History MythologyGag / TheFlash2014

* Edward "Eddie" Thawne is a reference to Barry's ArchEnemy ComicBook/EobardThawne, known as [[EvilCounterpart Professor Zoom/The Reverse-Flash]]. Later episodes confirm the Reverse-Flash ''is'' Eobard Thawne, a relative and probable descendant from the future.

* During "Into the Still Force," Barry mentions "Max," probably a reference to Max Mercury.

* The Earth-2 version of Cisco is a villain named Reverb. In the comics, one of Cisco's brothers becomes a superhero named Reverb after Cisco's death during ''ComicBook/{{Legends|DC}}''.

* When Bart shows up at the end of "P.O.W.", one of the first things out of his mouth is "This place is crash!" This is a reference to his ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice2010'' counterpart frequently using the word "crash" as a slang term (and which other characters start using later).

* Before Barry gets the name "the Flash", Iris and other Central City citizens dub him "the Streak". The Streak was the name given to an {{Expy}} of the Golden Age Flash in an episode of ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeague''. He's also referred to as the "Blur" by Captain Cold. Cat Grant in the ''Series/{{Supergirl 2015}}'' crossover also prefers the "Blur" to the "Flash", much to Barry's chagrin. In ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', Clark Kent went by "The Blur" before he was Superman when all he did was super speed much like the Flash.

* In "Plastique", Plastique originated as a Comicbook/FirestormDCComics villain but eventually wound up marrying Comicbook/CaptainAtom. Her emergency contact is "Cameron Scott" which was an alias used in the comics by Nathaniel Adam (aka Captain Atom). Wade Eiling was also originally a Captain Atom supporting character/antagonist and was responsible for the project which empowered Captain Atom and his nemesis Major Force.

** The same episode has a reference to a jazz musician named [[Comicbook/TeenTitans Mal Duncan]].

* The Earth-2 version of Cisco is a villain named Reverb. In the comics, one of Cisco's brothers becomes a superhero named Reverb after Cisco's death during ''Comicbook/{{Legends|DC}}''.
* The Earth-2 version of Ronnie Raymond is a villain called Deathstorm. This is the identity taken by Ronnie uses during ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'' and Earth-3 Martin Stein in ''Comicbook/ForeverEvil2013''.
* On Earth-2, the motto of the CCPD is "A Fair and Just Society", with "Society" in bigger letters. This is a reference to the original Earth-Two Comicbook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica, and the Comicbook/{{New 52}}'s ''Comicbook/{{Earth 2}}: Society'' book.

* The plot of the season two finale is the villain wants Flash to power his multiverse-destroying machine, and in the end, (a temporal duplicate of) Flash deactivates it by pushing himself so far he crumbles into dust. Apart from the identity of the villain and the fact it was the real Barry Allen who died, this is #8 of ''Comicbook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''.

** Ralph's client is Mrs. Broome, named after John Broome, the ''Flash'' writer who created Comicbook/ElongatedMan.

** When Ralph is trying to think of a superhero name, Barry suggests "Comicbook/PlasticMan". Ralph hates it.

* In "We Are the Flash", Defoe [[spoiler: briefly returns after losing Ralph's body as a VirtualGhost projected from his chair. A version of the Thinker was introduced in ''Comicbook/{{JSA}}'' as an AI generated from a computer system based on the thinking cap, which possessed Devoe's personality and memories and projected itself as a hologram via Mr. Terrific's T-spheres.]]

** Barry gets a costume that collapses into a ring, like the comics version. In the series it was invented in the future by a Ryan Choi. Comic book Choi is the second [[Comicbook/TheAtom Atom]] (presumably implying the costume uses Atom tech to shrink rather than being super-compressible like the comics version).

** The metahuman Cicada attacks at the beginning is Razorsharp of the ''Comicbook/PsybaRats''.

* In "What's Past is Prologue", when Thawne is trying to guess who Nora is, he suggests Jesse Chambers ( Jesse Quick, later the second Liberty Belle), Libby Lawrence (the first Liberty Belle, Jesse Chambers' mother) or Danica Williams (the JLU's Flash in ''Comicbook/BatmanBeyond'' comics). When he realises she's Barry's daughter, he thinks her name is Dawn; in the comics Barry and Iris had twins called Dawn and Don.

* In "The Exorcism of Nash Wells", Nash refers to fighting telepathic starfish on Earth-26. In addition to being another reference to Starro the Conqueror, Earth-26 in the comics is home to ''Comicbook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew''. Starro was the villain of their first issue and the miniseries ''Captain Carrot and the Final Ark''.
* When Bart shows up at the end of "P.O.W.", one of the first things out of his mouth is "This place is crash!" This is a reference to his ''WesternAnimation/YoungJustice'' counterpart frequently using the word "crash" as a slang term (and which other characters start using later).

* The Earth-2 version of Cisco is a villain named Reverb. In the comics, one of Cisco's brothers becomes a superhero named Reverb after Cisco's death during ''Comicbook/{{Legends}}''.

* The Earth-2 version of Ronnie Raymond is a villain called Deathstorm. This is the identity taken by Ronnie uses during ''ComicBook/BlackestNight'' and Earth-3 Martin Stein in ''Comicbook/ForeverEvil''.

* In "Plastique", Plastique originated as a Comicbook/{{Firestorm}} villain but eventually wound up marrying Comicbook/CaptainAtom. Her emergency contact is "Cameron Scott" which was an alias used in the comics by Nathaniel Adam (aka Captain Atom). Wade Eiling was also originally a Captain Atom supporting character/antagonist and was responsible for the project which empowered Captain Atom and his nemesis Major Force.

* In "The Exorcism of Nash Wells", Nash refers to fighting telepathic starfish on Earth-26. In addition to being another reference to Starro the Conqueror, Earth-26 in the comics is home to ''Comicbook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew''. Starro was the villain of their first issue and the miniseries ''Captain Carrot and the Final Ark''.

* A TV news reporter named Linda Park is seen briefly - in the comics, Linda was the LoveInterest of Wally West, Barry's sidekick-turned-successor in the comics. [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/flash-enlists-vampire-diaries-alum-743252?utm_source=twitter A different actress was later cast]] as Linda, who has a larger role as she befriends Iris and Barry.

** John Wesley Shipp, who played Barry Allen in the [[Series/TheFlash1990 1990 series]], plays Barry's father Henry Allen. He also plays the real Jay Garrick, the Flash from Earth 3, and that's after Shipp expressed his wish in an interview to never wear the Flash suit again. And in "Elseworlds" [[spoiler: He plays the actual ‘90s Flash, from "Earth-90", in a version of the same costume]], and returns in “Crisis on Infinite Earths”, where it’s revealed he and love interest Tina McGee had been married since after the show ended.

** Amanda Pays, who portrayed Dr. Tina [=McGee=] in the [[Series/TheFlash1990 1990 series]], plays a rebooted version of the ''same'' character. In the comics, the character was originally associated with Wally West.

*** And in "The Elongated Knight Rises," [[spoiler: Prank]] returns. Yes, still portrayed by the 90s actress.
** Mayor Anthony Bellows, played by Vito D'Ambrosio in the same episode, is a sort-of reprise of Tony Bellows, a cop from the 1990 series. He reprises the role in "Elongated Journey Into Night" in Season 4, which establishes that Mayor Bellows is an ex-cop.

* Edward "Eddie" Thawne is a reference to Barry's ArchEnemy Eobard Thawne, known as [[EvilCounterpart Professor Zoom/The Reverse-Flash]]. Later episodes confirm the Reverse-Flash ''is'' Eobard Thawne, a relative and probable descendant from the future.

* Oliver says the lightning bolt that struck Barry wasn't random, it may have ''chosen'' him. Before the New 52 reboot, one story showed that at the moment of his death in ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'', Barry became one with the Speed Force, went back in time, and [[StableTimeLoop became the lightning bolt himself]]. ''Post'' New 52, it's also hinted that the Speed Force is a semi-mythical power that has chosen multiple champions throughout history.

* The future newspaper seen at the end of the pilot mentions a "[[ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths Crisis" involving red skies]]. Another article on the same page mentions a merger between [[ComicBook/GreenArrow Queen Inc]] and [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Wayne Tech]].

* A TV news reporter named Linda Park is seen briefly - in the comics, Linda was the girlfriend (and later wife) of Wally West, Barry's sidekick-turned-successor in the comics. [[http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/flash-enlists-vampire-diaries-alum-743252?utm_source=twitter A different actress was later cast]] as Linda, who has a larger role as she befriends Iris and Barry.

* "Fastest Man Alive" briefly introduces Simon Stagg, a villain opposed to Metamorpho in the comics. Cisco calls [[MesACrowd Danton Black]] "Captain Clone" before eventually settling on his actual alias from the comics, Multiplex.

** She also asks if he ages faster when he speeds up. The same question is brought up in the [[Series/TheFlash1990 1990 show]] by Barry and, again, never answered.

** When Iris was a girl, she had a stuffed animal called [=McSnurtle=] the Turtle. This was the secret identity of The Terrific Whatzit, a Golden Age DC FunnyAnimal character based on the original Flash.

* General Eiling's eventual fate in "Fallout" where he's snatched away by an angry Gorilla Grodd after having experimented on him is certainly going to bring back memories to those who know what happened to Grodd in ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueUnlimited'' at the hands of a character played by Creator/ClancyBrown. And in the same episode, Eiling exclaims "Dear God!" when he hears Grodd's voice in his head, and gets the reply "Not God...''Grodd.''" - which hearkens back to one of the best-known scenes from ''Film/SupermanII'', specifically the exchange "Oh God!" "''[[AnswersToTheNameOfGod Zod]]''."
* In "Rogue Time," Cisco's brother Dante makes a disparaging comment comparing Cisco to a dog, primarily for his loyalty. In the comics, Dante dons a suit of armor for the military and becomes known as "The Dog Soldier."

** One of the visions Barry sees of his possible future is one where he is in handcuffs and in prison, a reference to ''The Trial of the Flash'', a famous Flash story-arc from the comics (which, like this episode, also included the death of the Reverse-Flash) and was in fact the last solo Barry Allen story before his death in ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths''.
** A lot of story elements used in this episode are borrowed from the ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'' story-arc, such as the notion that Barry changing the past by saving his mother could have disastrous consequences, and an older iteration of Barry preventing his younger self from saving his mother.
** The final scene, Barry running towards a "[[NegativeSpaceWedgie singularity]]" that is about to destroy the earth, intent on stopping it by running around it, is reminiscent of the iconic sequence in ''ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths'', where Barry uses a similar method to prevent the Anti-Monitor's anti-matter cannon from destroying the earth...an act which in the comic story resulted in his death.
* "Enter Zoom" reveals that in Earth-2's timeline, Oliver Queen died went their boat sank, whilst his father Robert went on to eventually become The Arrow instead. This is similar to ''ComicBook/{{Flashpoint}}'', where Thomas Wayne became Batman instead of Bruce, when their deaths switched places in that timeline.

* Kendra performing a leap of faith in order to get her wings is a reference to the ''ComicBook/JusticeSocietyOfAmerica'' issue wherein Kendra debuts. Her first appearance consists of her jumping off a cliff before using her wings.

* The Earth-2 version of Ronnie Raymond is a villain called Deathstorm. This is the identity taken by Earth-3 Martin Stein in ''Comicbook/ForeverEvil''.

* In "Invincible" Henry Allen and Christina [=McGee=] finally meet and there seems to be some [[ShipTease attraction between them]]. In ''Series/TheFlash1990'', [=Dr McGee=] was the potential love interest of John Wesley Shipp's Barry Allen. [[spoiler: Sadly, this [[ShipSinking ship sank]] when Zoom killed Henry.]]

* In "Monsters," H.R. Wells [[AccidentalMisnaming accidentally calls Wally "Walter,"]] the name of Wally's AlternateSelf met during "The Dark Flash Saga."

* In "Cause and Effect", an amnesiac Barry tries to get people to call him Bart, which is the byname of the ''other'' Bartholomew Allen in the comics, Barry's grandson Impulse.

** Savitar once says, "I am the future Flash." At the time we think he's saying "I am the future, Flash," but once we realize he's a [[spoiler: time remnant from a future battle]], it's clear that he's got more in common with a character ''[[http://theflash.wikia.com/wiki/The_Future_Flash actually named Future Flash]]'' than with the very different original Savitar. (Future Flash being a Barry Allen from the future whose lightning effects are white.)
** After several events that seemed references to his fate in ''Crisis,'' the season finale cliffhanger is that the Speed Force prison becomes an unstable danger to the world if it goes unoccupied too long and so Barry makes the sacrifice. In other words, he is now trapped in the Speed Force with Wally as Central City's hero, as was the state of things in the comics for a great many years.

** Ralph's client is Mrs Broome, named after John Broome, the ''Flash'' writer who created Comicbook/ElongatedMan.

** Barry's suspicion of Ralph is a reference to his comics introduction, where Barry thinks the new hero Elongated Man is actually a VillainWithGoodPublicity, but then learns he was framed.

* In "We Are the Flash", Defoe [[spoiler: briefly returns after losing Ralph's body as a VirtualGhost projected from his chair. A version of the Thinker was introduced in ''Comicbook/{{JSA}}'' as an AI generated from a computer system based on the thinking cap, which possessed Devoe's personality and memories and projected itself as a hologram via Mr Terrific's T-spheres.]]

** Barry's parents used to take him for ice cream at Happy Harbor. Happy Harbor is the location of the original Comicbook/JusticeLeagueOfAmerica headquarters in the comics.

** Caitlin's father's death certificate was signed by a Dr Cameron Makhent ([[spoiler: who doesn't exist]]). In the comics this was the identity of the second Icicle.

** Caitlin's dad was in contact with scientists including Louise Lincoln (the original comics Killer Frost) and Victor Fries (Mr Freeze).
* In "Past is Prologue", when Thawne is trying to guess who Nora is, he suggests Jesse Chambers (the comic book version of Jesse Quick, later the second Liberty Belle), Libby Lawrence (the first Liberty Belle, Jesse Chambers's mother) or Danica Williams (the JLU's Flash in ''Comicbook/BatmanBeyond'' comics). When he realises she's Barry's daughter, he thinks her name is Dawn; in the comics Barry and Iris had twins called Dawn and Don.

* In "Godspeed" Nora's friend in her time is named Lia Nelson. This was the name of an explicitly In Name Only version of the Flash from DC imprint Tangent comics, who had light based powers.
* In "Gone Rogue", Nora has a fake ID in the name of "Jenni Ognats", which is the real name of the comic book XS.

* In "The Exorcism of Nash Wells", Nash refers to fighting telepathic starfish on Earth-26. In addition to being another reference to Starro the Conqueror, Earth-26 in the comics in home to ''Comicbook/CaptainCarrotAndHisAmazingZooCrew''. Starro was the villain of their first issue and the miniseries ''Captain Carrot and the Final Ark''.

* In "Gone Rogue", Nora has a fake ID in the name of "Jenni Ognats", which is the real name of the comic book XS.

* The creators have previously stated their love for the [[Series/TheFlash1990 1990's Flash series]] and they've added occasional references to the old show.
** John Wesley Shipp, who played Barry Allen in the [[Series/TheFlash1990 1990 series]], plays Barry's father Henry Allen. He also plays the real Jay Garrick, the Flash from Earth 3, and that's after Shipp expressed his wish in an interview to never wear the Flash suit again. And in "Elseworlds" [[spoiler: He plays the actual ‘90s Flash, from "Earth-90", in a version of the same costume]].

** Amanda Pays, who portrayed Barry's potential love interest Dr. Tina [=McGee=] in the [[Series/TheFlash1990 1990 series]], plays a rebooted version of the ''same'' character. In the comics, the character was originally associated with Wally West.
** In "Tricksters", Mark Hamill reprises his role as James Jesse/Trickster from the 90's series. Still of the Trickster from that series appear as file photos of the Trickster during his heyday. Likewise, his {{Leitmotif}} from that episode returns as his main theme in the episode, and at one point they even recreate the set for Trickster's lair from the old show. Even Joe's description of him as "James Jesse...like Jesse James, only twisted" is almost identical to Megan Lockhart's description of him in the original series - "James Jesse...like Jesse James, only its backwards. Twisted."

* In "Elseworlds Part 1", the EstablishingShot of Earth-38's Kent Farm is scored with a burst of "[[Series/{{Smallville}} Somebody Save Me]]".

** John Wesley Shipp, who played Barry Allen in the [[Series/TheFlash1990 1990 series]], plays Barry's father Henry Allen. He also plays the real Jay Garrick, the Flash from Earth 3, and that's after Shipp expressed his wish in an interview to never wear the Flash suit again. And in "Elseworlds" [[spoiler: He plays the actual 90s Flash, from "Earth-90", in a version of the same costume]].

* The future newspaper seen at the end of the pilot mentions a "[[ComicBook/CrisisOnInfiniteEarths Crisis" involving red skies]]. Another article on the same page mentions a merger between [[Franchise/GreenArrow Queen Inc]] and [[Franchise/{{Batman}} Wayne Tech]].

* In "Past is Prologue", when Thawne is trying to guess who Nora is, he suggests Jesse Chambers (the comic book version of Jesse Quick, later the second Liberty Belle), Libby Lawrence (the first Liberty Belle, Jesse Chambere's mother) or Danica Williams (the JLU's Flash in ''Comicbook/BatmanBeyond'' comics). When he realises she's Barry's daughter, he thinks her name is Dawn; in the comics Barry and Iris had twins called Dawn and Don.

* In "Failure is an Orphan" Thawne says he's scanned the timeline "from Anthro, the first boy, to Kamandi, the last".

* In "All Doll'd Up", Ceclile tells Nora that Barry once travelled through time and fought a race of golden giants called Grodans. This is a reference to the Silver Age ''Flash'' story "Land of the Golden Giants!"

* In "Elseworlds Part 1", the EstablishingShot of Earth-38's Kent Farm is scored with a burst of "[[Series/{{Smallville}} Somebody Save Me]]".

*** In fact, in ''this'' series, there's a [[ShipTease potential ship]] between Henry and Tina. [[spoiler: Sadly, that [[ShipSinking ship sank]] when Zoom killed Henry.]]

* In "Invincible" Henry Allen and Christina [=McGee=] finally meet and there seems to be some attraction between them. In ''Series/TheFlash1990'', [=Dr McGee=] was the love interest of John Wesley Shipp's Barry Allen.

* In "Past is Prologue", when Thawne is trying to guess who Nora is, he suggests Jesse Chambers (the comic book version of Jesse Quick, later the second Liberty Belle), Libby Lawrence (the first Liberty Belle, Jesse Chambere's mother) or Danica Williams (the JLU's Flash in ''Comicbook/BatmanBeyond'' comics). When he realises she's Barry's daughter, he thinks her name is Dawn; in the comics Barry and Iris had twins called Dawn and Don.

* In "Past is Prologue", when Thawne is trying to guess who Nora is, he suggests Jesse Chambers (the comic book version of Jesse Quick, later the second Liberty Belle), Libby Lawrence (the first Liberty Belle, Jesse Chambere's mother) or Dancella Williams (the JLU's Flash in ''Comicbook/BatmanBeyond'' comics). When he realises she's Barry's daughter, he thinks her name is Dawn; in the comics Barry and Iris had twins called Dawn and Don.

* In "Past is Prologue", when Thawne is trying to guess who Nora is, he suggests Jesse Chambers (the comic book version of Jesse Quick, later the second Liberty Belle), Libby Lawrence (the first Liberty Belle, Jesse Chambere's mother) or Dancella Williams (the JLU's Flash in ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' comics). When he realises she's Barry's daughter, he thinks her name is Dawn; in the comics Barry and Iris had twins called Dawn and Don.

** John Wesley Shipp, who played Barry Allen in the [[Series/TheFlash1990 1990 series]], plays Barry's father Henry Allen. He also plays the real Jay Garrick, the Flash from Earth 3, and that's after Shipp expressed his wish in an interview to never wear the Flash suit again.

** Caitlin's dad was in contact with scientists including Louise Lincoln (the original comics Killer Frost) and Victor Fries (Mr Freeze).