History Recap / LegendsOfTomorrowS2E9RaidersOfTheLostArt

* InsistentTerminology: Sara insists on referring to the [=McGuffin=] as “the Hole Lance”. Nate [[DeadpanSnarker can’t think why]].

The Legends and the Legion of Doom track Rip and TheSpearOfDestiny to 1967 Hollywood...and inadvertently cause Creator/GeorgeLucas to drop out of film school.

!!Tropes in this episode:

-->'''Jax''': Grey, what are you doing?
-->'''Martin''': Brain surgery, what's it look like?

*** [[DifferentWorldDifferentMovies Perhaps]] it was a Creator/MarvelComics cartoon instead?
*** Alternatively, well before ''Superfriends'' was created in our world, the original ''WesternAnimation/SpaceGhost'' featured the ''Council'' of Doom, composed of Space Ghost's worst foes. Perhaps they were called the Legion of Doom in this world's version of the show?

** DismantledMacGuffin: The Spear is in several pieces.
** MacGuffinGuardian: Rip is the protector of one piece of the Spear.
* MythologyGag: Nate says that he got the name "Legion of Doom" from a Hanna-Barbera cartoon. The Legion of Doom first appeared in ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'', which was produced by Hanna-Barbera.

* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: Amnesiac Rip tries to be badass, acts like he regained his memories and points a gun at the legion....only for it to jam. Then, however, the Waverider uncloaks.

* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: {{Averted}}, Stein rightfully points out that he is a nuclear scientist, not a psychiatrist, a neuro-diagnostician, or a brain surgeon. He still ends up doing all of these (in the latter cases, with a lot of assistance from Gideon) to try and help Mick.

--> "Don't just stand there. Try to brace it with something!"

** On the non-Lucas side, Nate says that he got the "Legion of Doom" name from an old Hanna-Barbara [[{{WesternAnimation/Superfriends}} cartoon]] he watched as a kid.

* SkywardScream: Amnesia!Rip ends the episode like this when he realizes he's about to be [[ColdBloodedTorture tortured by Darhk and Merlyn]].

* VillainsOutShopping: At one point, Merlyn requests to Darhk that they take the time to do the tourist thing and visit Frank Sinatra's star on the Walk of Fame. Apparently he's always wanted to do that.

* YoungFutureFamousPeople: A young Creator/GeorgeLucas plays a key role in the plot.

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Merlyn and Darhk act as this for the episode.

* CurbStompBattle: Throughout the episode, Merlyn and Darhk get the drop on the heroes. The situation is reversed when Vixen, Ray, and Nate get their powers back.....only to be reversed again once Thawne shows up.

* FalseReassurance: Thawne states that he's not going to torture Rip... Darhk and Merlyn are.

The Legends and the Legion of Doom track Rip and TheSpearOfDestiny to 1967 Hollywood... and inadvertently cause Creator/GeorgeLucas to drop out of film school.

* ColdBloodedTorture: The episode ends with Darhk and Merlyn about to do this to Amnesia!Rip.

* {{Fainting}}: Amnesia!Rip, after seeing the Waverider.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Early on in the episode Nate says that he was inspired to become a historian after seeing ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk'', which actually becomes a major plot point later on in the episode.

* HesBack: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. Rip seems to have gone through this when he shows up for the climax, accent and all, but is revealed to be acting when he can't figure out how his gun works.

* HiddenDepths: Jax is familiar with the story of both TheSpearOfDestiny and St. Longinus, crediting it to attending Sunday School.

* MythologyGag:
** Nate says that he got the name "Legion of Doom" from a Hanna-Barbera cartoon. The Legion of Doom first appeared in ''WesternAnimation/SuperFriends'', which was produced by Hanna-Barbera.

* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: Amnesia!Rip tries to be badass, acts like he regained his memories and points a gun at the legion....only for it to jam. Then, however, the Waverider uncloaks.

* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: In an AlternateTimeline where Creator/GeorgeLucas quits filmmaking, he becomes a successful businessman. This results to Ray and Nate becoming a heart surgeon and a yoga instructor since they are inspired by Lucas' films to pursue their respective original fields. This is a little odd since Nate previous stated that his greatest inspiration was his grandfather Commander Steel. Then again, that could've been another direct result of the butterfly effect, considering what wound up happening to give Nate his powers in the first place.

* {{Adorkable}}: The reason for Ray becoming a scientist and Nate becoming a historian was watching Star Wars and Indiana Jones.

* AllohistoricalAllusion: Before history got corrected, George Lucas wound up becoming winning awards as a businessman in [[Film/ANewHope 1977]], [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack 1980]], and [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi 1983]].

* NotThatKindOfDoctor: Mick assumes Stein can fix his hallucinations due to being a doctor. Stein reminds him that his doctorate is in ''nuclear physics.''.

** ''Film/HowardTheDuck'' gets a TakeThat.[[note]]It's long been customary for DC and Marvel to portray each other as fiction within their own universes.[[/note]]

The Legends and the Legion of Doom track Rip and TheSpearOfDestiny to 1967 Hollywood... and inadvertently cause George Lucas to drop out of film school.

The Legends and the Legion of Doom track Rip and TheSpearOfDestiny to 1967 Hollywood.

** Amaya's actress, Maisie Richardson-Sellers, was on ''Film/TheForceAwakens''. [[FridgeBrilliance Appropriately enough]], it is ultimately Amaya who encourages Creator/GeorgeLucas to continue film making, as the ensured creation of both the ''Franchise/StarWars'' and ''Franchise/IndianaJones'' film franchises are important plot points in the episode.

* CurbStompBattle: Throughout the episode, Merlyn and Darhk get the drop on the heroes. The situation is reversed when Vixen, Ray and Nate get their powers back.....only to be reversed again once Thawne shows up.

** Nate took the name "Legion of Doom" from a Hanna-Barbera cartoon he used to love. We know [[WesternAnimation/SuperFriends which one it'd have to be]] but of course he doesn't name it.

* NegatedMomentOfAwesome: Amnesia!Rip tries to be badass, acts like he regained his memories and points a gun at the legion....only for it to jam. Then however the Waverider uncloaks.

* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: In an AlternateTimeline where Creator/GeorgeLucas quits film making, he becomes a successful businessman. This results to Ray and Nate becoming a heart surgeon and a yoga instructor since they are inspired by Lucas' films to pursue their respective original fields. This is a little odd, since Nate previous stated that his greatest inspiration was his grandfather Commander Steel. Then again, that could've been another direct result of the butterfly effect, considering what wound up happening to give Nate his powers in the first place.

* SelfDeprecation: Amnesia!Rip deriding the Vandal Savage character of his in-universe movie seems like an acknowledgement of how poor a BigBad the actual character was viewed as by parts of the fanbase last season.

* TookALevelInDumbass: Without the influence of StarWars and IndianaJones in their lives, Ray and Nate are helplessly reduced to complete idiots for most of the episode. When George Lucas gets his inspiration back, so do they.

* CriticalResearchFailure: Creator/GeorgeLucas is said to be the director of ''Film/RaidersOfTheLostArk''. While Lucas did produce and write the film, it was actually directed by his friend Creator/StevenSpielberg. [[note]]He's actually only directed six films over a five decade career: ''Film/{{THX 1138}}'', ''Film/AmericanGraffiti'', and ''Film/StarWars'' episodes 1 through 4.[[/note]]

** Ray took the name "Legion of Doom" from a Hanna-Barbera cartoon he used to love. We know [[WesternAnimation/SuperFriends which one it'd have to be]] but of course he doesn't name it.

* AllohistoricalAllusion: Before history got corrected, George Lucas wound up becoming winning awards as a buisnessman in [[Film/ANewHope 1977]], [[Film/TheEmpireStrikesBack 1980]], and [[Film/ReturnOfTheJedi 1983]].

The Legends and the Legion of Doom track Rip and the Spear of Destiny to 1967 Hollywood.

* HiddenDepths: Jax is familiar with the story of both the Spear of Destiny and St. Longinus, crediting it to attending Sunday School.

* {{Retconjuration}}: The discussed power of the Spear of Destiny, which would be impossible to correct outside of it, unlike simply changing historical events.

* SuddenlyShouting: Merlyn first speaks calmy to George Lucas, but then suddenly screams when asking about the whereabouts of the Spear of Destiny.

* NotThatKindOfDoctor: Mick assumes Stein can fix his hallucinations due to being a doctor. Stein reminds him that his doctorate is in ''nuclear physics.''

* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: {{Averted}}, Stein rightfully points out that he is a nuclear scientist, not a medical doctor. He still complies to help Mick though.

* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: In an AlternateTimeline where Creator/GeorgeLucas quits film making, he becomes a successful businessman. This results to Ray and Nate becoming a heart surgeon and a yoga instructor since they are inspired by Lucas' films to pursue their respective original fields. This is a little odd, since Nate previous stated that his greatest inspiration was his grandfather Commander Steel.

* RichardNixonTheUsedCarSalesman: In an AlternateTimeline where Creator/GeorgeLucas quits film making, he becomes a successful businessman. This results to Ray and Nate becoming a heart surgeon and a yoga instructor since they are inspired by Lucas' films to pursue their respective original fields.

* InternalReveal: Stein learns that Mick is being haunted by halucinations of Snart and tries to help him with it.