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* ApologeticAttacker: One of the last things he tends to say to [[spoiler: people he kills is "forgive me".]] Whether or not he really means it is up to interpretation. It's worth noting that [[spoiler:he didn't start doing this, until after Thawne did his KillAndReplace on Wells, suggesting that some bit of Wells still exists or their two personalities acclimated, with Thawne's personality still being the more dominant.]]
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* ApologeticAttacker: One of the last things he tends to say to [[spoiler: people he kills is "forgive me". ]] Whether or not he really means it is up to interpretation. It's worth noting that [[spoiler:he didn't start doing this, until after Thawne did his KillAndReplace on Wells, suggesting that some bit of Wells still exists or their two personalities acclimated, with Thawne's personality still being the more dominant.]]
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* TeamDad: For the STAR Labs team.
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* TeamDad: For the STAR Labs team.SuddenlyShouting: Often.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: Gives off this vibe (to the viewers) until [[spoiler:he's shown to be the Man in Yellow, dubbed "[[EvilCounterpart the Reverse-Flash]]" and whose true name is Eobard Thawne,]] and it stops being ambiguous. The pilot alone shows [[spoiler:he is faking being paraplegic and has hidden knowledge and technology from the future which he uses to monitor the Flash.]] In the second episode he straight up [[spoiler:kills a guy to keep the Flash safe.]] In later episodes he manipulates certain metahumans into meeting their ends, for his own purposes.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: Gives off this vibe (to the viewers) viewers, while most characters don't suspect anything) until [[spoiler:he's shown to be the Man in Yellow, dubbed "[[EvilCounterpart the Reverse-Flash]]" and whose true name is Eobard Thawne,]] and it stops being ambiguous. The pilot alone shows [[spoiler:he is faking being paraplegic and has hidden knowledge and technology from the future which he uses to monitor the Flash.]] In the second episode he straight up [[spoiler:kills a guy in secret to keep the Flash safe.]] In later episodes he manipulates certain metahumans into meeting their ends, for his own purposes.
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* AgeLift: A bit younger than Barry's usual depictions, which is actually turned into a plot point when [[spoiler:it's revealed that Eobard Thawne turned him into the Flash seven years early (receiving powers in 2013 instead of 2020) so he could get home sooner.]]
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* AgeLift: A bit younger than Barry's usual depictions, which is actually turned into a plot point when [[spoiler:it's revealed that Eobard Thawne the "Man in Yellow" turned him into the Flash seven years early (receiving powers in 2013 instead of 2020) so he could get home sooner.]]
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A scientist searching for metahumans who helps Barry understand his powers. The founder of STAR Labs, he built the Particle Accelerator that gave Barry his powers and lost the use of his legs in the explosion when it malfunctioned. There is a lot more to him than meets the eye, however.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: Gives off this vibe (to the viewers) until [[spoiler:he's shown to be the Man in Yellow, dubbed "[[EvilCounterpart the Reverse-Flash]]" and whose true name is Eobard Thawne,]] and it stops being ambiguous. The pilot alone shows [[spoiler:he is faking being paraplegic and has hidden knowledge and technology from the future which he uses to monitor the Flash.]] In the second episode he straight up [[spoiler:kills a guy to keep the Flash safe.]] In later episodes he manipulates certain metahumans into meeting their ends, for his own purposes.
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* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler: Eobard Thawne killed the real Dr. Wells by using some device to transfer Wells' DNA and genetic material to him, so he assume his idenity identity and build the Particle Accelerator roughly five years ahead of schedule. But during that time he developed ''some'' affection towards Caitlin and Cisco; it's unclear if it's Thawne or some remenant of Wells coming out.]]
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* LackOfEmpathy: Openly admits that he doesn't care for others after Barry accuses him of this. Iris's mentor even calls him "a sociopath."
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* LackOfEmpathy: Openly admits that he doesn't care for others after Barry accuses him of this. Iris's mentor even calls him "a sociopath."" As far as he's concerned, [[spoiler: everyone around him is already centuries dead. The fact that he's living amongst them doesn't seem to change this.]]
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* ApologeticAttacker: One of the last things he tends to say to [[spoiler: people he kills is "forgive me". Whether or not he really means it is up to interpretation]].
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* LongGame: [[spoiler: After Thawne lost his connection to the Speed Force upon murdering Nora, he then pulled a KillAndReplace on the real Dr. Wells; all so he could build the Particle Accelerator five years ahead of schedule and have it intentionally fail so it would give Barry his super speed (it's unknown if it would've failed in the original timeline) and then mentor him to point where Barry would become fast enough to achieve time travel.]]
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* LongGame: [[spoiler: After Thawne lost his connection to the Speed Force upon murdering Nora, he then pulled a KillAndReplace on the real Dr. Wells; Wells, all so he could build the Particle Accelerator five years ahead of schedule and have it intentionally fail so it would give Barry his super speed (it's unknown if it would've failed in the original timeline) timeline), and then mentor him to point where Barry would become fast enough to achieve time travel.]]
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* LongGame: [[spoiler: After Thawne lost his connenction to the Speef Force after he murdered Nora, he then pulled a KillAndReplace on the real Dr. Wells; all so he could build the Particle Accelerator five years ahead of schedule and have it intentionally fail so it would give Barry his super speed (it's unkown if it would've failed in the original timeline) and then mentor him to point where Barry would become fast enough to achieve time travel.]]
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* KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade: [[spoiler: Poor Cisco gets impaled by Wells after he discovers the [[SarcasmMode good doctors]] true identity. Fortunately Barry inadvertently travelling back though time now [[DeathIsCheap keeps it from sticking]]]].
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** [[spoiler: We later learn that he is Eobard Thawne, and he's from the future. But he's not obessed with making Barry a better hero. He's obessesed with making Barry go faster.]]
** [[spoiler: We later learn that Eodbard Thawne and Wells ''were'' different people. Wells was a benevolent scientist but Thawne killed him, all so he could speed up production on the Particle Accelerator so he could get home early.]]
** [[spoiler: We later learn that he is Eobard Thawne, and he's from the future. But he's not obessed with making Barry a better hero. He's obessesed with making Barry go faster.]]
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* CharacterDevelopment: As his bond and affection for Team Flash grows he becomes less ruthless. [[spoiler: Except not, it's all an act. He won't hesitate to kill anyone who could possibly ruin his plans - and that includes anyone who could expose his secret identity like a certain reporter.]]
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* CharacterDevelopment: As his bond and affection for Team Flash grows he becomes less ruthless. [[spoiler: Except not, it's all an act. He won't hesitate to kill anyone who could possibly ruin his plans - and that includes anyone who could expose his secret identity like a certain reporter.reporter, or Cisco in another timeline.]]
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* AgeLift: A bit younger than Barry's usual depictions, which is actually turned into a plot point when [[spoiler:it's revealed that Eobard Thawne turned him into the Flash six years early so he could get home sooner.]]
* AgentMulder: Perfectly willing to accept that one guy with super-strength was behind the break-in at the Queen Consolidated warehouse, and actively seeks out weird cases.
* AgentMulder: Perfectly willing to accept that one guy with super-strength was behind the break-in at the Queen Consolidated warehouse, and actively seeks out weird cases.
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* AllLovingHero: In "Tricksters", Joe tells him that this specifically is his most valuable asset, more than his physical superpowers.
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* LongGame: [[spoiler: His entire scientific career was all for a purpose: become the head of S.T.A.R. Labs so he could build a Particle Accelerator that would intentionally fail so it would give Barry his super speed. And if he did murder Nora Allen, then he's been playing a very long game indeed.]]
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* LongGame: [[spoiler: His entire scientific career was After Thawne lost his connenction to the Speef Force after he murdered Nora, he then pulled a KillAndReplace on the real Dr. Wells; all for a purpose: become the head of S.T.A.R. Labs so he could build a the Particle Accelerator that would five years ahead of schedule and have it intentionally fail so it would give Barry his super speed. And speed (it's unkown if he did murder Nora Allen, it would've failed in the original timeline) and then he's been playing a very long game indeed.mentor him to point where Barry would become fast enough to achieve time travel.]]
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* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: He lost his connection to the Speed Force after murdering Nora Allen.]]
* SayingTooMuch: [[spoiler: In "Tricksters" he gets far too explicit in his instructions while training Barry to phase through solid objects. Barry realises that the only way Wells could know how to use super speed in such detail is if he possessed it himself.]]
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* KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade: [[spoiler: Poor Cisco gets impaled by Wells after he discovers the [[SarcasmMode good doctors]] true identity. Though considering the fact that this is a comic book show and Barry can travel though time now [[DeathIsCheap its probably not going to stick]]]].
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* KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade: [[spoiler: Poor Cisco gets impaled by Wells after he discovers the [[SarcasmMode good doctors]] true identity. Though considering the fact that this is a comic book show and Fortunately Barry can travel inadvertently travelling back though time now [[DeathIsCheap its probably not going to stick]]]].keeps it from sticking]]]].
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* NiceGuy: He envisoned S.T.A.R. Labs as [[ForScience a research laboratory that would be free from government or corporate influence]] so they could benefit mankind and be right in the heart of the city. [[spoiler:Shame Thawne literally stole his life and corrupted his dream.]]
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* FragileSpeedster: Comparatively - despite being more resistant to harm than the average person thanks to his super speed, Barry will still injure himself if he runs into something at said speed. Plus, at least at first, he can't fight at all.
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** In "Tricksters" [[spoiler: Wells vocally instructs him how to vibrate his body in order to phase through solid matter, a technique that Wells himself (as The Reverse-Flash) had already demonstrated in the previous two episodes.]] Then at the end of the episode his AwesomenessByAnalysis kicks in [[spoiler:and he remembers the aforementioned detail, deducing from it that Wells is the Reverse-Flash.]]
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* MurderIsTheBestSolution: His solution to any problem is always to kill. [[spoiler: It backfires when he kills the wrong person- the reporter Mason Bridge who'd been doing a story about how Wells killed Simon Stagg. By doing so Wells inadvertently clued Barry in to his true nature.]]
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** [[spoiler: This may be subverted at the end of Out of Time however when its revealed that Wells can create afterimages of himself by vibrating fast enough which he used to give himself an alibi when the Reverse-Flash was captured. He also says that he was the one who murdered Nora though whether he is telling the truth or not is debatable considering that his DNA wasn't at the house]].
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** [[spoiler: This may be subverted at the end of Out of Time however when its revealed that Wells can create afterimages of himself by vibrating fast enough which he used to give himself an alibi when the Reverse-Flash was captured. He also says that he was the one who murdered Nora though whether he is telling the truth or not is debatable considering that his DNA wasn't at the house]].
** [[spoiler: Both are true: He did kill Nora, and his DNA wasn't that left at the scene... the DNA he has ''now'', which is that of the real Harrison Wells. The DNA was from Thawne's ''original'' body before he changed himself into a duplicate of Wells.]]
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!! [[Franchise/TheFlash Bartholomew "Barry" Allen]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"To understand what I'm about to tell you, you need to do something first: you need to believe the impossible."'']]
->'''Known Aliases:''' The Flash, "Red Streak", The Fastest Man Alive, The Scarlet Speedster
->'''Played By:''' Grant Gustin
An assistant crime scene investigator in Central City with a habit of being late to work. After the murder of his mother by a "man in yellow", he develops an interest (some say obsession) in "impossible" crimes and events. He first appears in-universe in the mid-season 2 two-parter in ''Arrow'' investigating a break-in by a thief who apparently has SuperStrength. After being struck by lightning, he falls into a coma and awakens as a "[[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual metahuman]]" with SuperSpeed, which he eagerly uses to fight crime, find other meta-humans, and eventually find his mother's killer.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Barry Allen has light blond hair in the comics, but is portrayed with dark brown hair on the show.
* {{Adorkable}}: Portrayed this way ever since his first appearances on ''{{Series/Arrow}}''.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Downplayed. Felicity Smoak is genuinely fond of him, but he's more interested in Iris West.
* AgentMulder: Perfectly willing to accept that one guy with super-strength was behind the break-in at the Queen Consolidated warehouse, and actively seeks out weird cases.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Henry wanted him to change his surname so people would stop giving him grief about being related to a (albeit innocent) murderer.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Displays this ability in the pilot, knowing a car's exact make and model based off of faint tire tracks left at a crime scene.
* {{Badass}}: Fastest man alive and all that.
* BadassAdorable: Barry is nerdy, loveable and incredibly endearing but DO NOT underestimate him as he can kick ass like no other.
* BadassBookworm: Police forensic scientist person gets superpowers and fights crime.
* BadLiar: Joe and Iris seem to think so.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: His face doesn't typically suffer anything severe, save for a few nicks and dings. Justified, as he heals at a much faster rate than your regular human.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: Oliver thinks that lighting bolt wasn't random:
--> '''Oliver:''' I don't think that bolt of lighting struck you, Barry; I think it ''chose'' you.
* BerserkButton: He is put-off everytime he hears that he's being referred to as "The Streak".
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Barry is generally a nice guy but if you cross him or hurt anyone that he cares about, he won't hesitate to kick your ass.
* BigDamnKiss: [[spoiler: Finally kisses Iris before going to save her father, but with his discovery of time travel at the end of the episode this is erased.]]
* BigEater: It turns out that his SuperSpeed speeds up his metabolism too, [[BlessedWithSuck and if he doesn't eat heavily, he collapses from hypoglycemia.]] He also can't get buzzed by alcohol unless he drinks ultra-high concentrated alcohol, and even then, it only lasts briefly.
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Felicity Smoak.
* BoyNextDoor: He is considerate and selfless. In the case of Iris, ''literally'' next door, as he lived with her growing up.
* BrokenPedestal: Barry idolized the Arrow but upon actually meeting him he is seriously off put by who much of a jerk Oliver can be. Similar things happen in subsequent crossovers with Barry's initial enthusiasm getting derailed by Oliver's more brutal methods. Ultimately subverted when Barry learns to see Oliver / The Arrow as an ally with his own strengths and flaws rather than an idol.
** The Flash becomes a Broken Pedestal to [[spoiler:Iris when he brutally attacks Eddie while under a HatePlague.]]
** As of "Rogue Time", Wells seems to have finally become this to Barry; [[spoiler:Barry knew Mason Bridge was investigating Wells, claiming to know some very dirty secrets about him and that he'd reveal it all soon -- and then Bridge [[RevealingCoverUp mysteriously disappears]]. Barry doesn't think it's a coincidence and finally starts to grow suspicious of Wells.]]
* BullyHunter: He's aggressively anti-bully, especially since he had to deal with them a lot as a kid. Best shown in "The Flash Is Born" when he goes after one of his childhood bullies and now metallic metahuman, Tony Woodward.
* ButtMonkey: In the first episode alone he gets battered by a mugger, struck by lightning & goes into a coma for 9 months, all in the space of an evening, then wakes up to find that the woman he's in love with has begun a relationship with another man during said coma. [[ThrowTheDogABone But hey]], he gets SuperSpeed.
* TheCape: Barry is basically the counterpart to Oliver Queen's TheCowl. The two-part crossover of "Flash vs. Arrow" on ''The Flash'' and "The Brave and the Bold" on ''Arrow'' is an extended look at how Barry's city is clean and nice and had to be bombarded with metahumans before it needed a hero, one like Barry, who's sweet and kind, contrasting them with Oliver and his city. Once he's revealed to the public, he fully embraces being a symbol of hope for Central City.
* CassandraTruth: The only people who truly believed Barry's story about his mother's murder were... Barry & his father, who were the only people to witness it. Many flashbacks show a tearful ten year old Barry trying to convince people to let his dad go. Present-day Barry is still very bitter over this fact.
* TheCastShowoff: Grant Gustin gets to show his amazing singing voice in "Crazy for You".
* CharacterDevelopment: Barry has become more forceful and driven than he was during his first appearance on Arrow; stammering a lot less and interacting with more ease, which he might owe to his powers. According to the creators, it won't stop there...
--> '''Andy Kreisberg''': It's Barry Allen coming to terms both physically and emotionally with what's happened to him. He's not really The Flash yet because he's still in the early days. By the end of the year, he will come to resemble The Flash that we know from the comic books. That's really the arc for the first year.
* ChickMagnet: He's been involved, or at least had a ShipTease, with ''four'' women in the first season alone, namely; Iris, Felicity, Caitlin and Linda.
* ClarkKenting: Cleverly averted, as most of the people who get a clear look at him in action already know about him. When he has to appear in front of people not in the know who might recognize him, he vibrates his face so it becomes a blur, and also his vocal chords.
* ClearTheirName: Knows his father is innocent and won't rest until everyone else knows it too.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Has a vested interest in weird crimes which can't be explained with pure fact and logic, due to his mother's death being such a case. Detective West repeatedly tells Barry to stop looking into such cases & accept that his father killed his mother, not a "ball of lightning with a man inside."
* TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight: Considering Barry himself becomes the fastest man alive and Clyde Mardon can control the weather, [[spoiler:Detective West]] realises that Barry was right about everything upon seeing it for themselves.
* TheCoroner: He works for the CSI unit of the CCPD.
* DeadpanSnarker: Barry can thrown in a snide comment when the moment calls for it.
* {{Determinator}}: He'll flip cars to catch local Central City baddies.
* DoggedNiceGuy: To Iris West.
* DorkKnight: He's a bit awkward and is prone to geek-outs, but he's brave and has a big heart.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Not as the Flash, but in his day job most of the CCPD (sans Joe and Eddie) seems to take him and his forensic work for granted.
* TheEveryman: Of a sort. Barry is a lot geekier than the average Everyman character, but that fits with the show's target audience of comic book/sci-fi fans.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Due to being in a coma for 9 months, he's a little out of it.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When he messes about with the chemicals in the lab, making comments about how it's dangerous to have them so close together, Felicity responds that maybe he shouldn't be touching them. Cue a lightning strike and Barry looking out at it for a few seconds. This is a nod to the most well-known of Barry's origin stories: getting doused in chemicals after a lightning bolt knocks him into it. At the end of "Three Ghosts" in ''Arrow'', this is indeed how Barry gets his powers, with the lightning bolt being generated by Star Labs' overloaded particle accelerator.
* FragileSpeedster: Comparatively - despite being more resistant to harm than the average person thanks to his super speed, Barry will still injure himself if he runs into something at said speed. Plus, at least at first, he can't fight at all.
* FreakLabAccident: See above: he [[LampshadeHanging warns Felicity]] about how to avoid them. Then, [[ForegoneConclusion as you may have guessed]], {{Irony}} kicks in and he is the victim of one.
* FreudianExcuse: He couldn't help his dad get acquitted of his mother's murder, so he when he gets his powers he ''jumps'' at the chance to help people over the city.
* FriendlyRivalry: With [[Series/{{Arrow}} Oliver Queen]].
* FutureBadass: [[spoiler: If Wells' 2024 news article is any indication.]]
* AGodIAmNot: Executed beautifully in one line.
-->'''Mardon''': I didn't think there was anyone else like me. \\
'''Barry''': I'm not like you. You're a murderer.
* GoodFeelsGood: He loves helping people.
* GoodIsDumb: Not usually, but Barry has a blind spot when it comes to Dr. Wells. [[spoiler: Until he sees the headline that Mason Bridge, the reporter who's been going after Wells is missing. Then he finally sees the painfully obvious.]]
* GreenEyes: They're blue in the comics, but green here.
* HappilyAdopted: While adopted at an older age under distressing circumstances, Barry did end up being a true part of the West family. Reciprocated by Joe, who admits that Barry brought a lot of joy and warmth to the West household.
* HealingFactor: A side-effect of Barry's power, which speeds up his healing process.
** Comes in incredible handy in "Revenge of the Rogues". [[spoiler: In order to defeat the Rogues, he needs them to fire their guns at each other. Ultimately, the only way to do this is to briefly endure their fire and ice blasts coming at him from each side before running out of the way. Given that the guns were absolute zero and absolute heat, this would have easily killed any normal human.]]
* TheHero: Of the show, considering that the series revolves around Barry and his journey as a superhero.
* HopeBringer: To the people of Central City. When he fully reveals his existence to the whole city, he embraces this.
* HotScientist: Genius-level intellect and a day job as a forensic scientist? Check. Clear skin, styled hair, and abs? Double check.
* HyperAwareness: His brain can work at SuperSpeed, which allows him to perceive things more slowly than they really are. It automatically activates when he's running, though he can willingly use this ability outside of SuperSpeed if he needs to.
* InASingleBound: By building up enough momentum, Barry can leap really high. He utilizes this in the first episode to save Joe and Eddie from falling debris.
* {{Intangibility}}: [[spoiler: Learns how to do this in "Tricksters"]].
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: Confesses to Iris, but is acting like this for the time being.]]
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Even after he develops his powers, he still thinks [[BadassNormal Oliver Queen]]'s grappling arrow is cool and relies on him for support.
* JumpedAtTheCall: Very eager to use his powers to help people.
* TheLabRat: His day job at the Central City PD.
* 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.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: In ''Arrow vs Flash'', Barry has been hit with the HatePlague and they get into a fight. [[spoiler:Ends in a draw, as the fight is interrupted before either can secure victory.]]
* LoveHurts: He's flat-out told by Oliver that it won't end well in with Iris and at the end ''Flash vs Arrow'' she never wants to see The Flash again, but she changes her mind after the BigDamnHero moment he pulls against Captain Cold and Heatwave
* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: He's learning this the hard way during his dates with Linda.
* MoralityPet: To Oliver Queen. One of many Oliver has.
* MotorMouth: It's hard to get him to stop once he starts talking.
* MrFanservice: He doesn't have a shirt on much of the time whenever Star Labs is running tests on him. Lightning gave him abs!
** In "Plastique" he ''strips naked'' in an alley. Yeah, "[[DoubleMeaning The Flash]]" indeed.
* NerdsAreSexy: Considering that he is a scientist who is a combination of {{Adorkable}} and MrFanservice, Barry definitely qualifies as a very attractive nerd.
* NiceGuy: Goes along with his being so {{Adorkable}}; he's very friendly and empathetic, and he'll put his life on the line for strangers and friends alike. But, as always, BewareTheNiceOnes.
* NiceShoes: Barry seems to have a thing for Converse All-Stars.
* OddFriendship: With Oliver Queen, AKA ''The Series/{{Arrow}}''. They're not far apart in age (Oliver is about 4 years older), but Oliver's experience and experiences make him the older, gruff, almost unwilling mentor to Barry's eager kid. In their first crossover (not the backdoor pilot), they both feel out of place in one another's series, as Oliver is the brutal cowl and Barry the idealistic cape. They're the DC Television Universe equivalent of Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent.
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:When he travels back in time to the previous night in "Out of Time", he is visually perplexed and frightened.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: Earning him the nickname "Babyface". He's 25.
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Barry seems to be the only crime scene/forensics tech CCPD has. In "The Man in the Yellow Suit" he mentions that he had a double major in physics and chemistry in college.
* ParentalAbandonment: Barry's mom was murdered when he was eleven, and his father was convicted for the murder.
* PopCulturedBadass: The fastest man alive likes "Pokerface" by Lady Gaga. He's got a blog according to Eddie and a Facebook account according to Cisco.
** He also has a zombie movie scale and even rates one film at a 4.
--->'''Iris:''' There's a zombie movie scale?
* PowerPerversionPotential: The fact that he can vibrate an isolated part of his body such as his face has some rather exciting implications for any significant other he may have.
* ThePowerOfFriendship[=/=]ThePowerOfLove: The STAR Labs gang realizes that his devotion to his loved ones are what give him greater strength.
* RedBaron: Appropriately, the Scarlet Speedster/Knight.
* RedIsHeroic: Barry's entire Flash costume is red.
* TheRunaway: After his dad was convicted, and he was given to Joe he would runaway a lot trying to see his dad.
* SadClown: According to a comment from executive producer Greg Berlanti.
-->'''Berlanti''': Barry lost his mother at a very young age, his father was sent to prison for murdering his mom, he went through a lot of stuff - on the surface he's [[StepfordSmiler bubbly]] and [[PluckyComicRelief upbeat]] and seems like an [[NiceGuy optimist]], but deep down maybe there's no hope left.
* ScienceHero: Barry works in a science lab and he saves innocent people on the side.
* SecretIdentity: According to Grant Gustin, Barry will try to keep his activities as the Flash secret from certain people but most of the people in his social circle will know the truth.
* SecretKeeper: Mutually with Oliver Queen[=/=]The Arrow.
* SelfDeprecation: Mocks the name "Leonard", saying it's nearly as bad as "Bartholomew", which is his given name.
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: [[spoiler:His future incarnation went back in time to save his mother's life from the Reverse-Flash, yet this action created the skirmish that ended with Reverse-Flash killing her. Even so, this is probably a good thing—the one Reverse-Flash was trying to kill was ''Barry himself as a little boy''.]]
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Everytime he and Oliver are together, he's usually depicted as the sensitive one.
* 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.
* SociallyAwkwardHero: He has trouble relating to other people.
* ShipTease: With Felicity Smoak in ''Arrow''. Also a few times with Caitlin.
* SmugSuper: Occasionally displays traces of it.
-->(Regarding the [[{{Series/Arrow}} salmon ladder]]) Honestly, I don't know what's so hard about this.
* SpearCounterpart: To [[Series/{{Arrow}} Felicity Smoak]]. Both are {{Adorkable}}, have a tendency to babble, and are brilliant in their respective scientific fields.
* SpikyHair: It's like it's always in clay dough.
* SuperheroOrigin: His is told in the ''Arrow'' episodes "The Scientist" and "Three Ghosts", and is expanded upon in the pilot episode.
* SuperSpeed: His primary ability.
* SuperSpeedReading: Uses it to help Caitlin look for clues on the "F. I. R*. E. S. T. O. R. M." project.
* TenMinuteRetirement: Very briefly quit being the Flash due to getting his ass kicked in his first fight with Multiplex ''and'' Joe chewing him out. Fortunately, he gets the motivation back quickly.
* ThouShaltNotKill: He prefers saving lives to taking them. It doesn't matter if a person is some innocent bystander or the VillainOfTheWeek; he'll try to save them.
* TookALevelInBadass:
** Does this during his fight with Clyde Mardon.
** Goes even further after losing his powers to Blackout and regaining them to new heights. Before then, he had to make a massive running start to break the sound barrier. Afterwards, he is able to FlashStep to avoid ''lightning''. Even Caitlin notes that his cells are generating more energy than they were before.
** In "Out Of Time", he [[spoiler: needs to protect the city from a tidal wave headed its way. The solution, according to Caitlin? Run back and forth on the beach to generate a second tidal wave in the opposite direction to cancel the first one out. However, this requires going faster than he's ever had to before, to the point where he unintentionally goes back in time. ''Barry can now travel back in time.'']]
** In "Tricksters" [[spoiler: Wells vocally instructs him how to vibrate his body in order to phase through solid matter, a technique that Wells himself (as The Reverse-Flash) had already demonstrated in the previous two episodes.]]
* TwinkleInTheEye: It is quickly becoming a trademark that whenever the Flash is about to do something utterly ridiculous with his speed, lightning bolts are seen sparking in his eyes.
* TwoFirstNames: Being a Creator/DCComics based character, he has a last name that is traditionally used as a first name.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Other than his father being framed-up, being this is his personal dilemma. [[spoiler: He seems to be working this out as of episode 12.]]
* UnskilledButStrong: Barry has his superspeed, but he doesn't have a lot tactical or martial arts training. This tends to let him get hit by surprise attacks a lot.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: Can vibrate his vocal cords to get this effect when talking to Iris and others not [[SecretKeeper in on it]], as his own version of the Arrow's voice modulator.
* WeirdnessMagnet: Well, not so much a "magnet" since he readily goes ''looking'' for the weirdness. To be fair, he never thought he'd actually become the [[SuperSpeed weirdness]] in the process.
* WhatTheHellHero: Delivers this to Wells, calling him out on his ManipulativeBastard tendencies and general selfishness.
* WildCardExcuse: Caitlyn Snow comes up with "Lightning Psychosis" as a way of explaining all his strange behavior.
* WillfullyWeak: It's indicated several times that he holds himself back due to combination of self-doubt and the bad memories of his mother's death.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Even after he gets his powers, he still has doubts as to his capabilities in part because of Joe's dissaproval of his heroics.
** In a conversation with Caitlin he admits that he thinks that best part of him is the Flash, and not his civilian idenity.
--> '''Caitlin:''' With or without your speed, you're still you Barry.
--> '''Barry:''' No I'm not. I'm not the best version of me.
** Gives one of these to Oliver when he feels that what he does as the Arrow is consuming him. Barry assures Oliver that he can inspire people not as the Arrow, but as Oliver Queen.
* YoureNotMyFather: After Joe comes down hard on Barry for risking his life by fighting other metahumans and engaging in dangerous superheroics, Barry fires back by saying he is not Joe's kid and that his father is still sitting in prison for a crime he didn't commit.
** Later in a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming, Barry lists all the things Joe ''has'' done for him and says that while Joe's not his father, he is a Dad.
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[[folder: Harrison Wells]]
!!Dr. Harrison Wells
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"The man in the red mask, the fastest man alive. He must be kept...'''safe'''."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Tom Cavanagh
A scientist searching for metahumans who helps Barry understand his powers. There is a lot more to him than meets the eye, however.
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* ApologeticAttacker: One of the last things he tends to say to [[spoiler: people he kills is "forgive me". Whether or not he really means it is up to interpretation]].
* BadassBoast: He delivers one without even raising his voice, giving a chilling tone to his words.
-->'''Wells:''' Threaten me again, and I will end you. And I am not talking about your career.
* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: It's almost as if he personally chose to be AmbiguouslyEvil as a way to protect Barry by killing anyone who could be a true threat.
* BerserkButton:
** Do not harm Barry, even indirectly. He is ''enraged'' when he finds out that, behind his back, [[spoiler: Cisco made a freeze gun to counter Barry if he ever went rogue, and left said weapon carelessly in a locker. This turns to be a case of PragmaticVillainy, as Barry's speed is the only thing that can send him back home]].
** Incidentally, [[spoiler:any weapon designed to counter Barry would also counter him, which makes Cisco's experiments rather personal for him.]]
* BigFancyHouse: He owns a luxurious pad, much to Team Flash's surprise.
* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: Thawne steals Wells' identity by ''grafting his skin onto his own''.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: As his bond and affection for Team Flash grows he becomes less ruthless. [[spoiler: Except not, it's all an act. He won't hesitate to kill anyone who could possibly ruin his plans - and that includes anyone who could expose his secret identity like a certain reporter.]]
* CharacterTic: He has a habit of rubbing the back of his neck everytime he's talking to Gideon.
* TheChessmaster: Barry compares him to one, accusing him of using people as pawns.
** Later episodes show him playing chess. Hartley even compares the battle between him and Wells crew as a chess game.
* TheCorrupter: [[spoiler: He convinces Plastique to kill General Eiling, since he'll never stop hunting her or others like her to use them as weapons.]]
* CompositeCharacter:
** He is a combo of [[spoiler: the Eobard Thawne and Hunter Zolomon Reverse-Flashes. He has Zolomon's wheelchair-gimmick (though Zolomon really was crippled), plus he is a friend that Barry works with and he is clearly faster than Barry. Like Eobard Thawne, he has the knowledge of the future, scientific-ability and may very well come from the future. Both had obsessions with the Flash; Thawne was a fanboy, while Zolomon was obsessed with 'making The Flash a better hero']].
** [[spoiler: We later learn that he is Eobard Thawne, and he's from the future. But he's not obessed with making Barry a better hero. He's obessesed with making Barry go faster]]
** [[spoiler: We later learn that Eodbard Thawne and Wells ''were'' different people. Wells was a benovelent scientist but Thawne killed him, all so he could speed up production on the Particle Accelerator so he could get home early.]]
* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: So thoroughly rope-a-doped Barry that the Flash couldn't land a single punch and was just a punching bag in that fight. Wells was holding back too. The next episode, the opener had Barry say "I'm no longer the fastest man alive, he is..."]]
* DarkIsEvil: He wears an [[EvilWearsBlack all-black outfit]] and is usually seen lurking from the shadows.
* DeadAllAlong[=/=]DeadPersonImpersonation: Harrison Wells has been [[spoiler: dead for 15 years. Thawne killed him and took his place.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: He occasionally throws in a snide remark. "Spoken like a true philanthropist. Or is it humanitarian? Oh, I'm sorry. I can never remember which one you're ''pretending'' to be, [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Simon]]." He can be sarcastic even about himself, as in:
--> '''Barry:''' Dr. Wells, I doubt restraint is how you got to be the man you are today.\\
'''Wells:''' In a wheelchair and a pariah? Lack of restraint is what made me these things.
* DissonantSerenity: Notice how eerily calm he is during Barry's first test run; while Cisco and Caitlin are astonished, Wells is cool and collected.
* DoesNotLikeGuns: He insists that STAR Labs not make weapons and refuses to work with General Eiling.
** Actually he does have a modern semi-auto handgun that he keeps in his hidey-hole. He was [[spoiler:planning on using it to kill Firestorm, before Ronnie goes blows up in nuclear reaction.]]
* DueToTheDead: He's able to recall the name of everyone who died because of the Particle Accelerator explosion.
* EasilyForgiven: Although they call him out on it, the rest of Team Flash are pretty quick to forgive him for the things he's done (well what they know about anyway)
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Subverted. [[spoiler:He does genuinely care about Cisco (and presumably the rest of Team Flash) but he's still willing to kill them if it supports his goals.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: He's The Flash's Evil Counterpart, Reverse-Flash]], but he appears to be genuinely interested in making sure that The Flash stops whatever "crisis" happens in 2024. He '''loses it''' when Barry's powers go away in "Power Outage" and his records of the future change to show that the crisis is still going on and there's no mention of The Flash anywhere. Clearly, whatever this is something so bad that even he doesn't want it to happen. [[spoiler: Given the reveal that Wells wants to use Barry's speed to return home it may mean he was worried about being stuck in the past forever.]]
** Whatever his plans may be, he considers saving Central City from an impending nuclear explosion more important.
** He's a bit morally ambiguous or a WellIntentionedExtremist at best, but even he's ''disgusted'' with the things General Eiling has done.
* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler: He's the Reverse-Flash. However, it seems he's not the one who murdered Barry's mother...at first.]]
** In "Out Of Time," he [[spoiler: tells Cisco that not only did he kill Nora, he was ''actually'' gunning for Barry.]]
* EvilMentor: He's Barry's mentor; he's also [[spoiler: the Reverse-Flash]].
* EvilerThanThou: [[spoiler: Leaves [[BigBadWannabe Wade Eiling]] to a vengeful Grodd once he's no longer useful.]]
* FailedASpotCheck: When the Pied Piper breaks all of the glass in his house, he makes the mistake of saying he was in the middle of it, and there's not a scratch on him. [[spoiler: Joe and Eddie then launch their own private investigation into him.]]
* FalseFriend: To Barry [[spoiler: since he's the Reverse-Flash. While Wells is genuinely fond of Cisco and Caitlin (although he wouldn't hesitate to kill them if they found out his secret) he wants to '''kill''' Barry. Becoming his mentor was just so he could train Barry to become fast enough that he could achieve time travel (something Wells is incapable of doing) and take Wells back to the future, then he can kill Barry.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: He can be a pretty nice and chummy guy, who at first seems to be willing to give his life for his staff and Barry. Its all but an act. Best seen in "Out of Time" [[spoiler:as Wells is shown to be deep down, one sadistic person who is willing to kill someone to uphold his secrets of being the Reverse Flash and also knowing his true of Eobard Thawne.]]
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: [[spoiler:He's from several centuries in the future, and got trapped in our time after failing to kill Barry as a child.]]
* ForScience: He claims his protectiveness for Barry and devotion to his cause are due to the unlimited potential for scientific advancement, especially in the field of medicine, that would come from studying him and his condition. However, when pressed he admits that it's more due to the guilt he feels over the destruction his failures wrought, and that he aids Barry to make up for what he's done. [[spoiler: These are all lies: he's trying to get Barry's powers to the limit in order to steal them for himself. But this was the motivation for the ''original'' Dr. Wells.]]
* GeniusCripple: A brilliant scientist in a wheelchair. Except he's not really crippled.
* GivenNameReveal: [[spoiler: '''The''' Eobard Thawne.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: Not only is he jealous of people who are smarter than him, but [[spoiler: he's also jealous of Barry's speed because he can't time travel and return home while Barry's speed is unlimited.]]
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: His justification for using Tony as a distraction to Farooq.
* InsufferableGenius: [[spoiler: Hartley warned him there was a chance the Particle Accelerator could blow up, but he chose to ignore it. Of course he already knew that.]]
* ItsAllAboutMe: He claims to want to study Barry's powers to help people, but the argument could be made that he is doing it all solely for himself, something Barry is quick to call him out on. [[spoiler: He wants to use Barry's speed to return to the future]]
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: He tried to kill Barry, yet he was the one responsible for giving him his powers]].
** In "Rogue Time" he gets pissed at Barry [[spoiler: after he uses his knowledge gained from Time Travel to undo the events of the previous episode]] however doing so [[spoiler: allowed Harrison to keep his identity secret and prevented him from murdering Cisco]].
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: Kills Cisco because HeKnowsTooMuch and says that he's dead to him now.]]
** Then in "Tricksters" there's what he did to [[spoiler: the ''real'' [[KillAndReplace Wells]] and his wife.]]
* KidFromTheFuture: [[spoiler: He is Eddie Thawne's future relative.]]
* KillAndReplace: [[spoiler: Eobard Thawne killed Harrison Wells and his girlfriend years ago to take his place and expedite his plans for the Particle Accelerator.]]
* KnifeNut: He uses a knife [[spoiler: to murder Simon Stagg. It happens to be the signature killing style of the Reverse-Flash as well]].
* KnightTemplar: It appears (as of the fourth episode), that he is absolutely determined to keep Barry Allen safe, and has no qualms about how he does so.
* LackOfEmpathy: Openly admits that he doesn't care for others after Barry accuses him of this. Iris's mentor even calls him "a sociopath."
* LikeASonToMe: Considers Cisco this, and even tells him so, [[spoiler: right before [[TeleFrag telefragging]] him.]]
* LimitedWardrobe: He wears black sweatshirt, pants and sneakers every single episode.
* LongGame: [[spoiler: His entire scientific career was all for a purpose: become the head of S.T.A.R. Labs so he could build a Particle Accelerator that would intentionally fail so it would give Barry his super speed. And if he did murder Nora Allen, then he's been playing a very long game indeed.]]
* TheLostLenore: The sixth episode reveals Wells was once married to a fellow scientist named Tess Morgan, who died in a car accident 14 years ago (the same year Barry's mom died). Wells built the Particle Accelerator to fulfill her dreams as much as his own. [[spoiler: Tess wasn't the only one that died—the real Wells did too. Thawne caused that accident so he could impersonate Wells.]]
* LoveIsAWeakness:
** Initially believes that Barry's attachment to people hold him back but then realizes, it's the opposite.
** He does have affection for the STAR Labs Team, but [[spoiler: he'll put aside if any of them may become a threat to his plans.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: As Barry points out, Wells has no problem with controlling people and very carefully phrases everything to get the responses he desires from others.
** As of "Out Of Time," he seems to have [[spoiler: plunged straight into "bastard" territory, with his finally showing his hand to Cisco.]]
* MeaningfulName: Harrison Wells, H. Wells, Creator/HGWells.
* MindScrew:
** There are apparently [[spoiler: ''two'' different Reverse-Flashes. The one]] on the football field is thinner than the bulky and muscular one at S.T.A.R. Labs. [[http://i.imgur.com/DvOEhTK.png See for yourself.]] [[spoiler: This was apparently confirmed when blood DNA indicated Wells was not the one who killed Nora.]]
** [[spoiler: This may be subverted at the end of Out of Time however when its revealed that Wells can create afterimages of himself by vibrating fast enough which he used to give himself an alibi when the Reverse-Flash was captured. He also says that he was the one who murdered Nora though whether he is telling the truth or not is debatable considering that his DNA wasn't at the house]].
** [[spoiler: Both are true: He did kill Nora, and his DNA wasn't that left at the scene... the DNA he has ''now'', which is that of the real Harrison Wells. The DNA was from Thawne's ''original'' body before he changed himself into a duplicate of Wells.]]
* MoralityPet: Varies considerably depending on the situation. On the one hand, he does legitimately care about his S.T.A.R. Labs crew, [[LikeASonToMe especially Cisco]], and their influence has encouraged him to act virtuously for the sake of others where he would otherwise be more ruthless and calculating. On the ''other'' hand, [[spoiler: while he's willing to delay on their behalf to an extent, he ultimately doesn't care about them enough to let them ''seriously'' jeopardize his plans, and once Cisco discovers who he really is he murders him in cold blood.]]
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: His solution to any problem is always to kill. [[spoiler: It backfires when he kills the wrong person- the reporter Mason Bridge who'd been doing a story about how Wells killed Simon Stagg. By doing so Wells inadvertently clued Barry in to his true nature.]]
* MyGreatestFailure: The particle accelerator quickly went from being the crowning achievement of his career to this. [[spoiler: It's very strongly implied the whole thing was set up from the beginning to give Barry powers (with the others either being a side effect or also intentional).]]
* MysteriousPast: Not much about him is known, except that he lost his wife before he moved to Central City. [[spoiler: This ''is'' technically true, as there was a man named Harrison Wells who lost his wife 15 years ago. However, the "Wells" in the present is actually Eobard Thawne impersonating the real Wells after killing both him and his wife.]]
* NothingPersonal: [[spoiler:Says this when he murders Simon Stagg to protect Barry, and even asks Stagg to forgive him. Takes this a step further with Cisco, saying that he was [[LikeASonToMe like a son to him]] and again asking his victim to forgive him.]]
* NotSoAboveItAll: A world famous scientist who eats at the Big Belly Burger at the local mall, and engages in a friendly chess game to test Barry's mind and having great fun at it. He's also a Ghostbusters fan and quotes ''BackToTheFuture''.
* NotSoStoic: Keeps a cool demeanor even when ranting but a few select phrases have a lot more emotional emphasis on them [[spoiler:foreshadowing his true motives]].
* ObfuscatingDisability: The end of the pilot shows that he lied about not being able to walk. Even his glasses appear to be unnecessary.
* OhCrap:
** [[spoiler: When he realizes that Barry has discovered time travel too.]]
** [[spoiler:He first had this reaction before he was ever Harrison Wells--namely, when his Speed Force was depleted after his original trip back in time and attempt to kill young!Barry backfired thanks to future!Barry's intervention.]]
* PainfulTransformation: [[spoiler: Thawne and Wells are screaming the whole time while the later steals his genetic code.]]
* PetTheDog: For all his faults, he does seem to be genuinely fond of Caitlin, Cisco, and Barry. [[spoiler: But that won't stop him from killing any of them if they stumble on to his secret]]
** In "The Nuclear Man" he willingly delays his own timetable in order to save Ronnie's life.
* PoisonousFriend: He's willing to [[spoiler: kill Simon Stagg]] to keep Barry safe. UpToEleven, in fact, as [[spoiler: he's actually the Reverse-Flash, and has been violently preserving the Flash's future from when he was just a little kid.]]
* TheSociopath: He's very manipulative, stoic, and not very empathetic. It's unclear if the affection he shows towards Caitlin, Barry, and Cisco is genuine or not.
* StableTimeLoop: He's from the future, or has gained information from the future, where the Flash disappears. So he makes sure Barry gets his powers [[spoiler:after engineering his entire life so that he would be in a position to get them in the first place]].
* SecretKeeper: As one of the Flash's inner circle.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: The only one in STAR Labs with a pair, though they're all scientists or engineers.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: He's obsessed with Barry.
* TeamDad: For the STAR Labs team.
* TheUnfettered: He will do anything to keep Barry safe, ''anything''. [[spoiler: He'll also do anything to keep his idenity as the Reverse-Flash a secret including nearly beating himself to death.]]
* TokenEvilTeammate: For Team Flash, Wells tends to be the one who performs, or is in support of preforming, the most morally dubious actions in order to stop the super villain of the week (such as [[spoiler: murdering Simon Stagg in order to protect Barry's secret]] or [[spoiler: telling Team Flash to kill Ronnie to prevent a nuclear meltdown]]) which [[WhatTheHellHero he gets called out on a lot]]. [[spoiler: Oh yeah, and he's also the Reverse-Flash.]]
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Sometimes he'll encourage Barry to "prioritize" and focus on enhancing his speed instead of heroics, something which Joe is highly suspicious of.
* TrappedInThePast: [[spoiler: He's actually from centuries in the future, and is willing to do anything to get home.]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[spoiler:Killed and replaced a genuinely good man and sped up the time scale on a project which turned said good man into a scientific celebrity. Subverted when he intentionally had the project fail epically in order to create the Flash, as this turned the man into something of a pariah—albeit one who still held enough credibility to be able to call city-wide press conferences.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: As the season progresses the more that is revealed about himself the harder it becomes to talk about him without spoiling some pretty big plot twists.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He sees himself this way, though it's unclear if he actually ''is'' one. [[spoiler: He is trying to harness Barry's speed so he can go home to his time. However, the Red Sky Crisis (which will happen with or without the Flash) has yet to be fully explained; [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/flash-eobard-thawne-is-harrison-782088 and WordOfGod]] has stated that Wells "is not an "evil man," and that he even has reason to see "himself as a hero." We later learn he shows disdain for Barry's time travel abilities in part because he's concerned how the time line could change if Barry insists from deviating from established events.]]
* WildCard: On the one hand, he's done incredibly dodgy things (like murder) all in the name of protecting Barry, even though he's [[spoiler: the Reverse-Flash]]. On the other hand, he seems to be genuinely fond of Barry, Cisco, and Caitlin and he's able to remember ''every name'' of all the people who died because of the Particle Accelerator and when Barry temporarily loses his powers and there are no future records of the Flash, he seriously '''freaks out'''. He's also willing to drop his wheelchair masquereade to save Barry (during a training exercise with drones it looked as Barry was about to be hit). At this point it's hard to say, what his goals are. [[spoiler: We later learn his speed powers are in flux, and he's trying to stabilize them. He's also in some sort of alliance with Grodd. We then learn he wants to go back to the future and that Barry's speed is the key to returning.]]
* WorfHadTheFlu: [[spoiler:He can use his super speed if he needs to, but it's currently in a state of flux. He's using the tachyon device stolen from Mercury Labs to fix it.]]
* WouldHurtAChild:[[spoiler:He didn't want to kill Nora... his target was Barry]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Caitlin Snow]]
!! Dr. Caitlin Snow
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[Franchise/TheFlash You]] of all people should know that, in science, we '''share'''. We do not keep secrets.'']]
->'''Played By:''' Danielle Panabaker
A bioengineering expert who helps the Flash. Lost her fiancé in the STAR Labs particle accelerator explosion. In-universe, she first appears in an episode of ''Arrow'' set before Barry wakes up from his coma.
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* ActionSurvivor: Even before the show started, she and Cisco encountered ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} on ''Arrow'' and survived.
* AdaptationDyeJob: She has brown hair in the series, instead of platinum blonde as in the comics.
* AdaptationalHeroism: In the comics, Caitlin Snow is the [[spoiler: supervillain Killer Frost]].
* {{Adorkable}}: She complains that Operation is not anatomically correct, while playing with Barry, and then gets childishly frustrated when she touches the sides. Also, any time she talks about something scientific, she sounds like she's on a sugar high. This trope gets TurnedUpToEleven when she's drunk. She also seems to be the one to come up with the more cutesy nicknames for the metahumans they go up agaist (Rainbow Raider, Peekaboo.)
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: She has a rigid demeanor since the aftermath of the Particle Accelerator accident, though it gradually disappeared since the second episode.
* AlphabeticalThemeNaming: [[spoiler: She and Mrs. '''C'''larissa '''S'''tein are the {{Love Interest}}s of the two people that composes Firestorm.]]
* AngerBornOfWorry: She initially seemed constantly furious at Barry for putting himself at danger for what she saw as no good reason, but it's stated the only other person to have made her that angry was her late fiancee, suggesting she cares about him more than she lets on. As they grow closer, she starts displaying less anger and more genuine concern.
* BrainyBrunette: She's a brilliant bioengineer who, [[AdaptationDyeJob unlike the comics]], has brown hair.
* BrutalHonesty: She doesn't bother lying to Barry about how the needle she's going to jam in his chest will hurt a lot.
* CompositeCharacter: She's a S.T.A.R. Labs scientist like the third Killer Frost, from whom she also takes her name, but her romantic backstory with a character [[spoiler: who becomes Firestorm]] is incorporated from Crystal Frost, the first Killer Frost.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Barry notes in the Pilot that she doesn't smile much. Justified, in that the particle accelerator accident killed her fiance and destroyed her career. However helping Barry with his heroics is bringing her out of her shell, she's actually enjoying herself by the end of the second episode.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: She refers to Ronnie and herself as "like fire and ice." This is an allusion to [[spoiler: Ronnie becoming the superhero Firestorm and Caitlin eventually becoming the supervillain Killer Frost]].
* HospitalHottie: A very attractive young woman who acts as Barry's physician after the lightning bolt changes his physiology.
* HotScientist: As noted in the above trope, an attractive woman who's studying the explosion's effects on the metahumans, especially Barry.
* HypocriticalHeartwarming: She tells Barry that "she won't patch him up every time he breaks something." Then she does.
* TheMedic: To the Flash.
* MarriedToTheJob: Everyone notices she has very little life outside of her job. It's partly because she's naturally a workaholic (her fiancee was the one who got her to relax) and partly because she's working to forget about Ronnie.
* MeaningfulName: The moniker "Snow" alludes to more than a chilly disposition.
* MoralityChain: [[spoiler: For Ronnie when he was still unwillingly fused with Prof. Stein, much like how his wife Clarissa was for the latter during the ordeal.]]
* MotherlyScientist: While she seems more interested in getting samples from her test subject at first, she soon begins to show concern for Barry's well being.
* MythologyGag: She mentions Ronnie used to say they were "fire and ice", a nod to her alter-ego in the comics, [[AnIcePerson ice-based villain]] Killer Frost. In "Flash vs Arrow" she also [[http://i.imgur.com/eMN9Jpd.jpg wears a necklace with the cold front weather symbol]].
* NotSoStoic: When she sees what Barry can do, she just gapes in amazement. She's also worried about Barry during his first major fight as the Flash.
* NowLetMeCarryYou: She pretty much says this verbatim to Cisco in ''Rogue Time'' to convince him to let her lend support at the family gathering he must attend.
* OhCrap: [[spoiler: When she realizes that Wells is the Reverse-Flash. However, she forgets when Barry hits the ResetButton.]]
* OppositesAttract: Caitlin describes her and Ronnie this way.
* RedOniBlueOni: With her stern and introverted demeanor, she's blue to Cisco's red.
* RefusalOfTheCall: At first, she doesn't approve of Barry using his powers to help ordinary citizens, instead thinking they should be used exclusively to contain rogue meta-humans. She changes her tune by the end of the second episode though.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Barry was quite surprised that she showed up to their NotADate in a LittleBlackDress. Caitlyn mentions that she doesn't dress up like a school principal every day.
* SecretKeeper: Another one of the Flash's inner circle.
* ShipTease:
** With Cisco, there are several ship tease moments, like the time he was injured and woke up saying her name.
** In ''Things You Can't Outrun'', a flashback to the explosion reveals that the only way Ronnie convinced Cisco to essentially let him die was that, if not, it would be Caitlin who died.
** There are several flashbacks with them together, to the accident, and to when he starting working at Star Labs. He declares that "she seems nice" while gazing after her with a starstruck look.
** In ''The Man In the Yellow Suit'', Cisco holds Caitlin and comforts her as she cries about Ronnie.
** In ''Revenge of the Rogues'', Cisco is the one to rescue Caitlin. She hugs him because she thought she was going to die, but he says, "Not while I'm around."
** Caitlin is Cisco's date to his brother's birthday party in ''Rogue Time'', and Dante flirting with her there parallels him stealing Cisco's crush in high school.
** With Barry, he made a comment that she didn't smile much.
** In ''Things You Can't Outrun'', they spend a good deal of time together, and he helps her with panic attacks provoked by the thought of the Particle Accelerator. The comic tie-in implies that she's attracted to him.
** In ''Power Outage'', she specifically compares him to Ronnie, saying she doesn't want to lose anyone else she cares about.
** In ''Crazy for You'', a large part of the episode is devoted to Barry & Caitlin's relationship; most of it serves to make sure the audience knows there's some sort of attraction. [[spoiler: Or, at least that Caitlin is attracted to Barry. Barry, apparently, is completely oblivious.]]
* TheStoic: Ever since the explosion killed her fiancé and ruined her career, she's been very detached.
* UndyingLoyalty: Even though the explosion ruined her career and killed her fiance, she's still working for Dr. Wells and STAR Labs.
* WhenSheSmiles: [[spoiler: Despite her rigid demeanor, she smiles ear to ear when Barry defeats Clyde Mardon and comes out okay. By the time of Episode Two, she is smiling whenever she knows she's helping the Flash in general.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Cisco Ramon]]
!! Cisco Ramon
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"This just keeps getting cooler!"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Carlos Valdes
A mechanical engineering genius who helps the Flash. In-universe, he first appears in an episode of ''Arrow'' set before Barry wakes up from his coma.
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* ActionSurvivor: Even before the show started, he and Caitlin encountered ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} on ''Arrow'' and survived.
* AdaptationalWimp: Ultimately subverted. At first he is presented as the show's PluckyComicRelief despite being a superhero in the comics. It is later revealed that he has combat training as shown in his fight with Hartley.
* {{Adorkable}}: He's not unlike Barry in this aspect.
* AudienceSurrogate: For the fanboys in the audience, certainly. He is the one who's the most excited by Barry's powers, and came up with the idea of Barry wearing a special suit. The lightning bolt logo was also his idea. He also gives the metahuman criminals their super-villain names.
* BerserkButton: Destroying his tech. He was downright furious when he heard Bette had blown up (accidentally) Barry's suit, or at least until he saw how attractive Bette was.
* BreakTheCutie: Besides his [[spoiler: [[DeathIsCheap death]] at the hands of Wells]] he is captured by the Rogues [[spoiler: and forced to build weapons for them or else Captain Cold would kill his brother.]]
* CrazyPrepared: After the explosion at STAR Labs, he's become this by nature and necessity. Once he developed a perfect suit to handle Barry's capabilities, he made three. Regardless of how much sense his over-preparedness makes sense, it's gotten him in trouble with [[spoiler:Dr. Wells, who is angered that Cisco created a weapon to counter Barry's capabilities out of worry that Barry may turn against them one day]].
** Zigzagged all around. Cisco is great about building things he needs - a Flash suit, an anti-Flash gun (that they actually could have used when Barry got hit with a HatePlague), a sonic device to control Hartley, he even came up with the idea to hold metahumans in the reactor. But he's extremely careless with his tech meaning that it often gets used against him.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Although he's initially enraged by Plastique destroying Barry's suit he drops it immediately when he gets a look at her.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Draws the line at Caitlin's suggestion of [[MythologyGag "Rainbow Raider"]].
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:He manages to stand his ground calmly as Wells prepares to scramble his insides, despite still reeling from learning the truth.]]
* GadgeteerGenius: Designs the Flash's suit, and outright admits his job at STAR Labs is to "make the toys", [[spoiler:which includes anti-Flash weaponry]] as "Going Rogue" shows.
* FunTShirt: He wears a lot of these.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler: Why Wells kills him.]]
* IdiotBall: [[spoiler: He built a freeze ray to counter Barry's speed if he ever went rogue, which is not an unreasonable suspicion considering what the other meta-humans are like. The only problem is he didn't tell anyone else about it, and carelessly put it in a cheap locker, which was easy to break in to. It then gets stolen by Captain Cold's paid-off janitor at S.T.A.R. Labs.]]
** Cisco gets handed the ball a lot. He also let [[spoiler: Hartley out of his cell, letting him escape.]]
* JumpedAtTheCall: The first of the S.T.A.R. Labs team to help Barry with his heroics, including the ones not involving meta-humans.
* {{Keet}}: Even Barry is calm and collected by comparison.
* KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade: [[spoiler: Poor Cisco gets impaled by Wells after he discovers the [[SarcasmMode good doctors]] true identity. Though considering the fact that this is a comic book show and Barry can travel though time now [[DeathIsCheap its probably not going to stick]]]].
* MinoredInAsskicking: Mostly works as the team's GadgeteerGenius but, as his fight with Hartley Rathaway shows, he can put up a fight if he needs to.
* MotorMouth: When he is talking about something he likes, he tends to go into vivid or so detail.
* TheMovieBuff[=/=]TVGenius: If a ShoutOut to a movie or/and a TV show is going to be made, it's usually him who does it.
* MythologyGag: Cisco Ramon is the name of the superhero [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Francisco_Ramon_%28Prime_Earth%29 Vibe]]. He later tells Hartley "You're not the only one who understands vibrations", while using a sound-based weapon against him.
* NiceGuy: Out of all the S.T.A.R. Lab team, he's the one who's more interested in helping Barry adjust to his new life instead of treating him as walking lab experiment.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: He was the one who [[spoiler: designed Leonard Snart's cold gun, and kept it in a rinkydink little locker where it inevitably got stolen]].
* TheNicknamer: He comes up with the names for the meta-human Flash fights, and is very territorial about it.
-->'''Hartley:''' I was thinking of calling myself Pied Piper.
-->'''Cisco:''' Hey, '''''I''''' assign the nicknames around here! ...Although that one's not bad.
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Shows this attitude, and was very reluctant to leave Ronnie behind in the particle accelerator as well as leaving Wells to deal with Farooq.
* PersonAsVerb: A specially modified treadmill is "Ciscoed", coined by himself.
* PrecisionFStrike: Not literally, but his tendency to frequently call Hartley Rathaway "a dick" is still the saltiest language the show uses.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Caitlin. [[spoiler: When Ronnie first appears to her he is the first person she tells about it. He is immediately supportive despite not being completely sure she actually saw him.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: With his cheery and enthusiastic demeanor, he's red to Caitlin's blue.
* SecretKeeper:
** As one of the Flash's inner circle. [[spoiler:However, he tells Captain Cold when presented with a SadisticChoice.]]
** [[spoiler:Even though he had a falling out with Joe since the latter accused Dr. Wells of having been involved in Nora Allen's murder, Cisco still runs the blood tests and calls Joe about the results, making sure Wells is out of earshot first.]]
* SlobsVsSnobs: His conflict with Hartley. Hartley couldn't believe someone like Cisco could be a mechanical genius.
* StepfordSmiler:
** He may act cheerful and goofy, but he harbors deep feelings of guilt for locking Ronnie in the particle accelerator (at Ronnie's own insistence, to channel the impending explosion and protect as many people as possible).
** He's also enstranged from his family, which is why he relies on the rest of Team Flash for emotional support.
* SurvivorsGuilt: Dude has some serious issues and insecurities left from locking Ronnie in the particle accelerator. [[spoiler:Which is why, when Ronnie comes back, Cisco is so adamant on finding him.]]
* SweetTooth: He's constantly snacking on candy and other sugary foods.
* TotallyRadical: Likes to talk jive. Caitlin lampshades this in Arrow.
-->'''Cisco''': I hereby christen this building '''the bomb'''. \\
'''Caitlin''': Nobody says that anymore.
* TwoFirstNames: Being a Creator/DCComics based character, he has a last name that is traditionally used as a first name.
* UndyingLoyalty: He's still working for STAR Labs and Dr. Wells after the explosion. He even originally built the Flash suit for firefighters, in the hopes the city would stop hating Dr. Wells.
* TheUnfavorite: Despite his genius, his parents treat his older brother with more love and attention.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Less of a father-son way and more of a hero-employee way. Cisco craves Wells' approval, as pointed out by Pied Piper. [[spoiler: Ironically enough Wells says he considers Cisco to be the son he never had... [[KickTheDog before killing him]]]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Iris West]]
!! Iris West
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''"We grew up one bedroom down from each other, do you honestly think I don't know when you're happy, or sad, or depressed, or lost?"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Candice Patton
Barry's best friend and the love of his life. She was a graduate student studying criminal psychology, but once she started an online metahuman database, she was offered a job at Picture News. Now she has been tasked with uncovering the secret of S.T.A.R. Labs, though she doesn't yet know that Barry is at the heart of it.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Her comic counterpart is a classic example of HeroesWantRedheads. Became a brunette for the show to accommodate her RaceLift.
* ActionGirl: In ''The Flash is Born'', she's the one that lays out the VillainOfTheWeek when he tries to get up after the Flash hits him with a Supersonic Punch. In ''Power Outage'', she [[spoiler:rescues herself after being taken hostage by Clock King by ''surprise-shooting him'' with Eddie's gun]].
* BigDamnKiss: [[spoiler: Finally kisses Barry when they try to rescue Joe, but Barry's discovery of time travel at the end of the episode erases this.]]
* BrainyBrunette: She's a graduate student studying criminal psychology.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Barry. They have been friends since they were kids.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Barry has been in love with Iris since "before he knew what love is." We don't know exactly how old they were when they became friends, but he had a crush on her since before his mother died when he was 11.
* CuddleBug: Iris literally cannot stop touching Barry any chance she gets, no matter who's around to witness it. Thankfully, Barry's into it. Their respective significant others, however? Not so much.
* DamselOutOfDistress: Twice now, a bad guy tried to take her hostage. Twice now, [[ActionGirl it didn't turn out quite as they expected]].
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Initially she wanted to be a cop; her cop father said no, on the grounds that a life in the police force would be too dangerous. She's currently dating Detective Thawne in secret. [[spoiler: It's no longer secret as of "Things You Can't Outrun".]]
* FunPersonified: Iris is very upbeat and affirming of others, she doesn't like journalism until she finds a story she cares about, at which point she dives in headfirst.
* GenkiGirl: Iris comes off as a bit on the bubbly, enthusiastic and hyper side.
* HotScoop[=/=]IntrepidReporter: Well, Iris is a journalist student and blogger.
** When she gets a proper job at newspapers, she agrees to look into the going ons of her friends at STAR Labs.
* InnocentBystander: Subverted. This is what Joe and Barry see her as and the reason they refuse to let her in on the secret, but Iris has shown herself quite capable of handling several dire situations, and is more than willing to dive into the thick of things in order to get a story or find out what's really going on.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Joe made Barry promise that he wouldn't tell Iris about his powers, something he's not very happy about.
** As of "Tricksters", [[spoiler:she is ''literally'' the only regular character who doesn't know Barry is the Flash.]]
* MissingMom: We have yet to see any sign of her mother, which is significant because her father is a major character. Flashbacks show that this was the case back when she was eleven.
* MotorMouth: Has her moments.
--> '''Wells:''' She ''[Iris]'' came to see you ''[Barry]'' quite often.
--> '''Caitlin:''' She talks ''a '''lot'''''.
* NiceGirl: For the most part, she's pretty sweet.
* ObliviousToLove: Because Iris has never known a version of Barry that wasn't in love with her, she doesn't realize that's what is going on until he tells her. It's also interesting that she keeps talking about how no other woman seems to be able to see how amazing he is, which means she might be oblivious to her own feelings.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Barry since they were kids. However, the feelings on Barry's side have always been more than platonic. [[spoiler: It becomes clear in 1.15 that Iris' feelings are also more than platonic, and in 1.16 she admits Barry was "too late" rather than that she doesn't feel the same way.]]
* RaceLift: She's white in the comics, but black in the show.
* ShipperOnDeck: For Barry and Felicity. Which is amusing, because Felicity is this for Iris and Barry.
* TheSmartGirl: Iris is a BrainyBrunette who has shown that she has brains and intelligence.
* WrongGuyFirst: With Eddie, who is mostly introduced as a romantic obstacle for Barry.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Joe West]]
!! Detective Joe West
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''"I've always had a simple set of beliefs. Until a few weeks ago, I believed the fastest man could run a mile in four minutes -- not four '''seconds'''."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Jesse L. Martin
A detective in the Central City PD and Iris' father.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: The New 52 version of the West patriarch was an AbusiveParent, enough that his own son Daniel crippled him in an attempt to ''[[SelfMadeOrphan end his life]]''. Joe West however is a good man and a great father (and father-figure) to both his daughter and his foster son... Of course, the pre-''Flashpoint'' version was also a likeable person, so it's subverted on that count.
* AdaptationNameChange: Was named Ira (New Earth) or William (Prime Earth) in the comics.
* AgentScully: Doesn't take much stock in Barry's more "creative" theories. Until he sees Barry and Mardon fight, that is. Even after that he's still sceptical about the Man In Yellow until he actually sees him.
* ArchEnemy: He's been chasing the Mardon brothers for a long time, and it just got [[ItsPersonal personal]] when his partner was killed.
* BadassNormal: A veteran detective, he is still skilled enough to go against metahuman threats like if they were normal everyday crooks. Notably he's the first one to guess that [[spoiler: there's more to Dr. Wells than meets the eye.]]
* CompositeCharacter: He is actually much more similar to the New 52 version of Darryl Frye than to any version of the West father (who originally was a scientist who designed his special suit, much like the S.T.A.R. Labs crew in the show).
** His adopting of Barry after his mother's murder and father's arrest is taken from New Earth's Ira West, who is [[spoiler:the ''adoptive'' father of Iris (who in that version of the story was born in the 30th century).]]
* DeadpanSnarker:
** As evidenced by his ShutUpHannibal moment with Clyde Mardon.
--->'''Mardon''': [[EvilIsHammy DO YOU THINK YOUR GUNS CAN STOP GOD?]] \\
'''Joe''': Why in the hell would God need to rob banks?!
** [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Which unfortunately blows back on him when Mardon decides he's right and tries to destroy Central City instead.]]
* FantasyForbiddingFather: He tries to get Barry to stop his extra-curricular heroics, but he eventually relents when he realizes how much the city needs Barry.
* FriendOnTheForce: To S.T.A.R. Labs
* GoodParents: Really, we shouldn't have to explain this one. Just look at [[Heartwarming/TheFlash2014 this page]] and check how many Joe moments are on there.
* HiddenDepths: He was able to name each of the people that coined the quotes Clock King was reciting.
** Joe's often smarter and more GenreSavvy than people think. There's a lot of UnderestimatingBadassery around him.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Notably one of the few characters to avert this [[spoiler: 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.
* LawyerFriendlyCameo: Not that dissimilar from ''LawAndOrder'''s Ed Green, even down to the same actor. Which is interesting, since Green and his partner Joe Fontana had a cameo in a ''Batman'' comic.
* LikeASonToMe: He raised Barry like his own son, and he considers him as such, casually referring to him as "my kid" a couple of times.
* NotSoAboveItAll: He's usually stern and the OnlySaneMan, but when Barry shows him he can vibrate his vocal chords to throw his voice, he can't help but geek out.
* OverprotectiveDad: He tends to treat Iris and Barry like the're still a couple of ten year olds, instead of young adults. He scolds Iris and Barry, after the two of them were nearly caught up in a robbery and refused to let Iris follow in his footstep as a cop.
-->'''Joe''': You're just a kid. You're my kid.
* ParentalSubstitute: Took Barry in after his dad went to jail, and will occasionally refer to him as "son" or "my kid" without even thinking about it.
* ParentsAsPeople: Joe genuinely loves Iris and Barry and does his best to help them and keep them safe but this is offset by flaws in his own character such as being stubborn in the face problems where he ''has'' to relent, BecauseISaidSo tendencies that are invalidated by his lack of ability to enforce his statements, and some InnocentlyInsensitive moments that show with Barry.
* PoliceAreUseless: Joe utterly subverts this, which is borderline unheard-of in superhero media. Even meta-human threats, which you could excuse normal police from being able to handle, are all but another day on the job for Joe West.
* RaceLift: He's white in the comics, but black in the show.
* SecretKeeper: The only one outside STAR Labs and Team {{Series/Arrow}} who knows about Barry's powers.
* ShipperOnDeck: For Barry and Iris, as revealed in ''Plastique''.
* SkepticNoLonger: He doesn't believe Barry until he sees [[spoiler: that Clyde Mardon is alive and can control the weather, and that Barry can run fast enough to unravel a potential F-5 class tornado]].
* ThatOneCase:
** Nora Allen's murder. A murder that ruined the lives of his friends, resulting in him effectively adopting their child? Yes.
** Also, the Mardon brothers' case.
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[[folder: Eddie Thawne]]
!! Detective Eddie Thawne
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''"Freeze, police! Or do you want to find out the hard way you're not faster than a bullet?"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Rick Cosnett
A police officer in the Central City PD, recently transferred from Keystone City, who becomes Joe's partner and Iris's boyfriend.
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* TheAce: He's great at his job to the point of having started to keep scores of his arrests.
* {{Adorkable}}: Mostly when it comes to talking to his partner about the fact that he's dating his daughter.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Barry (whenever he's in civvies anyway). Most obvious when he catches a bag-snatcher that had, just a few moments ago, knocked Barry flat on his rear. [[LoveTriangle Then he starts dating Iris.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:He leaps into action to save the Flash in a crucial moment during his fight against Captain Cold and Heat Wave.]]
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: [[spoiler: The only reason he was spared by the Reverse-Flash is because he is Thawne's distant relative.]]
* CopBoyfriend: To Iris.
* EtTuBrute: punches Barry for trying to confess to Iris, when Eddie thought he and Barry were supposed to be friends.
* FairCop: We will be mentioning his nickname "Detective Pretty Boy" several times.
* FormerlyFat: He used to be a short, fat kid, who was teased a lot.
* FriendlessBackground: Though not directly stated, Eddie lets on that he doesn't have many friends, but values the one he does. When talking to Barry about the latter's friendship to Iris, Eddie wistfully says that he's learned from experience that friends are hard to find; and when [[spoiler: he learns Barry hit on Iris, what he singles out as the worst part isn't that someone tried to steal his girlfriend -- it's that he thought he and Barry were friends. And, although it took some [[BlatantLies scientific explanation]] from Caitlin, Eddie forgives Barry pretty quickly afterwards.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: Admitted to Barry that he was a bit jealous of his relationship to Iris, but he gets over it and bonds with him over the Tony Woodward case. It does briefly pop up again when Barry gives Iris a replica of her mom's wedding ring
** He initially did ''not'' like the Flash at all, and considered him a threat on little or no evidence mainly because Iris liked him. However, he got better after the Flash helped the police against Reverse-Flash, and is a full-on Flash supporter by ''Revenge of the Rogues''.
* InSeriesNickname: Detective Pretty Boy.
* MysteriousPast: His past is described as a mystery and harbors a dark secret according to WordOfGod.
** He's mentioned a little bit to Barry in "The Flash is Born." He said he was a short, fat kid who's dad was a local politician who shut down the factory in his school district, meaning he got his ass kicked. A ''lot.''
* MythologyGag: His name is a reference to the comics character Eobard Thawne, known to be [[ArchEnemy Professor Zoom]]/[[EvilCounterpart Reverse-Flash]] in the comics. [[spoiler:However, he proves to be a RedHerring for Harrison Wells, the true Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash. Wells, however, calls Eddie a "distant relative," which may mean that Eddie is his direct ancestor.]]
* NiceGuy: So far, he has been seen to be very affable and friendly to Joe and Barry, always showing concern and empathy for Barry.
* NotSoDifferent: As he points out to Barry, they're much more similar than he thinks: both had rough childhoolds, were tormented by bullies, frequently got their asses handed to them, and eventually grew up to help people in the CCPD.
* OpenMouthInsertFoot: He's this around Joe on matters about him being Iris's boyfriend.
* OutOfFocus: In the middle of the season, [[spoiler: until he learns Barry's identity.]]
* PopCultureIsolation: An in-universe example. During a pub quiz, Eddie apparently didn't know [[Franchise/StarWars the name of Han Solo's ship]].
* PrettyBoy: To the point of being nicknamed Detective Pretty Boy in-universe. Even [[TheStoic Caitlin]] thinks he's hot.
* RedHerring: [[spoiler: Despite sharing a surname with comics character Eobard Thawne and having being suspiciously spared by the Reverse-Flash, he is not Reverse-Flash; Wells is. This is turned UpToEleven in ''Out of Time'', when Wells is revealed to be Eobard Thawne himself.]]
* SecretKeeper:
** [[spoiler:Let in on the meta-human secret, though Joe still keeps Eddie in the dark in regards to Flash's secret identity.]]
** [[spoiler: He's also the only one on the police force that knows that Joe is investigating Harrison Wells.]]
** [[spoiler: ''And'' then Barry willingly reveals his identity as the Flash to him in "Tricksters".]]
* StopOrIWillShoot: "You're not faster than a bullet." (Said to a crook, not the Flash.)
* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: Created a task force to catch Flash (who had [[NotHimself violently assaulted him earlier]]) before becoming his loyal supporter.
* TookALevelInKindness: In the first episodes, he seemed to be a little more of a cocky jerk (keeping count of his arrests, being overly proud of catching a mugger, etc.) However, a few episodes in, that phases out and he starts to become friendlier and nicer. Compare and contrast both times Barry compliments him for "saving the day" when the Flash was present -- the first time, in ''Fastest Man Alive'', he brushes it off with faux humbleness, but gives credit to no one else; the second time, in ''Revenge of the Rogues'', he gratefully thanks the Flash for everything.
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: Punches Barry for trying to steal his girlfriend. However, he later apologizes to him when Caitlin explains that it was part of his [[BlatantLies medical condition]].]]
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[[folder: Barry Allen/The Flash]]
!! [[Franchise/TheFlash Bartholomew "Barry" Allen]]
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"To understand what I'm about to tell you, you need to do something first: you need to believe the impossible."'']]
->'''Known Aliases:''' The Flash, "Red Streak", The Fastest Man Alive, The Scarlet Speedster
->'''Played By:''' Grant Gustin
An assistant crime scene investigator in Central City with a habit of being late to work. After the murder of his mother by a "man in yellow", he develops an interest (some say obsession) in "impossible" crimes and events. He first appears in-universe in the mid-season 2 two-parter in ''Arrow'' investigating a break-in by a thief who apparently has SuperStrength. After being struck by lightning, he falls into a coma and awakens as a "[[DifferentlyPoweredIndividual metahuman]]" with SuperSpeed, which he eagerly uses to fight crime, find other meta-humans, and eventually find his mother's killer.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Barry Allen has light blond hair in the comics, but is portrayed with dark brown hair on the show.
* {{Adorkable}}: Portrayed this way ever since his first appearances on ''{{Series/Arrow}}''.
* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Downplayed. Felicity Smoak is genuinely fond of him, but he's more interested in Iris West.
* AgentMulder: Perfectly willing to accept that one guy with super-strength was behind the break-in at the Queen Consolidated warehouse, and actively seeks out weird cases.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Henry wanted him to change his surname so people would stop giving him grief about being related to a (albeit innocent) murderer.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Displays this ability in the pilot, knowing a car's exact make and model based off of faint tire tracks left at a crime scene.
* {{Badass}}: Fastest man alive and all that.
* BadassAdorable: Barry is nerdy, loveable and incredibly endearing but DO NOT underestimate him as he can kick ass like no other.
* BadassBookworm: Police forensic scientist person gets superpowers and fights crime.
* BadLiar: Joe and Iris seem to think so.
* BeautyIsNeverTarnished: His face doesn't typically suffer anything severe, save for a few nicks and dings. Justified, as he heals at a much faster rate than your regular human.
* BecauseDestinySaysSo: Oliver thinks that lighting bolt wasn't random:
--> '''Oliver:''' I don't think that bolt of lighting struck you, Barry; I think it ''chose'' you.
* BerserkButton: He is put-off everytime he hears that he's being referred to as "The Streak".
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Barry is generally a nice guy but if you cross him or hurt anyone that he cares about, he won't hesitate to kick your ass.
* BigDamnKiss: [[spoiler: Finally kisses Iris before going to save her father, but with his discovery of time travel at the end of the episode this is erased.]]
* BigEater: It turns out that his SuperSpeed speeds up his metabolism too, [[BlessedWithSuck and if he doesn't eat heavily, he collapses from hypoglycemia.]] He also can't get buzzed by alcohol unless he drinks ultra-high concentrated alcohol, and even then, it only lasts briefly.
* BirdsOfAFeather: With Felicity Smoak.
* BoyNextDoor: He is considerate and selfless. In the case of Iris, ''literally'' next door, as he lived with her growing up.
* BrokenPedestal: Barry idolized the Arrow but upon actually meeting him he is seriously off put by who much of a jerk Oliver can be. Similar things happen in subsequent crossovers with Barry's initial enthusiasm getting derailed by Oliver's more brutal methods. Ultimately subverted when Barry learns to see Oliver / The Arrow as an ally with his own strengths and flaws rather than an idol.
** The Flash becomes a Broken Pedestal to [[spoiler:Iris when he brutally attacks Eddie while under a HatePlague.]]
** As of "Rogue Time", Wells seems to have finally become this to Barry; [[spoiler:Barry knew Mason Bridge was investigating Wells, claiming to know some very dirty secrets about him and that he'd reveal it all soon -- and then Bridge [[RevealingCoverUp mysteriously disappears]]. Barry doesn't think it's a coincidence and finally starts to grow suspicious of Wells.]]
* BullyHunter: He's aggressively anti-bully, especially since he had to deal with them a lot as a kid. Best shown in "The Flash Is Born" when he goes after one of his childhood bullies and now metallic metahuman, Tony Woodward.
* ButtMonkey: In the first episode alone he gets battered by a mugger, struck by lightning & goes into a coma for 9 months, all in the space of an evening, then wakes up to find that the woman he's in love with has begun a relationship with another man during said coma. [[ThrowTheDogABone But hey]], he gets SuperSpeed.
* TheCape: Barry is basically the counterpart to Oliver Queen's TheCowl. The two-part crossover of "Flash vs. Arrow" on ''The Flash'' and "The Brave and the Bold" on ''Arrow'' is an extended look at how Barry's city is clean and nice and had to be bombarded with metahumans before it needed a hero, one like Barry, who's sweet and kind, contrasting them with Oliver and his city. Once he's revealed to the public, he fully embraces being a symbol of hope for Central City.
* CassandraTruth: The only people who truly believed Barry's story about his mother's murder were... Barry & his father, who were the only people to witness it. Many flashbacks show a tearful ten year old Barry trying to convince people to let his dad go. Present-day Barry is still very bitter over this fact.
* TheCastShowoff: Grant Gustin gets to show his amazing singing voice in "Crazy for You".
* CharacterDevelopment: Barry has become more forceful and driven than he was during his first appearance on Arrow; stammering a lot less and interacting with more ease, which he might owe to his powers. According to the creators, it won't stop there...
--> '''Andy Kreisberg''': It's Barry Allen coming to terms both physically and emotionally with what's happened to him. He's not really The Flash yet because he's still in the early days. By the end of the year, he will come to resemble The Flash that we know from the comic books. That's really the arc for the first year.
* ChickMagnet: He's been involved, or at least had a ShipTease, with ''four'' women in the first season alone, namely; Iris, Felicity, Caitlin and Linda.
* ClarkKenting: Cleverly averted, as most of the people who get a clear look at him in action already know about him. When he has to appear in front of people not in the know who might recognize him, he vibrates his face so it becomes a blur, and also his vocal chords.
* ClearTheirName: Knows his father is innocent and won't rest until everyone else knows it too.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Has a vested interest in weird crimes which can't be explained with pure fact and logic, due to his mother's death being such a case. Detective West repeatedly tells Barry to stop looking into such cases & accept that his father killed his mother, not a "ball of lightning with a man inside."
* TheCloudcuckoolanderWasRight: Considering Barry himself becomes the fastest man alive and Clyde Mardon can control the weather, [[spoiler:Detective West]] realises that Barry was right about everything upon seeing it for themselves.
* TheCoroner: He works for the CSI unit of the CCPD.
* DeadpanSnarker: Barry can thrown in a snide comment when the moment calls for it.
* {{Determinator}}: He'll flip cars to catch local Central City baddies.
* DoggedNiceGuy: To Iris West.
* DorkKnight: He's a bit awkward and is prone to geek-outs, but he's brave and has a big heart.
* DudeWheresMyRespect: Not as the Flash, but in his day job most of the CCPD (sans Joe and Eddie) seems to take him and his forensic work for granted.
* TheEveryman: Of a sort. Barry is a lot geekier than the average Everyman character, but that fits with the show's target audience of comic book/sci-fi fans.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Due to being in a coma for 9 months, he's a little out of it.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: When he messes about with the chemicals in the lab, making comments about how it's dangerous to have them so close together, Felicity responds that maybe he shouldn't be touching them. Cue a lightning strike and Barry looking out at it for a few seconds. This is a nod to the most well-known of Barry's origin stories: getting doused in chemicals after a lightning bolt knocks him into it. At the end of "Three Ghosts" in ''Arrow'', this is indeed how Barry gets his powers, with the lightning bolt being generated by Star Labs' overloaded particle accelerator.
* FragileSpeedster: Comparatively - despite being more resistant to harm than the average person thanks to his super speed, Barry will still injure himself if he runs into something at said speed. Plus, at least at first, he can't fight at all.
* FreakLabAccident: See above: he [[LampshadeHanging warns Felicity]] about how to avoid them. Then, [[ForegoneConclusion as you may have guessed]], {{Irony}} kicks in and he is the victim of one.
* FreudianExcuse: He couldn't help his dad get acquitted of his mother's murder, so he when he gets his powers he ''jumps'' at the chance to help people over the city.
* FriendlyRivalry: With [[Series/{{Arrow}} Oliver Queen]].
* FutureBadass: [[spoiler: If Wells' 2024 news article is any indication.]]
* AGodIAmNot: Executed beautifully in one line.
-->'''Mardon''': I didn't think there was anyone else like me. \\
'''Barry''': I'm not like you. You're a murderer.
* GoodFeelsGood: He loves helping people.
* GoodIsDumb: Not usually, but Barry has a blind spot when it comes to Dr. Wells. [[spoiler: Until he sees the headline that Mason Bridge, the reporter who's been going after Wells is missing. Then he finally sees the painfully obvious.]]
* GreenEyes: They're blue in the comics, but green here.
* HappilyAdopted: While adopted at an older age under distressing circumstances, Barry did end up being a true part of the West family. Reciprocated by Joe, who admits that Barry brought a lot of joy and warmth to the West household.
* HealingFactor: A side-effect of Barry's power, which speeds up his healing process.
** Comes in incredible handy in "Revenge of the Rogues". [[spoiler: In order to defeat the Rogues, he needs them to fire their guns at each other. Ultimately, the only way to do this is to briefly endure their fire and ice blasts coming at him from each side before running out of the way. Given that the guns were absolute zero and absolute heat, this would have easily killed any normal human.]]
* TheHero: Of the show, considering that the series revolves around Barry and his journey as a superhero.
* HopeBringer: To the people of Central City. When he fully reveals his existence to the whole city, he embraces this.
* HotScientist: Genius-level intellect and a day job as a forensic scientist? Check. Clear skin, styled hair, and abs? Double check.
* HyperAwareness: His brain can work at SuperSpeed, which allows him to perceive things more slowly than they really are. It automatically activates when he's running, though he can willingly use this ability outside of SuperSpeed if he needs to.
* InASingleBound: By building up enough momentum, Barry can leap really high. He utilizes this in the first episode to save Joe and Eddie from falling debris.
* {{Intangibility}}: [[spoiler: Learns how to do this in "Tricksters"]].
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: Confesses to Iris, but is acting like this for the time being.]]
* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Even after he develops his powers, he still thinks [[BadassNormal Oliver Queen]]'s grappling arrow is cool and relies on him for support.
* JumpedAtTheCall: Very eager to use his powers to help people.
* TheLabRat: His day job at the Central City PD.
* 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.
* LetsYouAndHimFight: In ''Arrow vs Flash'', Barry has been hit with the HatePlague and they get into a fight. [[spoiler:Ends in a draw, as the fight is interrupted before either can secure victory.]]
* LoveHurts: He's flat-out told by Oliver that it won't end well in with Iris and at the end ''Flash vs Arrow'' she never wants to see The Flash again, but she changes her mind after the BigDamnHero moment he pulls against Captain Cold and Heatwave
* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife: He's learning this the hard way during his dates with Linda.
* MoralityPet: To Oliver Queen. One of many Oliver has.
* MotorMouth: It's hard to get him to stop once he starts talking.
* MrFanservice: He doesn't have a shirt on much of the time whenever Star Labs is running tests on him. Lightning gave him abs!
** In "Plastique" he ''strips naked'' in an alley. Yeah, "[[DoubleMeaning The Flash]]" indeed.
* NerdsAreSexy: Considering that he is a scientist who is a combination of {{Adorkable}} and MrFanservice, Barry definitely qualifies as a very attractive nerd.
* NiceGuy: Goes along with his being so {{Adorkable}}; he's very friendly and empathetic, and he'll put his life on the line for strangers and friends alike. But, as always, BewareTheNiceOnes.
* NiceShoes: Barry seems to have a thing for Converse All-Stars.
* OddFriendship: With Oliver Queen, AKA ''The Series/{{Arrow}}''. They're not far apart in age (Oliver is about 4 years older), but Oliver's experience and experiences make him the older, gruff, almost unwilling mentor to Barry's eager kid. In their first crossover (not the backdoor pilot), they both feel out of place in one another's series, as Oliver is the brutal cowl and Barry the idealistic cape. They're the DC Television Universe equivalent of Bruce Wayne and Clark Kent.
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:When he travels back in time to the previous night in "Out of Time", he is visually perplexed and frightened.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: Earning him the nickname "Babyface". He's 25.
* OmnidisciplinaryScientist: Barry seems to be the only crime scene/forensics tech CCPD has. In "The Man in the Yellow Suit" he mentions that he had a double major in physics and chemistry in college.
* ParentalAbandonment: Barry's mom was murdered when he was eleven, and his father was convicted for the murder.
* PopCulturedBadass: The fastest man alive likes "Pokerface" by Lady Gaga. He's got a blog according to Eddie and a Facebook account according to Cisco.
** He also has a zombie movie scale and even rates one film at a 4.
--->'''Iris:''' There's a zombie movie scale?
* PowerPerversionPotential: The fact that he can vibrate an isolated part of his body such as his face has some rather exciting implications for any significant other he may have.
* ThePowerOfFriendship[=/=]ThePowerOfLove: The STAR Labs gang realizes that his devotion to his loved ones are what give him greater strength.
* RedBaron: Appropriately, the Scarlet Speedster/Knight.
* RedIsHeroic: Barry's entire Flash costume is red.
* TheRunaway: After his dad was convicted, and he was given to Joe he would runaway a lot trying to see his dad.
* SadClown: According to a comment from executive producer Greg Berlanti.
-->'''Berlanti''': Barry lost his mother at a very young age, his father was sent to prison for murdering his mom, he went through a lot of stuff - on the surface he's [[StepfordSmiler bubbly]] and [[PluckyComicRelief upbeat]] and seems like an [[NiceGuy optimist]], but deep down maybe there's no hope left.
* ScienceHero: Barry works in a science lab and he saves innocent people on the side.
* SecretIdentity: According to Grant Gustin, Barry will try to keep his activities as the Flash secret from certain people but most of the people in his social circle will know the truth.
* SecretKeeper: Mutually with Oliver Queen[=/=]The Arrow.
* SelfDeprecation: Mocks the name "Leonard", saying it's nearly as bad as "Bartholomew", which is his given name.
* SelfFulfillingProphecy: [[spoiler:His future incarnation went back in time to save his mother's life from the Reverse-Flash, yet this action created the skirmish that ended with Reverse-Flash killing her. Even so, this is probably a good thing—the one Reverse-Flash was trying to kill was ''Barry himself as a little boy''.]]
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Everytime he and Oliver are together, he's usually depicted as the sensitive one.
* 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.
* SociallyAwkwardHero: He has trouble relating to other people.
* ShipTease: With Felicity Smoak in ''Arrow''. Also a few times with Caitlin.
* SmugSuper: Occasionally displays traces of it.
-->(Regarding the [[{{Series/Arrow}} salmon ladder]]) Honestly, I don't know what's so hard about this.
* SpearCounterpart: To [[Series/{{Arrow}} Felicity Smoak]]. Both are {{Adorkable}}, have a tendency to babble, and are brilliant in their respective scientific fields.
* SpikyHair: It's like it's always in clay dough.
* SuperheroOrigin: His is told in the ''Arrow'' episodes "The Scientist" and "Three Ghosts", and is expanded upon in the pilot episode.
* SuperSpeed: His primary ability.
* SuperSpeedReading: Uses it to help Caitlin look for clues on the "F. I. R*. E. S. T. O. R. M." project.
* TenMinuteRetirement: Very briefly quit being the Flash due to getting his ass kicked in his first fight with Multiplex ''and'' Joe chewing him out. Fortunately, he gets the motivation back quickly.
* ThouShaltNotKill: He prefers saving lives to taking them. It doesn't matter if a person is some innocent bystander or the VillainOfTheWeek; he'll try to save them.
* TookALevelInBadass:
** Does this during his fight with Clyde Mardon.
** Goes even further after losing his powers to Blackout and regaining them to new heights. Before then, he had to make a massive running start to break the sound barrier. Afterwards, he is able to FlashStep to avoid ''lightning''. Even Caitlin notes that his cells are generating more energy than they were before.
** In "Out Of Time", he [[spoiler: needs to protect the city from a tidal wave headed its way. The solution, according to Caitlin? Run back and forth on the beach to generate a second tidal wave in the opposite direction to cancel the first one out. However, this requires going faster than he's ever had to before, to the point where he unintentionally goes back in time. ''Barry can now travel back in time.'']]
** In "Tricksters" [[spoiler: Wells vocally instructs him how to vibrate his body in order to phase through solid matter, a technique that Wells himself (as The Reverse-Flash) had already demonstrated in the previous two episodes.]]
* TwinkleInTheEye: It is quickly becoming a trademark that whenever the Flash is about to do something utterly ridiculous with his speed, lightning bolts are seen sparking in his eyes.
* TwoFirstNames: Being a Creator/DCComics based character, he has a last name that is traditionally used as a first name.
* UnluckyChildhoodFriend: Other than his father being framed-up, being this is his personal dilemma. [[spoiler: He seems to be working this out as of episode 12.]]
* UnskilledButStrong: Barry has his superspeed, but he doesn't have a lot tactical or martial arts training. This tends to let him get hit by surprise attacks a lot.
* VoiceOfTheLegion: Can vibrate his vocal cords to get this effect when talking to Iris and others not [[SecretKeeper in on it]], as his own version of the Arrow's voice modulator.
* WeirdnessMagnet: Well, not so much a "magnet" since he readily goes ''looking'' for the weirdness. To be fair, he never thought he'd actually become the [[SuperSpeed weirdness]] in the process.
* WhatTheHellHero: Delivers this to Wells, calling him out on his ManipulativeBastard tendencies and general selfishness.
* WildCardExcuse: Caitlyn Snow comes up with "Lightning Psychosis" as a way of explaining all his strange behavior.
* WillfullyWeak: It's indicated several times that he holds himself back due to combination of self-doubt and the bad memories of his mother's death.
* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Even after he gets his powers, he still has doubts as to his capabilities in part because of Joe's dissaproval of his heroics.
** In a conversation with Caitlin he admits that he thinks that best part of him is the Flash, and not his civilian idenity.
--> '''Caitlin:''' With or without your speed, you're still you Barry.
--> '''Barry:''' No I'm not. I'm not the best version of me.
** Gives one of these to Oliver when he feels that what he does as the Arrow is consuming him. Barry assures Oliver that he can inspire people not as the Arrow, but as Oliver Queen.
* YoureNotMyFather: After Joe comes down hard on Barry for risking his life by fighting other metahumans and engaging in dangerous superheroics, Barry fires back by saying he is not Joe's kid and that his father is still sitting in prison for a crime he didn't commit.
** Later in a CrowningMomentOfHeartwarming, Barry lists all the things Joe ''has'' done for him and says that while Joe's not his father, he is a Dad.
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Harrison Wells]]
!!Dr. Harrison Wells
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"The man in the red mask, the fastest man alive. He must be kept...'''safe'''."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Tom Cavanagh
A scientist searching for metahumans who helps Barry understand his powers. There is a lot more to him than meets the eye, however.
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* ApologeticAttacker: One of the last things he tends to say to [[spoiler: people he kills is "forgive me". Whether or not he really means it is up to interpretation]].
* BadassBoast: He delivers one without even raising his voice, giving a chilling tone to his words.
-->'''Wells:''' Threaten me again, and I will end you. And I am not talking about your career.
* BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: It's almost as if he personally chose to be AmbiguouslyEvil as a way to protect Barry by killing anyone who could be a true threat.
* BerserkButton:
** Do not harm Barry, even indirectly. He is ''enraged'' when he finds out that, behind his back, [[spoiler: Cisco made a freeze gun to counter Barry if he ever went rogue, and left said weapon carelessly in a locker. This turns to be a case of PragmaticVillainy, as Barry's speed is the only thing that can send him back home]].
** Incidentally, [[spoiler:any weapon designed to counter Barry would also counter him, which makes Cisco's experiments rather personal for him.]]
* BigFancyHouse: He owns a luxurious pad, much to Team Flash's surprise.
* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: Thawne steals Wells' identity by ''grafting his skin onto his own''.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: As his bond and affection for Team Flash grows he becomes less ruthless. [[spoiler: Except not, it's all an act. He won't hesitate to kill anyone who could possibly ruin his plans - and that includes anyone who could expose his secret identity like a certain reporter.]]
* CharacterTic: He has a habit of rubbing the back of his neck everytime he's talking to Gideon.
* TheChessmaster: Barry compares him to one, accusing him of using people as pawns.
** Later episodes show him playing chess. Hartley even compares the battle between him and Wells crew as a chess game.
* TheCorrupter: [[spoiler: He convinces Plastique to kill General Eiling, since he'll never stop hunting her or others like her to use them as weapons.]]
* CompositeCharacter:
** He is a combo of [[spoiler: the Eobard Thawne and Hunter Zolomon Reverse-Flashes. He has Zolomon's wheelchair-gimmick (though Zolomon really was crippled), plus he is a friend that Barry works with and he is clearly faster than Barry. Like Eobard Thawne, he has the knowledge of the future, scientific-ability and may very well come from the future. Both had obsessions with the Flash; Thawne was a fanboy, while Zolomon was obsessed with 'making The Flash a better hero']].
** [[spoiler: We later learn that he is Eobard Thawne, and he's from the future. But he's not obessed with making Barry a better hero. He's obessesed with making Barry go faster]]
** [[spoiler: We later learn that Eodbard Thawne and Wells ''were'' different people. Wells was a benovelent scientist but Thawne killed him, all so he could speed up production on the Particle Accelerator so he could get home early.]]
* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: So thoroughly rope-a-doped Barry that the Flash couldn't land a single punch and was just a punching bag in that fight. Wells was holding back too. The next episode, the opener had Barry say "I'm no longer the fastest man alive, he is..."]]
* DarkIsEvil: He wears an [[EvilWearsBlack all-black outfit]] and is usually seen lurking from the shadows.
* DeadAllAlong[=/=]DeadPersonImpersonation: Harrison Wells has been [[spoiler: dead for 15 years. Thawne killed him and took his place.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: He occasionally throws in a snide remark. "Spoken like a true philanthropist. Or is it humanitarian? Oh, I'm sorry. I can never remember which one you're ''pretending'' to be, [[CorruptCorporateExecutive Simon]]." He can be sarcastic even about himself, as in:
--> '''Barry:''' Dr. Wells, I doubt restraint is how you got to be the man you are today.\\
'''Wells:''' In a wheelchair and a pariah? Lack of restraint is what made me these things.
* DissonantSerenity: Notice how eerily calm he is during Barry's first test run; while Cisco and Caitlin are astonished, Wells is cool and collected.
* DoesNotLikeGuns: He insists that STAR Labs not make weapons and refuses to work with General Eiling.
** Actually he does have a modern semi-auto handgun that he keeps in his hidey-hole. He was [[spoiler:planning on using it to kill Firestorm, before Ronnie goes blows up in nuclear reaction.]]
* DueToTheDead: He's able to recall the name of everyone who died because of the Particle Accelerator explosion.
* EasilyForgiven: Although they call him out on it, the rest of Team Flash are pretty quick to forgive him for the things he's done (well what they know about anyway)
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Subverted. [[spoiler:He does genuinely care about Cisco (and presumably the rest of Team Flash) but he's still willing to kill them if it supports his goals.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler: He's The Flash's Evil Counterpart, Reverse-Flash]], but he appears to be genuinely interested in making sure that The Flash stops whatever "crisis" happens in 2024. He '''loses it''' when Barry's powers go away in "Power Outage" and his records of the future change to show that the crisis is still going on and there's no mention of The Flash anywhere. Clearly, whatever this is something so bad that even he doesn't want it to happen. [[spoiler: Given the reveal that Wells wants to use Barry's speed to return home it may mean he was worried about being stuck in the past forever.]]
** Whatever his plans may be, he considers saving Central City from an impending nuclear explosion more important.
** He's a bit morally ambiguous or a WellIntentionedExtremist at best, but even he's ''disgusted'' with the things General Eiling has done.
* EvilAllAlong: [[spoiler: He's the Reverse-Flash. However, it seems he's not the one who murdered Barry's mother...at first.]]
** In "Out Of Time," he [[spoiler: tells Cisco that not only did he kill Nora, he was ''actually'' gunning for Barry.]]
* EvilMentor: He's Barry's mentor; he's also [[spoiler: the Reverse-Flash]].
* EvilerThanThou: [[spoiler: Leaves [[BigBadWannabe Wade Eiling]] to a vengeful Grodd once he's no longer useful.]]
* FailedASpotCheck: When the Pied Piper breaks all of the glass in his house, he makes the mistake of saying he was in the middle of it, and there's not a scratch on him. [[spoiler: Joe and Eddie then launch their own private investigation into him.]]
* FalseFriend: To Barry [[spoiler: since he's the Reverse-Flash. While Wells is genuinely fond of Cisco and Caitlin (although he wouldn't hesitate to kill them if they found out his secret) he wants to '''kill''' Barry. Becoming his mentor was just so he could train Barry to become fast enough that he could achieve time travel (something Wells is incapable of doing) and take Wells back to the future, then he can kill Barry.]]
* FauxAffablyEvil: He can be a pretty nice and chummy guy, who at first seems to be willing to give his life for his staff and Barry. Its all but an act. Best seen in "Out of Time" [[spoiler:as Wells is shown to be deep down, one sadistic person who is willing to kill someone to uphold his secrets of being the Reverse Flash and also knowing his true of Eobard Thawne.]]
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: [[spoiler:He's from several centuries in the future, and got trapped in our time after failing to kill Barry as a child.]]
* ForScience: He claims his protectiveness for Barry and devotion to his cause are due to the unlimited potential for scientific advancement, especially in the field of medicine, that would come from studying him and his condition. However, when pressed he admits that it's more due to the guilt he feels over the destruction his failures wrought, and that he aids Barry to make up for what he's done. [[spoiler: These are all lies: he's trying to get Barry's powers to the limit in order to steal them for himself. But this was the motivation for the ''original'' Dr. Wells.]]
* GeniusCripple: A brilliant scientist in a wheelchair. Except he's not really crippled.
* GivenNameReveal: [[spoiler: '''The''' Eobard Thawne.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: Not only is he jealous of people who are smarter than him, but [[spoiler: he's also jealous of Barry's speed because he can't time travel and return home while Barry's speed is unlimited.]]
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: His justification for using Tony as a distraction to Farooq.
* InsufferableGenius: [[spoiler: Hartley warned him there was a chance the Particle Accelerator could blow up, but he chose to ignore it. Of course he already knew that.]]
* ItsAllAboutMe: He claims to want to study Barry's powers to help people, but the argument could be made that he is doing it all solely for himself, something Barry is quick to call him out on. [[spoiler: He wants to use Barry's speed to return to the future]]
* {{Irony}}: [[spoiler: He tried to kill Barry, yet he was the one responsible for giving him his powers]].
** In "Rogue Time" he gets pissed at Barry [[spoiler: after he uses his knowledge gained from Time Travel to undo the events of the previous episode]] however doing so [[spoiler: allowed Harrison to keep his identity secret and prevented him from murdering Cisco]].
* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: Kills Cisco because HeKnowsTooMuch and says that he's dead to him now.]]
** Then in "Tricksters" there's what he did to [[spoiler: the ''real'' [[KillAndReplace Wells]] and his wife.]]
* KidFromTheFuture: [[spoiler: He is Eddie Thawne's future relative.]]
* KillAndReplace: [[spoiler: Eobard Thawne killed Harrison Wells and his girlfriend years ago to take his place and expedite his plans for the Particle Accelerator.]]
* KnifeNut: He uses a knife [[spoiler: to murder Simon Stagg. It happens to be the signature killing style of the Reverse-Flash as well]].
* KnightTemplar: It appears (as of the fourth episode), that he is absolutely determined to keep Barry Allen safe, and has no qualms about how he does so.
* LackOfEmpathy: Openly admits that he doesn't care for others after Barry accuses him of this. Iris's mentor even calls him "a sociopath."
* LikeASonToMe: Considers Cisco this, and even tells him so, [[spoiler: right before [[TeleFrag telefragging]] him.]]
* LimitedWardrobe: He wears black sweatshirt, pants and sneakers every single episode.
* LongGame: [[spoiler: His entire scientific career was all for a purpose: become the head of S.T.A.R. Labs so he could build a Particle Accelerator that would intentionally fail so it would give Barry his super speed. And if he did murder Nora Allen, then he's been playing a very long game indeed.]]
* TheLostLenore: The sixth episode reveals Wells was once married to a fellow scientist named Tess Morgan, who died in a car accident 14 years ago (the same year Barry's mom died). Wells built the Particle Accelerator to fulfill her dreams as much as his own. [[spoiler: Tess wasn't the only one that died—the real Wells did too. Thawne caused that accident so he could impersonate Wells.]]
* LoveIsAWeakness:
** Initially believes that Barry's attachment to people hold him back but then realizes, it's the opposite.
** He does have affection for the STAR Labs Team, but [[spoiler: he'll put aside if any of them may become a threat to his plans.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: As Barry points out, Wells has no problem with controlling people and very carefully phrases everything to get the responses he desires from others.
** As of "Out Of Time," he seems to have [[spoiler: plunged straight into "bastard" territory, with his finally showing his hand to Cisco.]]
* MeaningfulName: Harrison Wells, H. Wells, Creator/HGWells.
* MindScrew:
** There are apparently [[spoiler: ''two'' different Reverse-Flashes. The one]] on the football field is thinner than the bulky and muscular one at S.T.A.R. Labs. [[http://i.imgur.com/DvOEhTK.png See for yourself.]] [[spoiler: This was apparently confirmed when blood DNA indicated Wells was not the one who killed Nora.]]
** [[spoiler: This may be subverted at the end of Out of Time however when its revealed that Wells can create afterimages of himself by vibrating fast enough which he used to give himself an alibi when the Reverse-Flash was captured. He also says that he was the one who murdered Nora though whether he is telling the truth or not is debatable considering that his DNA wasn't at the house]].
** [[spoiler: Both are true: He did kill Nora, and his DNA wasn't that left at the scene... the DNA he has ''now'', which is that of the real Harrison Wells. The DNA was from Thawne's ''original'' body before he changed himself into a duplicate of Wells.]]
* MoralityPet: Varies considerably depending on the situation. On the one hand, he does legitimately care about his S.T.A.R. Labs crew, [[LikeASonToMe especially Cisco]], and their influence has encouraged him to act virtuously for the sake of others where he would otherwise be more ruthless and calculating. On the ''other'' hand, [[spoiler: while he's willing to delay on their behalf to an extent, he ultimately doesn't care about them enough to let them ''seriously'' jeopardize his plans, and once Cisco discovers who he really is he murders him in cold blood.]]
* MurderIsTheBestSolution: His solution to any problem is always to kill. [[spoiler: It backfires when he kills the wrong person- the reporter Mason Bridge who'd been doing a story about how Wells killed Simon Stagg. By doing so Wells inadvertently clued Barry in to his true nature.]]
* MyGreatestFailure: The particle accelerator quickly went from being the crowning achievement of his career to this. [[spoiler: It's very strongly implied the whole thing was set up from the beginning to give Barry powers (with the others either being a side effect or also intentional).]]
* MysteriousPast: Not much about him is known, except that he lost his wife before he moved to Central City. [[spoiler: This ''is'' technically true, as there was a man named Harrison Wells who lost his wife 15 years ago. However, the "Wells" in the present is actually Eobard Thawne impersonating the real Wells after killing both him and his wife.]]
* NothingPersonal: [[spoiler:Says this when he murders Simon Stagg to protect Barry, and even asks Stagg to forgive him. Takes this a step further with Cisco, saying that he was [[LikeASonToMe like a son to him]] and again asking his victim to forgive him.]]
* NotSoAboveItAll: A world famous scientist who eats at the Big Belly Burger at the local mall, and engages in a friendly chess game to test Barry's mind and having great fun at it. He's also a Ghostbusters fan and quotes ''BackToTheFuture''.
* NotSoStoic: Keeps a cool demeanor even when ranting but a few select phrases have a lot more emotional emphasis on them [[spoiler:foreshadowing his true motives]].
* ObfuscatingDisability: The end of the pilot shows that he lied about not being able to walk. Even his glasses appear to be unnecessary.
* OhCrap:
** [[spoiler: When he realizes that Barry has discovered time travel too.]]
** [[spoiler:He first had this reaction before he was ever Harrison Wells--namely, when his Speed Force was depleted after his original trip back in time and attempt to kill young!Barry backfired thanks to future!Barry's intervention.]]
* PainfulTransformation: [[spoiler: Thawne and Wells are screaming the whole time while the later steals his genetic code.]]
* PetTheDog: For all his faults, he does seem to be genuinely fond of Caitlin, Cisco, and Barry. [[spoiler: But that won't stop him from killing any of them if they stumble on to his secret]]
** In "The Nuclear Man" he willingly delays his own timetable in order to save Ronnie's life.
* PoisonousFriend: He's willing to [[spoiler: kill Simon Stagg]] to keep Barry safe. UpToEleven, in fact, as [[spoiler: he's actually the Reverse-Flash, and has been violently preserving the Flash's future from when he was just a little kid.]]
* TheSociopath: He's very manipulative, stoic, and not very empathetic. It's unclear if the affection he shows towards Caitlin, Barry, and Cisco is genuine or not.
* StableTimeLoop: He's from the future, or has gained information from the future, where the Flash disappears. So he makes sure Barry gets his powers [[spoiler:after engineering his entire life so that he would be in a position to get them in the first place]].
* SecretKeeper: As one of the Flash's inner circle.
* SmartPeopleWearGlasses: The only one in STAR Labs with a pair, though they're all scientists or engineers.
* StalkerWithoutACrush: He's obsessed with Barry.
* TeamDad: For the STAR Labs team.
* TheUnfettered: He will do anything to keep Barry safe, ''anything''. [[spoiler: He'll also do anything to keep his idenity as the Reverse-Flash a secret including nearly beating himself to death.]]
* TokenEvilTeammate: For Team Flash, Wells tends to be the one who performs, or is in support of preforming, the most morally dubious actions in order to stop the super villain of the week (such as [[spoiler: murdering Simon Stagg in order to protect Barry's secret]] or [[spoiler: telling Team Flash to kill Ronnie to prevent a nuclear meltdown]]) which [[WhatTheHellHero he gets called out on a lot]]. [[spoiler: Oh yeah, and he's also the Reverse-Flash.]]
* ToxicFriendInfluence: Sometimes he'll encourage Barry to "prioritize" and focus on enhancing his speed instead of heroics, something which Joe is highly suspicious of.
* TrappedInThePast: [[spoiler: He's actually from centuries in the future, and is willing to do anything to get home.]]
* VillainWithGoodPublicity: [[spoiler:Killed and replaced a genuinely good man and sped up the time scale on a project which turned said good man into a scientific celebrity. Subverted when he intentionally had the project fail epically in order to create the Flash, as this turned the man into something of a pariah—albeit one who still held enough credibility to be able to call city-wide press conferences.]]
* WalkingSpoiler: As the season progresses the more that is revealed about himself the harder it becomes to talk about him without spoiling some pretty big plot twists.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He sees himself this way, though it's unclear if he actually ''is'' one. [[spoiler: He is trying to harness Barry's speed so he can go home to his time. However, the Red Sky Crisis (which will happen with or without the Flash) has yet to be fully explained; [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/flash-eobard-thawne-is-harrison-782088 and WordOfGod]] has stated that Wells "is not an "evil man," and that he even has reason to see "himself as a hero." We later learn he shows disdain for Barry's time travel abilities in part because he's concerned how the time line could change if Barry insists from deviating from established events.]]
* WildCard: On the one hand, he's done incredibly dodgy things (like murder) all in the name of protecting Barry, even though he's [[spoiler: the Reverse-Flash]]. On the other hand, he seems to be genuinely fond of Barry, Cisco, and Caitlin and he's able to remember ''every name'' of all the people who died because of the Particle Accelerator and when Barry temporarily loses his powers and there are no future records of the Flash, he seriously '''freaks out'''. He's also willing to drop his wheelchair masquereade to save Barry (during a training exercise with drones it looked as Barry was about to be hit). At this point it's hard to say, what his goals are. [[spoiler: We later learn his speed powers are in flux, and he's trying to stabilize them. He's also in some sort of alliance with Grodd. We then learn he wants to go back to the future and that Barry's speed is the key to returning.]]
* WorfHadTheFlu: [[spoiler:He can use his super speed if he needs to, but it's currently in a state of flux. He's using the tachyon device stolen from Mercury Labs to fix it.]]
* WouldHurtAChild:[[spoiler:He didn't want to kill Nora... his target was Barry]].
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Caitlin Snow]]
!! Dr. Caitlin Snow
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[Franchise/TheFlash You]] of all people should know that, in science, we '''share'''. We do not keep secrets.'']]
->'''Played By:''' Danielle Panabaker
A bioengineering expert who helps the Flash. Lost her fiancé in the STAR Labs particle accelerator explosion. In-universe, she first appears in an episode of ''Arrow'' set before Barry wakes up from his coma.
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* ActionSurvivor: Even before the show started, she and Cisco encountered ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} on ''Arrow'' and survived.
* AdaptationDyeJob: She has brown hair in the series, instead of platinum blonde as in the comics.
* AdaptationalHeroism: In the comics, Caitlin Snow is the [[spoiler: supervillain Killer Frost]].
* {{Adorkable}}: She complains that Operation is not anatomically correct, while playing with Barry, and then gets childishly frustrated when she touches the sides. Also, any time she talks about something scientific, she sounds like she's on a sugar high. This trope gets TurnedUpToEleven when she's drunk. She also seems to be the one to come up with the more cutesy nicknames for the metahumans they go up agaist (Rainbow Raider, Peekaboo.)
* AloofDarkHairedGirl: She has a rigid demeanor since the aftermath of the Particle Accelerator accident, though it gradually disappeared since the second episode.
* AlphabeticalThemeNaming: [[spoiler: She and Mrs. '''C'''larissa '''S'''tein are the {{Love Interest}}s of the two people that composes Firestorm.]]
* AngerBornOfWorry: She initially seemed constantly furious at Barry for putting himself at danger for what she saw as no good reason, but it's stated the only other person to have made her that angry was her late fiancee, suggesting she cares about him more than she lets on. As they grow closer, she starts displaying less anger and more genuine concern.
* BrainyBrunette: She's a brilliant bioengineer who, [[AdaptationDyeJob unlike the comics]], has brown hair.
* BrutalHonesty: She doesn't bother lying to Barry about how the needle she's going to jam in his chest will hurt a lot.
* CompositeCharacter: She's a S.T.A.R. Labs scientist like the third Killer Frost, from whom she also takes her name, but her romantic backstory with a character [[spoiler: who becomes Firestorm]] is incorporated from Crystal Frost, the first Killer Frost.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Barry notes in the Pilot that she doesn't smile much. Justified, in that the particle accelerator accident killed her fiance and destroyed her career. However helping Barry with his heroics is bringing her out of her shell, she's actually enjoying herself by the end of the second episode.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: She refers to Ronnie and herself as "like fire and ice." This is an allusion to [[spoiler: Ronnie becoming the superhero Firestorm and Caitlin eventually becoming the supervillain Killer Frost]].
* HospitalHottie: A very attractive young woman who acts as Barry's physician after the lightning bolt changes his physiology.
* HotScientist: As noted in the above trope, an attractive woman who's studying the explosion's effects on the metahumans, especially Barry.
* HypocriticalHeartwarming: She tells Barry that "she won't patch him up every time he breaks something." Then she does.
* TheMedic: To the Flash.
* MarriedToTheJob: Everyone notices she has very little life outside of her job. It's partly because she's naturally a workaholic (her fiancee was the one who got her to relax) and partly because she's working to forget about Ronnie.
* MeaningfulName: The moniker "Snow" alludes to more than a chilly disposition.
* MoralityChain: [[spoiler: For Ronnie when he was still unwillingly fused with Prof. Stein, much like how his wife Clarissa was for the latter during the ordeal.]]
* MotherlyScientist: While she seems more interested in getting samples from her test subject at first, she soon begins to show concern for Barry's well being.
* MythologyGag: She mentions Ronnie used to say they were "fire and ice", a nod to her alter-ego in the comics, [[AnIcePerson ice-based villain]] Killer Frost. In "Flash vs Arrow" she also [[http://i.imgur.com/eMN9Jpd.jpg wears a necklace with the cold front weather symbol]].
* NotSoStoic: When she sees what Barry can do, she just gapes in amazement. She's also worried about Barry during his first major fight as the Flash.
* NowLetMeCarryYou: She pretty much says this verbatim to Cisco in ''Rogue Time'' to convince him to let her lend support at the family gathering he must attend.
* OhCrap: [[spoiler: When she realizes that Wells is the Reverse-Flash. However, she forgets when Barry hits the ResetButton.]]
* OppositesAttract: Caitlin describes her and Ronnie this way.
* RedOniBlueOni: With her stern and introverted demeanor, she's blue to Cisco's red.
* RefusalOfTheCall: At first, she doesn't approve of Barry using his powers to help ordinary citizens, instead thinking they should be used exclusively to contain rogue meta-humans. She changes her tune by the end of the second episode though.
* SheCleansUpNicely: Barry was quite surprised that she showed up to their NotADate in a LittleBlackDress. Caitlyn mentions that she doesn't dress up like a school principal every day.
* SecretKeeper: Another one of the Flash's inner circle.
* ShipTease:
** With Cisco, there are several ship tease moments, like the time he was injured and woke up saying her name.
** In ''Things You Can't Outrun'', a flashback to the explosion reveals that the only way Ronnie convinced Cisco to essentially let him die was that, if not, it would be Caitlin who died.
** There are several flashbacks with them together, to the accident, and to when he starting working at Star Labs. He declares that "she seems nice" while gazing after her with a starstruck look.
** In ''The Man In the Yellow Suit'', Cisco holds Caitlin and comforts her as she cries about Ronnie.
** In ''Revenge of the Rogues'', Cisco is the one to rescue Caitlin. She hugs him because she thought she was going to die, but he says, "Not while I'm around."
** Caitlin is Cisco's date to his brother's birthday party in ''Rogue Time'', and Dante flirting with her there parallels him stealing Cisco's crush in high school.
** With Barry, he made a comment that she didn't smile much.
** In ''Things You Can't Outrun'', they spend a good deal of time together, and he helps her with panic attacks provoked by the thought of the Particle Accelerator. The comic tie-in implies that she's attracted to him.
** In ''Power Outage'', she specifically compares him to Ronnie, saying she doesn't want to lose anyone else she cares about.
** In ''Crazy for You'', a large part of the episode is devoted to Barry & Caitlin's relationship; most of it serves to make sure the audience knows there's some sort of attraction. [[spoiler: Or, at least that Caitlin is attracted to Barry. Barry, apparently, is completely oblivious.]]
* TheStoic: Ever since the explosion killed her fiancé and ruined her career, she's been very detached.
* UndyingLoyalty: Even though the explosion ruined her career and killed her fiance, she's still working for Dr. Wells and STAR Labs.
* WhenSheSmiles: [[spoiler: Despite her rigid demeanor, she smiles ear to ear when Barry defeats Clyde Mardon and comes out okay. By the time of Episode Two, she is smiling whenever she knows she's helping the Flash in general.]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder: Cisco Ramon]]
!! Cisco Ramon
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[[caption-width-right:350:''"This just keeps getting cooler!"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Carlos Valdes
A mechanical engineering genius who helps the Flash. In-universe, he first appears in an episode of ''Arrow'' set before Barry wakes up from his coma.
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* ActionSurvivor: Even before the show started, he and Caitlin encountered ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}} on ''Arrow'' and survived.
* AdaptationalWimp: Ultimately subverted. At first he is presented as the show's PluckyComicRelief despite being a superhero in the comics. It is later revealed that he has combat training as shown in his fight with Hartley.
* {{Adorkable}}: He's not unlike Barry in this aspect.
* AudienceSurrogate: For the fanboys in the audience, certainly. He is the one who's the most excited by Barry's powers, and came up with the idea of Barry wearing a special suit. The lightning bolt logo was also his idea. He also gives the metahuman criminals their super-villain names.
* BerserkButton: Destroying his tech. He was downright furious when he heard Bette had blown up (accidentally) Barry's suit, or at least until he saw how attractive Bette was.
* BreakTheCutie: Besides his [[spoiler: [[DeathIsCheap death]] at the hands of Wells]] he is captured by the Rogues [[spoiler: and forced to build weapons for them or else Captain Cold would kill his brother.]]
* CrazyPrepared: After the explosion at STAR Labs, he's become this by nature and necessity. Once he developed a perfect suit to handle Barry's capabilities, he made three. Regardless of how much sense his over-preparedness makes sense, it's gotten him in trouble with [[spoiler:Dr. Wells, who is angered that Cisco created a weapon to counter Barry's capabilities out of worry that Barry may turn against them one day]].
** Zigzagged all around. Cisco is great about building things he needs - a Flash suit, an anti-Flash gun (that they actually could have used when Barry got hit with a HatePlague), a sonic device to control Hartley, he even came up with the idea to hold metahumans in the reactor. But he's extremely careless with his tech meaning that it often gets used against him.
* DistractedByTheSexy: Although he's initially enraged by Plastique destroying Barry's suit he drops it immediately when he gets a look at her.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Draws the line at Caitlin's suggestion of [[MythologyGag "Rainbow Raider"]].
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:He manages to stand his ground calmly as Wells prepares to scramble his insides, despite still reeling from learning the truth.]]
* GadgeteerGenius: Designs the Flash's suit, and outright admits his job at STAR Labs is to "make the toys", [[spoiler:which includes anti-Flash weaponry]] as "Going Rogue" shows.
* FunTShirt: He wears a lot of these.
* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler: Why Wells kills him.]]
* IdiotBall: [[spoiler: He built a freeze ray to counter Barry's speed if he ever went rogue, which is not an unreasonable suspicion considering what the other meta-humans are like. The only problem is he didn't tell anyone else about it, and carelessly put it in a cheap locker, which was easy to break in to. It then gets stolen by Captain Cold's paid-off janitor at S.T.A.R. Labs.]]
** Cisco gets handed the ball a lot. He also let [[spoiler: Hartley out of his cell, letting him escape.]]
* JumpedAtTheCall: The first of the S.T.A.R. Labs team to help Barry with his heroics, including the ones not involving meta-humans.
* {{Keet}}: Even Barry is calm and collected by comparison.
* KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade: [[spoiler: Poor Cisco gets impaled by Wells after he discovers the [[SarcasmMode good doctors]] true identity. Though considering the fact that this is a comic book show and Barry can travel though time now [[DeathIsCheap its probably not going to stick]]]].
* MinoredInAsskicking: Mostly works as the team's GadgeteerGenius but, as his fight with Hartley Rathaway shows, he can put up a fight if he needs to.
* MotorMouth: When he is talking about something he likes, he tends to go into vivid or so detail.
* TheMovieBuff[=/=]TVGenius: If a ShoutOut to a movie or/and a TV show is going to be made, it's usually him who does it.
* MythologyGag: Cisco Ramon is the name of the superhero [[http://dc.wikia.com/wiki/Francisco_Ramon_%28Prime_Earth%29 Vibe]]. He later tells Hartley "You're not the only one who understands vibrations", while using a sound-based weapon against him.
* NiceGuy: Out of all the S.T.A.R. Lab team, he's the one who's more interested in helping Barry adjust to his new life instead of treating him as walking lab experiment.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: He was the one who [[spoiler: designed Leonard Snart's cold gun, and kept it in a rinkydink little locker where it inevitably got stolen]].
* TheNicknamer: He comes up with the names for the meta-human Flash fights, and is very territorial about it.
-->'''Hartley:''' I was thinking of calling myself Pied Piper.
-->'''Cisco:''' Hey, '''''I''''' assign the nicknames around here! ...Although that one's not bad.
* NoOneGetsLeftBehind: Shows this attitude, and was very reluctant to leave Ronnie behind in the particle accelerator as well as leaving Wells to deal with Farooq.
* PersonAsVerb: A specially modified treadmill is "Ciscoed", coined by himself.
* PrecisionFStrike: Not literally, but his tendency to frequently call Hartley Rathaway "a dick" is still the saltiest language the show uses.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Caitlin. [[spoiler: When Ronnie first appears to her he is the first person she tells about it. He is immediately supportive despite not being completely sure she actually saw him.]]
* RedOniBlueOni: With his cheery and enthusiastic demeanor, he's red to Caitlin's blue.
* SecretKeeper:
** As one of the Flash's inner circle. [[spoiler:However, he tells Captain Cold when presented with a SadisticChoice.]]
** [[spoiler:Even though he had a falling out with Joe since the latter accused Dr. Wells of having been involved in Nora Allen's murder, Cisco still runs the blood tests and calls Joe about the results, making sure Wells is out of earshot first.]]
* SlobsVsSnobs: His conflict with Hartley. Hartley couldn't believe someone like Cisco could be a mechanical genius.
* StepfordSmiler:
** He may act cheerful and goofy, but he harbors deep feelings of guilt for locking Ronnie in the particle accelerator (at Ronnie's own insistence, to channel the impending explosion and protect as many people as possible).
** He's also enstranged from his family, which is why he relies on the rest of Team Flash for emotional support.
* SurvivorsGuilt: Dude has some serious issues and insecurities left from locking Ronnie in the particle accelerator. [[spoiler:Which is why, when Ronnie comes back, Cisco is so adamant on finding him.]]
* SweetTooth: He's constantly snacking on candy and other sugary foods.
* TotallyRadical: Likes to talk jive. Caitlin lampshades this in Arrow.
-->'''Cisco''': I hereby christen this building '''the bomb'''. \\
'''Caitlin''': Nobody says that anymore.
* TwoFirstNames: Being a Creator/DCComics based character, he has a last name that is traditionally used as a first name.
* UndyingLoyalty: He's still working for STAR Labs and Dr. Wells after the explosion. He even originally built the Flash suit for firefighters, in the hopes the city would stop hating Dr. Wells.
* TheUnfavorite: Despite his genius, his parents treat his older brother with more love and attention.
* WellDoneSonGuy: Less of a father-son way and more of a hero-employee way. Cisco craves Wells' approval, as pointed out by Pied Piper. [[spoiler: Ironically enough Wells says he considers Cisco to be the son he never had... [[KickTheDog before killing him]]]].
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[[folder: Iris West]]
!! Iris West
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''"We grew up one bedroom down from each other, do you honestly think I don't know when you're happy, or sad, or depressed, or lost?"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Candice Patton
Barry's best friend and the love of his life. She was a graduate student studying criminal psychology, but once she started an online metahuman database, she was offered a job at Picture News. Now she has been tasked with uncovering the secret of S.T.A.R. Labs, though she doesn't yet know that Barry is at the heart of it.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Her comic counterpart is a classic example of HeroesWantRedheads. Became a brunette for the show to accommodate her RaceLift.
* ActionGirl: In ''The Flash is Born'', she's the one that lays out the VillainOfTheWeek when he tries to get up after the Flash hits him with a Supersonic Punch. In ''Power Outage'', she [[spoiler:rescues herself after being taken hostage by Clock King by ''surprise-shooting him'' with Eddie's gun]].
* BigDamnKiss: [[spoiler: Finally kisses Barry when they try to rescue Joe, but Barry's discovery of time travel at the end of the episode erases this.]]
* BrainyBrunette: She's a graduate student studying criminal psychology.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Barry. They have been friends since they were kids.
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Barry has been in love with Iris since "before he knew what love is." We don't know exactly how old they were when they became friends, but he had a crush on her since before his mother died when he was 11.
* CuddleBug: Iris literally cannot stop touching Barry any chance she gets, no matter who's around to witness it. Thankfully, Barry's into it. Their respective significant others, however? Not so much.
* DamselOutOfDistress: Twice now, a bad guy tried to take her hostage. Twice now, [[ActionGirl it didn't turn out quite as they expected]].
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Initially she wanted to be a cop; her cop father said no, on the grounds that a life in the police force would be too dangerous. She's currently dating Detective Thawne in secret. [[spoiler: It's no longer secret as of "Things You Can't Outrun".]]
* FunPersonified: Iris is very upbeat and affirming of others, she doesn't like journalism until she finds a story she cares about, at which point she dives in headfirst.
* GenkiGirl: Iris comes off as a bit on the bubbly, enthusiastic and hyper side.
* HotScoop[=/=]IntrepidReporter: Well, Iris is a journalist student and blogger.
** When she gets a proper job at newspapers, she agrees to look into the going ons of her friends at STAR Labs.
* InnocentBystander: Subverted. This is what Joe and Barry see her as and the reason they refuse to let her in on the secret, but Iris has shown herself quite capable of handling several dire situations, and is more than willing to dive into the thick of things in order to get a story or find out what's really going on.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Joe made Barry promise that he wouldn't tell Iris about his powers, something he's not very happy about.
** As of "Tricksters", [[spoiler:she is ''literally'' the only regular character who doesn't know Barry is the Flash.]]
* MissingMom: We have yet to see any sign of her mother, which is significant because her father is a major character. Flashbacks show that this was the case back when she was eleven.
* MotorMouth: Has her moments.
--> '''Wells:''' She ''[Iris]'' came to see you ''[Barry]'' quite often.
--> '''Caitlin:''' She talks ''a '''lot'''''.
* NiceGirl: For the most part, she's pretty sweet.
* ObliviousToLove: Because Iris has never known a version of Barry that wasn't in love with her, she doesn't realize that's what is going on until he tells her. It's also interesting that she keeps talking about how no other woman seems to be able to see how amazing he is, which means she might be oblivious to her own feelings.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Barry since they were kids. However, the feelings on Barry's side have always been more than platonic. [[spoiler: It becomes clear in 1.15 that Iris' feelings are also more than platonic, and in 1.16 she admits Barry was "too late" rather than that she doesn't feel the same way.]]
* RaceLift: She's white in the comics, but black in the show.
* ShipperOnDeck: For Barry and Felicity. Which is amusing, because Felicity is this for Iris and Barry.
* TheSmartGirl: Iris is a BrainyBrunette who has shown that she has brains and intelligence.
* WrongGuyFirst: With Eddie, who is mostly introduced as a romantic obstacle for Barry.
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[[folder: Joe West]]
!! Detective Joe West
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''"I've always had a simple set of beliefs. Until a few weeks ago, I believed the fastest man could run a mile in four minutes -- not four '''seconds'''."'']]
->'''Played By:''' Jesse L. Martin
A detective in the Central City PD and Iris' father.
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* AdaptationalHeroism: The New 52 version of the West patriarch was an AbusiveParent, enough that his own son Daniel crippled him in an attempt to ''[[SelfMadeOrphan end his life]]''. Joe West however is a good man and a great father (and father-figure) to both his daughter and his foster son... Of course, the pre-''Flashpoint'' version was also a likeable person, so it's subverted on that count.
* AdaptationNameChange: Was named Ira (New Earth) or William (Prime Earth) in the comics.
* AgentScully: Doesn't take much stock in Barry's more "creative" theories. Until he sees Barry and Mardon fight, that is. Even after that he's still sceptical about the Man In Yellow until he actually sees him.
* ArchEnemy: He's been chasing the Mardon brothers for a long time, and it just got [[ItsPersonal personal]] when his partner was killed.
* BadassNormal: A veteran detective, he is still skilled enough to go against metahuman threats like if they were normal everyday crooks. Notably he's the first one to guess that [[spoiler: there's more to Dr. Wells than meets the eye.]]
* CompositeCharacter: He is actually much more similar to the New 52 version of Darryl Frye than to any version of the West father (who originally was a scientist who designed his special suit, much like the S.T.A.R. Labs crew in the show).
** His adopting of Barry after his mother's murder and father's arrest is taken from New Earth's Ira West, who is [[spoiler:the ''adoptive'' father of Iris (who in that version of the story was born in the 30th century).]]
* DeadpanSnarker:
** As evidenced by his ShutUpHannibal moment with Clyde Mardon.
--->'''Mardon''': [[EvilIsHammy DO YOU THINK YOUR GUNS CAN STOP GOD?]] \\
'''Joe''': Why in the hell would God need to rob banks?!
** [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Which unfortunately blows back on him when Mardon decides he's right and tries to destroy Central City instead.]]
* FantasyForbiddingFather: He tries to get Barry to stop his extra-curricular heroics, but he eventually relents when he realizes how much the city needs Barry.
* FriendOnTheForce: To S.T.A.R. Labs
* GoodParents: Really, we shouldn't have to explain this one. Just look at [[Heartwarming/TheFlash2014 this page]] and check how many Joe moments are on there.
* HiddenDepths: He was able to name each of the people that coined the quotes Clock King was reciting.
** Joe's often smarter and more GenreSavvy than people think. There's a lot of UnderestimatingBadassery around him.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Notably one of the few characters to avert this [[spoiler: 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.
* LawyerFriendlyCameo: Not that dissimilar from ''LawAndOrder'''s Ed Green, even down to the same actor. Which is interesting, since Green and his partner Joe Fontana had a cameo in a ''Batman'' comic.
* LikeASonToMe: He raised Barry like his own son, and he considers him as such, casually referring to him as "my kid" a couple of times.
* NotSoAboveItAll: He's usually stern and the OnlySaneMan, but when Barry shows him he can vibrate his vocal chords to throw his voice, he can't help but geek out.
* OverprotectiveDad: He tends to treat Iris and Barry like the're still a couple of ten year olds, instead of young adults. He scolds Iris and Barry, after the two of them were nearly caught up in a robbery and refused to let Iris follow in his footstep as a cop.
-->'''Joe''': You're just a kid. You're my kid.
* ParentalSubstitute: Took Barry in after his dad went to jail, and will occasionally refer to him as "son" or "my kid" without even thinking about it.
* ParentsAsPeople: Joe genuinely loves Iris and Barry and does his best to help them and keep them safe but this is offset by flaws in his own character such as being stubborn in the face problems where he ''has'' to relent, BecauseISaidSo tendencies that are invalidated by his lack of ability to enforce his statements, and some InnocentlyInsensitive moments that show with Barry.
* PoliceAreUseless: Joe utterly subverts this, which is borderline unheard-of in superhero media. Even meta-human threats, which you could excuse normal police from being able to handle, are all but another day on the job for Joe West.
* RaceLift: He's white in the comics, but black in the show.
* SecretKeeper: The only one outside STAR Labs and Team {{Series/Arrow}} who knows about Barry's powers.
* ShipperOnDeck: For Barry and Iris, as revealed in ''Plastique''.
* SkepticNoLonger: He doesn't believe Barry until he sees [[spoiler: that Clyde Mardon is alive and can control the weather, and that Barry can run fast enough to unravel a potential F-5 class tornado]].
* ThatOneCase:
** Nora Allen's murder. A murder that ruined the lives of his friends, resulting in him effectively adopting their child? Yes.
** Also, the Mardon brothers' case.
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[[folder: Eddie Thawne]]
!! Detective Eddie Thawne
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''"Freeze, police! Or do you want to find out the hard way you're not faster than a bullet?"'']]
->'''Played By:''' Rick Cosnett
A police officer in the Central City PD, recently transferred from Keystone City, who becomes Joe's partner and Iris's boyfriend.
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* TheAce: He's great at his job to the point of having started to keep scores of his arrests.
* {{Adorkable}}: Mostly when it comes to talking to his partner about the fact that he's dating his daughter.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: To Barry (whenever he's in civvies anyway). Most obvious when he catches a bag-snatcher that had, just a few moments ago, knocked Barry flat on his rear. [[LoveTriangle Then he starts dating Iris.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:He leaps into action to save the Flash in a crucial moment during his fight against Captain Cold and Heat Wave.]]
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: [[spoiler: The only reason he was spared by the Reverse-Flash is because he is Thawne's distant relative.]]
* CopBoyfriend: To Iris.
* EtTuBrute: punches Barry for trying to confess to Iris, when Eddie thought he and Barry were supposed to be friends.
* FairCop: We will be mentioning his nickname "Detective Pretty Boy" several times.
* FormerlyFat: He used to be a short, fat kid, who was teased a lot.
* FriendlessBackground: Though not directly stated, Eddie lets on that he doesn't have many friends, but values the one he does. When talking to Barry about the latter's friendship to Iris, Eddie wistfully says that he's learned from experience that friends are hard to find; and when [[spoiler: he learns Barry hit on Iris, what he singles out as the worst part isn't that someone tried to steal his girlfriend -- it's that he thought he and Barry were friends. And, although it took some [[BlatantLies scientific explanation]] from Caitlin, Eddie forgives Barry pretty quickly afterwards.]]
* GreenEyedMonster: Admitted to Barry that he was a bit jealous of his relationship to Iris, but he gets over it and bonds with him over the Tony Woodward case. It does briefly pop up again when Barry gives Iris a replica of her mom's wedding ring
** He initially did ''not'' like the Flash at all, and considered him a threat on little or no evidence mainly because Iris liked him. However, he got better after the Flash helped the police against Reverse-Flash, and is a full-on Flash supporter by ''Revenge of the Rogues''.
* InSeriesNickname: Detective Pretty Boy.
* MysteriousPast: His past is described as a mystery and harbors a dark secret according to WordOfGod.
** He's mentioned a little bit to Barry in "The Flash is Born." He said he was a short, fat kid who's dad was a local politician who shut down the factory in his school district, meaning he got his ass kicked. A ''lot.''
* MythologyGag: His name is a reference to the comics character Eobard Thawne, known to be [[ArchEnemy Professor Zoom]]/[[EvilCounterpart Reverse-Flash]] in the comics. [[spoiler:However, he proves to be a RedHerring for Harrison Wells, the true Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash. Wells, however, calls Eddie a "distant relative," which may mean that Eddie is his direct ancestor.]]
* NiceGuy: So far, he has been seen to be very affable and friendly to Joe and Barry, always showing concern and empathy for Barry.
* NotSoDifferent: As he points out to Barry, they're much more similar than he thinks: both had rough childhoolds, were tormented by bullies, frequently got their asses handed to them, and eventually grew up to help people in the CCPD.
* OpenMouthInsertFoot: He's this around Joe on matters about him being Iris's boyfriend.
* OutOfFocus: In the middle of the season, [[spoiler: until he learns Barry's identity.]]
* PopCultureIsolation: An in-universe example. During a pub quiz, Eddie apparently didn't know [[Franchise/StarWars the name of Han Solo's ship]].
* PrettyBoy: To the point of being nicknamed Detective Pretty Boy in-universe. Even [[TheStoic Caitlin]] thinks he's hot.
* RedHerring: [[spoiler: Despite sharing a surname with comics character Eobard Thawne and having being suspiciously spared by the Reverse-Flash, he is not Reverse-Flash; Wells is. This is turned UpToEleven in ''Out of Time'', when Wells is revealed to be Eobard Thawne himself.]]
* SecretKeeper:
** [[spoiler:Let in on the meta-human secret, though Joe still keeps Eddie in the dark in regards to Flash's secret identity.]]
** [[spoiler: He's also the only one on the police force that knows that Joe is investigating Harrison Wells.]]
** [[spoiler: ''And'' then Barry willingly reveals his identity as the Flash to him in "Tricksters".]]
* StopOrIWillShoot: "You're not faster than a bullet." (Said to a crook, not the Flash.)
* SympatheticInspectorAntagonist: Created a task force to catch Flash (who had [[NotHimself violently assaulted him earlier]]) before becoming his loyal supporter.
* TookALevelInKindness: In the first episodes, he seemed to be a little more of a cocky jerk (keeping count of his arrests, being overly proud of catching a mugger, etc.) However, a few episodes in, that phases out and he starts to become friendlier and nicer. Compare and contrast both times Barry compliments him for "saving the day" when the Flash was present -- the first time, in ''Fastest Man Alive'', he brushes it off with faux humbleness, but gives credit to no one else; the second time, in ''Revenge of the Rogues'', he gratefully thanks the Flash for everything.
* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: Punches Barry for trying to steal his girlfriend. However, he later apologizes to him when Caitlin explains that it was part of his [[BlatantLies medical condition]].]]
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