11 Versions Of The Flash In The Arrowverse

you wouldn't believe just how many different versions of the flash we've seen in the arrowverse over the last few years there seems to be so many speedsters running around that it's enough to make your head spin but when it comes down to it which version of the flash is the best sure they all have the common trait of being faster than the speeding bullet and all that oh wait that actually might be the other guy but nonetheless each flash does bring a unique flair and style to the character today's video is breaking down all the different versions of the flash that we've seen in the arrowverse so far so let's get into it right now let's start with the most obvious one barry allen of earth 1 or earth prime we all know and love this barry allen he's the flash of the arrowverse i still remember when the character guest starred in that season two episode of arrow and won us all over with his geeky charm and charisma and now as we gear up for season seven of the flash this barry allen is basically the new face for the aeroverse and yeah six seasons is a long time with the character and i would be lying if i said there weren't some low points with barry's development over the years but overall barry has the heart of a true hero he wants to always do what's right no matter what and will never give up fighting the good fight there's a reason why so many people wanted grant gustin to play the dce used version of the flash when it came time to cast for the big screen with arrow officially over let's hope the flash and this barry allen stick around for a few more years definitely the most fun version of the flash we've seen in the arrowverse has got to be oliver queen's turn as the speedster in the elseworlds crossover that epic event begins with barry allen and oliver queen basically switching places due to some mystical magic shenanigans and the results were absolutely priceless we got to see oliver queen wake up in barry allen's life and vice versa and watching oliver navigate this brighter more optimistic city was a gold mine for comedy but hey i gotta admit oliver took to the whole flash thing pretty quickly figuring out how to use the ring to get into costume and realizing pretty quickly he could move faster than just about any bad guy around him although old habits do die hard he was still quick to use his trusty you have failed this city line which cisco had to point out wasn't the flash's usual mo in season 2 of the flash our hero was just coming off an epic win against reverse flash and if you thought that meant he could slow down a bit think again season 2 introduced a new threat in hunter zolomon's zoom but also a new potential ally in jay garrick sort of here's what happened over on earth 2 zolomon became a serial killer speedster but after a while he was a little tired of being just the villain so he created a flash persona that was based off of earth 3's flash and went by the name of jay garrick he looked and sounded the part of a hero and mentor to barry allen but obviously was hiding a much more sinister side in the end his fate was perhaps worse than death as zullen became a decayed ghostly specter like the time wraiths and went by black flash but you know what's better than a fake jay garrick the real one after the whole zoom thing was wrapped up the real jay garrick who was imprisoned by zoom was able to return to his own earth and be the flash again and throughout the series this flash has acted as a mentor and guide to barry allen helping him out whenever he needs some sage wisdom or advice and that's been a little tough for barry since that version of jay garrick is a doppelganger for henry allen which was definitely a difficult transition it's clear from watching jay in action as the flash that he's not as fast as barry but he proves that sometimes you don't always have to be the fastest speedster to win a fight jay shows that a good heart a clear head and a lot of experience is just as valuable to a speedster as the whole running fast thing when wally west first showed up on the flash we all knew it was only a matter of time before he got his own set of speedster powers well thanks to barry meddling with the timeline and creating flashpoint wally not only ended up getting speedster powers but also became the flash of the flashpoint timeline and although flashpoint didn't stick around for too long it had long lasting effects on the aeroverse and eventually led to wally getting his speedster powers in the main timeline he soon became kid flash but since the show had difficulty managing two speedsters at a time wally soon branched out on his own to find himself since then he's grown into an incredibly gifted speedster in a lot of different ways but we won't forget the time he was the one and only flash season three of the flash saw barry take on yet another speedster as its main villain and just as we were getting a little tired of seeing barry fight speedsters every single season we were treated to a bit of a twist the main baddie savitar wasn't just some random villain but rather he was a future time remnant version of barry allen who turned to the dark side it gets a little timey whimey with the details but here goes the og barry allen created time remnants of himself to help stop savitar but only one ended up surviving that time remnant was shunned by team flash to the point where he wanted revenge and traveled throughout time in order to become the savitar persona essentially becoming the villain he was originally made to defeat and frankly i'm glad savitar turned out to be barry and the self-proclaimed future flash because it added an interesting wrinkle to the classic hero and villain dynamic iris has long been barry's lightning rod he'll always run back to her no matter what her presence has really made it clear that team flash isn't just barry it's barry and iris with barry doing all the speed stuff and iris always able to lend a guiding hand from star labs that dynamic was changed briefly in season 4 which saw berry's powers get transported into iris's body at that point iris was the speedster who was forced to step up to save the day since barry couldn't and despite a few early stumbles she still did a great job of course everything reverted back to normal by the end of the episode but it convinced us all that iris totally could handle life as a speedster if needed accelerated man hailed from earth 19 and although it's unclear if this version of the flash is another doppelganger barry allen or someone else entirely it was still a lot of fun to see this hero pop up but his brief appearance does raise some questions mainly does he really think accelerated man is a catchy name it doesn't really roll off the tongue now does it if you're in trouble on earth 19 and have to call out for help do you get tripped up shouting for accelerated man or what if you're a villain facing the hero do you really have time to say the whole name just saying names are important on the bright side it's better than elongated man don't you think oh yeah i guess i should talk about the actual character well not much is known about him other than the fact that he's super fast but i guess you already guessed that when john wesley's ship was first cast in the flash tv show as henry allen it was a bit of fun tongue-in-cheek casting ship famously portrayed barry allen in the short-lived 90s flash tv show and with the introduction of the multiverse and the aeroverse's gradual attempt to combine all dc tv shows under the multiverse umbrella many fans were wondering if we would see ships barry allen show up at some point after all it wasn't too far out of the realm of possibility ship became the show's version of the speedster jay garrick after all so there was definitely a chance but we all knew that if it did happen it would have to be at the right moment or else it would lose its dramatic and emotional impact thankfully it was epic ships barry allen showed up in crisis on infinite earths and wound up being one of the most important characters ship's allen ended up sacrificing himself to not only destroy the anti-monitor's anti-matter cannon but also save barry's life and stop him from disappearing forever it provided closure to the character almost 30 years later which is just incredible if you think about it if you had to point to just one cameo in crisis on infinite earths that had the most people buzzing it was obviously the ezra miller flash cameo we know that ezra miller plays the flash in the dc eu or worlds of dc or whatever they want to call themselves now and it was kind of expected that the film side and tv side of things would be kept separate from each other but thanks to a nifty moment of corporate synergy the two worlds collided while traveling through the speed force the cw's barry came face to face with the dce u's berry and it was a moment filled with awkwardness and admiration perhaps the most significant thing about the two berries meeting each other is that the dceu's version of the character hadn't been going by the flash moniker yet but was intrigued by the name all the same that means the cw's flash will have a major impact on the dce u's flash and basically inspire him to take the flash as his superhero name which is awesome [Music] at first the smallville universe was its own thing but thanks to crisis on infinite earths the show's world is technically part of the aeroverse that means that smallville's version of the flash is an aeroverse version of the flash in that world it's bart allen who's the main speedster and went by the name impulse and with the smallville world officially part of the multiverse now maybe the show will bring back the character in some way that would be a fun way to keep the smallville universe alive jessie quick was the daughter of the harrison wells from earth 2 and just like a lot of people on the flash tv show she became a speedster as well but her journey was fascinating she technically became her own version of the flash and hopped around a few different worlds over the course of a few seasons first she left earth 1 to take over for jay garrick on earth 3 until jay was able to return from the speed force and then hopped over to earth 2 to lead her own team unfortunately like a lot of characters after crisis her fate is unknown earth 2 was wiped out completely but then oliver recreated the new multiverse and cisco said that every survivor from the multiverse was on their earth now so maybe she's still out there somewhere hey we can dream right which version of the flash is your favorite who do you think is the fastest let us know in the comments below and be sure to hit that big like and subscribe button for more awesome flash content like this thanks for watching the binger

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Keywords: The Flash, Barry Allen, Crisis on Infinite Earths, Different versions of The Flash, Arrowverse, Oliver Queen, Ezra Miller’s Flash, Iris West, Elseworlds crossover, The Binger, superhero TV content, Jay Garrick, Zoom, Future Flash, thebinger, the binger, the flash character, the cw flash, flash arrowverse, different flash characters, villains, heroes

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Length: 10min 31sec (631 seconds)

Published: Fri Nov 06 2020