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* StaringContest: Dr. Raynor wants Bucky and Sam to try out the "staring into the soul" method where the two of them face each other while saying what bothers them about the other. They turn it into a staring contest.
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* WhamShot: Isaiah embeds a metal case into a wall, revealing that the US government continued experimenting with super soldiers even after [[Series/AgentCarter Peggy Carter disposed of the last of Steve Rogers' blood samples]] and saw some success.
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* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Played with - as soon as Bucky hears Battlestar call himself that, he asks the jeep they're in to stop and leaves.
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* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Played with - – as soon as Bucky hears Battlestar call himself that, he asks the jeep they're in to stop and leaves.
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** Isaiah is a fifties-era recipient of the serum.
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** Isaiah is a fifties-era recipient test subject of the serum.
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* CallBack: Bucky jumps from the plane without a parachute just like Cap from ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' though Bucky's landing isn;t as graceful.
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* CallBack: Bucky jumps from the plane without taking a parachute just like Cap from ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' though Bucky's landing isn;t isn't as graceful.
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* CallBack: Bucky jumps from the plane without a parachute just like Cap from ''Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier'' though Bucky's landing isn;t as graceful.
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* RememberTheNewGuy: Isaiah was around all this time, but never shown up until now. Especially jarring during the ''Civil War'' period, when both Steve Rogers and Bucky were on the rebel side and the accords side could have done with a super-soldier in their corner. Sure, Isaiah wasn't best pleased with the government by that point, but he also wanted to see if Bucky had a full arm, and could have done so back then.
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* ComicBookMoviesDontUseCodenames: Played with - as soon as Bucky hears Battlestar call himself that, he asks the jeep they're in to stop and leaves.
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* LowClearance: Sam attempts to use this on a Flag Smasher when the trucks approach a overhanging road sign by flying up over it, but she just punches straight through it.
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** On a historical NoodleIncident version, apparently Isaiah Bradley and the Winter Soldier encountered each other in Korea, and it ended with the Soldier losing half the metal arm.
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** On a historical NoodleIncident version, apparently Isaiah Bradley and the Winter Soldier encountered each other in Korea, and it ended with the Soldier losing half the metal arm. Considering this supposedly happened at the height of the Soldier's peak performance, it helps establish what a dangerous operative Isaiah Bradley probably was.
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* TheWorfEffect: All of us are familiar with the capabilities of both Sam and Bucky (since their [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier MCU debut]]), while John Walker is established in the first minutes of the episode to be at least physically and politically capable of performing the role the government-sponsored Captain America. That said, all of them went away empty-handed in their encounter with the Flag-Smashers--who seem to be GenreSavvy enough to avoid MookChivalry and exploited their numbers to overwhelm and neutralize whatever experience advantage they had.
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* TheWorfEffect: TheWorfEffect:
** All of us are familiar with the capabilities of both Sam and Bucky (since their [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier MCU debut]]), while John Walker is established in the first minutes of the episode to be at least physically and politically capable of performing the role the government-sponsored Captain America. That said, all of them went away empty-handed in their encounter with the Flag-Smashers--who seem to be GenreSavvy enough to avoid MookChivalry and exploited their numbers to overwhelm and neutralize whatever experience advantage theyhad.had.
** On a historical NoodleIncident version, apparently Isaiah Bradley and the Winter Soldier encountered each other in Korea, and it ended with the Soldier losing half the metal arm.
** All of us are familiar with the capabilities of both Sam and Bucky (since their [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier MCU debut]]), while John Walker is established in the first minutes of the episode to be at least physically and politically capable of performing the role the government-sponsored Captain America. That said, all of them went away empty-handed in their encounter with the Flag-Smashers--who seem to be GenreSavvy enough to avoid MookChivalry and exploited their numbers to overwhelm and neutralize whatever experience advantage they
** On a historical NoodleIncident version, apparently Isaiah Bradley and the Winter Soldier encountered each other in Korea, and it ended with the Soldier losing half the metal arm.
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* TheChainsOfCommanding: Somewhat. In his private moment with his significant other and Hoskins, John Walker suggests him being made Captain America was way out of his expectations (albeit something [[HeroWorshipper he also dreamt of becoming similar to]]). He also seems to be very eager to make a very good impression to the public of it too. That said, the subtext of the conversations suggests it's also beginning to get to him.
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* RulesLawyer: Ultimately, John Walker's attitude to his role as Captain America is to be 'the perfect soldier', which means respecting and enforcing U.S. government guidelines over him and other Sokovia Accords-covered peoples. This means, ultimately, that he will choose to obey orders instead of see things Sam's and Bucky's way. They part by the tail-end of the episode as [[{{Understatement}} not on good terms]].
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* TheWorfEffect: All of us are familiar with the capabilities of both Sam and Bucky (since their [[Film/CaptainAmericaTheWinterSoldier MCU debut]]), while John Walker is established in the first minutes of the episode to be at least physically and politically capable of performing the role the government-sponsored Captain America. That said, all of them went away empty-handed in their encounter with the Flag-Smashers--who seem to be GenreSavvy enough to avoid MookChivalry and exploited their numbers to overwhelm and neutralize whatever experience advantage they had.
* WreckedWeapon: Redwing, unfortunately, gets easily smashed in half by Karli.
* WreckedWeapon: Redwing, unfortunately, gets easily smashed in half by Karli.
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* MythologyGag: Sam views the Flag-Smashers' Munich hideout using Redwing's camera, essentially seeing things through his point of view; one of his comic counterpart's main powers is his ability to BodySurf into birds and view events through their perspective.
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* NoodleIncident: Bucky and Isaiah had a violent altercation during the Korean War in a bar in Goyang. No specifics are given, but Isaiah strongly implies that he won the fight, and notes that he tore off half of Bucky's metal arm.
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* NoodleIncident: Bucky (as the Winter Soldier) and Isaiah had a violent altercation during the Korean War in a bar in Goyang.Goyang in 1951 during the UsefulNotes/KoreanWar. No specifics are given, but Isaiah strongly implies that he won the fight, and notes that he tore off half of Bucky's metal arm.
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* NoodleIncident: Bucky and Isaiah had a violent altercation during the Korean War. No specifics are given, but Isaiah strongly implies that he won the fight, and notes that he tore off half of Bucky's metal arm.
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* NoodleIncident: Bucky and Isaiah had a violent altercation during the Korean War.War in a bar in Goyang. No specifics are given, but Isaiah strongly implies that he won the fight, and notes that he tore off half of Bucky's metal arm.
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Sam and Bucky join forces to investigate the Flag Smashers, butting heads with the new Captain America along the way.
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* ArbitrarySkepticism: Sam's idea of the big three threats that superheroes face consist of androids, aliens, and wizards. Bucky vehemently denies the existence of the latter, despite not only fighting alongside magic-users like Doctor Strange, but even acknowledging him by name.
* BaitAndSwitch: Isaiah makes a comment about how Bucky and "his people" treated him during the Korean War. When he and Sam leave Isaiah's home, the conversation suggests Isaiah's comment was about race; it turns out he actually meant Bucky's people being his superiors in HYDRA.
* BaitAndSwitch: Isaiah makes a comment about how Bucky and "his people" treated him during the Korean War. When he and Sam leave Isaiah's home, the conversation suggests Isaiah's comment was about race; it turns out he actually meant Bucky's people being his superiors in HYDRA.
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* RunningGag: All throughout the episode jokes are made about Bucky's perpetual DeathGlare expression.
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* OminousLatinChanting: [[Music/WolfgangAmadeusMozart Mozart’s]] ''Lacrimosa'' plays during the montage which shows Zemo in prison, highlighting his evil nature and what Sam and Bucky are getting themselves into by going to talk to him.
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* NoodleIncident: Bucky and Isaiah had a violent altercation during the Korean War. No specifics are given, but Isaiah strongly implies that he won the fight, and notes that he tore off half of Bucky's metal arm.
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* PresentAbsence: Steve's shadow hangs over the episode even more so than it did in the previous one, with John Walker revealing that his desire is to live up to Steve's legacy while maintaining his individuality, Bucky openly railing on Sam for forsaking the shield, going so far as to claim that it's a disgrace to Steve's memory, and Sam refuses to take up the shield because of the weight associated with being ''Captain America''. It comes to a violent head near the end of the episode, where Bucky and Sam have a vicious argument, with Steve coming up several times as each tries to drive home their points.
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* BrickJoke: Sam briefly comments on how a collection of fantastical forces comprise the "big three" threats that superheroes face, which Bucky believes Sam made up. After their encounter with the Flag-Smashers, Walker and Sam discuss the big three and how the Flag-Smashers fit into it.
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* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: After years of serving the government as a SuperSoldier capable of rivaling the Winter Soldier, Isaiah's service was rewarded by being imprisoned for thirty years as a guinea pig.
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* YouShallNotPass: While the Flag-Smashers prepare to flee Munich by plane, one of them, implied to be a relative of Karli's, stays behind to draw fire from an ambush as the plane takes off.
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* NeverTrustATrailer: Two scenes first featured in the trailer, Sam and Bucky going down a countryside road and their shared therapy session with Dr. Raynor, are shown in this episode. What aren't present are the scenes' lines at the end of each trailer scene ("God, I hate you" and "I mean, how old ''are'' you?" respectively). Also, the scene where Bucky yells at Sam, asking him what his plan is that was showed during the Official Trailer is not present during the episode.
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* NeverTrustATrailer: Two scenes first featured in the trailer, Sam and Bucky going down a countryside road and their shared therapy session with Dr. Raynor, are shown in this episode. What aren't present are the scenes' lines at the end of each trailer scene ("God, I hate you" and "I mean, how old ''are'' you?" respectively). Also, the scene where Bucky yells at Sam, after Sam in the plane after Sam jumps out, asking him what his plan is that was showed during the Official Trailer is not present during the episode.
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* NeverTrustATrailer: Two scenes first featured in the trailer, Sam and Bucky going down a countryside road and their shared therapy session with Dr. Raynor, are shown in this episode. What aren't present are the scenes' lines at the end of each trailer scene ("God, I hate you" and "I mean, how old ''are'' you?" respectively).
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* NeverTrustATrailer: Two scenes first featured in the trailer, Sam and Bucky going down a countryside road and their shared therapy session with Dr. Raynor, are shown in this episode. What aren't present are the scenes' lines at the end of each trailer scene ("God, I hate you" and "I mean, how old ''are'' you?" respectively). Also, the scene where Bucky yells at Sam, asking him what his plan is that was showed during the Official Trailer is not present during the episode.
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* MissingTrailerScene: Two scenes first featured in the trailer, Sam and Bucky going down a countryside road and their shared therapy session with Dr. Raynor, are shown in this episode. What aren't present are the scenes' lines at the end of each trailer scene ("God, I hate you" and "I mean, how old ''are'' you?" respectively).
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* AdaptationDisplacement: Sam is notably surprised when Bucky makes a ''Lord of the Rings'' reference before the latter points out that the Middle-Earth saga has been around since the thirties. [[invoked]]
-->'''Bucky:''' Who're we fighting now? Gandalf?\\
'''Sam:''' How do you know about Gandalf?\\
'''Bucky:''' I read ''The Hobbit.'' In 1937, when it first came out.
* CaptainEthnic: Sam gets mistakenly called Black Falcon by a Baltimore kid who assumes it's his name because he's black and the Falcon. Sam gets one over by asking if he's Black Kid.
* DistinctionWithoutADifference: Bucky's insistence that Doctor Strange is a sorceror rather than a wizard.
* GetOut: Isaiah, after Bucky tries prodding him one too many times about the serum he received, forces him and Sam out of his house due to the painful memories associated with it.
-->'''Bucky:''' Who're we fighting now? Gandalf?\\
'''Sam:''' How do you know about Gandalf?\\
'''Bucky:''' I read ''The Hobbit.'' In 1937, when it first came out.
* CaptainEthnic: Sam gets mistakenly called Black Falcon by a Baltimore kid who assumes it's his name because he's black and the Falcon. Sam gets one over by asking if he's Black Kid.
* DistinctionWithoutADifference: Bucky's insistence that Doctor Strange is a sorceror rather than a wizard.
* GetOut: Isaiah, after Bucky tries prodding him one too many times about the serum he received, forces him and Sam out of his house due to the painful memories associated with it.
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* MissingTrailerScene: Two scenes first featured in the trailer, Sam and Bucky going down a countryside road and their shared therapy session with Dr. Raynor, are shown in this episode. What aren't present are the scenes' lines at the end of each trailer scene ("God, I hate you" and "I mean, how old ''are'' you?" respectively).
* MoodWhiplash: The therapy session, which starts off with Bucky and Sam's VitriolicBestBuds routine, takes a darker turn when they call each other out over the latter's decision to give up Steve's shield and agree to part ways after dealing with the Flag-Smashers.
* MoodWhiplash: The therapy session, which starts off with Bucky and Sam's VitriolicBestBuds routine, takes a darker turn when they call each other out over the latter's decision to give up Steve's shield and agree to part ways after dealing with the Flag-Smashers.
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** Bucky is livid at Sam for giving up the shield after Steve entrusted it to him.
** Sam goes off on Bucky for keeping the existence of a black SuperSoldier secret from him.
** Bucky is livid at Sam for giving up the shield after Steve entrusted it to him.
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* WoundedGazelleGambit: Karli pretends to be a hostage captured by the Flag Smashers in order to get the drop on Bucky.
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* JustLikeRobinHood: Karli has been nicknamed "Robin Hood" because she's stealing relief supplies to give to the less fortunate.
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** Karli's group have all taken some variation of the super serum that empowered Steve and Bucky, giving them similar abilities.
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* GodzillaThreshold: Bucky decides to visit Zemo for information on HYDRA, as that's the likely source of the serum that has empowered the Flag Smashers.
* JustLikeRobinHood: Karli has been nicknamed "Robin Hood" because she's stealing relief supplies to give to the less fortunate.
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** Karli's group have all taken some variation of the super serum that empowered Steve and Bucky, giving them similar abilities.
** Isaiah is a fifties-era recipient of the serum.
* WhatTheHellHero: Bucky is livid at Sam for giving up the shield after Steven entrusted it to him.
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