"Potential Energy"[1] is the tenth and midseason premiere episode of the second season of The Flash, and the thirty-third episode overall. It aired on January 19, 2016.
| “ | What was it like being in Turtle Time? Yeah, no, it was weird. It was like waves of inertness... like all the energy was suddenly sucked out of my body, and then it would return. That's because that's exactly what was happening. He has the ability to transfer all the surrounding kinetic energy into himself. Leaving everyone else in a temporary state of potential energy. |
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Synopsis[edit source]
Now that they've grown closer, Barry considers telling Patty that he is The Flash. Meanwhile, Joe and Iris try to get to know Wally, and the team hunts down a meta-human who can slow time itself.[1]
Appearances[edit source]
Characters[edit source]
Protagonists[edit source]
Antagonists[edit source]
- Reverse-Flash (Eobard Thawne)
- Grodd (mentioned)
- Zoom (dream)
- Captain Cold (mentioned)
- Weather Wizard (Mark Mardon) (mentioned)
- The Turtle (Russell Glosson)
- S. Harp (name seen on report)
- King Shark (mentioned)
Other Characters[edit source]
- Francine West (mentioned)
- Gideon
- Jacob Silverberg (mentioned)
- Jesse Wells (mentioned)
- John William Waterhouse (exhibition)
- Mr. Spivot (mentioned)
- Nora Allen (mentioned)
- Ronnie Raymond (mentioned)
- Rosalyn Glosson (on display)
- Mr. Vandervoort
- Mr. Vandervoort's Great-Grandfather (mentioned)
Teams and Organizations[edit source]
- CC Jitters
- Central City Museum
- Central City Picture News (newspaper)
- Central City Police Department (Earth-1)
- Central City Police Department (Earth-2) (mentioned)
- Central City Times (newspaper)
- Midway City University (letter)
- Naydel Library
- S.T.A.R. Labs
- Team Flash
Events[edit source]
Species[edit source]
- Artificial Intelligences
- Humans (Earth-1)
- Humans (Earth-2)
- Metahumans (Earth-1)
- Metahumans (Earth-2)
- Time Remnants
- Turtles (mentioned)
- Whales (mentioned)
Objects and Concepts[edit source]
- Cisco-ed Treadmill
- Holograms
- Lethal Weapon I-IV (mentioned)
- Next Gen Watch
- Ninja Turtle (mentioned)
- Reverse-Flash Suit
- S.T.A.R. Labs Mobile Research Unit
- Speed-Dampening Serum (mentioned)
- Time Portal
- The Crystal Ball
- The Flash Suit
- The Turtle Suit
- Turtle Time
- Vandervoort Diamond
- Vibes (mentioned)
- Zoom Suit (dream)
Locations[edit source]
- Earth-1
- Earth
- China (mentioned)
- Markovia (mentioned)
- North America
- United States of America
- Midway City (mentioned)
- 3500 Broad Street (name seen)
- Midway City University (mentioned)
- 3500 Broad Street (name seen)
- Missouri
- Midway City (mentioned)
- United States of America
- Mars (mentioned)
- Earth
- Earth-2 (mentioned)
- Earth (mentioned)
- Central City (mentioned)
- Central City Police Precinct (indirectly mentioned)
- Central City (mentioned)
- Earth (mentioned)
Gallery[edit source]
The Flash vs The Turtle
Comic Sneak Peek
Promotional Images[edit source]
References[edit source]
| The Flash Season 2 | |||||||||||||||||||
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"The Man Who Saved Central City" • "Flash of Two Worlds" • "Family of Rogues" • "The Fury of Firestorm" • "The Darkness and the Light" • "Enter Zoom" • "Gorilla Warfare" • "Legends of Today" • "Running to Stand Still" • "Potential Energy" • "The Reverse-Flash Returns" • "Fast Lane" • "Welcome to Earth-2" • "Escape from Earth-2" • "King Shark" • "Trajectory" • "Flash Back" • "Versus Zoom" • "Back to Normal" • "Rupture" • "The Runaway Dinosaur" • "Invincible" • "The Race of His Life" | |||||||||||||||||||