History Characters / TheFlashRoguesGallery

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: In the ''Rebirth'' continuity, Grodd's mother died getting the newborn Grodd water during a severe drought. After Grodd slaughters a bunch of fellow gorillas who were celebrating the coming of the rainy season, the Flash looks into it, and gets mind raped by Grodd, who decides to let Barry go (just this once) after witnessing his memories of the murder of Nora Allen.

* ImAHumanitarian: Not above eating his enemies.

* AbusiveParents: He has multiple children. He treated his son Peter Jr. horribly because he wasn't born with the same triple-jointed capabilities and had extensive surgery to replicate it. While his daughter Alex [[spoiler:he raped and sexually abused multiple times, leading to her committing self-mutilation and becoming the monster known as Junior.]]

->''"All right, everbody -- FREEZE!"''

* DumbMuscle: Golden Glider used her various Chillblaines as her enforcer. Independent thought was not encouraged.

* LegacyCharacter: Four different men bore the name Chillblaine name and costume.

* ForkFencing: To supplement his brain eating he carries around a giant spoon to scoop brains out with.
* FreudianExcuse: The Rebirth continuity actually does explore this. As a baby gorilla, Grodd was small and sickly. He was treated as the runt of the pack, and eventually his mother died protecting him during a drought. Naturally that baby grew up and decided to become a force who would never be weak again.

* IdiotSavant: Despite being mentally retarded, Big Sir is a genius at card games and was able to break the bank at Justice League Casino.

* AnimalIsTheNewMan: One of Grodd's most consistent goals is to replace humanity with gorillas as the Earth's dominant species. In ''JLApe'' he orchestrates a plan to transform people into apes, and actually succeeds in transforming the Justice League themselves.

* SpiderSense: Can detect the Speed Force, allowing him to hit and dodge speedsters despite not having superspeed himself.

** ComicBook/WallyWest also has a large bone to pick with Grodd after he maimed ComicBook/HunterZolomon. It was one of the few occasions where Wally actually has a killing intent.

* AIIsAcrapshoot: When the Justice Society moved to their new headquarters in New York, Mr. Terrific built a new state of the art security system out of the original Thinker's Thinking Cap technology. It gained sentience shortly thereafter and joined Johnny Sorrow's new Injustice Society.

* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: His family tried to support him after his Still Force related accident, and stuck around. Then he killed them.

* AIIsACrapshoot

* FreudianExcuse: Being given away at birth to a bunch of abusive con artists, then later finding out you have a twin who got a relatively good upbringing by your real parents...can you really blame him for [[TheResenter being angry]]?

* TheResenter: Toward Barry, for having a wonderful life that Malcolm believes he deserved.

->''"My family will finally have revenge of the Flash legacy."''

* LegacyCharacter: He's a distant ancestor of the Reverse-Flash, Impulse, Inertia, and Captain Boomerang II. As well, there are 1000 years' worth of Cobalt Blues that follow in his footsteps by fighting their respective Flashes (who are all of the Allen or West bloodlines).

* TheResenter: Toward Barry, for having the wonderful life that Malcolm got cheated out of.

* RoguesGalleryTransplant: Originall appeared fighting Batman before relocating to Central City.

->''"My body is more resiliant than a foam-rubber pillow. Too bad tthe same isn't rue for you."''

* BareYourMidriff: Her original costume has a snakskin vest that leaves her belly bare.