Joe West

Joseph "Joe" West is one of the main protagonists of the CW series The Flash and appears in several crossovers involving its sister seres: Arrow, Supergirl, and DC's Legends of Tomorrow. He is a former detective and former Captain of the Central City Police Department and a member of Team Flash. He is also the father of Iris, Wally and Jenna West, the future husband and fiance of Cecile Horton, adoptive father/father-in-law of Barry Allen and the maternal grandfather of Nora and Bart West-Allen. 
==Background ==
===Pre-Crisis===
====Background====
Joe West aspired to being a detective like his father, Ben West and eventually became a police officer. He was also fond of his grandmother's, Esther's alcoholic egg nog. 
=====Marriage to Francine=====
Joe married to Francine West and had a daughter with her, Iris. However, during one of his patrols, Joe and his partner recieved a 9-1-1 call from a little girl who reported her mother was unconscious and not waking up. The little girl Joe recognized was his daughter, Iris and noticed that his wife had overdosed on drugs. Afterwards, Joe tried getting Francine help in rehab. However, Francine abandoned her family while pregnant with their second child. Of course, Joe never told Iris the truth of what happened, choosing to protect his daughter and wanted her to remember Francine as the mother Joe thought his daughter deserved. However he was unaware of his son's existence until his later adulthood. 
===== Adopting Barry=====
At some point, Joe later met and befriended Nora and Henry Allen, becoming close friends with them. All three parents realized that Barry was in love with Iris before their children even did. 
Joe was present at the crime scene when he recognized the victim at Nora, who was murdered by the the Reverse-Flash/Eobard Thawne and Henry Allen was blamed/convicted of his wife's murder. Finding Barry next to his mother's lifeless body, Joe comforted him and presumably took him away from the crime scene. Like everyone else, Joe dismissed Barry's ideas that of a man in lightning (not his father Henry) murdering his mother and that he was covering what he saw to cope with Nora's death. Despite the tough childhood Barry faced, Joe decided to raise him alongside Iris and came to see Barry as if he was one of his own. 
==Personality ==
Joe West is a police officer like no other, both a detective and a father, at best.Like his future girlfriend, Cecile, Joe has to see it to believe it. He had a hard time coming to terms with Barry's claims that a man in lightning murdered his mother. Joe firmly believes Henry killed Nora. However, when he saw Barry performing as the Flash, Joe realized his stepson was right along and believed Henry to being innocent. Since learning about the existence of metahumans, Joe is barely surprised at new ideas. However, the thought of time traveling and the Multiverse is a confusing topic for Joe, despite being a cop. 
Despite his best intentions, Joe is still a flawed man who does everything to keep his children safe, which is why he lied to Iris about her mother and initially kept her in the dark that Barry was the Flash. He also kept the secret that Barry fancied Iris, reasoning it wasn't in his place to tell her. Barry had romantic feelings for her. another example as that he didn't want Barry to rush in and risk his life as a vigilante, something Caitlin agreed with. After taking with Eobard Thawne (in Wells' form), Joe was convinced that he was only making Barry doubt himself. Afterwards, Joe has remained supportive of Barry's career as the Flash and always lends an ear to Iris when she is writing. When Cecile was pregnant with his fourth child, Joe was shocked and nervous but gained confidence in raising Jenna after his experiences with Barry, Iris and Wally. 
Team Flash has become something of a surrogate family, with Joe having fondness for both Cisco and Caitlin. He values Caitlin's medical knowledge, even accepting her apology when she apologized for her actions against him and Cecile in Session 3. Instead of being angry, he hugged her like a father reconciling with his daughter. He also often chuckled when affected by Cisco's humor, such as Joe laughing whenever the younger man makes a snide remark or makes a cultural reference. He also acts something of a fatherly figure for Allegra Garcia. 
== Relationships==
===Family===
*Esther - Grandmother
*Great-Uncle
*Ben West - Father
*Uncle
*Cecile Horton - Second Wife
*Francine West - First Wife
*Iris West-Allen - Daughter/Eldest Child
*Wally West/Kid Flash - Son/2nd-Born Child
*Jenna West - Daughter/3rd Born Cups
*Barry Allen - Adoptive Son and Son-in-law
*Joanie - Future Stepdaughter
*Nora West-Allen - Granddaughter
*Bart West-Allen - Grandson
*Granddaughter-in-law
*Great-Grandchildren
===Allies===
*Central City Police Department
**David Singh - Friend and Former Colleague
*Team Flash
**Caitlin Snow
**Khione/Frost
**Cisco Ramon/Vibe
**Harry Wells † - Friend
**H.R. Wells †
**Nash Wells †
**Harrison Sherloque Wells †
*Tina McGee
*Julian Albert - Former Teammate and Former Colleague
*Jay Garrick
*Eddie Thawne † - Teammate, Former Partner and Would-be Son-in-law
*Patty Spivot - Former Partner
*Jesse Wells/Quick
*Harry Wells
*Samantha Clayton
*Sue Dearbon
*Ralph Dibny/Elongated Man
*Ronnie Raymond/Firestorm
*Team Arrow
**Oliver Queen/Green Arrow
**Felicity Smoak/Overwatch
**John Diggle/Spartan
**Thea Queen
*Star City Police Department
**Quentin Lance
*A.R.G.U.S. 
**Lyla Michaels
*Superfriends 
**Kara Danvers/Supergirl
**Alex Danvers/Sentinel
**J'onn J'onzz/Martian Manhunter
**Querl Dox/Brainiac-5
**Mon-El
*Paragons 
**Jefferson Pierce/Black Lightning
**Kate Kane/Batwoman
**Clark Kent/Superman
*Legends
**Sara Lance/White Canary
**Ray Palmer/Atom
**Leonard Snart/Captain Cold - Former Enemy turned Ally
**Mick Rory/Heat Wave - Former Enemy turned Ally
*Marlize DeVoe - Former Enemy
*Cynthia/Gypsy
*Breacher
*Meena Dawhan/Fast Track
* Nature Forces
**Speed Force 
***"Nora" - Temporary Enemy
** Sage Force 
***Bashir/psyche
**Still Force 
***Deon Owens
**Strength Force
***Alexis Rivera
*Damien Darhk
*Nora Darhk
===Enemies===
*Clyde Mardon
*Mark Mardon/Weather Wizard
*Mist
*Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash
*Hunter Zolomon/Zoom
* Meta-human Army
**Laurel Lance/Black Siren
**Linda Park/Doctor Light (Earth-2)
*Barry Allen/Savitar
*Edward Clariss/The Rival
*Dominators
*Clifford DeVoe/The Thinker
*Grace Gibbons/Cicada (Dark Future self)
*Young Rouges
**Joss Jackham/Weather Witch
*Anti-Monitor - Killer (undone)
*Ramsey Rosso /Bloodwork
*Blood Brothers
*Eva McCulloch/Mirror Master
*Eva McCulloch's team 
**Kimiyo Hoshi/Doctor Light
**Rosa Dillon/Top
**Esperanza Garcia/Ultraviolet
*Black Hole
**Joseph Carver
**Peter Merkel/Rag Doll - Attempted Killer
*August Heart/Godspeed
*Deathstorm
*Despero
*King Shark
*Grodd
*Earth-X invaders 
**Kara/Overgirl
**Oliver/Dark Arrow
**Tommy Merlyn/Prometheus-X
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