"Grodd Friended Me"[1] is the thirteenth episode of the sixth season of The Flash, and the one-hundred-twenty-seventh episode overall. It aired on February 25, 2020.
| “ | Help Grodd. Grodd is sorry. Grodd changed. | ” |
Synopsis[edit source]
Feeling overwhelmed with all the changes since Crisis, Barry conducts an experiment that goes awry and puts him directly in Gorilla Grodd's path. Expecting the worst, Barry is surprised when Grodd asks for his help. Unfortunately for both The Flash and Grodd, things get worse when another villain appears – Solovar. Meanwhile, Iris works with Eva to escape the Mirrorverse.
Appearances[edit source]
Characters[edit source]
Protagonists[edit source]
- Team Flash
- The Flash (Barry Allen)
- Frost
- Caitlin Snow (body and in Grodd's mind)
- Nash Wells
- Joe West
- Chester P. Runk
- Iris West-Allen
- Team Citizen
- Grodd
Antagonists[edit source]
- Black Hole (mentioned)
- Joseph Carver (mentioned)
- Eobard Thawne (in Grodd's mind)
- Pied Piper (Hartley Rathaway)
- Eva McCulloch's Army
- Ramsey Rosso (mentioned)
- Solovar (in Grodd's mind)
- Sue Dearbon (mentioned)
Other Characters[edit source]
- Cisco Ramon (phone call)
- David Singh (mentioned)
- Gertrud Runk (mentioned)
- Gideon
- Harrison Wells (mentioned)
- Henry Allen (mentioned)
- LeBron James (mentioned)
- Leonard Snart (mentioned)
- Lyla Michaels (mentioned)
- Maya (pictured)
- Nora Allen (mentioned)
- Ralph Dibny (mentioned)
- Rao (mentioned)
- Ronnie Raymond (mentioned)
- Shay Lamden (mentioned)
- Sherloque Wells (vision)
Teams and Organizations[edit source]
- A.R.G.U.S.
- Big Belly Burger (mentioned)
- CC Jitters (coffee)
- Central City Citizen
- Central City Jewelry
- Central City Police Department
- Gorilla Army (vision)
- McCulloch Technologies (flashback)
- McCulloch Technologies
- S.T.A.R. Labs
Events[edit source]
- Crisis (mentioned)
- Liberation of Eva McCulloch
- Escape from Solovar
Species[edit source]
Objects and Concepts[edit source]
- Breach (in Grodd's mind)
- Firestorm Matrix (mentioned)
- Gideon
- Memory Machine
- Mental Augmentation Chamber (mentioned)
- Millennium Falcon (mentioned)
- Mirror Gun (mentioned)
- Gauntlet
- R-CEM (Earth-Prime) (flashback)
- R-CEM (Mirrorverse)
- Residue Particle Catcher
- Sonic Gauntlets
- Techno Fanny Pack
- Telepathic Crown (Earth-1) (flashback)
- Telepathic Crown (Earth-Prime)
- The Flash Suit (Earth-1) (flashback)
- The Flash Suits (Earth-Prime)
Locations[edit source]
- Earth-Prime
- Earth-1 (in Grodd's mind and flashback)
- Earth (in Grodd's mind and flashback)
- North America (in Grodd's mind and flashback)
- United States of America (in Grodd's mind and flashback)
- Missouri (in Grodd's mind and flashback)
- Central City (in Grodd's mind and flashback)
- S.T.A.R. Labs (in Grodd's mind)
- Pipeline (mentioned)
- S.T.A.R. Labs (in Grodd's mind)
- Central City (in Grodd's mind and flashback)
- Missouri (in Grodd's mind and flashback)
- United States of America (in Grodd's mind and flashback)
- North America (in Grodd's mind and flashback)
- Earth (in Grodd's mind and flashback)
- Earth-2 (flashback)
- Earth (flashback)
- Africa (flashback)
- Gorilla City (flashback)
- Africa (flashback)
- Earth (flashback)
- Nash's Mind (hallucination)
- Mirrorverse
Notes[edit source]
- The title of the episode is a reference to the television series "God Friended Me".
- Coincidentally, the series stars recurring cast member on The Flash, Violett Beane.
- The storyline with Grodd getting speedster powers is based on the New 52 comics version of Grodd with a red lightning bolt on his torso.
- This episode reveals that there are 3.52 trillion changes after Crisis on Infinite Earths, the digits in the two decimal places being a reference to the number "52".
Gallery[edit source]
Grodd escapes his mind
