Barry Allen quotes from The Flash

Barry

Actually, you know, I could use some advice.

Joe

About what?

Barry

Uh, you know, just relationship stuff.

Joe

Oh, you mean, like, that girl, Linda?

Barry

No, actually. With Iris. Things between us have gotten a little complicated... again.

Joe

[laughs] You're asking your adopted father for advice about being in love with his daughter, who just happened to be dating his partner?

Barry

I know, I know.

Joe

Things have gone way past complicated.

Wells

You ruptured the time continuum, didn't you? You're experiencing temporal reversion.

Barry

Yeah!

Wells

How long?

Barry

Uh, a day and some change. It's like I'm living it all over again.

Wells

Yeah, well, that's good. That means there's not too much you could've messed up yet. How did this happen?

Barry

I-I don't know. I mean, I was running faster than I've ever ran, and the first time that I lived this day some really horrible things happened. There was a tidal wave and...

Wells

No. Do not tell me. I don't want to know anything about the future you experienced. Nothing!

Barry

Okay, but Dr. Wells, I...

Wells

Barry. Time is an extremely fragile construct. Any deviation, no matter how small, could result in a cataclysm. Now here's what you're going to do. Everything you did before. Every word you uttered, every step you took, you're going to do again. And you're not going to tell anyone this happened.

Joe

So when were you planning on telling me you took down Mardon?

Barry

I-I just haven't a chance yet.

Joe

You got sidetracked, you mean?

Barry

No, Joe, you can't be mad.

Joe

I'm not mad. But I'm curious. I mean, you were acting so weird at the crime scene.

Barry

I always act weird.

Joe

Okay. Weird-er

Wells

Do you have any idea what you've just done?

Barry

Yeah, I do. I just saved a lot of lives.

Wells

I warned you not to mess with the timeline.

Barry

Dr. Wells, if you would just tell you what was gonna happen, you'd understand why I did this.

Wells

What tragedy you think you've just averted, time will find a way to replace it and trust me, Barry, the next one could be much worse.

Barry

Another bee attack. Folston Tech.

Eddie

I'll see where Joe is.

Felicity

Bee careful.

Barry

For real?

Felicity

Bad pun, Sorry. Just don't die.

Caitlin

I don't understand. What do Dr. Wells and The Reverse-Flash have to do with each other?

Barry

Um... They're the same person.

Caitlin

That's impossible.

Barry

Look, Caitlin, it took me a long time too, but it's him.

Caitlin

Dr. Wells is a speedster? He's paralyzed.

Joe

Is he, though?

Caitlin

And why would he kill Barry's mother? It doesn't make any sense. Cisco. Say something.

Cisco

I've been having these dreams. Mostly at night, but sometimes during the day. But they don't feel like dreams. They... they feel real.

Barry

What happens in the dream?

Cisco

Dr. Wells is The Reverse-Flash. And... he kills me.

Eddie

Where's Barry?

Joe

He should be here any second. I sent him out for...

Barry

[superspeeds into the house] Pizza!

Cisco

What?

Eddie

From Coast City?

Barry

Supposedly the best in the west.

Cisco

Why didn't I think of this before? Come to papa.

Barry

Look, you said it yourself, if we don't find Hannibal Bates, you go to prison. For a crime you didn't commit. I'm not going to let that happen. Not again.

Eddie

This isn't like your dad, Barry.

Barry

Eddie, look.

Eddie

When your dad was put away, you were a kid. There wasn't anything you could do. But you're not a kid anymore. You're a scientist. Hell, you're The Flash. You are going to find Bates and you are going to clear me. So go do it.

Cisco

"Flash missing. Vanished in crisis."

Barry

"After an epic street-battle with The Reverse-Flash, our city's very own Scarlet Speedster disappeared in an explosion of light."

Caitlin

Barry, look at the date.

Barry

April 25, 2024. Guys, when I fought The Reverse-Flash at Christmas, he said we'd be fighting for centuries.

Caitlin

Wait, you can't really think that this is from... the future.

Cisco

That would mean Dr. Wells, or whoever he is, is also...

Barry

From the future.

Cisco

I have to say, I'm really digging the brighter red suit. And the white on the symbol? That's dope. Wait a second. Suppose we now change the color on your suit. Will it be because we got the idea from this picture? That would mean we're living in a causal nexus. This - wow. This is so trippy. Like, Marty and the Polaroid trippy.

Caitlin

Not as trippy as the name on the byline.

Barry

Iris West-Allen?

Cisco

Mazel tov?

Hebrew. Ancient language of the Jewish people.

Barry

You know Dr. Wells?

Yes.

Barry

Do you know who he really is?

I don't understand the question.

Barry

I... I mean, what is he doing here? W-why did he come here?

To kill you.

Eddie

Iris Thawne. Sounds pretty good, huh? [walks off]

Barry

[to himself] I have a feeling she's gonna want to hyphenate.

Barry

What happened to Grodd?

Caitlin

We don't know. After the Particle Accelerator exploded, I went down to check on him, and his cage was empty.

Joe

So he could have been affected by the same energy that hit Barry?

Cisco

When the dark matter hit Grodd, all the drugs and serums that Eiling injected him with could've activated. Maybe the Accelerator explosion created a meta-gorilla. I think we know what happens when a super-intelligent ape who's pissed off at humans escapes captivity.

Caitlin

Cisco's right about the first part.

Barry

You will get what's coming to you eventually.

I'm not ashamed of my actions, Mr. Allen. You've seen what these meta-humans are capable of. Soon, your prison won't be enough.

Barry

Not all meta-humans are dangerous.

Oh, you're afraid that I know you're The Flash? Don't get your tights in a twist, I've known for months. I wanted to come after you, I would've done it by now.

Barry

But you think you're gonna need me.

Harrison Wells turned me over to that beast. He used me as a damn puppet. So like it or not, we have a common enemy, you and I. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a gorilla to hunt.

Joe

At what point do we come no different than the people we're fighting?

Barry

We are way different.

Joe

How?

Barry

We only break the rules to help people.

Barry

You gave me your word!

[laughs] It's true I did, but here's the thing: I'm a criminal and a liar and I hurt people and I rob them. What did you expect me to do? Not be what I am? I saw an opportunity to turn things to my advantage and I did. Who you're really mad at is yourself. This is on you, Barry.