History ComicBook / FlashPoint

A sequel event called ''ComicBook/FlashpointBeyond'' began in 2022 that focuses on the alternate-timelines' Thomas Wayne ten years after original event.

A sequel event called ''ComicBook/FlashpointBeyond'' began in 2022 that focuses on alternate-timelines Thomas Wayne ten years after original event.

This event led to a complete reboot of the DC universe starting with Justice League #1 on August 31st 2011. Most notably, Flashpoint's conclusion served as the starting point for DC's company-wide relaunch, ComicBook/{{New 52}}. It subsequently led to two other major events, the first being ''ComicBook/{{Convergence}}'', where Braniac allows the three main iterations (and then some!) of the DC Universe to finally meet (though not on pleasant terms), with these encounters leading to all three universes being able to co-exist, and ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'', where it seems another party got involved with Barry's actions. ''ComicBook/TheButton'', a 2017 crossover between ''[[ComicBook/BatmanRebirth Batman]]'' and ''ComicBook/TheFlash'', serves as a sequel to ''Flashpoint'' as well as a continuation of the story that began in ''DC Universe: Rebirth'' #1.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Barry Allen decides to recreate his superhero origin story, which involved being hit by lightning and bathed in a bunch of chemicals. Instead of granting him SuperSpeed, he's horribly burned and nearly killed. While his second try was successful, a ''ComicBook/TalesFromTheDarkMultiverse'' issue building off from that moment adhered to reality even more, with the second try just killing him.

** Instead of crash-landing in a small, rural field in Kansas, the rocketship containing little [[{Franchise/{Superman}} Kal-El]] crashes right in the middle of Metropolis, along with a meteor shower, pulverizing the city to rubble and killing ''thirty-five thousand people''.

* {{Area 51}}: What "Project: Superman" functions as. It's a top secret, heavily protected government facility located two miles beneath New Metropolis devoted to studying three alien "subjects" that arrived on Earth by rocketship. By the events of ''Flashpoint'', Subject 1 – [[{{Superman}} Kal-El]] – is the only surviving alien specimen, having spent his entire life within the facility.

** Instead of crash-landing in a small, rural field in Kansas, the rocketship containing little [[{{Superman}} Kal-El]] crashes right in the middle of Metropolis, along with a meteor shower, pulverizing the city to rubble and killing ''thirty-five thousand people''.

** Seen in the two-page view of Gotham - there's apparently a [[Film/GreenLantern Green Lantern movie]] in theaters.

* InfantImmortality: Averted in the cases of [[spoiler:Bruce Wayne, Traci 13's younger brothers, Harvey Dent's daughter, Lex Luthor and Billy Batson.]]

** [[spoiler:New information reveals said entity is [[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Dr. Manhatten]].]]

* RedIsViolent: This brutal version of Batman incorporates red to the costume, including the cape, the symbol and the red eyes.

%%* AlternateTimeline

%%* CloudCuckoolander: Element Woman.

* VillainProtagonist: Heatwave & The Reverse Flash in their respective side stories.

%%** Wonder Woman's aunt.

* SequelHook: [[spoiler:At some point before Barry broke history and completely unrelated to this mess, some villain split the DCU into three timelines (main, Creator/{{Wildstorm}}, and Creator/{{Vertigo|Comics}}) to keep its heroes from uniting against him/her/it.]]

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Father Jason Todd treats Traci 13 suddenly teleporting into the middle of his church as if it were a common occurrence. When she questions him about it, he informs her that as someone living in [[CityOfWeirdos Gotham City]], he's seen weirder.

* PetTheDog: At the very end of the story Batman comforts Flash and tells him not to be too hard on himself as he would have done the exact same thing.

* PetTheDog: At the very end of the story Batman tries to comfort Flash and tells him not to be so hard on himself for saving his mother because he would have done the exact same thing

* WildChild: Beast Boy is a feral child used as attack dog in Grodd's army. It doesn't take him long to [[TheDogBitesBack turn on his masters though]].

* AnimeHair: Subject Zero's hair becomes increasingly longer and pointer as he becomes more powerful. By the time he [[spoiler: escapes from his prison with Kal-El's help, he looks like he's gone [[Anime/DragonBallZ Super Saiyan 3]]]].

* SetWrongWhatWasOnceMadeRight: [[spoiler: After seeing how badly his decision affected the world, Barry resolves to go back in time and stop himself from saving his mother, resulting in a CloseEnoughTimeline.]]

This event led to a complete reboot of the DC universe starting with Justice League #1 on August 31st 2011. Most notably, Flashpoint's conclusion served as the starting point for DC's company-wide relaunch, ComicBook/{{New 52}}. It subsequently led to another major event, ''ComicBook/DCRebirth'', where it seems another party got involved with Barry's actions. ''ComicBook/TheButton'', a 2017 crossover between ''[[ComicBook/BatmanRebirth Batman]]'' and ''ComicBook/TheFlash'', serves as a sequel to ''Flashpoint'' as well as a continuation of the story that began in ''DC Universe: Rebirth'' #1.

* BigBad: Though Comicbook/{{Aquaman}} and WonderWoman are the more immediate problem, the Reverse-Flash seems to be the bigger threat. [[spoiler:Subverted in that Reverse-Flash didn't cause the altered timeline, Flash did.]]

* AlternateTimeline

* AnimeHair: Subject Zero's hair becomes increasingly longer and pointer as he becomes more powerful. By the time he [[spoiler: escapes from his prison with Kal-El's help, he looks like he's gone [[Manga/DragonBall Super Saiyan 3]]]].

* ButtMonkey: Initially, Barry Allen.

* CloudCuckoolander: Element Woman.

* CrisisCrossover

* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Bart Allen/Kid Flash & Hal Jordan]].

* MythologyGag: Seen in the two-page view of Gotham - there's apparently a [[Film/GreenLantern Green Lantern movie]] in theaters.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: According to [[VillainsNeverLie Zoom]], [[spoiler:Barry broke the time stream when he saved his mother in the past from a time-traveling Zoom.]]
** [[NiceJobBreakingItHero Nice Job Breaking It, Villainous Advisers]]: The whole reason there's an Atlantean/Amazon war [[spoiler: is because Aquaman and Wonder Woman's primary advisers, Orm and Penthesilea, are working together to assumingly (it's never clearly explained) get Arthur and Diana killed so they can take over. Except by the end of the story, the war and its weapons have gotten so out of control that a throwaway background line suggests the world is rapidly heading towards an inescapable complete shattering due to out of control tectonic manipulation.]] Well done, you yahoos. WELL DONE.

* ShoutOut: One of the casino locales is called "[[PunnyName Wayne's]] [[Film/WaynesWorld World]]".

* [[ArgentinaIsNaziland South America is Naziland]]: The alternate timeline dubs all of the continent, centered in Brazil, as "Nazi-occupied".

* TakeUpMySword: In ''Kid Flash Lost'', Hot Pursuit turns out to be [[spoiler:Patty Spivot, who took on Hot Pursuit's identity after the original, an alternate version of Barry Allen, died. She wound up in the future of the ''Flashpoint'' world along with Bart Allen, with her memories completely intact.]]

* WouldHurtAChild: The Joker and Wonder Woman's aunt. The Joker is specifically referred to as a "child murderer"