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* ThatManIsDead: Ultraviolet claims Esperanza Garcia died five years ago, referring to when she fell into a coma following the Particle Accelerator explosion.



* ThatManIsDead: Ultraviolet claims Esperanza Garcia died five years ago, referring to when she fell into a coma following the Particle Accelerator explosion.
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* NothingIsScarier: We don't see what occurs in the millions of possible scenarios Barry sees; all we know is that the only one where the multiverse survives is if he sacrifices himself.
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** In the recovery bed, Barry tells Joan that she should have used Lady Gaga to reawaken him, as a reference to the Pilot.

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** In the recovery bed, Barry tells Joan that she should have used Lady Gaga to reawaken him, wake him up, as a reference to the Pilot.



* GodzillaThreshold: Due to the danger of the Crisis, even Jay thinks that time traveling to learn about it is necessary.

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* GodzillaThreshold: Due to the danger of the Crisis, even Jay thinks that using time traveling travel to learn about it is necessary.



* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Jay has always been Barry's biggest critic when it comes to using time travel, but in light of the pending Crisis, he feels that Barry's justified in using it to get information.

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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Jay has always been Barry's biggest critic when it comes to using time travel, but in light of the pending impending Crisis, he feels that Barry's justified in using it to get information.



** Barry witnessing countless futures where everybody dies except for the one where he sacrifices himself is a clear reference to Dr. Strange doing a similar thing in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''.

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** Barry witnessing countless futures where everybody dies except for the one where he sacrifices himself is a clear reference to Dr. Strange doing a similar thing in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''.



** Defied. Barry thinks that Jay will lecture him about [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique the evils of time travel]], but he thinks that Barry did the right thing since there is an actual upcoming Crisis.

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** Defied. Barry thinks that Jay will lecture him about [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique the evils of time travel]], but he thinks that Barry did the right thing since there is an actual because of the upcoming Crisis.
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* YouCantFightFate: Barry, after witnessing millions of futures, realizing that he ''has'' to sacrifice himself to save everyone else, resigns to his fate. Iris, however, is having none of it.

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* YouCantFightFate: Barry, after witnessing millions of futures, realizing that he ''has'' to sacrifice himself to save everyone else, resigns to his fate. Iris, however, is having none of it. She eventually comes around to accepting it may be the only way.
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* GodzillaThreshold: Due to the danger of the Crisis, even Jay thinks that time traveling to learn about it is necessary.


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* ResignedToTheCall: After seeing multiple scenarios with the only one where everyone survives is if he performs a HeroicSacrifice, Barry is willing to accept his fate. Iris, however, is still determined to change it.
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* CallBack: Iris references how the future newspaper originally showed that Barry would gonna disappear fighting Thawne, not a multiverse-threatening crisis.

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* CallBack: Iris references how the future newspaper originally showed that Barry would gonna was going to disappear fighting Thawne, not a multiverse-threatening crisis.

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* CallBack: Iris references how the future newspaper originally showed that Barry is gonna disappear on a fight against Thawne, not a multiverse-threatening crisis.

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* CallBack: Iris references how the future newspaper originally showed that Barry is would gonna disappear on a fight against fighting Thawne, not a multiverse-threatening crisis.


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** The title of the episode is the same as the issue of ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'' in which Barry died.
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** Barry consults Jay Garrick to help in his reasearch into the upcoming Crisis.

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** Barry consults Jay Garrick to help in his reasearch research into the upcoming Crisis.

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* BrickJoke: As Allegra gets accepted at her new job at Iris' ''Citizen'', Kamilla warns her about touching her donuts, an issue Kamilla had with Ralph earlier.



* ClearMyName: Allegra gets blamed for a murder committed by her cousin Esperanza, due to both having the same powers.

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* ClearMyName: Allegra gets blamed for a murder committed by her cousin Esperanza, due to both having the same powers.



* DeliberateInjuryGambit: To defeat Ultraviolet, Barry decides to take her waves head-on to be able to approach her.

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* DeliberateInjuryGambit: To defeat Ultraviolet, Barry decides to take her waves head-on to be able to approach reach her.



* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: Ramsey's powers awaken when he is threatened by Mitch Romero.

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* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: Ramsey's powers awaken again when he is threatened by Mitch Romero.

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* MythologyGag: Joan Williams wakes Barry up by reading the poem that was presented during his death in the original ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''.

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* MythologyGag: MythologyGag
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Joan Williams wakes Barry up by reading the poem that was presented during his death in the original ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''.''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''.
** Barry's vision of his death is lifted directly from the comic.

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** Gideon comes back.

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** Gideon comes back.back, with Barry finaly deciding to install a copy of her into his suit.



** [[MemeticMutation Nanites, courtesy of Ray Palmer]] are used to help Killer Frost blend in.

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** [[MemeticMutation [[RunningGag Nanites, courtesy of Ray Palmer]] are used to help Killer Frost blend in.in, normalizing her eyes and voice.



* InternalReveal: Jay and Joan learn that the latter is a doppelganger of Barry's late mother.

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* InternalReveal: InternalReveal:
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Jay and Joan learn that the latter is a doppelganger of Barry's late mother.mother.
** Joe gets up to speed on what's been troubling Barry since the last episode.



* OutOfFocus: Ramsey only appears in two short scenes.

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* OutOfFocus: Ramsey only appears in two short scenes.scenes irrelevant to the episode's plot.



** Barry witnessing countless futures where everybody dies except for the one where he sacrifices himself is a clear reference to Dr Strange doing a similar thing in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''.

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** Barry witnessing countless futures where everybody dies except for the one where he sacrifices himself is a clear reference to Dr Dr. Strange doing a similar thing in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''.



* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: Ramsey' powers awaken when he is threatened by Mitch Romero.

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* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: Ramsey' Ramsey's powers awaken when he is threatened by Mitch Romero.



** Joe and Cecile argue over what is the right approach with Allegra, calling out each others method.

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** Joe and Cecile argue over what is the right approach with Allegra, calling out each others method.other's methods.

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* BodyHorror: Ralph gets hit with a full burst of ultraviolet light (ie completely unfiltered by the atmosphere, like the kind that already causes sunburn) that would kill a regular human and still leaves him looking like he fell into hot coals.
* TheBusCameBack: Barry consults Jay Garrick to help in his reasearch into the upcoming Crisis.
* ContinuityNod: In the recovery bed, Barry tells Joan that she should have used Lady Gaga to reawaken him, as a reference to the Pilot.
* CrusadingLawyer: Discussed. Cecille is thinking to resign as a District Attorney to become a defense attorney of meta-humans. Joe approves her decision.

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* BaitAndSwitch: Barry prepares for a scolding from Jay for time travelling again, but he actually compliments him.
* BodyHorror: Ralph gets hit with a full burst of ultraviolet light by Allegra (ie completely unfiltered by the atmosphere, like the kind that already causes sunburn) that would kill a regular human and still leaves him looking like he fell into hot coals.
* TheBusCameBack: TheBusCameBack:
** Gideon comes back.
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Barry consults Jay Garrick to help in his reasearch into the upcoming Crisis.
* ContinuityNod: CallBack: Iris references how the future newspaper originally showed that Barry is gonna disappear on a fight against Thawne, not a multiverse-threatening crisis.
* ClashingCousins: Allegra and Esperanza, even way back, when Allegra wanted out of her gang.
* ClearMyName: Allegra gets blamed for a murder committed by her cousin Esperanza, due to both having the same powers.
* {{Cliffhanger}}: Ramsey is seen experimenting on Mitch Romero's corpse...which suddenly comes to life!
* ContinuityNod:
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In the recovery bed, Barry tells Joan that she should have used Lady Gaga to reawaken him, as a reference to the Pilot.
** [[MemeticMutation Nanites, courtesy of Ray Palmer]] are used to help Killer Frost blend in.
* CrusadingLawyer: Discussed. Cecille Cecile is thinking to resign as a District Attorney to become a defense attorney of meta-humans. Joe approves her decision.



* GlassCannon: Esperanza is powerful, but gets knocked out in a single punch by Barry.



* IntrepidReporter: Joan outright calls Iris this.



* NobleDemon: Esperanza tells Barry to get up, as she wants him to die on his feet.
* NoSocialSkills: Killer Frost has some serious issues in interacting with people properly.
* NotSoDifferent: Cecile tells Allegra that she too is a metahuman who has a hard time controlling her powers to get her to trust her.
* OldSuperhero: Jay is now retired, due to his speed declining.



* OutOfFocus: Ramsey only appears in two short scenes.
* PowerIncontinence: Allegra constantly sees microwaves, gamma waves and radio waves and can't shut it off.



* ShoutOut:
** Barry witnessing countless futures where everybody dies except for the one where he sacrifices himself is a clear reference to Dr Strange doing a similar thing in ''Film/AvengersInfinityWar''.
** Cisco calls Killer Frost a [[Series/GameOfThrones White Walker]].



* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: Ramsey' powers awaken when he is threatened by Mitch Romero.



* WhatTheHellHero: Defied. Barry thinks that Jay will lecture him about [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique the evils of time travel]], but he thinks that Barry did the right thing since there is an actual upcoming Crisis.

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* WhatTheHellHero: WhatTheHellHero:
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Defied. Barry thinks that Jay will lecture him about [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique the evils of time travel]], but he thinks that Barry did the right thing since there is an actual upcoming Crisis.Crisis.
** Joe and Cecile argue over what is the right approach with Allegra, calling out each others method.
* WritersCannotDoMath: Barry once again time travels by going slightly faster than Mach 2. Later, his top speed is being pegged at 1/80 of the speed of light, despite [[Recap/TheFlash2014S4E15EnterFlashtime having gone]] FAR faster before.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Joe gives Barry a much needed pep talk after he is in shock after witnessing his impending death.
* YouCantFightFate: Barry, after witnessing millions of futures, realizing that he ''has'' to sacrifice himself to save everyone else, resigns to his fate. Iris, however, is having none of it.

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* InternalReveal: Jay and Joan learn that the latter is a doppelganger of Barry's late mother.



* TitleDrop: When reading the poem to a fainted Barry, Joan reads "A Flash of the Lightning".

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* TitleDrop: When reading the The poem to a fainted Barry, Joan reads to a recuperating Barry, "A Flash of the Lightning".



* WhatTheHellHero: Defied. Barry thinks that Jay will lecture him about [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique the evils of time travel]], but he thinks that Barry did the right thing since there is an actual upcoming crisis.

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* WhatTheHellHero: Defied. Barry thinks that Jay will lecture him about [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique the evils of time travel]], but he thinks that Barry did the right thing since there is an actual upcoming crisis.Crisis.
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* WhamShot: Rosso, trying to conduct an experiment on his first AccidentalMurder victim, turns around only to be attacked by the corpse.

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* WhamShot: Rosso, trying to conduct an experiment on his first AccidentalMurder victim, turns around only to be attacked by the corpse.corpse.
* WhatTheHellHero: Defied. Barry thinks that Jay will lecture him about [[DangerousForbiddenTechnique the evils of time travel]], but he thinks that Barry did the right thing since there is an actual upcoming crisis.
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* DespairEventHorizon: Barry witnesses around a billion different ways the crisis can go, and none of them feature both himself and his loved ones surviving. He’s forced to admit the Monitor was right that he has to die.

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* DespairEventHorizon: Barry witnesses around a billion different ways the crisis Crisis can go, and none of them feature both himself and his loved ones surviving. He’s forced to admit the Monitor was right that he has to die.
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* DespairEventHorizon: Barry witnesses around a billion different ways the crisis can go, and none of them feature both himself and his loved ones surviving. He’s forced to admit the Monitor was right that he has to die.

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Barry tries to learn more about the coming Crisis, while Cecile leads an attempt to prove that a metahuman suspect is innocent of the crime she's been accused of.

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: According to Jay Garrick's calculations, [[spoiler:a wave of anti-matter is going to engulf Earth-2, which is what happens in the [[Recap/ArrowS8E1StarlingCity Season 8 premiere of Arrow]].]]

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: {{Foreshadowing}}:
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According to Jay Garrick's calculations, [[spoiler:a a wave of anti-matter is going to engulf Earth-2, which is what happens in the [[Recap/ArrowS8E1StarlingCity Season 8 premiere of Arrow]].]]


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* NebulousEvilOrganization: Whatever shadowy group took Esperanza and trained her to be an assassin.
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Jay has always been Barry's biggest critic when it comes to using time travel, but in light of the pending Crisis, he feels that Barry's justified in using it to get information.
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* MythologyGag: Nora West's doppelganger wakes Barry up by reading the poem that was presented during his death in the original ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''.

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* MythologyGag: Nora West's doppelganger Joan Williams wakes Barry up by reading the poem that was presented during his death in the original ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''.



* ThatManIsDead: Ultraviolet claims Esperanza Garcia died five years ago, referring to when she fell into a coma following the Particle Accelerator explosion.Garrick

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* ThatManIsDead: Ultraviolet claims Esperanza Garcia died five years ago, referring to when she fell into a coma following the Particle Accelerator explosion.Garrick

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* AdvancingWallOfDoom: The Crisis as seen in Barry's vision causes a white wall of xdeath that disintegrates everything in its path.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Alegra is somehow convinced no one could possibly believe her cousin is back from the dead after everything that's happened on this show alone, never mind the likes of ''Legends of Tomorrow''.

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* AdvancingWallOfDoom: The Crisis as seen in Barry's vision causes a white wall of xdeath death that disintegrates everything in its path.
* ArbitrarySkepticism: Alegra is somehow convinced no one could possibly believe her cousin is back from the dead after everything that's happened on this show alone, never mind the likes of ''Legends of Tomorrow''. Justified as she knows how it will look to the police if she tries making the claim.


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** Barry's vision shows Cisco suited up as Vibe again, hinting that he'll somehow regain his powers.

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* AdvancingWallOfDoom: The Crisis as seen in Barry's vision causes a white wall of xdeath that disintegrates everything in its path.



* TheBusCameBack: Barry consults Jay Garrick to help in his reasearch into the upcoming Crisis.



* DeliberateInjuryGambit: To defeat Ultraviolet, Barry decides to take her waves to be able to approach her.

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* DeliberateInjuryGambit: To defeat Ultraviolet, Barry decides to take her waves head-on to be able to approach her.



* {{Foreshadowing}}: According to Jay Garrick's calculations, [[spoiler:a wave of anti-matter is going to engulf Earth-2, which is what happens in the [[Recap/ArrowS8E1StarlingCity season 8 premiere of Arrow]].]]

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: According to Jay Garrick's calculations, [[spoiler:a wave of anti-matter is going to engulf Earth-2, which is what happens in the [[Recap/ArrowS8E1StarlingCity season Season 8 premiere of Arrow]].]]]]
* InSpiteOfANail: Jay Garrick, a doppelganger of Henry Allen, found his spouse in Joan Williams, a doppelganger of Nora Allen.



* ThatManIsDead: Ultraviolet claims Esperanza Garcia died five years ago, referring to when she fell into a coma following the Particle Accelerator explosion.

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* ThatManIsDead: Ultraviolet claims Esperanza Garcia died five years ago, referring to when she fell into a coma following the Particle Accelerator explosion.Garrick
* WhamShot: Rosso, trying to conduct an experiment on his first AccidentalMurder victim, turns around only to be attacked by the corpse.
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* Foreshadowing: According to Jay Garrick's calculations, [[spoiler:a wave of anti-matter is going to engulf Earth-2, which is what happens in the [[Recap/ArrowS8E1StarlingCity season 8 premiere of Arrow]].]]

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* Foreshadowing: {{Foreshadowing}}: According to Jay Garrick's calculations, [[spoiler:a wave of anti-matter is going to engulf Earth-2, which is what happens in the [[Recap/ArrowS8E1StarlingCity season 8 premiere of Arrow]].]]
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* Foreshadowing: According to Jay Garrick's calculations, [[spoiler:a wave of anti-matter is going to engulf Earth-2, which is what happens in the [[Recap/ArrowS8E1StarlingCity season 8 premiere of Arrow]].]]
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* MythologyGag: Nora West's doppelganger wakes Barry up by reading the poem that was presented during his death in the original ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''.

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* ArbitrarySkepticism:

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* ArbitrarySkepticism: Alegra is somehow convinced no one could possibly believe her cousin is back from the dead after everything that's happened on this show alone, never mind the likes of ''Legends of Tomorrow''.
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* ArbitrarySkepticism:
* BodyHorror: Ralph gets hit with a full burst of ultraviolet light (ie completely unfiltered by the atmosphere, like the kind that already causes sunburn) that would kill a regular human and still leaves him looking like he fell into hot coals.

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* CrusadingLawyer: Discussed. Cecille is thinking to resign as a District Attorney to become a defense attorney of meta-humans. Joe approves her decision.
* DeliberateInjuryGambit: To defeat Ultraviolet, Barry decides to take her waves to be able to approach her.



* ScrewDestiny: Iris wants Barry to be willing to seek how to change the Crisis.



* ThatManIsDead: Ultraviolet claims Esperanza Garcia died five years ago, referring to when she fell into a coma following the Particle Excelerator Explosion.

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* ThatManIsDead: Ultraviolet claims Esperanza Garcia died five years ago, referring to when she fell into a coma following the Particle Excelerator Explosion.Accelerator explosion.
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* TitleDrop: When reading the poem to a fainted Barry, Joan reads "A Flash of the Lightning".

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* TitleDrop: When reading the poem to a fainted Barry, Joan reads "A Flash of the Lightning".Lightning".
* ThatManIsDead: Ultraviolet claims Esperanza Garcia died five years ago, referring to when she fell into a coma following the Particle Excelerator Explosion.

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* FailedASpotCheck: Played for laughs. Ralph Dibny fails to notice that the box of donuts was for Kamilla despite her name being written in the box and eats them.

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* ContinuityNod: In the recovery bed, Barry tells Joan that she should have used Lady Gaga to reawaken him, as a reference to the Pilot.
* FailedASpotCheck: Played for laughs. Ralph Dibny fails to notice that the box of donuts was for Kamilla despite her name being written in the box and eats them.them.
* TitleDrop: When reading the poem to a fainted Barry, Joan reads "A Flash of the Lightning".
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* FailedASpotCheck: Played for laughs. Ralph Dibny fails to notice that the box of donuts was for Kamilla despite her name being written in the box and eats them.

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