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* IAmNotShazam: Contrary to what was often used online, Nina's superhero handle is Timezone, not Flashback (that's just the title of the episode).
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* IAmNotShazam: Contrary to what was often used online, Nina's superhero handle is Timezone, not Flashback (that's just the title of the episode).episode. though for some reason she is called Flashback in the episode's end credits).
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* BittersweetEnding: Jean still dies, and Nina decides to use her powers one last time to ensure she never became a Bang Baby; deeming her abilities too dangerous. However, Virgil learns that his mother still remembered his actions, and her co-workers recall her calling Virgil her "superhero" that night. Also, Nina proves to be much happier as a normal girl, although she no longer remembers Virgil or Richie.
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* BittersweetEnding: Despite Virgil wanting to prevent his mother from dying in the past, Jean still dies, and insists on doing her job despite the risks. Nina decides to use her powers one last time to ensure she never became a Bang Baby; deeming her abilities too dangerous. However, Virgil learns that his mother still remembered his actions, and her co-workers recall her calling Virgil her "superhero" that night. Also, Nina proves to be much happier as a normal girl, although she no longer remembers Virgil or Richie.
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* AdultFear:
** Mrs. Hawkins was killed doing her job; saving lives as a medic during a dangerous time on the streets.
** Virgil wants to keep his mother out of danger, but he can't force her to turn away from people who need her help. Also, the child Virgil was tucked into bed by his mother as normal before she left for work.. where she was killed, and never came home.
** Mrs. Hawkins was killed doing her job; saving lives as a medic during a dangerous time on the streets.
** Virgil wants to keep his mother out of danger, but he can't force her to turn away from people who need her help. Also, the child Virgil was tucked into bed by his mother as normal before she left for work.. where she was killed, and never came home.
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* HeroicSacrifice: Jean likely knew that Virgil was trying to warn her that she going to get killed that night, but she went out and did her duty anyways.
* HonorBeforeReason: It is implied Jean knew, based on Virgil's tone, that she was going to die that night. But she went out into the riots to do her duty anyways.
* HonorBeforeReason: It is implied Jean knew, based on Virgil's tone, that she was going to die that night. But she went out into the riots to do her duty anyways.
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** Mrs. Hawkins was killed doing her job, that is saving lives during a dangerous time.
** Virgil wants to keep his mother out of danger, but he can't force her to turn away from people who need her help. Also, the child Virgil got tucked into bed by his mother, and then she went off to work and never came home.
* BittersweetEnding: Jean still dies, and Nina decides to never become a Bang Baby, but Virgil learns that his mother remembered him and called him her "superhero" that night, and Nina is happier as a normal girl.
* BlessedWithSuck: Nina hates that she can move forwards or backward in time uncontrollably. By the end of the episode, with the remote fried, she decides to make the change to become normal.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Even when warned to stay on the rooftop, away from danger, Jean goes back to the streets to help more injured people.
** Virgil wants to keep his mother out of danger, but he can't force her to turn away from people who need her help. Also, the child Virgil got tucked into bed by his mother, and then she went off to work and never came home.
* BittersweetEnding: Jean still dies, and Nina decides to never become a Bang Baby, but Virgil learns that his mother remembered him and called him her "superhero" that night, and Nina is happier as a normal girl.
* BlessedWithSuck: Nina hates that she can move forwards or backward in time uncontrollably. By the end of the episode, with the remote fried, she decides to make the change to become normal.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Even when warned to stay on the rooftop, away from danger, Jean goes back to the streets to help more injured people.
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** Mrs. Hawkins was killed doing her job, that is job; saving lives as a medic during a dangerous time.
time on the streets.
** Virgil wants to keep his mother out of danger, but he can't force her to turn away from people who need her help. Also, the child Virgilgot was tucked into bed by his mother, and then mother as normal before she went off to work left for work.. where she was killed, and never came home.
* BittersweetEnding: Jean still dies, and Nina decides to use her powers one last time to ensure she neverbecome became a Bang Baby, but Baby; deeming her abilities too dangerous. However, Virgil learns that his mother still remembered him his actions, and called him her co-workers recall her calling Virgil her "superhero" that night, and night. Also, Nina is proves to be much happier as a normal girl.
girl, although she no longer remembers Virgil or Richie.
* BlessedWithSuck: Nina hates that she can move forwards or backward in time uncontrollably. By the end of the episode, with the remote fried, she decides to go back in time one final time to make sure she never ended up at thechange to become normal.
Big Bang where she got her powers.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Even when warned about what will happen tostay on the rooftop, away from danger, Jean her if she goes back to on the streets streets, Jean still chooses to do so in order to help more injured people.
** Virgil wants to keep his mother out of danger, but he can't force her to turn away from people who need her help. Also, the child Virgil
* BittersweetEnding: Jean still dies, and Nina decides to use her powers one last time to ensure she never
* BlessedWithSuck: Nina hates that she can move forwards or backward in time uncontrollably. By the end of the episode, with the remote fried, she decides to go back in time one final time to make sure she never ended up at the
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Even when warned about what will happen to
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* NeverSayDie: Virgil himself invokes this when trying to convince his mother to stay out of danger. He can't bring himself to tell her that she's dead in the present, and instead tells her that in his time, she got "hurt" on this night. It's implied that Jean understands what he's really saying, but goes back to work anyway because she knows that people need her help.
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* NeverSayDie: Virgil himself invokes this when trying to convince his mother to stay out of danger. He can't bring himself to tell her that she's dead that, in the present, and instead she's dead. Instead, he tells her that in his time, she got gets "hurt" on this that very night. It's implied that Jean understands what he's really saying, but goes back to work anyway because she knows that people need her help.help and accepts what happens.
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* StableTimeLoop: The news reports that Jean died due to stray gunfire, but when he goes back in time Virgil saves her from a collapsing wall. By saving her, and warning her about the future, he set up the circumstances for her to be shot.
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* StableTimeLoop: The news reports that Jean died due to stray gunfire, but when he goes back in time Virgil saves her from a collapsing wall. By saving her, and warning her about the future, he set up the specific circumstances for her to be shot.
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* BlessedWithSuck: Nina hates that she can move forwards or backwards in time uncontrollably. By the end of the episode, with the remote fried, she decides to take the change to become normal.
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* BlessedWithSuck: Nina hates that she can move forwards or backwards backward in time uncontrollably. By the end of the episode, with the remote fried, she decides to take make the change to become normal.
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* ForWantOfANail: Nina uses the remote's final two year limit to go back to the Big Bang and stop herself from becoming Timezone. This allows her remain a normal girl in the present.
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* ForWantOfANail: Nina uses the remote's final two year two-year limit to go back to the Big Bang and stop herself from becoming Timezone. This allows her to remain a normal girl in the present.
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** Thanks to Gear, Nina finds a way to control her powers, and perhaps use them for hero work. Richie crafts a remote that allows it to be controlled, gives her a costume, and decides to test the remote by going five years into the past to save people -- Virgil's mother-- from the riots. Then Ebon steals it and Static fries the remote twice trying to steal it back, which sabotages it. Nina decides that her powers are too dangerous and goes back to the Big Bang, to stop herself from becoming a metahuman.
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** Thanks to Gear, Nina finds a way to control her powers, and perhaps use them for hero work. Richie crafts a remote that allows it to be controlled, controlled gives her a costume, costume and decides to test the remote by going five years into the past to save people -- Virgil's mother-- from the riots. Then Ebon steals it and Static fries the remote twice trying to steal it back, which sabotages it. Nina decides that her powers are too dangerous and goes back to the Big Bang, to stop herself from becoming a metahuman.
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* IAmNotShazam: Contrary to what was often used online, Nina's super hero handle is Timezone, not Flashback (that's just the title of the episode).
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* IAmNotShazam: Contrary to what was often used online, Nina's super hero superhero handle is Timezone, not Flashback (that's just the title of the episode).
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* IWantMyMommy: When Virgil is returned to the present just as he sees Jean returning to the streets, he immediately returns home calling for her. The way his voice breaks as he calls out "Mom!" is heartbreaking, especially on seeing she's not in the house, meaning she still died five years ago.
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* ShrineToTheFallen: The city puts up a statue of Jean with two other paramedics who died that night, to commemorate their duty during the riots.
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* SoProudOfYou: Jean expresses to Virgil how proud she is to know that her son grows up to be a superhero.
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* SoProudOfYou: Jean expresses to Virgil how proud she is to know that her son grows up to be a superhero. It ends up being the one bit of consolation he has when is unable to save her.
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** Also Virgil wants to save his mother, and keep her out of danger, but he can't force her to turn away.
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** Also Virgil wants to save his mother, and keep her his mother out of danger, but he can't force her to turn away.away from people who need her help. Also, the child Virgil got tucked into bed by his mother, and then she went off to work and never came home.
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* NeverSayDie: Virgil himself invokes this when trying to convince his mother to stay out of danger. He can't bring himself to tell her that she's dead in the present, and instead tells her that in his time, she got "hurt" on this night. It's implied that Jean understands what he's really saying, but goes back to work anyway because she knows that people need her help.
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* SoProudOfYou: Jean expresses to Virgil how proud she is to know that her son grows up to be a superhero.
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* IAmNotShazam: Contrary to what was often used online, Nina's super hero handle is Timezone, not Flashback (that's just the title of the episode).
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* FriendOrIdolDecision: Static in the past has to leave his mother on the roof after saving her from a wall.
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* FriendOrIdolDecision: Static in the past has to leave his mother on the roof after saving her from a wall.wall collapsing.
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* BittersweetEnding
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* BittersweetEndingBittersweetEnding: Jean still dies, and Nina decides to never become a Bang Baby, but Virgil learns that his mother remembered him and called him her "superhero" that night, and Nina is happier as a normal girl.
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* StableTimeLoop: The news reports that Jean died due to stray gunfire, but when he goes back in time Virgil saves her from a collapsing wall. By saving her, and warning her about the future, he set up the circumstances for her to be shot.
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* StableTimeLoop: The news reports that Jean died due to stray gunfire, but when he goes back in time Virgil saves her from a collapsing wall. By saving her, and warning her about the future, he set up the circumstances for her to be shot.shot.
* StatusQuoIsGod: Virgil fails to bring his mother back, and he and Gear don't get a new member for the team.
* StatusQuoIsGod: Virgil fails to bring his mother back, and he and Gear don't get a new member for the team.
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The city of Dakota dedicates a memorial to Virgil's mother and other paramedics that died in riots five years ago. Virgil worries that he's forgetting her, and feels helpless about how she died. He and Richie then save a new Bang Baby, Nina Crocker, who can manipulate time. Virgil decides to see if he can save his mother.
!! Tropes for this episode include:
* AdultFear:
** Mrs. Hawkins was killed doing her job, that is saving lives during a dangerous time.
** Also Virgil wants to save his mother, and keep her out of danger, but he can't force her to turn away.
* BittersweetEnding
* BlessedWithSuck: Nina hates that she can move forwards or backwards in time uncontrollably. By the end of the episode, with the remote fried, she decides to take the change to become normal.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Even when warned to stay on the rooftop, away from danger, Jean goes back to the streets to help more injured people.
* FriendOrIdolDecision: Static in the past has to leave his mother on the roof after saving her from a wall.
* ForWantOfANail: Nina uses the remote's final two year limit to go back to the Big Bang and stop herself from becoming Timezone. This allows her remain a normal girl in the present.
* HopeSpot:
** Thanks to Gear, Nina finds a way to control her powers, and perhaps use them for hero work. Richie crafts a remote that allows it to be controlled, gives her a costume, and decides to test the remote by going five years into the past to save people -- Virgil's mother-- from the riots. Then Ebon steals it and Static fries the remote twice trying to steal it back, which sabotages it. Nina decides that her powers are too dangerous and goes back to the Big Bang, to stop herself from becoming a metahuman.
** With Nina's powers, Static has a chance to save his mother. He saves Jean from a collapsing wall, tells her about the future, though not about her dying, and makes her promise to stay out of danger. Then just as he has to return to the present, Jean returns to the streets, and Virgil finds that she still died.
* HowDoIShotWeb: PlayedForDrama. Nina has no control over her powers, until Richie crafts the remote.
* InSpiteOfANail: Jean still dies despite Virgil's rescue attempts.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Static fries the remote twice stealing it back from Ebon, rendering Nina's powers uncontrollable again.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: If Ebon hadn't been obsessed with using Nina's powers against her will, to the point of attempted kidnapping twice, Static and Gear wouldn't have discovered her powers, and Nina wouldn't have taken the opportunity to become normal.
* RetGone: After Nina stops her past self from gaining powers, her Timezone persona has ceased to exist.
* RippleProofMemory: Static and Gear remember the episode's events, even though Nina doesn't. Ebon may not either, since he returns to the present unconscious.
* StableTimeLoop: The news reports that Jean died due to stray gunfire, but when he goes back in time Virgil saves her from a collapsing wall. By saving her, and warning her about the future, he set up the circumstances for her to be shot.
!! Tropes for this episode include:
* AdultFear:
** Mrs. Hawkins was killed doing her job, that is saving lives during a dangerous time.
** Also Virgil wants to save his mother, and keep her out of danger, but he can't force her to turn away.
* BittersweetEnding
* BlessedWithSuck: Nina hates that she can move forwards or backwards in time uncontrollably. By the end of the episode, with the remote fried, she decides to take the change to become normal.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Even when warned to stay on the rooftop, away from danger, Jean goes back to the streets to help more injured people.
* FriendOrIdolDecision: Static in the past has to leave his mother on the roof after saving her from a wall.
* ForWantOfANail: Nina uses the remote's final two year limit to go back to the Big Bang and stop herself from becoming Timezone. This allows her remain a normal girl in the present.
* HopeSpot:
** Thanks to Gear, Nina finds a way to control her powers, and perhaps use them for hero work. Richie crafts a remote that allows it to be controlled, gives her a costume, and decides to test the remote by going five years into the past to save people -- Virgil's mother-- from the riots. Then Ebon steals it and Static fries the remote twice trying to steal it back, which sabotages it. Nina decides that her powers are too dangerous and goes back to the Big Bang, to stop herself from becoming a metahuman.
** With Nina's powers, Static has a chance to save his mother. He saves Jean from a collapsing wall, tells her about the future, though not about her dying, and makes her promise to stay out of danger. Then just as he has to return to the present, Jean returns to the streets, and Virgil finds that she still died.
* HowDoIShotWeb: PlayedForDrama. Nina has no control over her powers, until Richie crafts the remote.
* InSpiteOfANail: Jean still dies despite Virgil's rescue attempts.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Static fries the remote twice stealing it back from Ebon, rendering Nina's powers uncontrollable again.
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: If Ebon hadn't been obsessed with using Nina's powers against her will, to the point of attempted kidnapping twice, Static and Gear wouldn't have discovered her powers, and Nina wouldn't have taken the opportunity to become normal.
* RetGone: After Nina stops her past self from gaining powers, her Timezone persona has ceased to exist.
* RippleProofMemory: Static and Gear remember the episode's events, even though Nina doesn't. Ebon may not either, since he returns to the present unconscious.
* StableTimeLoop: The news reports that Jean died due to stray gunfire, but when he goes back in time Virgil saves her from a collapsing wall. By saving her, and warning her about the future, he set up the circumstances for her to be shot.
