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** The Trickster has this as well. He constantly reinvents himself, and disregards his past actions entirely once a new inspiration takes him. In his second appearance, Jesse is broken out of jail and even though Central City, The Flash, and his Harley Quinn-esque devotee are all prepared for the Trickster's return he just dismisses the whole thing as another passe phase and prepares to do something new. He has to be convinced to care enough to put on the suit again.
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* CompositeCharacter: Barry Allen's costume, eating tendencies and connection with Tina [=McGee=] are all taken from Wally West's run as the Flash.
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* CompositeCharacter: Barry Allen's costume, eating tendencies and connection with Tina [=McGee=] are all taken from Wally West's run as the Flash.
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* {{Expy}}: Pollux, Barry's clone in the episode "Twin Streaks," was essentially the show's [[EvilCounterpart Reverse-Flash]]. He also has roots in Speed Demon and the Blue Trinity, all early speedster foes of Wally West who got their powers via lab experimentation, and in a non-speedster comic book foe named Cobalt Blue, who was Barry's long-lost EvilTwin.
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* {{Expy}}: Pollux, Barry's clone in the episode "Twin Streaks," was essentially the show's [[EvilCounterpart Reverse-Flash]]. He also has roots in Speed Demon and the Blue Trinity, all early speedster foes of Wally West who got their powers via lab experimentation, and in a non-speedster comic book foe named Cobalt Blue, who was Barry's long-lost EvilTwin.experimentation.
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* RetCanon: Shortly after the show's debut, Wally West began to use a costume similar to the one Barry used on the show.
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* DisabilitySuperpower: In "Sight Unseen" a blind newspaper vendor's [[SuperSenses other senses]] are so sharp he's able to give the Flash a relatively detailed description of a murder. He would probably know that Barry was the Flash if someone referred to him by name during their talk.
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Most of the episodes portrayed Central City in a manner more akin to [[{{Batman}} Gotham City]]. Plus, the Flash wasn't afraid to kill (unlike his comic book counterpart, who only ever killed once out of desperation).
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* DarkerAndEdgier: Most of the episodes portrayed Central City in a manner more akin to [[{{Batman}} [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Gotham City]]. Plus, the Flash wasn't afraid to kill (unlike his comic book counterpart, who only ever killed once out of desperation).
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* MarkHamill: A couple years before he'd become the voice of the Joker in ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', he plays the similar character The Trickster. He would later voice [[HarmlessVillain a more harmless version]] of Trickster in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited''.
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* MarkHamill: A couple years before he'd become the voice of the Joker in ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', he plays the similar character The Trickster. He would later voice [[HarmlessVillain a more harmless version]] of Trickster in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited''.
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* ClothingDamage: Barry has to be careful about how fast he runs out of costume (or when carrying civilians) because the wind shear from super-speed will shred their clothes (and a lot more if he's ''really'' negligent).
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* CaptainErsatz: The Nightshade was essentially a combination of TheShadow and GreenHornet, with his outfit based on that of the GoldenAge [[ComicBook/TheSandman Sandman]].
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* CaptainErsatz: The Nightshade was essentially a combination of TheShadow and GreenHornet, Franchise/TheGreenHornet, with his outfit based on that of the GoldenAge [[ComicBook/TheSandman Sandman]].
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* PungeonMaster: Captain Cold. Some examples:
--> "Even you can't outrun the cold hand of death."
--> "I'm here to take you to the Ice-capades."
--> "You look pretty hot. I think I'd better cool you off."
--> "Even you can't outrun the cold hand of death."
--> "I'm here to take you to the Ice-capades."
--> "You look pretty hot. I think I'd better cool you off."
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* DeadpanSnarker: Lt. Garfield.
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* DeadpanSnarker: Lt. Garfield. An example from the episode "Captain Cold":
--> Okay, somebody call the coroner to pick this guy up before he melts...On the other hand, may be better to call the Good Humor Man.
** Barry himself, at times. From the same episode:
--> '''Terri Kronenberg:''' All right, look. About the other night. I acted like a jerk. Well, I mean not so much a jerk as much as I was just pushy. All right, no, actually, to tell you the truth, I was a jerk. You know, but it's my job. It's just, I take it very seriously and it makes me a little aggressive sometimes. And I know that it's a problem and I've been working on it. I'm actually a lot better. You should have seen me before. Woo. It's a trait, it runs in my family, you know? So, what I'm trying to say here is that I'm sorry, okay?
--> '''Barry:''' Do you ever breathe?
--> '''Terri:''' Yeah, that's another thing, [[MotorMouth I talk a lot]].
--> '''Barry:''' Oh, really? I hadn't noticed.
--> Okay, somebody call the coroner to pick this guy up before he melts...On the other hand, may be better to call the Good Humor Man.
** Barry himself, at times. From the same episode:
--> '''Terri Kronenberg:''' All right, look. About the other night. I acted like a jerk. Well, I mean not so much a jerk as much as I was just pushy. All right, no, actually, to tell you the truth, I was a jerk. You know, but it's my job. It's just, I take it very seriously and it makes me a little aggressive sometimes. And I know that it's a problem and I've been working on it. I'm actually a lot better. You should have seen me before. Woo. It's a trait, it runs in my family, you know? So, what I'm trying to say here is that I'm sorry, okay?
--> '''Barry:''' Do you ever breathe?
--> '''Terri:''' Yeah, that's another thing, [[MotorMouth I talk a lot]].
--> '''Barry:''' Oh, really? I hadn't noticed.
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* HandyCuffs: The Trickster was handcuffed with his hands in front of him. While sitting in the middle of a police car with 3 officers, he grabbed a gun from one officer and shot all 3 dead. Oh, and Trickster is also an escape artist so he was out of the handcuffs seconds later.
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* HandyCuffs: The In his titular debut episode, the Trickster was handcuffed with his hands in front of him. While sitting in the middle of a police car with 3 three officers, he grabbed a gun from one officer and shot all 3 three dead. Oh, and Trickster is also an escape artist so he was out of the handcuffs seconds later.
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* {{Expy}}: Pollux, Barry's clone in the episode "Twin Streaks," was essentially the show's [[EvilCounterpart Reverse-Flash]]. He also has roots in Speed Demon and the Blue Trinity, all early speedster foes of Wally West who got their powers via lab experimentation.
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* {{Expy}}: Pollux, Barry's clone in the episode "Twin Streaks," was essentially the show's [[EvilCounterpart Reverse-Flash]]. He also has roots in Speed Demon and the Blue Trinity, all early speedster foes of Wally West who got their powers via lab experimentation.experimentation, and in a non-speedster comic book foe named Cobalt Blue, who was Barry's long-lost EvilTwin.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Traditionally blond Barry Allen sports a head of brown hair here.
* AgentScully: Officer Murphy refuses to believe the Flash exists. Even after seeing the speedster running around a bus to defrost it ''right before his eyes''.
** His just missing the Flash so many times eventually leads to ''him'' being suspected of being the hero.
* AgentScully: Officer Murphy refuses to believe the Flash exists. Even after seeing the speedster running around a bus to defrost it ''right before his eyes''.
** His just missing the Flash so many times eventually leads to ''him'' being suspected of being the hero.
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* AdaptationDyeJob: Traditionally Barry is blond Barry Allen in the comics; here, he sports a head of brown hair here.
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* AgentScully: Officer Murphy refuses to believe the Flashexists. Even exists, even after seeing the speedster running around a bus to defrost it ''right before his eyes''.
** His justeyes''. (In fact, his ''just'' missing the Flash so many times eventually leads to ''him'' HIM being suspected of being the hero.hero in one episode).
* AgentScully: Officer Murphy refuses to believe the Flash
** His just
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* BadassLongCoat: This series' version of Captain Cold.
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* BadassLongCoat: This series' version of Captain Cold.
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* CassandraTruth: A toddler in an episode calls Barry "Flash" as she's begun talking. Fortunately since she is a baby nobody takes her seriously.
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* CassandraTruth: A toddler in an episode calls Barry "Flash" as she's begun talking. Fortunately Fortunately, since she is a baby nobody takes her seriously.
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* CreateYourOwnVillain: Inverted in the pilot, as Pike's murder of Jay is what motivates Barry to use his powers to fight crime. Also played straight twice, both times indirectly--Flash's existence motivates James Jesse, already a criminally psychotic StalkerWithACrush, to become the Trickster, a StalkerWithACrush [[WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys with outlandish gadgets]]; and Flash's DNA is used (through a stolen blood sample) to create EvilCounterpart Pollux.
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* CreateYourOwnVillain: Inverted in the pilot, as Pike's murder of Jay is what motivates Barry to use his powers to fight crime. Also played straight twice, both times indirectly--Flash's existence motivates James Jesse, already a criminally psychotic StalkerWithACrush, to become the Trickster, a StalkerWithACrush [[WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys with outlandish gadgets]]; and Flash's DNA is used (through a stolen blood sample) to create EvilCounterpart his not-quite-EvilCounterpart Pollux.
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* MarkHamill: A couple years before he'd become the voice of the Joker in ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', he plays the similar character The Trickster.
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* MarkHamill: A couple years before he'd become the voice of the Joker in ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', he plays the similar character The Trickster. He would later voice [[HarmlessVillain a more harmless version]] of Trickster in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited''.
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* CreateYourOwnVillain: Inverted in the pilot, as Pike's murder of Jay is what motivates Barry to use his powers to fight crime. Also played straight twice, both times indirectly--Flash's existence motivates James Jesse, already a criminally psychotic StalkerWithACrush, to become the Trickster, a StalkerWithACrush [[WhereDoesHeGetAllThoseWonderfulToys with outlandish gadgets]]; and Flash's DNA is used (through a stolen blood sample) to create EvilCounterpart Pollux.
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* GenreSavvy: In the pilot, Tina says if the government found out about Barry's abilities, they would try to cut him up to make more like him. Barry responds that she has read too many comic books.
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* CaptainErsatz: The Nightshade was essentially a combination of TheShadow and GreenHornet, with his outfit based on that of the GoldenAge {{Sandman}}.
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* CaptainErsatz: The Nightshade was essentially a combination of TheShadow and GreenHornet, with his outfit based on that of the GoldenAge {{Sandman}}.[[ComicBook/TheSandman Sandman]].
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Captain Cold's demise]].
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Captain Cold's demise]].
* MarkHamill: A couple years before he'd become the voice of the Joker in ''BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'', he plays the similar character The Trickster.
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork
* WeirdnessMagnet: The Flash himself, apparently. Lampshaded by Lt. Garfield in "The Trickster."
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* WeirdnessMagnet: The Flash himself, apparently. Lampshaded by Lt. Garfield in "The Trickster."
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* CaptainErsatz: The Nightshade was essentially a combination of TheShadow and GreenHornet.
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* CaptainErsatz: The Nightshade was essentially a combination of TheShadow and GreenHornet.GreenHornet, with his outfit based on that of the GoldenAge {{Sandman}}.
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* {{Expy}}: Pollux, Barry's clone in the episode "Twin Streaks," was essentially the show's [[EvilCounterpart Reverse-Flash]].
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* {{Expy}}: Pollux, Barry's clone in the episode "Twin Streaks," was essentially the show's [[EvilCounterpart Reverse-Flash]]. He also has roots in Speed Demon and the Blue Trinity, all early speedster foes of Wally West who got their powers via lab experimentation.
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* HonorBeforeReason: Captain Cold ''will'' finish a contract, even if the employer cuts the contract short without paying him.
* TheUnfavorite: In the pilot Barry was this for his father Henry, in stark contrast to his brother Jay; Henry always praised Jay's accomplishments as the leader of the local police department's major crime task force [[WellDoneSonGuy while dismissing Barry's work in the police lab]]. However, Barry never held it against Jay himself (and it helped that Jay supported Barry's lab-work).
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Henry Allen, Barry's father, looks down on Barry's work as a scientist in the police lab, believing it to not be "real" police work.
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Henry Allen, Barry's father, father and a former street cop, looks down on Barry's work as a scientist in the police lab, believing it to not be "real" police work.
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* BerserkButton: Prematurely canceling a contract with Captain Cold when he's failed a mission you hired him for is not a wise thing to do, especially because [[TranquilFury his offended feelings won't show openly]].
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* KillItWithIce: In this series, Captain Cold was a mercenary whose freeze ray did just that, killing victims in the process.
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* KillItWithIce: In this series, Captain Cold was a mercenary assassin whose freeze ray did [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin just that, killing victims in what you'd expect it to do]]; he also utilized freeze-bombs that did basically the process.same thing as the main ray. (His original comics incarnation's freeze ray didn't kill people, merely put them in a sort of suspended animation with the freezing appearance as a side-effect, because [[EvenEvilHasStandards he never killed unless the situation absolutely warranted it]].)
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* PunnyName: Leonard Wynters, Captain Cold's real name in this series (in the comics, his real name is Leonard Snart, which...doesn't lend itself to cold puns).
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* HeyItsThatGuy: Barry Allen is also [[DawsonsCreek Dawson's dad]]. Additionally, the Trickster is [[StarWars Luke Skywalker]], and reporter Joe Kline is [[LawAndOrder Detective John Munch]].
* HeyItsThatVoice: Alex Desert (who played Barry's lab assistant Julio) also voiced ''[[WolverineAndTheXMen Nick]]'' ''[[WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes Fury]]''. Mark Hamill (the Trickster) would later go on to voice [[DCAnimatedUniverse the Joker]]...and briefly ereprised this series' role by voicing a more harmless version of Trickster in ''JusticeLeagueUnlimited''.
** John Wesley Shipp would later go on to (ironically enough) voice Professor Zoom in the Flash's focus episode "Requiem for a Scarlet Speedster" on ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''.
* HeyItsThatVoice: Alex Desert (who played Barry's lab assistant Julio) also voiced ''[[WolverineAndTheXMen Nick]]'' ''[[WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes Fury]]''. Mark Hamill (the Trickster) would later go on to voice [[DCAnimatedUniverse the Joker]]...and briefly ereprised this series' role by voicing a more harmless version of Trickster in ''JusticeLeagueUnlimited''.
** John Wesley Shipp would later go on to (ironically enough) voice Professor Zoom in the Flash's focus episode "Requiem for a Scarlet Speedster" on ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold''.
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* CriminalAmnesiac: A rather interesting variation in "Tina, Is That You?"--due to an experiment gone wrong, Tina becomes convinced that she's the leader of a dangerous all-girl gang, but she still remembers her own real name and Barry's secret identity, and threatens to use the latter knowledge against him if he tries to interfere with her plans. Of course, [[IGotBetter she gets better]].
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* CriminalAmnesiac: A rather interesting variation in "Tina, Is That You?"--due to an experiment gone wrong, Tina becomes convinced that she's the leader of a dangerous all-girl gang, but she still remembers her own real name and Barry's secret identity, and threatens to use the latter knowledge against him if he tries to interfere with her plans. Of course, [[IGotBetter she gets better]].
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* CassandraTruth: A toddler in an episode calls Barry "Flash" as she's begun talking. Fortunately since she is a baby nobody takes her seriously.
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* ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself: Happens in "The Trickster," where Barry goes to a police costume ball as his alter ego...and a number of the guests there are clad in similarly-colored costumes, since nobody knows what the real Flash looks like beyond the red-and-gold speed blur. Amusingly, Barry is told that [[YourCostumeNeedsWork his costume is bland]].
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**His just missing the Flash so many times eventually leads to ''him'' being suspected of being the hero.
*EvilDetectingDog: The dog does ''not'' like the disguised Trickster, while nobody else can tell who he is.
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* HeyItsThatVoice: Alex Desert (who played Barry's lab assistant Julio) also voiced ''[[WolverineAndTheXMen Nick]]'' ''[[WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes Fury]]''. Mark Hamill (the Trickster) would later go on to voice [[DCAnimatedUniverse the Joker]]...and briefly reprised this series' role by voicing a more harmless version of Trickster in ''JusticeLeagueUnlimited''.
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* HeyItsThatVoice: Alex Desert (who played Barry's lab assistant Julio) also voiced ''[[WolverineAndTheXMen Nick]]'' ''[[WesternAnimation/AvengersEarthsMightiestHeroes Fury]]''. Mark Hamill (the Trickster) would later go on to voice [[DCAnimatedUniverse the Joker]]...and briefly reprised ereprised this series' role by voicing a more harmless version of Trickster in ''JusticeLeagueUnlimited''.
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** A mention of "Police captain Julius Schwartz" (Julius Schwartz was a legendary DC Comics editor and a co-creator of the [[TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] Flash).
** A reference to "the Hotel Infantino" (Carmine Infantino was another co-creator of the [[TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] Flash).
** A reference to "the Hotel Infantino" (Carmine Infantino was another co-creator of the [[TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] Flash).
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** A mention of "Police captain Julius Schwartz" (Julius Schwartz (JuliusSchwartz was a legendary DC Comics editor and a co-creator of the [[TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] Flash).
** A reference to "the Hotel Infantino"(Carmine Infantino (CarmineInfantino was another co-creator of the [[TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] Flash).
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* BatmanGambit: A criminal mastermind gathers a team to supposedly steal a foreign treasure. While the police sit on the treasure, he sends them out to pick the city clean. As it turns out they're just distractions to pull the police away so he ''can'' steal the treasure.
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Central City police scientist Barry Allen is involved in a freak lab accident involving a bolt of lightning and several random chemicals on a shelf; the bizarre combination alters his body chemistry, allowing him to move at incredible SuperSpeed. Shortly afterwards, his older brother Jay is murdered by notorious gang leader (and ex-cop) Nicholas Pike, prompting Barry to seek the aid of STAR Labs scientist Dr. Tina [=McGee=] in order to bring Pike and his gang to justice. To that end, Barry dons an experimental high-pressure diving suit, modified with lightning-bolt designs, and sets out on a one-man war on Pike, and eventually on crime in Central City as a whole.
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Central City police scientist Barry Allen is involved caught in a freak lab accident involving a bolt of lightning and several random chemicals on a shelf; the bizarre combination alters his body chemistry, allowing him to move at incredible SuperSpeed. Shortly afterwards, his older brother Jay is murdered by notorious gang leader (and ex-cop) Nicholas Pike, prompting Barry to seek the aid of STAR Labs scientist Dr. Tina [=McGee=] in order to bring Pike and his gang to justice. To that end, Barry dons an experimental high-pressure diving suit, modified with lightning-bolt designs, and sets out on a one-man war on Pike, and eventually on crime in Central City as a whole.
