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"Who is the Turtle?"

"It's Cisco's white whale."
"Half whale, half turtle."

—Barry Allen, Caitlin Snow, and Jay Garrick

"Potential Energy" 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.

Synopsis

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.^[src]

Cast

Starring

Guest starring

Teddy Sears as Jay Garrick
Aaron Douglas as Russell Glosson/The Turtle
Patrick Sabongui as David Singh
Shantel VanSanten as Patty Spivot
Matt Letscher as Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash

Co-starring

Andres Joseph as Turbo
Nadeen Lightbody as Reporter
William Samples as Mr. Vandervoot

Uncredited

Trivia

Russell Glosson is based on the villains Turtle Man and his predecessor The Turtle.
The Vandervoort diamonds are likely a reference to actress Laura Vandervoort, who played Supergirl on Smallville and also Indigo on Supergirl.
Patty tells Barry that she is planning to attend Midway City University. In the comics, Midway City is the home of Hawkman and Hawkwoman. It is also the base of operations of the Doom Patrol.
Cisco refers to The Turtle as a "30-something, meta-human, not-a-Ninja Turtle".
The Turtle's base, Naydel Library, is a reference to the character's co-creator Martin Naydel.
This is Eobard Thawne's first true appearance since his "death" in the Season 1 finale, "Fast Enough".

Gallery

Promos

The Flash Season 2 "Everything Will Change" Promo (HD)

References

The Flash season 2
"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"

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+{{Dialogue|Who is [[Russell Glosson|the Turtle]]?|It's [[Cisco Ramon|Cisco]]'s white whale."<br>"Half whale, half turtle.|[[Barry Allen (Earth-1)|Barry Allen]], [[Caitlin Snow]], and [[Hunter Zolomon|Jay Garrick]]}}
 {{Episode
 |name= Potential Energy
 |image= Barry powers through The Turtle's pulses.png
+|season=2
+|epnum=10
 |number= 33
 |airdate= January 19, 2016
 |writer= [[Bryan Q. Miller]]
 |director= [[Rob Hardy]]
-|guests= [[Teddy Sears]] as [[Hunter Zolomon|Jay Garrick]]<br/>[[Aaron Douglas]] as [[Russell Glosson|Russell Glosson/The Turtle]]<br/>[[Patrick Sabongui]] as [[David Singh]]<br/>[[Shantel VanSanten]] as [[Patty Spivot]]<br/>[[Matt Letscher]] as [[Eobard Thawne|Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash]]
 |before= {{Ep|Running to Stand Still}}
 |after= {{Ep|The Reverse-Flash Returns}}
-|show= The Flash
+|show= The Flash (The CW)
 }}
-"'''Potential Energy'''" is the tenth episode of the [[Season 2 (The Flash)|second season]] of ''[[The Flash]]'', and the thirty-third episode overall. It aired on January 19, 2016.
 ==Synopsis==
-'''JOE AND IRIS GETS TO KNOW WALLY''' — Now that they've grown closer, [[Barry Allen|Barry]] considers telling [[Patty Spivot|Patty]] that he is The Flash. Meanwhile, [[Joe West|Joe]] and [[Iris West|Iris]] try to get to know [[Wally West|Wally]], and [[Team Flash|the team]] hunts down a meta-human who can slow time itself.<ref>[http://www.comicbookmovie.com/fansites/JoshWildingNewsAndReviews/news/?a=129451 ''THE FLASH Season 2, Episode 10 Description; "Potential Energy"'' - Comic Book Movie]</ref>
+{{Synopsis|Now that they've grown closer, [[Barry Allen (Earth-1)|Barry]] considers telling [[Patty Spivot|Patty]] that he is The Flash. Meanwhile, [[Joe West|Joe]] and [[Iris West-Allen|Iris]] try to get to know [[Wally West|Wally]], and [[Team Flash|the team]] hunts down [[Russell Glosson|a meta-human]] who can slow time itself.|https://www.comicbookmovie.com/the_flash/the-flash-season-2-episode-10-description-potential-energy-a129451}}
+==Cast==
+===Starring===
+*[[Grant Gustin]] as [[Barry Allen (Earth-1)|Barry Allen/The Flash]]
+*[[Candice Patton]] as [[Iris West-Allen|Iris West]]
+*[[Danielle Panabaker]] as Dr. [[Caitlin Snow]]
+*[[Carlos Valdes]] as [[Cisco Ramon]]
+*[[Keiynan Lonsdale]] as [[Wally West]]
+*[[Tom Cavanagh]] as Dr. [[Harry Wells]]
+*[[Jesse L. Martin]] as Detective [[Joe West]]
+===Guest starring===
+*[[Teddy Sears]] as [[Hunter Zolomon|Jay Garrick]]
+*[[Aaron Douglas]] as [[Russell Glosson|Russell Glosson/The Turtle]]
+*[[Patrick Sabongui]] as [[David Singh]]
+*[[Shantel VanSanten]] as [[Patty Spivot]]
+*[[Matt Letscher]] as [[Eobard Thawne|Eobard Thawne/Reverse-Flash]]
+===Co-starring===
+*[[Andres Joseph]] as [[Turbo]]
+*[[Nadeen Lightbody]] as Reporter
+*[[William Samples]] as Mr. [[Vandervoot]]
+===Uncredited===
+*[[Morena Baccarin]] as [[Gideon (time vault)|Gideon]] <small>(voice)</small>
+*[[Ryan Handley]] as [[Hunter Zolomon|Zoom]]
+*[[Tony Todd]] as [[Hunter Zolomon|Zoom]] <small>(voice)</small>
 ==Trivia==
 *[[Russell Glosson]] is based on the villains [[w:c:dc:Turtle Man|Turtle Man]] and his predecessor [[w:c:dc:The Turtle|The Turtle]].
-*The Vandervoort diamonds are likely a reference to actress [[Wikipedia:Laura Vandervoort|Laura Vandervoort]], who played [[w:c:smallville:Kara Kent|Supergirl]] on ''Smallville ''and also ''Indigo'' on Supergirl.''' '''
+*The Vandervoort diamonds are likely a reference to actress [[Wikipedia:Laura Vandervoort|Laura Vandervoort]], who played [[w:c:smallville:Kara Kent|Supergirl]] on ''Smallville'' and also [[Indigo]] on {{S|S}}.
-*Patty tells Barry that she is planning to attend Midway City University. [[Midway City]] is the home of Hawkman and Hawkwoman in the comics. It is also the base of operations of the [[w:c:dc:Doom Patrol|Doom Patrol]].
+*[[Patty Spivot|Patty]] tells [[Barry Allen (Earth-1)|Barry]] that she is planning to attend [[Midway City University]]. In the comics, [[wikipedia:Midway City (DC Comics)|Midway City]] is the home of [[wikipedia:Hawkman (Katar Hol)|Hawkman]] and [[wikipedia:Hawkwoman#Shayera Hol|Hawkwoman]]. It is also the base of operations of the [[w:c:dc:Doom Patrol|Doom Patrol]].
-*Cisco refers to The Turtle as a "30-something, meta-human, not-a-Ninja-Turtle".
+*[[Cisco]] refers to The Turtle as a "30-something, [[Meta-humans|meta-human]], not-a-[[wikipedia:Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles|Ninja Turtle]]".
-*The Turtle hiding in Naydel Library is a reference to the character's co-creator Martin Naydel.
+*The Turtle's base, [[Naydel Library]], is a reference to the character's co-creator Martin Naydel.
-*This is Eobard Thawne's first true appearance since his "death" in the Season 1 finale [[Fast Enough|"Fast Enough"]].
+*This is [[Eobard Thawne]]'s first true appearance since his "death" in the {{Seas|1|The Flash (The CW)}} finale, {{Ep|Fast Enough}}.
-*This is the first new episode to air in the year 2016.
 ==Gallery==
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 ==References==
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 {{Season 2 (The Flash)}}