The Flash
TV Show • 2014 • Drama
ReportAfter a particle accelerator causes a freak storm, CSI Investigator Barry Allen is struck by lightning and falls into a coma. Months later he awakens with the power of super speed, granting him the ability to move through Central City like an unseen guardian angel. Though initially excited by his newfound powers, Barry is shocked to discover he is not the only "meta-human" who was created in the wake of the accelerator explosion -- and not everyone is using their new powers for good. Barry partners with S.T.A.R. Labs and dedicates his life to protect the innocent. For now, only a few close friends and associates know that Barry is literally the fastest man alive, but it won't be long before the world learns what Barry Allen has become...The Flash.
This tv show contains 57 potentially triggering events.
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Unanswered Triggers
Does a pet die?
85 supporters
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Marii
sim, um gorila
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
17 supporters
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Obikitty
The Reverse Flash spends nearly 15 years stalking Barry and watching his life (he implies he even went to his soccer games and science fairs as a child) and after Barry wakes from his coma he has cameras placed in places he frequents.
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Huskiequeen
Franki’s foster dad was abusive and Captain Cold’s father was abusive
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Does the abused become the abuser?
National Domestic Violence Hotline (1-800-799-7233)
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Is someone gaslighted?
27 supporters
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WolfKomoki
Barry is told that his version of what happened the day his mother died never happened, and that the real killer was his father.
He is also told that he was simply being paranoid when he suspected Devoe.
He is also told that he was simply being paranoid when he suspected Devoe.
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xANTJx
In the first season, a brother-sister thief duo discusses their abusive father. The sister goes into detail by saying their father hit them to "teach them lessons". She exposes a large scar on her shoulder and says her dad hit her with a bottle when she was young (<10 y/o). Says she was mostly raised by her brother. At issue in the episode is that the father puts a bomb in the sister's neck to manipulate the brother and threatens to kill the sister if he doesn't do everything he says. The bomb is removed and the sister is saved.
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Addiction
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xANTJx
A character abuses a "speed drug".
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Is there addiction?
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xANTJx
A scientist/speedster is addicted to a speed drug
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
7 supporters
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GoldNEagle92
The Flash gets drunk at his bachelor party. Social drinking is common. A minor plot point is a parent in the past was neglectful partially due to alcohol abuse.
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Animal
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Rebecca.0789
Yes some gorrilas
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Are animals abused?
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Pensmakeswords2248
Depends on your definition. Animals are used as scientific expirements so I said yes.
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Marii
tem de gorilas
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Are there spiders?
26 supporters
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NeonMooni
Kind of? There's a character that moves around like a spider.
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Are there snakes?
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xANTJx
One character has an eye-snake thing. Its mostly contained behind a glass eye, but occasionally slithers out to scare people.
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Are there bugs?
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WolfKomoki
Yes. There is a character who has the power to control robotic bees.
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Assault
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Obikitty
Killer Frost occasionally forced kisses on people as a way of freezing them, often when they are already injured or somehow incapacitated.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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rockyrock
Joe (Barry Allen's foster dad) shaves Barry's face in season 4 episode 1
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Does someone struggle to breathe?
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Rebecca.0789
In the first season a villain who can control gas makes Barry almost suffocate
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Is someone burned alive?
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xANTJx
In the earlier seasons, there is a recurring character who is a man who's on fire.
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Does a head get squashed?
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xANTJx
Not squashed, but in the first season, a villain's father explodes heads via a bomb in the neck. When one of the bombs detonates, we don't see the head explode, but we hear it and characters discuss the headless body and "jagged" neck.
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Reportingforothers
S5,e5, around 19 min mark. When Cisco vibes. Word is mentioned at around 24mins
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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ameliapll
A character's hand gets frostbite as a method of torture. It is briefly shown, and he later recovers from it.
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Is someone tortured?
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xANTJx
After a duo of villains kidnaps [Character 1], they torture his brother (we learn he recovers but don't see it) to extort information. In a separate episode, the same duo kidnaps [Character 2] and tie her up and make threatening comments to her. They put a trip-wire bomb under her chair (everyone escapes unharmed).
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Is there eye mutilation?
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xANTJx
One character has an eye-snake thing. The snake gets beheaded and the man runs away in pain while clutching his eye socket.
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Children
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Death
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Disability
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
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ameliapll
Several characters are kidnapped throughout the seasons. Their levels of fear varies depending on who the character is and who they're kidnapped by.
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Does a parent die?
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GoldNEagle92
Major plot point of the first season especially is the main character's mother dying in front of him as a child. This scene is shown countless times throughout the series.
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Does someone cheat?
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Obikitty
Iris and Barry kiss while she was still seriously dating Eddie and he was casually dating Linda (it was soon erased, Iris forgets, but the event caused Barry to break things off with Linda)
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Fear
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Is someone possessed?
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its_nikolaj_not_nikolaj
A gorilla with telepathic powers mind controls people and manipulates the. Unrealistic and sounds simple, but can be quite scary.
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Are there ghosts?
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WolfKomoki
Cisco's dead brother appears as an apparition on the show.
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Are there clowns?
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GoldNEagle92
The Trickster is a minor recurring villain whose style is somewhat evocative of clowns.
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Is there a shower scene?
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its_nikolaj_not_nikolaj
A character takes a shower and the shower is shown turning to ice. This is only to show her ice powers, but it also causes an anxiety attack in her. Partial, not full nudity.
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Gross
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Does someone vomit?
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musicbyzach
From most to least graphic...
S1E12 Caitlin does it after she and Barry go to the bar. There’s a decent warning— “Barry, I don’t feel good.” This is the only instance in this episode. There is audio and visual, but it doesn’t last too long.
S4E4 This is the first appearance of Ralph Dibny, The Elongated Man and a bus meta. His powers manifest, and he is taken to STAR Labs for Caitlin to restore him. When he is in the bed and everyone is in the room with him, Ralph sneezes, and his face stretches off. Joe is then heard and seen getting sick. You don’t actually see it because he does it behind Barry’s back.
S4E5 Barry is heard and seen getting sick in the jail cell toilet. Again, you don’t actually see it, but you can see him with his head in the position of the toilet, and he wipes his face. Fair warning. You should have the time to skip.
Finally, each time Barry runs Diggle somewhere, Dig gets sick. Should give enough time to skip. Some are more graphic than others.
S1E12 Caitlin does it after she and Barry go to the bar. There’s a decent warning— “Barry, I don’t feel good.” This is the only instance in this episode. There is audio and visual, but it doesn’t last too long.
S4E4 This is the first appearance of Ralph Dibny, The Elongated Man and a bus meta. His powers manifest, and he is taken to STAR Labs for Caitlin to restore him. When he is in the bed and everyone is in the room with him, Ralph sneezes, and his face stretches off. Joe is then heard and seen getting sick. You don’t actually see it because he does it behind Barry’s back.
S4E5 Barry is heard and seen getting sick in the jail cell toilet. Again, you don’t actually see it, but you can see him with his head in the position of the toilet, and he wipes his face. Fair warning. You should have the time to skip.
Finally, each time Barry runs Diggle somewhere, Dig gets sick. Should give enough time to skip. Some are more graphic than others.
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Law Enforcement
Is there copaganda?
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Equivamp
Barry is a CSI whose overstepping of the law is often celebrated. Later seasons tend to ignore his job completely, until they decide to use it as a plot point for a few episodes then forget it the rest of the season again.
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Medical
Is electro-therapy used?
15 supporters
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hellomoto
Zoom as a person has electro-therapy used on him before he is a speedster
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Are needles/syringes used?
21 supporters
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WolfKomoki
The fictional velocity drugs are taken via a syringe.
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Is there a mental institution scene?
16 supporters
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NeonMooni
The villain is seen in an asylum.
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Is there a hospital scene?
7 supporters
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its_nikolaj_not_nikolaj
Hospitals are VERY common.
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Does someone have cancer?
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Huskiequeen
Iris’s mom did
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Mental Health
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Anonymous
Caitlin makes a cut on her hand to bring out killer frost on season 4
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
19 supporters
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CaitlinSnowLeopard
Caitlin develops DID-like symptoms in season 3. Her alter is portrayed as violent.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
50 supporters
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Is there body dysmorphia?
19 supporters
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darkonite
in an episode about a shapeshifter, at the end it's revealed that they no longer remember what they were supposed to look like. the scene could be disturbing to sensitive viewers
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
17 supporters
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Are there anxiety attacks?
19 supporters
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xANTJx
Yes - Cisco has flashbacks and panic attacks
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
14 supporters
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NeonMooni
There are several scenes where characters are locked in very small cages.
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12345678
Eddie shoots himself to kill Dr.Wells
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Noxious
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Is there shakey cam?
23 supporters
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Frequently when Barry is running.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
25 supporters
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xANTJx
Lighting effects can also strobe when the speedsters are running.
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Pregnancy
Is there childbirth?
13 supporters
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xANTJx
A main character goes into labour with her child. The team tries to delay the progression of the birth. We don't see the child being born or any graphic details (nudity, fluids, etc.)
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Does a pregnant person die?
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zuurtje
*SPOILER* no, in the episode "we are the flash s4e23 cecile is having contractions and devoe tries to kill her but does not succeed, both her and baby are healthy
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
28 supporters
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xANTJx
There is one scene where a life raft inside the flash's suit is inflated by a metahuman who can control technology with his mind. The comical framing of this scene might be offensive to sensitive viewers.
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NeonMooni
A character is called Mija by his brother.
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NeonMooni
There is an Earth called Earth-X where the Nazis won.
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Is there hate speech?
20 supporters
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WolfKomoki
Metahumans are constantly talked of as not human.
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Does an LGBT person die?
24 supporters
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its_nikolaj_not_nikolaj
Yeah, but it isn't because they're LGBT. [SPOILER] is shown flirting with a person of the same gender once. The show doesn't make too big a deal of it. Later, the person dies due to timeline complications.
Also, one character who is openly gay does die, I think.
LGBT oppression in camps is shown in a crossover episode, but the episode can be skipped.
Also, one character who is openly gay does die, I think.
LGBT oppression in camps is shown in a crossover episode, but the episode can be skipped.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
27 supporters
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NeonMooni
The main villain of the show fakes being paralyzed in order to gain sympathy. He is revealed to be the villain because he stands up from his wheelchair, which perpetuates the all wheelchair users are paralyzed and anyone that can stand up is faking myth.
A character also invents a fictional mental illness called "Lightning Psychosis" in order to explain the person in question;s quite creepy behavior towards the girl that he likes, instead of saying: "Hey he's in love with you."
A girl with DID or Dissociative Identity Disorder is shown and one of her alters is seen as a monster that attacks people, stigmatizing those with DID. It's never directly said on screen that it is DID, but with context clues you can figure it out very easily.
A partially blind character is introduced with horrible burns on his face, and is often referred to as "pizza face".
The character is eventually killed because another character uses his partial blindness as an advantage.
The main character comes back communicating differently, and is eventually revealed to have Schizophasia. The character's significant other starts crying and saying that she wants the old him back, and that she would be sad if this was all that was left of him.
A character also invents a fictional mental illness called "Lightning Psychosis" in order to explain the person in question;s quite creepy behavior towards the girl that he likes, instead of saying: "Hey he's in love with you."
A girl with DID or Dissociative Identity Disorder is shown and one of her alters is seen as a monster that attacks people, stigmatizing those with DID. It's never directly said on screen that it is DID, but with context clues you can figure it out very easily.
A partially blind character is introduced with horrible burns on his face, and is often referred to as "pizza face".
The character is eventually killed because another character uses his partial blindness as an advantage.
The main character comes back communicating differently, and is eventually revealed to have Schizophasia. The character's significant other starts crying and saying that she wants the old him back, and that she would be sad if this was all that was left of him.
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
35 supporters
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its_nikolaj_not_nikolaj
There are suggestive scenes, there's one scene where two characters start to undress and make out.
Many times it is implied on or offscreen that characters are partaking in adult acts.
Many times it is implied on or offscreen that characters are partaking in adult acts.
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xANTJx
Adopted siblings who have been living together since they were both 10 years old get married. In early seasons she refers to him as "like a brother". He refers to his adopted dad/father-in-law as "dad" occasionally but mostly calls him by his first name.
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
24 supporters
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Huskiequeen
[SPOILER]
End of season 5, Nora dies
End of season 5, Nora dies
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
9 supporters
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14
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xANTJx
There is a car crash caused by weather in the first season. A man who controls weather causes it to confront the people in the car.
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Violence
Is there a nuclear explosion?
2 supporters
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Equivamp
A particle accelerator explodes in the first episode, killing many and mutating others
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Is there blood/gore?
31 supporters
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Anonymous
Blood is shown. When the hacker guy hacks the elevator and the guy in the elevator dies, Cisco says the victim is "everywhere" nothing is shown.
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Does someone drown?
10 supporters
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xANTJx
The Flash drops someone into the ocean while she is dying because she is going to explode. She explodes underwater.
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