History Characters / ArrowverseBarryAllen

* ExperiencedProtagonist: By Season 2 of his own series, since he has a year and a half of experience as a superhero, enough to mentor [[Series/{{Supergirl 2015}} Kara]] and give her advice when they first met, then Wally in the Flashpoint timeline, Jesse, Nora, and Bart.

** A big part of Barry's CharacterDevelopment in Season Two is learning to accept Nora's death and being a hero doesn't make him immune to tragedy. Unfortunately, Zoom killing Henry ([[TraumaCongaLinethe second parent to be killed by an evil speedster]]) coupled with the real Jay Garrick being the doppelgänger of his father [[JustifiedTrope pushes Barry over the edge]] and he decides to abuse his time travel abilities to save Nora, consequences for the world be damned.

* SwissArmySuperpower: His SuperSpeed isn't just for running. Over the course of his show, he learns how to phase through solid objects, create vortexes, propel gusts of wind, throw lightning, turn his hands into [[{{Vibroweapon}} vibroweapons]], TimeTravel, make [[SelfDuplication "time remnant" clones of himself]] and even [[TimeStandsStill stop time]].

** A big part of Barry's CharacterDevelopment in Season Two is learning to accept Nora's death and being a hero doesn't make him immune to tragedy. Unfortunately, Zoom killing Henry (the second parent to be killed by an evil speedster) coupled with the real Jay Garrick being the doppelgänger of his father pushes Barry over the edge and he decides to abuse his time travel abilities to save Nora, consequences for the world be damned.

** With Cisco and Caitlin, the three core founding members of Team Flash who have been present in every incarnation of the team. They served as the ThreeAmigos variant.

* FailureHero:
** The first season is tough on Barry in this regard. By the end of it Captain Cold has released all the Metahumans that Team Flash had captured, Barry is unable to defeat Reverse Flash on his own and stop the singularity resulting in Eddie and Ronnie respectively having to perform {{Heroic Sacrifice}}s. This all takes a toll on Barry by the start of the second season.
** Gets even ''worse'' in Season 2, with Zoom kicking his ass throughout the Season, getting Earth-2 Joe killed, being tricked by and having his speed stolen by Zoom, him being unable to do anything when Zoom kidnaps Caitlin and kills a bunch of cops, and Zoom killing his father right in front of him.

!![[Franchise/TheFlash Bartholomew Henry "Barry" Allen]]

* HurtingHero: Poor Barry has suffered quite a lot in order to become The Flash. First his mother was murdered and his father was wrongfully accused of her murder. Then he finds out that his mentor was in fact his Archenemy and the one responsible for his mother's murder. He is given a clear chance to save her life but ultimately has to let her die in order to create a StableTimeLoop. At the start of Season 2 he begins working alone after his guilt over Ronnie and Eddie's deaths. Then he finds out that Zoom was in fact "Jay Garrick" in disguise who proceeds to steal Barry's speed and then later on murder his father. And at the end of the season he finds out that the Man in the Mask is in fact the real Jay Garrick, the Earth-3 Doppelganger of his father, which finally breaks him completely. By the end of the season he's so broken and riddled with despair that he decides to undo his mother's death just so he can have a modicum of peace.
** Even come season 4 after having eveything he ever wanted, he admits to Iris he is so focused on stopping [=DeVoe=], because he fears he too will take something or possibly everything away from him.