The Flash

Goldfaced - S5-E13

Trivia: Sherloque develops a crush on Renee Adler, a clear play on "Irene Adler" from other Sherlock Holmes media. Although only appearing in one book, in TV shows/movies Irene is frequently a love interest of Holmes.

Jon Sandys

Luck Be a Lady - S4-E3

Trivia: Wally says he's going to move to Blue Valley. In the comics, Blue Valley is where Wally West (son of Rudy and Mary West) was from.

Bishop73

Invasion! - S3-E8

Trivia: The facility where the bunch of heroes are training is identical to the hall of justice from the 80's cartoon.

oswal13

The Race of His Life - S2-E23

Trivia: The way the other Flash dies and vanishes is exactly how Flash did in the "Crisis on Infinite Earths" DC comic book.

Back to Normal - S2-E19

Trivia: The cellar where Wells was caught belongs to ACE chemical, a regular feature of DC comic book characters.

Pilot - S1-E1

Trivia: When Barry as a child is getting away from some bullies, he has a back pack that has the colors of Flash in the comics.

ozwal13

Attack on Central City - S3-E14

Factual error: Wells states that there are "precisely 90,000" possible 5-digit combinations for the keypad (to abort the nuclear code). However, there are actually 100,000 possible combinations (10^5).

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Tricksters - S1-E17

James Jesse: You know, when I was free and at my height, a day without casualties was like... Well, like the Cubs winning the pennant. It just never happened.

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Season 1 generally

Question: Why did Eobard believe that pretending to be crippled would divert any suspicion away from him? He could simply walk around even after the accelerator exploded and people could just say that he was lucky that he didn't get injured, mutilated or even killed.

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