene ends with Sara screaming (in frustration) and her scream being emphasized, alluding to the [[MakeMeWannaShout Canary Cry]].
** Nyssa uses the alias 'Ms. Raatko', her surname in the comics, when entering the
** After failing at her and Oliver's initial attempt to foil Dinah's kidnapping, the scene ends with Sara screaming (in frustration) and her scream being emphasized, alluding to the [[MakeMeWannaShout Canary Cry]].
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* AdaptationalWimp: Dinah Drake, the original ComicBook/BlackCanary in the comics, gets kidnapped without putting up a fight.
* AdultFear: Having your family fall apart in the worst way possible is played a lot during the episode. Specifically;
** Being disowned by your own child (Oliver and Moira).
** Literally watching your children's relationship disintegrate (Quentin and Dinah to Laurel and Sara).
* AntagonistTitle: Nyssa is the titular Heir To The Demon.
* AdultFear: Having your family fall apart in the worst way possible is played a lot during the episode. Specifically;
** Being disowned by your own child (Oliver and Moira).
** Literally watching your children's relationship disintegrate (Quentin and Dinah to Laurel and Sara).
* AntagonistTitle: Nyssa is the titular Heir To The Demon.
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* DamselInDistress: Dinah Drake gets kidnapped by Nyssa and her {{Mook}}s.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: For the entire Lance family, but mostly Sara.
* DramaticShattering: Laurel throws a glass of wine towards Sara near the end of the episode.
* DramaticShattering: Laurel throws a glass of wine towards Sara near the end of the episode.
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* GetOut: Laurel gave Sara this ''thrice'' near the end of the episode after giving her a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech.
-->'''Laurel:''' Now GetOut!
-->'''Sara:''' Laurel...
-->'''Laurel:''' GetOut!
-->'''Sara:''' I'm sorry...
-->'''Laurel:''' (throws her glass of wine at the door) I said '''GetOut'''!
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: After Nyssa kisses Sara, Oliver gave a subtle yet still very suspicious grin.
-->'''Laurel:''' Now GetOut!
-->'''Sara:''' Laurel...
-->'''Laurel:''' GetOut!
-->'''Sara:''' I'm sorry...
-->'''Laurel:''' (throws her glass of wine at the door) I said '''GetOut'''!
* GirlOnGirlIsHot: After Nyssa kisses Sara, Oliver gave a subtle yet still very suspicious grin.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech:
** Oliver to Moira before disowning her.
** Laurel to Sara near the end of the episode.
** Oliver to Moira before disowning her.
** Laurel to Sara near the end of the episode.
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* NiceHat: Nyssa sports a very snazzy hat in the airport. After wiping the floor with the Customs and Immigration officers, she even makes a point to retrieve it.
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* OpenMindedParent: Quentin who when told that Sara is bi, only mentions how glad he is that she managed to find some small measure of happiness. Quentin is shaping up to be the [[GoodParents best parental figure]] on the show (or the entire marvel-verse for that matter).
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* OpenMindedParent: Quentin who when told that Sara is bi, only mentions how glad he is that she managed to find some small measure of happiness. Quentin is shaping up to be the [[GoodParents best parental figure]] on the show (or the entire marvel-verse for that matter).show.
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* OpenMindedParent: Quentin who when told that Sara is bi, only mentions how glad he is that she managed to find some small measure of happiness. Quentin is shaping up to be the [[GoodParents best parental figure]] on the show.
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* OpenMindedParent: Quentin who when told that Sara is bi, only mentions how glad he is that she managed to find some small measure of happiness. Quentin is shaping up to be the [[GoodParents best parental figure]] on the show.show (or the entire marvel-verse for that matter).
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* PsychoLesbian: Nyssa comes across as this
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* OpenMindedParent: Quentin who when told that Sara is bi, only mentions how glad he is that she managed to find some small measure of happiness. Quentin is shaping up to be the [[GoodParents best parental figure]] on the show.
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* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Sara and Laurel. On top of FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling dynamics, it seems that both sisters competed for Ollie's affections
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* BiTheWay: Sara
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* DarkActionGirl: Nyssa introduces herself by beating up several trained Customs and Immigrations officers, then gets to actually fight, giving Arrow a run for his money.
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* DarkActionGirl: Nyssa [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduces herself herself]] by beating up several trained Customs and Immigrations officers, then gets to actually fight, giving Arrow a run for his money.
* EvilBrit: Nyssa who has a British accent.
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Sara and Laurel. On top of FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling dynamics, it seems that both sisters competed for Ollie's affections
* TheGloriousWarOfSisterlyRivalry: Sara and Laurel. On top of FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling dynamics, it seems that both sisters competed for Ollie's affections
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* TheMissusAndTheEx: Sara's former and current love interests (Nyssa and Oliver) meet.
* MugglesDoItBetter: Nyssa's subordinate who's giving both Sara and Oliver trouble is dispatched by a surprise right cross fromQuentin.[[PapaWolf Quentin]].
* MugglesDoItBetter: Nyssa's subordinate who's giving both Sara and Oliver trouble is dispatched by a surprise right cross from
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* DarkActionGirl: Nyssa introduces herself by beating up several trained Customs and Immigrations officers, and then gets to actually fight, giving Arrow a run for his money.
* TheDreaded: Ra's Al Ghul's status as this is further cemented by Oliver's explanation to Diggle why killing Nyssa would be a ''bad'' thing.
-->'''Oliver:''' If half the stories I've heard about Ra's al Ghul are true, then if Sara kills this daughter, we will ''[[PapaWolf all]]'' pay.
* TheDreaded: Ra's Al Ghul's status as this is further cemented by Oliver's explanation to Diggle why killing Nyssa would be a ''bad'' thing.
-->'''Oliver:''' If half the stories I've heard about Ra's al Ghul are true, then if Sara kills this daughter, we will ''[[PapaWolf all]]'' pay.
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* DarkActionGirl: Nyssa introduces herself by beating up several trained Customs and Immigrations officers, and then gets to actually fight, giving Arrow a run for his money.
* TheDreaded: Ra'sAl Ghul's Al-Ghul's status as this is further cemented by Oliver's explanation to Diggle why killing Nyssa would be a ''bad'' thing.
-->'''Oliver:''' If half the stories I've heard about Ra'sal Ghul Al-Ghul are true, then if Sara kills this his daughter, we will ''[[PapaWolf all]]'' pay.
* TheDreaded: Ra's
-->'''Oliver:''' If half the stories I've heard about Ra's
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* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: While everybody else pronounces the beginning of Ra's Al Ghul's name as "rahz," Nyssa instead pronounces it more like "raysh." However, since Nyssa speaks with an English accent, it's possible it's a case of cultural differences, similar to the different ways Americans and Brits pronounce "schedule."
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* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: While everybody else pronounces the beginning of Ra's Al Ghul's Al-Ghul's name as "rahz," Nyssa instead pronounces it more like "raysh." However, since Nyssa speaks with an English accent, it's possible it's a case of cultural differences, similar to the different ways Americans and Brits pronounce "schedule."
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* WhamEpisode: The episode ends with Oliver finding out about Thea's father being Malcolm Merlyn, Merlyn and disowning Moira as his mother, and all the Lances and the world discovering that Sara is alive.
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* WhamEpisode: The episode ends with Oliver finding out about [[spoiler: Thea's father being Malcolm Merlyn]], and all the Lances and the world discovering that Sara is alive.
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* WhamEpisode: The episode ends with Oliver finding out about [[spoiler: Thea's father being Malcolm Merlyn]], Merlyn, and all the Lances and the world discovering that Sara is alive.
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* IHaveNoSon: Inverted, Oliver to Moira. Played otherwise as Laurel gives this to Sara as a part of her continuing breakdown.
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* IDieFree: Sara tries to commit suicide with Viper venom rather than return to being an assassin with Nyssa.
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* ARareSentence; ARareSentence: Felicity gets another one when she mentioned she never thought she'd ever say out loud that "It starts losing its potency the minute it leaves the fangs" regarding the Tibetan Pit Viper venom used as a poison through the episode.
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* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: While everybody else pronounces the beginning of Ra's Al Ghul's name as "rahz," Nyssa instead pronounces it more like "raysh." However, since Nyssa speaks with an English accent, it's possible it's a case of SeperatedByACommonLanguage, cultural differences, similar to the different ways Americans and Brits pronounce "schedule."
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* ItIsPronouncedTroPAY: While everybody else pronounces the beginning of Ra's Al Ghul's name as "rahz," Nyssa instead pronounces it more like "raysh." However, since Nyssa speaks with an English accent, it's possible it's a case of SeperatedByACommonLanguage, similar to the different ways Americans and Brits pronounce "schedule."
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* BigNo: Nyssa lets out one as she undergoes her VillainousBreakdown.
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* TitleDrop: Nyssa gives one in her introduction to the Arrow.
-->'''Nyssa:''' I am Nyssa. Daughter of ComicBook/RasAlGhul. Heir to the Demon.
-->'''Nyssa:''' I am Nyssa. Daughter of ComicBook/RasAlGhul. Heir to the Demon.
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* MythologyGag: Nyssa uses the alias 'Ms. Raatko', her surname in the comics, when entering the airport.
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* LowerDeckEpisode: This episode focuses a lot more on Sara than Oliver. Instead of the standard flashbacks to the island, we get flashes to the Lance family before Sara got on the ''Queen's Gambit'' with Oliver.
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* CurbStompBattle: Those Customs and Immigration officers in the beginning of the episode never stood a chance against Nyssa.
* CyanidePill: After being captured by the heroes, Nyssa's subordinate drinks poison rather than talk.
* DarkActionGirl: Nyssa introduces herself by beating up several trained Customs and Immigrations officers, and then gets to actuallyfight.fight, giving Arrow a run for his money.
* CyanidePill: After being captured by the heroes, Nyssa's subordinate drinks poison rather than talk.
* DarkActionGirl: Nyssa introduces herself by beating up several trained Customs and Immigrations officers, and then gets to actually
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!Tropes Applying to This Episode
* DarkActionGirl: Nyssa introduces herself by beating up several trained Customs and Immigrations officers, and then gets to actually fight.
* [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Mother]]: Nyssa kidnaps Dinah to bring Sara out.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Nyssa releases Sara from her vow.
* MugglesDoItBetter: Nyssa's subordinate who's giving both Sara and Oliver trouble is dispatched by a surprise right cross from Quentin.
* SexForSolace: Oliver and Sara, after both have a [[{{Understatement}} really rough day]].
!Tropes Applying to This Episode
* DarkActionGirl: Nyssa introduces herself by beating up several trained Customs and Immigrations officers, and then gets to actually fight.
* [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Mother]]: Nyssa kidnaps Dinah to bring Sara out.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Nyssa releases Sara from her vow.
* MugglesDoItBetter: Nyssa's subordinate who's giving both Sara and Oliver trouble is dispatched by a surprise right cross from Quentin.
* SexForSolace: Oliver and Sara, after both have a [[{{Understatement}} really rough day]].