History Series / TheFlash

* AFatherToHisMen: Pike

* 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]].

** 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.

* ContinuityNod: Some of the later episodes would reference events from earlier episodes. One example would be Nicholas Pike, the BigBad of the pilot episode, returning for revenge in "Fast Forward."
** Also in the same episode, Barry mentions what Nightshade said to him.
-->"Someone once told me the Flash would be forgotten in a few years. I never thought he'd end up in a museum."

* 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.

** In "Captain Cold", Barry calls a reporter "Lois Lane".

** In "Deadly Nightshade", it is revealed that police captain Julius Schwartz knew the identity of Nightshade.

* StarterVillain: Pike

** While the series is ostensibly based on the adventures of the [[TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age]] Flash (Barry Allen), in one episode a villain creates a statue of the Flash which wears a winged helmet and winged boots, which were hallmarks of the uniform of the [[TheGoldenAgeOfComicBooks Golden Age]] Flash.

* ThouShallNotKill: [[spoiler:In "Watching the Detectives", a crooked DA who learned the Flash's identity that the only way he would keep him from telling everyone is to kill him. However, he gets killed when his car exploded, rigged by the mob he was working for.]]

** For example, at one point, this hour long drama was moved to air at 8:30 PM. To avoid competing with The Cosby Show and The Simpsons, as it had been.

* YoureInsane: What Barry Allen says to Nicolas Pike after he's seen what his nemesis has done to Central City during his ten-year absence through accidental time travel.

* HarsherInHindsight: Barry is motivated by the death of a relative (his brother in the series, his mother in the New 52).

* ThePowerOfRock: Used to defeat one VillainOfTheWeek.

* ScrewedByTheNetwork

** In "Watching The Detevtives", Tina mentions expecting a call from [[{{Hawkman}} Dr. Carter Hall]].

* CaptainErsatz: The Nightshade was essentially a combination of Radio/TheShadow and Franchise/TheGreenHornet, with his outfit based on that of the GoldenAge [[ComicBook/TheSandman Sandman]].

* CaptainErsatz: The Nightshade was essentially a combination of TheShadow and Franchise/TheGreenHornet, with his outfit based on that of the GoldenAge [[ComicBook/TheSandman Sandman]].

* CompositeCharacter: Barry Allen's eating tendencies and connection with Tina [=McGee=] are all taken from Wally West's run as the Flash.