Can the Flash Travel Through Time?

Sam's random drawing of the Flash!

At We are the Goobs, we like to ask the hard-hitting questions. Questions like, can the Flash travel through time? Through an insane amount of research, we found out...Yes! The Flash can travel through time. Let's break down the Flash's time travel abilities, his super speed, and more.

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The Flash Can Travel Through Time

Through intense research and intestinal fortitude, we have discovered the Flash can travel through time. He usually does this by entering the speed force. What is the speed force you ask? The speed force is a cosmic energy field based on velocity and movement that the Flash can draw energy and speed from. Confused? We are too! Basically, we are pretty sure (we think) that the speed force is an energy force that lets speedsters like the Flash travel at impossible speeds.

Movies/TV Series with the Flash Time Traveling

We have seen the Flash travel through time in several movies and TV series over the years. Here are a few examples of when the Flash ran so fast that he went back in time. SPOILERS AHEAD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

• Movies
  • The Flash (2023): Barry Allen travels back in time to save his mother's life and ends up causing a chaotic timeline where General Zod attacks and there is no Superman to help stop him.
  • Zack Snyder's Justice League (2021): After the planet begins to be destroyed after the Justice League fails to prevent the Unity, the Flash enters the speed force to reverse time which allows the team to stop the Unity and defeat Steppenwolf.
• Animated Films
  • Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013): In this film, Barry Allen discovers the world is different as his mother is alive, Aquaman has sun Western Europe, and Wonder Woman has conquered the United Kingdom. The Flash runs back in time to create a new timeline as he returns to what he thinks is his normal world.
• TV Series
  • The Flash (2014-2023): The Flash travels through time several times in the CW series but the first time he traveled back in time was by accident. He was running as fast as he could in the episode "Out of Time" in season 1 episode 15 as he was trying to stop Central City from being destroyed. Pushing himself to the limit, he was able to stop the catastrophe and accidentally ran back in time.

We have found there are many times Barry Allen has traveled back in time. It gets confusing!

More Fun Facts about the Flash

Check out more fun facts about the Flash.

• The Flash was introduced in 1956 in Showcase #4. (He time traveled in this very appearance).
• There have been several people called "The Flash" including Barry Allen and Jay Garrick.
• The Flash joined the Justice League in 1960.
• Wally West was the first person to figure out Barry Allen was the Flash.
• The Flash raced Superman for the first time in Superman #199 in 1967.
• The Flash's speed varies by writer but he can run faster than the speed of light (186,282 miles per second).

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