The Flash

Attack on Gorilla City - S3-E13

Trivia: Before Barry and the others travel to gorilla city, Julian says something about Bludhaven. This is the city of Dick Grayson, aka Nightwing, former partner of Batman as the first Robin.

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Elseworlds, Part 1 - S5-E9

Trivia: When Oliver and Barry breach to Earth-38, the transition music is Remy Zero's "Save Me", famous for its use as the theme song to Smallville. Other homages include the same barn used for the Kent farm and Lois calling Clark "Smallville."

Cubs Fan

Fallout - S1-E14

Trivia: Towards the end when Caitlin and Iris are talking about her cousin they mention Midway. That's the city of Hawkman and Hawkgirl.

ozwal13

Things You Can't Outrun - S1-E3

Trivia: The movie Barry and Iris are leaving is entitled Blue Devil II. A reference to DC Comics superhero Blue Devil, who was a stuntman that worked on the in-universe "Blue Devil" films.

MasterOfAll

Trivia: Starting in season 4, Jessica Parker Kennedy plays Nora West-Allen, also known as "XS." In the TV series "Smallville", Kennedy plays Plastique. In the comics, Plastique's first appearance was in "The Fury of Firestorm" #7. Firestorm was a reoccurring character in "The Flash", mainly in season 1.

Bishop73

Snow Pack - S5-E19

Trivia: Near the end, when Nora (XS) is about to arrive out of the Speed Force, the street signs say "McCraw" and "Moy", a nod to the creators of XS, Tom McCraw and Jeff Moy.

Bishop73

Into the Void - S6-E1

Trivia: Cisco plays the Queen song "Flash" while Barry is running through the black hole. This song is actually a reference to Flash Gordon (used as the theme song for the 1980 film), not the speedster named Flash.

Bishop73

Flash vs. Arrow - S1-E8

Continuity mistake: As the detectives are talking to their captain about the bank robbery, in a shot from behind the captain he takes his hands off his food and clasps them in front of him. The shot cuts to his front as he starts talking, and he moves his hands and clasps them again.

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The Race of His Life - S2-E23

Harrison Wells: You know what? In battle, choose your weapon wisely. Some people choose a gun. I choose a Philips head screwdriver.
Cisco: Oh, oh. I'm sorry. You're so particular.
Harrison Wells: Ramone, could you just please? Have you ever worked with a tool before?
Cisco: I'm working with one now.

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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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