Tricksters

"Listen to me, Barry. Breathe. Breathe. Feel the air. Feel that wind on your face. Feel the ground, your feet lifting you up, pushing you forward, and the lightning - Barry, feel the lightning. Feel its power. It's electricity pumping through your veins, crackling through you, traveling to every nerve in your body, like a shock. You're no longer you now. You're part of something greater, part of a speed-force. It's yours. Now do it."

- "Wells" teaching Barry how to phase through an object

Synopsis
A copycat killer who goes by the name "The Trickster" starts setting off bombs in Central City. In order to stop the villain, Barry and Joe meet with the original Trickster, a criminal mastermind named James Jesse, who has been imprisoned for 20 years. Things quickly go from bad to worse when the Tricksters unite and take Henry Allenprisoner. Meanwhile, Iris asks Eddie for help with a case, and flashbacks show how Harrison Wells came up with the idea for the particle accelerator.

Main Characters

 * The Flash's Team
 * Harrison Wells (Eobard Thawne)
 * The Flash (Barry Allen)
 * Cisco Ramon
 * Caitlin Snow
 * Joe West
 * Eddie Thawne
 * Henry Allen
 * Iris West
 * David Singh
 * Harrison Wells (first appearance) (flashback)
 * Tess Morgan (first appearance) (flashback)
 * Anthony Bellows (first appearance)

Villains

 * Reverse-Flash/Harrison Wells (Eobard Thawne)
 * Trickster Family (first appearance)
 * Trickster (Axel Walker) (first appearance)
 * Trickster (James Jesse) (first appearance)

Other Characters

 * Henry's Father (first appearance)
 * Wolfe (first appearance)
 * Gideon (flashback)
 * Mason Bridge (mentioned)
 * Felicity Smoak (mentioned)
 * Tess Morgan's Father (first appearance) (mentioned; flashback)
 * Ronnie Raymond (mentioned)
 * Albert Einstein (mentioned)
 * Keanu Reeves (first appearance) (mentioned)
 * Sandra Bullock (first appearance) (mentioned)
 * Keanu Reeves (first appearance) (mentioned)
 * Sandra Bullock (first appearance) (mentioned)

Teams and Organizations

 * CCPD
 * CCPN
 * S.T.A.R. Labs
 * The Flash's Team
 * Trickster Family (first appearance)
 * IHP
 * Cubs (first appearance) (mentioned)
 * The Trickster's Website (first appearance)
 * Saved by The Flash
 * City Hall (first appearance)
 * Channel 8 (first appearance) (television)

Species

 * Metahumans
 * Humans
 * A.I. (flashback)

Objects

 * Reverse-Flash Suit (flashback)
 * The Flash Suit
 * Wells: A Biography
 * Trickster Suits (first appearance)
 * Parachute Bombs (first appearance)
 * Wheelchair
 * Boom Day Bomb (first appearance)
 * Cisco-ed Treadmill
 * S.T.A.R. Labs Satellite (mentioned)
 * Mona Lisa (first appearance) (mentioned)
 * Breaking Bad Season 5 (first appearance) (mentioned)


 * Trimethylmercury-32 (first appearance)
 * Speed (first appearance) (mentioned)
 * Kinetic Bomb (first appearance)
 * Appearance-Stealing Cord (first appearance) (flashback)
 * Time Portal (flashback)

Locations

 * Earth-1
 * Earth
 * USA
 * Missouri
 * Central City
 * Holly Drive
 * Allen House (flashback)
 * Central City Police Precinct
 * S.T.A.R. Labs Central City Facility
 * Central City Park (first appearance)
 * Pipeline
 * Prop Warehouse (first appearance)
 * CC Jitters
 * Axel Walker's Lair (between 52nd and Avenue B) (first appearance)
 * City Hall (first appearance)
 * West House
 * County Road J (first appearance) (flashback)
 * Keystone City
 * IHP
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Trivia

 * This is the first episode in the series that we see Eobard Thawne's true face.
 * This episode pays homage to the series' predecessor.
 * Music scores from the series was played.
 * Several cast member of the series return and portrayed a different version of their character.
 * Mark Hamill previously portrayed James Jesse/Trickster in the original series and return as the character of the same name.
 * Additionally, photos from the original series was reused as James Jesse' criminal activities in the 90s.
 * John Wesley Shipp previously portrayed Barry Allen/The Flash in the original series and portrayed Henry Allen, Barry's father.
 * Vito D'Ambrosio previously portrayed Officer Bellows in the original series and portrayed Mayor Bellows.
 * Props from the 90s series was reused and displayed in James' lair.
 * Interestingly, the series was later retconned in the Arrowverse as Earth-90 in.