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** Thea says this trope word for word, thinking Malcolm will kill her for shooting him.

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** Thea says this trope word for word, thinking Malcolm will kill her in retaliation for shooting him.her attempted {{patricide}}.

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* AntiClimax: After all the times Oliver's mentioned killing Slade, you'd expect some underdog story where Oliver overpowers Slade. The killing in question came after Oliver got the shit beaten out of him by Slade and only because a lucky explosion pinned Slade under metal bars.



* RealityEnsues:
** As badass as Quentin is, being thrown into a desk that hard is going to give you some nasty internal injuries.
** Petty thugs aren't the best soldiers unless they're superpowered, and are taken down very fast once cured.
** After all the times Oliver's mentioned killing Slade, you'd expect some underdog story where Oliver overpowers Slade. The killing in question came after Oliver got the shit beaten out of him by Slade and only because a lucky explosion pinned Slade under metal bars.
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* PutDownYourGunAndStepAway: In the dénoument of the episode, with his blade at Felicity's throat. Oliver complies.

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* PutDownYourGunAndStepAway: In the dénoument of the episode, with his Slade's blade at Felicity's throat. Oliver complies.

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* PowerWalk: Team Arrow and the League moving into the tunnel in [[RuleOfSymbolism arrow formation]].


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* VFormationTeamShot: Team Arrow and the League moving into the tunnel in [[RuleOfSymbolism arrow formation]].
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* IdiotBall: Oliver's plan would not have worked if Slade had tied up Felicity like he did with his prisoners in "Seeing Red".
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Played for laughs in a DeletedScene; when Diggle frees the Suicide Squad, he goes to open Harley Quinn's cell but is stopped by the other prisoners who have a NoJustNoReaction.

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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Played for laughs in a DeletedScene; when Diggle frees the Suicide Squad, he goes to open Harley Quinn's cell but is stopped by the other prisoners Deadshot who have has a NoJustNoReaction.
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* TheAlcatraz: Lian Yu was already one before, and it's revealed in this episode that A.R.G.U.S. uses it as such. Slade is dropped there after his capture.

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* TheAlcatraz: Lian Yu was already one before, and it's revealed in this episode that A.R.G.U.S. now uses it as such. Slade is dropped there after his capture.
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Played for laughs in a DeletedScene; when Diggle frees the Suicide Squad, he goes to open Harley Quinn's cell but is stopped by the other prisoners who have a NoJustNoReaction.


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* ImagineSpot: A DeletedScene has Oliver saving his mother by using a concealed knife to cut his bonds, then wresting Slade's gun off him and shooting him. Cut to Diggle asking if he's OK, showing it's all in his imagination.
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* TakeUpMySword: A variant. Since Sara is leaving with the League of Assassins, she gives Laurel the mantle of the Canary, at least for the time being, in Starling City.
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* DeathByTransceiver: Quentin and his fellow officer listen in horror to the final transmissions of a police checkpoint as it's overrun. Later Waller tries to radio the ARGUS men guarding the tunnel only to find they're already dead.

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* DeathByTransceiver: Quentin and his fellow officer officers listen in horror to the final transmissions of a police checkpoint as it's overrun. Later Waller tries to radio the ARGUS men guarding the tunnel only to find they're already dead.

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* DealWithTheDevil: Sara gets Nyssa to bring help, in exchange for her returning to the League of Assassins. Sara doesn't appear to be bothered by this, telling her father that she's finally deciding her own fate for once.



* DealWithTheDevil: Sara gets Nyssa to bring help, in exchange for her returning to the League of Assassins.
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* TheLastStraw: Thea rejects her father's protection, until she discovers that as well as Moira and Oliver lying to her, Roy lied about not knowing the Arrow, when she finds a quiver while packing up their things to run away together. She leaves a letter on the quiver telling him she is never coming back.

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* TheLastStraw: Thea rejects her father's protection, until she discovers that as well as Moira and Oliver lying to her, Roy lied about not knowing the Arrow, when she finds a quiver while packing up their things to run away together. She leaves a letter DearJohnLetter on the quiver telling him [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere she is never coming back.back]].

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* BreakTheCutie: Thea is so disillusioned with the people she once loved and trusted, and so angry over being powerless, that she willingly places herself under Malcolm Merlyn's care, believing [[TeachMeHowToFight he can make her stronger]].

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* BreakTheCutie: Thea is so disillusioned with the people she once loved and trusted, and so angry over being powerless, weak, that she willingly places herself under Malcolm Merlyn's care, believing [[TeachMeHowToFight he can make her stronger]].


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-->"I thought I could still be Thea Queen. But Thea Queen was trusting. And I don't trust you. Or anyone. Not anymore. Thea Queen was also weak. And no matter what it takes, I will be strong."

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