- "Depressing to think all of my descendants are as crazy as you."
- "Oh, no, no, no. No, the Thawne bloodline is chock-full of influential politicians, scientists, captains of industry. Failures such as yourself are just the exception."
- —Eddie Thawne and Eobard Thawne[src]
The Thawne family was a distinguished family of politicians, scientists and industrialists that continued to the 22nd century.[1]
History[]
In the original timeline, the Thawne family was generations full of very successful, prestigious and distinguished people throughout its history, survived into the 22nd century.[1][2]
21st century[]
The earliest known family member was an apparently elderly individual.[1] A politician was a very influential individual, being able to close down a factory many people relied on.[3] Eddie Thawne was eventually born and went on as a police detective.[1]
After Eddie, several other Thawnes that are influential politicians, decorated scientists, and esteemed captains of industry. Eventually, it got to the point that the Thawne family was chock-full of such people, making the family legacy an apparent great and well-remembered one.[1]
22nd century[]
Eobard Thawne, a scion of the family, was an inventor, genius and scientist.[1][2]
Known family members[]
Earth-1/Earth-Prime[]
- Agnes (Eddie's grandmother and Eobard's ancestor; status unknown)
- Eddie Thawne's father (Eddie's father and Eobard's ancestor; status unknown)
- Eddie Thawne's mother (Eddie's mother and Eobard's ancestor)
- Robern (Eddie's uncle and Eobard's indirect ancestor; presumed existence)
- Eddie Thawne (Agnes's grandson, Robern's nephew, and Eobard's ancestor)
- Eobard Thawne (Agnes and Eddie's descendant, Robern's indirect descendant; deceased)
Earth-2[]
- Eddie (Eddie's doppelgänger; presumably)
Earth-∂[]
- Eobard Thawne (Eobard's doppelgänger; erased from existence)
Earth-27A[]
- Eddie Thawne (Eddie's doppelgänger)
Trivia[]
- There are a few times where Eobard Thawne's relationship with an immediate family has been potentially alluded to.
- In "The Nuclear Man", Eobard tells Caitlin Snow, "We all want to go home again. You know, where we feel safe. Where we feel loved." He was primarily referring to Martin Stein, but it's possible he's also speaking from experience.
- In "The Trap", Eddie Thawne jokes about a family get-together upon learning about his and Eobard's familiar connection.
- In "Grodd Lives", Eobard mentioned to Eddie of their family consisting of "politicians, scientists, and captains of industry." Eobard gets condescending towards Eddie, but he's heavily implied to be talking about other relatives.
- In "Rogue Air", Eobard tells Eddie to think about all the things that defined his life, including "All the people you love," and to "imagine if one day, in a flash, all of that vanished." Eobard tried to convince Eddie, but it's possible he's talking about it from his perspective.
- In "Fast Enough", Eobard brings up Cisco Ramon's familiar issues with Dante Ramon and other relatives which implied a similar familiar situation for Eobard. Additionally, a deleted scene shows a conversation between Eobard and Joe West where Eobard implies to have loved ones in his time period.
- In "The Man in the Yellow Tie", Eobard believes his time remnant was just as selfish as himself while conversing with Barry Allen, but says it as if he's talking about other relatives.
- In "A New World, Part Three", the Negative Speed Force vaguely brought the family to Eddie.
- In "A New World, Part Four", Eobard mentioned his "family tree" as a joke to Hunter Zolomon, August Heart and Savitar while primarily reffering to Eddie.
Behind the scenes[]
- In DC comics, the Thawne family is ultimately a rival offshoot of the West-Allen family which lasted for centuries, both producing speedsters like the Flashes and the Reverse-Flashes, as well as mystical beings like Cobalt Blue.
- Eddie Thawne's name originated as a red herring for viewers that knew of Eobard Thawne before Eobard revealed himself and mentioned Eddie as a distant relative in "Out of Time".[4]