Eobard Thawne (Arrowverse)

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His suit and powers make him an intimidating villain throughout DC and he does a good job at creating a complex dynamic between him and Barry.

### Most Detestable Traits

Having a ridiculously petty motive.
Trying to destroy Barry's life in any way possible, even if it destroys the world.

### Type of ED

Obsessed Mad-Scientist

**Eobard Thawne**, also known as the **Reverse-Flash**, is the main antagonist of the CW TV show *The Flash*.

In his true form, he was portrayed by Matt Letscher. While using Harrison Wells' face, he is portrayed by Tom Cavanagh.

## His Qualities

### What makes him Entertaining?

* His actors Tom Cavanagh and Matt Letcher did a splendid job bringing his serious character to life.
* His relationship to Cisco in the first season was complex.
* He is a charismatic leader of Star Labs as Harrison Wells who is able to teach the Flash everything that he knows and is generally someone who is able to inspire Team Flash to committing greatness (for the sake of his pragmatism though).
* He is just as charismatic (if not more) in Legends of Tomorrow with Matt Letcher's potential being utilized for the best, having many one-liners and snarky rebuttals as he outsmarts the Legends numerous times.
* Unlike his comic counterpart (who taunted Barry about it and stopped him from reversing the Flashpoint timeline), he helped to fix the Flashpoint and was not acting out of a hate for Barry.
* He was initially interpreted to have honor (before it was revealed that it was more spite than honor).
* He has numerous evil-is-cool and magnificent moments where he displays his intelligence on full.
	+ He manages to hide the secret that he is the Reverse Flash for 15 years from Team Flash before he reveals it to Cisco before killing him (though this was reversed by accident).
	+ He manages to deliberately rig the Particle Accelerator in order to create metahumans while pretending that it was an accident to hide any suspicion towards him.
	+ His fight scenes with the Flash shows his mastery with the Negative Speed Force, especially in his fight against the Flash, the Green Arrow, and Firestorm.
	+ He solved the Speed Force Equation.
	+ He outsmarts many geniuses in the Arrowverse.
	+ In season 5, he masterfully manipulates Nora West Allen into destroying Cicada's dagger under the guise of well intentions so that he can gain his speed back and escape prison.
		- This breakout shows an iconic scene of him regaining his speed with him vibrating and glowing his eyes for the first time in a long period of time.
	+ His reunion with Team Flash can be seen as iconic.
	+ He effortlessly uses Godspeed's speed force constructs against him to kill him.
* He is a very quotable villain with numerous memes around him.
	+ These quotes include "My goals are beyond your understanding", "I'm not like the Flash at all, some would say that I'm the Reverse", "I'm always one step ahead", "The History Books say that you will live to be 86 years old, well I guess that the history books are wrong", and many more.
* His suit, vibrations, distorted voice, and eyes are all intimidating factors for the audience.

### What makes him Detestable?

* His reason for becoming the Flash's archenemy is completely and utterly pathetic.
	+ He was so obsessed with the Flash that he wanted to go to save a crowd before the Flash did, and he was humiliated by the Flash since the Flash stole his chance to become a hero.
* He killed Barry's mother and framed his father for it.
* He is willing to do anything to destroy Barry's life, even if it meant being a nazi, causing the Reverse Flash point and nearly destroying the world twice with Armageddon, or by succeeding in killing Barry as a child.
* Like in the comics and his Animated Movie counterpart, he is Pure Evil.
* As the series progressed, he slowly became more unhinged to the point of where he became like his comics counterpart (who is a Hate Sink).
* He is generally an egotistical speedster that lost all of his redeeming qualities.

## Trivia

* He was the original character for the Deletion template before Lord Shen replaced him.
* Ironically, he has a version of him who is a Magnificent Baddie.
	+ On the flip side, his comic book counterpart is a Hate Sink.
* He along with Zoom are the only two characters from the Arrowverse so far that are Entertainingly Detestable.