History Characters / TheFlashSupportingCharacters

* PapaWolf: In the New 52, Henry willingly took the fall so that Professor Zoom would not harm Barry. When Zoom does come after Barry, he rounds up his fellow inmates and breaks out of jail to go assist his son. He does this again when Flash is captured by Captain Darryl Frye's task force and ComicBook/{{The Riddler}}.

* DivorceIsTemporary: {{Implied|Trope}}. Ashley and Hunter Zolomon's marriage ended on the worst of terms. Hunter predicted that a suspect wouldn't have a gun, and thus urged his team to make the arrest without waiting for backup. He turned out to be wrong, and the killer shot him in the knee, crippling him, before gunning down his father-in-law; in response, Ashley filed for divorce and he was let go from the FBI. When Ashley later learns of Hunter's transformation into Zoom, she doesn't hesitate to leave her entire career at the FBI behind to come to Keystone City to take over his former spot as the local metahuman profiler to help reform him. She make it clear that she still loves him and feels guilty for not being there for him, feeling that he would never have become Zoom had she not left him. Though not stated, it's implied that she plans to get back together with Hunter once she reforms him.

* AgeLift: Before Flashpoint, Darryl was around Barry's age. In Comicbook/{{New 52}}, he is old enough to be Barry's father.

* {{Breakout Character}}s: They graduated to their own feature in ''All-American Comics'' in the GoldenAge.

* {{BadassBiker}}/{{BikerBabe}}: Was one when she was Hot Pursuit during Flashpoint.

* ManicPixieDreamGirl: Usually played like this in Barry's origins when writers bother giving her a personality beyond Lois Lane {{Expy}} (though this ''is'' a trait of Lois' too). Her plucky nature is what opens Barry to outside world, who is otherwise a very socially inept person. This is taken UpToEleven when a dead mother was added to Barry's backstory, she became even more of a LivingEmotionalCrutch as a result.

* TookALevelInJerkass: He was initially introduced as a WellIntentionedExtremist KnightTemplar, even receving some character development after Hunter's downfall but it seems that not many writers are aware of his character's depth and go for the WardensAreEvil route UpToEleven.

* {{Jerkass}}: Post-Crisis and on, this became his predominant character trait.

* BlindingBangs: Blinky Boylan has thick bangs covering his eyes.

** Since Hunter's past has been re-established as canon in ''Rebirth'', whether she's still working with Keystone PD or not remains to be seen.

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* EasilyForgiven: Wally was accused of sabotaging her car that led to an accident. [[spoiler:Wally [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone later figures out]] that it was an oversight on his part]], but Ashley personally dropped the charges.

* LoveRedeems: She has full faith that she can reach Hunter.
* MoralityPet: Once she's introduced, Zoom starts showing his softer side more and he goes as far as [[VillainousRescue saving her from Rogues]] and entrusting her safety to Linda & Piper.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: The subject of this. After she barely survives a car accident, Wally, who was charged with repairing her car and had obvious motive along with having been witnessed arguing with her, is accused of tampering with it. It turns out he ''was'' responsible, due to having failed to finish repairs because he went to help Nightwing fight Penguin, and becomes incredibly guilt-ridden over it. Fortunately, Ashley doesn't press charges and makes peace with him.

* PutOnABus: After the New 52 reboot she disappeared.
** Since Hunter's past has been re-established as canon in ''Rebirth'', whether she's still working with Keystone PD or not remains to be seen.

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Captain Darryl Frye is the captain of the Central City police Department (C.C.P.D.). Before Comicbook/{{Flashpoint}}, Captain Darryl Frye was simply Barry Allen's new boss who was very big on punctuality and married to Thelma (or Lorraine DependingOnTheWriter) Frye. He later on became the superhero Captain Invincible despite not being physically fit who would drag Barry on along his adventures. After Flashpoint, he was rewritten to be a single man with a history with Nora Allen and Barry's boss and legal guardian. He is unaware that Barry is the Flash.

* CaptainSuperhero: Captain Invincible
* HatesMySecretIdentity: Inverted. Loves his adopted son Barry Allen but views Flash as a criminal. He even starts a task force dedicated to arresting the Flash.

* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: For a moment, it was speculated that Barry was the son of Nora Allen and Darryl Frye not Nora Allen and Henry Allen. [[spoiler: Turns out Barry is Henry's son.]]
* PapaWolf: When he realized that the Keystone Killer will one day [[spoiler: kill Barry because of his kinship to Marshall Fletcher, Darryl destroys the Fletcher family lineage records and falsifies his DNA results in the C.C.P.D.'s database, breaking police protocol, federal law, and his integrity, to make it seem that he was the last descendant of Marshall Fletcher not Barry. When the Keystone Killer does return, he lures him to a remote location, strapped with grenades in order to [[TakingYouWithMe to kill the Keystone Killer by killing himself]]. Fortunately, the Flash saves him in time.]]

* TakingYouWithMe: See Papa Wolf above.

* DeadPartner: Chyre had it rough when it came to this. His first partner was murdered and he became a ParentalSubstitute for his partner's daughter Julie Jackam, eventually becoming her partner. Then later on Julie got killed by Cicada's followers and Chyre didn't take it well. During ''Crossfire'' when Morillo was thought to be killed, poor Chyre was hit the hardest.mention
* EvilTwin: [[spoiler:Morillo's counterpart from a mirror universe is the villain Plunder. Plunder even killed Morillo (although he survives thanks to a HealingFactor) in order to impersonate him.]]

* ThoseTwoGuys: Not at first. They were both disliked by KCPD staff for Morillo's ego and Chyre's temper and their captain put them together to save others from their headache.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Their usual relationship.

* CharacterDevelopment: After Grodd escapes and cripples Hunter, shortly after the two had bonded, Wolfe began to warm up, apologising for having been too full of himself to listen to Wally's warnings and regretting how harsh he'd been to Hunter prior. When Hunter became Zoom, Wolfe began to realise his cold BlackAndWhiteMorality view of people was flawed and, having previously refused to administer any kind of rehabilitation program, allowed Ashley Zolomon to try anyway.badly
* {{Flanderisation}}: Suffers this after Johns left, where his character development and HiddenDepths disappear and he becomes not just anti-criminal, but also anti-metahuman to add some FantasticRacism to his character ([[CriticalResearchFailure despite previously being shown to be a metahuman himself, something that inexplicably disappeared]]).

* LaserGuidedKarma: In ''Flash'' vol. 6 issue 69, [[spoiler:thanks to the Trickster, his misdeeds are broadcast to Central City, proving enough to build a case against him and get him arrested. While he doesn't get sent to Iron Heights (Trickster blew it up), he does get put right next to Captain Cold's cell in Belle Reve.]]
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: When Trickster managed to actually escape Iron Heights, Wolfe has him made an {{Unperson}} out of spite. [[spoiler:This only makes it easier for James to go into hiding.]]

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* BerserkButton: When a bunch of Joker crazed super-villains attack the prison, one of them, Deadline, flies up and holds a gun to Wolfe's head saying that they're taking over. Wolfe's response?
-->'''Wolfe''': This is ''MY'' Prison!

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* TraumaCongaLine: Poor Pied Piper goes through a ''lot'', highlighted by the deaths of Impulse, Kid Zoom and Trickster. Borders on BuryYourGays.

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* ComingOutStory: There's something SugarWiki/{{WAFF}} about how Pied Piper [[http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_16vaepAqX-c/THbSIcElCfI/AAAAAAAACBU/ussJ0h6jCz0/s1600/Zone003.jpg came out]] to Wally. Especially when Wally [[http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_16vaepAqX-c/THbSdw1lTgI/AAAAAAAACBc/zC_iFBGwFZI/s1600/Zone004.jpg tried to play it cool]] and act like he knew the whole time.

* ParentalAbandonment: They didn't even notice that he was deaf until he was two or so. [[spoiler: And now they're dead.]]

* RedheadInGreen: His orange hair and bright greet attire contrast well.
* RedHeadedHero: Post-HeelFaceTurn, at least.

** Mildly subverted in that he's a grown man whose original costume consisted of a poofy, polka-dotted, belted tunic, often open to the waist, with tights, a floppy cap, cape, and boots (often Peter Pan-style). Plus, long hair and a proficiency with the flute. Stand him next to butcher villains like Mirror Master and Heatwave, and he might set off one's gaydar. But then again, the Flash's rogues gallery is a rather [[{{Camp}} colorful bunch]], with characters like Rainbow Raider or Trickster, and even PoliticallyIncorrectVillain Captain Boomerang was still wearing what could only be described as a stewardess outfit at the time.

* ParentsAsPeople: Henry loves his son Barry even going so far as to take him out for some quality father-son bonding when him was a kid, and Barry loves him enough to dedicate his life to proving his father’s innocence. However, in both Pre and Post-Flashpoint, Henry was emotionally neglectful and short-tempered with Barry up to the events leading up to Nora’s murder because of the stress from his strained marriage.

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* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Rudy seems to actually grow a heart during ''Invasion!'' and sacrifices his life to stop the Durlans...until it turns out his death was faked in order to escape the consequences for selling fake "Durlan detectors". [[FromBadToWorse He then goes on to create a child slave labor camp under the pretense of a reform school.]]

* TheUnfavorite: The reason why he is such a bad parent, was because his own father didn't think too highly of him.

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* GoodParents: Shockingly, she was this Pre-Crisis. Pre-''{{ComicBook/Crisis On Infinite Earths}}'', Mary West was a loving mother who worried over her son when he had amnesia, accepted his identity as Kid Flash, and like all mothers cried when he graduated high school. Post-Crisis she was retconned to be emotionally distant at best and emotionally abusive at worst whose relationship with her adult son ranged from strained to outright nonexistent.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Showed this trait frequently in the Post-Crisis continuity. See PlayingTheVictimCard and ManipulativeBitch below.
* ManipulativeBitch: Many times towards Wally in the Post-Crisis continuity. She would deliberately guilt trip him until he folded into her will.

-->'''Mary:''' ''(after Wally suggests she get her own place and '''even offering to pay for it''')'' Wally, you're a young man. We never spent the time together I thought we should...Perhaps now, while it's not too late...Of course, if you want me to go...I can always move back to Atlanta and get a job as a '''waitress.'''
-->'''Wally:''' Oh, mom...You can stay as long as you want! I love you.
-->'''Mary:''' ''(while [[CrocodileTears fake crying]])'' I don't want to be a burden... (sniff)

-->'''Mary:''' ''(in a blatant attempt to force them to stay)'' Well you go right ahead, my Darlings. I've just spent four hours preparing a wonderful meal. I guess I'll just have to throw it out.

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* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: Barry is definitely her son, but in a New 52 there was speculation over whether the father was Henry or Darryl due to a possible affair Nora had with Darryl. Turns out [[spoiler: Henry is the father, and Nora never cheated on him with Darryl.]]

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* GoodParents: Shockingly, he was this Pre-Crisis. While we don't see him much, Rudy West before ''{{ComicBook/Crisis On Infinite Earths}}'', was a loving father. He worried for his son when he suffered from amnesia, accepted Wally's double life without hesitation, and even gave him good advice when his son asked.

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* CoolBigSis: To Bart Allen, who Linda regularly played video games with, encouraged his wild imagination, and was able to get him to focus on a single task where others failed. When she was temporarily erased from existence, Bart was the ''only'' person who completely remembered her.

* TheLadEtte: She loves football, hockey, and video games, in sharp contrast to Wally. Wally attends hockey games with her, but its clear that its ''her'' thing.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: By the end of ''ComicBook/FlashWar'', [[spoiler: no one reached out to Linda after the status of Jai and Irey was revealed, with Wally getting sent to Sanctuary before he could tell her and Barry and Iris not doing anything to reach out to her in the meantime. Even when Linda visits Wally in prison in ''ComicBook/FlashForward'' there's a chance she still has no clue all this unpleasantness happened because her children are missing. Thankfully averted at the end of the Flash Forward storyline, where her memory of the kids and seemingly Wally is fully restored.]]
* LoveTranscendsSpacetime: As stated above, her love for Wally is what keeps him alive through dimensions. [[spoiler: Tragically subverted in ''Rebirth'' when her love for Wally is stolen by Dr. Manhattan and this leaves Wally completely helpless in the Speed Force.]]
* TheMissusAndTheEx: She's the Missus in the GoKartingWithBowser situation above.

* ThePowerOfLove: Her and Wally's love is what allowed Wally to be the first ever person to return from the Speed Force. Even when his memories of her were wiped and he disappeared into the Speed Force fighting Cobalt Blue, he ''still'' finds her.
** Their love was so strong, in fact, Neron wanted to steal it as part of a plan to enter the Speed Force and rule both his personal hell and a form of heaven. However, it turned out their love was ''too'' strong for him to handle, and as a result he had to give them it back or risk becoming ''overwhelmed with compassion for others''. He implied that it could literally kill him to keep holding onto it.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: In ''Terminal Velocity'', there's a point when Wally is apparently killed right in front of her by Kobra. Linda- who had no superpowers whatsoever- immediately told Piper to start making weapons, saying that the last thing Kobra was going to see before he died was "the look in my eyes when I send him straight to hell". [[spoiler: She doesn't ''win''- and it's her peril that ultimately brings Wally back from the Speed Force- but she's the last one from her group left standing, despite the fact that several of them had superpowers and/or superhero experience and she didn't.]]

* TimeTravelRomance: Imagine a guy out of lightning pops up and tells you that you are in love with each other, but you have never seen this man before. Later you get kidnapped for your connection to this person, and learn that you are supposed to fall in love with him ''in future'' but due to CosmicRetcon this never happened. Now he remembers an entire life where you were married and ''you barely even know the guy''...

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* MamasBabyPapasMaybe: In the New 52, there was speculation over whether Barry was his son or Darryl's. Turns out, [[spoiler:Barry is Henry's son.]]

* PapaWolf: In the New 52, Henry willingly took the fall so that Professor Zoom would not harm Barry. When Zoom does come after Barry, he rounds up his fellow inmates and breaks out of jail to go assist his son. He does this again when Flash is captured by Captain Darryl Frye's task force and {{ComicBook/The Riddler}}.

* PluckyGirl: Wally must get his personality from somewhere, right?
* PutOnABus: Temporarily leaves Barry after the events of ''Heroes in Crisis'', but she comes back soon enough.

* [[AloofBigBrother Aloof Big Sister]]: Her later success in life distances her from Daniel.

* [[CoolUncle Cool Aunt]]: She's Wally West I's aunt and his first best friend. She also wishes to be the fun aunt to Wallace West.
* CoolBigSis: In ''ComicBook/New52'' she's one for Daniel West through their abusive childhood. He latches onto her like no other until Iris gives up on his criminal behaviour.
** Is something of this to Wally too (see CoolAunt above) when time-travel made them closer in age.

* GoodParents: Played straight in pre-''New 52'', with both her biological parents Fran and Eric Russell and her adoptive parents Nadine and Ira West. The former sent their daughter as an infant to the past from the year 2927 to save her from a nuclear holocaust which fortunately never came to be. Years later, after Iris was murdered, her parents found and placed her consciousness into a new body, essentially ressurecting her. As for the latter, Nadine and Ira immediately adopted the infant Iris when she materialized in their yard and raised her as their own daughter to the point of ParentalFavoritism.

* KarmaHoudini: Similar to Barry, Iris doesn't suffer any comeuppance for [[spoiler:not even making an effort to help Wally locate Jai and Irey and letting him be sent to Sanctuary just to make him shut up about his children with all the horrible events that followed afterwards because of it.]]

-->'''Wally''': Barry may have taught me how to be Flash but Iris West taught me how to be Wally West.

* NeverMyFault: She gets pissed off at Barry regarding [[spoiler:Wally's supposed death at Sanctuary, but at no point owns up to the fact that she didn't argue against Wally getting sent to Sanctuary in the first place.]]

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: She reluctantly agreed with Barry to have Wally sent to Sanctuary at the end of ''ComicBook/FlashWar'' to [[spoiler: make him get over Irey and Jai's disappearance instead of proposing they reach out and get others to help locate Wally's missing kids. The decision that Wally needed to get over his children being gone resulted in him [[ComicBook/HeroesInCrisis spending weeks being isolated and emotionally abused by the horrifically inept A.I. running Sanctuary until Wally had a nervous breakdown, accidentally murdered 15 people and set up a convoluted scheme to frame two people long enough to properly confess and then commit suicide to atone for his actions]].]] This probably makes Iris just as bad as Barry in regards to how often his ignorant screw-ups have further wrecked the lives of the Flash Family. [[spoiler:And even when Barry possibly has a slight excuse in Thawne revealing he used the Negative Speed Force to influence the other speedsters, since Iris isn't connected to the Speed Force she has ''no'' excuse for her actions.]]

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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: They were [[{{Expy}} Expies]] of Film/TheThreeStooges.

* {{Expy}}: to Barry Allen and zig-zagged with Patty Spivot. She and Barry are both police scientists, very dedicated to their job, and at one point had zero social lives. With Patty, Angela share a remarkable resemblance to Patty (they could honestly pass for twin sisters) and and possesses romantic feelings for a Flash. Post-''Flashpoint'', Patty Spivot is an expy of Angela. She is dating a Flash and sometimes assisting him with his cases much like Angela did for Walter, and like Angela, her relationship ends.
** Also serves as something of one to Linda Park, being a workaholic introvert that falls for a version of Wally West, causing her to open up and have fun more. As Walter had lost 'his' version of Linda, Angela's similarities helped him get over her loss, making him far less brutal and more heroic, enough so that he was willing to give up their love to save the multiverse from collapsing.

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys

* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys

* AmicablyDivorced: He and Mary divorce when Wally is a teen, to the relief of all three. The divorce becomes not at all amicable, however, when he tries to have Mary killed.

* AmicablyDivorced: With Rudy, when Wally is a teenager. All three are happy with it.

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