Questions tagged [arrowverse]
Arrowverse is a shared fictional universe centered on TV series airing on The CW, developed by Greg Berlanti, Marc Guggenheim, Andrew Kreisberg and Geoff Johns based on various DC comic book characters, started with Arrow and followed by The Flash, Vixen web series and The Legends of Tomorrow.
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In the first season finale of the Flash, how did they know their plan would work the way it did?
(Spoiler alert for anybody who's even more behind in the show than I am.)
So I recently watched the first season of The Flash, and during the season finale...
...how did everybody know that this ...
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Explanation for character actions in Arrow S03E17?
I don't understand the motivations or actions in Arrow season 3 episode 17.
First Ray Palmer literally grilled Arsenal (Roy) and I already thought he's dead, but no one even cares about him and ...
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Why does the Supergirl TV series go out of its way to not say "Superman"?
After watching the pilot of Supergirl, it seemed strange to me that they seem to be going out of their way to not say "Superman" or "Clark Kent". In the opening sequence, Kara's narration says that ...
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When do Ronnie and Stein split apart in The Flash?
In episode 13 of The Flash season 1, Firestorm, the combined form of Ronnie & Professor Stein, explodes when Caitlin and Barry try to help him. He was never mentioned after that.
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Where does Sara's meeting in LoT S01E16 fall in Arrow timeline?
In Legend of Tomorrow S01E16, Sara goes to the Arrowcave and meets her dad and got the information about the death of her sister and after some chit-chat she leaves.
But chronologically when does ...
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How Supergirl managed to get her ear pierced?
Supergirl is effectively invulnerable (her cousin is known to have to use his heat vision to shave; presumably she does too for legs etc). But her ears are pierced in the TV show.
This image shows ...
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Can Reverse Flash time travel?
In the 1st season of The Flash we see that Thawne is faster than Flash. Then why did he need Barry to time travel to his to open the portal, why didn't he run fast?
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How is Flash able to communicate with his team? [duplicate]
In The Flash, Flash is running at speeds greater than the speed of sound. Then how is he able to communicate live with his team (Cisco, Caitlin) while running? Since he is moving faster than sound it ...
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Why doesn't anyone find out the masked man's identity in The Flash
As far as we know, no one (except Zoom) knows the identity of the masked man, even if many characters spent time in the prison with him.
He can't talk, agreed. Yet he can hear and see, and can make ...
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How does the Flash have powers on Arrow S04E19?
Flash didn't have powers on The Flash S02E19, but has powers at the end of Arrow S04E19 just one day later. How is that possible?
The answer is probably a plot hole or to not completely trust ...
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Different Wally West? [closed]
I read in this article that Wally West is the 3rd Flash. I also read that his father is named Rudolph. This got me confused. As someone who has never read The Flash, is this some different Wally West? ...
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Why didn't Zoom killing his time remnant affect his present self?
I just finished watching latest episode of The Flash - Versus Zoom and got little confused what a "Timeline Remnant" actually means. In this episode we learn about Zoom's origin and his connection to ...
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Why doesn't the Flash have lightning fast reactions?
This has bothered me for a while now in The Flash. Barry can run faster than anyone or anything and while running, he almost never bumps into anything. You would assume you need a super fast reaction ...
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Why did Flash completely avoid mentioning Supergirl?
In Flash S02E18 "Versus Zoom", Flash accidentally passes through a blue portal during his speed test and after his return he asks how much time has passed. It's surely a nod to the crossover episode, ...
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What is the device Barry (The Flash) has on his chest in the Supergirl crossover? [duplicate]
I watched the crossover between Supergirl and The Flash and as probably all of you also did, noticed a device we hadn't really seen before on Barry's chest.
I can only assume it has something to do ...
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Why didn't Non use Superman to do his bidding?
In BvS we see people thinking what a threat Superman is to earth. But in Supergirl's S01E19 we see he falls under Myriad's sway. So why doesn't Non use him to do his bidding?
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Is the Supergirl/Flash crossover understandable enough without watching the whole first season of Supergirl?
I know everything from Arrowverse but I am not following Supergirl. Only checked it's leaked pilot. Do I need to see the whole Supergirl till the crossover or is the basic knowledge of Supergirl + ...
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Is Supergirl from Earth-1 or Earth-2?
I am a bit confused with the The Flash/Supergirl crossover. I always thought Supergirl was Earth-1, but The Flash rescued her and implied that she was Earth-2. If she is Earth-2 and The Flash has ...
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Did DC officials ever acknowledge the term "Arrowverse" for their canon universe?
Did officials ever confirm or acknowledge the term Arrowverse for their DC shows (consisting of Arrow, The Flash, Vixen and Legends of Tomorrow)?
"Arrowverse" and "Flarrow/Flarrowverse" were famous ...
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How does Central City PD jail metahumans?
Part of The Flash is that they tend to kidnap and deny constitutional rights to capture evil Metahumans and keep them in the particle accelerator. That works because of some pseudo science about how ...
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Legends of tomorrow quote, what is it from?
This quote sounds awfully familiar, but I cannot figure out, why. Anyone knows if this is a reference to some other move? Sounds starwarsish ...
Rip: "I vowed to save my family, but I'm failing ...
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Why doesn't Rip deal with his own loss instead of going on a complex mission?
Why doesn't Rip just deal with his wife and son's death? I mean it's extremely stupid to just go back in time with a bunch of people you don't know about and have them screw up the past with you. And ...
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Do "Arrow" and "The Flash" share sets?
Watching a recent episode of Arrow (Season 4 Episode 15 "Taken"), I get a feeling that Oliver's Star City mayoral race campaign headquarters looks incredibly identical to Central City's Police ...
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Why did Vandal call him by that name and what does it mean or reference?
In Legends of Tomorrow, Vandal Savage called Rip Hunter by the name
Why did he nickname him like this? What does it mean? Is it some reference?
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Meaning of Mark Hamill's "I am your father" line from The Flash
As we all know, Mark Hamill was Luke Skywalker in Star Wars. Last year, he also played in a The Flash episode, named Tricksters. Now, in that episode, he tells Alex the famous line I am your father.
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What is the main core difference of The Flash, that no other speedsters possesses?
We know that The Flash is a speedster. But I recently learned that only the Flash can open the time portal, while Reverse-Flash & Professor Zoom cannot.
If Zoom opened the time portal, it would ...
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How many languages does Oliver Queen speak?
How many languages does Oliver Queen speak in the Arrow?
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Is Gideon on The Flash and Gideon on Legends of Tomorrow same?
I've just started watching Legends of Tomorrow, and the time vessel's captain is aided by an AI called Gideon. Is that the same or different Gideon from the one in The Flash? Also, is the name a ...
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What is the reason for these 10-second gaps?
I've been watching Supergirl for a while now, and something got me wondering. Why are there 10-second gaps between most scenes (not all)? I encountered the same thing years ago with No Ordinary Family,...
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What happened to Gideon on "The Flash"?
The rather powerful, time sensitive, and literal deus ex machina was a stunning find by the team.
The team seems to be immune to the temporal fact of "unwinding Wells" assumably due to Star Labs ...
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How far is Central City from Star/Starling City?
In several crossovers, the characters from both series go back and forth between these two cities. In a scene, Oliver was on a motorcycle.
What is the distance between these two cities?
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When do Arrow and Flash cross over?
I'm about to watch the last episode of season 2 of Arrow and I want to know when to start up on The Flash, since they aired at the same time. Arrow is 2 seasons ahead of The Flash, correct?
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Does Starling City have active subway or not?
In Arrow season 1 episode 18 Salvation, we learn that Starling City doesn't currently have a subway, it used to, but it's now abandoned. The tracks of the old subway were used by a villain in that ...
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Is this a nod to new 52 or just a coincidence?
I saved this screenshot from the 5th episode of season 1 of Supergirl and I was wondering, is the a nod to the new 52 or just a coincidence?
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Is Roy based off of a comic book character?
I was looking at IMDb for Arrow, but it only shows the character as Roy. I've also never heard him referred by any code name in the show. Also, I'm not familiar with the Green Arrow comic. Is Roy ...
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How do the singularity breaches works in The Flash? [closed]
I just saw all 5 currently released episodes of Season 2 from The Flash and got a few questions. Answers to any of my questions will be helpful, some questions might not have been explained but if I ...
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How can Wells know what happened in the alternate time?
I can't be precise hence I have overloaded the question with pics
As the title asks, when Barry went back to the past in The Flash, a series of events happened. One was Cisco discovering that Dr. ...
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Are there any differences between Supergirl's leaked episode and the broadcast one?
Are there any differences between Supergirl's leaked pilot episode and the broadcast one or are they exactly the same? I read a few articles about complaints with the leaked episode and I also didn't ...
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How much resemblance is there between the "Arrow" TV-series and the "Green Arrow" comics?
I have seen Arrow season 1, 2, 3 and am currently watching season 4. And in season 4 Oliver Queen changes his name from "Arrow" to "Green Arrow". Also meta-humans or mystic powers villains are ...
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Where did Pied Piper go?
During the Flash season 1, Pied Piper, a man who controlled sound waves appeared. On the first episode he deliberately gets captured then escapes. On the second episode he gets beat up but doesn't ...
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Why wasn't the timeline affected any further from the events in the season 1 finale?
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In the Flash season one finale, Barry doesn't save his mother because the alternate Flash told him to do so. But when Eddie Thawne commits suicide Eobard Thawne gets ...
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Explain the abilities/powers of this "The Flash" character
In The Flash S01 Cisco (Paco Ramone in comics) basically acted as genius engineer who can build many cool things to help The Flash. Later, near the end of the season, we saw that he might have gotten ...
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What is the meaning of the symbols on the Arrowhead in the season 3 intro?
In the Arrow season 3 starting and ending intro, the Arrowhead got changed from plain to thicker one with symbols embodied on it, as depicted below
Is there any deep meaning/symbolism behind those ...
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Why did Arrow play homage to Blue sky?
Why did Arrow play homage to Breaking Bad in S02E06 by showing Blue Sky?
The Walking Dead did that but those two were from the same network, but why did the Arrow TV series do that? Is there any ...
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With whom is Felicity Smoak in love, exactly?
We have seen till now that first Felicity Smoak was in love with the Arrow, then there were some romantic moments with Flash, then she fell in love with her boss Ray Palmer, then again at the end of ...
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Age difference between Barry Allen and Eobard Thwane
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he is from the future and enemy of the flash. So he traveled back to the past
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How did Deathbolt (Arrow/The Flash) become a meta-human?
On TV Show "Arrow", season 3 episode 18, we were introduced to a new villain Jake Simmons (Deathbolt). After his capture, they did a cross-over scene with "The Flash" with Ray and Cisco talking over ...
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Have the Arrow writers fully planned out Oliver's 5 years away?
I was just bothered about the whole continuity thing, and whether the writers make up Oliver's time away for 5 years as they go along, or if everything has been laid out already.
For instance, no way ...
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Who makes the arrows in TV show Arrow?
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I was searching for the source of arrows but had no luck. In S01 there were some mentions that Oliver Queen made arrows for himself. I think I saw some scenes too of making arrows by Oliver ...
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What happened to the Future Flash?
In The Flash, the Flash from the future traveled back in time to stop the Reverse-Flash from killing his mother. He failed, but where did he go? The Reverse-Flash was stuck in past, so he killed and ...
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