History Trivia / TheFlash1990

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: Had there been a second season, it would've opened with a VillainTeamUp consisting of Captain Cold, the Mirror Master and the Trickster in order to take down the Flash. This gets a DiscontinuityNod during the Season 2 ChristmasEpisode of ''Series/TheFlash2014'', except Weather Wizard takes Mirror Master's place.

* TheWikiRule: [[https://arrow.fandom.com/wiki/The_Flash_(CBS) Covered]] as part of the [[https://arrow.fandom.com/wiki/Main_Page Arrowverse wiki]].

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The show was made at the very beginning of UsefulNotes/TheNineties and it shows not only in the fashion, but also the decor and the now thoroughly outdated computer and lab equipment.

** The role of Barry Allen was originally offered to Creator/JackColeman, who turned it down because he didn't want to wear tights or be involved in a superhero show. Coleman would later go on to play the role of Noah Bennett in ''Series/Heroes''.

* ShoutOut:
** There are obvious ones with ''Film/{{Batman|1989}}'' and ''Film/{{Superman|The Movie}} playing at a local cinema.
** During a hospital scene in "Tina, Is That You?", a suitably British announcement can be heard over the PA system:
--->'''PA''': [[Creator/TomBaker Dr. Baker]] to the [[Characters/DoctorWhoFourthDoctor fourth]] [[Series/DoctorWho floor]] please.

* ActingForTwo: Creator/JohnWesleyShipp plays both the titular hero and his EvilKnockoff Pollux. Since this show has retroactively been made part of the ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'', then he's acting for ''four'' (potentially even ''five'' [[note]]The Barry Allen of that continuity has an Earth-2 counterpart whose father has yet to appear[[/note]]) as he played that universe's version of Henry Allen and his Earth-3 counterpart, Jay Garrick.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The show was made at the very beginning of the Ninties and it shows not only in the fashion, but also the decor but also the now thoroughly outdated computer and lab equipment.

* ExecutiveMeddling: There was a constant shifting from one time-slot to another, eventually causing the show's cancellation after one season. Explained more fully on the show's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Flash_%28TV_series%29#Cancellation Wikipedia page]].

* OldShame: A [[DownplayedTrope downplayed example]]. Apparently, Creator/JohnWesleyShipp wasn't fond of wearing the suit - he apparently tore the ears off of the suit and Creator/MarkHamill still has possession of them! However, he's still fond of his time on the show. When asked at an interview for the [[Series/TheFlash2014 2014 show]], if the show's creators might put him into a suit again, his answer was of the "God, I hope not!" variety. They did when he was tapped to play Jay Garrick. [[spoiler: Subverted with ''Series/Elseworlds2018'', as he did indeed put the suit back on.]]

** There are obvious ones with [[Film/Batman1989 Batman]] and [[Film/SupermanTheMovie Superman]] playing at a local cinema.

** Guest star Jeri Ryan would also guest star on ''Series/{{Arrow}}'', not as the AlternateSelf of her character here, but as a completely different (and unrelated) one.

-->'''PA''': [[Creator/TomBaker Dr. Baker]] to the [[Characters/DoctorWhoFourthDoctor fourth]] [[Series/DoctorWho floor]] please.

** Creator/JohnWesleyShipp is already ActingForTwo here, but he's literally doing the same in that universe. (see above)

* OldShame: A [[DownplayedTrope downplayed example]]. Apparently, Creator/JohnWesleyShipp wasn't fond of wearing the suit - he apparently tore the ears off of the suit and Creator/MarkHamill still has possession of them! However, he's still fond of his time on the show. When asked at an interview for the [[Series/TheFlash2014 2014 show]], if the show's creators might put him into a suit again, his answer was of the "God, I hope not!" variety. They did when he was tapped to play Jay Garrick. [[spoiler: Subverted with Series/Elseworlds, as he did indeed put the suit back on.]]

* ActingForTwo: Creator/JohnWesleyShipp plays both the titular hero and his EvilKnockoff Pollux. Since this show has retroactively been made part of the ''Series/{{Arrowverse}}'', then he's acting for ''four'' (potentially even ''five'' [[note]]The Barry Allen of that continuity has an Earth-2 counterpart whose father has yet to appear[[/note]]) as he is playing that universe's version of Henry Allen and his Earth-3 counterpart, Jay Garrick.

* OldShame: A [[DownplayedTrope downplayed example]]. Apparently, Creator/JohnWesleyShipp wasn't fond of wearing the suit - he apparently tore the ears off of the suit and Creator/MarkHamill still has possession of them! However, he's still fond of his time on the show. When asked at an interview for the [[Series/TheFlash2014 2014 show]], if the show's creators might put him into a suit again, his answer was of the "God, I hope not!" variety. They did when he was tapped to play Jay Garrick.

* FollowTheLeader: This show ''really'' wanted to be a TV version of Tim Burton's ''Film/{{Batman}}'' film. Hell, just like similar obvious hanger-on ''Film/DickTracy'', it has Danny Elfman music that's [[SuspiciouslySimilarSong barely changed]] from his ''Batman'' score.

* ShoutOut: There are obvious ones with [[Film/{{Batman}} Batman]] and [[Film/{{Superman}} Superman]] playing at a local cinema.

-->'''PA''': [[Creator/TomBaker Dr. Baker]] to the [[Characters/DoctorWhoFourthDoctor floor fourth]] [[Series/DoctorWho floor]] please.

-->'''PA''': [[Creator/TomBaker Dr. Baker]] to the [[Series/DoctorWho fourth]] [[Characters/DoctorWhoFourthDoctor floor]] please.