Flash and Substance
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| “Flash and Substance” | |
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| Episode no. | Season 03 Episode 05 |
| Writer(s) | Matt Wayne |
| Director | Joaquim dos Santos |
| Original airdate | February 11, 2006 |
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Flash and Substance is the fifth episode of the third season of the animated series Justice League Unlimited.
Orion attempts to understand Flash's antics as Wally and Batman battle four of Flash's rogues that attack the museum that is opening in his honor. This episode includes many references to Flash's comic book history.
[edit] Trivia
- Wally West works in the Forensics Department of the Central City police station. In the comics his uncle Barry Allen, the Silver Age Flash, held that position while Wally worked as a mechanic. His uncle was a blonde man and looks a lot like Wally's superior here. Wally saying his uncle is flying in is also a reference to his famous comic book uncle.
- When the family is taking pictures, what they are taking pictures of is the Golden Age Flash's (Jay Garrick) helmet.
- When Captain Boomerang and Batman face off, behind Boomerang is the original Kid Flash costume, making some version of Kid Flash canon. In the comics Wally West was the original Kid Flash.
- In the comics, less than a year into the original Silver Age Flash's career, the grateful citizens of Central City raised the money to establish the Flash Museum. The museum would celebrate the career of the city's resident champion with a museum in his honor, containing memorablia from his cases.
- This episode marks the first and so far only appearence of the Flash' ring which holds his costume. He has a drawer full of them. In the comics he originally kept his costume in such a ring.
- In the Flash Museum, a display can be seen commemorating the race around the world between the Flash and Superman, as shown in the Superman: The Animated Series episode, "Speed Demons". In comics, both characters raced in various ocations.
- In the first inside view of the museum, the TV version of Flash's logo is left of a Flash logo seen in the comics, in yellow with an extra horizontal and diagonal lightning mark.
