THE FLASH: Easter Eggs from “The Sound and the Fury” (Ep 1x11) -- ROYAL FLUSH GANG, WELLS' speed powers and more!

THE FLASH: Easter Eggs from “The Sound and the Fury” (Ep 1x11) -- ROYAL FLUSH GANG, WELLS' speed powers and more!

FLASH and the police chased the THE ROYAL FLUSH GANG in the opening scenes of "The Sound and the Fury" episode 1x11; later Dr Wells avoids shattering glass with speed powers. Hit the jump for details about these easter eggs and more.

Feature Opinion
By ChrisStMartin - Jan 28, 2015 07:01 AM EST
Filed Under: The Flash

PIED PIPER'S POWER GAUNTLETS

The Pied Piper's gloves have metal implements mounted on them resembling those on woodwind musical instruments. In the comics, Pied Piper usually uses a woodwind instrument or horn of some kind to exercise his powers. Having such metal implements on the gloves ties the appearance of the villain on show to the appearance of the villain in the comics. The employment of gloves suggests that this is a technology based power and not something he picked up from the particle accelerator's explosion at the beginning of season one.

ROYAL FLUSH GANG

FLASH (Grant Gustin) and Central City Police pursued motorcycle-riding members of THE ROYAL FLUSH GANG through downtown. Episode 1x11 of THE FLASH was the first time I've seen them riding motorcycles with they playing card emblems on the motorcycle helmets. The brief chase scene in the streets using motorcycles made them stand out from other traffic. This appearance did follow the tradition established in the JUSTICE LEAGUE animated series and continued in the direct-to-video JUSTICE LEAGUE feature “Doom” where the ROYAL FLUSH gang is the opening act, before the headliner villain or villains emerge.

In prior appearances in the comics and animated shows and DVD movies, members of the ROYAL FLUSH GANG usually ride giant flying poker cards and wear uniforms/costumes resembling the cards that make up a royal flush in poker-- 10, Jack, Queen, King and Ace. The have previously appeared in ARROW as hockey-mask wearing bank robbers. They have also appeared in BATMAN BEYOND, BATMAN: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD and early 1980s version of the Superfriends called “The Super-Powers Team: Galactic Guardians. In the comics they are usually JUSTICE LEAGUE villains.

WELLS' SPEED POWERS

While the main villain, Pied Piper (Andy Mientus) is vandalizing Dr. Harrison Wells' (Tom Cavanagh) house, we see Wells use the Reverse Flash speed powers to avoid getting cut by shattering glass – with out wearing the suit. This is significant to me for two main reasons.

     A, it's the first time we've actually scene Dr. Wells unambiguously use speed powers. Previously we've seen the Reverse Flash or Man in Yellow, whom the actors and producers told us was Wells, use speed powers particularly as the main villain in the mid-season finale. And we've seen Wells standing in his secret room with the Reverse Flash suit. But this was the first time that Wells used the speed powers as Wells, wearing street clothes. He also uses them later in the episode, when Pied Piper escapes from confinement in the pipeline of the defunct particle accelerator.

    B, it's also significant because the suit has tachyon technologies mounted on it while it sits in Wells' secret room. Before seeing Wells use speed powers without the suit, my personal theory was that Wells was employing technology on the suit to copy Barry Allen's powers, rather than actually having such powers himself. I thought the Reverse Flash suit's color changing abilities were hiding the tachyon tech from viewers during scenes where the Man in Yellow was threatening and fighting our heroes. I now think this may not be the case, that Wells actually has the powers. Either way, more will be revealed in future episodes, since Dr Wells says that a endgame is approaching.

NORRIS? Who is Norris??

During Dr. Well's press conference, he mentions the “Norris Commission Report.” This could be an easter egg, but it isn't. No one named Norris connects to the Flash or the Pied Piper, at least according to searches in Google, Ask.com and Wikipedia,. If I'm wrong about this please let me know in the comments.

SPEED FORCE!!!

In the closing minutes of the episode, we see Dr Wells in his secret room with one of the tachyon devices mounted on his chest. His secret, talking computer, Gideon, mentions SPEED FORCE absorption. This is the first time the show has actually called out the SPEED FORCE by name. In the mid-season finale, Cisco discussed how both Flash and Reverse Flash had colored lightening associated with them, but no one actually said, “speed force” until 1x11. In the comics and animation, the “Speed Force” is an extra-dimensional power source. The Flashes and others tap the “Speed Force” for superpowers either as a metahuman power/ability or using technological implements including gauntlets or arm/leg bands.


AND FINALLY....
We have a retro-active easter egg from last week's episode. The wealthy couple, Osgood and Rachel Rathaway from whom Cold and Heat Wave stole the modern art painting in the scenes at an aircraft hanger...they were the parents of Hartley Rathaway/Pied Piper.

So, did I catch all the Easter Eggs? If you caught one that I missed, feel free to mention it in the comments below, or write your own post and discuss it separately.

Image credit

THE FLASH's Sasha Calle Says It Was Heartbreaking To Be Replaced As Supergirl After Signing Multi-Film Deal
Related:

THE FLASH's Sasha Calle Says It Was "Heartbreaking" To Be Replaced As Supergirl After Signing Multi-Film Deal

Should THE FLASH Star Ezra Miller Be Given A Chance To Play The Scarlet Speedster Again?
Recommended For You:

Should THE FLASH Star Ezra Miller Be Given A Chance To Play The Scarlet Speedster Again?

DISCLAIMER: As a user generated site and platform, ComicBookMovie.com is protected under the DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act) and "Safe Harbor" provisions.

This post was submitted by a user who has agreed to our Terms of Service and Community Guidelines. ComicBookMovie.com will disable users who knowingly commit plagiarism, piracy, trademark or copyright infringement. Please CONTACT US for expeditious removal of copyrighted/trademarked content. CLICK HERE to learn more about our copyright and trademark policies.

Note that ComicBookMovie.com, and/or the user who contributed this post, may earn commissions or revenue through clicks or purchases made through any third-party links contained within the content above.

ChrisStMartin
ChrisStMartin - 1/28/2015, 7:50 AM
Took a few days off with the flu, but I'm back!
flashhead
flashhead - 2/1/2015, 2:20 PM
i found something about "Norris".
Somebody called"mister Norris works with jay Garrick on a serum that can turn things to stone.
View Recorder