The Flash suits

The Flash suits
Information
Creator(s)	Cisco Ramon (Barry's suit)
Owner(s)	Cisco Ramon Barry Allen
User(s)	Barry Allen
Function	Protective uniform

"When are we gonna start considering it my suit?"
"I would be comfortable calling it our suit"

—Barry Allen and Cisco Ramon discussing ownership^[src]

The Flash suits are a series of protective suits designed and created by Cisco Ramon at S.T.A.R. Labs, originally to replace the turnouts firefighters use but are now used by Barry Allen for his vigilante activities as The Flash.

History

Pre-vigilantism suit

Barry preparing to test out his speed for the first time in gear.

Essentially just a red leotard with padding and a reinforced helmet, Cisco had the suit readied for Barry Allen so that he could test his new-found speed powers for the first time. It was used at the Ferris Air Testing Facility outside of Central City, and it got destroyed while Barry was wearing it.

In the suit, Barry reached over 300 mph in less than a minute. However, due to his inexperience with his powers, Barry wasn't able to fully control his speed and crashed into a series of water jmk. The suit was destroyed and never used after that.

Original suit

After the events of the particle accelerator explosion, public opinion of S.T.A.R. Labs quickly turned to the worst, with hatred being focused on Dr. Wells the most as he was both the company and project's director. Cisco Ramon, one of the last remaining employees at S.T.A.R. Labs, attempted to better the situation by doing something good for Central City. In his case by developing new technologies for civilians to better handle designated situations. One, if not most prominently, was a red skintight suit of armor to replace the turnouts the firefighters usually wear when in action. Cisco later re-purposed it and added an upgraded version of the new earpiece he previously installed in the prototype suit. Cisco then gave the suit to Barry so that he could find and detain Clyde Mardon. The suit became an incredibly helpful tool for Barry and when he decided to permanently be a protector of Central City as The Flash, he kept the suit and started using on a regular basis. However this suit was destroyed accidentally in Plastique by Bette Sans Souci when Barry attempted to apprehend her. She touched the suit to stop him and Barry had barely enough time to get out of it before it exploded, leaving him half-naked. Cisco was very upset about it and berated Barry for blowing it up. Cisco had apparently made spares, for later in the episode Barry was using another one.

Cisco monitoring the suit and The Flash's status.

Upgrades

Once Barry started working full-time as Red Streak/The Streak (and later The Flash), Cisco began to add new devices and made alterations to allow Barry to be better prepared for any situation, including a multi-link comm set.

Second suit

After General Wade Eiling attempted to injure The Flash by throwing acid on him, he was forced to run as fast as he could to wear it off. However, by the time he had, it had almost entirely burnt through the suit and was unusable. To this end, Cisco had another one handy and allowed Barry to use it.

Third suit

Barry in his third suit as the Flash

After Barry and his team reformed to defeat the "Atom-Smasher" and have Henry Allen released from Iron Heights, Cisco took it upon himself to commend the team for their recent successes. He did so by upgrading Barry's suit, mimicking the design of the future suit Gideon showed them when they first met her. His most noticeable and appreciated redesign to the suit was the recoloring of the emblem's background from crimson to white. This suit has "therma-threading" created by Cisco that can heat up the suit to counteract the effects of the Cold Gun in case of the Flash running into the Rogues.

Future suit

In the newspaper article owned by Eobard Thawne, Barry is shown in the paper to have a costume similar to his previous ones, but this one has a lighter shade of red and a different symbol.

Flash's future self.

When fighting the Reverse-Flash in the past, Barry seemed to be wearing a similar suit to his previous ones, but this one's symbol was a gold lightning bolt with a white background, instead of the usual red background, and the suit was also a lighter shade of red, but the Future Flash was also vibrating himself, making most of the suit's other details not clearly visible.

Functions

• Identity Concealment: Barry uses a red mask to conceal his identity and to keep his friends and family from harme.
• Intense Temperature and Abrasion Resistance: The suit was originally designed as a firefighter turnout, so its primary use is still intact. It's made of a reinforced tri-polymer, making it resistant to several thousand degrees of intense heat, whether it be around Barry or it be the friction generated from his body while running; as well as resistant from grazing bullets, knives, abrasions, or scars. It appears that Cisco has modified it to resist intense cold as well, since Barry was able to walk off several blasts from Leonard Snart's Cold Gun and Mick Rory's Heat Gun quicker than in previous battles.
• Aerodynamics: The suit's form-fitting design and articulation allows Barry to maintain control of every step and movement that he takes. This is what allows him to dodge attacks and run as he would without it.
• Communications Link: Cisco had installed two miniature earpieces shaped like lightning bolts attached to the ears of the suit. This grants Barry full communication with the team at S.T.A.R. Labs while in the field. The link can be routed to other people's phone and display it as if it was from his cell phone.
• Mini-Camera: The suit's chest piece has a miniature camera with live streaming and 1080p built into it. By pressing on it, Barry's team can see through and gain a better idea of his surroundings or situation.
• Sensor System: Both versions of Barry's suit have had several health sensors built in to work in real time. The telemetry is sent to S.T.A.R. Labs so that they can identify Barry's condition and health. The suit has a GPS built into it so that S.T.A.R. Labs can locate Barry, keep track of where he is, see how much power he's generating, and determine how fast he's running.
• Defibrillator: A newer addition to the suit is a magnetic-electrical charge that jumpstarts Barry's heart. Though after two consecutive administrations, the device will completely fry and take a while to repair, making it still a prototype.
• Therma-Threading: The latest modification to the suit, Cisco has added "therma-threading" to the suit, which causes the suit to generate a large amount of heat, in case Barry gets hit by the Cold Gun, which is why it was designed.

Known users

• Barry Allen/The Flash
• Hannibal Bates/Everyman (replica; briefly)

Appearances

The Flash

Season 1

• "Pilot"
• "Fastest Man Alive"
• "Things You Can't Outrun"
• "Going Rogue"
• "Plastique"
• "The Flash Is Born"
• "Power Outage"
• "Flash vs. Arrow"
• "The Man in the Yellow Suit"
• "Revenge of the Rogues"
• "The Sound and the Fury"
• "Crazy for You"
• "The Nuclear Man"
• "Fallout"
• "Out of Time"
• "Rogue Time"
• "Tricksters"
• "All Star Team Up"
• "Who is Harrison Wells?"
• "The Trap"
• "Grodd Lives"
• "Rogue Air"
• "Fast Enough"

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"

Arrow

Season 3

• "The Brave and the Bold"
• "My Name Is Oliver Queen"

Season 4

• "Legends of Yesterday"

Vixen

• "Episode 1"
• "Episode 3"
• "Episode 4"

Comics

The Flash: Season Zero

"The Strongman Cometh" "Who Let the Chimps Out?" "A Goodnight Hiss" "Big Top Brawl" "A Captive Audience" "Showtime" "The Big Finale" "Bite Marks" "Shark Bait" "Fish Fry" "Blood Loss" "A Little Help From Some Friends" "The Impossible Mission"