"It's My Party and I'll Die If I Want To"[1] is the ninth episode of the ninth season of The Flash, and the one-hundred-eightieth episode overall. It aired on April 26, 2023.
This episode marks the end of Interlude IV.
“ | Do you think I'm... I'm doing enough... with my powers, with my time here? Well, Barry, you tell me. Do you give people hope? Are you moving through your city like a... guardian angel? Do you make a difference? That bolt of lightning chose you. Don't ever forget it. |
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Synopsis[edit | hide | hide all]
Team Flash throws a surprise birthday party for Barry, but things go terribly awry when Ramsey Rosso crashes the festivities.[1]
Appearances[edit | hide]
Characters[edit | hide]
Protagonists[edit | hide]
- Team Flash
- Caitlin Snow (vision)
- Spectre/Green Arrow (Oliver Queen)
- Spartan (John Diggle)
- Kid Flash (Wally West)
- Central City Police Department
Antagonists[edit | hide]
- Blood Brothers
- Deathstorm (mentioned)
- Eobard Thawne (flashback)
- Cicada (mentioned)
- Pytor Orloff (mentioned)
- Red Death (mentioned)
- Savitar (as Francine West) (flashback)
Other Characters[edit | hide]
- Bakinimal (mentioned)
- Duane Jones (mentioned)
- Felicity Smoak (mentioned)
- Francine West (flashback)
- Frost (mentioned)
- Henry Allen (mentioned)
- Jesse Wells (flashback)
- Joe West (flashback)
- JJ Diggle (mentioned)
- Lyla Michaels (mentioned)
- Mia Queen (mentioned)
- Moira Queen (mentioned)
- Nash Wells (mentioned)
- Nora West-Allen (mentioned)
- Prince Charming (mentioned)
- Quentin Lance (mentioned)
- Rachel Rosso (mentioned)
- Robert Queen (flashback)
- Sara Diggle (mentioned)
- Tommy Merlyn (mentioned)
- Tupac Shakur (pictured)
- Martin Luther King Jr. (pictured)
- William Clayton (mentioned)
Teams and Organizations[edit | hide]
- A.R.G.U.S.
- Blood Brothers
- CC Jitters
- Central City Hospital (flashback)
- Central City Police Department
- Keystone City Police Department (vision)
- O'Shaughnessy's Fine Food & Drink
- S.T.A.R. Labs
- Team Flash
Events[edit | hide]
- Sabotage of the Queen's Gambit (flashback)
- Flashpoint (flashback)
- Defense of the Cortex (mentioned)
- Blood Brothers Reign of Terror (mentioned)
- Crisis on Infinite Earths (mentioned)
- Evacuation of Earth-38 (mentioned)
- Death of the Speed Force (mentioned)
- Ambush on Deathstorm (mentioned)
- Arrest of Pytor Orloff (flashback)
- Rogue War (mentioned)
- Bloodwork Crisis
Species[edit | hide]
- Ghosts
- Humans (Earth-1)
- Humans (Earth-Prime)
- Metahumans (Earth-1) (flashback)
- Metahumans (Earth-2) (flashback)
- Metahumans (Earth-Prime)
- Zombies (mentioned)
Objects and Concepts[edit | hide]
- 13 Going on 30 (indirectly mentioned)
- Breaches
- Energy Amplifier (flashback)
- Facial Transmogrification Device
- Flash Facts
- Green Arrow Suit
- Green Lantern Power Ring (flashback)
- Jesse Quick Suit (flashback)
- Kid Flash Suit
- The List (mentioned)
- Oliver Queen's Bow and Arrow
- Queen's Gambit (flashback)
- Spartan Suit
- The Flash Suit
- Wannabe
Locations[edit | hide]
- Earth-1 (flashback)
- Earth (flashback)
- North America (flashback)
- United States of America (flashback)
- Missouri (flashback)
- Central City (flashback)
- University Town (flashback)
- S.T.A.R. Labs (flashback)
- University Town (flashback)
- Central City (flashback)
- Star City (mentioned)
- Missouri (flashback)
- United States of America (flashback)
- North America (flashback)
- Earth (flashback)
- Earth-38 (mentioned)
- Earth-4125 (mentioned)
- Earth-Prime
- Earth
- Asia (flashback)
- Himalayas (mentioned)
- Lian Yu (flashback)
- A.R.G.U.S. Supermax Site (flashback)
- Tibet (mentioned)
- North America
- United States of America
- Missouri
- Central City
- City Center
- CC Jitters
- Central City Police Precinct (vision)
- Central City Hospital (flashback)
- Gardener River
- Hall of Justice (mentioned)
- Kid Flash's Hideout (flashback)
- University Town
- Fontana Drive
- S.T.A.R. Labs
- Time Vault (mentioned)
- S.T.A.R. Labs
- Fontana Drive
- West House (flashback)
- West-Allen Loft
- City Center
- Keystone City (vision)
- Central City
- National City (mentioned)
- Star City (mentioned)
- A.R.G.U.S. Headquarters (mentioned)
- Missouri
- United States of America
- Asia (flashback)
- Earth
- Hell (mentioned)
- Mindscape
- Purgatory
- Speed Force (mentioned)
Notes[edit | hide]
- The title is a reference to the Lesley Gore song "It's My Party".
- This episode takes place four years after Failure Is an Orphan and on Barry Allen's birthday, March 14, 2023. This means that this episode takes place before Wildest Dreams and Partners in Time, both taking place in late March and early April 2023 respectively.
- Barry Allen corrects Oliver Queen that this episode marks his 180th time of saving Central City, a reference to the fact that this episode is the 180th in the entire series.
Gallery[edit | hide]
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Queen and Allen in the Afterlife
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Variant Intertitle