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- Grant Gustin was born the same year John Wesley Shipp filmed The Flash pilot.

- The Flash made his comic book debut in January 1940 in Flash Comics #1. The original was a research scientist named Jay Garrick who gained his abilities by breathing in radioactive vapors. The second person, Barry Allen was introduced in October 1956 in Showcase #4. He gained his powers from a lightning strike as the show details. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3107288/trivia

John Wesley Shipp and Grant Gustin

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Oliver Queen: So why come to me? Something tells me you didn't just run 600 miles to say "hi" to a friend.

Barry Allen: All my life, I've wanted to do more... be more. And now I am. And the first chance I get to help someone, I screw up. What if Wells is right? What if I'm not a hero. What if I'm some guy who was struck by lightning?

Oliver Queen: I don't think that bolt of lighting struck you, Barry. I think it chose you.

Barry Allen: I'm just not sure I'm like you, Oliver. I don't know if I can be some... vigilante.

Oliver Queen: You can be better. Because you can inspire people in a way that I never could - watching over your city like a guardian angel... making a difference... saving people... in a flash. Take your own advice. Wear a mask.
Dr. Harrison Wells: You can do this, Barry. You were right. I am responsible for all of this. So many people have been hurt because of me, and when I looked at you, all I saw was a potential victim of my hubris. And yes, I created this madness, but you, Barry, you can stop it. You can do this. Now, run, Barry, run! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3187092/quotes

Barry Allen and Oliver Queen

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The show won a Saturn award for being the Best Superhero Adaptation Television Series. Grant Gustin, the actor who plays The Flash, was nominated a Saturn award for being the Best Actor On Television. Glen Winter, one of the directors forThe Flash made other show such as  Smallville, Arrow, The Flash and Legends of Tomorrow.

Glen Winter

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The Flash- Young Barry Allen’s life stopped the minute his mother was murdered. The true killer never found, its mystery obsessed Barry, driving him to become a forensic scientist. Consumed by his work, he spent his life chained to his desk, solving every case that flew across it. But when a freak lightning bolt hits a nearby shelf in his lab, Barry receives super-speed, becoming the Flash. Now, he’ll race up buildings, across oceans, and around the world to get his man—while getting introduced to a world so much bigger than his old life of microscopes and cold cases. http://www.dccomics.com/characters/the-flash

The Flash

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Joe West-  He is the the daughter of Iris West and the foster father of Barry Allen after Henry Allen was  put in jail and after Nora Allen was murdered. He helps the Flash fight metahumans and is trying to get Henry Allen get out of jail because he is innocent. Also he is a detective of the CCPD and helps team flash.

Harrison Wells/ Eobard Thawne/ The Reverse Flash-  Although he is the man of many secrets, he helps Barry get faster to stop metahumans. He took the identity of Harrison Wells because he is trapped in the past because he belongs in the future. Originally he went back in time to kill Barry Allen as a flash but the future flash followed him back to prevent that from happening. Since future Flash got child Barry to safety, Reverse Flash instead decided to kill his mom to give Barry a bad childhood.

Reverse-Flash

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Caitlin Snow- She is the bio-engineer that helps with team flash to help Barry fight metahumans and stop the Reverse Flash. Having lost her fiance, Ronnie Raymond, by the particle accelerator explosion, she evercomes his loss and helps Barry get faster, stronger, and better than The Reverse Flash.

Eddie Thawne-  He is partnered with Joe West at the C.C.P.D. and is dating Iris West. Eddie is a little jealous of Barry because of his childhood with Iris, as Barry is jealous of Eddie for being with Iris. Although they are jealous of each other they become good friends and help stop metahumans.

Cisco Ramon-  He is a mechanical engineering genius who works with team flash. He also makes technology for the flash to help fight metahumans. Also, he made the flash's suit, originally made for firefighters because of it's fire resistant abilities. He also names metahumans such as the Reverse Flash, Weather Wizard, and more.

Team Flash

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Barry Allen/The Flash-  At the age of 11 his mom was murdered by a clash of lightning and in the lightning, he saw a man in yellow, the man who killed Barry's mom. Now grown up, he is a forensic crime scene assistant for the C.C.P.D. and then gets powers by a bolt of lightning that gives him super speed. Once he puts on his mask, his is known as the Flash, saving citizens and finding the man in yellow a.k.a.the Reverse Flash to get his father out of prison.

Iris West- The daughter of Joe and the foster sister/ best friend of Barry Allen, she works at a coffee place named Jitters. She is also the girl that Barry is in love with but Barry can't date her because she is dating Eddie Thawne. Iris doesn't know that Barry is the flash because Barry wants her to be safe of any metahumans or the Reverse Flash and of any danger.

Iris West and Barry Allen

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Barry Allen, a forensic crime scene assistant for Central City Police Department, is struck by lightning during a storm that is created after a particle accelerator from S.T.A.R. Labs explodes. In a coma for nine months, Barry awakens in S.T.A.R. Labs, having been placed in the care of his scientist idol, Dr. Harrison Wells, along with his assistants, Dr. Caitlin Snow and Cisco Ramon . Barry quickly learns that he can move at extraordinary speeds, and that there were other "metahumans" created from the explosion. One of them, Clyde Mardon, is robbing banks with his ability to control the weather. In order to stop Clyde, Barry is outfitted with a suit that can withstand his high speed of movement. He tracks down Mardon and with the help of Detective West, who learns of Barry's abilities, Barry is able to stop Mardon. With his new powers, Barry vows to find out who killed his mother when he was a child, believing him to be another metahuman who has similar abilities of speed as he. Elsewhere, in a secret room at S.T.A.R Labs, Wells reveals he is not paraplegic, while reading a newspaper from the future concerning Barry's fate as the Flash. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3187092/plotsummary

S.T.A.R. Labs