Wally West (Arrowverse)

Wallace F. "Wally" West (born 1995/1996) is the son of Joe and the late Francine West, and the younger brother of Iris West. He was a champion drag-racer under the alias "Taillights." He was born after Francine had separated with Joe, having left him and Iris, so he was brought up without a father or sister. He eventually met Joe, Iris, Joe's foster son Barry Allen and the rest of Team Flash, and became a member. He is a supporting protagonist in the second and fourth seasons of The Flash, a major protagonist in the third season and a minor character in the fifth, sixth, and ninth seasons. He also appeared as one of the main protagonists in the third season of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow.
In the alternate timeline known as Flashpoint, Wally West was the meta-human speedster known prominently as The Flash. As the protector of Central City, he fought against his archenemy The Rival. He later regained his speed in the post-Flashpoint timeline, donning the name Kid Flash. After defeating and detaining the criminal known as Plunder, he was embraced by Central City and officially became known as Kid Flash to all. He was tricked by Savitar via hallucinations to open a portal into the Speed Force, getting trapped in the Speed Force to replace him. He was later rescued by Barry Allen and Jay Garrick, who in turn took his place. He assisted Barry and Jay in the final battle against Savitar, successfully saving Iris. He became the boyfriend of Jesse Wells, only to be dumped after she became too busy on Earth Two. 
After Barry entered the Speed Force in order to stabilize it, Wally took over as the Flash of Earth One. Once Barry returned, Wally returned to sharing the spotlight with him. After discovering that Jesse was breaking up with him and that the team was better off without him, he decided to leave Central City for a time in order to focus on himself. He returned three weeks later for Barry and Iris's wedding, but later continued his soul-searching journey. He eventually ended up at a monastery in China, where he was recruited by Rip Hunter to join the Legends in their battle against Mallus. After the Legends succeeded, Wally decided to stick around and stay with the Legends for the foreseeable future. However, he returned to celebrate the defeat of The Thinker, meeting his future niece. 
He is portrayed by Keiynan Lonsdale.
==Biography==
Wally West appears in Season 2 of the series. In a departure from the comics, this version of Wally is Iris West's younger brother, rather than her nephew. His future as a speedster is alluded to numerous times, with Wally initially engaging in illegal street racing to pay for his mother's medical bills, and again when he states that he one day wants to have a high speed profession like an astronaut or a fighter pilot.
He becomes a great fan of the Flash after he gives up his speed to Zoom and decides he wants to become someone worthy of having been saved, going as far as trying to help him fend off invading metahumans when Zoom lays siege to Central City; meanwhile, he also starts to grow closer to Barry Allen. Wally is infused with Barry's energy when Barry is warped into the Speed Force, but has yet to develop any powers. He realizes Barry and the Flash are one and the same when Zoom attacks them at a family reunion.
During season 3 of the Flash, when the show creates it's own version of Flashpoint Wally West is the Flash in this world. He is called Kid Flash by Iris and sometimes by the media which she is a part of. Wally in this new timeline was a drag racer like in the original timeline until he was hit by the particle accelerator explosion while working on a new fuel and put into a coma. When he awake he is now connected to the Speed Force and finds that he can travel at superhuman speeds. While it is believed to be due to the explosion of the particle accelerator, it is revealed that his speed was given to him by Savitar as part of his own plan to escape the Speed Force. (Whether this means he simply manipulated how the wave effected Wally or if he just gave him speed and used it as a cover, is unknown.) Wally tells his sister Iris, and the two decide to use his powers to protect the city. Cisco Ramon is asked by Wally & Iris to create a friction proof suit for Wally, which he does with the stipulation they never return. Wally is plagued by his own foe who views himself as Wally's superior, adeptly named the Rival. He is unable to defeat him and ends up in a dumpster, being discovered by Barry. Barry reveals to the new versions of team Flash that he is a speedster as well, and that with his help they can defeat the Rival. With the aide ofCisco they are able to track down the Rival and decide to flank him. When they engage him Wally manages to best the Rival in combat, but is stabbed when he turns his back. Barry manages to defeat the Rival, but Wally's cells are not regenerating. So Barry releases the Reverse Flash so he can kill his mother and reset the timeline.
====Post Flashpoint Timeline====
Wally remains mostly the same as the unaltered timeline, however he has been having dreams about his time as Kid Flash from the Flashpoint timeline. Wally is initially jealous that Jesse got speed while he did not, but quickly gets over it. He and Jesse have obvious romantic tension, that Wally does not want to return due to her being on Earth 2, but in the end he decides there's nothing to fear and the two share a kiss before she returns to her Earth.
Wally's dreams of his time as Kid Flash grow more apparent as Dr. Alchemy calls for Wally to receive them, however Joe is steadfast in the fact that Wally should not trust Alchemy, choosing to keep him trapped in the pipeline so that he cannot go and see Dr. Alchemy. Wally eventually agrees with this decision however when it becomes painful he attempts to see Alchemy anyway, but is stopped by Iris. However, he comes up with the idea to use himself as bait and track Alchemy down. He teams up with Joe, accompanied by a SWAT team and they go meet Alchemy. However Savitar shows up, effortlessly defeating The Flash and the SWAT officers. In the confusion, Wally touches the philosopher's stone and becomes trapped in a cocoon. Joe, worried about Wally frees him from it. Wally at first cannot function like this, but Catlin creates a serum to have his mind catch up with his body. When he begins training with his speed, he's faster than Barry was when he first got his powers.
He continued training to use his speed, but Iris encourages him to go slow due to her desire for him not to use his powers. During the crossover between the Flash, Arrow, Supergirl & Legends of Tomorrow he is still not using his powers. When the mind controlled heroes arrive at STAR labs, Wally realizes that the Green Arrow and The Flash cannot handle them alone, and decides to ignore Iris and go help them. He manages to get them some space, and calls himself "Kid Flash". He is quickly defeated by Supergirl. When he awakes H.R. offers to train him in secret on how to use his powers.
Wally continues training with H.R. and shows the fruits of his labors when he helps Barry fight Savitar when he attacks. He and Barry are easily beaten, but Savitar is trapped before any major damage is done. Wally is given his Kid Flash costume as a Christmas present by Joe & Iris, who believe that this is what Wally wants to do and support him completely. Wally is shown at this point to be progressing faster than Barry did, in addition to initially being faster than him.
In the months after Barry sacrificed himself to the Speedforce, Wally worked alongside Nate Heywood & Cisco in protecting Central City. Following the return of Barry as The Flash and breaking up with his girlfriend Jessie Quick, Wally decided move on with his life by heading to Blue Valley where encountered and fought an alien starfish.
==Powers and Abilities==
===Powers===
* Speed Force Connection/Meta-Human Physiology: In the Flashpoint timeline, Wally gained his powers after being struck by a bolt of lightning standing next to a nitro engine, which he lost when the timeline was reset to its near-original setting. After his body was altered by the Philosopher's Stone, he could access and harness energy from the Speed Force. At first his synapses did not function properly from his forced emergence, which was fixed by Caitlin Snow,  to which he can then properly handle his extreme physical performances. While his powers are new, Wally's growth rate is noted to be greater than Barry Allen's as he has been continually advancing with his training. It is possible and likely that when Oliver Queen as the Spectre re-created the multiverse, he applied the history of Flashpoint onto Wally's new existence for his powers to take whole.
**Accelerated Healing Factor: For unknown reasons, Wally had a limited healing factor in the Flashpoint timeline, unable to regenerate from major wounds inflicted upon him by the Rival. In the current timeline, his healing capabilities appear to be much stronger, as his palm healed perfectly only seconds after cutting it. Also, when Savitar broke Wally's leg, it took him only a matter of hours to recover completely and fight the evil speedster again. However, his healing powers still seem below Barry's. A future version of him was bound to a wheelchair even 3 years after his spine was shattered by Savitar, while Barry was able to heal fairly quickly when Zoom broke his spine.
**Bodily Vibration: Wally has the ability to vibrate any part of his body at different frequencies on command, with varying effects. He can distort his whole body in a haze that normal people can't perceive properly and garble his voice to disguise it. While his mind and body were not running at the same speed, his body was constantly vibrating and he could not process normal time.
**Intangibility: By vibrating his molecules at the frequency of air, Wally can physically phase through solid objects. He can even phase objects though people, as he did to phase his own blood into the body of Clive Yorkin in order to negate his powers. His efficiency with this ability is still developing, as he needs to focus considerably or build up enough running speed before attempting this. With the help of his future niece and Barry, he vibrated an entire airplane and all of its passengers to keep it from crashing.
**Electrokinesis: Wally can produce yellow electricity, his Speed Force energy, from his body. It is commonly seen when running. While mostly used to boost his speed to higher levels, it can be used in other ways. The intensity of it can interfere with the surrounding electronics and overwhelm electric-absorption. Wally can harness this electricity to repeatedly hurl lightning bolts to stun or repel enemies, and also electrify a surface.
**Superhuman Durability: Wally's physical resilience is heightened to inhuman levels, leaving him unaffected to lack of breathable air and exposure to toxins or sedatives. He can withstand extreme forces that would cripple if not kill with only minor injuries. This allowed him to be only left bruised when a mind-controlled Supergirl sent him flying into a wall.
**Superhuman Speed: Wally can run at amazing speeds. He is fast enough that he can easily run along the sides of buildings and structures. While in the Flashpoint timeline, Wally's top speed was Mach 2, his speed is noticeably greater in the current timeline. To which, he started faster than Barry's own initial speed and after only weeks, reach speeds of Mach 3. Wally's speed has greatly increased and he can reach speeds of Mach 13 and Barry believed Wally was at least as fast as him before the final fight against Savitar. However, after spending time in the Speed Force for 6 months, it was shown that Barry regained superiority in terms of speed over Wally. Like Barry, Wally can complete daily activities in seconds, such as cleaning up the Waverider during his stint with the Legends.
**Superhuman Agility: Wally possesses inhuman agility, coordination, balance, equilibrium, and dexterity, which allows him to not be tripped by great forces at super speed. Combined with his speed, Wally is able to effortlessly jump several feet at a time, letting him easily go from rooftop to rooftop.
**Superhuman Reflexes: Wally possesses reflexes that are also enhanced to inhuman levels. This allows them to react instantly to almost anything, including other speedsters.
**Superhuman Momentum: Wally can generate great amounts of physical force through kinetic energy, simulating superhuman strength. His speed lets him channel the force to propelling targets several feet by colliding into or striking them. By knocking into Sara Lance, Thea Queen and John Diggle, he sent them flying into the air. His punch was even enough to knock back and incapacitate Music Meister, who at the time possessed the combined powers of Supergirl and the Flash. While defending Iris West from Savitar when he came for her on Earth Two, his speed-enhanced strikes were able to somewhat stagger the armored time remnant before he got the upper hand by sending Wally flying and then breaking his leg.
**Interdimensional Travel: Wally is able to use his speed to travel through interdimensional breaches and across to other dimensions. He was able to bring both Joe and Iris West to Earth Two when attempting to hide the latter from Savitar.
**Aerokinesis: Wally can use his speed to generate air flow as vacuums on various levels. By rotating his arms, he can create strong tornadoes, able to repel enemies.
**Superhuman Stamina: Wally possesses stamina that is enhanced to inhuman levels. He is able to withstand the stresses of moving at superhuman speeds without tiring or becoming weak.
===Abilities=== 
*Drag Racing: To pay his late mother's medical bills and cope with his grief, Wally took up the sub-hobby of participating in drag races and was well-regarded to the point where no resident residing in Keystone would challenge him to races any longer, and became rather well-known in Central City. He is referred to by the alias of "Taillights", most likely because his opponents see a lot of his taillights during drag races.
*Bilingual: While Wally is fluent in English, he is shown to be speaking Japanese to Samuroid, although the exact extent to his fluency in the language is unknown.
*Skilled Engineer: Wally possesses engineering skills and is currently working on a turbine supercar that that would run on biodiesel and human stool, and has a well-lit background with certain fields and branches of engineering and mechanics.
* Adept Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Though Wally doesn't have much fighting experience and isn't trained in unarmed combat, like Barry, he uses his speed alongside his reflexes to compensate. He could fight the Rival in the Flashpoint timeline as an opponent and hold his own, despite his losses before. His prowess, however, is still inferior to Barry's, shown when he fought Savitar alone, he was quickly defeated whereas Barry was able fight Savitar to a stalemate. He has since improved after several training sessions with HR and Barry, with Iris creating new lengthy combat simulators for him to improve.
==Gallery==
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==Trivia==
*This iteration combines elements from both the classical Wally West and Wally West III.
*In DC comics, he was not the brother of Iris West and the son of Joe West and brother in law of Barry Allen, he was the nephew of Iris West and Berry Allen The Flash.
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