History Recap / TheFlash2014S1E9TheManInTheYellowSuit

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

** Caitlin says she needs time to see if she could make Ronnie "whole" again. In the comics, Ronnie Raymond is only half of the ComicBook/{{Firestorm}} entity.

* ConvectionSchmonvection: Nobody seems to be actually harmed by Ronnie's fire, including the Reverse-Flash, who is hit by a freakin' column of flame, or Barry, who is inches under said column of flame.

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

** The man in the yellow suit states that he's not the Flash -- in fact, he's the reverse.

* 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 the ability to distort his voice through SuperSpeed, implying a significant connection between the two.

* RoleReprisal: Tina [=McGee=] is again played by Amanda Pays, who played the character in the ''Series/TheFlash1990''.

* BigDamnHeroes: The man in the yellow suit has Barry down for the count... and is bowled over by a column of flame, produced by none other than Ronnie Raymond.

* TheStinger: Wells walks into the secret room he uses to monitor the Flash... and opens a secret chamber, revealing a Reverse-Flash costume and saying "Merry Christmas" in Reverse-Flash's creepy voice.

Christmas brings a nasty surprise for Barry and the Wests-the man in the yellow suit, looking to capture a device that can give invulnerability. Meanwhile, Caitlin finally encounters Ronnie.

* TheBadGuyWins: the Reverse Flash makes off with the tachyon device, and he (seemingly) would've killed Barry then and there if it weren't for Firestorm.
* BigDamnHeroes: The man in the yellow suit has Barry down for the count...and is bowled over by a column of flame, produced by none other than Ronnie Raymond.

* EvilAllAlong: Harrison Wells appears to have been the Reverse Flash all along. Technically we don't actually see him wearing the suit, but the fact that he is doing exactly what the Reverse-Flash appears to have wanted makes him this trope anyway.

* {{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.

* IdentityImpersonator: Wells' plan (other than stealing the tachyon device) amounts to this. He convincingly fakes not only having a conversation with Reverse Flash but getting ''beaten to near-death'' by him.

* INeedAFreakingDrink: After having a really bad day, Joe says that maybe the eggnog, which was said to be heavy with bourbon, was probably a little light on it given what he'd been through.

* 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 Reverse-Flash that Barry faces on the football field 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 implication that there are two Reverse Flashes gets even weirder; it was the second Reverse Flash that stole Mercury Labs' tachyon device, yet it winds up in Wells' possession as seen in TheStinger.

** The man in the yellow suit states that he's not the Flash-in fact, he's the reverse.
** Caitlin says she needed time to see if she could make Ronnie "whole" again. In the comics, Ronnie Raymond is only half of the ComicBook/{{Firestorm}} entity.
** 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 ID 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.
* NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: The Reverse-Flash speed-snatches up Dr. Wells and beats him to within an inch of his life.

* TheStinger: Wells walks into the secret room he uses to monitor the Flash...and opens a secret chamber, revealing a Reverse-Flash costume and saying "Merry Christmas" in Reverse-Flash's creepy voice.

* TheUnfettered: Discussed. Both Joe West and Henry Allen point out that Barry's given up a lot to prove his father innocent, including passing up international travel, pursuing a degree that's crime-related, becoming a CSI, and never telling Iris how he feels.
** See MindScrew above, if Wells is the Reverse-Flash that means he nearly killed himself.

* WhamLine:
--> "Merry Christmas." ''(spoken by Harrison Wells in the exact same voice as the Reverse-Flash and while looking at his suit)''

* WoundedGazelleGambit: Since Wells is the Reverse Flash (or at the very least is working with him), this makes the Reverse Flash beating up Wells an obvious attempt to make the latter seem more sympathetic. He even suppressed his HealingFactor so that no one would suspect anything.

* YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: An unintentional example. When Barry induces {{blackmail}} on the head of Mercury Labs, Joe compliments him on his good work. He just gives Joe a DeathGlare and walks away.

* HelpYourselfInTheFuture: Wells appears to be the Reverse Flash, but we see them both at the same time more than once. One of the theories is that they are time-displaced copies of the same character, though which is the elder and which is the junior is unknown.

** Later revealed that Wells is in fact the Reverse Flash. Why did RF appear to be beating Wells to death? A speed mirage (if you will).