History Characters / ArrowverseWestAllenFamily

** WordofGod say that Season three will see Barry take another big step in his maturity, particularity when it comes to the facing the consequences of his actions, especially when it comes to his powers, and learning to move on and being stronger for it.

** Season 3 shows the full consequences of his actions - not only is the West family screwed up, but when he "fixes" thing it just makes things worse.
** And Season 2 of ''Series/LegendsOfTomorrow'' shows even more horrible consequences: [[spoiler: Because Eobard Thawne never died in this new timeline, he formed an alliance with Damien Darhk and proceeded to nearly nuke Manhattan, the results of which caused Rip Hunter to go missing and nearly kill the rest of the Legends. Whoops.]]

* AesopAmnesia: A big part of Barry's CharacterDevelopment in Season Two is learning to accept Nora's death and being a hero doesn't make him immune to tragedy. Unfortunately, Zoom killing Henry (the second parent to be killed by an evil speedster) coupled with the real Jay Garrick being the doppelgänger of his father pushes Barry over the edge and he decides to abuse his time travel abilities to save Nora, consequences for the world be damned.

* CelebrityParadox: Felicity mockingly calls Lian Yu "Series/FantasyIsland" during the second part of Barry's EarlyBirdCameo on ''Series/{{Arrow}}'' Season 2. Henry's actor guest-starred on that show.

* IconicSequelCharacter: Does not appear in the series until Season 2.

* ShipTease: With Felicity Smoak in ''Arrow''. Also a few times with Caitlin. Both ships are sunk once Caitlin gets married and Felicity ends up with Oliver. More recently a brief one with [[Series/{{Supergirl}} Kara Danvers]], though it goes nowhere due to her being on another Earth.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Notably one of the few characters to avert this as he is the first to suspect Wells. It's due to him being an experienced detective able to notice small details and be ProperlyParanoid while the rest of the characters are {{Naive Newcomer}}s who trust a bit too easily.

* TeamDad: Shares this role with "Dr. Wells" for Team Flash, and unlike "Wells" there can be no doubts that he ''genuinely'' cares for them all. When it looked liked "Wells" would kill Cisco, Joe shot Wells (actually a disguised Hannibal Bates) dead without hesitation.

** With the reveal that he has his own powers, we should see more of him in Season 3.

* WindmillCrusader: How Joe and perhaps the entire CCPD thinks of him before he got his powers.

->'''Known Aliases:''' Taillights, Kid Flash

* BigGood: He has the potential to be the most powerful hero/being in the [[Franchise/{{Arrowverse}} Arrowverse]] due to his powers from the Speed Force. Oliver Queen even acknowledged this. Zoom also seems to be aware of this potential, which he hopes to steal when the time comes.

* LightningBruiser: When returning home from the Speed Force, he has become this almost literally, able take Girder's hits and recover quickly.

* TheMainCharactersDoEverything: He seems to be the ''only'' forensic scientist the CCPD have.

* BackFromTheDead: Thanks to Barry going back in time in the Season 2 finale, Nora is saved from being killed by Eobard Thawne.

* AtrociousAlias: in the season 3 trailer, Barry recommends wally calls himself kid flash.

** Happens again in ''Verses Zoom'' when the titular Zoom forces Barry to siphon of his speed and give it to him or risk having his friends and family murdered. Barry reluctantly agrees and has the speed force drained from his body.

-->'''barry:''' How about kid flash?
-->'''wally:''' don't call me that.

* TheAtoner: Feels that he needs to make up for his past mistakes and develops ChronicHeroSyndrome as a result. Joe [[AdultFear isn't too pleased]] with this.

* SherlockScan: Barry is able to discern exactly what type of car the Mardon brothers used in their getaway from a robbery from analyzing a tire track, and figure out a vague location from a piece of excrement mixed with the track; all within a minute and without the use of any equipment.

* CurbStompBattle: His battle with Oliver during the very first {{Crossover}} is very nearly this. Oliver only manages to keep ahead with trick arrows and sneaky strategy, but when Barry actually decides to attack he brutally pummels Oliver with a [[RapidFireFisticuffs flurry of punches]].

* HurtingHero: Poor Barry has suffered quite a lot in order to become The Flash. First his mother was murdered and his father was wrongfully accused of her murder. Then he finds out that his mentor was in fact his Archenemy and the one responsible for his mothers murder. He is given a clear chance to save his mothers life but ultimately has to let her die in order to create a StableTimeLoop. At the start of Season 2 he begins working alone after his quilt over Ronnie and Eddie's deaths. Then he finds out that Zoom was in fact "Jay Garrick" in disguise who proceeds to steal Barry's speed and then later on murder his father. And at the end of the season he finds out that the Man in the Mask is in fact the real Jay Garrick, the Earth-3 Doppelganger of his father which finally breaks him completely. By the end of the season he's so completely broken that he decides to undo his mothers death just so he can have a modicum of peace.

* DespairEventHorizon: He hits it at the end of Season 2 - not only does he lose his father, but when the real Jay Garrick turns out to be his dad's double you can practically ''see'' Barry die inside. At that point, he decides he just can't take any more punishment and goes back in time to save his mother, setting the Flashpoint story in .
motion.

* {{Determinator}}: He'll flip cars to catch local Central City baddies.

* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Other than his father being framedp, being this is his personal dilemma. He seems to be working this out as of episode 12.

* ShipperOnDeck: He notices the budding interest between his father and Dr. McGee. Unfortunately, Zoom put a stop to it from becoming anything more.
* SixthRanger: Serving as Team Flash's back-up doctor while Caitlin is Zoom's captive. May stick, since he's decided to stay in Central City for good now.

->'''Played By:''' Creator/GrantGustin

* BerserkButton: Mess with Iris as Girder learned, or either one of his Dads as Weather Wizard and the Trickster found out respectively, and you will be sorry.

* DespairEventHorizon: Hits it at the end of Season 2, as despite defeating Zoom, Barry is so broken over losing his father that he travels back to the night his mother was killed and saved her, erasing the first two seasons and in the process trapping him in the year 2000.
* DeusExMachina: His time travel ability which is why it's used sparingly.

* FailureHero: The first season is tough on Barry in this regard. By the end of it Captain Cold has released all the Metahumans that Team Flash had captured, Barry is unable to defeat Reverse Flash on his own and stop the singularity resulting in Eddie and Ronnie respectively having to perform {{Heroic Sacrifice}}s. This all takes a toll on Barry by the start of the second season.

* GeekPhysique: In contrast to his muscular comic-book counterpart, Barry is a rangy fellow and shows a fair amount of self-consciousness whenever he gets compared to more heroically built heroes such as Oliver Queen ("His arms are like, twice as big as yours...")and Hunter Zolomon's time remnant ("Your shirt looks so small on him...").

* HugeGuyTinyGirl: At 6'2", he towers over Iris, 5'4", his primary love interest.

* LateForSchool: Or perhaps Late For Absolutely Everything. At first, though he likely won't have to deal with that for too long.
** Even with super speed he's still late to crime scenes, mainly because of other heroics.

* MessianicArchetype: The Chosen One of the Speed Force, a tragic past fill with doubters, gaining true friends, family and loved ones, was believed to be dead in a attempt to regain his powers, but came back to save the worlds.

* OneManArmy: In ''My Name is Oliver Queen'' he's able to take out the '''League of Assassins''' like they were nothing.

* SecretKeeper: Mutually with Oliver Queen[=/=]The Arrow.

->'''Played By:''' Candice Patton

* BadassAdorable: Iris is adorable, sweet, and one of the nicest characters on the show. She has also knocked out Girder and Peek-A-Boo, plus Joe taught her how to use a gun, which she used to shoot the Clock King and Dr Light, and even holstered one on Zoom.

* TeamDad: Shares this role with Dr Wells for Team Flash, and unlike Wells there can be no doubts that he ''genuinely'' cares for them all. When it looked liked Wells would kill Cisco, Joe shot Wells (actually a disguised Hannibal Bates) dead without hesitation.

** Joe's often smarter and more GenreSavvy than people think. There's a lot of UnderestimatingBadassery around him.

* UnderestimatingBadassery: In terms of intelligence, anyway. Joe is surrounded by scientific geniuses it seems, yet he is knowledgeable enough to know every person Clock King quoted and makes up for it by way of being the most GenreSavvy character in the show.