Impulse

## Background

Real Name: Bartholomew Henry "Bart" Allen II

## Powers & Abilities

* **Speed Force Conduit:** Bart possesses a connection to the Speed Force, a mysterious cosmic force that pushes time and space itself forward. As a conduit of the Speed Force, all aspects of Bart's physiology are accelerated and enhanced.
	+ **Superhuman Speed:** Bart is capable of moving at incredible superhuman speeds. He was fast enough to hit Godspeed multiple times before he could even react, as well as stay a step ahead of him in a fight. He's easily faster than Godspeed ever was. He could also easily keep up with Kryptonian flight speed.
		- **Superhuman Reflexes:** Bart possesses reflexes far greater than a normal human being. This allows him to easily react to danger and events, and perceive the world in slow motion.
		- **Superhuman Agility:** Bart's agility, balance, and bodily coordination are enhanced to superhuman levels. This allows him to easily maneuver while moving at superhuman speed.
	+ **Superhuman Strength:** Bart can use his speed to amplify his natural strength, allowing him to easily carry multiple people while running at super speed.
	+ **Superhuman Stamina:** Bart's body can handle the stress of moving at superhuman speeds for long periods of time without out getting tired or weak.
	+ **Speed Force Aura:** Bart's body is surrounded by a "friction cushion", a field of kinetic absorbent energy that protects him and anyone who is running with or carried by him from the rigorous effects of using his speed. Including friction, airborne particulate matter, heavy impacts, G-Force and the like.
		- **Superhuman Durability:** Thanks to his protective Speed Force aura, Bart is capable of resisting tremendous kinetic impact forces that could easily crush or kill a human, without suffering any serious external or internal injuries.
	+ **Accelerated Healing:** Like all conduits of the Speed Force, Bart is capable of regenerating from injuries much faster than any normal human. However, Bart has "hyper-metabolism", meaning his body's metabolism is much faster than even that of other speedsters. Side effects of this include accelerating aging, as Bart revealed he had physically looked like a teenager at the age of 2.
		- **Toxic Immunity:** Bart's hyper-metabolism provides him with a enhanced immunity to toxins. When exposed to a drug that would negate his super speed, Bart's metabolism quickly pushed out the drug and its effects.
	+ **Enhanced Mental Process:** The Speed Force enhances Bart's mental capacity to levels greater than any normal human, allowing him to take in and process information at an accelerated rate. While most speedsters will eventually forget information they rapidly receive, Bart does not.
	+ **Dimensional Travel:** After the Force Barrier had been broken, Bart was able to use his speed to escape the Speed Force and travel back to Earth. Bart has even traveled to the Marvel Universe to join Alpha Flight.
	+ **Invisibility:** By vibrating his atoms and molecules at the right frequency, Bart can turn invisible.
	+ **Electrokinesis:** As a conduit of the Speed Force, Bart's body generates large amounts of the electrical energy that he draws from the Speed Force. This Speed Force lightning emanates off of him, especially when moving at superhuman speed.
	+ **Enhanced Senses:** The Speed Force grants Bart enhanced senses that allow him to perceive the world at a rate attuned to his reaction speed. He can also mentally tap into the Speed Force at will for various purposes.
		- **Cosmic Awareness:** Bart learned to use the Speed Force to fill in the gaps of his forgotten memories about the universe. While doing this, Bart learned of the various time shifts, reality bends, and reboots that have occurred within the universe.
	+ **Molecular Acceleration:** Bart can vibrate his own molecular structure at varying degrees for a number of purposes, by adjusting to different frequencies. He can also use this ability to send out a vibrational signal though soundwaves.
		- **Intangibility:** Bart can vibrate his molecular structure to an intangible state, allowing objects to pass through him.
		- **Phasing:** By vibrating his molecules on an atomic level, and by doing so at just the right frequency, Bart can phase through objects such as walls without damaging them.
	+ **Retrocognition:** After escaping the Speed Force, Bart stated that the world he had returned to was not the one he had left behind. He remembers the Pre-Flashpoint world, similar to the way Wally West does.
	+ **Time Travel:** By running fast enough, Bart is able to jump into the timestream and travel throughout it, without the aid of a Cosmic Treadmill.
	+ **Vortex Creations:** By rotating his arms at super speed or running in a circular motion, Bart can manipulate the airflow around him to create strong vortexes of wind.
	+ **Speed Scouts:** Bart has the ability to create "scouts", which are energy-like avatars of himself which he could send through the time-stream, then absorb their memories when they returned.
	+ **Decelerated Aging:** Along with every speedster that draws from the speed force, the loved ones of the speedsters will gain eternal youth like Jay's wife and Barry's wife ages have shown.
	+ **Speed Force Empathy:** Bart can sense when another Speed Force conduit is troubled, and can be drawn to the location of that speedster.
* **Acrobatics:** Due to his superhuman agility, Bart is capable of performing acrobatic maneuvers with ease while moving at super speed.
* **Hand-to-Hand Combat (Advanced):** Bart is a skilled fighter and has mastered using his super speed to his advantage during combat. Using his powers combined with his fighting skill, Bart was able to easily outmatch godspeed, to the point of forcing him to retreat. Bart managed to knock around the Reverse Flash who was possessing Barry's body, with a successful sneak attack. Early in his career as a superhero, Bart has trained with the Flash and Max Mercury.
	+ **Judo:**
	+ **Firearms:**
	+ **Weaponry:**
	+ **Boxing:**
	+ **Pressure Points:**
* **Criminology:** During his time as the Flash, Bart attended Forensics Classes at the LAPD and applied a job as a Forensic Scientist like his Grandfather.
* **Hypnosis:** Bart once taught himself hypnosis and used it to hypnotize Lil' Lobo into suppressing his violent tendencies. The hypnosis was not a perfect job, but it was successful enough to keep the Top Teen calm for a dinner date.
* **Mechanical Aptitude:** Bart built an entire **virtual chamber** himself, which according to him, anyone can use.
* **Photographic Memory:** Unlike other speedsters, Bart has a *true* photographic memory; that is, he can permanently remember everything he has ever read, seen or heard. Other speedsters generally lose that information almost as fast as they gain it.
* **Multilingualism:** Bart can speak both English and Interlac fluently (he hardly ever makes use of the latter, despite it technically being his native language), and presumably more on a basic level due to his speed-learning.
* **Leadership:**

## Weaknesses

* **Accelerated Aging:** Bart has suffered hyper-accelerated metabolism, causing accelerated aging.
* **Artificial Kneecap:** Bart suffered from a blast wound to his kneecap and had to get it replaced with a prosthetic, thanks to Jericho possessing Deathstroke.

## Fun Facts

* Max Mercury trained **Impulse** to get a proper handle on his powers.
* Bart can move so fast that he can operate in **stop-time,** keeping up with Wally West and Jason Garrick.
* Bart had been quoted on several occasions stating that he would never become Kid Flash.[*citation needed*]
* Bart had expressed a romantic interest in Rose Wilson, the Ravager. The feeling seemed to be mutual, as Rose once described him as "cute." And in an alternate timeline, adult versions of Bart and Rose did become lovers.
* Bart once channeled the Speed Force in the form of lightning to kick-start Jay Garrick's heart.
* Both Superboy and Impulse once commented on how "their" comics had been canceled yet some heroes, who were no less worthy just seem to go on, at this point Robin walked in and both of his friends gave him the "evil" eye when he asked, "What?"
* Bart strongly disliked the band Hanson.
* Batman was credited with giving Bart the "Impulse" moniker., although Bart introduced himself as Impulse during Zero Hour, choosing the name from Wally West's frequent complaints about his impulsive behavior. Batman was the first person to address Bart as Impulse, creating the confusion.
* Bart briefly controlled the power of Infinity Man when he merged with the Forever People. While he had a verbal cadence similar to the standard Infinity Man, Impulse's personality was the dominant one.
* Bart's favorite TV series was *Tiny Titans*.