History Series / TheFlash1990

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A [[Series/TheFlash2014 second TV series]] based on the Flash started in 2014 and contains several homages to this show, like Shipp returning as [[CastingGag Barry Allen's father]], while Creator/AmandaPays, Creator/MarkHamill, and Creator/AlexDesert have occasionally [[RoleReprise reprised their roles]] as Tina [=McGee=], the villainous Trickster and Julio Mendez respectively. It was eventually confirmed that this series takes place in an AlternateUniverse to the newer one's own (the "Series/{{Arrowverse}}") after its Barry travels through dimensions. In 2018, John Wesley Shipp's Barry would come back for the yearly Arrowverse crossover event, ''Series/{{Elseworlds}}''. This show's setting is now officially designated as Earth-90 within the Arrowverse's {{multiverse}}, after the year it was created, and received a FullyAbsorbedFinale as part of ''Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019''.

* ShoutOut: In "The Trial of the Trickster", the Trickster forced a band to play the WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes theme during his mock trial.

A [[Series/TheFlash2014 second TV series]] based on the Flash started in 2014 and contains several homages to this show, like Shipp returning as [[CastingGag Barry Allen's father]], while Creator/AmandaPays, Creator/MarkHamill, and Creator/AlexDesert have occasionally [[RoleReprise reprised their roles]] as Tina [=McGee=], the villainous Trickster and Julio Mendez respectively. It was eventually confirmed that this series takes place in an AlternateUniverse to the newer one's own (the "Series/{{Arrowverse}}") after its Barry travels through dimensions. In 2018, John Wesley Shipp's Barry would come back for the yearly Arrowverse crossover event, ''Series/{{Elseworlds}}''. This show's setting is now officially designated as Earth-90 within the Arrowverse's {{multiverse}}, after the year it was created, and recieved a FullyAbsorbedFinale as part of ''Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019''.

The series lasted for one season, 22 episodes in all, and was eventually canceled due to poor scheduling by Creator/{{CBS}} (the Gulf War was also a factor). It was produced by Pet Fly Productions in association with [[Creator/WarnerBros Warner Bros. Television]].

* RealityEnsues: In the pilot episode, when Barry first accidentally launches into SuperSpeed, he ends up miles from home with all his clothes reduced to shreds by the atmospheric friction.

A [[Series/TheFlash2014 second TV series]] based on the Flash started in 2014 and contains several homages to this show, like Shipp returning as [[CastingGag Barry Allen's father]], while Amanda Pays, Creator/MarkHamill, and Creator/AlexDesert have occasionally [[RoleReprise reprised their roles]] as Tina [=McGee=], the villainous Trickster and Julio Mendez respectively. It was eventually confirmed that this series takes place in an AlternateUniverse to the newer one's own (the "Series/{{Arrowverse}}") after its Barry travels through dimensions. In 2018, John Wesley Shipp's Barry would come back for the yearly Arrowverse crossover event, ''Series/{{Elseworlds}}''. This show's setting is now officially designated as Earth-90 within the Arrowverse's {{multiverse}}, after the year it was created, and recieved a FullyAbsorbedFinale as part of ''Series/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths2019''.

** Iris West is played by Paula Marshall here, but is played by Creator/CandicePatton on at least the same two Earths.

* CanonForeigner: Barry's BlackBestFriend Julio.

* BlackBestFriend: Julio Mendez, also his co-worker.

* AlternateUniverse: Of ''Series/TheFlash2014'', as part of a [[TheMultiverse greater DC TV multiverse]] called the ''Series/{{ArrowVerse}}'', which primarily takes place on Earth-1, and contains ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'', which takes place on Earth-38. This Flash series is eventually designated Earth-90.

* EvilAlbino: The show's version of Captain Cold.

* BusCrash: [[spoiler: The Monitor destroyed this world in late 2018, with Barry as the only confirmed survivor.]]

A [[Series/TheFlash2014 second TV series]] based on the Flash started in 2014 and contains several homages to this show, like Shipp returning as [[CastingGag Barry Allen's father]], while Amanda Pays, Creator/MarkHamill, and Creator/AlexDesert have occasionally [[RoleReprise reprised their roles]] as Tina [=McGee=], the villainous Trickster and Julio Mendez respectively. It was eventually confirmed that this series takes place in an AlternateUniverse to the newer one's own (the "Series/{{Arrowverse}}") after its Barry travels through dimensions. In 2018, John Wesley Shipp's Barry would come back for the yearly Arrowverse crossover event, ''Series/{{Elseworlds}}''. This show's setting is now officially designated as Earth-90 within the Arrowverse's {{multiverse}}, after the year it was created.

A [[Series/TheFlash2014 second TV series]] based on the Flash started in 2014 and contains several homages to this show, like Shipp returning as [[CastingGag Barry Allen's father]], while Amanda Pays, Creator/MarkHamill, and Creator/AlexDesert have occasionally [[RoleReprisal reprised their roles]] as Tina [=McGee=], the villainous Trickster and Julio Mendez respectively. It was eventually confirmed that this series takes place in an AlternateUniverse to the newer one's own (the "Series/{{Arrowverse}}") after its Barry travels through dimensions. In 2018, John Wesley Shipp's Barry would come back for the yearly Arrowverse crossover event, ''Series/{{Elseworlds}}''. This show's setting is now officially designated as Earth-90 within the Arrowverse's {{multiverse}}, after the year it was created.

* NoBodyLeftBehind: [[spoiler:Happens to Pollux when he died. All that was left was [[EmptyPilesOfClothing his suit]].]]

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar: In "The Trickster", when Barry brings Megan back to his apartment while Tina's there:
--> '''Megan:''' ''(to Tina)'' Barry mentioned to me what happens to you when you don't get enough sleep. [[ItMakesSenseInContext All-girl gang, huh]]? ''([[ContinuityNod referencing the previous episode]], "Tina, Is That You?")'' note that these episodes originally aired out of order, creating a continuity error.
** During Barry's date with Iris after gaining super-speed, they're cuddling under a blanket and Iris is annoyed the "it was over so fast". But it turns out they were watching a pay-per-view prize fight that lasted only a few minutes.

** Much like on Earth-1, he still ended up allying himself with S.T.A.R. Labs to fight crime after gaining his SuperSpeed . His closest female ally there is also a widow scientist.

A [[Series/TheFlash2014 second TV series]] based on the Flash started in 2014 and contains several homages to this show, like Shipp returning as Barry Allen's father, while Amanda Pays, Creator/MarkHamill, and Creator/AlexDesert have occasionally [[RoleReprisal reprised their roles]] as Tina [=McGee=], the villainous Trickster and Julio Mendez respectively. It was eventually confirmed that this series takes place in an AlternateUniverse to the newer one's own (the "Series/{{Arrowverse}}") after its Barry travels through dimensions. In 2018, John Wesley Shipp's Barry would come back for the yearly Arrowverse crossover event, ''Series/{{Elseworlds}}''. This show's setting is now officially designated as Earth-90 within the Arrowverse's {{multiverse}}, after the year it was created.

A [[Series/TheFlash2014 second TV series]] based on the Flash started in 2014 and contains several homages to this show, like Shipp returning as Barry Allen's father, while Amanda Pays, Creator/MarkHamill, and Creator/AlexDesert have occasionally [[RoleReprisal reprised their roles]] as Tina [=McGee=], the villainous Trickster and Julio Mendez respectively. It was eventually confirmed that this series takes place in an AlternateUniverse to the newer one's own (the "Series/{{Arrowverse}}") after its Barry sees a glimpse of this universe while traveling through dimensions. In 2018, John Wesley Shipp's Barry would come back for the yearly Arrowverse crossover event, ''Series/{{Elseworlds}}''. This show's setting is now officially designated as Earth-90 within the Arrowverse's {{multiverse}}, after the year it was created.

** Iris is a redhead in the comics; here she has [[RavenHairIvorySkin raven haired]].

* AlternateSelf: An interesting case regarding a number of ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'' characters since they are played by different actors/actresses there, particularly the Allen family, Jay Garrick, Iris West, Linda Park, Leonard Snart, and Sam Scudder. So far, only five characters here are still played by the same actors there; Tina [=McGee=], [[Creator/AlexDesert Julio Mendez]], Anthony Bellows, [[Creator/MarkHamill James Jesse]], and Zoey Clark.

** Linda Park is the second most complicated example after the Allen family. In this universe she's played by Mariko Tse. The Earth-1 ''Arrowverse'' was originally played by Olivia Cheng before Creator/MaleseJow takes over. Jow also plays the 'Arrowverse'' Earth-2 version.

** Barry Allen is still The Flash, a forensic scientist for the CCPD, and got his SuperheroOrigin in a FreakLabAccident.
** After gaining his SuperSpeed, he still ended up allying himself with S.T.A.R. Labs to fight crime. His closest female ally there is also a widow scientist.
** Barry's closest male friend is still a geeky non-Caucasian person.
** Barry Allen and Iris West still ended up in a relationship.
** A death of a family member still becomes Barry's catalyst to be a superhero. For the matter, an older male family member of his still gets killed by a personal enemy.
** Barry gets an EvilKnockoff with a blue ColorMotif. Said knockoff is also fatally shot.
** The supervillains. Sam Scudder is still the Mirror Master, James Jesse is still the Trickster with Zoey Clark as his partner Prank, and a man named Leonard is still Captain Cold.
** People's jobs. Tina [=McGee=] is still a scientist, Julio Mendez (at least in one AlternateTimeline there) still works for the CCPD, Linda Park is still a reporter, and (as mentioned above) Barry Allen is still CCPD's forensic scientist. This is notable in Barry's case as he is still a forensic scientist on yet another AlternateUniverse despite not being its Flash.
** On a meta example, Creator/JohnWesleyShipp was still playing a member of the Allen family. Also, Tina [=McGee=], Julio Mendez, Anthony Bellows, Zoey Clark, and James Jesse are still respectively played by Amanda Pays, Creator/AlexDesert, Vito D'Ambrosio, Corinne Behrer, and Creator/MarkHamill.

The series lasted for one season, 22 episodes in all, and was eventually canceled due to poor scheduling by Creator/{{CBS}} (the Gulf War was also a factor). It was produced by Creator/WarnerBros in association with Pet Fly Productions.

* ClearTheirName: In "Beat the Clock", Barry and Julio work together to clear the name of a jazz musician on death row, falsely accused of murdering his wife. [[spoiler: Turns out she was actually kidnapped and the whole plot was all set up by the jazz musician's own incredibly jealous brother]].

* CrimefightingWithCash: The Deadly Nightshade turns out to be [[spoiler:a wealthy philanthropist, who uses his wealth to build himself gadgets, which he uses to take care of the city's criminals, as a penance for his father being a mobster. Anticipating the Flash's interference, he even builds himself a PoweredArmor that allows him to reach his speed]].

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Captain Cold's demise]].

* ILied: [[spoiler:The mad scientist in "Out of Control" lied to everyone about growing up as a privileged rich kid. His parents were very poor, and was ashamed of his upbringing. [[YouAreWhatYouHate To the point that he's disgusted with the poor]].]]

** On a meta example, Creator/JohnWesleyShipp is still playing a member of the Allen family. Also, Tina [=McGee=], Julio Mendez, Anthony Bellows, Zoey Clark, and James Jesse are still respectively played by Amanda Pays, Creator/AlexDesert, Vito D'Ambrosio, Corinne Behrer, and Creator/MarkHamill.

** In "Twin Streaks", Pollux is named after the Greek/Roman mythological figure; his creator [[LampshadeHanging notes as much]] when naming him. [[spoiler:Pollux gives up his own life to save Barry at the end of the episode, just as his mythological namesake gave up part of his own immortality to save his brother]].

* TheMole: [[spoiler:Gun shop owner Calligan for the Warriors of Freedom in "Shroud of Death". The leader's daughter Angel found out and killed him.]]
* TheMultiverse: This series was retroactively made an AlternateUniverse to the Arrowverse, although this aspect was obviously never tackled in the show itself.

* RaceAgainstTheClock: In "Beat the Clock", Flash has one hour to save an innocent man on death row for the murder of his wife. Made all the more intense because the episode's time was counted according to real-world time, including the commercial breaks. [[spoiler:He produces the man's still-living wife and removes the man from the chair at 11:59:59 PM.]]

* SplitPersonality: Happens to Tina in "Tina, Is That You?" Due to an experiment gone wrong, Tina becomes criminally aggressive and becomes the leader of a dangerous all-girl gang, and even threatens to use her knowledge of Barry's secret identity against him if he tries to interfere with her plans. Barry has to strap her to the machine that was part of the accident and [[IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight get inside her mind]] to get her back to normal.

* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:Pollux does this to save Barry and Tina in "Twin Streaks".]]

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

** [[spoiler:In "Shroud of Death", Garfield has Angel's father arrested and he was sentenced to death.]]

A [[Series/TheFlash2014 second TV series]] based on the Flash started in 2014 and contains several homages to this show, like Shipp returning as Barry Allen's father, while Amanda Pays, Creator/MarkHamill, and Creator/AlexDesert have occasionally [[RoleReprisal reprised their roles]] as Tina [=McGee=], the villainous Trickster and Julio Mendez respectively. It was eventually confirmed that this series takes place in an AlternateUniverse to the newer one's own (the "[[Series/{{Arrowverse}}") after its Barry sees a glimpse of this universe while traveling through dimensions. In 2018, John Wesley Shipp's Barry would come back for the yearly Arrowverse crossover event, ''Series/{{Elseworlds}}''. This show's setting is now officially designated as Earth-90 within the Arrowverse's {{multiverse}}, after the year it was created.

A [[Series/TheFlash2014 second TV series]] based on the Flash started in 2014 and contains several homages to this show, like Shipp returning as Barry Allen's father, while Amanda Pays, Creator/MarkHamill, and Creator/AlexDesert have occasionally [[RoleReprisal reprised their roles]] as Tina [=McGee=], the villainous Trickster and Julio Mendez respectively. It was eventually confirmed that this series takes place in an AlternateUniverse to the [[Series/{{Arrowverse}} newer one's own]], and the Flash sees a glimpse of this universe while traveling through dimensions in a Season 2 episode. In 2018, it was confirmed via behind-the-scene pics that John Wesley-Shipp's Barry would coming back for the yearly crossover event, ''Series/{{Elseworlds}}''. During this appearance, the show's setting is officially designated as Earth-90, after the year the show was created.

* AlternateUniverse: [[Recap/TheFlash2014S2E13WelcomeToEarthTwo An episode]] of ''Series/TheFlash2014'' canonically confirmed that this series is part of [[TheMultiverse a DC TV multiverse]], which so far includes the ''Series/{{ArrowVerse}}'' (Earth-1) and the self-contained universe of ''Series/{{Supergirl|2015}}'' (Earth-38). Theoretically, the 2014 Barry can visit the 1990 one.