History Recap / LegendsOfTomorrowS3E14AmazingGrace

* AbsenteeActor: Neither of the Darhks show up in Memphis to try to take the totem from the Legends (though considering the final shot, it's implied it was all planned that way).

* DueToTheDead: Ray organizes a funeral for... Mick's pet rat Axl. Mick and Sara aren't enthused at first, but then they accept to have a drink in Axel's memory.

** Zari and Wally manage to talk Elvis's uncle into extending an olive branch to his nephew over his music, and Wally manages to speed Elvis's record over to the radio station in order for it to be played, thus ensuring Elvis's music career. Episode's over, right? Well, [[ShockingSwerve the ghosts suddenly appearing from the graveyard beg to differ]].

** Nate manages to talk Sara into letting Elvis to use the Death Totem guitar to cut his record, thus making sure that rock and roll is allowed to exist... and then Elvis's uncle shows up with a cop after the record is recorded.

* StoryBreakerPower: PlayedForLaughs in regards to Wally. Normally, trying to find Elvis's guitar would take up most of the episode's plot. Wally gets it in less than five seconds. This winds up being quietly deconstructed as Zari makes it clear to Wally that he needs to take things slow concerning time travel, as it requires a more delicate, precise measure than just running around at super speed. This is a follow-up to the preceding episode in which he pulled a similar stunt to the guitar grab, to Zari's annoyance. [[InformedWrongness Not that she actually gives any concrete, specific reasons for why using super speed to complete the mission quickly is the wrong thing to do in this case.]]

* EarthDrift: Inverted, and as a result of John Constantine's [[CanonWelding addition to the continuity]]. Back in [[Series/{{Constantine}} his own show]], the episode "[[Recap/ConstantineS1E3TheDevilsVinyl The Devil's Vinyl]]" had as part of its backstory the (fictional) urban legend of Willy Cole, a guitarist who sold his soul to the devil for musical skill and clear ShoutOut to the real-world myth of Music/RobertJohnson. In this episode, the Robert Johnson story is shown to also be widely known in the [[Series/{{Arrowverse}} Arrowverse]].

* FunnyBackgroundEvent: While Sara is being contacted by Nate, Wally is dragged around by the guitar... and later so is Zari who is trying to hold Wally down.

* NoAntagonist: The closest thing the episode has to it is Elvis's uncle and he comes around at the end of it. Nobody of the Cult of Mallus is involved this time.

* TheReveal: We finally find out what the sixth totem is: The Death Totem.
* RippleEffectIndicator: Three in terms of Memphis becoming a ghost town in 1954: Zari's copy of ''VideoGame/GuitarHero'' becoming ''Trombone Hero'', Axl's name becoming "Music/JoshGroban", [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking and Nate's hair suddenly becoming flat and unpoofed.]]

* SinisterMinister: {{Downplayed}} with Elvis's uncle Lucious, who is fairly misguided, but not evil.
* StoryBreakerPower: PlayedForLaughs as regards to Wally. Normally, trying to find Elvis's guitar would take up most of the episode's plot. Wally gets it in less than five seconds. This winds up being quietly deconstructed as Zari makes it clear to Wally that he needs to take things slow concerning time travel, as it requires a more delicate, precise measure than just running around at super speed. This is a follow-up to the preceding episode in which he pulled a similar stunt to the guitar grab, to Zari's annoyance. [[InformedWrongness Not that she actually gives any concrete, specific reasons for why using super speed to complete the mission quickly is the wrong thing to do in this case.]]

* WritingAroundTrademarks: Copyrights, mostly... but the song Elvis plays is "I'm Gone, Mama" which is an obscure, possibly {{public domain}} song from 1957... and a different artist. Nobody ever names Elvis songs throughout the episode, and his other songs are public domain church songs. This takes on a note of irony when one recalls that the show had no problem featuring the original 1954 recording of Bill Haley's "Rock Around the Clock" in an earlier episode.

** Zari and Wally manage to talk Elvis's uncle into extending an olive branch to his nephew over his music, and Wally manages to speed Elvis's record over to the radio station in order for it to be played, thus ensuring Elvis's music career. Episode's over, right? Well, [[ShockingSwerve the ghosts suddenly appearing from the graveyard beg to differ.]]