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| Overview = '''Arrowverse''' is a fan-originated term which refers to the television franchise created by the CW that is based on characters that appear in publications by DC Comics. The shared multiverse started with ''[[Arrow (TV Series)|Arrow]]'' (2012), but later retroactively included the 1990 series ''[[Flash (1990 TV Series)|The Flash]]''; and was eventually expanded/revealed to include worlds which were home to not only the [[DCEU]] and related modern film franchises, but virtually every licensed live-action adaptation of DC intellectual property when ''Arrow'' and its spin-offs staged a 5-hour televised adaptation of the ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]'' storyline.
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| Overview = '''Arrowverse''' is a fan-originated term which refers to the television franchise created by [[The CW]] that is based on characters that appear in publications by DC Comics. The shared multiverse started with ''[[Arrow (TV Series)|Arrow]]'' in 2012 and, later, retroactively included NBC's ''[[Constantine (TV Series)|Constantine]]'' and CBS' 1990 ''[[Flash (1990 TV Series)|The Flash]]'' series. It was eventually expanded to include worlds which were home to not only the ''[[DCEU]]'' movies and related modern film franchises but virtually every licensed live-action adaptation of DC intellectual property when ''Arrow'' and its spin-offs staged a 5-hour televised [[Crisis on Infinite Earths (Arrowverse)|adaptation]] of the ''[[Crisis on Infinite Earths]]'' storyline.
 
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===Structure of the Multiverse===
=== Multiverse ===
 
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This multiverse has both similarities and differences with the [[Multiverse|ones from the comics]] and it is composed by infinite universes, with at least 1938 known realities. In the beginning, there was only a single, black singularity; then, it broke so the '''[[Big Bang]]''' created the Multiverse, ''every existence multiplied by possibility''<ref name=CoIEP1>{{TVE|Supergirl (TV Series) Episode: Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part One}}</ref> with '''[[Arrowverse: Earth-1|Earth-1]]''' as its original center.
   
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Every reality in the multiverse vibrate at its own frequency that separates one world from the other and they also feature counterparts to other worlds' characters, like [[Jay Garrick (Arrowverse: Earth-3)|Jay Garrick]] of [[Arrowverse: Earth-3|Earth-3]] and [[Barry Allen (Flash 1990 TV Series)|Barry Allen]] of [[Arrowverse: Earth-90|Earth-90]]. People with special abilities are also known as '''[[Metahumans|metahumans]]''': in particular, they exist the so-called ''vibers'' who are directly linked to the energies of the Multiverse so they have the power to move into other planes of existence and realities, like [[Francisco Ramon (Arrowverse)|Cisco Ramon/Vibe]] or the [[Collector Agency (Arrowverse: Earth-19)|Collector Agency]]'s members of [[Arrowverse: Earth-19|Earth-19]].
It is a [[multiverse]] of its own (with at least 1938 Earths), in which parallel worlds inhabitated by [[Kara Zor-El (Arrowverse: Earth-38)|Supergirl]] and [[Barry Allen (Flash 1990 TV Series)|The Flash]].
 
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-1|Earth-1]]''': the Universe where the shows ''[[Arrow (TV Series)|Arrow]]'', ''[[The Flash (2014 TV Series)|The Flash]]'', ''[[Vixen (Webseries)|Vixen]]'', ''[[DC's Legends of Tomorrow]]'', and (retroactively) ''[[Constantine (TV Series)|Constantine]]'' exist.
 
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The first known entity is '''[[God (Lucifer TV Series)|God]]''' who is believed to be the Almighty ruler of the Multiverse. He was responsible for the creation of the various metaphysical realms: the '''[[Heaven]]''', where He lives along with his [[Goddess (Lucifer TV Series)|consourt]] and their sons, the [[Angels]], as well as the righteous souls; the '''[[Hell]]''' which was created, after the rebellion of his son '''[[Lucifer Morningstar (Lucifer TV Series)|Lucifer]]''', as a prison for him and his damned followers as well as the corrupted souls; the '''[[Purgatory]]''' which is a plane of existence where souls live in their own ''limbo'' worlds. Because of His omnipotence, it can also be presumed that the Big Bang was caused by God's powers.
**After ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'', it is reborn as '''[[Arrowverse: Earth-Prime|Earth-Prime]]''', a fusion of the original Earth-1, Earth-38 and [[Black Lightning (TV Series)|Black Lightning's Earth]]
 
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*''' [[Arrowverse: Earth-2|Earth-2]]''': A Universe similar to the Pre-Crisis [[Earth-Three]], as well as 52's [[Earth-3]] and the Orrery of Worlds [[Earth 3]], where many of the Heroes of Earth-1 are Villains, and many of the Villains are Heroes.
 
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The concept of time is embodied by the so-called [[Arrowverse: Temporal Zone|Temporal Zone]], the vortex of time itself where all the events from across the ages and realities exist at the same time. It is commonly used by non-speedsters to move through time and it was supposed to be preserved by the [[Time Masters (Arrowverse)|Time Masters]] who, however, controlled it from the [[Vanishing Point]], outside of time and space, until their defeat and death.<ref name=Destiny>{{TVE|DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV Series) Episode: Destiny}}</ref>
**After its rebirth in ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'', it is now home to ''[[Stargirl (TV Series)]]''
 
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-3|Earth-3]]''': the home universe of [[Jay Garrick (Arrowverse: Earth-3)|Jay Garrick]].
 
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The [[Speed Force]] is another extra-dimensional source of power that gifts to whoever taps into its energy the ability to move at supershuman speed which also allows them to move through the infinite realities and to travel back and forward in time. Eventually, in the future, an [[Arrowverse: Earth-1|Earth-1]] scientist, [[Eobard Thawne (Arrowverse)|Eobard Thawne]], was able to replicate the Speed Force in order to create his own artificial source of energy, the '''[[Negative Speed Force]]''', which made him able to travel through time without any rules which caused him to be immune to reality-altering events and permanent death.
*'''[[Titans (TV Series)|Earth-9]]''': a universe similar or identical to [[Titans (TV Series)]].
 
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-12|Earth-12]]''': The home universe of [[Harrison Wells (Arrowverse: Earth-12)|Harrison Wolfgang Wells]].
 
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At some point in time, they were created two metaphysical books, the '''[[Book of Souls|Book of Destiny]]''' and the '''[[Book of Oa]]'''. The Book of Destiny has the ability to manipulate the Multiverse's energy to alter the reality itself, rewriting events or, even, entire universes; the Book of Oa, which is stored on [[Arrowverse: Earth-12|Earth-12]], contains all the knowledge in the Multiverse from all the events that were, are and will be in the future.
**After Crisis on Infinite Earths, it is also shown to be home to something similar to ''[[Green Lantern (Movie)]]''
 
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-13|Earth-13]]''': The home universe of [[Harrison Wells (Arrowverse: Earth-13)|Wells the Grey]] and other magic-based characters.
 
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They also exist other higher beings, like '''[[James Corrigan (Lucifer TV Series)|the Spectre]]''' or '''[[Phantom Stranger (Arrowverse: Earth-85)|the Phantom Stranger]]''', who are in tune with the Multiverse and observe events from across the realities.
*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-15|Earth-15]]''': A dead universe, now filled with radiations from Earth-1 [[Neil Borman (Arrowverse)|Fallout]].
 
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-16|Earth-16]]''': Home to the alternate [[DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV Series) Episode: Star City 2046|Star City 2046]], which the [[Legends (Arrowverse)|Legends]] previously visited. The known difference in this universe is Sara Lance did not survive the shipwreck, leading to a different chain of events for her Quentin, Laurel and Nyssa.
 
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===Early History===
*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-17|Earth-17]]''': One of the Universes whose Harrison Wells was able to crack the cryptogram sent by [[Harrison Wells (Arrowverse: Earth-2)|Harry]] to find his replacement for Team Flash. Inhabitants of this Earth seem to speak using archaic terms.
 
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The [[Maltusians|Maltusian]] scientists, [[Mar Novu (Arrowverse)|Mar Novu]] and his wife [[Xneen Novu (Arrowverse)|Xneen]], sought to see the creation of their universe so they experimented on time travel, building a time machine which Mar Novu used to go back at the [[Big Bang|Dawn of Time]]. There, he was overwhelmed by the radiations of the [[Arrowverse: Temporal Zone|Temporal Zone]] and obtained cosmic powers which made him '''[[Monitor|the Monitor]]'''; then, he fell through the space itself to the [[Arrowverse: Antimatter Universe|Antimatter Universe]] where it was somehow born his negative doppleganger, [[Mobius (Arrowverse: Antimatter Universe)|Mobius]], later called '''[[Anti-Monitor|the Anti-Monitor]]'''.
*'''Earth-18''': An earth currently in the old west era, with its own Jonah Hex; also home to the last working Lazarus Pit in the multiverse.
 
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-19|Earth-19]]''': the home Universe of [[Cynthia Reynolds (Arrowverse: Earth-19)|Gypsy]] and [[Harrison Wells (Arrowverse: Earth-19)|H.R. Wells]]. On this Earth travelling to other Earths is illegal due to an interdimentional invasion by Plastoids and the near destruction of this Earth by another unknown Earth.
 
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The Anti-Monitor was sealed by his positive counterpart into his home dimension but he swore to Novu to take his revenge against him and the Multiverse itself: the seal separated the positive realms from the [[Arrowverse: Nexus|doorstep]] of Mobius' prison whose door was placed on Earth-1 in what would become [[Central City]] in modern days. It was also prophetised that he eventually would free himself and destroy the Multiverse which could only be saved by seven righteous individuals, collectively known as the '''[[Paragons (Arrowverse)|Paragons]]'''.
**After Crisis on Infinite Earths, it is now also home to something similar to ''[[Swamp Thing (2019 TV Series)]]''
 
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*'''[[Doom Patrol (TV Series)|Earth-21]]''': a universe similar or identical to [[Doom Patrol (TV Series)]].
 
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In ancient times, free will was spread on Earth-1 as the Greek Goddess, [[Clotho (Arrowverse)|Clotho]], destroyed the [[Loom of Fate]] and its pieces were scattered across many realities in the Multiverse. During the age of Gods and heroes, supernatural creatures also lived on the earthly realms, along with the Divine beings.
*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-22|Earth-22]]''': the home Universe of [[Harrison Wells (Arrowverse: Earth-22)|Wells 2.0]]. This Earth is a Post-Apocalyptic Landscape where Humans had to become one with Machines in order to survive.
 
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*'''Earth-24''': the home universe of [[Harrison Wells (Arrowverse: Earth-24)|Sonny Wells]] from the [[Council of Harrisons]]. According to Cisco, Earth-24 is still on VHS, putting them nearly two decades behind the home video present on Earth-1.
 
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Due to his evil actions, the time demon, [[Malice (Arrowverse)|Mallus]], was banished into [[Arrowverse: Spirit World|another plane of existence]] by the [[Totems of Zambesi]] users; along with him, a great number of creatures, including Clotho and the [[Tabitha (Arrowverse)|Fairy Goodmother]], were sealed into this dimension.
*'''Earth-25''': the home universe of [[Harrison Wells (Arrowverse: Earth-25)|H.P. Wells]] from the [[Council of Harrisons]].
 
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*'''Earth-27''': the home universe of the speedster [[Edward Thawne (Arrowverse: Earth-27)|Eddie Thawne/Johnny Quick]] and other Earth-1 heroes counterparts (except the dead [[Barry Allen (Arrowverse: Earth-27)|Barry Allen]]), who fight against the [[Crime Syndicate of America (Arrowverse: Earth-27)|Crime Syndicate of America]].
 
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At some point in time, there was an incursion on Earth-19 by an unknown universe that led to the creation of the [[Collector Agency (Arrowverse: Earth-19)|Collector Agency]] which had to ensure the respect of a ban on interdimensional travel on this reality; in fact, those who disrespect it are punished by the Collectors with the death penalty.<ref name=DoA>{{TVE|The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: Dead or Alive}}</ref>
*'''Earth-35''': An unknown universe, visited by Earth-1 [[Francisco Ramon (Arrowverse)|Cisco Ramon]], which seems to be inhabitated by unicorns.
 
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*'''Earth-37''': An unknown universe, home to a schoolteacher friend of Earth-1 [[Francisco Ramon (Arrowverse)|Cisco Ramon]].
 
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During his career as a superhero, the ''Crimson Comet'', [[Jay Garrick (Arrowverse: Earth-3)|Jay Garrick aka Flash]] of Earth-3, explored many realities in the Multiverse, collecting informations about his discoveries.<ref name=AFotL>{{TVE|The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: A Flash of the Lightning}}</ref>
*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-38|Earth-38]]''': the Universe where the show [[Supergirl (TV Series)|Supergirl]] and all of its continuity exists.
 
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**After ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'', the continuity of ''Supergirl'' was moved to [[Arrowverse: Earth-Prime|Earth-Prime]], causing a different reality to take the original Earth-38's place.
 
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In 2015, an immense worm hole originated on Earth-1, causing the creation of space portals between Earth-1 and [[Arrowverse: Earth-2|Earth-2]]. The evil speedster [[Hunter Zolomon (Arrowverse: Earth-2)|Zoom]] took advantage of the situation to satisfy his hunger for speed by challenging [[Barry Allen (Arrowverse)|Barry Allen aka The Flash]] after having already defeated Jay Garrick on Earth-3.
*'''Earth-47''': the home universe of [[Harrison Wells (Arrowverse: Earth-47)|H. Lothario Wells]]. There's a dragon farm in this universe as well.
 
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*'''Earth-48''': the home universe of mad bounty-hunter who is killed by [[Josh Reynolds (Arrowverse: Earth-19)|Breacher]].
 
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Almost one year later, Zoom tried to destroy all the realities in the Multiverse through the use of the [[Magnetar]], a complex machine which had to be powered by [[Speed Force]] energy: he challenged Barry Allen one last time to determine who was faster between them while gathering enough energy to start his doomsday device. During their run, Barry Allen was able to create a time remnant that stopped the Magnetar at the cost of his life while Barry's real self managed to defeat the evil speedster who was dragged into the [[Speed Force]] to become its enforcer, the '''[[Black Flash]]'''.<ref name=TheRaceOfHisLife>{{TVE|The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: The Race of His Life}}</ref>
*'''Earth-51''': Home to Thaddeus Brown, a master escape artist who taught Sherloque Wells.
 
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*'''[[Batman (1966 TV Series)|Earth-66]]''': a universe similar or identical to the universe where the [[Batman (1966 TV Series)|1966 Batman series]] takes place.
 
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===Crisis on Earth-X===
*'''[[Wonder Woman (TV Series)|Earth-76]]''': a universe similar or identical to the universe where the [[Wonder Woman (TV Series)|1976 Wonder Woman series]] takes place.<ref name="CoIEG1">{{c|Crisis on Infinite Earths Giant Vol 1 1}}</ref>
 
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In 2017, the [[Nazi Party|Nazis]] of [[Arrowverse: Earth-X|Earth-X]], a cruel universe where the German Party won [[World War II]] and conquered the [[Earth]], targeted [[Kara Zor-El (Arrowverse: Earth-38)|Supergirl]] and the heroes of Earth-1, assembling a giant army to invade their universes.
*'''[[Burtonverse|Earth-89]]''': a universe similar or identical to the [[Burtonverse]].
 
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*'''[[Flash (1990 TV Series)|Earth-90]]''': the universe where the [[Flash (1990 TV Series)|1990 Flash series]] takes place.
 
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They managed to track them to the wedding of [[Barry Allen (Arrowverse)|Barry Allen]] and [[Iris West (Arrowverse)|Iris West]] which was [[Crisis on Earth-X|crashed]] by a plotoon of Nazis which confronted the heroes that were present at the church. The Nazi troupes were ultimately defeated and forced to retreat, losing one of their commanders, [[Thomas Merlyn (Arrowverse: Earth-X)|Tommy Merlyn aka Prometheus]].
*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-96|Earth-96]]''': a universe similar or identical to ''[[Superman Returns]]'' and loosely ''[[Kingdom Come]]''. Home to the Clark Kent/Superman, who is a doppelganger of Ray Palmer/The Atom.
 
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*'''Earth-99''': A universe where Bruce Wayne has become a bitter, old and deluded former crime fighter, who took a brutal approach to fighting crime. The Superman of this Earth fell to Batman's hands, but not before damaging him enough to need the use of an exosuit for the rest of his life.
 
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The main army was led by a new Führer, [[Oliver Queen (Arrowverse: Earth-X)|Oliver Queen]], also known as '''[[Dark Arrow]]''', and they were also helped by a displaced Earth-1 [[Eobard Thawne (Arrowverse)|Reverse Flash]]: their main goal was to use a light accelerator, the [[Prism (object)|Prism]], to artificially create red sunlight that would help them transplant [[Kara Zor-El (Arrowverse: Earth-38)|Supergirl]]'s heart to her Earth-X counterpart, '''[[Kara Zor-El (Arrowverse: Earth-X)|Overgirl]]''', who also was Oliver's wife, as she was dying from sunlight overloading.<ref name=CoEX1>{{TVE|Supergirl (TV Series) Episode: Crisis on Earth-X, Part 1}}</ref>.
*'''[[Smallville (TV series)|Earth-167]]''': A universe similar or identical to ''[[Smallville (TV Series)]]''. In this universe, Clark Kent has given up his powers and life as a reporter to live on the Kent Farm with his wife Lois Lane and their daughters.
 
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*'''[[Birds of Prey (TV Series)|Earth-203]]''': A universe similiar or identical to ''[[Birds of Prey (TV Series)]]''.
 
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Some of Earth-1's heroes were abducted to Earth-X so Oliver Queen and others had to travel to the obscure reality where they found help in the [[Freedom Fighters (Arrowverse: Earth-X)|Freedom Fighters]], a resistance team which was led by Captain [[Winslow Schott, Jr. (Arrowverse: Earth-X)|Winn Schott]] and [[Raymond Terrill (Arrowverse)|the Ray]] from Earth-1.<ref name=CoEX2>{{TVE|Arrow (TV Series) Episode: Crisis on Earth-X, Part 2}}</ref> After joining their forces, they saved the abducted group and discovered Earth-Xers' doomsday device, the [[Waverider (vehicle)|Wellenreiter]], a militarized timeship that was to be deployed on Earth-1.<ref name=CoEX3>{{TVE|The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: Crisis on Earth-X, Part 3}}</ref>
*'''Earth-221''': The home universe of [[Harrison Sherloque Wells (Arrowverse: Earth-221)|Harrison Sherloque Wells]].
 
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*'''[[Lucifer (TV Series)|Earth-666]]''': A universe similiar or identical to ''[[Lucifer (TV Series)]]''. John Constantine has visited this Earth before the Crisis.
 
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When the Nazi finally attacked [[Central City]] on Earth-1, all the heroes fought against the Nazi enemies and defeated them: Overgirl ultimately died from her disease and Dark Arrow was killed by Earth-1 Oliver Queen; after they lost their leader and the Wellenreiter was destroyed by [[Harrison Wells (Arrowverse: Earth-2)|Harry Wells]], the Nazis were forced to concede defeat and retreat to their universe.<ref name=CoEX4>{{TVE|DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV Series) Episode: Crisis on Earth-X, Part 4}}</ref>.
*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-719|Earth-719]]''': the home universe of [[Maya (Arrowverse: Earth-719)|Maya]].
 
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*'''Earth-D''': a universe similar to the [[Earth-D]].<ref name="CoIEG1"/>
 
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===Elseworlds===
*'''[[Superman (1941 Cartoons)|Earth-F]]''': a universe similar or identical to the universe where the [[Superman (1941 Cartoons)|1941 Superman series]] takes place.<ref name="CoIEG1"/>
 
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At some point in 21th century, the [[Mar Novu (Arrowverse)|Monitor]] began his journey through the Multiverse in search for potential heroes that could help him prevent an incoming Crisis. He tested some universes, entrusting some of their residents with the [[Book of Destiny]]; then, he arrived on [[Arrowverse: Earth-90|Earth-90]] which failed to prove itself worthy to be saved so it was destroyed as [[Barry Allen (Flash 1990 TV Series)|the Flash]] became its only survivor and escaped into another universe.<ref name=BunkerHill>{{TVE|Supergirl (TV Series) Episode: Bunker Hill}}</ref>.
*'''Earth-N52''': a universe similar to the [[Prime Earth]].<ref name="CoIEG1"/>
 
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-X|Earth-X]]''': the universe where the show ''[[Freedom Fighters: The Ray (Webseries)|Freedom Fighters: The Ray]]'' and all of its continuity exists. Taking inspiration from the Pre-Crisis [[Earth-X|Earth-X]], as well as 52's [[Earth-10]] and Orrery of Worlds [[Earth 10]], on this Earth the Nazis won World War II.
 
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In December 2018, he came to Earth-1 where he passed the Book of Destiny to [[John Deegan (Arrowverse)|John Deegan]] in order to [[Elseworlds (Arrowverse)|challenge]] the heroes of this world. The scientist used the Book of Destiny to create a new [[Arrowverse: Elseworlds|reality]] in which the identities of the [[Oliver Queen (Arrowverse)|Green Arrow]] and [[Barry Allen (Arrowverse)|The Flash]] were swapped so the two heroes found themselves in each other's bodies.<ref name=EP1>{{TVE|The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: Elseworlds, Part 1}}</ref>
*'''[[Black Lightning (TV Series)|Unnamed universe]]''': The universe was where ''Black Lightning'' originally took place. It has since been merged into [[Arrowverse: Earth-Prime|Earth-Prime]].
 
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Thanks to Iris West, the two heroes were able to reach Earth-38 where they asked the help of [[Kara Zor-El (Arrowverse: Earth-38)|Supergirl]] and his cousin, '''[[Kal-El (Arrowverse: Earth-38)|Superman]]'''. After returning to altered reality, the Earth-1 heroes were forced to face the threat of the android [[A.M.A.Z.O. (Arrowverse)|A.M.A.Z.O.]] who could replicate any power he scanned: as the heroes banded together and combined their different abilities, they were able to destroy the evil robot.<ref name=EP1 />
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Later, thanks to Vibe, the heroes tracked Deegan to [[Gotham City]] where they retrieved the Book but they had to stop a riot in [[Arkham Asylum]] with the help of the vigilante '''[[Katherine Kane (Arrowverse)|Batwoman]]'''. In the meantime, the Flash of Earth-90 also came to Earth-1 and warned them about the Monitor's intentions. The heroes confronted the Cosmic God which got his Book back and ordered Deegan to ''"think bigger"'', altering the reality for the second time and causing the Flash of Earth-1 and Green Arrow to become the infamous '''[[Trigger Twins (Arrowverse: Elseworlds)|Trigger Twins]]'''.<ref name=EP2>{{TVE|Arrow (TV Series) Episode: Elseworlds, Part 2}}</ref>
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Inspired by Clark Kent, Deegan turned himself a black-suited doppleganger of Superman and imprisoned Supergirl in the [[S.T.A.R. Labs]]'s pipeline. However, the Trigger Twins convinced the [[Francisco Ramon (Arrowverse: Elseworlds)|alternate Cisco]] to take them to Earth-38 where they told Superman about Deegan's menace; at the same time, on the Elseworlds, the [[Alexandra Danvers (Arrowverse: Elseworlds)|alternate Alex Danvers]] freed Supergirl and, while Deegan was facing Superman, the heroes used the Book of Destiny to restore Flash, Green Arrow and Supergirl's identities.<ref name=EP3>{{TVE|Supergirl (TV Series) Episode: Elseworlds, Part 3}}</ref>
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Then, Superman/Deegan retrieved once again the Book of Destiny and planned to change the unvierse again: the Flash and Supergirl tried to slow him down by running at super-speed around the Earth. As the two were nearly torn apart, Oliver Queen made a deal with the Monitor to save them in exchange for being his enforcer in the incoming Crisis.<ref name=EP3 />
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Deegan and his army, including a resurrected A.M.A.Z.O., were defeated by the group of superheroes and the scientist became an husk after his connection with the Book of Destiny was interrupted as it was hit by a Monitor-powered arrow of Oliver Queen. The reality was restored to his original form and Deegan was imprisoned in Arkham Asylum where he befriended an inmate, [[Roger Hayden (Arrowverse)|Roger Hayden]] who warned him that ''"worlds will live, worlds will die, and the universe will never be the same"''.<ref name=EP3 />
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In May 2019, after the defeat of the [[Ninth Circle (Arrowverse)|Ninth Circle]], the Monitor called Oliver Queen to his duties, sending him into various missions in order to prepare him for the future [[Crisis on Infinite Earths (Arrowverse)|Crisis]]. Not long after Oliver's recruiting, [[Lyla Michaels (Arrowverse)|Lyla Michaels]] also became Monitor's enforcer as the super-powered '''[[Harbinger]]'''.
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In order to prove Monitor's non-existence, the adventurer [[Harrison Nash Wells (Arrowverse)|Nash Wells]] found the [[Arrowverse: Nexus|Nexus]]' door and freed the Anti-Monitor from his prison who, in the course of millennia, planned to destroy every Earth in the Multiverse with the antimatter. In fact, after finding [[Barry Allen (Flash 1990 TV Series)|the Flash of Earth-90]] in the Antimatter Universe<ref name=EP2/>, he forced him to run in order to power its antimatter cannon that obliterated [[Arrowverse: Earth-2|Earth-2]] as a test.<ref name=StarlingCity>{{TVE|Arrow (TV Series) Episode: Starling City}}</ref>
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After traveling to Earth-3, Barry Allen managed to project his mind into the future with the help of Jay Garrick and his wife, [[Joan Williams (Arrowverse: Earth-3)|Joan Williams]], seeing the outcome of the incoming Crisis.<ref name=AFotL/>
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When the Crisis erupted, the [[Mobius (Arrowverse: Antimatter Universe)|Anti-Monitor]] began its destruction, powering his cannon who fired its antimatter wave into the Multiverse: this wall of antimatter energy started to erased one reality after the other while the Anit-Monitor himself was rampaging through the realities, being heralded by his '''[[Shadow Demons|shadow demons]]'''.<ref name="CoIEG2">{{c|Crisis on Infinite Earths Giant Vol 1 2}}</ref>.
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As Earth-38 was about to be destroyed by the wave, the most righteous heroes were gatherered so they could band together to save this reality's residents while the Monitor raised colossal tuning forks which were rapidly assaulted by the Anti-Monitor's dark forces: in the climax of the battle, Oliver Queen bravely died to save more people he could.<ref name=CoIEP1 /> As the wave erased this world, the heroes retreated back on Earth-1, which was the last reality in the trajectory of the wave, and used the [[Waverider (vehicle)|Waverider]] of [[Arrowverse: Earth-74|Earth-74]] as their moving base.<ref name=CoIEP2>{{TVE|Batwoman (TV Series) Episode: Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Two}}</ref>
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The Book of Destiny revealed to the Monitor avbout the existence of the [[Paragons (Arrowverse)|Paragons]] who could save the Multiverse from annihilation. Thanks to the help of the '''[[Green Lantern Corps (Green Lantern Movie)|Green Lantern Corps]]''' and the [[Guardians of the Universe (Green Lantern Movie)|Guardian]] [[Ganthet (Green Lantern Movie)|Ganthet]] of [[Arrowverse: Earth-12|Earth-12]] that let [[Felicity Smoak (Arrowverse)|Felicity Smoak]] read the [[Book of Oa]], [[Sara Lance (Arrowverse)|Sara Lance]] and [[Kara Zor-El (Arrowverse: Earth-38)|Kara Zor-El]] were discovered to be Paragons.
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Meanwhile, the '''[[Council of Luthors]]''' battled the '''[[Council of Supermen]]''' on [[Arrowverse: Earth-99|Earth-99]] but was ultimately defeated by the Supermen of the Multiverse after a tough battle.<ref name=CoIEG2 /> [[Alexander Luthor (Arrowverse: Earth-38)|Lex Luthor of Earth-38]] was inspired by this all-out war so he escaped his imprisonment on the [[Waverider (vehicle)|Waverider]] and stole the [[Book of Destiny]] to kill the remaining Supermen, including the [[Superman (Arrowverse: Earth-75)|Superman of Earth-75]], through the Multiverse: he was stopped by the joined forces of his archenemy [[Kal-El (Arrowverse: Earth-38)|Kal-El]] and the [[Kal-El (Arrowverse: Earth-96)|Superman of Earth-96]] who was discovered to be the ''Paragon of Truth''.<ref name=CoIEP2/>
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[[John Constantine (Arrowverse)|John Constantine]], [[Mia Queen (Arrowverse)|Mia Smoak]] and Sara Lance resurrected Oliver Queen in a [[Lazarus Pit]] on [[Arrowverse: Earth-18|Earth-18]] but they discovered that he lacked his soul;<ref name=CoIEP2/> later, Constantine and Mia, along with [[John Diggle (Arrowverse)|John Diggle]], came to [[Arrowverse: Earth-666|Earth-666]] to meet the Devil himself, [[Lucifer Morningstar (Lucifer TV Series)|Lucifer Morningstar]], who gifted them a special card to enter the [[Purgatory]] where they retrieved Oliver's soul but they also found the Avatar of '''[[Spectre|the Spectre]]''', [[James Corrigan (Lucifer TV Series)|Jim Corrigan]] that convinced the Emerald Archer to prepare himself to become the Entity's new host.<ref name=CoIEP3>{{TVE|The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Three}}</ref>
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After [[Raymond Palmer (Arrowverse)|Ray Palmer]] built a ''Paragon detector'', [[Katherine Kane (Arrowverse)|Batwoman]] was discovered to be the ''Paragon of Courage'' who she had previously searched for on [[Arrowverse: Earth-99|Earth-99]]; later, [[Barry Allen (Arrowverse)|Barry Allen]], [[J'onn J'onzz (Arrowverse: Earth-38)|Martian Manhunter]] and the Earth-1 professor [[Ryan Choi (Arrowverse)|Ryan Choi]] were identified as the remaining Paragons.
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Meanwhile, Vibe's powers were restored by the Monitor so the heroes to manage to enter the [[Arrowverse: Nexus|Nexus' chamber]] and stop Barry Allen of Earth-90 from powering the antimatter cannon. The machine went critical, forcing [[Harrison Nash Wells (Arrowverse)|Nash Wells]], now reborn as '''[[Pariah]]''', to rescue '''[[Jefferson Pierce (Black Lightning TV Series)|Black Lightning]]''' from the destruction of [[Black Lightning (TV Series)|his world]] as his powers were needed to contain the energy of the cannon while, in order to ultimately destroy it, Earth-1 Barry Allen decided to sacrifice himself as it was always prophetised to him since he had first become the Scarlet Speedster.
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Before he could jump on the machine, the older Flash tricked Barry into taking his place, reminding him that the prophecy never said which Flash had to die: as he remembered one of the first meeting with his beloved wife,<ref>{{TVE|Flash (1990 TV Series) Episode: Honor Among Thieves}}</ref>, Barry vanished in thin air after one last run and fullfilled his lifetime as a hero by saving the rest of the Multiverse.<ref name=CoIEP3/>
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Believing to have finally stopped the end of everything, the heroes were shocked by a brainwashed Harbinger who killed the Monitor and allowed the Anti-Monitor to resume the destruction of the Multiverse which was annihilated along with the few survivors on the [[Waverider (vehicle)|Waverider]].<ref name=CoIEP3 />
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However, the Paragons were hidden by Pariah at the last minute in [[Vanishing Point]], a place out of space and time, to survive the total annihilation. There, they discovered that [[Alexander Luthor (Arrowverse: Earth-38)|Lex Luthor]] had previously replaced Earth-96 Superman as the ''Paragon of Truth'' thanks to the Book of Destiny's reality-altering power.<ref name=CoIEP3 />
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After spending a month out of time, the newly-born Spectre, [[Oliver Queen (Arrowverse)|Oliver Queen]], reached the Paragons in Vanishing Point. Despite Oliver's warnings, The Flash convinced him to power him up enough to run into the slowly dying [[Speed Force]] where he met [[Barry Allen (DC Extended Universe)|another speedster]] that made him realized that the Multiverse could be brought back to existence; at the same time, [[Kara Zor-El (Arrowverse: Earth-38)|Supergirl]] and other Paragons were sent back in time to stop Mar Novu from ever creating the Anti-Monitor but, while managing to stop him from going back at the Dawn of Time, the superheroes discovered that Mobius was always meant to come into existence. The Paragons reunited with the Spectre at the Dawn of Time where Good and Evil faced each other in an epic battle.<ref name=CoIEP4>{{TVE|Arrow (TV Series) Episode: Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Four}}</ref>
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As Barry and Sara stood by Oliver's side as, after winning his clash with Mobius, he ultimately died from his wounds, the Paragons gathered his Spectre's energy and used it, along with their own energies and the remains of the Book of Destiny, to recreate reality itself.<ref name=CoIEP4/>
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===Rebirth of the Multiverse===
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A new [[Big Bang]] was caused by the combination of Oliver Queen/Spectre and the Paragons' energies:the original singularity divided itself once again and recreated the infinite realities. Every reality was restored to the existence so all the residents in the Multiverse were brought back to life.
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Earth-1 did not exist anymore as it was merged into a new universe, [[Arrowverse: Earth-Prime|Earth-Prime]], along with Earth-38 and Black Lightning's world. Their histories were amalgamated as if all their residents had always lived together in a single world.
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Waking up in a new universe, the Paragons discovered the merge of their realities and, after discovering the Anti-Monitor's survival, they banded together with the other Earth's heroes one last time to finally defeat Him and his demons. Upon realizing that Mobius was too strong even for their combined powers, Earth-Prime's heroes used Ray Palmer and Ryan Choi's knowledge to banish the Dark God, who had become a giant version of himself, into the [[Microverse]].<ref name=CoIEP5>{{TVE|DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV Series) Episode: Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Five}}</ref>
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In the new multiverse, some realities were recreated with some differences from the original ones, like [[Arrowverse: Earth-2|Earth-2]], while others were totally anew, like the [[Arrowverse: Earth-Prime|Earth-Prime]] which replaced [[Arrowverse: Earth-1|Earth-1]] as the new center of the Multiverse. However, after the Crisis, these universes are not separated anymore by vibrational frequencies so it is currently impossibile to move from a reality (at least from Earth-Prime) to another one which led the Earth-Prime heroes to believe that the Multiverse was gone.
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During the Crisis, some residents of the Pre-Crisis realities managed to save themselves from annihilation, felling through the space itself to the newly-born Earth-Prime<ref>{{TVE|Batwoman (TV Series) Episode: An Un-Birthday Present}}</ref><ref name=TheBottleEpisode>{{TVE|Supergirl (TV Series) Episode: The Bottle Episode}}</ref>; later, it was also revealed that two or more counterparts cannot exist on the same Earth for a large amount of time.<ref>{{TVE|Batwoman (TV Series) Episode: Take Your Choice}}</ref>
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For some reason, the minds of all the [[Harrison Wells]]'s dopplegangers of the old Multiverse, including the [[Eobard Thawne (Arrowverse)|Eobard Thawne]]'s, were merged into [[Harrison Nash Wells (Arrowverse)|Nash Wells]]'.<ref name=TEoNW>{{TVE|The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: The Exorcism of Nash Wells}}</ref>
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As a consequence of being corrupted by the Spectre' mystical energy during the Crisis, the [[Speed Force]] was fatally destabilized and ultimately destroyed, causing the speedsters to gradually run out of power.<ref name=DoTSF>{{TVE|The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: Death of the Speed Force}}</ref> Eventually, the [[Team Flash]] built a machine to artifically engineer Speed Force energy, like Thawne did with the [[Negative Speed Force]], powering it up with the Multiversal energies of the [[Harrison Wells]] inside of Nash Wells, who sacrificed himself to create the [[Artificial Speed Force]]<ref name=AWTEW>{{TVE|The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: All's Wells That Ends Wells}}</ref>: however, after he was corrupted by the energies from the new force and forced to shut the extra-dimensional field down<ref name=TSoT>{{TVE|The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: The Speed of Thought}}</ref>, Barry Allen used [[Iris West]]'s last remnants of the Speed Force to power up the machine once again in order to bring back the original Speed Force which spread itself again through the Multiverse.<ref name=Mother>{{TVE|The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: Mother}}</ref>
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Because of Nash Wells' sacrifice, the Multiverse tried to balance itself for the loss of the various dopplegangers by restoring the [[Harrison Wells (Arrowverse)|Earth-Prime counterpart of Wells]] as a Multiversal pure-energy being who could travel trough time itself.<ref name=TSoT/><ref name=Mother/>
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-1|Earth-1]]''': the universe where the shows ''[[Arrow (TV Series)|Arrow]]''<ref>{{TVE|Arrow (TV Series) Episode: Pilot}}</ref>, ''[[The Flash (2014 TV Series)|The Flash]]''<ref>{{TVE|The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: Pilot}}</ref>, ''[[DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV Series)|DC's Legends of Tomorrow]]''<ref name=LoTPilot>{{TVE|DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV Series) Episode: Pilot, Part 1}}</ref>, ''[[Batwoman (TV Series)|Batwoman]]''<ref>{{TVE|Batwoman (TV Series) Episode: Pilot}}</ref>, the animated show ''[[Vixen (Webseries)|Vixen]]''<ref>{{TVE|Vixen (Webseries) Episode: 101}}</ref> and, ''retroactively'', NBC's ''[[Constantine (TV Series)|Constantine]]''<ref name=Haunted>{{TVE|Arrow (TV Series) Episode: Haunted}}</ref> originally took place.
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** After ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'', its continuity is merged into the new [[Arrowverse: Earth-Prime|Earth-Prime]]<ref name=CoIEP5 /> while this reality's original place is probably taken by another Earth.
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*''' [[Arrowverse: Earth-2|Earth-2]]''': a universe similar to the Pre-Crisis [[Earth-Three]], as well as 52's [[Earth-3]] and New 52's [[Earth 3]], where many of the Multiverse's heroes are villains and viceversa.<ref>{{TVE|The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: Welcome to Earth-2}}</ref><ref name=BLEarthCrisis>{{TVE|Black Lightning (TV Series) Episode: The Book of Resistance: Chapter Four: Earth Crisis}}</ref> It was destroyed by the [[Mobius (Arrowverse: Antimatter Universe)|Anti-Monitor]] to test his cannon after the Dark God sensed [[Mar Novu (Arrowverse)|the Monitor]]'s presence here.<ref name=StarlingCity/>
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** After its rebirth in ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'', it is now the setting of the show ''[[Stargirl (TV Series)|Stargirl]]''.<ref name=CoIEP5 />
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-3|Earth-3]]''': the home universe of [[Jay Garrick (Arrowverse: Earth-3)|Jay Garrick aka The Flash]].<ref name=TheRaceOfHisLife />
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* '''Earth-4''': a universe which was depicted on Jay Garrick's map of the Multiverse.<ref name=AFotL/>
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* '''Earth-5''': a universe which was depicted on Jay Garrick's map of the Multiverse.<ref name=AFotL/>
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* '''[[Arrowverse: Earth-6|Earth-6]]''': a universe which was depicted on Jay Garrick's map of the Multiverse.<ref name=AFotL/>
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* '''Earth-7''': a universe which was depicted on Jay Garrick's map of the Multiverse where there were mentioned antimatter signatures upon the reality.<ref name=AFotL/>
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* '''Earth-8''': a universe which was depicted on Jay Garrick's map of the Multiverse.<ref name=AFotL/>
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* '''[[Titans (TV Series)|Earth-9]]''': the universe where the show ''[[Titans (TV Series)|Titans]]'' takes place.<ref name=CoIEP1 /><ref name=CoIEP5 />
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* '''Earth-10''': a universe which was depicted on Jay Garrick's map of the Multiverse.<ref name=AFotL/>
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* '''Earth-11''': a universe which was depicted on Jay Garrick's map of the Multiverse.<ref name=AFotL/>
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-12|Earth-12]]''': the home universe of [[Harrison Wells (Arrowverse: Earth-12)|Harrison Wolfgang Wells]] and the [[Green Lantern Corps (Green Lantern Movie)|Green Lantern Corps of Oa]]; the [[Phantom Stranger (Arrowverse: Earth-85)|Phantom Stranger]] sent [[Felicity Smoak (Arrowverse)|Felicity Smoak]] here to read the [[Book of Oa]].<ref name="CoIEG2" />
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** After ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'', it is also shown to be the setting of the movie ''[[Green Lantern (Movie)|Green Lantern]]''.<ref name=CoIEP5 />
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-13|Earth-13]]''': a fantasy-themed world which is home to the wizard [[Harrison Wells (Arrowverse: Earth-13)|Wells the Grey]] and other magic-based characters<ref name=TCoC>[[The Chronicles of Cisco (Webseries)|The Chronicles of Cisco]]</ref>; [[Maya (Arrowverse: Earth-719)|Maya]] died here during an adventure with [[Harrison Nash Wells (Arrowverse)|Nash Wells]].<ref name=TEoNW />
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* '''[[Arrowverse: Earth-14|Earth-14]]''': a universe which was depicted on Jay Garrick's map of the Multiverse.<ref name=AFotL/> [[David Chin (Arrowverse)|David Chin]] offered to [[Dinah Laurel Lance (Arrowverse: Earth-2)|Laurel Lance]] to be sent here after [[Arrowverse: Earth-2|her reality]]'s destruction.<ref name=StarlingCity/>
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-15|Earth-15]]''': a universe which was destroyed in 1986<ref name=AFotL/>: It is currently filled with radiations from Earth-1 [[Neil Borman (Arrowverse)|Fallout]].<ref>{{TVE|The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: The Trial of the Flash}}</ref>
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-16|Earth-16]]''': a future reality which the [[Legends (Arrowverse)|Legends]] previously visited<ref name=SC46>{{TVE|DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV Series) Episode: Star City 2046}}</ref>, meeting an aged [[Oliver Queen (Arrowverse: Earth-16)|Oliver Queen]] and the new '''[[Green Arrow]]''', [[John Diggle, Jr. (Arrowverse: Earth-16)|John Diggle Jr.]]; in this universe, [[Sara Lance (Arrowverse: Earth-16)|Sara Lance]] and [[Raymond Palmer (Arrowverse: Earth-16)|Ray Palmer]] never returned from their time traveling journeys.<ref name=SC46/> Some reality-altering event may have happened in this universe as Sara Lance did not survive the shipwreck, leading to a different chain of events for the world, and Oliver Queen never met the Legends so he did not remember Earth-1 [[Sara Lance (Arrowverse)|Sara]].<ref name=CoIEP5 />
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-17|Earth-17]]''': a steampunk-esque world whose [[Harrison Wells (Arrowverse: Earth-17)|Wells]] was able to crack the cryptogram which was sent by [[Harrison Wells (Arrowverse: Earth-2)|Harry Wells]] to find his replacement for Team Flash; inhabitants of this Earth seem to speak using archaic terms.<ref>{{TVE|The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: The New Rogues}}</ref>
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-18|Earth-18]]''': a Wild West universe with its own [[Jonah Hex (Arrowverse: Earth-18)|Jonah Hex]]. During the ''Crisis'', it housed the last working Lazarus Pit in the Multiverse.<ref name=CoIEP2 />
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-19|Earth-19]]''': the home universe of the [[Collector Agency (Arrowverse: Earth-19)|Collectors]], including [[Cynthia Reynolds (Arrowverse: Earth-19)|Gypsy]], and [[Harrison Wells (Arrowverse: Earth-19)|H.R. Wells]]. On this Earth, interdimensional travel is illegal due to an invasion and its near destruction by an unknown reality.<ref name=DoA />
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** After ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'', it is now the setting of the ''[[Swamp Thing (2019 TV Series)|2019 Swamp Thing series]]''.<ref name=CoIEP5 />
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* '''Earth-20''': a universe which was depicted on Jay Garrick's map of the Multiverse.<ref name=AFotL/>
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*'''[[Doom Patrol (TV Series)|Earth-21]]''': a universe which is the setting of the show ''[[Doom Patrol (TV Series)|Doom Patrol]]'' after the ''Crisis''.<ref name=CoIEP5 />
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-22|Earth-22]]''': the home universe of [[Harrison Wells (Arrowverse: Earth-22)|Wells 2.0]]. This Earth is a post-apocalyptic landscape where humans had to merged with machines to survive.<ref name=WhenHarryMetHarry>{{TVE|The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: When Harry Met Harry...}}</ref>
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* '''Earth-23''': a universe which was depicted on Jay Garrick's map of the Multiverse.<ref name=AFotL/>
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-24|Earth-24]]''': the home universe of [[Harrison Wells (Arrowverse: Earth-24)|Sonny Wells]] from the [[Council of Harrisons]]. According to [[Francisco Ramon (Arrowverse)|Cisco]], Earth-24 is still on VHS, putting them nearly two decades behind the home video present on Earth-1.<ref name=HarryandtheHarrisons>{{TVE|The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: Harry and the Harrisons}}</ref>
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-25|Earth-25]]''': the home universe of [[Harrison Wells (Arrowverse: Earth-25)|H.P. Wells]] from the [[Council of Harrisons]].<ref name=HarryandtheHarrisons />
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-26|Earth-26]]''': a universe that was almost conquered by [[Starfish (Arrowverse: Earth-26)|a psychic starfish]]. It was saved by [[Harrison Nash Wells (Arrowverse)|Nash Wells]] that defeated it with a neural splicer.<ref name=TEoNW />
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-27|Earth-27]]''': a universe where [[Barry Allen (Arrowverse: Earth-27)|Barry Allen]] died the night of the [[S.T.A.R. Labs]] particle accelerator explosion. [[Edward Thawne (Arrowverse: Earth-27)|Eddie Thawne]] was hit by a lightning and became the evil speedster '''[[Johnny Quick]]'''; later, he joined the [[Crime Syndicate of America (Arrowverse: Earth-27)|Crime Syndicate of America]] which fights against other Earth-1 heroes' counterparts.<ref name=TFJQ>[[The Flash: Johnny Quick (novel)|The Flash: Johnny Quick]]</ref>
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* '''Earth-28''': a universe which was depicted on Jay Garrick's map of the Multiverse.<ref name=AFotL/>
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* '''Earth-29''': a universe which was depicted on Jay Garrick's map of the Multiverse.<ref name=AFotL/>
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-30|Earth-30]]''': an unknown vegan-only universe.<ref name=AFotL />
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* '''Earth-31''': a universe which was depicted on Jay Garrick's map of the Multiverse.<ref name=AFotL/>
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* '''Earth-32''': a universe which was depicted on Jay Garrick's map of the Multiverse.<ref name=AFotL/>
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* '''Earth-33''': a universe which was depicted on Jay Garrick's map of the Multiverse.<ref name=AFotL/> It was shown on the [[Waverider (vehicle)|Waverider]]'s monitor as the heroes were searching for a possible reality with a [[Lazarus Pit]].<ref name=CoIEP2/>
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* '''Earth-34''': a universe which was depicted on Jay Garrick's map of the Multiverse.<ref name=AFotL/>
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-35|Earth-35]]''': an unknown universe which was visited by Earth-1 [[Francisco Ramon (Arrowverse)|Cisco Ramon]]. Unicorns also exist on this reality.<ref name=TCoC />
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-37|Earth-37]]''': an unknown universe which is home to a schoolteacher friend of Earth-1 [[Francisco Ramon (Arrowverse)|Cisco Ramon]].<ref name=TCoC />
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-38|Earth-38]]''': the universe where the show ''[[Supergirl (TV Series)|Supergirl]]'' took place before the ''Crisis''.<ref>{{TVE|The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: Invasion!}}</ref>
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** After ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'', the continuity of ''Supergirl'' was moved to the new reality, [[Arrowverse: Earth-Prime|Earth-Prime]],<ref name=CoIEP5 />, so a different reality presumably took the original Earth-38's place.
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* '''Earth-43''': a universe which was depicted on Jay Garrick's map of the Multiverse.<ref name=AFotL/>
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-47|Earth-47]]''': the home universe of [[Harrison Wells (Arrowverse: Earth-47)|H. Lothario Wells]]. There's a dragon farm in this universe as well.<ref name=WhenHarryMetHarry />
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-48|Earth-48]]''': the home universe of mad bounty-hunter who was killed by [[Josh Reynolds (Arrowverse: Earth-19)|Breacher]].<ref>{{TVE|The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: Elongated Journey into Night}}</ref>
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-51|Earth-51]]''': the home universe of [[Thaddeus Brown (Arrowverse: Earth-51)|Thaddeus Brown]], a master escape artist who taught his abilities to Sherloque Wells.<ref>{{TVE|The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: Gone Rogue}}</ref>
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* '''Earth-52''': a universe which was depicted on Jay Garrick's map of the Multiverse.<ref name=AFotL/>
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-66|Earth-66]]''': a universe similar or identical to the universe where the ''[[Batman (1966 TV Series)|1966 Batman series]]'' takes place.<ref name=CoIEP1 />
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* '''Earth-73''': a universe whose destruction was shown on the Waverider's monitor.<ref name=CoIEP3/>
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-74|Earth-74]]''': an alternate universe where the [[Legends (Arrowverse: Earth-74)|Legends]] retired after the death of one of them; the [[Waverider (vehicle)|Waverider]] of this world is in possession of [[Mick Rory (Arrowverse: Earth-74)|Mick Rory]] and has a [[Leonard Snart (Arrowverse: Earth-74)|Leonard Snart]]-based [[Leonard (Arrowverse: Earth-74)|A.I.]].<ref name=CoIEP2 />
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-75|Earth-75]]''': a universe which was visited by [[Alexander Luthor (Arrowverse: Earth-38)|Lex Luthor]] who killed its [[Superman (Arrowverse: Earth-75)|Superman]]; the [[Lois Lane (Arrowverse: Earth-75)|Lois Lane]] of this world is a counterpart of the Earth-38's [[Lois Lane (Arrowverse: Earth-38)|one]].<ref name=CoIEP2 />
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*'''[[Wonder Woman (TV Series)|Earth-76]]''': a universe similar or identical to the universe where the ''[[Wonder Woman (TV Series)|1976 Wonder Woman series]]'' takes place.<ref name="CoIEG1">{{c|Crisis on Infinite Earths Giant Vol 1 1}}</ref>
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-85|Earth-85]]''': a universe which is based on [[Earth-One]] and other Pre-Crisis realities. During the ''Crisis'', [[Felicity Smoak (Arrowverse)|Felicity Smoak]] traveled to this reality where she met the cosmic entity, [[Phantom Stranger (Arrowverse: Earth-85)|Phantom Stranger]]; [[Mobius (Arrowverse: Antimatter Universe)|Anti-Monitor]] also traveled here to fight its [[Justice League (Arrowverse: Earth-85)|Justice League]].<ref name="CoIEG2" />
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-86|Earth-86]]''': a universe whose [[Fortress of Solitude]] was visited during the ''Crisis'' by a traumatized Earth-38 [[Kal-El (Arrowverse: Earth-38)|Superman]] after [[Arrowverse: Earth-38|his relity]]'s destruction. Later, the [[Council of Supermen]] gathered here to prepare their war against the [[Council of Luthors]].<ref name="CoIEG2" />
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* '''Earth-87''': a universe which was depicted on Jay Garrick's map of the Multiverse.<ref name=AFotL/>
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-89|Earth-89]]''': a universe similar or identical to the ''[[Burtonverse]]''; in this universe, the [[Joker (Arrowverse: Earth-89)|Joker]] seems to be still alive.<ref name=CoIEP1 />
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*'''[[Flash (1990 TV Series)|Earth-90]]''': the universe where the ''[[Flash (1990 TV Series)|1990 Flash series]]'' takes place.<ref name=BunkerHill /><ref name=EP2 />
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* '''[[Arrowverse: Earth-92|Earth-92]]''': a universe which was was shown on the Waverider's monitor as the heroes were searching for a possible reality with a [[Lazarus Pit]].<ref name=CoIEP2/>
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-96|Earth-96]]''': a universe similar or identical to the movie ''[[Superman Returns]]'' and loosely inspired by ''[[Kingdom Come]]''. It is the home of [[Kal-El (Arrowverse: Earth-96)|Clark Kent/Superman]] who is a doppelganger of Earth-1 [[Raymond Palmer (Arrowverse)|Ray Palmer/The Atom]].<ref name=CoIEP2 /><ref name=CoIEP5 />
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-99|Earth-99]]''': a future universe where [[Bruce Wayne (Arrowverse: Earth-99)|Bruce Wayne]] has become a bitter, old and deluded former crime fighter who took a brutal approach to fighting crime. The [[Kal-El (Arrowverse: Earth-99)|Superman]] of this Earth fell to Batman's hands but not before damaging him enough to need the use of an exosuit for the rest of his life.<ref name=CoIEP2 /> During the ''Crisis'', the [[Council of Luthors]] used this reality as a base in their war against the [[Council of Supermen]].<ref name=CoIEG2/>
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-167|Earth-167]]''': a universe similar or identical to the show ''[[Smallville (TV Series)|Smallville]]''. In this universe, [[Kal-El (Arrowverse: Earth-167)|Clark Kent]] has given up his powers and life as a reporter to live on the [[Kent Farm]] with his wife [[Lois Lane (Arrowverse: Earth-167)|Lois Lane]] and their daughters.<ref name=CoIEP2 />
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-203|Earth-203]]''': a universe similiar or identical to the show ''[[Birds of Prey (TV Series)|Birds of Prey]]''.<ref name=CoIEP3 />
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-221|Earth-221]]''': the home universe of the master detective [[Harrison Sherloque Wells (Arrowverse: Earth-221)|Harrison Sherloque Wells]].<ref>{{TVE|The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: Memorabilia}}</ref><ref name=Legacy>{{TVE|The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: Legacy}}</ref>
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* '''Earth-494''': a universe which was depicted on Jay Garrick's map of the Multiverse.<ref name=AFotL/>
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*'''[[Lucifer (TV Series)|Earth-666]]''': a universe where the show ''[[Lucifer (TV Series)|Lucifer]]'' takes place; John Constantine has visited this Earth before the ''Crisis''. ''[[Supergirl (TV Series)|Supergirl]]'' and ''[[Watchmen (TV Series)|Watchmen]]'' are TV shows in this reality.<ref name=CoIEP3 />
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-719|Earth-719]]''': the home universe of [[Maya (Arrowverse: Earth-719)|Maya]].<ref name=TEoNW />
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* '''Earth-827''': a universe which was depicted on Jay Garrick's map of the Multiverse.<ref name=AFotL/>
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* '''Earth-898''': a universe which was depicted on Jay Garrick's map of the Multiverse.<ref name=AFotL/>
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-1938|Earth-1938]]''': a universe similar to Hypertime's [[Earth-1938]].<ref name="CoIEG1"/>
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-D|Earth-D]]''': a universe similar to Pre-Crisis [[Earth-D]].<ref name="CoIEG1"/>
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*'''[[Superman (1941 Cartoons)|Earth-F]]''': a universe similar or identical to the universe where the ''[[Superman (1941 Cartoons)|1941 Superman movie series]]'' takes place.<ref name="CoIEG1"/>
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-N52|Earth-N52]]''': a universe similar to the New 52's [[Prime Earth]] and [[Earth 52]].<ref name="CoIEG1"/>
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-Prime|Earth-Prime]]''': a Post-Crisis reality which was born by the amalgamation of Earth-1, Earth-38 and [[Black Lightning (TV Series)|Black Lightning's Earth]].<ref name=CoIEP5 /> In this reality, all of the heroes have always coexisted and events from the original realities have happened in different ways.<ref>{{TVE|The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: Marathon}}</ref>
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** This universe is also the setting of the show ''[[Superman & Lois (TV Series)|Superman & Lois]]''.<ref name=S&LPilot>{{TVE|Superman & Lois (TV Series) Episode: Pilot}}</ref>
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-X|Earth-X]]''': the universe where the animated show ''[[Freedom Fighters: The Ray (Webseries)|Freedom Fighters: The Ray]]'' and all of its continuity takes place. Taking inspiration from the Pre-Crisis [[Earth-X|Earth-X]], as well as 52's [[Earth-10]] and New 52's [[Earth 10]], on this Earth the [[Nazi]] won World War II.<ref name=CoEX1 />
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*'''Unnamed bottled universe''': a Pre-Crisis universe that was saved from existence by its '''[[Brainiac 5]]''' who used the [[Coluans]]' shrinking technology to store it in a bottle.<ref name=TheBottleEpisode />
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** After the ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'', Brainiac 5 fell on Earth-Prime and, before dying of the Crisis' side-effects, tried to restore its universe but he was stopped by [[Kara Zor-El (Arrowverse: Earth-38)|Supergirl]] and the [[Department of Extranormal Operations (Arrowverse: Earth-38)|D.E.O.]]: the bottled universe was collected by them as they hoped that one day it could be restored into the Multiverse.<ref name=TheBottleEpisode />
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*'''[[Black Lightning (TV Series)|Unnamed universe]]''': the universe where the show ''[[Black Lightning (TV Series)|Black Lightning]]'' originally took place.<ref name=BLEarthCrisis/><ref name=CoIEP3 />
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** After the ''Crisis on Infinite Earths'', its continuity is merged into the new [[Arrowverse: Earth-Prime|Earth-Prime]]<ref name=CoIEP5 /> and another reality presumably took its place in the Multiverse.
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*'''[[DC Extended Universe|Unnamed universe]]''': the universe where the ''[[DC Extended Universe]]'' movies takes place.<ref name=CoIEP4 /> It is implied to have always existed in the Post-Crisis Multiverse.
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*'''[[Donnerverse|Unnamed universe]]''': a universe similar or identical to the ''[[Donnerverse]]''.<ref name="CoIEG2" />
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*'''[[Super Friends (TV Series)|Unnamed universe]]''': a universe similar or identical to the animated show ''[[Super Friends (TV Series)|Super Friends]]''.<ref name="CoIEG2" />
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*'''Unnamed universe''': the home universe of the vampire lord [[Crucifer (Arrowverse)|Crucifer]].<ref>{{TVE|The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: Null and Annoyed}}</ref>
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*'''Unnamed universe''': the home universe of the avatar of the Spectre, [[James Corrigan (Lucifer TV Series)|Jim Corrigan]].
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*'''Unnamed universe''': the home universe of [[Elizabeth Kane II (Arrowverse)|Beth Kane]]. In this universe, [[Katherine Kane II (Arrowverse)|Kate Kane]] saved her sister after their car crash, breaking the chain of events that would have turned her into '''[[Alice]]'''; it was destroyed during the ''Crisis'' and it is believed to not exist anymore.<ref>{{TVE|Batwoman (TV Series) Episode: An Un-Birthday Present}}</ref>
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*'''Unnamed universe''': the home universe of [[Winslow Schott, Jr. II (Arrowverse)|Winn Schott/Toyman]]. It was destroyed during the ''Crisis'' and it is believed to not exist anymore.<ref name=BFtF1>{{TVE|Supergirl (TV Series) Episode: Back From the Future - Part One}}</ref>.
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*'''Unnamed universe''': the home universe of [[Captain Luthor (Arrowverse)|Captain Luthor]]. In this universe, Luthor was married to Lois Lane and he was a member of the [[United States Army]] under the command of an alternate Sam Lane; this reality was devastated by an evil version of [[Superman]]. It was destroyed during the ''Crisis'' and it is believed to not exist anymore.<ref name=S&LPilot/><ref>{{TVE|Superman & Lois (TV Series) Episode: Heritage}}</ref>
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The Multiverse also includes various extra-dimensional planes and spiritual realms, most of which are common to multiple realities:
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* '''[[Ancestral Plane|Ancestral Plane]]''': also referred to as the '''world between worlds''', it is the dimension inside the [[Totems of Zambesi]] which also functions as their power source.<ref>{{TVE|DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV Series) Episode: No Country for Old Dads}}</ref> The [[Zari Tomaz (Arrowverse)|original Zari Tomaz]] now resides in this plane of existence as her [[Arrowverse: Zari Timeline|original future]] was erased after the battle of Heyworld.<ref name=HW>{{TVE|DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV Series) Episode: Hey, World!}}</ref><ref name=ZnZ>{{TVE|DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV Series) Episode: Zari, Not Zari}}</ref>
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* '''[[Arrowverse: Antimatter Universe|Antimatter Universe]]''': also known as '''Netherverse''' or '''Antiverse''', the antimatter reality where [[Mobius (Arrowverse: Antimatter Universe)|the Anti-Monitor]] was born. Here, it took place the final battle between [[Oliver Queen (Arrowverse)|the Spectre]] and the Anti-Monitor that led to the rebirth of the Multiverse.<ref name=CoIEP4 />
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* '''[[Artificial Speed Force]]''': an artificially engineered extra-dimensional field which was born after [[Harrison Nash Wells (Arrowverse)|Nash Wells]] used his life and the energies of the various Wells inside of him to power up the ''Fusion Sphere'' which was built by the [[Team Flash]]. Its energy restored the Flash's speed and gifted him the ''speed thinking'' but it somehow corrupted him so the hero was forced to shut the field down.<ref name=TSoT/>
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* '''[[Fifth Dimension]]''': the plane of existence where the [[:Category:Imps|Imps]] like [[Mister Mxyzptlk (Arrowverse: Earth-38)|Mister Mxyzptlk]] come from.<ref>{{TVE|Supergirl (TV Series) Episode: Mr. & Mrs. Mxyzptlk}}</ref> It is a realm where the common rules of the Multiverse don't apply as it was also untouched by the ''Crisis''<ref>{{TVE|Supergirl (TV Series) Episode: It's a Super Life}}</ref> and its residents have immense powers that make them ''gods'' in the other realities.
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* '''[[Heaven]]''': also known as '''Afterlife''', it is the spiritual realm where [[God (Lucifer TV Series)|Gods]] and the [[Angels]] reside. It is also the place where the noble souls go after their deaths, appearing to them as their happiest memories.<ref>{{TVE|Arrow (TV Series) Episode: Fadeout}}</ref>
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* '''[[Hell]]''': the metaphysical realm where the damned souls and the [[Demons]] reside. Originally, it was ruled by the Devil [[Lucifer Morningstar (Lucifer TV Series)|Lucifer Morningstar]] but, after he retired to [[Lucifer (TV Series)|Earth-666]]<ref name=CoIEP4 /><ref>{{TVE|Lucifer (TV Series) Episode: Pilot}}</ref>, the [[First of the Fallen (Arrowverse)|First of the Fallen]] began to rule it along with the other members of the [[Triumvirate of Hell (Arrowverse)|Triumvirate of Hell]].<ref>{{TVE|DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV Series) Episode: Terms of Service}}</ref>
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* '''[[Valley of Juru|Juru]]''': a dark dimension where the [[Children of Juru (Arrowverse: Earth-38)|Kryptonian witches]] created the [[Worldkillers (Arrowverse: Earth-38)|Worldkillers]] who used it as the source of their mighty powers.<ref>{{TVE|Supergirl (TV Series) Episode: In Search of Lost Time}}</ref>
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* '''[[Microverse]]''': a nanoscopic dimension that was discovered by [[Raymond Palmer (Arrowverse)|Ray Palmer]] when he shrunk for the first time. During the ''Crisis'', Palmer and the professor [[Ryan Choi (Arrowverse)|Ryan Choi]] created a device that could eternally shrink the [[Mobius (Arrowverse: Antimatter Universe)|the Anti-Monitor]], stucking him in this reality.<ref name=CoIEP5 />
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* '''[[Mirrorverse]]''': a mirror dimension which is accesible through every mirror in the Multiverse. It created a [[Eva McCulloch (Arrowverse: Mirrorverse)|mirror duplicate]] of [[Eva McCulloch (Arrowverse)|Eva McCulloch]] when the real Eva died during the first [[S.T.A.R. Labs]] particle accelerator explosion.<ref>{{TVE|The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: A Girl Named Sue}}</ref><ref>{{TVE|The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: All's Wells That Ends Wells}}</ref>
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* '''[[Negative Speed Force]]''': an artifical source of energy which was created by [[Eobard Thawne (Arrowverse)|Eobard Thawne aka Reverse Flash]] when he replicated the Speed Force's source of energy. Thawne's connection with the Negative Speed Force frees him from the [[Speed Force]] limitations as he became a living paradox who was is able to travel through time without being discovered and never really be able to die.<ref name=Legacy /><ref name=TEoNW/>
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** It currently hosts Thawne's mind as he lost his body in the aftermath of the ''Crisis''.
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* '''[[Arrowverse: Nexus|Nexus]]''': this dimension is the ''doorstep'' to the [[Arrowverse: Antimatter Universe|Antimatter Universe]]. There, the Anti-Monitor stored his antimatter cannon which he used to bring destruction to the infinite realities;<ref name=CoIEP3/> Nash Wells opened its door, which is located under [[Central City]] on Earth-1, and destroyed the seal that kept the Anti-Monitor imprisoned outside the positive Multiverse.
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* '''[[Purgatory]]''': also known as '''Limbo''', it is the realm where souls became trapped in their own ''hell'' so the realm appears differently to each resident.<ref name=Haunted /><ref>{{TVE|DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV Series) Episode: The Eggplant, the Witch & the Wardrobe}}</ref>. During the ''Crisis'', [[James Corrigan (Lucifer TV Series)|the Spectre]] came to Purgatory to convince Oliver Queen to become himself a new host of the Multiversal Entity.<ref name=CoIEP3 />
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* '''[[Speed Force]]''': the extradimensional source of energy that gives the speedsters the ability to move at superhuman speed and travel through space and time.
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** After the rebirth of the Multiverse, it was destroyed<ref name=DoTSF/> as a side-effect of being corrupted by the dark energy of the [[Oliver Queen (Arrowverse)|Spectre]] after the Entity powered [[Barry Allen (Arrowverse)|the Flash]] to make him run into it<ref name=CoIEP4 />. Its ''death'' caused every speedster to gradually lose their powers.
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* '''[[Arrowverse: Spirit World|Spirit World]]''': the dark realm where [[Malice (Arrowverse)|Mallus]] was banished along with other magical creatures. When the time demon was freed, the door to this world was left open so the other prisoners were also unleashed into both space and time.<ref>{{TVE|DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV Series) Episode: The Good, the Bad and the Cuddly}}</ref>
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* '''[[Arrowverse: Temporal Zone|Temporal Zone]]''': also known as '''Timestream''', it is the embodiment of time itself and the birthplace of creation<ref name=CoIEP4 />. This space is used by non-speedsters time travelers, like the [[Legends (Arrowverse)|Legends]], to move through time<ref name=LoTPilot />; it can be also used to move through the Multiverse.<ref name=SC46 />
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* '''[[Vanishing Point]]''': a realm outside space and time where the [[Time Masters (Arrowverse)|Time Masters]] resided and the place from where they controlled every possibilities through the [[Oculus]] artifact.<ref name=Destiny/> After their defeat, it became the lair of the [[Legion of Doom (Arrowverse)|Legion of Doom]]<ref>{{TVE|DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV Series) Episode: Fellowship of the Spear}}</ref> and, years later, the last place in existence, along with the Netherverse, when the Anti-Monitor destroyed the Multiverse.<ref name=CoIEP4 />
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In the scope of a larger Multiverse, they also exist other pocket dimensions, alternate realities and possible futures. Theoretically, everyone's choices lead to the creation of parallel worlds where things could be different.<ref>{{TVE|The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: Untouchable}}</ref>. Alternate realities can also be born as a result of alteration of certain events by using [[Time Travel|time travel]] or reality-warping powers, like [[Mister Mxyzptlk (Arrowverse: Earth-38)|Mister Mxyzptlk]]'s, or objects such as the [[Spear of Destiny]] or the [[Loom of Fate]]. Time is not strictly fixed so there could also be infinite possible futures which not necessarily could ever come to exist.
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*'''[[Lucifer: Once Upon a Time|Alternate Earth-666]]''': an alternate version of [[Arrowverse: Earth-666|Earth-666]] where [[God (Lucifer TV Series)|God]] interrupted the chain of events which brought [[Lucifer Morningstar (Lucifer TV Series: Once Upon a Time)|Lucifer]] and [[Chloe Decker (Lucifer TV Series: Once Upon a Time)|Chloe Decker]] together; as events unfolded differently on this reality, the two got eventually together again.<ref>{{TVE|Lucifer (TV Series) Episode: Once Upon a Time}}</ref>
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*'''[[Arrowverse: The Once and Future Flash|Central City 2024]]''': a dark future where [[Savitar (Arrowverse)|Savitar]]'s paradox began: in this reality, a future version of Savitar killed [[Iris West (Arrowverse: The Once and Future Flash)|Iris West]], forcing Barry to create time remnants who were slaughtered by the speedster except for one of them who later went back in time and became Savitar himself. [[Team Flash]] disbanded after [[Francisco Ramon (Arrowverse: The Once and Future Flash)|Cisco]] lost his arms and powers, [[Wally West (Arrowverse: The Once and Future Flash)|Wally]] became catatonic after failing to kill Savitar and [[Barry Allen (Arrowverse: The Once and Future Flash)|Barry Allen]] finally defeated his mortal enemy by trapping him into the [[Speed Force]] but was too broken to still be the Flash. In 2024, the [[Barry Allen (Arrowverse)|Prime Barry Allen]] traveled to this future and helped [[Team Flash]] to solve their differences and restore the peace in [[Central City]].<ref>{{TVE|The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: The Once and Future Flash}}</ref>
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Doomworld|Doomworld]]''': a twisted version of Earth-1 that was created when the [[Legion of Doom (Arrowverse)|Legion of Doom]] used the [[Spear of Destiny]] to conquer the Earth; [[Eobard Thawne (Arrowverse)|Thawne]] took charge of [[S.T.A.R. Labs]], [[Leonard Snart (Arrowverse)|Snart]] and [[Mick Rory (Arrowverse)|Rory]] returned to be criminal, [[Malcolm Merlyn (Arrowverse)|Merlyn]] got his family and company back, [[Damien Darhk (Arrowverse)|Damien Darhk]] became the ruler of [[Star City]] and killed most of this world's superheroes while the Legends were not aware of their original existence. After the Spear was destroyed, the Legends escaped this reality, traveling back in time on their timeline at the moment of Doomworld's creation<ref>{{TVE|DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV Series) Episode: Doomworld}}</ref>
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Earth-1A|Earth-1A]]''': the timeline where ''[[The Flash: Hocus Pocus]]'' and the following Arrowverse novels take place. It's an alternate version of Earth-1 where the [[The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: Flashpoint|Flashpoint]] never occurred; events unfolded differently in this timeline. [[Francisco Ramon (Arrowverse: Earth-1A)|Cisco]] of this timeline frequently speaks with his [[Francisco Ramon (Arrowverse)|primary counterpart]].<ref name=TFJQ />
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Elseworlds|Elseworlds]]''': an alternate version of Earth-1 in which [[Barry Allen (Arrowverse)|Flash]] and [[Oliver Queen (Arrowverse)|Green Arrow]] were swapped by the mad scientist [[John Deegan (Arrowverse)|John Deegan]] thanks to the [[Book of Destiny]];<ref name=EP1 /><ref name=EP2 /> later, the scientist used the book again to became a dark version of Superman while the two heroes were turned into the criminal [[Trigger Twins (Arrowverse: Elseworlds)|Trigger Twins]]. It was ultimately erased after Deegan lost his connection with the Book of Destiny.<ref name=EP3 />
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Flashpoint Timeline|Flashpoint]]''': similarly to the [[Flash: Flashpoint|Flashpoint Timeline]], this reality was born when Earth-1 [[Barry Allen (Arrowverse)|Barry Allen]] ran back in time to save his [[Nora Thompson (Arrowverse)|mother]] from the [[Eobard Thawne (Arrowverse)|Reverse Flash]]. In this alternate universe, he lived happily with his [[Nora Thompson (Arrowverse: Flashpoint Timeline)|mother]] and [[Henry Allen (Arrowverse: Flashpoint Timeline)|father]] while [[Wally West (Arrowverse: Flashpoint Timeline)|Wally West]] became '''the Flash''' and was helped by his sister [[Iris West (Arrowverse: Flashpoint Timeline)|Iris]] in his crusade against the supervillains, like [[Edward Clariss (Arrowverse: Flashpoint Timeline)|Edward Clariss aka The Rival]]. This reality was erased after Barry allowed the Reverse Flash to kill his mother once again.<ref>{{TVE|The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: Flashpoint}}</ref>
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** This reality also existed after the ''Crisis''.
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Legion's Future|Legion's future]]''': the possible future of the 31th-century superheroes group known as [[Legion of Super-Heroes (Arrowverse: Earth-38)|the Legion of Super-Heroes]] which was created and led by a displaced [[Mon-El (Arrowverse: Earth-38)|Mon-El]], inspired by [[Kara Zor-El (Arrowverse: Earth-38)|Kara Zor-El]]'s actions.<ref>{{TVE|Supergirl (TV Series) Episode: Legion of Superheroes}}</ref>
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** After the rebirth of the Multiverse, this future is shown to still exist. The only difference from Pre-Crisis continuity is that, as an effect of the creation of [[Arrowverse: Earth-Prime|Earth-Prime]], the Legion now remembers to have gone back into the new reality instead of [[Arrowverse: Earth-38|Earth-38]].<ref name=BFtF1 />
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Loomworld|Loomworld]]''': this reality was born when the [[Fates (Arrowverse)|Fates]] used the [[Loom of Fate|Loom of Fate]] to remove free will from the universe;<ref>{{TVE|DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV Series) Episode: The One Where We're Trapped On TV}}</ref> it was erased when the Loom was destroyed.<ref>{{TVE|DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV Series) Episode: Swan Thong}}</ref>
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*'''[[Obsidian Platinum]]''': an augmented reality realm that was created by the technology of [[Obsidian North]] which [[Leviathan (Arrowverse: Earth-38)|the Leviathan]] wanted to use to control the minds of Earth's population in order to enslave the entire planet.<ref>{{TVE|Supergirl (TV Series) Episode: Reality Bytes}}</ref>
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Star City 2040|Star City 2040]]''': a possible future of Earth-1 where [[Oliver Queen (Arrowverse)|Oliver Queen]] died in Crisis so his daughter [[Mia Queen (Arrowverse)|Mia Smoak/Blackstar]] and [[John Diggle (Arrowverse)|Diggle]]'s stepson [[Connor Hawke (Arrowverse)|Connor Hawke]] were raised in a dystopian [[Star City]] which was split from [[Glades|the Glades]] and both of them were controlled by the villainous agency [[Eden Corps (Arrowverse)|Galaxy One]] and the terrorist [[Deathstroke Gang (Arrowverse)|Deathstroke Gang]] which was led by future [[John Diggle, Jr. (Arrowverse)|J.J. Diggle aka Deathstroke]].<ref>{{TVE|Arrow (TV Series) Episode: Starling City}}</ref>
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** After the rebirth of the Multiverse, this reality was remade by [[Oliver Queen (Arrowverse)|Oliver Queen]] as a peaceful future until the arrival of [[Dinah Laurel Lance (Arrowverse: Earth-2)|Earth-2 Laurel]] who reformed the [[Canaries (Arrowverse)|Canaries]] to stop an unknown menace.<ref>{{TVE|Arrow (TV Series) Episode: Green Arrow & The Canaries}}</ref>
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*'''[[Arrowverse: Zari's Future|Zari's future]]''': a dystopian future of Earth-1 where metahumans were outlawed in 2021 by the Anti-Meta-Human Act. In 2017, the [[Legends (Arrowverse)|Legends]] traveled to this future where they rescued [[Zari Tomaz (Arrowverse)|Zari]], a wielder of the [[Amulet of Isis|Air Totem]].<ref>{{TVE|DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV Series) Episode: Zari}}</ref>
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** After the battle of Heyworld<ref name=HW />, this reality was erased<ref name=HW /> and replaced by another peaceful future<ref>{{TVE|DC's Legends of Tomorrow (TV Series) Episode: Miss Me, Kiss Me, Love Me}}</ref> where [[Behrad Tarazi (Arrowverse)|Behrad Tarazi]] survived and joined the [[Legends (Arrowverse)|Legends]]<ref name=HW /> along with [[Zari Tarazi (Arrowverse)|a different version of Zari]].
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Arrowverse is a fan-originated term which refers to the television franchise created by The CW that is based on characters that appear in publications by DC Comics. The shared multiverse started with Arrow in 2012 and, later, retroactively included NBC's Constantine and CBS' 1990 The Flash series. It was eventually expanded to include worlds which were home to not only the DCEU movies and related modern film franchises but virtually every licensed live-action adaptation of DC intellectual property when Arrow and its spin-offs staged a 5-hour televised adaptation of the Crisis on Infinite Earths storyline.

History

Structure of the Multiverse

This multiverse has both similarities and differences with the ones from the comics and it is composed by infinite universes, with at least 1938 known realities. In the beginning, there was only a single, black singularity; then, it broke so the Big Bang created the Multiverse, every existence multiplied by possibility[1] with Earth-1 as its original center.

Every reality in the multiverse vibrate at its own frequency that separates one world from the other and they also feature counterparts to other worlds' characters, like Jay Garrick of Earth-3 and Barry Allen of Earth-90. People with special abilities are also known as metahumans: in particular, they exist the so-called vibers who are directly linked to the energies of the Multiverse so they have the power to move into other planes of existence and realities, like Cisco Ramon/Vibe or the Collector Agency's members of Earth-19.

The first known entity is God who is believed to be the Almighty ruler of the Multiverse. He was responsible for the creation of the various metaphysical realms: the Heaven, where He lives along with his consourt and their sons, the Angels, as well as the righteous souls; the Hell which was created, after the rebellion of his son Lucifer, as a prison for him and his damned followers as well as the corrupted souls; the Purgatory which is a plane of existence where souls live in their own limbo worlds. Because of His omnipotence, it can also be presumed that the Big Bang was caused by God's powers.

The concept of time is embodied by the so-called Temporal Zone, the vortex of time itself where all the events from across the ages and realities exist at the same time. It is commonly used by non-speedsters to move through time and it was supposed to be preserved by the Time Masters who, however, controlled it from the Vanishing Point, outside of time and space, until their defeat and death.[2]

The Speed Force is another extra-dimensional source of power that gifts to whoever taps into its energy the ability to move at supershuman speed which also allows them to move through the infinite realities and to travel back and forward in time. Eventually, in the future, an Earth-1 scientist, Eobard Thawne, was able to replicate the Speed Force in order to create his own artificial source of energy, the Negative Speed Force, which made him able to travel through time without any rules which caused him to be immune to reality-altering events and permanent death.

At some point in time, they were created two metaphysical books, the Book of Destiny and the Book of Oa. The Book of Destiny has the ability to manipulate the Multiverse's energy to alter the reality itself, rewriting events or, even, entire universes; the Book of Oa, which is stored on Earth-12, contains all the knowledge in the Multiverse from all the events that were, are and will be in the future.

They also exist other higher beings, like the Spectre or the Phantom Stranger, who are in tune with the Multiverse and observe events from across the realities.

Early History

The Maltusian scientists, Mar Novu and his wife Xneen, sought to see the creation of their universe so they experimented on time travel, building a time machine which Mar Novu used to go back at the Dawn of Time. There, he was overwhelmed by the radiations of the Temporal Zone and obtained cosmic powers which made him the Monitor; then, he fell through the space itself to the Antimatter Universe where it was somehow born his negative doppleganger, Mobius, later called the Anti-Monitor.

The Anti-Monitor was sealed by his positive counterpart into his home dimension but he swore to Novu to take his revenge against him and the Multiverse itself: the seal separated the positive realms from the doorstep of Mobius' prison whose door was placed on Earth-1 in what would become Central City in modern days. It was also prophetised that he eventually would free himself and destroy the Multiverse which could only be saved by seven righteous individuals, collectively known as the Paragons.

In ancient times, free will was spread on Earth-1 as the Greek Goddess, Clotho, destroyed the Loom of Fate and its pieces were scattered across many realities in the Multiverse. During the age of Gods and heroes, supernatural creatures also lived on the earthly realms, along with the Divine beings.

Due to his evil actions, the time demon, Mallus, was banished into another plane of existence by the Totems of Zambesi users; along with him, a great number of creatures, including Clotho and the Fairy Goodmother, were sealed into this dimension.

At some point in time, there was an incursion on Earth-19 by an unknown universe that led to the creation of the Collector Agency which had to ensure the respect of a ban on interdimensional travel on this reality; in fact, those who disrespect it are punished by the Collectors with the death penalty.[3]

During his career as a superhero, the Crimson Comet, Jay Garrick aka Flash of Earth-3, explored many realities in the Multiverse, collecting informations about his discoveries.[4]

In 2015, an immense worm hole originated on Earth-1, causing the creation of space portals between Earth-1 and Earth-2. The evil speedster Zoom took advantage of the situation to satisfy his hunger for speed by challenging Barry Allen aka The Flash after having already defeated Jay Garrick on Earth-3.

Almost one year later, Zoom tried to destroy all the realities in the Multiverse through the use of the Magnetar, a complex machine which had to be powered by Speed Force energy: he challenged Barry Allen one last time to determine who was faster between them while gathering enough energy to start his doomsday device. During their run, Barry Allen was able to create a time remnant that stopped the Magnetar at the cost of his life while Barry's real self managed to defeat the evil speedster who was dragged into the Speed Force to become its enforcer, the Black Flash.[5]

Crisis on Earth-X

In 2017, the Nazis of Earth-X, a cruel universe where the German Party won World War II and conquered the Earth, targeted Supergirl and the heroes of Earth-1, assembling a giant army to invade their universes.

They managed to track them to the wedding of Barry Allen and Iris West which was crashed by a plotoon of Nazis which confronted the heroes that were present at the church. The Nazi troupes were ultimately defeated and forced to retreat, losing one of their commanders, Tommy Merlyn aka Prometheus.

The main army was led by a new Führer, Oliver Queen, also known as Dark Arrow, and they were also helped by a displaced Earth-1 Reverse Flash: their main goal was to use a light accelerator, the Prism, to artificially create red sunlight that would help them transplant Supergirl's heart to her Earth-X counterpart, Overgirl, who also was Oliver's wife, as she was dying from sunlight overloading.[6].

Some of Earth-1's heroes were abducted to Earth-X so Oliver Queen and others had to travel to the obscure reality where they found help in the Freedom Fighters, a resistance team which was led by Captain Winn Schott and the Ray from Earth-1.[7] After joining their forces, they saved the abducted group and discovered Earth-Xers' doomsday device, the Wellenreiter, a militarized timeship that was to be deployed on Earth-1.[8]

When the Nazi finally attacked Central City on Earth-1, all the heroes fought against the Nazi enemies and defeated them: Overgirl ultimately died from her disease and Dark Arrow was killed by Earth-1 Oliver Queen; after they lost their leader and the Wellenreiter was destroyed by Harry Wells, the Nazis were forced to concede defeat and retreat to their universe.[9].

Elseworlds

At some point in 21th century, the Monitor began his journey through the Multiverse in search for potential heroes that could help him prevent an incoming Crisis. He tested some universes, entrusting some of their residents with the Book of Destiny; then, he arrived on Earth-90 which failed to prove itself worthy to be saved so it was destroyed as the Flash became its only survivor and escaped into another universe.[10].

In December 2018, he came to Earth-1 where he passed the Book of Destiny to John Deegan in order to challenge the heroes of this world. The scientist used the Book of Destiny to create a new reality in which the identities of the Green Arrow and The Flash were swapped so the two heroes found themselves in each other's bodies.[11]

Thanks to Iris West, the two heroes were able to reach Earth-38 where they asked the help of Supergirl and his cousin, Superman. After returning to altered reality, the Earth-1 heroes were forced to face the threat of the android A.M.A.Z.O. who could replicate any power he scanned: as the heroes banded together and combined their different abilities, they were able to destroy the evil robot.[11]

Later, thanks to Vibe, the heroes tracked Deegan to Gotham City where they retrieved the Book but they had to stop a riot in Arkham Asylum with the help of the vigilante Batwoman. In the meantime, the Flash of Earth-90 also came to Earth-1 and warned them about the Monitor's intentions. The heroes confronted the Cosmic God which got his Book back and ordered Deegan to "think bigger", altering the reality for the second time and causing the Flash of Earth-1 and Green Arrow to become the infamous Trigger Twins.[12]

Inspired by Clark Kent, Deegan turned himself a black-suited doppleganger of Superman and imprisoned Supergirl in the S.T.A.R. Labs's pipeline. However, the Trigger Twins convinced the alternate Cisco to take them to Earth-38 where they told Superman about Deegan's menace; at the same time, on the Elseworlds, the alternate Alex Danvers freed Supergirl and, while Deegan was facing Superman, the heroes used the Book of Destiny to restore Flash, Green Arrow and Supergirl's identities.[13]

Then, Superman/Deegan retrieved once again the Book of Destiny and planned to change the unvierse again: the Flash and Supergirl tried to slow him down by running at super-speed around the Earth. As the two were nearly torn apart, Oliver Queen made a deal with the Monitor to save them in exchange for being his enforcer in the incoming Crisis.[13]

Deegan and his army, including a resurrected A.M.A.Z.O., were defeated by the group of superheroes and the scientist became an husk after his connection with the Book of Destiny was interrupted as it was hit by a Monitor-powered arrow of Oliver Queen. The reality was restored to his original form and Deegan was imprisoned in Arkham Asylum where he befriended an inmate, Roger Hayden who warned him that "worlds will live, worlds will die, and the universe will never be the same".[13]

The Crisis

In May 2019, after the defeat of the Ninth Circle, the Monitor called Oliver Queen to his duties, sending him into various missions in order to prepare him for the future Crisis. Not long after Oliver's recruiting, Lyla Michaels also became Monitor's enforcer as the super-powered Harbinger.

In order to prove Monitor's non-existence, the adventurer Nash Wells found the Nexus' door and freed the Anti-Monitor from his prison who, in the course of millennia, planned to destroy every Earth in the Multiverse with the antimatter. In fact, after finding the Flash of Earth-90 in the Antimatter Universe[12], he forced him to run in order to power its antimatter cannon that obliterated Earth-2 as a test.[14]

After traveling to Earth-3, Barry Allen managed to project his mind into the future with the help of Jay Garrick and his wife, Joan Williams, seeing the outcome of the incoming Crisis.[4]

When the Crisis erupted, the Anti-Monitor began its destruction, powering his cannon who fired its antimatter wave into the Multiverse: this wall of antimatter energy started to erased one reality after the other while the Anit-Monitor himself was rampaging through the realities, being heralded by his shadow demons.[15].

As Earth-38 was about to be destroyed by the wave, the most righteous heroes were gatherered so they could band together to save this reality's residents while the Monitor raised colossal tuning forks which were rapidly assaulted by the Anti-Monitor's dark forces: in the climax of the battle, Oliver Queen bravely died to save more people he could.[1] As the wave erased this world, the heroes retreated back on Earth-1, which was the last reality in the trajectory of the wave, and used the Waverider of Earth-74 as their moving base.[16]

The Book of Destiny revealed to the Monitor avbout the existence of the Paragons who could save the Multiverse from annihilation. Thanks to the help of the Green Lantern Corps and the Guardian Ganthet of Earth-12 that let Felicity Smoak read the Book of Oa, Sara Lance and Kara Zor-El were discovered to be Paragons.

Meanwhile, the Council of Luthors battled the Council of Supermen on Earth-99 but was ultimately defeated by the Supermen of the Multiverse after a tough battle.[15] Lex Luthor of Earth-38 was inspired by this all-out war so he escaped his imprisonment on the Waverider and stole the Book of Destiny to kill the remaining Supermen, including the Superman of Earth-75, through the Multiverse: he was stopped by the joined forces of his archenemy Kal-El and the Superman of Earth-96 who was discovered to be the Paragon of Truth.[16]

John Constantine, Mia Smoak and Sara Lance resurrected Oliver Queen in a Lazarus Pit on Earth-18 but they discovered that he lacked his soul;[16] later, Constantine and Mia, along with John Diggle, came to Earth-666 to meet the Devil himself, Lucifer Morningstar, who gifted them a special card to enter the Purgatory where they retrieved Oliver's soul but they also found the Avatar of the Spectre, Jim Corrigan that convinced the Emerald Archer to prepare himself to become the Entity's new host.[17]

After Ray Palmer built a Paragon detector, Batwoman was discovered to be the Paragon of Courage who she had previously searched for on Earth-99; later, Barry Allen, Martian Manhunter and the Earth-1 professor Ryan Choi were identified as the remaining Paragons.

Meanwhile, Vibe's powers were restored by the Monitor so the heroes to manage to enter the Nexus' chamber and stop Barry Allen of Earth-90 from powering the antimatter cannon. The machine went critical, forcing Nash Wells, now reborn as Pariah, to rescue Black Lightning from the destruction of his world as his powers were needed to contain the energy of the cannon while, in order to ultimately destroy it, Earth-1 Barry Allen decided to sacrifice himself as it was always prophetised to him since he had first become the Scarlet Speedster.

Before he could jump on the machine, the older Flash tricked Barry into taking his place, reminding him that the prophecy never said which Flash had to die: as he remembered one of the first meeting with his beloved wife,[18], Barry vanished in thin air after one last run and fullfilled his lifetime as a hero by saving the rest of the Multiverse.[17]

Believing to have finally stopped the end of everything, the heroes were shocked by a brainwashed Harbinger who killed the Monitor and allowed the Anti-Monitor to resume the destruction of the Multiverse which was annihilated along with the few survivors on the Waverider.[17]

However, the Paragons were hidden by Pariah at the last minute in Vanishing Point, a place out of space and time, to survive the total annihilation. There, they discovered that Lex Luthor had previously replaced Earth-96 Superman as the Paragon of Truth thanks to the Book of Destiny's reality-altering power.[17]

After spending a month out of time, the newly-born Spectre, Oliver Queen, reached the Paragons in Vanishing Point. Despite Oliver's warnings, The Flash convinced him to power him up enough to run into the slowly dying Speed Force where he met another speedster that made him realized that the Multiverse could be brought back to existence; at the same time, Supergirl and other Paragons were sent back in time to stop Mar Novu from ever creating the Anti-Monitor but, while managing to stop him from going back at the Dawn of Time, the superheroes discovered that Mobius was always meant to come into existence. The Paragons reunited with the Spectre at the Dawn of Time where Good and Evil faced each other in an epic battle.[19]

As Barry and Sara stood by Oliver's side as, after winning his clash with Mobius, he ultimately died from his wounds, the Paragons gathered his Spectre's energy and used it, along with their own energies and the remains of the Book of Destiny, to recreate reality itself.[19]

Rebirth of the Multiverse

A new Big Bang was caused by the combination of Oliver Queen/Spectre and the Paragons' energies:the original singularity divided itself once again and recreated the infinite realities. Every reality was restored to the existence so all the residents in the Multiverse were brought back to life.

Earth-1 did not exist anymore as it was merged into a new universe, Earth-Prime, along with Earth-38 and Black Lightning's world. Their histories were amalgamated as if all their residents had always lived together in a single world.

Waking up in a new universe, the Paragons discovered the merge of their realities and, after discovering the Anti-Monitor's survival, they banded together with the other Earth's heroes one last time to finally defeat Him and his demons. Upon realizing that Mobius was too strong even for their combined powers, Earth-Prime's heroes used Ray Palmer and Ryan Choi's knowledge to banish the Dark God, who had become a giant version of himself, into the Microverse.[20]

In the new multiverse, some realities were recreated with some differences from the original ones, like Earth-2, while others were totally anew, like the Earth-Prime which replaced Earth-1 as the new center of the Multiverse. However, after the Crisis, these universes are not separated anymore by vibrational frequencies so it is currently impossibile to move from a reality (at least from Earth-Prime) to another one which led the Earth-Prime heroes to believe that the Multiverse was gone.

During the Crisis, some residents of the Pre-Crisis realities managed to save themselves from annihilation, felling through the space itself to the newly-born Earth-Prime[21][22]; later, it was also revealed that two or more counterparts cannot exist on the same Earth for a large amount of time.[23]

For some reason, the minds of all the Harrison Wells's dopplegangers of the old Multiverse, including the Eobard Thawne's, were merged into Nash Wells'.[24]

As a consequence of being corrupted by the Spectre' mystical energy during the Crisis, the Speed Force was fatally destabilized and ultimately destroyed, causing the speedsters to gradually run out of power.[25] Eventually, the Team Flash built a machine to artifically engineer Speed Force energy, like Thawne did with the Negative Speed Force, powering it up with the Multiversal energies of the Harrison Wells inside of Nash Wells, who sacrificed himself to create the Artificial Speed Force[26]: however, after he was corrupted by the energies from the new force and forced to shut the extra-dimensional field down[27], Barry Allen used Iris West's last remnants of the Speed Force to power up the machine once again in order to bring back the original Speed Force which spread itself again through the Multiverse.[28]

Because of Nash Wells' sacrifice, the Multiverse tried to balance itself for the loss of the various dopplegangers by restoring the Earth-Prime counterpart of Wells as a Multiversal pure-energy being who could travel trough time itself.[27][28]


The Multiverse also includes various extra-dimensional planes and spiritual realms, most of which are common to multiple realities:

  • Ancestral Plane: also referred to as the world between worlds, it is the dimension inside the Totems of Zambesi which also functions as their power source.[56] The original Zari Tomaz now resides in this plane of existence as her original future was erased after the battle of Heyworld.[57][58]
  • Antimatter Universe: also known as Netherverse or Antiverse, the antimatter reality where the Anti-Monitor was born. Here, it took place the final battle between the Spectre and the Anti-Monitor that led to the rebirth of the Multiverse.[19]
  • Artificial Speed Force: an artificially engineered extra-dimensional field which was born after Nash Wells used his life and the energies of the various Wells inside of him to power up the Fusion Sphere which was built by the Team Flash. Its energy restored the Flash's speed and gifted him the speed thinking but it somehow corrupted him so the hero was forced to shut the field down.[27]
  • Fifth Dimension: the plane of existence where the Imps like Mister Mxyzptlk come from.[59] It is a realm where the common rules of the Multiverse don't apply as it was also untouched by the Crisis[60] and its residents have immense powers that make them gods in the other realities.
  • Heaven: also known as Afterlife, it is the spiritual realm where Gods and the Angels reside. It is also the place where the noble souls go after their deaths, appearing to them as their happiest memories.[61]
  • Hell: the metaphysical realm where the damned souls and the Demons reside. Originally, it was ruled by the Devil Lucifer Morningstar but, after he retired to Earth-666[19][62], the First of the Fallen began to rule it along with the other members of the Triumvirate of Hell.[63]
  • Juru: a dark dimension where the Kryptonian witches created the Worldkillers who used it as the source of their mighty powers.[64]
  • Microverse: a nanoscopic dimension that was discovered by Ray Palmer when he shrunk for the first time. During the Crisis, Palmer and the professor Ryan Choi created a device that could eternally shrink the the Anti-Monitor, stucking him in this reality.[20]
  • Mirrorverse: a mirror dimension which is accesible through every mirror in the Multiverse. It created a mirror duplicate of Eva McCulloch when the real Eva died during the first S.T.A.R. Labs particle accelerator explosion.[65][66]
  • Negative Speed Force: an artifical source of energy which was created by Eobard Thawne aka Reverse Flash when he replicated the Speed Force's source of energy. Thawne's connection with the Negative Speed Force frees him from the Speed Force limitations as he became a living paradox who was is able to travel through time without being discovered and never really be able to die.[49][24]
    • It currently hosts Thawne's mind as he lost his body in the aftermath of the Crisis.
  • Nexus: this dimension is the doorstep to the Antimatter Universe. There, the Anti-Monitor stored his antimatter cannon which he used to bring destruction to the infinite realities;[17] Nash Wells opened its door, which is located under Central City on Earth-1, and destroyed the seal that kept the Anti-Monitor imprisoned outside the positive Multiverse.
  • Purgatory: also known as Limbo, it is the realm where souls became trapped in their own hell so the realm appears differently to each resident.[34][67]. During the Crisis, the Spectre came to Purgatory to convince Oliver Queen to become himself a new host of the Multiversal Entity.[17]
  • Speed Force: the extradimensional source of energy that gives the speedsters the ability to move at superhuman speed and travel through space and time.
    • After the rebirth of the Multiverse, it was destroyed[25] as a side-effect of being corrupted by the dark energy of the Spectre after the Entity powered the Flash to make him run into it[19]. Its death caused every speedster to gradually lose their powers.
  • Spirit World: the dark realm where Mallus was banished along with other magical creatures. When the time demon was freed, the door to this world was left open so the other prisoners were also unleashed into both space and time.[68]
  • Temporal Zone: also known as Timestream, it is the embodiment of time itself and the birthplace of creation[19]. This space is used by non-speedsters time travelers, like the Legends, to move through time[31]; it can be also used to move through the Multiverse.[39]
  • Vanishing Point: a realm outside space and time where the Time Masters resided and the place from where they controlled every possibilities through the Oculus artifact.[2] After their defeat, it became the lair of the Legion of Doom[69] and, years later, the last place in existence, along with the Netherverse, when the Anti-Monitor destroyed the Multiverse.[19]


In the scope of a larger Multiverse, they also exist other pocket dimensions, alternate realities and possible futures. Theoretically, everyone's choices lead to the creation of parallel worlds where things could be different.[70]. Alternate realities can also be born as a result of alteration of certain events by using time travel or reality-warping powers, like Mister Mxyzptlk's, or objects such as the Spear of Destiny or the Loom of Fate. Time is not strictly fixed so there could also be infinite possible futures which not necessarily could ever come to exist.



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