The Flash
The CW’sThe Flashbecame a stable habitue of the Arrowverse over its nine - time of year run , putting the eponymous Barry Allen , a.k.a . the Flash , front - and - middle as the Fastest Man Alive . Grant Gustin earlier debuted as Barry Allen in 2013 duringArrowseason 2 , The CW ’s premiere series in the Arrowverse , before headline his own show , The Flash , from 2014 to 2023 . DC ’s Flash has been adapted into bouncy - action several time , let in by Rod Haase in 1979 , John Wesley Shipp in the 1990s , and Ezra Miller for the DCEU , but Grant Gustin ’s portrayal of the Scarlet Speedster is the longest - run and most developed .
As a metahuman who gains superhuman speed after the explosion of STAR Labs ' speck accelerator pedal , Barry Allen has a remarkable amount of power that is present throughoutThe Flash’snine seasons . Barry ’s powers have fluctuated over the years , but his ability to tap into the " Speed Force " not only allows him to boost his speed but also travel through clock time and even jump to alternating realities . Thanks to his remarkable gift and bright mind , he apace became the steadfast protector of Central City , border himself with loyal ally who assist him defeat deadly threats and perfect his talents to become the best superhero he can be .
Season One
After a abbreviated introduction inArrowseason 2 , installment 8 , " The Scientist , " Gustin brought Barry Allen to life inThe Flashseason 1 , which premiered on The CW in 2014 . Waking up from a coma at STAR Labs , Barry found he could move at superhuman speeds , cursorily setting a service line for his mightiness by combat Clyde Mardon , a metahuman with the ability to control the weather . Running at a speed of over 700 mph , just under the pep pill of sound , Barry was able-bodied to stop a tornado from form and subsequently broke the sound roadblock when develop a supersonic punch that could kill Tony Woodward , a man made of organic steel .
Being able to run quicker than the speed of strait ( clock in at around 837 mph to defeat Woodward ) , Barry taught himself to inflect his movements which allowed him to run those speeds without generating a sonic boom . By the end ofThe Flashseason 1 , Barry had con how to apply the Speed Force and phase through solid issue . His most telling skill was showcased inThe Flash’sseason 1 finale , " riotous Enough , " which saw Barry run tight enough to journey through time , hoping to prevent his mother ’s death at the hands ofthe Reverse Flash . He resist this impulse , however , but still clocked in at over 1500 mph .
Season Two
The Flashseason 2 , which premier on The CW in October 2015 , go through Barry Allen branch out his powers beyond superhuman speed . Under the charge of Jay Garrick ( after expose to be the step on it successive killer Zoom in disguise ) , Barry began control tricks such as throwing lightning and journey between alternative world of the Arrowverse . This time of year also saw Barry learn how to create a time remnant : a knockoff of himself borne of a possible future , make by the Speed Force to maintain the continuity of the timeline . Alongside these remarkable new endowment , Barry ’s speed go on to improve duringThe Flashseason 2 .
As well as developing the natural superhuman speeding of a variety of speedsters in the Arrowverse , The Flashseason 2 also introduce the dangerous drug Velocity 9 , which could admit a irregular connection to the Speed Force . for combat a speedster raise with Velocity 9 , Eliza Harmon , a.k.a . Trajectory , Barry had to black market at rough 2532 miles per hour . Throughout the season , Barry increase his base velocity by grooming with a tachyon equipment , which finally give up him to travel between dimensions unaided , pass to his initial confrontation withKara Zor - El , a.k.a . Supergirl , on Earth-38 . Though Barry briefly loses his abilities inThe Flashseason 2 , he eventually achieve speeds over 10,000 mph .
Season Three
The ending ofThe Flashseason 2 sees Barry travel through sentence and save his mother ’s life history , which leads to season 3 ’s adaptation of DC Comics’Flashpointstoryline . This timeline feature the outgrowth of Savitar , a god - similar speedster with an huge grudge against Barry , who later turns out to be a dead ringer of a succeeding adaptation of Barry himself . Savitar was so fast that Barry could n’t observe him even with his joining to the Speed Force , piddle him a redoubtable baddie who is finally kill as the Flash phased into his armor and expose the raw speedster , leave him to be train down by Barry ’s sexual love - pursuit Iris West .
The Flashseason 3 also pick up Wally West addition speedster powers from the mystic Alchemy - a Savitar - have scientist - and the new speedster begin fighting alongside Barry Allen as Kid Flash . The couple screen each other throughout the season , with Barry training the newfangled Hero of Alexandria so that he ’s substantial enough to save Iris after receive imagination of her future death . Barry also meets a speedster from another realism , Earth-2 , name Jesse Quick , whom he essay himself against , being capable to keep up with a comfortable jog at around 2300 miles per hour . At the end of the season , Barry imprison himself inside the Speed Force as punishment for creating the Flashpoint timeline .
Season Four
Barry returned after six months in the Speed Force with a new level of focal ratio and a number of new illusion . Perhaps the most telling of these was " Flashtime " , a heightened sentiency of awareness that grant Barry to advance his brain ’s natural process to react cursorily to events around him , effectively stopping time to simulate near - perfect reflexes . Barry could n’t use Flashtime for long before burn out , but he was able to train himself and his ally , Cisco Ramon and Caitlin Snow , to operate on in a United States Department of State of Flashtime for an elongate length of time . While no numeric amphetamine was give for Flashtime , this must have been almost the velocity of Light Within .
An even more remarkable exploit come in duringThe Flashseason 4 , episode 12 , " Honey , I wince Team Flash , " which insure Barry ’s life saved by a prison inmate known as Dave " Big Sir " Ratchet , a man who Barry learns is innocent of the law-breaking he ’s remand for . In an feat to repay his debt , Barry helps Ratchet escape from prison , using his superhuman hurrying to break him spare , relocate him to Jiaju , China . assume Barry and Ratchet go almost 7500 miles in a thing of mo , Barry was running at around 120 million miles per hour , a drop in the bucket compared to speeds demonstrate by Barry in earlier season ofThe Flash .
Season Five
The Flashseason 5 did n’t do much to exposit on Barry ’s top executive level in the Arrowverse , as the majority of the season focused on the foundation of Nora West - Allen , the mysterious next daughter of Barry Allen and Iris West , who also happens to be a speedster . Her appearance inThe Flash’spresent - day timeline alter issue , and finally wipe this version of her from existence . Her timeline alteration also bring forward the terrifying " Crisis " event that was to begin with supposed to take place in 2024 but would then emerge in 2019 as theArrowverse ’s " Crisis on Infinite Earths " crossing over event .
While not much emphasis was placed on Barry ’s own powers duringThe Flashseason 5 , the Flash did show a enceinte understanding of his connection to the Speed Force and learned how to use it more passively than other speedsters - especially when rail his own girl . Barry was even able-bodied to drop behind Nora back to her own time with relaxation after learning that she had been working with the nefarious Eobard Thawne , and warned her not to return as he would smell out her in the Speed Force . The Flashseason 5 acted as more of a character survey for Barry Allen , Iris West , and Nora West - Allen .
Season Six
The first two sequence ofThe Flashseason 6 offered definitive yet contradictory point of accumulation for the Flash ’s velocity . The season 6 premiere , " Into the Vortex , " saw Barry trying to spare the stranded awareness of Chester P. Runk by diving into a black yap , resulting in one of the most reverence - inspiring visuals inThe Flash’shistory . The Speed Force purportedly had a deal in protecting Barry from the Brobdingnagian gravity and deficiency of atmosphere in the black hole , but Barry had to have been die hard much quicker than the f number of visible radiation to execute this telling feat - somewhere over 670 million mph - proving his improvement over the series .
This was contradicted in the next instalment , however , as Esperanza Garcia ’s , a.k.a . Ultraviolet ’s , light - emitting powers were say to be 80 - times - faster than the Flash ’s top velocity , so Barry could n’t have been move at the speed of light . This would make Barry ’s top amphetamine inThe Flashat around 8.3 million mph , though it ’s possible this is how degraded Barry is without tap into the Speed Force . DuringThe Flashseason 6 , the transformative " Crisis on Infinite dry land " consequence occurs over all the Arrowverse ’s serial ' , and the time of year also ends with the Speed Force dying , interpret all speedsters with no abilities whatsoever .
Season Seven
The Flashseason 7 put a sight more emphasis on Barry Allen ’s heart rather than his speed , so it did n’t do much to showcase how tight or powerful he has become over the path of the series . However , time of year 7 sees Barry and Iris West create an hokey Speed Force to replace the Speed Force that died at the terminal of season 6 , allowing Barry to still harness his superhuman speed . While combat the reflexion of the Speed Force driven mad , Barry became capable of " speed - thinking , " being able to run calculations in his head quicker than a quantum computer , though this newfound efficiency came at the price of his humanity .
The reborn Speed Force claimed that Barry Allen was faster than ever before , but no factual number were give to quantify this layer of speed . However , Barry ’s business leader were proven to have increase inThe Flash’sseason 7 finale , " substance of the Matter , Part 2 , " which featured the Flash facing a rejuvenated interlingual rendition of his greatest foeman : the Reverse Flash . During this engagement , Barry was capable to void swing from the villain , grab a slug mid - melody , and hurtle his enemy several XII foot . While Barry Allen has often wrong been yell the Fastest Man Alive , this battle proved that he was actually worthy of that deed of conveyance .
Season Eight
The Flashseason 8 picked up six calendar month after time of year 7 ’s closing curtain , kicking off with theArrowverse ’s " Armageddon " crossover event . This season was quick to establish that Barry ’s powers had improved , with the opening scene featuring Caitlin Snow questioning why Barry would walk to get coffee when he"can melt down 4000 miles an hour . “Barry later went on to give a practical demonstration of his speed , empty two slug caravan before they collided , easy emptying both train and covering a Brobdingnagian amount of aloofness in twelve second . later on on , Barry clocked in at around 15,000 miles per hour without the assistance of the Speed Force .
time of year 8 mark Barry Allen against some of his most formidable scoundrel yet , including the re - emergence of Eobard Thawne , the psychical alien Despero , a malefic entity known as Deathstorm , and the rise of the Negative Speed Force and the Negative Forces . During an epical engagement inThe Flash’sseason 8 finale , " Negative , Part 2,“Thawne is chosen as the Negative Speed Force ’s embodiment and goes up against the Flash . Barry is able to countermand Thawne ’s own onset , thrusting him out of the timeline and effectively reset the Reverse Flash ’s timeline , Reverse - Flashpoint , in which he was the Flash and Barry was the Reverse Flash .
Season Nine
Confirmed to beThe Flash’sfinal season , time of year 9 open by pitting Barry Allen against a new speedster known as Red Death , who turns out to be a interlingual rendition of Batwoman Ryan Wilder from Earth-4125 . Barry Allen finally handle to defeat Red Death with the main realness ’s reading of Batwoman though faces a fresh threat in the next part of the season , particularly in time of year 9 , installment 9 , " It ’s My Party and I ’ll Die If I desire To . " This episode marked Ramsey Rosso ’s return at Barry Allen ’s natal day political party , a baddie who turns Barry ’s friends into zombie and manipulates Wally West into killing Barry and take over the multiverse .
Barry Allen is upraise by Oliver Queen , a.k.a . the Arrowverse ’s Green Arrow , in the hereafter , with the latter briefly returning with the Scarlet Speedster to defeat Rosso and save his friends . Even so , this battle opens a gateway through the multiverse which could cause serious job in the coming part ofThe Flashseason 9 . Over the year , Barry Allen has surrounded himself with allies , some of which have unbelievable powers of their own , so less focussing has been given to his own abilities . Even so , withThe Flashcoming to an end in May 2023 , there ’s still time for Barry Allen to show off more of his singular powers .
