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For the in-universe event, see Armageddon (event).

"I went to the future to see for myself whether or not Armageddon had been prevented."
"Then you know that it was."
"Yes. But I also witnessed the return of your rival. You must know as long as Eobard Thawne lives, he can still bring about another Armageddon.
"
Despero and Barry Allen[src]

Armageddon is the seventh and final annual Arrowverse crossover event. The crossover aired over five weeks from November 16 to December 14, 2021. It served as a special five-episode event that kicks off The Flash's eighth season.

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  • This was the only crossover:
  • The storyline of Armageddon has some similarities to previous crossovers:
    • Similarly to Invasion!, an alien is going after Barry out of fear of a bad consequence from his time traveling powers. The Dominators were afraid of Barry because of his impulsive creation of Flashpoint, while Despero was afraid that Barry would cause Armageddon. Both crossovers are related to time travel (Cisco and Felicity's travel with the Waverider to the past in Invasion! and Barry's time travel to Reverse-Flashpoint in 2031 for Armageddon).
    • Similarly to Crisis on Earth-X Eobard Thawne acts as a major antagonist. In the latter, Eobard was collaborating with the Nazis from Earth-X out of spite while in Armageddon he was behind the time changes where he gaslit Barry and created the Reverse-Flashpoint timeline. There is also a wedding between Iris and a speedster that is attended by multiple heroes and is interrupted by a confrontation.
    • Similarly to Elseworlds, two characters swap identities and Iris ultimately trusts Barry. The difference is that in Elseworlds Oliver and Barry were assumed to have each other's name and the changes were caused by John Deegan's use of the Book of Destiny, while in Armageddon the identity was between Thawne being the Flash and Barry being the Reverse-Flash and the changes were caused by Thawne's use of time travel and the Negative Still Force. In both crossovers Barry is perceived to be a villain at some point (Barry is one of the Trigger Twins in Elseworlds and he is the Reverse-Flash in Armageddon) and Barry has to run around the world afterwards with a serious personal risk (Barry ran to slow the Earth's rotation and hence delay Deegan's attempts to rewrite reality again in Elseworlds, while he ran in Armageddon to undo Eobard Thawne's changes to the timeline).

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