Eobard Thawne

* Civillian
* Reverse Flash

**Professor Eobard Thawne** (c. 2400s)**,** also known as the **Reverse Flash** was a meta-human speedster from the twenty fifth century, a time criminal and the archenemy of Barry Allen/The Flash. Obsessed with the twenty-first century's Flash, Eobard recreated the accident that was behind the Flash's powers, becoming a speedster himself. Almost two centuries from the 21st century, Thawne met Flash and learned various ways to become faster than anything. However, when Thawne was about to make his grand entrance and be hailed as a hero, the Flash arrived and stole his greatest moment from him, therefore humiliating him. Coupled with his discovery that he was destined to become the Flash's greatest enemy, the Reverse-Flash, Thawne lost his mind and took his rage out on his idol out of envy of not being who he is. Therefore, he decided to embrace his inescapable destiny and become the greatest arch-nemesis he ever had, prove his superiority as Reverse-Flash and becoming the opposite of his former idol and kill him. He also included creating his own negative version of the Speed Force using negative energy and exercising his raw emotions, which he used to travel through time without the Flash being able to detect him. Since then, the two speedsters battled each other for many years, but neither of them was strong or fast enough to defeat the other.

After learning the Flash's secret identity, Thawne travelled back in time to kill Barry's mom to cause the latter serious trauma. However, the future Flash followed him. The enraged speedster then killed Nora Allen and framed Henry Allen for the crime instead, being known as the **Man in Yellow** after the incident. Thawne was later erased from existence after being stopped by The Flash.

About a year later, Thawne was brought back to life by the Negative Speed Force. After Malcolm Thawne, his descendant was defeated by Flash, Thawne left and disappeared from the grid.

## Biography

#### Early life

Eobard Thawne was born in the 25th century into the distant future, a modern time where technology has vastly advanced to the maximum extent.

#### Ambitions to become a hero and save the world

In his adulthood, Eobard had dreams and desires to achieve greatness, reach higher feats and improve the world of it’s greatest problems. Therefore he became a scientist and a physicist, eventually joining the academia as a student, researcher and professor and dedicated his life to learning, unlocking and discovering the secrets Speed Force with the hopes to fulfill that wish.

##### Transformation into the Flash

Having spent years trying to discover the Speed Force's secrets, Eobard became so obsessed with his lifelong idol and his super-powers to the point that he learned of his origins and how he gained his super-powers to recreate the accident that was originally behind said powers of superhuman speed; as a result, Eobard became a meta-human speedster, gaining superhuman speed and the power of time travel via a connection to the Speed Force. About a week after, he found a time capsule of things from the 21st century, including an old version of the Flash suit.

Utilizing his newly granted abilities from the speed force, Eobard somehow learned how to use them to travel through time and travelled to the future, approximately two centuries from the 21st century and finally met his idol for the very first time and learned ways to possess speeds faster than anyone or anything alive. As he was about to commence his heroism, flash intervened and saved the crowd that Eobard was meant to save and be thanked by, therefore stealing his greatest moment and leaving him saddened, disappointed, humiliated and upset. At first Eobard felt somewhat embittered by this and vowed to become faster than his idol to surpass and prove himself. He navigated back to an unknown point in the 21st century to meet him again and some time during his travel but unfortunately he discovered from his ability to travel through time that he was tragically doomed to become mortal enemies with his idol and the reverse of everything that he was and stood for, instead of his successor and the hero he desperately strived to become.

Devastated to his very core by this realization, Eobard was left horrified, shocked, confused, betrayed and disappointed that he couldn’t believe the revelation himself after everything he wasted in order to become the flash’s successor to save the world. To make matters even worse, Thawne was driven insane and lost his mind, which incited him to take his anger out on his fallen idol and cause a rampage against his life.

#### War in the past

After his first encounter with the Flash, RF would subsequently go on to travel through time again and again to the early 21st century to fight his arch-nemesis. At some point, in order to further show his hatred for his former idol, Thawne created an artificial Negative Speed Force which helped him cloak him while time travelling.

#### Fight in 2020's

In December 2021, Reverse Flash showed up to cause chaos after Flash defeated The Rouges. He later threw a lightning bolt showing he could defeat the scarlet speedster. A month later, he fought Barry again but unmasked himself to reveal his identity. During early April, Thawne made a major decision and kidnapped his arch rivals girlfriend. After taking Iris, he decided to tell her his plan to destroy the Flash's legacy with time travel.

#### Ceasing to exist

Thawne was later erased from existence after being stopped by The Flash due to splitting Thawne's speed apart.

#### Resurrection

About a year later, Thawne was brought back to life by the Negative Speed Force. After Malcolm Thawne, his descendant was defeated by Flash, Thawne left and disappeared from the grid.

## Legacy

After Roy Bivolo‏‎ caused Barry Allen's rage to spike, the latter compared himself to being just like his former arch-rival.

## Personality

The Reverse Flash is petty, somewhat short tempered and unstable. Learning that he caused; such pain and sorrow later in the Flash's life made RF giddy and proud of his life choices as the Flash's nemesis.

## Powers and abilities

#### Powers

* **Negative Speed Force connection/Meta-human physiology:** Replicating the circumstances behind the Flash's powers, Eobard gained access to the Speed Force. But sometime later, he created a machine that created the Negative Speed Force and became connected to it and became it’s avatar, thus; his physiology has been greatly augmented to beyond peak human performance, letting him handle extreme physical exertion and performance. His connection to the Negative Speed Force grants him the power to not only sense the Flash and other speedsters connected to the Speed Force, but he can also remain undetected; such as why the Flash could never anticipate his nemesis' arrival and time manipulations. As a speedster, Eobard is one of the most powerful beings in the entire multiverse.
	+ **Accelerated healing factor:** The Speed Force in someone's blood gives it regenerative properties. Reverse Flash heals much faster and more efficiently than normal humans.
	+ **Bodily vibration:** Eobard has the ability to vibrate any part of his body at different frequencies on command, with varying effects. When done, this is seen as a haze that normal people can't perceive clearly. It can also garble his voice into a deep growl to disguise.
		- **Intangibility:** Eobard can seamlessly phase his arm through an individual, killing them instantly without outwardly damaging them. By vibrating the cells in his body, Eobard can pass through other individuals or objects unharmed.
	+ **Electrokinesis:** Eobard can produce powerful red electricity from his body. He is also capable of making his eyes glow bright red, which most likely is another effect of his electrokinesis.
	+ **Superhuman durability:** Reverse's durability is well-above that of normal humans, as he is able to endure attacks and exertions much quicker than normal and survive impacts that would be fatal or at least permanently disabling to normal humans.
	+ **Superhuman mental process:** Eobard's powers also make his system and thought processing able to take in and retain information just as fast and efficiently. Even while using his raw speed, he can clearly think, react to events, and perform actions long before normal humans can perceive them.
		- **Accelerated perception:** Eobard's speed also extends to his senses and mental capacities. He can take in information and process it at much faster rates than a normal human, as well as see and hear clearly when moving at super-speed. This ability allows him to see the world as if it is in slow motion, which, combined with his physical speed, lets him perform thoughts and actions long before a normal human around him could even perceive them.
	+ **Superhuman speed:** Eobard is able to move at levels of speed well above Mach 2.2, somewhat outpacing Barry Allen's limit. Using this speed, he can easily move on vertical structures and ceilings. Barry said that he is so fast that he could kill everyone in the police precinct in seconds, describing him as "somebody that even i can't keep up with". His tremendous speed was later revealed to be greatly influenced by the Negative Speed Force in his body.
		- **Aerokinesis:** Using his speed, Eobard can generate air flow as vacuums on various levels. He can create fierce waves and vacuums of air by shaking a body part very fast.
		- **Superhuman agility:** Eobard possesses inhuman bodily coordination, balance, equilibrium and dexterity. He is able to change direction immediately, thus allows him to make sharp turns on city streets without sliding or losing his balance.
		- **Superhuman momentum:** RF can generate an inhuman amount of physical force from any part of his body, especially while using super speed. This allowed him to exert inhuman physical strength with almost absolute ease, commonly to restrain opponent at super speed and pinning them down with little effort, as well as to kill his opponents through high-speed collision. By channeling this force to his strikes, even the Flash was quickly pummeled and rendered unable to fight back despite healing powers.
		- **Superhuman reflexes:** Eobard's increased speed also augments his reaction time; allowing him to react to danger and events far faster than normal humans.
		- **Time travel:** Using the Negative Speed Force, speedsters such as Reverse-Flash are able to conduct chronokinesis or temporal manipulation, which allows him to travel throughout time.
	+ **Superhuman stamina:** Eobard's body can handle the stresses of superhuman racing without noticeable distress. His body's enhanced stamina allows him to function much longer than a normal human without getting tired or weak. Therefore, he is also adapted to the extreme amounts of force exerted on him while he is moving at super speed, as well as the extreme temperatures and lessened amount of breathable air.
	+ **Superhuman strength:** Due to the tremendous amounts of Speed Force energy in his body, Thawne displays a degree of superhuman strength, exerting inhuman amounts of force without using his speed. From a stationary position, he was able to throw the Flash several yards away with one arm. As means of intimidation or restraining, he has repeatedly been shown able to easily hold down, or even pick up, a full-grown adult with a single hand, usually by their necks. He was also was able to effortlessly break a man's neck.

#### Abilities

* **Genius-level intellect/Great business acumen/Master tactician/Leader:** Eobard is considered a genius even in the more advanced era of the late 25th century, potentially making him more intelligent than all individuals of the early 21st century.
* **Intimidation:** Reverse-Flash possesses an intimidating presence that would force other individuals to give up information or stop an investigation on him.
* **Master scientist:** Throughout his life, Eobard has been a genius professor, especially a physicist, from the advanced 25th century. His greatest feat of science was his successful replication of the Flash's accident to replicate his former idol/future archenemies' powers for him self and he even created his own method of being a speedster and time travel by creating/tapping into the Negative Speed Force, a force leeching power from the Speed Force and fueled by negative emotions and negative tachyons, in order to be a speedster yet be undetectable by the Flash

### Weaknesses

* **Mental instability:** Eobard is unbelievably arrogant, erratic, cruel, unstable and delusional; for example, after travelling back in time, he discovered via the Flash Museum that he was destined to become one of the Flash's greatest enemies, as he could never become like his then-idol, he developed an hatred towards Barry Allen. This hatred was further intensified when Eobard was prepared to reveal his existence as a speedster to a crowd in the 25th century after he had gained enough tremendous speed; which was the first time that Barry and Eobard met each other in real time, however, the scarlet speedster beat him, saving the crowd from a giant fire and thus; stealing his moment of glory; albeit that Barry had no intention or desire to upstage him. Since that moment - he became obsessed with trying to destroy Barry's life - spurred on by the grandiose belief that he is superior to the latter. In truth, Eobard lacks any form of morals or honor, all traits that his arch-nemesis stands for.
* **Cold temperatures:** Much like other speedsters, Eobard seems to be weakened or at least momentarily stunned when exposed to an extremely cold environment. This was proven when Commander Cold's Cold Gun knocks Eobard unconscious for a short period of time.
* **Time alterations:** While willing to make huge leaps through time and likewise meddle with events, Eobard has a great fear of time manipulation done recklessly by others.

## Equipment

#### Current Equipment

* **Reverse Flash Suit**: At some point the Reverse Flash made a suit. It is similar to the Flash's suit, but only reversing the colors.
	+ **Earpieces:** On his suit's cowl, there are two lightning-bolt shaped earpieces, also similar to those on Barry Allen's Flash suit.

#### Former Equipment

* The Flash's Suit: When Eobard acted as the Flash in the future, he wore Barry's red Flash suit.

## Appearances

### The Flash

#### Season 1

* The Gauntlet
* Man In Yellow
* Tricked Ya (mentioned)
* Boomerang
* Negative Speedster
* Untouchable (mentioned)
* Cybernetic Encounters (mentioned)
* Potential Energy
* The Attack Of Grodd
* The Secret Origin of Eobard Thawne
* 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 (mentioned)
* Abra Kadabra (mentioned)
* Going Rouge (mentioned)
* Fanning the flames (mentioned)
* Who is Malcolm Thawne
* Reverse Flash Returns, Part l
* Reverse Flash Returns, Part ll
* Bloodlines (mentioned)

## Trivia

* Eobard seems to have a liking for Big Belly Burger

## Behind the scenes

* In DC comics, Eobard Thawne is Barry Allen's greatest enemy, operating under the alias "Professor Zoom," also known by the title of "the Reverse-Flash." After the *Flash: Rebirth* storyline on New Earth and a later one in Prime Earth, Eobard was depicted as the man who killed Nora Allen. He is from the 25th century in the DC comic origins unlike his origin on the show from the 22nd century.