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** Unlike most other villains in the show, her gimmick is significantly different (she doesn't "glide", either through [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks skating]] or [[UsefulNotes/TheModernAgeOfComicBooks astral projection]]) so her gold gun is more of a nod to the "Golden" part of her alias.
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** Unlike most other villains in the show, her gimmick is significantly different (she doesn't "glide", either through [[UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks [[MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks skating]] or [[UsefulNotes/TheModernAgeOfComicBooks [[MediaNotes/TheModernAgeOfComicBooks astral projection]]) so her gold gun is more of a nod to the "Golden" part of her alias.
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* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler:He returns in Season 7 where he is not only killed by Eva [=McCulloch=], but she reveals that she was the first Mirror Clone she ever created. It's uncertain if the real Sam is even still alive or not, if he even existed post-Crisis.]]
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* BackForTheDead: [[spoiler:He returns in Season 7 where he is not only killed by Eva [=McCulloch=], but she reveals that she was the first Mirror Clone mirror duplicate she ever created. It's uncertain if the real Sam is even still alive or not, if he even existed post-Crisis.]]
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* FourElementEnsemble: Snart has a Cold Gun(water), Mick has a Heat Gun(fire), and Lisa has a Gold Gun(earth). They occasionally joined forces with Barry, who can create vortexes and gusts of wind with his speed(air).
* ElementalPowers: Hotness is fire due to his PlayingWithFire powers, Chillblaine is ice due to his FreezeRay gauntlets, Goldface is earth due to his ExtraOreDinary power over gold, and Pied Piper is air due to his sonic gauntlets firing vibrations.
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* AlternateSelf: Has one on [[Series/Lucifer2016 Earth-666]] who [[Recap/Lucifer2016S05E09FamilyDinner accidentally killed her boyfriend]].
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* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: Rather than subject herself to the corrupting influence of the Negative Speed Force, she instead used it to power her armor.
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* PunchClockVillain: Owen has a very laid-back attitude and seems to not really care wether or not Red Death actually succeeds in her plans.
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* TheOneGuy: Prior to Chillblaine allying with them, he was the only male member of Red Death's Rogues.
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* PunchClockVillain: Owen has a very laid-back attitude and seems to not really care
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* AdaptationalWimp: Lacks the super-speed his comic self had.
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* DecompositeCharacter: She's the second character to be based on the comic Murmer.
* DecompositeCharacter: She's the second character to be based on the comic Murmer.
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* HardLight: Like most speedsters, she is capable of creating solid lightning constructs, including ones shaped like batarangs and a grappling hook for her to swing on.
* KnightTemplar: A very ruthless, villainous one who believes criminals should be hunted down and killed, before they even commit any crimes.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: A very deluded one, but she genuinely believes her actions are justice and to make the world better.
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* SuperiorSuccessor: Downplayed. The original Captain Boomerang was an extremely skilled BadassNormal who used normal boomerangs and was a OneManArmy who gave Team Arrow a lot of trouble, but ultimately was no match for the Flash. This one makes use of high-tech boomerangs and can fight someone of the Flash's caliber.
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* SuperiorSuccessor: Downplayed. The original Captain Boomerang was an extremely skilled BadassNormal who used normal traditional boomerangs and was a OneManArmy who gave Team Arrow a lot of trouble, but ultimately was no match for the Flash. This one makes use of high-tech boomerangs and can fight someone of the Flash's caliber.
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* BigStupidDoodooHead: He tends to call others "dumbass".
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* BigStupidDoodooHead: He tends to call others "dumbass".everyone "dumbass", like he does to the Flash.
* VillainRespect: Compliments Goldface for being able to deflect all of his boomerangs using only a gold chain.
* CommonalityConnection: Bonds with Hotness over sharing the same favorite band.
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* FourElementEnsemble: A rough approximation. Hotness is fire due to his PlayingWithFire powers, Chillblaine is ice due to his FreezeRay gauntlets, Goldface is earth due to his ExtraOreDinary power over gold, and Pied Piper is air die to his sonic gauntlets.
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* FourElementEnsemble: A rough approximation. Hotness is fire due to his PlayingWithFire powers, Chillblaine is ice due to his FreezeRay gauntlets, Goldface is earth due to his ExtraOreDinary power over gold, and Pied Piper is air die due to his sonic gauntlets. gauntlets firing vibrations.
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!!! '''Species''': Metahuman
!!! '''Played By:''' Creator/MaxAdler
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}''
A commoner-turned-criminal, who received metahuman powers during a confrontation between Matthew Kim and Eric Frye.
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* TheBusCameBack: A one-shot character from Season Four, who returned in Season Eight with a HeelFaceTurn.
* CanonCharacterAllAlong: He seemed like a CanonForeigner in his debut appearance, but Post-Crisis it's revealed he's the Arrowverse version of The Hotness who is a one-shot villain for the Caitlin Snow Killer Frost.
* CastingGag: [[Series/{{Glee}} Jaco's alternate universe doppelganger nearly committed suicide after being rejected by Barry's.]]
* ChewingTheScenery: His speaking patterns play everything up to the most dramatic effect.
* CommonalityConnection: He bonds with Fiddler II over sharing the same favorite band.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He is revealed to have a son who ends up being a MoralityPet to him.
* EvilIsBurningHot: Yet another fire based supervillain. He's stated to be as hot as lava.
* EvilIsHammy: He's much more flamboyant than his predecessor Eric Frye.
* FromNobodyToNightmare: From a victim during Eric Frye's heist to a empowered bank robber himself.
* GenderFlip: With the revelation that he's actually The Hotness, this
* HeelFaceTurn: His love for his son convinces him to turn over a new leaf.
* NobleDemon: Has transitioned to this after Season 8, with Barry trusting him enough to recruit him for his services.
* NotMeThisTime: He comes under suspicion for a series of fire-based killings, but turns out he is innocent of these crimes.
* PlayingWithFire: Was accidentally given fire powers when Matthew Kim swapped them from another evil meta.
* RequiredSecondaryPowers: His powers come with an extreme resistance to heat. In addition to producing fire, he can be at the center of his fiery vortex and remain completely unharmed.
* RoguesGalleryTransplant: In the only appearance in the comics, the Hotness was a villain for the Caitlin Snow version of Killer Frost.
* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He's basically an evil poor man's Firestorm, even propelling himself into the air using fire streams from his hands.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: He was just a normal citizen prior to gaining powers, but afterwards he's a cackling maniac who's hellbent on causing chaos and robbing banks.
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* SkunkStripe: What distinguishes her from the main Earth-Prime Ryan Wilder is a streak of white in her hair.
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The adopted daughter of Thomas and Martha Wayne in an alternate universe. When her adoptive parents were killed, Ryan became obsessed with stopping crime before it happened, and thus created a suit that allowed her to replicate the powers of her universe's Flash, using her artificial speed powers to kill criminals before they could go too far. This naturally brought her into conflict with the Flash, sparking a growing war between them that got out of hand, causing her to become stranded on Earth-Prime.
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The adopted daughter of Thomas and Martha Wayne in an alternate universe.from Earth-4125. When her adoptive parents were killed, Ryan became obsessed with stopping crime before it happened, and thus created a suit that allowed her to replicate the powers of her universe's Flash, using her artificial speed powers to kill criminals before they could go too far. This naturally brought her into conflict with the Flash, sparking a growing war between them that got out of hand, causing her to become stranded on Earth-Prime.
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* VillainousCrush: Develops feelings for Hotness upon learning they share the sane favorite band.
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* ColorMotif: Each of them follow a color motif based on their powers. Pied Piper is green, Goldface is gold, Hotness is red, Chillblaine is blue.
* EnemyMine: All of them were enemies ofthe Barry/The Flash at one point, but now they have allied with him against a greater evil.evil.
* FourElementEnsemble: A rough approximation. Hotness is fire due to his PlayingWithFire powers, Chillblaine is ice due to his FreezeRay gauntlets, Goldface is earth due to his ExtraOreDinary power over gold, and Pied Piper is air die to his sonic gauntlets.
* EnemyMine: All of them were enemies of
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* EnemyMine: All of them were enemies of the Flash at one point, but now they have allied with him against a greater evil.
* GoodCounterpart: To Red Death's Rogues, being assembled by Barry to go up against a common enemy.
* NobleDemon: Barry specifically selects the most moral members of his Rogues to be recruited.
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* EnemyMine: All of them were enemies of the Flash at one point, but now they have allied with him against a greater evil.
* GoodCounterpart: To Red Death's Rogues, being assembled by Barry to go up against a common enemy.
* NobleDemon: Barry specifically selects the most moral members of his Rogues to be recruited.
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!! Hartley Rathaway
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!!! '''Species:''' Metahuman
!!! '''Known Aliases:''' Pied Piper
!!! '''Played By:''' Creator/AndyMientus
!!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S1E11TheSoundAndTheFury The Sound and the Fury]]" (''The Flash'' 1x11)
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}''
The disowned son of a wealthy industrial family, former scientist at S.T.A.R. Labs and protégé of Eobard Thawne until he was fired and lost his hearing due to the Particle Accelerator explosion.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Comic Hartley is either a blonde or a redhead DependingOnTheArtist, but here he's a brunette.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the comics, Piper was, at worst, a WellIntentionedExtremist, often shown to give most of his share of the takings from the Rogues' crimes away to various charities. He was also a passionate socialist and detested the sort of snobbery this version displayed towards Cisco, having rebelled against it for most of his life. Most striking, though, is that this version of Piper suffers from LackOfEmpathy where the original was, if anything, often too nice for his own good. After Barry time-travels, he becomes one of Team Flash's friends, similar to him helping the Flash out in the comics. Post-Crisis first undoes this but then reverts back after they help him.
* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: In the comics he was a capable of creating MagicMusic that hypnotises people. Here he fires off sonic blasts and has SuperSenses.
* AdaptationalVillainy:
** His original counterpart was the TokenGoodTeammate in his villainous time. Here, he is outright evil and just becomes good because of Barry's time travel.
** Subverted Post-Crisis where while he has redemption undone, he (at least mostly) reforms and assists Barry as an ally to his team.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: His comics counterpart is one of Wally West's best friends. They haven't even ''met'' yet in the Arrowverse.
* AlliterativeName: Starts calling himself the '''Pi'''ed '''Pi'''per.
* AloofAlly: Before the Particle Accelerator exploded, none of his colleagues like him. After Barry's third CosmicRetcon, however, he was [[HeelFaceTurn steered into the right path]]. Still, he becomes the external member of the team, which limits his physical interactions with them.
* BatmanGambit: A favorite of his. Out-gambits pretty much the entire Team Flash in his debut episode. And in the following one, he plays Cisco and manages to escape... but not before he helps lead Cisco to learn the truth about Ronnie Raymond.
* BlackCloak: Part of his supervillain outfit.
* BlessedWithSuck: The particle accelerator explosion gave him superhuman hearing, but this made him [[SensoryOverload extremely sensitive to sounds which caused him excruciating pain]]. However, he still manages to use his powers in just the right moments to help either himself or Team Flash.
* BrainsAndBondage: He alludes to being into bondage, mostly as a form of sarcasm at least.
* BrokenAce: A brilliant mind, but he's had little in the way of emotional security for a long time: his wealthy parents disowned him for his sexuality, then he was essentially the protege of [[EvilMentor Eobard]] [[ManipulativeBastard Thawne]] who booted him out when he discovered the high probability of the Particle Accelerator malfunctioning, and to top it all off his hearing was damaged by the explosion. Anti-social jerk that he is, it's hard not to pity him given his potential that he's now channeling for destructive purposes.
* TheBusCameBack: He returns from a four season long absence in "Grodd Friended Me", robbing a jewelry store and one of the Flash's regular enemies.
* ChekhovsGunman: He's mentioned in "Revenge of the Rogues" but first appears in "The Sound and the Fury."
* ChessMotifs: He used to play chess against Thawne. After becoming a villain he continues using chess metaphors, such as calling Thawne's press conference about the Particle Accelerator "a pathetic bishop sacrifice".
* TheChessmaster: In his debut episode he's several steps ahead, engineering his capture in order to gain information on how to kill Barry, and nearly succeeding in doing so.
* CosmicRetcon:
** First in [[Recap/TheFlash2014S2E17FlashBack Flashback]], where Barry changing the timeline results in Hartley reconciling with the team.
** Then in [[Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019 Crisis]] his history was rewritten so that he had not reconciled with Team Flash and he had a vendetta against the Flash [[spoiler:for accidentally putting his boyfriend in a coma]].
* CunningLinguist: In addition to his native English, he speaks fluent Spanish, Japanese, French and Latin. According to Cisco, he knows at least one more language.
* DealWithTheDevil: Offers one to Cisco at the end of "The Sound and The Fury": if freed, he will reveal where Ronnie is and help turn him back to normal. He succeeds.
* DecompositeCharacter: In the comics Hartley, not Cisco, is the Flash's tech-savvy best friend, and a CanonForeigner supplants him as the lover of Barry's superior officer.
* DemotedToExtra: He was one of the main characters of the modern age pre-Flashpoint Flash comics, but he's only appeared in two episodes as of halfway through Season 4. He becomes a reoccurring character after his return in Season 6, but is still far from being a main cast member.
* EmeraldPower: The lights on his stunners glow green.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Initially he FightsLikeANormal as his metahuman power (superhuman hearing) doesn't really help him in combat. What makes him dangerous is that he's a [[TheChessmaster chessmaster]] with [[GadgeteerGenius killer sonic technology]] who was almost able to kill Barry. As of Post-Crisis, he can now produce sonic blasts on his own with his sonic gloves merely being his EmergencyWeapon.
* EveryoneHasStandards: While being a major dick back in the day, he drew the line at letting the particle accelerator run when there was a great risk it could explode and kill innocent people.
* {{Expy}}: With the change of his weapon to gloves, he actually bears quite a resemblance to Shriek from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond''; especially because, just like Shriek, Rathaway gets severe auditory problems because of an accident, unlike the comics where he's deaf since birth.
* FaceHeelTurn: In his backstory. Sure, he was a jerk, but he still tried to warn Thawne that the Particle Accelerator had a severe chance of blowing up. Of course, Thawne already knew and fired him. Then his hearing became too sensitive after the explosion and went off the deep end.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Was once this to everyone at S.T.A.R Labs because, as Cisco puts it, "mostly, he was a jerk. But sometimes... he could be a dick".
* TheGlassesGottaGo: He no longer uses glasses as of 2020 in the post-Crisis timeline.
* GoodIsNotNice: He was a major dick back in the day, but he was determined to stop the accelerator because he had figured out it could blow and he was entirely unwilling to let that happen. "Wells" fired him and coerced him into staying silent. Of course, he also provided information on Ronnie Raymond and Firestorm.
* GuestStarPartyMember: All his times aiding Team Flash tend to be one-offs every other season.
* HandicappedBadass: Suffered major damage to his ears and requires special hearing aid, but is still a genius and a competent fighter.
* HappyEndingOverride: His reconciliation with Team Flash and his family is undone after the multiverse is recreated in Crisis.
* HeelFaceReturn: From Barry's point of view at the end of Flash Back and the viewers, his alteration to the timeline has a now good and friendly Hartley save him from the Speed Wraith.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Initially just an unfriendly member of the S.T.A.R. Labs team, he turns into a villain after the particle accelerator explosion. Barry [[Recap/TheFlash2014S2E17FlashBack changing the timeline]] causes him to reconcile with the team, but [[Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019 Crisis]] undoes that, but then he reconciles with the team again after they [[Recap/TheFlash2014S6E18PayThePiper save his boyfriend]].
* HeelFaceTurn: Due to Barry's messing with the past, he has become a friend to Team Flash, or at least since Thawne is gone.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Thawne fired Hartley because he found out about "a chance" that the accelerator would explode, and threatened to ruin his credibility if he exposed this fact for good measure.
* IgnoredExpert: Knowledge on the particle accelerator's failure that led to his getting sacked by "Wells".
* IHaveNoSon: His estranged father's reaction when Hartley tries to contact him. Turns out he was disowned for being gay (as Caitlin puts it "old money, old values"). Something he was not happy about. After Barry changed the past during his debut, they've started reconnecting with him.
* InTheHood: As part of his supervillain outfit.
* InsufferableGenius: He makes ''Eobard Thawne'' look humble in comparison.
* ISurrenderSuckers: Twice. The first time he gets captured on purpose in order to steal all of S.T.A.R Labs' data regarding Barry. The second time, he allows Barry to disarm him, so that the failsafe in his gauntlets would activate and melt Barry's brain. (He even calls Barry out on falling for it twice)
* {{Jerkass}}: Comes off at this at his worst, ESPECIALLY during his debut episode. As Cisco explains, "Mostly, he was a jerk, but sometimes... he could be a dick."
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: As much of a Jerkass as Hartley may be, he still cared enough to try and fix the Particle Accelerator and was unwilling to risk the lives of everyone in the building and possibly the city and was perfectly willing to admit to the public that there was a mistake. [[TookALevelInJerkass Unfortunately, he got worse after the accident...]] On the other hand, he also led Cisco to learn of Ronnie Raymond's whereabouts.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: It's really hard to fault him for wanting to damage his parents' business, since they disowned him for his sexuality. It also isn't hard to understand why he has a vendetta against "Wells".
* LackOfEmpathy: Subverted. As aloof and rude as he is, Hartley does have a conscience. When he overhears Barry's WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility speech before taking on Godspeed, Hartley gets overcome with guilt and finally decides to assist his former foe.
* {{Leatherman}}: He tells Barry that being captured by a guy wearing leather is a long time fantasy of his. This is partly him messing around and trying to make the others feel uncomfortable.
* ManipulativeBastard: He's pretty good at this, as proven by how he convinced Cisco to let him out of his cell.
* MovieSuperheroesWearBlack: His attire is fully black with the only green found on his weaponized gloves (which are also mainly black). In the comics, at least the cloak is usually green.
* MyGreatestFailure: He caused his boyfriend Roderick Smith to enter in a critical situation by putting him in a life of crime.
* NerdGlasses: Wears a pair. Not that it makes him any less of a badass.
* NoSocialSkills: Thawne states that, in exchange for being brilliant, he has no skills with people.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Mocks Cisco for liking ''Franchise/StarWars'', but in Flash Back he makes a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' reference.
* NumberTwo: He was Eobard's deputy and protégé prior to him being fired after discovering that the Particle Accelerator was flawed.
* PragmaticAdaptation: Playing a pipe like in the comics would have been nifty, but it's not a practical thing to convey so the change in his manner of weaponry ''does'' make sense in that regard.
* PunnyName: '''Rat'''h'''away''' sounds so suspicious for a guy whose CodeName is the Pied Piper.
* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: A former colleague of Thawne until Thawne fired and threatened him to keep him from telling the press about the Particle Accelerator. Barry messing with the timeline causes him to pull a HeelFaceTurn by the time of Season 2. Thawne on the other hand, is acknowledged to have suffered [[RetGone the same fate]].
* ReformedCriminal:
** One of the positive effects of Barry messing with the timeline. Since Barry arrived during his and Hartley's first encounter (which has the latter attacking his parents' company), his criminal past sticks. Still, Hartley has pulled a HeelFaceTurn by the time Barry returns.
** Post-Crisis had him being bitter at Barry for putting his boyfriend in a coma, but he pulls a HeelFaceTurn after assisting the Flash and later makes amends when they restore his partner.
* {{Revenge}}: Hartley's goal is to make "Wells" pay for betraying him and ruining his career to conceal that the particle accelerator had a "flaw".
* RivalTurnedEvil: He and Cisco started as a typical SitcomArchNemesis, but him becoming a criminal just made their already sour relationship much worse.
* SensoryOverload: He has the metahuman power of superhuman hearing, but his sensitivity to sounds causes him pain and facilitates the need of hearing aids to reduce the auditory input.
* SixthRanger: Barry messing with the timeline has made him into an ally of Team Flash by Season Two. History repeats with his post-Crisis self coming around in season 6.
* SlobsVsSnobs: His conflict with Cisco. Hartley couldn't believe someone like Cisco could be a mechanical genius. This is, notably, a complete divergence from his comics portrayal.
* SmartPeopleKnowLatin: He and "Wells" would often converse in Latin.
* SonicStunner: His weapon of choice.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Surprisingly, gets incredibly close to being one to Thawne. He tries to fix the Particle Accelerator. Had he succeeded, Thawne's plan to create the Flash would've failed. His failed attack on Thawne's also reignited Joe's suspicions about the man, as Thawne's claims and the evidence didn't quite match up.
* StraightGay: Aside from a brief moment where he taunts Barry, he comes off as this.
* SuddenSequelHeelSyndrome: Post-Crisis, he's remained a villain which Flash was unaware of until confronting him.
* SuperSenses: Possesses superhuman hearing as the result of the particle accelerator explosion.
* {{Technobabble}}: Even more prone to this than Cisco or Wells.
* TookALevelInBadass: His meta powers post-Crisis are far more potent than before, even allowing him to fly with sound.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Goes from obnoxious (yet considerate enough to try to fix the Accelerator) genius to terrorist and would-be murderer.
* TookALevelInKindness:
** After the past was altered and he helped Team Flash with the Speed Wraith, he is friendly with them all...except for the deceased Thawne.
** Post-Crisis after his first redemption was undone, he manages to pull another HeelFaceTurn and once again becomes an ally for Team Flash.
* TrickedOutGloves: His gauntlets allow him to fire sonic blasts as dangerous attacks.
* {{Troll}}: When being captured by the Flash, he takes the opportunity to troll the Flash about his costume and Caitlin about losing her fiance to the accident.
* VillainHasAPoint: His motive is to get revenge on Thawne due to being betrayed by him, but Thawne makes everyone think that it was due to his obstinate personality. In truth, Hartley was callously fired by his father figure for even knowing about the chance that the accelerator would explode, also threatening him to ruin his credibility so that he would never get any other job.
* VillainsNeverLie: He did keep his end of the bargain with Cisco, before kicking him to the ground.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: In Pre-Crisis timeline, he was an ally to Team Flash, but his reconciliation with the team was undone after the multiverse was recreated in Crisis. [[spoiler:They reconcile later]].
* WellDoneSonGuy: Since he was disowned from his parents, Thawne became a father figure to him.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He disappears after assisting to deal with the Time Wraith. A season 3 episode reveals he's still difficult to work with, suggesting his coming to help was a one-time thing. He eventually returns post-crisis, their relationship initially undone.
* WouldHitAGirl: Slaps Caitlin so hard he knocks her out.
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[[folder:Jaco Birch / The Hotness]]
->See [[Characters/ArrowverseCentralCityIndependentCriminals this page]].
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[[folder:Keith / Goldface]]
->See [[Characters/ArrowverseCentralCityCriminalGroups this page]].
!!Rogue Squad
[[folder:Hartley Rathaway / Pied Piper]]
!! Hartley Rathaway
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!!! '''Species:''' Metahuman
!!! '''Known Aliases:''' Pied Piper
!!! '''Played By:''' Creator/AndyMientus
!!! '''First Appearance:''' "[[Recap/TheFlash2014S1E11TheSoundAndTheFury The Sound and the Fury]]" (''The Flash'' 1x11)
!!! '''Appearances:''' ''Series/{{The Flash|2014}}''
The disowned son of a wealthy industrial family, former scientist at S.T.A.R. Labs and protégé of Eobard Thawne until he was fired and lost his hearing due to the Particle Accelerator explosion.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Comic Hartley is either a blonde or a redhead DependingOnTheArtist, but here he's a brunette.
* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the comics, Piper was, at worst, a WellIntentionedExtremist, often shown to give most of his share of the takings from the Rogues' crimes away to various charities. He was also a passionate socialist and detested the sort of snobbery this version displayed towards Cisco, having rebelled against it for most of his life. Most striking, though, is that this version of Piper suffers from LackOfEmpathy where the original was, if anything, often too nice for his own good. After Barry time-travels, he becomes one of Team Flash's friends, similar to him helping the Flash out in the comics. Post-Crisis first undoes this but then reverts back after they help him.
* AdaptationalSuperpowerChange: In the comics he was a capable of creating MagicMusic that hypnotises people. Here he fires off sonic blasts and has SuperSenses.
* AdaptationalVillainy:
** His original counterpart was the TokenGoodTeammate in his villainous time. Here, he is outright evil and just becomes good because of Barry's time travel.
** Subverted Post-Crisis where while he has redemption undone, he (at least mostly) reforms and assists Barry as an ally to his team.
* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: His comics counterpart is one of Wally West's best friends. They haven't even ''met'' yet in the Arrowverse.
* AlliterativeName: Starts calling himself the '''Pi'''ed '''Pi'''per.
* AloofAlly: Before the Particle Accelerator exploded, none of his colleagues like him. After Barry's third CosmicRetcon, however, he was [[HeelFaceTurn steered into the right path]]. Still, he becomes the external member of the team, which limits his physical interactions with them.
* BatmanGambit: A favorite of his. Out-gambits pretty much the entire Team Flash in his debut episode. And in the following one, he plays Cisco and manages to escape... but not before he helps lead Cisco to learn the truth about Ronnie Raymond.
* BlackCloak: Part of his supervillain outfit.
* BlessedWithSuck: The particle accelerator explosion gave him superhuman hearing, but this made him [[SensoryOverload extremely sensitive to sounds which caused him excruciating pain]]. However, he still manages to use his powers in just the right moments to help either himself or Team Flash.
* BrainsAndBondage: He alludes to being into bondage, mostly as a form of sarcasm at least.
* BrokenAce: A brilliant mind, but he's had little in the way of emotional security for a long time: his wealthy parents disowned him for his sexuality, then he was essentially the protege of [[EvilMentor Eobard]] [[ManipulativeBastard Thawne]] who booted him out when he discovered the high probability of the Particle Accelerator malfunctioning, and to top it all off his hearing was damaged by the explosion. Anti-social jerk that he is, it's hard not to pity him given his potential that he's now channeling for destructive purposes.
* TheBusCameBack: He returns from a four season long absence in "Grodd Friended Me", robbing a jewelry store and one of the Flash's regular enemies.
* ChekhovsGunman: He's mentioned in "Revenge of the Rogues" but first appears in "The Sound and the Fury."
* ChessMotifs: He used to play chess against Thawne. After becoming a villain he continues using chess metaphors, such as calling Thawne's press conference about the Particle Accelerator "a pathetic bishop sacrifice".
* TheChessmaster: In his debut episode he's several steps ahead, engineering his capture in order to gain information on how to kill Barry, and nearly succeeding in doing so.
* CosmicRetcon:
** First in [[Recap/TheFlash2014S2E17FlashBack Flashback]], where Barry changing the timeline results in Hartley reconciling with the team.
** Then in [[Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019 Crisis]] his history was rewritten so that he had not reconciled with Team Flash and he had a vendetta against the Flash [[spoiler:for accidentally putting his boyfriend in a coma]].
* CunningLinguist: In addition to his native English, he speaks fluent Spanish, Japanese, French and Latin. According to Cisco, he knows at least one more language.
* DealWithTheDevil: Offers one to Cisco at the end of "The Sound and The Fury": if freed, he will reveal where Ronnie is and help turn him back to normal. He succeeds.
* DecompositeCharacter: In the comics Hartley, not Cisco, is the Flash's tech-savvy best friend, and a CanonForeigner supplants him as the lover of Barry's superior officer.
* DemotedToExtra: He was one of the main characters of the modern age pre-Flashpoint Flash comics, but he's only appeared in two episodes as of halfway through Season 4. He becomes a reoccurring character after his return in Season 6, but is still far from being a main cast member.
* EmeraldPower: The lights on his stunners glow green.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Initially he FightsLikeANormal as his metahuman power (superhuman hearing) doesn't really help him in combat. What makes him dangerous is that he's a [[TheChessmaster chessmaster]] with [[GadgeteerGenius killer sonic technology]] who was almost able to kill Barry. As of Post-Crisis, he can now produce sonic blasts on his own with his sonic gloves merely being his EmergencyWeapon.
* EveryoneHasStandards: While being a major dick back in the day, he drew the line at letting the particle accelerator run when there was a great risk it could explode and kill innocent people.
* {{Expy}}: With the change of his weapon to gloves, he actually bears quite a resemblance to Shriek from ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond''; especially because, just like Shriek, Rathaway gets severe auditory problems because of an accident, unlike the comics where he's deaf since birth.
* FaceHeelTurn: In his backstory. Sure, he was a jerk, but he still tried to warn Thawne that the Particle Accelerator had a severe chance of blowing up. Of course, Thawne already knew and fired him. Then his hearing became too sensitive after the explosion and went off the deep end.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Was once this to everyone at S.T.A.R Labs because, as Cisco puts it, "mostly, he was a jerk. But sometimes... he could be a dick".
* TheGlassesGottaGo: He no longer uses glasses as of 2020 in the post-Crisis timeline.
* GoodIsNotNice: He was a major dick back in the day, but he was determined to stop the accelerator because he had figured out it could blow and he was entirely unwilling to let that happen. "Wells" fired him and coerced him into staying silent. Of course, he also provided information on Ronnie Raymond and Firestorm.
* GuestStarPartyMember: All his times aiding Team Flash tend to be one-offs every other season.
* HandicappedBadass: Suffered major damage to his ears and requires special hearing aid, but is still a genius and a competent fighter.
* HappyEndingOverride: His reconciliation with Team Flash and his family is undone after the multiverse is recreated in Crisis.
* HeelFaceReturn: From Barry's point of view at the end of Flash Back and the viewers, his alteration to the timeline has a now good and friendly Hartley save him from the Speed Wraith.
* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Initially just an unfriendly member of the S.T.A.R. Labs team, he turns into a villain after the particle accelerator explosion. Barry [[Recap/TheFlash2014S2E17FlashBack changing the timeline]] causes him to reconcile with the team, but [[Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019 Crisis]] undoes that, but then he reconciles with the team again after they [[Recap/TheFlash2014S6E18PayThePiper save his boyfriend]].
* HeelFaceTurn: Due to Barry's messing with the past, he has become a friend to Team Flash, or at least since Thawne is gone.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: Thawne fired Hartley because he found out about "a chance" that the accelerator would explode, and threatened to ruin his credibility if he exposed this fact for good measure.
* IgnoredExpert: Knowledge on the particle accelerator's failure that led to his getting sacked by "Wells".
* IHaveNoSon: His estranged father's reaction when Hartley tries to contact him. Turns out he was disowned for being gay (as Caitlin puts it "old money, old values"). Something he was not happy about. After Barry changed the past during his debut, they've started reconnecting with him.
* InTheHood: As part of his supervillain outfit.
* InsufferableGenius: He makes ''Eobard Thawne'' look humble in comparison.
* ISurrenderSuckers: Twice. The first time he gets captured on purpose in order to steal all of S.T.A.R Labs' data regarding Barry. The second time, he allows Barry to disarm him, so that the failsafe in his gauntlets would activate and melt Barry's brain. (He even calls Barry out on falling for it twice)
* {{Jerkass}}: Comes off at this at his worst, ESPECIALLY during his debut episode. As Cisco explains, "Mostly, he was a jerk, but sometimes... he could be a dick."
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: As much of a Jerkass as Hartley may be, he still cared enough to try and fix the Particle Accelerator and was unwilling to risk the lives of everyone in the building and possibly the city and was perfectly willing to admit to the public that there was a mistake. [[TookALevelInJerkass Unfortunately, he got worse after the accident...]] On the other hand, he also led Cisco to learn of Ronnie Raymond's whereabouts.
* KickTheSonOfABitch: It's really hard to fault him for wanting to damage his parents' business, since they disowned him for his sexuality. It also isn't hard to understand why he has a vendetta against "Wells".
* LackOfEmpathy: Subverted. As aloof and rude as he is, Hartley does have a conscience. When he overhears Barry's WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility speech before taking on Godspeed, Hartley gets overcome with guilt and finally decides to assist his former foe.
* {{Leatherman}}: He tells Barry that being captured by a guy wearing leather is a long time fantasy of his. This is partly him messing around and trying to make the others feel uncomfortable.
* ManipulativeBastard: He's pretty good at this, as proven by how he convinced Cisco to let him out of his cell.
* MovieSuperheroesWearBlack: His attire is fully black with the only green found on his weaponized gloves (which are also mainly black). In the comics, at least the cloak is usually green.
* MyGreatestFailure: He caused his boyfriend Roderick Smith to enter in a critical situation by putting him in a life of crime.
* NerdGlasses: Wears a pair. Not that it makes him any less of a badass.
* NoSocialSkills: Thawne states that, in exchange for being brilliant, he has no skills with people.
* NotSoAboveItAll: Mocks Cisco for liking ''Franchise/StarWars'', but in Flash Back he makes a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' reference.
* NumberTwo: He was Eobard's deputy and protégé prior to him being fired after discovering that the Particle Accelerator was flawed.
* PragmaticAdaptation: Playing a pipe like in the comics would have been nifty, but it's not a practical thing to convey so the change in his manner of weaponry ''does'' make sense in that regard.
* PunnyName: '''Rat'''h'''away''' sounds so suspicious for a guy whose CodeName is the Pied Piper.
* APupilOfMineUntilHeTurnedToEvil: A former colleague of Thawne until Thawne fired and threatened him to keep him from telling the press about the Particle Accelerator. Barry messing with the timeline causes him to pull a HeelFaceTurn by the time of Season 2. Thawne on the other hand, is acknowledged to have suffered [[RetGone the same fate]].
* ReformedCriminal:
** One of the positive effects of Barry messing with the timeline. Since Barry arrived during his and Hartley's first encounter (which has the latter attacking his parents' company), his criminal past sticks. Still, Hartley has pulled a HeelFaceTurn by the time Barry returns.
** Post-Crisis had him being bitter at Barry for putting his boyfriend in a coma, but he pulls a HeelFaceTurn after assisting the Flash and later makes amends when they restore his partner.
* {{Revenge}}: Hartley's goal is to make "Wells" pay for betraying him and ruining his career to conceal that the particle accelerator had a "flaw".
* RivalTurnedEvil: He and Cisco started as a typical SitcomArchNemesis, but him becoming a criminal just made their already sour relationship much worse.
* SensoryOverload: He has the metahuman power of superhuman hearing, but his sensitivity to sounds causes him pain and facilitates the need of hearing aids to reduce the auditory input.
* SixthRanger: Barry messing with the timeline has made him into an ally of Team Flash by Season Two. History repeats with his post-Crisis self coming around in season 6.
* SlobsVsSnobs: His conflict with Cisco. Hartley couldn't believe someone like Cisco could be a mechanical genius. This is, notably, a complete divergence from his comics portrayal.
* SmartPeopleKnowLatin: He and "Wells" would often converse in Latin.
* SonicStunner: His weapon of choice.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Surprisingly, gets incredibly close to being one to Thawne. He tries to fix the Particle Accelerator. Had he succeeded, Thawne's plan to create the Flash would've failed. His failed attack on Thawne's also reignited Joe's suspicions about the man, as Thawne's claims and the evidence didn't quite match up.
* StraightGay: Aside from a brief moment where he taunts Barry, he comes off as this.
* SuddenSequelHeelSyndrome: Post-Crisis, he's remained a villain which Flash was unaware of until confronting him.
* SuperSenses: Possesses superhuman hearing as the result of the particle accelerator explosion.
* {{Technobabble}}: Even more prone to this than Cisco or Wells.
* TookALevelInBadass: His meta powers post-Crisis are far more potent than before, even allowing him to fly with sound.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Goes from obnoxious (yet considerate enough to try to fix the Accelerator) genius to terrorist and would-be murderer.
* TookALevelInKindness:
** After the past was altered and he helped Team Flash with the Speed Wraith, he is friendly with them all...except for the deceased Thawne.
** Post-Crisis after his first redemption was undone, he manages to pull another HeelFaceTurn and once again becomes an ally for Team Flash.
* TrickedOutGloves: His gauntlets allow him to fire sonic blasts as dangerous attacks.
* {{Troll}}: When being captured by the Flash, he takes the opportunity to troll the Flash about his costume and Caitlin about losing her fiance to the accident.
* VillainHasAPoint: His motive is to get revenge on Thawne due to being betrayed by him, but Thawne makes everyone think that it was due to his obstinate personality. In truth, Hartley was callously fired by his father figure for even knowing about the chance that the accelerator would explode, also threatening him to ruin his credibility so that he would never get any other job.
* VillainsNeverLie: He did keep his end of the bargain with Cisco, before kicking him to the ground.
* WeUsedToBeFriends: In Pre-Crisis timeline, he was an ally to Team Flash, but his reconciliation with the team was undone after the multiverse was recreated in Crisis. [[spoiler:They reconcile later]].
* WellDoneSonGuy: Since he was disowned from his parents, Thawne became a father figure to him.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He disappears after assisting to deal with the Time Wraith. A season 3 episode reveals he's still difficult to work with, suggesting his coming to help was a one-time thing. He eventually returns post-crisis, their relationship initially undone.
* WouldHitAGirl: Slaps Caitlin so hard he knocks her out.
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[[folder:Jaco Birch / The Hotness]]
->See [[Characters/ArrowverseCentralCityIndependentCriminals this page]].
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[[folder:Keith / Goldface]]
->See [[Characters/ArrowverseCentralCityCriminalGroups this page]].
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* VillainousCrush: Develops feelings for Hotness upon learning they share the sane favorite band.
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* FightsLikeANormal: She goes up against her enemies with nothing but a knife and martial arts, despite possibly having powers.
* NoSell: She is completely immune to Pied Piper’s sonic blast, seemingly absorbing it into herself.
* NoSell: She is completely immune to Pied Piper’s sonic blast, seemingly absorbing it into herself.
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* RedIsViolent: The moniker "Red Death" pretty much says it all--she wears red-coloured armor, and is a [[HairTriggerTemper psychotic]] KnightTemplar whose bloodthirsty personality matches her [[EvilPlan bloodthirsty plans]].
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* UnrelatedInTheAdaptation: Comics Owen Mercer is the son of Digger Harkness and Meloni Thawne, making him half-brothers with Bart Allen. However, as Meloni Thawne does not exist and Bart is simply Barry and Iris's kid, Owen is not a Thawne in this universe.
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* AdaptationDeviation: The Red Death's origin differs greatly from her comic counterpart, who is a Batman who forcibly fused with his universe's Flash. Ryan however gains her powers via a suit capable of creating an artificial Speed Force and it is implied that the Flash of her universe is still alive.
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* AdaptationalWimp: The Red Death is a universal level threat in the comics and had helped the Dark God Barbatos in destroying several universes. Here, Red Death, while still dangerous, is easily defeated by Batwoman and Flash. She is also missing a few abilities from the comics such as creating energy contracts and aging people with her corrupted Speed Force.
