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"Ironically, on my—on our Earth, this helmet stood for hope."

A metallic helmet was used initially by Hunter Zolomon and later by Jay Garrick as their respective superhero identity of "the Flash". A symbol of hope for the people of Earth-2, the helmet was originally a part of Hunter's suit used while in the guise of the Flash of Earth-2, and later became a part of Jay's suit that is used as the Flash of Earth-3.

History

"Never thought I'd see that again. It was my father's, from the War of the Americas."

—Hunter Zolomon on the helmet^[src]

The helmet originally belonged to James Zolomon which he used in Earth-2's War of the Americas. One night his young son caught James abusing Ashley Zolomon to which James gave the helmet and forced his son to watch Ashley's murder. Hunter was sent to the orphanage, yet he kept the helmet as a memento ever since. At some point of time, he additionally decorated the military helmet with golden-colored wings made of some sort of metal. It is unknown where the helmet was located when Hunter was convicted and imprisoned in the asylum for his crimes as a serial killer. However, he somehow managed to regain hold of the object.

Years later, Hunter obtained super speed and became a "speed demon" known as Zoom, intent on proving himself the greatest speedster in the multiverse.^[1] Sometime after that he encountered Jay Garrick, the Flash of Earth-3, and imprisoned him at his lair. Hunter was eventually inspired by Jay's superhero identity to become a superhero himself, also known as The Flash. He used a suit similar to his father's from the war, along with the helmet, during his time as the superhero. That resulted in the helmet representing hope for the people of Earth-2.^[2]

One day, an interdimensional portal was opened in the sky.^[3] The helmet got sucked into it, and eventually ended up on Earth-1. It was noticed by Eobard Thawne, Cisco Ramon and Joe West during their "goodbye", and due to the helmet's unknown whereabouts, the latter immediately asked about it. Thawne simply answered that it's "his cue to leave".^[4]

During the crisis on two Earths, Hunter left a time remnant of himself on Earth-1 as he had to appear on Earth-2 as Zoom; the time remnant (pretending to be the Flash of Earth-2) retrieved his helmet from Team Flash.^[3] After Zoom killed said time remnant before Team Flash's eyes,^[5] the helmet remained on Earth-1, kept on display to honor its "deceased" owner.^[6] After finding out Zoom's real identity, Team Flash still kept the helmet to keep Barry motivated and for Cisco to focus on his "Vibe" powers.^[1]

After Zoom got defeated by Team Flash and they freed the masked prisoner that was kept locked up, Jay noticed the helmet explaining that the object is the only thing that Hunter didn't steal from him, which Harry Wells stated was a symbol of hope. For that sentiment, Jay added the helmet to his Flash suit so he could keep giving hope to people, taking something away from Hunter and make it his own. Caitlin Snow complimented Jay, saying that the helmet suits Jay.^[2]

Jay continued wearing the helmet as the Flash of Earth-3, most notably in defeating the Trickster and the fight against Savitar.^[7] After Jay decided to stay in the Speed Force, he gave his helmet to Barry. Barry put it up on the same pedestal to remember him just as he did with Hunter's time remnant.^[8]

When he later gets released from the Speed Force prison, Jay is given his helmet by Vibe during Team Flash's confrontation against Savitar and Killer Frost.^[9]

Functions

Shield: When fighting The Trickster, Jay used the helmet as a shield to protect him from the bullets as the Trickster opened fire on him, catching every single bullet.
Sonic blasts: When punching the helmet at supersonic speed will cause vibrational sonic blasts to be fired from the helmet. Hunter showed this when fighting the Geomancer. It is unknown if Jay has ever used this ability.

Appearances

The Flash

Season 1

"Fast Enough"

Season 2

"Flash of Two Worlds"
"The Darkness and the Light" (flashbacks)
"Welcome to Earth-2"
"Escape from Earth-2"
"King Shark"
"Trajectory"
"Flash Back"
"Versus Zoom"
"Back to Normal"
"The Race of His Life"

Season 3

DC's Legends of Tomorrow

Season 2

"The Legion of Doom" (pictured)

Gallery

Promotional images

Season 2

Trivia

The helmet was first seen when going through Eobard Thawne's wormhole. Eobard seemed to recognize the helmet, implying that the Reverse-Flash met either (or knew of) Jay Garrick or Hunter Zolomon. However, Eobard might have simply viewed the fact that an object came through the wormhole as proof that it was ready.^[4]

Behind the scenes

Unlike the comics, The Flash featured a different backstory. It was originally presented as a helmet worn by James Zolomon, later used by his son Hunter Zolomon as part of his guise as the Flash of Earth-2. Ultimately, the helmet was given to Jay Garrick, the Flash of Earth-3, because of its reputation as a symbol of hope.
In the comics, the helmet was originally worn by Jay's father in World War I (a real-life war). In the Arrowverse, it was originally worn by Hunter's father in the War of the Americas (a fictional war).
In the comics, whenever Jay's helmet fell off when he was running, Jay would vibrate his face to hide his identity. While in the TV show Jay doesn't seem to be vibrating his face, with his face being shown to everybody around him, possibly meaning that his identity is known on Earth-3.

References

[Versus_Zoom-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Versus Zoom"

[The_Race_of_His_Life-2] 2.0 ^2.1 "The Race of His Life"

[:0-3] 3.0 ^3.1 "Flash of Two Worlds"

[Fast_Enough-4] 4.0 ^4.1 "Fast Enough"

[5] "Escape from Earth-2"

[6] "King Shark"

[The_Present-7] "The Present"

[Into_the_Speed_Force-8] "Into the Speed Force"

[Finish_Line-9] "Finish Line"

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+|owners= [[Jay Garrick]]<br/>[[Hunter Zolomon]] <small>(formerly; deceased)</small><br/>[[James Zolomon]] <small>(formerly)</small><br/>[[Team Flash]] <small>(formerly)</small>
-|users= [[James Zolomon]] <small>(formerly)</small><br/>[[Hunter Zolomon]] <small>(formerly)</small><br/>[[Jay Garrick]]
+|users= [[Jay Garrick]] <small>(formerly)</small><br/>[[James Zolomon]] <small>(formerly)</small><br/>[[Hunter Zolomon]] <small>(formerly; deceased)</small><br/>[[Barry Allen (Earth-1)|Barry Allen]] <small>(temporarily)</small><br/>
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-{{Quote|Ironically, on my&mdash;on our Earth, this helmet stood for hope.|[[Harrison Wells (Earth Two)|Harrison Wells]] to [[Jay Garrick]]|The Race of His Life}}
+{{Quote|Ironically, on my&mdash;on [[Earth-2|our Earth]], this helmet stood for hope.|[[Harrison Wells (Earth-2)|Harry Wells]] to [[Jay Garrick]]|The Race of His Life}}
-'''Jay Garrick's helmet''' is a metallic helmet that was used by [[Hunter Zolomon]], and later [[Jay Garrick]], as their respective superhero identity, '''The Flash'''. It was said by [[Harrison Wells (Earth Two)|Harrison Wells]] that helmet was a symbol of hope for the people of [[Earth Two]], and deserved to be worn by the real Flash, to which Jay agreed with. It was originally a part of [[The Flash suit (Earth Two)|the suit]] that Hunter Zolomon used while in the guise of the Flash. It later became a part of [[The Flash suit (Earth Three)|the suit]] that the real Jay Garrick used as the Flash of [[Earth Three]].
+A '''metallic helmet''' was used initially by [[Hunter Zolomon]] and later by [[Jay Garrick]] as their respective superhero identity of "the Flash". A symbol of hope for the people of [[Earth-2]], the helmet was originally a part of Hunter's [[The Flash suit (Earth-2)|suit]] used while in the guise of the Flash of Earth-2, and later became a part of Jay's [[The Flash suit (Earth-3)|suit]] that is used as the Flash of [[Earth-3]].
 ==History==
-{{Quote|Never thought I'd see that again. It was my father's, from the War of the Americas.|[[Hunter Zolomon]] on the helmet|Flash of Two Worlds}}
+{{Quote|Never thought I'd see that again. It was [[James Zolomon|my father]]'s, from the [[War of the Americas]].|[[Hunter Zolomon]] on the helmet|Flash of Two Worlds}}
+[[File:The Flash suit (Jay Garrick).png|thumb|250px|left|Hunter Zolomon originally used the helmet in his fake identity as the Flash of Earth-2.]]
-The helmet was first seen by [[Team Flash]] when it comes through the wormhole in [[S.T.A.R. Labs]]. When [[Joe West]] asks what it is, [[Eobard Thawne]] says that it is his cue to leave.<ref name="Fast Enough">{{Ep|Fast Enough}}</ref>
+The helmet originally belonged to [[James Zolomon]] which he used in Earth-2's [[War of the Americas]]. One night his young son caught James abusing [[Ashley Zolomon]] to which James gave the helmet and forced his son to watch Ashley's murder. Hunter was sent to the orphanage, yet he kept the helmet as a memento ever since. At some point of time, he additionally decorated the military helmet with golden-colored wings made of some sort of metal. It is unknown where the helmet was located when Hunter was convicted and imprisoned in the asylum for his crimes as a serial killer. However, he somehow managed to regain hold of the object.
-[[File:The Flash suit (Jay Garrick).png|thumb|250px|Hunter Zolomon originally used the helmet in his identity as "Jay Garrick", the Flash of Earth Two.]]
-The helmet originally belonged to [[James Zolomon]] which he used in the [[War of the Americas|War of the Americas.]] One night his young son [[Hunter Zolomon|Hunter]] came downstairs and caught him abusing his wife, James spotted him and gave him his Helmet and forced him to watch him murder his mother. Hunter was sent to the orphanage, yet he kept the helmet as a memento ever since. At some point of time, he additionally decorated the military helmet with golden-colored wings made of some sort of metal. It is unknown where the helmet was located when Hunter was convicted and imprisoned in the asylum for his crimes as a serial killer. However, he somehow managed to regain hold of it.<ref name="Versus Zoom">{{Ep|Versus Zoom}}</ref>
+Years later, Hunter obtained super speed and became a "speed demon" known as Zoom, intent on proving himself the greatest speedster in the [[multiverse]].<ref name="Versus Zoom">{{Ep|Versus Zoom}}</ref> Sometime after that he encountered [[Jay Garrick]], the Flash of [[Earth-3]], and imprisoned him at his [[Zoom's lair|lair]]. Hunter was eventually inspired by Jay's superhero identity to become a superhero himself, also known as The Flash. He used a suit similar to his father's from the war, along with the helmet, during his time as the superhero. That resulted in the helmet representing hope for the people of Earth-2.<ref name="The Race of His Life">{{Ep|The Race of His Life}}</ref>
+One day, an interdimensional portal was opened in the sky.<ref name=":0">{{Ep|Flash of Two Worlds}}</ref> The helmet got sucked into it, and eventually ended up on [[Earth-1]]. It was noticed by [[Eobard Thawne]], [[Cisco Ramon]] and [[Joe West]] during their "goodbye", and due to the helmet's unknown whereabouts, the latter immediately asked about it. Thawne simply answered that it's "his cue to leave".<ref name="Fast Enough" />
+[[File:Jay's helmet on display.png|thumb|220x220px|The helmet on display.]]
+During the crisis on two Earths, Hunter left a [[time remnant]] of himself on Earth-1 as he had to appear on Earth-2 as Zoom; the time remnant (pretending to be the Flash of Earth-2) retrieved his helmet from [[Team Flash]].<ref name=":0" /> After Zoom killed said time remnant before Team Flash's eyes,<ref>{{Ep|Escape from Earth-2}}</ref> the helmet remained on Earth-1, kept on display to honor its "deceased" owner.<ref>{{Ep|King Shark}}</ref> After finding out Zoom's real identity, Team Flash still kept the helmet to keep Barry motivated and for Cisco to focus on his "Vibe" powers.<ref name="Versus Zoom" />
-Years later when Hunter obtained super speed and broke out of the asylum for mentally insane, he became a "speed demon" known as Zoom, intent on proving himself the greatest speedster in the [[multiverse]].<ref name="Versus Zoom"/> Around that time he encountered [[Jay Garrick]], a speedster from [[Earth Three]], whose name and vigilante identity as "the Flash" Hunter stole, imprisoning the real Jay at [[Zoom's lair|his lair]]. Inspired by Jay Garrick's superhero identity, Hunter used a similar Flash suit of his own (although based on his father's soldier uniform), which also featured the winged helmet.<ref name="The Race of His Life">{{Ep|The Race of His Life}}</ref>
-[[File:Jay's helmet on display.png|thumb|220x220px|The helmet on display to honor "Jay".]]
-During the crisis on two Earths, Hunter Zolomon left a [[Time remnant|time remnant]] of himself on [[Earth One]], when he realized he had to appear on [[Earth Two]] as Zoom. He then killed said time remnant of his before the eyes of [[Team Flash]], giving [[Barry Allen]] the motivation to avenge the death of "Jay Garrick", improving his speed, only for Zoom to later absorb it. The Flash's helmet remained on Earth One, where it was kept on display to honor "Jay". After finding out Zoom's real identity, Team Flash still kept the helmet to keep Barry motivated and for [[Cisco Ramon]] to focus on his "Vibe" powers despite him complaining about it.<ref name="Versus Zoom"/>
 [[File:The real Jay Garrick thanks The Flash.png|thumb|left|250px|Jay Garrick wearing the helmet in his reclaimed identity as the Flash.]]
-Soon Zoom was defeated by Team Flash and they freed the masked prisoner that Hunter kept locked up, revealing him to be the real Jay Garrick, a doppelganger of [[Henry Allen]]. Jay noticed the helmet explaining that it is the only thing that Zolomon didn't steal from him, which [[Harrison Wells (Earth Two)|Harry Wells]] stated was a symbol of hope. For that sentiment, Jay added the helmet to his Flash suit so he could keep giving hope to people, taking something away from Hunter and make it his own. [[Caitlin Snow]] complimented Jay, saying that the helmet suits him.<ref name="The Race of His Life"/> Jay Garrick continued wearing the helmet as the Flash of Earth Three, most notably in defeating his Earth's [[The Trickster (Earth Three)|Trickster]] and [[Barry Allen]]'s fight against [[Savitar]].<ref name="The Present">{{Ep|The Present}}</ref>
+After Zoom got defeated by Team Flash and they freed the masked prisoner that was kept locked up, Jay noticed the helmet explaining that the object is the only thing that Hunter didn't steal from him, which [[Harrison Wells (Earth-2)|Harry Wells]] stated was a symbol of hope. For that sentiment, Jay added the helmet to his Flash suit so he could keep giving hope to people, taking something away from Hunter and make it his own. [[Caitlin Snow]] complimented Jay, saying that the helmet suits Jay.<ref name="The Race of His Life" />
+Jay continued wearing the helmet as the Flash of Earth-3, most notably in defeating the [[The Trickster (Earth-3)|Trickster]] and the fight against [[Barry Allen (Earth-1)#Savitar|Savitar]].<ref name="The Present">{{Ep|The Present}}</ref> After Jay decided to stay in the [[Speed Force]], he gave his helmet to Barry. Barry put it up on the same pedestal to remember him just as he did with Hunter's time remnant.<ref name="Into the Speed Force">{{Ep|Into the Speed Force}}</ref>
+When he later gets released from the Speed Force prison, Jay is given his helmet by Vibe during Team Flash's confrontation against Savitar and Killer Frost.<ref name="Finish Line">{{Ep|Finish Line}}</ref>
 ==Functions==
-*'''Shield:''' When fighting the [[Earth Three]] version of the [[The Trickster (Earth Three)|The Trickster]], Jay used the Helmet as a shield to protect him from the bullets as the Trickster opened fire on him, catching every single bullet.
+*'''Shield:''' When fighting [[The Trickster (Earth-3)|The Trickster]], Jay used the helmet as a shield to protect him from the bullets as the Trickster opened fire on him, catching every single bullet.
-*'''Sonic blasts:''' When punching the Helmet at supersonic speed vibrational sonic blasts can be fired from the helmet. [[Hunter Zolomon]] showed this when he was fighting the [[Earth One]] version of [[Geomancer]]. It is unknown if Jay has ever used this ability.
+*'''Sonic blasts:''' When punching the helmet at supersonic speed will cause vibrational sonic blasts to be fired from the helmet. Hunter showed this when fighting the [[Geomancer]]. It is unknown if Jay has ever used this ability.
 ==Appearances==
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 *{{Ep|The Present}}
 *{{Ep|Into the Speed Force}}
+*{{Ep|Finish Line}}
+====Season 4====
+*{{Ep|Enter Flashtime}}
+====Season 6====
+*{{Ep|A Flash of the Lightning}}
 }}
 ===''Chronicles of Cisco''===
-*{{Ep|Episode 1|page=Episode 1 (Chronicles of Cisco)}}
+*{{Web|Episode 1|page=Episode 1 (Chronicles of Cisco)}}
 ===''DC's Legends of Tomorrow''===
 ====Season 2====
 *{{Ep|The Legion of Doom|(photo)}}
+==Gallery==
+===Promotional images===
+====Season 2====
+<gallery>
+The Flash season 2 poster - Get Up to Speed.png|"Get Up to Speed"
+</gallery>
 ==Trivia==
+*The helmet was first seen when going through [[Eobard Thawne]]'s wormhole. Eobard seemed to recognize the helmet, implying that the Reverse-Flash met either (or knew of) [[Jay Garrick]] or [[Hunter Zolomon]]. However, Eobard might have simply viewed the fact that an object came through the wormhole as proof that it was ready.<ref name="Fast Enough">{{Ep|Fast Enough}}</ref>
-*Other than being part of the suit, it can also be used as a weapon as [[Hunter Zolomon]] was seen punching it at super speed and causing a sonic blast. It has also been shown to be used as a shield for when Jay was fighting the Earth Three version of the Trickster.
 ==Behind the scenes==
-*Unlike the comics, where the helmet belonged to [[Jay Garrick]] alone, [[Season 2 (The Flash)|''The Flash'' season 2]] featured a different backstory. It was originally presented as a helmet worn by [[James Zolomon]], later used by his son [[Hunter Zolomon|Hunter]], who used the helmet as part of his guise as the Flash of [[Earth Two]]. Ultimately, the helmet was given to Jay Garrick, the Flash of [[Earth Three]] because of its reputation as a symbol of hope.
+*Unlike the comics, ''The Flash'' featured a different backstory. It was originally presented as a helmet worn by [[James Zolomon]], later used by his son Hunter Zolomon as part of his guise as the Flash of [[Earth-2]]. Ultimately, the helmet was given to Jay Garrick, the Flash of [[Earth-3]], because of its reputation as a symbol of hope.
+*In the comics, the helmet was originally worn by Jay's father in World War I (a real-life war). In the Arrowverse, it was originally worn by Hunter's father in the War of the Americas (a fictional war).
-*In the comics, whenever Jay's helmet fell off when he was running, Jay would vibrate his face to hide his identity. While in the TV show Jay doesn't seem to be vibrating his face, with his face being shown to everybody around him, possibly meaning that his identity is known on Earth Three.
+*In the comics, whenever Jay's helmet fell off when he was running, Jay would vibrate his face to hide his identity. While in the TV show Jay doesn't seem to be vibrating his face, with his face being shown to everybody around him, possibly meaning that his identity is known on Earth-3.
 ==References==
 <references />
+[[Category:Allusions to the comics]]