History Recap / TheFlash2014S1E9TheManInTheYellowSuit

* TheBadGuyWins: the Reverse Flash makes off with the tachyon device, and he would've killed Barry then and there if it weren't for Firestorm.

* MindScrew: The Reverse-Flash beats Dr. Wells to a pulp, and with the reveal that Wells is the Reverse-Flash that means Wells nearly killed himself. However, that in and of itself makes sense: [[TimeyWimeyBall as Reverse-Flash, he knew how this would play out and decided to just drag the beating out long enough for Barry to come in and "stop" him]]. However, as one viewer pointed out the Revers-Flash that Barry faces on the football is thin, while the Reverse-Flash in S.T.A.R. Labs is bulkier and more muscular. [[http://i.imgur.com/DvOEhTK.png See for yourself]]. So there might be ''two'' Reverse-Flashes.

** The Reverse Flash ignores Joe's questions and only responds to Wells. He's mostly a pre-recorded hologram; Wells could only account for what he would say.

** The Reverse Flash ignores Joe's questions and only responds to Wells. [[spoiler: He's mostly a pre-recorded hologram; Wells could only account for what he would say.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: when the team "traps" the Man in Yellow, Wells points Eddie out by his last name for the Reverse Flash to hear. And when he escapes the trap, the Reverse Flash kills the entire anti-Flash task force except for Eddie and Joe (the latter only because of Barry's arrival). At the end of the episode, Eddie wonders why the Reverse Flash even "spared" him.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Tina [=McGee=] mentions how much alike Barry and Wells are. The end of the episode may imply that Wells is, in fact, Barry's EvilCounterpart.

** Combined with {{Foreshadowing}}[=/=]{{Fauxshadowing}}, Eddie wonders why the Reverse Flash didn't kill him. In the comics, Professor Zoom (one of the many reverse Flashes) has the secret of Eobard Thwane and traveled back in time from the 30th Century to ruin Barry's life. The BadFuture of this series is only ten years away so Reverse Flash may have been avoiding a GrandfatherParadox.

* PersonalSpaceInvader: After taking out his task force, Reverse-Flash stands an inch away from Eddie and just stares for a moment before running off to fight the Flash.

** Combined with [[{{Foreshadowing}} Foreshadowing]]/ {{Fauxshadowing}}, Eddie wonders why the Reverse Flash didn't kill him. In the comics, Professor Zoom (one of the many reverse Flashes) has the secret of Eobard Thwane and traveled back in time from the 30th Century to ruin Barry's life. The BadFuture of this series is only ten years away so Reverse Flash may have been avoiding a GrandfatherParadox.

* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Barry finally admits his romantic feelings to Iris, and apologizes for the terrible timing.

* MathematiciansAnswer: Eddit asks Joe if he knows who the Flash is. Joe responds with "He's the guy that saved both our lives tonight"

* MindScrew: The Reverse-Flash beats Dr. Wells to a pulp, and with the reveal that Wells is the Reverse-Flash that means Wells nearly killed himself. However, that in and of itself makes sense: [[TimeyWimeyBall as Reverse-Flash, he knew how this would play out and decided to just drag the beating out long enough for Barry to come in and "stop" him]]. However, as one viewer pointed out the Revers-Flash that Barry faces on the football is thin, while the Reverse-Flash as S.T.A.R. Labs is bulkier and more muscular. [[http://i.imgur.com/DvOEhTK.png See for yourself]].

* MindScrew: The Reverse-Flash beats Dr. Wells to a pulp, and with the reveal that Wells is the Reverse-Flash that means Wells nearly killed himself. However, that in and of itself makes sense: [[TimeyWimeyBall as Reverse-Flash, he knew how this would play out and decided to just drag the beating out long enough for Barry to come in and "stop" him]].
** However, as one viewer pointed out the Revers-Flash that Barry faces on the football is thin, while the Revers-Flash as S.T.A.R. Labs is bulkier and more muscular. [[http://i.imgur.com/DvOEhTK.png See for yourself]].

* MindScrew: The Reverse-Flash beats Dr. Wells to a pulp, and with the reveal that Wells is the Reverse-Flash that means Wells nearly killed himself.

* DoubleSubversion: The popular fan theory of Wells being the Reverse-Flash seems to be {{Jossed}} when the latter delivers the former a NoHoldsBarredBeatdown in the penultimate act (Eddie Thawne, another likely candidate, is also in the room witnessing this). Later, however, Wells is shown to possess the Reverse-Flash suit as well as a device that gives him the Reverse-Flash's deep voice, implying a significant connection between the two.

* MythologyGag: The ring Wells uses to unlock his Reverse-Flash costume compartment has the same lightning bolt design as the ring Barry Allen and Wally West used to stored their costumes (very compressed) inside in the comics.

* WhamShot: Wells opening a compartment in his secret lair to reveal the yellow suit.

* MindScrew: The Reverse-Flash beats Dr. Wells to a pulp, and with the reveal that Wells us the Reverse-Flash that means Wells nearly killed himself.