Ralph Dibny (Earth-Prime)

Ralph Dibny was a private investigator and one of the victims of the Bus 405 Dark Matter incident.

With his cells supercharged by the Dark Matter, Ralph gained the ability to elasticize, contort and stretch his body into countless forms and shapes. He was then recruited to Team Flash and became the Elongated Man. In 2020, Ralph was severely injured in an explosion and later left to join Sue Dearbon's journey to stop secret organizations similar to Black Hole across the world.

Biography
Ralph was a police detective at CCPD until he was fired.

Gaining powers
At some point, Ralph took a bus and was exposed to Dark Matter which turned him into a Metahuman.

Case Closed
In 2019, Ralph was hired by Richard and Penelope Dibny to find their daughter, Sue Dearbon. About 9 months later, Ralph tracked Sue using her credit card and he found her in an apartment. As he arrives, the apartment exploded and Sue escaped with him back to his office. Later, Sue said she is John Loring's girlfriend and they were "fighting" each other. As they went to John's warehouse, they were fought by a high amount of thugs and they were forced to escape by Ralph's powers.

After they returned to the office, they decided to go to the CC Mercantile Bank to steal John's property. Ralph disguised himself as Joe West and they got into the vault. As they got it, Sue locked Ralph in the vault and escaped, only to be faced by Loring's criminal organization. As Sue is about to get shot, Ralph arrives on his suit through the sprinklers. Ralph protects Sue and they argued until Ultraviolet defeated the organization. Later, Ralph was knocked away and Sue fights Ultraviolet. Eventually, Ultraviolet and Sue escaped when The Flash arrives.

Few weeks later, Ralph asked Cisco to help him hack into the First National CC Bank's security cameras. Later, they realized that the woman Cisco met is actually disguised by Sue. Ralph soon tracked down her in a investment company and talked to her. Sue compromised and gave him the drive with customers of CC Bank's money.

Final Showdown
After the team discovered Iris' real identity, they came out with a plan to take down her plans and rescue the real Iris. Later, Ralph and Barry went to a warehouse and saw Mirror Singh burning Black Hole storage.

Ralph returned to his office and met the Dibnys. As Ralph apologises for unable to find Sue, Sue appears on the back and claimed she returned. Ralph took Sue out and told her that the files of the Dibnys were destroyed but Sue refused to take them as Joseph Carver stopped threatening them.

Later during the battle against Eva's team, Ralph was aided by Sue and they fought against the team. After the battle, Ralph informed that Sue was framed for the murder of Joseph Carver by Eva McCulloch.

Ralph then went on the run with Sue to an undisclosed location.

Extreme Injury
After finding evidence to prove Sue's innocence, Ralph was caught in an explosion at McCulloch Labs and was continuously melting. Sue then brought him to S.T.A.R. Labs and Ralph was given a BCU to slowly recover from the injury. He then bid farewell to Team Flash and left with Sue to fight other hidden organizations across the planet.

At some point, Ralph and Sue encountered a room with laser sensors, which was difficult to both of them. Eventually, they were able to complete their mission.

Powers

 * Elasticity: Ralph is able to stretch his body in any shape as well as retain his muscle memory to revert to his original shape.
 * Shape-Shifting: By altering his cells, Ralph is able to shapeshift into a different face.
 * Superhuman Durability: As a result of his elasticity, Ralph is able to withstand attacks and different form of dangerous items. However, he is unable to revert to his original form after exposed to 500 degrees of heat and was continuously melting.

Abilities

 * Investigation: After being in the police department and being an expert private investigator, Ralph was able to use his skills of investigation.

Weaknesses

 * Heat: After being caught in an explosion of 500 degrees, Ralph was continuously melting and needed the BCU to recover from the injury.

Current Equipment

 * Elongated Man Suit: Ralph wears a dark colored protective suit that is able to stretch and contort as his body does.
 * BCU: After being caught in an explosion and was continuously melting, Ralph was given a helmet to recover from the injury.