The Mask of the Red Death, Part 1 is an episode of season 9 of The Flash. It premiered on March 1, 2023.
Synopsis for "The Mask of the Red Death, Part 1"
Appearing in "The Mask of the Red Death, Part 1"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Gideon (Behind the scenes)
- Jenna West
- Rogue Squad/Team Flash's Rogues (Real name revealed)
- Team Flash
- Allegra Garcia
- Cecile Horton
- Chester P. Runk
- Iris West-Allen
- Joe West
- Khione
- Caitlin Snow (Behind the scenes)
Antagonists:
- Negative Speed Force (Flashback only)
- Dr. Meena Dhawan (Possessed) (Flashback only) (Cameo)
- Reverse-Flash/Eobard Thawne (Pre-Flashpoint) (Dies in flashback)
- The Red Death/Ryan Wilder (Earth-4125) (Real name revealed) (Impersonates Ryan Wilder) (Origin)
- The Rogues
- Captain Boomerang (Owen Mercer)
- Chillblaine (Mark Blaine) (Quits team) (Apparent Death)
- The Fiddler (Andrea Wozzeck)
- Murmur (Michelle Amar)
- Rainbow Raider (Roy Bivolo) (Joins team)
- The Rogues
Other Characters:
- Central City Police Department (Behind the scenes)
- WookieLover77 (Behind the scenes)
- Martin Luther King (In a photograph only) (Cameo)
- Batman (Bruce Wayne) (Mentioned only)
- Bat Team (Mentioned only)
- Batwoman (Ryan Wilder) (Mentioned only)
- Luke Fox (Mentioned only)
- Batwoman Villains (Earth-4125) (Mentioned only)
- Hush (Tommy Elliot) (Mentioned only)
- Ryan Wilder's brother (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- Simon Hurt (Mentioned only)
- Cora Lewis (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Demons (Mentioned only)
- Frost (Mentioned only)
- Iris West-Allen (Earth-4125) (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- The League (Earth-4125) (Mentioned only)
- The Flash/Barry Allen (Earth-4125) (Mentioned only)
- Pied Piper's Band of Merry Men (Mentioned only)
- The Rogues (Earth-4125) (Mentioned only)
- Royal Flush Gang (Mentioned only)
- Wally West (Mentioned only)
- Wayne Family (Earth-4125) (Mentioned only)
- Martha Wayne (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Thomas Wayne (Deceased) (Mentioned only)
- Wayne Enterprises (Mentioned only)
- Wayne Tech (Mentioned only)
- Wonderland Gang (Mentioned only)
- Zajacs Family (Mentioned only)
- Otis Boykin (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Multiverse (Behind the scenes)
- Artificial Speed Force (Behind the scenes)
- Cosmic Plane (Unnamed)
- Negative Sage Force (Flashback only) (Behind the scenes)
- Negative Speed Force (Flashback only) (Behind the scenes)
- Negative Still Force (Flashback only) (Behind the scenes)
- Negative Strength Force (Flashback only) (Behind the scenes)
- Speed Force (Behind the scenes)
- Earth-Prime
- United States of America
- Missouri
- Central City
- Rogues' Hideout
- S.T.A.R. Labs
- Chester P. Runk's Lab
- The Cortex
- S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator (Mentioned only)
- West-Allen's Apartment
- West House
- Bentley Building
- Central City Citizen Media (Mentioned only)
- Fort L.U.K.I.A. (Mentioned only)
- Central City
- New Jersey
- Gotham City (Mentioned only)
- Palisades (Mentioned only)
- Missouri
- United States of America
- Earth-4125/"Red Death's Timeline" (Unnamed) (Mentioned only)
- United States of America
- Central City (Mentioned only)
- Gotham City (Mentioned only)
- Arkham Asylum (Mentioned only)
- Batcave (Mentioned only)
- Crime Alley (Mentioned only)
- United States of America
- Hell (Mentioned only)
- Timestream (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Amar's Knife
- Batsuit (Mentioned only)
- Utility Belt (Mentioned only)
- Chillblaine's Gauntlets
- Cosmic Treadmill
- Fiddler's Fiddle
- Goldface's Necklace
- Harmonic Frequency Tracer
- Meta-cuffs
- Metal Boomerangs
- Nash Wells' Smoke Bombs
- Pied Piper's Sonic Gauntlets
- Red Death's Suit
Vehicles:
- Batmobile (Mentioned only)
Concepts:
- Metahumans
- Time Travel (Mentioned only)
- Wormhole (Mentioned only)
Notes
- This episode reveals that, in the Post-Crisis continuity, Red Death is Ryan Wilder, the former Batwoman from a timeline, where Bruce Wayne never existed, that built her own Artificial Speed Force to access the Flash's power.
- It will be later revealed to be actually Earth-4125 by The Spectre/Oliver Queen in "It's My Party and I'll Die If I Want To".
Trivia
- The title is a reference to Edgar Allan Poe's story, The Masque of the Red Death.
- Most of Red Death's quotes are iconic Batman quotes across all media, including:
- "You wanna get nuts? C'mon, let's get nuts!" which Earth-89 Batman told Joker in the 1989 movie, Batman, and the Post-Crisis Flashpoint Batman told Post-Crisis Earth-1 Flash in the movie, The Flash;
- "I am vengeance. I am the night", which Red Death also said in the previous episode, is obviously a homage to the iconic quotes of DCAU Batman;
- "Criminals. A superstitious and cowardly lot." which are almost the same words Earth-Two Batman told himself during his first ever appearance in Detective Comics #33;
- "Everybody's got their limits. I ignore mine." which are almost the same words Pre-Flashpoint Batman told himself in Detective Comics #663 before saving Mayor Krol from the flooded Gotham River Tunnel.
- Ryan Wilder going crazy after getting her powers from her own Artificial Speed Force mirrors Barry's cold-hearted personality after he was empowered by the Artificial Speed Force in "The Speed of Thought".
See Also
- 2 Images from The Flash (2014 TV Series) Episode: The Mask of the Red Death, Part 1
- 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
- None.
Footnotes