Wally West

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* Alter-Ego

**Wallace R. "Wally" West,** nicknamed **Kid Flash** by Barry Allen, is the grandson of Joe West and the nephew of Iris West. When The Flash first arrived in Central City, Wally's parents had Iris West, Wally's aunt watch him and see The Flash in person.

After Barry Allen took Wally to CCPD crime lab, Wally was struck by a lightning bolt from Mark Mardon and placed into a coma. He woke up shortly after Barry shocked him with a minimal amount of kinetic energy when Wally's hand began to vibrate. The next hour, it was revealed that after Barry hit Wally with lightning, the latter became a speedster. After defeating The Rouges and first encountering the Reverse Flash, Wally received a new costume from Barry.

## Biography

#### Early Life

Wally West was born to unnamed parents in Blue Valley.

#### Visiting his Aunt

After The Flash first debuted in Central City, Wally became a big fan of the Scarlet Speedster and even started his own fan club. his parents thought it was a unhealthy Obsession and had his aunt Iris watch Wally for a bit. After Iris first picked up Wally, she introduced him to her "friend", Barry Allen.

#### Getting his powers

After Barry Allen took Wally to CCPD crime lab, Wally was struck by a lightning bolt from Mark Mardon and placed into a coma. He woke up shortly after Barry shocked him with a minimal amount of kinetic energy when Wally's hand began to vibrate. The next hour, it was revealed that after Barry hit Wally with lightning, the latter became a speedster.

#### Kid Flash

After taking on The Rouges and encountering the Reverse Flash for the first time, Wally was given a costume for Christmas. Suit is almost identical to Barry with it being the opposite color scheme and the top of the cowl being exposed.

#### The Reign of Darkseid

In late 2022, Wally, along with Barry were recruited by the heroes of Earth-0 to help stop Darkseid from activating the Anti-Life Equation. During the Reign of Darkseid, Anatoly as well as everyone on Earth-0 except for seven specific heroes became affected by the Anti-Life Equation, only to be freed two weeks later after the Justice League stopped Darkseid.

## Personality

Wally West is the class clown of the West Family. A hyper-active 16 year old, he was always quick to joke and comment lightly.

## Powers and Abilities

#### Powers

* **Speed Force connection/Meta-human physiology:** Wally gained his powers after being struck by a bolt of lightning from Mark Mardon and Barry Allen. After Barry stabilized Wally with kinetic energy, his body was altered, allowing him to access his powers.
	+ **Accelerated healing factor:** Wally is able to heal from major wounds. However, his healing powers still seem to be below Barry's.
	+ **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.
	+ **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.
		- **Intangibility:** By vibrating his molecules at the frequency of air, Wally can physically phase through solid objects. He can even phase objects though people. His efficiency with this ability is still developing, as he needs to focus considerably or build up enough running speed before attempting this.
	+ **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.
	+ **Superhuman speed:** Wally can run at amazing speeds; he is fast enough that he can easily run along the sides of buildings, structures, and catch speeding projectiles. However, Wally's speed is not as well as Barry Allen's.
		- **Superhuman agility:** Wally possesses inhuman agility, coordination, balance, equilibrium, and dexterity, which allows him to not be tripped by great forces at super speed. He can change direction with immediate sharp turns without sliding or losing balance and instantly stop running on the spot. 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 him 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.

* **Superhuman stamina:** Wally possesses stamina that is enhanced to inhuman levels. He is able to endure running at superhuman speeds for extended periods of time without much exhaustion. However, similarly to Barry, Wally seems to become winded by opponents much stronger than himself.

#### Abilities

* **Genius-Level Intellect:** While not on par with Barry Allen, Wally is still a smart individual.
* **Expert hand-to-hand combatant:** Though Wally has never been trained in combat, he uses his speed alongside his reflexes to compensate.

### Weaknesses

* **Hyper-metabolism:** While moving at accelerated speeds, Wally burns calories much faster than a normal person. While letting him break down food more efficiently than a regular human, this also requires him to consume large amounts of nutrients. Continued usage of his speed while deprived renders him disoriented and weak before ultimately passing from low blood glucose. Also, because of his accelerated healing, he is unaffected by painkillers, sedatives, or anesthetics, as he burns through them too quickly to have any effect.

## Equipment

#### Current

* **Kid Flash suit:** Barry Allen gave Wally the suit as a Christmas present. The suit is the same as The Flash's except for the opposite colour scheme and the exposed cowl.

## Appearances

### The Flash

#### Season 1

* Freeze Touch
* Sound & the furious
* Flaming Success (mentioned)
* Check the lightning
* Mirror Master
* The Gauntlet
* Man In Yellow
* Tricked Ya
* Boomerang
* Speed vs Strength
* Negative Speedster
* Untouchable
* Cybernetic Encounters
* Potential Energy
* The Attack Of Grodd
* The Secret Origin of Eobard Thawne (mentioned)
* Back to the Future part l
* Back to the Future part ll
* Velocity
* Speed is a Battlefield
* THAWNE

#### Season 2

* The Man Who Saved Central City
* Abra Kadabra
* Family of Rogues
* Enter the Shadows
* Attack from Gorilla City (mentioned)
* Enter Cobalt
* Justice War part IV
* Borrowing Problems from the Future
* Going Rouge
* Fanning the flames
* The Fire Next Time
* Mirror Mirror on the Flash
* Plastique
* Things You Can't Outrun
* Reign of Cobalt Blue
* Trajectory
* Fury of Firestorm
* Flash Pack
* Who is Malcolm Thawne
* Reverse Flash Returns, Part l
* Reverse Flash Returns, Part ll
* Bloodlines

#### Season 3

* Fallout
* The Past of Wally West
* Rise of The Trickster
* King Shark
* Family Ties
* Blood Rises
* Cult Madness
* The Present
* All Doll'd Up

### Man Of Steel

#### Season 3

* The Fastest Race of all times (mentioned)

#### Season 5

* Crisis of Two Earths, Part One (mentioned)

## Behind the scenes

* In the DC multiverse, Wally West is the third person to take up the superhero mantle of the Flash, after Jay Garrick and Barry Allen. He was also the first Kid Flash. as well as a founding member of the Teen Titans and the Titans, alongside Roy Harper. He married Linda Park in the original timeline and is Iris's nephew.