The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: The Flash is Born

"The Flash is Born"
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The Flash  Season 1: Episode 6
November 18, 2014
Directors	Millicent Shelton
Writers	Jaime Paglia Chris Rafferty
Previous Episode	"Plastique" (November 11, 2014)
Next Episode	"Power Outage" (November 25, 2014)

Barry Allen encounters Tony Woodward, his childhood bully who has become a metahuman.

Your childhood nemesis is now an unstoppable metahuman? That is seriously messed up.

—Cisco Ramon

The Flash is Born is an episode of season 1 of The Flash. It premiered on November 18, 2014.

Synopsis for "The Flash is Born"

Barry Allen encounters Tony Woodward, his childhood bully who has become a metahuman.

Appearing in "The Flash is Born"

Featured Characters:

• The Flash/The Streak (Barry Allen) (Flashback and main story) (First appearance as The Flash)
• Iris West (Flashback and main story)

Supporting Characters:

• Central City Police Department
  • Cpt. David Singh
  • Off. Doyle (First appearance) (Cameo)
  • Det. Eddie Thawne
  • Det. Joe West (Flashback and main story)
• Team Flash (Unnamed)
  • Caitlin Snow
  • Cisco Ramon
  • "Dr. Harrison Wells" (Impersonates Harrison Wells)

Antagonists:

• Girder (Tony Woodward) (First appearance) (Flashback and main story)
• "The Man in the Yellow Suit" (Unnamed)
• Unnamed Rusty Iron employee (Single appearance)

Other Characters:

• Henry Allen (In a photograph only)
• Nora Allen (Deceased) (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
• Rusty Iron Ale Brewing Company (Single appearance)
• Stacy Conwell (Single appearance)
• "The Burning Man" (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
• Harrison Wells (Mentioned only)
• Jake Puckett (Cisco Ramon's childhood nemesis) (Mentioned only)
• Lexi La Roche (Caitlin Snow's childhood nemesis) (Mentioned only)
• Missouri State Highway Patrol (Mentioned only)
• Tess Morgan (Deceased) (Mentioned only)

Locations:

• Earth-1 (Unnamed)
  • 2001
    • United States of America
      • Central City (Flashback only)
        • Carmichael Elementary School (First appearance) (Flashback only)
  • 2014
    • United States of America
      • Kansas
        • Keystone City
          • Garrick's Wharf (Single appearance)
          • Keystone Ironworks (Single appearance)
      • Missouri
        • Central City
          • Allen House (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
          • CC Jitters
          • CCPD Headquarters
            • Central City Crime Lab
          • S.T.A.R. Labs
            • The Cortex
            • S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator/The Pipeline
          • West House
  • 2000
    • United States of America
      • Maryland (Mentioned only)
      • Missouri
        • Central City (Mentioned only)
          • Allen House (Mentioned only)
• Negative Speed Force (Unnamed) (Behind the scenes)
• Speed Force (Unnamed) (Behind the scenes)

Items:

• Dark Matter (Mentioned only)
• Girder Training Robot (First appearance)

Vehicles:

• Humvee

Concepts:

• Flashtime (Unnamed)
• Metahumans
• S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator Explosion (Mentioned only)

Notes

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Trivia

• Iris mentioning "The Burning Man" foreshadows the appearance of Firestorm in "Flash vs. Arrow".
• Garrick's Wharf is a nod to The Flash/Jay Garrick, the resident hero of Keystone City.

See Also

• 4 Images from The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: The Flash is Born
• Episodes of The Flash (2014 TV Series)
• Images from The Flash (2014 TV Series)
• Gallery for the The Flash (2014 TV Series) series

Recommended Media

• None.

Links and References

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