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"Ralph! Just fight it, alright? Fight it. I'll save you."

"You already did, Barry."

—Barry begs Ralph not to be taken over by The Thinker

"Lose Yourself" is the eighteenth episode of the fourth season of The Flash, and the eighty-seventh episode overall. It aired on April 17, 2018.

Synopsis

When Barry and Team Flash find a way to enter the Thinker's lair. Ralph considers crossing a dangerous line to defeat DeVoe. Meanwhile, Joe is concerned by Harry's recent behavior.^[src]

Gallery

Videos

The Flash Lose Yourself Trailer The CW

The Flash Lose Yourself Scene The CW

The Flash 4x18 Sneak Peek "Lose Yourself" (HD) Season 4 Episode 18 Sneak Peek

Trivia

The title of this episode directly relates to several characters and their respective plot points of the episode: Harry becomes addicted to using the Thinking Cap and in doing so alters his mind and attitude, Caitlin loses her Killer Frost abilities after finally starting to connect with her alter-ego, and Ralph, Edwin Gauss, Matthew Kim and Janet Petty are absorbed by DeVoe.
Gauss refers to Ralph as "Magnum, P.I.", referencing the TV series of the same name.
Cisco constructs a model of the USS Enterprise, a starship from the Star Trek franchise. He also uses a Scottish accent, referencing original series character Montgomery "Scotty" Scott.
When Harry throws around items looking for his Thinking Cap, Cisco calls him "Captain Caveman", referencing the title character from the TV series Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels.
After Barry knocks Ralph out, Ralph describes him having gone "Thor, son of Odin" on him, using an English accent. This is likely a reference to the Marvel Cinematic Universe character of the same name.
Cisco describes Joe to have gone "all John McClane" in a speech, referencing the protagonist of the Die Hard franchise.
When Gauss is describing The Thinker's lair and both DeVoes, he refers to DeVoe as looking like Professor X. This is a reference to the Marvel character Charles Xavier/Professor X.
As of this episode, Neil Borman is now the only remaining bus meta that DeVoe hasn't yet gotten a hold of.
DeVoe uses Dwarfstar and Black Bison's powers to enlarge and animate a miniaturized T-rex skeleton and sends it after Ralph, saying "An old friend requests a rematch". This is a reference to the events of "When Harry Met Harry...", which featured a confrontation between Ralph and an animated T-rex skeleton; an incident reminiscent of the movie Night at the Museum.

References

The Flash season 4
"The Flash Reborn" • "Mixed Signals" • "Luck Be a Lady" • "Elongated Journey Into Night" • "Girls Night Out" • "When Harry Met Harry..." • "Therefore I Am" • "Crisis on Earth-X, Part 3" • "Don't Run" • "The Trial of The Flash" • "The Elongated Knight Rises" • "Honey, I Shrunk Team Flash" • "True Colors" • "Subject 9" • "Enter Flashtime" • "Run, Iris, Run" • "Null and Annoyed" • "Lose Yourself" • "Fury Rogue" • "Therefore She Is" • "Harry and the Harrisons" • "Think Fast" • "We Are The Flash"

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+{{Dialogue|Ralph! Just fight it, alright? Fight it. I'll save you.|You already did, Barry.|[[Barry Allen (Earth-1)|Barry]] begs [[Ralph Dibny|Ralph]] not to be taken over by [[Clifford DeVoe|The Thinker]]}}
 {{Episode
+|name= Lose Yourself
-|show = The Flash
+|image= DeVoe absorbs Ralph.png
-|name = Lose Yourself
+|season=4
-|titlecard = <!--Only use when episode has a variant title card-->
+|epnum=18
-|number = 87
+|number= 87
-|airdate = April 17, 2018<ref>[https://www.spoilertv.com/2018/03/the-cws-season-finale-dates-for-various.html ''The CW's Season Finale Dates for Various Shows'' - SpoilerTV]</ref>
+|airdate= April 17, 2018
-|writer = [[Jonathan Butler]] & [[Gabriel Garza]]<ref name="ep18"/>
+|writer= [[Jonathan Butler]]<br/>[[Gabriel Garza]]
-|director = [[Hanelle Culpepper]]<ref name="ep18">[https://twitter.com/dpanabaker/status/966541418708713473 ''Danielle Panabaker (@dpanabaker)'' - Twitter]</ref>
+|director= [[Hanelle Culpepper|Hanelle M. Culpepper]]
-|guests = [[Hartley Sawyer]] as [[Ralph Dibny]]<ref name="gallery"/><br>[[Arturo Del Puerto]] as [[Edwin Goss|Edwin Gauss]]<ref name="gallery">[http://flashtvnews.com/the-flash-lose-yourself-official-preview-images/31227 The Flash “Lose Yourself” Official Preview Images - FlashTVNews]</ref><br>[[Miranda MacDougall]] as [[Izzy Bowin|Izzy Bowin/The Fiddler]]/[[Clifford DeVoe|Clifford Devoe/The Thinker]]<ref name="gallery"/><br>[[Kim Engelbrecht]] as [[Marlize DeVoe]]<ref name="gallery"/>
+|guests= [[Hartley Sawyer]] as [[Ralph Dibny|Ralph Dibny/Elognated Man]] and [[Clifford DeVoe]]<br>[[Kim Engelbrecht]] as [[Marlize DeVoe]]<br>[[Miranda MacDougall]] as Clifford Devoe/The Thinker<br>[[Arturo Del Puerto]] as [[Edwin Gauss|Edwin Gauss/Folded Man]] and Clifford DeVoe<br>[[Bethany Brown]] as [[Janet Petty|Janet Petty/Null]]<br>[[Leonardo Nam]] as [[Matthew Kim|Matthew Kim/Melting Point]]
-|before = {{Ep|Null and Annoyed}}
-|after = {{Ep|Fury Rogue}}
+|before= {{Ep|Null and Annoyed}}
+|after= {{Ep|Fury Rogue}}
-}}"'''Lose Yourself'''" is the eighteenth episode of the [[Season 4 (The Flash)|fourth season]] of [[The Flash|''The Flash'']], and the eighty-seventh overall.<ref>[https://www.spoilertv.com/2018/02/the-flash-episode-418-420-titles.html ''The Flash - Episode 4.18 - 4.20 - Titles Revealed'' - SpoilerTV]</ref>
+|post=78
+|show= The Flash (The CW)
+}}
 ==Synopsis==
-When [[Barry Allen|Barry]] and [[Team Flash]] find a way to enter [[Clifford DeVoe|The Thinker]]’s lair [[Ralph Dibny|Ralph]] considers crossing a dangerous line to defeat DeVoe. Meanwhile, [[Joe West|Joe]] is concerned by [[Harrison Wells (Earth Two)|Harry]]’s recent behavior.
+{{Synopsis|When [[Barry Allen (Earth-1)|Barry]] and [[Team Flash]] find a way to enter [[Clifford DeVoe|the Thinker]]'s [[Clifford DeVoe's sanctuary|lair]]. [[Ralph Dibny|Ralph]] considers crossing a dangerous line to defeat DeVoe. Meanwhile, [[Joe West|Joe]] is concerned by [[Harrison Wells (Earth-2)|Harry]]'s recent behavior.|http://flashtvnews.com/flash-spoilers-lose-yourself-description/31157}}
 ==Gallery==
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 <gallery>
 The Flash Lose Yourself Trailer The CW
+The Flash Lose Yourself Scene The CW
+The Flash 4x18 Sneak Peek "Lose Yourself" (HD) Season 4 Episode 18 Sneak Peek
 </gallery>
 ==Trivia==
+* The title of this episode directly relates to several characters and their respective plot points of the episode: [[Harrison Wells (Earth-2)|Harry]] becomes addicted to using the [[Thinking Cap]] and in doing so alters his mind and attitude, [[Caitlin Snow|Caitlin]] loses her [[Killer Frost (split personality)|Killer Frost]] abilities after finally starting to connect with her alter-ego, and [[Ralph Dibny|Ralph]], [[Edwin Gauss]], [[Matthew Kim]] and [[Janet Petty]] are absorbed by [[Clifford DeVoe|DeVoe]].
-*This episode will feature the Edwin Gauss, Folded Man.
+*Gauss refers to Ralph as "Magnum, P.I.", referencing the TV series [[wikipedia:Magnum, P.I.|of the same name]].
-*The title of this episode is a reference to [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lose_Yourself Lose Yourself], a song by [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eminem Eminem].
+*[[Cisco Ramon|Cisco]] constructs a model of the [[w:c:memory-alpha:USS Enterprise (NCC-1701)|USS ''Enterprise'']], a starship from the ''[[w:c:memory-alpha:Star Trek|Star Trek]]'' franchise. He also uses a Scottish accent, referencing original series character [[w:c:memory-alpha:Montgomery Scott|Montgomery "Scotty" Scott]].
+*When Harry throws around items looking for his Thinking Cap, Cisco calls him "Captain Caveman", referencing the title character from the TV series ''[[wikipedia:Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels|Captain Caveman and the Teen Angels]]''.
+*After [[Barry Allen (Earth-1)|Barry]] knocks Ralph out, Ralph describes him having gone "[[Thor]], son of [[Odin]]" on him, using an English accent. This is likely a reference to the [[w:c:marvelcinematicuniverse:Marvel Cinematic Universe|Marvel Cinematic Universe]] character [[w:c:marvelcinematicuniverse:Thor|of the same name]].
+*Cisco describes [[Joe West|Joe]] to have gone "all [[w:c:diehard:John McClane|John McClane]]" in a speech, referencing the protagonist of the ''[[w:c:diehard:Die Hard film series|Die Hard]]'' franchise.
+*When Gauss is describing [[Clifford DeVoe's sanctuary|The Thinker's lair]] and both DeVoes, he refers to DeVoe as looking like Professor X. This is a reference to the Marvel character [[community:c:marvel:Charles Xavier (Earth-616)|Charles Xavier/Professor X]].
+*As of this episode, [[Neil Borman]] is now the only remaining bus meta that DeVoe hasn't yet gotten a hold of.
+*DeVoe uses [[Sylbert Rundine|Dwarfstar]] and [[Mina Chaytan|Black Bison]]'s powers to enlarge and animate a miniaturized T-rex skeleton and sends it after Ralph, saying "An old friend requests a rematch". This is a reference to the events of {{Ep|When Harry Met Harry...}}, which featured a confrontation between Ralph and an animated T-rex skeleton; an incident reminiscent of the movie ''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_at_the_Museum Night at the Museum]''.
 ==References==