The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: It's My Party and I'll Die If I Want To

"It's My Party and I'll Die If I Want To"
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The Flash  Season 9: Episode 9
April 26, 2023
Directors	Danielle Panabaker
Writers	Sam Chalsen Emily Palizzi
Previous Episode	"Partners in Time" (April 5, 2023)
Next Episode	"A New World, Part One" (May 3, 2023)

That bolt of lightning chose you. Don't ever forget it.

—The Spectre (Oliver Queen)

It's My Party and I'll Die If I Want To is an episode of season 9 of The Flash. It premiered on April 26, 2023.

Appearing in "It's My Party and I'll Die If I Want To"

Featured Characters:

• The Flash (Barry Allen) (Flashback and main story) (Also in a vision) (Also as a spirit) (Dies) (Resurrected)
• The Spectre/Green Arrow (Oliver Queen)

Supporting Characters:

• Chief David Singh (Also in a vision) (Infected) (Cured)
• Kid Flash (Wally West) (Also in a vision) (Infected) (Cured)
• Cpt. Kristen Kramer (Also in a vision) (Infected) (Cured)
• Spartan (John Diggle) (Also in a vision) (Infected) (Cured)
• Team Flash (Also in a vision)
  • Allegra Garcia (Also in a vision) (Infected) (Cured)
  • Cecile Horton (Also in a vision) (Infected) (Cured)
  • Chester P. Runk (Also in a vision)
  • Iris West-Allen (Also in a vision) (Infected) (Cured)
  • Khione (Also in a vision)

Antagonists:

• Bloodwork (Ramsey Rosso) (Also in a vision) (Cured)
  • Blood Brothers
    • Caitlin Snow (In a vision)
    • Central City Police Department (Infected)

Other Characters:

• Eobard Thawne (Pre-Flashpoint) (Flashback only) (Impersonates Harrison Wells) (Cameo)
• Francine West (Deceased) (Flashback only) (Also in a vision)
• Frost (Appears only as a corpse) (In a vision)
• Jesse Wells (Pre-Crisis Earth-2) (Erased) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Joe West (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Mitch Romero (Deceased) (Infected) (In a vision)
• Robert Queen (Dies in flashback) (Cameo)
• Tupac (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
• Bhikkhuni Amala (Mentioned only)
• Angels (Mentioned only)
• A.R.G.U.S. (Mentioned only)
  • Lyla Michaels (Mentioned only)
• Cicada (Orlin Dwyer) (Mentioned only)
• Deathstorm (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Felicity Smoak (Mentioned only)
• The Flashes of the Multiverse (Mentioned only)
• Harrison Nash Wells (Unknown Earth) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Henry Allen (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Jesse Wells' Multiversal counterparts (Mentioned only)
• John Diggle, Jr. (Mentioned only)
• Lyla Michaels (Mentioned only)
• Mia Queen (Mentioned only)
• Moira Queen (Mentioned only)
• Nora West-Allen (Nora's Future) (Mentioned only)
• Dr. Pytor Orloff (Mentioned only)
• Quentin Lance (Mentioned only)
• Dr. Rachel Rosso (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
• Red Death/Ryan Wilder (Earth-4125) (Mentioned only)
• Sara Diggle (Mentioned only)
• Tommy Merlyn (Mentioned only)
• Wally West's Multiversal counterparts (Mentioned only)
• William Clayton (Mentioned only)
• Zombies (Mentioned only)
• Buddha (Mentioned only)
• Prince Charming (Fictional character) (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Multiverse
  • Alternate Future (Wally West helps Bloodwork conquer the Multiverse) (Single appearance) (Unnamed) (In a vision) (Erased) (Cameo)
  • Mindworld
    • Barry Allen's Mindscape
      • S.T.A.R. Labs (As an illusion only)
    • Wally West's Mindscape (Single appearance)
      • Francine West's Apartment (In a vision)
  • Orrery of Worlds (Also in a vision)
    • Earth-Prime
      • Earth
        • North China Sea (Flashback only) (Cameo)
          • Lian Yu
            • A.R.G.U.S.' Prison (Flashback only) (Cameo)
        • United States of America
          • Kansas
            • Keystone City
              • O'Shaughnessy's
          • Missouri
            • Central City (Flashback and main story)
              • CC Jitters
              • CCPD Headquarters
                • Central City Crime Lab (In a vision)
              • Central City General Hospital (Flashback only) (Cameo)
              • S.T.A.R. Labs
                • Chester P. Runk's Lab
                • The Cortex
                • The Lounge
                • Speed Lab (Flashback and main story)
                • Time Vault (Mentioned only)
              • West House (Flashback only) (Cameo)
              • Hall of Justice (Mentioned only)
            • National City (Mentioned only)
        • Tibet (Mentioned only)
    • Pre-Crisis Earth-1 (Erased)
      • United States of America
        • Star City (Mentioned only)
    • Pre-Crisis Earth-38 (Erased) (Mentioned only)
    • Earth-4125 (Real name revealed) (Mentioned only)
  • Purgatory
    • Oliver Queen's Purgatory
      • Lian Yu (As an illusion only)
  • Speed Force (Behind the scenes)
  • Alternate Earth-1 Future (The Flash survives the Crisis after being infected by Bloodwork) (Unnamed) (Erased) (Mentioned only)
  • Hell (Mentioned only)

Items:

• Allegra Garcia's Pendant (Single appearance) (Destroyed)
• Dark Matter
• Green Box (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• Gamma Absorption Array (Flashback only) (Cameo)
  • Amplifier (Flashback only) (Cameo)
• The List (Mentioned only)
• Oliver Queen's Bow
  • Trick Arrows
• Spartan's Helmet

Events:

• Bloodwork Crisis
• The Crisis (Mentioned only)

Concepts:

• Alternate Timelines
• Flash Facts
• Fourth Wall
• Magic
• Metahumans
• Possible Futures
• Wormholes/"Breaches"

Notes

• This episode takes place on March 14th, 2023, which is Barry's second 30th birthday as a consequence the events of "The Curious Case of Bartholomew Allen".
  • The setting of the episode also implies that it takes place before "The Good, the Bad and the Lucky", "Wildest Dreams", and "Partners in Time".
  • Bloodwork saying he just escaped from his A.R.G.U.S. imprisonment implies that the "Training Day" and the "Phantom Punch" stories from Earth-Prime #5 and -6, as a consequence of the time alterations from the Forces War, have now happened in March 2023.
• This episode marks the final Arrowverse crossover as well as the last appearances of Oliver Queen, Wally West and John Diggle in the Arrowverse continuity.
• Team Flash rediscovers the existence of the Multiverse in this episode.
  • The Spectre/Oliver Queen ultimately reveals that the birth of the new Multiverse was a side-effect of him using too much power during the creation of Earth-Prime.
  • The first full insight of the Post-Crisis Multiverse will be shown in the Titans episode, "Dude, Where's My Gar", and, then, in the The Flash movie.
• The Spectre/Oliver Queen implies he's become the guardian of the Multiverse, saying that he can only intervene if the Multiverse is in serious danger. This previously occurred in Earth-Prime #6, where Spectre helped the heroes of Nora's Future repel Magog/David Reid's invasion.
• There's a continuity error in this episode as these events take place in March 2023 but Allegra says Chester she loves him for the first time in "Partners in Time", which takes place some time after the events of this episode.

Trivia

• The title of the episode is a pun on the "It's my party, and I'll cry if I want to" line from Lesley Gore's song, It's My Party, as well as a reference to Barry's 30th birthday party and his death.
  • It is also a subtle nod to a similar quote that Frost said in "Dead Man Running" which also featured her 30th birthday party and Team Flash's first clash against Ramsey's Blood Brother, Mitch Romero, who also cameos in this episode.
• "A hero returns. The Arrowverse teams up one more time." is the tagline for this episode.
• The events of Earth-Prime #6 reveal that, on Nora's Future, Ramsey managed to restore his meta-abilities some time after the events of this episode.
• Magog/David Reid was responsible for Ramsey Rosso's escape in Earth-Prime #5 which eventually leads to the events of this episode.
• The conversation between Oliver and Barry in the epilogue mirrors their original conversation from "Pilot".
• Oliver's words about Khione foreshadow her ascension to Godhood in "A New World, Part Four".
• Barry asks Oliver to not share his magical powers with him before his resurrection as "he killed the Speed Force last time". This is a callback to the events of the Arrow episode, "Crisis on Infinite Earths: Part Four", where Oliver Queen used his Spectre powers to project an almost powerless Barry into the Speed Force, corrupting it and eventually causing its destruction.
• Oliver saying that his future with Felicity is "written" is a reference to the epilogue of Arrow series finale, "Fadeout", where The Monitor reunites his spirit with Felicity's in Oliver's Star City-shaped Heaven.
• Oliver telling Diggle that his "brightest days" are ahead of him is a subtle nod to John having given up his Green Lantern Corps legacy in "The Man in the Yellow Tie".
• Barry mentions that he's the 180th time he saved Central City. This is a nod to this episode being the 180th one of The Flash.

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