Changes: Cerebral inhibitor

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The cerebral inhibitor is a device created by Harrison Wells to use against Clifford DeVoe.

History

After Cecile Horton complained about hearing Joe West's mind all night, Harrison Wells created a device to disrupt inbound brainwave broadcasts. However, the initial device was too large and Harry Wells reconfigured it to a smaller version. When Harry presented it, the two decide they should reverse the polarity so outbound brainwave broadcasts are disrupted.^[1]

Harry later presented the device to Team Flash to use against Clifford DeVoe. While it appeared to affect him, DeVoe used Kilg%re's abilities to nullify the device, rendering it ineffective against him.^[1]

Harry modified the instrument, allowing it to be used to read thoughts. He attached it to his daughter, Jesse, allowing her to read his thoughts and hear his memories of her mother.^[2]

After Caitlin's Killer Frost side resurfaced,^[3] after she had seemingly lost Killer Frost in a battle against DeVoe,^[4] Caitlin began using the cerebral inhibitor to bypass the mental blockage he placed in her mind to talk with Killer Frost.^[3] After a week of using the inhibitor, Caitlin and Killer Frost were able to talk and switch identities without the use of the device.^[5]

When Nora West-Allen was stuck in Grace Gibbons' mind, and Barry and Iris were stuck in Nora's, Caitlin used the inhibitor to communicate with them before the device began smoking, forcing her to stop.^[6]

Functions

Disrupting brainwave broadcasts: Although initially built to disrupt inbound brainwave broadcasts, the polarity was reversed to disrupt outbound brainwave activity.^[1]
Thought reading: With the use of a secondary device, the cerebral inhibitor can be used to hear the thoughts of another person.^[2]

Appearances

The Flash

Season 3

"Finish Line" (mentioned)

Season 4

"Elongated Journey Into Night" (mentioned)
"Subject 9"
"Enter Flashtime"
"We Are The Flash"

Season 5

References

[Subject_9-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 "Subject 9"

[Enter_Flashtime-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "Enter Flashtime"

[:0-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "The Icicle Cometh"

[4] "Lose Yourself"

[5] "O Come, All Ye Thankful"

[6] "Memorabilia"

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 {{Object
 |name= Cerebral inhibitor
-|image= Barry having his memories erased.png
+|image= Harry presents the cerebral inhibitor.png
-|creator= [[Cisco Ramon]]
+|creator= [[Harrison Wells (Earth-2)|Harrison Wells]]
 |owners= [[Team Flash]]
+|users= [[Barry Allen (Earth-1)|Barry Allen]]<br/>[[Harrison Wells (Earth-2)|Harrison Wells]]<br>[[Cecile Horton]]<br/>[[Caitlin Snow]]
-|users= [[Barry Allen]]
+|use= Disrupting brainwave broadcasts<br/>Thought reading
-|use= Prevent the user from creating new memories <small>(intended)<big><br>Erasing memories
-|show= The Flash
+|show= The Flash (The CW)
 }}
+The '''cerebral inhibitor''' is a device created by [[Harrison Wells (Earth-2)|Harrison Wells]] to use against [[Clifford DeVoe]].
-The '''cerebral inhibitor''' is a machine created by [[Cisco Ramon]] originally intended to prevent [[Barry Allen]] from creating new memories in order to be a step ahead of his future [[time remnant]] [[Barry Allen#Savitar|Savitar]]. However, this was not the case as in actuality it instead wiped Barry's long-term memories instead of his short term, making it a prototype.
 ==History==
+After [[Cecile Horton]] complained about hearing [[Joe West]]'s mind all night, [[Harrison Wells (Earth-2)|Harrison Wells]] created a device to disrupt inbound brainwave broadcasts. However, the initial device was too large and Harry Wells reconfigured it to a smaller version. When Harry presented it, the two decide they should reverse the polarity so outbound brainwave broadcasts are disrupted.<ref name="Subject 9">{{Ep|Subject 9}}</ref>
-When [[Team Flash]] found out [[Barry Allen#Savitar|Savitar]] was a remnant of [[Barry Allen|Barry]] in the future, therefore had all the memories of prime Barry, the team had trouble deciding what plan they should execute since Barry was a major part of any plan they create. Cisco and Julian created an idea: since Savitar was linked to Barry mentally, they could stop the current Barry from creating new memories via magnetic disruption in the cerebral cortex. However, when the machine was activated the machine instead did the opposite: it erased Barry's long-term memories instead of his short term. This stripped Barry from his powers, as well as rendering him unable to connect with and remember anything from the past. While it did work in the team's favor as Savitar by extension lost his memories as well, there were several repercussions due to using the machine. There was no Flash and no Kid Flash because Savitar created Wally's powers by his own memories and ideas of creating them. However, this was undone due to the creation of another device with the help of [[Caitlin Snow|Killer Frost]] that kickstarted Barry's temporal lobe and Barry accessing it thus regaining his memories. After this, this device was never used again.<ref name="Cause and Effect">{{Ep|Cause and Effect}}</ref>
+Harry later presented the device to [[Team Flash]] to use against [[Clifford DeVoe]]. While it appeared to affect him, DeVoe used [[Ramsey Deacon|Kilg%re]]'s abilities to nullify the device, rendering it ineffective against him.<ref name="Subject 9"/>
-Later, when Savitar was invited to [[S.T.A.R. Labs]] by Barry in an attempt to reconcile with him and resolve his paradox problem, Savitar revisited the room the cerebral inhibitor was in and recalled using this device to stop a future enemy of The Flash, [[Clifford DeVoe|DeVoe]].<ref name="Finish Line">{{Ep|Finish Line}}</ref>
+Harry modified the instrument, allowing it to be used to read thoughts. He attached it to his daughter, [[Jesse Wells|Jesse]], allowing her to read his thoughts and hear his memories of [[Harrison Wells's wife|her mother]].<ref name="Enter Flashtime">{{Ep|Enter Flashtime}}</ref>
-===Potential future===
-In a possible future, Barry and the team later modified and reused this machine in order to stop DeVoe.<ref name="Finish Line"/>
+After Caitlin's Killer Frost side resurfaced,<ref name=":0">{{Ep|The Icicle Cometh}}</ref> after she had seemingly lost Killer Frost in a battle against DeVoe,<ref>{{Ep|Lose Yourself}}</ref> Caitlin began using the cerebral inhibitor to bypass the mental blockage he placed in her mind to talk with Killer Frost.<ref name=":0" /> After a week of using the inhibitor, Caitlin and Killer Frost were able to talk and switch identities without the use of the device.<ref>{{Ep|O Come, All Ye Thankful}}</ref>
+When [[Nora West-Allen]] was stuck in [[Grace Gibbons]]' mind, and Barry and Iris were stuck in Nora's, Caitlin used the inhibitor to communicate with them before the device began smoking, forcing her to stop.<ref>{{Ep|Memorabilia}}</ref>
 ==Functions==
+*'''Disrupting brainwave broadcasts:''' Although initially built to disrupt inbound brainwave broadcasts, the polarity was reversed to disrupt outbound brainwave activity.<ref name="Subject 9"/>
-*'''Erasing memories:''' Through magnetic disruption, the cerebral inhibitor can block the chain leading to the temporal lobe leaving the user of this machine unable to remember anything in long term.<ref name="Cause and Effect"/>
+*'''Thought reading:''' With the use of a secondary device, the cerebral inhibitor can be used to hear the thoughts of another person.<ref name="Enter Flashtime"/>
 ==Appearances==
 ===''The Flash''===
+{{Scroll|
 ====Season 3====
-*{{Ep|Cause and Effect}}
+*{{Ep|Finish Line|m}}
-*{{Ep|Finish Line}}
 ====Season 4====
-*{{Ep|Elongated Journey Into Night|(mentioned)}}
+*{{Ep|Elongated Journey Into Night|m}}
+*{{Ep|Subject 9}}
+*{{Ep|Enter Flashtime}}
+*{{Ep|We Are The Flash}}
+====Season 5====
+*{{Ep|Blocked}}
+*{{Ep|The Icicle Cometh}}
+*{{Ep|Seeing Red|page=Seeing Red (The Flash)}}
+*{{Ep|Memorabilia}}
+*{{Ep|The Girl With The Red Lightning}}
+}}
 ==References==
 <references/>
+[[pt-br:Inibidor cerebral]]
 [[Category:Technology]]
+[[Category:Devices]]