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The daughter of Joe West and Barry's best friend, Iris is a graduate student studying criminal psychology, but once she started an online metahuman database, she was offered a job as a reporter at Central City Picture News. Now she has been tasked with uncovering the secret of S.T.A.R. Labs, though Iris has no idea that Barry her best friend is at the heart of it.

In Season 2, fully in the know of Barry's secrets and a member of his team, Iris uses her assets at Picture News to help the team as best she can. She also discovers the existence of her long-lost brother Wally.

* SecretKeeper: After an entire season of being LockedOutOfTheLoop, she is now a part of The Flash's inner circle.

The main cast of ''Series/TheFlash2014''. Beware that all spoilers for season one are '''UNMARKED!'''

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* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: He profited off the meta-humans' havoc by creating anti-metahuman technology to sell to ordinary scared humans, something which ''enraged'' Hunter Zolomon's time remnant.

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

** In the season 1 finale, Eobard Thawne proposes a plan — using Cisco's Rip Hunter-esque time machine, Barry goes back in time and saves his mom and in turn Eobard returns to his own time, the entire story between them retconned from time. Barry agrees, travels back to the past, then backs out of saving Nora at the last minute when another future Barry warns him off, returns to the present and stops Thawne from going home. This leads to a fight in which Eobard has Barry on the ropes until Eddie shoots himself to retcon Eobard's "current" existence. Thawne then disappears…and [[ApocalypseHow/{{Class 6}} a black hole forms over the city]]. Barry tries to stop it with his speed but can only slow it down at best, so Ronnie has to sacrifice himself to stop it by defusing Firestorm within the hole's center. As Nice Jobs go, this is a particular crown jewel.

* CoolBigSis: Is becoming one for Wally.

* HotScoop: She is a journalist student and blogger.

* AdaptationDyeJob: While Wally is traditionally known as a Caucasian RedHeadedHero, the show is using his half African-American cousin, also called Wally, who was introduced in the New 52.[[note]]Originally, New 52 Wally was presented as being the new timeline's version of original Wally, until [[ComicBook/DCRebirth DC Universe: Rebirth]] #1 {{retcon}}ned them into being cousins.[[/note]] The TV series takes it one step farther, making both of his parents African-American.

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->'''Known Aliases:''' Taillights

Wally is Iris's long-lost brother, who Francine was pregnant with shortly before leaving her and Joe. Wally winds up getting introduced to them after Francine discovers that she's terminally ill.

* BadassNormal: His main skill is being a BadassDriver. Given that he was struck with the Particle Accelerator late into Season 2, he may eventually be an EmpoweredBadassNormal.

* WalkingSpoiler: If you're not on track with Season Two, chances are you have no idea that he exists.

* CompositeCharacter: Since in this version, he's Iris's little brother instead of nephew, this makes him one with Daniel West, Iris's brother of the New 52.

* EasilyForgiven: After he reveals his alliance with Zoom, Barry forgives him at the end of that episode. Seems to be averted with the rest, though.

** His flashback relationship with Hunter Zolomon's time remnant, as a publicly beloved inventor at odds with an idealistic hero, makes him one for Lex Luthor.

* HeroicBSOD: He spends pretty much his entire time on Earth-1 slowly breaking down because Zoom has his daughter, and he didn't even know if she was still alive until Cisco vibed him. After Zoom attacks him and offers him a deal- Jesse in exchange for stealing the Flash's speed- he is so obviously losing it that Team Flash start noticing how unhappy he is.

** Ever single Metahuman from his world who wanted to KillAndReplace their Earth-1 counterparts all failed (so far), and only wanted to do it to escape a powerful speedster (Zoom). Wells's actual counterpart was successfully [[DeadPersonImpersonation impersonated]] by a Metahuman from another world (or time in this case) to create a powerful speedster (Barry/The Flash).

* LoveRedeems: Eventually, both his [[ThePowerOfFriendship friendship with Team Flash]] and his love for his daughter (after calling him out of her becoming the reason for him doing [[LoveMakesYouEvil the reverse trope]]) began making positive effects on his character.

* TokenEvilTeammate: To Team Flash. He's revealed to be working with Zoom in a twisted DealWithTheDevil, though "evil" in this case would be an exaggeration, since he's doing it under duress. Zoom threatened to [[IHaveYourWife kill his daughter]] if he didn't agree to help, so he [[ForcedIntoEvil had little choice.]] He eventually doesn't go with the deal and chooses to side with them.

* WeAREStrugglingTogether: Turns out that he and Hunter Zolomon's time remnant intensely dislike each other, to the point where they start beating each other up in "The Darkness and the Light."

** He can also be a little too easy to emotional provoke, especially when it comes to his loved ones or people being threaten to the point that that he ignores the potential consequences of his actions.

** This is somewhat rectified in Season Two, where he's fighting more battles and stopping more criminals while being guided through step by step less often, along with learning and using even the more difficult new powers like throw lightning and making Speed Mirages more effectively and in a short amount of time compared to even Jay Garrick, along with honing his known moves thanks to about a year of experience. Hell, he's starting to take Oliver's advice about using precision, analyzing the situation and his surroundings to his advantage more to heart, as seen with Dr. Light and even Zoom. A true testament is his victory over the Reverse-Flash, using both his speed and brains without any outside help.

** His ChronicHeroSyndrome when combined with his time travel abilities makes for a very bad combination. While he hasn't done any major damage to the timeline so far, it's repeatedly stressed that he ''could'', something that the events of "Flash Back" can attest to.

** When Zoom murders Henry before his eyes right before the season 2 finale, Barry is angered into agreeing to a race with Zoom…which will generate enough energy into a stolen pulsar device [[ApocalypseHow/ClassX5 to destroy every other universe]]. It takes the rest of the team figuring this out, holding him back, going through a failed alternate plan, and voicing their concerns for him to regain sound enough mind to figure out how to actually beat Zoom and avert the disaster.

* WhatTheHellHero: Delivers this to Wells, calling him out on his ManipulativeBastard tendencies and general selfishness.

* BadassBookworm: Not a science nerd like Barry, Cisco or Caitlin, but not only is she a graduate in criminal psychology, but she started the metahuman blog that everyone in the Arrowverse uses, got herself a job at Central City Picture News, and managed to figure out the connection between Wells' accelerator and metahumans despite being LockedOutOfTheLoop for most of the season.

* CallingTheOldManOut: When she finally discovers everything, start to finish—Barry being the Flash, Joe and Eddie knowing, Wells being the Man in Yellow—Joe finally hears it for every overreach of restriction and/or secrecy he's made in his attempts to keep her safe from the villains' reach.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Joe made Barry promise that he wouldn't tell Iris about his powers, something he's not very happy about. As of "Tricksters", she is ''literally'' the only regular character who doesn't know Barry is the Flash, though she did find out before Eddie in a now alternate timeline. She finally finds out in the episode, "The Trap."

* BreakTheCutie: Besides his [[DeathIsCheap death at the hands of Wells]] he is captured by the Rogues and forced to build weapons for them or else Captain Cold would kill his brother.
* BrokenPedestal: He was Dr. Wells' WellDoneSonGuy, viewing Wells more like a father than a mere boss especially given his rocky ties to his own family. Until he discovered that the man he believed to be the good doctor was actually the Reverse-Flash all along.
* 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 Dr. Wells, who is angered that Cisco created a weapon to counter Barry's capabilities[[note]] and thus those of "Wells", though Cisco didn't know it at the time[[/note]] out of worry that Barry may turn against them one day.

* FaceDeathWithDignity: He manages to stand his ground calmly as Wells prepares to scramble his insides, despite still reeling from learning the truth.

* HeKnowsTooMuch: Why Wells kills him in a now alternate timeline.

* ParentalSubstitute: Has this in Wells, due to his estrangement from his family. Then he investigates too deeply into the containment field's failure to stop the Reverse-Flash, and it all goes downhill from there.

** After he risked his life to save Ray from a surprise bee-bot attack, he and Caitlin were let in on the others' suspicions about Wells being the Reverse-Flash. Thanks to his alternate-timeline memory nightmares of back when Wells killed him he partially believes it.

** He's also estranged from his family, which is why he relies on the rest of Team Flash for emotional support and craves (well, ''[[BrokenPedestal craved'')]] Dr. Wells' approval like a son would his father's.

* UndyingLoyalty: He's still working for STAR Labs and Dr. Wells after the explosion. He even originally built what became the Flash suit for firefighters, in the hopes the city would stop hating Dr. Wells. That is until he learns that Wells is the Reverse-Flash.

* WellDoneSonGuy: Less of a father-son way and more of a hero-employee way. Cisco craves Wells' approval, as pointed out by Pied Piper. Ironically enough Wells says he considers Cisco to be the son he never had... [[KickTheDog before killing him.]]

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the comics, Caitlin Snow is the supervillain Killer Frost. Her Earth-2 counterpart will be filling her Supervillain role.

* UndyingLoyalty: Even though the explosion ruined her career and killed her fiance, she's still working for Dr. Wells and STAR Labs. That is until she learns that Wells is the Reverse-Flash.

** He's also the only one on the police force who knows that Joe is investigating Harrison Wells.

* TakingYouWithMe: Given his HeroicSacrifice to stop Wells which takes advantage of the GrandfatherParadox.

Dr. Harrison Wells is the founder of S.T.A.R. Labs who mentors the Flash, helping him understand his powers. But he is himself a speedster and the killer of Barry's mother. He is also Eddie's descendant from the distant future, impersonating the real Wells.

* BadassBookworm: A genius scientist who blasts shark-men with laser guns and is capable of holding his own in a fistfight against a powerless Jay Garrick.

* AmbiguouslyHuman: Stated by Wells in the Season 1 finale that his RippleProofMemory is a result of him being a metahuman. In this case it isn't his metahumanity that is ambiguous, but rather the exact nature of his powers, which seem to allow him to glimpse into alternate realities.

* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: She switches to a HimeCut in Season 2.

->'''Current Members''': [[TheHero Barry Allen / The Flash]], [[GadgeteerGenius Cisco Ramon]] / [[{{Seer}} Vibe]], [[TheMedic Dr. Caitlin Snow]], [[FriendOnTheForce Det. Joe West]], [[TheFace Iris West]], [[SternTeacher Dr. Harrison ''Harry'' Wells]], [[TeenGenius Jesse Wells]]
->'''Former Members''': [[TeamDad Eobard]] [[DeadPersonImpersonation Thawne]] [[EvilAllAlong /]] [[BigBad The Reverse Flash]], [[FriendOnTheForce Det. Eddie Thawne]], [[TheProfessor Prof. Martin Stein]] [[FusionDance and]] [[TheEngineer Ronnie Raymond]] / [[PlayingWithFire Firestorm]], [[BigBrotherMentor Hunter]] [[SerialKiller Zolomon]] / [[BigBad Zoom]]

* SixthRanger: Team Arrow, Ronnie Raymond, Prof. Stein, Ray Palmer and Eddie Thawne all fill the role in Season 1, with Iris being the EleventhHourRanger. Jay Garrick, Jefferson Jackson, Earth-2 Harrison Wells, Linda Park, Henry Allen, Kendra Saunders, Carter Hall and Jesse Wells fill the role in Season 2. Barry's CosmicRetcon of the second half of Season 1 causes Hartley Rathaway to pull a HeelFaceTurn, making him another ally of TheTeam.

->'''Played By:''' Jesse L. Martin

* BackupTwin: ZigZagged. He is introduced a season after his [[DeadPersonImpersonation imposter]]. However, he ended up filling his role as Team Flash's TeamDad anyway.

* IAmNotHim: Finds himself saying this ''a lot'' when he starts working with the STAR Labs team.

* TookALevelInKindness: After being mostly a {{Jerkass}} to them, he finally warms up to Barry and co. after Grodd returns and started a rampage and even risks his life to save Caitlin.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Because Wally is not aware of Barry being the Flash, his first impression of him is as someone who is aloof and unreliable. He finds out that Barry is the Flash in Season 2 Episode 22.

* LovesMyAlterEgo: He has a tense relationship with Barry but greatly idolizes The Flash, not knowing they're the same person.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Because Wally is not aware of Barry being the Flash, his first impression of him is as someone who is aloof and unreliable. [[spoiler: He finds out that Barry is the Flash in Season 2 Episode 22.]]

** Gets even worse in Season 2 with Wally, Jax, a few ex-girlfriends (one of whom Barry revealed his identity to just to give her a morale boost), the BigBad (who discovered his identity before they even met), the head of a rival science lab (who thought his secret identity was so obvious she didn't bother explaining how she knew), a former villain who got retconned into an ally due to time-travel, and who knows how many people from Earth-2 all knowing who Barry is. It's starting to border on EverybodyAlreadyKnows.

** Gets even worse in Season 2 with Wally, Jax, a few ex-girlfriends (one of whom Barry revealed his identity to just to give her a morale boost), the BigBad (who discovered his identity before they even met), the head of a rival science lab (who thought his secret identity was so obvious she didn't bother explaining how she knew), a former villain who got retconned into an ally due to time-travel, and who knows how many people from Earth-2 all knowing who Barry is. It's starting to border on EverybodyKnows.

* AdaptationalIntelligence: Inverted. He didn't actually became dumb in this version per se. However, most versions of him is a scientist similar to the likes of the S.T.A.R. Labs crew in this show.

* AesopAmnesia: In Season 2, he seems to have forgotten why keeping secrets sucks since he refuses to let Patty know Barry's the Flash

* BreakTheBadass: Joe has been pretty brave with other supercriminals but Grodd is the first one reduce him to a weeping wreck

* TheLancer: His role in Team Flash. He possesses authority over the group second only to Wells (which may have something to do with them being the adult figures of the relatively young group) and most times act as Wells' de-facto NumberTwo, especially concerning Barry.

** When Cisco is in a state of a lucid dreaming and comments how he's wearing his favorite shirt, that he thought the dryer ate and Joe justs giggles uncontrollably.
* OldCopYoungCop: Two of hos most prominent partners (Eddie and Patty) are around the age range of his daughter. Both even dated his (surrogate, in Barry's case) children.

* ParentalMarriageVeto: When Eddie gave him courtesy of knowing first that he plans on proposing to his daughter, Joe bluntly shuts him down.

* 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.

* AdaptationDyeJob: While he's traditionally known as a Caucasian RedHeadedHero, the show is using the ComicBook/{{New 52}} version, who is half African-American. The TV series takes it one step farther, making both of his parents African-American.

* CharacterDevelopment: When we first meet him, Wally is more heavily based off the New 52 version, being an angsty, rebellious young man who doesn't gel with his family and is generally rubbed the wrong way by Barry. As the series progresses, he becomes more and more like the pre-''Flashpoint'' Wally. He becomes closer to his dad and sister, he gets on much better with Barry, and he's not only begun idolizing the Flash but also developed a strong desire to help people.

* IOweYouMyLife: The Flash saved his life twice now. First from Tar Pit, the second from Zoom. Because of the latter, he begins idolizing the Flash.

* RaceLift: He's traditionally a Caucasian and in the current comics continuity is half-Caucasian half-African-American, but like the rest of the West family, this version is fully African-American.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Because Wally is not aware of Barry being the Flash, his first impression of him is as someone who is aloof and unreliable.

*** In ''King Shark'' Cisco is the one most worried that Caitlin's coldness [[spoiler: both metaphorically, and ''literally'', after Jay's death, could be indicative of her turning into Earth-1's '''Killer Frost'''.]]

* TheLostLenore: Iris is still hung up from his death almost a year after that. [[spoiler: Barry later helps her move on when he travels back in time by making a video from Eddie.]]

* 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.

* CompositeCharacter: He's the Earth-2 version of the S.T.A.R. Labs founder. But the Earth-2 Wells has elements of [[{{Expy}} Lex Luthor]]. And the actress playing Wells' daughter was announced to be Jesse Quick, making Wells a version of Johnny Quick.

* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: One reason why Barry grabs the IdiotBall a lot, he has a tendency of seeing people in the best light. Besides Wells, he also thought that Snart is a man of his word despite a huge criminal record and he didn't realize that the Arrow has no qualms about torturing people even though he's followed up on news about the Arrow and knows that Oliver has killed numerous times.

* CameBakcStrong: Of the non-death version. After Barry had his powers stolen by zoom, he later enters the speed force and while inside learns to harness it's power effectively. The trip itself not only restores his connection to the speed force but increases it drastically as before Zoom was about four times faster than him and after he came back he was faster than Zoom [[UpToEleven who has his power plus what he stole from barry before]].

** He can also be a little too easy to emotional provoke, especially when it comes to his loved ones or people being threaten to the point that

* FatalFlaw: His ChronicHeroSyndrome when combined with his time travel abilities makes for a very bad combination. While he hasn't done any major damage to the timeline so far, it's repeatedly stressed that he ''could'', something that the events of "Flash Back" can attest to.

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

* AdaptationalWimp: Played with. In most stories, the present day Thawne becomes the supervillain Cobalt Blue, who has the power to negate The Flash's SuperSpeed. Eddie never become a supervillain or gained any powers, but he was able to kill the one foe Barry couldn't even defeat on his own.