The Singularity

The Singularity was an event in Central City caused by the reopening of an unstable wormhole due to Eobard Thawne's future power source, resulting in a destructive black hole that was ultimately stopped by Firestorm's sacrifice with help from the Flash.

History[]

In 2015, The Flash created a wormhole by colliding with the particle accelerator's electron to travel to the past through the Speed Force. Later, when the Reverse-Flash tried to use the same wormhole to travel back to his time, the Flash came and stopped him; the former was erased from the timeline after his ancestor Eddie Thawne's suicide. The wormhole the Flash created was unstable, and after a period of time, Caitlin and Ronnie successfully closed it. However, even after the wormhole was closed, Martin Stein stated that the wormhole reopened due to Eobard Thawne's future power source.

The wormhole increased in power and magnitude, and eventually became the Singularity.^[1] It was later transformed itself to provide as a connection to another universe which made Zoom travel to Earth-1 and opened 52 breaches in Central City.^[2] It was closed when Firestorm separated in the eye of the singularity.^[3]

Later on, Cisco Ramon once vibed the Singularity due to Eobard Thawne's time remnant's presence/involvement in the recent events.^[4]^[5]

Appearances[]

The Flash[]

Season 1

"Fast Enough"

Season 2

"The Man Who Saved Central City" (flashbacks)
"Flash of Two Worlds" (flashbacks)
"Family of Rogues" (mentioned)
"Enter Zoom" (mentioned)
"Gorilla Warfare" (mentioned)
"Running to Stand Still" (mentioned)
"The Reverse-Flash Returns" (vision)
"Fast Lane" (mentioned)
"Welcome to Earth-2" (mentioned)
"Escape from Earth-2" (mentioned)
"Flash Back" (vision)
"Versus Zoom" (flashbacks)
"Invincible" (vision)
"The Race of His Life" (flashbacks)

Season 3

"Flashpoint" (flashbacks)

Season 5

"O Come, All Ye Thankful" (mentioned)
"What's Past is Prologue" (vision)

Season 8

"Resurrection" (flashbacks)
"Death Rises" (flashbacks)
"Death Falls" (mentioned)

Supergirl[]

Season 1[]

"Worlds Finest" (mentioned)

Trivia[]

For a long time, there was a misconception that the Singularity appeared due to Eddie Thawne killing himself thus creating a paradox and erasing Thawne from existence. However, in later seasons, speedsters such as Savitar and Nora West-Allen were erased, but there are no signs of a singularity forming. This is most likely because a singularity does not result from a paradox, since the Speed Force has the ability to preserve the timeline by keeping the actions of the erased speedsters intact as time remnants. Instead, it is most likely due to Eobard Thawne's future power source, which reopened the wormhole which later on increased to the size of a singularity. Thawne mentions his power source as the "key" which could be referring to a fail-safe, just in case Team Flash decided to betray him and shut down the accelerator (which would also close the wormhole to the Speed Force).

References[]

Other versions of The Singularity
To see other versions of this event, click the Earth name below for that Earth's counterpart of The Singularity.
New multiverse
Earth: Prime
Original multiverse
Earth: 1 • 2
Transmultiversal multiverse
Earth:

Chronological events
Recurring in the Multiverse	Ides of March • Valentine's Day • Fourth of July • Halloween • Olympics • Thanksgiving • Hanukkah • Christmas
Earth-Prime	World War I • Zaguron invasion • World War II • Hindenburg disaster • Cold War • Cuban Missile Crisis • Euro 2004 Football Tournament • Hong Kong Alpha-Omega release • The Undertaking • The Singularity • Metapocalypse • Dominator invasion • Daxamite invasion • Nazi invasion • Anti-Monitor Crisis • Battle on Earth-Prime • 2020 Peace Prize Award Ceremony • War for Freeland • England Zombie Apocalypse • Worldwide Unity Festival • Godspeed war • Tech Con • Bloodwork Crisis
	Recurring	Klizskreeskrum • Man of Tomorrow Prize
	Erased	Loomworld • Reverse-Flashpoint • Armageddon
Earth-TUD25	World War II
Earth-1	Gallic Wars • Caesar's Civil War • World War I • Spanish Civil War • Civil War • World War II • Cold War • British Invasion • Woodstock • Hong Kong Alpha-Omega release • The Undertaking • The Siege • Rising Darkness • Night of Dark Horses • The Outbreak • The Singularity • Flash Day • Dominator invasion • Genesis • Metapocalypse • Earth-X invasion • Enlightenment • Elseworlds • Romanti-Con 2019 • PalmerX 2019 • Anti-Monitor Crisis
	Recurring	Tournament of Skulls • Gotham City: Movie in the Park • Gotham's annual Humanitarian Ball
	Erased	Flashpoint • Doomworld • 2023 Chicken Plague
Earth-2	War of the Americas • The Singularity • Metapocalypse • The Undertaking
Earth-19	World War M
Earth-19	Recurring	One-One-One Day • Saint Shaquille O'Neal's Day
Earth-38	Martian Civil War • Sabotage of Flight 237 • Myriad • Sabotage of Venture • Alien Amnesty Act • Daxamite invasion • Worldkiller Prophecy • Project Non Nocere • Anti-Monitor Crisis • Evacuation of Earth-38
Earth-38	Recurring	National City Toy Con
Earth-90	Elseworlds
Earth-X	World War II • Earth-X invasion
Netherverse	Battle at the Dawn of Time

[1] "Fast Enough"

[2] "Flash of Two Worlds"

[3] "The Man Who Saved Central City"

[4] "The Reverse-Flash Returns"

[5] "Invincible"

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