Clifford DeVoe, also known as The Thinker, was a genius inventor who fought The Flash using his Thinking Cap.
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History
Powers and Abilities
Powers
- Enhanced Intellect: DeVoe's already considerable intellect was greatly enhanced by the particle accelerator explosion.
- Stolen Powers: Using his chair, DeVoe was able to switch consciousnesses with anyone he managed to capture. In this process, he could retain the powers of any metahuman he gained the consciousness of.
- Telepathy: After transferring his mind into Dominic Lanse's body, Clifford gained the power to read minds.
- Probability Manipulation: After transferring his mind into Rebecca Sharpe's body, he gained her power to control his own luck.[3]
- Size Alteration: After taking the power of Dwarfstar, DeVoe can manipulate the size of anything.
- Technopathy: Power of Ramsey Deacon. This ability helped him to break free of the neural inhibitor.
- Sound Manipulation: The power of The Fiddler.
- Dimensional Travel: Power of Folded Man
- Gravity Manipulation: After taking the power of Null, DeVoe became able to control gravity and became able to apply a specific amount of gravity upon a person, using this ability to make people immobile.
- DNA Manipulation: After taking the power of Melting Point, DeVoe became able to manipulate DNA, using this power to remove meta-human abilities from people's DNA, as well as manipulating his DNA to match that of another person.
- Elasticity: The power of Elongated Man.
Abilities
- Genius Level Intellect
- Tactical Analysis
- Science
- Pedagogy
- Music: DeVoe's predictive skills allowed him to finish an incomplete 19th century symphony in minutes.
- Multilingualism: When being questioned by Barry Allen and Joe West DeVoe is shown to be Fluent in English and Japanese and his wife mentions that he is also fluent in Mandarin, Italian, and many others.
Weaknesses
- Restricted Mobility (Formerly): DeVoe's superhuman intellect causes great strain to the rest of his body in a manner similar to ALS, causing his body to deteriorate and rendering him unable to walk. DeVoe managed to rid himself of this weakness by transferring his mind into Dominic Lanse.
- Power Instability: (Formerly) The black matter that gives his powers also steal his health, and each time Devoe takes a new body and absorbs its power, his life decrease even faster. But now, with the body of Ralph, he can concentrate even more dark matter than his originals targets' body had without physical problems.
Paraphernalia
Equipment
- Thinking Cap
- Hoverchair
Notes
- This version of the character is exclusive to the continuity of the television series The Flash, its tie-in comic book series, and its related television series. It is an adaptation of Clifford DeVoe/the Thinker. The original character was created by Gardner Fox and Everett E. Hibbard and first appeared in All-Flash #12.
- Clifford DeVoe/The Thinker is portrayed by Neil Sandilands in his original body, by Kendrick Sampson after he takes over the body of Dominic Lanse and by Sugar Lyn Beard after he takes over the body of Becky Sharpe. After he takes over the body of Izzy Bowin, he is portrayed by Miranda MacDougall, and after he takes over the body of Edwin Gauss he is portrayed by Arturo Del Puerto. After he takes over the body of Ralph Dibny, he is briefly portrayed by Hartley Sawyer, and then shape-shifts back to his original appearance, once again being portrayed by Neil Sandilands.
Related
- 20 Appearances of Clifford DeVoe (Arrowverse)
- 2 Images featuring Clifford DeVoe (Arrowverse)
- 1 Quotations by or about Clifford DeVoe (Arrowverse)
- Character Gallery: Clifford DeVoe (Arrowverse)
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- Enhanced Intellect
- Telepathy
- Probability Manipulation
- Size Alteration
- Mechanokinesis
- Sound Manipulation
- Dimensional Travel
- Gravity Manipulation
- Elasticity
- Superhuman Durability
- Metamorphosis
- Genius Level Intellect
- Tactical Analysis
- Science
- Pedagogy
- Music
- Multilingualism
- Restricted Mobility
- Power Instability
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