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{{DISPLAYTITLE:Invasion! (''The Flash'')}}
 
{{DISPLAYTITLE:Invasion! (''The Flash'')}}
 
 
{{Crossover notice|name=Invasion!|image=Invasion! (The Flash) title card.png}}
 
{{Crossover notice|name=Invasion!|image=Invasion! (The Flash) title card.png}}
:''For episodes of the same name, see [[Invasion! (disambiguation)]]''
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:''For other uses of "Invasion!", see [[Invasion! (disambiguation)]]''
   
{{Quote|We're going up against a bunch of aliens, and you want to tell people that their lives might have been affected by time travel? One sci-fi problem at a time.|[[Oliver Queen]]}}
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{{Quote|We're going up against a bunch of [[Dominators|aliens]], and you want to tell people that their lives might have been affected by [[time travel]]? One sci-fi problem at a time.|[[Oliver Queen]]}}
 
{{Episode
 
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|writer='''Story by:'''<br/>[[Greg Berlanti]]<br/>[[Andrew Kreisberg]]<br/>'''Teleplay by:'''<br/>[[Aaron Helbing]]<br/>[[Todd Helbing]]
 
|writer='''Story by:'''<br/>[[Greg Berlanti]]<br/>[[Andrew Kreisberg]]<br/>'''Teleplay by:'''<br/>[[Aaron Helbing]]<br/>[[Todd Helbing]]
 
|director= [[Dermott Downs]]
 
|director= [[Dermott Downs]]
|guests= [[Stephen Amell]] as [[Oliver Queen|Oliver Queen/Green Arrow]] ''(special guest star)''<br/>[[Franz Drameh]] as [[Jefferson Jackson]]/[[Firestorm]] ''(special guest star)''<br/>[[Victor Garber]] as [[Martin Stein]]/[[Firestorm]] ''(special guest star)''<br/>[[Willa Holland]] as [[Thea Queen|Thea Queen/Speedy]] ''(special guest star)''<br/>[[Caity Lotz]] as [[Sara Lance|Sara Lance/White Canary]] ''(special guest star)''<br/>[[Dominic Purcell]] as [[Mick Rory|Mick Rory/Heat Wave]] ''(special guest star)''<br/>[[David Ramsey]] as [[John Diggle|John Diggle/Spartan]] ''(special guest star)''<br/>[[Emily Bett Rickards]] as [[Felicity Smoak]] ''(special guest star)''<br/>[[Brandon Routh]] as [[Ray Palmer|Ray Palmer/The Atom]] ''(special guest star)''<br/>[[Melissa Benoist]] as [[Kara Danvers|Kara Danvers/Supergirl]] ''(special guest star)''<br/>[[Audrey Marie Anderson]] as [[Lyla Michaels]]<br/>[[Christina Brucato]] as [[Lily Stein]]<br/>[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as [[Smith]]<br/>[[Jerry Wasserman]] as [[President of the United States]]
 
 
|before= {{Ep|Killer Frost}}
 
|before= {{Ep|Killer Frost}}
 
|after= {{Ep|The Present}}
 
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|crossover= Invasion!
 
|crossover= Invasion!
 
|crossoverbefore= {{Ep|Medusa}}
 
|crossoverbefore= {{Ep|Medusa}}
|crossoverafter= {{Ep|Invasion!|page=Invasion! (Arrow)}} <small>(''[[Arrow]]'')</small>
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|crossoverafter= {{Ep|Invasion! (Arrow)}} <small>({{S|A}})</small>
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|show= The Flash (The CW)
 
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The episode is the second of the four-part [[Invasion!|crossover]] with the [[Medusa|eighth episode]] of the [[Season 2 (Supergirl)|second season]] of ''[[Supergirl]]'', [[Invasion! (Arrow)|eighth episode]] of the [[Season 5 (Arrow)|fifth season]] of ''[[Arrow]]'' and [[Invasion! (DC's Legends of Tomorrow)|seventh episode]] of the [[Season 2 (DC's Legends of Tomorrow)|second season]] of ''[[DC's Legends of Tomorrow]]''.
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The episode is the second of the four-part crossover, {{Cross|Invasion!}}, with the [[Medusa|eighth episode]] of the [[Season 2 (Supergirl)|second season]] of {{S|S}}, [[Invasion! (Arrow)|eighth episode]] of the [[Season 5 (Arrow)|fifth season]] of {{S|A}} and [[Invasion! (DC's Legends of Tomorrow)|seventh episode]] of the [[Season 2 (DC's Legends of Tomorrow)|second season]] of {{S|L}}​​.
   
 
==Synopsis==
 
==Synopsis==
When aliens called the [[Dominators]] attack [[Central City (Earth One)|Central City]], [[Barry Allen|Barry]] speeds over to [[Star City]] to ask the [[Oliver Queen|Green Arrow]] for help in stopping them. Realizing the battle against the Dominators is bigger than they thought, they track down the [[Legends]], and Barry and [[Cisco Ramon|Cisco]] create a [[Breaches|breach]] to bring back a secret weapon – [[Kara Danvers|Supergirl]]. Once all of the super friends are assembled, they come up with a plan to attack but a shocking secret related to [[Flashpoint (event)|Flashpoint]] is revealed and suddenly no one is sure who they can trust. Meanwhile, [[Wally West|Wally]] wants to join the battle against the aliens but [[Iris West|Iris]] tells him he's not ready.<ref name="synopsis">[http://flashtvnews.com/the-flash-crossover-episode-description-invasion/26978 ''The Flash Crossover Episode Description: “Invasion!”'' - FlashTVNews]</ref>
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{{Synopsis|When aliens called the [[Dominators]] attack [[Central City (Earth-1)|Central City]], [[Barry Allen (Earth-1)|Barry]] speeds over to [[Star City]] to ask the [[Oliver Queen|Green Arrow]] for help in stopping them. Realizing the battle against the Dominators is bigger than they thought, they track down the [[Legends]], and Barry and [[Cisco Ramon|Cisco]] create a [[Breaches|breach]] to bring back a secret weapon – [[Kara Danvers|Supergirl]]. Once all of the super friends are assembled, they come up with a plan to attack but a shocking secret related to [[Flashpoint (event)|Flashpoint]] is revealed and suddenly no one is sure who they can trust. Meanwhile, [[Wally West|Wally]] wants to join the battle against the aliens but [[Iris West-Allen|Iris]] tells him he's not ready.|http://flashtvnews.com/the-flash-crossover-episode-description-invasion/26978}}
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==Cast==
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===Starring===
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*[[Grant Gustin]] as [[Barry Allen (Earth-1)|Barry Allen/The Flash]]
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*[[Candice Patton]] as [[Iris West-Allen|Iris West]]
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*[[Danielle Panabaker]] as Dr. [[Caitlin Snow]]
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*[[Carlos Valdes]] as [[Cisco Ramon|Cisco Ramon/Vibe]]
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*[[Keiynan Lonsdale]] as [[Wally West]]
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*[[Tom Cavanagh]] as [[Harrison Wells (Earth-19)|H.R. Wells]]
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*[[Jesse L. Martin]] as Detective [[Joe West]]
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===Special guest stars===
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*[[Stephen Amell]] as [[Oliver Queen|Oliver Queen/Green Arrow]]
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*[[Franz Drameh]] as [[Jefferson Jackson]]/[[Firestorm]]
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*[[Victor Garber]] as [[Martin Stein]]/[[Firestorm]]
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*[[Willa Holland]] as [[Thea Queen|Thea Queen/Speedy]]
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*[[Caity Lotz]] as [[Sara Lance|Sara Lance/White Canary]]
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*[[Dominic Purcell]] as [[Mick Rory|Mick Rory/Heat Wave]]
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*[[David Ramsey]] as [[John Diggle|John Diggle/Spartan]]
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*[[Emily Bett Rickards]] as [[Felicity Smoak]]
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*[[Brandon Routh]] as [[Ray Palmer|Ray Palmer/The Atom]]
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*[[Melissa Benoist]] as [[Kara Danvers|Kara Danvers/Supergirl]]
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===Guest starring===
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*[[Audrey Marie Anderson]] as [[Lyla Michaels]]
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*[[Christina Brucato]] as [[Lily Stein]]
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*[[Donnelly Rhodes]] as [[Smith]]
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*[[Jerry Wasserman]] as [[Traveler]]
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===Co-starring===
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*[[Sonia Beeksma]] as Reporter
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*[[Linda Ko]] as NSA official
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== Plot ==
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The episode starts with Barry and Oliver in trouble. 10 hours earlier, in S.T.A.R. Labs, Barry, Iris, Joe, Caitlin and Cisco are running tests on Wally, who is exhilarated about his speed and wants to get on with the real action. However, Iris and Joe deny it, because they believe he's not ready. Joe also intends to do something concerning Alchemy and Savitar. H.R. calls to present his idea about opening S.T.A.R. Labs to the public. However, his demonstration is cut, when satellite picks up what seems to be a meteorite heading to Central City. Barry races to the impact site and discovers it's actually an alien spaceship. Number of aliens emerge, frightening Barry.
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The next day, Lyla Michaels is on the site, but the site has been declared closed to the public. Barry meets Lyla and she tells him to meet her at S.T.A.R. Labs. There, Lyla tells Team Flash, that these aliens have been on Earth before, during the 1950s, and they called them the Dominators. Back then they came to collect intel on humans, and it ended in conflict. For some unknown reason they left, and now Lyla wants to find out if the Dominators are here again for intel, or for something far more nefarious. Lyla tells Barry to sit still, but he's not going to.
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The scene changes to Star City, where Oliver and Diggle engage the Vigilante, when Barry suddenly speeds them out, before they are shot. They go to Felicity's apartment, and he informs them about the Dominators. Thea also joins. Barry also think about calling the Legends to help.
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In a secluded aircraft hangar owned by S.T.A.R. Labs, Team Flash and Team Arrow wait for the Legends to arrive, which they do in the [[Waverider|Waverider's]] jumpship. So far, the Legends contain Sara, Stein, Jax, Ray and Mick. Barry also intends to get an alien of their own for help, and he and Cisco open several breaches in order to reach Earth-38. They arrive in Kara Danvers' apartment in National City and Barry and Kara have a joyful reunion, and Kara immediately signs up.
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Barry, Kara, and Cisco rejoin the others on Earth-1, and Oliver mistakes Kara as a human, until she demonstrates her ability to fly without additional aid, and using her heat vision to create the House of El-symbol on the ground. Kara calls each of Team Arrow, Team Flash and Legends with their own names, and they reply with their hero names. Barry brings everyone up to speed about the Dominators, and Kara explains what she knows about them. Barry is chosen to be the leader since he gathered everyone. Oliver suggests for everyone to train so that Supergirl is their practice target. Stein and Jax pull Barry to discuss about something, and Oliver comes along too.
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Stein and Jax play a recording, which they found in a secret compartment of the Waverider. The message was meant for Rip Hunter. In the recording Barry explains that a war is coming and about his tampering with the timeline. To clarify this, Barry explains how he created the Flashpoint and explains some of the things that are new in the current timeline. Barry intends to tell everyone, but Oliver says they need to focus on the Dominators for now.
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Others train by attacking Supergirl, but their attacks are virtually useless against her (with Thea commenting Kara is a real badass and Sara saying it's hot). Oliver pushes everyone to keep on going. Later, Cisco and Ray are talking, when Barry interrupts them. Barry asks about Snart, and Ray reveals he sacrificed himself to save the others. Felicity notices that Cisco and Barry are tense, and Cisco admits he's mad at him, because his tampering with the timeline caused Dante to be dead. Stein asks Caitlin to go with him to see Clarissa, as Stein has memory changes, similar to what Barry experienced in Flashpoint. On the way Caitlin admits she is afraid of herself, due to Killer Frost inside her. They arrive at Stein's home, but instead of Clarissa, Stein meets Lily Stein, his daughter, whom he was unaware of.
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Lyla is meeting with the president, and he agrees with her on the Dominators. As the president leaves in his motorcade, the Dominators suddenly attack and kidnap him. Meanwhile, Cisco has found the recording, and is even more mad at Barry, when he intends to tell everyone about the Flashpoint after the Dominator threat is over. Angered, Cisco demands that Barry explain everyone about, what he did. With no other choice, Barry tells everyone about the Flashpoint, pointing to Diggle that he used to have daughter instead of a son. Sara is angry at Barry too, because as much as she would like to return to the past to save Laurel, she can't, because of the fact what it would cause to the timeline, and Ray also points to Barry, how the Legends have been fixing time aberrations, only for Barry to create one on his own. They get a call from Lyla that the president has been kidnapped, and are called to action. However, nearly everyone are reluctant to trust Barry, save from Oliver and Kara. Barry decides to sit this one out and Oliver stays with him, leaving the rest to be led by Kara. As they leave Barry asks Kara, does she trust him. Kara says she will always trust him, but it's going to require a lot more to regain the trust of others.
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Kara leads the team to an abandoned power plant. She scans the building with her x-ray vision, and sees the president, amazing everyone, especially Mick. Mick says he's not gonna call her Kara or Supergirl, but Skirt. The team enters the plant and encounter the president and one Dominator. Kara demands them to let the president go, but the Dominator claims he's not the one they want, and Diggle realizes they walked into a trap. The team is attacked and the Dominators activate a device, which affects all of them.
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Inside the time vault in S.T.A.R. Labs, Barry watches the article about him disappearing in the future (the article is not written by Iris in this timeline), and Oliver shows up. Barry feels down for making the mistake of Flashpoint, but Oliver tells him that he can't keep beating himself for causing it. Oliver then tells him about what happened, after the Queen's Gambit sank. It was only him, [[Robert Queen|Robert]] and a fellow crew member. Robert killed him and himself and told Oliver to survive. Then, he tells Barry how he and Thea watched his mother, [[Moira Queen|Moira]], to be killed by [[Slade Wilson]]. These events have made Oliver to want to undo all of that, pointing out, that it is what anyone would want to do, when they lose something dear to them. Meanwhile, Iris still tells Wally, he can't go into the field. Suddenly, the Labs fall under attack and Cisco calls Barry and Oliver to action. The two emerge, only to find their friends are attacking, as they have been mind controlled. Barry runs to the roof in order to engage Supergirl, Firestorm and Atom, while Oliver keeps Speedy, White Canary, Spartan and Heat Wave busy. Barry knocks out Firestorm and Atom, but Supergirl knocks him down. Wally decides to go to help as he thinks Barry and Oliver have no chance against the others, especially with Supergirl around there. He manages to knock out Thea, Sara and Mick, but Supergirl knocks him out cold. Barry rejoins Oliver, and Cisco and Felicity tracked a strange power source coming from the team's last known coordinates. Barry says whatever there is, is controlling them, and intends to lure Supergirl there, as her strength should be sufficient to destroy it. Barry leaves Oliver to hold off the rest while he goads Supergirl to see, which one of them is faster. Supergirl chases Barry across the city, and Oliver takes Wally to safety, but he runs out of arrows. He is forced to fight Sara (Ta-er al-Sahref vs. Al Sah-him) head to head. Barry manages to lure Supergirl to the site and positions himself in front of the device. Supergirl charges at him, but he uses phasing, which causes Supergirl to fly through him, destroying the device. The mind control is broken and everyone are back to their old selves. Kara apologizes to Barry, but he says she's not the first superhero to be mind controlled.
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Iris and Joe scold Wally for what he did, and again deny him on going to the field. But H.R. offers to train him. The rest of the team are thankful for Barry and Oliver, while Kara scans the city for more Dominator devices. As Barry saved them, they are willing to stand with him. As they are leaving, Sara is suddenly caught in a beam, and she disappears. She is followed by Thea, Diggle, Firestorm, Ray and Mick. When beam hits Oliver, Barry attempts to save him, but he is too late.
   
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==
*[[Martin Stein]] is revealed to have [[Lily Stein|a daughter]] following the alterations to his personal timeline in {{Ep|Compromised}}"​.
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*[[Martin Stein]] is revealed to have [[Lily Stein|a daughter]] following the alterations to his personal timeline in {{Ep|Compromised}}​.
*The way [[Barry Allen|Barry]] asked for [[Team Arrow]]'s help is very similar to the way he asked them on the previous crossover, {{Ep|Legends of Today}}. In both episodes, Barry saves Team Arrow members whilst they are in the middle of a mission, resulting in [[John Diggle|Diggle]] throwing up, before explaining why he needs their help.
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*The way [[Barry Allen (Earth-1)|Barry]] asked for [[Team Arrow]]'s help is very similar to the way he asked them on the previous crossover, {{Ep|Legends of Today}}. In both episodes, Barry saves Team Arrow members whilst they are in the middle of a mission, resulting in [[John Diggle|Diggle]] throwing up, before explaining why he needs their help.
 
*When asked what he saw, Barry describes that it was "enough to give [[wikipedia:Ridley Scott|Ridley Scott]] nightmares", referencing the director of the 1979 film ''[[wikipedia:Alien (film)|Alien]]''.
 
*When asked what he saw, Barry describes that it was "enough to give [[wikipedia:Ridley Scott|Ridley Scott]] nightmares", referencing the director of the 1979 film ''[[wikipedia:Alien (film)|Alien]]''.
*This is the first appearance of Martin Stein, [[Jefferson Jackson]] and [[Mick Rory]] on [[The Flash]] since [[Season 2 (The Flash)|season 2]]'s {{Ep|The Fury of Firestorm}} (for Stein and Jax) and {{Ep|Rogue Time}} (for Mick). [[Ray Palmer]] returns after appearing in [[Season 1 (The Flash)|season 1]]'s {{Ep|All Star Team Up}}.
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*This is the first appearance of Martin Stein and [[Jefferson Jackson]] on {{S|F}} since {{Seas|2|The Flash (The CW)}}'s {{Ep|The Fury of Firestorm}} and [[Mick Rory]] since {{Ep|Rogue Time}}. [[Ray Palmer]] returns after appearing in {{Seas|1|The Flash (The CW)}}'s {{Ep|All Star Team Up}}.
*It is revealed that [[Iris West|Iris]] still has a crush on [[Oliver Queen|Oliver]] since {{Ep|Flash vs. Arrow}}.
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*It is revealed that [[Iris West-Allen|Iris]] still has a crush on [[Oliver Queen|Oliver]] since {{Ep|Flash vs. Arrow}}.
 
*The scene where Barry and [[Cisco Ramon|Cisco]] recruited [[Kara Danvers|Kara]] was recycled from the {{S|Supergirl}} episode {{Ep|Medusa}}.
 
*The scene where Barry and [[Cisco Ramon|Cisco]] recruited [[Kara Danvers|Kara]] was recycled from the {{S|Supergirl}} episode {{Ep|Medusa}}.
 
*Barry and Cisco both mention the events of {{Ep|Worlds Finest}}, particularly the fact that Barry and Kara's race was a tie.
 
*Barry and Cisco both mention the events of {{Ep|Worlds Finest}}, particularly the fact that Barry and Kara's race was a tie.
*When Barry went to ask Team Arrow's help, Oliver asked him (rhetorically) if he needs help with "another evil speedster". This is a reference to {{Ep|Rogue Air}}, where Oliver helped Barry battle the [[Eobard Thawne|Reverse-Flash]]. Barry begins to answer yes, because of [[Barry Allen#Savitar|Savitar]], only to change his mind and tell Oliver about the [[Dominators]].
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*When Barry went to ask for Team Arrow's help, Oliver asked him (rhetorically) if he needs help with "another evil speedster". This is a reference to {{Ep|Rogue Air}}, where Oliver helped Barry battle the [[Eobard Thawne|Reverse-Flash]]. Barry begins to answer that that is something he could use Oliver's help with (because of [[Barry Allen (Earth-1)#Savitar|Savitar]]), only to change his mind and tell Oliver about the [[Dominators]].
*Barry notes that [[Vincent Sobel|Vigilante]] was about to "''Scarface''" Oliver and [[John Diggle|Diggle]]. This is a reference to the infamous final scene of the 1983 film ''[[wikipedia:Scarface (1983 film)|Scarface]]'', in which protagonist Tony Montana fires a hail of bullets at his enemies.
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*Barry notes that [[Vincent Sobel|Vigilante]] was about to "''Scarface''" Oliver and Diggle. This is a reference to the infamous final scene of the 1983 film ''[[wikipedia:Scarface (1983 film)|Scarface]]'', in which protagonist Tony Montana fires a hail of bullets at his enemies.
*[[Thea Queen|Thea]] states that Barry claimed Kara to be "more powerful than a locomotive", referencing the traditional Superman catchphrase.
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*[[Thea Queen|Thea]] states that Barry claimed Kara to be "more powerful than a locomotive", referencing the traditional [[Clark Kent|Superman]] catchphrase.
*Oliver mentioned his parents' deaths, which happened in {{Ep|Pilot|page = Pilot (Arrow)}} ([[Robert Queen]]) and {{Ep|Seeing Red}} ([[Moira Queen]]).
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*Oliver mentioned his parents' deaths, which happened in {{Ep|Pilot (Arrow)}} ([[Robert Queen]]) and {{Ep|Seeing Red (Arrow)}} ([[Moira Queen]]).
*The message from future Barry, which first appeared on {{Ep|Shogun}}"​, is finally revealed.
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*The message from future Barry, which first appeared on {{Ep|Shogun}}, is finally revealed.
**The message is later revealed to be a warning about Savitar, an evil future version of the Flash.
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**The message is later revealed in {{Ep|Cause and Effect}} to be a warning about Savitar, an evil future version of Barry.
*Diggle finally finds out that his son [[John Diggle, Jr.|J.J.]] was a result of [[Flashpoint (event)|Flashpoint]], which Barry and [[Felicity Smoak|Felicity]] found out in {{Ep|Paradox}}. In the same episode, Barry tells Felicity about Cisco losing [[Dante Ramon|his brother]] as a result of [[Flashpoint (event)|Flashpoint]]. Felicity doesn't reply, giving a small hint that she already knew but didn't want to upset him.
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*Diggle finally finds out that his son [[John Diggle, Jr.|JJ]] was a result of [[Flashpoint (event)|Flashpoint]], which Barry and [[Felicity Smoak|Felicity]] found out in {{Ep|Paradox}}. In the same episode, Barry tells Felicity about Cisco losing [[Dante Ramon|his brother]] as a result of [[Flashpoint (event)|Flashpoint]]. Felicity doesn't reply, giving a small hint that she already knew but didn't want to upset him.
 
*This episode marks the third time Oliver ran out of arrows during a fight. He previously did so in {{S|Arrow}} [[Season 1 (Arrow)|season 1]]'s {{Ep|Betrayal}} and [[Season 4 (Arrow)|season 4]]'s {{Ep|Brotherhood}}.
 
*This episode marks the third time Oliver ran out of arrows during a fight. He previously did so in {{S|Arrow}} [[Season 1 (Arrow)|season 1]]'s {{Ep|Betrayal}} and [[Season 4 (Arrow)|season 4]]'s {{Ep|Brotherhood}}.
*The hangar at which the heroes gather is a reference to the [[w:c:dc:Hall of Justice|Hall of Justice]], a headquarters for the [[w:c:dc:Justice League|Justice League]].
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*The hangar at which the heroes gather is a reference to the [[w:c:dc:Hall of Justice|Hall of Justice]], a headquarters for the [[w:c:dc:Justice League|Justice League]]. In the episode, Thea says Barry that he should repurpose the building. Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, Barry does repurpose it.
*The name of Supergirl's Earth is finally revealed as "[[Earth Thirty-Eight]]", which is a reference to Superman's comics debut in 1938.
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*The name of Supergirl's Earth is finally designated as "[[Earth-38]]", which is a reference to Superman's comics debut in 1938.
*[[Harrison Wells (Earth Nineteen)|H.R.]] claims that if he helped [[Wally West|Wally]] to train, he would be "gone faster than humor in a [[wikipedia:Liam Neeson|Liam Neeson]] movie". This is a reference to how Liam Neeson tends to star in dark, gritty action films.
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*[[Harrison Wells (Earth-19)|H.R.]] claims that if he helped [[Wally West|Wally]] to train, he would be "gone faster than humor in a [[wikipedia:Liam Neeson|Liam Neeson]] movie". This is a reference to how Liam Neeson tends to star in dark, gritty action films.
*Due to Flashpoint, the writer of the future newspaper was changed, and is instead written by [[Julie Greer]]. In the comics, [https://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Julie_Greer_(New_Earth) Julie Greer] is a reporter for KN News in [[Keystone City]].
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*Due to Flashpoint, the writer of the future newspaper is revealed to have changed; now being written by [[Julie Greer]] instead of [[Iris West-Allen]]. In the comics, [[w:c:dc:Julie Greer (New Earth)|Julie Greer]] is a reporter for KN News in [[Keystone City]].
*When Barry asks Ray about [[Leonard Snart]], Ray mentions Snart's heroic sacrifice at the end of {{Ep|Destiny}}"​.
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*When Barry asks Ray about [[Leonard Snart]], Ray mentions Snart's heroic sacrifice at the end of {{Ep|Destiny}}.
*Ray mentions to Cisco that his new Atom suit is made of Old West [[Dwarf star]], which the [[Legends]] collected following their adventure in {{Ep|Outlaw Country}}"​​.
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*Ray mentions to Cisco that his new [[A.T.O.M. Exosuit|A.T.O.M. suit]] is made of Old West [[Dwarf star]], which the [[Legends]] collected following their adventure in {{Ep|Outlaw Country}}​​​.
 
*[[Caitlin Snow|Caitlin]] tells Stein that she attacked her friends using her powers, referencing the events of {{Ep|Killer Frost}}.
 
*[[Caitlin Snow|Caitlin]] tells Stein that she attacked her friends using her powers, referencing the events of {{Ep|Killer Frost}}.
 
**Cisco still can't forgive Barry after the revelations revealed during that episode and his actions trigger the later events in this episode.
 
**Cisco still can't forgive Barry after the revelations revealed during that episode and his actions trigger the later events in this episode.
 
*Wally runs at Mach 2, the same as Barry did in {{Ep|Fast Enough}}.
 
*Wally runs at Mach 2, the same as Barry did in {{Ep|Fast Enough}}.
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*In the {{S|Arrow}} season 2 episode {{Ep|The Scientist}} (which sees Team Arrow dealing with people who've gained superhuman abilities due to having been injected with [[Mirakuru]]), when Oliver tells Dig and Felicity that he's encountered [[:Category:Characters enhanced by Mirakuru|Mirakuru-enhanced individuals]] before, he describes the Mirakuru as a serum designed to create human weapons. John then says "Human weapons? My God, what's next; aliens?" In this situation, that's exactly what Team Arrow (alongside Supergirl, Team Flash and the Legends) ends up dealing with.
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** Furthermore, {{Ep|The Scientist}} also introduced Barry Allen. Now, when Barry goes to ask Team Arrow to help him battle the aliens, John says "I swear to God, Barry; my life was somewhat normal before I met you"; a possible nod to the fact that John and the rest of Team Arrow first encountered strange things like Mirakuru soldiers around the same time that they first met Barry.
   
 
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For other uses of "Invasion!", see Invasion! (disambiguation)
"We're going up against a bunch of aliens, and you want to tell people that their lives might have been affected by time travel? One sci-fi problem at a time."
Oliver Queen

"Invasion!" is the eighth episode of the third season of The Flash, and the fifty-fourth episode overall. It aired on November 29, 2016. The episode is the second of the four-part crossover, Invasion!, with the eighth episode of the second season of Supergirl, eighth episode of the fifth season of Arrow and seventh episode of the second season of DC's Legends of Tomorrow​​.

Synopsis

Cast

Starring

Special guest stars

Guest starring

Co-starring

Plot

The episode starts with Barry and Oliver in trouble. 10 hours earlier, in S.T.A.R. Labs, Barry, Iris, Joe, Caitlin and Cisco are running tests on Wally, who is exhilarated about his speed and wants to get on with the real action. However, Iris and Joe deny it, because they believe he's not ready. Joe also intends to do something concerning Alchemy and Savitar. H.R. calls to present his idea about opening S.T.A.R. Labs to the public. However, his demonstration is cut, when satellite picks up what seems to be a meteorite heading to Central City. Barry races to the impact site and discovers it's actually an alien spaceship. Number of aliens emerge, frightening Barry.

The next day, Lyla Michaels is on the site, but the site has been declared closed to the public. Barry meets Lyla and she tells him to meet her at S.T.A.R. Labs. There, Lyla tells Team Flash, that these aliens have been on Earth before, during the 1950s, and they called them the Dominators. Back then they came to collect intel on humans, and it ended in conflict. For some unknown reason they left, and now Lyla wants to find out if the Dominators are here again for intel, or for something far more nefarious. Lyla tells Barry to sit still, but he's not going to.

The scene changes to Star City, where Oliver and Diggle engage the Vigilante, when Barry suddenly speeds them out, before they are shot. They go to Felicity's apartment, and he informs them about the Dominators. Thea also joins. Barry also think about calling the Legends to help.

In a secluded aircraft hangar owned by S.T.A.R. Labs, Team Flash and Team Arrow wait for the Legends to arrive, which they do in the Waverider's jumpship. So far, the Legends contain Sara, Stein, Jax, Ray and Mick. Barry also intends to get an alien of their own for help, and he and Cisco open several breaches in order to reach Earth-38. They arrive in Kara Danvers' apartment in National City and Barry and Kara have a joyful reunion, and Kara immediately signs up.

Barry, Kara, and Cisco rejoin the others on Earth-1, and Oliver mistakes Kara as a human, until she demonstrates her ability to fly without additional aid, and using her heat vision to create the House of El-symbol on the ground. Kara calls each of Team Arrow, Team Flash and Legends with their own names, and they reply with their hero names. Barry brings everyone up to speed about the Dominators, and Kara explains what she knows about them. Barry is chosen to be the leader since he gathered everyone. Oliver suggests for everyone to train so that Supergirl is their practice target. Stein and Jax pull Barry to discuss about something, and Oliver comes along too.

Stein and Jax play a recording, which they found in a secret compartment of the Waverider. The message was meant for Rip Hunter. In the recording Barry explains that a war is coming and about his tampering with the timeline. To clarify this, Barry explains how he created the Flashpoint and explains some of the things that are new in the current timeline. Barry intends to tell everyone, but Oliver says they need to focus on the Dominators for now.

Others train by attacking Supergirl, but their attacks are virtually useless against her (with Thea commenting Kara is a real badass and Sara saying it's hot). Oliver pushes everyone to keep on going. Later, Cisco and Ray are talking, when Barry interrupts them. Barry asks about Snart, and Ray reveals he sacrificed himself to save the others. Felicity notices that Cisco and Barry are tense, and Cisco admits he's mad at him, because his tampering with the timeline caused Dante to be dead. Stein asks Caitlin to go with him to see Clarissa, as Stein has memory changes, similar to what Barry experienced in Flashpoint. On the way Caitlin admits she is afraid of herself, due to Killer Frost inside her. They arrive at Stein's home, but instead of Clarissa, Stein meets Lily Stein, his daughter, whom he was unaware of.

Lyla is meeting with the president, and he agrees with her on the Dominators. As the president leaves in his motorcade, the Dominators suddenly attack and kidnap him. Meanwhile, Cisco has found the recording, and is even more mad at Barry, when he intends to tell everyone about the Flashpoint after the Dominator threat is over. Angered, Cisco demands that Barry explain everyone about, what he did. With no other choice, Barry tells everyone about the Flashpoint, pointing to Diggle that he used to have daughter instead of a son. Sara is angry at Barry too, because as much as she would like to return to the past to save Laurel, she can't, because of the fact what it would cause to the timeline, and Ray also points to Barry, how the Legends have been fixing time aberrations, only for Barry to create one on his own. They get a call from Lyla that the president has been kidnapped, and are called to action. However, nearly everyone are reluctant to trust Barry, save from Oliver and Kara. Barry decides to sit this one out and Oliver stays with him, leaving the rest to be led by Kara. As they leave Barry asks Kara, does she trust him. Kara says she will always trust him, but it's going to require a lot more to regain the trust of others.

Kara leads the team to an abandoned power plant. She scans the building with her x-ray vision, and sees the president, amazing everyone, especially Mick. Mick says he's not gonna call her Kara or Supergirl, but Skirt. The team enters the plant and encounter the president and one Dominator. Kara demands them to let the president go, but the Dominator claims he's not the one they want, and Diggle realizes they walked into a trap. The team is attacked and the Dominators activate a device, which affects all of them.

Inside the time vault in S.T.A.R. Labs, Barry watches the article about him disappearing in the future (the article is not written by Iris in this timeline), and Oliver shows up. Barry feels down for making the mistake of Flashpoint, but Oliver tells him that he can't keep beating himself for causing it. Oliver then tells him about what happened, after the Queen's Gambit sank. It was only him, Robert and a fellow crew member. Robert killed him and himself and told Oliver to survive. Then, he tells Barry how he and Thea watched his mother, Moira, to be killed by Slade Wilson. These events have made Oliver to want to undo all of that, pointing out, that it is what anyone would want to do, when they lose something dear to them. Meanwhile, Iris still tells Wally, he can't go into the field. Suddenly, the Labs fall under attack and Cisco calls Barry and Oliver to action. The two emerge, only to find their friends are attacking, as they have been mind controlled. Barry runs to the roof in order to engage Supergirl, Firestorm and Atom, while Oliver keeps Speedy, White Canary, Spartan and Heat Wave busy. Barry knocks out Firestorm and Atom, but Supergirl knocks him down. Wally decides to go to help as he thinks Barry and Oliver have no chance against the others, especially with Supergirl around there. He manages to knock out Thea, Sara and Mick, but Supergirl knocks him out cold. Barry rejoins Oliver, and Cisco and Felicity tracked a strange power source coming from the team's last known coordinates. Barry says whatever there is, is controlling them, and intends to lure Supergirl there, as her strength should be sufficient to destroy it. Barry leaves Oliver to hold off the rest while he goads Supergirl to see, which one of them is faster. Supergirl chases Barry across the city, and Oliver takes Wally to safety, but he runs out of arrows. He is forced to fight Sara (Ta-er al-Sahref vs. Al Sah-him) head to head. Barry manages to lure Supergirl to the site and positions himself in front of the device. Supergirl charges at him, but he uses phasing, which causes Supergirl to fly through him, destroying the device. The mind control is broken and everyone are back to their old selves. Kara apologizes to Barry, but he says she's not the first superhero to be mind controlled.

Iris and Joe scold Wally for what he did, and again deny him on going to the field. But H.R. offers to train him. The rest of the team are thankful for Barry and Oliver, while Kara scans the city for more Dominator devices. As Barry saved them, they are willing to stand with him. As they are leaving, Sara is suddenly caught in a beam, and she disappears. She is followed by Thea, Diggle, Firestorm, Ray and Mick. When beam hits Oliver, Barry attempts to save him, but he is too late.

Trivia

  • Martin Stein is revealed to have a daughter following the alterations to his personal timeline in "Compromised"​.
  • The way Barry asked for Team Arrow's help is very similar to the way he asked them on the previous crossover, "Legends of Today". In both episodes, Barry saves Team Arrow members whilst they are in the middle of a mission, resulting in Diggle throwing up, before explaining why he needs their help.
  • When asked what he saw, Barry describes that it was "enough to give Ridley Scott nightmares", referencing the director of the 1979 film Alien.
  • This is the first appearance of Martin Stein and Jefferson Jackson on The Flash since Season 2's "The Fury of Firestorm" and Mick Rory since "Rogue Time". Ray Palmer returns after appearing in Season 1's "All Star Team Up".
  • It is revealed that Iris still has a crush on Oliver since "Flash vs. Arrow".
  • The scene where Barry and Cisco recruited Kara was recycled from the Supergirl episode "Medusa".
  • Barry and Cisco both mention the events of "Worlds Finest", particularly the fact that Barry and Kara's race was a tie.
  • When Barry went to ask for Team Arrow's help, Oliver asked him (rhetorically) if he needs help with "another evil speedster". This is a reference to "Rogue Air", where Oliver helped Barry battle the Reverse-Flash. Barry begins to answer that that is something he could use Oliver's help with (because of Savitar), only to change his mind and tell Oliver about the Dominators.
  • Barry notes that Vigilante was about to "Scarface" Oliver and Diggle. This is a reference to the infamous final scene of the 1983 film Scarface, in which protagonist Tony Montana fires a hail of bullets at his enemies.
  • Thea states that Barry claimed Kara to be "more powerful than a locomotive", referencing the traditional Superman catchphrase.
  • Oliver mentioned his parents' deaths, which happened in "Pilot" (Robert Queen) and "Seeing Red" (Moira Queen).
  • The message from future Barry, which first appeared on "Shogun", is finally revealed.
    • The message is later revealed in "Cause and Effect" to be a warning about Savitar, an evil future version of Barry.
  • Diggle finally finds out that his son JJ was a result of Flashpoint, which Barry and Felicity found out in "Paradox". In the same episode, Barry tells Felicity about Cisco losing his brother as a result of Flashpoint. Felicity doesn't reply, giving a small hint that she already knew but didn't want to upset him.
  • This episode marks the third time Oliver ran out of arrows during a fight. He previously did so in Arrow season 1's "Betrayal" and season 4's "Brotherhood".
  • The hangar at which the heroes gather is a reference to the Hall of Justice, a headquarters for the Justice League. In the episode, Thea says Barry that he should repurpose the building. Following the Crisis on Infinite Earths, Barry does repurpose it.
  • The name of Supergirl's Earth is finally designated as "Earth-38", which is a reference to Superman's comics debut in 1938.
  • H.R. claims that if he helped Wally to train, he would be "gone faster than humor in a Liam Neeson movie". This is a reference to how Liam Neeson tends to star in dark, gritty action films.
  • Due to Flashpoint, the writer of the future newspaper is revealed to have changed; now being written by Julie Greer instead of Iris West-Allen. In the comics, Julie Greer is a reporter for KN News in Keystone City.
  • When Barry asks Ray about Leonard Snart, Ray mentions Snart's heroic sacrifice at the end of "Destiny".
  • Ray mentions to Cisco that his new A.T.O.M. suit is made of Old West Dwarf star, which the Legends collected following their adventure in "Outlaw Country"​​​.
  • Caitlin tells Stein that she attacked her friends using her powers, referencing the events of "Killer Frost".
    • Cisco still can't forgive Barry after the revelations revealed during that episode and his actions trigger the later events in this episode.
  • Wally runs at Mach 2, the same as Barry did in "Fast Enough".
  • In the Arrow season 2 episode "The Scientist" (which sees Team Arrow dealing with people who've gained superhuman abilities due to having been injected with Mirakuru), when Oliver tells Dig and Felicity that he's encountered Mirakuru-enhanced individuals before, he describes the Mirakuru as a serum designed to create human weapons. John then says "Human weapons? My God, what's next; aliens?" In this situation, that's exactly what Team Arrow (alongside Supergirl, Team Flash and the Legends) ends up dealing with.
    • Furthermore, "The Scientist" also introduced Barry Allen. Now, when Barry goes to ask Team Arrow to help him battle the aliens, John says "I swear to God, Barry; my life was somewhat normal before I met you"; a possible nod to the fact that John and the rest of Team Arrow first encountered strange things like Mirakuru soldiers around the same time that they first met Barry.

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