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Power-Dampening Cuffs

Information

Type

Cuffs
Power-Dampening device

Function

To disable powered individuals' powers

Appearances

First Appearance	Last Appearance
The Exorcism of Nash Wells	The Mask of the Red Death, Part 2

“	Come on, what's the first thing you do to any detainee in this town? You meta-cuff 'em.	”
— Keith Kenyon^[src]

Power-Dampening Cuffs, also known as Meta-Cuffs,^[1] are a series of handcuffs with power-dampening technology.

History[edit | hide | hide all]

At some point, power-dampening cuffs were made to disable metahumans' powers after the first Particle Accelerator Explosion in 2013 and Barry Allen becoming The Flash.

Overview[edit | hide]

Functions[edit | hide]

Power-Dampening: The cuffs dampen the powers of metahumans and some cyborgs.

Weaknesses[edit | hide]

Forces of Nature: The cuffs do not work on Metahumans who are connected to the universal forces, with Psych easily disabling the cuffs.^[2]

Appearances[edit | hide]

Appearances
	The Exorcism of Nash Wells	Appears
	So Long and Goodnight	Appears
	Liberation	Appears
	Fear Me	Appears
	Growing Pains	Appears
	The People v. Killer Frost	Appears
	Family Matters, Part 1	Appears
	Good-Bye Vibrations	Appears
	Rayo de Luz	Appears
	Armageddon, Part 1	Appears
	Armageddon, Part 2	Appears
	The Fire Next Time	Appears
	Negative, Part 1	Appears
	Wednesday Ever After	Appears
	The Mask of the Red Death, Part 1	Appears
	The Mask of the Red Death, Part 2	Appears

Gallery[edit | hide]

Power-Dampening Cuffs

References[edit | hide]

↑ Family Matters, Part 1
↑ Fear Me

Other versions of Power-Dampening Cuffs

New Multiverse

Earth: 38
Original Multiverse

Earth: 38 • UE-43

[1] Family Matters, Part 1

[2] Fear Me

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 |name=Power-Dampening Cuffs
+|image=Power-Dampening Cuffs (Earth-1) (Pre-Crisis) 001.png
-|image=
+|creator=[[S.T.A.R. Labs (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|S.T.A.R. Labs]]
-<gallery>
+|owners=[[Team Flash (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Team Flash]]<br>[[Central City Police Department (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|CCPD]]
-Power-Dampening Cuffs (Earth-Prime) 001.png|Metahumans
+|users=[[Team Flash (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Team Flash]]<br>[[Central City Police Department (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|CCPD]]
-Power-Dampening Cuffs (Earth-Prime) 002.png|Aliens
-Power-Dampening Cuffs (Earth-Prime) 003.png|DOD
-</gallery>
-|creator=[[S.T.A.R. Labs (Earth-Prime)|S.T.A.R. Labs]]<br>[[Department of Extranormal Operations (Earth-Prime)|DEO]]
-|owners=[[Team Flash (Earth-Prime)|Team Flash]]<br>[[Department of Extranormal Operations (Earth-Prime)|DEO]]<br>[[Super Friends (Earth-Prime)|Super Friends]]<br>[[United States Department of Defense (Earth-Prime)|DOD]]<br>[[Central City Police Department (Earth-Prime)|CCPD]]
-|users=[[Team Flash (Earth-Prime)|Team Flash]]<br>[[Department of Extranormal Operations (Earth-Prime)|DEO]]<br>[[Super Friends (Earth-Prime)|Super Friends]]<br>[[United States Department of Defense (Earth-Prime)|DOD]]<br>[[Hochschild House (Earth-Prime)|Hochschild House]] {{c|formerly}}<br>[[Central City Police Department (Earth-Prime)|CCPD]]
 |type=Cuffs<br>Power-Dampening device
 |use=To disable powered individuals' powers
-|firstAppearance={{Ep|It's a Super Life|(third alternate timeline)}}
+|firstAppearance={{Ep|The Exorcism of Nash Wells}}
-|lastAppearance={{Ep|All Is Lost}}
+|lastAppearance={{Ep|The Mask of the Red Death, Part 2}}
+|theme=The Flash (2014)
-|show=Arrowverse
 }}
+{{Quote|Come on, what's the first thing you do to any detainee in this [[Central City (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|town]]? You [[Metahumans (Earth-Prime)|meta]]-cuff 'em.|[[Keith Kenyon (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Keith Kenyon]]|The Mask of the Red Death, Part 1}}
-'''Power-Dampening Cuffs''', also known as '''Meta-Cuffs'''<ref>{{Ep|Family Matters, Part 1}}</ref> are a series of cuffs with power-dampening technology.
+'''Power-Dampening Cuffs''', also known as '''Meta-Cuffs''',<ref>{{Ep|Family Matters, Part 1}}</ref> are a series of handcuffs with power-dampening technology.
 ==History==
-At some point, power-dampening cuffs were made to disable Metahumans' powers after the first [[S.T.A.R. Labs Particle Accelerator Explosion (Earth-Prime)|Particle Accelerator Explosion]] in 2013 and [[Barry Allen (Earth-Prime)|Barry Allen]] becoming The Flash.
+At some point, power-dampening cuffs were made to disable metahumans' powers after the first [[Particle Accelerator Explosion (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Particle Accelerator Explosion]] in 2013 and [[Barry Allen (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Barry Allen]] becoming The Flash.
-Later, another series of cuffs were made to disable aliens with dangerous powers and abilities.
 ==Overview==
-===Designs===
-The cuffs is thicker than normal cuffs and light will be emitted when locked which means the power-dampening device is activated. The alien cuffs are larger than those for Metahumans as aliens often have a larger physic than humanoids.
 ===Functions===
-*'''[[Power Dampeners (Earth-Prime)|Power Dampening]]''': The cuffs dampens the powers of aliens, Metahumans and Cyborgs.
+*'''[[Power-Dampeners (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)|Power-Dampening]]''': The cuffs dampen the powers of metahumans and some cyborgs.
 ===Weaknesses===
-*'''[[Forces of Nature]]''': The cuffs does not work of Metahumans that connected to the universal forces, with Psych easily disabling the cuffs.<ref>{{Ep|Fear Me}}</ref>
+*'''[[Forces of Nature]]''': The cuffs do not work on [[Metahumans (Earth-Prime)|Metahumans]] who are connected to the universal forces, with [[Bashir Malik (Earth-Prime)|Psych]] easily disabling the cuffs.<ref>{{Ep|Fear Me}}</ref>
-*'''[[Zoltarians (Earth-Prime)|Zoltarians]]''': Zoltarians' abilities to create an EMP field is able to overpower the cuffs.<ref>{{Ep|Dream Weaver}}</ref>
 ==Appearances==
 {{Appearances
-|{{Ep|It's a Super Life|Third Alternate Timeline}}
-|{{Ep|Reality Bytes}}
 |{{Ep|The Exorcism of Nash Wells}}
 |{{Ep|So Long and Goodnight}}
 |{{Ep|Liberation}}
-|{{Ep|The Missing Link}}
 |{{Ep|Fear Me}}
 |{{Ep|Growing Pains}}
-|{{Ep|Phantom Menaces}}
 |{{Ep|The People v. Killer Frost}}
 |{{Ep|Family Matters, Part 1}}
-|{{Ep|Broken Trust}}
 |{{Ep|Good-Bye Vibrations}}
-|{{Ep|O Mother, Where Art Thou?}}
 |{{Ep|Rayo de Luz}}
-|{{Ep|The Eradicator}}
-|{{Ep|Last Sons of Krypton}}
-|{{Ep|Dream Weaver}}
-|{{Ep|Mxy in the Middle}}
-|{{Ep|Blind Spots}}
-|{{Ep|The Gauntlet}}
-|{{Ep|Magical Thinking}}
-|{{Ep|Hope for Tomorrow}}
-|{{Ep|Nightmare in National City}}
-|{{Ep|I Believe in a Thing Called Love}}
-|{{Ep|Truth or Consequences}}
-|{{Ep|The Last Gauntlet}}
-|{{Ep|Kara (Supergirl)}}
 |{{Ep|Armageddon, Part 1}}
 |{{Ep|Armageddon, Part 2}}
-|{{Ep|Tried and True}}
 |{{Ep|The Fire Next Time}}
-|{{Ep|Lies That Bind}}
+|{{Ep|Negative, Part 1}}
-|{{Ep|All Is Lost}}
+|{{Ep|Wednesday Ever After}}
+|{{Ep|The Mask of the Red Death, Part 1}}
+|{{Ep|The Mask of the Red Death, Part 2}}
 }}
-==[[:Category:Images of {{{images|Power-Dampening Cuffs (Earth-Prime)}}}|Gallery]]==
+==[[:Category:Images of {{{images|Power-Dampening Cuffs (Earth-1: Pre-Crisis)}}}|Gallery]]==
 <gallery>
-Power-Dampening Cuffs (Earth-Prime) 001.png|Metahumans
+Power-Dampening Cuffs (Earth-1) (Pre-Crisis) 001.png|Power-Dampening Cuffs
-Power-Dampening Cuffs (Earth-Prime) 002.png|Aliens
 </gallery>