Barry Allen quotes from The Flash

I'm good, dude. You can have this one.

Barry

No, Wally, this one has to be you.

Why?

Barry

Because if you take down Plunder, the news report that says I captured him in the future, it's wrong. We can prove that we can alter the future here and now.

So that's why you sent me out here.

Barry

Hey, I sent you out here because you're a hero. Iris needs a hero now, Wally.

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Oh. Hey. I'd be careful if I were you. Last thing we want is for me to touch a button and blow your head off, right? [laughs mockingly] 'Cause I don't know what I'm doing, right?

Barry

You know I don't think that.

Yeah, well, you have a very, very strange way of showing it.

Barry

You're right, man. I'm sorry. I don't know, I just... guess this whole "not getting faster" thing, it just has me rattled. I was always able to do it before, you know? I mean, against Reverse-Flash, and then against Zoom, but... Savitar's on a whole other level. And knowing what he'll do to Iris if I fail...

I'm afraid just thinking what's gonna happen to H.R. if I don't beat Gypsy. But you, you're the hero. I mean,... how do you handle all this pressure all the time?

Barry

By just leaning on all of you guys. You know, I mean you're always in my corner, helping me face my fears. And it is okay to be afraid, trust me. And when you are, I'll be there. In your corner.

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So this is it. huh?

Barry

Yeah. This is the starting line to our race. Cisco set up sensors all along the course and he'll be tracking our speed all the way to the finish line on the other side of town.

No, I meant "This is it." You know, the day the greatest upset in speedster history goes down.

Barry

Wally. Man, this isn't about winning or losing, okay? This is about training. So you can get faster and beat Savitar and save Iris.

[serious] Yeah. Which I'm gonna do.

Barry

Okay.

[back to enthused] But first I'm gonna make you eat my dust, I'm sorry.

Barry

Okay, you know there is a reason they call me "The Fastest Man Alive".

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Fascinating. Do you often travel to other Earths?

Barry

No. Uh, well... when I have to. Look, Julian, will you just tell Singh that, I don't know, I'm under the weather or something? It's, you know, it is kinda what we do on Team Flash. We cover for each other.

What does Caitlin think of all this multiverse-hopping? Does she approve?

Barry

She's coming with me.

[shocked] You're letting her go?

Barry

It's her choice.

Allen, it's not a wise move, surely. She can barely control her cold powers as is.

Barry

We might need her for Grodd.

Grodd? [realizing] Telepathic gorilla?

Barry

Yeah.

Where are you going? Are you going to Planet of the Apes?

Barry

No, it's just a... city of them. Will you cover for me?

Are you going to Planet of the Apes?

Barry

I'm not going to Planet of the Apes, okay? Calm down. Will you cover for me?

I've got you, yeah, of course.

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Barry

No matter what I do to stop Grodd, he just keeps finding new ways to attack, new ways to destroy, and I... Iris doesn't think I should, but the only way this ends is if I kill him.

"Kill him". That might be the most idiotic thing I've ever heard you say.

Barry

Wait, what?

Iris is right. You don't want to listen, go ahead, keep being an idiot.

Barry

I don't understand.

Don't. Kill. Grodd.

Barry

Harry, you of all people should understand. You would've killed to save Jesse. You were gonna kill Zoom.

Barry, there's a thousand things I've done... that I'm not proud of. Some of them recently. Every time I do one of those things, it makes it easier to do it the next time. I look at you, out there battling the darkness with honor and hope, and I'm reminded that there's always another way. Always. Killing Grodd is not your answer. Saving one life doesn't justify taking another. Find the other way.

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What is all this?

Barry

I've been really busy recently with trying to avoid the future, and I forgot that there's always another way.

What is that?

Barry

Making the future. [opens a box containing an antique engagement ring] Our future. [gets down on one knee] My great-grandfather gave this to my great-grandmother after World War Two. He wanted to propose before he was shipped out, but he didn't have the money. And he bought this three years later when he was stationed in London. Fought his way across France, all the way to Berlin, with this ring around his neck with his dog-tags. And when he got back, she was waiting for him in the dock of the Brooklyn Navy yards. He proposed on the spot. After my mom passed away, Joe held on to this for me. Until tonight.

Barry...

Barry

Iris West... will you marry me?

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[speaking through Julian] Bow before my greatness. Be in awe as you are in the presence of the almighty.

Barry

Enough with the religious nonsense. You're just a man. Like me.

I'm nothing like you, Barry. You're cruel. You're selfish. From my perspective, you're the Big Bad.

H.R.

[scoffs] Stupid.

Still here, pretender? Still trying to find your "place"?

H.R.

I've found my place. It's standing here with these people, against you.

You know, the sad thing is that you live. You survive my wrath. The coward. [to Barry] Irony.

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I just want you to listen, okay? I need you to let me say what I need to say.

Barry

Okay.

I'm not angry at you. I understand that you... you want to keep me safe, and us getting engaged could change the future. I get all of that. Barry, when you proposed to me, I said "Yes" because I love you more than anything. And I want to be your wife. But I thought that you were asking me purely out of love, not fear. And Barry, whether you realize it or not, now there's always gonna be a part of us that's tainted

Barry

Iris, I'm trying to save your life.

I know, and that's the problem. I want to be your wife, Barry. I don't want to be someone that you're trying to save for the rest of eternity.

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[Savitar has just escaped from the Speed Force.]

Ground. Air. I can feel again. I can breathe again. I've beaten you, finally.

Barry

Where's Wally? What just happened to him?

Like the Greek myth of Atlas, who could not put down the sky until someone took his place, Wally has taken my place in the Speed Force. You know me. I love a good myth.

Barry

He took your place. What...?

When you created Flashpoint, you unwittingly provided me with the means of my return.

Barry

Wally.

You gave me the idea to turn Wally into Kid Flash, to make him fast enough to replace me in your prison. His youth and ego were my allies. So taken with his fame and speed, he never saw he was running right into my trap.

Barry

How do I get him out?

Wally's gone.

Barry

[yelling] How do I get him out?

Suffering in an endless void for all eternity. Another victim Barry Allen failed to save.

[Barry and Savitar fight, with Barry running after Savitar]

Barry

I'm gonna kill you.

If you had the strength to end my life, you would have done it in the future. But Barry Allen doesn't kill. He's the good guy. The boy Joe raised. The man Iris loves. You have everything; And deserves none of it! I'm gonna destroy this city like I did in the future, so you can see the truth, Barry. And then, you'll treat me like a god!

Barry

You're not a god!

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Caitlin

I'm sorry. I should've never... I was afraid.

Barry

I know. Believe me, I know. Fear makes us do a lot of things that we shouldn't. My fear's the reason for all of this.

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SFSpeed Force Ronnie Raymond

[regarding Caitlin's baby] This troubles you. Another life that could have been. But never was.

Barry

Caitlin and Ronnie should have had that. Family. A future.

SFSpeed Force Ronnie

The future doesn't always turn out as we want it to.

Barry

I see what you're doing. First Eddie, now Ronnie. Showing me all the people who sacrificed themselves for the greater good.

SFSpeed Force Ronnie

No, Barry, their sacrifices were for you. As was Wally's when he attempted to stop Savitar.

Barry

Savitar tricked Wally. And now he's trapped. Wally doesn't belong in the Speed Force. You have to let me take his place. That's why I'm here.

SFSpeed Force Ronnie

Not the other reason, Barry?

Barry

I want to sacrifice myself for Wally.

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Sorry, kid. This is where I stay for a while.

Barry

What? What are you talking about?

We both know that a speedster needs to take Wally's place. That's why I'm here.

Barry

No. No, Jay. You already lived your hell when you were Zoom's prisoner.

And you set me free, and I owe you for that

Barry

Jay...

I've run a hell of a race. But every marathon has a finish line. Time's finally come for me to cross it, but you...you, Barry... need to put an end to this once and for all and stop Savitar.

Barry

How?

Do what you do best. Be the Flash

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Barry

You told me that you only wanted to marry someone because they love you and not because they were trying to save you. And I get that. I just... You know, I've lived with a lot of death, tragedy in my life, and seeing you die... it's impossible not to be consumed by that.

Yeah. No, I get that. I do. It just... it made me question if you were asking me for the right reasons, you know? If it was out of... love or... responsibility. But, look, while you were gone, I realized something. I don't have to doubt why you want to marry me. It's the same reason that I want to marry you. I want to be your wife, Barry.

Barry

Um.... I love you. But... uh... You were right. I proposed because I thought it would save you. I thought Wally would save you. I... I was wrong. I alone have to save you in the future, and I'm going to. But not by changing it. By embracing it.

Okay, um... what does that mean?

Barry

It means that... I think we need some space for a while.

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What is it with you and musicals?

Barry

Everything's better in song.