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Wallace Rudolph West, also known as Wally West and Kid Flash, is a character from the Teen Titans animated series.
A charming speedster who develops a thing for Jinx and manages to convince her to change sides.
In the XP4 fics, Wally debuted in the XP4 Heroes Coalition - Teen Titans.
In the AWA fics, Wally is a student at the AWA Academy.
Appearance[]
Kid Flash wears a red and yellow one piece unitard which includes his yellow mask. From his head to his waist, his costume is yellow, and his legs are red, ending with yellow ankled-high boots. His mask has two big eyeholes and it leaves his nose, mouth, and chin exposed. Similar to his uncle's costume, he has two red lightning bolts on the sides of his heads where his ears would be. Kid Flash has spiked, red hair which adds significant height. He also wears long, red gloves. He also has bright blue eyes.
Personality[]
One of Kid Flash's most notable personality traits is his wit. Because his super-speed literally allows him all the time he needs, Kid Flash is very laid-back. He likes to wise-crack and make snappy quips, and seems to be quick with making decisions as well. He seems to prefer humiliating his criminals rather than arresting them, as seem in his his actions against the Hive Five. Perhaps due to his cocky nature, he sometimes finds himself going far too fast for himself, which can lead to mistakes. Despite this, Kid Flash is very charming and has a kind heart that can see people for who they really are, which he displayed in his interactions with Jinx.
He is shown to be very insistent with pursuing somebody he fancies as shown in Lightspeed. After he was taken by Jinx, he tried multiple times to get close to her, but she always struck him down. Despite this, he kept trying and eventually succeeded.
As seen in Teen Titans Go! issue #34 "The Great Race", Kid Flash enjoys flirting with any pretty girl he sees. During the race, he stopped to flirt with Argent, Raven, and other random women (much to Jinx's jealousy and anger).
Even though he is laid back and sometime seems like he doesn't have a care in the world, occasionally he shows some parts of himself that does not seem like him. Sometimes he worries a lot about Jinx and has concerns about her. In Fearsome Five, he is worried about Jinx and he said that he hated to see her like that. When Kid Kold (Jinx's ex-boyfriend) and Ice Kate are arrested he shows some concern about her past, but Jinx stirs away from explaining the whole story. This proves that he isn't as laid back as he seems.
XP4 Fanfics[]
Wally is a member of the Heroes Coalitions and is part of the Teen Titans division. He also attends the Vanguard Academy as a student.
XP4 Heroes Coalition - Teen Titans[]
In Chapter 7, Wally, alongside Jinx, met up with Marcus "The Kane" McGee, Malvina Rasputin and Xyrielle "XY Girl" at the Pizza Parlor in Jump City. Later in the Titans Tower, Wally and Jinx told the New Age Avengers, The Hunting Team, the Teen Titans, Herald, Serra Deville, Panooki Zarrya and Mumbo about the Toy Factory's plan on attacking the city. Wally is later present at the heroes assembly, getting themselves ready for the attack.
In Chapter 8, Wally took part in the battle against the Toy Factory in Jump City.
In Chapter 10, Wally is present when Marcus "The Kane" McGee defeated Andy the Ragdoll and then witnessing the Toy Factory retreating into a portal. He is later present at the Toy Factory's base where it's been decided to destroy the toy machine and the remaining toys be donated to charity.
In the epilogue, Wally is revealed to have joined the Heroes Coalitions.
XP4 Heroes Coalition - Neo-City Diaries[]
In Chapter 78, Wally is present at the charity event in the central park of Neo-City and later witnessed the arrival of DES.
In Chapter 82, Wally, alongside Jinx, Inigo and Mandy Rosal, are seen walking around somewhere in the Canterlot City Mall before deciding to watch a movie. They then met up with Juniper Montage at a snack bar where they witnessed Inigo flirting with the female usher, much to their amazement, annoyance and disbelief. Wally then had small lover's argument with Jinx afterwards.
In Chapter 109, Wally, alongside Yumi Agnes and Jinx, are seen hanging around in the Rabbit Cafe when they witnessed King Forest confessing his love for Yumi on a post before being taken down by Jinx. In the next hours, he, alongside Dan Gotanda, Erika Yaeger and Jinx, violently thwarted King's advances towards Yumi. Later that noon, he, alongside Yumi, Jinx, Rei Kuroki and Gingka Hagane, are seen having lunch in the cafeteria of the Training Camp while having a conversation about King's stalking when Gingka proposed an idea. Later that afternoon at the seaside somewhere in Neo-City, he witnessed Gingka and King going for a duel until the former knocks down the latter by cheating. And as a result, he, alongside Rei and Jinx, beats Gingka for cheating before leaving him alone in pain.
In Chapter 84, Wally is present in Nodoka Takehara and Aka Red's welcome party in one house of the Dormitory Village where he is seen having a dance battle with Gingka Hagane.
In Chapter 118, Wally, alongside Fabia Sheen, Jinx and Miho Nishizumi, are seen herding cats somewhere in Neo-City when they witnessed Mira Fermin getting dropped down by a blue portal, much to everyone's shock and surprise.
XP4 Heroes Coalition - AKB0048[]
In Chapter 25, Wally is present in confronting the DES Soldiers in Neo-City.
In Chapter 28, Wally is amongst the thousands of AKB-fans charging across one city at Kasumigastar.
In Chapter 29, Wally is amongst the thousands of AKB-fans gathered around the concert hall in a city somewhere Kasumigastar and later witnessed the return of Atsuko Katagiri and the rest of the missing idols, and had a great time watching the performances afterwards.
In Chapter 32, Wally took part of paying respects for Mace Wyndu's death by attending his funeral via burial at sea in Atamistar before witnessing the arrival of a fleet of Dimensional Defense Union ships whom paid their respects for Mace by gifting him with a Heroes' Tribute.
XP4 Heroes Coalition - Tales in Mega-Tokyo Chapter 4[]
In Chapter 4, Wally, alongside Akane Owari, Colette Brunel, Francesca Lucchini, Ichika Orimura, Jinx, Kyoutarou Suga and Marta Lualdi, is present in a photo Miyako showed to Chitose.
XP4 Heroes Coalition - Mission Chronicles[]
In Chapter 42, Kid Flash took part in a mission in protecting a Nuclear Factory at Magnum City. And when the mission concluded, Kid Flash is present in complimenting Kyoutarou Suga for stopping Grad the Speed Demon.
Abilities[]
- Speed Force: The source of all of Kid Flash's powers comes from an ancient force known as the Speed Force. The Speed Force governs all motion in the universe, and all speedsters draw their power from it. Every one of Kid Flash's abilities comes from the Speed Force.
- Superhuman Speed: Perhaps the most obvious power that Kid Flash has in his arsenal, it grants him many interesting abilities. Some of the abilities Kid Flash has displayed are:
- Creating small tornadoes which are strong enough to lift humans up.
- Vibration of his own body molecules to pass through solid objects.
- Creating high frictions hot enough to cause burns, which comes useful at times whenever somebody gets a hold of him.
- At one point, Kid Flash caused a small earthquake of some sort due to high-velocity impacts with his hands supplemented by his speed.
- Kid Flash can use his super speed to propel himself into the air, allowing him to (briefly) fly.
- Peak Endurance: Kid Flash can run at an undetermined amount of time and is very sturdy against punishment, as he has been shown crashing into a wall, being electrocuted and receiving blows while recovering rather quickly.
- Supercharged Mental Activity: Kid Flash's mental abilities are also hyper-accelerated, simple computations can be done at lightning speeds and can devise strategies and solutions to problems when fighting villains in no time at all.
- Hand-to-hand Combat: Although not his main preference and although it wasn't shown in the cartoon, in Teen Titans Go! issue #36 "Troy", he was seen kicking the Gordanians.
- Regeneration: Due to his super-fast metabolism, Kid Flash can heal at an extremely accelerated rate, and can also speed up the healing process of other people's wounds.
- Density Manipulation: Just as Kid Flash can vibrate his molecules enough to phase through solid matter, he can also make his molecules become tightly packed together, making his skin harder and denser than steel and practically invulnerable.
- Kinetic Energy Manipulation: Kid Flash can control the vibrations of objects at a molecular level, allowing him to make any object he comes into contact with explode, as well as granting him several other abilities.
- Electrokinesis: Due to his connection with the Speed Force, not only can Kid Flash control and generate lightning and electricity, but he can also shoot it out of his hands as bolts and shock people.
- An apparent drawback to Kid Flash's super-speed ability is that he needs to rest and consume plenty of food (most likely due to his super-fast metabolism) in order to maintain his superpower. This was especially shown in Teen Titans Go!, where many of his appearances showed him eating in mass quantities. Madame Rouge was likely aware of this downside, as she made it very clear to Jinx that Kid Flash should not be given food or drink while under capture.
Trivia[]
- In the DC comics, Wally West gained his powers when he was exposed to a lightning blast under the same circumstances as his uncle. He eventually becomes the Flash after his uncle's untimely demise during Crisis on Infinite Earths.
- According to Beast Boy at the beginning of "Calling All Titans", Kid Flash already had a communicator even though it wasn't shown how he got it.
- Even though he had a communicator, Kid Flash wasn't ambushed by the Brotherhood of Evil.
- In the original DC Comics, Kid Flash, along with Robin, Speedy, Wonder Girl, and Aqualad, was among the founding members of the Teen Titans, who were sometimes referred to as the Fab Five.
- Out of the four boys with obvious crushes on Jinx (the others being Cyborg, See-more and Kid Kold), he is the only one who succeeds in stealing her heart.
- Kid Flash is one of the few characters in the series to fully resemble his comic counterpart. However, the current Wally in the comics has green eyes, but the design of Kid Flash with blue eyes remains consistent with his original pre-Crisis appearances.
- In the AWA fics, Wally is an import member of the Deimon Devil Bats.
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